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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11
All &c Cigars Roig, y
Majors Seal, Shenan-
%H~edoa h Club, LittleM
Duke, Kossuth, Van
etas, Worlds Favorite,
Saboroso six for pc. III
Massie's Pharmacy. -
THE TINES PRIZE PIANO.
Roanoke, Va. May IL. 1S9

hoahoke, va May II, 1895
10 The Times:-We desire IN saw
that the Jewett.. Upright Piano, which
the Times has purchased from us and
placed on exhibition at our warerooms.
Is In every respect one of the finest and
best pianos on the American market for
the price The retail price of this piano
Is fixed at $4OO. by the Jewett Piano Com
pany.
; We further desire to say that the Hob
bic Piano Co. hereby offers to the winner
OF this instrument $400 cash for the same
provided he or she purchases Piano
from MS Mt any time between now and
when the final decision is made.
rms offer is made to.'prevent any one
holoing OH the purchased an instrument
until this Piano is awarded. Very truly
Hobbie Piano Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11
Special Bargains in
Real Estate.

s.room house on Campbell avenue, large lot
good location, Sa2oo; small cash payment, balance
s room house, large corner lot, Sixth avenue a.
w., SlSo; $50 cash, $1o per month, nicely painted
7-room house, good location in southwest. I'm
good condition, with sewer connection, stable on
lot, Sl3C $50 each, Sl2 so per month"; no interest.
7Iroom house in good condition. fine garden,
on Eighth avenue 5. e. near Holiday street 81 BOO.
$50 cash, Sl2.5O per month.
I'room house on Seventh avenue G. W. SfOO0
centrally located and very desirable
$500; BIS cash and Is per month.
A great bargain on Salem avenue just west
Park street, will not be long on the market
one OF the best residences on Church street iS
beautiful condition inside and out. PRICE 81 500.
Sooo cash, S2o per month; is renting now at S2S
per month. Also two other splendid bargains on
One of the most desirable and best located buy-
mess houses In the very best part of the business
and the rent win pay the balance. 1t is renting
now lot II per cent OF the price asked. There is
have several other fine bargains in business
property on Salem avenue and JEFFERSON street
S room hqnse large lot nicely located In north
Sou cash anG 80 per month. Come quick liz VOC
want this. - 'o
a.. . room horse pear West End round house, $500;
$50 cash and $40 per month.
elegant ~ room house ia the West End with
marc WOOD hnish, cabinet mantels, every modern
Improvement and convenience, with speaking
tubes and electric alarm bells, stables chicken
house, horse and cow lot, good garden plenty OF
frnit and good shade in thorough repair, cost
$500 price now $3.50; small cash payment and
the balance IN nine years.
i, Splendid business lot near the new public
building. so feet front. Price S25OO on easy nav
ments. This lot will double in value in two
Good Groom house, Eighth avenue q. w. mod.
ern improvements, stable ON lot and shade Al loo.
easy payments
=. Nicely papered room houee on he best part OF
month. W F'-
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11

psrw 2, sne ,s names and sranssrrrea ., sucs
lieu OF such bouds with like torcs and ssac; y,
though tho bonds therein named had been deliy-
cred to such Special Masters
In case any bidder shall fall IN u.ka ,ha 40.
Sic special Masters VIII sss Ss
or advertisement -sA "'oe'
In case use, any bidder purchaser shall fail to
Special Masters. or after such acceptance shaii
"a, to Somply with any order OF the court r.
ton OF the purchase. then the sums In cash or
ponos deposited by such purchaser will be for
spilled toward the expenses OF rssaIs III .n ~
towards making good any deficiency or loss In
than that bid Al the prior sale pr Res isss
shail NOT oonirm the sale the deposit shai be re-
any unsuccessful bidder shall be returned 10 him
"nen inc property shall be struck down
purchaser shall make such further payment %
Rayments In cash on account OF his bid as the
chaser may satisfy and make good any pert Of
MS bic not required to he paid in cash by nm
srees provided any OF said Maryland and Wsss
ington Division Mortgage bonds or coupons; and
count OF his bid with such sums as wonid be nav
able on such bonds and coupons out of the pur-
been paid In cash. The Court reserves tho right
70 resell said railroads. propertes and franchfSs
upon ,ucn notice as the Court shall direct In
ease tne purchaser thereof shall fail or omit TO
once OF the purchase price within thirty days
after the entry OF order requiring such pay
ment. ~
=, For tho purpose OF enforcing the provisions OF
the decree. Jurisdiction of the cause In retained
by the Court; which retains the right to retakc
and resell said property in case such purchaser.
or hfs successors assigns. shall fail TO comply
with rny order of the Court in respect to the
payment or any such prior Indebtedness or liabili-
ties within thirty days after service Of a COW
of such order wv
The special Masters will accept no bid OF Ices
than the sum Of one million i've hundred thousand
dollnrs For further particulars reference Is
Courts. - 1870
Dated July 9th. 1SoG
g. p. ROwDEN.
CHARLES SHARP
Special Masters
Solicitors for Complainant The Mercantile
trust Company, No. 40 Druadway,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11
A HOUSEHOLD REMEDy

And 1t never fails to cure Rheumatism.
Catarrh, Pimples, Blotches and all dis
eases arising from impure blood, is Boz
tanic Blood Balm, B. B. b. Thousands
endorse 1t as the best remedy ever offered
to mankind. The thousands OF cures per
formed by this remedy are almost miracu-
Ions Try it. Only $1.0O per large bottle,
For sale by druggists See advertise
ment elsewhere.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11

am now receiving my cream from
Blacksburg Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute Creamery, which is far superior to
what have been using, and can furnish
pure ice cream at one dollar per gallon,
with one pound mixed cake Give me n
trial order, and am convinced YOU will
take no other. ]. j. Catogni.
Solid comfort. That lawn swing at
Yost-Forrer's
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
THE TINE IS UP.

There promises to be a lively
time in the near future between
Jacob Slaght and the railroad com
panv, says the PaIouSe News. .
After completing proof and re-
ceiving the final receipt from the
Walla Walla land office for his
lieu lsnd claim Slaght gave sixty
days notice to all owners of I'M
provements on the property to re,
move them or purchase the land
upon which they are located. The
sixty days expires tomorrow, when
Mr.. Slaght will take possession OF
all the buildings except the depot
and warehouses.
Probably none Of the improve
ments will be moved, most of the
owners seeming inclined to give
them up. Mr.. SIaght has already
sold one lot on the right of way to
Holland of Spokane, who owns the
Dam6no saloon building. The
price was $75.
Acting upon the advice Of his at
tornevs, Blake & Post of Spokane,
he will tomorrow demand rent from
the warehouse men and railroad
company, and if they refuse Will
take no further action until he re-
ceives his patent when, if the rent
has not been forthcoming, he will
proceed to take possession OF the
warehouses, depot and other build
ing8 located on the right of way.
AS Mr.. Slaght has no great love
for the railroad company and is de-
termined to exert all the rights
which his government patent gives
him, and as the company protests
that it will fight the battle to the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
ROPES GROW IN THE OCEAN.

The largest marine plant and
probably one Of the highest plants
knowa on the globe is a gigantic
seaweed, the nereocystis, the stem
of which has been found to grow as
much as 800 feet long, says the
Philadel phia Record. 1t was first
discovered not far from the Alaska
coast, but has since been found
floating in various parts of the Pa
cific ocean along the American and
Asiatic shore. This Seaweed grows
in a very curious manner. Large
ouentities of it are found at little
distance from the shore and at
DEPTHS not exceeding 800 feet On
loamy bottom large thickets Of this
plant take root and stem OF the
thickness of ordinary cord grows
upward. At it's top there is pear
shaped balloon, which grows with
a stem, and when it reacdes the
surface of the water often measures
six feet and more in length, with
diameter of four and a half feet.
This balloon has, of course, an up
ward tendency, and keeps the stem
growing until it floats on the sur
face of the water. From the top of
this balloon strong, thick, spade
like leaves grow out, which origin
DIV are not more than two feet
long, and which grow and split I'M
til from the balloon rose-llke
growth of from fifty to sixty-fve
feet in diameter covers the water.
This gigantic weed gaows in such
quantities that near the shore large
mieadow-like islands are formed,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
! MEMORY OF A TRAGEDY.

L !
Settlers upon the reservation re-
Dort the discovery in Five Mile
canyon, of the ruins of a mining
amp and some human skeletons.
This revives the memory of a trag-
9dy. 1t was reported in Lewiston
IN the fall of 1865 that a murder
nad been committed in that region
~ the Indians. A miner appeared
in the city and reported that his
partner had been killed at their
mine In Five Mile Canyon. After
prosperous season, the story went,
one partner was sent out for sup
olies. While on the return trip,
With the winters provision the In
lians informed the man in charge
that renegade5 had killed his part
ner and warned him to proceed no
farther. THE is the story told by
she miner who claimed to be the
surviving party. There were some
to suspicion the partner, but the
suspicion of a tragedy in those days
did not create a sensation and it
passed out of mind when the sub
iect Of the suspicion disappeared.
rhe Indians denied that their peo-
ole had committed such a crime or
sven reported it to the partner.
Some years later, however, there
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28

which impede navigation. The ma
tives of the Aleutian islands make
manifold usage of this plant. From
the strong dried stems they make
ropes $50 feet and more long, while
balloons of this weed furnish them
with large vessels after they are
dried, the smaller ones being used
in their boats to bail out water.
The long leaves. after being dried,
are cut into narrow strips and used
for wickerwork, the making of bas-
kets and similar furniture.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
FEW THINGS WORTH
KNOWING.

hNOWlNG.
The value OF ton of pure gold is
1902, 1921,
The largest cavern in the world
is the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
The highest denomination in
United States legal tender is $10,-
900
Columbus discovered America
Oct. II, 1892, the Mortimer A. D..
985.
London is the largest city in the
world, having a population of A.,
764,312.
The first steam engine on this
continent was brought from Eng
land in 1853.
The largest park in the United
States is Paramount, at Philadel-
phia, and contains 2,74O acres.
The smallest republic in the
world is Tavolara in the Mediter-
ranean Sea. Its total population
is 50 souls.
The first telegraph in operation
in America was between Washing
ton and Baltimore, May u, 1914.
The great wall of China, built
POO B. c., is 1880 miles in length,
20 feet high, and % feet thick at
the base.
Glass mirrors were first made by
the Venetians in the 18th century.
Polished metal was used before that
time
Burnt brick were used in build
ing the the Tower of Babel. They
were introduced into England by
the Romans.
The highest natural bridge IN the
world is at Rock bridge, Virginia
being 200 feet 10 the bottom of the
arch.
The largest circulation of paper
money is that Of the United States
being roo millions, while that OF
Russia is go millions.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
OUR SER TTCE TO


From Billings, Mon
tana, and also from st.
Paul, Mimi, the Bur
lington Route maintains
through train service to
st. Louis, Mo-, there con
Meeting in Union Depot
with all southern lines.
The route via st. Louis
is the shortest, quickest
and in every way the
best to the south and
southeast, and travellers
who take any other do so
without a thorough UNI
derstanding OF the facts
in the case.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
TINE SCHEDULE:

For information, time cards, maps
and tickets, call on or write
J. S. KEENEY, Agent.
Or A. d. CHARLTON, Asst. Gen'l.
Pass. Agent, Portland, Or.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28
THROUGH TICKETS

Through tickets to Japan and China,
via Tacoma and n. p. steamship Co., an
American line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-28

bitter end, some lively times may
be expected in about six weeks,
when the patent is expected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
MRS. DoRoTHY's THANKSGIVING.

Squire Ephraim Drew and his good wife
prue
They invited some guests 10 dine.
And drink to the health Of the common
wealth
In glass of Thanksgiving wine.
Said Ephraim Drew to his good wife Pruc,
when asking Judge Jonathan Drake
Wen ask the young man, his son Jonathan,
For my daughter Dorothy's sake"
The guests came at last to the s.Iuires re.
past,
Receiving a welcome bland.
And Dorothy blushed as Jonathan brushed
With his lips her lily-white hand
With wondering eyes at the turkeys size
The guests did cXclaim and admire;
There were dainties beside, boiled, baked,
stewed and fried.
And big plum pudding o.. the fire.
10 Jonathan's plate, by lucky fate,
1t Glanced that the wishbone fell;
Then softly said he to fair Dorothy,
MY lot shall this wishbone tell.
"1'll wish You and 1, when year slips by.
May dine OH Thanksgiving Day,
With none to o'crhear, or to interfere,
And with all but ourselves away"
Then they broke the bone, with stifed
groan
He lost; and sighed heavily
To note the glad smile that she wore the
while.
So he asked what her wish might be-
She blushed rosy red. well, tho IyLt,"
she said,
"Lest you lose, 'twere surer this way
For me to wish. too. that your wish come
true,
Your wish for next Thanksgiving Day."
Laura Spencer Porter in Harper's Bazaar.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
pntpntn leaned

List Of patents issued last week to
North western inventors:
Ransom $. Angel. Oakcs, y. d.. trac-
ton engine; :Fricdrich w. q. Boe;t-
cher. Duluth. Mimi. sounding device;
John Clayton, Minneapolis. Mimi, bob
sleigh: Ezra l'arnsworth. Minneapolis
Mimi, bicycle support; lslacl Hartman
son. Hopkins. Mimi. bride BIT; Joseph
Lacilance. Little Falls. Mimi. washing
machine; Godfried Laub. Huron. S. d.,
rotary pneumatic toy; Frank w. Mer-
rift. Duluth, Mimi, controller for cleo
trio pumps; .Alois Schmidt. st. Paul,
Mimi, basket: Samuel y. Smith. Min
neapols. Mimi, primary battery; Nils
.. Swanson, Lead, $. H.. drill chuck;
Andrew T.. Vcon. Brajrrrti. Mum,
combined door fastener ana alarm;
John w. Winters. decc:,srd. &C. Il.
Brunson. administrators. st. Paul.
Mimi, automatic safety angle cock;
Henry {. Zcnke. Sandy lo:nt, Wash,
air brake mechanism.
4. ID. Merwin, Patent Lawyer. 80
Pioneer Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
THANKSGIVING HYMN.

We thank thee, o Father, for all that Is
The CLEAN Of the day, and the stars Of the
night;
The flowers Of our youth. and the fruits of
our prime,
Aid blessings that march down the path.
way of time.
We thank thee, o Father, for all that is
The sob Of the tempest, the flow Of the
tear;
For never In blindness, and never in vain,
Thy mercy permitted u sorrow or pain.
We thank thee, o Father, for song and for
feast
The harvest that glowed and the wealth
that increased;
For never blessing encompassed earth's
CT lid,
But thou in thy mercy looked down and
smiled.
We thank thee, o Father, Of all, for the
power
OF aiding cach other in life's darkest hour,
The generous heart an dthe bountiful hand,
And all the soul help that sad souls under
stand.
We thank thee. o Father, for days yet to
For hopes that our future will call US to
thee
That all our Eternity form. through thy
love,
One Thanksgiving day in the mansions
above.
Will Carleton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
Taking Care of the Colts.

The season has arrived when tie
weanling colts should he especially
cared for and not be exposed to the
cold rains and sleets of early winter.
The foundation laid in the constitution
of the colt determines the usefulness
and value of the horse. There is too
much carelessness among the breeders
in their attention to the comfort of the
growing colts. If they are exposed to
the cold rains and sheets they are lia-
bic to contract the distemper and lose
their growth during the winter. and
the profit in horse-raising, as in cattle
raising. is largely determined by early
maturity. and this cannot be accom-
plishcd without liberal feeding and
reasonable protection from the incle,n-
ency of the weather. The colt SHOULD
he taught to eat grain while following
it's dam. and be given generous IA
ton during the first winter, in order to
insure permanent growth. ~.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05

day Dagmar appeared before her mis-
tress, a letter in her hand and her face
very white. My father needs me,
and must go back to Grenna," she
said, simply. Il would like to start to-
morrow"
'Why. what bad news have you re-
ceived, Dagmar:"
Lady, that black-cyed Sisne has
broken my fathers heart, and l must
go to comfort him. Signe has run
away to America, he thinks, with her
old lover. and left her young baby
with no one to care for it. Now, love
my father, he loves the baby, and I
must go to take care of them both
But shall never forget your beautiful
land and the home have found here"
Her mistress sympathy was stirred,
and. though she was sorry to lose a
trusty servant, she assisted Dagmar in
every way to make ready for her sud
den departure. Dagmar's only request
was that she might carry back with
her a small silk flag as mementO.
The great ship steamed into Gotten
berg on the morning of chill NOvem-
Der day, and at dusk that evening a
small boat stopped at Grenna. Lars
was waiting ut the dock, but hardly
recognized little Dagmar, for, to his
eyes, she seemed a grand lady in her
American tinery. He touched his cap
respectfully and called her "Fruken."
She reached out her hand implorlng-
ly and said. in her sweet, mother
tongue: Don't. Lars; l want this to
seem like Homecoming
'Grenna has not been home to me
since Dagmar went out from us. and
never will be until she comes back to
stay. Will you, Dagmar, stay and
make home for Lars, who has al
ways loved you, and the father who
has SO anXiOusly looked for you?"
There was no affectation or coyness
about her answer. She looked straight
into the honest blue eyes and said:
mo place could ever be home to me
without you, Lars"
At their approach her fathers worn
face lighted with joy, as it had not
done since cruel Signe's flight.
Over the cradle of the sleeping child
Dagmar and Lars plighted their troth,
and Dagmar drew from her bosom the
little silk American flag, saying: Zone
day in the year we shall be Ameri-
cans. the anniversary of my home
coming, and shall have a Thanksgiv-
ing day in Sweden, for I feel that l
have much to be thankful for to-day.
A year ago today. Lars, will confess
it. l gave thanks because you cried at
our parting. To-day and forever I
shall give thanks that you smiled at
my return. '-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
sowing Spring wheat in the FAN.

TO otter i,ine the practicability of
sowing spring VIII at in fall. and also.
the time to sow for best results. fifteen
sowings Of Il v"riety known as Yellow
stone Fife were made ut different in
terrals during the fall Of 1884 by the
Montana Experiment station at BoZc-
man. Beginning Aug. 81, Il small plat
was sown each week until the ground
was frozen and winter began. Nov. 10.
Early seedlings made Il nice growth and
were in good condition when winter set
m, but lat'r SOwin.,S We're just coming
IT,. Early paintings almost wholly
killed out. and the intermediate only
partially. and the latest showed no
damage from the wintrrkilling. the
stand being almost perfect. The pla!S
were irrigated twice and kept free
from weeds. The first six plats sown.
from Aug. 8 to Sept. IA. gave an aver
age yield Of 3:' bushels per acre. The
next five plats. seeded from Sept. II
to Oct. 10, yielded an average of l2.7
bushels PER acre. The average yield Of
the -four platS. sOwn from Oct. ~; to-
Nov. -. was ut til" rate of $50 bushels
per acre.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
REASONS FOR THANKS.
They Are More Numerous Than a,
First YOu 4uane~t

They Are More Numerous Than at
First You Suspect.
II am thankful" said one, .that l
have straight back and straight legs.
When l note the cripples to be run
across in an hours march through a
great city's streets an led to believe
that long lifetime could not furnish
too many opportunities for thanksgiv-
ing that one is born sound and shape
IT,"
II am thankful" said another, that
have friends. A man who can count
so much as one good friend needs to
set apart one day in each year to give
thanks for that alone"
II am thankful" said another, that
was not born turkey. 1t was a big
chance whether or no my hfe-principle
came this way or the other. That it
followed the line of evolution and ad-
vancement and made me a nice, bright
girl instead of turkey to be fattened
for Thanksgiving is cause enough for
perennial gratitude"
II am thankful" said another, that
I am not looked upon as fool. may
be one all the same, but that am not
regarded as such gives me cause for
twenty-four hour tribute of thanks
once year."
"Well," spoke up the eldest one in
the party, II an thankful that l am
not rich. used to think big income
was one of the greatest blessings that
could fall to the lot of man. But when
I see how mean and commonplace a
person becomes who thinks of nothing
but the accumulation Of gain; when
note how enmeshed he Is in his own
environments, like fly in the butter,
or bird in a snare, how little he
thinks of anything that is Of real value
in world that is only, after all, a
robing room, for something yet to
come. am thankful from the bottom
of my heart that neither nor mine are
rich. OF course, am thankful, on the
other side, that we are not poor, for
poverty pinches the soul almost as
much as the sordidness Of riches does,
but there is a middle ground between
the niggardliness of a dollar-grubbing
spirit and the barrenness Of starved
and thwarted destiny, and thank God
I am in it!'-Chicago Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-05
Breedins Up the Flock.

To the farmer who desires to secure
increased returns from his flock with
out going to any great extent there is
but one way open, namely, to place a
Thoroughbred male bird at the head OF
it. First kill Off all the cid and unpro-
ductive hens, then purchase from re-
liable breeder a large and well-shaped
male. 1t is not necessary that this
bird should be one capable of taking a
premium in the poultry show, but at
tention must be paid to his size and
symmetry. It is surprising what diff
ference this will make IL: the size of the
young chicks the following year. Some
farmers after trying the experiment
have declared that the average weight
Of their pullets was at least one pound
apiece greater than in previous years.
These cross-bred pulle::s should not be
bred back 70 the same male, but new
bird purchased to mate with them the
following season. 1t Is the first cross
that counts most in improvement.