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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
Meaning of the Word somoho .

The name "Omaha" bears testimony
to the long journey Of tho people, and
reveals some Of the causes which brought
about this breaking up into distinct
tribes. 1t is composed of two words,
which signify "going against tho cur
rent" or up the stream. The Omahas
were the people who went up the
stream, while the Quapaws, their near
OF kin, went, as their name reveals,
with the current. or down the stream.
The traditions Of both these peoples say
that the parting occurred during hunt
ing expedition, each division finally set
Ting in the lands whittier they had
wandered apart. This epochal hunt
must have been centuries ago, for the
Quapaws bore their descriptive name in
1910, being mentioned in the Portu-
guese narrative Of De Soto's expedition
as then living ON the Arkansas river.
where they dwelt until 1899, when they
coded their long occupied lands to the
United States. Alice G. Fletcher in
Century
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Notn Soldier.

A certain solicitor, general CT Eng
land visited Berlin on a>yacation, and
being mistaken for bearinga military
title was invited to review and mount
ed on charger. Being accustomed to
following the hounds, he made an ex
cellent equestrian, but when asked opin-
ions as to some of tho maneuvers was
obliged to parry the cross examination.
A similar incident befell the late Mar.
shall Bidwell, an eminent New York
lawyer, in the fifties. who visited Paris
in long vacation. Presenting his card at
the gate of the Tuileries, he was polite
ly informed that the emperor was ut q
review, and if he desired a dragoon
should be detailed to accompany him
on horseback to the Champs do Mars.
"But I am not soldier" said the old
lawyer. "Not q soldier, and q mar
shall" Examining the card. "What
q droll country is America!''--Green
Bag.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
MAGIC OF THE WOODS.
What Hunters Say About tho Spoil of ar
Offers Ewes.


Wnae hanters Say About tho Spell of an
Offers Eyes.
by the Adirondack woodsmen along
the banks of the West Canada creek the
otter is regarded us quite as sly MS tho
fox, inasmuch as it is very difficult to
trap III any kind Of contrivance. There
are FEWER stories about the creatures in
telhgence, as the animals are scarce and
nave not been SO much observed as have
the foxes.
Ihere has been, and probably is, an
otter that for six years anyhow, and per-
haps longer, has travelled down the creek
winter and summer about every two
weeks In the, winter it left a running,
shd1ng trail in the snow ON the ice, sci.
dom leaving the creek bed to go into a
cove or overland for dozen or 10 rods.
III summer weather it fished and caueht
frogs In the coves Of the flats. A good
many shots have been fred Mt it and
lou OF traps set for it, but none was
ever successful. It is believed by woods
men that the offers. like the hell divers,
looms, mink and others, dodge shot or
Dali. saw this otter once some wears
ago In the summer time, and while only
one feature Of the animal is distinct in
my mind, do not recollect any other
Wild animal SO we'll. The body is mere
gilmmer OF black in waving swale grass.
Even the head is q burly, rusty gray
shadow, sort of background for the
two eyes.
have seen deers when they were
standing still looking at me, have look
ed ut squirrels, rabbits, partridges, foxes
ana other wild animals alarmed by my
presence, but their forms, rather than
their eyes, are moro or less distinct. In
TACT, the eyes seem secondary in the
MIND pictures, except in the case of the
otter. 1t seems to me that the otter did
not merely look at me; it was more as
II 1t looked into me, the same as the
sensation one has when some one-a
man or woman --''reads your innermost
thoughts. These eyes were large and
full rounded, dark brown with a SHIN
mer OF light gray skating across and
around the center, and with q lively
beauty as different from the dead beauty
OF deer's full eye. 1t sent precisely
such chills up and down my back MS
dark human eyes have done. 1t was n
tense, particular look, and not the gen
eral gaze of bird OF other animal Tho
otter, l think, hypnotized me, for did
not SHOOT. although my impression is
that we looked at one another for n
minute or two.-Forest and Stream.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
ODDITIES OF ANIMALS.
Queer eaturas About Them That Arc Lit
tie Known.


tie Known.
Obscr, o for yourselves. Every spottcd
dog has he end of his tuii white, while
every spotted cat has tho end of hor tail
black.
Try 1t. lYathcr 10000 of tho threads
spun by q full grown spider, twist them
together and SEQ If they equal in substance
tho sizo OF ono of your hairs.
Oysters 1.-Two 10 or 12 years when they
have tho chance. In this country they
don't got the chance
Many horses arc fond of beer, and to 1,
tired horse bottle of beor In his gruol Is
great restorative. 1t nets rs spick mo
up" and often makes horse with no ap-
petite cnt freely. Brewers understand this
and that is ono reason why their horses
always seem to DO in good condition.
Tho large horned beetle can carry 315
times It's own weight. One has boon
known to walk away with two and q
quarter pound weight
1.-Two bees arc sometimes shipped on lea
so sas to keep them dormant during tho
journey. This is particularly the case
with bumblcbccs, which have been taken
to New Zealand, where they arc useful in
fortilizing tho red clover that has been
introduced into the colony.
] Tho amount of light that can be OBJ.
tanned from fircflies Is not generally
known. These insects have two bright
spots on their thoraX, and also brilliant
wings on the abdomen, and give Iiobt
sufficient to enable one to read ct n little
distance. Two or three placed in tho con-
tor of q room will shed q soft light oil over
it. They are very common in Cuba, Bra.
I'll, Guiana, Venezuela and Mexico. In
those countries ut night the natives affix
the little creatures to their shoes and thus
obtain light to SEQ the road and brighton
away the snakes. Mexican women use
them as jewels. They tic them In little
5 gauzo bugs and put them in their hair or
ON their clothing. They keep them in wire
cages and feed them on scraps of sugar
cane.
Reynard is q knowing animal. The
foxes are much tormented by fleas, but
when the infliction becomes too severe
. they know how to get rid Of the insects.
{ They gather from the bark of trees moss,
which they carry to stream that deepeps
by degrees. Here they enter the water,
/ still carrying the moss in their mouths,
and going backward, beginning from the
end Of their tails, they advance by slow
degrees till tho whole body, with the OK
coption of tho mouth, Is entirely i'm
mersed. Tho ficas, during this proceeding,
have rushed in rapid haste to the dry
parts, and finally to the moss, and the
fox, when no has, according to his calcutta
ton, allowed sufficient time for oil the
fieas to take their departure, quietly opens
his mouth. Tho moss floats off down the
stream with it's burden of floas, and when
it is out of jumping reach tho fox finds its
way to the bank much relieved. New
York Herald,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

RuSTERS sALR.-BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
OF trust dated the 18th day or November, 1882.
anu recorded In the clerks Office of the hustings
court Ior the city of Roanoke, Va, in deed boSs
o. page l92, from G. Is. Thomas to the under
signed trustee to secure to the Peoples Perpet-
MAJ VA Loan and Building Association or Roanoke.
va INC payment or a certain debt in said deed
S m Iorth, as evidenced by tho bond of said G. b.
Inomas OF even date with said deed, default hay-
ing oeen made In the terms OF said bond. and
Deing required soto do by the oenene iary therein
secured, Will ON THE 18TH DAY OFFEBRU.
Any. 1857, AT 70 O'CLOCK NJ, on the promisee
IN Lne CITY OF Roanoke, Va, otrer for sale the fol-
loving described lot or parcel OF land with the
improvements thereon consisting Of largo brick
STORE ana office building:
sitpated on the west eide O. Commerce street
Hno oonnded on tho north by tho lands of thu,
Guy OF Roanoke, Va, 1.-THE courthouse lot) on the
sSuth py the lands OF the estate OF O. l.. Potter.
tne saio lot fronts 26 feet on the west add OF Com
IS feet A ~ PAX ahoi inoa
TERMS OF sALE:-Cash SIS to the costs Of sa,e
anu inc sum OF 81 l60.6i being the sum In defanit
unuet tne termg OF said bond as OF dsy Of gale and
as 10 the sum OF STaS O7 being the amount not due
ss OF that DAY, upon credit to become due and
psyaole In monthly instalments Of S34 CT each.
without Interest. tho Grst en- the fourth Monday
IN FEBRUARY 1856. and one on the fourth Monday
OF sacn succeeding month thereafter until ali an.
paia ana tho residue, IL any, upon credit of one
ana Two ears, with interest, deferred payments
70 ne evidenced BY negotiable notes secuted bY
ueea 'e o. trust on the property. WM. F. WINCH,
Trustee.
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LMaAL NOr,ICRs.

g D. FERGUSON vs.. THE vINTON LAND
Rs improvement Company OF Roanoke, Va, E,
aie. In chancery in the hustings court, for The
city OF Roanoke, Va: ''>
To tho vinton Land Improvements Com.
Bank OF Christiaisburs, a corporation:: the thu
poration; the State Savings B Bank. 2 c . GS,
MoIp51iss, J; B. LoWenburg, .. ii. Hey, Fannie
ceased; r; w. Stairs, b. A. johnson, q. ID. Jor-
s seh, u: a as 3 White and Cnas
w; 81. Burk, George d. Williams and Cfas' IL
Williams, partners as Williams Bros. ; Charles
T. Parrish, administrator OF James Parrish, de-
man. q. verdicr, W. j. shophsrd, Il. N. s
adams, .. g, Pearson, i. 2. Walker, John W
Wrenn, administrator OF TT omas j. Nottinv
ham, deoeased; Mrs. Thomas j. Nottingham, e
ktheridge. S. g. Kelly, waiter j. Bi srs. 4 n n
CLAYTON, Mira. A. jackson, L. p. Stearnes, W
Bsr fSOger' Taa onsgys Charles Myers W
Hamburger, Geo. Gravatt, Jr.. Mrs. NJ. a. Oar
ling, 1. Goooman, James n. Borum, w. u,
Bradford vif %i y B c a. Wrsn3. s. A. Rie H. g
wards. a; j. Dalton, =; 8. Damn, Mrs. AZ. It. C.
gpo Jordan, N: 4, Q. Jordan. Jos. a. Gale, NJ ?.
Is. Merritt, II. L. Dorm, s. Brown, S. S. Brooke,
Z T nafhw ana a. Ual6y, partners as Eirebee
G. B. Fi1ohee and M e. Fre n M A11derson
g. b. u III. q. Firebee; NJ. W. Burk H. ID. PM.
.er, administrator OF s. ID Fuller, deceased: A
Il. Dickinson, A. N. Derr, administrator d. b
n. with will annexed OF r. u. Derr, deceased
j. e. M. Hankle, II. l.. Page, j. w. old and
n. Burruss: "AN
You and each of you are hereby notified thu,
pureuant to decroc of reference entered by the
corporation court for the city OF Roanoke Vir-
ginia, on January 9lst 1896, in the cause in chan
Gerry pending In said court in the above short
style, wherein You are defendants will at nv
9ace In the Kirk Building in the city of Roanoke
O'Clock, q. m. proceed to take. state and repor,
10 the said court tho following accounts ma al
reeted by said decree. -
First. All the real estate owned by the de-
PENDANT corporation, the Vinton Land Improve.
ment company OF Roanoke, Virginia.
the defendant corporation, The Vinton Land I'm
provement Company OF Roanoke, Virginia. and
the priorities OF the said liens
fbird. What notes OF the defendant corpora
tion. The Vinton Land Improvement COMPANY
OF Roanoke, Virginia, secured by the deed OF
Trust executed 6y said corporation, dated March
10Th, 1892, to William Lunsfofd, trustee, convey.
Ing the real estate in the bill and ca hbits in this
cause mentioned. remain outstanding and un.
paid, In whole or In part, and who are the mold
crs OF the said noies aud what amounts sill
remain unpaid upon said notes.
It is directed by said decree that this order Of
publication shall be in lieu OF personal services
II the taxing of said accounts be not completed
on the above named day the Same will Be ad.
1ourncd from day to day at the Same place and
hour until completed.
Given under my hand as commissioner In
GShancery Of the hustings court for tho city of
1896. EVERETT PERKIMS
Smith & King, p. q. Commission..r
29td
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n RUsTEEs SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
y decd OF trust dated the 18th daY nf Inlv 1900

RUsTEE's sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
deed OF trust dated the 18th day OF July 1922.
reco ded in clerks office OF hastings court for
city OF Rosnoke. Va, in deed book IS, page 1855,
IN which X: II. Woodrum and ANN Il. Wood.
rnm' his wife, conveyed to the undersigned Ger
tam real estate therein described, In trust to
secure to the Roanoke Truet, Loan and Safe De-.
posit Company the sum of 81, 800, as therein bet
out; and default having been made in the nav
mept Of satd debt. and having been requested go
70 90 p MI me h9lder thereof. shall, ON SATUR.
- - o., S'oLooK NOON, in front Of the courthouse
public auction to the highest bidder all that GER
tain lot or parcel OF land lying In the city of Ros-
nokc, Va ON the north sido OF Campbell avenue
and known as lot Is. section Is, on plat and map
i 10, =: horers town lots made by Edward s.
goo two.etory frame dwelling and ia situated in
one oi the best residence sections of the city.
TERhS-Cash as to the cost OF executing this
trust, including trustees commission OF per
cont and tho sum OF 81, 46s 95, together with any
unpaid SD taxes that may DO due. Baance, II any,
with interest. deferred payments to be evidenced
oy negotiable notes ana secured by deed OF trust
on me property sold. S.W. JAMESON,
Sfoe. Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
TAUGHT BY INSTINCT.
How a Conductor Learned to Write In
Moving Car.

How Conductor Learned to Write In a
Moving Car.
The street car was near the end of its
run, and the conductor was making out
his trip report. He stood firmly, with his
feet spread, and wrote rapidly. THE two
passengers watched him with interest.
"Will you let mo look at that writing,
conductors" said one of the men.
The nickel collector seemed surprised
but handed him tho paper. The writing
was clear, legiblo and firm.
II don't SEQ how you can write so we'll
with the car jumping and iolting all the
time, said tho passenger us he returned
tho paper.
"Oh, it's n knack'' replied tho con.
ductor. II just do It,"
The other passenger then spoke:
- He does 1t just as shave myself In q
sleeping car that is travelling 40 miles on
hour. It's q travellers trick You see he
holds the book flat in his left hand. His
right elbow is jammed against his breast,
and no writes with his wrist rigid Thus
his whole body, book and pencil are NOV
ing together, and he Is poised on his feet
so that ho sways with the car It's the
Same way with shaving on train. BY
pressing the elbow against tho chest and
shaving with the wrist man can shave
himself without making cut in his cheek
I've done 1t many times. have noticed
too, that railroad mon hold themselves the
same way when they are writing on O
moving train
II guess that's So" said the conductor
"but never know it before. No one told
me. just picked it up. Chicago Rec
C-S
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TRusTEE,s sALs.-By VIRTUE OF ADEBD

VSRUSTEE'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF ADEgD
OF trust dated 22f day OF February, 1898. and
recorded in the clerks Office of the hustinos
court city or Roanoke, in deed book 49, page 9iB
In which Robert j. Hawkins conveyed to the nm.
dere1gned trustee certain real estate therein set
ont, In trust 10 secure to r. III. Woodrum nav.
ment OF the eum OF 81 6875 as therein evidenced
and defanlt having been mado In the payment OF
part OF the said debt and beng requested so To
DO by the holder thereof, SHALL on TUESDAY.
MAHCH III. 1886, In front OF the courthouse In the
70 the highest bidder all the property conveyed
in said deed, to wit:
That certain lot, or parcel OF land situate in the
city OF Roanoke, with the Improvement. thereon.
beginning ut a point on the sonthside OF the Nor,
lolk and Western railroad 65 feet more or less
from the northeast corner OF what is known ne
the "Hambrick" property lying on the north aide
OF the tracks, being and fronting on the NorfoIl,
and Western railroad; thence with tho NorfoIir
ana Western railroad in m easterly direction %
rect more or o.s to the northwest corner OF prop-
erty sold to Emma Turner by r. II. Woodrum,
anu running back between parallel lines 90 feet
more or less to a 10 foot wide alley.
TkRMS-Cash as to the sum OF S427 To- to-
Rether with tho cost Of executing this trust and
any Unpaid taxed due on said property; the sum
$l2 SO each. beginning to fall duo ON 25nd day of
March. 1896, and continuing to fall duo on 22d
day OF zach month consecutively thereafter for
~ months, with interest on each payment from
February %, 1893, until paid; balance. * any,
payable In one and two years after date with in.
teIest, deferred payments TO be evidenced by no
gotiaole notes OF the purchaser and secured by
deed OF trust on tho property sold.
aFSOd 81 w. JAMESON, Trustee.
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Tho Idaal Panacaa-

James L. Frenois, Alderman, Chicsgo,
says: II regard DE-. Kings New DIs-
oovery as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs,
Colds and Lung Complaints, having used
1t In my family fog the Last five years
to the exclusion OF physicisn's prescrip.
tions or other preparations"
Rev. John BurguG, Keokuk, Iowa,
writss: II have been minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for so years
OR more. and have never found anything
40 beneficial, or thot gave me such
speedy relief as DR.. Kings New Disc
covsry." Try this Ideal Cough Remedy
pow. Trial bottles free ct Msssie's
Pharmacy, 100 Jefferson street..
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
GIRLS VALUE PURITY IN MEN.
The Exceptions, Who Wed Men OF the
World. Always Repent OF It.

Tho Exceptions, Who Wed Men of the
World, Always Repent OF It.
A young man writes to Edward w.
Box inquiring why SO many girls seem
to prefer the company of young fellows
of slightly blotted character-men who
have seen theworld-and in many cases
marry them, in face Of the fact that
their past lives are known to them. In
The Ladies' Home Journal Mr.. Box, its
editor, makes this reply: "Girls-that
is, the right kind Of girls--do not prefer
the company Of young men Of this sort.
doubtless, you have come across in.
stances where this rule has been other.
wise; SO have I. But it is all in the
seeming, and not in, the reality. Depend
upon one thing-girls have as high an
estimate Of purity in man as men have
OF purity in woman.
There are, Of course, cases to the
contrary, but these are few. Where girls
marry men who are known to have led
what is called worldly life,' it is
more generally due to misunderstand-
ing of facts or to ignorance than people
Imagine. There is O type of girl who
hDds peculiar satisfaction in the con.
quest Of man who has seen the world
and then comes to her as tho one woman
OF all her BOX who can mako him happy.
This sometimes pleases her vanity and
love OF conquest, but she is not many
years older before she discovers that she
has satisfied those feelings at very
high cost.
There is another type Of girl who
rather fancies man who is what is
called fast But that sort Of girl is
painfully ignorant Of what is meant by
that word as applied to man. If she
were not, she would be very apt to
change the adjective to vulgar And
as she natures she finds this out 1t is
only young men Of upright lives who
can hope to win the favor and love of
girls of high motives, the girls who
make the best wives. If, at times, girls
seem to favor young men Of another
kind, the glamour is simply transitory.
1t is rare, very rare, that girls better
instincts do not lead her to the hiphe,
grade of yonng men. An upright life
never fails Of reward, and of the highest
reward, from the hand of woman"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
Tho Laws of Nature.

The laws of nature aro just, but terri.
BILE. There is no weak mercJsin them.
Cause and consequence are inseparable
and inevitable. Tho elements have no
forbearance. The fire burns, the water
browns, the mir consumes, the earth
buries. And perhaps it would be well
Tor our race il tho punishment of crimes
against the laws of man were us inevita-
Die as the punishment of crimes against
The laws of natnre-were man as unerr-
Ing In his judgments as nature.-Long-
fellow.
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RYt, yI I.I, OF A CERTAIN DEED on

RY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
A. trust dated the 10th day OF October, 1889. and
recorded In tho clerks Office OF the husipS s court
sne cry OF Roanoke In deed book 49, page is,
rom ~. =. Morris to the undersigned for the pur,
t RSse s OF dseGuring the Roanoke Building Assca
to become dpe in monthly instalments OF 50 81
eaen; oeIanlt having been made In the payments
t ths beneficiary win ofer for sale. in front Of
oofHrK Mno OF me city Of Roanoke, AT ~
land, situated In the city OF Roanoke:
Beginning at point on the south sido of wise
Dusah % 1sy Ieet east OF Barbour street, thence
no,tn " degrees 81 minutes east 10 feet 10 a
pops tnsnee south II degrees % minutes east ls8
aeet inches TO an alley. thence south rs degrees
8 minutes west 20 feet thence north II desfees 81
l mmp, west lSs feet inches to tho beginning
IhhMs OF SALE:--Cs.h az to the Costs Of
s sas s an the sum OF Sis ana as to the sum OF
insts1 upon "a srea,t to become due In monthly
Slain snt from the 18TH day OF October, 1885, and
as 10 the residue upon q credit OF one and two
years from tho day OF sale, all or tho deferred
Ss m,ar 70 90 secared by acctd o; trust upon
llotd huGIAN H. COOKE, Trustee.
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HOW INDIANS MEASURE TIME.
They Fix Their Dates by Sleeps and Moon,
and Winters.

They Fix Their Dates by Sleeps and Moon,
and Winters.
Our Indians measure time solely by
days, by sleeps, by moons and by win.
tiers. The Indian has no name for any
subdivision of time less than q day.
When he desires to indicate shorter
period, he points to the heavens, and
measuring off space says, "It was as
long as it would take the sun to 20 from
there to there" A day is from daylight
to darkness, "sleep," or night, from
dark to daylight. He has no name for
any day, nor has he any subdivision of
time corresponding to our week. A
moon commences with the first streak
OF tho crescent i'll the west and lasts un-
III the next one appears, but the days of
the moon are neither numbered nor
named. "From winter to winter is
the nearest approach ho has to our term.
The year commences with tho first fall
of snow. An Indian will tell you he is
80 many winters old, but having no
months or days he never has birthday.
Tho Indians who formerly inhabited
the southern part of Texas, where there
is no snowfall, are said to have fixed the
commencement Of the year at the first
"norther, )" furious and chilling wind
that sweeps from the north and is of fire.
quent occurrence during the winter
months.
No year has any name or number fin
ing sequence or point of reference, but
each band will designate year by its
most prominent occurrence, as q fight
with hostiles. death of chief, preva-
lence of disease, abundance OF scarcity
OF food, or failing anything marvellous
or striking by the name of the stream Oh
which was located the winter camp.
But these are mere remembrances, and
excellent as is the Indians memory
they, after few years, fade into a
tumble Of disconnected facts without
sequence or usefulness. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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Notica-Punns.

To ANYONE wishing pumps, am now
prepared to make pumps OF shors mott ce.
The pumps 1 make are known through
out the country as the Whitesell pump.
There Is quantity of them in Roanoke
county, also in this city. Montgomery,
Craig and Botetourt counties. I chsl-
lenRe all makers of pumps to compete
with it for durability and simplicity. 1
can give references from parties who
nave been using them over twenty years.
For further information you can write
me st Roanoke
j. N. WBITEsELL.
124-1m Box 551. Roanoke. Va