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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
SMOKING HORSES.
The Singular Manner In Which Indians
Obtain Their Mounts.


Obtain Their Mounts.
a curious method of obtaining horses
Is practiced by somo of tho Indian tribes
1t is called ON tho plains "smolSinn
horses" If "a tribe decides to send out n
war party, the first thing to DO Thought of
is whether there arc enough horses Mt
hand to mount tho warriors If, ms is oft
en- tho case, the horses of tho tribe have
been stolen by other Indians, they decide
TO smoke" enough horses for present
needs ana to steal a supply from their enc
mics ut tho first opportunity
When this decision Is reached, a runner
ts dispatched to tho nearest friendly tribe
with tho message that on certain day
they will DO visited by number of young
mon, forming war party from his tribe
who require horses. On the appointed dtv
the warriors appear, stripped to tho waist.
They march silently to tho village of their
friends, seat themselves in u circle, light
their pipes and begin to smoke, Mt tho
same time making their wishes known il.
sort of droning chant.
Presently there is seen, far out on tho
plain, band Of horscmen, riding gayly
onparisoned stocds fully equipped for war.
These horsemcn dash up to tho village
and wheel about tho band of beggars sit
'AhS oi eho SfouIlti, III circles which con-
stantly grow smaller, until, at Inst, they
aro rs close rs they can get to tho smokers
without riding over them. Thon each rid
or selects tho man to whom he intends to
present his pony, and rs no rides around,
singing and yelling, no lashes tho bare
back OF tho man no has selected with the
heavy rawhido whip until tho blood is
seen TO tricklo down. If ono of tho smok-
ers should finch under tho blows, ho
would not get his horse, but would be
sent homo on foot and in disgrace.
AT last, when tho horscmon think thor
friends have been made to pay enough in
suffering for their ponies, each dismounts.
places the bride in tho hand of tho smok-
or no has selected, and at tho snmo time
hands him the whip, saying:
Here, bcggar, is pony for you to ride,
for which havo loft my mark"
After all tho ponies have boon presented
the "boggars' arc invited to q grand feast,
during which they arc treated with every
consideration by their hosts, who also load
them with food sufficient for their home
ward journey. The braves depart with full
stomnchs and smarting b..vks but happy
In the possession of their ponies and in
anticipation Of tho timo when their friends
Shall bo i'll distress and shnll como to
smoke horses with them. PHILADELPHIA
Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
Tho Turkey,

Turkeys arc great wanderers. A mother
Will often lead her brood three or four
miles away from homo. Thore thev tnko
up their habitation in unfrequented woods.
Tho instinct for solitude and wild lifo is
very strong after centuries of domestica-
ton. But kindred instinct impels the
mother to bring her grown family back in
the fall to whoro sho started out with them
In tho spring. This is not DONE however.
TILL the leaves are all off tho trees the beech
nuts have fallen and have been eaten, and
tho cold winds and sometimes the snow
have made tho sylvan retreats inhospitable.
The turkey raiser earns hor money two
OF three times over, for throughout the
whole season those turkeys arc always on
her mind. She is evor afraid it is too wot
or dry, too cold or too hot for her tonder
birds, and finally sho is afraid her noieb
bors Will round up tho wrong birds, or
that tho gangs of turkey robbers will
catch them. For 1t is regular operation
among rencgados ut this season to procure
wagons and go far and wide making raids
on turkey coops, or stealing them out of
their roosting places in tho woods. Tho
housewives anxious mind Is not ut rest
until she actually has hor turkey money
right In her pockct.-Lewiston journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
Nun OYCrhonra.

Tho presence Of mind of certain
we'll known actor was always very re-
markable, but was never put to SO Sc
we're test as on the following occasion
While acting tho part Of n pirate chief
he was being conveyed in vessel across
the stage with his band Of brigands on
deck beside him.
One of the supers, whose duty it was
to work the waves under large sheets Of
gauze, was SO unfortunate rs to put his
head through the gauze and to appear
standing in tho middle of the mimic sea
before tho full view cf the audience.
Tho actor on the vessel, without los
ing his presence CT mind, called out,
A man overheard |" and the astonished
super was hauled upon deck by the pi.
rates amid the applause Of tho specta-
tors, who imagined it was part Of the
play. -Londcn Spectator.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
Trains and winds

Trainmcn say it is not the "head on,
wind that delay tho cars, as the engine
presents small portion of itself to it,
and, breaking through, tho train Gun be-
easily pulled along after 1t, but when the
wind strikes the train ut an anglo of 40
degrees, tho trouble begins. The wind
uses the whole side surface as leverage
and gives the engineer lots of trouble.
The cars sway over to one side and arc
dragged along with difficulty The on
ginecrs estimate that in going 100 miles
an extra ton of coal is used in a very high
wind, and oven then it Is impossible TO
Keep on schedule time. The wind most
disastrous to travel on tho Consolidated
road is that from the northeast. 1t strikes
tho trains cornerwise and makes the en-
gines struggle and strain to oounteract its
force. This is felt especially in crossing
tho Connecticut river, whore tho wind has
full sweep, and all tho New York trains
are few minutes late when tho south
casters are III force.-Springfleld Repub-
lican.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
On tho IrraMaddy.

Wehavo boon tied up to the bank for tho
night. AT dawn of day tho mist lies low
on the river, and the mir is chilly, so TINT
ono instinctivcly turns up tho collar of his
coat. Presently tho mist lifts, and tho
tropical sun shines out strong and clear.
Tho stream whistle sounds, tho anchor
1s weighed, and wo arc off. Tho scenery
Is not exciting. No snow mountains rise
on the horizon, and tho banks arc rarely
precipitous. Tho rich green woods and
the gray and purple mountains, the great
expansc of Lowell water, recall the English
lake scenery, but it is the English lake
scenery with tho color of Venice and tho
sun of the tropics. Idly gliding down
stream pass gondolaliko fishing boats,
with high carved steering chairs and fish
ermen dressed In pink and crimson and
yellow, or dugouts arc paddlod up stream,
with spot of brilliant color in bow and
stern. Immense RATS Of teakwood from
the forests slowly drift by toward Ran
COON. As the day draws into afternoon.
sheeny tints of mauve and pink shoot
across the water and sky; the sun sets
gloriously; quickly tho land is dark, but
for wondrous half hour sky and water
are blended In tho gold and crimson of the
aftorglow.-Cornhil Magazine
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
BEAUTIES OF "REMINISCENCES.
Ehe Most Natural Years Of Our Lives Arc
Those Of Childhood.

The Most Natural Years OF Our Lives Arc
Those Of Childhood.
In Tho Ladies' Homo Journal Rev.
Charles Ii. Parkhurst, d. D., In an article
on THE Memories Of Our Childhood
Homes" writes thus: "Reminisoenoo
makes us little oven whom wo are old, and
helps to Keep us pure and fresh with tho
sprlngtimo that was In us O score or q gen.
Grafton of years ago. A boy can never be.
come utterly bad so long as there remains
with him momory of his father and
mother III the act and attitude of prayer
Inc time may come with tho hardening
ana ohiiling process of the years when no
Will himself cease to pray, but from the
canvas long ago painted there will never
iaue tho figures of those now asleep whose
heads were seen day by day bent In hum
bic, oonfding worship, and who in in
spired pricstliness laid the morning saori-
nco upon the family altar, and tho NOM
DRY OF fathers and mothers prayer helps
at any ratio to keep alive in us our own
possibilities of prayer
Ihe most natural years of our lives we
Two While we arc children, and there are nj
ways rest and publication in getting back
into touch with them. When the burdens
press little heavily and the future Is
thick with uncertainties, tho wish will
sometimes shape itself that we might be
back again among our free, fresh, child
1sh days. We do not understand it very
well, but there is something gone that we
would dearly love to have back. Those
may seom to have been rather unproduo-
tive afternoons that we used to spend up
ID the garrett, listening in the pauses Of
our merrymaking to the rain FACTORING on
the roof, and we so dry and sheltered I'M
dernoath, but our life means more even
today because of them and because of our
memory of them"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
LHoAI Norrors,

~ pm pnmaUs0E VS.. THE yINToN LAND
City Of Roa snSSesy 10 the hustings the
To tho yinton Land Improv.m.,. -
Ps sy. Of Roanoke, Va. corporstion.c G I'M
F ah1 OF Caristiahsbu.g. corporation; the
p0,ffatiop' the State Savings Bank, = eo,nn-
snamon; -. v; Waggoner, franklin Rogers. q
B. %ssaisat e j. Y T. nbs HAZE Fannie
CEASED; X w. Stairs. B. a. johnson. q ID J SS-
seh h W a so , y White and Chas.
W w; "a: Burk, George D. williams and Cbass
y Mi paau, partners as Williams Bros; Charles
ceased; J; Hecht, Med L. Wrenns 4. q Zee, re
Who, y; n geIdier. w: j.. Sheppard, Il. NJ. s.
Adams. ey g. q rea GSsoyi HsnSy ,, Kim, ".
G%S1d0n' L. RoysteI, W. z. P,isne. William Z.
ham dse aaministr rs OF Thomas Noting
a; Do6ie, K. D. Taylor. X. A. Whitshsad. D.
G G1SneIldge; g. T. Kelly, Walter q. Biggs, Il. n.
B. Rogers n[s r a. Jssks %S.l T. sssssnss
BBa,hsm. B. T: Beckoyer, j. =. Christian, S.
i HiamoqqrgsI. Geo Grsratt. Jr, Mrs. M. a. bar
Dsvis, William A. Wrenn, 8. A. Rica n n
1afds !. B p; Camp, z Grimm. o. b. I'd
Jordan, n. It. q. Jordan. Jos h' Hs,a M =. n
preston; William Lunsford, j. III. WinSat a'
T. Merritt Merritt T. l. DORM, S. Brown. S. s. Brooke.
y Palby; Il. NJ. wharton. K. NJ. "A An Saeoee
q q D. SlSoee and N. y; Firohee, partners as
III. TX. IN
Ier, administrator OF s. Fuller. deceased: a
q. DICKINSON, A. N. Derr administrator n =
4. with will annexed of r. u Dsrr GecseseS.
x. ~ n. Al. Hankle, Il. L. Page, j. ". old and
lou and each OF you are hereby notified thu.
p o 10 decree OF reference entered by fhe
corporation CONT for the city OF Roanoke VIZ
g,nla on January 3lst, 1895, in the cause In chan
gerry pending in said court in tho above short
CD io Mnereln you are defendants will al INV
onnce IN the Kirk Building in the CITY of RoanoES
U,iIIglhla, on Tuesday, March 10th, 1896 at ri
cppch, a. M proceed to take, state and renort
rceteJ ssa oo G9uIt the following accounts as d.
,op ptast; All the real estate owned by the de-
lenaant corporation, the Viuton Lsni Improvs-
MSnt Sompany OF Roanoke, Virginia.
oeSonu. All the liens upon tho real ,eatate NJ
Tue ueIendant corporation, The Vinton Land I'm
phtoseMeht company OF Roanoke, virginia. and
Inc pIiofitiss OF the said liens. N
,,o, ni mi Whet notes Of the defendant CORPORA
VI PLY n.oanose Virginia. secured by the deed Of
.ns executed By said corporation dated March
iOth 1891, to William Lunsford trustes conv.r
lug the real estate In the bill and ca hibis IN fh}
Cause mentioned, remain outstanding and mn
pa,o, IN WholS or In part, and who are the hold
r. VI tue eaio notes aud what amounts still
remain unpaid upon said notes. e''i
II is directed by said decree that this order of
Puplcatlon shall be in lieu OF personal seryices
II the taxing OF eaid accounts be not comnieted
on tue ABOVE named day the tamo will bn ad
journeo from day to day at the eamo place and
hour until completed. pave shu
, Given under my hand as commissioner in
E nannry OF me hastings court for the city of
1896. EvERETmTa { b III eoruary,
Smith u King, p. q. con mnndNS,
29td commissioner.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
TRogPsslTnE STE, + 81 e ADDED

fE'KUSTEE'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE A DEED
OF trust dated 22d day OF Fehruary 1Saa and
recorded In the clerks office of the hustInos
court, city or Roanoke, in deed book So paoe sk
In which Robert j. Hawkins conveyed IN t6e mn
ueIsIHncd trustee certain real estate therein Get
OUT, IN trust TO secure to r. II. Woodruff nav
enI OF the sum OF i,0S7.50, as therein cyldepccd
anu uciault having been made In tho payment or
part OF the said debt, and bong requested an IN
40 40 9y the holoor thereof, l SHALL on TUESDAY
MhhCn ~, 1886, In front OF tho Courthouse in the
Guy OF Roanoke proceed to sell at public auction
in said decd, to witt e'n'oJeo
That certain lot, or parcel Of land a,trs.. a., a..
CITY OF Roanoke. with the Improvement thcreon an
oeElnning mt point on the eouthside of tho Nor
iolK ana western railroad Is feet more or Iess
rom tho northeast corner of what is known an
vi ose hhn1rlck" property lying on tho north eide
oL lhe traoks, being and fronting on tho Norfois
an9 w cstern railroad; thence with tho EortoiS
ana western railroad In an easterly dire yjon %
Ieet more or le's to the northwest corner of mon
cry cry SOLO TO Emma Turner by r. II. Woodruff.
auu running Dack between parallel lines DO feat
m9 or or less to 1Ofoot wide alley 49,
IhnMS-Cash ns to the sum of S4a77b to
RXner with the cost Of executing this truet and
aey unpaid taxes due on said property; the ann
OF S5S7e0, payable in N monthly pnymenta ~
Sl2oV each, beginning 70 fall duo on 2Snd dsy of
Marcn' 1881, and continulngto fall dine on DAD
Gay OF each month consecutiycly therestter for
~ months, with interest on each payment fron,
feOruary %, 1898, until paid; balance jf nnu
payapfe In ono and two years after data with ~
soISeg, aeIerred payments to DO evidenced by no
gotiaoie notes OF tho purchaser and secured bu
aeea OF trust on tho property sold ~
~f''uo .. W. JAMESON, Trustee
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
rnoculation For yellow rover.

AT tho meeting of tho American Pub
lie Health association at Denver, DR..
Manuel Garmona y Vallo of Mexico
read description Of his discovery of a
certain cure for yellow fever, which he
has used successfully i'll hundreds of
cases. His method is to make subcu.
taneous injection in the cellular tissue
OF the arm Of secretion taken from n
yellow fever patient between the fourth
and fourteenth days'of the fever. This
effects u euro, but tho disease can be
guarded against in this way. just as
smallpox is guarded against by VACCINE.
tion. -Baltimcre SIM.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
A STORY ABOUT THE SULTAN.
1t Is Offered rs Explaining Why Turkeys
Navy IL Useless.

Navy Is Useless.
Why does tho sultan allow whit was
once N respectable fleet to rot to pieces an
chorod off Stamboul? Simply because he
considers an ironolad dangerous instru-
mont In the hands Of any minister or reso-
Lutte commander. 1t is true that there are
no ships to guard his coasts, but also therc
is mono to steam up tho Bosporus and
throw she'll into his palace and that Is
tho first object to be thought Of
Tho incident which led to tho order for
the extinction of tho Turkish navy was as
follows: transport was bringing num-
Der of timo expired men home, whom thoy
respectfully utinied ind begged their off,
GERS to go below, as they wished to do
something which might not DO approved
of. Some noncommissioncd officers thon
took command and anchored off Dolma
Bagtchoh, and after firing "a small salute
began shouting, Long live tho sultan!"
This demonstration caused Immediate
confusion at the palace, and various high
officials were dispatched to parley with
the mutinecrs, but they insisted on seeing
tho minister, and when he Mt last appeared,
they said that they knew the sultan had
given tho money to pny them, but that
they had not received it, and they would
not bulge until they did No arguments
Woio VI eAhy h'niij nuu
be sent for and distributed after which
tho mon weighed anchor with cheer, and
gave up the ship again.
The sultan, however, reflected that
what transport had done peaceably a
heavily armed man-of- war might do with
evil intent, and, calling Hnssan Pasha to
him, he declared that ho wanted no moro
navy. In this light hearted manner a
branch of national defense which had
been the pride of its officers, was sacrificed
to tho royal fears for personal safety, and
Hassan Pasha, who has steadily carried
out his masters programme, has over
since beon in high favor and Is, to all in
tents and purposes, minister for life
Smyrna Letter in London Standard
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27

TRUsTsys SALB.-sM VIRTUE OF
deed or trust dated tho 18th day OF july 1897.
recorded in clerks office OF hastings court for
Glty OF ispsn2ke, Va. in deed book rs, pege 1856,
ian f n,s wife censeyea to tho UNDERSIGNED
secure TO the Roanoke Trust, Loan and Ssfe De.
post company the sum OF q, 800, as therein het
ont: ana defanls having been made In the pay
m m Of said debt. and having been requested so
10 . uS on Inc aoaef thereof. shall, ON SATUR-
DAY. THE 18th DAY OF MARCH, 1885, AT
~ ~ SsChooK NOON, in front of the courthouse
In she city or Roanoke, Va, proceed to sell at
pIoc auction to the highest 6.slder all tina. GER
tam 10Y orPasc of baud lying in the city OF Ros-
nose, va. On the north side OF Campbell avenue
and n Sn9 S as lot ID section 10. on plat and map
IN y. koTers town lots made by Edward s.
Hutter, surveyor This property has on it a
good two-story frame dwelling and Is situated In
one OF tho best residence sections OF the city.
TkRMS-Cash rs to the cost Of executing this
trust, including trustees commission OF per
cont and the sum OF 81 ,s62 95, together with any
unpaid taxes that may be due. Balauce, II any.
payable In one and two years from dsto OF sale,
with interest, deferred payments to be evidenced
oy negotiaolo notes and secured BY deed Of trnnt
ON tns property sod ). w. JAMESON,
s1S&' Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
Emperor and Dumplings.

An anecdote which was current of Ferdf-
nnnd OF Austria Mt one timo greatly de-
lighted his subjects and gave rise to q COM
mon saying. One summer day he was
hunting IN the Syrian mountains and was
oyortakcn by violent thunderstorm. He
sought refuge in farmhouse whose ocou
pants were just then at dinner. and his
fancy was caught by some smoking dump
lings, mado of coarse flour. Ho tasted them.
liked them and asked for moro, and when
no got back to Vienna, to the horror of tho
royal cooks, he ordered tho same dunplipgs
to be served up daily.
The courtitrs wero scandalizod thnt such
a coarse dish should figure on tho menu.
md evon his physicians demonstrated
against the use of such food.
The emperor had always boon tho most
plant of men, but he now showed that hs
had will of his own and persisted in
gratifying his now fancy. FINALLY tho
physicians pretended that it was dangerous
to his health to DO living on dumplings
and insisted on his giving them up.
Tho hitherto dooile sovereign STAMPED
bis foot and declared that no would mover
sign another official document If his dict
wore denied him.
Emperor I am" no shouted, "and
dumplings will havep
Toprevent stoppago Of the government
machinery opposition was withdrawn, and
his majesty chung tenaciously to his dump
lings. Then the imperial phrase became
proverbial, and thereafter, when any one
Insisted on gratifying a silly within, some
one was sure to say:
Emperor am, and dumplings I will
haveP'-9outh's Companion.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
TO AN ORIENTAL VASE.

Cioisonne jar, enamcled bright.
Like some fairy mosaic set
In opals on u belt OF let;
with quaint grim dragons that IN flight
swoop down from clouds OF rose leaves
red
On wcirder warriors below.
AN old world epic OF years fed.
HOW shall deck you. let mo know
Min nowors as beautcous and sweet
AS Tor my lady 3 touch DO neet2
a sunflowor for htr aureole
or tresses fair, and jcssamine
10 match tho softness of her skin,
And for symbol Of her soul;
Scarlet carnations for her lips,
And almond blossoms for each cheek,
Pink rosebuds for her finger tips,
Untii are only left to seek
Eiowers for the eyes Of my dearest
VIII these forgctmonots DO bestp
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-27
THE Arr OF RIPPING.
A Woman Who hid 1t wen Could Mako
Y an Income by 1t.

an Income by 1t.
There Is general impression TINT It Is
an easy enough matter to rip up u gar-
mont. Most anybody Gun do Ii, and it Is
an undertaking that requires no special
Skill or care. Acting on this idea, cloth
ing is pulled, torn, cut with knives snip
pod with scissors and finally taken to
pieces after this Improbable fashion, and
tho operator comes and declares that ov-
erything is ready. A dyor who handles O
large quantity Of black goods says that ho
long ago gave up expecting anybody to rip
garment up as 1t should be done. If tho
seams arc ripped, thoy IRE full Of threads;
sometimes thore aro buttons on; hooks
ana eyos are not uncommon; tho fronts of
them are stuck full of pins of various
sorts, and Innings faoings braids and tho
ike remain, in whole or In pieces, Just as
tho individual who had charge Of the dis
ihtegrating process happens to leave them.
10 rip up garment properly there
Should be no pulling, tearing or dragging
apart Ii ono cannot take tho end of tho
thread and pull 1t out, tho stitches should
be cut with sharp knife. Very fow por-
sons can rip garment with scissors with
OUT doing 1T great harm. Indeed many
hnu IL impossible to out stitches with any
thlng without making holes that render
tho goods absolutely worthless for tho ono
VINO originally wore 1t. When 1t Is done,
tne edges arc so ragged that much
smaller pattern must be used In prepnr-
Ing goods for tho dyer, or to be mnde over,
every stitch should be taken out. 1t
seems scarcely necessary to say that fac
1ngs, braid and hooks and Dyes must DO
removed, but this is imperative, in view
OF tho condition in which garments como
TO Tho QrBSSn1nl-or fbo
dresses, onpos and jackets arc perfectly
wearable after being carefully ripped,
brushed, spongod and pressed 1t is a
wonder that some one docs not set up IN
establishment for ripping clothes and put
ting them in order for tho dressmakor
Tho owner of thom frequently has not
time to do them properly, or is too careless
and understands too little tho require
monts of them to do it had she all the time
In the world. Some semiinvalid in every
community might got tolerable living,
or at least add to limited income, by
preparing garments for romodcling.-
Philadelphia Ledger.