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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
WITH LITERARY PEOPLE

When Mark Twain reaches America
again he will find ahead of him consider.
able hard work in catching up with his
fame. a clippings bureau has been max,
ing collection of the newspaper items
which have appeared about him of late
and the number of extracts will keep Mr.
Twain busy for weeks if he reads them
all.
The late Sir Richard Burton's translo
tion of the "Arabian Nights" was sold
out in ten days and brought in $50. GOO
upon which he and his wife lived royallv
for five years. At his death but 50 re.
manned of this sum and Lady Burton de-
posted 1t i'll the poor box of her church
At recent meeting of the Omar Khay-
yam Club in London letter was read
written by Swinburne. 1t told of his
earliest acquaintance with the poets
works as translated by Fitzgerald. The
first edition of the translation was I'm.
salable at shilling a copy, and Swim
burne and Rossetti bought six books at
penny apiece. On returning the next
day they found the price had been boom
ed to twopence. This edition is now very
valuable.
The manuscript of "Trilby' is pre-
served in locked glass case in the room
OF the London Fine Arts Society. 1t is
said that Du Maurier sold it for n SIM
larger than most authors get for the SER
lal rights of novel The story is writ.
ten In little exercise books. hut in vari.
Gus handwrtings. Du A.aurier has
pet theory that all members of his family
must take part in the production of his
works and each one wrote at his dicta-
ton portions of the remarkable story.
Mrs Stuart, the Louisiana woman who
mas written so many charming stories,
does not believe in realism. She claims
that the most interesting parts of her
stories are the parts she makes up and in
proof of her theory quotes the story of
the editor who wrote to IL contributor
saying that, while certain portions of a
contribution were natural and good other
parts Were stilted, unreal and poor.
Inc contributor wrote back to say that
the parts to which the editor had object
ed, were the only portions OF the story
which had really happened.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
y SILLY PRETENSE.
The Closing of Small Bank Was Not
Caused by Silver Agitation.

The Closing of Small Bank Was Not
Caused by Silver Agitation.
a small bank on upper Third avenue
which has been in bad condition for more
than year. was closed Jy the State au-
thorlties yesterday and their action had
no effect whatever, either in Wall street
or out of it. The few who knew the con-
dition of the institution had expected its
collapse and were not surprised when it
came. lnjudicious investments had tied
up the surplus in such a way that it could
not be made available to pay depositors
with for months to come Ii was n clear
case of bad management.
Despite this, however, the Hanna syn
dictate points to the closing of the Murray
Hill bank as a fruit of the agitation for
the resumption of free coinage of silver.
Money could not be raised according to
the organs of the monopolists, because
lenders do not know what sort of cur
rency they will have to take in payment
after Bryan's election. The absurdity of
this ought to strike even Wall street
Spectator.
The bank was engaged in risky real es-
tate deals, and it had exhausted its credit.
and the silver agitation had about as
much to do with its inability TO borrow
more money as have the tides that wash
the shores of Manhattan Island. At
tempting TO make it appear that there is
some connection between the two simplv
shows to what straits the Hannaites are
put in their efforts to stem the Demo.
cratic wave which is sweeping William
j. Bryan in the White House. Nav
York Daily News
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n II EU Nj ATIS M
TREED BY A MONSTER BOAR.
Wild Hogs of California's Bottom Lands
Are Very Ferocious

Wild Hogs of California's Bottom Lands
Are Very Ferocious
Hon Theodore Roosevelt, of New York,
is fond of talking about his experiences
in California, and during one of these
variations he said:
The most exciting and risky hunting on
the Pacific coast to- day is among the wild
hogs, down on the bottom lands of the
Colorado river, fifty or sixty miles south
of the old town of Yuma. A party of us
were down there last year, and 1 believe
we had adventures enough to thrill our
sportsmen friends for n full generation.
great many hunters in California in
dorse every word of Commissioner Roose-
velt's opinion, and no hunting ground for
big game is probably becoming more pop
ular than this In the winter time, when
the climate along the lazy. muddy Colo
RADIO river is like that of July in the east
ern States.
Two years ago an experienced sports
man from Southern Illinois was spending
the winter in Yuma. He had a pair of
very fine, large staghounds, which the
owner claimed could run down and kill
any wild hog along the Colorado river.
One day he took the dogs and rifle and
went down the river for nice little boar,
just right for the oven. He had not gone
thirty miles, and, landing before he found
band of hogs and little pigs, and turned
his dogs loose on them when out of the
tules nearby jumped an enormous boar,
monster, who, with mouth wide open,
paying no attention to the dogs, made for
the hunter. The latter drew up his rifle
and fired, but on camc the boar, the dogs
nipping him at every jump.
The hunter fired a second shot, but on
came the beast The hunter turned and
ran for mesquite tree few yards dis
tant, the hog close to his heels. He drop
ped his gun, jumped fer life, grasping
limb of the tree, just as the hog grabbed
his pants, and tore one-haIf of them from
him. but he was safe, just out of reach.
The dog all this while ran grabbing the
hog by the hind legs, to which the beast
paid no attention. The mad boar seized
the bark of the tree in his great tusks
and tore it into threads Finally he
turned upon the dogs, instantly killed
one, wounded the 9th ir so that it died
soon after. Then he turned his attention
to the tree where the hunter sat. He
guarded him until it. was dark. Twice
did the man get down and try to get his
rifle, hut his foe was on guard and drove
him back up the tree. During the night
the boar left. Daylight came, AMI so did
help. The men had hardly reached the
river and got in their boat when down
came the old hog after them in vain pur-
sult.-St Louis Globe Democrat
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
ONE PRINCESS FRANKS.
Beautiful Pauline de Metternich Dis
guises Herself as Coachman.


The Princess Pauline de Metternich
who has for some little time been stay.
ing in Paris, has left us once more, saws
Paris pa per, and, alt ough older than
when Ambassadors here, she still re-
tains very much of her grace and charm.
Maurel, the great singer, gave a very
, swell evening in her honor Just before
she left, to which everybody who is any
body was invited to meet her | heard
very witty story about her, namely,
that ut great reception ut Vienna she
accidentally dropped false tooth from
her mouth and did not hesitate to make
her loss known with the frankness so
characteristic of her The fashionable
world present vainly helped her to seek
for the tooth. The furniture was moved,
curtains shaken, floors swept, but the
tooth could not be found. \ few DAYS
later the princess received packet and
letter-an anonymous one-informinp
her that the missing tooth had been
found. The package did, indeed. con-
tain tooth, but the tooth of an OK,
Though the letter was unsigned the prin-
cess felt confident she knew who was the
author-a social rival-and TO the lady
she believed guilty, she wrote: Il knew
that you felt for me the greatest friend
ship, but never until now would have
believed that -FOUR affection would lead
you so far as to have one of your own
teeth drawn to replace my loss
Whenever l think of Nine de Meter
mich | always think of her as she appear-
ed at the Tuileries at one of the Empress
Eugenie's petit lundis,'' when fancy
dress was worn. To the amazement of
all present she entered, dressed as a
French cab driver, black coat, with brass
buttons, red waistcoat, drab trousers.
glazed hat and whip which character she
sustained to the life, swearing like
trooper. The emperor, never quite sure
of what she might be expected to do.
was particularly indignant with her on
this occasion, and would have requested
her to withdraw had it not been for the
intervention of the empress, with whom
she was n great favorte
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
| SHALL NOT FEAR.

| shall not fear Though tempests roar
Wild breakers dash from shore to shore
Though darkness falls and earth is drear
feel no fright, for God is near.
| shall not fearl Though sorrows roll
Like troubled waves across nv soul.
I'll gladly kiss the Christening rod
And turn for refuge to my God.
| shall not fear. Thy love to me
Is wide and boundless as the sea.
Though earthly treasures from me flee
L have treasure still i'm Thee.
1 shall not fear. Since can see
Thy loving hand outstretched to me-
And though here in darkness gro1,e
l grasp that hand with new born hone
l shall not fear, but still press on
TO endless JOY and jeweled crown,
Till shall reach that realm above
To dwell mid scenes OF feet love.
shall not fear, since to Thee
My life, my love- my all resign,
And never more content to be
Until this life is lost i'm thine.
Grace b. Cats
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
CARE OF BOOKS

1t is great pleasure to have Il favorite
book in a binding as nearly as possible
worthy of it, but how soon the glossy
tree calf of Russian leather become shah.
by. Those who indulge in beautiful
bindings for their volumes should have a
few slip covers at hand, to protect the
books while they are being read. There
isno material which protects polished
bindings so well as chamois leather
Very pretty loose covers can he made.
button-holed round the edge and embroid
cred with some device in bright silk. The
chamois leather has the disadvantage of
soon soiling, and very soft cloth can be
used instead. Books must be kept per.
fectly dry, and housemaids must he war
ned never to dust them with damp dus-
tiers. They should be taken out of the
shelves, clapped, to free the pages from
dust, and then gently wiped along the
top with soft, old cloth, which is per
fectly dry. Many books are spoiled by
the insertion of book-markers, which are
left i'll the volumes and cause dust TO I'll.
ter in between the leaves.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

To NJ. NJ. Kelly and III. Rosenberg and
S. ". and r r. Overstreet-You are
hereby notified that on the 21st day of
the September term, 1896, of the hustings
court Tor the city of Roanoke, Va, the
Bankers Loan and Investment Company
Will move said court to appoint Il. w
Goodwin as trustee in certain deed of
trust executed by Kelly and Rosenberg,
dated the 1st day of December, 1891, re-
corded in the clerks office of the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke, Va, in
deed book 70, page 394, in the place of
Silas w. Burt, the trustee named in said
deed he, the said Silas w. Burt, desir-
ing to be relieved Of said trust. BANK.
Frs LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO.
BY Cooke & Glasgow. loft
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
THE IDEAL PANACEA.

James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago,
says: Il regard DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs, Colds
and Lung Complaints, having used it in
my family for the last five years, to the
exclusion of physicians prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes 81 have been Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 80 years
or more, and have. never found anything
50 beneficial or that gave me such speedy
relief as DIR. Kings New Discovery. j
Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial
bottles Free at Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

VITO NJ. NJ. Kelly and NJ Rosenberg and
T. w. Murphy-You are hereby notified
that on the 21st day of September term
1896, of the hustings court for the CITY of
Roanoke, Va, the Bankers Loan and In
vestment Company will move said court
to appoint L. w. Goodwin as trustee in
certain deed of trust executed by Kelly
and Rosenberg, dated the 1st day of De
cember, 1891, recorded in the clerks office
of the hustings court for the city of
Roanoke, Va, in deed book 20, page 3S7.
in the place of Silas w. Burt, the trustee
named in said deed, he, the said Silas
w. Burt, desiring to be relieved of said
trust BANKERS LOAN AND IN
NESTMENT co. BY Cooke 81 Glas-
gov. 15-tf.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

SALE OF VALUABLE PERSONAL
property of the estate of DR.. William A
Harris, deceased, by his Administrators.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed Administrators of the late Will
liam \. Harris, deceased, will sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder, all
of the personal property of the said estate
on SATURDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1896, ut the Virginia College
for Young Ladies', the sale to begin at 10
O'Clock Il. m.
This is valuable personal property, CON
sisting of beds and bedding, chairs, din
ing room furniture, kitchen furniture,
tableware, lecture room furniture, two
COWS, books, office furniture, school
desks, buggy, organ, one-horse. wagon,
three pianos, etc.
e There will also be sold at the same time
fourteen pianos, which are subject to Il
lien for balance of purchase money, the
purchaser to assume the payment of said
lien.
TERMS OF SALE-For all sums un-
der fifty dollars(S50) cash will be required;
for sums over $50 and up to 800 a credit
of ninety 900 days upon sums over 800
a credit of six 90 months, all sums not
paid in cash to he secured by note of the
purchaser, with approved personal secu.
rity. MATTE p. HARRIS,
) II til Admin
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S 10 I'd
BY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST

BY VIRTUE OF \ DEED OF TRUST
dated the 2Sth day of October, 1891. and
recorded i'll the clerks Office of the hust-
ings court for the city of Roanoke, in
deed book CD, page 327, the undersigned.
as trustee therein, having been requested
so to do by the beneficiary secured
thereby, will offer for sale at public
auction in front of the courthouse of the
city of Roanoke, at II o'clock M. ON
THURSDAY, THE nth DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1896 the following de
scrlbed real estate, situated in the city
of Roanoke:
beginning ut the southwest corner of
salem avenue and Roanoke street, thence
in .southerly direction with Roanoke
street 80 feet to a II foot alley. thence
in westerly direction with said alley
100 feet to another IL foot alley, thence
in northerly direction with last named
alley 81 feet 10 Salem avenue, thence in
an easterly direction with Salem avenue
100 feet to place of beginning, and
designated on the map Of the lands of f.
Rorer as lots Nos /, ., 3 and 4. in sec
ton 8.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash as to the
costs of sale as we'll as the sum of So. GOO
with interest thereon from the first day
of November, 1894, and as to the residue
upon credit of one and two years from
day of sale, with interest from that date.
sad deferred payments to be secured by a
deed OF trust upon the premises conveyed
LUClAN Fl. COOKE, Trustee.
S-15.td
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nNeAr NOTICES.

east 141.5 feet to an alley, thence win
said alley south 6 degrees 30 minutes east
50 8 feet to a point, thence south 50 de-
grees 10 minutes west 144.5 feet. to the
beginning.
TERMS Cash as to enou' IN to paw the
expenses of the sale, inclu' ding trustee 5
commission of 21.2 per cent and the
amount now in defar 1T, due and payable
on bond amountinr, to 81 ,417.20, and the
residue, II any, payable in one and two
years from date of sale, secured by deed
of trust on Property sold.
LUCIAN II. COOKE,
J. w. SHIELDS,
D I'd Trustees.
J. L, Peck, Auctioneer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

BY VIRTUE OF y DEED OF TRUST
executed to me by Fortunate Todero and
Coradini Domenico, dated the 23rd day of
May, 1892, and recorded in the clerk S
office of the county court for the county
of Rockbridge, Va, August 10, 1892,
conveying the property hereinafter de
scribed to me in trust to secure to Henri
DAWN the payment of the sum of $3.50.
evidenced by three negotiable interest
bearing notes of $3.50 EACH dated May %.
1872, and payble at the First National
Bank of Roanoke, Va, in one, two and
three years from date, respectively, and
default having been made in the pay
ment of all of said notes and the interest
thereon, and having been required so to do
by the beneficiary under said deed, will,
on MONDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, 1896, at ) o'clock p. m offer for
sale at public auction to the highest bid
der, III front of the courthouse in the town
of Lexington, Va, all that tract or parcel
of land situate in the county of Rock
bridge, on 'Brushy HILL" about two
and one'half miles from Lexington,
known as the ''Nineyard Tract of which
f.. f. Paxton died seized containing
about twenty seven acres; also that
tract of land lying on the "Brushy Hill, ="
near Lexington, in the county of Rock
bridge, and State of Virginia, known as
the Vineyard Tract containing IS $40
acres, it being lot No. D in the division
of the land of the said John Bowyer,
deceased. Reference being made for
more definite description of the said
property to deed of Henri DAWN and
wife to Fortunate Todero and Coradini
Domenico, dated May %, 1892
TERMS OF SALE Cash as to so
much of the proceeds as may be necessary
to defray the expenses of executing this
trust, including trustees commission
OF legal per centum, and to pay off and
discharge the notes above mentioned and
the interest thereon; the balance to be
made payable in two regular installments
IN SIX and twelve months from date of
sale, said payments to be evidenced by
interest bearing negotiable notes and Sc
cured by deed of trust on property sold.
j. ALLEN WATTS,
10 til Trustee
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BANANA LEAVES

Banana leaves sefve NAV useful mr..
poses, for of them are made tough paper,
from the thinnest tissue to the thickest
cardboard, clothing, hats ard brushes,
mats and hammocks. Millions of pounds
of banana fibre, misnamed Manila
hemp" are each year bought to the
United States or taken to Europe, and
spun into cordage from the fineness of
silk up through the size of Irvine to the
bigness of mammoth cables, and many
a dainty handkerchief and bit of fine
lace have been woven from the fibres OF
banana leaves by the deft fingers of the
women of South Africa and of the far
East. Family Herald.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

TO J. b CACHES AND HARRIET
Caches, his wife:-.You are hereby mott
fled that ca SATURDAY, THE 9TH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1896, / will move
the honorable judge of the hustings court
OF Roanoke city, in term, to appoint w.
A. Petligo as trustee in the place of Rush
U. Derr, who was appointed trustee in a
certain deed of trust executed by you on
the 9TH day of April, 1892, to secure to
me the payment of the sum of 50 900, the
said Derr having departed this life, which
deed of trust will be found duly recorded
in the clerks office of the busting court
of the city of Roanoke, in deed book 90,
page 800. Witness my hand the 23rd day
of June, 1896. HENRY DRESSLER.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

To j. d. Rose and E. o. Atwell-You
are hereby notified that on the 21st day OF
the September term, 1896, of the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke, Va, the
Bankers Loan and Investment Company
will move said court to appoint Il. w
Goodwin as trustee in certain deed of
trust executed by j. d. Rose, dated the
4th day of June, 1892, recorded in the
clerk S Office of the hustings court for the
city of Roanoke, Va, in deed book IS.
page 30, in the place of Silas w. Burt.
the trustee named in said deed he the said
Silas w. Burt, desiring to be relieved of
said trust. BANKERS LOAN AND
INVESTMENT co. BY Cooke Sc Glas-
gov. S15-tf.
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To j. ID. Rose and j. FL Woodroof-
You are hereby notified that on the 2lst
day of the September term, 1896, of the
hustings court for the city of Roanoke,
Va, the Bankers Loan and Investment
Company will move said court to appoint
L. w. Goodwin as trustee in a certain
deed of trust executed by J. ID. Rose,
dated the 4,h day of June, 1892, recorded
in the clerks office of the hustings court
for the city of Roanoke, Va, in deed
Burt, the trustee in said deed, he. the
said Silas w. Burt, desiring to he re-
lieved CT said trust BANKERS LOAN
AND INVESTMENT co. BY Cooke &,
Glasgow. 15-tf
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BY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST
executed to the undersigned by Jno. c.
Wallace to secure Old Dominion Building
and Loan Association certain, money, de-
fault having been made in payment
thereof, on SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1896, at
II O'Clock NJ, we will offer for sale, at
public auction to the highest bidder. on
the premises, Roanoke city, the following
real estate:
Beginning at point on the east side of
Roanoke street 1888 feet north of Pine
street, thence with Roanoke street north
degree 30 minutes west 80 feet to n
point, thence north So degrees Is minutes
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To NJ. NJ. Kelly and VI. Rosenberg
and \. ID. Porter and II. y. Day-You
are hereby notified that on the 21st dav of
the September term. 1896, of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke, Va, the
bankers Loan and Investment Company
VIII move said court to appoint r. w.
Goodwin as trustee in a certain deed of
trust executed by Kelley and Rosenberg.
dated the lst day of December, 1891, re.
corded in the clerk : Office of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke, Va in deed
book 20, page 3s3, in the place of Silas
w Burt, the trustee named in said
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16

BY VIRTUE Of \ DECREE OF
the hustings court for the city of Roam
oke entered ut its May term, 1896, in the
chancery cause OF National Mutual Build
ing Loan Association W. Edmund Didier
ct. ais, the undersigned, as special com
missioner, appointed by said decree, will
offer for sale in front of the courthouse
in the city of Roanoke, Mt IL o'clock noon,
on the 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1896,
that parcel of land situated in the city OF
Roanoke, with the improvements thereon
and described as follows:
Beginning at Il point on the south side
of Water now Center street, rs corner to
the lands of Rogers, Fairfax x Houston
addition, and running thence with said
lands south - degrees ID minutes west
100 feet to an alley, thence with said alley
south rs degrees east 40 feet to n point,
thence north IL degrees u minutes east
100 feet TO Center street, thence with
Center street north 16 degrees west &C
feet to the place of beginning.
TERMS OF SALE;-One- third cash,
balance in one and two years, said defer
red payments to bear interest from date
of sale, and to secure which the title of
said premises will be retained until all of
the purchase money has been paid.
LUCIAN II. COOKE,
Special Commissioner.
I, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke, do certify
that Lucian H. Cooke, special commits
sioner, has given bond as required in the
above named cause Given under my
hand, this the 18th day of July 1896.
S. S. BROOKE, Clerk.