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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31

IMPORTED SKATING COSTUME.
oneself learn to get about, but the 90
cents admission entities woman to the
use of a pair of skates and the strong
arm of an instructor.
1t is an excellent plan to prepare for
the first lesson by getting into regulation
skating shoes, or at any rate into pair
that have common sense heels, rather
rounded toes, and that can be laced tight
over instep and ankles. The high bicy-
cling boots are very good for this pur-
pose, but if there are any suspicious of
a weak ankle the skating shoes, that
lace almost down to tho too tip, are
sensible precaution. They cost few
dollars only and last q great many
years. Whatever shoes are used, they
must be laced SO close as to be impossi-
BILE for ordinary walking, and if there is
an ankle known to be untrustworthy q
steel bar support, strapping up the back
of the leg from heel to shoe top, will
save no end Of painful wrenches and
many sad accident An ankle long,
straight, plain skirt is the only sugges-
ton Of uniform the exercise demands,
and here again part of ones wheeling
suit may be pressed into extra service.
AS to skates, any Of the simple steel
clamp pattern, with blade Of medium
width, will answer all ordinary require
ments. From So to So is the price of a
good pair that will last the average
skater q lifetime.
The foregoing information from the
New York Sun contains suggestions of
value to country readers who depend
upon King Frost for their skating Kinks.
The illustrated description Of French
skating costume will also be of interest.
The costume in question is of seal brown
cloth, trimmed with beaver and an ap-
plique Of scarlet cloth on skirt and yoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
Tell Baby the Truth.

Baby has right to the truth from its
mother. Why should it be told that a
sweet thing is nasty or nauseous thing
nice? 1t speedily finds out to the con-
trary. And why should mother threat
en- things that she neither can nor will
perform? Why should an apocryphal
black man be summoned to carry a
naughty baby away, or why need the
mother who is going out for on after
noon assure him that she will soon be
back? Children are not easily deceived,
and they remember previous occasions
far more readily than we imagine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
anecdotes illustrating This Phase of th,
Colored Mans Nature.

That the negro has humor goes without
saying; that he has wit some will deny.
When Frederick Douglass was asked how
he felt when somo ono called him mig
ger" and replied, "I felt that jaokass had
kicked and hit nobody he used wit,
keen, biting.
Wit Is foil without tho button; hui
NOR q foil with the button.
A few examples of negro humor which
have been collected from steamboat deck,
from cabin and from church arc given
Charles Lambs famous bonmot was al
most equaled by rough rooster" as
roustabouts are called along the Ohio
river.
Lamb, 1T will be remembered, sat up all
night playing cards with Miller, who was
very untidy. AS daylight streamed into
the roon through the shutters Lamb
caught sight of Miller's remarkably dirty
hands.
Miller" said the wit, eff dirt were
trumps what hands you'd hold'
Tho negro roustabout. who Of course
had never heard of Lamb or his famous
witticism, was coming along with nail
kog on his shoulder, when he stumbled
over tho enormous brogans Of another
"roostor," who, being off watch, was ly-
ing stretched out on dock taking n sun
S'ohCAhB nOWh NV Ull6 COlOSStil 16OU
he exclaimed admiringly, "Ef feet wuz
trumps, dat niggah dar could play high,
low, jack and de game!''
Coming up the Ohio river from Cincin-
natl on one Of tho steamers that run in
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati trade the
negro cabin boys were engaged in n sur
reptitious game of craps, the great game
of tho river negro. Two of the boys were
chatting each other numerically, whom
one gavo the other Knockout blow which
put an end to the war of words. "Nig-
gah," he said, "you nocd'n' to talk. Wen
you come on dis boat, you done been so
long widout somepin to cat dat you des ez
light CT ur fodder. Wy, niggah, you could
out do Mobile Buck on ur eister crackah
and nebbah bus de orus'!''
/. AT n certain colorod church in West Vir-
ginia the pastor announced that tho sacra-
ment would be administered in tho morn
ing instead of in the afternoon, as was
customary, rs he would DO called away.
Immediately an old elder arose and said
"Bredderin, I'zo of'n hyahd OBJ de Lawd IS
suppah, but nobbah urfo hyahd OBJ dc
Lawd's brakfus!"
The sacrament was administered at the
usual time.-Chicago Times Herald
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31

TRuSTEE'S SALK-BY VIRTUE OF ADEED
OF trust dated the 18th OF March, 1890. and
recorded in the clerks olce of the hustinps court
OF inc city OF Roanoke. deed book %, page 80
e1ecutea Dy Ohas. A. Woolford and wife to the
Iuaersigned as trustee, to secure to the Southern
Tenn; the payment of the sum OF $4,000, as evil
a e oy the bond OF the said Chas. A. Wool
IoIo, bearing even date with said deed and nav.
aoio 70 shlu corporation, and to be discharged In
accordance with the terms OF tho said bond and
Goed OF trust securing the same; and default hav-
bond and deed OF trust, and in the performance
OF the obligations assumed to said association nv
the sa,o Chae. a. Wooford for moro than ak
nontns; ana being requested By the eaid associa-
Lioh go 70 90, l shall. ON TUESDAY, THE 9TH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1896, AT 10 O'CLOCK ~
the premises, all OF tho following lot or parcel OF
land, situate and lying In the city OF Roanoke.
a. beginning at point on tho line OF the land OF
sno ROANOKE Land and improvement Company,
where 1t Joins Tho land OF Or. Hart near Tenth
street or Fourth avenue northeast, thence north
degrees o. minutes west 100 feot to point in
asrts line, thence north rs degrees east 1a9 feet
70 point. thence south Is degrees east 100 feet
inc ilne OF the Roanoke Land and Improvement
company. thence with said line south IS degrees
wesh 10y 5eet TO the place OF beginning.
TERAS!Cash as to sufficient OF the proceeds
y. s sae 70 pay the costs OF executing this trust
anc 10 pay the amount due said association under
u TUG Terms OF said bond and deed, which amounts
70 the sum OF 81 ,01590, as of the 18th day OF De
Cemoer 1896 and the balance, II any, pay able In
from day OF sale; purchaser to give notes FOR the
oeierled payments, and secure the same by deed
OK TRUST on the property purchased
14td ROY b. SMITH, Truetee,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31

I've; so is the combination of beads and
raised shellwork. There are some pleas
ing fruit and floral patterns in which
the ornament is continued into the bowls
of the spoons, on the prongs of the forks
and the decoration Of the bucks. The in
duence Of the old English style is notice.
able i'll the form of much of the flatware
as the decided oval and octagonal in
trays, and the spoons and forks, which
show angular lines in bowls and tines.
The foregoing is from review i'll The
Jewellers Circular of the present sea-
sons styles in silyeTware.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
TaS9 ,Sn:s s.s. sA LIE vIRTgR OF DRET

RuSTER'S SALR.-BY VIRTUE ORA DRED
or trust dated the 18th day OF November. lss5
ana recorded In tho clerks office OF the hustinga
SO Ior the city OF Roanoke, Va, In deed book
o., page ls2 from g. b. Thomas 10 the undsr.
signed trustee to secure to tho Peoples Perpet-
Wal Loan and Building ISOLATION or Roanoke
va, tns payment OF a certain debt in said deed
st Iortn, as evidenced by tho bond OF ssid a. "A
Hnomae OF even date with said deed default hay
ing oeen made In the terms OF ssid bond. and
oong required so to do by the beneficiary tberein
secured. will ON THE 18TH DAY OFFEBRII
ANY. 1856, AT 10 O'CLOCK n, on the premises
IN tne city OF Roanoke, Va, orer for sale the fol-
lowing described lot or parcel Of land with the
improvements thereon consisting OF largo brick
store ana Office building: o. o.AeA
SITUATED on the west side OF Commerce atreet
auo bounded on tho north by the lands of the
city OF Roanoke, Va, ttho courthouse lot) on the
sSutn oy the lands OF the estate OF O. l.. Potter
tne said lot fronts Is feet on tho west aide OF Com
n street and extends back by parallel lines
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash as to the costs OF sale
ana the sum OF 81 160.6f being the eum In defsult
unuer inc terms OF eaid bond of day OF sale and
as to tho sum OF $7aS0 being tho smount mot dns
as OF that day, upon a credit to becomo due and
Psyaole In monthly instruments OF SS4 67 each
Mitnout lntereet. the first on the fourth Monday
IN feoruary, 1896 and ono on the fourth Monday
OF each succeeding month thereafter until ali are
paid, and the residue it any, upon credit OF ons
ana Two ycars, with interest, deferred payments
70 % evidenced by negotiable notes secured by
uecI % 81 trust OF the property. VIM. +. WINCH,
wv Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
SILVER TABLEWARE.
THE QUEEN ANNE OR COLONIAL
y STYLES PREVAIL.

Salient Points of Decoration Arc slender
Lines, Beaded Edges, Scrolls, Chased Bor-
ders and Floral DesiEns-sots Arc In
Favor-old Gallery Tray Revived.
The idea of representing in one house
several distinct styles. such us have been
in the past demonstrated in Turkish
room, japanese room, an old Dutch
room, and the like, has given place to
the more recent fashion which selects
all the fltments from revivals of the
Queen Anne. colonial or Chippendale
periods. .,as.
With this revival Of early English and
colonial in furniture has come about
naturally enough the equally noticeable
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
SKATING NOW The THING.
Tho Bicycle Has Rival-New Kinks OF
Artificial Ice.

1ho Bicycle Has q Rival--New Kinks OF
Artificial Ice.
The all conquering bicycle has rival.
Every woman with little muscle and
time to spare is learning to skate She
has just found out that next after wheel
ing ice skating is about the most anus
ing, exhilarating, not to say becoming,
sport In which one can indulge. The
revolution in feminine athletics that the
bicycle academy brought about the new
skating Kinks are repeating. No longer
Is 1t necessary to serve hard and un-
certain apprenticeship with an made
iquate small brother, as assistant on the
nearest rough surfaced pond. London
and Paris were among the first cities
with accommodation for rink skating,
and now one by one the big American
towns are adopting the plan, but Oh q
vastly improved scale, and she who is
ambitious for ICY accomplishments pays
90 cents entrance fee and gets lesson
Of half an hour
The American Kinks are built lonR
and oval in shape, with steps leading
down from promenade gallery to the
rink pit, round which runs O circle Of
leather seats, and where the tempera-
ture stands between 40 and 80 degrees.
Up in the promenade the heat rises to O
point near 20, and an old waxed floor
could not show more exquisite surface
than does the skating arena. Its boards
are crossed by hundreds Of small pipes
connected at the back of tho building
with huge refrigerating machine that
pours freezing air through every tube.
When an ice surface is to be laid, the
great brine tank sends forth salt and
water to cover pipes and floor for few
inches, and in less time almost than ma
ture herself could do it the rink pit is o
solid, shining frozen sheet. So carefully
is the process carried out that not q rut
or lump mars the perfect spread, and
yet the surface is sufficiently soft to give
the skate blade plenty Of grip. With
such opportunities one could almost of
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
verdl's First Music.

/, Tho first musical signs mado by Verdi
were ominous. They woro in connection
with tho street organ, and all tho world
knows what it has subsequently suffered
from Verdi being on tho street organs
Think of London alonc Alsd of tho late
Mr.. Babbage, and Mr.. Bass London street
music bill! An itinerant organ grinder
used to come betimos to tho Roncolo inn
when little Verdi would run to stand and
gaze in wondermont Mt tho musician and
his music, nor would he leave tho attrac-
tion until fetched away. Ono especial
tavorito with tho child was Bngasset, de-
crepit vlolinist, who predicted to tho inn
keeper that his son would DO great mu-
SLOAN some day. Vordi helped this poor
fellow in after years, whom tho prophecy
had boon amply fulfilled.
! When Verdi WAS about z years old, his
father added spinnot, or pinnoforte, to
his worldly possessions. Tho child had
already shown some taste for music, for,
besides the street music episode, tho priest
Mt Roncole had kicked him down tho altar
steps for paying moro attention to the
music from the organ than to his duties
as aoolyto or server, ut mass, u post which
his naturally quiet demeanor had obtained
for him. No sooner was tho piano in tho
house than young Verdi went Mt it with a
will until ono day, because no could not
find some favorite chord upon the key.
board, he was discovered in great anger
belaboring the instrument with a ham
mer Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
10 Grow big pansr blossoms.

One can get largo sized flowers from
pansies by making the soil quite rioh
When buds show, apply some sort of liouid
fertilizer. In this way you will succeed IN
getting some largo flowors, but your plants
VIII not DO benefited by the forcing result.
ing from this treatment Home
Journal.
Tho Song OF the soras.
With fingers punctured and torn,
With Pipe stuck under his nose,
A bachelor sat in o bachelors den
Darning the holes in his hose.
Darn. darn, darni
Those hose with fancy clocksi
And still with voice OF dolorous pitch
He sang tho "Song Of the Socks:''
"Darn. darn. darnl
While the smoke gets in my eyes.
Darn, darn, darnI
These holes OF prodigious size
Heel and instcp md toe,
Too and instep and heel,
Till over my stocking fail asleep
And am walked by the prick of the steel
so men with sisters dearI -
men with mothers and wivesl
You don't know what snap you have,
Compared with bachelors livesl
Darn, darn. darnl
While the smoke creeps into my nose,
Darning at once with double thread
"Darn, darn, darni
My labors never stay.
And what are the wages2 A bed and board.
With prunes three times day,
That folding bed md this dirty floor,
table. sQueaky chair,
will with a chrome of ancient date
And n mirror the worse for wcarl
"Ohi but to breathe the breath
or the cowslip ind primrose sweet,
With the sky above my head,
And no stockings on my feet,
For only one short hour
To feel as used to feel
Before wrestled with folding beds
Or tasted boarding house meal,''
With fingers punctured and torn,
With pipo stuck under his nose,
bachelor sat in q bachelors den,
Darning the holes in his hose.
Darn, darn. darnl
Those hose with the fancy clocksI
And still in u voice where sorrow purIs-
Would that its tone could reach tho eirlsi--
he sang this "Song Of the Soclsl"
Chicago News.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
RY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
~ trust dated the 18th daY of Onfnhar iCsn al

RY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
- trust dated the 18th day of October 1850 and
recorded in tho clerks office OF the hustinS s eonrt
tor lhe city OF Roanoke in deed book 20, psge is
rom NJ. u Morris to the undersigned for the pur,
p Pose OF securing the Roanoke Building Associs-
~ t1oh ana investment Company the sum OF SOIL 40
70 become due In monthly instruments OF 60 al
f fSscn 6efsat having been made in tho payments
me beneficiary, will offer for sale, in front Of
n fne Gour,house OF the city OF Roanoke Ar u
0I,GLOCk NOON, ON THE 10TH DAY OF FER
iand, situated In the city OF Roanoke: ~
beginning ut a point on the south aide Of Wis,
street SiO feet east of Barbour street. thence
no oiIh q degrees "a minutes east 40 feet to .
point thence south II degrees % minutes east 1ss
seot lhchos 10 an alley thence south rs degrees
minutes west 30 feet, thence north II degrees 81
mlnnfes wet lss feat inches to the beginning
TENNIS OF SALE:-Caeh as to the Costs Of
sale sale and the sum OF Si9s % and as to tho snm OF
Sioo,5O upon credit, 70 become due In monthly
instruments OF 50 So with Interest upon each in
81 y, tS from the 10th day of October 1885, and
us 10 the residue upon credit OF one and two
years from tho day OF sale, all OF the deferred
payments to DO secured by deed of trust upon
the promises conveyed. f
11otd LUCIAN II. COOKE, Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31

HoW. L. MOORE AND RUTH A. MOORE:
You are hereby notified that on the ism dav
OF inc February term, 1885, OF tho hustinqs CONT
Ior the city OF Roanoke Va, the Security Invest
Lucien H. Cooke as trustee in two certain deeds
81 1uss EXECUTED by You dated the 18th day Of
the hustings court for tho city of Roanoke. Va.
IN deed book s5. pages 10 and o. IN the placs OF
Saien II. Coon. the trustee named In said deees.
loved OF said trusts ~ oo &c
SECURITY INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Jaw BY Cooke Is Glasgow
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
Five o'CLoCK TEA SET.

one In silverware, which today is known
to both maker and purchaser rs Queen
Anne or colonial. Just where the Queen
Anne ends and the colonial begins no
one appears able to tell, but there exists,
in the amateurs mind at least, the be-
lief that all the coy, unpretentious
pieces Of low or medium height in fiuted
ware inclosing polished surface are
Queen Anne, while silverware taking on
outlines square, pentagon, hexagon, oc-
tagon or oval is colonial. This revival
does not stop with the large pieces in
hollow and flat ware, but its influence is
seen, more or less, in all classes Of sill
versmithing and notably in spoons and
forks.
The term colonial is applied to the
present styles of decoration as we'll as of
forms. Its distinction lies in slender
lines and beaded edges, in graceful
scrolls, chased borders and bands and
floral designs. The salient points Of this
style of decoration are combined in some
of this season g tableware with a grace
and beauty that leave nothing to BIO de-
sired from an artistic standpoint.
While much Of the silverware shows
| bright finish, the newer French gray
finish is employed with admirable eff
feet This French gray finish gives an
antique appearance to the new silver
and shows to better advantage all the
beauties Of the chased ornamentation.
There is strong tendency toward
sets, tete-a-tete sets being in high favor,
and each set includes its own special
tray. Coffee sets are quito distinct from
tea sets, and chocolate drinkers find sets
especially designed for that beverage.
In tea sets the pieces are medium or
low, with octagonal body swelling out
ut tho lower part Coffee and chocolate
pots stand high, have slender neclzs and
are of tapering cylindrical or octagonal
form.
a conspicuous feature in colonial re-
productions is the gallery tray of highly
polished wood of large oblong shape and
surrounded by rail of silver lattice or
pierced work. Silver salvers were never
more popular. Even pitcher is no
longer considered complete without a
corresponding tray. Trays, large and
small, incline to the oval shape, while
beaded edges and cord work and chasing
are all employed in their enrichment.
Presents in cases are the inevitable
sequence to the popular demand for sets,
and ono is left in doubt which to admire
more, the cases or the contents, so beau
tiful arc the former. They are mnrvels
of fine workmanship in wood, kid,
chamois, brocade and leather Popular
wedding presents are complete set of
knives, forks and spoons, inclosed in an
oak or mahogany chest, adapted to con-
tain from 1 to 20 dozen each. Ice cream
sets include knife. ~ spoons and cream
ladle. When it comes to asparagus sets,
one has choice Of tongs, forks or serv-
ers. In this connection it may be we'll
to state that table knives and most all
game carvers are furnished with silver
handles in patterns to match the forks
and spoons.
In some Of the fatware designing,
new treatment Of the beadwork is OBJ
servable, in which appears production
of beads in high relief. The beaded edge
occurs on spoons and forks, combined
with scrolls, and is exceedingly attract
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
From'the Courtroom.

Judge-Prisoner, did you commit the
burglary alone or with tho help of othersp
Prtsonor-With tho kind help of the
Eighty-third Regiment band
Judge--What? Explain yourself.
Prisoner-Well, you SEQ, judge, tho
band made halt, and ell the people in
the house went to the front to listen, so
that worked quito undisturbed in the
baok.-Fliegcnde Blatter.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31

>Eau osa =; sALE-gY VIRTUE OF a
recorded IN tho clerks ofico OF the hustines
e 60 Ior tho city Of Roanoke in decd book No.
Cd page s8s, executedbY r. ID. CALDWELL 10 the
HooImsS a. ss trustee TO secure to Richesd n
s ss,d ~ the said r. D. Cardwslls note Tor
sble to ss ~ esen cate With said deed and pay
year after date. and defsult having bean made in
M KS f5ia X Mn 4. HoSEman % 70 daT shall on
fhs S, AT II O'CLOCK H., in 'front.' OF the court.
auction 20 me tb St OF koanoke Va, soil at public
OF Hsifei Of issa in tho city Of Roanoke Va. vix
NAY certain LOT or parcel Of land fronting b.
css On the north side formerly
avenue between parallel lines lO6 feet and known own
az a., lot II IN section OF the Lou5 addition TO the
CITY Of roanoke, and being the earlle lot rom
vo :SS, N the deed OF trust above mentioned.
ihhhS:-Cash as to sufficient of the proceetIs
s no pay ne costs Of sale and ditchsrge the said
yemter gsos n VIII interest thereon from No.
upon: q credit OF one and two yeaIs' equal pay.
ments. Purchaser to give his notes for the de-
OF ttuet on the property purchased, 49,
80 ~ ROY d. SMITH, Trustee
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LEGAL NoIT1OEsI.

to the place OF bceinniny. and known .. -. ~.
seven ~, block eighteen (1S) as shown on tfss
M map Of the West knd Land Com pany ION de In IN
sne c,efsa ONCE OF the hustines court for the
TkhMS-Cash sutiicicnt to pay all costs OF exe.
eatng this trust, including a Commission TO the
nustee, and 70 pay en- saio srrcrages duo Thereon
emounting In theiaggrcgatc 10 swenty.six Snn,,
usea ana twonty.thIoe dollars and city enc Cent?
SSs,o%S oD, as OF February II, 1895, and the bal
menus, quo In twelve and twonty.four months.
WIN interest thereon from date, the purchaser
executing negotiable notes for deferred nav fnenta
sold. JTfNTIiaS trc slG ugwuTspotty
IL tQ Substituted TYusfea