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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
HAzlNG HALF A CENTURY AGO
How Students at West Point Military
Academy Practiced 1t.
(Detroit Free Press)

Col. Joseph Stewart entered the Mill
tary Academy ut West Point, July /,
1898, aud his rccollections concerning the
customs ut that institution over half II
century ago are fresh and vivid.
''rhcre was the case of Bcnham,n says
Col. Stewart. "Benham comes to my
mind because he was hazed more severely
than any man in the academy during the
four years l passed there. You have
read about the hazing of Cadet Edwin G..
Davis. of Idaho, by Cadet Capt. Patrick
y. Murphy, the champion boxer OF the
academy, recently. wish to say that in
former times there was no such brutal
hazing rs Davis experienced. In fact.
for II captain of the first class to engage
in smuggling match fifty eight wears
ago would have been di-graceflll, and
ain too much Of an old timer to under
stand how such brutality has come to
pass
Glazing? Yes, Of course, there was
hazing ut West Point fifty. eight years
ago, but the first class had nothing to
do with brutality hnzing lower classmcn
Benhnm, of whom | spoke, aftcrwarl
went to the engineer corps. He was II
fine fellow and spirited, too, bnt perhaps
little too crcdulous. He fell in with
one of the self.electcd anti bogus board
Point.
''SSittng in their borrowed iinery these
mock official boards would lay down ali
sorts of absurd regulations for the new
corners, and have Il great deal Of fun.
The novice in turn took delight in
hnzing the uninitiated, and got even in
that way. | was hazed. So WAS James
Longstrcet, afterward lieutenant general
OF the Confederate army, who was in my
class, and who and very few others are
tile survivors of II class of fifty six. That
class, perhaps it will interest you to
Know, was represented in the civil war
by nineteen general officers, ten being in
the Confederate service, and nine in the
United States army.
1.-The bogus official board which caused
Benham to be hazed brought him before
them in due military form and caused
him to undergo IL physical examination.
They frowneti. looked wise, criticised
and condemned, and wound up by inform
ing Benham that his legs were croo6ed
and that he must wear splints, extending
pretty nearly the whole length of his legs.
The splints We're accordingly fastened
on at night. 5enhnm could not bend his
knees, as Il matter of course, restrained
by the splnts, and so the next morning,
when he tried to go down stairs he fell
and broke one of his legs and WAS laid up
for some time. But that WAS an acct
dent No one supposed that lie would
attempt TO 90 down stairs stii-legged
and the men were genuinely sorry that
such an accident had befalleu him.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
POWER FROM MELTED SHOWS.
Swiss Towns Utilize the Mountain
Streams for Manufacturing.
(Cassiers Mngazine.)

Besides considerable number of large
water. power installations, Switzerland is
full of small power plants, nearly every
water. falls being we'll supplied with
power from the "white coal, - us the melt
ing snow on the mountain sides has well
been called. When there are no large
streams, many small ones are impounded
and collected in reservoirs on the hill
sides, and it is rare to find place of any
size which is not we'll lighted by the
power Of some mountain stream.
At MontreuN the electric tramwly gets
its power in this way, and from the old
Roman town of Nevet to the medieval
castle of Chillon one may ride in IL trolley
car propelled by the power of an insig
niiicant little stream, which may or may
not he noticed when climbinge up the
hillsides Just above. The capabilities Of
the general utilization of natural power
are beginning to be understood every
where. and with the appreciation of the
possibilities of the best methods of long
distance transmission the development of
many mountains streams must surely
come. There are innumerablc streams
which, while very small, are yet very
high, and these can, with puratively
little difficulty, he impounded and car
ried down many hundreds Of feet. thus
making up for their lack of volume by
the great pressure rendily obtainablc
and, either bv the use of electricity or
compressed mir, the power may be trans
mitte'l to many points of application with
but little ioss
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

BY VIRTUE OF y CERTAIN DEED
of trust dated the 9th day of November.
1871, and recorded in the clerks Office of
the hustings court of the city of Roam
ol,c. i'll deed book 20, page "a, from w. j.
Blair ct ais, as we'll rs in pursuance of
the decree of the hustings court of the
city of Roanoke rendered on the 23d day
of November. 1896, in the case of Lucan
IL. Cnckc, trustee, against the Eastern
building and LEAH Association ct ais, the
undersigned will offer for sale mt public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of
the courthouse in the city of Roanoke,
mt IL O'Clock noon on the 18TH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1897, the following described
parcel OF land, with their improvements.
situated in the city OF Roanoke:
|. BEGINNING ut Il point on the south
east corner of Henry street and Spruce
street, thence in Il southerly direction
with Henry street 80 feet to II point.
thence in an easterlv, direction parallel
with Spruce street 1872 feet to an alley,
thence in II northcrly direction parallel
With Henry street 30 feet to Spruce street,
thence with Spruce street in II westerly
direction 1872 feet to the beginning
>. beginning at point on the east side
of Henry street ID feet south of Spruce
street, thence with Henry street in II
southery direction 80 feet to II point,
thence in an easterly direction parallel
with Spruce street 1872 feet to an alley,
thence in northerly direction parallel
with Henry street 90 feet to Il point,
thence i'll II westerly direction parable.
with Spruce street 1872 feet to the beoin-
ming.
3. Beginning Mt IL point on the west
side of jefferson street 800. - feet, more or
less, south of Spruce street, thence with
Jefferson street ~ degrees west 800 9 feet
to the intersection of Jefferson and Henry
street. thence with Henry street north {,
degrees east to the lard formerly owned
by y. +. King thence in IN easterly d.
rection with y. II. Kings line 1870 feet,
more or less, TO Jefferson street.
TERMS. OF SALE: One third cash,
balance in one and two years from day of
sale with interest from that date, said
deferred payments to be secured hy deed
o. trust upon the premises sold.
LUCIAN II. COOKE.
l. III til Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
LITERAL OBEDIENCE.
Handicapped by Overwcening Modesty
and II Good Memory.

Sometimes obedience has it's faults.
There is II Chicago boy who has reached
that age when he feels that the whole
wide world is looking. at him whenever
he comes out into the public. He would
rather starve to death very slowly than to
eat his dinner in Il restaurant, for strange
people might see him ut his repast, and
that would be horrible thing. He is
baskful and backward and wishes he could
sink into the earth and so avoid the re,
sponsibillity of being seen, felt or heard
by other older persons.
This boy $ ANGLE knew of Il cure for that
sort of thing, and he recommended the
youngster for Il position in IL railroad Office
and arranged for an interview between
the junior kinsman and the employing
official in the headquarters. The boy
heard with horror that he was to 20 all
alone into the presence of this man and
fear inou!lcd him and claimed him as its
own. He was earnestly anxious for en-
ploymcnt, but the infamy of presenting
himself before IL strange business ;aan
and talking to him was almost too much.
He pleaded sadly that he did not know
what to say.
Don't know what to to say" cried the
Impatient. who, being Il drummer, knows
nothing of the timidity of growing boys
Don't know what to say, blank it, Why,
say, You idiot, Pm Henry johnson, dash
it all, you great ninny--Im Henry John
son, who was recommended by Mr.. Will
son. doggone it. Say something simple
like that, and that's all you'll have to
say, blame it al. He'll do the rest of the
talking"
And so with courage screwed tense the
timid boy approached the place of slaugh-
ter and desperately spoke thus:
you idiot! Pm Henry johnson, dash
it all, you great ninny. I'm Henry John
son. who was recommended by Mr. Will
| son. doggone it,"
When the boy reported that evening he
| insisted that he bad obeyed instructions
to the letter, but that somehow the man
at the desk had not been impressed to the
extent that one might hope.-Chicago
Record
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
NELSON'S FAMOUS SIGNAL.
"England Expects Every Man to Do His
Dutyn

At the United Services Institute,
Whitehall. Mt which relics connected with
Trafalgar and Nelson are to he exhibited,
there is II time stained document framed,
and hung on the western wall, from
which it appears that the famous signal,
'England cXects every man to do his
duty" was not wholly Nelson's, says the
St, james Gazette. Lieutenant Pasco,
who was responsible for the signaling on
the admirnl's ship, makes the following
statements ellis lordship came to me on
the. poop, after ordering certain signals
to be made, about Il quarter to noon,
said Mr.. Pasco, | want To say to the
fleet: England confdes that every man
will do his duty He added: You
must he quick, fer | have one more to
add, which is Tor close action | replied:
If your lorjship will permit me to sub.
stitute expects for ''coniidcs,'' the sig.
nails will soon he completed, because the
word expects is in the vocabulary and
''confidcs" must.be spelt.' His lordship
replied in haste and seeming satisfaction:
AS the last hoist was handed down Nell
son turned to Captain Blackwood, who
was standing by him, with:
Now can do no more. We must
trust to the great Disposcr of all events
and the Justice of our cause. | thank
God for his great opportunity of doing
my duty When Lord Nelson's message
had been answered by few ships in the
van, he ordered me to make signal for
close action and keep itup. Accordingly
| hoistcd No. 6 ut the .topgalant mast
head and there it remained until shot
AWAY" SUCH then. is the duly sworn
AMI attcsted statement of Nelson s !ag
lieutenant, which he gave to Colonel
Baylis, Q. c., who presented it to the
museum.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
RAILWAY MANIA IN 1886.
Strange Craze Which Ragged in England
Fifty Years Ago.


At that time bullion, us now, was piled
high in the Bank of England and the
rate OF interest was very low. Home
railways which had proved profitable
Investment, became the arena of frantic
speculation. Much nonsense was written
as TO their dividend yielding capacity.
They were infallibly to become "the per-
manent deposit of all the Surplus wealth
OF the country CredulouS people be-
lieved the fiction, There was only one
road to aiiluence-the railway track.
In 1856, says writer in the Gentle
mans Magazine, investors were hood
w.nked by this story. Railway streets,
with carriages overhead and passengers
beneath, were prophesied in London. At
Greenwich there was II proposal to tunnel
the park and adorn the line with marble
arches In the country trains were to
run with atmospheric pressure as mo-
tive power, or to be driven before the
wind with sails. One genius was pre-
pared, with the help of rockets, to impcl
the locomotive ut the rate of 100 miles
an hour. The possibilities of railway
progress and profit We're illimtable on
paper and on the glib tongue of promoter
and operator; thousands of folks risked
their money; the inevitable crash fol-
lowed, and many were crippled.
Liz Slitrp lesson WIS, however, soon
forgotten. In 1886 the fever of railway
speculation throbbed worse than ever
In September, 1915, no fewer than 40
new lines had been registered, and the
crowd, surging with nvarice, bought md
sold shares madly. Promoters, survey
ers, engineers, barristcrs, printers and
newspaper proprietors ralcd i'll the
shekels. Nearly 100000 pounds Il week
was paid in advertisements alone. The
lortlly name on prospectus dodge was
worked without conscience, and dccep
ton took advantage of greed.
No man was too poor own stock. No
man was to rich It. plunge on big lots
and ilnperil his all. The ;tinerant hnwker,
footnan, artisan, clerk, banker, physi.
clans. clergyman, member of parliament
and peer haunted brokers and watched he
market, like cats on the spring, for gain
by purchase, sale or chicanery. The OBJ
scure became rich and We're courtcd.
Thackcray' amusing sketch of ".Ieames
de In Oluche' gives vivid picture of the
strange social uphcaval.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
PAGE & BOBBlTT,
No. 10 Jefferson ST.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
Real state Z!

Il good Groom brick dwelling, large lot, i'll
Southwest Roanoke, with plenty Of shade, Sl,tOU
cash. Is well worth $1,000.
Groom dwelling in Northwest Roanoke &50o
$50 cash and IS per month. Can be rented fur
more than the monthly payment.
Nicely papered room house, corr or lot, in
best pat OF Southwest, with modern improve
mcnts stable and carriage house. with several
other outbniltings, Sl,9.t; s2JJ cash and SIT per
S-room house in good condition, we'll papered
with modern improvements. stabl, and large
lot, S2,OcU; 1900 cash and SIS per month.
s.room house in West knd, large lot, nice loca.
ttop. s, 500; SOD cash and Sl6 per month
sroom honse o IN sha s scsh modem i'm
Good room house in Southeast, near the
shops. 500; $40 cash and $40 per month.
Groom house, large corner lot, southeast,
$3.50; $50 cAsn and 5 per month.
7.room dwelling, with sewer connection, stable
ana other necessary ontbuildings, $l,sCc; so
cash, Sic so per month without interest.
room house on iIenry street n w, $l.CSo; $25
cash and Sl0 per month with no Interest. Is
renting now fOr IS 90.
Two 3 room cottages, with basement room
sewer connection, nice garden ana go ID location,
500 each $40 cash and 50 per month with inter
Groom house on Sixth avenue 3. W. nicely
papered Price $500; $40 cash and Si5 pc. month.
Rents now for $iu.
6.roDm house on large lot, near Roanoke cnd
Southern railroad. newly fenced, house in good
condition. 1850; $50 cash and sl2 80 per month.
Ono OF tho beat residences on Church street, Ii
rooms, large lot, best location, cost IS 800 Ia
beautiful condition inside and ont Price $500;
S5uO cash, 90 per month"; 'e TontnP now NJ SD
per month Also two other splendid bargains on
Church avenue.
One OF the most desirable and st located bus.
iness houses in tho very best part of the business
centre OF the city. One rourth OF the price cash
and sc rent viii pay the balance. 1t is renting
now for IA per cent OF tho price asked. There IL
no better investment in the city than this We
have several other fine bargains in business
property on Salem avenue and Jefferson street.
room house near West End round house, $500;
$50 cash and $40 per month.
Good broom hOusc, Eighth avenue g. w, mod
ern improvements stable on lot and shade, 81 1G0;
easy payments.
Nicely papcrcd room house on he hest part OF
Seventh avenue N. c., $685. $50 cash and IS per
month
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
Il. PECK, AUCTIoNEER,

Trustees sale OF Valuable Roanoke
City property-Thc undersigned, trustees
under Il deed of trust executed upon the
2Sth day OF October, 1889, recorded in the
clerk : Office of Roanoke corporation
court, deed rock -, page 331, from d.
G. Moonltw and wife. to secure Il debt to
the Maryland Life Insurance Company
OF Baltimore, ana at the written request
Of the beneficiary, will sell Mt public auc-
ton, on the premises, on THURSDAY,
THE l7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,
mt 1915 O'Clock Il. m. the following real
estate conveyed III said deed:
I'D y vacant lot in the city of Ron
noke, on the north side of Campbell
street, 1884 feet west from Henry street.
conveyed 10 said Moomnw by ;. w. Jam
ieson; deed book 10, page POO.
co y vacant lot adjoining above, and
on the west side thereof, conveyed to said
Moomaw on the 10th of September, 1883;
deed book 10, page 23l.
OBJ y vacant lot adjoining the last
| above mentioned on the west side
thereof, conveyed to said Moomaw on
September l, 1883, by NJ. II. Clayton and
wife; deed book II, page 23l.
81 y lot with the improvements
thereon. situated on tho north side of
Campbell street beginning 30 1.2 feet
asst from Lewis street, and runnin.;
thence eastwardly, with frontage of
~ l.2 feet, conveyed to said Moomaw by
Bagby and wife, deed book ., page 306, il
being the easterly of the two improved
lots conveyed in the fourth clause of the
said deed of trust from said Moomaw and
wife.
TER&S--Cnsh rs to 1900, and the
| residue on such terms us ;he said Moo.
NAV. or his assignee or vcndee, may
direct. and in the absence of such drec.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
LEGAL NOTICES.

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR.
tue OF IL decree of the hustings court
rendered on the 30th day of September,
1913, i'll the chancery cause OF T.. H.
Stewart vs.. James Ellwood at ais, which
said decree was afterwards affirmed by
the supreme court of appeals of Virginia
ut its Wythcville term. 1926, the under
signed. as special commissioners, will, on
TUESDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF JAN
UARY, 1891, in front OF the courthouse
in the city OF Roanoke at II o'clock NJ,
offer for sale Mt public auction, TO the
highest bidder, the following described
parcel of land situated in the city of Roa-
nokc:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
Trout avenue and "iI' street. thence
with Trout avenue west 100 feet To a
point, thence III II northeriy direction 100
feet to an alley. thence in an eastcrlv Iii
rcction along said alley 100 feet to ~
street, thence in IL southerly direction
along ''H'' street 100 feet TO Trout ave
nue., the place of beginning and known ,.,
lots and 10 in section on map of the
lots of the West End Land Company.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash ms to so much
of the proceeds as may Inc necessary to
pay the costs of this suit, the taxes out
standing against the property, us well ms
the sum of $6G6.6i, with interest from
the 9Otn day of March, 1890, and as TO the
residue, II any, upon credit of two
equal installmcnts payable six and twelve
| months from the day of sale, which credit
instalments shall bear interest from the
day OF sale, the purchaser TO give his ne.
| Eotiable notes for said installments, and
| rs security therefor the title for the prop.
| erty shall be retained until nll the pur-
chase money is paid and Il conveyance di-
rected by the court
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
Conveyed BY A WHALE.
Pacific Ocean Ships Accompanied by Il
Monster Of The Deep.


Monster OF the Deep.
Pacific Ocean whales are sometimes very
friendly, especially off the coast OF Los
Angeles county, California On more
than one occasion they have astonished,
if not alarmed, sailing parties who have
been becalmcu.
These whales are harmless, and their
attentions are merely from curiosity, but
tn have several of them floating in close
proximity is not altogether pleasant
What is supposed To he the same whale
has recently earned n reputation for
iriendllness. During the summer II onths
II frequently met IL large steamer off
shore and either followed it along or
played about, entertaining the passenger,
by spouting. On one trip the whale
placed itself ahead OF the steamer and
swan with it 50 deliberately that the
finally stop, fearing to run into the huge
creature.
On anothe: occasion the steamer had
on board us passengers the Medical So
ciety of California, consisting OF several
hundred physicians. When about half
way over the whale appeared and ut once
displayed unusual friendliness.
1t swan up to the vessel and turning
followed her along so near that the spray
OF its spouting came aboard and the eve
of the monster could be plainly seen.
The steamer slowed up for few minutes
occasionally as the whale became too
friendly, and the passengers had II fine op.
portunity to see a whale but few feet
away. New York Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
FARMS FOHs SALE.

2Ol acre farm az mites from Roanoke good
improvements. well fenced and watered, plenty
of timber, nice young orchard 81 50O-terms
easy This Ia great bargain.
eG.acrc farm close to Roanoke, in good condit
ion, ! 900 cash.
"a acres or bottom land / Y miles from Holline,
with $4,000 brick house, at The edge OF beautiful
10 acre grove of forest oaks Price $50 per aero.
100 acres near Hollins Institute. peven miles
from Roanoke city, forty acres OF which is level,
the balance upland. partly timbered good water,
fairly good mpro gements, fine peach ana apple
orchard, land well adapted to truck farming, all
kinds fruit aud grapes Price $3.50; very cheap.
Also n great many other bargains in city and
country property, which VIC would be glad to
show at any time
II you want to buy or rent, sell or exchange,
come and see us.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
THE LARGEST PIGGERY.

Chicago has just built for itself new
pggery, which is the largest in the world.
In the language of the West it is 1000.
coo dollar hog house, and is a new add.
ton to the stockyards of the city. 1t has
taken two years to build. and is capable
of holding 220, 600 pigs. for which all the
most recent improvements and perfect
water supply have been provided. In
dianapolis News.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
SOAP FOUND IN POMpEu.

Soap has been in use for y, 900 years,
and is twice mentioned in the Bible \
few years ago II soapboiler's shop was dis
covered in Pompeii, having been buried
beneath the terrible lain of ashes that
fell upon that city 70 a. ID. The soap
found in the shop has not lost all its
efficacy, although it has been buried
800 years. philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
LUCIAN III. COOKE,
ID. SAHLOR GOOD,
Special COmn,issinnn,

Special Commissioners.
|, :. S. Brooke, clerk of the hustings
court, city of Roanoke, do certify that
Lucian II. Cooke and ID. Saylor Good,
special commissioners in the above cause
have executed bond as prescribed in the
above decree.
Given under my hand this Goth day of
November, 1896. S. 5. BROOKE,
IL 10 til Clerk
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
ON TRIAL

MAJ liam, here's dray stopping at
your door with a piano and sewing
machine and parrot. There must he
some mistake in the number"
No, dear, they belong to our new
cook She's graduate of. the school of
cooking, and has kindly consented to
try u.s. Detroit Free Press.
Malaga and California grapes, oranges
pears, banonns, etc, ut Cntogni's.