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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26

Friends, Citizens and Countrgmen.
Read j. T. Wtngfield's column OF bar
gains on the second page o! this issue
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Embroidery Specials

Quite a few people still
believe Ia homemade Muslin
Underwear. If we can't cop-
vert them to buying the req
made, there's q chance to sell
them ernbroideries. Itexplains
the extra values on first.class
embroiderfes.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
That Great Remsnnt Sails,

Over 1000 people attended the rem
nant sale ct Heironimus e. Brugh's sture
yesterday. "'Nuf Bsd," except that It
will be continued during this week.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Noses Donnjs Conv,cted.

Moses Donnis Convicted.
The case OF Moses DenDis. q colorei
youth, charged with attempted outrage
npon the person of Mrs l. 3 Ash on
Christmas day, and again on tho follow
III 6 morning in the railroad near tho
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
The Palais Royal.

Tho Palais Royal.
THIS popular shopping resort for ladies
enjoyed very gratifying run of
customers for the week just passed, and
closed out very many OF the fine cspes
which have boon daily advertised in
THE TIMES. But many fine bargains
still remain on hand to be disposed Of
this week, and the prices have been
marked down to such figures as will
surely make them 90. Read their AL
Turing advertisement on the 5th page of
this issue. They are determined to OF
once close cut every article In the store
at price way below actual value.
Wonderful bargains arc being offered in
millinery. hate. etc. The wise shopper
will not Tail to give the Palsis Royal an
carly call. Tho ons vino heaitates is
lost.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
4 Shoppers Paradise.

The old reliable house OF Rosenbaum
Bros. invite economical housekeepe rs OF
Roanoke and vicinity to visit their store
this week and partale of the rich treat
they will offer in the line of household
necessities 90 dear to every careful
housekeeper-table and bed linens.
They also have some cloaks left, which
will prove very tempting bargains to
the careful shopper Better go early,
by the way, for the low prices of this
house move goods quickly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Serious Cutting ARRAY.

a negro dance was given Friday nlghs
by Charles Brown ct his house across
the river, which ended up in row. in
which Will Bradshaw and Sam Pierson
were both painfully injured. Pistols,
razors and hrickbats played p conspicu-
Gus part In the meleo. Sam Piorson was
struck in the head and knocked insen-
sible with brickbat and Will Brad
shaw was shot through the left arm, the
bullet striking in the elbow and rang
Ing towards the shoulder. Bradshaw
was also badly cut about the thigh and
leg with razor. All of these paroles
were arrested yesterday morning and
lodged in jail. Brown was Sfterwards
fined $40 for keeping disorderly
house Add the others held over until
Monday on the chsrge of assault with
intent TO kill.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Che last Call on CIoaks. F..

This time the prices on all
remaining Winter garments
will be cut so deep that there
will be no chance for further
reductions. If the signs read
Alright the great majority of
p-e-ent holdings In Winter
Cots and Capes we are quot
ing will leave the store this
wecs, for the values never fall
to bling the customers.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Will Lecture Hero.

Will Lecture Here.
Rev. Frank Stringfcllow will give O
Roanoke audience trest on February
in his lecture, Scout Life" 1t is for
the benefit of Christ Church, this city.
The Richmond State says: s'Tne first
lecture Of Mr.. SsringGellow drew q full
house OF klchmond's best people. Before
the lecturer appeared the hall was full.
Mr.. Ssringfellow had the closest atten-
tion Of his audieace for one hour and a
half, and probably never did time fly
Easter with Richmond people. The
lecture and lecturer are unique and In
deHcribable. Tho lecture must be
heard to ba appreciated. and those that
did not hear him last night are fortu-
nate In that teny may hear him to night,
If indeed che house Will hold tho people
who will be on hand"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-26
Republicans to Meet.

A. s, Asberry, chairman, has called r.
meeting of the executive committee of
the Republican party of this city, to
meet in Geo. o Houston's Office Thurs.
day evening, January 80. It is UNDER
stood that the object OF this meeting Is
to call meetings for the election of dele
gates to the approaching State conven-
ton. which is to be held in Staunton,
and also to consider what the policy of
the party is to be in the approaching
municipal campaign.
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At the residence OF Mrs. J. E. Penn
tho little folks gave most delightful
of which will he devoted to church
work Tho audience was not large, bua
an eppreciasive one. The children may
give another entertainments in the near
future, and 1t TX hoped that their juven-
10 efforts in such O. commendable cause
will meet with such encouragement as
will Induce msny little boys and girls,
as we'll 80 growc-up ones, 30 encourage
this good work by attending their an
ticipsted aocial.
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Tho Vincent aalop."

DEAR MRS. GRAY:-T have examined
1.-THE Vincent Gslor" carefully, and
find. not an ambitious effort, but one
whose sympathetic melody proclnims
elcquenslY the love and devotion that
Inspired it's production and prompted its
title. IL is praiseworthy composition.
and should DO included in the repertoire
OF all our local students of the piano
That you may obtain such substantial
recognition OF its merits Ia tho sincere
desire OF yours very truly, P. G. LEABY
January "a, 1896
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30

he plotted for popularity and for sue
cess, each Hurcee ding@awork Yves but
another unstable masterpiece. 1t Is
impossible not to draw comparisons be-
tween the literary life of Ray Limbert
and his creator, for 1t is an open secret
that Mr.. James has never entered into
the pecuniary reward which has
proved within the reach of M. j..
Holmes and the late e. p. Roe. for ex-
amples. There are, however, increas-
ing signs that his retarded hour OF pop
ularity is close at hand. One volume
filled with such stories as 1.-THE Way 1t
Came" and the thing would be done.
(''Embarrassments." by Henry James.
New York. Macmillan & Co. $3.50. For sale
by the ST. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.)
''Yekl' is curious little story of life
In the hitherto unexpected Jewish quar-
ter of New York. The hero is Rus
sian Jew who works in cloak shop, and
there is material in the book for a far
more significant and important novel
than the author has made of this book
in the story of YekPs experiences in
becoming Americanized. He left a wife
and child in Russia, and only sends
for them at his mothers entreaty upon
the death of his father, to whom they
had been conf1ded. In the meantime
Yel<l, known to his acquaintance as
Jake, has acquired certain fictitious
Importance in East side dance halls,
and similar resorts, and Is much adj
mired as handsome and dashing
young bachelor by various girls to whom
he has paid attentions. The tragedy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30

, editor and reporter. She has been editor
or the woman's department Of the New
York Recorder for several years. and
her work in that line as well as in ali
others she has undertaken has been
hlgnly successful. From the beginning
or her Journalistic career she has had a
large salary and enjoyed all the bene-
nus that accrue from a responsible DO
sition.
Miss Westover's latest departure but
one Is her new novel, "Shucky," a
clever tale Of Colorado mining Camp
life, to be brought out by Morse & Co.
at Christmas. The book is already IRE
dicted a success, and its acceptance has
been followed by an order for another
SO her career as a novelist Is well on the
way.
The Colorado cowboys, of whom she
knew hundreds, called her a crack shot
and frequently took her hunting.
Miss MISSIONER Is one of the most
prominent clubwomen in New York
She represented the seven best known
wcmen's clubs Of this city at Atlanta
and enjoys the reputation of being one
OF the most popular speakers at Sorosis.
Her very latest departure is her mar
rlage which was solemnized here Aug.
10. The bridegroom is Mr. John Alden.
nephew Of Mr.. Henry Alden, editor Of
Harper's Monthly, and also of Prof.
Andrews of Brown University. Mr.
Alden Is said to be one of the ablest cd
itCrtal writers In New York. The newly
married pair will reside in BROOKLYN
Jenny Hopkins Seibold.
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appointed to government service un-
der Tammany. Later she became in
terpreter, and still later secretary to
Street Cleaning Commissioner Beattie.
Her career while in the employ of the
government was most remarkable for
q woman. While fulfilling the duties
Of secretary to the street cleaning
commissioner Miss Westoyer often
managed as many as 1000 laborers
per day, and performed numerous kim
dred duties the counterpart of which
had never fallen to the lot of woman
before. Once the captain of tugs and
scows was Ill for fortnight, and Miss
MISSIONER performed the duties Of his
position in addition to those Of hers,
sleeping at her desk and working
early and late. She sent out twenty
various times actually performed all
missioner of New York.
When she had exhausted the difficult
ties of her government positions, Miss
Westover took to literature, writing ed
itorials on the silver question and on
city politics for Harper's Weekly and
following them with a series Of scien-
tif1c articles in the same publication.
She also wrote and published success
full book known as Manhattan His
toric and Artistic" After that she act
ed as assistant to Prof. Whitfield at
the Museum Of Natural History, from
which point she gradually drifted into
journalism, where she has become a
power, her keen perceptions and broad
experience standing her in good stead as
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to study singing" Her voice was tried
by all the great vocal masters Of New
York and Boston, every one Of whom
pronounced it worthless, but she kept
right on trying until finally there
came a new master from Italy, one
Frencelli, who delivered himself Of the
opinion that the girl might learn to
sing If she would study eight hours a
day.
Long before this her money had
given out, and she had conceived the
idea Of insuring her life and selling
the policy. She accomplished this feat,
but more than half the money she re-
ceived was wasted on a bogus master
before the time of Frencelli's arrival.
She tranSfixed the latter with surprise
by studying twelve hours day and by
learning to sing and read music with a
tuning fork because she could not af-
ford a piano. Miss Westover-I am
sure she will always be known profess
sionally by her maiden name-main-
tanned herself at that time by giving
lectures on geology at the Museum
of Natural History, and in a few
months by teaching the rudiments Of
singing. She lived in the loft of Fren-
cells house, and from him and his
family learned the Italian language.
Marvellous 1t is to relate, but neverthe-
l6Ss Iudt Wllulu Two years from
the time she began to study Cynthia
Westover began to be known as a
great singer. The first time she sang
for money was at Stamford, Conn.,,
where she was selected from a great
company of famous singers, Clara
Louise Kellogg among the rest to
sing the Easter anthem. From Fren-
CELL she passed into the hands Of the
old singing master who taught Patti
and was trained by him to fill the
place of Missions second leading So
prano, who had just resigned from
the company. She learned six roles Of
as many grand operas in two or three
weeks, and the rare old instructor Of
the diva looked eagerly forward to the
night when her protegee should be
presented to the public, but Miss West
over was not ali blinded by the glare
of the footlights and decided finally
that she would not try the life Of an
operate singer, determination she
stoutly adhered to the next season
when Mr. Augustin Daily made every
effort in his power to get her to sing
Lady Jane in his production of Pa
tience.'
She went instead to st. Thomas
church on Fifth avenue, where she
became one of the leading sopranos
Miss Westover had great register.
She sang three octaves, and began to
be considered marvel among the
singing masters who had laughed her
to scorn From ST. Thomas she went
to ST. Mftehaels at Hoboken, and
there, under Mgr ConciIio, became one
of the famous church singers of the
day Her singing life extended over a
period Of about five years, and in that
time she familiarized herself with the
French, German and italian languages
It then occurred to her to apply for
the position of inspector OF customs,
which she secured and filled with
great honor, being the first woman
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
AND HER INDOMITABLE PERsE-
vERENCE CONQUERED Diff
CULTIEs.
GIRLS REMARKABLE RISE
HOW CYNTHIA MISSIONER. OF NEW
YORK, BECAME A NOTED
SINGER.
HAD NO VOICE TO START WITH.
Also of Recognized ABILITY
turer, Linguist and
Author.

In strong contradistinction to the
lives Of ordinary professional women
maintain that an ordinary woman
Will be ordinary wherever you put her
lis that Of Cynthia MISSIONER Alden.
whose wonderful achievements in New
York city In the last fifteen years have
been little short of marvellous and
whose remarkable attachments in any
given line have always. oddly enough
acted only as q prelude to greater ac-
compartments In other paths so wide
~ divergent that it seems almost in
creolple one woman should have at
tanned eminence in SO many occupa-
ions. and, stranger still, that, con-
trary to all hitherto accepted prece-
dents, each eccentric change has been
marked with a richer degree of sue
cess.
NOW, the secret of all this is not that
the subject Of this sketch is versatile
or talented-those who know her best
maintain that she is neither-but he
cause she is so indomitably persistent
that nothing is impossible to her AL
though every occupation she has
learned has been difficult for her to ec-
quire. She came to New York from the
mining camps Of Colorado poor, friend
less, unknown, determined to become a.
great singer, and nothing daunted be-
cause she had SO little sense Of mel
ody that she could scarcely distinguish
the strains of yankee Doodle" from
those OF the "Marseillaise." Already
a successful teacher, she resolved to
put that occupation behind her be-
cause 1t had become easv apd +,i+a
Il knew" she says, ''that singing
would be the most difficult thing I
could possibly undertake, so resolved
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The American Publishers Corporation, New
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James, whose audience, though small.
is both select and stable. Those who
appreciate the fine flavor Of his work
will seize greedily upon his new books
as they come from the press, while
those to whom his exquisite style, his
keen insight into the soul and his il
limitable ingenuity in setting forth sit
uations Of intense psychological inter-
est seem matters of small Importance
in a book will not be persuaded by
any eulogies into testing a vintage
for which their palate is not trained.
Yet we could beg with tears of fervor
in our eyes that the public at large
would do itself the honor to test his
quality in 1.-THE Way 1t Came" the
concluding tale in his new volume,
''Embarrassments." This little story,
while it lacks none of the qualities
which appeal to the select, has also
traits which mark it out for popular
ity. 1t is an attenuation Of the or
binary situation of an engaged woman
who grows jealous over her lover 8
interest in some one else, but the at
tenuation in this case furnishes q far
iginal predicament can ever be, and
Mr.. James provides an extraordinary
instance Of his ability as a materializ-
ing medium by making an able-bodied
rival out of ghost!
OF the three other stories which
make up the volume, Glasses" the
study of physical misfortune which
befell a reigning beauty and its effect
upon her subsequent career has the
most human interest. THE Figure in
the Carpet" and 1.-THE Next Time" deal
with the interests and the preoccupa-
ticns of the literary artist and his ad-
mirers. They are immensely clever
and immensely entertaining, for these
qualities in Mr.. James do not depend
upon his subject, but they will fail to
make as strong an appeal to the aver
age reader as do the other tales, for
the average reader is not yet aware in
any exhaustive way of the intensity of
life to be found in such preoccupations
1.-THE Next Time" deals with the
career of an exquisite literary artist
whose novels brought him no money to
speak of-only an amount of sifted al
miration more gratifying to his mind
than supporting to his body. 1t was
impossible for him to do anything
which was not literature, and although
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
TESTING STRENGTH OF CABLES,
They Must Be Able to Endure Great
Strain Under All Conditions.


Strain Under All Conditions.
Boston Transcript.
With the increase in the use of high
tension, high potential currents cables
are being made Of greater strength
ana eInciency. The copper core. which
carries the electricity, is thickly COW
eIeo with rubber, impregnated lutte or
olner insulating material and for some
purposes not only armored with heavy
twisted metal rods, but covered with
lead. In this way a cable for very
heavy currents may be elabora+eIv
brought up to diameter Of two inches
or more. The increase in the capacitv
or cables within the last few wears
mas been extraordinary When Mr.
Ferant1, about six years ago said he
would supply current from the Dept
Ioro tLondon) central station at
voltage of 10000, he was laughed at nv
many electricians, who maintained that
no insulation could be made efficient
enough to Withstand the commercial
use OF such a current. Nowadays such
an insulation would be taken as a
matter OF course, and cables have to
stand much more intense strain.
Alexander Siemens recently gave
some interesting details of yerv
complete test to which large electrical
firm had put cable of their manu-
Iacture. They first put it under pres
sure Of $4,000 volts, ''but it did not
mind" he said. They increased the
voltage to 10000 and left it on for half
an hour. But still the cable held out.
Ihen they tried the bending test. and
put on $4,000 volts, and it stood it all
Tlgnt. After that they stripped off the
lead covering and soaked it in water
Tor twenty-four hours, and again tried
1T with $4,000 volts, with the same re-
suit. They then put in a hot room.
lou degrees Fahrenheit, and kept it
there for three weeks, after which thew
increased the temperature to PIP de-
grees for twenty-four hours, and they
hnaHy tested 1t with $4,000, but 1t still
held good. After such an ordeal Mr.
S1emens maintained, there need be no
fear of the cable standing in India or
anywhere else.
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~. written for the Globe)
Give us the story, Uncle Ben, of Missionary
When you fought the rebel veterans under
Bragg and Breckenridge
How you stormed the bristling bastione
how you put the rebs to flight.
ana set the stars to floating on the summit
OF the height.
It's all down in my history. but I wouldn,t
give dime
To read when can hear it told by soldier
of the time.
And you were but STRIPPING then. I've
heard my mother say,
ana f my father died soldiers death upon
Yes, our army of the Cumberland, some
twenty thousand strong
Lay waiting in the valley watching all day
long.
The splendid swing Of Sherman's troons as
ne bore on the enemy's left,
grand display, my boy like fate with her
web and welt.
But all for naught, as we could see for +b.
rebels stood like rock, s
Against the waves of Union Blue their deadly
batteries shock.
The sun shone clear on the outer slona
where Grant and Thomas stood
"atcning with anxious faces that carnival of
The old flag waved on Lookout, brave Hook
ers guns were still
In the breath of the golden sunshine +ba.
circled the peopled hills.
long delay = eAo
mat kept US back from a grand assault thar
we felt must carry the day.
But 5he signal came at last-six guns from
And twenty thousand heroes broka ILL., -
ocean throb. -
over the Pathfinder the rain-of scathing
Not seconds halt in the iron sleet thouot
many a cornrade FELL
On ana on through CALLING Are. pouring
Its bullets in:
On and on, the only word that a soldier knew
was to win. 0"
'Thro' thicket and stream. I'm taoood roo,..
higher higher, higher
Our prave boys going down like chaff In that
enhlading fire.
"Sharpshooters ieveled our color bearers at
every point of the lines,
But the nags went UP with cheer upon chaer
under their shift and shine.
" Twas sheridan's day, and he rode his horse
=. nke spirit OF storm and might,
AS ne led his conquering legions in at tha
storming of the height.
We charged our bayonets home through
we scaled the sleeps with wild hurrahs az
the vanquished enemy fed.
And the sun that rose on serried baioh+s
W.. armed with the enemy's best.
Went down on our streaming banners vfc+o-
rious at the crest"
Margaret Gould corser.
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HoW's THIS?

any case Of Catarrh that can not be cured
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Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
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Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
BOOKS OF THE HOUR
A NEW AUTHOR WRITES OF THE
JEWISH QUARTER IN NEW
YORK.
STORIES BY HENRY JAMES.
A CHICAGO AUTHOR INTRODUCES
A NEW CHARACTER TO OUR
FICTION.
JULIAN HAwTH0RNE's LATEST.
"Mrs. Gerald" by Maria Louise
Probationary Notes Of Interest
The Newest Books.
STORIES BY HENRY JAMES.


The reviewer who would fain believe
that he influences public opinion must
certainly feel Intellectual when con-
fronting new volume from the pen
of Mr. Henry James. 1t makes little
difference what the critics say of Mr..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
AT THE PISTOLS POINT.

ChapnrraI Harry's Sudden Marriage
and Quick Divorce.
Old Jed Higgins, justice of the peace
for county which was spread out
very thin in Nevada, lived at Pizen
Switch. He had to because his under
taking establishment and saloon were