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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
COMING AND GOING

Mrs. 5. A. Taylor, mother of Capt. r.
F. Taylor, of the Roanoke Machine
Works Guards, is spending the summer
with friends in Mckeesport, Altoona and
other Pennsylvania towns.
Mrs. Dave Freeman and daughter and
two sons, of Galveston, Tex, are regis
tered ut Hotel Roanoke
w. w. Brown, of Lynchburg. was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C Cleveland. of
Greenville, S. c., are guests at Hotel Roa-
noke.
f. II. Russell, of Glade Spring, is a
guest of the st. James.
C. w. Hunter, Jr., of Richmond, "A
brother-in-law of J. Payne Thompson, was
i'll the city yesterday.
Miss Berta Conner is spending Il few
days with friends in Salem
T S. Vanhorne, of New Jersey, is in
the city and attended the funeral of his
little granddaughter, Hilda Leigh
Meadows
C..B. Camper, editor of the Fincastle
Herald. is i'll the city on business.
Homer G. Hogan returned Yesterday
from two weeks visit to friends in Bed
ford. He has almost entirely recovered
from Une injuries received at the shops
with the exception of his mashed hand.
y. S. Meacham went to Elkhorn, w.
Va, yesterday.
Geo. c. Ellis, of the firm of Ellis Broth
ers, returned yesterday from trip to
Eastern Virginia.
Sheridan Ward, who has been at Salt
vile for several months past, is visiting
friends in the city.
F. y. Lovelock returned yesterday from
Circleville Ohio, where he judged the
stock at the Circleville fair. a
r Mrs. Syl c. Jones and daughter, Mrs.
S. E. Bonsack, are visiting friends in
Bedford county.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
MISSELLAN

One lot Bureau and Tidy Scrim, value Csc per
yard; from the N. II ". wreck; only 1Oc
Beautiful Japanese Gold Printed Draperies.
l2xc; worth lYc.
One piece Pink Drapcry gold printed sliohtIv
damaged &c per yard.
27inch Domet Flannel, looks like double-feced
Canton-niec summer weignt-only &C.
32inch Lonsdsle Cambria, worth at other stores
Sc. for sc.
~ dozen (all in stock) Bleached Bath Towels,
good at sc, to go for 5c.cach, or &C dozen.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
PAYDAY BARGAINS.
ALL THIS WEEK.
DRESS GOODS.

Prices In this department have been terribly
wrecked. Goods must and will be moved to-
make room for early fall stock.
o. Ono lot 81 inch Half-wool Bicycle Suiting;l
] JG really cheap at SYe; from the N. u W.
wreck; only 19c.
Tco One lot 52-inch absolute Atwood Dress
ZJG Goods Never rcfore known less than SOC.
We make the price Just onc'nalf, 25c; great
bargain.
0cC One lot allwool Novelty Dress Goods.
EJG mover before less than 900; also one lot
Beige Dress Goods, that pretty mixed goods like
Soc; all nice. clean stock now only &c.
CCo One lot Silk and Wool Dress Goods; also
OJG one lot pretty little checked French Serges
for childrcn's wear; all 40 inches wide. Nothing
in the line ever sold for lees than SOC before;
now 33c.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

2Mc per s9,! yard. large lot of pretty dainty
aud the finest grade lawns ever put upon the
price only axe.
o. per yard, our entire line of the finest regular
OF l2Hc Dimities, Organizes and DucResee
Jaconets These include al the Persian and
Dresden Patterns and all the Linen enects. Not
yard OF these has before been offered for less
than l2Sc. Bargain week price, &C.
lSI/ n per yard. one lot fine SILK Striped Chal-
lkIsG lie In the exquisite and extremely
very desirable for Dressy Wait or Dainty
wrapper. Actual value Csc. Payday bargain
price only half, 12Hc.
1/2 y Twled Crash for cup towels, dlsh cloths.
tea towels, kitchen towels glaes towels or sny
other name yon may wish to give IT. Worth
25-yRrd bolt for S7Xc. BY the way, we have lots
OF good things in all kinds of Towelings at &C,
exc, &c, lUc and 12xc per yard.
liz n per yard, 1,25O yards due grade Na,nsook
u i Checkr, in the pretty. small and medium
checks, go desirable for little peoples wear. This
lot represents the best 10c Nainsook Checks in
Roanoke Marked down for payday week to
TNc.
&c and 'f Blue 1sH Gis &c FOR ossfas
we can assure our friends that these two lots
represent values seldom IL ever found IN this
class OF goods.
En- per pair, about twenty pairs OF Lace Cur
JUC tains, thee yards long, Just about what
other dealers Will charge you I5c for. We have
many things OF special value in this department
which lack Of space forbds mentioning here.
Ask to zee Bargains in Lace Curtains"
96n each, 6t0 heavy Opaque Spring Roller
ZUH window Shades in dozen different coors
Value everywhere 42c each. Our price CSC each
300 best grade Shades, with n nice linen fringe
across the bottom, only 37Hc each.
Q0o per yard Fine Black Corduroy. that was
OJU taken from the n. ~ W. wreck, all in per-
feet condition, actually cannot be bought Mt
regular value for less than 75c. We are selling It
every day for Ladies suits, skirt and atket). 1t
ie the fad, you know, just now in the larger
cities. All the men want it for bicycle brceches.
The boys want 1t for pants they cant wear out.
Only SOC.
l1I/ n big lot OF the new White Belfast Duck
lL/2 u Looks Just like the pure linen duck.
we also have about twenty pieces more OF that
demand.
q 90 per dozen, twenty.dozen large Dinner
y 20 Napkins, full u eizc, very fine linen
and beautifully finished. BY comparison at othe
stores you will be convinced that these would be
good value at 90 10 per dozen. BY the wav, yon
Just ought to take a look at our new line OF Nap
kins. There are many special values.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
SUMMER BLACK GOODS.

Balance OF those pretty Black Dotted Swisses
to be cleared away $50 ones for 25c; 25c ones for
20c.
Black Orgaudie, 9 yards wide; SOC grade re-
duced TO sec; 62xc grade reduced To 4Sc.
Fast Black India Linens, 1Cc and 12kc.
Black Checked Muslins, to close, 7Xc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

"E e. W." Gel ars, with nsme ex-
tracted. Sold everywhere for ESQ.
Our Closing price SC. Not more than
eight to one purchaser.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Twenty-Five dozen Rex brand
Cuffs, link and plain, always sell for
zoe per pair. Our closing price. lie
per pair. Not more than six pairs
to each purchaser.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Five doz4n celebrated Grsicnen
Oh Tan Winchester Gloves--the
a 25 and 81 so quality. Our closing
price, 63c. All sizes.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
TRUNKS AGAIN.

We have just received another grea. cargo of
Truuss-thc kind that are put together to stay
Thc pretty part about our Trunk business Is our
prices, fou would be amazed to know how
many Trunks we sell-more than all the other
dealers combined. Our prices do IL. We deliver
them to all parts OF the city free.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
RATIFICATION.

The Bryan Sewall Club Held Successful
Meeting.
The Bryan-Sewall Democratic Club held
a ratification meeting last night in the
city hall, and Notwithstanding the OPP
pressive heat quite good crowd assem-
bled to do honor to the great young Ne
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Seventy Ave Boy Sui.s snAs so,d
for SO so, So SO so, S4 AID IS sizes
4. S. 6, z and 8. Our closing price,
81 10
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Fifteen dozen Black and Tan Half
Hose, the reRu ar 20c quality. Our
closing price. &c pair. Not more
than six pairs to each customer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
FANS! KEEP COOL!

Our big stock OF panesc Folding Fans will go
at almost "givc away" prcee
At &c each, balance or &c and sc ones.
At SC each, all the 10c, l5c and lie oncs-black
and colors.
At 12Hc each, the magnificent line OF 25c ones.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
AT DOMESTIC COUNTER.

The celebrated Lancaster Mills Bingham, in
apron checks) in every color and STYLE the best
Bingham in The market, to 90 Bargain Week for
only sc yard.
The Justly celebrated Barker Mills Bloached
Muslin. fun yard-wlde, about same weight as
Fruit OF the LOOM regular price is Sc to 20
Bargain Week for only exc.
Balance OF stock of best l0c Percales to 90 this
week Tor only &C per yard.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25
TOILET PAPER.

1860 rolls Perforated Roll Toilet Paper, high
rolls. ~
Ten cases pure Manila Tissue Toilet PAPER in
packages, &c package, or SOC per dozen pack
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

With our ironing department on the
second floor out of the way of the dust,
and with plenty of steam from our new
boiler, we are now prepared TO do better
work than ever at the Radford Steam
Laundry. Thy us
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

The celebrated Eclipse Shirts. lot ::
No. 63l, that sell in this city for 81 ::
and SIPS. Our closing price, 63c. {:
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

feels decided personal interest them The desire
ness increasing midsummer
for
Roanoke. alandns the goods - - 1870
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

: The celebrated Keiser Imported
: Collar. Sold in this city and all
&. over the United States for csc. Our
:: closing price, two for csc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Tbs celebrated Msnhat.sn Shirts,
plain and pieAted-she 81 so guilty.
Our closing price, ssc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

About thirty dozen Mems French
BalbriRgan Shirts-the regular 4Oc
quality. Our closing price, 23c.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Thirteen dozen White Silk Initial
Handkerchiefs that sold for soc
each. Our closing price, csc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Thirty-fiv dozen Mems Handker.
chiefs-.the 15c quality. Oar closing
price, &c.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Thirty-five Valises tina. sold for
So. So so, SO and 81. Our closing
price, 81 %.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Fifty Boys Long Pants Suits that
sold for 81, So and Sc. Our closing
price, SO 95.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Undrnde TnCfifU To the truth Of will
o0o Aooe the close the business by October
Every visitor enranced by the marvellous bargains
pronounced for doing than Of
the tact that do not intend dollars worth stock and
vacae the store October accomplish this end nven
h bargains strong stimulating full monesavng that
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

Twenty dozen Mems and Boys
Teck Scarfs that sold for csc and
35c. Our closing price, 17c.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

$50 pairs Mems Trousers thstsold
for Si.25. 81 so and S2. Our closing
price, nc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

100 Mems Suits that sold for SO
$40 and Sl2 Our closing price, s475.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-25

100 Mems Suits that sold for Si4
SIS and $50. Our closing price. S6.75.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

very largely, these being done in vari-
colored foliage plants The odd and pleas
ing fancy suggested itself of making mock
flowers by the same means. So the slopes
are now becoming interesting with mimic
plants of size sufficiently large to fit them
for prize-winners in the land of Brobdig-
nag. Some plants with green foliage are
used to make up the outlines of the stem,
these stems being fully ten or twelve feet
long. From these stems radiate smaller
stems on which the mock flowers appear,
the petals being outlined by flowers of
small leaf adapted for the purpose of indi-
eating the proper segregation. These
strange but interesting productions at
tract the undivided attention of those who
see them the first time. The work has
been progressing during the past week.
The mock flowers appear to have an aver
age diameter of three feet at least and the
mock leaves are on the same large and
generous scale.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
ENGLISH PROVES BETTER
THAN MOTHER TONGUE

The population of Chinatown progresses
steadily and some OF the tan-colored
youth up there are fin de sIecle decidedly
Yesterday afternoon, at the junction of
Stockton and Clay streets. there were
gathered three or four young Cinnamon
whose attention was riveted on a moving
tableau on the southwest corner of the
two streets named. The tableau EN- braced
two Chinese girls done in "fast colors,"
opulent in jade stone rings and gewgaws,
rigid as to deftly plastered hair, roseate as
to lips painted an unnatural and vivid red,
and as white as miller's coat with some
sort of dust literally put on to make pale
background of cheek for the flares and
srlashes of red conspicuous on their small
facial area.
The Chinese youth discussed them
freely from their head ornaments to their
milk-white hose and funny little, vivid
green bottines or slippers. But the Chi
nese language was discarded and the talk
went on in English, to the amusement of
Eastern tourists and other bystanders.
"She's my girl" said one in English
without Chinese infection.
"Oh, no." said another, "she's mine''
The conversation was of this sort all
through and 1t was all in English, spoken
with a San Francisco accent throughout
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
New Picture Of Washington
The Only Living Descendant Of the Father
Of His Country

| ture age. The discoverer is a gentleman
who purchased half a dozen impress
sions, belonging to a farmer in the
West. The Western gentleman explained
that they had been in his family for gen.
erations but could give no further infor-
nation. He was not aware of the rarity
of his property.
One of the closest relatives of the
Father of His Country" is selling cigars
at a stand in the Pension Office IN Wash.
ington, d. G. He resembles remarkably
his distinguished ancestor.
Visitors to the Pension Bureau see in the
center of the. building small stand,
behind which is q man whose face bears a
wonderful resemblance to the familiar
portraits of Washington. He is Colonel
Ebenezer Burgess Ball, one of Washing
tons nearest of kin and related to him
through several different lines of ancestry.
Colonel Ball Is one of four people who
claim equally near kinship of Washing
ton. The grandfather of the present
Colonel Ebenezer Burgess Ball was a
Colonel Ball who served in the Revolu-
tlonary army. He was a near relative to
Mary Ball, General Washington's mother.
The Colonial Colonel Ball and Washing
ton were cousins, both being grandchil-
dren of Ball. This Colonial Colonel Ball
married Frances Washington, niece of
Washington, so that the present Colonel
Ebenezer Ball is doubly related to the
father of his country. There are four di-
rect living descendants of the marriage of
Frances Washington and Colonel Ball
Mrs. Kittie Middleton of Loudon County,
Washington Ball, Colonel Ebenezer Bur
oil cietar xrHn Sc
invalid in the Home for Incurables.
Colonel Ebenezer Blu rgess Ball was born
in Loudon County, Va, in 1917, and came
to Washington when II years of age to
work in store which stood on the corner
of Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue.
He went West and settled on the Usage
River in Missouri, but when the gold fever
broke out in California be fitted out five
ox-wagons and started for the rich fields of
the Pacific Coast. But he never reached
hem, going instead to the wilds of the
then unknown State OF Oregon. The val
ley of the Rogue River was settled by
miners, and the Indians OF that locality
made g savage war on them, capturing
their wagons and leaving the drivers dead
and scalped on the fields. Colonel Ball
fought during the war, and after it was
ended went into the provision business,
taking supplies from camp to camp.
At the commencement of the Civil War
he returned to his old home at Leesburg,
Va, and remained there to care for his
aged mother, assuming the charge of the
fine home plantation. The close of HOSTILE
ties found him ruined man. He then
came to Washington and engaged in the
butter business. but could not make it pay.
When the Washington monument was
completed Colonel Ball applied for the
post of custodian, but it was denied him.
He has since supported himself by selling
cigars to the clerks in the Pension Office.
He is unmarried, quiet, polished and
courtly of manner and very proud OF his
| family history.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
Realms Of Plausible Fiction
If All the Fire Crackers in the Universe
Were Rolled Into One

The rage for novelty in Sunday litera-
ture and illustration having led somebody
TO picture to deeply concerned and thor
oughly interested world the comparative
size of structure that should contain as
much room as all the houses IN the City
put together, a member of THE CALL staff
has contributed a chapter of up-to-date
speculations that will be found far in ad-
vance of anything of the kind previously
attempted. 1t is confidently expected that
this article will go long way toward fill
ing '1ong-felt want of something new,
hitherto undreamed Of, and gloriously
impossible.
If the people of San Francisco consume
100000 pounds of beef day, what man.
moth creature would be the steer or the
heifer which would represent in size and
weight the grand aggregate of all the
beeves slain on the altar of this COM
munity's appetite for one whole yearl 1t
would, of course, be couple of hundred
thousand times the size and weight of the
ordinary steer, and if the suns rays fell
directly on it from above the body would
throw a shadow that would cover forty
times the area occupied by the Palace
Hotel II the animal could be kept still
long enough all the military companies of
the City could parade and maneuver on
the plateau of its back. The creature
would require about 10000 tons of hay as
Its daily food, and its board would cost
about 500, 600 a week.
LII Will be next In order for some bril-
liant mind to obtain from all the cities of
the land wherein the electric light is IN
use reliable information as to the total
mum Der OF lights in use and their resnect
i've candle power. The aggregate CANDLE
power OF all the electric lights in use NAV
then be obtained, and the reader will he
dumfounded with the information that
if the total candle-power of all those eIac-
trio lights were com bined in one. and that
one immense light hoisted up to an alti-
tude that would put il alongside the moon
when that orb is IN mid-heaven. the silverv
disk would fade out of the UNEQUAL contest
with twentieth century science, even "a II
melts away before the radiant eve of the
morning.
In fact it will possibly be shown that
were all the electric candle. power in the
world, and all the power that can be gen.
Grated by Niagara Falls and all other tor
rents and whirlpools and swift flowing riy
ers and driving seas, to be combined in
one sublime light, and that light raised
couple of hundred thousand miles above
this terrestrial sphere, the astronomers on
the planet Mars would go crazy over the
inexplicable phenomenon, which would
make night on half the earth only mem
ory of the past. The figuring might go on
until we had an electric light that would
make old Phoebus himself turn sick and
yellow and in comparison look like gas
lamp alongside of an arc burner.
But stop a moment! 1t is now about
the season for some enterprising editor
who doesn't put any faith in the proverb
that there isu't anything new under the
SUM- to detail somebody to figure ont how
big firecracker would result from COM
.bination in one single explosive of all the
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

around. The Parrott block would have
its marble front shaken out of its steel
easements; there wouldn't be whole win
dow left In the gigantic downtown palaces,
and the loss of life would be frightful. The
Lick monument would be buried out of
sight, and Market street, facing the monu-
ment plaza, would be so covered with
debris that the streetcar company would
lose more nckels by reason of the noun
famous obstruction than it would miss
from newsboy traffic in Powell-street trans
fers in a hundred years.
TIE realm of plausible fiction is do
main entirely too dry and tame for the
latter-day genius of Fakedom, and this
article is written in order to furnish him
with additional pointers and suggestions
on the illimitabe grandeur of the impos-
sIble.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
JHE SCARCITY OF
CHINESE INTERPRETERS

While there are now quite number of
white men in San Francisco who are able
TO converse in the Chinese language with
the Chinese merchants it is a singular fact
that there are only three or four who are
able 10 act as court interpreters. The
Chinese LANGUAGE has been spoken in San
Francisco nearly half a century and dur
ing two score years the local Chinese popu-
Iatiou has numbered thousands continu-
ously These conditions would naturally
suggest that there would be scores of Chi
nese interpreters competent to go into
court, but such is not the fact. Mr..
Millard, who has been an Interpreter
many years, says that part of this is due
10 the fact that the Sam Yups and See
Yups employ totally different words to ex-
press the same idea or to describe the
same object. For instance one branch of
the Chinese speaking people here call an
association a 'bong'' while the other
branch calls it a "tong." The technical
names are very hard to acquire in both
the Sam Yup and See Yup dialects, espe-
cially names of medicines and drugs,
names and varieties of fabrics of differing
kinds. Many persons have tried to become
interpreters, bat few white persons have
kept on Mr.. Millard picked up the two
dialects himself without the aid of rules
of construction, which are now better
understood by white persons interested in
philology than they were formerly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

Collectors of Washingtoniana will be In
terested to learn that hitherto unknown
engraving of the Father of His Country
has recently been discovered. 1t is not
mentioned in w. s. Bakers Engraved
Portraits of Washington" which is the
standard work on the subject. Bot Mr..
Baker has recognized it as valuable ad-
dendum to the contemporary portraits of
our first President
The engraving in question, according to
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
BLACK SILK LACES !!

AT 10 Cents a Yard.
BLACK CHANTILLY LACE, all silk, 4
inches wide; BLACK BOURBON
LACE, 4 inches wide; BLACK NET
TOP BOURBON LACE, inches wide,
regular price zoe and 25c, will be closed
out at 10c per yard.
At is Cents a Yard.
BLACK CHAN1ILLY LACE, all silk, 51<
inches wide; BLACK SILK BOUR-
DON LACE, 81 inches wide; BLACK
NET Top BOURBON LACE, 5H
inches wide. regular price 30c and 35c,
will be closed out at 15c per yard.
At 25 Cents a Yard.
BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE,
BLACK SILK BOURBON LACE,
BLACK NET TOP BOURBON LACE,
and Z inches wide, regular price soc,
60c and Csc, will be closed out at 25c
per yard.
At 25 Cents a Yard.
BLACK SILK APPLIQUE LACE, en-
broidered in butter shade, 5, 6 and z
inches wide, regular price 50c 65c and
75c, will be closed out at 25c per yard.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

the legend thereon, was ''Pubd. 18th July.
17S4, by Whitworth & Yates, Birming-
ham," These English engravers are well
known as the publishers of other valuable
prints of the same subject. 1t shows
Washington in his early manhood and
differs considerably from the more fa-
miliar portraits which linn him at ma
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
CURTAIN DEPARTMENT!

500 pairs GOOD NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS
Full NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS
pair,
GOOD GRADE CURTAINS heavily
good effective $
PORTIERES,
OF large Philadelphia mll sale this week
BEST GRADE (Daghean ec IMPORTED
Chronicle" Specials
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

materials in all the frecrackers that
were fred everywhere on the Fourth of
July.
If that magnitudinous combination were
to be set off on the McAllister-street side
of the new municipal building the force of
the explosion would be such as to blow
the structure to atoms and buildings
would be wrecked for a radius of mile
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
MOCK FLOWERS OUT
OF REAL BLOSSOMS

The park gardeners have devised and
are executing something new in the way
of floral designs for the ornamentation of
the peoples playground. Heretofore the
slopes around Conservatory Valley have
been decorated with geometrical figures