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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
SALE soF VARIABLE PERSONAL.

SALE OF VARIABLE PERSONAL.
property of the esa lte of Dr. William a,
Harris, deceased, 10y his Administrators.
-NotiSc is herrty given that the under
signed AdministratriX of the late Will
liam =. Harris deceased, will sell at
publsc auction, to the highest bidder, all
of the personal property of the said estate
on SATURDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1896, at the Virginia College
fcr Young IL lies, the sale to begin at 10
o'ciock Il. III.
This is va liable personal property, con
- sting of bs is and bedding, chairs, din
ang room furniture, kitchen furniture
tableware, lecture room furniture, two
: COWS, hooks, Office furniture, school
desks, buggy, organ, one-horse. wagon,
three pianos, etc.
PoThere will also be sold ut the same time
fourteen pianos, which are subject to a
lien for balance of purchase money, the
purchaser to assume the payment of said
lien.
TERMS OF SALE.-For all sums I'M
der fifty dollars(S50) cash will he required;
for sums over $50 and up to 500 n credit
of ninety 600 days upon sums over 800
Il credit of six 90 months, all sums not
paid in cash to be secured by note of the
purchaser, with approved personal secu
rity. MATTE Z. HARRIS,
lS td Administrators.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
LEaAL NorIcEs.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF M
PROVED REAL ESTATE.

Pursuant to a decree catered in the
chancery cause of p. +. Van Miller versus
Rosa l.. Robertson ct ais, sixth day of
July, 1896, in the hustings court for the
city of Roanoke, the undersigned special
commissioners will on the 10TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1896, Mt twelve o'clock m,
offer for sale at public auction in front of
the courthouse in the city of Roanoke,
the following property to wit;
Description; Lot No 3, section @, Edge
wood addition. This lot is 40 feet front
by $50 feet deep, ad has a good two story
frame dwelling house thereon.
TERMS:.- One third cash and the bal
ance upon credit of one and two years,
to be evidenced by negotiable notes CT the
purchaser secured by deed of trust on the
property.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
WORLDS FIRST LOVE LETTER

The oldest love letter in the world is in
the British museum. 1t is the proposal
of marriage for the hand of an Egyptian
princess, and it was made $500 wears
ago. 1t is in the form of an inscribed
brick, and is therefore not only the oldest
but the most substantial love letter in ex-
iStence.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

SOME REASON FOR UNEAsINESS.
"You ought to hear papa talk about,
what he calls the soup hickening young
mantle young man who is merely a,
noodle, you know" remarked Miss.Quick
step. "Papa has such forcible way of
putting thingsln E-Ssfs,
"Er-has hes' said young Mr.. Hankin-
son, looking apprehensively at the back
door of the parlor.-Chicago Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

To NJ. NJ. Kelly and NJ Rosenberg
and \. ID. Porter and H. n. Dayton
are hereby notified that on the 21st day of
the September term, 1896, of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke. Va. the
Bankers Loan and Investment Company
will move said court TO appoint II. w
Goodwin as trustee in Il certain deed of
trust executed by Kelley and Rosenberg
dated the lst day of December 1891. re
corded in the clerks Office of the hustinos
court for the city of Roanoke Va in deed
book 20, page 3s3, in the place of Silas
W. Burt, the trustee named in said
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
THE WISE EDITOR

Il don't understand the popularity of
your woman's column" said the news
agent to the great editor. 1T beats any
thing ever heard of in that line"
ITS easily explained replied the
editor. Il just scatter bargain sale adj
refreshments through the column, and
the women have to read one to find the
other. n-Chicago Post.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

cts real mean, said the .amazon,.i fin
dignantly. "There ought to be- some sort
of restriction to prevent such a thing in
civilized warfare "slassS ssss.f.s ). Asas. s.s.
zone of the scouts has just GOMEZ. in
She reports that the enemy is. making. ar
rangements to use trained micep'-Wash-
ington Star. ri
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
- IL NONfiNi-i
Special Commissioner

TRUSTEES SALE.-By virtue of n
decree of the hastings court of the city of
Roanoke, entered at its April term, 1896,
in the chancery cause of the Covenant
Building and Loan Association VS.. A. A.
Jamison ct ais, the undersigned as spe-
cial commissioner, appointed by said de
cree, will, on the 18TH DAY OF Az
GUST 1896, in. front of the court house of
the city of Roanoke, at 70 O'Clock noon,
lowing parcel of land situated in the city
of Roanoke, together with its improve
ments described as follows:
Beginning at n point OH the north side
of Gainsboro avenue and at the southwest
corner of the property decided by p. l..
Terry to the Roanoke Gas and Water
Company, thence along Gainsboro avenue
north 60 degrees 35 minutes east 80. OF
feet to point, thence north % degrees 10
minutes west ca. 80 feet to point thence
south 80 degrees 30 minutes west &c OF
feet to post, corner of fence, thence along
the westerly boundary of property decided
by p l.. Terry to Roanoke Gas and Water
Company to the beginning, being the
same property conveyed to y. A. Jamison
by \. f. Brooks and j. F. Cooper by deed
dated 10Th day of October. 1892
TERMS OF SALE:-One. third cash,
balance in six and twelve months title of
said premises to be retained until all the
purchase money shall have been paid
LUCIAN H. COOKE,
Special Commissioner.
/, S. s. Brooke, clerk of the hustings
court, do certify that bond in the above
styled cause has been given by Lucian II.
Cooke, special commissioner. Given I'M
der my hand this 18th day of July, 1896.
10 I'd S. S. BROOKE. Clerk.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
BY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRI-sT

BY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST
executed to the undersigned by Jno. c.
Wallace to secure Old Dominion Building
and Loan Association certain money. de-
fault having been made in payment
thereof, on SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1896, at
~ o'clock NJ, we will offer for sale, at
public auction TO the highest bidder, on
the premises, Roanoke city, the following
real estate:
Beeinsing at point on the east side of
Roanoke street 1888 feet north of Pine
street, thence with Roanoke street north
j degree 30 minutes west 80 feet to n
point thence north So degrees 10 minutes
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
A. BLAIR ANTRIM,
JOHN NJ. HART,
Special commissioners

pTtCItI UIIfIIIISSIN' IIVTH~
In the clerks Office of the hustiags
court of the city of Roanoke: p. f. Van
Miller, plaintiff, against Rosa l.. Robert
son, defendant. Chaacery T. 5. S.
Brooke, clerk of the saijl covvt, de certify
that the bond required of the special com
missioners by the decree rendered in said
cause on the 9th dag OF July, 1896, has
been duly given
Given under ing hand as tterk of the
said coart this Both day of JyfS, 1896.
731 I'd s S. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

ETRUSTEE'S SALE.-By virtue of a
decree entered by the hustings court of
'the'city of Roanoke, in the chancery cause
of the Covenant Building and Loan Asso-
citation VS.. j. b. McGehce, the under
signed as special commissioner appointed
by said decree, will offer for sale at public
auction, in front of the court house in the
city of Roanoke, at II o'clock noon, on
the 18TH AUGUST, 1896, the following
described parcel of land, together with it's
Improvements, situated in the city of
Roanoke:
Beginning at a point on the south side
of Harrison street 1863 feet west of:.Frank
street, thence with Harrison street in
westerly direction % feet to n point,
thence in southerly direction 114.3 feet
to an alley thence with said alley in IL
easterly direction % feet to Il point,
thence in northerly direction 1888 feet
to the beginning, being the same land
that was conveyed to j. b. McGehee by
deed from L. j. Kemp, of record in the
clerks office for the city of Roanoke.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-third cash
and the remainder in six and twelve
months from the day of sale: title to be
retained until the entire purchase money
shall have been paid
LUCIAN H. COOKE,
Special Commissioner
I, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke do certify
hat Lucian II. Cooke, special commits
toner, has given bond as required by the
decree in the above mentioned cause.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
. July, 1896. S. S. BROOKE, Clerk.
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

FOUND A DIAMOND ON A WEED.
After having given up all thought of
ever finding valuable diamond ring
which he lost in singular way four
years ago, Robert Croft, chief clerk in
the Pennsylvania railroad Office in this
city, living at Berlin, n. j., recovered
the jewel on Thursday.
Mr.. Croft was swinging Indian clubs
on the lawn in front of his farm house on
one November evening in 1892 when the
ring slipped from his finger and was lost
in the grass. Despite the careful search
made by Mr.. Croft and two farm hands
the ring did not come to light. The next
dav the plot of grass WAS carefully
rakcd of AID after being carefully exam
ined the grass and dirt was deposited in
a composite heap in the barnyard. Dur
ing the winter a portion of the compost
was transferred to the farm of Mr. Pea.
cock, two miles away.
While playing in some weeds on the
Peacock farm Thursday afternoon, n
twelve-year- old daughter of Farmer Nor
gan noticed bright spark on rank
weed stalk about two feet from the
ground. Upon making more careful
examination of the weed she found it en-
circled by gold ring in which was set
the spark that dazzled her eyes She
realized that the ring was valuable and
ran into the farm house with it. Every
body in the neighborhood had heard of
Mr.. Croft losing his ring four years ago
and owing to its value the incident was
remembered by his neighbors.
The little girls parents recalled the
loss, and upon Mr.. Groff's re urn home
from his office in the evening he was
overjoyed to find his long lost diamond
again safe.
Mr.. Croft priced the ring as n gift from
the head officials of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad company beyond its real value,
which is said to be $50. Philadelphia
Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

BY VIRTUE OF \ DEED OF TRUST
executed to me by Fortunate Todero and
Cor@clini Domenico, dated the 23rd day of
May, 1892, and recorded in the clerks
office of the county court for the county
of Rockbridge, Va, August 10, 1892,
conveying the property hereinafter de
scriDed to me in trust to secure TO Henri
DAWN the payment of the sum of $3.50,
evidenced by three negotiable interest-
bearing notes of $3.50 each, dated May %,
1892, and payble ut the First National
Bank of Roanoke, Va, in one, two and
three years from date, respectively, and
default having been made in the pay
ment of all of said notes and the interest
thereon and having been required so to do
by the beneficiary under said deed, will,
on MONDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, 1896, at ) O'Clock D. M, offer for
sale at public auction To the highest bid
der, in front of the courthouse in the town
of Lexington, Va, all that tract or parcel
of land situate in the county of Rock
bridge, on "Brushy HILL about two
and one half miles from Lexington,
known as the ''Vineyard Tract, " of which
l.. +. Paxton died seized, containing
about twenty acres; also that
tract of land lying on the -'Brushy Hill, :"
near Lexington in the county of Rock
bridge, and State of Virginia. known as
VIC LueS"Ei tract, containing 10 GU
acres, it being lot No. 5 in the division
of the land of the said John Bowyer,
deceased Reference being made for a
more definite description of the said
property TO deed of Henri DAWN and
wife to Fortunate Todero and Coradini
Domenico, dated May %, 1892
TERMS OF SALE Cash as to so
much of the proceeds as may be necessary
to defray the expenses of executing this
trust, including trustees commission
OF legal per centum, and to pay of and
discharge the notes above mentioned and
the interest thereon; the balance to be
made payable i'll two regular installments
in six and twelve months from date of
sale, said payments to be evidenced by
interest bearing negotiable notes and Sc
cured by deed of trust on property sold
j. ALLEN WATTS,
0 ID td Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

Mr.. C, d. Yonker, wel!-known drug
gist of Bowling Green, Ohio, in speaking
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says:
II take pleasure in recommending it TO
my customers, for | am certain that it
will always please them. sell more of
it than all other kinds put together. 8"
For sale lay The Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15
If you could look

If you could look
ahead a few months
and see what was
coming from those
spells of weakness,
10 S of appetite,
wasting of fl e. b
and energy. you
wouldn't wait for
dis e IS e to get a
grip on you. You
would begin right
away to tone up
your constitution
with DIR. Pierce's
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-15

deed, he, the said Silas w Burt, desiring
to be relieved of said crust BANKERS
LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO. BY
Cooke & Glasgow 8 15-tf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

A curious custom prevails in some
provinces Of Holland during the car
niyal season. Young women of the
working class, especially domestic SER
wants, who have no sweetheart of their
own, are in the habit of hiring "fol-
lowers" for THEN Sunday out, or for
the whole of the carnival period.
These lovers are by no meanssto be
had very cheap. Often two or three
maids will club together and share q
lover among them if he comes too ex.
rensive for one girl.
This temporary lover has many duties
to perform. OF course, he must be
good looking and we'll dressed, aud an
efficient and indefatigable dancer, "ht
to be seen with anywhere" he must
likewise possess good conversational
powers. Besides receiving a variety
of valuable presents from his "girls, "
he is 'found" by them in victuals and
drink. If a young woman can afford
to engage 'swaln" all to herself, so
much the better, for the hireling often
develops into a real lover and ulti-
mately into a husband. 1t can thus
be said that, in some districts of Hol-
land, the girls do all the wooing. -
Buoh fur ALE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
TO DRAIN A CELLAR.

! A cellar in wei soil must necessarily
be drained so as TO prevent the water
from rising in it through the floor.
1t is not the surface water that settles
down into it, but the subsoil water
that is forced up by the pressure of
the outside water sinking from the
surface. So that by laying drain
tile oil around the cellar under the
walls the drainage is not complete.
Several drains should be laid, one all
around close to the foundation and
some cross drains about six feet apart
in the cellar floor and connecting with
the main drain at the walls These
drains should be at least sixteen inches
below the fiool of the cellar. Some
times water percolates through the
wall, especially if it is of brick, and
to prevent this and keep the walls
quite dry the outside should be thor
oughly saturated with hot tar to make
them waterproof. This should be
done with every cellar wall when a
house is built, as it is a costly job to
do afterward, but easily done at the
right time. In laying a cement floor
in cellar it should be done in this
manner; First, layer of coarse
gravel or broken stone is well rammed
down and made level and smooth.
Then the same kind of material is
wetted and mixed with one part of 'ce-
ment mortar to six of it, and this is
laid at once in small quantities, as it
is made, and smoothed and beaten
down with broad rammer to make it
solid and firm. This material is mixed
in small quantities as it can be laid,
or it will harden prematurely. The
finishing coat is made of q coat of the
mortar, which is of one part of the ce-
ment and two of good, sharp sand,
laid one inch thick. 1t is smoothed
with piece of board having suitable
sloping handle, which is rubbed back
and forth as the cement is wetted with
water. This gives a nice, smooth
finish. New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
STRAWBERRY CULTURE.

AS to planting strawberries, about
which we have many inquiries, there
are several ways. OF course, the
ground must be dug good depth, and
pulverized carefully, having applied q
liberal quantity of barnyard manure.
The beds can be marked out three feet
wide and made as long as may be de-
sired. Let the footpaths between the
beds be eighteen inches apart and re.
move from them all the runners as fast
as they encroach. Set the plants firm.
ly but not too deeply in the ground,
one foot apart each way. Get any of
the following varieties: Captain Jack,
Seth Boyden, the Great American, the
Monarch of the West, or Triomphe de
Gand, for private purposes. If crop
is wanted exclusively for marketing
choose the Albany Seeding by all
means. 1t will produce generally a
greater quantity of fruit than any
other and will bring in the most
money. Strawberry beds can be
planted out as early as the ground can
be got in suitable condition.
Many persons prefer the hill system
of planting out strawberries, aud with
some very strong growing varieties il
Is probably the best. When this is
adopted the plants should be set two
feet apart each way. But from our
own experience we prefer the broad.
cast planting. 1t has several advan.
tages. The plants keep tho ground
moister, it requires less labor to cult.
vate, and the beds last twice as long
by producing new bearing plants every
year The disadvantage is, the wee5s
cannot be removed so easily. In tne
hills the old plants are fruited yea,
after year, and as consequence The
berries yearly get smaller.
One thing must be particularly
borne in mind The beds must be
kept clear of weeds Two weeks after
the crop has been secured, say some
time in July. NOW off the vines, not Sc
closely as TO iniure the crown, and lei
them remain rs mulch. Late in tn,
autumn the beds should be covered
with straw or light manure aud in tue
spring the very coarsast portion.
should either ne removed or carefully
placed about the plants. When ihi.
IS donei sbould the plants have Leel
difturhld Py the irQgt pass over them
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Antelope Fast Disappearing.

Sioux Indians are slaughtering deer
and antelope by the hundred along
the North and South Moreau Rivers
and among the Slim Buttes and Cave
Hills, in South Dakota, according to
the stoekmen in that region. 1t is
reported that more than 400 hides OF
antelope were seen in one Indian camp
recently, and the whole region is scat.
tered over with earcasses Of deer and
antelope, the Indians killing the ami
mails solely for the hides. The stock
men say that these animals will soon
he exterminatad in that region if the
Indians are permitted TO continue their
rHthless slaughter,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Fermented wine, beer, whisky. and every
other fluid which contains alcohol in an APP
preciable quantity are utterly unclean fluids.
consequently they I'LL men when they drink
them with impurity and uncleanliness, both
mentally and physically, from the crown of
their heads TO the ends of their toe Joints,
as we know by observation. Scientific men
have clearly demonstrated by careful exper-
iments ana observation that they are of no
use rs food, and that they are not even slim
ulants, but are actually depressants; for they
produce warmth upon the external surface
OF the body by conjesting the minute or
capillary vessels in the skin with blood
which brings with IL the internal heat, which
Is radiated and. wasted from the suface OF
the body, while internally the thermometer
shows that the temperature has been low
cred, consequently the vitality has been i'm
paired and the body as n whole weakened
This shows that Il is extremely dangerous to
fermented or alcoholic drinks, and that they
are sure TO retard convalcscence where pa
tients recover, and they help to keep the
weak and delicate still feeble so long as they
drink them. We can all see that this must
be so, and the reason why.
Our most intelligent physicians to-day are
becoming satisfied that fermented and alco-
holic drinks are OF no use to the sick, and
are ceasing to prescribe them, and many OF
them never use or prescribe them ut all. We
have hospitals established in which thoy are
not used, and ii has been found that the
mortality is far less than in hospitals where
they are used. We have been humougged
long enough by the sensation of warmth
upon the surface OF the body caused by their
usci now let us use our reason.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
DRY EARTH ON FERr1r1zERs.

A few inches of dry earth over a pile
oi termenting manure will effectually
prevent loss of ammonia. This is a
much more common cause of loss
where manure is piled than is leach.
ing We doubt whether during sum.
mer and until cold weather the piles Of
manure left out of doors get more
rainfall than is good for them. This is
especially true of horse manure, which
will burn into ashes and lose most of
Its manuriol value if kept where rain
cannot reach it. The waste from leach.
ing of manure occurs mainly in winter
and early spring, when the melting of
SHOWS and heavy rainfalls drench the
soil with water. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
TEMPERANCE.
why nr proAMr AN ApsrArvrr.

Dean Farrar, OF Westminster, who IA one
OF the most prominent, AS he IL also one OF
1 the best known clergymen in the Church of
England, tells in the following words why
he became a total abstainer some years since
from all species Of intoxicating liquor. Says
the Dean.
"About ten years ago or more became a
total abstainer because / wns easily con-
vinced that the use OF alcohol was not a
necessity, and great deal turns upon that.
| saw, for instance, that whole Nations had
not only lived without Il, but had fourished
without It. l saw the remarkable fact that
there were some $1,000 persons in England,
who, though many OF them had made them
selves mere tunnels for drink, though most
OF them had been accustomed to drink from
their childhood, though most OF them had
been brought to prison either directly or in
directly, through drink, yet the very day
that they entered the gates Of u prison all
drink was entirely taken from thom, and yet
there was not a single instance on record I'm
which any OF them had suffered I'm conse-
quence. On the contrary, men who have
entered prisons sickly and blighted have
been made compulsorily sober by act OF Par
hament and after few months LETT prison
hale and strong and hearty; and women who
have been put into prison perfectly horrible
and hideous In their loathsomeness and de-
graduation, after a short period of depriva-
ton from the source OF their ruin, left pris-
on with the bloom OF health and almost OF
beauty. All these proofs and many others
convinced me very speedily that 1t was not
necessary for me to continue to touch any
form OF alcohol. Twas the great phlan-
thropist and politically wise Benjamin Frank
lin who used the words, Temperance puts
wood on the fire, meal In the barrel, flour in
the tub, money in the purse, contentment in
the house, and clothes on the bairns' Well,
then, coming 10 these conclusions, believing
that total abstinence would tend to sim.
plicity of life, to health, to strength OF body,
to clearness OF mind, to length of days, 1
then saw that for me- at any rate il became
q desirable thing TO give up alcohol alto
gether, and did so, for these reasons, with
perfect gladness, and without ever having
suffered in consequence Of the fact so much
as even a single day.n-The Charleston Mes.
senger