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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
GRANDMA'S CONQUEST.
She was Jake's First, Last and Only
Love-

Love.
One day my grandfather brought home
II new horse, one that he had tn ken in
some trade, hitched with halter to the
back of Il wagon, he was, when he entered
his new home, because, forsooth, my
grandfather had not been able to mount
him to ride him home, says ccntrbu-
tor to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
''That's II fine lookout" said my grand
mother, as she stood on the long porch at
the back of the house and heard this ac-
count OF things, "and you say he's dam
gerous i'll harness, tool admire your
bargain, john
u" Well, it was this brute or nothing on
that debt, and he's II fine fellow if he
wasn't so ill. tempered. Come here and
look him over yourself, Emmy" so said
my grandfather to my grandmother, for
one was rs good Il judge of horseflesh as
the other, and that is saying II good deal
for both.
All this time the new horse stood and
pranced listessly, while IL negro boy held
his halter. Take care, old miss, cried
the boy when the old lady stepped up to
the big gray brute; bnt she didn't notice
the warming. She took hold of the horses
head and drew it towards her and looked
into his eyes. Now, here is rs curious IL
part of the story us any, and it is abso
lutely true: she and Jake" rs he was
already named, naturally surveyed eich
other, and they did il to such good pur-
pose that she said after II moment to the
negro boy:
'Tom. do get my saddle and bring it
here, then to ner husband NOW, don't
say word; know what !. am dong.
See and she picked up the horses feet.
Oncned his mouth took every liberty
with him, while he acted us if she were
Mary and he the lamb. She put the sad
die on him with her own hands, then led
him to the porch steps, sprang into the
saddle and rode around the yard. Jake
stepped rs carefully rs if he had Il load of
eggs on his back.
Well, he was II lady's horse with a
vengeance from that time forth, for no
one but my. grandmother ever mounted
him. No one else could; but between
those two the ties that had been formed
when they first looked into each other $
eyes continued down to the day of Jake 5
death, years after. No better under
| standing ever existed in the whole ro-
| mantle field of friendships between
horse and rider. The lady was not then
young; she was already Il grandmother
| (though not yet mine), and one of her
frequent rides was to Il married daugh-
ter's, five miles awny,ssand do you want
to know how She amused herself on that
trip? She used to throw the lines on
Jake's neck, trot him to gallop. draw
out her knitting and So knitting and
riding, progress to her journeys end.
There you have one little bit of pure his.
tory of Il woman of We olden times down
IN Tennessee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
THERE Is NOTHING so coon

There is nothing just as good rs DR..
Kings New Discovery for CONSUMPTION,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell You some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
to be Just rs good. You want DR.. Kings
New Discovery because you know it to be
safe and reliable and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded. For Coughs.
Colds, Consumption and for all affections
of Throat, Chest and Lungs there is moth
ing so good as is DR.. Kings New Discov-
err Trial bottle free at Massie's phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street. Regular size
80 cents and 81.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
II l5,tis

TRUSTEES SALE.-On the Sth day Of
december, 1896, at 10 n. m, will offer
LOT sale ut public auction on the premises
the following property in the city of Roa-
noke, Va:
beginning mt n point on the west side
OF Border street lS2 feet north of Bullitt
street, thence with said Border street
north ~ degrees east 81 feet to point on
same thence leaving said Border street
north 90 degrees west 1877 1-2 feet to an
aiiey, thence with said alley south 10 de-
grees west 81 feet to point on same,
thence.leaving said alley south so degrees
east l6' l'2 feet to the beginning, known
us the northern portion of lot l ami the
southern portion of lot ,, section 10.
Park Land and Improvement Company.
The above sale is made under Il deed of
trust from John ID. Rose, dated June 18th,
lS93, and recorded in deed book IS, pace
80, default having been made in the bond
therein secured for more than three
months.
The above sale will be made by the un-
dersigned, who was substituted as trus
tee III. the place of Silas w Burt bv an
order of the hustings court of Roanoke.
va, entered ut its October term. 1896.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash. Amount
due under the above deed of trust
81, l3l.37, as of August 3lst, 1896
TW. GOODWIN,
ll-i-tu substituted Trustee
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\ LITTLE MORE FAT.
Chumpley Made Up His Mind That He
Has Enoagh of Politics, But -

Chumpley Made Up His Mind That He
Has Enoagh of Politics, But, -
''Hello, Chumpley, want to have II
little talk with you about affairs in our
ward
''Oh, no, not me. I'm out of politics.
Clear out aud to stay. Don't ever. mem
tIon the subject to ne again.
But we need You"
OF course you do. You need me bad
1t took me II good while to find it out,
Boomer, bat Pm next at last. I've gone
through it from soda to hook, old man.
I've spenS my money in Il way to excite
the contempt of drunken sailor I've
been whip sawed, Hin hammed double
crossed. buncoed, held up and hinkey.
dinked nll along the line. I've lost more
ness, had the DEVILS own time keeping
things straight at home and got nothing
but the worst of it. Oh, yes, you need
me and all the other suckers you can pull
in"
You wrong us, Chumplcy.i
81 only wish | could. Here I've hump
ed and whooped and hustled for the last
ten years. l've been promised sixty
good things aud haven't realized en- one
Since | have been playing pack horse
and angel for you fellows I've been prom
lsed pretty nearly every office within the
gift of the people. At one time or anoth-
or | was to be put into the revenue SER
vice, the customs service, the postof1ice
or the city hall. All you have reall Y
done is to put me in the hole. You
couldn't open my pocket book with jim
my now. I'll have no more to do with
politics than if I was in Africa I've
been trimmed all l will stand, and you
can just break the news to the rest OF
the boys.
YOU'RE clear. off, Chumpley. It's
bound to come your way You know
that place we We're speaking of? It's Il
sure thing and always easy money. IT..
pickup for you and there is nothing
lacking but $500 for the alderman"
SIS that right
son the level
Good! Now, that is something like
Boomer. I'm tired of this thing of being
GRATED. Here's the stuff
And once more Chumpley was in the
grasp of the fat fryers,-Detrcit Free
Press
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TO BE DREADED.
1t Wasn't So Much the Cold Weather That
He Feared as Other Discomforts.

1t Wasn't SO Much the Cold Weather That
He Feared as Other Discomforts.
They were TALKING of the cold weather
and one OF them made the remark that he
dreaded the winter.
so do J, " said n nervous looking man
i'll the corner; ~ feel like crawling into
loft and pulling the ladder in after me
every time think of it'
Are you sensitive to the cold.'' asked
a sympathetic listener.
"Oh, it isn't the cold | dread particu.
larly."
Perhaps you suffer from chilblains?"
Never had them in my life.''
"Then 1t is just the exigencies of the
climate you dreadn
"EXigencies nothing. dread the win
ter because all day and every day after
the cold weather sets in you are likely to
meet at the most unexpected moment
"A biizzard-ycs that's so," interrupt
ed one of the crowd.
mo; q blizzard would be n merciful in.
Fiction compared to him. ] mean the
man who meets you with an idiotic smile
on his face and who. holds you by one
button while he asks: rs it cold enough
for your Detroit Free Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
PENSIVE PENCILINGS.

Collection fads of different kinds are
too numerous to count, but the only
kind of collector that has the world s
hearty respect is the successful collector
OF 500 bills.
Even IL messenger boy travels quickly
when he is bringing you bad news.
Once in while you will see a 10-ycar-
old boy who is perfectly willing to ride
his sisters bicycle, even if it is feminine.
The man who is always worrying about
what is going to happen to MIN usually
has more things happen to him to make
him worry than he would if he went in
dustriously about his business and let
the future take care of itself
The ordinary man finds one disadvan-
tage in having the election excitement
over. 1t takes him longer now TO run
through the daily newspapers.
n young woman has to love n young
man very much indeed To be satisfied
with plain gold band for an engage
ment ring.
Why is it that the average young man
seems to lose all his gentlemanly instincts
the minute he gets place behind the
grating of a ticket window?
The old. fashioned copper cent weighed
264 grains. In other words il could he
made to sound like silver half dollar
when it was dropped with proper en-
phasis in the contribution box at church.
Ely Cathedral, England, is $50 feet long
and 1870 feet wide. 1t is very seldom
crowded Sunday mornings.
The foot originally had its name from
the fact that the human foot was used as
n unit of measurement. To Chicago
girls this will seem quite natural. =
SOmcrville journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
THE OLD SQUIRE'S SCHEME.
Why His Projected Coup" on the Race
Track Did Not Connect.

why His Projected Coup on the Race
Track Did Not Connect
Old Squire Workcm had been going
about for several days buried in deep
thought and having as little as possible
to say, says the Detroit Free Press. There
had been no profit in the grains, fruits or
stock that he had raised He could get
nothing out of those who owed him, for
they had been squeezed dry. He had
plenty, but it had always been the pas
sion of his life to get more. Finally he
sent for Link Perkins, Il shiftless but
shifty Yankee, to whom the squire never
spoke.
Link" the squire began, 'do you read
the papers?"
'Jist the sportin news mostly, sir.r
Precisely Then you know what
coup is. You must have read how IL few
fellows down in Mexico cleaned up $780,
OOO and later how another gang found
S2o, OO0 ut Chicago, all by working this
coup business, UNDERESTIMATE
Yes, herd all about it, 'Twar slick
business"
'Well Link, knowing that YOU can
keep your moutho shut, porpose that
you and | work il coup. That brown filly
OF mine can outrun anything in this part
of the State. They all know her, but
"''iO you 10 disguise her some way, take
her down into Hackaway county as n
new one and back her for all the money
you can get against her I'll furnish the
money, but must not be known in the
matter. What do you think of it?''
Thar's fortune in it, squire We
KIN break the --Hackaway crowd an
they'll never know how 'twar DONE
The race came off and Link had bar.
rel oil the squire'S money on the filly that
her owner would not have known. She
started like shot out of a gun, but, after
few jumps. bolted for home took the
fence like hunted stag, left the rider in
tamarack swamp and reached the sta
ton i'll broken-down condition.
Link never showed up, simply because
he had worked the coup so as to provide
literally for his own future. All the
squire did was to prepare n bill for the
next legislature making it penal oifense
to even attempt coup on Il race track
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
SPECIAL BARGAINS
Real Estate !!

y good Groom brick dwelling, large lot, in
Southwest Roanoke, with plenty OF shade. s. LOO
each. Is well worth $l,5O0
S5J cash and g per month. Can be rented for
more than the monthly payment.
hast na5t Of Southwest. with modern imnrocv 10
ments, stable and carriage house. with several
other outbuildings, Sl,9to; S2D) cash and ST. per
month.
s,room house in good condition, well papered,
with modern improvements, stabl, and large
lot, S3OG0; 500 each and SIS per month.
Sroom house in West End, large lot, nice loca.
ton, $l,S0O; SOD cash and Els per month.
sroom house in in ! he Southwest modern 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 cash aud $40 per month.
Groom dwelling, with sewer connection, stable
ana other necessary outbuildings, 1890; $50
cash. ss5o per month nth without interest o-o. sos
cash and $40 per month with no interest. Ia
renting now for IS 90.
Two room cottages, with basement room,
sewer connection, nice garden and good location,
1900 each; $l5 cash and IS per month with inter
est.
papercd. Price $780, $l6 cash and Si6 permonth.
Rents now for $40
Southern railroad, newly fenced, house in good
condition, 81 $50; $50 cash and SIP go per month.
One OF the best residences on Church street, IS
rooms, largo lot, best location, cost 50 500. In
beautiful condition inside and out. Price $4,000;
$500 cash, S25 per month; ID renting now at s25
per month Also two other splendid bargains on
Church avenue
One OF the most desirable and best located bus
mess houses in the very best part OF the business
centre OF the city. One .fourth of the price cash
and .Ne rent will pay the balance. 1t ia renting
now for Ii per cent. OF the price asked. There Is
no better Investment in the city than this We
have several other fine bargains in business
property on Salem avenue and Jefferson street.
4 room housn near West End round house, $500;
$50 cash and $40 per month.
A. hon ttrhf uunn
orn Improvements, stable on lot and shade, 81 100
easy payments
Nicely papered 6 room house on he best part OF
seventh avenue n. c., $3.50; $50 cash and IS per
month
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
FARMS FOEe SALE.

\ 400 acre farm az miles from Roanoke, good
Improvements. well fenced and watered, plenty
Il timber, nice young orchard, 81, 500-terms
asy. This is great bargain.
G6.acie farm close to Roanoke, in good condit-
oD, $1,000 each.
"a acres OF bottom land X miles from Hollius
nth $4,000 brick house, at the edge of beautiful
ie. acrctrovc of forest oaks Price $50 per acre.
$50 acres near Hollins Institute, ecven miles
from Roanoke city, forty acres of which is level,
the balance upland, partly timbercd good water
fairly good improvements, fine peach and apple
orchard, land we'll adapted to truck farming, all
kinds fruit and grapes. Price 81 $50; very cheap,
Also great many other bargains in city aud
country property, which we 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, 1896-12-04

TRUSTEES SALE.-On the Sth dav
OF December, 1896, ut 1910 n. M, | will
offer for sale ut public auction on the
premises the following property in the
city of Roanoke, Va:
Beginning ut point on the west side
of Border street li5 feet north of Bullitt
street. thence with said Border street
north lo degrees east 81 feet to point on
said street, thence leaving said street
north so degrees west 49, . feet to an
alley, thence with said alley south 10 de-
grees west 81 feet to II second alley,
thence with said second alley south 50 de.
grees east l61 l.2 feet to the beginning.
known as the southern portion of lot |.
section II, Park Land and Improvement
Company.
The above sale is made under deed of
trust from j. d. Rose dated June It'll
lS92, and recorded in deed book rs, page
~, dcfnult having been made in the bond
therein secured for more than three
months.
The above sale will he made by the un-
dcrslSned, who was substituted trustee
in the place of Silas w. Burt by an or.
der OF. the hustings court of Roanoke.
Va, entered at its October term, 1916
TERMS OF SALE.-Cnsh. Amount
due under the above deed of trust, ST.
l9.4S, rs of August 31st, 1896.
II. w. GOODWIN,
IL.
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l1-7.t,l.

TRUSTEES SAI.E-On the Sth day
of December, 1896, ut l0:40 H. nl.. will
offer for sale MT public auction on the
premises the following property in the
city of Roanoke, Va;
Beginning at II point on tho north side
of Harrison street G666 feet westerly
from Wood street. thence north , degrees
east 100 feet to point, thence north s.
degrees west SO 33 feet to a point thence
south degrees west 100 feet to Harrison
street, thence south SO degrees east 80. SO
feet with the north side OF iIarrison street
to the place of beginning
The above sale is made under deed of
trust from Kelly and Rosenberg dated
December LIST, 1891, and recorded i'm deed
book 20, page, 1888, default having been
made in the bond therein secured for
more than three months.
The above sale will bc made by the un-
dersigned who was substituted as trustee
in the place of Silas w Burt by an order
of the hustings court of Roanoke Va,
entered at its October tenn, 1896
TERMS OF SALE Cash Amount
due under the above deed of trust,
FSO4.09. rs of August 3lst, 1896.
r. w. GOODWIN,
ll-rtd. Substituted Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04

Major p. c. Picton is manager of the
State Hotel, at Denison, Tex, which the
travelling men say is one of the hest
hotels in that section. In speaking of
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and Dar-
rhoea Remedy. Major picton says: 81
have used it myself and in my family for
several years. and take pleasure in say.
ing that | consider it an infalliabie cure
for diarrhoea and lysentery. I always
recommend it, and have frequently adj
ministered it to my guests in the hotel,
and in every case it has proven itself
worthy of unqualified endorsement"
For sale by The Chas. Lyle Drug Com
pany.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

instaliments of $3.50 as to nine INSTALL
ments, and $6.03 as to the last install.
meht' with interest upon each INSTALL
ihent from November 1st, 1890, and the
residue if any, to be paid in one wear
from day of sale, deferred payments to be
secured by deed of trust upon the
premises.
II 15.tds Trnst.a
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
RucKLEN,S ARNIcA sA1ur

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
bAains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale ut Nlassie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
DID THE RIGHT THING.

Cleverton-If l had known that you
were going to call on me; old ma /,
would have laid in supply % cigars.
Dhshaway-l thought it was just as
well to take you by surprise.-Puck.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
MALICIOUS.

Tom Barry don't see any sense in
girls kissing each other. Now, you hate
that giil you just kissed.
Prudence-You bet | do; but just see
how the frcckles show where | kissed
the 10 vder off-Truth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
SURE TO BE THERE.

''Do you expect to get attendance at
your dinner party?'
Indeed do. have invited only ar
fists and literary people. New York
World
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
AN INGENIOUS YOUTH.

Frcddie-What do you want to catch
the fly for?
Sister has just made her glass of lem
onade ana I'm awfully dry.-Pittsburg
Bulletin.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04

BY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
executed March 10th, 1890, by the Vir-
gnia Land Company to l.. c. Hans
brough, rs trustee, and recorded in the
clerks office of the county court of Roam
oke county, on November H. 1890 con
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04
AT LAST

Mary" said the sick man to his wife,
when the doctor had pronounced it a
case of smallpox, "if any of my creditors
call tell them shat am at last in posi-,
ton to give them something
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-04

for-eh-soda water-if saved,
would buy house in II short
time. Then you'll be safe. In
the storms of adversely you'll have
something to float you until sunny
weather comes again. 1t will
always be there. to stand between
YOU and the cold.
S-room dwelling on Church street, 3d.
0eO.- Terms good.
S-room dwelling, modern improve
ments, Salem avenue, fine stable and
barn lot 80 feet front. Price, $4,000.
Easy payments
Sroom dwelling, corner Second avenue
II. w, price, $3.50. Cash 800, balance
in. mouthly installments
lO-room dwelling, Lewis addition, s.
w, newly painted slate roof, and all
modern improvements, $4,000 Great
bargain. Easy terms.
Groom dwelling, with cellar, sewer
connection. Price. $3.50. Small cash
l payment, monthly, SO
j. Groom dwelling, near st. james
Church IL. w Price, $500 Cash $780,
monthly, $40.
Groom dwelling, First avenue IL. w. =,
nicely papered Price $500 Cash 500,
monthly, so.
4-room, two story dwelling, First ave
nue..n. e., lot 81 1.2x140. Price $i0O
Cash SEQ, monthly, 81.
7-room dwelling, near Belmont school
house, 5. e., great bargain ut $1,000.
Cash $40, monthly $40.
Broom dwelling, with cellar, two
squares from market, near shops, lot
40xl30. Price $3.50 Cash $50, monthly,
$40.
Groom dwelling, fine stable and barn.
nice garden. Tazewell avenue $. C., 81,
300. Small cash payment. balance to suit
purchaser.
7-room dwelling, Tazewell avenue $. C.,
near shops. Price $1,000. Small cash
payment.
d-room dwelling, nicely papered, good
stable. Seventh avenue s. w, Sl.25O.
Good bargain and easy payments.
broom dwelling, Eighth avenue $. w,
neal Franklin road, sewer connections,
5000, Cash 800, monthly, $40.
Two beautiful lots $. e., near water
main, original cost 800, now ut 500
\ each, on easy payments
Fine building lot on Salem avenue S.
W., jOx2O0 Price 5000.
Nice lot on Jefferson street, 10XlSO,
stone foundation on lot, cost ..S400, lot
now ut $500.
Nice lot on Bullitt avenue, near Jelfcr-
son street, GDX200. Price $3.50.
PACE & BOBBITT,
No. 10 Jefferson ST.
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1l-7.td. Substituted Trustee

TRUSTEES SALE.-On the Sth dav
of December, 1896, ut 1890 a. M, will
offer for sale ut public auction ON the
premises the following property in the
city of Roanoke, Va:
Beginning ut Il point on the north side
of Harrison street 5000 feet westerly
from Wood street, thence north degrees
east lC0 feet to II point, thence north IS
degrees west 1888 feet to II point. thence
south degrees west 100 feet to Harrison
street, thence south IS degrees east 80
feet with the north side of Harrison street
to the place of beginning.
The above sale is made under ii deed of
trust from Kelly and Rosenberg, dated
December LIST, 1891, and recorded in deed
book 20, page 3S1, default having been
made in the bond therein secured for
more than three months
The above sale will be made by the I'M
fersigned, who was substituted as trus-
tee i'll the place of Silas w Burt by an
order of the hustings court of Roanoke,
Va. entered mt its October term, 1896.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash Amount
due under the above deed of trust, $6iS. OF.
as of August 3lst, 1896.
i. w. GOODWIN.
ll-i-td. Substituted Trustpp