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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
LKGAL NOTICES.
81 degrees 45 minutes east 100 feet to tn,
place of beginning.

81 degrees 45 minutes east 100 feet to the
place of beginning.
Second. Beginning at point on the
northwest corner OF Campbell and Ran
ooipn STREETS, thence with Campbell street
north IS degrees west 100 feet to a point,
thence ncrth degrees east 100 feet to a
point. thence south So degrees east LEO
teet to Randolph street, thence with Kan
doiph street % degrees west 100 feet to
the place of beginning and known as lots
llO, III, liz and 113 in ward 5. according
to the map of the Roanoke Land and I'm
provement Company.
TERMS OF SALE cash.
L. H. COOKE,
NJ. J. COLEMAN,
Special Comm ssioners.
!, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the corporation
court OF Roanoke city. Virginia, do..hereby
certify that the bond required in above
case has been executed
S. S. BROOKE, Clark.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
N INV Norfolk snsWesten,
Schedule in Eject
July 4, 1897
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
ynSlfl7zl1f;yyzHIsF;1l

w ESI bOOND LEA II ROANOkE
DAILY
o:1O a, m washington and Chattanooga
limiteCO for Bristol, intermediate sta
tons and the South and West Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
ago p. M, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, Pocahoutas, kenova,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk 100 a. M; 4:1O p m.
From Hagerstown $50 a. M; 4:O5 p. m.
From Winston lilo p. M.
From Bristol and the West 1885 D. M;
1890 p. III.
NORTH AND EASTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY
l:5O.p. M for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
1:45 p. m. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York
lO:45 p. III. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
lO:45p. m. Washington and Chattanooga
limited for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan-
doah Junction aud Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division--I.eave Lynchburg
(Union station).daily, except Sunday,
400 p. m. for South Boston and Dur
ham and intermediate stations.
Winston Salem Division-Ieave Roanoke
Union station) 4:30 p. M. and
7;30 n. m. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street station), for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston-Salem and inter
mediate stations
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or TO w. b. Bevill, General
Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
NJ. F. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18

$40 a, m Washington and Chattanooga
limitedD for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
Wrecked Ambition.

Brown-Is young Jenkins studying
now?
Robinson-Yes. Ho expected to be-
como baseball pitcher, but unfortu-
nately he seriously injured his arm and
had to give up tho idea New York
World
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
How lie Did IL.

1.-The doctor put my husband on his
feet in week. she explained. ut
was no trouble at all. The bill he pre-
sented fairly lifted him out of bed. -
Chicago Post.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
Out of Danger.

Grimpus-Had an attack of tho Klon
dixie mining fever yet?
Crimpus-Nope. I've taken the golt
cure New York Journal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
She'll Try Elsewhere.

You needn't leave us ice any more, I"
said the nowly married housewife.
Anything wrong, madam"
Indeed there is. This leo is not
nearly so cold as that mother gets. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
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course every 3 checked dpub @ S fepGnoe for
90 r dhers another machne-s printing fast as
ten ousandan hour"
Automatically o. course
"Here's the toaLroom."
The herald., 1897-08-01
Looking for a Rare Dollar

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-Detective Ar
mold of this city went to Waterbury
Thursday to see If he could not find the
1904 silver dollar which is said, to be
valued at $1,500, and which was stolen
from the house of Henry Veit of this city
July 5. A dispatch from Waterbury last
night told how P. T. Hayes, a saloon
keeper, had purchased a silver dollar of
the mintage of 1904 from stranger, who
said he was a farmer in Sheldon, and
who said he found the coin while plow-
ing on his farm. Mr.. Hayes took the
coin to New York and two experts de-
clared it genuine. AS there are only
eight coins of the issue of 1904 the traus-
action of Mr.. Hayes with the stranger
attracted the attention of the police of
this city, who have been on the lookout
for a clue since the theft from Mr. Veit
There is an official record of the owners
of these coins, and all are accounted for.
The coin Hayes purchased is probably
the one stolen from Mr.. Veit.-New York
Sun.
The herald., 1897-08-01
Chicago's Wheel Tax Tag

The wheel ordinance is a law, Mayor
Harrison having made it such by his
| signature at o'clock yesterday after
noon. The ordinance must be published
for ten days, and it will then be effect
i've and in force. The city authorities
are preparing for its rigid enforcement.
The pen was eagerly desired by a BIZ
cycle riding newspaper man present, and
he was given it for a souvenir.
After ten days publication the city
clerk will begin the work of collecting
the tax The police department will be
called upon to assist in the enforcement
of the ordinance and the officials believe
they will succeed in collecting at least
100000 bicycle licenses during the first
year No estimates have yet been made
on the number of vehicles that will be
| tagged under this ordinance.
The bicycle tax promises to be feature
of the wheel tax ordinance. The design
was adopted by City Clerk Leoffier yes
terday and bids have been asked for their
manufacture The tag is to be of alum
mum, Of almost the same shape and de-
sign as the ordinary bicycle name-plata
used by the manufacturers. On it will
be the number of the license in large
lettering, the name Of the owner of the
wheel and the license, and the words,
"City of Chicago wheel tax, 1897" The
cost of the tags will fall on the city.
The wheelman will simply have to pay
81 and will be furnished with the license
and tag free. The tags will cost the city
about ten or eleven cents each, so, that
the net profit to the city on each license
fee, after deducting the cost Of the tag.
stationery, etc., will be about eighty
| five cents.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-01

Just wide enough for the two little ones
to peek in.
AT that moment the meeting ended,
and the various secretaries left the room.
The little girls stood aside in, awe as one
cabinet officer after another came out,
Mr.. Loeffier meanwhile whispering to
them the name of each of the secre-
taries. AT last all had left the room ex-
cept one, and the little girls stood in the
doorway to get another Look at Mr.. Nc
Kinley The president glanced up and
saw them at the threshold, peeping shyly
in. He walked over to the children
Loeffler told him that they wanted to see
the president, whereupon the president
bade them come into the room. He shook
hands with them gravely, asked them
their names and chatted with them for
few moments. Then he took them over
to his desk, on which there was beauti-
full bouquet of flowers, and filled their
hands with the roses and carnations
whose fragrance filled the room.
Then he sent them home, and no office
seeker ever left the White House as
happy as those two little girls who saw
the Observation-Disclosures American.
The herald., 1897-08-01

work familiar to the people of the con-
tinental nations of Europe and their in
fiuence was aroused to support the
abolitionists of the north in this country
To no other single influence can the final
abolition of slavery in the United States
be more distinctly traced than to "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin"
AS literary production "Uncle Tenn 8
Cabin" has been criticised with severity
by the pundits, but even they have been
unable to deny that it touched the hearts
of the people not only of one country, but
of all countries, and even now when
slavery has become forgotten word the
book is read, the play founded upon it
nightly finds interested spectators.
The daughters of Mrs. Stowe have
themselves made no appeal for aid. They
are ignorant of the fact that others are
making such an appeal in their behalf.
That their homestead should be pre-
served as a shrine perpetuating the
memory of Mrs. Stowe is a duty the
American people owe to themselves. In
a monarchy such duty would be met
by subsidy and pension. In the
greater monarchy in which all are kings
it is believed that even fuller, prompter
measure Off elief will be afforded
On the same block on which stands the
home in which lived for SO many years
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe stands also
the house of Mark Twain. .On it's root
have also fallen the shadows of evil for
tune, but life and will and vigor still
remain with him and it is hoped that
kindly humor's smiles may yet banist
the frowns that darken its deserted
| threshold.
The herald., 1897-08-01

er Hooker, herself famous writer, is
made public for the first time through
the columns of this newspaper and
should bring relief to the twin daughters
of the distinguished writer and philan-
thropist.
1t might be proposed that monumen
should be erected to the memory of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. There is no
doubt that every reader of her "Uncle
Toms Cabin" every negro slave and
every descendant of negro slave who
can trace their freedom to the influence
of her work, every man and woman
throughout the land who rejoices that
the black bar of slavery has been re-
moved from our escutcheon, would unite
in support of the proposition to honor
Mrs. Stoves memory by such a monu-
ment as the city Of Brooklyn has erected
in honor of the memory of her brother
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
But in the meantime there recurs the
old question of bread and store. During
her lifetime Mrs. Stow valued the honor
that had come to her from her work
valued the results that had logically
inevitably flown from it, but, public as
was n6T HdIucp WOllQ WlQc dS w dS ueI
fame she valued more, loved more, the
modest home nook in which she lived
for so many years-valued more, loved
more, the children whose companionshiI
made it a home. Those children, twir
sisters, were three-score years Of age
when the mother died, but still they
were children to her. In their infancy
they were helpless and she found jo,
in giving them mothers care. In theil
age they were again helpless. and chs
gave them the same care-found in i
the same joy. Dying, she believed sh,
had secured to them home for thei
remaining days.
| Now it seems that this home is to b,
taken from them, and in their old ag,
] they are to be cast adrift. The home il
which Mrs Stowe lived and worked fo
SO many years is to pass to strangers
to be torn down, perhaps; to be no longel
the shrine to which so many lovers o.
freedom have wended reyerent steps.
And thence arises the question, viii
the American people allow this?
The herald., 1897-08-01

Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker. the dis
tinguished sister Of Mrs. Stowe, wries
the following:
The herald., 1897-08-01

altogether favorably known among
wheelmen All four of the party be-
longed to one Of the well-krown clubs
and the coasting question had been dis
cussed at length by them without any
definite result. 1t was decided on this
occasion to give the matter test, and it
was done. In this instance the declivity
selected was quite steep and there was
small need of wheeling back to get a
good start.
All Of US got into line. gave the pedals
two or three lively turns. and we were
off. All went as merry as an ice cream
soda for time, but presently we be-
came aware that we were travelling at a
rate of speed that seemed something
phenomenal. To speak of the effect as
exhilarating Is to use mild language. 1t
was as if you had taken glass of cham
payne when warm and weary and the
delightful effect had been intensified
tenfold. Trees and fences seemed to
whizz by us at lightning rate, and then
it dawned on us that the bottom of the
hill had been reached, that we had to
cross a railroad track not so very far
ahead, and that at that point it might
become necessary to stop as matter of
self-preservation. So we applied the
brakes just after the fashion we had
agreed upon. At first there was no re-
sponse from our machines and then the
speed gradually lessened until all four of
US managed to place our feet npon the
pedals again, and stopped just about
fifty feet from the railroad tracks.
1t does not seem as if circumstances
could be conceived which would render
1t more difficult to stop a wheel than
these, but we managed to check the
speed in a very short space of time. 1t
was exactly one and a half miles from the
The herald., 1897-08-01

point where we started to that at which
we stopped. The time consumed was
one and three-fourths minutes. So it
can be seen we did make fast time and
that a bicycle, with proper skill and
judgment, can be suddenly and safely
checked when going at high rate of
speed
1t is quite probable that the bicycle
coasting party will become an institu-
ton, although necessarily a warm
weather. or rather a summer, fall and
spring affair. 1t would never do at all
in winter.
The herald., 1897-08-01

session at the moment. but Loefner
good-naturedly yielded to their request
and opened the door Of the cabinet room
The herald., 1897-08-01

The men and women of the present
generation will with difficulty learn to
understand the effect produced by the
publication of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin" Edition
following edition was published in rapid
succession and through the whole coun-
try, north and south, it produced the
most profound sensation. For years the
aboltionists had been preaching, lee
turing, writing against slavery, but more
effective than all their productions of
tongue or pen was the story of Uncle
Toms Cabin" The book was repro
duced in England and there also the
name of Mrs. Stowe became known in
every household. Translations made the
The herald., 1897-08-01
They Saw the President

Westinghouse little incident oc-
Cured at the White House last week
which illustrates President Mckinley S
love for children. Two little girls-tots
of or 10-wandered into the executive
mansion one morning, and climbing up
the stairs to the second floor, calmly
told Loeffier, the veteran doorkeeper,
who has guarded the door to the presi-
dents room since Abraham Lincoln first
placed him there, that "they wanted to
see the president" The cabinet was in
The herald., 1897-08-01


doubtless
n
a o RS Stowe.
of a
of
in the
The herald., 1897-08-01
Daughters of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe
|NEIGHB0RS OF MARK TWAIN
SIGNED STATEMENT FRONT MRS
ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER
Mrs. Stowe Lived in the House fol
Years and Was Devotedly
Attached to It

The Herald today publishes an ex-
elusive signed statement addressed to ii
by the sisters of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, the most widely known author
ess America ever produced. whose mas
terpiece, Uncle Toms Cabin" was a
tremendous factor in causes Of the civil
war.
This statement by Mrs. Isabella Beech
The herald., 1897-08-01
Moral Courage

Weary Watkins-Say, what Is moral
courage, anyway?
Hungry Higgins-I heard a preacher
say it was the power to say mo"
Weary Watkins-When you're asked
to drink or to work?-Indianapoli Jour-
nal.
The herald., 1897-08-01
Strict Obedience

Didn't tell that if you went SWIM
ming again 1 would punish you?" asked
the stern father.
II didn't forget" replied Johnnie whose
hair was dripping, "but I can't swim a
stroke. e."-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-08-01

South Germany reports the greatest
weather freak of the present month, hail
storm which killed thirteen persons,
wounding many others and killed thou
sands Of cattle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
sHERMAN's UMBRELLA.
An Invention which VIII BE Shown at
the Omaha Exposition.

sberman's umbrella is massive mechan-
teal invention by which passengers are
elevated to height OF zou beet aha diameter is
250 feet At night the tower VIII pc prl-
liantIy illuminated by electricity, W niis ~
the apex a powerful searcnngnt WIN po
placed. This stream of light may be seen
at a distance of one hundred miles.
The vertical standard of the umbrella VIII
and anchored in a stone foundation thirty
feet deep and seventy-five feet square. II
will be forty feet In diameter OF 10 lee, "a
ard running from the bottom up, VIII pc
forty rails forming ten tracks for the low
er platform to move up ana DOWN o n,h .iliS
another platform is to reyolve the latter
platform holding the standard which sup
ports the arms of the umbrella -.
The arms are to be Ito feet In length, at
the extremities of which the cars are 10 pc
s1lspended From the outer ENDS or the
arms cables will extend TO the Top o OF teg
weights which travel up and down on the
inside of the standard. The cars will be
constructed on the same principle of those
of the Ferris wheel, built of iron and steel,
and will hold forty passengers each. Ihere
will be sixteen of these cars me lower
platform will also be used for passengers,
having a carrying capacity of about two
hundred. This platform VIII rise 10 the
height of 24O feet. -,
construct the umbrella, describes 1t tech
nically as follows:
the SHERMAN umbrella" will be unique
The cars are suspended from the outer
ends of the arms, the lighting arrange
ments being a series of braces. one for each
arm, acted upon by a central sleeve which
will surround a supporting column, the
sleeve being raised by power from the en-
CINE After the arms are raised carrying
The passenger cars to the desired heighth
they will be rotated by properly applied
machinery, at the pleasure of the operator
Passengers will enjoy the motion of the
machine; it will be on par with the Ferris
differ very materially from that Of the
wheel: in the umbrella the motion will be
of two kinds-vertical and horizontal. Pas
sengers will be first lifted to the intended
height and there revolved around so that
the entire country for miles as we'll as all
the objects in the exposition grounds will
be clearly within view. The machine is
designed to make three trips" per hour
and to carry eight hundred passengers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

Boston Transcript
Augustin Daily tells a story about visit
of his to Mr.. Dana's Office to demonstrate
upon what the manager regarded as too
severe criticism of Miss Ada Rehan's per-
Torrance in a certain part. Mr.. Laffan was
at that time its dramatic critic.
II found no difficulty" said Mr.. Daily,
Sin getting an audience with Mr.. Dana.
He glanced up from his work and asked
cheerily, What can do for you to-day
Mr.. DANA began, with great firm
ness. I have called to try to convince you
that you should discharge your dramatic
editor He has
Yes l see he interrupted, all suavity
and smiles. We'll, Mr.. DAILY, will speak
to Mr.. Laffan about this matter, and IL he
thinks that he really deserves to he dis
charged 1 will most certainly do It,
There is an apocryphal tradition, prob
ably with some slight foundation Of fact
which will do as well as IL it were entirely
true to illustrate Mr.. Dana's indifference
to disturbing elements, except as they may
be useful for newspaper purposes one
night in the early times of the Sun the city
editor rushed in from the outside room The
Suns editorial Office then consisted or four
rooms. all small.
'Mr Dana" exclaimed the city editor,
there's man out there with cooked re-
volver. He is very much excited. He in
sists on seeing the editor-in-chief."
'Is he very much excited? replied Mr..
Dana turning back to his pile OF proofs.
'If you think it worth the space, ask Amos
Cummings If he will kindly see the gentle
man and write him up"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Alexander NJ Archer and wife and Mrs
George Venn have gone TO Martinsville to
spend two weeks
Alexander Archer and wife and Mrs
George Venn have gone to Martinsviile to
remain two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Bergheim, of Decatur, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Bergheim, Ga
North Meridian street.
Mr. and Mrs. s. Shlesinger, of Cleveland
o., is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. G. Davis,
6S3 North Illinois street.
Mrs. F. o. Smith has issued invitations
for q thimble party to-day in honor of Mrs.
Dora Leas and Miss Mira Whitehead.
Mrs. Matthias and daughter of Elkhart
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Paquette, GIG North New Jersey street
Mrs Merle n. A. Walker will leave to-
day for two weeks visit with her grand
daughter, Mrs. r.. A. Hays, at Attica, Ind.
Miss Maud Morand of Louisville, former
ly resident of indianapolis, came Saturday
for a few days, and is at present at the
Denison.
Adolph Erdman and family of (new) No.
$50 East Market street, left yesterday for
Denver, Col, where they will reside per-
manently.
j. H. Shideler ard family have returned
from their country home near Fairview
Park and have taken the new house at
320 East Nineteenth street.
Miss Dillman OF No 1928 Evison street.
has gone to Lincoln, Neb., having been
called there on account OF the serious ill
ness Of her brother Mr.. f. p. Folsom.
Miss Laura Hansen entertained the
Whileaway Club last Friday evening. at her
home on South street. The honors were
won by Miss Olga Ressler and Mr.. Fl. b.
Kepner. Miss Fern Huff will entertain the
club Nov. 5.
Miss Laura Hansen entertained the While
Away Circle Club last Friday evening at
her home on South East street. The honors
were won by Miss Olga Nessler and Mr..
II. b. Kepner Miss Fem Huff viii enter
tain the club on next Friday, Nov. 5.