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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13
Crystal Sly Columns.

An explanation Of curious optical
phenomenon sometimes witnessed on
frosty nights which is called the "pseu-
do aurora" is offered i'll Science by Mr..
Goode Of the Chicago university. The
phenomenon takes the form Of beautiful
columns of silvcry light standing over
electric arc lamps and other bright
lights and sometimes appearing almost
to reach the zenith. Mr.. Goode says
that sometimes the evening star has Il
bright shaft below as well as above.
while the rising moon stands IN broad
column of light. These appearances arc
due to floating frost crystals which keep
their rejecting faces horizontal. On eS-
animation he found that the crystals
concerned i'll the exhibition were thin
six sided plates OF ice, never more than
one millimeter i'll diameter. When tho
wind blows, these little plates arc upset.
and the columns CT light caused by re-
lection from their surfaces, disappear
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Senator and Soldiers.

The days when senators and represent
atlves Ill congress wero expected to
frank letters for private soldiers, re-
counted by Mr.. j. A. Watrous OF Chicago
III some army "reminiscences, were dan
gerous ones for congressional visits TO
the military camps.
Mr. Watrous says that Senator limo.
thy 0. Howe of Wisconsin once visited
tho headquarters of his friend, General
Rufus King, and was ut the first oppor-
tuunity besieged by the soldiers with
packages of envelopes to be franked.
Senator Howe was one of the most
good natured of men, and immediately
sat down i'll the tent of one of the cap
tains and began to frank envelopes by
the hundred
General King had made special prep
arations for dinner in honor of his
guest 1t was to eclipse all the camp
dinners that had been given for q long
time. Senator Howe had been Thanking
envelopes about half all hour when the
call came for dinner. He went on writ
ing, and General King came to get him.
Go on. King; I'll be there directly, I"
said the senator.
Dinner was served. The guests had
arrived. No one ate, but after awhile
the colored cook was sent to tell the sen
ator that the meal was getting cold.
"Oh, tell them to go ahead" said
the senator. still writing madly on SOL
dlers' envelopes. "I'll be with them as
soon us 1 can"
He finished the pile and rose to go,
but inst then two moro co1d;orc ,,,,,,, :,
with fresh parcels, and he seated him
self again. After he had signed them
all he joined the impatient company mt
II cold dinner.
I'm sorry" he said, "but it made
the boys happy. They will make their
friends happy with all the letters they
will send i'll those franked envelopes,
and it made me happy to do ito
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
Tho 0ueerese Gambling Game In tho
World Is Played at Calcutta.


Ono of the most curious forms of
gambling in the world is Grain gam
bling, which i'll the winter season Of
the year is at its height in Calcutta.
Tho principal rain gambling den is in
Cotton street, Burra bazaar.
No one who has not visited the place
can have any conception of tho vast
crowds which at every hour of the day
and far into night pass in and out.
The great majority are Mawaris, who
are born spectators, but there are as
we'll plenty of well to do Europeans,
Eurasians, Jews, Armcnians and Greeks
and women too. All swarm into the
small courtyard where this strange
form of gambling is carried on, through
narrow entrance barely feet wide.
The courtyard is about 400 feet square.
The far famed tank with spout falling
into the courtyard is the one spot where
all eyes are fixed The tank stands at
the edge of second floor roof. 1t is
about feet long by feet wide and .
inches deep, with the spout opening in
ward, some 8 or inches from the bot
tom. From this it will be seen that it
requires pretty heavy downpour for
Mt least ten minutes to cause the spout
to flow. Intermittent drizzles, which
partly fill this tank, do not count, as
tho shower to fill it must pour down I'M
interruptedly, and then tho bets are
won or lost.
Chances are taken either for or against
the spout running A gray haired
wizened old man is the owner of the
den, and there is another similar place
across tho road, only smaller. On the
roof, over the fifth floor there is a
small, square watch tower, in which
are stationed five or six men, whose
duty is to scan tho horizon closely and
report OH tho formation of rainclouds
On these reports the odds rise or fall.
A bet mado and won one day is al
ways paid the following morning
Everything seems to be ION the square, /"
and indeed there is little chance for
cheating The odds range as high as
to 20 on some days, even in the rainy
season. Many have made fortune in q
single day. One person won over Go, :
600 in tho course of few weeks. But
he worked the system OH scientific meth
ods.-New York Herald
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13

BY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST.
dated January 9th, 1892, and recorded in
the clerks Office of the hustings court for
the city Of Roanoke, Va. in deed book
No 74,..page 36G, eNecuted by c. II. Wertz to
Clarence nj Clark, whereby the hereinaf..
ter described property was conveyed in
trust to secure Mrs Lydin S Taylor a GER
tain bond for $4,000, and the coupons
thereto attached. and whereas, default
having been made i'll the payment of said
bond and in the payments of the coupons
due July 5, 1876, and January 5. 1897,
each being for the sum of $3.50, and
whereas, the said Clarence NJ. Clark hay-
ing resigned said trust. and the under
signed having been regularly substituted
rs trustee in his place and stead by an
order of the hustings court for the city of
Roanoke, Va, entered on February ).
1877, after proper notice to all parties in.
terested in the execution of said trust,
the undersigned having been directed to
so do by the beneficiary in said deed, will
Mt ~ M, on MONDAY, THE 26TH DAY
OF APRIL, 1897, mt the front door Of the
courthouse in the city of Roanoke, Va,
sell by public auction to the highest bid
der the property described as follows:
Beginning at point on the east side of
Commerce street 26 feet south of the in.
terseCtion of Commerce street with Salem
avenue, thence north 80 1-2 degrees east
liz feet to n point. thence south IA de-
grees east % l-2 feet to point, thence
south 50 1-2 degrees west liz feet to
Commerce street, thence with Commerce
street north 8 Ia degrees west % = feet
to the beginning
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the cost
of executing this trust, the sum of Sc. 800
with interest on S5,000 part thereof.
from January 5, 1897, till paid; the resi-.
due, if any, payable in two equal annual
installments with interest, to be evil
denced by bonds of the purchaser and Sc
cured by trust deed on the property.
w. d. WILLIAMSON,
I'd Substituted Trustee.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
improved real estate.-By virtue of a deed
OF trust, dated LIST October, 1S96.Gnd duly
recorded in the office of the clerk of the
hustings court for--the city of Roanoke,
Va, in deed book No. 104, page 206:
whereby y. ~. Cannaday and wife con
veyed the real estate hereinafter referred
to, AMI more fully described in the said
deed Ito which reference is hereby n,atie,,
to the undersigned trustees, to secure Il
certain bond or obligation of A. A. Cam
naday to the Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association, of Roanoke, Va. and default
having been made therein, and being di-
rected by the said beneficiary so to do.
the undersigned trustees'will, on THURS
DAY, 10Th DAY OF APRIL, 1897, at 1o
O'CLOCK NJ, proceed to sell in front of the
courthouse in Roanoke city, Va, mt pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, a GER
tain lot of land. with n desirable dwelling
house and other improvements thereon,
beginning at n point on the east side of
Belmont Boulevard, in the city of Roam
oke, Va. ~ feet from Sands street, and
measuring in front on Belmont Boule-
ward 40 feet, and extending buck of that
width 100 feet to an alley being known
and designated ms lot No. 9, of section
No. 81, according to the map of Belmont
Land Co.'S addition to the city of Roam
oke, Va.
TERMS CASH. There Is due on said
bond 81, 43S, as of April 8, 1897.
G. n. McHUGH.
j. r. TERRY,
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PoCAHGNTAS COAL COMPANY
Notice is hereby given, That the stock
holders of the Pocahontas Coal Company
i'll general meeting of the company held
ut Roanoke, Virginia, on the 2Sth day OF
January, 1897, the said company being
out of debt. ordered u reduction OF the
capital stock OF the said company TO $780,.
GOO, making the par vaiUe of the shares
of the capital stock $1,000 per share in
stead OF $4,000 per share, and. in carry
ing such reduction of the capital stock
into effect, ordered. among other things.
a dividend OF $2T50 per share out of the
capital stock OF the company, payable on
the Ath day OF May, 1897, at the Office of
the company in the city of Roanoke, Viz.
einia, TO the shareholders of record on the
2Sth day of January. 1897. on the produc-
ton and surrender of the certificates Of
stock III exchange for nav certificates
showing the amount Of the reduced cap,
ital of the company.
NJ. c. JAMESON. President
Roanoke Va, Jannary eSth, 1897
20 / "a w.3 III
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY IIR-
vir of II decree entered by the hustings
court for the city OF Roanoke ut its Feb
ruary term, 1897, the undersigned as COM
missioner appointed by said decree, will
offer for sale 70 the highest bidder ut pub.
lie auction, in front of the courthouse, on
the l4TH DAY OF APRIL, 1897, at II
O'Clock NJ, the following described real
provementS thereon:
Beginning at point OH the east side of
Henry street 100 feet south of Spruce
street. thence south SIS degrees sc min
utes 10 seconds east 14O "a feet to point,
thence south degrees 81 minutes west
90 feet to point, thence north IS degrees
36 minutes 30 seconds west 140.34 TO
Henry street, thence with Henry street
north degrees east so feet To the begin
ming.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the
sum sufficient TO pay on the cost of this
suit and sale and the past due taxes upon
said premises, as well as the sum OF
$904.34 rs of December ,, 1897 The re-
mainder of said purchase money to he
upon credit of one and two years from
the day OF sale. with interest from that
date T. w. GOODWIN
Commissioners
|, ;. s. Brooke, clerk of the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke, do certify
that L. w. Goodwin, commissioner in the
above styled cause. has executed bond
before me, with good security in the
penaltysof 81, 800. AS providel.iu the decree,
above mentioned. :. :. BROOKE
. IL I'd Clerk
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PERCY MOIR,

TRUSTEES S.ALE.-WHER BY
n certain deed dated March /. 1915, re-
corded in deed book %, page 30, in the
clerks office of the hustings court OF
Roanoke, VA, Il. 4. Smith, in order to
secure certain debt therein mentioned
due the Traders Loan, Trust and Deposit
Co.. conveyed 20 the undersigned trustee
all of the following described property;
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LEGAL NOTICES.

his wife, dated the 21st day of August.
lS9b, and recorded in the clerks Office of
the hustings court of r oanoke CITY, yir.
GINA, in deed book 103. page 436, to Sc.
cure to d. 5. Hendrick the payment of
the sum Of seven hundred dollars, with
interest thereon from the 21st tlayof Au-
gust, 1895. and default having been made
in the payment of $3.50 with interest from
the 2lst day OF August, 1896, a
part thereof, and being requested so
to do by the beneficiary, will on WE'D
1897, AT IL O'CLOCK NJ. at the front
door of the court house of Roanoke CITY.
Virginia, make sale at public auction to
the highest bidder the following lot or
parcel of land, together with all the ap.
purtenances thereto belonging. situated
in the city of Roanoke, Virginia.
bounded and described as follows: Be-
ginning at point on the south side of
Earnest avenue % feet west from welch
street, thence with Earnest aveune north
7S degrees west 25 feet to point, thence
south IL degrees west 122 40 feet to an
alley, thence with said alley south 81
degrees east 20 feet to n point on same,
thence north IL degrees east 100 feet
more or less to Earnest avenue, Co the
place Of beginning.
TERMS:.-Cash sufficient to pay the
costs OF executing this trust and the
sum of $3.50 with interest from 21st of
August, 1896, 1850 on the 21st of August,
1877, and the balance in two equal in
stalments, payable respectively in one
and two years from date of sale, credit
instruments to be evidenced by the notes
OF the purchaser and secured by deed
of trust on the property.
r. RANDOLPH HICKS,
f-tl-tu. Trustee
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13

Skillman's N. F. removes corns, warts
and bunions and soreness FROM the feet
and ingrowing toe nails. Manufactured
by Skillman Medicine Company. D. o.
Box 81, Roanoke, Va. For sale by drug.
gists.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfactionor money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale at Massie's Phar-
macy, 1O9 Jefferson street Roanoke.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY vIR-
tue of II decree s.of the circuit court of
Roanoke, Virginia, entered on the sec.
ond day of February, 1897, in the chan.
Gerry cause of Jno. P..-.Hudson vs.. The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia, the
| undersigned special commissioner ap-
pointed by said decree will sell Mt public
auction to the highest bidder at the front
door of the courthouse at - O'Clock M,
of MONDAY, THE BIRD DAY OF MAY,
1897, the following described real estate
First Beginning at n point OH the
southeast corner of Brooke and Walker
streets and running in IN casterly lirec-
ton along the south side OF Walker
street 1871 feet to corner of Common.
wealth avenue, thence in southwest crly
direction along Commonwealth avenue
about "a feet, thence i'll n westerly direc.
ton about 10 feet to n point on Brooke
street, thence in Il northerly direction 20
feet to the place of beginning.
Second. Beginning at poip: so feet
| from the southwest corner of Walker and
Brooke streets, and running along the
south side of Walker street in IL westerly
direction 20 feet to II point, thence in II
southeriy direction 100 feet parallel with
Brooke street to IL point, thence in an
easterly direction 20 feet to IL point
thence in II Eortherly direction 100 feet
| to the beginning
Third. Beginning at II point 70 feet
| from: the southwest corner of Walker
aud Brooke streets, and running along the
south side of Walker steeet in u westerly
direction 20 feet to |; point, thence in II
| southerly direction leo feet parallel with
Brooke street to Il point. thence ia an
eastcrly direction 20 feet to point,
thence in II northerly direction 100 feet 10
the place of beginning.
| Four. Beginning mt point on the
| qast side OF Brooke stleet 90 feet south of
Walker street and running in in easterly
direction about Is feet parallel with
Walker street to II point on Common
wealth avenue, thence in n southerly Iii
| rcction along Commonwealth avenue
about ~ feet to II point, thence in west.
| erly direction about 90 feet to ~ point on
! Brooke street, thence in II mort herly di-
rection % feet to the place of beginning
| TERMS OF SALE-Cash as to the
costs of this sale, IN approximate esti-
mate of which will he given ut the sale,
and taxes, which are about S3l on
each lot, and the sum o; 800 with in
tcrest from the 30th day OF April, 1891,
on zach lot and the balance payable in
one and two years, evidenced by interest
bearing bonds of the purchaser. Title to
property retained until MI of the purchase
money Is paid ami deed ordered by the
| court.
PERCY MOIR,
| Special Commissioner.
| I, 5. 5. Brooke, clerk of the circuit
court for the city OF Roanoke. do certify
that the bond has been given by the com.
missioner rs required by the decree in
tie chancery cause of j. T.. Hudson VS..
| The Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
| Given under my hand this list day of
April, 1897 s 5. BROOKE,
42-td. Clerk.
TRUSTEES ALE.-WHEREAS BY
n certain deed dated March /, 1895, re-
corded in deed book %, page 30, in the
clerks office of the hustings court o.
Roanoke, VA, Il. \. Smith, in order to
! secure u certain debt therein mentioned
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13

DIR. Cndy's Condition Powders, are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic. blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse In prime condition. Price %
cents re. rMckace
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letter, saIt.Rheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by. applying Chamberlain s. Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples.
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. % cts. per box.
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legal NOTICES,

TRUSTEES SATE-BY VIRTUE
% n deed of trust executed To the under
signed by j. j. Coon and Nina NJ. Coon,
his wife, and j. W. Coon and : & Coon,
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arc right, our work Al, and If you don't
bring US work we will come after It, in ono
way or another, either by bringing to your
notice our prices, facilities and quality OF
execution, or personal interviews. We are
not grumbling; far from it. We've had our
share; we are still getting our share. But we
have placed at your disposal modern, and
almost ideal, printing establishment, with
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13

nIHcHIHe, tHe HulUmhtlc cutting KNIFE Sharp
ener, and tabeting appurtenances are on
this floor. The wonderful and powerfu'
electric motor, which propels the machines
on all three floors, is also on this floor Over
in one corner, hardly noticeable, is kept in
readiness, as supplementary power, an
improved Gas Engine, to be attached a,
momentary notice, in case of accident TO the
IL. Ia H. = -
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$4,000 In these 0 margins echmo of
mt productive
Quite Recently, Too
The times arc hard tight everything handled
icaly-but possibly pushing
(''not showing a tmcswe
We 0 n worry; but in of
preparing for And when it will
Esnment tna can
do not Recently a orr or of the
largest lots time Virginia.
On the Second Floor
long small envelopes, statements
and small work nnbatlv Tho MOO.
OF mchan in estabishmen-tbe Railroad
Ticket Printing Of purchase
ticket Secured behind locks at
suggests government bonds with all safeguards
Further Along
On this the typeetthg department expert
fingers think and rapidly
writing that would Greeley green envy.
Large
orders in
-ead plentiful Agbraica, Astronomical
cal
tc handle difficult and n special line
On the Top Floor
Blank Mandatory, ruling machins including
which probably the Philadelphia;
sttchers which will SPOOL proper length
it, and of
thick q then our and numbering
of twenty pefing, punching eyeng
machines and the engraving
Our Establishment
the finest hotels the which magnificent bright
refreshing bu ofc and
the ground floor (aong with
mont connected with the office by Electric
Elevators; bountf all
kinds of Labor TimeSavng Appliances
In Our Press-Room
Can be and cylinder presses
including the famous Promise Keeper
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JUNlUS McGEHEE, Agent

For the National Mutual Building and
loan Association of New York, Masonic
Temple, Room No. >.
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AS shown by the map of the lands of
the Crystal Spring Land Company, for !,
full description of which reference is
hereby made to said deeds above referred
to.
TERMS: Cabh.
S. w JAMESON,
10 til Trustee
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~ ~ IIuSJeeS.I
BY VIRTUE OF EIGHT SEVERAL.
deeds of trust dated the 18th day of Feb
luary, 1892, and recorded in the clerks
office of the county court of Roanoke
county in deed book s, pages 231, 232.
233, 49,, 236, 237, 23S. and $50, in which
Jas. S. Simmons conveyed the several
parcels of land hereinafter described to
s. w. Jamison, in trust to secure to the
Crystal Spring Land Company or assigns,
the payment of 10 certain negotiable
notes in the sum OF. $500 leach, with in
terest from date, default having been
made in the payment of MI of said notes,
and being requested so to DOLBY the holder
thereof, shall sell ut public auction in
front of..the courthouse in the city of
Roanoke, Va, to the highest bidder, at
IL o'clock M, on WEDNESDAY. April.
ID, 1897, the following parcels of land
lying in the county of Roanoke, Va, viz:
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What's the Use Of Waiting {?

They" sail things him waits
been waiting and don't visit We KNOW pricee
The herald., 1897-11-03
OCEAN TRAMPS SWARM IN ALL OUR PORTS.

Lascars for sailors and Cinnamon
for stewards is the rule on Indian
tramps. The little Celestials are simply
perfect cabin servants, and 1t costs
little to feed them: they. too. live
mostly upon rice.
Upon the same steamer one will see
ofilcers eating meat ana vegetables
with knives and forks, Lascar sailors
eating rice pilof with their bare hands,
Chinese stewards fiourishing their
chop sticks, and perhaps q few Him.
docs In q group apart who for rea-
sons Of caste must dine separately.
A STRANGE MEDLEY OF NATIONS.
1t is a strange mixture Of races and
religions that gathers on the water
front to help feed Europe with Yam
kee grain. There have been seen. this
year, Hindoo Mohammedans and Las
cars Of the same belief prostrating
themselves toward Mecca in the ports
of Philadelphia and Baltimore as we'll
as New York. There are Buddhists and
Confuscians,-if that il the correct
word; and a ships engineer told me
one day that the cook of his craft was
Mahdlst from the Soudan,-a man
from what has been the most mac
cessible spot on this earth for the last
fifteen years.
This Mahdist believes that the true
The herald., 1897-11-03

have been bad men, or the Prophet
would not have let them be hurt"
Invaluable Is such faith! At any
rate, this zealot Of the Soudan is a good
sea cook. In his youth he probably
never saw rain, for there are whole re-
gions in the Soudan where it never
falls; but he has seen water enough
since.
For the rest, the medley of nations
on the wharves Is always confusing
enough. the Norwegians and Dutch
cheerily hobnobbing with British and
Spaniards and "Portygees. who of all
Europeans rank next to Lascars at the
bottom Of the scale.
TRANSFERRING THE GRAIN.
The lighters which take the grain
from the big elevators are ugly hulks
enough, fit only for harbor use. They
snuggle up to the big elevators which
dip their tubular probosces deep into
the lighters bodies, and suck away like
mosquitoes until all the grain is drawn
up. The probosces are elliptical tubes
which are thrust down into the grain.
and "eat it up with an endless belt of
discs Of metal showing 1t up the tube.
The grain goes up, 5000 bushels an
hour, to the hopper, and thence travels
to the weighing box. Here it is always
found lighter than when 1t started from