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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24

The murderer who at dead Of n;oh+
creePs, steaithily out to bury the dead and
mangled body of his victim inspires ,na,,
with horror and dread. There is murderer
abroad who yearly slays one sixth of ali the
human race who go down to untimely deaths
This dread monster is called consumption
The approach of consumption is slow and
insldious. First there is a slight disorder
of the digestion. The appetite is poor and
the nourishing properties of the food are not
properly assimilated. The blood becomes
thin and impure. The body begins to starve.
Old tissues of the body are not properly re-
placed by new. The lung tissues are not
properly nourished and are inert and half
dead. In this condition they offer a good
soil for the germs Of consumption which
invade and attack them
This operation is promptly reversed by
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
invigorates the digestion and appetite and
makes assimilation perfect 1t builds M
and purifies the blood. 1t makes new and
healthy tissue to replace the old, inert mat
ter which it causes to be carried off II
drives out all disease germs. Thousands of
cases given up as hopeless have been cured.
Miss Laura Piersel of East bethlehem Wash
ington Co.. Pa, writes: =" 1 must write YOU tel
ling you OF the great benefit derived from the use
OIL your Golden Medical Discovery Last sum-
mer my friends thought was surely going into
satisfactory results and hearing your medicine so
highly spoken Of took one bottle NV COUGH
Lett me together with all the distressing sy,np-
toms, and in fact the cure seemed almost mirac-
ulous to all who me-"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tiny.
sugar-coated granules that are an unfailinp
ana permanent cure for constipation.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
THE SEASONS FANClES.
Wide Variety of Tashions-Easy to lie In
StyIe.

Wide Variety of Tashions-Easy to he In
Style.
There hive been seasons in times pnst
when one species of clothing predominnted
and IA certain style, severe or elaborate, in
luenced tho entire outfit. Now 1t is not
so. Tho we'll furnished wardrobe contains
both simple md elegant tailor made gowns,
odd vests, original boleros, jackets of peoul-
lar design, light costumes billowy with
lace, ruflles, pufliDgs and furbelows and
picture costumes of marvellous effect. A
catholic taste prevails, so that it is difficult
to be out of fashion,, and it Is to DO hoped
that this phase of evolution isa permanent
one, 1t is so rcstful and convenient.
Women who have done much walking
during day s shopping or who havo been
on their feet to an unusual extent and
suffer in consequence from an aching,
tired, crampcd feeling in the feet and
ankles will experience decided relief If they
put the feet in hot ,:ater-hot as can be
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
OF COURSE IT'S TRUE.
This Story of the Lame Horse and tho
Young Doctor.

This Story of the Lame Horse and tho
Young Doctor.
Zone reads SO many stories about ami
NAL intelligence that it would be hazard
GUS for doubter to express his disbe-
lief in almost any gathering Of men mt
the present day" remarked DR.. w. W.
Watkins. GA little instance came
within my own observation q number
of years ago when was studying med
icine and which convinced me That the
members of tho horse family Mt least
ought to be credited with the possession
of very considerable quantity Of rea-
soning power. 1t was tho custom for
the students at the medical institution
at which pursued my studies to wear
small badge upon their coats to dis
tinguish them from others at the col
lege. A horse belonging to the estab-
lishment was used great deal about
the medical department., and the ami
NAL seemed to have n special preference
for the embryo doctors more than for
any other people about the establish
ment
"One day, while number Of us were
gathered i'll II little knot upon q small
campus i'll the rear of the college, the
animal i'll question, which used to nip
the grass in tho location, came toward
the group limping very badly. He came
to II stop dozen or more feet from the
crowd and, carefully surveying tho lot
of us, finally made up his mind as to
what he wanted to do and without any
hesitation limped directly to my side,
whinnied, stuck his nose against my
body and held up his left foreleg. Look
ing down, discovered large nail i'm
bedded i'll the frog Of his hoof. This
had evidently caused the lameness. l
then realized the interesting fact that
the animal desired attendance ex-
tracted the nail with some difficulty,
and tho horse whimpered with relief
and walked away. Rather curious as to
why the beast had picked me out to at
tend to his wound, I glanced at the
boys and found the solution to the prob
lem. Not one of the group had his med
ical badge upon his coat but myself
The horse had recognized tho Insignia
realized its Significance and acted ac-
cordingly New Orleans Times Dem
Ocrat
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
Roanoke City Bargains.

s room house near centre of town, large
lot, beautiful grounds, 81 500; easy pay
ments.
7.room house, nice lot, in southwest,
$3.50.
broom cottage, near centre of city,
large lot with stable, $1,000. Samll cash
payemnt, balance $40 per month.
broom house in southwest, $500, 500
cash and $S per month.
Groom house, corner lot, in southeast,
500; easy payments
Several business houses, renting for 10
per cent. of prices asked. Some very fine
investments.
Beautiful 10 room house, handsomely
finished, nice location, $4,000.
S-room house, corner lot, in southwest.
$500.
lots, First avenue n. W., $500; easy
pay ments.
3 nice lots in Lewis addition, all for
$3.50.
2 lots in Belmont, both for $40.
o,room house, corner lot, in northwest,
81, $50, $3.50 cash and SIG. so per month.
Good Groom house in northwest. S7OO,
800 cash and $40 per month.
Groom brick house, large lot. nice
shade, 81 900 cash.
This is only partial list of the farms
and city property we have for sale. any
OF which we will be glad to show at any
time Fell description sent by mail at
,reques Correspondence solicited.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
THE SERVANT QUESTION,
Tho Advantages Which the Lady, In the
Kitchen Enioys


Tho servant problem is one which ia OF
universal and painful interest Tho world
over the question is tho same-how to nd
just tho conflicting claims of servant and
employer. 1t is truo that bad mistress or
master is able to mako II great deal of mis-
cry for persons employed by her or him.
but the advantage is not wholly on the side
of tho superior in social position. A scry-
ant, especially II domestic servant, is DER.
force admitted to great degree of init
macy In the family Sho knows It's in
comings, Its outgoings, hears much of its
private conversation and is quito likely to
discover its secrets If it has any. If sho Is
of mischiovous or gossiping disposition,
sho can create endless trouble by telling
outside what sho knows, enlarging upon
what She merely gucsses mt and perhaps
supplying missing links by the exercise of
her imagination. What she says Is cred
tied because she is in u position to be we'll
informed, and she can falsify with impu.
nifty, there being no redress for tho vic
Tins. Tho servant therefore has q certain
advantage, If sho chooses to avail herself of
1t, while it is by no means always safe for
the mistress or master to tell even truths,
If they aro unpleasant ones, about the en-
ployce, A case in point recently occurred
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24

comfortably borne-and, after drying them,
rub them with alcohol. The cranp which
comes in the hollow of the foot does not
yield to moderate measures and is very
wearing to endure.
Tho picture shows n costume of black
silk grenadno having II brochc pattern.
Tho skirt is accordion plated over an I'M
dcrskirt Of pink silk. The bodice is like
wise plated over pink silk lining and
has sort of bolerO or plnstron of ocru
gnipurc, hordcrcd with "A narrow guipurc
embroidered with green and pink The
sleeves of black grcnadine over rose silk
have n double plated puff and cpaulcts
like the bclcro The collar, neck frill and
belt nrc of pink surah, tho sleeve frills of
white plated sauze. The hat is Of pink
satin straw trimmed with rose and green
changeablc iaifcta and daisies.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
AFRAID OF THE HOODOO.



a hearse crossed the track and the
motoneer put on the brakes so suddenly
that the car nea ly stood on its nose.
Then he sat down Oh tho front seat to
await the passing of the long string of
carriages following tho black draned
vehicle
A fat man who had nearly been
thrown over tho front rail by tho sud
den stopping Of the car snorted angrily
why don't you cut across? I've got
to catch IA train. can't wait hero all
day"
Cant help it, boss. You'll have to
wait and catch another train
well, I'll report you to tho COM
pany. That procession will take five
minutes i'll passing us"
Report away / can't help it if tho
procession takes go minutes. You
couldn't hire me to run this car across
that funeral procession for tho best job
on the line. That's the worst hoodoo a
man could run up against. -
BAIL" said the fat man.
"All right, boss. know what I'm
talking about One of the best men on
this line crossed funeral procession
soon after tho trolley system was put
in. A live wire dropped on tho back of
his neck and clectrocntcd him before
he'd gone block. A little whilo, later
another poor fellow cut across back of
hearse. He ran over three children in
rs many weeks. He quit the road as
crazy ms loon. Now the conductor on
TINT Same car has lost every cont no
had in tho world. and his wife end
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24

child have died. Bah, yourself! I'd iika
to sec you get off this car and walk
across i'll front of ono of those carriages.
I'll bet you'd be catchin your last train
i'll this world pretty quick. Jest hop off
and try it now
But the fat man only shifted uneasily
about OH tho hard car seat and waited
silently until tho last carriage had
passed. New York Telegram
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
ANOTHER

Either for small cash payment and bal
ance monthly; $3.50.
One good dwelling, G rooms, for 5000:
$50 cash and SO per month
one OF the mosI desirable lots on Sa-
only $500.
A leauty, 10 feet. corner lot. Lewis
addition, price, $780,
A nice Shenandoah avenue lot, sold
once for s., 900, prico now $3.50.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
CAT GHES.

Id nice Belmont lots on corner.
only 1925. '-s
Two other good ones. $3.50.
One Centre avenue lot, 1925
Two nice Lewis addition lots, smooth.
well drained, and sheadd $500.
Beautiful new, neat G-roomed dwell
ing, ST 30U
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
AN OPPORTUNITY YOU NOW HAVE

of testing the curative effects Y Ely's
Cream Balm, the Eiost positive cure for
catarrb known. Ask your druggist for
lu cent trial size or sand 10 cents, we
will mail It. Full size 90 cents.
ELY BROS, sc Ware n St, ". y. City
My son was afflicted with catarrh. l
induced him to try Ely's Cream Balm
ana the dissgreeabla catarrhal smell all
lett him. He appears AZ we'll as any one
d. Z. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
FARMS

One of the best wheat farms in the
State; 457 acres, going for onick sale mt
81, ooo. Tel ms, 81 900 cash, balance in
one. two and three years
81 acres, partly in th0 town of Salem
still offered Mt 81 $50.
Small farm, 66 acres, 3 1.2 miles from
city; cheap at 81, $50.
10 acres, very fine improvements.
2 1'2 miles from Bedford CITY. for one half
cost of buildings, $780,
Snug little farm, 81 acres, good i'm.
provements, miles from Bedford City,
10 acres of pretty timber land, 3 miles
from this city, 1T S75 per acre.
40 acres at Buford's Depot. fair i'm.
provenIents, $500 cash.
leo acres miles from Roanoke. Mt $50
per acre.
go acres OF finest land in Botetourt
cou. ty, with good improvements, at one.
half It's value.
40 acres on electric car line, good land,
will cut into s. 10 or 90 acre lots for $50
per acre.
Many cheap lands remote rom railroad
at from 50 to $40 per acre.
II you have farm to sell, buy or ex.
change call on
j. F. Wingfield,
Terry Building, Roanoke, VA.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
For Rent!

We still have few houses
to rent, Notwithstanding the
fact that we have rented many
that were on our list last week.
Groom house, with conve-
niences, Eighth avenue, SIS. 90.
Nice Groom house on Taze-
well avenue S. e.; cheap.
Groom house on Henry street
(near in), on Sept. LIST; all con
veniences; $500.
Two large store-rooms on
Salem avenue; good stands.
One small store-rOom Salem
avenue; $3.50.
One store-room Market
Square.
Two Groom dwellings Shen.
andoah avenue, near round.
house-one, 50. 25; the other
1915.
Also one Groom house near.
er III on same street, $7.75.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
WAN TED.

~ good piece of Roanoke city property
IN change for good piece of coal land.
Say one ha,f value in coal land and bal
ance in cash.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-24
JUNlUS McGEHEE, Agent

For the National Mutual Building and
Loan Association of New York, Masonic
Temple, Room No. 9.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
"CIRCUMVENTING THE IMPORT.
Frs"

1t is said that Chairman Dingley of
the waTs and means committee pro-
poses to circumvent importers by the
simple expedient of putting provision
in the new tariff bill making the duties
therein provided for operative from the
day of its Introduction. The purpose
of this provision is to prevent importa-
tions under the present tariff law.
Now, importers have just as much
right to bring in all the goods, manu-
featured or raw material, they choose,
until it is repealed or superseded, as
they will have afterwards, and no re-
troactive legislation will avail against
them. If the proposed new tariff bill
can make its scale of duties apply to
all imports from the day of its intro
duction until the day it becomes a law.
there is nothing to prevent it from
making its scale of duties apply to
goods imported before it's introduction.
A bill has force from the time it-is ap-
proved and becomes a law, and not
from the date of its Introduction.
This proposition shows how deter
mined the protectionists are to prosti-
tute every power of the government to
their personal enrichment if possible
They believe the constitution should
not be allowed to stand between them
and gain. It seems almost inconceiv-
able that any member of congress could
seriously contemplate incorporating
any such provision in a tariff or any
other bill as is proposed by Chairman
Dingley. If it is incorporated, every
Democrat in congress should fight the
tariff bill until the provision is stricken
out, if it takes all summer. The people
are hardly prepared to turn over the
government to the protectionists to be
plundered by them when and how they
Will
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
LITTLE BREECHESs

L don't go much on religion,
never amt had no show;
But I've got a middlin' tight grip. sir.
On the handful of things L know.
1 don't pan out on the prophets
And free will. and that sort of thing,
But [ b'lieve in God and the angels,
Ever sence one night last spring.
1 came into town with some turnips,
And my little Gabe came along
No four-year-old in the country
Could beat him for pretty and strong,
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and fight
And I'd liarnt him to chew terbacker
Just to keep his milk teeth white.
The snow came down like a blanket,
As l passed by Taggart's store.
L went in for jug of molasseS,
And left the team at the door.
They scared at something and started,
| heard one little squat,
And hell-to-split over the prairie
Went team. Little Brooches and all.
Hell-to-split over the prairie.
l was almost froze with skeer;
But we rousted UP some torches
And searched for 'em far and near.
At last we struck bosses and Wagon,
upset, dead beat. but of little Gabe
No hide nor hair was found.
And here all hope soured on me
I jest Topped down on my marrow bones
Crosch deep in the snow and prayed.
BY this the torches was played out,
And me and Isrul Parr
Went off for some wood to a sheep fold
That he said was somewhat thar.
We found It at last. and a little shed
Where they shut up the lambs a. night
We looked in and seen them huddled thar
So warm. and sleepy. and w.-Je:
And thar sot Little Brooches and chirped
AS peart as ever you see.
II want a chaw of terbacker,
And that's what the matter of me-"
How did he get thar? Angels
He could never have walked in that
storm
They just scooped down and toted him
To whar it was safe and warm.
And l think that saving a little child,
And bringing him to his own,
Is derned sight better business
Than loafing round the throne.
5r Te John Hay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
DUPUY DE LONE ON THE AMER.
ICANS.

| Senior Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
ambassador at Washington, has done
that which his enemies could have
wished: he has written a book And
in this book which he has written he
has said some rather uncomplimentary
things of the Americans. Speaking of
the men who made California famous
in 1S49, he says:
In 1S49, lot of bandits from New
York, Philadelphia, Spanish America
and the islands of the southeast built
their wood cabins on the Pacific coast.
If this history of the rowdies
were ancient history, separated from
us by ages, we could understand it,
but this town has become city in less
time than it would take a boy to be-
come a man. From 1S49 to 1856 this
history of San Francisco is one of
crime. Neither life nor property was
safe. Bandits collected there in search
of gold from all parts, and a continual
orgie reigned.
No doubt San Francisco was a rough.
unconventional place from 1S49 to 1856,
but the people there were not all
bandits The bandits" were the
black sheep in the flock, and it is the
he is in such contrast with the rest.
Of custom house officials he speaks
in these terms:
They are scoundrels and thieves. To
strictly comply with the custom house
regulations will be of no avail to you.
If you carry anything for which duties
must be paid. offer S. to the officer in
attendance. Do the same thing even
in har IN
that they may not have TO bother you
Each passenger related his experience
in American custom houses, and all
added: These officials are the mean
est and most miserable politicians"
They looked as though they thought
they had uttered the most offensive
words that could be applied to any of
their countrymen.
That is exaggerated and not strictly
true, but public opinion in the United
States permits more or less latitude in
speaking of custom house officials.
What Senior de Lone says of Amer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
THE GOVERNOR AND THE CODE.

The governor has returned the code
to the legislature without his approval
In his message he makes number OF
suggestions. some of them such as
could be accepted by the legislature.
among the questions dealt with is
tnat Of the eight-hour law as applied
10 public employees. 1t is very doubt
ful indeed if the legislature has any
! discretion whatever in this matter in
view of the provision on the subject
/ contained in the state constitution. 1t
labor agitators than anything else; the
inability of the provision is seen in
| the very instances pointed out by his
excellency. What is said in regard to
the salaries. of the prison warden and
| guards should certainly meet with the
| approval Of the legislature.
What the governor has to say re-
garding the paying of state, county
and city warrants is probably the most
important question discussed in the
veto message. 1t is a most difficult
question to handle, there are so many
sides to it. To the ordinary citizen
it will seem that it is putting a dis
grace upon the state and the political
subdivisions thereof to forbid them ac-
cepting their own warrants in pay
ment of the taxes levied by them. That
it debases their credit there is no de-
nying. 1t certainly works an injury to
those to whom they are issued, for it
declares that the states and the coun-
ties and the cities obligations shall
not be accepted in payment of debts
due from them. 1t has very much the
appearance of reputation. The evils
of the system are clearly pointed out
by the governor when he says that it
affords opportunity for the tax gather
ers to take the money from the people,
buy warrants at a discount and pay
them into the treasury at par" The
governor says: 1T is urged that public
officers can be prosecuted if they vio-
late the law; the answer is that they
must be detected before they can be
punished, and this is not so easy of
accomplishment" True. but it is the
same with all crimes. The question
is, though: Should the state take the
chance of an officer committing crime
or the certainty of debasing its own
credit? An injury is done the state
in either instance, but which is the
greater? In the long run the injury
to the state through the voluntary i'm
pairment of its own credit must be the
greater. The true solution Of the ques-
ton is, as his eXcellency points out, to
put our treasures upon a cash basis"
To do that is to cut the Gordian knot
A good beginning is for the state, coun-
ties and cities to treat their warrants
as cash.
If the legislature and the governor
can draw together on the objections to
the code pointed out in the governors
message it would be a matter of con-
graduation by the people, The mutual
respect in which the executive and the
legislature hold each other should make
this matter of easy accomplishment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15

A woman died in Washington We'd
nesday whose early career was as ro-
mantle as any that has been written.
She was born a slave 50 years ago, and
while in her Goth year escaped to the
north, amid terrible experiences and
hardships. says the Boston Herald.
Reaching New York, she afterward OBJ
tanned EMPLOYMENT as nurse in the
family of N. P. Willis and for num-
Der of years succeeded in evading the
law, at the greatest risk to all those
who protected her. In the course of
time money was raised for her pur-
chase and that of her two children,
who had then been brought north by
Jealous anti-slavery friends For many
years this Harriet Jacobs was the
faithful housekeeper, companion and
friend to the Willis family, and it was
among those she loved and had SO de-
votedly attended that she has Just died.
During the ACCOMMODATION period.
Mrs. Jacobs went to England, where
she was Hospitality entertained by the
duchess of Sutherland and many well
known sympathizers with the anti