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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
Roanoke City Bargains.

3 room house near centre of town, large
lot beautiful grounds, 81 800; easy pay
ments.
7,room house, nice lot, in southwest,
$3.50.
broom cottage, near centre of city,
large lot with stable, 81 900. Samll cash
payemnt, balance $40 per month.
broom house in southwest. $500. 500
cash and SO per month
broom 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-rooDI house, corner lot, In southwest.
$500. "
8 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.
S-room house, corner lot, in northwest
$l,250, $12.50 cash and $3.50 per month
Good groom house in northwest, $7OO
$50 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, anv
OF which we will be glad to show at anyI
time. Fell description sent by mail at
request Correspondence solicited.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18

$50 he has bnrncd the bridges behind
him, has he?"
We'll, practically He has sprinkled
tacks along the road. Truth.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18

Many a business man
who is envied by his as
sociates and acQuaint-
ances as a "lucky fell
low" stands but a step
from the grave. He has
purchased success at the
cost of health. For every
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
For Rent !!

We still have q 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 $. 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; $12. SO.
One store-room Market
Square.
Two Groom dwellings Shen-
andoah avenue, near round
house-one, SO. %; the other
1915.
Also one Groom house near.
er in on same street, S7.75.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
Not His Fault.

Prisoner. have you anything to say
before pass sentence"
Yes, judge hope you will make
allowances for the imbecility of my
counsel. Judy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
FASHIONS FANclEs.
White Costumes Reign In France-Dress
of Mousscline do Lame.

Tailor made costumes, which hold tbeir
own i'm fashionable favor year after yoor.
because they are SO neat seryiceablo md
becoming, nevertheless change somowbat
from season to scason, and arc now no
longer tho rigid and severe apparel that
they were when they first camo about. Tho
boloro, opening ut will over blouses of
gauZc. Grape, lace or mousseline do sole.
form a frequent feature Of this olnss of
gowns, and short, close bodioes, with a
slight basque, trimmed with galloon or
military braid, are also much liked.
White MORO forms u highly accountable
trimming for cloth gowns, capcs and
wraps Although it is not ut all durable,
it has tho forco of novelty and fashion to
back it, and is greatly worn. Long travel
ing wraps of cloth and cloth capos hayo
revors and collars of cream or white
MORE, and mcdici collars Of cloth arc
lined with tho moirc, which also forms
the lining of capes themselves. A light
silk lining is Indispensable for cloth oapes,
which arc considered to lack elegance
without it.
White costumes aro enjoying great
vogue In France, and the vogu6 IS con-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
CHARMING COLORS.
Straw Color For Brunettes-LiGht Shades
For Pale People.

DRAW Color FOR Brunettes-LiGht Shades
For Pale People.
Narrow bands of black velvet on straw
colored gnuze or silk aro very fashionable
and straw gowns or bodices thus trimmed
arc charming in effect, both for brunettcs
and red haired women. 1t used to be said
that the Same color as that of the hnir was
to DO chosen for daylight wear and the
Same color AS that of the eyes for evening.
This is Il rulo which insures one against
mistakes and unbecoming tints but it is
moro rigid than is necessary. If it were
implicitly followed, black eyed brunettcs
would be entirely confined to black cloth
ing, which is becoming to them, but net
to he adopted without change. The chief
thing to be considered in choosing colors
is the complexion, except in the case of red
hair, which is so much tho most obvious
note of personal color that it has to DO al
lowed the principal weight in the matter
Putting, therefore, red haired persons aside
as special class to DO separately consid-
cred, the tone Of tho skin is the best guide
to the selection of tints for tho wardrobe.
Some dark haired people arc charming in
blues and lavendors, some light haired ones
in reds and ycllows. Very palo shades of
any color require y fair, smooth skin.
Light green, light violet and light yellow
have the effect of civ ing pale skin rosy
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-18
His Eavoritn

Zim--Ho never brags.
Jam-No; that's his fondest bouht.-
New York journal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
THE CAT AND TR= DOG.
what Happened at "a nance Meeting Over
Barrel on the Curbstone.

About the scaredest cat | ever saw"
salu 4 New YORK. citizen, IL saw yester-
DAY morning in Columbus avenue. This
was a big black eat aud middliug old.
IL was sitting on the edge of a barrel
tllat stood on the curhStone, looking the
stun over inside and seeing il there
wasn't something there ii would like for
breakfast. 1t was a hot morning, and
the cat wasn't very hungry, | guess.
any way. II stuck Il paw ont once or
twice and pulled the stun over a little
that was near it, and then sat there and
looked at it, apparently meditating an
olher poke around when it got ready.
1t wasn't a very nice-looking cat.
There came along up the avenue a
pretty good-sized dog that was nearer
red than any other color | know of, but
OF what breed | don't know. I'm not
much on dogs, but he was a shaggy
dog, and rather spare in build. He
seemed TO me like a dog not full blood
ed; good blood, what he had, aud three
quarters or seven-eights bloodcd, but
the common strain that was in him
showing plainly, nevertheless, but lee
was Il dog OF perfect good nature and
unfailing gentleness. He came along
looking for his breakfast, too. When
he came to the barrel where the eat was
he paused, and, with his hind feet on
the sidewalk. he raised his forefeet to
the edge of the barrel and looked over
into it, in nowise molesting, in fact,
paying no attention whatever to the
cat. II was done so quickly and so si-
lently that the eat, which was AT the
moment looking down itself, actually
didn't hear him.
The dog saw nothing, and he lifted
Off his paws, swaying his head n little
as he did 50 and Just touching the cat
with his nose as he dropped down,
whether carelessly or in a sort of friend
ly salutation il would be impossible to
say, but it scared the black eat half to
death. This was the first intimation it
had had of the big dogs close proXim-
ity. IL was so scared that il couldn't
run, and didn't even dare spit: il lust
sat there on the edge of the barrel. rigid.
II was really a pretty Iow-dowu sort of
n cat, and it couldn't or wouldn't real
ize that the bic, good-natured dog at
its side would never hurt it, and would,
in fact, rather he friendly than other
wise, and perhaps was trying to he at
that moment; il realized only that it
was a dog, that it had come unawares,
that it was close upon it, SO close that it
could have bitten it in two if it had
wanted TO, and the cat didn't ever dare
be spiteful.
THE big dog slipped down from the
barrel and went on. Then the cat
dropped to the sidewalk and went in
the opposite direction, slowly, crouch
ing down close TO the sidewalk AS it
went and looking back all the time at
the dog, not daring wen then to make
u sound, but so excited that its back was
arched into -four distinct humps. The
dog held ON his way toward the next
barrel; he was out for his breakfast"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
The k'nhIeu Rec.

THE True Story of Marco Polo" 40
told anew in ST. Nicholas by Noah
Brooks, contains many stories about
fabulous monsters. In the April NUM-
Der Is the following account Of the Ia
nous Roc:
You must know hat this island lies
so far south that ships cannot go fur
Their south or visit other islands in that
direction, except this one and that other
of which we have to tell % called
Ianghibar. This is because the sea cur
rent runs so strong towards the south
that the ships which should attempt 1t
J never would get back again. Indeed,
the ships of Maabar which visit this
island Of Madagascar, and that other
of Hanghibar, arrive thither with mar
velous speed, for great as the distance
is. they accomplish 1t i'm twenty days,
while the return voyages takes them
more than three months. This is be-
cause of the strong current running
south, which continues with such sim
guldr force and in the same direction az
al seasons.
It's said that in those other islands t.
the south, which the ships are unable
to visit because this strong current pre-
vents their return, is found the bird
Gryphon, which appears there at GER
tain seasons. The description given Of
1t is, however, entirely different from
what our stories and pictures make it.
For persons who had been there and
had seen 1t told Mess-r Marco Polo that
II was for all the world like an eagle.
but one, indeed, Of enormous size; so big
in fact that its wings covered an extent
nt fli1YN. ,al. ,Al t.. t
twelve PAGES long, and thick in proper
tI"h' Ana IT is so strong that 1t win
seize an elephant in its talons and car
fE nm nigh into the air and drop him
50 that he is smashed to pieces; having
so Killed him, the bird gryphon swoops
down upon hin and eats him at leisure.
The people of those isles call the bird
ltuc, n ii has no other name. So |
wot not If this be the real gryphon, or
If there be another Of bird as
great. Blu this | can tell YOU for GER
tain, that they are not half lion ana half
bird as our stories do relate: but encr.
nous as they be. they are fashioned Just
like an eagle.
The Great Kahn sent TO those parts to
inquire about these curious matters, and
the story was told by those who went
thither. He also sent TO procure the re-
lease of any envoy OF his who had been
dispatched thither, and had been de-
tanned; so both those ENJOYS had many
wonderful thing. TO tell the Great Khan
about those strange islands, and about the
birds | have mentioned. They brought CAS-
l heard to the Great Khan a feather of
the said Rue, which was stated to meas
ure 80 spans, while the quill part was two
palms in circumference, a marvellous OBJ
ject. The Great Khan was delighted with
1t. They also brought two boar's tusks,
which weighed more than II pounds
apiece, and you may gather how big the
boar must have been that had teeth like
chat! They related, indeed, that there
were some Of these boars as big as a great
buffa,o. There are also numbers of
CRATES and wild asses. and in fact a
marvellous number of wild beasts OF
strange aspect.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Was Primitive Man Evolved In
America?

Harper's Magazine.
In the Connecticut River valley reptiles
left their tracks on the mud nats-since
turned to sandstone: and a few skeletons
also have been found. The bodies OF "A
race of great reptiles that were the lords
OF creation of their day have been d.ssl-
pated 10 their elements, while the chance
lhdentations OF their feet as they raced
alohg the shores, mere footprints on the
SANDS, have been preserved among the
most imperishable of the memory tab
lets of the world.
or the other vetebrate fossils that have
been found found in the eastern portions
or America, among the most abundant
ana interesting are the skeletons Of mas
todons. OF these one OF the largest and
most compete is hat which was I'M
earthed in the bed Of a drained lake near
Newburg, N. Y, in 1915. This specimen
was larger than the existing elephants,
ana had tusks eleven feet in length. II
was mounted and described by DR.. John
I. warren of Boston, and has been ia
nous Tor half a century as the Warren
mastodon."
but 10 the student of the racial develop
ment as recorded by the fossils, all these
sporadic Hnds have but incidental interest
as compared with the western fossil beds
10 which we have already referred. From
records here unearthed the racial evolu-
lIoh or many mammals has IN the past
Few years been made out in greater or
less detail. Professor Cope has traced the
ancestry of the camels (Which, like the
rhlnoceroses, h"ippopotami, and sundry
other forms now spoken Of as "Old
world seem 10 have had their origin
here) with much completeness.
4 lemuroid form of mammal. believed
to be the type from which man has de-
secnded, has also been found in these
beds. IL is thought that the descendants
OF this creature, and of the other odd
world forms above referred TO, found
their way to Asia, probably, as suggested
by Professor Marsh, across a bridge at
Bering Strait, to continue their evolution
on the other hemisphere, becoming ex-
tinct In the land of their nativity. The
ape-man found fossil In the tertiary strata
of the island of java two years ago by the
Dutch surgeon. Or. Eugent Dubois, and
named PIthecanthrorus erectus, may nave
been a direct descendant Of the American
tribe OF primitive lemurs. though this IL
only Il conjecture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
Greeks Enthusiastic Upon the An
nivcrsary of Their In


Athens, April 9.-Throughout yester-
day evening the palaces Of King George
and Crown Prince Constantine were
blazing with lights, and the city WAS a
mass of illumination in celebration Of
the anniversary of Greek independence.
There were fireworks displays in all
parts Of the city, and at all patriotic as
semblies warlike oratlons were dellv-
cred. During the evening there was a
grand military tattoo, in which the
bands of the city took part. The whole
population thronged the streets, cheer
ing everybody and singing patriotic
songs, and calling for war with Turkey.
In spite of this unprecedented demon
stration there was no disorder.
There Is a rumor atloat that Russia
has proposed that If Greece viii with
draw her troops from Crete, Russia viii
have Turkey withdraw her forces and
will see that Prince George of Greece be
sent to organize the Cretan constabu.
larry. 1t Is said Greece promptly reject
ed these propositions.
At Eleassona, the Turkish headquar'
ters in Macedonia, troops were kept I'M.
der arms from long before sunrise. Tht
greatest tension prevailed during thi
morning, but this feeling gradually
wore off as the hours passed without ag'
gressive movements by the Greeks
Both sides continue war preparations
and the strengthening OF defenses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
courtesy. She rose, smiled, and said Good


courtesy. She rose, smiled, and said Good
night"
Almost at the moment innocent little Kitty
as'ohlshed her mother and her grandmother
oy appearing before them IN her nightgown
AFTER she had been put to bed nearly two
hours since.
What will this child do next!" Mrs.
Presty exclaimed.
Kitty told the truth. II can't go to sleep,
grandma"
Why not, my darling?" her mother asked.
i m so excited, mamma
About what. Kitty
About my dinner party tomorrow. Oh"
said the child, clasping her hands earnestly
as She thought of her playfellows, IL do 50
nope it will 40 off well!'
Continued next weekly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
SALE OF THE VUlTURE MINE
Remnant OF Senator Tabor's Prop.
crty Sold TO Chicago
Dnnlinl

Phoenix, Ariz., April THE famous
Nulture mines, that nave produced Sl0,-
600, 600 in gold, were sold yesterday by Ben
Nieronymus Of Springfield, H., to Henry
NJ. Love of Chicago. and w. G. Davis of
Tuscon, Ariz., and associates. The prop
erty was in the hands Of Nieronymils in
his capacity of financial agent of the cred
itors of ex-senator Tabor of Colorado,
and was bid in at the recent trustees sale.
Thu old workings will be abandoned, and a
new double compartment shaft and feed
Will be constructed. Upon this will be
erected a hundred-stamp mill. The mine
Is known to contain "A vast amount of low
grade ore.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
A Wonderful Combination

Being the only manufacturers of both
guns and ammunition in the world tho
Winchester Repeating Arms Co, New
Haven, CT, are enabled to keep their guns
apace with new ammunition and their
ammunition apace with new guns. In
this way by using Winchester goods,
shooters can be certain of getting guns
and ammunition of the highest degree OF
excellence and most improved type. As
the unapproachable reputation of the
Winchester guns depends upon the am
munition used in them, the Winchesters
are Obliged to keep the standard of their
ammunition as nea perfection as posi-
BILE. Shooters who want the best results
can get them by using Winchester gum
and Winchester ammunition. Send for a
large illustrated catalogue. free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Free Sample of n Wonderful Kid.
new Cure,

Sufferers from kidney aud rheumati,
troubles are mailed free a sample of tn,
renowned Kaya-Kaya Shrub, possessed
of wonderful medicinal and curative quail
tiles and grown in the East Indies, by ad
dressing the Church Kidney Cure Co., All
Fourth avenue, New York. An interest
ing account Of this celebrated remedy, il
another column of this paper, will pa,
the reader well to peruse.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
neuun,icans sweep St. Louis

st. Louis, Mo-, April with the ex-
ception Of four members of the house
Of delegates, the republicans made a
clean sweep in yesterdays municipal
election by a majority ranging from
81, 900 to 40, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
"Old Hoss" Kicked Her.

new 1OTk JOuTlldl.
James Il. Hoey, better known as "Old
Hoss Hoey," was arra!gned in Yorkviile
police court Monday morning, charged by
Florence Parker with ~assaulting her at
! o'clock Monday morning.
Hoey had dined with friends and was on
his way home. At Fourteenth street Miss
Parker met him.
Hello Old Hoss,' she said.
Hoey turned and KICKED the woman.
Policeman Crane placed Hoey under ar
rest.
In court Miss Parker refused to press
the charge and Magistrate Wentworth
discharged Hoey.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
A Different Case.

Old Gravely--"If You do not c&is 10
be my wife perhaps the pros pect OF
being a rich young widow might tempt
Yon."
Minnie (eagerl y)-"Oh, Mr.. Gravelyi
VI were only sure could trust yor.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Argentinais new census gives a total
population of 1902, 900, Of whom 1886
900 live in cities. The leading city, Bue-
nos Ayres, has a population OF 663 ,S5i,
making it the largest in South America.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A long sought gold vein has been dis
covered in a Georgia mine. The mine
has been operated for years by the pla-
Ger process, but the vein Is expected to
be far richer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A Kansas woman, who Travelled to st.
Louis to marry a who had adver-
tised for a wife, has brought suit
against him because he backed out
when he saw her,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

1t is asserted that in consequence Of
the X ray revelation OF deformltles In
tight laced Portuguese ladies corsets
will be no longer worn In Portugal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

In lJorth Dakota the killing Of quail
and English and Chinese pheasants Is
prohibited until 1906, and beaver and
otter canno be trapped or killed until
1903.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Approaching the Danger Line.

Dubuque, Ia, April THE Mississippi
continues to rise steadily six inches a
day and is now less than two feet from
the danger line.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
No Wonder She Went.

Cleveland Plaindealer.
Don't weep 50 mann. Other boys
have gone TO sea and returned alive
and well-why shoudn'a yours"
But J-Jim is go-goin' on a bub-bub-
battle ship SIR"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

According to the newspapers very
few persons merely die The banker
passes in his checks the cashier goes
to his last account" the mugwump
Joins the great majority" the cobbler
"breathes his last" the saloonkeeper
seeks the spirit land" the gambler
"shuffes off, the stable man kicks the
bucket the spirituallstic medium
gives up the CHEST" the accountant
goes to his long reckoning" the foo;
ball player makes his last gaol," the
base ball player "hits ihe home plate
and the editor 'suspands publication.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Mrs. WinsiOw's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR children
Reclining soitCns the gums, reduces
allays pain, cures wind collie 2ac a bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The longest Word in the English LAM
guage Is Observation-Disclosures.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

time, terrible pain in myleft side, chills.
loss of appetite, and could not sleep
nights. After taking several bottles of
Lydia Il. PinlSham's Vegetable Com
pound, some Liver Pills, and using YOUR
Sanative Wash, i recovered.
l can eat well, and every one that
sees me tells me | am a different per.
son. a dc all my own work, sleep
well and feel well. l am growing
stronger every day, and am able TO go
out and enjoy a walk and not feel all
tired out When L return, as / used to. l
doctored for sixteen years, and in all
those years | did not feel rs well as | do
at the present time. | wish that every
woman that is troubled as / was, would
try that medicine. Oh! Il is so good
to feel well, and it is all owing TO Mrs.
Pinkham's kind advice and medicine.
Mrs. JAMES C~oRRIGAN, 2S4 Center St.,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

JuSr try o loo box OF Cascarets, candy cathartic. I'm.
silver and bowel regulator made,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

WHEN bilious or costiye. eat a Cascaret, eaLry Ga
hartic, cure guaranteed, 1Oc, csc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A man found guilty OF fishing in Flor
ida between sundown on Saturday and
sunrise on Monday IL now punished by n
fine not exceeding $500 and con1iscation OF
all his fishing tackle and boats
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Leprosy is said To be spreading in
Spain in n somewhat alarming manner
In the village OF Alsubias, near Nalcn.
ella, more than a dozen families are said
to be affected.