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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
THE "INDlGO WOMAN

Her Skin is Turning Blue, But Miss
Mercer Does Not Care.
Miss Elizabeth Mercer, who resides in
Brooke county. w. Va, is suffering from
malady that is puzzling the physicians.
In the ne;ghborhood where she lives Miss
Mercer is known az the ''indigo woman, y
name given her from the peculiar col
Grafton of her skin, which has assumed a
bright blue color about the shade of in
digo. Nor is This ALL The woman's flesh
is scaling off in pieces MS large ms IA
penny, and these scales, when applied to
white surface. leaves blue mark, as
though made by ii blue lead pencil
About once month pieces Of flesh chip
oil from her hands, arms and limbs, and
the patient takes delight in marking
with them on writing paper and distrib.
uting the pieces amen" her friends Miss
Merceri is in fairly good health and spirits,
and but for her indigo skin would be
taken for au entirely healthy woman.
y number of physicians have analysed
the PARTICLES of slesh or scales that drop
from the wcmap's hands and arms, and
report that they area of a charcoal nature,
but Of the color of indigo She refuses
10 leave home for treatment. saying that
she would as soon be blue MS white Cir
cinnati Enqu rer.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

Don't he persuaded into buying lini-
lnehts without II reputation or merit.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more
and its merits have been proven bv test
OF many years. Snch letters as the fol.
lowing, from l.. G. Bagley IIueneme, Cal,
are constantly being received: THE best
remedy for pain / have ever used is
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and I say so
after having used it in my family for sew
eral years 1t cures rheumatism, lane
back, sprains and sweliings. FOR sale by
u. {. Barnes, ''He pits up prescrip-
tions'
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

On account of my having accepted n
position taking me out OF the city. have
this day disposed of my interest in the
grocery business of st. Clair Brothers.
Jefferson street. Roanoke, Va, to James
>. and Robert ST. Clair who will con-
time the business under the same firm
name, and will collect all accounts due
the firm OF St. Clair Brcs.. and discharge
all debts due by same prior 10 date Of my
withdrawal. Thanking the public Tor
their liberal patronage to he old concern
and trusting their continuance with the
new, | am very respectfully.
PALMER ST. CLAIR,
Roanoke, Va. Dec. |. 1897.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

THAT these practices have attained their
present magnitude by one bound is not to
DO supposed. Tho present system has been
evolved from small beginnings Tho evo-
buttons can be observed by examining
thrcc Crowns Ono is u gold crown, weigh
ing ? pcnnywoights. In it is no pillar for
the winding stem, and tho shell is hollow.
Another is q plated crown, filled with
brass or sono woighty composition, and it
has y large pillar, in which tho winding
stem IS set. 1t weighs AZ pcnnywcights
Tho third has n plated crown, filled with
lead, and tho winding stem is screwed into
lead collar. IL weighs So pcnnywcights
and is in general use.
Tho same increase in weight is notice
able i'll tho spring. Not only the size, but
also the weight of material used has been
increased The first filling and backing
WAS of comparatively light metal. 1t was
thcn 1ounu that copper was heavier, and
now lead is tho popular metal.
'Iho purpose of this is too evident not
to hc understood, and as long rs The sros,
weight system prevails this Kind of thing
will bo continued. The temptation is too
great To resist. The system that enables "a
manufacturer to secure $3.50 To 5000 q
POUND Tor IN article that costs him from 5
To - cents Is too valuable To be discarded
Lightly. 10 believe that tho hcneficiaries
OF tho system will voluntarily abandon it
world bc expecting too much from human
nature. Tho system will be continued un-
Ill it is net profitable or until some one
steps i'm and wipes it cut by the introduc-
ton OF TIE 'r,t weight system Of selling
watch casoS. 'i'hCn the public can hope
10 obtain what ti!cy pay for, but not till
then. -
While acknowledging that The system Of
selling watch cases by gross weight has lis
evils. another dealer in Maiden lane said
that ii has its good POINTS also
For example, " ho added, watch eases
are cheaper today than ever they were
solely on account Of tho practice in tho
trade Of selling them by gross weight in
stead Of l3y net weight. Cndcr The latter
systcm you Lad 10 iiIy fer labor, which
amounted To arYNl :orc from 50 to $40 per
case. tn:icG he system in vogue at pres
cnt you gct case which contains Just as
much gold but you do not have To pay
separately Ter the labor Of making it, Tho
springs, etc, are, of course, sold as gold
and IL Is from the profit derived in this
way that the manufacturer rcimburscs
himself for the cost of labor Any one
however, who desires to purchase II watch
ease under tho net weight system can do
so, DAT the case has 10 be torn to pieces he.
fore it can be weighed and the cost of
making it is added to the cost of the gold
In the long run ii is better to purchase
lead, steel and Sc!d together, us gold and
get the labor thrown in than to have YOUR
gold weighed By itself and the cost Of
manufacturing il added to the cost of the
gold. New York Commercial
Blnkc-Wsat singular chin that
old fellow, uvpi. tbnrn hoe
Lake-Singular: think it's plural.
les 4 double chin. Up to Date.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
N nv : w N0rfo|kS1sWestsrn
sasrsas,szrzsaMa Schedule in Effect
Dec. 8, 1897.
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY

WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
o:4O T. IN. washington and Chattanooga
imiteU for Bristol, intermediate sta
lions and the South and West. Pull.
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
pms Connects ut Radford for Blue.
field and Pocahontas
4:15 p. M, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Blueileld, Pocahoutas, Kenova
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke 10
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe
vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk 5:30 a. M; 4:05 p. III.
From Hagerstown $50 a. M; 400 p. m.
From Winston 30 p M.
From Bristol and the West lao p. nj.
1l:20 p. IN.
NORTH AND EAsTBoUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY.
1:55 p, m. for Petersburg, Richmond ano
Norfolk.
100 p. IN. for Washington, Hagerstown
Philadelphia and New York.
ll:35 p. NJ. Tor Richmond and Norfolk
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
1880 p ~. Washington and Chattanooga
lmited} 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
KAN and intermediate stations.
Winston Salem Division-Leave Roanoke
(Union station) 4:25 p. IN. and 1880 a. M
daily, except Sunday 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.
M. f. Brags, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
decree entered on the 2lst of January,
1916, in the chuncery suit of Matthew
Byrpe administrator VS.. G. O'Lenry and
others, in he corporation court for the
city CT Roanoke, Va, the undersigned
special commissioners will on MONDAY,
THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1898.
at IL O'Clock. M. offer for sale at public
auction in front o. the courthouse in the
city of Roanoke, Va, the following de.
scribed real estate, to-wit:
l. n lot of land in the city of Roanoke
Va, BEGINNING at point on the south
side of Madison street 215 feet west of
Lee street, thence with said Madison
street north degrees west % feet 20 a
point on the same, thence south . degrees
west % feet to an alley, thence with said
alley south IS degrees east % feet to Il
point on same,and thence north : degrees
east 30 feet 10 the beginning
9. A lot CT land in the city OF Roanoke,
Va, beginning n: Il point on the south
side of Madison street, 40 leet west of
Lee stree, thence with Madison street
north SIS degrees west 30 feet to u point,
thence south degrees west 80 feet 10 an
alley, thence with said alley south IS de-
grees east 30 feet to II point. and thence
north > degrees east 90 feet to the begin.
ming.
). A lot OF land in the city Of Roanoke,
Va, beginning at point on TIE south
side oil Madison street $50 feet west OF
Lee street. thence with Madison street
north IS degrees west 30 feet to point
thence south degrees west % feet to an
alley, thence with said alley. south SO de-
grecs enst 30 feet to point. and thence
north degrees east 95 feet to the place
Of beginning
TERMS OF SALE: One.t third cash
and the balance payable II two equal sue
cessive annual instalments, to be evil
denced by the notes of the pu, chaser or
purchasers and secured by deeds Of trust
on the property conveyed, buildings on
the property to be insured and the policy
OF insurance to be assigned to the COM
missioners; the purchasers to pay taxes
fer the years 1896 ard 1897.
c. a. McHUGH,
ED. w. ROBERTSON,
j. II. WRIGHT,
Special Commissioners
l hereby certify that the aforemen-
toned commissioners have executed bond
as required by the decree above referred to-
Teste:-
= g RROOJ>E CLARK
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

Salem Ger ruDs between Terry building md
Salem. First car Sundays ut S:20 a. IN. Iickcis
between Roanoke and Salem can be purchased
in Roanoke at VaughaI . cigar stard, Ferry
building, and at Di,lnrd 4 Persnger's Salem.
Vinton car runs between Terry buil1ing OF d
VintoD. and connects with Norwich and Crystal
Norwich car runs between Union Depot and
Norwich and connects with V.nton and CRYSTAL
SPRINGS CARS. Trips marked IN" will go through
to.Nocwich; all other trips will etop at Wood
runs. First car Sundays 500 a. m.
College car runs between Union Depot and
Virginia College, via Baseball Park, and con-
meets with Norwich and Vinion care.
Crystal Spring car runs between Union Depot
and Crystal Springs. First car Sundays SEQ a..
N.
West End car runs between Union Depot and
al" street. First car Sundays S:2n q. IN
Franklin Road car runs between Union Depot
and Tenth avenIo 3. w.
East Roanoke Gar runs between Union Depot
and Lynchburg avenue II. c.
4 w JAMIsON Gen,i Mar
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
LEGAL NOTICES.

west % $40 feet to point, thence leay-
ing said river north l6 degrees Ii min
utes east 254 $40 feet to the point Of be-
ginning, containing l 7G-100 acres. more
or less. and known AS lots lG, II. IS, 10,
~ and u, section O, on plan of.koanoke
Land and Improvement Company, Au-
ust. 1880.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash az to enough
to cay the costs of sale and the sulu Of
S2UO, ami the balance payable in two
equal annual installmeLts at six and
twelve months from date of sale, deferred
payments TO be evidenced by interest
bearing negotiable notes of the purchaser
and secured by deed of trust upon the
property sold.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue OF decree in the hustiugs court OF
the city of Roanoke. entered in the chan
Gerry cause OF j. j. Snlco's administrator
VS.. George Colvin, on the Sd day of No
mber, 1897, the undersigned as commits.
sion appointed by the said decree, will
on TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1898, mt II
O'Clock VI. mt the front door of the court
house of Roanoke city, Va, sell to the
highest bidder at public auction, the fol
lowing property lying in the city of 10
anoke, Va, bounded and described MS fol.
lows
Beginning Mt corner on the north side
of Lynchhurg and Salem turnpike with
lot of Maria Hammer, thence with lot of
Maria Hanuer north 8 degrees east 63
feet, then ne y dividing line with same
course north degrees east 100 feet to
stake on south line of Diamond Hill
alley, thence with said alley south S3 de-
grees east "a feet to corner with Jelrer-
sons lot, thence with Jeiferson's lot
sonth degrees west 1913 feet to stake on
Sid Lynchburg AMI Salem turnpike.
thence with north line of said turnpike
north 50 degrees 30 minutes west 81 feet
to beginning.
This property has en- it n small dwell
ing house
TERMS: One third cash on day If sale.
balance IN SIX and twelve months, the
purchaser To execute bones for deferred
payments with good personal security
ana title to he retained until Ill the pur-
chase money is paid.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
LEGAL NOTICES.

avenue south 80 degrees 40 minutes west
80 feet tn point; thence south degrees
west l02 feet to an alley; thence with
same north S+ degrees 80 minutes east so
feet to point; thence north degrees
east ll0.S7 feet to Campbell street, the
place Of beginning.
TERMS: Cash.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
IVES TO GO no EUROPE.

New York, Dec 23-Frank Ives, the
famous billiard player is going abroad in
February TO seek matches, and will meet
all the European crack players and re.
turn in the mid summer
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

w. G. SAUNDERS,
Administrator of G. Z. Saunders, de-
ceased, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
UNIFORM STANDARDIZATION LAWS

Milwaukee Sentinel: This year it is
proposed to make an earnest effort to Sc
cure the consideration by Congress of
legislation to introduce uniformity in the
naturalization of foreign born citizens
1t has been suggested that Congress
sional committee be appointed to nvesti-
gate the procedure Of naturalization both
in the State and the Federal courts in all
parts of the Union. After it's investiga-
ton the committee should report a suita-
BILE law to prevent the continued debase.
ment of United States citizenship. 1t
wouldshe sure to find sufficiently bad
state Of Affairs in nearly all of our States
TO make the duty of Congress in respect
to The passage of II uniform naturalizu-
tion'law plain TO everv member.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
KILLED AMERICAN SAILORS.
Japan Not Much Worried Over it,
However.

Washington. Dec. 23.-Further details
Of the killing of the two American sail
ors attached to he United States fleet in
Japan have been received here, and have
been brought to the attention of the De-
partment of State, which has begun an
investigation. Montgomery, II appears.
was killed in Yokohama on September
last. He was not intoxicated, but was
murdered by boatmen.
Epps' case was similar, except that he
was killed at Nauasaki during the present
month. He had been on leave and was
returning aboard ship when murdered.
The Testimony shows that he was per
fectly sober, and some sailors en- % pass.
ing ship, hearing cries for help, looked
over the water in time to see him being
thrown from his boat. Lacking n small
boat they could net succor him. His body
was found several days later floating in
the bay.
The japanese government was appeal.
ed to in each case, and. while some ar
rests have heen made, the American con-
tingent in Japan feels that the peipetra-
tors of the III Ill de,s are still at large. 1t
Is said every Japanese boat inssthe ha rbor
Is Obliged to register its passengers before
carrying them off shore so that. under or
binary conditions, it should be easy to
find the guilty parties
AT the japanese legation it was stated
that the matter has not yet been brought
to their attention. The legation officials
do not regard the matter as serious
They say the Japanese government gives
the ablest protection to foreign citizens
and sailors and that if there has been any
laNttv in these cases the government tn
doubleday will make the fullest inquiry
and reparation. 1t is pointed out. how
ever, that crimes Of local and individual
character cannot assume an international
aspect, as the government is in no way
conne' ted with them; it's only province is
10 SEQ that the laws are executed impair
TALLY, giving the same protection to for
e'gners as to Japanese subjects.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24
$ l.. JONES,
Special Commissioner

Bond required ay decree in above cause
has heen given conditioned according 10
law. :. s. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

a Question OF Method.
u suppose, lIustley, that you gather
gold at the klondikc hv thc busLol9',
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

l hereby certify that the aforemen
toned commissioners have executed bont
as required by the decree above referred to
Teste:-
s. BROOKE. Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-24

Blakc-W.:at singular chin tina
old fellow over there has.
Lake-Singul"r: / think it's plural
lt's double chin.--Up to Date
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16

elapsed an order will be given for the
building of a vessel to be operated by
this system.
The turbine motive power. while
promising a revolution in a marine pro-
pulsion, is no freak, and that fact is
best demonstrated by the recent per-
Torrance of the little steamer Tur-
binia. Over a measured mile near the
mouth of the Tyne this vessel showed
a speed equivalent to 32% knots an
hour, which is a fraction more than a
39-mle gait.
A large vessel travelling across the
Atlantic at this rate of speed would
complete the journey in about IS hours,
or three days and 16 hours. Fog and
stress of weather would, of COURSE,
interfere somewhat with such a speed,
but. allowing for these misadventures,
a steamer capable of developing such
power could safely be called a four-day
boat.
The particular feature of the tur-
bine system which has attracted the
attention of steamship men is the re-
markable low coal consumption. All
of the trials of the Turbinia, where
great speed was developed. were made
al small cost for fuel The Turbinia
is 100 feet long and feet beam, with
a displacement of AZ tons. She has
been tried in heavy seas under the eyes
of experts, and their report stated:
There was no racing of screws and the
machinery worked with perfect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16

yachts and all other seafaring folk to
be on the lockout for this creature.
and, in particular, to have a camera
at hand that a kind of evidence may
be secured which shall suffice to con-
vince the most skeptical.
Here, then, is scientific authority for
the belief that a sea monster of a kind
as yet never captured does really ex-
list. When finally someone does cap
ture a specimen, or get a good Photo
graph of it. should it turn out to be
something very different from a true
serpent, that fact will in nowise inval
idate the creatures right TO retain the
title of sea serpent a sea serpent need
not be, zoologically speakink, serpent
any more than a sea horse is a horse,
or sea lion lion. or, for that matter,
seaweed a weed. The title which the
sea serpent has borne for centuries will
doubtless still cling to it. even though
the naturalists should prove that it
really is a mammal and not reptile.
Nor will the changed classification de-
tract one jot from the interest which
attaches to the strange creature.
Whatever the exact character of the
sea serpent, fame and fortune await
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16

realized cannot be told accurately.
Recent developments of marine archi-
lecture show that il is possible. and it
is merely a question of how soon the
competing steamship companies are
forced to spend the immense sum
which the construction and operation
of a fOur-day flyer entails.
Torpedo boats are built which make
thirty-one knots an-hour. The aver
age route between Sandy Hook and
Queenstown is 1850 sea miles, and if
a thirty oDe-knot galt could be main
tanned the full distance the Atlantic
could be crossed in trihe less than
ninety-three hours. or more than three
hours less than four days.
What is possible in a small hun
dredfoot craft is possible in 500-foot
vessel; it is simply d question of eX-
pense. The cost of operating an ocean
flyer with such tremendous speed
would be enormous. The coal con-
sumption UNDER ttss present condi-
tions of steam generation would
amount to impracticable figures, and
besides the vast space occupied by the
engines and necessary fuel would leave
comparatively little room for cargo
and passengers.
Summed I'D, this means less earning
power and greater EXPENSE condition
which commerce seldom assumes vO-
UNFAIRLY. That is the stumbling block.
But once the operating expense
problem is solved the four-day boat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16
RIvALED N1MRoD IN HIS DAY.
Wetzel Killed Lions and Tigers in
Their Native Businesses For Many
Years.


A great hunter has just died in
Cochin-C China, where he lived for the
past q years. His name was Wetzel.
He was an Alsatian. During the war
of 1870 he served in French regiment
of cuirassiers and at the close of the
war he asked to be sent to Cochin
China. His request was granted and he
was employed in that country as game
keeper. Soon he became famous by his
exploits. His hunting record. which
he used to show with pride. fOOts up
eighty-nine elephants, thirty tigers,
twenty-one panthers. five rhinoceroses.
about twenty T,ild buffaloes and an
immense number OI bears, deer. etc.
The natives neld him in great venera-
ton on account III the services which
he rendered TO them.
AT one time two tigers carried away
some persons in the neighborhoOd of
Tayninh. On being notified of the fact
by the authorities Wetzel set out in the
night to hunt them. COncealing him
self in one of the haunts Of the beasts
he shot them down one after another
He never used any strata gems; all his
hunting was done in a bold and daring
fashion. and more than once he came
near losing his life. One day while
hunting buffalo he was charged by a
Dull Inc natives are more an dlu VI d
bull buffalo than they are of a tiger
Wetzel was knocked down and paved
by the brute. He pretended TO be dead.
His rifle escaped from his hand as he
fell. Slowly he dragged himself up to
it. To seize it, shoulder it and lodge d
bullet in the head of his adversary was
a matter OF an instant. He was con-
fined to his bed for a long time after
that adventure. On another occasion
a wounded tiger bounded upon him
and struck him with her claws in the
face. inflicting a serious wound. but he
killed the peast. The traces of the
wounds could be plainly seen on his
face In a rOugh-and-tumble fight
with a panther his left shoulder was
badly lacerated, but We managed to
plunge his hunti--e nile into the pan
Tiers heart. His death was the result
of sunstroke His numerous friends
are about to erect a monument to him,
which will recall his exploits as a sol
der, an elephant hunter. a tiger hunter
and an all-round man with a gun.
Smoke the Famous Silver Moon
Cigar. For sale everywhere.