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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
SLOT MAIL REGISTER
INVENTION TO MAKE ONE HIS
OWN POSTAL CLERK.

The Latest Development of tho Slot Ma
chinc-It Will Facilitate tho Forwarding
of Registered Maii-A Mechanism Which
Rejects Light Coins.
The latest development of the slot
machine is an invention desig ed to
make every person his own registe cd
letter clerk and to facilitate the for
warding of registered mail. Three of
the machines have been placed in pc
sition in New York city, one in the
registry division of the General Pest
Office, one in an alcove of the lobby
of the Equitable building, and one in
the branch Post Office at Forty-second
street and Park avenue. The use of
these three machines has been sane
toned by the Postmaster General, and
under his orders they are to have a
thorough trial. What may happen aft
er that is conjecture merely, bit the
assumption of the inventor of the ma
chine is that If its work is satisfactory
it will be adopted as regular adjunct
to the Post Office system.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
Special Bargains
For Sale.

1-room dwelling sout heast, rear Rel
mont School, $3.50; cash, 800; mouthly,
$40.
s. Dom dwelling on Tazewell avenue.
sSoO; small cash payment.
Groom cottage, southwest large LOT.
9oO; small cash payment; balance $40
Ser month
broom dwelling, northwest, large lot,
renting ut SG0. Price, $500. This is a
GOOD Investment.
o room dwelling, nicely papered. near
West End round-house, $500; small cash
payment
Groom dwelling, newly papered and
painted, nice yard; $780,
= acres fine land on the electric car
line, northwest, suitable for building or
garden farm; $75 per acre. Easy terms,
10 acres one mile from the Terry build
ing. Will sell IN a whole or cut In one
acre lots. This is fine trucking land.
5OO-acre farm 10 miles from Roanoke.
on the Norfolk ard Western railroad.
Seven-room brick dwelling. fine barn;
ABOUT 25O acres in timber, balance in Gull
tlvation: Fine orchard on the place.
Price, 81, 1000; one-thrd cash, balance one
and two years.
44O acres two miles from station ON
the Norfolk and Western railroad: ST. 600
Cash, $500; balance one, TWO and three
years.
Houses for rent in all parts of the CITY.
PACE az BOBRITT,
10 Ioffarcop 81
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19

The other
day a New
Yorker started
across Broad
way. He was
i'll the lieyday
of ambitious,
vigorous
youth. A puff
of wind blew
an insigni6-
cant, almost
invisible atom
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
FOR SALE BY
]. I. ViDgfiG|l,
Real Estate Broker.

Nice modern dwelling in Lewis addi-
ton, low for cash.
Good 10-room house near in, only
81, 100. g.
One of the best lots in Lewis addition
$l60.
Fine brick business block yielding II
per cent. income.
Nice country home 5 miles from Roam
oke, "a acres. good brick dwelling, or
chard, ETC., for $4,000
Fine house, 6 acres of orchard and
garden, mile of corporate limits, So, 500.
Great bargain in Church street resi-
dence. ~.
Good country store near city. Price
$500.
Very fine mill for 1-3 of original cost.
tue tract of tim her near railroad.
valuable stone quarry.
fine stock of merchandise and good
will CT an established trade
will swap for anything from u bull
pup to gold mine.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
South IluNlng Cotton.

Carrying Goals to Newcastle" is
common practice nowadays. One OF
the most recent instances is the pur-
chase of cotton in the New York mar
ket for North Carolina cotton mills. A
paper published in Dixie says: 1T is
a rather curious thing that Southern
mills should buy cotton from dealers
in the North, but the New York hol
ders of The staple lay it down al the
Southern mills a trine cheaper than
New Orleans offers the same grades.
and that settles it,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS,

room dwelling. mcdern improve
inents, large corner lot, on Terry's Hill;
50, 800. ''
1-room house, modern improvements
large corner lot good location; Fl 600.
q room house in southwest, good con-
dition, $1,000, $il5 cash ana S1a per
month. '-
Green brick house, large lot, nice
shndc; $1,000.
Groom, house, in southwest, large lot
and stable, near the center of the civ.
81 ,00O, small cash payment and $40 ner
month. p~i
S-room honse, near center of civ Iaroe
ments pay
broom house, 5000, small cash pav-
ment and balance monthly.
'-room residence, in southwest, in
beautiful condition, nice grounds and
shade; $1,000. This is a choice piece Of
property and very cheap
Nice corner house in Belmont G rooms.
500, SOC cash and IS per month. Come
quick if you want this
broom house in northeast. convenient
to shops; $3.50, 500 cash and SIS ner
month.
lo-rocm house on Terry's Hill, large
lot and fine stable: $4,000, easy pay
ments. P"'
lO-room house in northwest, in good
CONDITION, modern improvements, with
eoou garden, easy payments or can be
traded for good farm.
broom house in northwest, near Park
street; $500, 500 cash and &1U per
month.
Several pieces of lirst-class property in
center or city. renting now for 12 per
cent. OF prices aske'i. These are choice
Investments
Farms and Trucking lands.
we have large number of farms for
SAFE III Roanoke and adjoining counties,
miny OF them very cheap, ranging from
10 to 300 acres. Among them:
doo acre farm with first. class improve
m ne, fine orchard, plenty of timber, at
eeO per acre. The greatest bargain ever
offered in Roanoke.
pieces of trucking land conyenient to
the city, one of ~. one of IS. one Of 20
acres and one Of rs acres, Mt prices fa-
Deiow tdelr real value. Anyone desiring
n good trucking farm will profit bv seq
inc us at once.
Magnificent James river farm of r5O
acres, $4,000 dwelling, with modern i'm
pr0vements. beautiful uroundsand shade.
all necessary outbuildings, and 6 tene-
ment houses, 25 acres of full bearing
III, trees, large quantity IF fine timber.
me owner having to leave the State
,h's property can he sold for $500 on
long time, OF paid for partly in Roanoke
real estate. This is a rare bargain.
lou acre farm near Roanoke. one-half
hrst.ciass river bottom, fair improve
ments, astonishing low figure for cash.
small farms on Back Creek, with fine
orcnaris, one of so and one of 70 acres,
in the famous pippin apple belt; lands are
h,liy bnt rieh; one at $40 and the other
ae Sl2.50 per acre. These are comforta-
nic little homes and fine investments
4. w. Spindle az Co..
No. Campbell Avenue 8. w.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
FOR RENT.

Good room house. all modern i'm
provements, No. 7l3 Henry street w.
Another good S-room house on Eiphtb
avenue, near Com merce street. ~. All
modern improvements have lust re-
paired it.
Good S-room house on Eighth avenue
W. No. OIL. Price only $40. Good
repair.
S-room house No 1907 Fifth avenue n
W; in good condition. Only So.
Two good Groom houses or Bullitt ave-
nue. e.; only So each.
Two Groom houses OH Gilmer avepne
e. DULY ST EACH All in good repair.
A large four-story brick warehouse on
Holiday street, with large elevator and
platform scales, or will rent floors for
storage.
Several bargains in the sale of houses
and vacant lots. Call; ask for what YOU
want. will get it for you
List your property for sale or rent
with me.
TULEY ]. MITCHELL,
Real ESTATE Agent,
OPPOSITE TERRY BUILDING.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
Real Estate F.!
PACE AZ BOBH9ITT,
10 Jefferson st.

One of the most desirable 1O-room resi-.
dences in Roanoke city, large lot with
shade, good stable. The dwelling cost
more money than is asked for the prop
erty; within five minutes walk of the
Terry building and very convenient to
St. Johns Church. Price 81, 500.
very neat cottage with six rooms on
large lot, with stable, in easy distance of
the business part of the town. The most
desirable small house on the market.
Price $3.50; $3.50 cash, balance $l2. so
per month.
lot on Salem avenue 50x2OO feet to
Rorer avenue. a most desirable lot for
railroad men who want to be convenient
to the West End Round House. Price
Si00 cash.
splendid farm of 4J7 acres 1S miles
from Roanoke and three miles from Nor
folk and Western depot. Write at once
for particulars. Price 80, 600: 81, 00C cash,
balance one and two years.
Send for special list in bargains in
houses, lots and farms now ready for dis
tribution.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19

"ae nhodc is'a.l agricultural, e..
pertinent St,.pioA -. - a.n.ua.cr!
that 1t thinks a decided success h..
beer made with its new berry, y hybric
between the European raspberry anc
the wild American blackberry 1t ha.
6eec named Loganberry aud is de.
scribed as red blackberry.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19
JUNIUS McGEHEE, Agent

For the National Mutual Building and
Loan Association of New York, Masonic
Temple, Rom No 9.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19

of dust il one of his eyes. 1t blinded
him. lie claspcd his hands over Ills eyes
and staggered OH, only to be run down
and killed by cable car. That mars
death was due to an insignificant trine,
all atom of dust that was barely visible
under the microscope. 1t is thus with
health. Men find that they are suffering
from triiling disorder of the digestion.
Itdocsn't amount to anything, they think,
and time is precious. They don't stop to
correct it, but stagger blindly on and are
run down i'll the heyday of ambitious
youth by death.
Neglected indigestion is the first cause
of all manner of wasting diseases and
all forms of nervous disorders. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures all disorders of the digestion.
1t invigorates the liver, imparts a keen,
hearty appetite and causes the life giving
elements of the food to be perfectly as
simulated. 1t purifes the blood and
builds healthy tissue. 1t is the great
blood-maker, flesll-builder, and nerve
tonic. 1t cures consumption, wasting
diseases and all disorders of the nerves.
81 was sufferer five or six years from indigcs-
ton" writes Il. i. Holmes, of Gaffncy, Spartan
burg Co. s G. also from sore ore, STOMACH Si and
Golden Medical Discovery aud Pleasant Pellets
which in few days gave me permanent relief"
1.-The Peoples Common Sense Adviser i"
| explains symptoms of ailments common to
every family, and suggests remedies. 1t
has several chapters on wonan's diseases
and weaknesses. An edition in heavy
| paper covers will be distributed absolutely
free. Send the Worlds Dispcnsary Med
| ical Association, Buffalo, N. y, 81 onc-cent
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding may be had for 81 stamps.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19

7, I. B. Hartsook B Co,
FOR RENT AND FOR SALE.
7. w. Goodwin, Aga.
Office: Room no. 200 Terry Building.
October LIST, 1897.

October LIST, 1897.
FOR NT.-DWELLINGS.
No. 1902 Franklin w. 1000
No. 11l2 Chapman avenue w.. 5000
NO. 2004 Patterson avenue w 1000
No. ZOOS Patterson avenue s w. 10 M
No. 20l2 Patterson avenue w. 1000
20. SVio patterson ;svenne W.. 1000
No VA Ienth avenue e......... 500
No NJ old stewart avenue S. e....... 1000
No. 1921 Salem avenue w. 25.0O
No. III Campbell avenue s. w.. 800
No. li26 Salem avenue s. son
No. 80 Earnest avenue w 3 no
NO. lU22 Seventh avenue s. e. & 90
No. lO2G Seventh avenue s. e on
No -, dooo seventh avenue S. e 80. 600
No. 920 First avenue II. w... 500
No. I'D Twelfth street II. w. S5O
NO. 6lS First avenue H. w OOG
No. 622 First avenue H. m
no. 922 Third avenue II. w 500
NO. 52D Seventh avenue II. 90
No. 533 Seventh avenue II. on
STORES.
No. Ala First street S. w.
No. I'll Third avenue s. w ION
NO. 3"l Commonwealth ave. ne. 1000
also have in my charge properties in
all sections of the city that can be bought
at great bargains, either for cash or on
the instalment plan
Call and examine nv LIST.
I. w. GOODWIN. Agent
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
TWO PLANS.
Base Ball Players and Cricket
Men in for Sport.

Base Ball Players and Cricket
Men in for Sport.
A base ball hui, composed of Asso.
citation members is working on couple
of good sporting schemes. One is tt
organize from the ranks of strictly base
ball players team to meet the best
eleven of the regular cricket players
of the city. The latter would include
men from the Honolulu club and from
the Theo. H Davies & Co. team.
Another scheme on the stocks is to
have practice game OF base ball next
Saturday, practice all of next week
and then on Saturday, the 18th, have
an admission game between two pick
ed mines for So and 35 per cent of the
gate receipts.
For some time; in fact ever since
the season closed, there have been re-
quests for more base ball. The boys
realize that only the genuine article
would be approved and will endeavor
to arrange a game worth seeing.
AS to cricket, there is bound to be a
surprise of some size, no matter what
the result of the proposed novel match.
The cricketers, would think they had
an easy affair and the base ball tossers
would be of the opinion that the eric
ket men could not possibly have any
chance of winning.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
NEW STATION.
1t is Now Occupied By the Bell
Tower Detachment.

1t is Now Occupied By the Bell
Tower Detachment.
The new Central Fire Station at
Fort and Beretania was completely oc-
cupied at o'clock last evening by
Chief Hunt and his Bell Tower estab-
lishment. OF course few old things
were left behind. But everything that
it was intended to take had been
carted or carried or wheeled over. 1t
was pleasant to depart from the tum-
BILE down place with its leaky roofs and
generally demoralized condition to a
spick, span, new and modern house.
Not single fault can be found with
the new quarters. Even the horses
and dogs are delighted. A complete
description of the station has been
published in this paper 1t is large
native stone structure, with a beauti-
full exterior and with an interior ar
rangement and furnishing, as to equip
ment that would do any city in the
world. A little more in the line OF
wall fixtures for the men and offices
and few things like that will be sup
piled in time.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
The Hawes Sale.

Auctioneer Morgan had a very large
crowd of bidders for the sale of the
effects of the late Capt. A. G. S. Halves
at the Palama place yesterday. Every
thing that it was desired to dispose of
that time was sold. The prices were
said to be good and in some cases very
high. The most priced articles were
small pieces of furniture and such wall
ornaments as a pair of antlers crossed
by a couple of spears. The regular
collections of curios were reserved to
be sold when announced later. The
principal buyers yesterday were the
new British Commissioner, Mr.. Kenny,
F. NJ. Swanzy, Thos. Rain Walker,
Theo. H. Davies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03

dustrial institute, similar to that of
Hampton. His first capital was $4,000,
which, to his great surprise, was loan
ed him by the secretary of Hampton.
That was in 1881. From this humble
beginning rose the magnificent institute
of today-founded, carried on, support
ed, taught by negroes.
There are 900 students gathered
from 10 States, 20 instructors, 2,4OO
acres Of land, IS buildings, % indus
tries, and the property is valued at
s25O. 900, all carried on at cost Of
5000 a Year. Many of the buildings
are large and substantial structures of
wood or brick, most of them erected
by the labor of the students them
selves.
Last year the students made a mil
lion bricks. Iron castings and steam
engines, cabinet work and carpentry,
carriages, harness, tin work, boots and
shoes, tailoring, agriculture and stock
raising, printing, drawing and design
ing, millinery and dressmaking, are
among the branches of industry pur-
sued. But in Booker Washington
opinion the future of the colored peo-
pie lies in the development of scienti-
fc agriculture. The most modern i'm
proyements are brought to bear upon
fruit-raising, farming and dairying
and stock-raising.
We are coming" to use his own
words, by the way of the college, by
the way of agriculture, the shop, the
factory, the trades, the household and
art"
The life of Booker Washington is ar
uneeasing struggle for his school, and
his only ambition is to put the insti-
tute on so firm a footing that in cast
Of his death, the school would continue
TO go forward and broaden.
In appearance Mr.. Booker Washing
ton is striking man; he has the char
acteristics of immense patience
strength, and earnestness, and thes,
qualities are brought to bear upon tn
/ purpose of his life-to train men ant
women in head, heart, and hand.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03

imperishable monument of the men of
ancient times.
l am by no means surprised that the
German Government objects. There
are reasons which it would not be ad-
visable TO indicate which cause this
action to worry the Germans in their
supremacy. in Samoa, but I am sug-
gest that this enlargement of the
municipality adds a considerable figure
to the English and American vote and
makes practically no change in the
German poll. But am sure that the
German protest can have no effect
everything has been done in strict
compliance with the Berlin Act and all
good Germans must acknowledge that
it, like all other goods made in Ger
many" is beyond cavil. The further
suggestion that the United States
dream of annexing Samoa is, of
course, too absurd to consider.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03

He was born on an old slave planta-
ton in Virginia. In speaking of his
early youth he recalls as one of its
most vivid pictures, the form of his
mother bending over, as l lay on a
dirt floor, breathing a fervent prayer
TO Heaven that 'Marsa Linkun' might
succeed and that one day she and
might be free"
he was only six years old, but at
that moment he realized with childish
shame that he was slave Later on
a school teacher took an interest in
the boy and taught him his letters and
how to read. A few years later, while
working in the coal mines, he heard of
General Armstrong; school for color
ed young men at Hampton, Va, where
a poor boy was given an opportunity
to work for his board. He says, in
speaking of that time; Il made up my
mind that I was going to that school;
soon after I set out with So in my
pocket"
He followed the regular course of
study al Hampton, and at first resolv-
ed to become a lawyer, but under the
influence of General Armstrong, he re-
solved TO help his race to help itself
With this purpose strong in his heart
he went to Tuskegee and began to
teach school in a tumbled-dOwn shanty
It was while struggling with the diff
culties Of this poor little class that he
the idea of starting an in
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03

zz-rz-d University Of The degree of
a. A.
Ths Metropolitan Magazine says Of
1hiz honor and OF the life and work of
Boosa- Washington II was the first
gul IN the history Of a New England
university that a coloned man was
rhm1 10 be thus honored, and when
Huose- Z. Washington came forward
Ia r. has degree from the hand Of
E-5e-t Eliot the enthusiasm Of the
and a-ce was al The highest pitch. But,
Is it Eas remarked Al The time, '-Har-
rz-1 University honored Itself. as well
- ll.e oa5sc- OF its distinction, when it
-ouIa-re5 the honorary degree Of Mas
-a- 1f Arts on the principal Of Tuske-
re- Industrial institute" Il was the
Ev,un-znecus recognition from the great
s--E-le OF the ex-slave and the work
b. las aoooupiished Tor his race.
Booke- Washington himself, in his
ru-t Tor humanity. dnds il impossible
s1 -soaruize diHerences Of race. i
1hzuk God. he says. that have
grown r1 the point where / can sym
r.z-hizs WIKI the white man as much as
en- van a black. To me man is
IN nan Tor "a that
his oulhurst OF leloquence al the At
lu-a Exposition when he spoke in be-
haT of his people, brought him fame
E fash. and brought his work, that
haE aaan silently and steadily progress
Err unze- all sorts O. difficulties, into
immediate prominence The widely
ha-al1sl ut1e-ance. in all things thai
AZ r.urely social we can be as separats
az the fingers yet one as The hand il
ain hluEs essential 10 mutual pro
E Ell 50 into history as the only
-asz1ll solution az the racial question
l.s-Ha the oolored and the whiu
n As Booker Washington pro
us-oed lhese words and waved hi
massive hand in The sunlight, The PEG
Dr. hz-l into a frenzy OF applause.
E- Washington describes this as tn
st-lluE moment OF his life. De says
Eg nervous anxiety AZ the time va
-uguse. beaznse no oolored man la
er- spoken 10 a white audience in N
szmc manner. and then. after be
Ezr speaking and saw the interest an
E-7-ise and 5uhlaaun with which PEG
De uI all classes received il, then
Ezs 4 experienced ny most thrillin
uuua1L Then, he continues, m
haHes mument vas when an invita-
ao1 Vas resolved from the presiden
uf El-Vard University 10 come Their
E1- q teE7ee
ls Eas before he honorable director
Cs this university thzt he made use G
ne following remarkable declaration
-Geulemea. the-e IS no escape. Ma
z-E uzn down OF man lifts ma
Ky And again On the same coca
Eiun- speaking o. his race. he remark
Ht- We are crawling I'D. waking u
-Tal- bursting upT
Booker Washing10n's mother was
save His father was a white man
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
ANOTHER MURDER.
Brutal Killing OF a Chinese Woman
on Maui.

What is little more than the barest
adviees. were brought by steamer yes
terday of another murder on Maui
This was near Waikiki and a Chinese
woman was the victim. Four other
killings reported recently have been
among Japanese.
The husband of the woman had
gone about his work early in the morn
ing. he being a fisherman. On return
ing to the cabin near the beach in the
afternoon he found the dead body OF
his wife outside, stretched to its full
length. The skull had been broken
either with a club or stone.
The authorities were quick to act,
but up to the time the steamer left had
no clue as to the guilty person. An
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS
From All Parts of the World.

Sold in Bottles Pc. 3D., and in cases CONTAINING
six times the quantity, lis. each-snfficient TO
effect permanent cure in the great majority
OF long-standing cases, BY ALL CHEMISTS
and PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, Proprietors.
The LINCOLN AND MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG
COMPANY Lincoln. England.
Caution.-Ask for Clarke's Blood Mixture.
and beware Of worthless limitations or substi-
tutes. 100
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
FTEiSi and ClllTGt8i By Booker
T washington.
FOREMOST NEGRO IN AMERICA
lie gorlcEDevoted 70 Teaching
His-Race 70 Become Self -
Supporting.

BsoEe- r Washington is considered
Ia to-amost negro IN America Edu-
zz1e5 and talented he stands above the
u-5luE-r EEpe Of negro. yet be is an
ezzulEls OF -he possibilities that are in
zhE rare He has devoted his life 10
E-u-E among the negroes and for six
asgr years he has conducted an indus
EzI school a. Taskegee Last years
Als Ea-k and ability received recogni-
au1- ty the conferring upon him by
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03

inquest was being held by the coroner
when the mail closed. Quite naturally
other Chinese were suspected.
Marshal Brown said last evening he
was confident the Wailuku officers
would be able to handle the case and
that he would not send any detectives
up unless especially requested.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-03
DETROIT
JEWEL
STOVES

WE are celebrating the
successful introduction of
Jewel" Stoves and Ranges
by giving purchasers out of
Honolulu a special benefit of
a Freight Rebate of 10 per
cent. off the regular price of
all our stoves: In addition
to which you get the usual
s per cent. cash discount.
Our complete stock of 80
stoves, ranging in price from
SII to $72-With another ISo
now on the way, comprises
the following:
MERIT JEWEL RANGE.
size, a styles, with Water Coil.
EMPIRE JEWEL RANGE.
I size, 3 styles, with Water Coil;
size, style, with or without Water
Coil.
CITY JEWEL RANGE.
sizes, styles with or without Water
Coil, and with or without Hot Water
Reservoir.
WELCOME JEWEL STOVE.
sizes, with or without Reservoir.
MODERN JEWEL STOVE.
sizes, with or without Reservoir.
MESQUITE JEWEL STOVE.
sizes: No. 7 and No. s.
W. ". DIMOND & co.
HONOLULU.
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