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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
THE n. X. o b. SOCIETY.

The \. *. 0. Il. Society is charitable
association lately organized in this city
deserving of high consideration and
liberal aid and encouragement The main
object of the society is to help those in
need of assistance regardless of sex, age,
color, creed or condition. 1t meets every
Tuesday night at T:3O o'clock ut the resi-
dence of Mrs. DR.. &. b. Vogel 81 South
Jefferson street. and adjourns ut II 30
o clock Secret help. IL. far rs possible.
is the motto of the society, and the blow.
ing of bugle horns is not permitted. The
society already numbers 100 members
and new ones are being cor stantiy added
to the list. Every member is requested
to report any case of'worthy suirerin. that
comes under his or her observation, and
contributions of clothing and provisions
are respectfully solicited. Coal, wood,
tin and hardware will also he thankfully
received. as we'll as everything else that
viii! help the needy and alleviate suffer
ing. The weekly dues of the members
are five cents, which can be paid in cast.
off or new clothing, which is preferred to
cash. Boxes will he left Mt the stores of
those who are members of the society or
who have no objections to such arrange
ments, and everything possible will he
done by the members to promote the oh
Jects nf the association If any surplus
money is accumulated it will he given
to the different churches. Relief commit.
tees live i'll the various sections of the
city ready to receive and distribute dona.
tions, some of whom are us follows: Mrs.
G. NJ. Fortune. Eighth avenue $. e Mrs
c. f.. Ieilor, % Fourth avenue II. W Mrs.
Hebron, opposite Coles, Hoge and Wood.
rum, s. w; c. Renner, grocery store II.
e.; Mrs. j. Arnold Vogei, South Jefferson
street The secretary OF the society is
K. w. Anderson.
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Gable Copyright.l

London, March G.-There il no doubt
that Europe is badly frightened. The
present war scare is the worst she has
experienced since swords W ere last sheath
ed, twenty-five years ago The country
fears it is about to be dragged into con.
Gict, which will stain the sea and bathe
the continent in blood. Everywhere, ex
cept in Greece, the prospect is looked
upon with dread, if not horror and both
public and official minds are willing to
make great sacrifices in order to escape
the threatened calamity. Such is admit.
tedly the situation at the present mo-
ment, and it cannot fail to impress alien
ObserN erS rs one of vast abSurdity. The
whole continent is trembling in fear or II
disaster that can only he invoked by it's
own voluntary act.
The powers of Europe are shtieking de
nunciaton of Greece because that com.
try is going to throw into the arena
golden apple which they cannot refrain
from fighting tooth ard nail to possess
themselves of. That is precisely what is
happening.
If Greece, driven to it by the powers,
declares war against Turkey they must
all join in the scramble for the Ottoman
prize, and Greece forsooth will he the
blame, because they are unable to re.
strain themselves. There is fortn.ately
IL large section of public opinion in this
country and in France and Italy also,
which puts the responsibility where it
belongs This section of public opinion
is accused by Lord SaIisbury's supporters
of iinperilline the peace of Europe by en-.
couragng the Greeks. 1t is really this
portion of the public in the three coun.
tries named which IS going to prevent
war when the crisis reaches its climax.
The supporters of Greece in England,
France and Italy, and Germany rs we'll,
will not consent TO be dragged into war
which has only ii piece OF the Ottoman
empire for II prize. The liberal party in
this country. from Sir William Harcourt
down, nave been declaring their emphatic
protest against Lord Salisbury and MIR.
Baifour's repeated assertion that IA gen
cral war IS inevitable if the Eastern ques
ton is forced to settlement.
England does not want war. How then
can She be compelled To fight If She seeks
no ACKNOWLEDGMENT? That is the ques
ton which is being asked in this coun.
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tions, and naturally i'll tho course OF
time they failed to agree. Extreme jcal-
ousy then prevailed, and II bitter ami
mostly sprung up between them.
Unfortunately these two gentlemen
lived next door to each other. In fact,
so close were their houses that the side
walls almost adjoined One very windy
night the lawyer was reading book in
his study when Il terrific crash up stairs
startled him. Upon investigating he
found that ;n unruly chimney had ruth
lcssly hurled itself through his roof,
doing considerable damage That in it
self was matter OF great annoyance.
but when he discovered it was the sea
captain s chimney that was responsible
his wrath knew no hounds. fastening
down to his library. he pulled out his
lawhooks and hunted up similar cases.
dcyising and scheming how he could
secure satisfaction rom the dctestablo
captain. While this engaged IL note ar
rived from his enemy that read rs fol
lows, If YOU don't return those bricks
ut once, J will put the matter in the
hands OF the Law. -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
GOING TOW ASHINGTON?
Take Along Enough to Pay
Your Return Fare.
SAGE ADyICEFRoM ApAwNBRoKri,

inauguration Time Furnishes Rich IIar-
vest For the Three Ball Shops-Pawn-
brokers Everywhere Doing Zig nusi-
In These Hard Times.
In my opinion tho amount of business
done by II city's pawnshops is an unfailiny
index to the condition of the times snid
Washington pawnbrokcr to u Post re-
porter the other day. Gin other words.
when VIC are prosperous the world in gen
eral and tho inhabitants thereof IRE dccid
cdly uuprospcrous.
"All of us in Washington have been do
Ing good deal more than moderately well
since the winter set in. Washington doe
not, os course, feel the grinding weight of
the hard times anything like as much rs il
is felt i'll tho largo commercial and indus
trial cities. l have some recent letters
from friends of mine, engaged in Dawn
brpking in New York and other largo
cities, stating that they positively have not
room in their establishments for the stufT
that Is offered in pledge to them. and that
they are being compelled to rent store
rooms for. the great heaps of articles they
are taking over their counters. Such I,
state of things speaks i'll for The condition
of the times in those cities.
81 think l can fairly say that in al Of
the quarter OF Il century i'll which | have
been engaged III the p:lwnbroking business
In Washington j have never seen it 50
aourshing us it has been during tho past
six months
CAN of this extra business, however
has not como from the people who live in
Washington No, the boom in the loan
business here has been created almost cu
tircly by visitors from other parts of the
country, chiefly sporting people.
when times are first rate, the loan mon
Of Washington deal chiefly in jcwcly-
watches, rings, brooches, bracelets and
that kind of supcrlluous stuff which peo
pic feel that they can get along without
for time. Travellers strike Washington.
ind themselves without funds for the time.
and unhcsitatingly soak some bit of Jew
elry that they can do without until they
get on their financial legs again But
when times arc hard the dress suits and
ovcrcoats and more necessary articles be-
gin to show up.
You would be surprised at tho strange
things that sometimes find their way to I,
pawnshop. 1 have heard of II man in Chi
cago who was compelled to pawn his wood
on leg, and of another impccunious unlor-
tunate who soaked his artificial eye
'All of us in Washington make n biz
thing of it around an Inauguration period
have never ceased to wonder ut the i'm
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07

becility of the hundreds, might say the
thousands, of men and women who como
To Washington 10 see an Inauguration, and
who, when they start appear to have no
sort of idea that they'll ever want to get
home again. It's an actual fact that there
are IL number of people who travel long
distances To be in Washington on March I
in an Inauguration year who know, when
they set out on the journey, that they
haven't enough money to pay their trans
portation back 20 their homes. They're
needless kind of folk, and there are lots of
womcn-nicc womcn-;mong them. I'd
like to throw IN Y ray into some OF their
skulls just for the fun of the thing. Well,
such people all land in the pawnshopS TO
raise enough money on their snpcrlluous
icwclry or apparel to buy them railroad
tickets.
"Thcn there arc thousands of men who
come 10 Washington for an Inauguration
who set themselves mixed up in the whirl
and vortex Of rum and various other sorts
of imbccilc dcviltry and go flat broke. ;
Those who are lucky enough to be able to
hang on, through their joyous dclirium, to
their jcwclry-;nd IL good many of 'cIn
don't, for mn inauguration is II fat time fer
the boys with light fingers-turn up here
IL few days after inauguration day, when
ufhlSn 'iitn mas DollrQ IL all cut OF en-,
and with wochcgonc faces PUNK down
their watches and rings.
Il rock in Over . 600 watches and about
] 900 mems rings last Inauguration time.
and, to my SORROW, about ninc-tcnths of
them were redeemed within two weeks.
for, YOU see, the people who patronizc MS
during the inauguration days are folks
who are all solid and ON the dead level
when they are mt their homes, and when a
man turns UP TT his home, after being al
an inauguration. without his watch or
ring he hustlcS to get it out Immediately,
lest his wife should notice that there is
something missing about his make UP
81 had Il lot of fun here during the
Christian Eudcnvor convention. suppose
III have 90 whisper ii, but it's Il fact that
all OF us rakcd of Il tidy sum of interest
on that occasion. \ considerable number
of the young men who attended the CON
vcntion from distant cities without taking
the precautions To buy themselves round
trip tickets discovered UPON getting here
that they had done u little misunderstanding
as to The cost of the thing. Well, when it
was all over, they had To get home Somo
old way. and they found themselves iimn-
cially UNEQUAL to the Job -
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He Got There First,

There is Il small town in ono of the
eastern states, not far from Boston,
whose inhabitants take great pride in
cXcclling every other town in their vi
entity. They try every new invention,
and if it has any sort of merit it is sure
to be assigned to duty i'll some part Of
the place. Two portly gentlemen one Il
sen captain and The othcra lawyer, both
retired from active life, wcrc the primo
movers in the experiments and adop-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
NANAI. MOVEMENTS.

Washington. March g. - Admiral
ounces squadron, the flagship New
York, the battleship Indiana, and the
tender Fern, left Hampton Roads this
1nornin" for Tompkinsvile The Mn
chias has left Bangkok for Saigon, her
presence in Siamese waters being no lon.
ger needed since Siam has consented to
arbitrate the Check claim and given full
satisfaction to the demands of the United
States, as announced some days ago in
an official cable from Minister Barrett
The Detroit on her way home from New
York via Sucz, left Singapore for Colon
BIO, Ceyl0 to day.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
JUSTICE WOODS COURT.

Justice Wood hal II long docket in the
police court yesterday morning and dis.
patched business with his characteristic
speed and Justice.
Three white men were fined $3.50 each
for being disordcrly and in default of
payment were committed To iai!
Three tramps, who gave their names AS
jacob Richards, VIM. Perkins nl.d Chas.
Snyder, were each fined 81 10 lor tress
passing on the railroad .compauy's prop
erty.
Lille Mills, colorcd. was fined $40 for
stealing bracelet valued at 81 from Ella
benedict. Her counsel took an appeal.
Jno. Finley was fined 81. 30 for disorterly
conduct.
Sailie Fou& was f ned $40 for disturbing
the peace and quiet of Earnest avenue bv
getting drunk and using language unhc
cming lady. She paid her fine and was
dismissed.
The colored boy who was arrested on II
telegram turned out to be the wrong
party ard was dismissed
The case of Jim Walker was continued
as no one appeared to prosecute him.
Ike Atkins was sent to the grand iurv
on the charge of stealing plug of tobac.
co from man on Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
Builds Up tho System.

81 have taken HOODS Sarsaparilla for
weakness with which was q sufferer in
the spring, and / have found it the best
medicine to create an appetite and build
up the strength that have ever taken,
and I recommend 1t highly" J. +.
WARD, Labelle, Ohio.
Keeps che Stomach in Order.
"I keep Hoods Sarsaparilla in the
house oil the time and regard it as the
best spring medicine l can find. 1t has
proved beneficial in keeping my stomach
in order, and since l began taking it
can eat anything l wish" II. STONE,
SherbOrn, Mass
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
ST. JAMES ARRIVALS.

Among the large number of guests reg
istered ut the St. James Yesterday. p ".
Arthur, Radford l.. Ballentine, New
York; W. j. Devin, ..Baltimcre; f. y.
Grand, Atlanta; II. Ncwlin, Lynchburg;
T.. G. Davis, New York; A. Green. Co.
lumbns, o.; l. y. .-Briclier, Shenandoah;
w. y. Martin, Rocky Mount; +. b.
Hughes, McCanl Miss
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
TO BIZ IDLE ONE WEEK.

Amesbury, Mass, March 6.--Notices
have been posted in all the mills of the
Hamilton corporation that the mills will
shut down all next week, put will re-
sumo the week following. This is in nc
cordnnce wit the plan for curtainent ut
rall River. The shut down will cause
Eibont 300 employees to be idle.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
JUDGE WHITrLE RETURNS.

Judge White returned to his home in
Martins ;llc yesterday and will take the
points under advisemcnt that were sub.
mi.tcd To his decision in the exceptions to
the report of the Roanoke Trust Com.
pany. He hopes to be able to render II
decision by the middle or last of next
week
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07

try by those who refuse to be stampeded
by the government alarmists warnings.
1t is IL question which many OF Lord
Salisbury's supporters are also asking,
ana 1t Is this idea. which prevents the ex-
listing war scare from developing into II
vertiable panic
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALyE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhelim,
Fever Sores, letter, Chappcd Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re,
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale ut Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
-'''' is SCARED.
The Fear is Universal Of q Bloody
Conflict.

THE PRESENT WAR SCARE Is; THE
WORST IN TWENTY. FIVE YEARS.
EACH EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT
IN THE RACE FOR THE POSSES.
SION OF TIE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
ANY DAY MAY BRING DISRUP-
TION TO THE PEACEFUL SITUA-
TION NOW EXISTING.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-07
See Polk Miller March II.
SCROFULA AND ULCERS CURED.

SCROFULA AND ULCERS CURED.
There is no doubt according to the
many remarkable cures performed by
Botanic Blood Balm C'B. II. BIZ, that
it is far the best Tonic and Blood Purifier
ever manufactured. All others pale into
insignilicance, when compared with it,.
1t cures pmplcs, ulcers, skin diseases,
and ali manner of blood and skin all
ments. Buy the hest, and don't throw
your money away on substitutes. Try
the long tested and oil. reliable b. b. b.
81. per large bottle. For sale by all
druggist
We have bargain in rwo second hand
upright pianos for this week. j. f..
ROGERS " Co, No. ! South jefferson
street.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

While real estate has not been as active
as some time during the history OF Roam.
oke, rarely day passes that there are not
some transfers. The following transfers
have been made during the last week
:. III. Walthall to J. II. Walthall lot
on the west side of Roanoke street north
OF Elm avenue; consideration. nominal.
Old Dominion Building and Loan As.
sociation to Mrs. Eta Langford, north.
west corner of Roanoke street and Sev-
enth avenue s. W.: consideration, 5000
George |. Duggan to NJ. V. Bondurant.
lot Do feet from the corner of [ilmer AMI
Houston; consideration. 81, 900.
Chas. :. Churchill to Anna d
Churchill, lot on the east side of .Jetrer
son street 30 feet north OF Mountain ave
nue.; consideration 81, 600.
JOS W. Coke TO Thomas j. Burt, lot
on the north side of Maple avenue. south
OF Spruce street; consideration $3.50.
Susie q. Horton to NJ. S. Terry. one lot
on the south side of Harrison. and onr on
the north side of Walker, west OF Monroe.
consideration 50, 600
Catharinc NJ. Surface to T,ucille C.
spindle; lot on the west side of Rogers
street west of Gilmer avenue. considera.
ton $3l5
Mrs. f., c. and ]. w. Bower to Mrs. NJ.
~ ~. Hheiourne, lot southwest corner of
Nin'h avenue n. W.; consideration $40
MUTUAL Investment Mining and Man
utacturing Company to Jesse /, Wood.
lot south side of Stewart, west OF
Flickwir, consideration 500.
Thomas Y. Robertson to Anna Corbin
Brander. lot at 100 Jefferson street; con
sdcration 81, 000.
have received car of sash, doors. and
blinds. bought when the price was the
lowest ever reached in the history OF the
manufacture Of these goods You know
what this means. J. II. WILKINSON.
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Satisfied viii, !Iood,s.

"For several years 1 have taken two or
three bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla every
spring for eradicating the humors in the
blood and for building up the system
generally. My experience with Hoods
Sersaparila has been very satisfactory"
GEO. FRANK, care OF d. NJ. Ferry & Co.,
Detroit, Mich.
Great Blood Purifier.
"Hoods Sarsaparilla is our family
physician and l believe it needs no rec
ommendation. Wherever it has once been
used there can be no substitute for it, as
a blood purifier" MISS G. A. ELLIOTT,
Grinnell, Iowa.
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March, {AI1feil,

The months Tor renewing " ESAER# go M M
and healing in the - lWMAME@%M 9
physical world. ~ W
The months for life new energy, new blood in
and women.
The months when need of help from medicine is
greater than at any other time of year.
The months when Hoods Sarsaparlla will do us the
most good because all especially
susceptible to benefit from this medicine.
The months when Hoods Sarsaparlla is taken by
the millions because they have found that it is
the medicine which does them good.
The months when you should take Hoods Sarsapa-
rlla, because it will purify, valize and enrich
your blood, and put you in good condition to
resist the facilitating effects of changeable
weather. Try it now
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Inauguration Time Furnishes n Rich IIar-
vest For the Three Ball Shops-Pawn
brokers Everywhere Doing a Big nusi-
In These Hard Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
JEFFERSON and the Syndicate.

Joseph Jefferson, the dean of the dra.
matte profession in this country, in a COM
munication TO the New York Herald has
the following TO say in regard to the new
theatrical syndicate: In reply to the
two statements you have wired me rela-
tive TO the theatrical syndicate, 1 would
say that its claims setting forth its object
of booking all attractions for an entire
season from one headquarters SD as not to
conflict with each other Is excellent, and,
further to prevent the practice of double
dealing-that Is, of asking one manager
To keep a date open 80 that the attraction
might hold it in terrorem over the head
of another for the purpose of bringing
that other to terms--is also quite proper.
Such course Is decidedly unfair to the
manager and should be checked. These, /
understand are the ostensible objects of
the syndicate. But do its intentions ter
inmate here! / think not. Now let us
examine the statements made against the
syndicate:
1t is advanced that the combination
gives great power TO managers and will
enable them TO crowd some of the COM
panies off the entire list of houses, by re-
fusing their terms, and thus assuming the
nature of trust. In repy to this second
statement / will only give my own expert
ence and not that of others
The first that i heard of a theatrical
syndicate was the receipt of letter from
one of the leading managers desiring me
TO play at one of its theaters. At the
same time got communication from
the anti-syndicate manager trusting that
1 weald not join the new combine, which
he deprecated as an unfair movement,
and asking me not 90 desert his house. l
declined the offer of the syndicate man
agor and acted with my old one. Another
old manager from one of the anti-syndl-
cate theatcrs wrote me in the same strain
and asked my advice as to how he should
act To protect himself against the octopus
who was gradually coiling himself
around the old Legitimate managers. L
was about 90 reply and 20 encourage him
to meet the matter boldly, and that l
would stand by him, when to my surprise,
l found that both OF the cold managers
had Joined the OCTOPUS" I" / don't blame
them for this as have no doubt that
they combined with the new departure
to save themselves, but this certainly
seems 10 me TO be the attitude of trust.
| ann not as familiar with theatrical mat
tcrs as | used tO be-, acting but little
nowadays. It is quite likely, therefore,
that my opinion il OF but little value but
as you have desired it | can only say that
/ ann conservative and old-fashioncd
enough To believe that the syndicate will
likely have IL in its power to decorate
both terms and thcatcrs 60 the attractions,
and so do not approve OF it.
My advice, however, both 90 managers
and actors would be not TO fight, FOR as
Sir l.ucius O'Iriggcr says Its very
pretty quarrel as it stands. Aggression
is q dOuble-c edged sword and cuts both
ways Faithfully yours,
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TO WALK ON WATER.
Capt Cook Has Invented n Shoe That
Will Enable Him to DO IL.

Boston, Mass, March a7.-An Americus,
Ga, man who is at present in this city
announces that he is making arrange
ments to undertake the remarkable feat
of walking on the water of the Ohio river
from Pittsburg To Cincinnati. The man
who will attempt TO secure the champion
ship in this unusual line of sport is n
nalnesake of Yale's famous coach bob"
Cook. The former, however, has had the
prefix OF Captain put TO his name. "Cap
tain Cook is only % years old and
weighs 40 pounds He will leave for New
Orleans in about two weeks and will do
most of his training on Lake Pontcha-
train, which is usually smooth and suited
for the work he will undertake.
Captain Cook has invented a walk
ing" shoe, and he thinks it will prove
success on water He will attempt to
make the journey between Cincinnati and
Pittsburg in l5 days on wager of $1,000.
He says If the water is perfectly smooth he
can make five miles per hour The total
distance by the Ohio River is beween 45O
and 800 miles