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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31
ROANOKE'S REAL ESTATE HUSTLERS
Spring Bargains
REAL ESTATE

broom cottage on Sixth avenue s. W.,
something nice and dirt cheap, 5000, 800
cash, balance, $l1 monthly with interest.
WANTED.
9 We have several customers for houses
in the Northwest section. List with us;
quicl, sale.
FOR SALE.
@ a nice room house, Southeast section,
in elegant condition, good size lot, near
shops. Price $l,100, $500 cash, balance
S12.50 pr month.
WANTED.
= Property Northeast. We can sell three
or four houses in this section at once.
FOR SALE.
Two Broom houses and two acres of
600, only 500 cash, balance $40 per
month. How is this for IL bargain?
FOR SALE
House and lot ON Third avenue, near
Jefferson street II. e. : Price, $4,000, one
third cash, balance one, two and three
years
Houses on easy payments, suitable for
shop men, Southeast. Can make three
or four quick sales in this section. DON'T
fail to list with us.
FOR SALE.
7.room house on Seventh avenue s. w.,
full size lot, $1,000, 500 cash, balance
Sl2.50 FER month. See this, it is Il bar
gain.
WANTED.
y list Of farms. We have customer
for large dairy farm; also several small
tracts close to the city. If YOU have II
farm you want to sell, we can do it for
you quickly.
\ FOR SALE.
y nice 7-room house on Seventh avenue
S. W., all conveniences, lot of nice fruit
on the lot. This is something nice. Price
$1,000, $500 cash, balance very easy.
Don't fail to see this.
FOR SALE
One of the largest and best brick resi-
dences on Church street, big lot. nice
shade and all conveniences Price 81 SEQ
and this is dirt cheap, too
This is only partial list of the many
bargains on our hooks. We have farms
vancant lots and houses for sale in all sec
tions
We pay especial attention to the rent
ing of property. If you want your houses
well looked after them prompt pay
ing tenants, list with us. Best of
references furnished. Write us what Won
want.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31
Are Low,
Come and See
For Yourself.

Broom cottage with basement, fauarc
Terry BLDG, something nice for shop man. Sil5O;
easy terms.
Groom house, = w, 5000; nice shade and very
cheap at price offered
Good Groom dwelling, First ave-, n. W S75c;
your terms and great bargain.
9 room honee near Machine Works, $3.50: cash
$50 and IS monthly.
y tlrstc'ase house and lot, for q railroad man.
near roundhouse, $500; each, $75 and sl2monthly.
S-room dwelling, Rorer ave-, with oil conyc-
nienccs, Si,60O terms to suit.
Groom house on Tazcwcll ct, e. c., 81. eco: cash
S1OO, balance $40; will bear inspection.
Groom house near Belmont Church, $3.50; cash
$50 and $40 monthly.
7room house. Centre ave-, n. W., something
nice FOR Sl,l50; easy payments.
4.room cottage with stable, lot SOxt3n. SEQ:
cash &c., $40 monthly; you can't beat this.
We want your farms for sale.
We want & purchaser for a bargain in Bel
mont.
We want cheap small pieces OF property for
shop m:n.
We want anything you may have to cell or
rent. special attention given to renting prop
crty. Best reference furnished.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31
REAL BARGAINS
Real Estate /!

S-room house in Northwest. nice location, cor
n , lot, $3.50; $50 cash and $3.50 per month
This ts bargain for n railroad man.
Groom housc in good location, $50; IS cash
ana as per month. n bargain for shop man.
Beautiful Broom houec on Eighth avsnnc g. c.
close n. large lot with shade, $780, $50 cash
6-room dwelling two blocks from Market
Square, $3.50; payments very casy.
y good 6-room brick dwelling, large lot, In
each. Ia well worth $500.
Groom dwelling in Northwest Roanoke, p6Oo
$5U cash and IS per month. Can be rented fur
more tnan the monthly payment.
Nicely papered Trocm house, CORE err lot, in
best part OF Southwest, with modern improve
ments, stable and carriage houec, with several
other ouihuildings. 1880; $40 cash and SIT per
broom house in West End. large lot, nice loca
ton, 1880: 800 cash and S15 per month.
Groom housc, large corner lot, Southeast,
$3.50; $50 cash and $40 per month
Groom dwelling, with sewer connection, stable
ana otncr necessary Ontbuildinge, s., eco; SO
cash. s1, S1s'5o per month td without interest:
cash and $40 per month with no interest. is
renting now for SO 60.
Two room cottages, with basement room
sewer connection, nice garden and good locatinn'
$500 each; Si5 cash and s. per month with inter.
cat. 1905
7.room house on Sixth avenue 8. w. n,ccv
papered Price $l,5oO; SIS cash and si5 pei month.
Rents now for $40.
Groom house on large lot, near Roanoke and
southern railroad. newly fenced, house IN good
condition, 81, 1885, $50 cash and Si25O per month
One OF tho best residences on Church st, Get, o
rooms, large lot, beet location, cost $3.50. I,
hsautit1l condition inside and ont. Prioc sS,S.G
$500 cash: S25 per month; is renting now at sS
Church avenue. VA
One of the most desirable and best located bus.
mess houses in the very best part OF the business
and he rent will pay the balance. 1t is renting
now for u per cent OF the price asked. There ie
no better investment In tho city than this We
have several other fine bargains in business
property on Salem avenue and Jefferson street.
y room house near West knd round house. $3.50
$tO each and 80 per month.
Nicely papcred room house on he best part Of
month. ~ pe'
Good vacant lot to exchange for horec.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31

When man is away OH a. trip ana
does something he ought not to, no Sits
down and writes nice letter to his
wifc.-Now York Press.
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BOLD Hlghwaymen 1n s.. Loui..

Mrs. Lizzio Moran was dragged off q st.
Louis street cur ut 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing by two thieves and robbed of her pock-
ctbook, containing So and other valuables,
while third highwayman held tho pas-
scngcrs ut bny with u revolver.
Mrs. Moran had stopped the car at
Eighth street nnd Cass avenue and was
making her way to the rear platform, when
she felt tug mt her pocket. She turned
upon tho thief, but two men grabbed her
and dragged her off the car. In the strug-
gle which cnsucd she was thrown to the
ground, and whilo ono of tho robbers held
her arms the other secured her pockctbook.
In tho meantime the conductor and pas
scngcrs Of the car were about to rush to
her assistance, but u third party, who had
taken no hand in tho assault, coolly level
cd u revolver at tho car door and warned
the occupants to keep off. They kept off,
and tho footpads got away.
When man is away on 81 trip and
does something he ought not to. ho Site
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31

The bodice of gauzc or mousscline de sole
is also worn with n skirt of the same col
or, but of different goods
Flowers are largely worn and are often
made the principal trimming but are not
arranged in heavy masses. In the costume
of young women there is u mixture of lace
and embroidery. with all sorts of beaded
and metallic effects which give brilliancy.
Nevertheless the general appearance is
preferably simple, at least in point of color
ing The samc is true with regard 10 the
alter bodiccs, which should be planned with
an eye to the surroundings in which they
are to appear.
The illustration shows u wrapper of
white crcpon with blue dots. 1t is made in
the empire style and is gathered in square
yoke. The wide collar OF white faillc is
trimmed with rufllcs Of white lace and in
scrtion to match. Double coquillcs of lace
are carried down the front. Tit cravat is
of white satin. Tho full sleeves are gath
,rcd in ut the wrist under II band ana bow
'f white satin and are finished with u frin
Of lace. JUDO CloLLET
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31

1ngs being held in by narrow velvet rib
bon. These effects uro seen already in some
of tho new collars, collarcttcs and corsagcs.
The straight sack is not having the sue
cess that was anticipated. Tho best dressed
women appreciate the fact that it is not
only unbcautiful in itself and has n ncgligcc
effect, but that it conccals entirely pretty
figure.
Finely plated materials are much used
for ball gowns, gauze, moussclinc dc sole
and similar vaporous fabrics being pre-
fcrrcd Nothing can be moro becoming
for young girl than n simple gown made
of delicate plated goods over silk lining.
The illustration given today shows re-
ception costume for very young girl The
skirt is of pink bcngalinc and is trimmed
with flouncc of tho same goods, which is
headed by II rucho of lace and edged also
with narrow lace. The bolcro is gathered
Mt the shoulders and bordcrcd with lace,
opening over II chcmisctto of pink bcnga-
line. The draped belt and sleeves are of
the same material, tho collarettc and sleeve
frills of lace. The white felt hat is trim
med with white plumcs and IL large pink
rose. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-31

RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.
After having been confined to the house
for eleven days and paying ont $25 in
doctor bills without benefit, Mr.. Frank
Dolson, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, was
cured by one bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm costing 25 cents and has not
since been troubled with that complaint.
For sale by II. G. Barnes, "He Puts up
Prescriptions
The herald., 1897-11-03


such heng welcome as was Miss Maud Come by the Irish Ma
tug loaded with degaes of the alliance met the big vessel as
orange Of Ireland and caught sight of Miss Come
she will make
a
unite the mpathes and
the
supporter-Chcago
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assigned him. Then he took off his coat
and vest, and hung them up. and they
fitted the peg about as well as they fitted
him. Then he kicked off his boots,
which were of surprising length. turned
into the berth. and having an easy con-
science. was sleeping like healthy baby
before the car left the depot. Along came
another passenger and paid his so cents.
In two minutes he was back at George
Pullman.
There's a man In that berth of mine"
said he, hotly, land he's about ten feet
high. How am going to sleep there,
I'd like to know? Go and look at him."
In went Pullman-mad, too. The tall,
lank mans knees were under his chin.
his arms were stretched across the bed
and his feet were stored comfortably
for him. Pullman shook him until he
awoke, and then told him if he wanted
the whole berth he would have to pay 81.
my dear SIR" said the tall man, "a
contract is a contract. have paid you
so cents for half this berth, and, as you
see, I'm occupying it. There's the other
half" pointing to strip six inches
wide. Sell that and don't disturb me
again." And, so saying. the man with
wart on his face went to sleep again.
He was Abraham Lincoln.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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ries, praying wheels and fossil bones
(called by the natives lightning bones,
for they are supposed to have the Won
derful quality of healing wounds and
curing various ailments). If we are to
believe all we hear. in many of the great
temples and monasteries of Lhassa
| the art of magic and Witchcraft is prac-
ticed with great advantage and sue
cess. Fire-breathing, apparent behead-
| ing and other fantastic marvels of the
kind attract the religious crowds of
simple pilgrims, and no doubt impress
them with the superiority and unworld-
ly power of the lamas; while the wild
howls and cries and diabolical dancing
of these Buddhist priests would be
enough to terrify the majority of NOR
tails.
The New Years festivities, according
to Main Singh's account, are of an ex-
traordinary character. They are not
unlike a saturnalia, and the disorderly
crowd is supplied with sports and pas
times of such a dangerous and cruel
nature as to often result in the loss of
much human life. The lamas seem to
encourage these performances, and, in
deed, the grand lama (the pope Of
Buddhism) is generally the chief spec
tator and high patron of these shows.
SOME GLORIOUS FAILURES
Since Manning's time many unsuc-
cessful attempts have been made to
penetrate within the sacred precincts of
this quaint spot of earth and to investi-
gate the numberless mysteries it con-
tains. Many plucky travelers-English,
American, French and Russian-have
braved the APPALLING hardships and act
ual sufferings of traversing the cold,
inhospitable, and often almost impass-
able, country in the center of which
LhaSsa lies. One after the other has
failed. Everything seems to be against
the incomer. The inclemency of the eli
mate, the great attitudes in the forma-
tion of the country, the suspicious ma
ture of the inhabitants themselves-all
stand opposed to the visitor like an un.
surpasSable barrier, and this accounts
for the fact that great men and we'll
qualified travellers like Captain Bower,
Rockhill, Prejevalsky, Dutreil de Rims,
Grenard, Prince Henry d'Orleans, Bon
valot and Littledale We're compelled to
abandon the idea of entering the sacred
city after having undergone untold
hardships and privations of all kinds.
AS every one knows, the greater part
of Thibet is barren and entirely aban-
doned to beasts of prey. Here and there
are found suspicious tribes of nomads,
until the south is reached, where the
population is somewhat greater and the
land a little more fertile.
OF
preached, Thibet is difficult to enter,
While travelling on it's high, tableland
presents innumerable difficulties not al
ways easy to surmount.
The traveller is constantly exposed to
intense cold, cutting Winds and binding
snowstorms, for it is seldom that his
aneroid barometer marks a lesser alti-
tude than 10000 feet, while often it will
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THE THRESHOLD OF THIBET, LHAssA "eRouN
THE CABLE THE ToRTUREs HE ENDURED AT
THE
SoeTh Intrepid Advenurer Tells Calmly
Experience Exped-His Predictions
Story Which strs the World

ter qualified as "air holes" while the
Iwhitewashed walls of clay and unbaked
bricks are occasionally made more pic
turesque than solid by interpolating in
the clay horns of oxen and other ami
mails. The filth of some of the streets
appears to be beyond description, and
is only equaled, if not surpassed by the
extraordinary eXhalations "a strong
characteristic of all Thibetan conglom-
erations of dwellings.
THE POPE OF BUDDHISM
Notwithstanding all this Lhassa is a
scored city-the Rome of Thibet, as it
were-and pilgrims from all parts of
Asia come to worship at the shrine of
Buddha and to bestow more or less law
ishly their money savings in offerings
to the various temples and mosasteries
of the place. Here, in the wider streets
of this great center of Buddhism crowd
students and fanatics, who by and by
will make their way back to their dis
tant homes. laden with relics, holy rosa
The herald., 1897-11-03
Bismark's Contempt of Mankind

Herr Rudolph Lindau. one of Prince
Bismarck's most trusted subordinates,
who has for many years been chief OF
the press department of the foreign
office. has just published a very interest
ing article about Bismarck, for which
he has been collecting material since he
entered the foreign office in 1878. I
quote his remark on Prince Bismarck q
contempt of mankind:
"The begging letters addressed to a
man like Prince Bismarck number thou
sands. Some time ago, when he was Ill
at Varzin, all the letters addressed to
him that were not Of strictly private
nature We're sent back to Berlin to be
read and answered there. The major
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considerably at the great attitudes
reached. Nearly all the men fell out,
partly owing to mountain sickness and
partly owing to the bad quality and in
sufficiency of the food at their disposal,
besides the evil effects produced by ap-
peasing their thirst with salt water the
only beverage obtainable. The animals
suffered quite as much as the human por-
ton of the expedition, in fact more so,
and one by one began to perish. The
travellers sacrificed their provisions of
bread and rice to keep their beast of bur-
den alive until fresh provisions could be
procured in the less inhospitable and
more inhabited regions of Karasay,
where, as they knew, few families of
shepherds lived in underground dwell
ings. Various reasons induced them to
find their way back from this point to
Khotan, where they wintered making a
fresh start the following year, with the
renewed intention of reaching Lhassa,
and possibly after that continuing their
journey to Shining. However, it was too
early in the summer, and they sank in
the melting snow and mud, and met with
so many other difficulties that the speed
at which they intended to travel was
considerably reduced. They followed
to a certain extent Carey's route-who,
however, had Travelled in the opposite
direction-and after having lost all
their beasts of transport they We're, on
the river Keria, abandoned by all their
attendants and guides. Nevertheless,
with indomitable courage and perse-
verance they continued the hard strug-
gle almost alone, until through the i'll
health of the leader of the expedition it
was decided to enter Kashmir.
In 1895 they started on their third at
tempt to enter Lhassa. They made up
their caravan at Tchu-chen, and trav-
eled to a large extent over the route fol-
lowed by Captain Bower, meeting ex-
actly the same fate as he at almost the
same spot where he was arrested by the
Thibetan officials and soldiers. The cold
and want of provisions were felt, and
the horses and camels perished one after
the other. Their camp was turned into
a ghastly mass of carcasses, picked at
by swarms Of crows and vultures, so that
after waiting in vain forty-five days for
permission to visit Lhassa-which per-
mission was sternly refused-Runeil de
Rims made his way to Naktchon, and
from there towards Shining. selecting
the route previously followed in the in
verse direction by that plucky mission
ary, Miss Taylor. The latter, like ev-
erybody else, had failed to reach the sa-
cred city, and had been forced to turn
back after having undergone hardships
of all kinds.
THE FRENCH EXPEDITION
To return to the French expedition.
NJ. Dutriel de Rhins having reached n
certain stage of his journey Travelled in a
northeasterly direction toward the vii
lage of Tan-Buddha. Here two of his
horses We're stolen, but the explorers
could obtain no redress from the Thibet-
an chief. This so exasperated the
Frenchman that he seized the first two
horses he carna across belonging to the
The herald., 1897-11-03

show as high a. sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen thousand feet. Some Of the
passes over which he has to force his
way are even over $4,000 feet above the
level Of the sea.
In 1866 the French Able Desgodins
succeeded in making his way into
Thibet and steered towards Lhassa, but
he was prevented by the Thibetans from
even approaching the sacred city.
| CAPTAIN BOWERS JOURNEY
| In 1891. making a start from Leh, Cap
tain Bower. of the Seventeenth Bengal
cavalry, crossed over into the land of the
Lamas, travelling in an easterly direc-
ton. He, his party. and transport ami
| mails suffered considerably at the begin
| ming of this journey through want Of
| water, and also owing to the suspicious
nature of the nomad tribes which he en-
countered. Much pressure was con-
stantly brought to bear, by officials and
armed men, upon the leader Of the expe-
dition to halt and go back, until at last.
having reached a point to the south Of
the Naksung lake he was compelled to
retrace his steps for eight marches, and
then proceed east by more northerly
route, thus passing very far north of
| NiAoSSet. ONCi pdSScS WHICH were CTOSS-
ed at an altitude of 1S,1SS feet the cold
was intense. and the thermometer mark
ed Is degrees below zero, with strong
winds blowing. Day after day the pack
animals died out, or had to be shot or
abandoned.
And. as though this were not enough,
their hardships were increased by want
of water, and fuel was not obtainable in
sufficient quantities to thaw the ice AS
they proceeded east more interference
and threats We're met with from the
Lamas and from various bands of
thieves and brigands which seemed to
infest the traversed districts, until ulti-
mately China was entered at Tachen Lu,
from where the expedition proceeded to
Yatu. on branch of the Min river Ul-
timately, after a journey by raft, boat
and steamer, Shanghai was reached on
March 20, the trip having occupied about
a year.
THE FRENCH EXPEDITION
In 1891 the Dutreil de Rhins French ex-
pedition started travelling across Rus
sian Turkestan, and it's members also
encountered severe weather. suffering
The herald., 1897-11-03
The Tall Man in the Berth

There was one story of his career that
Mr.. Pullman told with manifest delight,
which is thus related by an intimate
friend
One night, going out of Chicago, a long,
lean, ugly man, with wart on his cheek,
came into the depot He paid George M.
eullman so cents and half berth was
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RHEUMATISM

ity or them contained most obedient' re-
quests but hardly one of the writers
hao any claim on the prince. One Of the
omciais whose business 1t was to read
tnose letters-an orderly man and evil
oently lover of statistics--amused him.
SELF py drawing up a list, of all the petit
tions Tor money The total amount OF
the sums begged for was 10, 900, 600 marks.
The prince did not laugh when this was
told him, but shrugged his shoulders and
put on look of bitter contempt. On the
other hand, It Is natural that quiet. de-
cent, self-respecting people, who asIe
nothing Of him and do not wish to trouble
him with their private affairs, never
come in contact with him unless they
stand in some official relation to him
or have real business to transact with
him. So it is quite natural that he sees
great deal Of the low side Of human
nature, and it is hardly surprising that
he is said to have become skeptical, ana
even misanthropic. His experience
shows that human beings, as a rule
a rule to which there are, happily, many
exceptions-do not possess proper pride:
that they are disposed to abase them
selves on account of mere trifies; that
there are many braggarts among them,
and that these braggarts are easily
duped. Prince Bismarck is certainly
well aware that there are many very
honorable people in the world. but ex-
perience has taught him that 1t Is his
Ill luck to have intercourse with COM
paratively small number Of them. He
clings firmly to the few men and women
he trusts. because he knows them to be
his true friends, but he Is suspicious oe
strangers. His first thought when he
sees a new face may naturally be.
We'll. what does this man want Of me-?
This explains why he is generally feared
though his intimate friends warmly tes-
tify to his friendliness and amiability."
London Standard
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Making Fun Of Mr.. Depew

Chauncey has such a way with him.
Whether he is hobnobbing with the
pope. "chinning" the Prince Of Wales
making "the greatest effort Of his life~
in a speech nominating Governor Nor
ton for president, or "whoopin' 'er up's
for Tracy to the drummers-it makes nd
difference-he Is the best combination Of
rollicking humor and skin-deep serious
ness that ever mixed UP the emotiong
of his fellow men or kept an audience Il
doubt.-New York Tribune. 81
The herald., 1897-11-03
Pierpont Morgan's Vest Pocket

The helpless condition Of the people
of California under Coils p. Hunting
tons monopoly of the land transporta-
tion facilities Of the state Is an exempli-
fication of what will be the condition
Of the whole people of the United States
If the Mckinley administration permits
the syndicate controlled by J. Pierpont
Morgan to increase the power of it,
stupendous railroad monopoly by get
ting the Union Pacific in its grasp.-St.
Louis Republic.
The herald., 1897-11-03
Same Old South American Plan

Revolution sudued order restored al
over the country" This is the result a
the presidential election in Guatemala
announced. Whenever the current dic-
tator wishes another term he ''restoreo
order" and re-elects himself.-Spring.
field (Mass.) Republican.
The herald., 1897-11-03

rounded the city is now in a state of
dilapidation, for the Chinese destroyed
it when they occupied the town. The
habitations, though described as often
spacious and many storied, hardly con-
vey to European ears the idea of being
comfortable and clean. Their windows
scarcely deserve the name, and are bet