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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
eEwITcHEp.

Twas q dismal day and u douro looking lot
That crowded tho car when u dear little dot
OF woman came in and laughed,
And, presto, the dark was with sunshine shot,
For she was u witch, though she knew it not
Each face told tale of her craft.
Her ripping laughter that ran in quest
OF victims found never n one to contest
Its contagion. The whole crowd fell.
Fen the croSsest and coolest and crabbedest,
By responsive smiles to tho witch, confessed
That they'd yielded to her spell.
The cynic, who'd sworn his heart bankrupt
quite
Not u sign of n sentiment lcft--on sight,
Fer he knew it, honored draft.
Like the rest, his face fairly bcamcd in spite
OF himself. They were all bewitchcd by that
OF q body who came in and laughed.
/. Mary Norton Bradford i'll Boston Globe.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Tho Shah,s DAYS Work.

A vivid account of the daily life of
the shah of Persia is contributed to The
Illustrated Magazine by Mr.. j. f. Fra
ser, who visited Teheran in tho course
of his worlds tour on bicycle.
How does the shah spend an ordi-
nary day? Well, he is a busy man. He
rises early, performs his devotions, mas
piece of thin, pasty Persian bread and
q glass of sweetened tea. Then ut about
o'clock he receives his ministers. He
is slovenly i'll habit and walks up and
down the room with his slippers flip
tapping. Indeed, tho story goes that
the reason he parted with his first vito
was because she constantly complained
that he did not wash himself
He dictates dozens of letters, hears
dispatches read, consults authcrities, at
tends infinitely to every detail of bust
ness. This continues for six hours at q
stretch. Then he has his breakfast. All
the food is carefully prepared, and a
prince of the royal blood is responsible
that no tricks are played. Tho shah, ac-
ccrding to etiquette, eats alone Be-
tween so and 60 dishes are served, but
his majesty only touches two or three.
Knives and forks are things unknown
ut court, and the shah eats everything
with his fingers-grcased rice, mutton
and fruit.
During breakfast extracts from Eu-
ropean papers, chiefly French, are read
to the shah. Following breakfast the
shah probably has an hours sleep, and
then, after some glasses of tea, he will
amuse himself with working little
telegraph instrument playing backgam-
mon with his ministers-who arc care
ful not to win-setting and resulting
plants i'll the gardens or taking photo
graphs. He has even been photographed
in bed and has pictures of himself dress
ed in. uncomfortable Prussian military
attire and even in the garb Of an Eng,
lish curate. 1"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Fortunes ,Iado In Textile Trades.

Eminence in the tex.:le trades does
not lend with tho same certainty to So
clal distinction as tho possession Of
breweries and distilleries. Tho Lanca-
shire manufacturers gain titles moro
hardly, and, unless we except Sir Arch
ibald Orr-Ewing, the turkey red dyer
connected with that industry, neither
peer nor barouet nor even knight is to
be found among the full millionaires
and IL semimillionaires who have occu-
pied that enviable position i'll the wills
of the last ten years, because custom re-
Quires that wo should wear clothes The
late John Ryland of Manchester, who
was i'll his youth travelling paokman,
died possessed of personality of more
than CO, 10000 and his affairs werc
in such perfect order that the intricate
business of valuing and declaring so
colossal an estate was completed within
a month. Mr.. George H. Strut Of Bel
per and Mr.. Samuel Fielden of Todmor-
den, both cotton spinners, were million
aires, tho estate of the former reaching
we'll on to 100000
A London draper, tho we'll known
Peter Robinson, was close up to tho
million, and his fellow tradeSman MIR.
James Marshall of Marshall 81 Smell
grove not fur behind, but the majority
of tho semimillionaires who helped to
dress US were manufacturers of tho dis
trict which has Manchester for it's cen
ter. The repetition of names among
them demands attention. There are two
Woods, Samuel and Daniel, of Glossop;
another Ficlden of Todmorden and two
Lees, Eli and Charles Edward, of Wer-
meth, near Oldham. This last was oro
of the rare cases i'll which the exchequer
draws death duties twice from the same
estate within two years, as G. E. Lees
was the son of Eli, and the fortunes
Were eS56, 1913 and eS49, 42S, respective
ly, which shows how little the son must
have disturbed his fathers investments.
Contemporary Review.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Bargains
in Roanoke
County Farms.

$50 acres nf first.class wheat LAND, in
high state of cultivation, good improve
mcnts, 1-2 miles from Roanoke CITY.
Price 5000. Very cheap.
l DO acres nearly all bottom land, plenty
of timber, splendid 8.room brick dwell
ing. Price SO, 750.
81 acres ON the rock road near Hollins,
good improvements. Price *2,750.
100 acres between Roanoke and Hollins.
in good state of cultivation; fine orchard
of improved fruit. Price 5000.
4O acres near Roanoke, fine orchard.
Price 81, 800
130 acres near Hollins a great bargain
at 81, 800.
10 acres good improvements, plenty of
fruit and water, near Roanoke. Price
SD. 800.
beautiful farm, with good improve
ments, In sight of Roanoke city. First
class land at great bargain.
ITO acres, with good improvements;
iirst'class land; an abundance of fine tim
Der, mt $40 per acre.
~ acres, n comfortable dwelling, good
barn, we'll fenced, good water and fruit.
Price $3.50
w acres of good land, we'll located very
large young orchard. Price So, 500.
5O acres of the best wheat land in Roam
oke county, all in cultivation, perfectly
level we think will yield 80 bushels of
wheat TO the acre this year; no improve.
ments. Price $65 per acre.
40 acres adjoining the above, with a
broom dwelling, some fruit. Price ST.
$50.
This is only n partial list Of the farms
we have for sale, any OF which we will
be glad 10 show at ANY time. Full de-
scription sent by mail ut request. Cor
respondence solicited.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
N INV Norfolks1sW
alzsasaszzzRssa Schedule in Eject
NIHy = IOJ1.
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY

HANS - 1OO's
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
$40 Il IN. washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
AGO p. M, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, ?ocahoutas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City. Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke TO
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk 7:50 A. m; 4;1O p. m.
From Hagerstown $50 a. H.. 4:O5 p. IN.
From Winston 1:15 p IN.
From Bristol and the West l35 p. m. !:
1880 p. m.
NORTH AND EASTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY
l50 p IN. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk
1:45 p. m. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
1915 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
l0:45 p. IN. Washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan.
,doah Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division-I.eave Lynchbnrp
ONION station) daily, except Sunday
4;0O .. m for South Boston and Dur
ham and intermediate stations.
Winston Salem Divison--L cave Roanoke
(Union station) 4:3O p m. and
500 a. m. daily, except Sunday Camp.
bell street station), 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.
NJ. f. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
For Rent and Sale.
r. w. Goodwin, Ag't.
once Room NO. 400 Terry Building.
June /, 1897.


FOR RENT.-DWELLING
No. 1871 West End Boulevard S. w, $25. 90
No. 1U2S Seventh street s. e....... 600
No. 1896 Seventh street s. e....... 900
No. 214 Fourth street n. e........ 100
No. 145 Eighth aveEue s. w....... 1900
No. G22 First avenue n. w....... 900
No. 1888 Seventh avenue n. Vs.. 400
No. 430 Sixth avenue, n. e...,... $50
No. 110 Twelfth street N. w....... $50
No. 428 Sixth ayenue.n. e...... 700
No. $50 Seventh avenue u. g. 80. 600
No. BIZ Tenth avenue 8. w........ 1900
No. 1924 Patterson avenue.... 49,. 1000
No. 71S Third avenue 8. w.,...... 500
No. 705 Fourth avenue II. w. $3.50. 900
No. 431 Ninth avenue 3. w. ....... 1000
No. 625 Sixth avenue s. w ........ 1900
No. 824 Tenth avenue g. e ...... 100
No. 920 First avenue n. w.
No. S15 Third avenue 8. e.
No. 1908 South Jefferson street.
STORES.
No. I'll Third avenue s. w. 700
No. 304 Commonwealth ave. n. e.. 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 my list.
Il. w. GOOD WIN, Agent.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Roanoke City Real Estate.

We have great many fine bargains in
houses and lots in Roanoke in every part
ct the city. Cheap for cash. Many of
them on small cash payment, and the
balance on s:,.all monthly payments,
very little more than rent. Persons de-
string to invest in either county or CITY
property will do we'll to call on or write
to us before doing So
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Pedigo-BeIIer Real Estate Co.,
Commercial National Bank Building.
Ground Floor.
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NoTICE.-Those having brick and
stone work or vitrified brick pavements
toaoe laid would do we'll to call on or adj
dress.J: L. Falls, the practical contractor
and builder. Also all kinds of carpenter
work. plastering, painting, kalsomining
All work guaranteed. J. T. FALLS. No.
llS Fifth avenue n. e.. Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Times Improving.

Don't You think that you can raise
my salary?" asked the head clerk.
i've had mighty hard time raising
it lately" replied the employer, "but I
rather think can have it ready for you
every pay day hereafter Detroit Free
Press.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
T.. W. SPINDLE & CO.,
No. 8 Campbell Avenue 8. w.
Special
Bargains for Shop Men and Others

One Of the very cheapest and best
houses ever on our list suitable for shop
men-7 or S.room house. Eighth avenue
s. e.. large lot, house in good condition.
worth 81 800, our price, 81 900; $3.50 cash,
balls nee $l2 50 per month. Don't fail to
see this at once; it is going quick at this
price.
1870 acres of land of the very best quail
ity, miles from Terry building, on cleo.
trio car line, from 20 to 40 acres in tim.
Der. This is one of the most desirable
tracts in this whole section. Only S45
Ter acre.
room house, Church street s. e., near
Roanoke and Southern railroad This is
q big bargain at 81 900; $3.50 cash. balance
one, two and three years. Just the house
for shop men.
Three Broom houses, Wood street n. g
5000 each; $50 cash. balance $40 per
month.
Broom cottage, Third avenue n. W..
full size lot, beauty and one of the big.
gest bargains in this section. Only $500:
800 cash, balance 81 per month.
Sixteen lots, Melrose, full size. and
beauties, on the boulevard, only 1925:
one-fourth cash, balance one, two and
three years. These are exceedingly chean
Broom house, Henry and Eleventh ave-
nue., something nice, So, QUO, on easy terms,
10.room house South Jefferson street.
finished in hard wood, cabinet mantels.
heated by furnace and all modern con.
veniences, worth Sc. 5000; price only $3, sO0
5000 cash, balance $50 per month.
The j. Payne Thompson house on
Roanoke streets good rooms in first-class
condition, cost So, 500. now only $4,000.
$500 cash, balance $40 per month. This
is a bargain.
Store house, 5Ox1OO, store rooms, cor
ner Center and Park streets, 81. 800; 5000
cash, balance $25 per month.
This is only partisl list. Have farm
lands and vacant lots in all parts of the
city and county. Especial attention
| given to renting.
PedIgo-BelIer Real Estate Co.,
Commercial National Bank Building
Ground Floor.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10

On al average each Englishman
writes 40 letters year, each Scotch
man 30 and each Irishman 16. Tho
average Italian only posts 6, and the
American 81.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10

In Australia there are bird entrapping
spiders that spin webs sometimes 30
feet in diameter.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Rent.

T-roem house, with modern con
veniences, large stable, etc.. SLIPS
S-room house on Tenth ave. with
modern conveniences and newly
papered. s1o.OD
S.room house on Henry street,
both aud closet ...... $500
Groom cottage in Southeast. ..... S5.75
All of these properties are in good le-
pair and we'll located. Don't you need a
good house;
We have some excellent houses in West
End: near the river, very cheap fer work
ing men,
See us before renting, as we have the
houses to suit.
T. E. B. Hartsook g. Co.
Market Square.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
Father Time has
to halt when he
meets a woman who

be young because her heart is Young and
there is rich young blood circulating in her
veins She doesn't need cosmetics and face
powders and skin preservers., Pure blood
is the only true skin-preserver.
But when a woman's blood is full of bill
ious impurities, she can neither look Young
nor feel young. Her whole constitution is
poisoned with bad blood. It permeates ey-
cry part. 1t paralyzes the nerve-centres:
weakens the stomach irritates the heart.
preys upon the lungs and bronchial tubes.
Itreduces woman to state of weakness,
nervousness irritability, detection and mel
ancholy. Such woman can't possibly be
youthful, no matter what her age may be.
She needs the youthfulness of highly vital
lied blood DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will give it to her. 1t will help
any woman to get back her youth and
freshness again.
1t gives the digestive and blood-making
organs and the liver power to produce good,
pure, healthy blood. 1t gives color to the
checks, and sparkle to the eyes; drives away
pimples and blotches; wipes away wrinkles;
rounds out emaciated forms, and creates
firm, natural, healthy flesh.
Mrs. Rebecca r. Gardner, of Grafton, York Co..
Va, writes: when was married I weighed I2S
pounds was taken sick and reduced in health
and broke out with disease which my doctor said
was eczema He treated my disease but failed to
began using DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, aud thank God and you. began to inn
prove. Now weigh $40 pounds and have only
taken two bottles. caunot say too much about
the medicine. My husband says look younger
than did the first time he saw me, IS years ago"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-10
SALEM.

Salem car runs between Terry building and
Salem. First car Sundays at $40 a. m.
Vinton car runs between Terry building and
Vinton. Sundsys-First car 500 a. m.
Norwich car rams between Norwich and MON
Depot and connects with College car. sundays-
First car 800 a m. Trips marked an" will 20
through to Norwich; all other trips before 400
p. m. Will stop at Woodrums. All trips after 400
.. m. will 90 through TO Norwich.
College car runs between College and Union
Depot via Mill Mountain and connects with Nor.
yich.
West End car runs between III" street snd
Union Depot
Crystal spring car rms between Crystal Spring
and Union Depot via Mil M luntan Fret car
Sundays SEQ q. IN ; and between Crystal Spring
aud Union Depot via iseball Park. First car
Sundays S:21.
Franklin Road car runs between Terry bnild-
Ing and Hip hland avenue g. w.
East Roanoke car runs between Terry build.
ing aud Lynchburg avenue n. C.
1ickcIe for ride between Roanoke and Salem
places:
Vaughan's cigar stand. Terry building
Ma.5ie'a Pharmacy, South Jefferson street.
And at Salem from Dlllard u Perslng.r
9. w. JAMESON. Gsn'l Mgr.
OMeo, Rooms los and log Terry Building.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
SOME EDITORIALS.

Between selling few more railroads
under foreclosure and passing no APP
preparation bills the republican party
in congress hopes to pull through with
out bond issue. The latter part Of
the programme is already mapped out
by the astute Joseph Cannon, who
thinks 1t would be wise not to pass any
river and harbor bill at the coming
session, thus evening up the deficit
caused by the beneflcent Dingley bill.
There is wisdom in the proposition
1t jumps with the dictum as to re-
ceipts and expenditures so powerfully
stated by the late wilkins Micawber,
Esq. If we are to have no revenue
we should have no expenses, even If
the exigencies Of the situation should
demand the abolition of all salaries
to republican officeholders, including
Mr.. Dingley and the economical Uncle
Joseph himself.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

A year ago the whole nation was
convulsed over the proposition to coin
annually into dollars something like a
hundred million dollars worth of sill
yer. That same year we sent abroad
nearly 100000 for sugar. And no.
body thought much about it. We
can't coin the silver, because the ma
jority said no. We can make the SUI
gar, though. Sugar, thank God, is not
in politics-not stockton
Mail.
If the sugar-beet proposition ever
gets into politics our Republican
friends will say, What! Take four
dollars worth Of sugar beets and make
eight dollars worth of sugar out of
them? Such thing is preposterous.
It will food the country with cheap
sugar and can't be done, unless, of
course, by international agreement
Carson Appeal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
M'KINLEY'S MESSAGE.
1T is NOTABLE FOR WHAT IT
DOES NOT SAY.
y COngl0merate Mass OF Pleas and
subterfuge Gets Very Cold
shoulder-A Document Dictated b.
the Money Power.

President McKinley's message II
! largely historical in character. 1t tells
the people what has taken place dur
ing the past eight or ten years, but it
does not give much light as to what
Is going to take place.
The history of the greenbacks is
given, the history of the Cuban insur-
rection is given; the history Of the
tariff is given, but clear-cut, definite
and statesmanlike recommendations
as to what shall be done with the
greenbacks, the Cuban question and
the tariff are not given.
The president is full Of faith. He
has faith that the tariff will be all
right II 1t is only given time. He has
faith that Spain will come out all
right II that government is given
time; he has faith that reciprocity
treaties will settle all commercial diff
culties with foreign nations-in time.
The nearest approach to a positive
opinion made by the president is his
recommendation that when any Unit
ed States notes are redeemed in gold,
such notes shall be kept apart, and
only paid out in exchange for gold"
This, Of course, cannot be accomplish
ed without an amendment Of the ex-
listing currency laws, and as 1t is in
effect contraction of the currency
1t will meet with decided opposition in
congress.
The message is long, labored and in
the nature of a special plea. The task
before the president was full of diff
culties. He was forced to congratu-
late the country on . prosperity
which is not general; to urge none
tary measures upon which his own
party is divided; to plead for Spain
when the people wished him to plead
for Cuba; to promise future revenue,
when present deficit stared him In
the face, and to recommend Hawaiian
annexation in opposition to public
ntiment.-Chicago Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture, in his an
nual report says: OF butter made in
families and factories, the aggregate
reported is 37.211,974 pounds, being an
increase of 2,2O4,64O pounds over the
previous years product. The output of
cheese, however, is $4,000 pounds less
than one year ago, or 1,043,500 pounds
in all, the milk, doubtless, having been
diverted to butter making. Milk sold
for other purposes than cheese and
butter making amounts to s56O,465. At
the valuation of the preceding year,
the total amount to be credited to the
years butter, cheese and milk account
is $5,109,3S1, an increase of $1S6,935.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

People are slowly awakening to the
truth that in thefts of public property
and public rights there are tempters
as we'll as tempted, principals as we'll
as accessories, criminal eminent re-
spectables," who get the immensely
larger share of the loot, as well as
wretched official thieves, whose shady
characters can be bought for trifling
sums. And the fight against public
corruption will be hopeless until public
sentiment shall refuse to be content
with the disgrace or perhaps the jail
ing OF the accessory, and refuse to toll
crate the vastly greater criminal-the
tempter to the crime and the chief
beneficiary of it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

The republican party has been plac.
ed by its tariff legislation between
two stools" and is therefore in immi-
nent danger of coming to the ground.
The first stool is that of a tariff de-
felt. The party has, through it's spe-
cial session of congress, given to the
country the great Dingley bill, product
i've of a deficit to date of over $46 ,000,-
600, and menacing shortage in the
treasury of $100,OOO,OOO by the end of
the fiscal year.
To amend the bin is to confess judy
ment and to go before the people as an
incompetent lawmaker and to brand
itself as party incapable of carrying
on the business of the country with
reasonable intelligence.
Not to amend the bill is to allow the
deficit to grow into such dangerous
proportions as to make necessary a
bond issue which would be the death
blow to republican supremacy.
The second stool is retrenchment.
To cut the expenses of the government
in order to bring them equal to the
revenue would mean a reduction OF
at least $50, 100000, and that would re-
tire a large number of republican con-
gressmen in 1898 to throw the balance
of power into the hands Of the dem
ocrats.
The situation is sad for the repub-
licans. Whichever stool they choose
they are bound to tumble. II they
tax the trusts they lose the support OF
the men who put the party in power.
II they cut the appropriations they
cause the defeat of their congressman.
IF thew are forced to issue bonds the
people will revolt.
The republican party has proved it.
self incapable of wise government, and
the sooner it comds to the ground the
better it will be for the people OF tho
United States.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

The recent death of DR.. Thomas w.
Evans, the famous American dentist,
at Paris, recalls romantic incident in
French history. When the French
cause was lost and Emperor Napoleon
III. was taken prisoner at Sedan, in
September, 1870, the position of the
Empress Eugene in Paris became one
of great peril. DR.. Evans took the
empress under his protection, furnish
ed her with disguise, and through
friends in the army succeeded in carry
ing her through the lines, with lady
attendant, and took her to England,
where he rented for her the house
which she still occupies at Chiselhurst.
DR.. Evans numbered most of the
crowned heads and titled personages
of Europe among his patients. The
suffering which he witnessed in camps
and hospitals in the Crimean war made
him an earnest advocate Of reforms.
He came to this country during the
Civil war to help to organize the SAM
tary commission, and during the Fran
co-Prussian war he directed the work
of the Red Cross.