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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
a Sixteenth Century Letter,

Tho following copy of a letter, writ
ten i'll 1895 by young lady when re-
siding with Il lady of rank us attendant
in her waiting room, an Office carrying
no mental service with it and much
sought after by tho daughters of gentle
folk, may be interesting:
To my good Mother Mrs. Parkc, at Brouin-
field:
DEAR MoTHER-My humble dutyc re,ncln-
bcrcd unto my father and you, &c. I received.
Wednesday last a letter from my Father
and you, whereby l understand it is your
pleasure that should ccrtiflc you what timcs,
do take for my lutte and the rest of my cxcr-
ciScs. doe for the most part playc of my lutte
after supper, for then cOmmonlic my Lady
hcarcth me, and i'll the mornings after am
rcddic playc an hover and my wrigl.tingc
and sifcringc after have Done my lutte. For
my drawings | take an hover in the after
nownc and my Frcnch at night before supper
My Lady hattie not been well these too days,
she tcllcth me when she * well that she will
see if billiard will come and tcchc me- if she
can by any means she will. hope ] shall per-
iormc my dutyc TO my Lady with all care and
regard TO please her and to behave my scltc to
risone was with me Upono Fri(layc, lie heard
me play and brought mo Il dusson Of trcblcs. !
had some of him when | came To London
Thus dcsiringc pardonc for my rude writingc
] leave you to the AlmiShtic, dcsirngc Him 10
increase in you all health and happiness Your
ubcdient daughter, REBECCA PARKE
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

William b. Otis, who has been all
over the world as one of tho ichthyolu
gists i'll the employ of the government,
spenhlns OF hls experience i'll Alaska
said:
strips Of whalcbonc are folded into
the shapc Of the letter y, onvclopcd in
hunks OF fat and frozen that way. The
tat thus prepared is left iii promising
spots for great white bears to devuu
Along comes one of the monsters, gulpiu},
Il lump down whole The gastric Juice ;,
m"lt the lat and eat away the strings Of
tendon with which the wlalebono is
hound, the whalebonc springs out
straight across the animals stomach.
and presently it dies. Next day Mr. Es.
klmo comes along and gathers in bear
SKIN worth several quarts Of whisky. .
Portland Oregonian
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
NEVER 'BROKE" AGAIN.
AN tniprovdcnt Young: Man Who Will Al
WAYS INV. u Dollar In Uis pncLrt

AN 'nprovidcnt Young: Man Who Will Al
ways Have Il Dollar In His Pocket.
Queer things happen at funerals. =
sand clergyman recently who has Off
ciatcd at many, ";nd ! remember one
OCCASION which impressed me greatly
on account of the standing of the family
Ill which it happened It's we'll us from
the peculiar circumstances surrounding
the lhcldent-thc bestowal Of money on
i. dead man.
The narrator was urged to relate the
story, and ON the promise that no names
would he mentioned lie continued
1t WAS funeral at the house of one
Of my parishiOncrs, and | was greatly
surprised when received notice 10 at
tcnG ana conduct the services | had not
heard of ANY member of the family bc.
ms Ill, nor had | been summoned to the
dcathbed, but | jumped 10 the conclu
sion that 1t was III old servant who had
died
1t proved to be IL bad son-the blacl,
Shcep oi the fanlly-whose shadow had
not darkencd their doors for years. but
who, 1T was always believed, had been
supported ut IL distance far enough to
prevent him from disgracing the family
by his miSdeeds
Now he was brought home dead.
and was expected to give him as little
blame and as much praise us was con.
sistent with the dignity Of my Office and
his relation To the family.
need not 60 into that part of ,hc
ceremonies but come to what consider
the real expression of feeling which
consecrated the memory of the man rs
nothing that said could have done.
Just before the casket was closed
his old mother arose from her seat with
the mournorS, and, approaching the
dead, slipped a silver dollar into his
vest pocket
Jim never liked to he without
money i'll his pocket, she said, with :,
low, tromulous voice. Many's the dol
lar I've slipped into his pocket unhc-
known to him, but he always found it
and was thankful. / don expect he's
going 10 need it now, and maybe he will
never know that mother put it there,
but somehow | shall feel better if he
has it.
And felt that the woman who had
loved much and forgiven much had
preached sermon of forgiveness and
mercy before which 1 with nv plati-
tudes must remain dumb. ''-Chicago
Times Herald.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
Nerrnes with Rcd lair.

"a man sees lots of funny things
while travelling around the country, but
the most peculiar sight l ever say was
i'll Omaha the last time was there, -
said Charles killinger of Cincinnati
"While walking along the street there
one day saw two negroes with hair as
red as any red hair you ever saw. 1t
was as kinky as the negro wool usually
is 1t was funny sight, and / stopped
to look at them as they went down the
street. a friend of mino who resides
there told me those negroes had come
from tho south some years ago and as
far as he knew were full blooded darkies
Six fingered people are not uncommon,
but for freaks those darlSies took the
rake. '--Denver Republican.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
". l. WATTS. A uctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE.-BY VIRTUE
of n certain deed Of trust executed TO me
by f G. Hardy and others. and recorded
on page 397 of deed book II in tho Hust
ings Court records for the city of Roam
oke, to secure certain periodical pay
meuts therein provided to he made
and upon which default has been
made, Mt the request of the bene-
iiciary I will on SATURDAY., THE
5TE DAY OF MARCH,, 1898. ut II
O'Clock II. M, on the premises, offer for
sale at public auction for cash and sub
iect to prior lien of l,4SN, that certain
parcel Of lard with improvements thereon
bounded and described as follows, to. witt
Beginning Ut the northeast corner OF
Loudon and Second streets; thence in II
northerlv direction 100 feet to an alley;
thence with same in Hn easterly direction
l0r feet toa point; thence in Il southcrly di
rection 1870 feet to i.oudon street; thence
with Loudon street in n westerly drec-
ton leo feet TO Second street, the place of
beginning, and known as lots 8 and 10 ir
section 81 of the Rogers, Fairfax 4 Hous-
ton addition tn the city of Roanoke, as
shown en- their map recorded in deed
Look IS at page log, and containing two
substantial dwellings and other improve
ment. Amount due So IFS, ms of day of
sale. II. s. TROUT, Trustee
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

ram ami the thunder and the lightning
lasted many days. There was no earth
here. III was water.
"Thcn the Great Spirit smiled. for
tho Ripas were no more. They were
gone. All had died in the waters. y
messenger came TO my people, who were
down on the islands by the great gca,
and told them the Great Spirit had sent
IL flood to punish the Ripas and that my
people could return to their lands.
"When the Caranchuas went to their
lands, they found all changed. Where
had been the great river there was but
one small river. That is now the Caney.
What had been the great river is now
two rivers. Ono you call the BraZos;
that Is to tho cast. The other is to the
west; that You call the Colorado. All
tho land between these two rivers was
given to my people by the Great Spirit
for hunting ground. '-Cialvcston Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

COMMISSIONERS SALE-By virtue
OF IL decree of the hustings court for the
city of Roanoke, entered at its October
term 1897, in the chanceiy cause of the
National Mutull Building and Loan
Association, OF New lork, VS.. b. a.
Rives ct ais, the undersigned. ms special
commissioner appointed by said decree,
will offer for sale at public auction in
front of the courthouse nc IL O'Clock on
the 23D DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1898. the
following described parcel of land
situated in the city of Roanoke:
beginning at the northeast corner of
Patterson avenue and Welch street,
thence north . degrees 30 minutes
west $50 feet to an alley, thence south 81
degrees east GO feet to n point, thence
south 8 degrees 30 minutes west l39 feet
to Patterson avenue. tb"uce Eorth 20 de.
grees west 90 feet 10 the place of begin
ming.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the
amount due to the complainant, together
with the costs of sale, aggregating about
$1,000. and the remainder upon a credit
of one, two, three, four and five years in
equal instalments.
JUNIUS McGEHEE,
Commissioner.
Bond in the penalty of $1,000, with
approved security. has been given by the
commissioner in the above cause.
S. $. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
THE BEDOUINS.

Kii.c Etiquette and Surly Hospitality Of
the Tribes of tho Desert.
heard that the Bcdouins gave me
the name of tho walking English,nan
and once or twice We're kind enough to
say that was one of themselves. Tri-
flies like these are important when deal
ing with men who have tho minds Of
children. With them whether YOU are
to live or dio depends so often OH u tri-
flo that it is rs we'll to have as many
trifics as possible i'll your favor l wore
their dress i'll my trip to Siwas, not with
the idea Of taking any ono in ut close
quarters, but Of making myself mno-
tlceablo at Il distance. generally walk
oq some way i'll front of my men and
calnels. | did this because the inccssant
drone of the Arab songs became intolcr-
able to me, and as l found Abdulla
couldn't possibly get On without his
eternal song | used to put mile lie.
tween us when the track was clear.
Once or twice on reaching the bow
of Il sand hill, | would find myself in
sight Of string of camcls The first
thing the Bcdoui.s would do was 10
load and hold their lintlQcks ut the
ready. They meant no BARN 1t is the
ordinary etiquette OF the desert, ut
which no one dreams Of taking oilense.
Then l would have TO sit down to shov;
that meant no mischief, and CONVERSE
tion would be carried on in shouts |
generally asked them for IL bowl oi cam
el milk, which they always gave if
they had it, On one occasion | canc
upon Il solitary Beaouin WATCHING hi
herd OF canels grazing That man had
probably not seen Il human being fer
weeks. He was squattins on the ground.
He neither moved nor turned his head.
| asked him for milk, and he pointed to
his canlels and said, Take it, As the
art OF milking camels never formed part
of my school curriculum this invitation
was OF little use to me. But could not
rouse that man TO more active hospital
lty. lie probably looked upon my APP
pcarance rs an impairment intrusion.
Biographical Journal
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
sY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF

By VIRTUE OF A DEED OF
trust from s. S. Christian and George y.
knhns, dated the 9th day OF September,
1890 and recorded in the clerks office of
the hastings court for the city OF Roanoke
in deed book Sc. page Gl. for the purr ose
of securing 10 the Roanoke Building AS
ISOLATION and Investment Company GER
tain indie bteduess therein set forth, and
default having been made in the terms of
said deed, and he!ng requested so 10 do
by the beneficiary therein secured, the
undersigned will OFFER FOR sale at public
auction at IL o'clock NJ. in front of the
courthouse on the 26TE DAY OF FEB
RCARN. 1S9S, the following described
parcel of land situated in the city of Roa-
noke, Va:
Beginning alta point on the cast side OF
belmont boulevard and 40 feet south OF
the southeast corner of Bullittavenue and
said boulevard, thence east $50 feet TO AN
alley, thence with said alley south 40 feet
to n point, thence west 100 feet to said
boulevard, thence north 40 feet 10 the
place of beginning, and known as lot No
in section 26 Of the map of the Belmont
Land Company.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to thecosts
of sale and the sum Of $3.50 OF with inter
est thereon from the 9th day of Septem-
ber lSDO; and as to- the residue. il any.
upon credit of one year from the day of
sale. LIJCIAN III. COOKE
Trustee,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE-By virtue of n deed of trust dated
November IS, 1891, from Louis y. Scholz
to undersigned to secure unto James f.
Hodgson the payment of $500. default
occurring in payment of said debt and
being requested so to do by said Hodeson,
will on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY &c,
1893 at IL NJ, in front Of he courthouse
IN the city of Roanoke. Va. proceed to
sell at public auction to the highest bid.
der, that certain parcel OF lana lying on
the southwest corner of Wise and Smith
streets, in said city ana known as lot No.
Ii, section ,, map Of Roanoke Land and
Improvement Company.
TERMS; Cash as TO enough to pay
costs OF tins sale ANA he said sun OF
$500, with interest from November rs,
1895, and TIE residue, IL any, shall he
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10
LEGAL NOTICES.
payable in two equa! annual installluents
with interest from day OF sale
THOS. w. MILLER Trustee

TRUSTEES SALE-I WILL OFFER
for sale In front of the court huuse at
Roanoke, Virginia, on WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 90, 1898, at 1910 o clock
p. M, the following described parcel of
land with its in provements, situated in
the city Of Roanoke, Va, and described
rs follows:
Beginning al point on the north side
of Elm street one hundred and ninety
one u91 feet east Of Henry street, and
running thence north no degrees 45
inutes east one hundred and forty
seven li0 feet: thence north 50 degrees
east eighty. three tS3) feet, thence south
no degrees ID minutes west one hun.
dred and forty-iiye and fve-tepths
Q45 800 feet, thence south IS degrees
west eighty three feet 10 the place of he
ginning.
This sale is made in pursuance Of au-
thor'ty granted in "A deed of trust dated
the 9TH day of August. 1882, and recorded
in the clerks Office of the hustipgs court
of the city of Roanoke, Va, in deed book
i6, page 90. FROM Amanda V. Anderson
ana husband TO George Peet, trustee, for
the purpose OF securing certain indebted
ness due TO the National Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association of New York.
and also by the authority OF an order of
the hastings court at its January term,
1898, by which the undersigned was sub
stituted as trustee in said deed of trust la
the.pace of said George j. Peet. Default
having been made in the terms of the
foregoing deed, and having been re-
quested in writing by the beneficiary So
cured thereunder TO execute the same,
this sale is made
The amount due under said deed Of
trust is So, d0S 4G-l00, rs of the 23d day of
February. 1898.
TERMS OF SALE-cash.
JUNlUS McGEHEE,
Substituted Trustee
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

n1snu 'tlg got hold OF Il chunk of Frank
Morrisscy's editorial headed "Multum
i'll Parvo," and he set it up "A!utton
i'll Fargo Once again Martin caught
one OF Frank illusions captiolcd :"
Red Letter Day, and printed it "a Red
Setter Dog"
But about the worst break ever made
on the old Herald was made ny Billy
Hardy. The style on The Herald III
those days was to byphcnatc and abbre-
viatc. TO beat the band For instance.
Farnam street WAS styled "Far,lam St. E"
and Capitol avenue as "Capitol-av."
Hardy lifted II take of commercial re-
view off the hook one night, and it
quoted Bradstroct as saying this and
that. Bill ever mindful of the STYLE
and ignoring common scnsc, arranged
the type to read " 8rad-st predicts, y
etc. OF course it was .narked'' ON
him, but Bill Wouldn't have it. He
Went down into the prooiroon and kick
ell for ring demanding IN apology
and wanting to know :if they We're go
ing to change the Id STYLE every
day. "-Dycrsvillc la Newsletter.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

TRUSTEES SALE.-I WILL OFFER
for sale in front of the courthouse at
Roanoke. Virginia. On WEDNESDAY,,
FEBRUARY %. 1898, at 1890 o'clock p.
m. the following described parcel Of land
with the improvements thereon, situated
in the city OF Roanoke, Virginia, and de-
ser ted as follows:
Beginning at point ON the northeast
corner of Patton street and Houston and
running thence with Houston street
north degrees east one hundred anG
fourteen and ivetenths OH $40 feet TO
an alley, thence with same south IS de-
grees east % feet to point. thence $, nth
III degrees west one hundred and fourteea
UlD feet 10 Patton street, thence with
said Patton street north rs degrees west
fifty (5O| feet. and distinguished as los
No. !, section Il, as shown on the map OF
the Rogers. Fairfax and Houston addi
ton 10 Roanoke, Va This sale il ado
in pursuance of authority granted in
deed OF trust dated the second day of Sep
temher, 1895, and recorded in the clerks
office OF the hustiDgs court of the citv of
Roanoke, Va. in deed book 90. page 334.
from Ellen Terry aud her husband to
George j. Peet, trustee, for the purpose
of securing certain indebtedness due to
the National Mutual Building and Loan
Association of New York, aud also by
the authority OF an order OF the husr'pgs
court at its January term, 1898. by which
the undersigned was substituted MS trus
tee in the said deed of trust in the place OF
said George j Peet. Default having heen
made in The terms Of the fotegoi deed
and having been requested in writing by
the beneficiary secured hereunder TO tx-
ecute the same, this sale is made
The amount due under said deed of
trust is Si,0lTS2, asof February % 1903
TERMS OF SALE-Cash.
JUNIUS McGFHFE.
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Typographical HuIls.

~ head writer OH the st. Paul Pho
neer Press wrote the top line of n Slug
head this way, minnesota Sheep
state. y The wooden headed murderer
OF common sense set it up "Minncsota
Cheap Skate. This puts us in mind
OF two bulls made by Gig Martin on
the old Omaha Herald in 1886. one
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

Gordon--So You think that Gently is
nam of poor judgment. low did you
happen to come to that conclusion?
Titcomh-I asked him to lend mo $40
the other day.
Gordon-And because he refused yen
question his Judgment?
Titcomb-Oh, no. He let me have it.
.-Boston Transcript.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-10

Living i'll Paris III late years for PER
CONS of moderate means has been great.
~ simplificd Ivy the Bouillons Parisions,
Ehich have succeeded the Duval res,au-
ANTS. One can set good dinner nj
'hese places for a small sum---far letter
;han one finds at more expensive places
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-07-01

community was aroused, A contest
was on over the election returns. An
Office worth $1,000 a year for six years
was hanging in the balance. A few
votes either way would electone man
or another.
At this critical and peculiar time
Roberts was so unfortunate as to see
persons connected lp public and Of
fetal and professional way with this
very struggle over the returns Of elec-
tion 10 Marion county 90 into and out
Of the court house at unseemly hours
OF night and even into the very room
where the ballots were kept. He even
saw the tally-sheets spread out on
table when they we're supposed TO be
locked up 10 safety. He saw further
these persons move about and still
more unfortunately he could see well
enough in the electric lighted streets
to indentify them as individuals In
The community.
Roberts did not indeed see their
hands engaged in an actual crime.
His testimony could not alone send a
ma1 to the penitentiary. He could
even be ratified some on cross-exam-
ination as TO what he did see. But
one thing is ev.d1nt, Roberts saw too
much. As the hours approached mid
night, he as night watchman was In
dangerous proximity TO events that
we're going on 10 make history al d |
logic of events requires that Roberts
20 longer remain 10 the public seryit e.
Such a nightwatch Who can see
men moving in high society when
hey come around at unseemly hours,
ust as well as he sees the ordinary
of the county Jail drying &c
break out, who does not make dis
between people on the
outside OF the jail or inside, and then
who will not keep stlll' about 1t, is
not wanted to hold responsible posi-.
lion under the present court house
'egime. That Roberts will be perse.
,uted, II not prosecuted, for his tenn
'rlty in telling the truth, no one
loubts. But honest people will ap-
,reclate Roberts all the more.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-07-01
1T is NOT A POLITICAL SIT
UATIoN.


IL is not a political issue that is In
yolyed In the Boise DARCY election
contest. IL IL an issue OF common
honesty aud whether high handed
open fraud shall be punished.
The parties accused OF tamperlng
With the tally sheets are Mr. darcy,
Democrat; Mr.. Carson, Republican,
Mr. Richardson. Republican; Mr.. Eh.
len, Republican county clerk; the lat.
Ter has absconded aud is an alleged
defaulter. The county canyassing
board is composed OF Justice johnson
and Deputy County Clerk Glesy, whose
Republicanism no one will question.
They agree with Justice Hayes 10 up
holding Judge Boise. a Popullst,in his
contention that crime has been com.
mitted. A Republican nignt watch
man testlfes aud IL DISCHARGED NV n
Republican county court. All the
lawyers Ia the city are engaged or
taking sides, regardless OF politics in
the contest.
Unfortunately for Mr. D'Arey. the
Influences that were brought 10 bear
70 prevent an indictment Ia tho court
house repair frauds, are agaln ar
fayed la this case against the prose-
eutlpg attorney, 70 smother Thorough
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-07-01
OREGON STATE NEWS.

III
Corvallis is going to celebrate in
fine style this year.
The Washington county veterans
will meet today at Forest Grove.
The Jackson county debt was re-
duced 1920 IN the past two years.
| Crops are said TO be very fine In
! Lane county, especially IN the billy
parts.
! Wheat men now estimate the crop
OF this region to be about 10000, 1000
bushels.
Lime and cement have gone up 25
cents per barrel in Oregon and Wash
ington.
The sixth yearly Friends meeting
which has been In session in Newberg
has closed.
Raphael Marat. of jacksonville,
died at his home Tuesday night Of
brights disease. He was 81 years Of
aye.
A remonstrance petition against
removing Deputy Prosecuting Attor-
ney Stewart, is being circulated at
Grove.
The board Of regents of the o. A.
q. reelected Professor Thomas NJ,
Catch president of the Agricultural
colleva A. corvallis
Phillip r. Williamson, a pioneer,
died at his country home about three
miles north Of Albany, in Benton
county, Sunday morning, at the age
of 10.
At the last meeting of the regents
OF the State Agricultural College they |
created the position of assistant d.
rector of the station. The appoint.
ment has not been'made.
Nearly 500 carloads of sheep
will be shipped out of Huntington
within the next few days.
3l3 cars having already gone. They
are being shipped to Montpelier and
froin there they will be trailed to
Nebraska.
W. B. ellison, while coming down a
hill on the Albany Corvallis bicycle
path, had the misfortune TO collide
with scorcher who was going too
fast for safety. Mr.. ellison was
knocked insensible and did not re-
cover sufficiently to ride home for
some hours.
Wednesday afternoon at Roseburg
fire destroyed Marks g. Co.'s ware
house and grain elevator. The fire
started from spark from passing
engine. Considerable grain and wool |
was destroyed. No insurance. VIM,
Carlow was badly hurt,