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Evening star., 1898-02-26
An Honest Man.
From Harper's Magazine.

harper AhydzfDe.
Now look here, Thompson remarked
Brown: sit has bean six months since you
borrowed that five dollars from me-"
Seven" corrected Thompson, gravely.
We'll. then. seven months" snorted
Brown. "and yoG promised to give it back
to me in. weak. Promised faithfully, you
did. TO return me it in seven days, instead
of months"
Il know it, answered Thompson. sadly
drawing a memOrandum-book from his
pocket That bill was Series F. No. 672,-
-. issue OF 1851 l made the note, and
then I spent the money. Since then I'VE
been trying to recover it."
But" howled Brown, "any other would
do as we'll"
NO" responded Thompson, shaking his
head; I'm man of my word. When you
gave me the bill, said: I will return this
TO you. and I meant 1t. Brown, old man.
Just as soon as 1 come across No. 672 929
Series F. issue of 1881, III see that yousget
1t, for am not the one to go back on my
promise"
Evening star., 1898-02-26
A Reasonable Request.
From Puck.

Restful Rogers (rineing suburbanite,s
door bell at I a.m.)-'Scuse me, pard, but
me and Weary Willie and Dusty Rhodes
and Frosty Fagin Is a-tryin' ter sleep out
In your barn. and wouldn't yer be kind
enough ter chloroform dat Kid, or put him
under tub. or do suthin' to I'm ter make
I'm stop yellin' 80 internal loud?
Evening star., 1898-02-26

what wonderful painter Rubens wasr
remarked Mrs. Jones at the art gallery.
"Yes." assented Mrs. Jones. sIt fs said
OF him that he could change q laughins
face Into q sad one by q single stroke"
gust my schoolmaster can DO thax."
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
F0UNDERED IN MID-OCEAN.
Boat a Total Loss, But all Hands
Were Saved.

Now York, Feb. 12.-The American
liue steamship st. Louis arrived to-day
from Southampton. The St. Louis re-
ports the total loss of the American line
steamer Neendam, FROM Rotterdam 10
New y ork, on February z, in latitude 40
degrees 10 minutes, longitude 10 degrees
A minutes. The st. Louis saved all the
passengers ana crew. Captain Stranger,
of the steamer Neendam, reported AS fol-
lows:
1.-The Veen lam left Rotterdam on Feb.
ruary 3,with general cargo, 8 cabin and
Is steerage passengers and crew of IS,
bound for New York. On Febi uary g.,
about 5:l2 o'clock, ships time, we struck
Il submerged wreck or wIeckage, which
probably tore hole i'll the ships bottom
and broke the outer propeller shaft. We
found that the ship was making consider
able water, and mediateiy set all hands
to work at the pumps. Notwithstanding
all the efforts made 10y the crew and pas
sengers at the pumps the water gained
steadily. and we found the vessel sink.
ing. All our boats were made ready to
leave the vessel at u moments notice.
"At n. NJ, on the 9TH, we observed
the masthead lights CT IL large steamer
bearing abont east by south from us
we made signals Of distress, upon which
the vessel bore down upon us. The YES
sci proved to he the ST. Louis. We hailed
her, ana reported that our ship WAS sink
ing and that we wished to lie taken oil
At :i3 u. IN. they commenced TO trans
fer the passengers and crew. and at .i::}5
everybody Was transferred to the st.
Louis
'When the las. boat left her the Neeu
dnui was laboring very heartily and was
sinking very rapidly by the stern. The
transfer OF the passengers aud crew, not
withstanding the great difficulties of,the
occasion and the high sea running, was
accomplished without the slightest acct.
dent"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
A LITTLE THOUGHT

Will convince you that the best and
safest way to save money is to sperd it
in real estate.
Ideal cottage, hest location, Southwest
Roanoke, very latest architecture, !
rooms. steam heat. cabinet mantles, cor.
ner lot, 50Nl30 feet, splendid stable,
building almost new, cost 2,G0D. 10 say
nothing OF the lot and outbniidings.
We now offer the property for 1000
cash. Cali and let us show you II home
that hasn't any objection.
How i, this for an investment? Spen
did siX-loom residence, northwest, nea +
Park street. Newly painted; in fact in
thorough repair. Large corner lot. Will
sell for SG75-$325 cash, $500 in three
years from date with & per cent. interest.
Pays over II per cent. on investment.
DO you know of anything better.
Desirable 7-room residence, conve-
niently located, on Church street, $4,000
$3.50 cash, balance $50 per month.
Once sold for $1,000.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

VIII not be for lack sof the opportunity
This occasion will give every girl stude mt
III the system Que chance in her life to be
belle, and if it is thrown away she will
have only herself to thank for il In all
seriousness, though, we think the scheme
good enc. ana since liz novelty will be
sure to attract to the exercises hundreds
of alumni and visitors who would not
otherwise We present, it will serve to
AWAKEN new interest in these schools and
give them an advertisement that no other
means could do. From the time Chan
ccllor Smith took hold of. the college at
Ashland. as its president, down to the
present time he has been giving the edu.
cational South every now and then a
shock of pleasant surprise, but it is safe
to say that his latest innovation in school
work will be by no means the least
among them.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

The most damaging evidence against
Sheriff Martin and his deputies that has
yet been a6duced in the trial new in pro
gress is the exposure in open court of the
bullet wounds receivea by some of the
miners in that murderous "ttack. so
long as these men can stand before jury
and show upon their hacks the scars of
the bullets, it will be hard to convince it
that the men who were shot down like
sheep in ntn were the nggressors and
acting upon the offensive.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
GET YOUR GARDEN SEED FREE.

The Knoxville Weekly Tribune wants
2O,C0O new subscribers during '!S. III
order to cet them IL has made arrange
ments with the largest and most reliable
seed house in the South Whereby il can
make an cfter which is unprecedented in
it's libe rality. This concern sent ont seed
Tor the United States Department If Az
ricuiture to nearly 1000, COG people last
wear. Guaranteed to give satisfaction
The eekly Tribune "a - page paper,
the biggest III the South, containing lie
partments for the Home, the Farm. Az.
riculture. Horticulture. and Garden and
the Dairy. and all the latest state, neigh
borhood and Geographic newsJ. for one
year and this lot Of seed for oulv $500:
l Packet BEANS Bush Improved
Round Pod Valentines
! Packet BEET The Sew Eclipse.
Packrt CORN-'rhe COUNTRY Gent.c.
man.
l Packet CABBAG E-True Early Win.
ningstadt.
Packet Premium Late
,,, ! Packet cUc,'MBERs- Peerless
Packet LETTUCE--Five OF the lest
American varieties. mixed.
Packet CANTELOUPE or MUSK
MELON The Chicago Market.
J. Packet ONION-Mammoth Silver
King
l Packet RADISH Long, Brightest
Scarlet.
Packet sQUAsH-M Mammoth White
Bush.
l Packet TOMATO-Impro ved Essex
Hybrid and one Packet each of "SOLIO
SOUTH" CABBAGE and MEMPHIS
WATERMELON.
send M! the above which would cost,
at regular prices 81, neatly packed, post
paid, hy mail. and the Weekly Tribune
one year for only $l.00, in Stamps or
Cash.
They will have the seeds mailed mt once
on recent OF the cash or stamps. leash or
money order preferred Hand this paper
TO your neghhor and show him what n
big offer they are making. These offers
are open to subscribers or renewals Send
in Your sub-cripti right away and get
seed in ample time for early PLANTING
Address.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
Knoxville Tenn
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

The Luetgert trial has ended and Luet-
CERT sentenced to II life term in the pen-
tertiary. The trial has been one that has
created general interest only on account
Of the retirement of vilaiuy and cum
ming dis played by the murderer in lid
ding himself of the murdered body. In
the first trial the jury failed to agree and
1T vas hardly to he wondered mt in view
OF the amount of contradictory expert
testimony tina: was placed before it, 1t
Will he remembered that the body of the
murdered woman was decomposed by
means Ct acids, and in the testimony of
the physicians summoned to identify the
bones placed in evidence as those of a
human being, all kinds of ludicrous er-
rors were made. The evidence was wholly
circumstantial, bat il is hard to conceive
by what proce SIS of reasoning the last Jury
arrived at its verdict. Luetgert was
either Innocent or guilty If innocent he
should have been discharged: if guilty,
then sentence of life prisonment was
wholly inadequate a penalty for the he in
BUSINESS of his crime and be should have
been sentenced 10 he executed The pris-
oner appeared to take the verdict rs :,
huge joke, and expresses himself as con-
fident Of securing an appeal and final &C.
quittal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
Business lot Campbell avenue near

Business lot Campbell avenue near
Market Square at II big bargain
One of the most desirable lots in
the Lewis Addition. 5000 -,
READ THIS DESCRIPTION CARE
FULLY, for this reason, it is the cheap-
est expensive residence in Roanoke One
of the best and most convenient ho,nes
on Campbell avenue, south side of street
near Park. Sold in 1899 for 81, 500: we
now offer it for $, 80. $3.50 cash, balance
in years 10 rooms. lovely cabinet
nantes, all modern conveniences.
Now thinking people, remember time
docs not wait for any OF MS; 1898 has al
ready MN hered one month with the
things OF the past and to those vino are
not anticipating u trip to the Klondike
it is high time You were making preuain.
ton TO he more comfortable in the Magic
City Call to see us. ..ss.Y
Groom house. Fourth avenue II. W.
convenient to round house; worth 81 200.
We arc going to sell it to some one for
only 500; 800 cash and $40 per month
the cheapest property in northwest ri
Pest bargain N the West Eud-sp!eu
did '-roum house, only Sl,lG0-$50 cash,
so per month.
Splendid Groom home, Whead street,
near Brown Bros store, good stable,
other outdoor buildings worth 81, coo
We now offer at only ,200 $200 cash;
balance $40 per month.
Spicndid 1roCm cottage Rorer avenue
$. W. lai.c lot, beautiful! shade GOOD
location. Just reduced from $500 To 1928.
$40 CASH balance 50 per month So
, well built Groom houses. Fourth ave-
nue. II. W.. near Mclrose school: worth
81, 29O: will sell foI 800 each: 500 cash $40.
The Above is only II partial list d what
we have Ia offer; il you have decided to
put your rent money for 1898 into II
home call TO see us and we can K,t any
thing you want in the shape Of Il home.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

The Randolph Macon system of schools
is getting ready to have big time at its
annual commencement ia June II has
been decided to hold n Joint conference
ment III l.ynchburg Of the WonAn's Col
lege, neutrality-suspicious. College, the Wo-
mans College annex AT; Blackstone. and
the two Academies. TO accom- mediate
the students nua visiting alumni huge
tents will be pitched near tie grounds Of
the Woman's College. There is n
glamour and a fascination ihut hangs
around all commencement exercises that
never grows dim nor pals upon the par
ticipauts, hut Chancellor Smith by this
novel scheme has enhanced it ten fold
If the boys and girls of Randolph Macon
fail to have Il grand time next June it
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
A Truthful Statement.

An excellent and invaluable remedy,
for the cure Of cough, cold and hoarsc-
ness, is DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and
Mr. Jas. IIadlicld. $50 West St., New
York City, vcrilics this statement.
He writes: DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup
is most excellent remedy for cough,
cold and hoarscncss, and | take great
pleasure in recommending it to all,
who require such a valuable household
medicine DR.. Bulls Cough syrup
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

Even great calamites are sometimes
not rnmiXed with good, and such is likely
to be true of the recent destructive snow
storm which visited Boston. Year after
year in all our large cities the various
companies have been adding to the over.
head wires until the streets present the
appearance Ct dead forests with their
ugly poles strung SO thickly with wire as
ain ost to blot out the view of the sky
above. Time and again the wires have
interfered with the fremen in running
up ladders, and the death of some one
from tire falling Of Il live wire has become
so frequent as scarcely to call for notice,
and yet little decisive action has been
taken to get rid of the danger Since
Boston's terrible experience however,
with wires down throughout the city and
fires originating froiu crossed wires, it
has stirred that city AS we'll as Others up
70 tie necessity Of prompter action. Chi
cago has taken old of the matter most
theoretically and has issued an elct
threatening to cut down all poles within
the city unless the companies begin
within the next two weeks to nut their
wires under the ground. This is the only
way in which safety car he secured 10
large cities, and anything less than this
is merely terlporizing with Il great dan.
ger.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

WANTED. bright and faithful gen
temen and ladies' to travel for RESPONSE
bile established house in Virginia.
Monthly $50 90 and expenses. Position
steady Reference. Enclose self
address ed stamped envelope. The Domin-
ion Company. Dent. L. Chiongo.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
NOVICE OF MEETING.

THE eighth annual meeting of the
stockholders OF Fairview Cemetery Com
pany will be held over Hunter 81 Co.'s.
store, corner Commerce and Salem ave.
nue., in Roanoke. Va, at noon on March
Z, 1893, for the election of IL board Of di
rectors and for such other business as
may legally come before it.
W. L. ANDREWS, Secretary
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

W. X. ANDREWS & CO., go Salem
avenue, have had years of experience in
the coal and wood business. They know
what is required in the business. They
have the largest and most convenient
yard in the city. They handle every va
riety of coal sold in the city. They have
more shed room and keep more teams
than any other dealer in the city They
have polite and accomm odating drivers,
and deliver promptly coal and wood,
nice and dry, from their extensive sheds
Their teams are all belled
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

A Western newspaper man who tried
to run paper TO suit everybody has been
planted under Il juniper bush, and the
searching katydids now sing his evening
dirge, AID Il II ule cared rabbit stands as
sentinel over his grave. At least, that
is what survivor says.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
HELP w ANTAD.

WANTED "A husiling man as resi-
dent manager of a live Butter House. y
good position 10 the right man. For par
ticulars address. THE MARYLAND
CREAMERY Co, 40 North Green ST..
Baltimore, Md. . IS 1t
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
Roanoke Shoe Co.
Spot Cash Money Savers.


\ play is selected nuu read through
merely for the plot. y second time it is
gone through with and close attention is
paidsto delineation of the characters
and their influence and interplay upon
each other. Finally, third reading is
given it and "A critical study made of its
pecularities, or any marked differences
between the Elizabethan and Victorian
English, after which sople member is
chosen TO prepare paper upon some spe-
cial char acter or phase of the play. 1t
is hardly necessary to say that after this
exhaustive study each member has al
most perfect possession" Of the play. Ii
is only of late years that the women Of
America have turned their attention to a
Sc: ious study of the great dramatist, but
with such texts as Rolfe's, HuGsons,
Kellogg and others, leach year s,es these
clubs becoming more nun eIous. And it
is fitting that Shakespeare should be read
and studied by the women of orr land
oN-b hiOt t-Sulll Mllll XII tuclr DTGhuSU
OF intellect; Racine nor Moliere with all
the versatility Of their genius; Petrarch
nor Dante with all their poetic fire have
ever succeeded in clothing their female
characters with the marvellous beauty
and exquisite loneliness that our own
great poet does. Only one of Shakes
peare's plays, "ri,non OF Athens" is
without some important female charac-
ter--and that is n tragedy of despair In
only one Of his plays is there an absolute
iniidel rs regards womanly truth and
goodness, and that is the lrredeeniaiile
Iagu. IL is natural that to the woman ui
culture and of refinement should come "a
love for the author of Rosalind ald Mi
randa, of Juliet and ImoGene, OF pcr,ia
aud isabella; Perdita, IA ''hlossum of the
inland meadow lands" Miranda, Il
Flower OF the foam of the sea, - children
who have known no sorrow, logeliest and
fraiieai Of creation; Venetinr rorti4,
strong il: her self mastery, yet humble in
her owe; lmogcne, fair inc gene, whom
tor her very faults We love, ''made per.
feet through her suffering" 1t is with
such women as these, unsullied, untnint-
ell in their innocence ard purity that the
pages of Shakespeare abound Why then
hould he not lie studied by the women
of our land? Why should they not love,
admire, nay more, initiate these IDEAL
creations of female loneliness which illu-
mine almost every page of Shakespeare
plays? In these views of Shakespeare's
women the writer Of course claims no
originality, for in field so thoroughly
titled, originality were well-nigh mpossi.
he, and any writer who enters it must
find himself standing more or less be-
tween quotation marks The Times
wishes only to congratulate the Roanoke
Shakespearean Club upon the perpetuty
OF its existence and to express the hope
that ,incited by its example, other literary
clubs may be formed for the study of this
or kindred subjects. For a city the size
of ours the dearth of systematic literary
" ork is to be deplored, and in this respect
we are in strik ing contrast with many
towns infinitely smaller.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

Desiring to open up new territory soon
we will need more statesmen and collect
crs in all sections of Southwest Virginia.
Apply before February /. STANDARD
INSTAILMENT CO., 2l2 Jefferson St.
Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

FIFTY HANDS WANTED on Over
ais, Shirts and Drawers. Apply 10 the
IN. 81 W." Homemade Overalls and
Shirts. % 81 Salem avenue s. W. ].
SACHS, Manufacturer. > I'm
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

WANTRD-Sober,e energetic young men
and Industrious ladies to represent The
American Art Co., Lock Box 444, East
Radford, Va. I'll Ivy
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

Sweet Florida oranges, imported lines
California Tangerine oranges. j. j
CATOGNI.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

The Business once of The Times closes nj
6 p. III. After Tint hour my business cnn be
transacted on the third floor of The Times
building.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

There is in our city an organization
about.which save in a small circle little
is ever heard, and still less IS ever writ
ten-an organization which, like II strip
CT green in some arid desert, stands out
literary oasis, refreshing because of the
fewness of literary clubs among us We
refer 10 the Ladies' Shakespcarean Club.
For several years the members Of this
club have II ct on every Monday afternoon
at each other s houses for the purpose of
a critical study of this peerless genius of
all ages. The mt mbership Is limited to
n definite number, and dnring all the
years OF it's existence It has never fallen
below this limit each vacancy that &C.
curssbeing eagerly filed by waiting candi-
dates. The club has recently competed
the study of Shakespeare plays in their
entirety and has now taken up the Son
nets The plan OF work Is similar to that
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

ROOMS FOR RENT-Four, upstairs,
water on same floor, newly paperei; very
cheap. sos Sixth avenue g. w. 2112t
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

FO , RENT.

NICELY furnished rooms for rent; all
convenieuccs, Jefferson street. Address
on" care Times. 3 10 1t.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13

The Senior De Lone affair has been the
one theme editorially before the people
for the past few days. 1T is also the one
subject upon which the papers of every
political creed can unite, and the press is
unit in den nuncing the periidy of the
Spanish minister. Some profess to see in
1T only the expression Of the individual,
though none the less cuipable on thnt ac-
count, which others claim that the letter
which was written was but the echo CT
the government which he represented
For him to have retained his Diplomatic
post was of course out of the question,
but we pelieve 1t was mistake to have
allowed him to resign. a summary dis
missal would have met the insolence OF
the case far more aptly With the accept
ance ty the Spanish government of his
resignation, the strongest journal iii this
country sees "the episode closed" DEEM
ing that sufficient reparation has been
made for the insult that has been offered
This is more n personal matter with
President Mckinley than aught else If
he is satisfied, then perhaps the nation
should be also, but as suggested by
another leading journal, while this Ii ay
close the affair so far as De Lone hi,nsel?
is concerned, there is another question of
deeper import. The letter contains fatal
admissions of Spaiu's inability to pnt
downsthe war in Cuba and the t.cit con
fes sion that the Spanish cause is lost. Ii
i the tearing away of the mask of deceit
and Of duplici!y which pain has hitherto
worn that Is The most important thing in
this document There - also another
phase of this .unforiunate incident that
Is dwell Oh by one Of our exchanges, and
that is the light in which Spain must
necessarily view this country owing to the
character of the minister She has sent to
represent her. Upon i'm that govern
ment has depended for information and
opinions of American character and pur-
pose. AS he has seen it. or pretended to
see it, so will Spain. Senior de Lone has
not been an inactive man ats his post
here. On more than Que occasion he has
shown that he can WELD ., facile pen, and
if we have been misjudged by Spain, no
doubt she has frequently had the war
rant of her own representative for doing
So However much the country may
contemn the slanderer ard traducer of the
head This government, she should .be
thankful at least chat she has. IN ade il
possible for us to act so as to relieve
Cuba. Our Government has been patient
and long su Herring to degree that Spain
has never recognized, and If now it should
step in and demand that slaughter and
starvation should cease in Cuba, it We, Id
settle the whole matter. "The oppoftu-
nifty and the necessity were plain before
Senior de Lone was exposed. This episode /
has simply had the effect to .emphasze /
them
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
WOOD, WOODu WOODu

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or by the pared for COOKING
STOVES or in BLOCKS FOR HEAT
ING STOVES, 90 to w. X. ANDREWS
IL CO, Ply ; alem avenue. Their belled
teams are always ready to deliver it.