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No mat ter what tin-disease, whether a simple case of malaria lever or a combi? nation of diseases, we cure them all tit the same time, as wo treat all diseases constitutional! v. Asthma, Consumption, < wur.\. Bron? chitis Rheumatism, Kidney iw\ Liver Dlseat'a, Chills and Fever, Female Troubles, in all its forms, and in fact, ?very disease known to the huijan /s tem. llewaro of Fran lulcnt Imitationfe St>c that iAir Trade Mark (si nie as above) appears on each jug. JOHN S< >H & JOHNSON, Druggists, Sole agents, or. Joffnrson ami First ave. s. w. junt-7-ly DYSPEPSIA. RlSA, Mi-..11., [Gents : I now write to let you know that 1 have ^*t)'Vj' using your Burdm-k Wood jTOJSpBitters, and also to tell you what hey have done for me. I have been ronbled with dyspepsia for years. I commenced the use of your Burdock ?lood Bitters and they have brought me out all right. The use of three bottles conferred the great benefit, for which I feel profoundly grateful. I will never b*? without it. ani l d ly WM. H DELKER. The East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RAILWAY SYSTEM IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE South, Southwest & West, Tho finest Pullman Vestibule slcop bng car service In the South?? Pull man Sleepers without change. Roanoke to Knoxvillo, Chattanooga, Ronie, Annis ton, Selina, Montgomery, Mobilo and New Orleans. Direct, conner tion made at Rome and Chattanooga with through sleepers for ATLANTA, MACOS & JACKSONVILLE Fo. any further informal! >n. address E. A. WARREN, Trav. Pass. Agt Itristol, Toan. C. A. BENSCOTER, Ass. Qen'l Pass. Agt. B. \V. WRENN, jySStf Gen. Pass. Agt. Ivnoxville.Tenn. TheCifizens Bankof Roanoke Roanoke, Virginia. Salem Avenue, lotween Jefferson ;.nd Henry St:< i Is. J. T? Lkw, President, ln'.o ca hier Commercial Dank Rounoko, Va li M. Dicimso.r, Cashier. Accounts of haul::;, hankers, corpor ations, merchants and Individuals solicited. Our fact hies for doing a general banking business oro equal to any hanking house in Virginia. Col? lections a specialty and prompt remit? tances made. Interest allowed on time deposit ROMANCE OF WHALING. A. CalllllB That ii'?". It* rii-:;sui(M us Well bh Its l'orlln. From an article in tho Contury on "Tho Perils and Rontanuo of Whaling," wo quoto as follows: "Tho whaleman ospceially havo boon tho sinews of tho American navy. Inured to danger bv a calling in which tho chances wore as desperate as thoso of hattlo, thoy stepped from tho whalo hoat to tho man-of-war simply to face a foo of a dilforont kind. They needed no baptism under flro before they could j meet an enemy Without Qinchlng, and when they responded to thoir country's call thoy griniiy applied to each hostile ship tho old whaling motto: 'Dead whale or stovo boat' Such was tbo spirit of tho American whalemen, and it still survives not only among tho veterans of tho craft, but also among their descendants, though tho whaling industry itself has dwindled to insignifi? cance. "Tho Nantuckct boy who ties a fork to his mother's darning cotton and then tries to harpoon tho cat, yelling, as tho latter makes its escape: 'Fay out, moth or. Pay out! Thoro sho sounds through tho window!' is certainly worthy of tho 'boat-stoerer' who was his siro. Then, too, wo find in tbo vernacular of tho old whaling ports, even among tho younger generations, delightful relics of tho whalers' idioms. Tho railroad train "tins up;' a wagon is a 'sldo-whool craft,' and you aro requested to 'shift to wind? ward' or leeward," according as the sides need trimming; 'Whore are you heading | for?' Is tho question invariably asked of j you if you are met out walking; you j learn that your veto ran whaleman neighbor of last summer died in the winter in a 'Hurry;' I ho farmer 'lands' his product) at your 'quar? ter galleries' (meaning, in this In Btahco, tho rear kitchen, but also applied to that modern accessory Of fem? inine attire, tho hustle); so you aro in? structed to 'douso the glim' on retiring for the. night; directed, if you can not open the post-olllco dour, to try turning tho knob to tho 'westward.' and if tho door still rofuses to yield aro informed that probably the postmistress 'has bat? tened down the hatches' and gone gam? ming.' To'gam'moans to gossip. Tho word occurs again and again in tho log? books of the old whalers. The uniniti? ated might suppose it signified merely spinning yarns on tho fo'castlo. Rut to the old whaleman it has a far deeper meaning. When tho whalomon met on the high seas thousands oT miles from home thoy would lay to, Bomotimcs for hours, captains and crew would ex? change visits, letters from and for home bo dolivorod, and the story of tho voyages told. That, was a 'gam.' One vossol often brought to another tho first news from homo in two years. Meanwhile, however, a year had elapsed slnCO tho vessel last from port left her moorings, and at least another year would pass before the homeward bound crew would sight their native shore. No wonder the young captain, as his homo harbor hove in sight, eagerly scanned tho crowd upon tho wharf through his marine glass until it rested, perhaps, upon a fair young face full of anxious expectation. Gamming s Indeed a relic of ono of the most ro? mantic, and perhaps pathetic, phases of the whaler's life. Every vessel that sailed carried messages to rela? tives and friends thousands of i miles away, and every vessel that came to her moorings brought, ti j dings of cheer or sorrow from the distant I seas. A wife might havo tho letter which sho had written to her husband ' two years bofore returned to her, bo j cause his vessel had not been spoken? ! <ind alas! sho had not boon spoken by any of tbo vessel? that had returned i during tho year. Time would only ? deepen tho mystery of her husband's fate, and perhaps tho wife would never j know whether the ship was cast upon . one of tho islands of the Pacific and ' :ho crow massacred by tho savage In I habitants, or split upon a sunken reef and engulfed with all hands; and I so sho would sit weeping in her i lonely chamber whilo her neighbors j made merry over the return of a son, j father, lover, or husband, and tho i streets rang with tho songs of happy j .lack. Whalomon returning home were j liable to find that many changes had I taken place during thoir long voyages. An old whaleman told mo that bo was obligod to sail on ono of his voyages ! just after his mother's burial, leaving j his father bowed down with grief. His > vessel was hardly at her moorings three I years Liter before said father slapped him on tho back and said: 'Alfred, come up to the house an' I'll introduce you to your mother.'" LITERARY PRODUCTION. According; to Authorities the Supply I'ar live eod.i tho Demand Tho editor of a prominent American . magazine makes the statement that ; during the past two yoavs between eight and nine thousand articles, beside many I more suggestions for articles to bo writ? ten, have been submitted to his period? ical. Out of that number tho maga i fclno had room for the publication at the ! most of only about four hundred. ! The editors of oilier leading maga j lines, a dozen in number nearly, could ' probably toll a similar story. Then I there hi a large contingent of wookly j newspapers, and the Sunday edition of ] the dallies, that to a considerable 0X i tent uow encroach upon the Held for a long timo principally occupied by t he magazines. Those print very much moro than the magazinos, and thoy, too. aro overwhelmed with oifor Ihgs. Tho presses of tho book pub I Ushers run day and night, and the book j stalls are crowded with twonty-fivo and ! fifty-cent novels, each one of which | represents a score that have been re J joctcd. The literary productivity of j the present generation of Americans is : something phenomenal. Tue editor already quoted S tat OS that many of tho articles are rftjocted, not liecauso they are not meritorious, but because thoro hi no room for the publi? cation of moro than a limited fow of all that are good. Other editors will give | similar testimony, it will hardly as | auago tho pangs of the disappointed r/j thor to bo informod that ho wrltos as well a3 thoso who aro ot tho elect. Ho la always qulto confident ot that himself, and it is really his principal causo cf grievance that ho can not havo tho op? portunity to stand with his equals, or, as ho is oven more apt to think, to out ehino his inferiors. Every body writes nowadays, and wo aro becoming', if, indeed, wo aro not al? ready, a nation of scribblers. Wo aro voracious readers as well, but tho sup? ply of literature is far in excess of tho demand. When so many write well, and there aro so few chosen to acblovo publication, tho outlook for the multi? tude of literary aspirants is not en com raging. The man or woman who is of pro eminent ability can bo protty confident of securing recognition. Hut that is within tho scope ot a few only. Tho average of American lltoraturo of this generation is rospcctablo mediocrity. Thoro are undoubtedly hundreds of re? jected writers who can keep up to that standard as well as thoso who are recog? nized. Circumstances independent of their literary skill prevont thorn from becoming known. Literature is in no senso tho loser on this account, nor would it bo the gainer if tho neglected aspirants for literary fame could usurp tho positions now held by their moro successful, even if not moro talented, competitors.?National Publisher and Printer. THE CUNNING CEAVEFL Slime of tlio Strang? Thine* Snld of Ills Satcaulty uixl Couratjo. There is no doubt of tho sagacity and intelligence of tho beaver, and the at? tempt of the writer oT the article to catch a h aver by setting a trap in tho <lam alter cutting it away will amuso every old trapper that roads it. Tho beaver will invariably use the trap to repair his broken dam. and will very seldom bo caught, in that way. Many trappers have; also had tho bxpoHonco of having their traps tilled with mud and sticks when they liavo attempted to trap him on a log by removing tho pllo of mud placed there before and sotting a trap in its placo. Tho beavbr is too sharp for that, but Is easily caught when tho trdppur has learned how. It is an impression with many that tho heaver use -, his broad, flat tail as a trowol and to carry mud, etc., to build their dams, hut such is not tho case. They uso their short foro logs and paws to carry up mud and grass from the bottom of tho lakes they inhabit, and make piles of mud and grass, such as soltles to tho bottom on the logs that lay out from the shores. Tho writer was never able to learn the object of this, but presumes thoy found somo article of food in it. Thoir food consists, mostly, of tho bark of the willow and cotton wood, ; which they cut down and cut into stick's about four foot long, and, by some process known only to tho beaver himself, they will sink to tbo bottom of the lake or bayou, and there thoy remain until needed for uso. Thoy also will cut down the white ash. Tho I writer of this measured a white ash that was nearly cut down that measured twonty inches in diameter. What their object was in this is ir? delinite, as it was not near any dam and could not bo used for any purpose except for food. Tho beaver makes an interesting pot Thoy are easily tamed, aro entirely harmless, and have a very decided propensity to build dams. If thoy can get the material they will dam at the least provocation, or rather, op? portunity. Thore is no danger of their being worried by dogs, as ono old beavor, however peacoablo, would inako a bull-dog pale with envy at the way he can uso thoso cutting teeth when tho occasion requires. Tho writer expects to pass tho winter in a beaver country, and will try to bring home a few young boavers in tho [ spring. In localities where they are not hunt '. ed or trapped there would bo no troublo ; to get a litter of young ones, but such localities aro rather scarce at present, ' unless ono goes well up toward the j Illach foot Reservation, and thoro aro ! few hunters that earo about enduring j the hardships of a winter in that local? ity.?Cor. Chicago Times. A rretty l.niiip-Sltnde. A very protty lamp-shade may be made of satin or taffeta ribbon, with ' white cotton laco or embroidered net. This laco is found in cream or white . only, but at trilling oxpense may bo ] dyed scarlet, yellow, pulc-groon or any artistic color desirable. After dyeing it. match it in the ribbon, as dyers are not always certain of exactly tho shade ! they may hit in thoir work. Mako tho ; lamp-shad".' three times tbo circum? ference of tho rrame on which it is to rest, put alternately of rows of laco or ribbon. Whenltis of sufficient width Shirr it with four or five rows of gather? ing Into shape at tho lop, leaving a little standing ruftio about an inch wide of double-satlp ribbon. The shirring should till be in tho satin on the. ribbon. Tho new hr.ts-; frames for t'ueso silk Shades are so vohtilatod at the top tha the beat of ii Ro 'bester docs not scorch them or turn the color of the most doli cato silk.?N. V. Tribune. I ?.lohn McCranoy, living near Rings ton, has found a most wonderful stone, says the Savannah News. While plow? ing on a sand-bar ivi the Etowah river bo saw something shining with tho most brilliant of lights just to ono side of him. Ho stopped his plow and went to pick it up. it was-a clear, whito stone, the sizo of an egg, reflecting in ono way the colors of tho rainbow. Turning it over, tho colors took on tho character of a spirit lovcl. following each other up through the center of the rock till all were crathorod at ono end. Mr. McCranoy has been offered $1,000 for il, but refused it. llo will take it to Atlanta to have it tested. It may be a diamond. Jt emits a perfectly white light in the darlc. ? A citizen of Gritlin. Ga., planted nearly a quarter of ail acre with morn? ing glories, thinking they were potato Blips. _ - -The coins of Slam are made of por solaln; those of Japan are made prin? cipally of iron. ] Only a few days more before this year closes. Our sales larger than ever, thanks to our many customers. Bt\ ?SM ^TWif?. BBB Hnoa mTJTBR WiBll Kxpsm flmmr IBBBBM MUMa*B3| K=Tv KTCXJH BSMas >S Vmy \/ \/ snLs?si axxai hcreay bJbh smss?j ton >l o? At the closing of a successful year, and handling such a large stock of clothing, we naturally have many small lots left, consisting of from one to four suits of a kind, amounting altogether to about 200 suits. Quite an assortment you will say, and you are correct, and all this season's goods too, and of every proper style. But we haven't a full assortment of sizes, and we do not propose to keep them. We propose to put them on our job counters and divide into two grades: First counter?Your choice suit, $11; some of these suits are worth $18. Second counter?Choice suits $7.50; some of these suits are worth $14. Ask for these counters and select your own suit, The Salem avenue clothier, tailor and hatter, No. 44 Salem avenue, Roanoke, Va. E. 1V1. Dawson, Manager. PROFESSIONAL. O. LMTCIIER, M. !>.. UOMECKOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Residence, So. 30 Seventh ave. s. w.1, lioanokc, Va. Oflico, 28 Salem avenue. Ofllce hours: '.? to li a. in., 3 to r> and 7 t<>'.? o. ni. S 1 GitiKFtx, Wm. A. Glasgow, Jn., lied ford City, Va. Roanoko, Va. GRIFFIN & GLASGOW, Attorneys-at-laW, room 8, Moomnw building, Jefferson st.. Roanoko, Va. Practice in courts of Roanoko city and county and adjoining counties. FREDERICK J. AM WEG, C. E. M. Am. S.ic. C. F. i'c Engr's Cliib of Phil i. Engineer, Contractor & Builder, Commercial Haul, lluildtng, Roa? noko, Va. Silt Virginia Mineral, Timber, Farm anil City Property Agency. Principal Ofilce, RoanoKe, Virginia. ! ,1 oil N ?inn. LUCIAS B. COCKE. ! w T S. GOOCll. ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Room 5,over Commercial National Bank, ROANOKE, VA. Courts: All the courts of Roauoke City and County. oct2ti-4f Telephone 'JO. LARENCE COLEMAN, C CIVIL ENGINEER, Room 12, Moomaw lluilding, J F. FFLKSON ST. iiOANOK 12, VA. Prompt attention to work in any part of the Statt?. Correspondence solicted. ocl3G-tf. e. W. UAKSBUOUOn. I 8AM. Q. WILLI A US. ANSBR0UG1I & WILLIAMS, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Room No. 11,-Moomaw lluilding, Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Va. Will practice in tho II us tings Court of the city of Roanoko, Court, of Appeals of Virginia and United States district courts. mar35-if I). S. GOOD, I )ENN ? COCKE, ATTORN E YS-AT LAW. ROANOKE, VA COURTS.?Roanoko and adjoining counties. OPE ICE.?Corner Commerce street I and Salem ovenuo. novl-lm A.''STA,M'K1. ATTORN E Y-AT- LAW, Roanoko, Va. Ofilec: Corner Salem avenue and Com meroe sti.us, ovor Wbrts's groe?ry. i myl-l-tf j DR. ROBERTSON, Iis N. Liberty I street, Itnltlmore, Md., tho oldest j roliahlo Specialist (reirulnr graduate) in Italtimoro, with 25 years' oxpericnou In hospital and special practice, guar? antees a coro (without mercury or eaustis) in all acute and chronic dis? eases of the urinary organs, Nervous and Organic Weakness, Strictures, etc. I Urethral diseases recently contracted j positively cured in four to si:; days. (Consultation confidential. Write or call. Medioines sent, to any address. I Special treatment to Ladies. Hoard : and nursing if desired. <u>b W-tv The undersigned have opened aa of? fice for the sale of mineral, timber and j farm laud, and uity pronortyon ?omniis sion. They will develop mineral lands, analyze ores, glvo instructions for de? veloping on a ronsonablo charge, sell farm and timber lands. All mineral, farm and timber lauds listed with tk^ni for sali' will bo extensively advsrtised through agencios in the Northern States and Europe A record of all ores, their analyses and location will bo kspt in our oltice for inspection of buyers. MINERALS A SPECIALTY. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Roanoke, Va. Room No. 14, New Kirk Ruiling, op? posite Kenny's tea store. octl-lyr E HOWARD W. ROBERTSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 1 Thomas Building Court-Houso yard. sept3-3ni ^tHARLES A. McHUGII, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, llo Jefferson street. First floor to rear of Gray <t Roswell. Wo offor the best, security in the city end pay semi-annual dividends. Asa savings bank this institution offers special Inducements. Faid up shares S.V) each. Installment shares St per month. Shares may lie subscribed for at any time. For further information address The People's Porpotunl Loan and Building Association Room WM. F WINCH. Si c'y and Treas. nTnui I it C. n. MOOMAW. Botetourt county. ,i?;o. w. woods, Roanoko county. M OOMAW ,t Wim Mir ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Will practice in the courts of Roanoko city and county and counties adjoining Will attend Mm courts of Roanoko and Botetourt regularly, Roanoke, Va. Oillco: Salem avenue, opposite Stewart's furniture store. it' T UOMAS W. MILLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Oillco: No. in Kirk Building, ovor John? son and Johnson'.-; Drug Store. ap'Mf 1) 11. LEWIS G. PED1GO. Consultation and ofllce practice Oflico hours Evening hours, Saturday only. ;? to 11 a. io. 12 to 1 p. in. 2:30 to ii p. m. to (? p. m. Terms strictly cash. Ofllce 2nd floor front.Postofllco building WJ o. UARDAWAY, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Courts: Roanoke and adjoining conn ties. Ofllce, Moon.aw Building, Jelfor son street, S. Rooms 3 and 4. ianlOtf MINERAL LAND. I offer for sah? -.'ill acres of Coal and Iron band, situated in th? Catawba val? ley of Virginia, eleven milosfroni Roan? oke. Tho otitlook for ^rrat dovolop ments on this property is splendid. The ore is a vein of soft brown bemacilo 32 feet wide and assaying ~<o pi r cent, mo tallio iron. And tho coal prospects are line?two Shafts having boon senk, one 20 and tho other 25 feet, through solid coal .slate. The property also contains a mineral spring, which the analysis of Lehmann ,v Mager proved to possess ro markablc durative powers for all kidney troubles, especially for diabetes. The enormous quantity of coal and ore that will bo required toi the large aombcr'of furnaces and other industrial plantain course of construction it; Southwest Vir? ginia will greatly hicrcaso tho already large demand for these minerals, and colisi fjuently enhance the value of such property. Two railroads have hoOn stir voyod near the property, one of which t lie Roanoke and Cralg i roa 1, and the other, the Virginia Western railroad, will afford valuable connections. Fuller information can he had by addressing II. BOSENHEIM, li ; W. Baltlnioro St. Baltimore, Md. nov8*3m J. E. Mulcare & Co., Manufacturers of All persons having cinnral, farm or timber lands are requested to list them with us for sale. The long experier.co of our senior, Mr. J. A. Dalby, in mining ami Bale of ri al estate warrant us in as? suring our patrons that their inter, ? ?; will bo properly guarded in the sale o? their property, and all money ?oniinff into their hands will be promptly paid over. Owners may, if preferred, employ their special agent or attorneys. Persons, in *endine; descriptive list of property, are specially eae tiouod against giving overdrawn description!!, as it losscns chances of sale. We also advisa against giving options on mineral properties, they often interftiro with, sales and lead to litigation. Wo shall do a legitimate commission business. Active, reliable asents wanted in every county in Southwest Virginia. All city property listed with us wiT have prompt attention, and sold to bust advantage. Wo have booked for sale a list of im? proved ami unimproved property, busi? ness and dwelling bouses in different sections of the city. F' rsons wishing to buy or sell are respectfully invited to call on us. Otllc?, Room Jc (torSO 11 street. Moomaw Building, Refer to First National Bank of Roa? noke, Virginia. ?I. A. DALBY, SONS ,?i CO. nvl 1 -Cm 31 aw ROANOKE STREET RAILWAY. ' On and after Sunday. November r.D, 1890, the Salem extension of the Ro.V noko Street Railway will bo open for pus longer trafllc. Until further notice regular trips will l>0 made from Roanoko (sornor Shenan doah avenue and Commerce street) to Salem (corner Fourth street and Rbao nok.? Boulevard) by the following sched? ule: t K v v r i:o \X0liK. < a. m. o a. m. 11 a. m. 2 p. m. 4 p. m, ? p. xv. i.KAVK S A r.KM. s a. in. I 3:00 p. m. 10 a. m, j ;'i:00 p. m. 13 a. in. j il: t."> p. m. K1NNLV, M. i i. - TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE Pracl ice Limited to BYE, EAR, THROAT, AND NOSE. Oflico?OvorO'Luary, Campbell street. my27-0m And denies in all kinds of cooking and heatttif stoves. Plumbing and gas and steam fitting done. Tin rooting a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. No. 115 First avenue, Roanoko, Va. uovi tf The regular rate ; of the sompany an? : the amounts charged by the conductors. I Tickets jan be purchased at reduced rates by applying at, the otlicc of th? company, the drug stores of Charb?a Lylo ?fe Co., Iludwell,.Christian Jc Bar bee, Roanoke, Va., and W. T. ^'o?JBgnr, Salem, W j. F. CURISTIaN, noySO-if General Manager.