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What's the Use of Waiting? Roanok?, Vi. ii They " say "all things como to him who waits," but we have no been waiting, and wo don't propose to wait- "We KNOW our pricea aro right, our work A-l, and if you don't bring us work wo will CO me atter it, in on* way or another, eithor by bringing to your notice, our prices, facilities and quality o? oxeeution, or personal interviews. "Wo aro not grumbling ; fur from it. We've had our share; we are still getting our share. But we have plnced at your disposal a modern, and almost ideal, printing establishment, with M_ To BALL & MAY, Dr. TVi-it_grocers BLACK & WHITE, Attorney, at Law, P. O. Bo? 26. Roanoke, Va. sueh faeilities as to command admiration from all ith whom we havo business intercourse.' We are not waiting ; haven't time to wait An Up-to-Date Printing Office. Ono of tho vows tho writcr^mado when ho was "devil" in a country printing offieo was, in effect, that if ho over owned or man? aged a printing establishment, it would bo kept clean, at least by comparison. At that time ho hardly felt tho forte of tho vow, for he has learned after years of experience that it is necessary immediately after ono "going over" to start at tho beginning and go over it all anain. It never ends?just like a housekeeper's duties?but not like tho l>oy who sees no uso in washing his faco beeauso it will got soiled again. But, a clean printing establishment is just as necessary for tho proper execution of work in our lino as light and boat and power. And the vow has been kept. Como and see. We Do Not Believe There is another city in the State which sends such a small propor? tion of its orders for printing and blank books away to our Northern friends as Roanoke. All honor to our bankers and business raon; that is?most all of iL Wo must reserve a little, as this is our "cwn country." In Our Press-Room Can bo seen tho rapid, diminutive and monster cylinder presses including tho famous "Promise Keeper," turning out thousands upon thousands of sheets overy day. Our largest and best paper cutting machine, tho automatic cutting knife sharp? ener, and tableting appurtenances are on this floor. The wonderful and powerful electric motor, which propels tho machines on all three floors, is also on this floor. Over in ono corner, hardly noticeable, is kept in readiness, as a supplementary power, an improved Gas Engine, to bo attached at momentary notice, in caso of accident to the electric motor, or for other causes. This precludes the possibility of a "holo" on tho power question. On the Second Floor A long row ot small presses, used for cards, envelopes, statements, note beads, tickets and small work. Here, also, is probably tho most wonderful piece of mechanism in our establishment?tho Kail road Ticket Printing Machine. Think of it tho next time you purchase your ticket. Secured behind iron bars and double locks, it at once suggests government bonds, with all these safeguards. Our Establishment Is just opposite and overlooking the lawn of Hotel Koanoke, (one of the finest hotels in the State,) which gives us a magnificent, bright, refreshing view at all times. Our business offieo and press-room aro on tho ground floor (along with our prices). Each floor and depart? ment is connected with tho office by Electric Bells, Speaking Tubes, and Elevators ; and all departments aro bountifully supplied'wilh all kinds of Labor and Time-Saving Appliances. Further Along On this floor is tho type-setting department, where expert minds and fingers think and act rapidly and correctly, interpreting at times hand? writing that would make Horace Greeley turn green with envy. Largo, extra largo fonts of typo permit tho handling of very large orders in a most satisfactory and expeditious manner. Our force in this department can set up about as many pages in a day as a man car read. A plentiful supply of Algebraical, Astronomical, Geometri? cal signs and characters, accento letters, and "odd sorts" enable us to handle difficult and intricate work in special lines. On the Top Floor Is our Blank Book Manufactory, ruling machines, including on which is probably the largest south of Philadelphia; our various wire stitchers, which will lake wire from a spool, cut it tho proper length, shape it, and drive through a book three-fourths of inch thick, or one not so thick, 1120 a minute; then our paging and numbering machines, board and paper cutters, book presses, which exert a pressure of twenty tons or more, perforating, punching and eyeleting machines, and tho engraving department?which latter is an innova? tion for this section. * We Print Anything That can bo desired or devised from movable typo, paper and ink_ and brains. Brains aro ju~t important in our work as paper or ink or typo. It is the combination that tells. We do not mean to be egotistical at all; but combining these things to bring forth a harmo? nious result has been our study?and wo do claim to know our business right thoroughly. All logether One of the things which has contributed largely to the success of our establishment is tho systematic working "together" of all our forces in all departments. This has reduced to a minimum the "lost motion" which is usually to bo found in largo industries. If a minute can bo saved here, another there, it is done?an hour is gained?thus wo take care of tho fleeting moments. Five minutes Roanokc.Va.-JB9 RtCtlVtD OF_ - -Dollars wasted daily by each of our employes would mean tho interest on $10,000 a year. In theso days of close margins each moment of time must bo productive. Quite Recently, Too Tho timed aro hard, money tight, everything handled econom? ically?but it cannot possibly stay that way. So wo aro pushing ("not shoving") ahead, just as though good times were upon us. Wo cannot afford to lag bebind or worry; but in times of peaco wo are preparing for war. And when it comes we will havo an estab? lishment that can take cure ot anything that comes?an* things that do not como now. Recently wo placed an order for ono of tho largest lots of new typo ever given at ono lime in Virginia. And Our Stock-Room! If Bomo of our friends who usually buy a quiro or so of paper at a time, could look in upon this department, they would not cease won? dering for days. Wo do not exaggerate a particlo when we eay you can see A TON OP A KIND; yos, TEN TONS OF A KIND. You say: "What, ten tons of ono kind of paper in a town like Roanoke?" That's what wo said. Come and see. And, besides, hundreds of other kinds of plain, fancy and unique; there aro stacks of card-board, of a kind, as high as a man, and he need not bo a Lilliputian, either. What Can We Not Do With such facilities? A card, a circular, note head, envelope, pam phlet, price list, catalogue, book, railroad rate sheet or time table, a ruled blank or a 1000-page ledger, on any or all, we assure our friends wo aro AT HOME, from January 1st to December 31st. The Stene Printing and Manufacturing Co,, Printer?, Engravers and k Book Manufacturers, >o?it? Hotel Roanoke. i- btonk, prt?d..? . . ROANOKE, VA Too MuchJMe! The use of the surgeon's knife is be? coming so general, resulting fatally in such a large number of cases, as to occasion general alarm. The press al? most daily announces the death of somej unfortunate whose system could not withstand the shock of au operation, and whose life was cruelly sacrificed to the keen blade of the surgeon. Of course, in some instances an operation is necessary, and is the only means of saving life, but such cases are exceedingly rare. So many deaths occur under these conditions, however, that the public is beginning to realize that the doctors are too hasty in resort? ing to the knife, and if such a state of affairs continues, there will before long be a general uprising against such meas? ures. It is but reasonable to believe that the majority of operations are unnecessary, but when the fatal mistake is discovered too late, only th? doctors ever know of their error, and though a precious life is given up, the public is assured that death would have resulted in spite of the operation, and who is ever the wiser ? - v ' The folly of resorting to the knife in cases of cancer, Is demonstrated every time it is undertaken. The disease is in the blood and the cancer or sore is but the outward manifestation of a terrible condition of the entire circula? tion. To cut out this sore, therefore, does not in any way effect the disease, and it can easily be seen that the only correct treatment is to get at the seat of the disease, and purify the blood; the sore will then heal up naturally. S.S.S. is the most powerful blood remedy made, and is the only cure for cancer. MR. WILLIAM "WALTO UJ. To submit to an operation, is to volun? tarily endanger one'3 life, without the slightest hope of being benefitted. Mr. William Walpole, is a wealthy planter residing at Walshtown, South Dakota, and is well known all over the state. Under date of Jannary2oth, 1S96, he writes; " Aboutthreeyears ago, there came under my left eye a little blotch about the 6ize of a small pea. It grew rapidly, and for the past year, shooting pains ran in every direction. I became alarmed and consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it cancer, and said that it must be cut out. This I would not consent to, having little faith in the in? discriminate use of the knife, though I was alarmed at my condition. Reading of the many cures made by S.S.S., I determined to give that medicine a trial, and after I baa taken it a few days, the cancer became irritated and began to dis? charge. This afterawhileceased, leaving a small scab, which finally dropped off, and only a healthy looking little scar remained to mark the place where the destroyer had held full sway .Words are inadequate to express my gratitude to the great blood purifier, S. S. S., and I write this hoping that it may hetbemeans of leading other sufferers to a cure." Cancer is not incurable, but the only means of curing it is to rid the blood of the disease. S.S.S. never fails to do this, but it is the only remedy to be re? lied upon. It in guaranteed purely vegetable, and cures Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema, Catarrh, Rheumatism and any other disease of the blood. Other blood diseases often develop into such alarm, ing conditions that the doctors think au operation necessary. Scrofula, for in? stance, often diseases the glands of the neck to such an extent that an operation is looked upon as absolutely the only relief. This is also a grave error, as the disease is in the blood and a real blood remedy is the only cure. An operation never did cure a blood disease. Beware of the knife! Send for our books on cancer and blood diseases, mailed free. Swift Spe? cific Company, Atlanta, Georgia. The Times' Prize Piano. Roanokk, Va , May 11, 1S9C. To Thk Times:?We desire to nay that tho Jewott Upright I'iano, which Tue Timks has purchased from us and placed on exhibition at our warerooms, is in every respect one of tho finest and beBt pianos on the American market for the price. Tho retail price of this piano is fixed at ?400 by tho Jewott I'iano Com? pany. We further desire to say that the Hob? ble I'iano Co. heroby offers to the win? ner of this instrument 8400 cash for the lime, provided he or she purchases a Piano from us at any time betweon now and when the final decision is made. This ofTer Is made to prevent any one holding off the purchase of an instru? ment until this Piano is awarded. Very truly, Hohhik Piano Co. Special Offer?(iaa (looking Stoves. Cookino with gas and with the latest stylo of gas cooking stove is tho cheap? est., quickest, best, most cleanly, most oonvenlent; no dirt, no trouble, ready at a moment, less heat. Until June 1 this company will re? ceive orders for placing the neoe6sary piping and the stove at a cost to the purchaser varying from SO to S8, payable la monthly instalments of SI. Call at room 303 Terry building, examine stove and obtain further particulars Roanokk Gas and Water Co. "The Fair" is now open at No. 0 Sa? lem avenue with a full lino of station? ery, glassware, etc. Oeokok Uiuvatt, Manager. IN JOYFUL YUCATAN. A TRAVELING GROCERY MAN WAXES ELOQUENT IN PRAISE. ITe Talk? of ISreail That Groves In Natu, Milk That Corner* From Trvcn, Sirup That Outherit on Autn* It:icka ami Light That Shine* From Leaves. "Seems to mo that I ought to bo sorry I went down there, now," said John Gilbert, tho traveling grocery man, who recently rotnrnod from a six weeks' stay in Yucatan, "I don't soo how I can go ahead and resume tho rounds that my business calls for without a nigh and a regret, that, go where I may in my native land, I will look in vain ; for the tree tbatiu those tropical climes j gave mo light by night, for tho tree that gave mo my daily bread, and tho one that gave mo milk for my coffee, to say nothing of the pleasing and bulbous tint that gave me the sweetening for it. Time and cash customers may wear down and blunt tho edge of this regret* but it is sharp now, and I really suppose that I ought to bo sorry I went down there. "I didn't know anything about these remarkable specimens of the vegetable and animal kingdoms when I first struck tlmt country, but I noticed that the bread we had in camp was wry go<xl and ?Ki milk very choice and creamy, while the coffee was dcliciottsly sweet? ened. Ono morning I hoard tho oook of our party hollering out orders to the Indian guides. " 'Here, yon!' ho hollered. 'Ilurry up and pick some bread! And there ain't a bit of milk! Go boro for some right away! And say, yon dago over yonder, what's the matter of yon straining some sugar out o1 them ants?' "This was a little astonishing to me, and I asked for information. Then I found out all about iL "Tho tree that gave the brv;td we ate down there doesn't look a bit as if it would do it. But I found out that looks are deceptive under the equator. Tin* bread isn't bread exactly when it is first picked, but it is a nice, stiff dough in? closed in a nutshell about the sizo of a goose egg. They crack tho shell, take oat the dough, knead it a little, und it is ready for baking. By thinning it down to a batter with the milk they get from another treo, our camp oook used to make first rate paneake? out of iL Tho day I camo away ho strained tho swee tening out of a quart of ant<N mixed it up with a batch of the dough and mado sweet cake that would have been good enough for anybody's folks to set oat before company. "The tuiLs that supply tlie honey, err sirup, or whatever it might bo called, aro worth traveling all the way down there on u mule to see. Tiny aro about the size of a small poanuL and on their back is a transparent sack that they dis? til honey into until they swell upas big as a gixxl sized uuirblo. Yon can Booop these ants up by the peck. They make this honey to feed their young on, but they are so good natured and so suscep? tible to familiarity that all one has to do is to tickle them under the fore shoulder and they will give you every drop of honey they havo in st<ck and then go meekly off to fill up again. "But this ncevrmmodating aut isn't one whit more curious thtut the tree that acts in the capacity of dairy down there. This tree has a big leaf, so tough and leathery that they use it for half soling shoes. When they want to milk one of t!>" trOOS, they Iron- a hole in the trunk, and it lets down a sap as white and as sweet as any milk yon ever read about in summer hotel advertisements, To get sweet milk out of this vegetable cow, though, you must milk it early in the morning. After tho sun has been up two or thne hours tho tn<' gtvos sour milk. They tell a weird tale down thi n about a vengeful snake and a foolhardy Indian. Tin- snake, is of tho deadly ven? omous aphidian family familiar in the tropics by a queer Indian name which I can't remember and which I oouldn't pronounce if I did remember iL In Eng? lish it is bush in an. This particular snake had a nest of young ones, and the Indian was foolhardy enough to steal them. Tho mother snake followed tint Indian to his hut only to find the dead bodies of her offspring lying ubout with their heads smashed. The mother snako disappeared. Next morning the Indian wont out and tapped his oow tree for milk, and returning drank it for his breakfast. Ho had seareely KWallowod it when lie beg;ui to double up ami howl. His eyes bulged out and his cheeks turn? ed fiery red and with a yell fell dead. " 'Thobnshman!' cried his wife. 'The bushmuii has stung him!' "He had all the Symptoms that follow tho bite of that cheerful serpent, but no? where about him could the marks of the deadly fangs of ono bo found npon the dead Indian. Later they found the mother bushman lying dead in the bushes near the cow tree. In tho trunk of the tn?', deeply embedded, they dis? covered her poison fangs. Then the ter riblo truth was revealed. The snake, despoiled of her family, h;id avenged herse lf on the dospoiler. She had min? gled her venom with the milk in the tree, and the Indian had drunk of it deeply and met his awful fatev "But the tree that gives light inter? ested and amazed mo more than the oth? ers. This tree doesn't grow more than 10 or 12 feet high, but three of them would light a pretty g<?od sized bouse. If you mb its leaves smartly between your hands they will glow in the ditrk like a lightning bug. As soon as night comes the leaves on this tree begin to shine ad if they were so many electric, lights. Looking off across country, one can see seores of tlie treen shining here and tliero in tho darkness liko beacon lights set in the hills. The Indiana call it the witch treo, and I don't blame them. It gives tWe irost light after it has been drenched with water, and so if tho tree logins to grow a little dim all they have to do is to dousetWO in- three pails of water over iL and it is just like giv? ing the'wick of a lamp a turn or two higher.''?New York Sun. GENERAL SPORTING NOTES. . Saturdays Juno 80, was selected for tho Schuylkill navy regatta nt Philadelphia. Tho University of Pennsylvania has a swimming pool which is enjoyed by 150 Etudonts daily. When ball clubs deponded on onoregular nnd a substitute pitcher, soro arms wore never hoard of. Manor's ryes nro still troubling htm, but ho is training for Slavln nb Shoopsbead Hay, New York. Murphy, the wheelman, will moot John? son, tho Minneapolis flier, who is now in Europe, next July. The Erie (Pa.) Yacht club nnnouncos an open regatta Aug. 15 to iio, Inclusive, and extends a cordial invitation to all yacht siuon to nttend. The Kentucky Trotting Horso Broodors' association has decided to givo $00,000 In stakes for its fall mooting. International yucht racing In British waters, so far us tho United States is concerned, would seem to bo limited to Howard Gould's Niagara. Efforts are being made to Induce tho University of Pennsylvania to enter tint eight oared crow In tho Harloiu-New York regatta on Decoration day. Jack Madden of Brooklyn Is trying to arrange for another mooting with Cnspor Loon. Madden says ho will bot t-30 on tho result of his uost light with Leon. It is said that if Mr. J. Arthur Brand of London should again challenge for tho Seawnnhaka cup for small yachts it Is probable that ho will do so with a Slbblck designed and built boat. A. H. Loo, ono of Now Y'ork's crook bi? cycle riders, has gone to Louisville to train for thu racing season. Should bo Und himself possessed of sufficient speod, ho will join tbo professional ranks. Yachtsmen Are llusy. In n very few weeks tho yachting season of lbHO will bo opened, and, from present appearances, it will bo ono of tho liveliest ever seen in American waters. Tbo Do fender-Valkyrie fiasco of last year, which It wus thought would givo yachting a ma? terial backset for some time to coino, bus apparently had a directly opposite effect. Tbo clubs have selected their officers for the ensuing year, and tho regatta commit? tees uro busy arranging special foaturos for the boat owners. Tho little half raters which did so much to keep up tho Interest in yacht racing last year will play a prominent part in this year's sport. Tho cold und otherwise unpropltlous weuthcr which has militated against yachtsmen in various parts of tbo conntry during the twist month, has given way, nnd now that inoro fnvorablo conditions prevail tl?e activity among the yachting fraternity is pleasant to sec. Many of the smaller boats uro already in commission, and hundreds of others uro on tho ways and roady for launching. I nt* root leg I ate Hockey. It is not nt all unlikely that lntorcol legiuto sport will bo livelier than ever next winter, for thero is now on foot among college men a very energetic movement In favor of tho recognition of hockey as nil authorized contest gumo and for the for? mation of n body to control the playing of the game. Such an arrangement would greatly relievo tho monotony which exists in the athletic world during tbo months of January and February und would also encourage Interest in an admirable pas? time. The Yalo students have been pructlcnlly ivssurcd that the faculty will not object to having nnother university team, because two of its members are tho most ardent admirers of tho game and tho most skillful players of the game In tho university, and they frequently join tho boys In a game. It has been tho policy of tho faculty and the managers of the various teams to make the real Ix-neflt of col lego athletics more general and not confined to a mere hand? ful of men. In other colleges tho feeling seems to run but one way?that is to say, in favor of the proposition; honoo tho plan will un? doubtedly be put into execution. American Whist Lesgu? Convention. Tho sixth annual convention of tho American Whist league, which is to bo held at Manhattan Beach, New York, commencing Juno L'O, will probably be a very interesting event. Mr. Robert H. Wcoms, tho corresponding secretary of tho league, aided by bis able corps of assist? ants, has completed tho programme for the occasion, and It is u most excellent one. Nine general contests have been planned for the mooting, each of them open to all members of the league. Play for tho Ham? ilton club trophy for the championship of America will begin on Tuesday afternoon, June y:i. The Hyde Park club of Chicago, which now holds tho cup, will enter its strongest team and mako a desperate effort to retain the title it now holds. The play? ing for tho Hamilton cup will be contin? ued throughout tho week, afternoon and evening. Tho programme will include various individual und team contests, con? cluding with tho struggle for tho Ameri? can ^Vlllst leaguo cup. An Admirable Cycling; Contest. Tho bicycle daily fivo milo road cup contest, recently inaugurated by the great? est athletic body in America, tho Now York Athletic association, is something more than unique, it is excellent, both in its aim and its collateral results. Tho conditions of tho contest provide for a fivo mile ride each day between May 1 and Sept. 1U. Tho member riding tho greatest number of days will recolvo tho prize. While tho terms seem somewhat oxneting, tho contestants will not find them to bo so after u week or so of punctual and con? scientious work. Tho object of tho con? test is to develop and oncourngo constant road riding, and the health and strength which will be acquired will inoro than ro pay tho contestants for tho effort required to attain the habit of regularity, which is intcessary in order to got tho greatest bon tfits from this paragon of recreations. Yale and Her Football Coaches. The recent fruitless effort of Mr. E. T. Rollins of Columbia, Mo., to socure tho Services of Captain Thorno of tbo Yale football team as coach for tho Missouri university team next year is fairly con? vincing proof that thoro will bo no more Yale coaching of outside teams. Accord? ing to Captain Thome's stntoinont to Mr. Rollins, tbo alumni of Yalo havo reached tho conclusion thnt tho Yale system should bo retained for tho bonedt of Yalo, and hereafter the coaching of outsldu oolloges by Yule men will be discountenanced. It would seem, theruforo, that Yalo is begin? ning to realize that her supremacy on tho gridiron is threat-ennd to somu extent by the in.-r. using strength of tho teams of smaller ( ..lieges; hence her reserve in tho mutter of coaoblng. When two China men meet, thell way of saying " How do you do? " is "How are your /) f W 4A b o w e 1 S ? ?? II ' / I Ix^BeVXamounta to the W I I JT /same tiling. If the. bowel? are in good condition the rest of the system i; . pretty sure to be all right. But when they are consti? pated, it 1ms a half, paralyzing effect on the rest ot the body ?and the mind too. Headaches, dyspep? sia, biliousness, nervousness, poor sleep, weakness, heart palpitation and gloomy spirits,- all come from constipa? tion. And that isn't the worst of it: It lays your system open to all sorts of Serious and dangerous illness. It isn't safe to neglect constipation and it isn't safe to use dangerous wrenching carthartics, to overcome it, either. They leave you worse off than before. What is needed is a tnild natural laxative like Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They aot surely but without any violence. They regulate ami strengthen the intestines to do their own work. When the "Pleas? ant Pellets" cure you, you are aired. You dou't Income a slave to their use. Take care the druggist doesn't give you something else he calls "just as good." It may be for him, but how about youf You might learn a thousand valuable lessons about preserving your health by reading Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It is n grand book and the present edition is absolutely free to all who send 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of mail? ing only. It contains 1008 pages and over 300 engrav? ings. 680,000 cloth-bound cop? ies have been sold at ?1.5c each. This free edition is In strong manilla paper covers, otherwise It Is just the same. Address World's Dis? pensary Medical Association, Tttiffalo, N. Y. Encourage Home Enterprise. 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