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THE ROANOKE TIMES.
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BOANOKE TIMES above tiiat of any
other paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
more than that of all the other papers of
Boanoke combined.
food for Rdrection.
From The Times Anniversary Edition.
A comparison of newspaper statistics
with our esteemed'contemporaries may
of interest.
The Tim?6? Sept. Sept.
law. ? in?i.
No. advertiwmerrt?.. 13:) 278
" columns advepflieoments. 28 2s
" pages. S 8
" columns. 48 48
Thb Hebaliv
No. Hdvertrswrmitrs. 260 141
?* columns advertisement*. 44
4
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The WflRifl)
No. advertisements. 106 131
** osllumns advertisements. 20
" pages.... 4 4
" ?oiiimrm....... S-l 34
Tbo above figures aro a fair com
mentary on tho progress of tho thre<
daily papers in Roanoko.
TBE TDIKS wunta u live working agent
?n*correspori<lont in every town in Soutli
-wedt "Virginia. Applications ahonld be
?eat In at once.
TJDnEVWlI.PARAI.SO SLAUGHTER.
The investigation of tho rooont
"Valparaiso slaughter by tho Govern?
ment is only one stop in this matter. It
is now clearly established that Ameri?
can sailors have been murdered in oold
blood without provocation by Chilian
soldiers. This is an insult and am in?
jury that cannot bo passed unnoticed.
Although tho officials refuse to talk
further about tho affair, tho country
willbo greatly dissappointcd in Socre
itary Illaine if reparation is not do
mandtdof the government of Chili.
The outrage is a very severe cominen
-tary upon tho conduct of Minister T.at
"Egan. It is recognized as a fact that
the -bitter feeling of tbo successful
(party in tho recent Chilian war against
-the people of this country is in a Jasga
measure' due to Egan's relation with
the. lato dictator, lialmaccda.
!No matter with what credit tho ad?
ministration may como out of :this
dotestcomplication with Chili, the lifo
?hatis lo3t cannot bo restored, and the
fact that Egan has been kept where ho
injured rathor than aided, American in?
terests will not bo forgotten.
IFOK'.TUE PEACE OF EUROPE.
<A woman, prompted by motherly love,
qpeaks,..andi the powers of Europo unito
for,pcace. Tho iron will ofthoccarof
Russia,.whoso word is law, yields to-?be
gentle lovo of thb czarina, who waaxos to
p&vortho way;for a reign of peace (for
bar .do lie Ate son. Ho becomes the
leader of.a "League of Peace," uaiitong
& i ven of .the.great powers of Europe lor
the .avowed purpose of maiataiaiaig
p>acc.
Many -.a war scare his boon her?
alded abroad tfrom Europo in recent
years to bo (forgotten In a short time.
And Abe .war which has been predicted
to ineolvo aft Europo, even before this
peaee movement, seemed no nearer
than several .years ago.
If tAve Peace League will not Insure
permanent peace, it will make the out?
look for peace much brighter than It
was a tew months ago.
WiiAT has become of tho interest in
Roanoke'? proposed hospital? This in?
stitution is no loss speeded now than
when the inaUor was .tho talk of tho
town. At tbo rato of progress that has
been made toward the .eomplotion of
this institution during this year many
a mangled body will suffer before there
is a place for giving proper treatment.
Tuk Jfgi6trat:< ii L<<ks clcse today
Ev<-ry man should ozereise the right
of cJUzcn-hiD and tbe registrars thou Id
be kept busy to-day. Register o day if
f Pll ff.*o*. iO vote.
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET.
Tho Method Adopted by an En
terpriBingr Telegraph Operator.
How Ho Compelled the Western Union to
Pay Hlni ? Kundiomo Salnry?Tlio
Importance of llelng Well
Dressed at Alt Times.
(Special Washington Letter. 1
.standing upon tho sidewalk opposite
the treasury, rey>lying to a compliment
concerning his personal appearance, ono
of tho ablest newspaper men in this
country said:
"No compliment pleases me better
than one concerning my ncntness in
dress. I'm almost feminine enough to
be called a 'Miss Nancy' on that score.
Ever since my early boyhood I havo
taken a pride in having my face clean,
my shoes polished, my finger nails
trimmed and my huiv well brushed. I
believe that no little of my success in
life is due to my habits of neatness and
cleanness. It maj' be called a fad, but
I'm proud of it anyway."
"What reason have you for ascribing
success to such an accomplishment?"
VWell, I'll tell you," he said. "Some
years ago I started out from Cincinnati
with a stcreopticon nnd a lot of views,
for tho purpose of giving exhibitions in
country towns. Oi course, like all san?
guine young men. I expected to coin
money nnd grow rapidly rich. You can
imagine, better than I can describe,
how humiliating and shocking it was to
me to find the people sounapprcciative.
I gave about a dozen performances to
slim audiences, nnd flnully left my en?
tire outfit with a hotel keeper who took
it in lieu of a board bill which I was
unable to pay. I was about a hundred
miles from home, but, being a telegraph
operator, it was not difficult for me to
travel on a first-class passenger train
with ono of the conductors whom I
knew. When I reached Cincinnati I
was absolutely penniless; but I had a
dozen handsome suits of clothes, two
dozen shirts, as many collars and pairs
of cuffs, enough neckties to last for a
year and a couple of pairs of patent
leather shoes. Fortunately I had not
tuken all of my goods und chattels with
me, or the landlord might have taken
them and given them to his son with
which to appear iu good country so?
ciety."
"You readily found employment, I
presume?"
"On the contrary I did not look for
employment. Everybody knew me, nud
I should have been laughed and guyed
out of 'town if I had indicated that I
was fcnrd up and needed work, after
leaving town with "Buch a splurge. Be?
sides, I had no desire'to sit down at a
telegraph key in midsummer and work
for fifteen dollars per week. My land?
lady rented meu'room for five dollars
per month, and -Was willing to wait un?
til I took a long 'Vest before going to
work. She knew me, and believed that
i nvould pay!her in good time. Well, I
had a goodroom, and ute my meals at
free lunch counters. Occasionally I ac?
cepted invitations to dine with my
friends, always indicating that I had
?other engagements nnd that my time
?was :pretty'Well taken np. In short, I
?went around Cincinnati all summer,
?dressed like a prince nnd looked like
?one of the most successful business
?men in'- town. Of course such a life cau
?n?t lafet long, and the young man who
? expects ' to live forever on his wits ulti?
mately reaches tho end of his string. I
had no such intention; but determined
tto-take my own time about seeking em?
ployment. I realized that whenever a
imnn commences to whine about bad
l.nck, or allows his trousers to get
fringed in such a manner as to provoke
i the insinuation that they arc getting
?run down at the heel;' that every man's
STANDING OPPOSITK TffK TRKAHUItY.
ihand is raised against him. That was
:my principal reason for living that kind
?of a life for awhile. Well, it wns get?
ting awfuily irksome to me, and I was
uteally spending a great deal of time at
might worrying, when I ought to have
?bficn sleeping, when the end came un
(Cxpcctediy: and pleasantly. The mana?
ger.of tho Western Union Telegraph
Company accosted me one aftcrnoon.and
A?kedimc why I didn't go back to work.
My aresponse ?was that I didn't have to,
and ?was not. seeking employment. He
then;askcdiine, as. a favor to himself,
to take a : position in the office, at least
temporarily,,because one of his experts
had been taken suddenly ill, nnd he
could inot readily fill his place. He had
been paying .the man 835 per week, and
asked eric if that-would be satisfactory
to me. J ttold him that such ' a salary
was fit only for people who were obliged
to slave jbheif lives away for great cor?
poration*; ;but, ns;afavor to himself, if
he would withe the salary S.*10 per week,
I would take the place until ho could
get an export from New York or Chica?
go. Ho was glad enough to get my
scrvices, under the circumstances, and
appreciated th*i favor which I was do?
ing hiin." .
"How could yon have the nerve to net
in so lordly a manner?"
"Well, I saw at once that my oppor?
tunity had come und I proposed to make
this most of it. If I had jumped at tlio
offer Imj would have given mo not more
than twenty dollurs per week. Well,
that rjigbl I took the key und handled
the market reports for him. When I
entered the offlco I carefully hung my
cunt and waistcoat on a peg, took off
my collar and cuffs, laid them aside ns
though 1 were going to a party imme?
diately after work was done, ami I gave
all tho other operators to understand
that I was only goiug to work for a few
days, ns a mutter of accommodation.
But, mind yon, I never did as good work
before nor since. I made things hum,
and the manner and method of my ?re?
ceiving as wclLns sending almost par?
alyzed tho ofllco force. Now, you see,
in one month I earned one hundred und
twenty dollars. If I hud gone to work
at once I might have only earned that
much in two months, and have always
remained among the scrub operators.
You should huvo seen me, however, on
the first Sunday after I went to work.
I took my salary of thirty dollars and
went around the city looking for the
washerwomen who bad been keeping
inc spick, span, new and clean all sum?
mer. I politely asked them why they
had not called for their money, assur?
ing them that I knew that they must
PAYING THE WASHKHWOMKX.
need it, and hogging them hereafter to
come and get their money every week.
It did not abash nie at all when one old
Irish lady informed mc that she had
been thryin' to find mc for over a
month, and showered blessings on mo
for an honest 'gintlcinan' for having
sought her out to pay her. During tho
evenings and afternoons I gave cigars
away to my friends, for I had kept men?
tal note of everybody to whom 1 was
indebted for favors of that kind. I
treated the boys who had treated mc to
suppers, and I always took them to
the restaurants where I had taken frco
lunches. Thus, you see, I soon evened
things up und cleared mv conscience,
for I assure you my conscience gave mo
several se vere tussles during that sum?
mer. But there never was a minuto
when I had a dishonest intention. I
simply felt that I must not squeal nor
permit anybody to think I was hard up,
not even for a single moment."
"Did your good fortune follow you?"
"It did indeed. I replenished my
stock of clothing, lived economically
after the first month, and, when my
salary was raised to S3? per week, I
commenced to save money rapidly. I
never was a drinking man, you know,
and hence moved in pretty good society.
At last I was offered a position in an
executive department here, and that
wus not of my seeking, either. Having
accepted it, I came to the national cap?
ital and soon made some valuable ac?
quaintances. Everybody spoke of mc
just as you did a few moments ago, that
is, as one of the best dressed men and
one of the most careful of all the gov?
ernment -clerks ns -to personal appear?
ance. I made it a point to go into the
bciit of society and avoided all that was
coarse and gross in this peciuinr CU3*. I
never gambled, but "usually found time
to go to church and Sunday-school. As
my acqnaintanceship widened my
friends increased in number. I fecund
time to get acquainted with the tel?
egraph operators and the newspaper
men. One evening 'I was asked tto do
some telegraphing for a well-known
correspondent, and did it. I alsoicom
Tncnccd'toliring items of news.to him,
and frequently \wrote articles of -con?
siderable length for "him. He offered
me a place as assistant on the paper,
and 1 resigned my government position
to.accept.it. I became acquainted-with
his family, and.they seemed to like.me.
Ultimately I was offered a position as
the regular representative of a leading
western paper, and accepted that.
Later .on, when there came an oppor?
tunity for forming a connection with
the paper which I now represent I ao
?ceplcd.a subordinate place, .and urn now
in .charge of the bureau. That is the
whole story in a nutshell. My good old
father was not noted for religious zeal,
Imt he <wns a good man and believed in
j Ihe ?c'hnr.ehes. He always advised me
to attend church, keep :myself looking
it-lean, no matter itf iiuy 'Clothes were of
lire poorest. 1 have followed parental
advice, i believe tthat.mj'tlife bus been
as fall <o9 actual jpj,cas\irc.ns it would
have been if I hod spent my :money in
saioons instead of in tailor:shops. It
costs nothing ?? be gentlemanly, and it
costs very little fox .a gentleman to bo
well dressed. Ofcowse, I realize that
no tailor can malse :& man. Success
comes as a result of ilabor and .contin?
uous effort in this Ixusy world. But a
man may work hard day and night and
yet he can find time to be careful osf his
personal appearance. 'Eor my own
part I'm proud of the habit which has
been acquired and maintained since
boyhood, und it has contril>uted?largely
to my success. But," ho added with a
youthful smile, "that summer was
harder on mc than it was or* tho free
lunch proprietors." Smith D. Fry.
A Girl In Not Pretty
When she cannot look one honestly in
the eye.
When she has an acquaintance with
the rouge pot.
When she shows her bad humor and
puts on frowns.
When she thinks to improve on na?
ture nnd bleaches her hnlr.
When she docs not keep her hands
clean nnd forgets to care for her nails.
When sho docs not study tho style
of hair dressing suited to her, and per?
sists in wearing it in an unbecoming
manner.?.Vusje ftnd Drama.
1
A ?100,000 Weddlug Gift.
South IIktiii.kukm, Pa., Oof. 23.?E.
P. Wilbur, Jr., and Miss Katbarlne
Victoria Thomas were married last even?
ing at Hollondatrtjta, at tho home of
tho brido's parents. Tho groom is the
son of E. P. Wilbur, prosident oMbe
Lchigh Valley railroad, and tho brido
is the daughter of John Thomas, presi?
dent of tho Thomas Iron Company. Tho
Itev. Dr. John A. Little, of Catasauqua,
performed tho ceremony, and tho Rev.
C. Nelson, of . this place, assisted.
Uuosts from Now York, Philadelphia,
Wilkesbarro, and Scranton to tho nuia
ber of soveral hundred were in attend?
ance. Among the wedding presents was
a gift of S100,COO to tbo groom from
Robert Lockhart, bis uncle.
If you don't road Joseph Cohn's ad?
vertisement you will got loft.
Tho Stute Y. M. C. A.
The Stato executive committoo of the
y. M. C. A. havo decided to accept the
invitation of the Richmond Association
to hold their annual meeting in that
city on November 11 to 14 inclusive.
Already arrangements are being mado,
and it is expected that this will be the
most important meeting yot held, more
prominent members of tho association
being present. Mr. Thomas A. John?
son, of tho association in this city, will
bo present, and possibly a largo number
of otb9rs of tho local organization.
A California Stage liobbory.
Rkdihng, Cal., Oct. 23.?[SpeoialJ?
The third stage robbory in this vicinity
this week occurred last night, Redding
and Alturas stage being fcold up this
side of Lighton, six miles Trom Redding,
presumably by tho same men who rob?
bed tho stage Monday night. Thoy
wero masked and armed with shotguns
and pistols. Wells, Fargo & Co.'a ex?
press boxes wero robbed, two hundred
dollars being taken from tho boxes. Tho
driver was robbed of S5. Olllcors aro
after tho robbers.
Don't put this paper down until you
road Joseph Cohn's advertisement. It
will pay you.
W ni ts Separate Curs.
General J. C. Hill, railroad commis?
sioner of the State, was in tho city yes?
terday. Tho general says that ho will
presont in his next annual roport a
clause asking for separate cars on tho
railroads, and will endeavor to havo a
law passed to that effect.
Look for advertisement in this issuo
hoaded "Wo Must Sell Them.-' There
is something in it.
HeimiMS&Mgl,
1 10 Commerce St.,
Are now ready for business
for the
FALL AND WINTER.
Ladies who did not attend
their opening should avail
themselves of the first oppor?
tunity to visit their establish?
ment and look at their
Lane ant Varied stock".
For this week we will make
special efforts in our
Dress Goods and
Cloak Departments.
Novelties are going fast, and
to get select styles it behooves
intending buyers to make an
early visit to these depart?
ments. Special offerings in
I
Blankets, Comforts and Counterpanes
for the next ten days. See the
Extra Heavy White
Blanket at $5,
a decided bargain; also the
12-4 7 lb. White Country Fac?
tory Blanket at $6.75; cannot
be equalled in the city.
Mroniiis & Bruit,
SitY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
no Commerce Street, Roa
? noke, Va. oct7
MONEY TO LOAN.
We are the agents for this city for the
Central City Building and Loan Associ?
ation, of Syracuse, N. and wo will
tako pleasure in explaining to any ono
interested tho wav to secure money on
easy payment*. SCOTT & RIVES,
Real Estate Agents, 105 Jefferson st.
oct22-lmo
Great Trustee's Sale.
The entire stork of tho late firm of
GRINBERG & MORRIS, consisting of
Clothing, Shoes, Bats and Gents'Fur?
nishing Goods, etc., will bo closed out
at a sacrifice. Come early and secure
bargains. ^ _
SPECIAL NOTICE.
All those owing the late firm will
please tako notice that I will be com?
pelled to place all accounts for collec?
tion unless paid at once.
ARTHUR ENOCK, Truatoe.
8ept2t-30da
YO? INTERESTED?
We are all interested in fall and winter
Clothing. How to get the best for the low?
est. We have succeeded in placing on sale
this week the best
$10 OVERCOAT
In the city. Ten styles of the newest and!,
brightest fall shades, $12.50 and $15 else?
where; ours $10. We have good ones at $5,.
very fine ones at $15 and $18, the best at
$20, made and finished as the $40 made to
order ones.
Suitings have not been neglected; we just
received the latest productions in the new
wood brown, grays and tans, single and
double breasted, make and fit perfect.
We will say something about our boys*
Clothing soon. The most complete stock
in the city.
RELIABLE CLOTHIERS,
40 SALEM AVE.. ROANOKE. VA.
_?_ainr25-lT r
STEAM ENGINES AND SAW MILLS,
of best makes, for sale by
BROWN, JOHNSTON & CO.,
NO. 11 JEFFERSON ST. S., ROANOKE, VA,
oot!5*lmo
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TATEMENT OF THE ROANOKE TRUST,LOAN AND SAFE DEPOSIT COM
PANY, ROANOKE, VA., MAY 23, 1891.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. 8 337,042.03
Stocks.
Real estate.
Furniture.
Cash on band.
Due from banks.
Expenses and taxes.
226,155.00
52,009.00
070.00
13,304.74
62,312.10
4,482.51
LIABILITIES.
Capital. 8 250,000.00
Surplus.....,. 126,191.88
Undivided profits. 30,251.75
Deposits on certificate. ... 168,145.15
Check doposlts. 114,305.90
Bills payable. 2,508.38
Bills rediscounted. 5,833.38
8697,236.34 | , S697.236.34
P. L. TERRY, President, S. W. JAMISON, Soorotary. and Treasurer.
Banking and Brokerago, Fire and Life Insurance, Low Rates, Best Security.
Interest paid on Deposits. jaal9-tf ?
HOTEL ROANOKE,
Roanoke, Va.
MAPLE SHADE INN,
Pulaski City, Va.
BLUEFIELD
Biuefield. W. Va.
LOTS FOB THE IMI HI!
In the Eastern part of the city near most of the
great works.
The Cheapest Property Ever Offered in Roanoke
-NO BUILDING RESTRICTIONS.?
?EVERY MAN CAN OWN HIS OWN HOME.?
SIZE OF LOT 40x150 FEET.
-H? EIC ES ?
Corner Lots. . $156..
Inside -.$125?
In blocks of 10 or more -.? - $iocv
-TERMS
One-third cash, balance one and two years.
One-fourth cash, balance 6,12 and 18 months.
25 per cent, cash, balance $10 per month.
Apply at once to
Si F. WINGFIELD,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT.
114 Commerce Street.
?I>U6-10mo
TIME ? IS MQITETI
If you wish reliable and accurate Urne, have your watches repaired and adjusted bj
-A- PICHEIT,
Whose practical experience extends over 40 years.
Watches injured by incompetent workmen made good as now. All work .
guaranteed twelve months.
PICKKN'S Jewelry and Art Store established in Roanoke in 1882.
29 Salem Avenue, Roanoke. Va. ,prw,