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THE TIMES. KVKUV MORNING, EXCEPT monday. ROANOKK PUBLISHING co., ' PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS, 122 CAMPBELL AVE. S.W. TERMS MY mail (POSTAGE PREPAID): DAILY, ONE mos 111. 50 " THREE months.$1.50 " six months. 11.00 " ONE YEAR, in ADVANCE. 5.00 SUNDAY EDITION, ONE YEAR. 1.00 The scheme to put Mr. Sherman in Mr. ZUcKinlcy's Cabinet in order to make a place for Mr. Hnnna in the United States Senate does not seem to be progressing very rapidly; but the great Republican manager will bo well provided tor, nil the same. The Texas is not the only unlucky war? ship in the American navy. The cruiser Boston has lately been baAIy strained by running aground on the Coreau coast, ami nt last accounts was leaking considera? bly. The experts who hare been so ready to condemn the namesake of the Lone Star State had better make examina? tions in other directions. The recent earthquake in England was a- veritable shaking-up of all parts of that country, and will no doubt have a serious effect OU the couttdeuco of the people in the stability of their mundane posses? sions, it may be also but a prelude of social upheaval which will take place in the united kingdom when Wales attempts to enter upon his political inheritance. The candidacy of Mr. Choatc for the United States Senate will hardly break in upon the plans of BossJPlntt. He has New York Republican politics too securely in his vest-pocket to be upset ;U this late day by men who have had no ex? perience in* manipulating voters. Mr, Choatc- stands easily at the head of the New York bar: but it does not follow from this that lie has any chance of be? ing elected United States Senator from that State. Maceo is dead, Maceo is alive. With -the constant assertion that both of these statements are (acts, the American peo? ple ami Government hardly know what to believe about the netter. It would lc a .great thing for Cuban independence if the great mulatto soldier should show up in lull vigor physically ami mentally: but somehow we cannot help thinking that lie has met a .soldier's fate, and will never again lead the Cuban hosts to bat? tle. The latest novelty in the way of mak? ing money is frou farming. A Southern newspaper has discovered that raising trogs for market may be made a paying industry. A frog farm is said to be in successful operation at, Elizabeth City. N. C, and the proprietor lias orders for nil that he can supply at fair prices. It Eich Blood i-j absolutely essential to liciWIth. It is t-ecurcd easily and naturally by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla, but is im possibletoget it from so-called " nerve tonic--,'' ami opiate compounds, nb suriily advertised ns "blood puri? fiers." They have temporary, sleeping effect, bat do not CURE. To have pure And good health,take flood's Sarsaparllla, which has first, last, and all the time, been advertised ns just what it \h ? the best medicine for the blood ever pro? duced. Its success in curing Scrofula, Salt R lieu in, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Nervous Prostration and That Tired Peeling, have made The One True Wood 1'iirifier AH druggists, si. Hood'S PHI . iblo'andbcii llclahlaci is claimed thnt nny ?farmer with n mill pond, or any sort of pond on his place, can go into the industry and mnkc)lt pay, and In tliis connection, Jit is suggested that therefore nuiuorous eligible sites for hatcheries in the vicinity of Roouokc. MEXICO AN!) T1IK RIO GRANDE. American enterprise is disturbing our neighbors across the Uio Grande, and if tho Mexicans have their way it will cost the United States Government n round sum. Secretary Olney and Minister Romero are busily engaged in discussing a claim of the Mexican government for indemnity for tlie diversion of the waters of the Rio Grande by citizens of the United States for irrigation purposes. Minister Romero states in a long official letter that the city of El Paso del Norte has existed for more than three hundred years, and during almost all of that time until about ten years ago its people have enjoyed tlie use of the waters of the Rio Grande for Hie irrigation of their lands. Since then a great many trenches have been dug in Colorado and New Mexico, through which the upper Rio Grande and its affluents How, so greatly diminishing tlie water in the river at El Paso that, except when rains happen to lie abun? dant, there is a scarcity of water from the middle of June until March. He con? tends that these American irrigation ditches come within tlie prohibitions of the old Guudnlupc-llidulaotreaty against any work which interrupts navigation. Attorney General Harmon, however, is positive that irrigating ditches wholly within the territory of the United States at places far above the height of naviga? tion lind no support in the treaty, and so the matter stands for tlie present. It seems hard thai tlie greedy Americans and their lands should drink all the water up before it reaches the Mexican settle? ment, but if tlie provisions of the treaty are as the attorney general construes them, the only remedy for the evil will be generous concessions on tlie part of the United States. TERRITORY IN VIRGINIA. Senate lb-solution Inquires Into the Validity of Rctroceding It. The 'Washington Post says: The Senate yesterday agreed to a resolution cf inquiry about, the acquisition of tlie territory in Virginia, which was once a part of the District of Columbia. This territory was ceded back to Virginia, and the project, is to have it brought again within the juris? diction of the District. The subject has often been discussed in the District, ami eminent lawyers have thought that the territory could never be acquired again except bv tin- consent of the people of Virginia. Hut there has alway.- been a difference of opinion, which will proba? bly lead to further agitation of tin- mat? ter in and out of Congress. Tlie resolu? tion was introduced by Sendtor McMil? lan, and is as follows: ??Whereas, The United States has ac? quired large holdings of laud on and near the south bank of the Potomac river, in that portion of the State of Vir? ginia originally comprised within the District of Columbia: and ? Whereas, it is proposed to build a memorial bridge ncross said river to con? nect tin- city of Washington with Arling? ton Cemetery: and ??Wiieteas, '! he United Staii-.s main? tains the roads leading from the Aque? duct Rridgc to the -aid cemetery: there? fore in- i: "Re.solvcd, 'Ihat the attorney general be and he i.- hereby institu ted to report to the Senate first, what proportion the present holding-of the United States in the State of Virginia, and within the former limits of the District of Colum? bia, hear to the whole territory originally ceded by that State to the United States: secondly, by virtue ol what, legislation tho Virginia portion of the original Dis? trict was retroseded to the said State: thirdly; whether the constitutionality of Mich acts of retrogression has been judi? cially determined; fourthly, what legis? lation is necessary again to secure to the Government exclusive jurisdiction over eil her the whole or a part oi .such terri? tory originally included in the District of Columbia .'is is now ^embraced in the state of Virginia." . Dil. CONATY'S INSTALLA TION. Haiti more, Dec. is.?Cardin.! Gibbons has been informed that the Rev. Dr. County, the newly-appointed rector of the Catholic University, will be installed in Washington January 17,181)7. Arrange? ments for the eeremouies have not yet been completed. I A Boy's'Idea of the Great Musician's Performance. A school boy, obliged to write u compo sltlon,chose for Iiis subject u concert thnt had recently delighted the people of Ins town. Following is the result of the lad's effort, and some of his comparisons may Imj brought to mind when Hemeuyi faces it big nudionce in this city: "Folio tccchers & Skolars.?The most I kno nbout is n koncert. "Mo and Tom went to hear Hemeuyi the grate .tiddeler. We peddeld bills got a free pass in. If he cant wallop a llddcl ihen Im a lire, he can beet the hull world First w hen be come out I wooden t bet a uickle on him cause he looked more like a dockter. Most liddelers look like pi ruts, hut. when I see thisu was buld bedded then I could see ho was game. You corn! see at onct when he drnwd t la how he wasnt a bit scart of the llddcl. lie growld up & down on the big string whilst he screwed it up & he didnt spit on the pegs to makem stick. He "started on an easy gate und workt up gradule. First it was like singin.butiful then like church. 1 shut my eyes and seen lots of things like onct when I went to a pnu rnmmy of Pillgrums 'progres. All of a sudden he swltcbt oil' like bis spinal collum was hitcht ton lectric battery so fast yoti coudent keep tract. lieil go down on the base a uiiuit then go up high like a roeket til you coud almost see stars. The notes llyed around thicern hairs on ;i dot; like nioren 50 flddcls. I never see anything like it. When be linisbt the peepel was crazy wild & and made him play anotli sr. ??The noxt was scllom and loiicsum & tho iiildel beguu to cry like a girl. The more cryde the more he bared down anil kept on drawing .the tears out like rain til the llddels heart was broke so it eoudeut stau it any longer & died. Then it 'j.vist come back shivverren like to haunt him .and shivers krept up iny back and made me feel homesick. Then the goast tappe red off ami sounded way off behind the woodshed lil you coudut hardly hear it. but Remcnyi still kept it goln unern silk Then it come marching back lotldern a brass band, same a- if the flddel said April fool old man, 1 was ouly playing oil" dead for fun and now Iveconie to life again, til you COlldnt set still. ? lie played some funny business after that and kept the liddel bussi-crn a house adre He rattled the strings like popcorn then made them go like a whis sei. Next it was comic like a big etil light, moreu a hundred, and Home Sweet Home and the Fishers hornpipe was both ms 11 SCI I wa? a sufferer fur eicht years from Kcxemn, but now am entirely cured. The pulnw of my hand* wcro covered nnd-httdly Inflamed: llUlu wlilto blisters appeared, then would peel off, leaving n red, smooth surface, which would luini hk lire nml Itch. On Ilia Inside < i Iba upper r u t ol my limtirf. grei? rod blob In ? would appear, and as soon as I became wann, lite tmriiln.: und itch' lug would bettln. Night lift r night 1 would Ho awake and scratch, and almost go w ild. I got n box orCUTieUUA. and a bottle of ccticura ItB. solvent, and lifter a few applications 1 noticed tbo redness and lullummnllou disappear; before I /nut \t?nlonebor.thrrt irux ?o<?i ?"/? of Km ""i Irr''- I can truthfully awertthat f -.ou worth of CUTICUIIA ltK.MF.nn s cured mo. JUIIN l>. ID UTE, PHUuurg, Pa. orrsiiT Cr?? Tni-iT?> vT ? Warm hath* with i'r ?II? m i.i i 111!. rLsr,srer.t?!i i>l lit ml Ho- wp-I.I. I'< going to ouct. I tell you it [wits a hole volcaner of music, speshuly the last tune ami I tlionl boil cut the liddlo'jn too. I wish Rcmenyi wo ul como here again. "A mouth organ in n. g. 1 am going to buy a liihlel for 2 dollers." |^ AGNEYV HAS A CINCH. Snlem friends of Cupt. P. II. McCnuli, our formet' townsman, who was defeated for Congress in '.lie Eighth district, will lie sorry tu learn that he will lie likely de? feated fur collector of internal revenue of this district, fur which he is an aspirant. Well posted Republicans of this section say there is little chance for him to get this position, as Park Agncw, of Alexan? dria, seems to luve a "cinch'' on it. Captain McCaull now lives in Washing ion, however, close to the "old man him? self. " so that he will UkclyTget "some good berth anyway.?Salem Tillies-Reg? ister. A HAIRLESS SQUIRREL. The Ereilerieksburg Star says: John K. Curtis brought from Stafford'a hair? less squirrel, caught in his woods yester? day. The squirrel is perfect in every re? spect, save that it is as hairless as a Mex? ican dog.as if it had been cleaned shaved. Except tile few long hairs about the nose, from mouth to tip of tail, there is no sign of hair. The tail is very much like a rat's tail, and altogether it is a most re? markable freak. How or why tin- hair dropped oft there is no means of know? ing. "HP* i M H. SILVERMAN. 24 "assist* ? *2ZZZZ^~~-^ WE QUOTE A FEW PfflCBS, AS FOLLOWS: Men's Overcoats,.$2.00 to $4 OD Men's Suits,..$4 50 io '65.00 Youths'Suits,.$3 25 to$4.[0 Men's Drawers,.i 5c Hals at.50c on the Si Shoes.'.Below Cost EMEMBrB, She Above fa Are No BiulT! COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. REDUCED PRICES ftll OVER THE KOUSF. RESPECTFl'LLY. CLOTHING HO The White Front. 24 Salem ftvenue( !fV. Xcvl Itixir to Rosciihaiiiii Bras'. S7.5Q TO S35 The War in China Has Justjegun, and Our Prices Are tVtuch Lower Than Ever Before. Xf you wish a beautiful and useful Xmas present for your wife or friend, why not select a Dinner Set ? We have them in imported goods at from $7 50 to $35. Alse a large and well-selected line of Tea Sets at rock-bottom prices. Ppnp we have the largest stock ever shown in II Goo Roanoke, and at prices that will aston? ish you, Our stock of Lamps, Pictures and Tables cannot be surpassed, and a glance at them will convince yon of what we say. Also a new line of Ruga and T'.ock ers just received, that we are offering at exceedingly low prices. We cordially invite our friends and ilic public generally to inspect our large stock before making their Xmas pur? chases. 9 ->& -O <?} -?? -"45 <S5 ??? CS> O GS> O- ?> 11 xii r Less Than a Gent a Word S Ono in.1 rttnn. t# conti |>or ttnc Bauaequnnt lusertloue... :< cents per line Una \vi ?>k. SO cants per line Two ?i'nliK. IIC ccntN p?r Hun Ouo month. 00 cents per Una UOOMjj WANTED. 1X7ANTED IIV (JBNTLBMAN AM) WIFE ?? fi.ur rooini fur llplii honi>ekeeping. Ad? dress "IiKN'l KM." n.re 'I line* oflke. 19 '?: tt MON? Y T<> LOAN T(l loan. $1(1,000 ON IMPROVED ST?HE J. property In sums to aalt. Addruci l'. 0. BOJ :il5, city. 11 24 if ai;i:nts waivikd. % Best 20 for 5 on the Market % ^ Manufactured liy fa 9 My t.Y/c?tli6Hrt Gigaretto Co,, h ^ Lynchhnrg, Va. & ?<?-<& -<? -<J> -& -*3> (?>? ?>- (S> ?> O^- 9 YOU CAN MAKE FROM $SU 'Jo *!(io I'KIt montli ami cxprie-es easily during this Rea? son with us-. Why will yon lie Idle when nirh an opportunity !>? ofrtrrd von. Good territory and a One line of. gooae. kTaNDAHD install MK--T CO., 3.1 Campbell street, Koanoke. Va. M <; a 1. no 101 ?. NOTICE?TDK HKOUI-AH annual MEET Ingot the atfickboldcrt of tt.': National Ex I change liank, of Roahobe, Vs., lor ths election of i ofllcciB und euch other business as may rDini! up, I will be beid at the iiiicc ofaald bank, hi the city I of Koanoko, Va . mi Tuesday, Jam ary I ', 1897, ?i 11 o'clock, All ftuckholricra arc rcipiaated to be present In per sen < r rc-presru'ed by proxy. .Ii NIUs'U. FlallnUKNB, Koanoke, Vai, Dec, 13, js.ii. cusMcr. IS 17 Hi rr j uuw/iv bl'KCIA I. Mil ICKH When most needed it is not unusual fur your family physician to he away Ironi home. Such was tin- experience was -Mr. J. V. Schenck, editor of the Cadrio, lud. Ter., Banner, when Iiis little girl, two years of ngc, was threatened with a severe, attack of croup. He snys: My wife insisted that I K? for the doc? tor, hilt as our family physician was out of town. I purchased a bottle of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved I her immediately. I will not he without. ? it in the future." 2?5 and ~>? cents per I bottles for sale^by The Chas. Kyle Drug Company. New nuts, 1:; Catogni's. cocoanuts and da: nl NIOTJCE?TUO.SB HAVING UKIOK and l^1 atoiio work er vitrified brick pavement! tu bo laid wonld do well to call on or .-nldresH J. T. Valla, the practical contractor and hnlldor Also all klndi of carpcntei work, plastering, painting, kalsomlning and paper banging done on abort notice. All work guaranteed. J, T. FALL?, No. Iis t if?i uTcriuo n. e,, Koanoke, Va. ?Mil II ? I Mll.ll?.?! ? 11?11 ??III ll.ll mi.WTOOPi?PMIIH W. K. ANDREWS & CO., 315 Salem Avenue, SELL POCAHONTAS K imp. a l.l. Red Asm RUSSELL CltKKK Tom's CltKKK DOItCHESTKie COAL COAIi Coal i Loijan Hanker Splint TllACKF.lt ANTIIUAC1TE J Also COICE AND WOOD. Their teams are all lu lled. ?v >? -v NC v -v v v v v -v v x' Nr "V v v v -v v -v T)'^V V Dress Goods Silks Kid Gloves Umbrellas Handkerchiefs lOOl B-AJRG-^IITSrS Feather Boas Cloaks, Capes Hats Fans Fancy Boxes Albums Books Cups and Saucers Vases Toilet Sets Pin Cushions Whisk Holder Fancy Figures Match Safes Candelabras Glove Boxes Combs & Brushes Mirrors & Frames Perfumery Collar & CufFBoxes USEFUL! ORNAMENTAL! REASONABLE! 34 Salem Ave. ,4 A A A ffr A A <t\ A A rfs A ,