Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
SAM HOMES AT RICs.IoND.

SAM JONES AT RECS.AoND.
Richmond expects to have sam
JOKES preach there IN June. and has
already begun to make preparations
for big tabernacle, or place for him
to speak. 1t is intended that the build
ing shall accommodate 10000 people
Whatever may be thought of some OF
his expressions, and however much
scholars and Others may be able 10
cri.icise his grammatical inaccuracies,
there is no question abont his ability to
draw crowds.
He probably breaches to larger con
sregatious ,haa any other minister in
the country, with the exception, POS
sibly, OF Talmase He differs from the
latter, however. in not having any par
ticularly fixed church, and Is the great
l,inerani evangelist of the entire South.
He draws his illustrations largely
from real life and his own experience.
and in that respect IS much more
powerful and effective than he other
wise would be. He has baen 10 Lynch
burg and ought TO come to Roanoke.
UNIyEHSIyIES AT wAs:alSGTOS.
There are numerous plans on foot.
when # carried into effect. viii make
Washington the greet educational a.
well as political and scclal centre % ;he
United States.
The Capital City is already well
equipped with institutions OF learning
aud its museums and libraries give its
people unrivalled advantages for til
acquisition nt knowledge.
The Smithsonian Institute, the Ma
tional Museum and the Congressional
Library are in themselves GREAT factors
for the spread of general intern, ,iion.
Then. besides a number Of schools
of various kinds, aud one of the best
equipped pubic school systems IN Re
United States. Columbian University
aud Georgetown College, yearly nstru;t
hundreds of young men from varions
parts ofthe country.
The Catholics, too. have recently
started bic university just outside OF
the city limits. aad now the Methodists
are thinking Of constructing similar
institution near Oak View, cX-PreSid-
cut Cleveland's old summer home,
few miles out OF the city on the Ten
allytown road.
The Baptists have been considering
doing the same thing, aud Senator
Edmunds has bill in the Senate to
endow and equip a great national
university, which shall be run at gov
eminent expense.
Whether all these ideas arr carried
into effect or not, the youth Of thi,
country are evidently not to like for
training in schools.
THE MUSEUM AND STAGE.
The dime museum and lecture stage
capture all the freaks nowadays. 4
man goes overNiagara Falls il 2 barrel.
or Jumps from the Brooklyn bridge into
the water, aud then earns livi g by
exhibiting himself to gullabie pa6lic
price 10 cents each.
The same is true Of many people
who become notorious in other ways.
Chas. Dickens has a Soa. His father
was q remarkable man. Dickens, .if,
makes living lecturins now, princi-
pally becausehe is the son ofhis father.
Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Potter are
both making fortunes 90 the stage, be-
cause of their former positions IN
society and reputed beauty.
The latest acces ,ioa to the lecture
stage. and more worthy lnan many
others is Nellie BLY,, the young woman
recently assigned by the managing
editor of the New York World TO swing
around the globe and beat Phineas
Fog's eighty days record, and who &C
complishad this task carrying only
grip as luggage,
Nellie proposes now to tell what she
saw 10 her own language to the Amer
lean people, and last Sunday night she
started in her new work asthe Union
Square theatre by taking in sl,4o0.
If she continues in this way she will
earn a comfortable little fortune. and
her pluck and persistence deserve it.
THE ROANOKE 1ND SOUTHERN.
Remember that the vote on the ad-
ditional appropriation for the Roanoke
aud Southern railroad will be Ia ken on
Tuesday. and that the passage OF the
proposed ordinance will be OF great
benefit ID giviog an impetus 10 business
OF every kind.