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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
He WORKED DILIGENTLY.
Negro Who Simply "Kept On White
washing the Chicken Cooo'

a Negro Who Simply "kept On White
washing the Chicken Coop"
For cool sclf-possessio ion or :; remarlla-
bic display OF Indifference in trying and
exciting times tho descendant OF Ham
when he wants TO be is hard to discount.
says tho st. Louis Republic. The fact
was iorclbly illustrated in an incident
connected with the recent trial of tho
Chambers case at Ironton. 1t will be
remembered that one of the PRINCIPAL
witnesses for the defense was Frank
Jenkins, a negro and eye witness of tho
tragedy. Frank was wbitewashinr n
chlckcn-coop only Il few feet away when
the shooting occurred On the direct
examination he told his story in n
PLAIN, straightforward way, and his cvi-
dcncc was very material. The cross
examiner propoundcd the usual uucs-
lions and made u strenuous attempt to
tanglc tho witness in giving his tcsti-
mcny. Concerning the facts Immediate
~ preceding and at tho timo of the
shooting question would be asked
Frank, to which he would give prompt
reply, and then the attorney would ask:
What did you do thcn?"
- just went on whitcwashing the
chicken coop"
'But when the defendant appeared
with the gun and itappcarcd as if some
one was going to be hurt, what did YOU
then?"
II kept on whitewashing the chicken
coop 1t was none OF my business, and
where l camo from in Woodward Coun-
ty, Ky, long ago learned not to inter
fere with two white gentlemen engaged
in settling question Of honor. / turned
up one end OF the coop and kept right
on with my whitcwashing."
when the shot was fired what did you
do?"
Kept right on withdrawing.
Did you do any thing wien they re-
moved the body?"
Yes; kept right on whitcwashing."
Tho Judge smiled, the spectators tit
tered and tho whNlc COURTROOM apprc-
ciatcd this wonderful display of dispo-
sition to attend strictly to his own az
fairs
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
EASILY SATISFIED.

Tam very modest man
I'd have IL understood;
I sometimes think I'm too much
So. for my self's own good.
Iwould not be Vanderbilt;
Great wealth I'll not possess
Two millions we'll invested
Would just suit me, guess.
1would not want to travel much
Like some folks on the roam;
But once or twice around the world
And then I'd stay ut home.
I'd neither care for strength of limb
Except in modest bounds;
I'd only ask John L. to down
In six or seven rounds.
I'D never ask for beauty rare.
For oil such charms are hollow;
I'd simply want my face and form
10 look like an Apollo.
Would not strive for rank or fame
Nor high official station;
I'd rather live u humble life
Say ruler OF q nation.
For me 'twould not take much to do,
Had my modest way;
I'D simply like to own the earth
Forever and day.
-Everhard Up, in Light
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

lie who laughs at himself '
laugh alone. RAMS Horn.
Hay fever may be lillencd t,
vote" as 1.-THE eyes and nose both
to have it."
"A close readcr-one who alw;
rows his neighbor's paper, be-
close to buy onc.-Tcxas Sitting
Go to work, you lazy
"'Tain't no usc. Work won { do
for mo since struck him. II
Bazar.
After all the only way to pI
tho experience of others and
their troubles, is to die young. !
son Globe.
Tho way to emancipate m
make him so largo that you cant
to furnish iron enough to mako d
-Beecher.
Speak no evil of tho absent;
cowardly. Likewise, speak no.
tho present; you might get lickt
dianapolis Journal. \
An empty pockct-book is /,
most constant friend. Others nj,
cold, but he will find no chandS
pursc.-Grcat harrington News.
Tho man who is small In
never regrets tho fact so much d
he is holding an umbrella over q
girl who is about fourteen inchj
than he.-Boston Herald. IA
Mrs. De Fashion-WEat! ~
daughter marry for love? Mrs. |
Indeed she did. Would you |
sec her? well, yes. unless she
hibitinG herself at some dino NJ
Good News.
"A mans ears arc placed in sud
that he may catch the things II
said in front of him. a merciful
denco never intended that he
hear what is said behind hist
Atchison Globe.
i believe i'll holiness, truth,
believe in the redemption Of t
by faith in forgiveness; / boil
love, devotion, honor; / bclioye
and moral conscience; believe
or; | believe that our higher n
our only true natpre.--Amiel's &
Somebody says that o heal
ianh cooling III Il cradle, is o sil
makes angels lean over the bait
of Heaven and gaze longingly
earth. Tho idea is poetic, but
facts in the case arc that life is /
bowling discord to the inexp{!
father of colicky twins. -Ram's)j
Great Editor (now daily II
"llavc you finished that doutjW
leader on our marvellous incroasE
culation and our phcnomenat #
Assistant-Yos, sir. Just gotl +
did you refer to the paper as HI
ondcrful journalistic triumphW;
days of Franltlin?" "Those 81
most my very words" Good 81
as tho edition is on the street, I
tic around and SEQ II / ca r
enough to pay your salary.Yj
Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
The Worlds Diamonds.

The worlds stock of diamonds has in
creased enormously in the last fifteen
years. In 1876 tho output of the
African mines was about one million
iiVe hundred Thousand carats. Last
year 1t was over four millions, and the
great trust which controls all tho
principal mines asserts that IL has six
teen million carats In sight" at tho
present time
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STILL WAITING.
HOW Stubbs Landing, Me-, Olings to
i Its Last Straw.
"a Picture of the Fate Tint Is OvertaklnG
| MANY Down-East Town-Stockings
Once Filled by West India Trade
Are Now Emptied.
[copYnIGHr. lsso.l

s When first saw Stubs Landing,
Me-, supposed that tho place had boon
so named because nobody but Stubs
had over been fool enough to land there.
Later, however, discovered that con-
siderable number of people had followed
Stubbs' unfortunate example, and thus
there had grown up thriving village.
On second thought will withdraw the
adjective, and call it just plain village.
p would like to please the inhabitants,
but can not tell lie.
/ Stubs himself does not live there
now. 1t fact, it was about 1880 when he
ARRIVED, and he went away very early in
This century. The village had begun to
grow at that time, owing to the West
India trade, and Stubs was one of those
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
a Family with an Appetite.

An Adrian doctor says that down in
Palmyra, Mich, resides Il family OF
seven. Every Monday regularly u three
hundred-pound hog is butche red and
by the following Sunday the hog
has been eaten up. Besides all this
there is the usual quota of beef and
other meats disposed of during the
week, which is about forty-iivc pounds
OF raw hog to each person.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
Mixed Motives.

Pete Jacllsing-No, 'pon my word, I
won't steal no noah of Kurncl Austin's
chickens.
Rev. Paul Johnson-Dat's right, Pete :;
hope my sermons hab made an impress
Shun OH you, my fren
Pete Jacksing-Oh, yes decd dcy
has; an besides, Mistah Hocl5s's chick
ems arc better catin' den de Kurncrs.-
Lirht
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there is no progressive spirit in Stubbs'
Landing he is much mistaken The
question of building railroad has been
discussed there for over thirty years;
and will be discussed for thirty years
more, SO far as can see. / really think
that O branch limo had one chance in
ton thousand of being built there alb out
twenty years ago, but the people
wouldn't have it that way. They
wanted to be terminus They were
quick to see tho remarkable terminal
facilities of Stubs Landing. a rail
road would simply havo TO terminate
there unless the company should decide
to bridge the a tlantic Ocean.
The first time l ever landed in the
place where the immortal Stubbs
grounded his bark and the hopes of his
posterlty, was in the summer of 1880
No rails were laid in 1850, nor in 1885,
when visited Stubbs' Landing again,
but In each of these years considerable
railroad excitement had been stirred up
by young man named Blake, who was
born in the town but escaped from it at
an early age. Blake's exact place of
residence is unknown to the townspeo-
pie, though they have the advantage Of
visit from him every few years. These
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
RELIGIOUS AND EpucAIlo

RELIGIOUS AND EDuCATlC
That man hath nothing, who
Christ; and that man who hath C
wants nothing.
The American Congrepa,
Churches have resolved toll give
annually for evangelical wos
France.
Tho American colony of std
and archmologists in Athens is al
as to give certain character 1.
daily life of tho town. There ar
ems of professors studying there ,
names arc we'll known in America.
The missionaries assembled ;
recent Shanghai conference sent a
urgent call for n reinforcement Of
men to enter China within tho mex
years. Not ministers only arc so
but unordained men as well, eyange
teachers and physicians.
Miss Full Kolsa, young jap
lady, who has spent throe years IL
country, giving especial attention Il
dorgarten work, left Chicago recent
home. She will probably be assoc
with Miss Howe, at Kobe, in train
select number of her countrywomI
tho mystery of kindcrgartenism.
Life is a journey, not o hoI
road. not an abiding place; a ord
ton, not an abode of rest. The id
the way are but as resting spots 81
road, where we may be refreshed I'd
moment that again we may journd
seeking what is still before us-thj
that romaincth for the people of d
1t is said that Cardinal NewI
hymn, Lead, kindly light" I'll
sung so frequently in Protestant Gil
cs and chapcls, is seldom heard III
man Catholic services, and has no
in the authorized collection OF IA
used at the Brompton Oratory. II
should DO remembered that that
was written before ho became a CAT!
An inconsistent Christian Is
than an inildel, for his innucncel|
lnlidols. Most unbclicvers--hoI
auch--havo been driven to unbels
t.c Inconsistency of those who cl
to be believers. TO misreprcsent
by Il sinful life, and thus driveI
away from Christ, is to be worseI
those driven away. Cumberland
bytcrian.
English education appears tlb
to havo made only II superficial ii
sion on the Bengal mind. Tho dill
of public instruction complains III
to the present there have been nd
nal publications in any departmk
learning. Journalism and politi$
always of n respectable characterE
wholly TO occupy the educated tab
young Bengal. Il
"A sct of fifteen Ginning bells \
towers of st. Patricls's Cathedral.iE
city, has been contracted for II
Mcenlcy Bell Company, of TroyH
bells will cost SIS, will RAN
weight from $500 to 400 pounds, Oh
aggregate weight is to be 30, 600 uE
Atprescnt the heaviest set in the c@
is Trinity's chimes, New YorltH
the weight of which is $4,000 pouH
i would rather have moro B
mind that was in Christ; moi&
meek, quiet, resigned, peaceful a Il
ing disposition, than to enjoy theaH
est measure Of sensible com forth
consequence las perhaps it would) lE'
he spiritual pride, self-sufIiciencHN
want Of that tenderness to other5E
becomes ono who has reason tH
himself "thc chief Of sinners. "lE
Newton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
On an Expires

Philadelphian ION railway train)-So
you arc from Chicago? All, yes. have
heard of Chicago. It's in Illinois, / be-
licvc, and quito Il stable place, under
stand. Is this your first trip East?
Chicago Man-Yes. / am going to
Philadclphia; and, by tho way, must
hurry forward and sec if the conductor
will slow up at Philadelphia SO I can
got off.-N. y. Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
a NcglcctcJ Ounor,,,ni,v.

81 see" remarked ono Minneapolis
man to anolhcr,"that salt Lake City has
doubled It's population in ten years"
us that so? Why didn't wo Introduce
Mormonism hcre?'--The Jary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05

sncn who can not stand prosperity. Ma
turo produces a certain nun.bcr of such
mon for the purpose of secnring settle
ments in places which are not fit TO sus-
tain life. just as soon as Stubbs found
that his Landing was getting popular,
and there was chance Tor him to make
"a little money by cheating Indians in
tho fur trade, he grew uneasy, and
moved on to Goose Falls, where tho con-
ditions were less favorable. BY and by
something like trade showed itself in
Goose Falls, and Stubs folded his tent
and withdrew to Clam Cove, which prom
Used eternal desolation if ever n place
did. But, before long, somebody got to
digging clans and selling them for bait:
then somebody else started Il store; and
all this activity grated on poor old
iStabbs. He couldn't think of u worse
place than Clam Cove, and no was get
ting rather old to move, anyway, so he
died.
But to return to Stubs Landing.
The town boasts of very broad. deep
harbor which doesn't freeze over in the
coolest winter, SO that vessels of the
largest size could como in at any time
If there were any thing to bring or take
away. But there isn't. Tho West
India trade is dead, leaving no signs
but the half obliteratcd lettering on a
few old stores, and an inherited liking
flor Jamaica rum in the inhabitants.
: III anybody supposes, however, that
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
rohtcncss OF Nyn,ncn.

Tho women arc awtully polite. Moot
woman and tell her She is looking we'll
and she will say; Yes: | have been feel
ing worry well lately" Let tho next
person who meets her tell her that sho
is lookin ba ly and she will agree that
she is sick, and has not felt well all
summer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
In ~ Chicago Hcst,urant.

Customcr-Look here, waiter, asked
you Two minutes ago for a napkin.
Waiter-Ycs, sab; hccrd 80, sab;
but dc gentatdc next table isn't through
wild IT yet, sah.-JudGc.
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Moneybags-But I'm told you are
very idle. Mr.. Ncwstyles.
= Cholly Ncwstyles-I assure you that
that's not true, dontchcwknow. l do q
great deal of very hard work
Moneybags work?
Cholly Newstyles-I smoke fifteen
packages of cigarettes every day.-West
Shore.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
Well Done.

MIR. Manners Ito his hostess, who is
carving the roast beeO-O! Mrs. Grayvey,
does your husband allow you to do tho
carving?
Mr. Grayvcy-Yes; you SEQ l did not
do it we'll enough for her.
Mr.. Manners (as he receives tho ont
sido cut)-But some do not like it we'll
QOnc.-I'uck
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
a Detcrinlned aInn.

Johnson-Whcn are yon going to paint
that fence for me, Uncle Rastus?
Uncle Rastrs-Wcll, sab, reckon Ial
dc. 1t Saturday, if de Lawd's willin'; or
If not, I'll do it Monday, any way, suah
West Shore
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ric WINS Dnzea.

y friend Ito Vi, widowcr since twcn-
ty-iour hours MY poor friend, you
seem dazed by four misfortune
A.-ies, indeed, was married six
tccn years, ana it seems as though
have come out of long nightmare.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28
rkLRGRAPHIC JOTTINGs. .

The Earl of Jersey has been appointed gov
ernor OF New South Wales.
A dispatch from Spokane Falls states that
the town of Wallace, Idaho, ia burning
down. No particulars.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton Larned died Satur-
day evening in Central Falls, R. l., in her
one hundred and first year.
The business portion of Creighton, Neb.,
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $780,
600. The town has no water to fight fire.
The Leary raft, drawn by two tugs, left
Portland, Me-, at dsybreak yesterday morn
ing for New York. 1t passed out of sights
without mishsp.
A fue In the Tudor Iron Works of East
St. Louis exploded yesterday. killing one man
and seriously wounding FIVE others. The i'm
mense smoke stack fell and completely
wrecked the building.
Pullman & Roberts chair factory at
Cincinnati! was gutted by ere yesterday after.
noon. Loss $50, 900. Several iremen were in
jured, but none seriously.
While the prince regent was out driving In
the suburb of Munich yesterday his carriage
collided with tramcar and the prince was
thrown out and badly bruised.
Daniel Mccormack of Pawtucket, R. l.,
died late Saturday night of hydrophobia.
He was bitten by a dog some time ago and
had been confined to his bed for come time
past with no hope of saving his life.
The crown princess of Greece, Iwho recent
ly gave birth to SOD, has had a relapse
Professor Olsshaussen, a well-known Berlin
gypeoologist, was summoned by telegraph
yesterday and Immediately started for Ath'
ems.
The Russian minister of the interior ha.
ordered the local authorities to prevent for
eign missionaries from carrying on their re-
ligious propaganda among the Jews to tn
detrlment Of the exclusive right of conversion
possessed by the orthodox church.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28
THE WoRLp,s FAIR.

The Plan Of Divislon-HoW the Dl6er.
emit Buildings VIII be ArranEed-A
Scheme &c Build q COHer Dam-Hon.
Robert r. Porter rendered the POSI-
ton OF ChiefSf she Bureau OF Awards.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 27.-The plan of d.
vision of the Worlds fair, which will be
presented by the directors to the Legislature
tomorrow or next day, is to place the art
gallery, the government building and another
building containing fine electrical display
on the land reclaimed from Lake Michigan,
and use the present lake front grounds as an
entrance ground. A. Jackson park will be
placed the big machinery hall, the stock
show, mineral palace, an underground
mining exhibit, glass factory, the several
state exhibits, oriental villas, and such other
novel and beautiful displays as may be Of
fsred later on. General Fitzsim-
mons, the contractor, and J. d.
Doughins, vice president of the Ma
tional Association Of American Investors,
has submitted new proposition for utilizing
the lake front. Their scheme involves the
building of a Golfer dam from Thirteenth
street to Randolph with concrete and stone
work, making 1t safe and water tight. They
then propose to pump ont the water, leaving
q basin containing about 300 acres of land,
including the forty-6ve acres which are now
there. This will leave ground on which the
fair structure can be erected. At the water
edge the surface of the ground will be thir-
teen feet below the water surface and grad
uslly slope to the shore. This new land will
be approached by ten or more subwsys run
ming to the Illinois Central tracks. The top
of the Golfer dam will be forty-fve feet wide
and can be used for an extensive driveway.
The base of this structure will be eighty feet
in width.
WASHINGTON. July 27.-It is said that the
commissioners of the worlds fair to be held
in Chicago, during their recent visit to this
city. rendered to Hon. Robert P. Porter, now
superintendent of the census, the position of
chief of the bureau of awards, and to Pro-
fessor g. Browne Goode, now assistant Sec
rotary of the Smithsonian Institution, and In
charge of the National museum, the position
of chief of the bureau of classification and
catalogue for the forthcoming exposition.
These are two of the most important posi-
tions connected with the exhibition. It is
not known definitely whether Mr.. Porter or
Professor Goode will accept or not.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28

A sermon Preached by Rev. DIR. Pente-
cost Last Evening In the Church OF
the Redeemer-Who Will succeed DR..
Todd?
Rev. Mr.. Pentecost preached an interest
ing and powerful sermon on faith last even
ing In the Church of the Redeemer, from the
text: "For am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ; for it Is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew fret and also to the Greek"
For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith; as 1t Is written,
The first shall live by faith. distant or
unseen thing Is sometimes made clear to us
By demonstration, which is brought out
largely by faith. The great historical fact
upon which our faith depends occurred some
eighteen hundred years ago. They are real
none the less, though the lapse of time has
been SO long. wish to speak to you and make
clear IL I can. Faith is q practical power
of the mind. This text is quoted by the
apostle from the Old Testament. The whole
Bible sets before us the doctrine Of faith.
Our dealings with God are none the less real
because they are by faith. 1t is not calling
upon an extraordinary crednlity to ask man
to believe in the God whom he has not seen.
When Jesus came into the world almost his
first lesson was "believe in God" and his
last words to the apostles were to the same
effect In that faith 1t is impossible to
please God just the same as In our dealings
with men. He that oometh to God from the
very nature of the case must believe in him.
Faith in God in respect to all the spiritual
things is not a different faith from that
which we have In human affairs. There are
not different kinds of faith. If you have
any faith, that il the right kind of faith.
oftentimes you hear someone say, ION, Pm
afraid my faith is not the right kind" The
kind of faith Is not the thing to be disturbed
over, but whether you have any at all. It is
the glory of the Christian faith that II
| is founded upon undoubted and true his
torical facts. The facts must be saving
facts. Suppose on some steamer q man
were to fall overheard and everybody
rushes to that eide of the boat.
| Suppose there Is q man there who throws
over excitedly the fret thing handy, q walk
ing stick. The drowning man instinctiveIy
clutches at It, bnt down they both go to-
gether. Suppose now that another man had
gone to work with more GOODNESS and on,
away q life preservsr which, hurled over.
board, sustained the man struggling In the
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28
BY FAITH ALONE.

cost Last Evening In the Church of
tho Redeemer-who Will succeed DR..
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28

not always pleasant road 10 travel. Some.
times the walking Is desperately hard. bat
there always comes the CONSEQUENCES That
the path was even harder one for him Who
suffered and laid down his life that We might
live.
Rev. Mr.. Pentecost will preach next Sum
day morning on the TRANSPORTATION, and the
evenings sermon win be some lessons drawn
from that event.
The committee appointed to select pastor
to succeed Mr.. Todd will msks their report
to the church and society at special meet
ing to be held the evening of Monday,
August 4, and not this evening, a. had been
planned. the committee are unanimous In
their choice and believe that the church will
be very fortunate If it succeeds in obtaining
him.
Rev. DIR. Pentecost leaves this morning to
attend the annual convention which will be
held in Northheld. He will be absent several
days.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-28
sta hhed With a Scythe.

SANFORD, Me-, July 27.-This afternoon
Frank L. Darling, while crazy drunk, visited
his brother-in-law, w. Kicker. There had
been trouble between the two for some time.
Kicker and his wife saw Darling coming, and
to save trouble went into the house. OAR
ling went to the stable, took down a newly
sharpened soythe and followed Kicker into
the house. He met Ernest Hart in the door
way, and struck him twice in the head, cut
ting two gashes, penetrating the skull, and
stabbed him In the back. The doctor con:
siders Harris wounds daDgerc-s. Darling
WAS arreeted