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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-04

o Now Amounting to Nearly
t $4,000 Year.

Licenses for the Ensuing Year to be Fixed
by the Next Council Meeting = The
Amount of Revenue From Various
Sources OH Licenses-The Things That
Are Taxed, and the Amount of the
Taxation.
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A Chess Climb

Amovement was instituted yesterday
10 organize chess club. There are now
3lbout twenty-five or thirty players in
khe city who are Interested in the move
! nent and signify their intention of be-
boming members of the club. a meet
ing will be held at Gravatt's book
store Tuesday evening for the purpose
hi organizing.
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Shenandoah Avenue Repnircd.

Roanoke was repaired yesterday. Sew
3ral loads Of slate were hauled from q
lFacant lot and thrown in tho deep holes.
]rhe street is hardly passablc yet.
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THE COKE DISTRICTS QUIETING
The Presence of Troops tlas a
Rsassuring Effect.

The Tcnth and Eighteenth PeunsyIvanIa
Militia ON the Seems With 1000 Men
to Preserve Order-The Funeral OF tho
Dead Strikers May Breed Trouble
Testimony Mt tho Inquest-A Statement
ofCoke Works in Operation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-04

The greatest otter ever made, The
weekly edition OF The Times for one wear
and your choice of either Dickens or
Waverly novels complete for So,
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Ernest Forbes Hanged,

ANNAPOLIS, Md. April 3.-[Spccial =
Ernest Forbes, tho colorcd boy who
outraged Bertha Phipps in Ammo Arun-
del county in November last, was hanged
here this morning.
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The weather.

Forecast; Fer Virginia, fair Saturday
and Sunday, northwesterly winds,
colder.
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Long Hours for Policemen.

There is considerable complaint among
The policemen who do night duty. They
|are compelled to be on hand at 7 o'clock
ip. M, and continue till morning. Then
their work does not cease. Almost in
]variably they are witnesses before the
/ a!or' court, and are frequently sent
lout with prisoners to collect fines. 1t
Soften happens that 12 and / o'clock
seomes and catches them without sleep
2or refreshments, and incapacitates them
lfor duty again at night.
Send So and get the weekly edition of
The Times for one year and your choice
4of either the Waverly or Dickens novels
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the ENGINEERS MEET TO-DAY
To Organize a State Assoc;a-
ton.

The Committee of Arrangements Prepare
PrOgramme-Mr. Clarence Coleman
VIII Call the Meeting to Order at 12
o'clock = Committees VIII BE APP
pointed at the Noon Meeting to Report
at the Night Session.
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READ THIS.

We have o customer who wishes to
buy or rent Modern House with eight
or nine rooms. An early reply will
probably make sale.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
He Was q Yankee

Here is an incident related by an
American who visited the great Derby
races in England: Il was standing
near a booth where a man was selling
pork pies, and close by I noticed a
spare, cadaverous boy who was plainly
yearning for something to eat. said
to the boy: Would you like one OF
those pies?' Would I?' replied the
boy. Give him a pie said, putting
down half crown. The boy grabbed
the pie and it quickly disappeared.
Give him another said, and it rapid
" followed the other. You must
have been hungry I said to the boy
Yes. it's first I've had to eat since
yesterday gave the boy sixpence'
when 1 heard man standing by say:
Amt he brick?' meaning me. NO,
he amt said the boy; he's Yankee.
I accepted the compliment and was
grateful for the opportunity to give one
boy q good meal. 1t really did me more
solid good than watching the Darby q
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
In the Mines.

The figure is curiously and inf
mately connected with all the great
gold mining excitements of the nine
teenth century. The great Algerian
gold bubble formed and broke in 1909.
Next came the Mantazan mountain
craze in 1889, when solid powders of
gold as large as -four barrels were re-
ported. The California gold fever
broke out in 1s49, and ragged until
counteracted by the Pixies Peak booth
in 1859. Ten years later, in 1869, "Oid
Virginny," the celebrated miner, struck
the lucky lead which made Virginia
City and Nevada famous in the mining
annals of the world. Eighteen hundred
and seventy-nine came in on time with
the Leadville frenzy and the famous
''carbonates'' Of Lake county, Col.
Eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
broke the charm, but 1899 may make up
for lost time, there being two 9's in that
date,
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
THE TRADE DOLLAR.
Its Origin and Career--Coined for Ns@ In
Oriental Countries.
1.-THE END

Its Origin and Career-Coined for Ns@ In
Oriental Countries.
One Of the annoyances Of business
men is the 'ttrade DOLLAR" says the Kan
sas City Star. A man will come In hur-
riedly, make purchase, and throw
down disc of silver that looks and
rings like dollar. After he is gone the
merchant finds 'strade dollar" in his
till, and it has a tendency to make him
irritable.
The trade dollar was a commercial
convenience when first coined, but it is
now a commercial nuisance. In 1873
the trade dollar was issued for purposes
of trade with China and other Asiatic
countries. Before that time Americans
had been buying Mexican dollars and
shipping them to the Orientals in pay
ment of merchandise. The trade dollar
was never intended for circulation in
this country, but for expectation
abroad. For five years they were
coined and largely used. The act au~
thorizing their coinage repealed the act
authorizing the coinage of the standard
dollar, thus making them for time the
only dollar coins issued by the United
States. The merchants might as well
have used silver bars for eastern trade,
but it was thought that the stamp Of the
government certifying that 40 grains
Of silver 900 fine would give other coun-
tries greater confidence than to
use simple bars. of silver I'M
stamped and uncertifed. From 1873 to
1875 they were legal tender, and 15,oo0,-
900 of them were coined. From 1875 to
1873 all trade dollars coined were not
egal tender, but it is the opinion Of
eminent lawyers that the $4,000, 600 al
ready coined were legal tender, while
those coined after 1915 were not Thei1
coinage was discontinued February %,
1878, up to which time there had been
IS, 959, 800 coined. The exact value of
trade dollar now is ~ cents, although
people get as much more than that for
them as they can.
February 10, 1887, an act was passed
by congress authorizing the redemption
of trade dollars for six months, dollar
for dollar. At that time statisticians
estimated that there were about 7,000.-
900 in the country. As 7,6S9,036 were
redeemed it is probable that there are
not many now in the United States.
although they do not command pre-
MUM as rarities.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
Where Some Slang Genes From.

Many slang terms are corruptioAs OF
notifications of foreign words wrested
from their original meaning. Thus
'.cahoot,' western term, meaning to
be in company Or alliance with, is from
the French cohort. while the bacchana-
liam ''spree' is esprit twisted around
and Angicized, or, rather, American.
lied. From the Spanish we get 'ssav-
W. from sabe, to know; s'vamoose,
from vamos, to go, and 'scavort, :" from
cavor, to caper. The German gives us
''loafer,'' from laufer, an idle fellow,
and bower the term used in some
card games, from bauer, a card player
The Dutch or Holland language con-
tributes ''boozy," from buizen, drunk
''logy," from log, dull; s'boss,' from
bass, master, and "landlubber," from
aandlooper. a vaRabond
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19

selves and the decaying walls OF the old
mill"
II know it, senor'' replied Jose Ca1vo,
calmly folding his arms across his mas"
sive chest and looking his captor
squarely in the face.
''Ard you have deceived us. Misled
us"-
II have saved my comrades, and,
what is Of more value at the present
time, the munitions of war sent to us by
foreign friends"
The Spaniard was fairly beside him
self with rage and disappointment.
"Shoot down the dog'' he exclaimed
to his soldiers.
A half-score of rifles belched forth
their deadly fire in unison; but a smile
broke over the martyrs face, and ex-
tending one hand toward heaven, he
murmured:
*'Jose, the last of the Calvo's, dies for
Cuba!'
Then he sank lifeless to the ground.
Thus expired one of the grandest and
noblest sons Of freedom, whose memory
is held ever sacred by the patriots Of the
queen of the Antilles.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19

Mile after mile the SOlQleTS pulleO
their heavy boats, but at every query
of the captain:
"Are we near our landing place?'
Jose would reply:
ssFurther vet, senior. We must go
until we see small clump of mango
trees growing close down to the waters
edge; these mark the mouth of a little
creek, up which we go but few rods,
then push through the forest short
distance until we reach the plantation.
There, in a deserted sugarmill, we shall
find the arms"
This straight forward explanation
seemed to satisfy the commander. and
he spurred the rowers on to greater ex-
ertions. After several hours of arduous
labor the pilot pointed to some mango
trees and said: '<There is the creek,
sencr!'
At once, the barges We're headed to-
ward the shore and entered the minia-
ture river, for Jose had guided them
aright, rs far as the topography OF the
country was concerned.
As the boats proceeded up the stream,
the officer, in command, became highly
elated, and promised his prisoner not
only his life, but handsome reward If
they were successful in capturing the
insurgents and their arms.
When they had reached a place where
the right bank was Invested OF trees,
Jose suggested that they should land
and proceed the rest of the way on foot.
The sun was casting long shadows in
dicating that the day was waning,
when the Spaniartls left their boats.
Their pilot had kept them employed for
nearly six hours from the time of their
first meeting, and having taken them
IN an opposite direction they were now
many miles distant from their expected
prey.
Jose led the way, closely followed by
the captain and his soldiers.
Presently The ruined walls OF an old
s1garn1ill came IN sight,
sis is the placer" asked the Span
lard, in a whisper.
ISL, ST, senor!" was the response.
Then the order was given. to noise
lessly surround the building.
Jose, however, was nGtt left alone. but
was forced forward between two Of the
soldiers.
When within Some fifteen feet Of the
structure the command to ''charge!''
was Issued, and with a rush the regu-
Tiers advanced, but We're surprised at
meeting with no opposition. Within,
the Old mill was empty and silent ss
death!
'.What means this?' was the cry Of
The Spanish officer as ne confronted
Jose. ''There is naught here save our
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
A COMPROMISE.

An actress died in New York and her
friends called an undertaken to make
arrangements for the funeral. The un-
dertaker wanted to know how they
wanted the coffin trimmed, whereupon
the friends of the dead woman said they
would accept his suggestions. ''Wel1,' =
said the undertaken, ''if the deceased
was a single woman I should trim the
coffin in white; if a married woman, in
heiotrope.' The friends said they
would think the matter over, and send.
him word as to their decision. In the.
afternoon the undertaken received this
note. Trim the coffin in white, with.
q dash here and there of heliotrope ''5S
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
a MODEL CLERK.


An Old Lady Tried His Soul, buC ne h0po
ON Smiling.
So much is said about the snappish-
ness and impudence of the clerks in big
dry-goods stores that when one is
found that cannot be made cross by any
combination of circumstances he ought
certainly to have the benefit of that
fact being heralded abroad, even If for
obvious reasons neither his name nor
the name of the store which is so
fortunate as to have his services can be
given. The store is, however, on Four
teenth street, and the clerk is the most
accommodating one in the whole retail
dry goods district, so it may not be a
hard matter for shoppers to identify
him.
It was on the very hottest day Of July
that this clerk was put to his severest
test, relates the New York Times. An
old lady from the country had, with an
infinite amount of trouble, succeeded in
making a somewhat extensive purchase
of linen for her table. To pass over
the preliminary incidents of the show
ing of about all the tablecloths and
napkins and traycloths in stock before
the purchase was made, the real trouble
began with the payment. The old lady
emptied out on the counter the contents
of small handbag. The contents were
dimes and fve-cent pieces, and there
was big heap of them. The purchase
came to just under twenty dollars.
After counting it over twice the clerk
had to charter two extra trains on the
cash railway in order to get the mo ney
to the cashiers desk.
The old lady gave directions for the
doing up of her package and then start
ed for the door. She stopped to think,
and came back again. She said that
the napkins she had picked out were
too coarse after all, and she believed
that she would take the finer ones. The
bundle was sent for and the change
was made. More dimes and f1ve-cent
pieces were dumped down before the
still smiling clerk.
Once more the old lady started for
the door, and once more she came back.
She thought that she would like to look
at the tablecloths that she had bought
The clerk laid out her package before
her, but she decided not to make any
change in the tablecloths, and started
away again. But she came back once
more and had the traycloths changed
and the clerk had to fix the bill again.
There did not seem to be anything more
that she could want changed and the
clerk sent the bundle upstairs.
In ten minutes the troublesome buyer
was back again. This time she wanted
a package of New York newspapers
sent to be done up with her bundle.
The clerk took them with d gracious
remark that it would not be the least
trouble in the world to have them put
up with her package, and then he gave
his attention to another customer as if
this had not been an incident worthy
of notice.
OF course stories might be told Of
clerks much more accommodating than
this one, but they possibly might not
have the advantage which this has of
bairtr StrictIv f117e
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
RED TAPE m ENGLAND.
Breaking a Chair in Pieces to Secure
Official Recognition.

Breaking a Chair in Pieces to Secure
Official Recognition.
A good many years ago, says writer
in the London Speaker, a certain young
clerk who had been fortunate enough
to secure stool in one of the great pub
lie offices of her majesty the queen, was
startled out of his sense of propriety by
a spectacle which he witnessed in the
official apartment in which he was serv-
ing the state. He has grown gray since
then in the public service, and honors
have accumulated upon him; but to this
day he remembers with something like
a thrill of horror the astounding scene
which in his verdant youth first opened
his eyes to the realities of the civil
service. This was what he beheld. An
elderly gentleman, who WAS one of the
senior clerks in the room in which
our young friend was the junior, sud
denly rose from his desk, dragged the
comfortable chair upon which he had
been sitting into the middle of the room,
seized poker, and, attacking the chair
with vigor worthy of an able-bodied
Englishman, succeeded in breaking one
of it's legs.
The chair was in excellent condition,
so the task was not an easy one. When
it was accomplished, the senior clerk
gave sigh of relief and, finging the
chair into a corner of the room, re-
turned calmly to his desk and his pen.
Our young friends first idea was that
Mr.. X. had suddenly taken leave Of his
senses, and he had expected at the first
moment of his attack upon the chair
that his colleagues would forthwith put
some restraint upon him. But, to his
anazement, the other clerks in the
room hardly raised their eyes from
their desks whilst the work of destruc-
ton was in progress. 1t was clear that
they understood all about it, and were
by no means moved by the performance
of their chief. That afternoon, when
the Office work was at an end, our raw
youth timidly approached one of his
fellow-clerks and questioned him. 'Can
you tell me-" he asked, '*why Mr.. <. be-
haved in that extraordinary way this
morning; I mean when he deliberately
broke a perfectly sound leg off the
chair in which he had been sitting
'sOh," replied the other with shrug
of the shoulders, ''that was all right. A
castor had come off one of the legs of
his chair, and you know, my lords
won't provide new castors; they will at
tend to nothing less than broken leg.
So X. had to break a leg in order to get
his chair put right again at the public
expense"
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
DESERVED A ThRASHtNG.
The Fresh Young Fellow Who Slapped
10 flao

The Fresh Young Fellow Who Slapped
His Man ON the Back.
1t was not kind thing to do, but he
was a young newspaper reporter and
was, whether Justly or unjustly, re-
garded as ''fresh," says the New York
Tribune. His city editor sent hi III up
to meeting, and he started out a little
too eagerly, for he got the address
wrong. He was not SO familiar with
New York as reporters generally arc,
and by the time he got the address
Strengthened out and found the correct
one the meeting was over and he looked
only upon closed doors.
On the elevated train he met three
other reporters going down to their
Offices, and he told them his dilemma.
''Oh, it's lucky you got on this train"
said one brother news gatherer. 1.-THE
very man you want to see is on this
train. There he sits down there in the
cross seat-the old man with the UNI
brella and the gray BEARD
sand he's a peculiar old chap" said
a second man. ''You have to know how
to treat him, He is president Of the SO,
ciety, you know"
"You want to be diplomatic put in
the third conspirator. you've got to
let him see that you know him. You
want to come up behind him, clap him
on the back--a good, rousing whack,
you .know--and say: Hello, Jenkins,
old boy, how did the little shindy come
Off to-night?' Then he'll think he
knows you and will tell you the whole
story"
''Be sure you crack him on the back"
was repeated.
:.Oh, trust me-" said the young re:
porter with a smile. Down the aisle he
went, and, reaching the ''president,''
he gave him a terrific thump on the
back. For one second there was an
awful calm. Then Jenkins, old boy
raised his umbrella and started for the
offender. It was chase for the door,
the young man yelling out his apol-
ogies, the old man frantically brandish-
Ing his umbrella and making violen:
whacks at the head Of his assailant.
es'he younger man reached the door in
advance, however, and darting through
it, slammed it in the old mans face.
AS the wrathful old gentleman was re-
turning to his seat, red and painting,
three young men without consciences
were letting out howls of laughter.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19

have made" said the officer, as bis eye
fell upon the two cases. 'Here are
rifles and ammunition. But this cam
not be the whole amount Of which we
learned the rebels were in possession.
Tell me how much more have you left
.at Key Francis"
'sNot another thing, senior. Not an
other thing. The last load was sent
In a lighter this morning to Senior
,,yacintos plantation! Oh, senior, if you
will spare my life, l will show you the
way thither!" besoaght Jose, very
humbly. ''And believe me, there are
over a hundred cases such as those
which have already been taken there,
while but small guard is stationed
over there. Oh, Capitano, say that you
will not kill me-"
f'Kin you! you miserable wretch!"
exclaimed the officer, with marked
contempt. 'tYou are not worth the ex-
pense of powder and ball. But, quick,
tell me where this plantation lies, and
;yon may liver
ssThanks, senior, thanks! 1t is some
Mfteen miles along the coast to the
westward. lean take you to the very
spot
"Then step into the barge, and d.
rect the coxswain which course to
steer. But, mind, ii you display any
,treachery, your life will pay the penal
n.y."
81 know, senior, I know"-replied
Jose, wringing his hands in seeming
anguish. ''Keep to the westward, and
close in to the shore, so that may see
the marks and know where to land.
will be faithful, senors, oh, yes, l will
he faithful''
Had his captors been particularly OBJ
servant, they would have noticed q
ring in the voice of their prisoner which
the circumstances hardly seemed to
warrant, and greatly out Of keeping
with his apparent detection.
When. the two barges were pointed
.away from the direction Of Key Fran
els. with it's important secret, the noble
Cuban could scarcely repress a cry OF
:exultation, for he felt now that the
a safety ,,f his comrades was assured.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
PRACTICAL PATRIOT
It Delayed the Discovery of Gold for Over

It Delayed the Discovery OF Gold Tor over.
Forty Years.
When Zebulon M. Pike was in New
Mexico in 1907 he met at Santa Fe
carpenter, Pursley by name, from
Bardstown. KY, who was working at
his trade there because he could not
well get away, says writer in the Mag
azine of American history. He had, in
1902, while out on the plains, met with
series of misfortunes, and found him
self in 1904 or 1905 with a hunting party
near the mountains. The hostile Sioux
of the plains drove them into the high
ground in the rear of Pixies Peak. Near
the headwaters of La Platte river Pur-
sley found some gold He carried a lit
tls of it in his shot pouch for months
He was finally sent by his COMPANIONS
to Santa Fe to see il they could trade
with the Spaniards, and chose to remain
at Santa Fe in preference to returning
to the hunting party.
He told the Spaniards about the gold
he had found, and they tried very hard
to persuade him to go and show them
the place. They even offered to take
along a strong force of cavalry. But
Pursley refused, and his patriotic reason
was that he thought the land was on
United States territory. He told
Lieut.. Pike that he feared they would
not allow him to leave Santa Fe, as
they still hoped to learn from him where
the gold was to be found.
These facts were published by Lieut..
Pike soon after his return, but no one
took the hint, or the risk was too great,
and thus more than half & century
passed before those same rich fields of
gold were found and opened to the
world. If Pursley had been less patri-
otto and had guided the Spaniards to
the treasures, the whole history and
condition of the western part of our
continent might have been entirely diff
ferent from what is now is. That region
would doubtless have been a part Of
Mexico; or Spain might have been in
possession of it, owning California and,
with the gold that would have been
poured into her Golfers, have been the
leading nation in European affairs TO-
day. We can easily see how American
and European history in the nineteenth
century might have been changed ii
that adventurer from Kentucky had not
been true lover of his native country.
The Irish standard., 1891-09-19
A Queer Will.

An eccentric and wealthy old lady
who died recently in Lyons left will
which was evidently intended as pos
thumous joke on the doctors. 'sIn
grateful recognition of the intelligent
and devoted care of DR.. X" so runs a
clause in the document, ''who has en-
abled me to attain ripe old age, I be-
queath to him everything contained in
my bouheur du jour" After the death
of the esti1nable testatrix the executors
unlocked the article of furniture in
question and found in it, still unopened,
sealed and corked, all the pills and po-
tons prescribed for the deceased by Dr..
x. during the past ten years.