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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
PRESIDENT OF HATTIE.
Something About Gen..Hippolytes
s. Chief OF the Republic.
Ho fstho Political Idol OF tho Pure Blacks
-Unclo Sam Has No Particular Rea-
son for Favorlng His Continu-
anco In ONloc.

Gen. Hippolyte is about sixty years OF
age, and of coal black complexion. He
is the political idol of the pure blacks,
uncontaminated by creole marriages,
says Harper's Weekly. Gen. Legitime,
whom he displaced, was mulatto, and,
the hope of the creole population.
Politics are still somewhat primitive in
Haiti, and the color of the candidates
complexion is moro closely regarded
than the planls in shis platform.
Hippolytc is the son 81 prominent
Haitian professor, who was educated
in the normal schools of France at the
expense of his government, and on his
return founded military college at
Cape Haitien, which Is still tho most
prominent educational institution on
the island. He has ruled over the
black republic for over year, and
though his sway has been disputed in
riots, he seems still quite firm in the
presidential chair.
OF course, Gen. HiypolSte does not
expect to complete his presidential
term of six years; an ordeal so severe
and SO long drawn out would snap even
the hard fiber of n Haitian politicians
seasoned though he have been in O
hundred revolutions. Gen.. Hippolyte
has very nearly completed the average
term of eighteen months which, by
some unwritten law, is allotted to the
Haitian presidents to rule in, and doubt
less we will soon see him follow in
the wake of his predecessors, Solomon
and Lcgitime, sail away to Paris to
join with them in the pursuit of ex-
presidential pleasures, and assume his
proper position as an interesting figure
in that circle of South and Central
American cx-potentates who help to
make u certain section Of society life in
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
suRF-RlplNo.
Row thu Hawaiian IsIandera Sport in
~ thu RrarLara. - - ~ u !.

How the Hawaiian IsIanders Snort In
tho BreEkors.
A curious pastime which is somewhat
in vogue among the natives Of the
Hawaiian islands, and was moro popu-
lar formerly than now, Is surf-riding.
In the opinion Of contributor to the
Journal of American Folk Lore the
difficulty of the accomplishment. has
been exaggerated. He describes it thus:
Six stalwart men assembled on tho
beach Of small cove, bearing with
them their precious surf-boards. These
boards = in Hawaiian, "wavo-sliding
boards"-aro made from the wood of
the bread-fruit tree.
They arc eight or nine feet long,
fifteen or twenty inches wide, rather
thin, rounded ut each end, and carefully
smoothcd. They arc sometimes stained
black, aro frequently rubbed with
cocoanut oil. and are preserved with
great care, sometimes wrapped In
cloths. Children use smaller boards.
Plunging through the nearer surf tho
natives reach the outer line of break
ers, and watching their opportunity
they lay fiat upon tho board. The moro
expert among them knceled. Just as q
high billow was about to break over
them they pushed landward in front of
the combers. Tho waves rushing In
were apparently always on the point of
submerging the rider; but unless somc
mishap occurred, they drove him for
ward with rapidity upon tho beach or
into shallow water. In n high surf It Is
an exciting sport, and demands skill
and experience.
A few days later was initiated into
the mysteries of surf-riding by my host.
who is himself quite expert. I learned
the principle, and believe that practice
only is needed to gain n measure of
skill: For persons accustomed to bath
ing in surf the process is far less Diff
cult than is usually represented
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
MEN WHO FORGET.

Humorous Instances OF Absent afindcdncss
of Great Men.
John B. Cough used to be taken with
unexpected spells of forgetfulpcss when
addressing an audience. AS is we'll
known, he rehearsed his early lectures
In cabbage field. On one occasion,
says the Evening Wisconsin, he stood
up before q fashionable audience and
could not recall one word of his lecture.
lie repeated the preliminary address,
but there he stuck. At last he ex-
claimed, dcspairingly: ooh, for my be-
loved cabbage hcads!"
In few moments the inspiration
came, and as he recalled with vivid ,ef-
feet his lost illustration he said, thank
Yally:
~ am glad you are not cabbage heads
nowp'
The failing memory Of age Is termed
in medical diction amentia. Emerson
suffered from it when he could not re-
rcmber the name of an umbrella but
asked his daughter for ''that thing you
hold up when it rains."- He attended
the funeral of Longfcllow and Mt the
grave he paused and said: ''He was O
beautiful spirit whom we have just
buried here, but cannot remember the
name"
When grandfather goes around Look
ing everywhere for his glasses, which
nre reposing safely on his benevolent
old forehead. then memory is playing
him trick and he laughs ut it with
that philosophy which is the alchemy OF
age.
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Paris picturesque, and who are quite as
worthy of the biting viii of Dnudet as
the exiled royalties.
Tho passing to Paris" Of Gen. Hippo
;lytc would be observed with pleasure
by the authorities of our state and
naval departments in Washington, who
charge him with breach of faith and
failure to pay debt Of gratitude.
Eighteen months ago Hippolyte was
surrounded on the northern shores of
the island by the forces of Gen. Legi-
time, who enjoyed the active sympathy
of M. de Sesmaisons in his attempt to
usurp the presidency. Hippolyte would
inevitably have been starved into sur
render and submission had not Admiral
Gherardi, acting under orders of our
state department., declared the block
ado of the northern ports of Haiti
''illcgal, because ineffective" Ameri-
can merchantmen then succeeded in
landing arms and other munitions of
war, OF which Hippolyte made such
good use that within O few weeks Gen.
iLegitime had to pack up his boxes and
leave, while Port nu Prince hailed Hip
polyte as supreme chief of all the Hal
tians.
In return for these good offices, the
state and navy departments of Wash
ington expected, and claim to have had
good reason to expect. the cession of
the Mole st. Nicolas as coaling sta
ton for our war vessels. Gen. Hippo
lyte and his ministers, however, claim
to have n very different understanding
Of the informal negotiations of that
time, and the state department is in re-
ceipt of n communication from Minister
Firmin in which the cession of the coal
ing station as requested Is categorically
refused.
1t is only fair to give the Haitian YER
sion of the controversy rs find the
views of the present government ex-
posed in their newspaper organs.
In q few words, the Haitians claim
that we are not seeking to obtain q
coaling station, bne n military and nav
al arsenal, occupying tho strongest pos
siblc position on the island, and to this
demand, NJ. Firmin, tho minister of for
eign affairs, hos sent tho state depart
ment n curt refusal
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Action or Dctinue.

Considerable interest was taken in
the case of Mrs. Massie d. Pollard YER
sus Garland Brown, action of detinue,
which was tried in tho circuit court to-
day. The particulars are about as follows:
Mrs. Pollard was negotiating with Mr..
Brown. whe is president of tho Balti-
more and Ohio Land Company. for q
house and two lots on the Baltimore
and Ohio property, which were to cost
5000. Some misund Outstanding arose
during the progress of tho negotiations,
and in the meantime Mr.. Brown had
obtained possession of two notes for
$500 each FROM w. Lee Brand to Mrs.
Pollard, which Mrs. Pollard, claiming
there was no sale, demanded should be
returned. Mr.. Brown claimed that
there had been sale, and didn't do
business that way and wouldn't return
them. Mrs. Pollard further refused to
accept a deed to the property and finally
brought an action of detinue to recover
said bonds, which was decided to-day
by the jury bringing in verdict for
the plaintiff. Col. Hansbrough repre-
scented the plaintiff; Messrs. Penn &c
Cooke, The defendant.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
I,everslng In Dancing.

If one were dancing for show or danc-
ing for pleasure in solitude, saws the
Saturday Review, reversing would be q
variation of tho proceedings with good
deal to be said for it. AS things arc,
however. reversing in respectable ball
rooms causes collisions or pcrils Of col,
lisions nine times ont of ten, and so few
couples can reverse with complete sue
cess; that Inc che tenth instance these
who reverse invariably produce the i'm
preston that they are showing off at the
expense of their less artful neighbors
(Which impression is usually corrcct).
There cannot be complete success in re-
vcrsing without acontinual recollection
of the fact tibet reversing couple is
like IL ship on the e:2rbcard tack, and
is bound 70 get SO far out Of the way
OF every couple not reversing us to allow
them to hold their courac uninpcded.
Therefore. under existing circum-
stances. and 1T al places where moro
than three or fonr couples arc gathered
together. reversing is sin md should
act be practiccd in public
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
Peculisrltles of I.iohons.

! The ichcn sremarl1able for the great
age to which it lives, there being good
grounds for believing that they endure
as long as q hundred years. Their
growth is exceedingly slow, almost be-
You'd belief, indicating that only lit
tie nourishment is necessary to keep
them alive. In dry time they have
the power to suspend growth altogeth-
CT, renewing 1t again at the fall of rain.
This popularity alone Is enough to
mako the lichen vegetable wonder, as
it is property possessed by no other
species of plant. Another interesting
fact about lichcns is that they grow
only where the air Is free from dust and
smoke. They may be said to be n sure
indication of the purity OF the mir, as
they arc never found growing in cities
and towns, where the atmosphere is inn
pregnated with dust, SCOT, smoke and
other impurities.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07

don. He WINS educated Mt University
college, and matriculated in 1857 ut
London university, passing in honors in
classics, and he greatly distinguished
himself at subsequent examinations.
He studied Jewish theology with the
late Joseph Yeduer, formerly n librarian
Mt the British Museum, at Prague with
the great scholar Rapport, and at
Leipsic. In Decembcr, 1869, he was
promoted" Mt the Leipsic university to
the degree of doctor of philosophy. He
preached his first sermon in 1850 at the
conservation of synagogue at Swan
sea, when he was but twenty years Of
age. His first appointment as u minis
ter was in 1854, when he was elected
the first preacher of the then newly
consecrated Bayswater synagogue.
In 1879 the late chief rabbi, with the
concurrence of the congregations, ap-
pointed DR.. II. Adler delegate chief
rabbi, and the son assumed from that
time the discharge of all tho active
duties Of the exalted Office. Those
duties are Of very varied and exacting
nature, requiring much tact, an inn
mense knowledge of rabbinical liter
ature, and no little acquaintance with
mundane affairs. The chief rabbi Is q
bishop, parish priest, judge, and
earned professor combined, and many
o day he has to pass from ono function
to another quite rapidly. The foreign
Jews in the East End demand consid-
cradle amount of his time and atten-
ton. AS Father of tho House of
Judgment" he patiently investigates
their disputes, and thus relieves the
police courts from adjudicating upon
these family quarrels." lie conse-
crates all new synagogues, ordains
synagogue officials, inspccts the Jewish
schools, breaches every Sabbath day,
gives licenses" for jewish marriages,
which involve delicate inquiries to pre-
vent the wandering jew having ga wife
In every port" The chief rabbi has
also to give heed to the thousand and
one religious questions that disturb the
peace of every congregation under his
spiritual sway. Wherever Jews settle
under the English flag, there also usual
ly DR.. Adler's ecclesiastical dominion
cxtends-and even sbeyond the British
empire, as for instance in the Orange
| FREQ state
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/ LEM
REsuMlNe BUSINESS.
The Enterprising Salem Burglar
chagrined.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.


After vacation OF several months the
enterprising burglar has again re-
sumed business, and tonight all the
nervous young ladies will peep into CUP
boards and bureaus and under beds to
see II they can find horrid man, whilst
the men will bolt the doors and win
dows, load their gun and then snore So
curely through the night, and the burg
lar will burgle undisturbed, as of yore.
But this time the joke is on the burg
lar, as the reader will see when this
narrative is told.
Mr.. u. Pitzer, (more Familiarity known
in Salem as Gov. Barney Piezer), an
aged and retired gentleman, lives with
his most excellent wife in pleasant
and somewhat secluded house at the
corner of Main and Alabama streets.
Monday night he retired about p.
N. and slept until nearly 10 p. M,
when he awoke, cut piece of tobacco,
and serenely chewed tho oud of re-
Election until eleven, when he fell into
a doze, and later heard the clock strike
twelve, and then remembers no more
until somewhere about day. AT night
Mr.. Pitzer generally places his gar
ments on chair near his bed, and
when he awoke this morning they were
missing.
After considerable search he found
them on his dining room floor, scattered
about and with the pockets rif1ed. On
the table he found package of papers
which he had carried in his pockets. and
which contained the previous night pa
per money to the possible amount of
one hundred and fifty dollars, which
now was conspicuous by its absence.
Further observation showed that the
window was wide opon, and that the
bottom slat had been cut in the blind
to enable the thief to unlock the blind,
and then raise the window. Outside on
on the ground floor), were found one
half of ten dollar bill and two-thirds
of twenty dollar bill, which the burg
Lar had destroyed in his rage, upon dis
covering that after all his risk and
trouble he had secured only ono hun
dred and fifty dollars in Confederate
bills.
But at the house Of Mr. Henry
Stevens, on Main street. next to the
Allan block, the thieves endeavored to
gain entrance to his dining room by cut
ting the Stat. but could not raise the
window, and so visited his kitchen,
which they entered, and carried off a
wet blanket, just as though the Con-
federate notes were not wet blanket
enough for one nights work.
On Florida street, on the eastern
limits, they made two unsuccessful at
tempts to enter the grocery of Mr.. J. P.
Ellington, but were scared off by his
negro porter, who declares they were
two white men.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
6omething About the Real Hero
Of the Famous Book
asis Namo Is Lewis Clarke and He Is Now
Living I'm Peaceful Rctircmont In
Observation-Disclosures or the
Bccoher Family

No book of modern times has enioyed
wider popularity or more largely af-
fected the moral and political thought
of the world than "Uncle Toms Cabin. ~
And no character In that book awak.
ened profounder interest than its hero,
;''George Harris" tho handsome, stall
;wart and intelligent young mulatto, the
idown-trodden victim of the slavery sys-
tenn in tho south, who subsequently
escaped to Canada. This characterj
writes Daisy Fitzhugh in Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, finds n prototype
in Lewis Clarke, who personally pro-
vidcd Mrs. Stowe with most Of the sem
sational and dramatic data for her story
in her own homo at Cambridgeport,
Mass.
Clarke, who enjoys this unique dis.
tinction with proud complacency, was
born in Madison county, KY, In 1915,
his mother being a slave, the property
OF Samuel Campbell, o very wealthy
man. After many vicissitudes and blood
curdling subsequently de-
tailed for tho edifcation of Mrs.
iStowe-George, or, more correctly,
Lewis, was put up ut auction at sixteen
years Of age, like any other goods and
chattels, ut Stanford Court House, KY.
ind knocked down to the highest bidder,
gentleman from Garrard.
Here, according to the mans account
history repeated itself, and continuous
persecution on the part Of his master,
who would fain.have kept him in igno-
rance and dire subsection, fired the
lusty, quick-witted youth with the pur-
pose of effecting his escape and winning
his way to Canada, the bondsman's
Mecca Here the cases of the story's
hero, George Harris, and Lewis Clarke
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BREylTLES.

MIR. w. E. Ainge and family. OF Olean,
N. Y, arrived tonight and will make
their homo in Salem, as Mr.. AiDge is
bookkeeper for the Chadwick Two
Wheeler Company.
The Improvement Company has a
force of hands opening Arch street
from the boulevard to Illinois avenue.
MIR. Ed. Moore, who for some time
past has been clerk in the Southern
Express office, has left their service.
Marriage licenses have been issued
this week, in the county clerks office,
to John GffirifIin Martin and Letitia
Showalter; also to Macy Clemmons
Powell and Flora Belle Henry, all OF
Roanoke county.
Miss annie Palmer is visiting Miss
Lobbin in Waynesboro.
Mr.. John ID. homas, of Wysbeyil,e.
and son Of Rev. d. Thomas, a former
resident OF Salem, was in town to-eay
on business.
Aioint meeting OF tho Christian En-
deavor Societies of the Lutheran and
Presbyterian Churches, will be held in
the Presbyterian Church next Sunday
at 9 p. m. when there will b, carrie d
out a special programme with special
music. The public are cordially invited
TO this meeting.
Old papers for sale at The Times office
10 cents a hundred.
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RAILROADS
N i = :: w A0rfolksWesie

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUGUST 80, 1891.
wEsrsousD. LEAVE noANoKs DAILY.
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Dlueneld, Pocahontae, Elkhorn, Clinch VAL
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human san sleepers to Memphis and New Or.
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o'io p. IN. Tor Radford, Pulaski, Bristol Con-
meets at Radford for Bluehcld and Poes-
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10y =. IN. Tor Hagcrstown. Pullman sleopers to-
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l~'ao p. m. daily for Richmond and Norfolk Pull
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sleeper 70 Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
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CNncn Vaucy Diyision-Leaves Bluencld daily
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Office or to w H. biVfII S S'ss
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va.
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A Board OF Health.

Last fall and winter the town council
passed number of ordinances which
the board of health were to see properly
carried out. Up to last night there has
not boon any such body, but at the re-
quest of the council the physicians met
in the council chamber, and after con-
Bultation elected board of health COM
posed of Drs. Killian, Shenks and
Baird, the first, president and the latter,
secretary. All nuisances are to be re-.
ported to this board who will keep a
sharp lookout segarding all ranitary
measures.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
ENaLAnD.s CHEF RABBI.

Hts Dominion Extends wherever jews
Scttlo Undor tho British Flag.
Rev. DR.. Hermann Adler WINS recent.
~ elected chief rabbi of "The United
Congregations of the British Empire. !"
in succession to his father, the lnte DR..
N. M. Adler, who died In 1850. The
rabbiuical Office has been hold by many
members of the Adler family. Both
the father and grandfather of the new
chief rabbi filed that exalted position
in Hanover, in which city DR.. Hermann
Adler was born on the Goth of May,
1889, six years before his father was
elected (1s45) to the rabbinate In Lon
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-07
INDIA'S GIRL WIVES.

Little Dwarf-LiI<e Beings Whose Lot in
Life Is Terrible.
I expected the little girls in India
would be the same precocious, strong,
fully developed girls that found in
other tropical countries, observes a
writer in the Home Maker; and how
great was my establishment to behold
the little dwarf-life. quarter-developed
beings, and to be told that they were
wives, and serving, not only their lords
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and masters, but the mothors-in-law,
and often n community family Of ten,
twelve. fourteen or twenty. Talk of
maturity for these little creatures!
They can never como to full maturity,
for they were robbed before they were
born, MS were their ancestors. If they
could have proper exercise, with ell the
food they need, and above all, If they
could be made happy until they were
twenty-five years old, it might not be q
sin for them to give birth to an immor-
tai soul.
Maturity does not depend upon one
bodily function alone, but upon the
condition of the entire system; and thus
it is evident that these children of India,
instead of coming to maturity earlier
than other girls who are born in tenn
pcrate climate, are five or ten years
later in reaching any approximate
standard of womanhood.
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A Wonderful Powder.

Chinese dentists are said to possess
wonderful powder. which Is rubbed
on the gum over the affected tooth. |
After an interval of about five mfnutesi
tho patient is told to sneeze and the
tooth falls out. -. .
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A Slur.

shc?'
why, ccrtainly!~
what kind-century plant9"--Judge,'
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Old papers for sale at The Times Office
10 cents a hundred.
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A sPIRoGRAPu for drawing spirals
and volutes in rs simple manner as one
draws circles has been devised in Paris.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-07

For nice Spring Suits go to
f BLALoCK'S.
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How's This!

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Religious.

Rev. DR.. Fox will preach in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning. The pastor, Rev. DR.. Cozby,
will leave for Abbeville tomorrow to
preach at Long Cane on Sunday.
Rev. w. C. Schaeffer, the pastor, will
return this week, and will preach in
the Lutheran church next Sunday
morning and night. 1.-THE Ascension"
will be the subject of the morning
sermon.
Rev. =. P. McClintock will 60 to
Troy to-day to conduct meeting.
Rev. J. NJ. Todd, D. D., of Erskine
College, will preach in the A. R. Pres
byterian Church next Sunday morning
and night.
A two days meeting will be held at
Kings Creek church next Saturday
and Sunday. Rev. DR.. Grier, of Due
West, will assist the pastor, Rev. w.
w. Memories.
Rev. DR.. Todd will also assist Rev.
w. w. McMorries at Cannon's Creek
on the following Saturday and Sunday,
18th and 18th instants. Two services
will be held each day.