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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
WANDERING Jews,

From the time of Abraham to the
present, the migratory instinct has
been strong among Jews. Mesopotamia,
Canaan, Egypt, Canaan once more, AS
syria, Babylonia, Persia, Canaan n third
time, and then the whole world, is the
route of migration, the itinerary, as it
were, of the Hebrew race. The Jews
are indeed the tribe of the wandering
foot" The existence of Jews in out-of-
the-way corners of the earth-the Eel
ashas and Bcni-Israel and the Cochin
Jews-is only accounted for by their
wandering instincts. No doubt that in
stinct has been strengthened by perse-
cution, but now when peace prevails
the Jew still retains his fondncss for
travelling.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
Issuance of Patents.

The average number. of American
patents issued yearly is about 10000.
Compared with the number issued in
any other country, this is very large.
England, which comes nearest to us,
only issues about 1900 to 5000 year,
and its system is very much more lax
than ours. Patents are issued without
any conditions as to novelty or merits,
and not two applications in leo are re.
jected. In Prussia the number granted
annually is less than 100, In Belgium
1900 to 1000.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
Tho Ghost Train.

''Tllc ghost train" is the unique name
oil the latest railroad novelty. 1t is q
train, says the New York Sun, of snow
white cars running between New York
and Boston. The managers cndeavored
to hare it called the white line, but the
quick public gave it the better name,
which will stick. White has often been
tried rs q color for cars and, except in
the case of the railway mail service, has
always been abandoned, because the
cars so quickly turn smoky and dingy.
But this new service is made ND OF
coaches SO heavily vanished that they
have covering almost like lacquer.
Men swab them OF after every trip and
easily keep them white.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30

Mrs. Diana Johnston died Sunday at
her home in this place at the age of SIS
the Methodist Church here, having con-
nected herself with it by certificate in
1880. She leaves four children. Joseph,
Jack, Mrs. j. A. Thomason and Mrs.
VIM. Weber. Her husband, Josiah
johnson, was gunsmith here before
his decease.
The funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist Church yesterday after
noon at o'clock by Rev. D. S. lIutchin-
son. The pail bearers were James
Chalmers, G.B. Fitzgerald, CIV. Iircle,
Sam Parish, j. ~. Francis and ID. c..
Slower. The interment was in East
Hill Cemetery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
They Can't Carry Enouch Coal.

You hear q good deal said about the
big Italian ships of war that could
blow the United States off the face of
the earth if there were occasion.
There arc four Of them, and they are
undeniably busters, but not one of them
could carry coal enough to steam across
the Atlantic ocean, says Admiral
Rogers, of the United States navy. Italy
has no coaling stations on this side of
the water, either. The only thing they
could do. SO far rs can see, would be
to escort Golfers loaded with fuel in
order that they might be able to get
about, But THAT device might BIO awk-
ward.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
Chine SO Leaving California.

a year or so ago twas almost impossi-
bic for new Chinese merchant to find q
suitable location in Chinatown for busi-
ness. They not only had to pay high
rent, but actually had to pay the
owners of stores premiums to secure
them and have the occupants ousted.
These premiums ranged from nine hun
drcd to two thousand dollars, and were
eagerly paid by Chinese anxious to
start in some big business. a contrary
condition of things now exists, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. No premiums
are paid and many stores are empty.
business Is worse than poor with the
merchants Every pound of opium is
stamped and branded. Tho Mckinley
act has had good whach at their i'm
portations Living is higher. Immi-
grafton is smaller and Is getting
smaller. Business generally is poor,
and it looks as If the cubic mir or
dinance will soon have chance to
stretch itself in tho deserted novels and
hotels OF Chinatown.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
SALEM
JOHN DOUGLAS KILLED.
His Life Crushed Out Between
the Cars.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM. VA.

John Douglas, an employe of the
Salem furnace, was accidently killed
yesterday afternoon at five minutes be-
fore O'Clock, by falling between two
coal cars, which were being shifted by
the furnace engine.
Mr.. Douglas was running from one
car to another towards the rear of the
train In attempting to cross from one
car to the next he is supposed 70 have
lost his footing and fallen.
The engine driver, G. e. Brown,
stopped his engine, which was backing
slowly at the time, at a signal from one
of the colored hands who was near
the scene Of the accident. The
negro says that the unfortunate man
was caught in between the coupling APP
paratus of the two cars at the shoulder
blade. At any rate when Engineer
Brown and the the negro pulled him out
he was some distance back under the
car he fell from and his right shoulder
and upper right arm were crushed, his
neck broken and the back of his head
badly bruised.
A crowd assembled around him after
he was taken out and Mr.. Bushnell. one
of the furnace men, held his head, at
his request while his life cbbcd away.
He suffered intense agony while he
lived and spent the time in prayer, con-
tinually asking God to have mercy on
him. Just few moments before he OK
pired he was asked by Mr.. Bushnell,
"Do you know me ?' and he replied:
Eyes, it's Richard" Shortly afterward
he was dead.
His wife, hearing of the accident,
started out to the scene of it, but was
dissuaded by friends, and only saw her
husband as he was borne on rude litter
to the desolate home in the red row Of
cottages at the furnace.
DIR. McWhorter reached the place
where the accident occurred twenty
four minutes after the death of Mr..
Douglas. ADouglas leaves wife and
two little boys. He came here from
Shenandoah, Va, where he has a
brother, George Douglas. lie is origi
nally from Pennsylvania and was about
30 years old.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
ORIGIN OF THE MAFlA.
ITS Very Birth Was IIernlded with n
Bloody Libation.

Bloody Libation.
Crime stained, as it is to-day, and
CHASTITY with murder every step Of its
tortuous secret career, the "Mafa"
sprang into being from an inspiration
of patriotism, but it's very birth was
hcraldcd by libation of blood.
Many years ago wc read it's story In
an English magazine uf our recollection
is faithfully, and that recollection is
freshcned by recent communication
in the St. Louis Republic, though our
remembrance of the incidents differs
Louis correspondent.
The Malta" society is over six hun
drcd years old, having its origin at tho
revolt Of Palermo which took place
during an Easter ceremonial in the
suburbs of that city in the year 1881 A
beautiful young girl and her betrothed,
In accordance with the quaint and
primitive customs of that people, cp-
preached the Church of the Holy Ghost
to be united in marriage ut its altar,
and while the lover sought the vcnera-
bic padre in the little room at the rear
of the building his bride paused upon
Its threshold. AS She stood, cxpectunt
graceful rs fawn, fair as n dream,
her innocent heart throbbing with it's
newborn happiness-a drunken SER
geant of the French garrison, Druct by
name, strodc up, behind her, threw his
arm about her waist and thrust a
huge brutal hand into her pure, snowy
bosom. With cry of horror and fear
the poor child tore herself from his pol
luting grasp and turned to fly, but tho
heel of her dainty slipper caught in the
coping of the stone pavement and she
fell, striking her head against sharp
projection of the church cornicc.
At that instant the returning lovers
eyes fell upon his beautiful mistress
lying lifelcss, her white brow gaping
with its cruel wound, her long tresses
dabbled with her blood. With the saw
age fury of Il wild beast he threw him
self upon Druct, bore him to the earth
and drove his stilctto to the wrctch's
heart, crying: "NIolto ALA Francia!"
Death to the Frcnch!' There was q
moment, pause of silence and then
that maddcncd cry became the roar OF
Infatuated thousands. 1t swellcd and
dccpcned; it took moro solemn meaning
became nationalized-und then burst
forth; "Morte ALA Francia Italia
ancla!" death to tho French is Italy's
cryi9 For scventy-two hours armed
bands, headed by tho father and be-
trothed of the hapless girl, hunted
down the hated French, and their
search was as the quest OF the tiger and
bloodhound
But rctribution was to come after
this carnival of blood, and in dread of
the vengeance of the French nation
these unhappy people formed them
selves into secret organizations with
the password and name Of the society
made up Of the initial letters of tho
words which compose that fatcful
dcath-ciT, thus forming Malta" Its
object was resistance to oppression,
and as the lapse OF years added to its
power and influence it stretched forth
its hands against the rich and mighty in
behalf of the poor and downtrodden.
To-day it is but the hidcous cloak OF
the creeping thug and the assassin of
the NIGHT
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
vINToS.

Tho second quart erly meeting of the
Vinton Methodist Church was hcld Sun
day evening and Monday morning. DR..
p. IL. Wisner was present and preached
at $40 Sunday. Tho quarterly con-
ference was held Monday morning at 0
o'clock. All departments of church
work was reported by the pastor as being
in fiourishing condition. The congre-
cations are fine, The Sunday school fills
the church, and the finances of the
church are we'll up.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
OLD AZTEC MINES.
Interesting Archaeological Discovery Re-
Gently Made In New Mexico.

Gently Made In New Mexico.
A group Of old Spanishor Aztec mines
has recently been discovered ut Las
Placitas, of this county, about twenty
miles from this city, says an Albuquer-
que New McXico) correspondent of the
st. Louis Republic. So many years have
elapsed since these mines were worked
that all trace of their history has been
lost and the present inhabitants of the
country know absolutely nothing about
them.
Prospectors recently got on the trail
of what. they thought was something
good, and by pushing their investiga-
ton camo upon unmistakable evidences
of what were undoubtedly once rich
workings.
very extensive system of under
ground work has now been brought to
light. The mineral discovered, while
not of the highest grade, is rich enough
to pay handsomely, and runs generally
from $50 to 500 to the ton. The remains
have been found in several places of
what were once furnaces for smelling
the ores. There are also large Quanti-
ties of Stag, and in several instances
have been found what we're clearly re-
mains of implements used by the work
men.
But what will still be more interest
ing to the general reader is that these
explorations huve developed unmistalk-
able evidences of the fact that tho work
on these mines, which was performed
nobody knows how many centuries
ago, was brought to summary conclu-
sion by an earthquake or general up
heaval of some sort, for not only are the
mine workings. smelters, furnaces, etc.
buried under some fifteen feet of earth,
but there has also been found on the
same level the ruins of what was once
an aqueduct for bringing water to the
camp from source about ten miles dis
tant.
The camp of Las Placitas, referred
to, is on the eastern slope of the Sandia
mountains about twenty miles from AL
buquerquc and promises to become one
of the most interesting fields of archeo-
logical research yet discovered in this
country.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
NEW USE or THE DOLLAR.
1t Is Transformed Into Articles of Use
and Ornament.

1t Is Transformed Into Articles of Use
AMI Ornament.
Manufacturing jewelers. have lately
put the silver dollar to use in two novel
designs. says the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat One is rs the bowl of souvenir
spoon. The circular shape is retained,
and the coin is placed under heavy
die that pushes the center down until
the whole affair is shaped into a shall
low bowl that will hold nearly a tea
spoonful. 1t is then fastened to a
straight silver handle, at the top of
which is an inch-high statuettc of lib
crty Enlightening the World" This is
called the New York" spoon, the fit
ness of it lying, suppose, in the theory
that New York is always chasing the
mighty dollar. don't think the spoon
was designed in New York, however
The other novel use of the silver dollar
is as picture-holGer. Here is q dollar
that is like any other dollar, only that
it is much lighter. BY pressing the
thumb nail upon the letter s'E'' in the
word United" the whole face of the
coin inside the milling is made to ily
open, and hollow interior is revealed
wherein small photograph, lock of
hair or anything of that sort can be con-
cealcd. So fine is the workmanship and
50 skillfully is the spring concealed that
no one, even If he knew that tho coin
was hollow, could open it unless told
how. Pressing on the letter will not
open the coin; the letter must be set q
hairs breadth to one side.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
A Failure in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. June 29.-TSpecial i
Levi and Joseph Strauss, masters, have
made an assignment for tho benefit of
creditors. The bond OF assignee is for
100000. The embarrassment, OF Levi
and Joseph Strauss was accepted as the
outcome Of the assignment of Barth
q Strauss of two weeks ago. Levi and
Joseph are brothers-in-law OF Barth g.
Brother.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
LIVED WITHOUT WATER.
An Old Woman Who Never Drank Ea-
lures Fluid.

AN Old Woman Who Never Drank N;a-
lures Fluid.
The remains of Mrs Katie Stuff, the
oldest resident of Grccncastlc, Pa,
. were recently consigned to their last
resting place Mrs. Stuff, called AUNT
Katie" was almost nincty-cight
years Of age, and up to within few
days Of that event had not tasted water
since she was little girl. aunt Katie
Insisted that water wasn't healthful,
and drank tea and coffee only.
Fishing used to be one of her passions,
says the Chicago News Getting up
early in the morning in summer time,
She would fill the pocket of her dress
with grasshoppcrs, pin it to keep them
secure and then, rod in hand she would
repair to the banks of the Conocohcaguc
creek, often putting the local fishermen
to the blush by her skill. For the last
ten years it was source Of great pride
to her to visit the harvest field each
summer and bind shcuf OF grain,
which was always faithfully recorded
! By the local press, affor,ling her tho
highest qualification. Lest summer,
however, old age triumphcd, and Aunt
! Katie. to her great distress, was com
PEELED TO break the record for the first
time.
II will never die" she used to assert,
proudly. 81 will just dry up and
blow away. See if | don't" And she
almost kept her word. AZ the time of
her death it would not have taken much
of gale to watt her away On its
pinions-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
BItENITiES.

Il. o. IIamlin, of Danville, was regis
tered at the Hotel Lucerne Sunday.
Geo. c. Hill and wife, of Jacatecas,
Mexico, are at the Lucerne.
The jeff Davis Rifles, of SalLm, will
attend the Fourth of July celebration
in Roanoke with forty men.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30

CHARLESTON. w. Va, June 29.-[Spe-
cial]-Harvey Mullins, the leader of the
notorious Mullins band of moonshiners.
who have been making whskey and
committing other crimes in Mcdowell
for several years. has bee e. ested by
Deputy Keane. File Copper, one Of the
gang, was also arrested.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
4 Trntiinr Iinre

There was a trotting race here ycstcr-
day between Thomas Bruce's bay FLY
and Capt. j. c. Langhorne's bay golding
two colts, three half-milc heats, best
two in three. Mr.. Langhorn's colt won
the two heats run with the greatest
ease, leaving the FLY about quarter
behind, and making the half milo in
1913, the mile in 3:06
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM.
PANY.

Is prepared to negotiate with
responsible parties seeking the
Best Location in Virginia for
Manufacturing P ur pos IS.
Fuel, Raw Material and Labor
can be obtained and handled
at this point to the greatest
advantage.
The Fine Table Lands
along the Roanoke river are
exceptionally we'll adapted for
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SITES.
Rapid Transit by Electric
Railway to the center of the
city has been assured.
Ample Railroad Facilities
for shipment to and from all
points North and South.
1t has already located four
large and valuable industries,
employing over 600 hands.
For. particulars apply to
ARTHINGTON GILPIN,
General Manager Roanoke
Development Company, Roa-
noke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30
RAILROADS.
n s & T. w ReIfoIkaWesternR

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY %, 1891.
wEsTBoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
1853 a. m. Arrives Radford 9::,.5 a. M, connect
ing ut Hadford with New River branch
- leaving daily ut 9.i5 Il. ~. Bristol LIS D. M:
lo'io a. m, Arrives Bristol 40 p. m. Stops aI
0.23 p. M. Arrives Bristol 11.35 D. m. Connects
at R3dtord with New River branch leav-
Ing, ttadford sos p. Ill. daily for Blueiield
and PocahOutus.
$50 p. IN. daily for Radtord and intermediate
stations.
NORTH AND EAsrBoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
$50 a.. m. for Lynchburg, Petersburg and
Richmond.
R.5o p m. for IIegerstown, Harrisburg, Phila-
dclphia and Now York.
l2:ld p. III. daily for Richmond and Norfolk
5:JU PIN. daily. Arrives Lynchburg $50 %. NJ,
b.40 p III. for Shenandoah.
!!.20 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
ll.20 p. M. for Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
New York, and Washington via Shenan-
douh Junction and H. Il OR. X.
fOr all additional iufOrmatonappy at ticket
Office or to w, b. l}EVII,T,
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-30

g ~. so. X. II. co.
TIME TABLE T0 TAKE EFFECT 1901 a NJ,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

In Il recent letter to friend in West vi
giuia, which has found It's way into the pa
per,, United States Senator K"nra, speak
ng of the administration of Mr.. Cleveland
aid: "If Grover Cleveland were beard g.
no more, if he had departed this life on Tia
,lay when he retired fran the old whit
mansion. | would now say in the full Wig
# his robust, honest manhood, that his ad
lnini-tralion did more, by the simplicity
and reality Of its Democracy, to quicker
20 itical conscience and restore the egiti
mate methods of popular government THAI
all other agents of our day and generati d
combined All this was due not Ia the r.
puhlicans whom be kept in office, but t.
Democrats-true and honest Democrats
who administered the affairs Of The country
10 their honor and it> own"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

How terrible they are--some days tina
eat into the brain and stamp themselves OF
The memory for all mortal timel We can
!. get weeks OF placid living, bur never tb'
pain that comes with one day ofgrirf.
A poor little faded woman had beei
brought into court as witness in disagree
able case, involving very serious issues. Th.
entire case pended on the fact that a pa
per had been signed on certain day, and
this the forlorn little woman prepared t'
prove
You SAW the paper signed asked the
opposing counsel in cross examination.
Yes, sir
Z" You take your oath that it was the 3Otl
Of August"
'I know it was, sir"
The lawyer, who thought another dat
could be proved, assumed an exasperatinl
smile, and repeated her words.
you know it wa- And now, be so goo
a. to tell u just how you know it,"
The poor little creature ooked from on
counienance to another with wide sorrowiu
eyes, as if she sought understanding an,
smpalhy. Then her gaze rested on tb
of The kindly judge
4 know" she said, as if speaking to hin
alone, " because tha, was the day the bab'
died"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

The NdioaH Democrat reports n good
tory Of sherman Hjar, Senator Hoar's
,rI ghl nephew. VIM has repu Hated the po.
ticil tradition. Of the Hpar family and
S,s elected to Congress in November from
Nasachu-etts district a. Democrat.
Daring his brilliant tariff reform campaign
,i- father. Jude II oar. staunch Republi-
can, asked him: "Shermin, I'd like TO know
low it Is that you set up 10 know so much
bout this subject when I, who have been
.iudying it all my life, don't pretend TO un-
lerstand it fully. see that yon, however,
re able to get mp before crowd and tell
them all about il How. is it?" WELL"
.aid Sherman, I'll tell you; | began to
study the tariff question where you left
off,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

Establishing their GeneaIogY-lt wa at
The depot in Macon. Georgia. a colored
man from the country stood looking at the
locomotive when The color d fireman caileo
out: Hey. yo' niger, what yo' lookin'
4, ?" "Who's nigger?" demanded the other.
"Yo' t." 80 il you" Look out, dar.
niger doan' take no Sass nd'n shucks?
"Yo' is -buck- yo'Self!" Hump. Do 70
know what my fadder sold fur beio' de
wah :" No " "Fo'teen hundred dollars IN
goll sab, an dey reckoned dat WAS 800 un
der price. Who was yo' fadder, sab 2?
"He was de gem'an who bought yo' fadder
fur a waitah, -ah, an he allus lowed be- pad
thousand dollals mo- dan he wa- worth
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

Here is a good story of Justin Mccarthy.
Iti- from the New York Times and refers
TO the day when the GaiaTy was alive.
Sheldon & Co were the publishers of the
m gazine McCarIhy had submitted a story.
one day he said To Mr sheldon:
Il have come TO see if YOU will take that
story offered To the GALAXY"
"Ye-," cordially responded Mr. Sheldon
"aud sixty more like IT,
Time passed, and onc dsy Mccarthy
walked into the Galqry office with an i'm
posing pile OF manuscript under his arm
"What i ,hat2 asked Mr. sheldon.
Mccarthy laid the bundle Of manuscript
upon the publishers deek and replied
''Here are the sixty stories yoa ordered on
the occasion Of ms last visit
He got check covering the whole >ixiy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-14

The Dqily Sockhoiier, of New York. gigt
statement of the highest price in Wa
street last spring of II railroad stacks. am
Lowest price Oh Dec 8. The total shrnkag
in The vaiuA of the II raiIr ad stocs-, ar
corling % he statement, has in the past
six months amounted to S42l l26 S65 sev
en- listed stocks othrrthan railroads show
loss OF Sj3. .ll2 200, md three unlisted stocks
known Il. trusts, loss Of s37 $4,000 The
aggregate decrease in the market value oi
the list of 81 stock is s5l 500, Sos.