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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
INSPECTING A STRANGER.

Pvel Experiences of IN American at the
Hands of Japanese Women.
captain Harry McGill, of tho steamer
Prd Bangor, writes to u Baltimore
lend from Karatsu. Japan: "This Is
II q treaty port, and Is about ono hun
fH miles from Nagnsalsi Ihave been
fte three days and have aboard over
Il thousand tons Of Japan coal, md
pm will leave for Melbourne, Aus
}lia. am the only one allowed
]Ioro here, and then am not allowed
fSide Of the town or village. 1t Is q
Bst primitive spot, and my vessel is
y seventh that has been here, so you
imagine what u curiosity am to
Is people. Yesterday went on shore
||ssee the agent, who is only resident
BE while am loading md has quar-
Is In q native hut, which Is the nearest
;broach to hotel this place can boast
81 Well, as to custom. I had 70 re-
I've my shoes before entering, and
In seated myself on the matted
<br, tailor fashion, which position do
a find comfortable. After some min
sgs' conversation with my agent I
iccd quite a crowd, mostly of the
tier sex, gazing ut me through the
=Rh windows and doors, and when
gid not conceal my amusement any
3yer they likewise Uttered and treated
# to salutes and bows, similar to
|SSe represented in the 'Nlil1ado' and
|cdon operas. Lator on one damsci
3roached me, and, rs was clearly
ycn, I suppose the smoothness Of my
~ excited her curiosity; anyhow, she
FINISHED me by running her hand all
81 my checks and chin and jabbcred
sly to the others until several fol-
ed suit. 1t did not end here how
$3s, for ono Of them quietly took pos
ion of my hands and felt them and
Shed my sleeves above the elbow
&h much apparent interest to inspect
~ arms. as did oil the Others"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
An Unhealthy Town.

A gentleman who has been visiting
Butte City, Mont, gives the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat rather disparaging
account of the place. lie says: 1.-THE
day left, what with winter fog and
the smoke, which pours from the chin
neys of hundreds of rock-crushers and
roasting furnaces, was so dense that ut
noon you could not see ten feet in front
of you. The electric lights were turned
on, but standing directly under one of
the towers used in lighting the city
the cluster Of twenty thirty-two candle
power globes looked like q small star.
The death rate is very heavy; for the
week I was there there were fourteen
funerals n day. Pneumonia Is very
prevalent, quick and fatal in Butte
The miners who have been there any
length Of time look pale and have tho
appearance of being loaded. The real
cause of SO much of the sickness is tho
presence of gases in the air, set free by
tho process Of burning tho ores"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
The CHURCH EEL.
A Rclio OF Primitive limos Which Hss
Become q Nuisance.

1socomO u NulBanccs
Nowadays pretty much every man,
woman ind child carries costly
Wnltham, IN Elgin OF cheap Water-
bury watch. A generation or two ngo,
says the Independent, watches were
only carried by people of wealth, and
the farmers depended upon the toll
clock In the hall, or upon tho cheap
Connecticut clock on tho kitchen shelf,
There WINS no convenient way of req
ulating time, and no ono knew
whether his clock was correct. It was
not dry of railroads. Now railroads
run on time, and everybody can set his
watch by railroad time. No one now
depends upon the village bell to tell the
hour of noon or nine o'clock. Tho vii
lage bell was an absolute necessity In
old times. Every city church needed
its bell also. This is now changed A
church bell is survival, no longer of
any use in the city and of littlo use in
tho country. A person who wants to
know when 1t is time to go to church
looks ut his watch and does not wait
for the bell. He does not set his watch
by the bell, but looks at his watch to
sec if the bell is right
AL this means that the bell hos como
to be of no use. 1t is kept out Of senti-
ment, and not for any advantages
which 1t subservcs. In city, or in n
crowded population, or where it Is
likely to disturb the sick, bell has
become to be @ positive nuisance Con-
stant1y eases occur lil1o that lust
reported of the First Baptist Church
in West Philadclphia-which has
stopped the ringing of it's bell out
OF regard for the sick. Many of our
most expensive churches arc now built
without steeples, or, if the plan requires
a stecplc, the erection of tho stceple Is
put off until money is moro abundant
When stecplc Is retained 1t Is simply
matter of ornament, simply q reminis-
cence of the past, absolutely useless
Consistency would require that If there
DO no bell there should bo no belfry,
and that Is what we aro coming to. A
church-tower is IN expensive thing, and
the money which used to DO expended
on the tower can now 90 into tho more
important Sumday-school and mission
rooms. The day Is fast coming when
the ohurch-spire, tho finger pointing
Henvenwnrd, will cease to exist, be-
cause it will be only n sham and pre-
tense, indicating what does not exist
md is not called for. With it Is already
going much of the prominence Of tho
Gothic architecture, and there is no
longer any necessity thnt churches in
our cities should vninly rival, with their
towers, the height of the new buildings.
The new buildings would tower above
them ut their best. In tho country tho
bell may properly survive longer. 1t
has pleasant sound. 1t Is Of use In
time Of fires; it rings merry chino for
weddings or Independence dry; 1t tells
the people of death; It's sound does not
annoy the sick in overcrowJled habita-
tons But in tho city and In the largo
towns tho bell is doomed and tho steeplo
with It
We may regret all this. The senti-
ment Of tho bell is sweet, but there will
BIO sweeter sentiment and finer uso
In tho mission hall and rcading-room
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
In REGARD TO GHOSTS.
Shnscspcarc believed In Thorn, but Did
Not Understand Them.

shakespeare beloved In Thorn, but DID
|s%. Not Undorstand Them.
a writer In the London Quarterly Re-
view discourses In an interesting why
IN regard to ghosts md the belief in
them which prevailed some two hun
bred or three hundred years ago in En-
gland, ind especially at the time when
The Bard of Avon was writing his mas
terpieces for the tragic stage.
We can not doubt, he says, that
shakespeare, like his contemporaries,
lpeheved In ghosts, while we do not.
itow, then, can we say that he is true
70 nature, when he makes Hamlet or
rSrutus or Macbeth see ghosts, talk with
phem, and thereby in all respects be-
aievc in them?
Skeptical arguments against the real
ity Of ghosts were not unknown to
SShakcspearc's contemporaries. He must
have read them himself in Plutarch's
"Brutus," but VIC can not suppose that
4 those arguments had more effect on
3him than on Brutus himself.
& And we can not escape from the diff
equity by saying that the superstition
being natural to the poet, and to the
4 men Of his time, it was natural that he
Sshould make the personagcs of his plays
3subject to It, For tho groundwork of
Gall our study of Shakespeare assumes
fsthat he was not merely Of m age, but
Nor NIL time
a What we do say Is that tho men Of
3Shakespeare's ago believed In. ghosts
3because they had seen them, and we for
the same reason disbelicvo In them.
I'VE have, like Coleridgc, seen too many.
lenty of ghosts have been and still are
lPeen, but the sight has been verified by
81 Investigators with habits Of mind de-
(aved from the practice of the Baconian
nethod of examining facts.
ia Ghosts have been verified, and, like
'2nany other phenomena once so mys-
a4aerious as to be supposed to DO Of super
s 3'ntural or preternatural origin, they
s5pHIvc been found to have their place
known laws of nature. They
ave been ascertained to be, in meta
8hysical phrase, subjectively, but not
- Effectively, real. They como not under
he laws of the bodily eyes and of optics,
$8pt under those Of the imngination;
END 1t Is imagination which cnn, and
NOES, give the brain most of the impress
Mons Of bodily sight and sound whom q
ahost Is seen.
s We say most of these, because among
$be distinctions between q real md n
@ harn-that is, pretended, dressed-up
ghost ID this, that the real ghost does
.e3Pt strike such terror rs the sham, nor
81 pes it tell its hearers what they did not
slnow before.
1t is true that in many well authcnti-
Mated ghost stories, of our own times
zen, there is an element Of unexplained
s|5 9fncidcncc which still seems to give
Dem supernatural appearances; but
}ese, too, the friends of physical re-
3!#arch believe that they shall ono day
ring under ordinary natural law
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
"a TRAITORS ENDING.
Sufferings of Benedict Arnold During
His Last Days.

of Benedict Arnold During
His Last Days.
Tim Fiske tells the old story of Ben
b Arnold's treason in an article of
3nating interest written for the
antic. What may DO new to many
8ers is Mr.. Fislle's statement that all
Family tradition goes to show that
q last years of Benedict Arnold In
Horn were years of bitter remorse
y s,elf-rcproach. The great name
M he had so gnllantly won and SO
stshedly lost left him no rcposc by
y or day. The iron frame, which
4vdthstood the fatigacs of SO many
Hal battlc-fields and still more trying
through the Wilderness, broke
3t at last under the slow torture Of
Friendships and mcritcd disgrace.
81 the last sad days in London, in
~ 1901, the family tradition says
S3Arnold's mind kept reverting to his
iBfriendsllip with Washington. lie
H always carefully preserved the
B4,ican uniform which he wore on
3Jay when he made his escape to the
y Src; and now as, broken in spirit
|bgcary of life, ho felt the last mo-
IS coming, he called for this uniform
|iaSht it on, and decorated himself
"a the cpaulettcs and sword-knot
ID Washington had given him after
"a 4tory of Saratoga. Let me die"
II q, lin this old uniform in which
ast my battles. May God forgive
De ever putting on any other"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-04
Buena Vista, Virginia,
Offers Free Sites to Substantial
Industries.

in location railroad facilities
town OF 5000 with
town. with the promise of inhabitants few years
The Following List the Secured in Operation
lcompecd
o nnu names s ootoy Gin operaton $40 ooo Fire Brick
Mills ana Lumber Yards Gin
I'm Wire Fence
Vista
on Engine Boiler
A T.
d
The morning call., 1891-08-20
BOSTON,S NEW BISHOP.
Conservation of n Prelate Well Known
Here.

Conservation of Prelate Well Known
Here.
The conservation in Boston yesterday of
the Right Rev. John Brady as Bishop of
Alabauda, in partibus, and coadjutor to
Archbishop Williams, has a peculiar in
terest from the large number Of relatives
and friends Of the newly created prelate re-
siding in this city ana State.
The day fixed for the ceremory being
week day, the archdiocesan clergy were
able to attend in unusually large numbers,
and many priests were present from other
New England sees, eager to witness the
consecratiJn of Bishop who may one day
succeed 10 the metropolitan dignity now
worn by Archbishop Williams. The HER
archy of the New England and Middle
States was also fully represented.
The ceremony OF conservation was per-
formed at the cathedral by his Gracs Arch
bishop Williams, assisted by Right Rev. z.
T. O'Reilly, Bishop of Springfield, and
Right Rev. Matthew Harkins, Bishop of
Providence. The sermon was delivered by
Right Rev. Denis Bradley, Bishop of Man
chester, and among the other distinguished
HeRIy, Bishop Of Portland; Right Rev.
Louis de Gnesbriand, Bishop of Burlington;
Very Rev. James Hughes, acting Bishop of
Hartford, and many others.
A banquet followed the solemn cousecra-
ton, AT which this suffragan Bishops and the
attendant clergy were present. During its
progress an address of congratulation and
a substantial testimonial were presented to
the new Bishop by Rev. l.. J. Morris, rector
of the Church of the Assumption, Brook
lyn. on behalf of the priests of the arch
The morning call., 1891-08-20
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AN ARKANSAW TRAVELLER
Goes All the Way to New York to Buy
HIustv Rr;

Goes All the Way to New York to Buy a
Musty Brick.
John jackson of Camden, Ark, stopped
over in this city last night. On his farm in
Arkansas he had visitor vino told him to 90
TO New York, take $3.50 with him and get 1t
exchanged for $4,000. Jackson had never
read newspaper. and he took up the offer
On arriving in New York he was met at
the depot by two well-dressed gentlemen, to
whom he had letter of introduction
They conducted him to lonely room and
there counted out S10,0 in crisp new bills
1t was wrapped up, and jackson paid over
$3.50 for the treasure. His attention was
then directed to another part of the room
and the package was Switched" He was
then placed on train and hustled out of
town.
Inspector Byrnes had in some way heard
Of the affair and wired the conductor of the
train 10 hold jackson. The conductor
hunted him up and found him tenaciously
clnging 10 his treasure Up to this time he
supposed he had the money.
What have you in that box, Mr.. Jack
son?" asked Conductor Wingert, blandly,
He started. turning red and replied:
Money"
Let's go into the dining car and examine
it," suggested the conductor.
This was done. and when the Irvine and
brick was exposed to view. Not a dollar
was to be seen. jackson realized he had
bren-sold, and he was frightened, but was
induced TO 60 back to New York for his
S350.-Altoona (Pa.) special to Cincinnati
Enuuifer
The morning call., 1891-08-20
AT RED BLUFF.
increased Attendance at the Races-Fai
Exhibition a Success

AncIeAbeu attendance at the Races-Fair
Exhibition Success.
RED BLUFF, Aug. 19.-The interest in
the races was inc creased to-day, for by 2
o'clock the grand stand was filed. Fully
so0 people were on the ground. The bet
ting was very brisk, and pools were selling
rapidly on ali the races.
The first race was a half mile and repeat
running race, in which there were six
starters - Klikilat, Tom, Woodbury. Jr.
Iodine, Dewdrop, Lydia Ferguson and
Legal Tender. Lydia Ferguson was the
favorite in the pools at $40, Iodine SIT and
the field SIS. Iodine won the first heat was
the 1ayorite in The second, and won il
easily. Time, 0:5OA-O:5Ok.
HE second race, for two-year-old colts,
pest two In three, Yves contested by King of
the Ring, Hera, Lucky b and Lucy w.
an exciting race. Lucy w won the first
heat beating Lucky b half length. The
winner was the fayorite for the second
heat and won the second and third heats
and the race. Time, 2:421z-2: 40h-2: 80.
Inc third and last race was the 2 80 class
with four, starters-Ed Bggs Jr., w w,
kehoe and Alpha. Biggs was the fayorite'
w w won the first heat. Biggs won The
2:32h. -'
=, A good deal of money changed hands on
the last race, US well as Oh the colt race
The stock show will be held at 10 o'clock
Tomorrow morning. The pavilion was
crowded last night almost to suffocation.
General Chapman made few remarks, fol-
lowed by an address by Captain Matlock.
There are about 300 entries for premiums,
besides 80 exhibits by non-compet itors for
premiums. The exhibition part of the fair
Is grand success IN every espect.
The morning call., 1891-08-20
OBITU AIRY.
MRS. NJ. F. BoUToN.


Mrs. Margaret F., wife of General E. Bouton Of
Los Angeles. died in that city at her residence,
769 Casllar street, on Friday evening last, after
short Illness. Her death was sudden ana
caused considerable surprise, as she was not
supposed 10 be dangerously i'll until immedi-
ately before her decease. Mrs. Boutou's maiden
name was Fox, and her mother is still alive and
living with Que OF her sons, Captain Fox, at
Avoca, n. Y. Her sister, Mrs. j. Wiley Wells
died at Los Angeles a year ago last April.
General and Mrs. Bouton wenr to Los Angeles
from their Eastern home tweniy.three years ago,
and have resided there ever since. The Los
Angeles Express OF Monday says: Mrs. Bouton
was one of the original members of the Prot
estant Orphans Home, and most of the children
have been admitted by her. The present in-
mates and tie ladies OF he board Will attend The
funeral Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
First Presbyterian Church. The services Will be
conducted by Rev. DE-. Chichester, assisted by
Professor Parkhil OF Occidental University. The
remains will be deposited IN receiving tomb nj
Evergreen Cemetery for the present. General
BoutoD and g. Wiley Wells will have a vault
constructed, SO that the remains Of lie sisters
may rest tUgetler.
The morning call., 1891-08-20
THE MIMIC WORLD.
" Alabama Will Run Out the
Engagement Mt the Baldwin.
" Fernclif" Doing Better at the Bush and
The Dazzler" at the California.
Annie Ward Tiffany.

The demand is so large for more of ALA
bama" that the management OF the Baldwin
Theater has found 1t impossible to change
the bill during the present engagement of
the A. NJ. Palmer Company. The we'll
drawn and truthfully colored picture of
Southern interior life shortly subsequent 10
the "wah" will therefore be played all next
week, and for this portion of the engage
ment seats are now selling rapidly. The
fact should be borne in mind, also, that the
Palmer Company will not, during this trip,
play at any other city on the Pacific
Coast There was a large attendance last
evening to study and enjoy this latest and
best work of Thomas. Among those who
have not travelled in the South and are not
familiar with the local peculiarities of that
section of the United States. there is not
unanimity of opinion as to the vraisemblance
OF the scenes presented; but to those who
know the time, the people, and the situa-
ton, there is consensus of opinion as to
the feicitous way in which the author has
accomplished his dramatic work. There is
no disagreement, 1t may be added, as to the
beauty of the staging, the picturesQueness
OF the settings and the generally delightful
effect of the mise-en-sceue,
The morning call., 1891-08-20
AN UPHILL JOB.
I'LL Fun Followed His Queue for
Five Weary Blocks.

HI Fun, cigar-maker EMPLOYED in a
Chinatown torch factory. took an impromptu
excursion last evening which he will never
forget till his dying day.
A few minutes before o'clock, while
MIR. Fun was crossing the cable track at
California and Dupont streets, smoking a
freshly lighted cigar, the weed slid from
his lips and tell between the rails of the up-
hill track. Like others of his race. Hi Fun
is of an econ omical turn of mind. so he
stopped over to recover the cigar. As he
did SO the end of his long queue, which was
ornamented with tluttering ribbons and
sllken cords, dropped gently through the
slot and fouled the wire cable.
To say that Hi Fun was a much-surprised
Celestial at the result of this combination
would but feebly express his feelings on
the subject. As the unseen power below
fetched up on the queue with a solid Jerk
Hi Fun uttered mingled snort of terror
and amazement Then, as the queue tight
ened. Mr. Fun bent almost double and
started up the steep California-street grade
ralment flung to the responsive breeze.
AS the human grlp-car glided swiftly
along through the fog-laden cleaning he
maintained stolid silence, as he realized
the value of wind in a case of this kind.
Holding his tether rope with one hand to
N.
waved the other in mute supplicaIiop for
aid. He covered the first grade without at
tracing attention; but as lie crossed the
StocktOn-street level two men and boy
discovered his plight and gave chase.
But as they did not have to run up hill they
soon halted.
At Powell street the Chnaman over
hauled car that had stopped to unload
passengers. Fortunately the conductor saw
the painting Hi Fun in time aud gave the
signal to go ahead at full speed. He car
ried fat woman and a lame old man
four blocks beyond their destination, but
he had to do ii to keep Mr.. Fun from butting
his brains out against the tail end of the
car. The race continued to the corner of
Jones and California streets, where a quick
wltted butcher ran out with meat-knife
and severed Hi Fun's tow line close to the
slot just AS he was about to burst a blood
vessel But for this he would probably
have received transfer and gone on TO the
Cliff Hnuse
The morning call., 1891-08-20


W. F. Owen is to be the Sir Anthony Alb
solute to Joseph Jefferson's Bob Acres this
season.
1t is estimated that $50 stars and combna-
tions wi II start on the road from New York
between August 18th and October 1st.
Muldoon, the athlete, is engaged to star in
an alleged play called THE Black Mask"
soon to be produced in New York.
One of the -prettiest ingenues in New
York is Edna Wallace, daughter of the late
Wally Wallace, for long time usher at the
old California.
Aubrey BOucicault will be member of
Stuart R0bSonS company next season.
Cora Tanner refused to sing at a concert
for the benefit of sick and disabled seampn.
given on board the steamship Aurania dur.
ing recent trip from Liverpool to New
ork. Her reason for refusing was that
she did not know how much of the money
donated was given to the American Sea-
mems Home.
The people of Samaraug (Java) complain
OF surfeit of entertainments The circus
of klaer and Abel, the Ida Poll Rosa troupe
Harmston's Circus and the switchback rail-
way nave been too much for them,
A white-headed actor recently annlied to
the Sergeant of the Thirtieth District Sta
ton, New York, to save him from suicide.
The officer offered to lock him up; but, no /;
the would-be self-murderer proposed to
walk the feeling off by "a turn around the
DOCK. lie wanted another beer.
The morning call., 1891-08-20
LATEST sHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived.
WEDNESDAY, August i9.
Stmr Yaquina. Green, 4S hours from LOmpoc:
produce, to Goodall. Perkins Co.
Movements of Transatlantic Steamers.
Observation-Disclosures Aug 19-Stmr HI
bernian, from Glasgow.
BALrIMoRE-Arrived Aug l9-Stmr Stuttgart,
from Bremen.
NEW YoRK-Arrived Aug 1s-Stmr Spree, from
Bremen.
Importations.
LOMPOC-Per Yaquina-l cs cigtrs kegs . hi
D6s 70 bxs butter. 10 SKIS seaweed. 80 cans talIow
~ bdls green hides, cs boots and shoes 10 bxs
cheese cs eggs coops chickens, 90 SKIS oats 3644
SKIS barley.
Arroyo Grande-2OO SKIS barley
Nlpomo-27O sxs beans, 40 SKIS oats, So SKIS ryT
Santa Maria-395 SKIS barley, l49 SKIS beans. Nv
Los Alamos-20U SKIS barley.
Los OlIYos-747 SKIS wheat.
COnsignees.
Per Yaquina-H Dutard Wheaton Luhrs; Starr
Co: Grangers' Business Assn; Phillips Bros: En-
terprise Brewing Co; KOwalsky & Cos. Tnos Bell;
Bassett a Bunker; GetZ Bros d Co: w G Badger;
Dodge Sweeney Co; Hills BrOs Wilson Irvine;
Porter, Slessinger Il Co; w Sumner Il Co; Nation
al brewing Co: Chrsty & Wise: Leo RteSe.
The morning call., 1891-08-20
A New English Comedy.

The New York Times OF August 9th says
oil Jane" an adaptation from the French,
and recently purchased by Mr.. Charles
Frehman, that it is very ordinary farce,
with few traces of its Gallo origin remain
ing, and it needs better acting than it had
at its first performance to make it success
full. There are a few good things In it. The
luncheon episode and the clever scene that
hinges on the unpaid livery stable bill are
bright enough to belong to a comic play
as popular as "Mr. Wikinson's Widows"
But. short as it Is, tie piece becomes
tedious before the curtain falls on Act III.
and the climax is as stupid as British bur
lesQue. 1t is, moreover, so full of Cock
ney words and phrases that glossary ought
to be printed on the house bill. Some of
the text could be changed without doing VIC
ience to the authors feelings. and it is not
likely that much thought has been given to
The morning call., 1891-08-20
SAN RAFAEL TAXES.

A Slight Reduction From the Levy of Last
Year.
SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 19.-The Town Trus-
tees met Monday evening to levy the tax for
the ensuing year. The board were anxious
to make the tax as low as possible, and the
expense roll was carefully considered to
see If it were possible to reduce the levy as
compared with last year. The value Of all
property in the town was found to have in
creased over last year to the extent of SILL
600, which at the figures of last years levy
t73 cents on the Sf0O) would increase the
revenue S725. A resolution was finally
adopted fixing the levy at u cents.