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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
MOVING THE PIANO.

stagger, and which could not be trans
ported by any four-footed beast with
out the aid of regiment of sappers
and miners to 60 in advance to prepare
road. The strength of these porters,
whose diet rarely includes anything
more than the simplest products of the
earth, and sometimes consists wholly Of
bananas or boiled plantains, is often
surprising. 1t is not an uncommon
thing for an 1ndia-rubber gatherer to
increase his collection of caoutchouc to
weight of one hundred and fifty
pounds before his days task is ended,
picking his way through the denscst
thickets and climbing the most precip-
itous ridges. making his path as he
goes, without other means of susie
nance than Il few bananas carried in
his pocket.
Baird, n traveller in South America,
nearly half century ago, gave graphic
description of the negro porters of
Brazil. We are indebted to this author
for the following paragraph, as well as
the accompanying illustrations, which
we copy from LIE Tour du Monde:
II left my work one day, led by curl
osity to ascertain the source of certain
strange sounds which heard from one
end of the street to the other. On in
vestigation I found it was simply a
moving There was great procession
of negroes, each one of whom carried a
piece of furniture, large or small, heavy
or light, as it happened. All marched,
keeping step, repeating a syllable or
two or giving utterance to cultural
sound. Some carried empty casks
forming huge volume two or three
times the size of their own bodies. A.
the end of this procession of perhaps
fifty persons, moving a little more
slowly, came piano riding upon the
heads of six men. One of them per-
formed the functions of the leader of an
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28

orchestra, holding an object resembling
silver water pitcher, in which there
were some little pebbles. With this in
strument the negro beat the measure in
a very lively fashion. On another day
saw three negro women chatting and
gesticulating while carrying upon their
heads, one closed umbrella, another
an orange and the third IL small bottle"
Is it not due to this custom of carry
ing everything upon the head, asks
Good Health, that the negresses are al
ways SO well formed, that they carry
the chest we'll forward, and sometimes
have in their carriage dignity which
many women of the white and wealthy
classes might well envy?
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
a Wonderful CnIc.

"When ] was fishing on the Kanka-
kee some fifteen years ago." said the
man with the cigarette to an Indian
apolis Journal man, "a whirlwind came
along and carried off my vest, that was
hanging on limb just over my head
1t had my watch in it--and a tailor's
account. Well, the whole outfit sailed
out OF sight in less than minute
Seven years aftcrward a party of us
were camped on the same river, only n
hundred yards further up. 1t was my
turn to do the cooking, SO started out
for some dry wood, stepped on log
which caved in, and, just as the story
books say. there lay my watch, with
that same old tailor's bill twisted
through the ring. 1t was still running. 4"
"Oh, come off! You want to ask us
how such thing could be, and then
you'll explain that the whirlwind
wound your watch up SO tight that it
ran for seven years" II didn't say the
watch was still running" said the
story teller, as he lighted another
bacillus cXtcrminator: II had reference
to the tailor's bill. 1t is running yet
in fact"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
A VERY OLD CHURCH.
An Ancient virginian House of Worship
Built In 1854. r..: =.

An Ancient virGinIan House of Worship
Built In 1881. ~, 49,, -.
A letter in the New York Press, writ
ten from Norfolk, Va, by A. LETTERS,
tells of what is supposed to be the old
est church in the United States. The
writer says: The church of which I
send you photograph was erected here
in 1882. The date of it's erection was
cut into the hard old bricks at two diff
ferent points. 1t was the second church
built in Virginia. The first one, that of
jamestown, has long since gone to ruin.
This building is without doubt the old
est church building in America erected
by English-speaking people,
The size is 3OX5O feet and the tower so
feet tall The walls are thick, in good
condition; the brick and mortar are so
firmly Joined together as to defy scpnra-
ton without breaking the brick. The
oldest well-dehncd grave in the church.
yard is that of Gen. Joseph Bridger,
who died in 1856, and whose father
built the church, which has withstood
the ravages of three wars, the rcvolu-
ton, the war of 1912 and the struggle of
1850
Three times 1t has been reroofed. and
it is now undergoing repairs of very
substantial and attractive nature and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
A Conscientious Dealer,

John" said New York grocer t.
ms clerk what arc the latest reports
from the crops?"
The peach crop is entirely killed by
the last cold snap; cherries badly in
Jured; blaclibcrrics and black raspbcr-
ries killed to the snow-linc, and pears
touched to some extent"
"All right, John; order II lot of new.
baskets with the bottoms half an inch
nearer to the top than last year. am
determined to keep down prices out of
pity to my poor customers. --ISxas
Siftings
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
+rorLE ACROSS THE WATER

GEORGE EIrrEI is said to have made
eiO.0oo,O0O rs his share in the Eiifcl
tower.
MARQUIS DE MoEEs denies that he is
an anarchist; he defines his position as
that of revolutionary socialist.
II is rather curious fact that Glad
stone, Salisbury and Chamberlain each
has son in parliament, and not one of
them seems to be worth shucks.
BARON llIRsCH's turf winnings
amounted to $50, 900 last season, and he
intends to benefit his own race by devot-
ing the entire sum to hospitals and like
institutions.
LEONARD WHITToN, of Brighton, Can
ada, weighs 400 pounds, 800 pounds Of
which he has acquired within ten years.
lie is not yet forty, and is still incrcas-
ing in weight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28

bids fair to be useful as a church for
the next three centuries. Memorial
windows have been constructed for it
in England, and when again in shape
to use it will present very attractive
appearance.
In this connection the fact is interest
ing that the present county clerk of
Isle of Wight county, the same county
in which the old church is located, is the
third or fourth of his line that have
held that same Office in continuous
line of succession since the morning,
during the revolutionary struggle, when
the then incumbent left the Office and
joined the royalist army tofight against
his country.
We, therefore, claim for Isle of Wight
county, Va, not only the oldest house
in America built by English people, but
the longest and most continuous Office
holding faulty in the United States.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
NYE LlTHiA SPRINGS,
WYTUEVILI,E VA

w fIIEVILLE, va.
Elevation, 1880 feet above sea level;
mean mperature, 80 degrees Entire
freedom from all MALARIAI. and febrile
diseases.
Both Lithia and Chalybeate Springs.
acknowledged to be the finest in the
United States for purity and siren 9Th.
Many certificates OF cure Of diseases of
stomach, indigestion, Bright's disease,
diabetes, RHEUMATISM, gravel, dropsy.
nervousness, insomnia, etc. Fine
hotel accommodations. NYE LYTHIA
SPRINGS co, Wytheville, Va. Waters
on draught at Christian II Barbee'S
drugstore, Roanoke. SIS tu,th&su, 3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
DLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT
L WATER HEATING.
A. l.. FUQUA j. A. MCMILLAN.
ROANOKE SUPPLY HOUSE,

No. 214 Salem avenue, Roanoke, Va.
We are now established in our COM
modious premises at the above address,
few doors above Commerce street, and
are prepared to take care of all work in
the various branches that may be in
trusted to US. We carry line of every
thing pertaining to plumbing, steam
and hot water heating, gas fitting, hot
air furnace work, stoves, ranges and
cooking utensils. Our work in some Of
the principal hotels, business houses
and private residences in this CITY and
vicinity, prove that what we do is done
right. In the supply department we
carry full line of rubber and leather
betting, packing, steam and water hose,
iron pipe and fittings, valves of the
various kinds, injectors, electors, lubri-
Gators, steam and air guages. In the
show room on second floor we have the
finest display of gas fixtures and SAM.
tary appliances in Southwest Virginia.
We are now engaged in fitting up on
our first floor front one of the most com
plete and attractive displays of high
class plumbing that can be seen any
where and would respectullyinvitet the
public inspection. Due notice will he
given when ready. Prices on goods
quoted on application and estimates for
work cheerfully given. Respectfully,
53tf FUQUA s. MCMILLAN.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
SOUTH AMERICAN LIFE.
wonderful Strength and Agility Of
the Native Porters.
rheir Diet Includes Only tho Simplest
PRODUCTS OF the Earth-Aioving 10
Piano In Erazil-NeErocs
OF Rio Janeiro.

Travellers in South America rarely
tali to mention the great strength and
agility of the native porters, who, in
many parts of that country, perform
the functions of beasts of burden. car
rylng up steep mountain roads, along
the edges of frightful precipices, and
across yawning CULTS, bridged per
haps only by n fallen tree, loads
under which donkey would
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
DEER PARK AND OAKLAND.
On lue Ortst OF the AIIeghanieS,
5000 Feet A hovn TihnWator

5000 Feet Above Tidewater.
SEASON OPENS JUNE %, 1892.
These famous mountain resorts. situ.
ated at the summit of the Alleghanies
and directly upon tho main line OF the
baltimore and Ohio railroad, have the
advantage of it's splendid vcstibuled ex-
press train service, both east and west.
and are therefore readily accessible from
all parts OF the country. All Baltimore
and OHIO trains stop at Deer Park and
Oakland during the season.
Rates 500. $40 and S75 month, ac-
oording to location. Communications
should be addressed to GEORGE Fl.
ESHlELOS, Manager Baltimore and
Ohio Hotels, Cum berland, Md, up to
June 10; after that date, either Deer
Park or Oakland, Garrett County, Md.
ia: ,2S&6 Al
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
How to Get Rich ON wnn Street.

Junior-llcrc is an order from Mrs.
PeterlSin-Smythc, father.
Scnior-Rcally? Clever woman Mrs.
Petcrkin-Smythc. We must do what
ever we can to obligc her.
Junior-Shc wishes us to purchase
one thousand shares of j. T. &c w. on
her account at scventy-fivc and sell it
at ninety, and send her n check for the
profits by twelve o'clock to-day-Har-
per's Dnzur.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
True Ericn,IsI,iD.

A New York policeman had chum
who was pic!lpocket. One day the
policeman noticed his chum picking the
pocket OF Il stranger on the Bowery
Look here, BILL" said the man in
blue, some of these days policeman
will see you working the game and then
you will be locked up. BE careful, old
boy. "-Tcxas Siftinrs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
ROCKL.E.DC

HOTEL AND OBSERVATORY, on
the summit of Mill Mountain, ~ miles
from, 900 feet above, N and w. station
at Roanoke, Va. The FINEST SUM.
MER RESORT in Virginia Grand and
extensive scenery-capaciou porches.
neatly furnished rooms, beautifully laid
out grounds.
The observatory commands a view Of
the surrounding country for many miles.
including tho Peaks OF Otter Guests
OF the hotel admitted to the observatory
free. Board by the day, week or month.
Good stabling. Special menus to
parties.
E. A. LEWIS, Manager.
p. o. Box 1G6. Roanoke, Va. 5 % I'm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
An Objectionable Place.

Employmcnt-agent (wearily) We'll,
what's the matter with that last place?
Domestic-fll not stay there. TIL
missus wants me to sift TIL ashes.
Employmcnt-agent-So do they ALL
You cant find n mistress who won't
want you to sift the ashes.
Domcstic-I-c-s; but this one watches
to see that do it.-.Judge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
Bear Lithia SPRINGS, Va

This famous resort will open Juno lst.
For Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver Trou-
bles nnequalled. For special rates and
particulars address
FRANK Il. YATES, Proprietor,
Elkton, Va. 81 I'm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
1t Was Quite Wrong.

Einstcin (eSamining keys copy bools)
Who wrote dot line: "Nutting suc-
cecds like SUGGEST"
1kcy-Dcr teacher, fadcr.
Einstein-Dot teacher vos all wrong,
key. Der vos nutting succeeds like
failures, unit lots of dem, mcin pow
Truth.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
SCOTCH PROVERBS.

BIErII's good, but brccding's better
a GUIDE word is as soon said rs an i'll.
TAKE pint and prce; the laws costly.
He is worth no veal that can bidc no
Voc.
a DOG Wilma growl if sc fell him WI
bone.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28

Teacher, John, you young scape-
grace. come here. and I'll pay you back
for your impudence TO me yesterday
lupil-No, thank you. have con-
scicntious scruples about taking back
pay Of that sort.-Tcxas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
d&~&A/N G~~%

modern day ears. But when it is said
little verse about
Little drops of water,
Little grains OF sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land
every one who is able to recall the little
bits of school-day lore and philosophy
with which their childhood was filed
will feel either we'll acquainted with
the name or that they would like to be-
come SO, just for the sake of old times.
Mrs. Julia a. Carney, says the Chica-
go Tribune, lives near Galesburg, ILL.,,
and has family of grown up sons,
with whom in her old age she makes
her home. She is three score and ten,
but her mind is as active and her tenn
permanent as bright and as philosophical
and poetic as when, at the teachers
class in stenography in the old fremont
temple in Boston, away back in the
year of 1915, she first composed the
Little Drops" poem, merely as class
exercise.
When permission to publish her por-
trait was recently requested Mrs. Car
ney replied:
For nearly fifty years 1 have said
NO to numerous requests for my pho
tograph. l have never consented to
have my likeness printed. Many of my
published poems bear my maiden name,
Julia A. Fletcher, although still more
of them were written under assumed
names. have never held any special
nom dc plume, but have written under
many-using whatever came into my
head ut the moment. 1t is now fifty
five years since my first poems were
given to the public, and since that time
up to recently have been engaged in
literary production more or less con-
stantly. Of late my sons have opposed
the idea of my doing any more work,
and suppose that practically 1 am
done with literature"
Mrs Carney has never attached much
value to the famous little verse with
which her name will always be associ-
ated, but regards it as n mere accident
of composition. However, it has en-
tered into the folklore philosophy of
about every intelligent community,
and is more quoted to-day by fond
parents in the counseling of their chill
dren than ever before.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
NOW OPEN.
The Bedford Alum, Iron and
Iodine SPRINGS.

OF Virginia, are receiving visitors daily.
Best health and pleasure resort combined
la the State. showing record of testi
monlals and certificates of cures unsur.
passed by any other water in the coun.
try. Accom- modatious first class. Shade
and lawn splendid. Terms reasonable.
Interesting 50-pape pamphlet mailed on
application. Bedford Springs p. o., Va.
j. K. MABiiN, Trustee, Proprietor.
10 I'm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
No Change OF Linen.

y forgcr in Los Angeles. Cal. was de-
tccted by means of small black ink
spots that were spattered over his shirt
bosom.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
SUMMER RESORTS.

DOCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS. VA IN
II dorsed by the Medical Society or Virrinin.
a as vel as other high medical authorities In the
Rates according to location OF rooms ond
pacity 1850.
EaiIroad through to Springs. Pamphlets to be
haa ny addressing GEORGE l.. PEYTON.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
Mountain Lake Hotel.

GILES COUNTY, VA.
1000 feet above sea level. Accommo-
dations frs. class.
board per day, 81. Reductions by the
month. Grand, beautiful scenery. Cool
atmosphere. Excellent water. No flies
or mosquitoes. Lake covering an area
OF so acres, y by y mile wide. Spleen
did rowing. 61 i'm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28
KNOWN BY a VERSE.

The Lady Who N.rote tho Poem About
Little Drops OF Water"
Here is the autograph of woman
OF whom most people know little or
nothing. Even the name, Julia A.
Carney, has an unfamiliar sound to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-28

modern day ears. But when it is said
that she is the woman who wrote the
little verso about
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
RARE AND READABLE.

The history Of Iceland rs a nation ex-
tends back more than 900 years, yet the
records show but two thefts in all that
timc.
a gold nugget weighing almost seven
teen pounds and valued at 81. 700, is re-
ported to have been found recently in
Nevada mine
IL cost Kern county, Cal. $500 TO pros
ecute a man who was accused OF taking
sixty cents from another, and then he
was acquitted.
number of Boston workmen struck
lately because their superintendent" was
referred TO in some printed statement us
a foreman
Servant girls in California receive on
an average S95 per month. Nurse girls
are paid from Sl5 TO $50, and good cooks
from $50 upward.
The wettcst place in the world is at
Chera PONCE in the Khasi Hills of
Assam The fall Of rain for single
month has ranged from 100 to 200 inches
Tho highest speed attained by trains on
the leading railroads in Great Britain are
as follows: Great Northern, 55l3 miles
per hour; London & Northwestern, 53l /:
Great Western, 5Sia
a deposit OF what is known as fossil
-four" has been recently discovered in
Maine which will resist the action of
acids, alkalies and oils and is remarka.
bic non-conductor of heat
In computing mans age, Cinnamon
always reckon two years back from the
day when he celebrated his first birthday,
or. in other words, as though he was a
year old at the time of his birth.
A horse in the Boston police depart.
meut is getting a reputation for hospital
ity. When one of the officers leaves his
horse in the same stable and fastens him
near by, the other horse picks up hay and
forces il through the iron grating of his
stall for his guest to cat He began "a
show his hospitality about a year ngo and
he has continued it twice day ever
since,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
LOVE VERSUS POVERTY.

SAID / 10 light. hearted maiden
Nho airily danced DER the floor:
"noes Love fly away through the window
When Poverty knocks at the doori"
She gave me a glance full of archness,
Aud curled her sweet lips in pOut
glove, sir is something" she whispered,
Il am sure know nothing about
asked Of a man who is richer,
Far richer than Cruasus of yore:
,poes Love iy away through the window
When Poverty knocks at the doort"
Il wish could tell you, he answered
while smoothing "a crown That is baldl,
.For Love is a queen in our household,
But poverty never has called. =
turned 10 a sage who had studied
The world, from the rtnd 10 the core
pocs Love iiy away through the window
when Poverty knocks at the dOorl"
~ doc with the wings Of a swallow.
And sometimes I've noticed. OF late.
That Love viii hit out through the win
dow
should poverty rattle the gate
- A. C0uwell ia Life.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
Books aud Rats.

A clever writer of gossip about
books refers to the injury that books
stored away In book stores are apt to
sustain. The dampness affects them
and rats are prone TO make deadset
Mt them. Rats gnaw books for the
paste that Is in them. They some
times get more than they bargain for.
Tho color of cloth book-bindings, IL is
well. known, is not Of the fast varie-
~. Dropping water upon them will
readily demonstrate this. There is
poison in IL sometimes also, as Mr..
Rat has found out and IL has been the
death of him. This can hardly be
called healthy literature, we opine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
How serpent. Move.

King solomon acknowledged that
there we're three things which are
too wonderful for mo-yea. four.
which | know not and one OF these
was tho way OF serpent upon n
rock" For hundreds OF years after
the time OF solomon the snakes mode
Of progression remained n mystery
Latter.day men Of science have learned
that his snnkcship's ribs furnish him
with means OF progression. SO, in
stead Of having pair or two pairs OF
feet. they really have from $50 10
200 rairs Aristotle thought that SER
penis had as many ribs rs there are
days in the month, hut had he exam
ined n python he would have read lily
detected his mistake. that species hav-
ing 100. Snakes move In this way:
Each vertabra supports n pair OF ribs,
which acts like pair OF legS the ex.
tremities being connected by broad
plate. The hind part Of this plate is
free. and when the ribs are moved for
ward the end is raised so that IL takes
hold Of the surface underneath, even
though Il he glass, the strengthening
of the reptile propelling II forward.
ST. Louis Republic.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06

One day, when the artilIerymen
came TO fire the gun they did not lad
it, A search was Immediately insti-
tuted. but nothing could be discovered.
One week later parts of the gun and
OF the heavy chain were found before
the residences Of the highest officials
10 town. It is supposed that the revo-
lutionists or nihilists removed the gun
TO show the government officials their
power and craft There is no doubt
but that many persons must have
labored at this feat. Still. not trace
OF the perpetrators can be discovered.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06

Someone explained learnedly at din
ner the other evening the origin of the
custom of pairing off. He said this
custom of pairing oil the guests ex-
listed in the middle ages, with this
difference. that each couple were only
allowed a single plate and drinking
cup. 1t was the duty of the gentle
man TO cut up the meat while the
lady made it her business 10 place the
morsels in her companions mouth.
Meanwhile they both drank out q the
sane cup. Sat Evening Post