davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
DECLINED TO BE DISCHARGED.
Tho Colored Wood-CarrIer of the Senate
undn't Time to Talk Nonsense.

Tho Colored Wood Carrier of the Senate
undn't Time to Talk Nonsense.
One very humble officcholder of tho
senate force will probably be left in his
accustomed place. John Brown. the
wood-carricr, is the most picturesque Us
we'll as one of the oldest attaches of the
senate. He wears II tail, shaggy CAP:
his clothes are tho color of the wood he
carries, and his face has the same ma.
flogany hue. On his back and shout
dcrs is Il hod, like large brick hod. al
ways piled with such II load OF wood
that his old frame bends under il. The
expression on his face has become stolid
from hard work, and no one ever
catches him smiling He trudgcs in
and ont Of committee rooms all day,
and even on many Il winter night till
morning, to pile up the wood that
burns next day for the pleasure OF SEN
ators and their friends. There is au
open fireplace in every committee room.
as without this the badly ventilated
parts of the capitol would be dangerous
in thcir dampncss. John Brown tends
all the fires on14hc senate side. and
steals in and out OF committee rooms so
quietly that nc is hardly thought of
pNt htttc icio > washington says ne Is
an artist at his trade and can make II
fire burn when no one else is able to.
Lately Il woodpilc fell on him, breaking
his leg. and a few people who had an
idea John Brown was getting old and
useless found it took two young men to
do his work, and then they growlcd all
the time because they had too much to
do.
John had remained undisturbcd for
years i'll his place. no one having tried
to Dust him. except once. Sergcant-at-
Arms Bright once found the pressure
upon him for places SO great that in tcs-
pcration he decided to discharge John.
He sent for him and the old wood-car-
ricr came shutting in.
"Io' want me, Mistah Bright?" asked
he
Yes, John; l wanted to tell You Pm
going to discharge YOU"
"Wha's dat, NIistah Bright? Dis
charge me-? Oh, go long, Mistah Bright.
| amt got time to talk wild YOU. Go
long" And John Brown put on his
cap, shouldcred his hod and shufllcd out,
still muttcring that he had no time to
talk of ''sich triiling nonsense"
Mr.. Bright was surprised, but that
was the last attempt ever made to Dust
John. who is now considered indis-
pcnsable.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
The Educated Iioosier CocIxroach

While a gentleman was at bis Office
desk day or two ago one OF these dis
reputable insects ran across the paper
on which he was writing. He tipped
it against the wall with his finger and
it bounded back on the desk, lighting
upon its back 1t remained motionlcss
for some time, until it recovered from
the shock, and then cndeavorcd to get
upon its feet again, but in vain.
Smaller reaches passed by their pros
trate brother, evidently without motto
ing it, but Il larger one came along
pretty soon, stopped, went over to the
one that lay upon its back, straddlcd
across it, and, giving it quick jerk
with its forclcgs, landed it deity upon
its feet. and the two disappeared to-
gcthcr over the edge OF the desk
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
hsR DAD HAD SEEN sTAMPEpED.
What a Republican Cattle Bnron's Daush

What Republican Cattle Bnron's Daugh-
ter Said ut the Inauguration Ball.
Il beg to be excused. don't belong
in this roundup. I'm off my rcscrva-
tom
That was the peculiar reply very
stylish and remarkably handsome
young woman made when Washing
ton Star reporter struck her for Il de-
scription of gowns, which must have
been fetching indeed with that girls
splendid brunette beauty inside of
them.
"Oh. we'll, most everybody is strange
here now was the society reporters
cheerful response. Eve arc very anx-
ions to have all the notable people"
That's it. I'm not notable" said
the brisk young woman. Dads not
an Office holder nor an office seeker
Hes just plain, everyday cattle baron,
ana were not in it this trip. We're
stampcdcd."
''Stampcdcd?"
"Ycs; we don't feed with tl,i, Kind
these people all belong to the D. dash
range, and they've turned off the water,
burned all the grass, cut all our fences
ana Stalnpcdcu us IN great shape. -Four
years from now if you happen TO be
around here you will find the national
range in the hands of the old bosses
again and III have no objection to Civ
ing You description of my harness
Just now I'm stray and object TO be
ing punched with this outfit"
The objections must have been intel
ligiblc to the society reporter, for they
were accepted, and the daughter of tho
plain, everyday cattle baron" was OK
cuscd from being branded" as mixing
with a breed of political cattle" by
which She declared she had been STAN
needed"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
A Queer illustration,

In an address to young men in New
York the other evening Clergyman
illustrated the importance of persistent
agitation rs follows:
In can of milk bound for market
were two frogs. One of the frogs be-
came dcspondcnt and said: "What is
the use of kicking any more? I'm going
to the BOTTOM and he went. The
other one kept mp Il deliberate kicking,
and when the can was opened ut tho
end of the journey he was found to be
alive. lie had kicked so hard that he
had churncd out a piece of butter, and
he was floating on it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
HE HAD GOOD TRAITS.
A Pleasant Story About the Late "squIr.
Abingdon"

~ StOry ABOUT Inc Late esquire
Abingdon
writer in the Pittsburgh Dispatch
frankly confcsscs that he doesn't like
men like the late esquire Abindon'
Baird any more than his neighbors do,
but lie cannot refrain from telling the
following story which came under his
own notice:
just after Baird won the Derby with
Merry Monarch in the jubilee year he
WAS accostcd on the street one night by
II pnliid wretch who asked for aims.
Baird blocked iiXcdly at the gaunt fellow.
whose eyes were dim and horrible to
look into. and asked the man who and
what he was. Ito said IL" had hccn an
crgravcr. Int owing to partial loss of
cycsght had gone down hill until he
w;is about at the bottom. "Whcre do
you livc?" asked Baird. The man named
Il street down Whitcchapel way, and
Baird, mailing u four wheeler, pushed
the bcggar and Il man who had been
with the squire into the vehicle and told
| the cabman to drive to the place This
| was carly III the evening. About mid
night Baird turned up, looked grave
and perfectly sober. He stallicd mp TO
a party of racing men, some of whom
had witnessed his departure, and was
greeted with numerous jests and qucs-
tions. Baird, in his heavy way, gave
| back retort for jest and swallowed Il big
| glass of brandy. Then he called his
| secretary to one side and said "Lool,
here, I've seen something awful. A
man, his wife and eight children living
or dying in one dirty hole of room and
nothing to cat-and dammc if they ain
honest yet. Tomorrow ] want you to
go somewhere down the river into the
country and rent cottage for twcnt.
years in the name of this fellows wifi.
and fix up an annuity thatll give 'cp /;
bit TO buy bread and coal with cam
get that woman's face out of my head
nor the children either, poor devils, nno
I'm blessed if they shan't have breath
Of fresh air and chance to stay honest
You arrange it, mind You, tomorrow
and fetch me the papers to sign if / fo,'
| oct it,"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
LIKE TO BE "eARYep...
Kings and Statesmen Fond OF tho Cares,
Ing Touch of u woman's Hand.

Kings and Statesmen Fond OF tho Carcss-
Ing Touch of n woman's Hand.
The woman who is the housewife is
the closest thing to the mother, and
from the time men are born until they
die they adore being mothered, saws a
writer in the Louisville Couricr-Journal.
They are never too old to be pattcd on
the head by soft white hand; they arc
never too old to be called my dear
boy and they arc never too old To b.,
addressed rs ''childrcn." They like IL.
They like it immensely. They forget
they arc six feet two: they forget their
strength; they only remember that they
arc fond OF the woman who has
lnothcrcd them, and they will give a
great sigh OF contcntmcnt when. in her.
own special way, she draws him up
closely to her, lays her soft check
against his rough one, and saws in y
multiplying. half-patronizing but alto
Gcthcr loving tone: Poor boy" Nov.
the poor boy may have the affairs of the
nation on his mind. Financially he
may bc IL king, but for the time being
he is Il baby, and he likes it. And the
bigger he is the better he likes it. |
can't explain it; don't pretend to-
only know it is so, and | wish moro
women would realize The great power
of their littleness. No man ever loved
Il woman who didn't find in her thai bit
of mothcrlincss that made her nearer
and dcarcr than anything else. He
couldn't make her understand TO save
her soul. perhaps, about his money
troubles, but She understands how to
put her arm under him and let him go
to sleep on her shoulder whom no br-
iicved sleep was impossible. She
couldn't explain it, she only knows she
can do it. And the people who wonder
how II clever man like him could care
for fool of Il woman like her simply
don't know what they arc talking
about liz this queer world of ours ii is
impossible 10 SLY why people care for
each other. The clcvcrest man ever
met i'll my life adorcd his wife because
she didn't know anything he said lie
was sick and tired of wisdom. You sec,
he wanted woman; he didn't want Il
walking dictionary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
OH, Deariv

The Springfield Union tells story of
one of the bcst-known American poets.
Some people were calling or him and
his wife, and after awhile he said to his
little girl, who was playing about the
room: $50 upstairs and tell your
mamma Mr.. and Mrs. arc here"
The child went, and after awhile re-
turned, resuming her play. did you
tell your mamma?' asked the poet.
"Oh, yes" "And what did she say?'
The little girl shrugged up her shout
dcrs, twisted her face into an express
sion of unspcaltablc ennui and OK
planned: "Shc said-wcll, she said: oh
DEAR Tablcau,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
FRANKLIN's WILL STANDS.
End of the Contest by Judge Arnold s
Decision Sustaining the Requests.

End of the Contest by Judge Arnold's
Decision Sustaining the Requests.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 1s.-After
having been in the courts for many
years the contest of the will of benjamin
Franklin, known as BENJAMIN Frank
Inns Administrator versus the Apron
tees Fund " was decided yesterday by
Judge Arnold, Of common pleas court
No. 4, in an opinion sustaining the
validity of the will.
The action was brought originally on
behalf CT several OF Franklin's heirs for
the recovery from the city of q legacy
of 81 900 and accrued interest thereon
left by Dr.. Franklin for tho benefit OF
young married artificers.' They were
to be allowed to borrow $500 each at five
per cont. Interest,", the prevailing rate in
Pennsylvania at the time, by the act OF
March ., 1923, being six per cent
Franklin calculated that at tho end
OF the first hundred years the fund thus
established would reach GI3l 900, OF
which no provided "si0O, 600 should be
donated to the city of Philadelphia, to
be laid out in public works, such as
fortified lions, bridges, aqueducts, baths,
pavements or whatever will make living
in town more convenient to the people
or render 1T more agreeable to strangers
resorting thither for health or tenn
porary residence"
AS the fund in the hands of the
Franklin trustee in this city at present
is only sos, 362 it is manifest that tho
old philosopher Statosman's calculation
was over sanguine, but Judge Arnold
in his opinion speaks in the highest
terms of Franklin's benevolence and
pers picacity.
IN inO hn tos@ 81
Pennsylvania courts, Judge Arnold
takes up seriatim the points raised by
the plaintiffs and overrules them. 1t
was argued that the provision of the
will that after the donation OF 900, OOO
to the city OF Philadelphia at the end Of
the fret hundred years and the remain.
ing e3l, 0oO had been let out on interest
to young married artihcers for another
hundred years, increasing the fund, he
calculated, to 1901 900, that amount
should be divided between tho city
government of Philadelphia and the
State of Pennsylvania, was illegal
because the object was not one of
charity.
Judge Arnold decides Dr. Franklin's
object was one of charity, and, further,
that the provisions of his will were not
in viola ton o. evasion OF the law against
| perpetuities. He cites tho case of
Stephen Girard's great estate, which
now feeds, clothes and houses l,5CO
orphan boys annually, and in which
similar rulings were made by the courts.
He closes his opinion thus:
"On the whole case we are of the
opinion that DR.. Franklin has estab.
lishcd in legal form three valid benevo
lent and beneficial charities neither one
of which is vulnerable when assaulted
upon any OF the grounds which were
argued before us. We therefore sus-
tain the demurrer Of tho defendants and
dismiss the plaintiffs bill with costs.
The decision will be of great lega
interest outside of Philadelphia, espe
cially as q similar contest of legacies
by Franklin, now amounting 10 $500, 00t
is now pending in Boston.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
SEWERS IN PARIS.
Eighteen Feet Wide. Fourteen Feet High,
and without Offensive Odors.

and without Offensive Odors.
correspondent Of the Congregation
alist describes the sewers of Paris. Co
ing down, with some seventy other Wis
itors, by two flights of carpetcd iron
stairs he landed in n vaulted cham
Der, where the visitors took seats in
two large boats in the sewer, which
was over eighteen feet wide and four
teen feet high. The sewage, which is
only the water discharge from dwell
ings. factories etc, the offensive sew
age from closets being otherwise dis
posed of, flows in central channel
twelve feet wide and from four to five
feet deep, and this channel is bordcrcd
on each side by paved walks three feet
in width and perfectly dry, sweet and
clean, giving excellent sidewalks for
worllmcn or visitors.
The sewer itself is far more than an
American sewer. 1t is great and
wcll-built tunnel constructed for a va
ricty of uses, only one of which is to
carry away the waste water of the city.
1T is IL way for huge water and gas pipes,
for conduit and service pipes, for tclc-
graph and telephone wires, and for
pneumatic tubes for post Office and 9TH
CT service.
BY ropes attached to the boats the
visitors were propelled along this
roofed-ovcr canal, from which no often
sive odor was perceived, while the rapid
current, made by the constant inflow
from the side pipes and small sewers,
kept up the steady flow of the stream.
After a long ride in the boats the visit
ors climbed up two or three flights of
carpeted iron stairs, having been on
their visit TO the sewers just an hour
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19

TIVE TINES is delivered in Roanoke. Salem and
Vinton every morning by carriers for SO cents per
Eorth.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19

STRoTHER's Ioduretted Sarsaparilla
purifes the blood. Fifty cents bottle
Ask your druggist for it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19

TEE TIMES can be found regularly on
assls st the following placee:
esc.auoke--George Qravatt, Jr.. NJ. L..
fr.;5ns. Hotels Roanoke. Ponce de Leon.
Eis's News Stand. ga Salem avenue F..
q. Corr Terry Building.
Bristol, Tonn.--W. a. Ward. Front
street..
Observation-Disclosures Inn.
xYnohburg-Norvell-A Hotel.
Pcoshont as--Pocnhontss Inn.
P1lsski--Nsple Shade Inn. Brown q
Grown.
Radforc --Radrord Inn. w. Q. Butler
Salen-W. s. Oakley & Co.
Washing ton--Willard's. The NIetropoli-
tan.
Wy5heVliie Ii. h. Bailey.
E;oriolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19

TIE street committee of Council are
omitted 10 suspension of Judgment in
TIC matter OF compensation for the
Commonwealth Land Company until
the subject is thoroughly understood.
The plan Of the sewer committee may
save the money proposed to be ex-
pended, but it needs careful examina.
ton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
ROANOKE. VA, APRIL 10, 1898.
THE woRLD's FAIR AND SANITATION

The bureau of hygiene and sanitation
OF The Worlds Columbian Exposition
has prepared and sent forth circular,
mo. o." which ought to call out a
hearty response from tho large number
OF men and women who at the present
day are fully persuaded that pre-
ventiye medicine" is to be the watch
word Of the future, no matter what may
have been the previous degree OF their
enslavement to pills, powders and
sinspsims. The authors of the circular
say:
Starting from the standpoi ut that
the common health is the common
wealth. and that hitherto sanitation
and sanitary science have not received
that amount OF general public support
which :heir importance demands, the
bureau will seek to set before the visi-
tors TO the exposition such represent
tation OF sanitary work and sanitary
aids as will help TO lift tho general mind
to a higher plane in its estimate of the
work Of sanitation"
They point to the fact that tho last
two decades have seen great improve
ments in the theory and practice Of
hygiene, and quote, by way o. encour-
age zen. 20 effort, the prediction of the
great pioneer of sanitary reform, Sir
Edwin Chadwick, that by perfected
methods OF public and domestic SANTA
tion the death rate may be brought
down to seven in thousand.
1t is the aim of the bureau to make
the completest possible showing of the
enact sanitary condition of the United
States TO day. by collecting statistics
from every State in the Union and pre-
senting them in those impressive,
graphic methods that are now so cleverly
used in setting forth comparative merit
in all things, from rival baking powders
up 10 great moral and religious move
ments. The topics cover everything
that has relation, near Or remote, to
health-athletic training; Authorization;
cooking; model houses for city or
country; methods Of construction and
heating and ventilation of schoolhouses,
churches and workshops; hygienic
clothing; ways Of obtaining pure drink
ing wafer in any region OF this country;
methods of protecting ourselves from
the microbes that lie in wait in every
crack and corner-with dismally definite
charts exhibiting the dire consequences
OF neglecting any or all OF the above;
and mo work is completed by an exhibi-
ton Of methods of cremation and
desicca;ion.
Not less than $50 distinct subjects are
to be illustrated. Here certainly is to
be an object lesson which any man or
woman VINO realizes tina. ii he or she
would give due attention to the primary
duty Of health, taking intelligent care
OF those bodies which God as given us,
the world would be brighter and hap
pier place, should study. State boards
of hoa!th-of which there are now
thirty -eight-have long been diligently
at work preparing charts, diagrams and
modes showing the relative destructive
ness OF infectious diseases, comparative
death rates, etc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
COME And SEE US.

business houses on .iem avenue,
lot 25xlS0 feet $500.
Good room house on Salem avenue
lot so feet front. $4,000; $500 cash,
balance $40 per month.
New room cottage, 81 300; Sl3 cash,
balance $l3 per month.
Six room house on Center street, lot
50xl30 feet. Price 81, 500; 5000 cash,
balance SIS per month.
Special bargain in 12 room house in
the southwest part OF the city, finished
in hard wood, all possible conveniences,
lot 50x15O feet.
Lot on West End boulevard, 1OOx150
feet, 5000.
Lots for railroad men, 5Ox13O feet
each, $50 down; balance Sis per month {.
Good 0 room house on corner lot in
the West End, lot 75x15O feet, all i'm
provements, good stable, $500 on easy
terms.
Special bargain in Groom brick
house on Campbell street, large stable,
lot 50x1s2 feet. Call and $40 us.
Farms 90 acres of the best land in
Roanoke county, four miles from town.
Price $50 per acre. Splendid truck farm.
Small farm, 52% acres, five miles
from town, IS acres meadow land, 10
acres in timber, $40 per acre.
1870 acres with improvements, one
and one half miles from station in Bed
ford county, $1,000.
WANTED.-We want every body who
has land to sell to place i in our hands.
We have customers for farms from 10
to 500 acres in size. we want several
farms near town.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
Expensive Scientific Societies.

A scientific paper has made timely
protest against the luxurious and OK
pcnsivc dinners of scientific societies,
tho result being to exclude young vo,
tarics of science who have yet to rake
their way in the world and have there
fore bat slender purses.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19

SOME one with an axe to grind started
the rumor that | had withdrawn from
tho race for city treasurer. / am in it
to stay and win. Don't waste your vote
but support the an who means to win.
CnAs. LYLE.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-19
TELEPHONE NUMBER 12i.

Entered at the Postofiicc at Roanoke as sccor
elass matter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-10
JEFF DAvls's REMAINS,

Programme far tho Relutermont-sOuth-
orn Cities VIII Make Great Demonstra-
lions,
RICHMOND, Va, May 0-The pro-
gramme for the refinement OF JEFF Da.
vis's remains in Hollywood cemetery,
Richmond. May 81, has been completed.
Gen. John &. Linn, IT., as commander
OF the Louisiana division Of the United
Confederate Veterans, is in charge OF all
the preparations at New Orleans. The
special train will leave the Crescent
City Sunday night, May 2S The cere-
mony there previous to the departure
will be brief. Governor Foster, on be-
half OF the state, will in short address,
commit the remains To the custody OF
the escort which will accompany them
to Virginia. The funeral train will
reach Montgomery, Ala, at a. III. Mon
day. The body will DO borne to the cap
itol building and be placed on the front
portico, where Mr.. Davis toak the oath
as President OF the provisional govern
ment.
Leaving Montgomery OF II o'clock,
the train will reach Atlanta at 1880 p.
M, and there will BIO another halt OF
about four hours. The casket will be
borne to the capitol of Georgia and
there will be some simple ceremonies
with parade and, perhaps short ora.
ton. There will be u fifteen minutes
stop at Greenville, S. G., to afford the
people there an opportunity to testify
their affection and the train will pro.
coed thence to Raleigh, N. c., where
elaborate preparations are being made
for mammoth demonstration. There
will be an address and other exercises
at the capitol building, Governor Carr
is directing the movements AZ this
point
Leaving Raleigh at p. m, the train
is scheduled to reach Richmond at IL
o'clock on the night Of the SOth. Ar
irving here the casket will be placed on
caison and under the escort OF troops
and veteran organizations and followed
by thousands Of citizens, the remains
will be taken to the historic Virginia
capitol building, in the rotuuda Of
which they will lie in state until the
next afternoon. On the morning OF the
3lst the public school pupils will visit
the capitol in q body, aud passing
through will place garlands OF flowers
upon the bier. The renterment cere-
monies will take place in the afternoon.
Mrs. Davis and both Of her daughters,
Miss Winnie and Mira j. A. Haynes,
will DO there, as will Mr.. Haynes also.
Mrs. Davis Is in feeble health and will
A. N l.. a. 1.
Mayor Ellison and perhaps few 9th.
era from here, who will make the trip
An observation car of new design, with
entire glass sides, will be fitted up for
the occasion. The governors OF the
states through which the funeral train
will pass have been requested to meet
it at the lines OF their respective states
and escort it to the edge OF their terri
tory.