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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
SANCTUARY FOR DEsPsRApoEs.
World of romnncc Found In tho Little
City of Key West.
Especial COrtCspontlcncc.1

CITY al Key West.
Especial Corrcspondcncc1
KEY WEST, Dec. An American Baed
eker would read as follows: "Kcy West is
flat city of 5000 people, Cubans, negroes
and n small sprinkling of Americans. The
streets are Il little wider than those i'm IIa-
vana, and some Of the inhabitants speak
English. The postotlicc is a nice building.
The principal occupations are spongng, to-
bacco manufacturing and diving for pen
MES. Key West from April to October is
the hottest place in the world. Its mos
quitocs are very famous. Tourists would
do we'll to take Spanish interpreter along
when viewing the city"
1t is misnomer to call Key West an
American city. 1t is not 1t has all the
Cuban charctoSistics, and doubt if one
third OF the population is naturaliZed. The
first six persons l met after landing and
leaving the wharf were unable to under
stand English. The seventh man was q
Cuban, but had acquired our tongue.
There are hundreds of hot bloodcd Gu
bans i'll this city who never forgot their
real or fanced grievances. They plot of
course, and form a clan bound by ties that
hold the anarchists together. They are i'm
constant communication with their beloved
island, and If the moment is ever ripe Key
NcH', VIII Se, NH yc, SENDS It's quota to aid
the insurgents against the Spanish govern
ment. Buried in the Cuban quarters of
Key West are many old men who could
tell strange stories Of deeds that are writ
ten in Spanish blood. They are looked
upon as patriots. When they rehearse the
| wrongs done to them or their countrymen
| the fierce eloqucnce of the south burns in
their speech, and we feel our own cheeks
| flush.
Often have l sat in the dark room of Il
Cuban dwelling and heard how 10 Cuban
youths, from 10 to 20 years of age, were ar
rested and shot by the Spanish soldiers, be-
cause some careless boy had slightly
scratched the monument erected to a dead
| government official; how this mans wife
and daughters had been subjected to dread
full brutality, his plantation contiscated and
he himself forced into exile because he
had refused to guide II party of soldiers to
the house of his brother: how that woman
was made n widow because she had called in
herhusband to aid her in repulsinga drunk
| ell soldiers advances
| Said great, black bearded Cuban to me.
| I'VE want this island for our own, and we
will have it, met him at Bahia Honda,
bay in the Cuban coast about 35 miles
west of Havana. 1t is in this bay that the
expeditions from Key West will land, if
such expeditions are eversent out. The re-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
THE ROANOKE TIMES TUESDAY DECEMBER 10. 1898
TWO EGoTlsTs.

She docs nLt seem tonotice, though
In TACT, Tor the last month or so
lie has not shaved
His uppes lip, and II faint line
Ot darken.ng down, all soft and fine,
The world has braved.
lie feeI quite conscious Of the change,
But she has noticed nothing strange,
And so is mute.
Apparently she does not know
His upper lip is clothed, although
1t is hirsutc.
And he, for his part, must be blindl
1t never enters his dull mind
Why sho today
Looks so unusually well,
So trim and modest. yet SO swell
And distinGuc.
Ec doesn't know it's her new dress
That gives her all this lovclincss,
Without dispute.
And that one thing alone today
Ger all her thoughts hold potent sway
1t is her suit.
-Somervillc journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
FIRST IN GLOVES.

ance Is not very great, but her judg-
ment is good, and she makes the very
best of everything.
She keeps apace with the earliest STYLES
and improves her French by buying the
French fashion books. She evolves mod
els of gowns, pictures of hats and no
end of dainty little trifies that make her
an authority. Into each she works some
thing of herself, and SO she has distinct
style of her own.
But, strange as it may appear, this sea-
son she could not seem to suit herself
with hat. No matter how she might
bend, twist and torture the unhappy
felt, it would always fall short of her
desire, and at last she threw the latest
offender on the living room lounge and
went off to have good cry. While she
was indulging in that feminine pleasure,
her dear, fat old father came in tired,
and being somewhat short sighted Law
down on the hat and calmly went to
sleep.
Lefty had her cry out and went after
the hat, intending to try another comb
nation, and the poor father sat UP Won
dering how much he would have to give
her to appease her wounded feelings
when she pounced on him and kissed
him in delight, for where he had lain he
had bent the brim up, and the warmth of
his body had ironed or pressed it into an
unheard of form. Now one part of the
brim reaches way over the back, and the
other bends up sharply. This she split
and bound with velvet, and on the crown
she set lot Of fluffy tips, the ends in
81, l..
fully stylish that now half the other
girls are striving to get hats like it.
The new hats may be described as odd,
odder and oldest. One had n brim of
drab felt, scalloped around the edge by
an embroidered pattern in blue silk.
Plumes, half of each being blue ana
the other white, and dark blue Alsatian
bows formed the garniture The fancy
OF bending the brim upward and then
forward i'll one point is Il new and pretty
idea and becoming too. Wide ribbon or
velvet Alsatian bows are much liked
Hats for young girls and small girls are
OF so many shapes that no detailed de-
scription could be given. The felts are
bent and twisted into every conceivable
form, but feathers and bows are the sole
trimmings Ill vogue for them.
l came across aplacc the other day
where was treated to long disscrta-
ton on gloves and was shown some such
as were worn many years ago as the
highest-in fact, the only-style to be OBJ
tanned then, and was fortunate enough
to borrow pair of these old gloves to
show by the side of 1.-THE latest The
small, black, one button glove was the
only kind Worn by ladies before 1862.
Then came the two button as more cle-
CANT, and from that to the long suede is
a succession of steps.
The first white glove for gentlemen'f
evening wear was made of undresscd
kid in 1902 by the famous Perinot and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19

Great Expectations, Chas. Dickens.
Guildoroy, Ouida.
Harry Lorrequer, by Charles Lever.
lvanhoe, BY Sir Walter Scott.
June, Mrs. Forester
kenelon Chillingby, Lord Lytton.
Lady Castlemsine's Divorce, Ry Il. M.
Clay.
Mysterious Island, The, BY Jules Verne.
Macleod of Dore, William R!ack.
Madcap Violet, William BLACK.
Pilgrims Progress, BY John Bunyan.
Reproach of Annersley, by NJ. Gray.
Romola, BY George Eliot.
Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Ton Cringle's Log, BY Michael Scott.
The Second Wife, f. Marlitt
Vixen. MISS NJ. f Bradon
Vanity FAir. BY w. NJ. Thackeray.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19

Wa hn innovation It is now yellow
wi'h age. ~ preserved carefully as q
men"ni" at me founder of the glove in
dustrv III France. Those same old
gioves-th" very tirst-had all tho gus
sets and thnlnhnieces that mark the best
gloves iaday. and if the wrists were long
they would he in style. AS it is, they
look quaint enough seen beside "the
latest in the way of Il dainty pink four
button with black stripes and a long
suede inorsquctairc. These are all hand
sewed still though the most of glove.
makers have adopted tho machine, which
makes gloves come cheaper
OLIVE HARPER
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
HER NEW WINTERHAT
PATERFAMILIAS PRESSED 1T INTO A
STYLISH SHAPE.

Fashionable IIeadgcar - Fcarfully and
Wonderfully Forncd-oid Kid Gloves
and the Latest Hand Scwcd Goods--OIive
Harpcr's Gossip.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
Especial Corrcspondcnce.l

NEW YORK, Dee. Il have delicious
young lady friend, and she always man
ages to be on the very top wave of the
fashion and Oh very little money. too,
for she is so clever with her needle and
80 industrious that she makes all her
own garments save her wraps, ana she
even makes some of these. Her allow
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19

Andersen's Fairy Tales.
Arabian Nights Entertainment.
Aurelian, William Ware.
Alice, Lord Lytton
Aurora Floyd. M. e. Braddon.
Baron Munchausen.
Birds of Prey, Miss M. e Rraddon.
Beyond Pardon, Bertha NJ. Clay.
Children of tho Abbey, r. M. Roche.
Conigsby, Lord Beaconsfield.
Charles Anchester, e. Berges.
Catherine, w. M. Thackeray.
Dicks Sweetheart, by the Duchess.
Donal Grant, BY George Macdonald.
Don Quixote. BY Cervantes.
Dombey and Son, Ches. Dickens.
East Lynne, BY Mrs. Henry Wood.
Foul Play. BY Charles Reade.
Flying Dutchman, BY w. C. Russell
Grimms Fairy Tales, illustrated, /
the Brothers Grimm.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
COMMERCIALLY CONSIDERED.

Slowly and with gathering volume
is plan spreading throughout the
west which, in the event that silver
does not receive proper recognition at
this session, will be the most telling
and surest way of bringing the east
cringing to the feet-aye, crouching
and cringing to the feet-of the west.
If silver does not receive that recog-
milton, we hope and pray to see the
west unit in the carrying out of this
plan. The idea is to divert the whole
stream Of western commerce, upon
which the east is fattening, away from
it to the gates of the south; for west
ern bankers and money handlers to
throw all their eastern deposits into
New Orleans, Galveston aud st. Louis
conduct western business through
these places, make southern harbors
the port of entry for our shipping
and make our commercial arteries
through southern ports instead OF
New York and Boston. Deprived OF
western succulence, the commercial
prosperity of New England would
wane and wither like young fruit
tree with borers in its roots, and not
long would it be until the overbear-
ing east would clamor for quarter,
quarter at any terms, for millions are
now flowing annually to her from the
west. New Orleans is much nearer
to us than New York, and it would
be an advantage to us in speedier
transportation and the saving of
freights. Someone has suggested in
this connection that western states
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

The struggle over the financial and
silver questions has begun in earnest
in the House, and the long talk has
commenced. Silver will be wrung
with all the changes of which that
ringing metal is capable. 1t is the
duty of congressman, and necessary
infection upon the country. Not the
widest visionary dreams that any
thing new will be said. As the sub.
ject has been before the public for
many years, and as the brightest
minds, the most trenchant pens, and
the glibbest tongues have been en-
ployed upon it, a new phase is almost
an impossibility; a new fact is quite
so. Nor does any man imagine that
the result will be changed one way or
the other. Not statesman yawns in
either chamber of congress who has
not long ago decided for himself the
question at issue and fully determined
just how he will vote. But the mem
Der is public servant TO debate is
part Of his work 1t will be done at
any hazard
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

The moment Senator Shoup begins
to advance any compromise ideas of
a 20 to l ratio, that moment does
Senator Shop begin to drop, drop,
drop with his constituency In idaho.
They say he is advancing the com
promise plan. He is certainly too
wise man to thus risk his standing
with his people, whom he well knows
are out and out for 16 to l, and down
with the traitor who dares give an
inch to our enemies.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Mineral, as a mining camp is now
taking rest, waiting the vote of
congress on the silver question, to be
taken by that body on the 2Sth inst.
Should the action of congress be ia
vorable to silver, coke will be order
ed, miners will be put to work, the
smelters started up and Mineral will
be a busy, go-ahead camp through
out the winter. Should the vote
prove adverse to silver, God help
Mineral and have mercy on us all
Let US plsI,----fiuntington Herald
Again we see what a lfe-giving
fount of blessed commerce the people
of Huntington consider the Wash
ington county silver camp to be.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
pass laws coming silver into money,

/
pass laws coming silver into money,
but this at once is unconstitutional, rs
the general government only has
power to coin money. But, if Idaho
or any other state can pass laws
specifying that all debts are payable
in silver, when that metal has not
full recognition by the government,
there is possibility that the states
of the west and south could pass laws
that the Mexican silver dollar should
be legal tender within their borders,
in which case our mines could operate
to their fullest extent, the silver could
be coined in Mexico and circulated at
home, and with the south and west a
commercial unit, we would be n happy
and prosperous people, while the east
withered under the recoil of its own
greedy craftiness. But while we are
talking all this we hardly expect its
necessity. We think the silver sky
is Frightening. The whole west is
hopeful over the outlook, though, it
is true, the pitch of western hopes
may give false coloring to western
minds of the true situation. But we
|
have proof of new ground gained.
What grand thing it would be for
this country If we could just get back
to our old time financial policy. The
opportunity of nations lifetime is
now before us and by one bold, bril-
liant stroke we could become the
commercial center of the world and
financial leader of nations. Oh, that
we had a man in the treasury depart
ment who had the spirit, patriotism
and boldness to help shape our finan-
cial course to make the United States
of America the greatest nation on
earth. If our country should coin
silver at the ratio of 16 to l, and
Europe did not adopt that ratio, the
trade of all the silver using countries
Of the world would be diverted to us.
China, India, Mexico and the South
American republics would unite their
commercial relations with the great
country holding to their own none
tary principles. India was forced to
suspend coinage by England She
was not strong enough to remain in
dependent when the screws were
turned. With free coinage America
to back her, she would resume, and
of course, with our silver ut $1.29,
we as silver country would have
the handling of her wheat, because
she could get better prices through
us, and thus we could control the
wheat market of the world and that
staple commodity would advance to
good round prices Mexico would
food us with orders for goods, be-
cause exchange between the two
countries woald not be subject to
fluctuation. All gold standard coun-
tries, if they desired to trade with
the silver using countries, would be
forced to come 10 the United States
and beg of us the silver they now
despise, and they would have to pay
us GOLD therefor. Will our congress
have the wisdom to seize the English
bull by the horns, to grasp the situa-
ton and apply the grand principle,
before England, realizing the final
and irrevocable outcome of silver,
forestalls us in this great trade ad-
vantageY
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

The Idaho silver resolutions are
ringers. The men of the mountains
know how to speak their minds. They
understand the silver question far better
than do the men of the east, and what
they say Is always worth listening to
and reading. We commend the dec
larations of yesterdays convention at
Ketchum to the careful consideration
OF eastern goldites. We convey
Idaho's compliments to them, and
ask them how they like the expression.
If they don't like it, then let them in
some way that is neither ridicule nor
puffed-up invective, give their objec-
tons in reasonable form if they can
But this they will find it hard to do
the goldite fights shy of trying to
answer the facts and logic of real
silver men. Idaho's declaration for
silver will not be replied to, because
it can't be. We extend congratula-
tions and hearty good will to the farm
ers of the silver platform. Salt Lake
Tribune.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
THE OUTLOOK.

encouraging each day, and it does
look as though the collapse Of the
monometalist campaign was about TO
come. The war of the bondholder
against the shovelholder, the pitch
forkhoder and the pick manipulation
assume more favorable aspect for
the latter each day. The east is be-
coming more educated. 1t is begin
ming to reason from the broad plain
of human necessity Instead of un-
questoningly accepting the assertion
that the silver question is pet scheme
of the silver miner, people are begin
ming to study the question from the
standpoint Of monetary principal,
and when it is looked at from that
point all monometalists theories
vanish as vapors before the south
wind The monometalist is not so
saguine as he was few days ago.
At first he laughed. He was conf
dent of his power. Congress would
not remain in session a fortnight; it
would obey the president; it would
repeal the Sherman law Internationally
within ten days and that would be all
there was to it. But the moDometal-
list jaw drops 10 see brave and loyal
men stand up and fling defiance into
the teeth Of the president, to see the
fortnight drag on and congress still
in session; the ten days passed and
the Sherman law not yet repealed, not
even Il vote as yet; and worse stlll,
they find that they made a grevious
miscalculation; the senate turns out
not to be a gold standard senate; men
that were counted on prove to be sill
yer men, in fact the latter actually
are in a majority in that body. What
a cause for gnashing of teeth In
addition to all that, the New York
Recorder openly advocates free coin
age and the Atlanta Constitution is
cycling the mourners bench. In truth
the silver men of the west and south
have cause for rejoicing The cause
has bright outlook. Among all the
burning speeches of Bland. Bryan,
Woolcot and Others none have be-
come so impressed upon us as that OF
Silbey, of Pennsylvania. His is truly
silver voice right from the heart of
the east A millionaire and Il banker,
he has come squarely out for free
coinage, and when, on the floor of
the house, he was asked by former
goldbug friend how he had come TO
change his views, he replied that the
people of Pennsylvania could still
read, write and think They read
their Bibles; and they knew that the
command was just rs true today as it
had been when it was Numbered from
Sinai, "Thou shat not steal This
met with thunders of applause. He
said also that ut one time he had been
monometalst, but that he had stud
led the question and was no longer,
and that he would rather be honest
than monometallist. He said. alt
was said that the Republicans were
going to join with the Democrats in
repeating the Sherman law. What
Republicans and what Democrats?
Not the Republicans of the east and
Democrats of the east, but in my
opinion the salvation of the country
depends upon the people who are
living west of the Alleganies and
south of the Mason and Dixon line. :"
Such talk is glorious talk to come
from an eastern banker. Good for
Silbey! A convert from their own
ranks is a greater argument than any
western man could give. Truly, the
future of the cause is promising.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

A liberal reward will be paid for
the production of Congressman
whose vote has been or will be changed
by the silver debate in the House.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Truly there are some wonderful
things about the financial situation.
Europe is afraid of Congress, and not
small part of Congress is equally
afraid of Europe.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Members of the House are not dis
cussing the silver question to influence
votes in that body so much as to sat
isfy constituents.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

If private scrip and checks are to
be generally used as a remedy for the
scarcity of currency the remedy may
prove more disasterous than the
disease
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Leading democrats Of the east are
slowly planting themselves squarely
on the Chicago platform, and Clcve-
land may yet find himself to be a
man without party.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Congress is long on talk and short
on ideas, if it be fair to Judge by the
silver discussion in the House.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

The Behring sea arbitrators have
decided in favor OF Great Britain.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

President Cleveland left Congress
to hold the bag while he went to hold
the baby.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Congress would better display It's
ability to successfully treat our finan-
cial system before tackling the tariff.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24

Why does mans system require
more rest and recreation after he be-
comes an office holder.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY. AUGUST "a, 1893.

'Hear dem silver bells ought to
be popular in Congress just now.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
News Of Congress

THE SIGNAL has made arrange
ments to supply its patrons with a
twentyfour column supplement dur
ing the extra session of Congress,
giving special attention to the doings
of that body.
This is the most important session
of Congress since the war and you
want to keep posted on its doings.
THE SIGNAL intends to give the
people of this county the best service
possible, located as we are.
Our reports will be a few days
older than the daiies, but it will be
full and accurate, special attention
being paid to the speeches and ac-
tons of the members from the silver
states. Also much other interesting
literary and news matter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-24
A General Banking Busine
Transacted.

Will buy and sell exchange. make tele-
graphic transfers, and furnish drafts di-
rect on Europe.
Will buy gold dust, gold aud silver
bullion. and county warrants.
Collections will receive careful and
prompt attention.
Special attention given to shipments of
wool. on which liberal advances will be
made at reasonable rates.
CORRESPONDENTS.
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cents, in advance, during the entire
special session, be it long or short.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-26
{. Modoc, S. c.
Representative j. FL. Edwards.

Mr.. EDITOR: In reply to your
questions as to my views on the
Evans bill, and reasons for sup
porting the same, I will say that
very much will depend upon the
men in control of Dispensary as
to. the amount of good to be had
tbcrefrom. If our prohibitionists
would use their. influence that none
but reliable men be placed in
charge of same, thereby helping
our worthy Governor i'll the dis
charge of his duty, it would be of
untold help.
One of my reasons for support
ing the bill is, that it takes the
prof. from individuals a..d gives
it to the State, thereby plucking
the life from it, SO to speak.
Second, it does away with the
b.r-rooms, and, to large extent,
the social glass.
Third, it is of no interest to the
Dispenser whether he sells much
or little.
Fourth, it places the manage
ment of the Dispensary in charge
of Board of Control, who can
have the same closed at sunset.
Fifth, it gives to every individ-
ual the right to aid the Dispenser
in suppressing drunkenness, even
on the highways, by keeping him
posted.
Sixth, it furnishes pure LIQUORS