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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
ROOAHoNTAs COAL.
Figures Showing &c Ia Sold In Richmop,
81 For Loss Than In Roanoke.

e For Loss Than In Roanoke
RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 25.-The dis
patches stated yesterday that the price
OF Pocanonsss coal was 81 per ton of
S,S4o pounds In this city. Further in
vestlgseion shows that while this IL the
open price-the price plsstered on the
outer wa!ls-more than half the
Quantity handled here sells at Ss.75
per ton or less, and much of It Is sold
for $500 per ton. There Ia NO s.osth.
bound. forfeit-up coal combinationn
mere, hence the variations in price.
Richmond is $50 miles further fran,
the coal fields than Roanoke. All Che
Pocshontas coal sold here passes through
Roanoke on Its way to Burkeville on the
Noriolk and Western. At Burkeyille It.
is taken by the Southern Railroad and
delivered In Richmond. The Southern
gets good slice of the freight chnrges:
YET, afser paying two freight chsrges
Oastner " Ourrsn delivers Pocahontas
coal here at SO IS per ton of 9, $40 pounds
80 IL can be eeen that there Is money! in
selling this coal here at SO. 60 per ton.
II Roanoke paid the same freight thai
Richmond pays the Roanoke dealer
could sell the Roanoke ton of 2,oOO
pounds st S3 20, and mske the same
prons the Richmond dealer makes when
ne sells ton of 2, 240 pounds at So 60.
But Roanoke should not pay the same
freight rate that Richmond pays. Rioh-
mond 10 800 miles from the coal fields
and Roanoke is only 100 miles from the
same coal fields. The prevailing price
OF Pooahontas coal in Roanoke should
os % per ton of 1000 pounds. This
price will leave good profit to Cashier
q Curran, the Norfolk and Western and
the Roanoke coal dealers.
Senator Withers was yesterday made
acquainted with the conditions prevail
ing In the ooRl trade as Roanoke and
was asked If his anti-truss bill would
reacn the perpetrators Of this great
wrong and Injustice to the peopie OF
Roanoke. His answer was prompts and
20 the point. ut would put the whole
crowd In the penitentiary."
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26

Governments. If we go home to our con-.
stituents without performing that duty
every man who can be held Responsible
for that condition WILL be severely dealt
with, as I believe, by tho people Of the
United Statee."
Mr.. Frye added his Judgment that the
tariff bill was dead az Julius Cesar,
and there Ia no resurrection whatever
for It,"
The Cuban resolutions occupied the
latter part Of the session, and the debate
was In progress when the Senate adj
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The House
TO day passed the Indian appropriation
BILL, the sixth of the thirteen general
appropriation bills. and sent 1t to tho
Senate. 1t was thought that an aye
and nay vote would be had on the Lin
ton Beotarian school amendment which
passed yesterday but the demand WAS
not made. The House also passed with
out debate the Dingley bill, authoriz-
Ing the Secretary Of the Treasury to
take and kill the Alaskan seal herd If
modus vivendi could not te concluded
before the opening of the present sea-
son for che protection of the seals pend.
ing negotiations for permanent protec-
ton to the herds with the countries in
tereBted.
The Ven Horn-Transney contested
election case from the Fifth Missouri
district occupied the rem inder of the
afternoon. The majority favors Van
Horn, the contestant, who Ia Republi
cHn, while the Democrats and one Re-
publican favor recommittiug the case
with instructions to reopen she tessi-
mony, purge the returns Of fraud and
recount the honest ballots.
The feature of the day was the speech
OF the dissenting Republican, Mr..
Taylor, OF Ohio. He was listened to
with CLOSE stten ton and made palpa-
BILE impression.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
A REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA
The District North of Lake
Managua in Instruction.
Martial Law Proolaimed-President ze-
lsya is Supported by a wing OF the
Liberal Party-Two Thousand hzen
Already Under Arms-Managua In
Imminent Danger OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Jealousies the Primo Cause.

Copyrighted. 1895. by the Associated Press.
mANAGUA,, Feb. IS, via Galveston
The flag OF rebellion has once more been
raised in Nicaragua and reports received
mere from the north this morning show
that the whole district north OF Lake
Managua, including the departments of
the west and north are in open rebellion
against President Zslaya. Martial law
has been proclaimed. The president Is
supported by wing of the liberal party
and s.ooo men are already under arms
and this town ia being made actively
ready for defense.
A strong detachmens of the Leonists
has already left that town and It is be-
lieved that Mansgus will be attacked
tomorrow or the next day.
The conservative party In this city
met this morning and resolved to give
moral support TO President Zslaya and
also determined to send ex-Presidens
Cardenss and General Anvil to Granada,
near Lake Nicaragua, to inform their
partisans there Of their determination
to support the president.
The insurgents are supported by Dor.
tion Of the political party in power; but,
up to the present what is known ss the
opposition party proper has not Joined
| the rebels.
The antsgonistio feelings of the people
OF Leon and Its vicinity and those of
Managus date from away back and are
founded upon old jealousies, having re.
iiglon as their basis and more modern
| ideas, on the other hand, as their ex-
cuse
Unhappily for President Zelaya, q
large consignment OF modern arms and
! artillery purchased in Germany, which
arrived here shortly after the occupa.
sion OF Corinto by the British and
| which at one time 1t was feared would
fail into the hands OF the British adj
miral have. owing to political intrigues,
found their way TO Leon and are now to
be used against the president and mis-
| supporters.
| The excuse for sending the arrs to
Leon was that certain party here wss
In favor of adiotatorship being d. clared,
snd that, therefore, IL was advisable
that the modern arms and ammunition
should be stored OF Leon, where, it WAS
asserted, there WAS less likelihood of n
demonstration for or agsinst the govern
ment. The Leonists were powerful
| enough to have their way in this mas.
ter, and 1t would seem, from the present
Developments. that this was only one
feature OF plot to overthrow the gov
eminent Of President Zelsya.
The United States minister, Lewis
Baker, hae cabled to Washingto on re-
questing that the United States gun
vessel Alert, which is understood to be
near this coast, be dispatched to
Corinto In order to protect the property
OF the United States citizens.
President Zslaya has q number of
troops iorty miles west OF this city. but
he Is without inform atlon "a to the exact
doings OF the revoltionis.s.
The forces of the conservative psrty
have all rallied to the support OF the
president during the present crisis.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
"BILL NYE,s" FUNERAL,
His North Carolina Noighbors Turn Ont
En- Masse

His North Carolina Noighbors Turn Ont
I'm Masse.
FLETcHER's, N c., Feb. 25-The fun
ersl services over the remains of Edgar
w. Nye we're conducted by 81. III.
Phelps and Rev. Thomas @. Wetmore At
Calvary Episcopal Church, one mile
north OF this place to day. The pretty
little church is beautifully located on
the summit OF Q symmetrical knoll sd-
Joining the cemetery lot.
The people OF the community turned
out en- messe to pay their last earthly
tribute to their.distinRuished and warm.
hearted neighbor. The caskot was
borne by e. W. Breeze, q. P. McKissick
DR.. George W. Fletcher, DR.. Wsitep
Hillinrd and Oliver kutled9e. and was
covered with flowers. The grave had
been decorated by the ladies of the com.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Bold Raid on a Pawnbroksr.

NEW YORK. Feb. IS Dennis FerRu.
son, o pawnbroker of Long Island city,
was seized In his shop this afternoon by
four men. He was bound and gagged,
siter which the men gathered up
$4,000 worth OF diamonds and other
Jewelry ant made off with 1t. Ferguson
cannot describe the robbers accurately.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Hostile TO an Income Tar

PARIS, Feb. 25.-The budget com nit
tee OF the chamber of deputies just ap-
pointed Contains twenty- nine members
Gus OF total of 80, who are hostile to
the governmental proposed income tax.
this 10 regarded as grave and un-
precedented rebuff to the ministry.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Just Recaivad.

A CAR load OF handsome Oak Bedroom
suites, seven different styles. Prices
S22 SO to S2S for the oomplet,s suite, on
easy terms, at DoNALDsoN's, 100 Salem
avenue, and Alb Henry strees, opposite
new public building,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
A STORMY TINE IN The SENATE
Unusual Fierceness OF Debate
Between Republicans.

SENATOR Teller. OF Colorado, Arraigus Mr..
Blorriil, OF Vermont, and Mr. Sherman,
of ohio-A Vote to Take Up the TariT
Bial Resulted In q Failure-The An.
nouncement the Signal For an Out
break-The Lower House.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Argentine VIII cat Crop.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-A dispatch to the
Times from Buenos Ayres says that the
officials OF the Argentine Republic es-
innate the wheat crop ct IS per cent. OF
that OF 1895 and add that 400, 600 tons
are eXpOrtablA.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
The Venezuela ,.Blue Book

LONDON, Feb. s5.-The Westminster
Gazette states that the dummy Vene-
zuelan blue Book" lsid Cd the table
OF the house OF commons needs final
revision. which will take few days to
accomplish. It is stated that Sir Fred
erick Polloak's petition for the British
case has given the greatest satisfaction
to the government and that no great
Importance will be found attached TO
the Schomburgk line.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
''HE PUTS Up PRESCRIPTIONS. {"
WHERE TO FIND US:
Tho Deadlock Unbroken.

LOUISVILLE. KY. Feb. 25.-A special
I b the Post from Frankfort says: The
lnirteen,h Senatorial ballot in joint as
Eambly to-day resulted as follows:
Hunter, so; Blackburn, SO; Carlisle. 4;
lnenny, 6; Bate, /,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
OnrryIng Out siIxar.

New YORK. Feb. 25-The steamship
st. Paul, which sails tomorrow for
Southampton, Will take out 5s5, ZOO
ounces OF silver,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26

FOR CHAPPRD HANDS AND FACE
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE so DE.
LIGHTFUL, so SOOTHING, so HEAL
ING, AS MANI-CURA-25c
MASSIE'S PHARMACY.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Sold for Ton Mill,or.

AKRON, N. Y. Feb. IS The New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad
wss to-day sold in this city by Master
Commissioner John Todd for SIG oOO, ono.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
Paul Must Hang.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 25-William
'Sul must hang March 81, says the su-
, me court, for the murder OF his
4 \er.in-law in Brown county.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26

THE United States Government re-
ports show Royal Baking Powder su-
perior to all others.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
lnAre.

MD or telephone your orders for coal
AA Farmers Supply Company, Mar
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
NOVELTIES IN SILVER.

Jelly-slicers are obtainable in gold
and silver.
Mustache combs and brushes are
mounted in Roman colored gold.
Gate purses in gold and silver are
now furnished with chain and hook.
A gliding over silver, known as rose
gold, is novelty for PURGE and bag
clasps.
The present style Of dress demands
for it's enrichment gem-set and gold
ornaments.
Personal ornaments Of tho Louis XIV
period are faithfully delineated in mod
ern jewelry.
Miniature tea sets. in solid silver, are
numbered with expensive toys for the
modern nursery.
The new sugar and cream holders in
cut glass include several sizes and
many and varying shapes.
Very handsome is the banquet lamp
standing on a silver pedestal and show
ing tiuted columns in palatiiie and gold.
Silver candlesticks are more used
than ever for table decoration, and
their bright colored shades are an i'm
portant feature.
Chatelaine bags of white seal, with
filigree silver clasps. are designed with
view to meeting the requirements OF
the summer girl.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
MISSIONS.

Rev. John Wier, after nine years Of
continuous labor in Japan. is soon to
return with his family to this country.
The annual report of the MoraTian
church gives 100 mission stations. 400
missionaries and $4,000 converts in
heather lands.
The native Christians in heather
lands last year gave 1853, 900, more than
one-ninth the amount raised In the
United States.
Islasi are being gathered into the
church as the result OF twenty-three
years faithful labor.
One hundred and fifty Chinese con.
verts were baptized during the last
twenty months by Rev. Hopkin Rees
at Tientsin, north China.
AS the American Baptist Home Mis-
sion society is heavily burdened with
debt, the board of managers of that
society, at a meeting held Sept. IA, de-
cided to make no appropriations for
missionaries salaries for the present for
a period extending beyond Dec. 81,
1896, unless the current receipts mean
time shall DO very considerably in
creased.
The vast possibilities open to an in
dividual society of Christian Endeayor
are shown III a report that comes from
Geelong, Australia. The Yarra Street
Wesleyan society, which contains five
divisions and $50 members, has organ
lied boys club, mems club, birth
day league for missionary purposes and
a Sunday school home department
During the year it held 2oS cottage
prayer meetings, besides seventy-eight
open air services; 4,25l visits were paid
and 2,4SS loaves of bread distributed
The Juniors provided an outing FOR ons
hundred slum children, distributed Isl
bouquets Of flowers and made more
than 500 visits The other labors of ths
society were on pronortionate scale.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
THE CHURCH MILITANT.

over 1000 delegates, representing
100000 negro Baptists of America,
mbled in the First Baptist church,
st. Louis. Mo, recently. The occasion
was the seventeenth annual convention
of the National Colored Baptist asso-
citation.
The corner stone OF the new ST.
Johns Lutheran church, OH Fulton
avenue, near 169th street, New York
city. Rev. H. Biederbecke, pastor, was
laid last month. Rev. G. G. Berkheim-
err, of Mount Vernon, made the princi-
pal address.
1t is said that $4,000 are needed to
make the Winona assembly grounds
at Eagle Lake, Ind, suitable for the
meeting there next summer of the
Presbyterian general assembly. Hi
nois people have pledged $4,000; Ohio,
$4,000. and Indiana will raise $4,000
for the purpose.
The Temple of Brooklyn, n. Y, cele-
brated its anniversary on September
ID. The pastor stated that the church
surpassed any Baptist church in Amer
lea in additions last year. There were
nearly 300. The Sundays school has
grown to 1900. The audiences crowd
the great building. At the anniversary
services the great chorus OF 300 wete
in their places.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
Patent Right swindlcs.

An exchange says that a smooth pat
ent right swindling scheme is being
worked in some Of the states. A man
comes to & farmer with a patent wagon
tongue for which great claims are
made. Ho has only that one county
left and vii! sell the right for two
hundred and fifty dollars. A few days
later, while the farmer is thinking
over the matter, another man comes
along, who has learned thai the farmer
has the right to the valuable invention,
and offers him four hundred dollars fos
II having him ten dollars down. The
farmer at once goes and closes the deal
with the first party giving his note OF
cash for the two hundred and fifty dol
lars. In the meantime the second man
disappears andNshe two schemers meet
ana "divy.'' If a note, it is DISCOUNTED
at the nearest bank.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27

name OF panther, painter, or cata-
mount. HI California they call him
the cougar, or mountain lion. Dur
ing the past decade and a half OF years
have had an abundant oDpcrtunltS
to become pretty intimately acquainted
with Sir Puma. The longer ] know
him the better I like him,
"He has been very unfortunate ii
his biographies. They give him, it 10
true, high character for courage, but,
at the came time, because of their ig-
norance of his true nature they impute
to hin, a cowardly fear OF man that
he is very far from possessing. He
will not, as rule, defend himself
against man, and the gauchos of the
pampas, understanding and appreciate
ing the mysterioua gentle instinct of
this ungentla beast, call him amiogo
del christiano.'
Damon was full grown when we
first became acquainted with him. lie
was never captured, and, except when
we are travelling, is mover restrained of
his liberty / am on my way back to
nv old home in England primarily to
visit my aged parents and incidentally
to place my daughter al school. When
return to South America ] shall leave
Damon behind, for it would be cruelty
TO both to separate him from Ethel.
For the past five yeacs-since the
death of my dear wife-w have been
living at a place called Saladillo, where
I had an estanCia. My daughter has
been raised to an active, outdoor life,
and she rides a horse with all The
grace and fcarlessness Of a gaucho.
Last fail we had gEana 'cerco,' OF
assembly OF ranchmentand hunters, to
hunt ostrichca and other game, The
sport is exciting, but far from danger
Gus, and Ethel was one OF the party.
The hunters, numbering about thirty,
spread themselves round III u vast ring,
and advancing toward the center,
drove the animals before them.
During the excitement OF the chase
whicS followed, while we We're all en-
gagged II preventing the ostriches, deer
etc. from doubling back and escaping
! noticed tKst nay daughter had disap-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
STAGE WHISPERS.

''She can do more in five sacGI,!S
with her eyes than Anthony Cons!oc;l
can undo in five years" says James G.
Huneker of Anna Held, tie !a,es. sen
sation imported from Paris.
An English comedian says TIC only
way to successfully spring a joke on
British theater-goers is to first an
nounce that a joke is about to be
sprung, then to spring it, and lastly to
explain that it has been sprung.
Clement Scott, the famous London
critic, has a son playing in Days com
pany in New York in 'The Geisha. "
a son OF William Winter and grand
son OF Tom Haddaway, the famous
American comedian, are also in the
same organization.
It is probable that Tom Grogan,
which Augustus Thomas aided Hopkin-
son Smith in making into a play.
may not be produced this season after
all. Considerable work has to be done
! on it to get it into shape, as The first
| draught was far from satisfactory.
Boston is moving in the abolition OF
obstructive hats in theaters. One man
ager sends an usher to every offending
woman, just before the rise of the cur
| tain TO ask her to remove the nuisance,
and in nearly every case she complies
without ado.
Recent London papers have given
much commentator to performance
| by Miss Keith Wakeman, an American
/! actress, who was formerly in Lawrence
Barrett's company and who went to
England some time ago with that OF
E. S. Willard
j. e. Dodson has discovered that
stage limelight and stage goodness
have some occult connection. Posi-
bly,, were rectitude in real life pointed
| out by an extra bit Of illumination,
| philosophers the clever character
| comedian, heroes might be more plen-
tiful."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
FIGS AND THISTLES.

Misfortune and imprudencc are often
twins.
God goes with the man who is will
ling to take hard place.
Better be lamp in the house, than
try to be a star in the sky.
God made man too great to find his
life in the present moment.
THERE'S no virtue in doing right
simply because we have TO.
Backsliding begins when the Chris
tian begins to live on stale bread.
How many times good fortune has
come to us through our mistakes.
The man will be we'll occupied whose
first aim in life is to Go Gods will.
Do what you can do well, and YOU
will soon be able to do much better.
II we try to please everybody. we
shall soon have the respect of nobody.
The devil has to run to keep UP with
the man who walks about doing good.
God needs Daniels, and Josephs, and
Eliiahs to-day, as much as he ever did.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27

A South American puma lion, the
fiercest animal of that half Of the hem
isphere, is the pet of little Miss Ethel
Curzon, the 15-year-old daughter OF
Captain Henry f. Curzon, late OF Her
Majestiy's service
Damon is q fine, sleek and silken-
haired specimen Of his tribe. lie was
born three years ago among the pam
pas grass region of South America that
is known locally as La Pampa.
Curzon for years has been in that
country as the representative Of an
English syndicate. He arrived in Phil
adelphia the other day accompanied by
his daughter, and the puma came with
them, making the long Journey in a
cage that was carried in the baggage
car.
Damon is the dearest creature
next to papa--on earth said Miss
Ethel to a reporter. ''fIe saved my
life, and the debt Of gratitude owe
him can never be repaid"
Damon is a puma" said the cap
tain. Here in Pennsylvania the early
settlers knew his congeners under the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
" n sl n ~ n N n v X " Y " y MN n n \
Beauty and the Redst. !
Il " n e ss Il n n Z: q sss y: 4: X

peared. Her absence did not alarm me
at the time, for thought she had be-
come tired and gone back to the estan-
cia l was nearly frantic when, late at
night, reached home and found that
Ethel's pony had come galloping home
early in the afternoon without its
rider Dreading the worst | imme-
diately got together band Of gauchos
and we started cut to search for my
darling.
Eventually one Of the gauchos
found Ethel in bunch OF scrub, lying
on the ground with a broken leg Her
pony, early in the hunt, had stepped
into an 'oculto' hole and thrown its
rider. Being unable to move because
of her fractured limb, Ethel had shout
ed for assistance, but her voice was
drowned by the yells of excited hunters
and the hope of rescue vanished. She
is brave girl and, knowing that a
search would be made for her as soon
as her absence was discovered, she
made herself as comfortable as possible
and awaited the arrival of help.
"-As night approached, and no one
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-11-27
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.

Butter-making is encouraged by ABE
patents, either on devices employed or
methods OF manufacture.
Woodworking tools havp developed
4.235 patents, Of which one Is an augei
which bores square hole.
According to the reports OF tho pat
ent office there are 1889 different va
rieties OF patented chairs.
The erection OF fire-proof buildings
is encouraged by 455 patents. taken out
for materials or methods.
Over $4,000 inventions for the ma
nipulation OF metals have been patent
ed in our government Office.
The fisherman has at his command
2,667 patented devices for attracting
or capturing tho fnny tribe.
The inventors Of artificial stone and
the manufacturers OF lime and cement
have taken out 1859 patents.
The surgeons Of this country trans
act business with their patients by the
aid Of 1895 patent appliances.
There is no leading country in the
world whose natives have not taken out
patents in the United States.
Misunderstanding has received the
earnest attention Of the inventor, there
being 7,4OO patents in this line.
The vegetables Of this country may
be cut or crushed in our kitchens by
the aid Of zoos patent machines.
The art of printing is covered BY
$3.50 patents, either Of machines or spc.
cial devices employed in the work.
The number Of patent medicines is
not SO great as might be supposed
there being only 1882 in the reports.