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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
HEAVY FIRING WAS HEARD.
A FIERCE BATTLE BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN FOUGHT IN
PINAR DEL RIO.
HAVANA 5 WATER SUPPLY IN danger
The Insurgents are Within Two Miles of
It's Source-The Torch is Being
Applied Within Eight Miles
of Havana.

Havana, Jan. THE insurgents are
still in the vicinity of Havana, but their
movements are not of sufficient import
ance to chronicle in detail. The number
of the insurgents at Managua and Gala
bez, II miles from this city, has been
increased, but it is now believed that Ha-
vana itself will not be attacked for some
time to come.
The insurgents have burned mixed
train from Cardenas, near Banaguizes,
and the Spaniards claim that they violated
all the women and young girls who were
gmong the passengers.
Railroad communication in the province
Of Matanzas is being resumed and trains
are arriving from Limonaire, Sagua, Car
leDas and Matanzas.
The insurgent band commanded by Iay-
rs. was reported at different times yester-
day at Caimato, Guyabal, Hoyo, Colo
RADIO and Punta Bravo, showing that he
followed pretty closely the line between
the provinces of Pinar Del Rio and Ha-
vana up to the extreme northeastern por-
ton of Pinar Del Rio.
This brought him into the region into
which large numbers of troops have been
sent to guard, the western approaches to
Havana. 1t does not appear that the
insurgents were in any great force and no
engagements are reported.
The fields of the Valdespino estate have
been burned and others have been put to
the torch after being plundered, accord
ing to the report received here. The in
iux of refugees from the whole of the
territory surrounding Havana continues
and apparently it is not possible to obtain
sufficient means of transportation to ac-
commodate the fleeing families and their
household goods.
The country seems to be entirely aban-
doned to the insurgent army and no move
ment apparently avails to check them.
The eastern portion of the island seems
to have been entirely stripped of an eff
fective force of insurgents. A report
from Santa Clara says that the troops
encountered the insurgent band, led by
Pancho Garlic, and in the battle which
ensued sustained loss of so. a
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
CANTWEJJ, DISMISSED

Housekeepers of all nations unite in
praise of Prices Cream Baking Powder.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
MUST ACT PROMPTLY.

MUST ACT PROMPTLY.
Pretoria, Jan. 6.-After consulting the
Transyaal governments, Sir Hercules
Robinson informed the Rand people that
they would be allowed "a hours from
noon to relinquish their arms uncondi-
tionally.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
ManteIs, Crates, Tile
and Grill Work

We manufacture them right here and
can save you freight and something be-
sides. We are able to compete with any
factory in the country. We make from
curly pine, oak, birch, birds eye maple,
etc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
A PROTEST..

How good are pies if the crusts are pre-
pared by aid of Prices Baking Powder?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
Some
Bargains:

1 CHICAGO IDEAL, g. & J. tires, wood
rims, $4,000; price new, $65OO.
1 WAVERLY SCORCHER, G. & 7
tires steel rims, $45.00; price new,
$500.
No. RAMBLER. G. & J. tires, copper
plated rims, $50; price new, 500.
LADIES RAMBLER, G. & J. tires,
copper plated rims, $50; price new,
500.
VICTOR FLYER, good as new, $500;
price new, 500.
Also a number of carving sets very
low.
c c BENGENER I BRO
Hardware Dealers.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
Where Circulation Is Fecblest.

Those who lead sedentary life find
the circulation fecblest about the nose.
lips and temples, and those parts of the
face should be energctically kneaded
several times n day. Wien the pores
become distended. the fine, invisible
dust i'll the air enters and clogs and
blackens them. Mere ordinary face
washing, even when warm water and
soap are used, is nc. sufficient to remove
the dirt in the pores, but the vigorous
acid Of the lemon will cleanse and carry
off all such unsightly blemishes.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
They Didn't Smoke.

In his boyhood Judge Charles B. An
drcws of the Connecticut supreme court
was much more lively than his brother,
President Andrews Of Brown univer-
sity. writer in the Springfield Repub-
lican tells story of the way he got
ahead Of some of the college boys when
he was freshman at Amherst 1t was
the custom then TO smoke out the fresh
men. A party of Il dozen or more of the
fellows would enter the room of an I'M
suspecting boy, light their pipes and
smoke until the victim gave i'll and Of
cred u treat. When they came into An
drcws' room, they We're without their
pipes and had no tobacco about them,
but with q stern voice one fellow handed
Charles 81 and ordered him to go out
and procure pipes and tobacco for the
crowd. Charles went out and soon re.
turned with 80 pipes and l cents worth
of tobacco. What the boys did to him
for his audacious act is not related, but
1t Is a fact that they did not smoke him
out that night
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
He Enjoyed 1t.

Old johnson was very much given to
"tippling" rot wisely but too we'll,
and would spend all his spare time at
his favoritc pub, says Spare Momenta
His house was so situated that it was
necessary for him to go through the
churchyard to reach it. One night, be-
ing bit fuller than usual, he managed
TO fall into NEWLY made grave. He fell
without hurting himself, and being tired
went off to sleep When he awoke the
next morning, he couldn't make out
where he got to, but after struggle
managed to reach the top of the grave
aud look around
A broad grin spread over his face rs
he muttered to himself:
Dear, dear, it's resurrection day,
aud I'm up first
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
Wantcd-A Husband.

A good joke was played on the girls
Of provincial town recently by the
young men of the place. Tho boys had
been rather remiss in their attentions to
the young ladies, and had been going to
the theaters, parties and so on until
the girls grew tired of being left out in
the cold and decided to show their in
dependence
Consequently Is Of the girls hired a
box at the theater and made very
charming theatef party. The play was
"Wanted-a Husband" and the girls
sat serene through it all. never dream
ing that the wicked boys had taken one
Of the largest flaring posters, Wanted
"a Husband, and fastened it i'll front
of the box SO that all the audience
might read. Pearson s Weekly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
PIN HISTORY.
The Useful Articles Were Known In Early
Times to Egyptians.


Pins are, as the saying goes, as old as
the hills. In some form or another they
have been in existence ever since our
first parents clothed themselves in fig
leaves, which grew wild in the garden
of Eden. Asa matter of fact, pins claim
q very high antiquity. the earliest form
being the natural thorn, which Is still
used TO some extent by the peasant
women of upper Egypt. In prehistoric
times pins were also made of the small
bones of fish and animals
Among the remains of the lake dwell
as of Europe have been found bronze
pins and bronze brooches, In which the
pins form the prominent feature, many
Of which are highly ornamental and
very beautiful. A few copper and one
iron pin have also been found 1t is es-
timated that 10, 600 pins have been col
lected at the lacustrino station of Swift
gerland alone. a few of these have dou-
BILE stems and were probably used as
halrplns. There have been found at
Peschicre pins which are exactly the
same III form as the safety pins Of the
present time. Among the single stem
pins are many ingenious devices for
preventing the spike from passing en-
tirely through the cloth or other ma
terial it is used for fastening together.
Many OF them are so formed that they
are thicker III some places than in 9TH
ers A large number, both Of bone and
bronze, had the head formed of loose
ring passed through an eye in the pin.
A few of them have the appearance Of
the scarfpin now in use. In Egypt pins
with gold heads have been discovered,
while in ancient Rome bronze pins and
bone hairpins with ornamental heads
have been discovered among relics Of
Pompeii. -Philadclphia Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
ARTIST SIGN PAINTERS.
Zen OF Genius Who Have Engaged IN
Humble Employment.

Humble Employment.
Commonly there is not q great deal
of real artistic value in the signs that
distractiDgly illuminate the streets Of
our cities and towns. 1t is, however,
interesting to note that there have been
IN the annals of art not few instances
of noted artists whom stress Of misfor-
tune compelled at times i'll their career
to take to this employment-at least
temporarily. Some of the old masters
did not hesitate to turn their brushes 10
work of this kind when necessity com
manded, and there have been many
swinging signs of old taverns through
out Great Britain painted by men of
genius whose talents had otherwise
failed to fill their pockets with guineas.
Do Maurier once painted signs, and
more than one of his contemporaries
could if he would tell q tale of similar
employment of his brush.
In the history of American art there
have been some cases of men who found
sign painting more remunerative than
work of u higher character. Perhaps tho
best known was Matthew Pratt of Phil
adelphia, talented portrait painter,
who, having u family to support, hon.
estly turned his hand i'll intervals Of
leisure to the production of tavern signs
and banners for political conventions
On the other hand. there are not q
few instances of sign painters abandon
ing their craft for IA higher sphere in
art And of American artists especially
n number have begun in this humble
line. J. G. Brown ut the outset of his
career painted the signs of tho landscape
pictures with which the old New York
Broadway stages were decorated. Henry
Smith Mount. brother of the more
talented William Sidney Mount, though
sign painter. executed some creditable
pictures Of still life and became an \.
n. A. III 1882. w. S. Mount, first asso-
ciated with his brother, showed capa-
city for higher order of art He was
one of our early genre painters, devot-
ing himself mainly to depicting the hui
morOus side Of American rustic life.
Francis a. Silva and Arthur Quartlcy,
the marine painters, now dead, began
their careers rs sign painters. So did
William McGrath, the clever genre
painter, who of late has been painting
subjects "a In Alma Tadcma Worthing-
ton Whittredgc and William Louis
Sountag, both now we'll known rs land
scape painters We're painting signs to-
gether i'll Cincinnati n little more than
40 years ago. Detroit Free Press
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
The Value of a Gun.

One of the most comforting things o
fisherman or hunter can carry with him
Is cup to drink from. Some men get
along with their hands. or by leaning
over stream or spring and drinking
direct from the water. but there is no
comfort. and there is possibility Of
lizards in this. One likes to stand erect
and drink comfortably when on the
march. 1t is more satisfactory. When
one forgets his cup, he makes one from
the large leaves of tree or bush, OF
from paper, or uses the top of his hat
New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
CARE OF BEDS AND BEDDING.
A Few Shrcwd Observations on an Every
day Topic.

There is u vast difference in tho way
different housckeepers manage and caro-
for .heir beds. Some of them fully be-
lieve i'll tho fresh air theory and during
pleasant weather. us soon rs their toilet
Is made, up go the bedroom windows
and the pillows are laid upon the sill
for All airing; the bedclothing, if not
removed and thrown on chair, is
turned down over the foot of the bed.
If Il feather bed is used, that is also we'll
shaken up and left until the bed is
again made mp, sometimes in the fore
noon. This management is in strong
contrast to the usual plan of never
touching slept i'll bed until it is again
prepared for the sleeper, yet in the item
of health there is perhaps no discernible
difference.
The children living in homes OF
squalor and wretchedness, whose bed
ding is perhaps not changed once u
month, are quite Us healthy and cheer
full as those who sleep in bed linen
changed daily. The Chinaman who
sleeps on his pillow Of wood is quite as
strong and usually less nervous than
the "Melllcan man" who rests his head
upon uoWny pillows. however, this IL
no excuse why beds should not receive
proper care and a thorough airing fire.
quently, if not daily. 1t is certainly q
matter of habit, and the daughters usu-
ally i'll this line follow the practice in
culcated by their mothers.
Bedclothes that arc stored away
should be aired several times each year,
ms moths and the carpet bug will raise
sad havoc with them if not properly at
tended to- Canphor gum or fine tobacco
scattered between each fold will keep
out the former, but cannot be depended
upon us panacea for the carpet bug.
II mice arc known 10 be about the prem
Uses, traps should be properly baited and
placed near their haunts, as at nesting
time they will riddle bedding to make
soft nest y close fitting chest OF
trunk makes the safest storing place for
all unused clothing, bedding, etc. 4
large plain trunk can usually be pur-
chased for small sum, and will pay
its cost every year i'll the safety Of its
contents Telegraph.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
The Irish Laborer In England.

1t is asked, Why should the Irishman
come over to make the hay and reap the
crops in England and Scotland. and
how is it that he goes home again and
does not stay? That no comes over is
evidence that he is not unwilling to
work He is sent for by the farmer be-
cause his wages are low. That he re-
turns homo is not II matter of sentiment
alone, nor due to the fact that he returns
to Roman Catholic country. The win
ter is milder than i'll Scotland, the rent
is cheaper than paying for lodgings in
Scotland, the turf fire is warmer and
more cheerful than the small coal he
must buy at high price in Scotland.
The turf fire costs him perhaps GO for
the family for all the year. While the
man works abroad the family live
chcaply at home and till the potatoes
and fatten the pigs. There arc thus good
reasons why migratory labor should pay
the Irish PEASANT best, and the change
is welcome to him when life would 9TH
erwise be very monotonous. Boys and
girls look forward to the end of their
school days and to the time when they
may go to the harvesting; or, still bet.
ter. to the ''oil works" where some sc
shillings week may be earned. The
Irish peasant requires no one to teach
him his own interests III this respect,
and he works hard for "a spell, looking
forward 10 the idle winter before him
at ome--Blackwood's Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
She Seemed Familiar.

An English paper tells n story Of the
late Earl of Portarlington, who was al
ways forgetting the names of people
whom he had met. Once, on receiving
gracious nod from Queen Victoria at
n Marlborough House garden party, ac-
companied 10y few words of kindly in
quiry after his health. he replied "You
are very kind, madam. Your face seems
strangely familiar to me, but for the
life Of me Galnot remember your
name.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
YOUR BOY WON'T LIVE a

So Mr. Gilman Brown, of "a Mil
street South Gardner. Mass. was told
by the doctors His son had lung trouble.
following typhoid malaria. and he spent
three hundred and seventy-fve dollars
with doctors. who finally gave him up.
saying: "Your boy won't live a month -
He tried DR.. Kings New Discovery. and
few bottles restored him to health and
enabled him to 20 To work perfectly
well man. He says he owes his present
good health to use of DIR. Kings New
Discovery, and knows it to be the best i'm
the world for lung trouble. Trial bot
ties free at Paul Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

Visitor-Who do you take after, Bob
by, your papa or mamma?
Bobby-That depends. When Aunt
Jane is here, ma says take after her
folks and when Uncle Jones is here,
ma says I'm n regular Jones. They're
both r-r-rich. London Tit-Bits.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

My little boy, when two years of age.
was taken very i'll with bloody flux. |
was advised to use Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. and luck
lily procured part of bottle. carefully
read the directions and gave it accord
ingly. He was very low, but slowly and
surely he began to improve, gradually re-
covered, and is now as stout and strong
as ever feel sure il saved his life. /
never can praise the Remedy half its
worth. am sorry that cry one in the
world does not know how good it is. as
do.-Mrs. Lima S. Hinton, Grahams
vile, NJ qrion Co, Florida. For sale bv
The Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

Il haven't seen you on change late
ly."
mo. I'm making more money by
outside speculation
Any objection to putting me next to
It?"
None Mt all. It's simply getting
bets on the weather l copper the
weather predictions Chicago Trib-
nne.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

What is grief? 1t is an obscure laby-
rinth into which God leads man, that
he may be experienced in life, that he
may remember his faults and abjure
them. that he may appreciate the CALM
which virtue giveS -Scheffer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

The happiness Of
married life depends
on the wife's health
oftener than on any
other one considera-
ton. An ailing wo-
man Is O source Of
discomfort to herself
and a burden and
drag upon her hus-
band. w o IN e n by
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in their own phys
ical condition would
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pines SIS and every
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

The Spirit of Rcveiry Runs High, and the
Festivities Last Until Everybody Ia Tired
Out-DrinkinR tho Health OF the Ncwly
Welded Pair.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
SPECIAL NOTICE.

NOTICE-THOSE HAVING BRICK AND
~ stone work or yitrified brick psvements to be
Falls, the practical contractor and builder Also
all kinds of carpenter work, plastering. painting
kalsomining and paper hanging done on short
notice. All work guaranteed. j. Il. FALLS, No.
lis Fifth avenue n. e., Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

Angel cake 20 cents at Catogni's.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-28
Blown to Atoms.
evening.


Mr.. III. @. Lowering, writing to the
Hood River Glacier from Illocillewaet,
British Columbia, under date of Nov.
9th, gives the following account of the
death of Chas. Berger, formerly a resi-.
dent of Hood River valley:
s'We have had terrible accident here
in which one of your old citizens, Chas.
Berger, met a swift and awful death.
Mr.. Berger and Chris. Miller went out
about nine miles from here to do some
work in a mine which is being opened
up. They were last seen on Monday,
Nov. 9th. There was then three boxes
of dynamite in the cabin. A heavy shot
was heard that evening at dusk. On
Wednesday the cabin was blown tn
atoms. Search parties have been out
almost all the time since and have
succeeded in finding parts of the body OF
Miller, put nothing has been found that
can be identified as part OF Mr..
Berger.
tThe family is with us here and they
are bearing up bravely in their terrible
trouble Mr.. Berger was respected by
all who knew him here, and his wife
and children have our sincerest and
pathetic sympathy"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-28
The Dalles city damaged.

The steamer Dalles City left the locks
at O'Clock last night, and should have
been here at 9 40. Instead she is lying
in a sand bar just above Spragae land
ing, with big hole in her hull. Just
this side of Sprague there is big rock
in the river, and this she ran into. How
much damage was done we have not
learned, nor can it be estimated until
she is raised, though it is not probably
anything worse than the knocking out
of a few ribs and the breaking of some
sheathing. As soon as she struck, her
bow was turned towards the sand bar
near by and she sank in few minutes
in feet of water. She had on board
passengers transferred from the Regu-
lator, among them the Spanish Students,
and the cattle and other freight taken
from here in the morning. Arrange
ments were at once made with Messrs.
j. G. and I. N. Day of the Cascades to
raise her. Since writing the above it is
learned that the steamer Maria. belong
ing to the Days, took the passengers and
freight from the Dalles City today land
ing them at the Cascades. It is feared
that the steamer is mucn more badly
damaged than was at first supposed.
The D. P. & A. N. Co. arranged for an
extra on the o. r. & N. to run from
Portland this afternoon, which will pick
up the passengers and bring them
through, arriving here at z O'Clock this
evening.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-28
spanish students Tonight.

The Spanish Students will be here to-
night, arriving at O'Clock on special
train chartered by the D. P. & A. N. Co.
While the unfortunate wrecking of the
Dalles City caused an annoying delay,
it was one that could neither be foreseen
nor prevented. Manager Webber re-
grets exceedingly that information could
not be obtained in time to inform the
public so that they would not have been
put to the inconvenience of facing the
cold weather only to be disappointed.
As it was, telegram sent to Hood River
elected the reply that the boat had
passed there little before s, which
was of course, a mistake. The curtain
will go up tonight promptly on time,
and the building will be thoroughly
warmed. The program will be rem
dered as printed yesterday.