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Commercial.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, I
Saviksah. 6a.. March 8. IN'G. 5 r. M.l
Cotton. —The market was dull. The de
*ir.nd was slow and indifferent, buyers ap-
to have no interest in the market.
They are influenced, apparently, solely by the
Kceessities of the moment. Holders carry
stor ks with a considerable show of steadiness.
The fnll limit of valuation is well held up by
them. There was some little business doing,
hot it was only in completion of old orders.
The position continues to be quite encourag
ing, and holders are fully strengthened in ad
kt;ing to their previous jiolicy of holding on
to asks which gives every.evidence of being
su re valuable in the near future. The total
sales for the day were only 505 bales. The offi
cial report of the day's business at the Ex
change was as follows: The market opened
** a. m. dull and unchanged, with no sales.
M p. ni. it was dull, the sales being 188
bail- It closed at A ]>. m. dull, with further
sains of 317 hales. Below will he found the
art al closing quotations of the Cotton Ex
change :
Middling fair 10J£
tool middling H) 9-16
Middling. 10 5-10
low middling 9%
tool ordinary 91 £
t/nUorirv 8%
Comparative Cotton Statement.
Receipts, Extorts and Stock on hand March .8, 1881, and
TOR THIC SAM K TIMK LAST YKAK.
im. _
Sea Ssa
Inland. Upland. Island. Upland, !
Stock on hand Septemlier 1.. 15 4.285! 66 J-GJ 1
Received 10-day 10 I*”*
Received previously O,iJ4 j 625,51.> ii,4.i.i 1 |s c'-'.
ipotal j 9,189 680,281 11,501 j 725,105 j
Exported to-dfty.. — I 551 I 111| <2*
Exported proTloualf.. | 8,809 581,124
Total I
| .7. ~. utk,...—: :
| Stock on hand and on ship- 1
iiii E.—The inquiry was fairly active. The
r .srt! I was quiet and unchanged. The total
toe i - for the day were 523 barrels. A ppended
in tin* official quotations of the Board of
Trade:
■ . • 5 @514
•--i
r* T>e 6 W& %
Naval Stores.—The market for spirits
ii line was very quiet and nominal. Btty
.r- i tin- most part are indifferent, and hold
e . arry stocks, in the meantime, as best
ti • an. The larger factors are not pushing
■a • -s on tlie present quotations, but are
.. r inclined to higher values than ever. The
and. • juried without a single transaction. The
i>! ,and report by the. Board of Trade was as
I- \s: The market opened at 10 a. m. steady
ati . for regulars. At Ip.m. it was quiet at
J3c, for regulars, and closed at 4 p. m. quiet
a** unchanged. Rosins—The market was
del- with prices irregular and unsettled.
TANARUS) ere was very little doing. The sales were
only 279 barrels. The official report by the
Board of Trade was as follows: The market
•|K‘Bcd steady at the following quotations:
A, B, C and D $1 20, E $1 22%, F *1 25. G *1 35,
H Si 62%, I ?! 92%, K $2 20, M |2 45. N $2 95,
window glass?.: 45, water white ?:> 50. At 1
p. m. it was quiet, quotations being re
*tas follows: A. B, c, 1> and K $1 20.
F |l*J5, G ?1 35. II ?100, I 1 87%. K ?2 20,
M $2 15, N $2 '*7 I window glass 13 45, water
white ?3 50. It closed at 4p. m. steady, quo
tations being further revised as follows: A.
B. <• and II $l2O, E *122'.., F $125. G? 1 35,
H 51 80, I? 1 90, Ks 2 20. M ?2 50, N *3 00. win
dow glass $3 50, water white $3 50.
NAVAL STOKES STATEMENT.
Spirits. Rosin.
Stoc k on hand April Ist 2.105 41.971
Received to-day 57 720
Eei - iveil previously 130,917 540,606
Total 133,079 566,357
. .
Ex-rtetl previously 124,430 520,107
Total 121,430 520,107
f:-- .. on hand and on shipboard
lb .-day 8,649 06,250
Kct< .pts wune day last year.. 70 462
Financial. —Money is easy. Domestic
4. ~ The banks and bankers are liuv
-*< - ijilit drafts at par and selling at '/4 l i
V nt. premium. Sterling Exchange—Mar-
V toady; sixty day bills, with bills lading
a bed, commercial, $4 *414; ninety days,
;*• H 7s> 2 ; French franks, J 5 27; Swiss
b . a. 55 27.
rities.—The market is firm but quiet.
' CKS AND BONDS. —City Bonds.—Mar
k i in. Atlanta 0 per cent., 102 bid,
1 el; Augusta 7 per cent., 108 bill,
V 1:<-1; Columbus 5 per cent., 84 bid, SO
, Macon 6 per cent., 101 bid. 102 asked;
\i • Savannah 5 percent. April coupons, 84 %
U-.. i asked. Savannah 5 per cent. May
e ■ o', si] 2 hid. Ss' a asked.
,v : - Bonds. —Market very firm. Georgia new
V lu7>4 bid, 108*4 asked; Georgia 0 per
;< ■ : coupons Feb. and Aug;, maturity I*B3
an 1 . 101 bid, 102 asked; Georgia mortgage
t Vf & A. Railroad regular 7 per cent..
e>- .s January and July, maturity 1*96,
If bid, 108 asked; Georgia 7 per
een gold, coupons quarterly, 113 bid,
Red; Georgia 7 per cent., coupons Jan
nttr. and July, maturity 1890, 122 bid, 124
as..- Ocean Steamship 0 per cent, bonds
,y • .nt ‘ l by Central Railroad, 99*.; bid. 100
ask Savannah Gas Light etock, is’a bid. i
K.ufced.
uiroid Stocks.— Market inactive. We
a Central common, nominal, 91 bid, j
.-ked. Augusta and Savannah 7 per 1
■ guaranteed. 120 bid, 121 asked. Geor-
S- common, 14s 1 , bid, 149>4 asked. South
■ rn 7 per cent, guaranteed,
asked. Central Railroad 6 percent.
V sites, Bn’4 bid, 89'4 asked. Atlanta
*i West t'uini Railroad stock, 97 nid, I
’ ' 'I. Atlanta and West Point 0 per j
t. i-rtitteates. 95 bid. 96 asked.
>■ • 0 00,1 Bonds.—Sl arket firm. Atlan
■ * Oulf Ist mortg. consolid’d 7 per cent.,
® ns January and July, maturity 1897,
.. id, 115 asked. Central consolidated
•a. "gage 7 per cent., coupons January
*• luly, maturity 1893, 11214 bid,
* -sked. Georgia Railroad 6 per cent., 1897,
<v: l id. 104 asked. Georgia Railroad o per
M -’’lo, '.04 bid. 105 asked. Mobile A
b •! 2d mortgage indorsed 8 per cent, cou
' January and July, maturity 1889, 111
* 1 asked. Montgomerv A Eufaula Ist
ki -r • .-age 6 per ccut. ind. by Central Railroad,
: .ml, 104*4 asked, cnariotte, Columbia &
* - -la Ist mortgage, 107 bid, 108 asked.
•i ite. Columbia & Augusta 2d mortgage.
'' !. ■'asked. Western Alabama 2d morO
S'- indorsed, 8 per cent., ex-coupons, 112
asked. South Georgia A Florida
,v * ■ f HI led. 115 asked; south Georgia
" * r nia 2d mortgage, 100 bid. 102 asked.
■* A Knoxville first mortgage, 7 per
’• ,: 2 ''id, 160' asked. Gainesville. Jeffer
. ' uthern Ist mortgage guaranteed. 11l
asked. Gainesville, Jefferson A
- rr. not guaranteed, 108*4 bid, 105 asked.
- on. Market firm; demand fair;
> clear rib sides, 11} 4 c.; shoulders, 9c.;
died clear rib sides, 10%e.; long clear.
■’ shoulders, B’gC. llams, 15c.
- 1 tno and Ties. —Market steady with a
. nmid. We quote: Bagging—2*4 lbs.,
- ,i .; 2 tbs., lO%01Ic.; 1% tbs., 100
, 1‘ 2 lbs., 9 ! 409%c„ according to iiuan
:. i brand. Iron Ties—Arrow and Delta,
> -' i-o per bundle, according to quantity
* .nd. Pieced ties. $1 1001 15. Bagging j
2’ s in retail lots a fraction higher.
* The market is steady; demand i
■ '•>!'■. We quote for small lots: Ordinary, j
- lair, 13* 4 e.; medium, 13%e.; prune,
■ : i'nr large lots about lc. lower.
- Goods.—The market is steady with
G: demand; stocks full. Wj quote: j
l 1 jibO'jC.; Georgia brown shirt
t, 4 2 c.; % do., 514 c.; 4-4 brown I
*"■ U-. 6 l jC.; white osnakurgs, 8010 c.; |
s. 6%0714c.; yarns, 85c. for best makes; !
■ ■ 'lrilliugs, 6}408c.
* UR.—Market steady, good demand. We
a Superfine, 54 0004 25; extra, 54 95;
. 55 9006 15; Roller Mills, 50 9007 50;
10 4006 90; choice patent, 5" 4007 1*0;
’-s mixture, 57 00.
* r?.—Bananas,yellow, 51 50@2 50. Lem
'■l k ample, demaud very good; Messi
<4 5&(5,5 50 per box. Oranges—Market
kr. .lock light, demand active; Florida,
f- • 00 per box.
t- UN.—Market steady: demand good. We
*| ' in job lots: White corn, 80c.: i
5; i-l lots, 76e.; mixed corn, 74c.; car-load
7 v.; oats, 53c.: car-load lots, 49c.,
■io- i iy, demand good. Meal, 75c. Bran, 51 25®
■ rist. per two bushel sack. 51 00.
i'v —Market steady; fair demand. We
<;v >. m job lots: 11 av. Northern, 95c.;
* * m, jl 19; Western, 51 10.
H is, Wool, Etc.—Uides—Market active;
fair; dry flint. 14c.: dry country
x .Jc. Wool nominal. Wax, 27c. Deer
- - —l'uj, 30c.; salted, 2Sc.; otter skins,
*‘-os4 w>.
Lard.—The market is firm. We quote:
In i nes and tubs. 10 1 ~c.; in kegs. 10 1 2 c.
Yo-atoes.— Market well stocked, demand
S'si-;. prime. 52 25 per barrel.
> iß.—Market steady. We quote: Cut
kiaf. 9c.: stanoard A, Bc.; extra C, 7}4e.;
C. 7c.
salt.—The demand is fair and the mar
tc: a*!y, with a full stock. We quote:
Car . ad lots, 85c„ f. o. b.; small lots, 95c. 0
Sa 00.
T sacco.—Market firm; moderate de
xiar,l. We quote: Smoking, 40c.05l 25,
Chew r.g—Common, sound, 35040 c.; medium,
®SU ; bright, 50<375c.; fine fancy, 85090 c.;
tvira fine, 9Oc.0$l10; bright navies, 45057 c.;
dark navies. 40050 c.
MARKETS BY TELEOIIATH.
FINANCIAL.
Ns* Orleans. Marchß.— Exchange, $4 87*-£.
Nxw York. March 8, noon. — Stocks quiet.
M :.ey easy at 2 percent. Exchange—long,
l* x- 4 ;g4 87; short, 54 89’4@4 90. State bonds
V *■:. Government bonds steady.
5:00 p. in.—Exchange, 54 86%. Money
i*er cent. Sub-Treasury balances—Com 5123,-
W 7.000; mrreucy. 510,701.000. Government
bonds -tt-ady; four and a half per cents, 113* a:
four percents, 123%; three per cents, 101 bid.
State bonds steady.
This was another dull day in stock circles.
Changes in prices were unimportant, being
within the range of )4®l per cent. At the
opening a weaker tone prevailed, and a de
cl.neof ‘4®l percent, took place, the latter
in Louisville and Nashville. This was suc
ceeded by a rally of )a@ 7 g per cent.. Union
Pacific being the most prominent. In the
afternoon there was scarcely enough business
done to establish quotations, although the
market continued firm for Pacific Mail,North
ern Pacific preferred, Union Pacific. Oregon
Transcontinental, Denver, and St. Paul. In
the linal dealings Missouri Pacific. Louisville
and Nashville, Lake Shore, and Erie were
weaker. Compared with last night’s closing,
prices were %@% per cent, lower for Gran
gers, Lackawanna, Louisville and Nashville,
Lake Shore, Missouri Pacific, Kansas and
Texas, Reading, and Western Union, and
Hi per cent, higher for Central Pacific, Den
ver. New York Central, Northern Pacific,
Oregon Transcontinental, Pacific Mail. Texas
Pacific, Union Pacific, and the Wabashes.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Northern
Pacific preferred, New Jersey Central, and
Erie were unchanged. The sales aggregated
151,000 shares, the market closing at the fol
lowing quotations:
Ala. class AJt to 5. si Vi Manhattan Elev 5" ! 1
Ala. class A,small 80* Memphis A Char. 33
Ala.class 8,5s . .100% Metropolitan El.. 94%
Ala. elaasC,.4s 80% Michigan Centra! 91%
Georgians *lO3 Mobile & Ohio. . jps*
44 7s, mortgage 105* Nash. A Chatt’a .*3
“ 7s, gold 11*14 N. J.Central . .. 88%
Louisiana consols*77 New Orloans Pa-
N. Carolina, old. *3O cific. Ist more.‘B4%
** n ew *l6 N.Y.Central 1L
“ funding 10 New York El ... 105
“ etiecial tax 3 Norf. A W.prcf. 39
So. Caro.(Brown: Nor. Pacific.com. 21
consols .105 46 pref. 46)4
Tennessee 6s, old 41% OhloAMississippi 22%
“ new 41)| “ “ pref. 90
Virginia 6s *lO Pacific Mail 50%
Va consolidated.*4o% Pittsburg 138
Va, deferred 7 Quicksilver 5
Adams Express 129 44 preferred... 28
Am’can Express 96 Reading 58%
Ch’|>eake A Ohio. 12) 2 Richm’dAAPgh’y 3%
Chicago A Alton. 135 Richm’d A Danv. 54
Cliic.A N’rthw’n H 7% Richm’d A W.l't.
44 preferred . .1401* Terminal 28%
Chic,Bt.L.AN.O. 84% Risk Island ... 121
Consoli<l’ted Coal 22 St. Louie A San F. 22
Del., Lack. A W 128 44 “pref... 42%
Den.AßioGrande 18 44 44 let pref 87%
Eric 24% St. Paul 91%
E. Tennessee Rd 7% 44 preferred.. .117
Fort Wayne 134 Texas Pacific 19)4
Hannibal A St. Jo 38% Union Pacific— 80%
Harlem 193 U. S. Express .. 56
Houston A Texas. 40% Wabash Pacific.. 15%
Illinois Central. 129% 44 pref 26)4
Lake Shore . ... 102% Well A Fargo ...110
L’ville A Nash... 48% Western Union... 74%
•Bid.
The weekly statement of the associated
banks, issued from the clearing house to-day,
shows the following changes: Loans in
creased $3,841,300; specie decreased $4,950,100;
legal tenders decreased $6,292,000; deposits
decreased $4,666,400; circulation increased
$106,000; reserve decreased $5,879,300. The
banks now hold $12,821,075 iu excess of legal
requirements.
COTTON.,
Liverpool, March 8. noon.—Cottor, fair
business at previous prices; middling up
lands, 5 7 H d; middling Orleans, 6d; sales 8,000
bales, for speculation and export 1,060 bales;
receipts 24,500 bales—American 22,700.
Futures: Uplands, low middling clause.
March and April delivery, 5 53-64d; April
and May. 5 57-01d; May and June, S6l-04d;
June and July, 6 l-61d; July and August,
6 5-frld: September and Oetober, 6 8-6 LI.
Market quiet but steady.
1 ::so I*. iu.—Sales to-day included 6,600 bale*
of American.
Futures: Uplands. I * ini idling clause,
March delivery, 5 54-64d; March and April,
5 54-64<1; June and July, 6 2-04d. Futures
closed firm.
New York. March 8, noon. —Cotton quiet;
middling uplands. 10; s c; middling Orleans,
11) 40; sales 267 bales.
Futures: Market very dull, with sales as
follow-: March delivery, 10 86c; April, 10 87c;
May, 1104 c; June, 11 13c; July, 11 25c; Au
gust, 11 35c.
5:00 p. m.—Cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands, lo 7 **;; middling Orleans, ll%c: sales
267 bales; net receipts 184 bales, gross 1,410.
Futures—Market closed dull, with sales of
33,000 hales, as follows: March delivery, 10 S4c;
April, 10 84@10 85c: May, 11 02c; June. 11 14®
11 15c; July. 11 25(0,11 26c; August. 11 35c; Sep
tember. 11 06@11 08c; October, 10 6S@lO 70e;
November, 10 57(0,10 590; December, 10 58(a,
10 60c.
The Post's cotton report says: “Future
deliveries continue slowly to decline. The
market closed dull, with the leading months
2-IOOc lower than yesterday. Sales ol the day
33.000 bales.”
Galveston, March B.—Cotton easy; mid*
dliug 10 7-lOc, low middling 10’<c, good ordi
nary 9-:> a c; net receipts 823 bales, gross 823;
! sales 70 bales; stock 28,150 bales; exports, to
Great Britain 7,005 bales, coastwise 12.
Norfolk, March B.—Cotton quiet; offerings
, light; middling 10%e; net receipts 1.044 bales,
gross 1,044; stock 28,180 bales; sales 721 bales;
exports coastwise 1,100 bales.
Baltimore, March B.—Cotton quiet but
. steady; middling 10%c, low middling 10 5-10 c,
good ordinary IP.c; net receipts none, gross
310; stock 17,439 bales; sales to spinners 175
I bales.
Boston, March B.—Cotton dull; middling
He, low middling lO'v. good ordinary 10c;
i net receipts 417 bales, gross 739; stock 7,410
[ bales.
Wilmington, March B.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling 1034 c, low middling 10c, good ordinary
. 9%c; net receipts 44 bales, gross 44; stock
i 0,513 bales; exports coastwise 141 bales.
Philadelphia. March B.—Cotton firm; mid
dling 11c, low middling 10*4c, good ordinary
9" -C; net receipts 41 bales, gross 41; stock 14,482
New Orleans, March B.—Cotton quiet;
middling 10 7-10 c, low middling good or
dinary 9*4c; net receipts 2,924 bales, gross
3,812; sales 4,000 bales; stock 322,744 bales; ex
ports, to Great Britain 4,091 bales.
Mobile, March B.—Cotton dull; middling
1014; low middling 10’ 4c; good ordinary 0-1 s c;
net receipts 875 bales, gross 875; sales 100 bales;
stock 28,031 bales; exports, coastwise 1,094
bales.
Memphis, MarchB. — Cotton steady ; middling
10?nC, low middling 10c, good ordinarv
net receipts 670 bales, gross 1,086; shipments
2,009 bales; sales 2,500 bales; stock 65.928 bales.
Augusta, March B.—Cotton firm; receipts
102 bales; sales 402 bales.
Charleston, March 9.—Cotton steady;
stock light; middling low middling 10 : ’4<;,
good ordinary 9 T „c; net receipts 1,388 bales,
gross 1,388; sales 250; stock 41,140 bales; ex
liorts, coastwise 227 bales.
New York, March B.—Consolidated net re
ceipts for all cotton ports to-day, 8,231 bales;
exports, to Great Britain 11,096 bales.
The total visible supply 01 cotton for the
world is 3,263.095 bales, of which 2,555,295 hales
are American, against 8,285,732 and 2,005.030,
respectively, last year. The receipts of cotton
at all interior towns for the week were 72,219
bales; receipts from plantations, 31,648 bales.
Crop in sight, 0,229,715 bales.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. Eff.
New York. March 8, noon. —Flour dull.
Wheat ’ 4 ®J4c higher. Corn W@lsc better.
Pork dull; mess, |l7 50@17 62J£. Lard weak at
9 00c. Freights firm.
5:00 p.m.—Flour, Southern steady. Wheat—
spot lots without important change; un
graded red, 93c@$l 23' 4 : No. 2 red nominal;
ungraded white, 51 12; No. 2 red, March de
livery 51 07*4@1 07J4. Corn—spot lots about jvjc
higher, closing firm; ungraded, 58}-j@62o;
w hite Southern, 65&G8 1 2 e; No. 2, March de
livery 01^ 4 (tp62; 4 c. Oats—spot a trifle higher,
closing steady; No. 2, W A (a,4o\4c. Hops firm.
Coffee, fair Rio, on spot, dull at 12’ 2 c: No. 7
R'o, on spot 10 90c, March delivery 10 7oc.
Sugar quiet but steady and firm; fair to good
refining, sV<ss%c; refined steady—C 5U((C.'r' 4 'e,
extra C 5' ( ,j6 l 4 e, white extra C 6‘ 4 ®-6%ic,
yellow 5‘ 4 dss;qc, off A OJyffflt’ aC, standard A
i®" 1 s c, confectioners' A cut loaf and
crushed TJMHc, powdered 7 il-10@7?4c. Mo
lasses unchanged. Cotton seed oil. 45®49c.
Hides rather quiet but firmly held; wet salted
New Orleans, selected, 50 to 60 pounds, !K@loc;
Texas, selected, Wool dull and
rather weak. Pork dull and more or less
nominal; old mess, on spot, $l7 50@]7 62*£.
Middles nominal. Lard opened 3®4 points
lower; closed steady; contract grade, 011 spot,
9 56c; March delivery, 9 55@9 57c. Freights to
Liverpool firmer; cotton, per steam, 5-32d;
wheat, per steam, l%d.
Baltimore, March 8, noon.—Flour opened
steady, with moderate demand; Howard
street and Western superfine, #2 75@3 50;
extra, $3 75954 75; family, 55 00(@5 75: city mills
superfine, $2 50; extra, $3 75@6 25; Rio
brands, 55 BB. Wheat—Southern steady
but quiet; Western fairly active anil
higher; Southern, red #1 12@1 15, amber
51 14@1 17; No. 1 Maryland, 51 1564(51 15%;
No. 2 Western winter red. on spot, 51 09V4(®
1 09,'- 4 . Corn —Southern, steady for white,
lower for yellow; Western firmer but dull;
Southern, white obiakilc, yellow 58®60e.
5 p. m.—oats closed steady blit quiet; South
ern, 42(545c; Western, white 43@44e, mixed 42
<s43c; Pennsylvania, 42@45c. Provisions dull
and lower to sell; mess pork, old |lB, new $l9.
Bulk meats—shoulders and clear rib sides,
packed, 8c and 1014 c. Bacon—shoulders S%c,
clear rib sides lie. llams, 14J4(<$15c. Lanl, re
fined, 10*4c. Coffee—Rio cargoes, ordinary to
fair, ll’4®l2'4c. Sugar quiet but steady; A
soft, 7*4c. Copper, refined steady at $1 14.
Whisky quiet at $1 1914. Freights dull.
Chicago. March B. — Flour quiet and un
changed. Wheat strong, higher and in active
demand; March delivery 91-' s (®92’ a c, April 92
(ct 92 ’ H e; No. 2 Chicago spring. 92®93’ie; No. 3
ditto, 79@81c; No. 2 red winter, 99c@$l. Corn
higher but unsettled: demand active; cash
lots, 5114052 c; April delivery,
Oats, demand light; holders firm; prices
higher; cash lots. 32@3214c; March deliv
ery, 31' 4 (gi3l‘4c. Fork in fair demand but
irregular; easfi lots,sl7 70@17 75; May delivery
$l7 82’4018 00. I.anl quiet and nominally un
changed. Bulk meats quiet; shoulders, f 25c;'
short rib. 9 20c; short clear, 9 85c. Whisky
steady. Sugar unchanged.
New Orleans, March B.—Flour easier;,
high grades 55 02 1 Jo}o OS. Corn scarce; mixed
63061 c. Oats dull and lower at 4414 c. Pork
irregular; mess, SIS 10018 50. Lard lower; re
fined. in tierces 9*4c, iu kegs 10c. Bulk meats
lower; packed shoulders 7 37’. 2 c; long clear
and clear rib 9 3714 c. Bacon in fair demand;
| long clear and clear rib, IO’4OIOJ4c. Hams
steady; choice sugar cured canvased, 1301314 c.
Whisky Ann. coffee steady; Rio, U013%c.
Sugar dull. Molasses quiet. Cotton seed oil
prime crude 36038 c. Bran easier at $1 10.
Cincinnati. March B.—Flour quiet. Wheat
firm; No. 2 red, $1050107. Corn active and
firm; No. 3 mixed, 50c. Oats higher; No. 2
mixed, 36%@37c. Provisions—Pork closed
j firmer; mess, $l7 75. Lard flmier; prime
' steam, 9 2009 25c. Bulk meats firm. Bacon
firm; short rib, 10}te; short clear 1014 c.
Whi.-kv firm at $1 15. sugar steady: banl re
fined. 7VB’.c; New Orleans, Hogs
‘ active and firm; common and light, $5 500
0 95; packing and butchers. $0 5007 50.
ST. Louis. March B.—Flour closed steady.
Wheat a shade better; No. 2 red fall, $1 09> 4
I 01 1(>‘; for cash, $1 10% for March delivery;
No. 3 red, $1 0001 00’ 2 . Corn higher; 18 7 s o
49’ s e for cash: 4SCje for March delivery. Oats
verv Slow; SP4OB4C for cash; 3514035%c for
May. Whisky steady at $1 18. Provisions
dull; only small job trade done.
J Louisville, March B,—Wheat firm: No. 2
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MARCH 9, 1884.
red, $lO5. Corn firm; No. 2 white, 52@33c.
pats firm: mixed Western, 87@37%c. Provis
tofi*. steady: Mess pork, $lB. Bulk meats—
shoulders. 7%c; clear rib, 9 30e; clear sides,
9%c. Bacon—shoulders. 8c; clear rib. 10c;
clear sides. 10%c. Hams, sugar cured, 13%c.
Lard, choice kettle, 11c.
NAVAL BTOBEB.
New Yore, March 8, noon.—Spirits turpen
tine steady at 36c. Rosin quiet at $1 48®
1 50.
5:00 p. m.—Spirits turpentine dull at 360.
Rosin firm.
Charleston. March B.—Spirits turpentine
quiet at 33c. Rosin unchanged; strained and
good strained. $1 30@1 32%.
Wilmimiton, March B.—spirits turpentine
quiet at 33c. Rosin quiet; strained, $120;
good strained, $1 25, Tar firm at $1 40. Crude
turpentine steady; $1 25 for hard and $2 25 for
yellow dip and virgin.
RICE.
Charleston. March B.—Market firm;
sales 300 barrels; fair, s)g®s%c; good, 5%®
5%c; prime, 6%@5%c.
New Orleans, March B.—Market quiet;
light demand; fair, 5®5%c; good, 5 : %®5%e;
prime, 5%®6c.
New York, March B.—Fair. 5%®5%c; good,
5%@6%c; prime, 6@6%c.
SlUrptna 3ntelliocncf.
MINIATURE ALMANAC—TiiIS DAI
Sun Rises 6:12
Sun Sets 5:48
High Water at Ft Pulassi 5:43 a m. 6:06r m
Sunday, March 9, 1884.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Chattahoochee, Daggett, New
Y'ork—G M Sorrel.
Steamship Wm Crane, Taylor, Baltimore—
Jas B West ft Cos
ARRIVED AT TYBEK YESTERDAY.
Bark Marie Josepha (Nor), Waaje, Balti
more, in ballast—Master.
Steamer City of Palatka. Vogel, Jackson
ville, for Charleston—Master.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Augusta, Nickerson, New
York—G M Sorrel.
Steamship Juniata, Daggett, Philadelphia—
G M Sorrel.
schr %V C French. Sherman, Darien, in bal
last, to load for Ncwburyport—Master.
Schr Josie M Anderson, Anderson, Darien,
in. ballast, to load for Rath—Master.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Wm Lawrence. Baltimore.
Steamship City of Augusta. New York.
Steamship Juniata, Philadelphia.
Schr Wm Fisher (fisherman), on a cruise,
MEMORANDA.
Tybee, March 8, 7:30 pm— Passed up, steam
ship Wm Crane, bark Sophie Josepha (NorV.
Passed out, steamships Wm Lawrence, Citv
of Augusta, Juniata, schr Wm Fisher.
Put in pu account of heavy wind and south
east sea, steamer City of Palatka.
At anchor, outward bound, schrs William C
French, Josie M Anderson.
Wind SE, fresh; raining,
i New York, March B—Arrived, Tallahassee,
Belgeulaml, Btate of Georgia, Richmond, Gull'
Stream, Weser.
Arrived out. strs Cattalouia. Amerique,
barks Maiden, iit vof Aretliusa, Holly Bough.
Homeward, ships Geu McClellan,Arcadia.
New York. March 6—Cleared, tchr Samuel
I. Russel. McClain, Jacksonville.
sailed, hark Kagna 'Nor), Doboy.
Arendal, Feb 21—Sailed, bark Nordcap
(Nor), for Savannah.
Bolmen, March 6—Arrived, bark Johanne
Augusta (Ger), Schmidt, Port Royal, S C, via
Plymouth.
Cardifl’. March 6—Arrived, bark Pudsey
Dawson (Hr), Morris, l’eusaeola.
Dublin, March s—Sailed, bark Emilia (Rus),
Grape, Pensacola.
Genoa, March I—Sailed, bark Uadamisto
(Ital), for Pensacola.
Harwich, March 6—Sailed, bark Ilarald
(Sw), Anderson, Apalachicola.
Hamburg, March s—Sailed, bark Arab
Steed (Sw), Skantze, Darien.
Liverpool. M*rch s—Arrived, tiark Plutarch
(Nor), Knudsen, Darien; Uth, lvononiu (Br),
Thompson, Savannah.
Londonderry, March 6—Arrived, bark Heve
lius (Ger), Schuttpetz. Darien.
Kingston. Ja, Feb 26—Arrived, schr Manan
tico, Cullen, Savannah.
Boston, March 6—Cleared, schr Isaac L
Clark, Cranmer, Wiseassett, to load for Pa
latka, Fla.
Baltimore, March 6—Cleared, bark Tonio
(Ital), Grccco, Sapelo Sound.
Brunswick, Ga, March 6—Cleared, barks
Thomas Fletcher, Bates, Buenos Ayres; Ydun
(Nor), Olsen, Valencia.
Bath, March 5 Sailed, schr Satilla, Skol
fleld, Phippsliurg, to load ice for Satilla River.
Cedar Keys, March 6—Arrived, schr Comet,
Aldrich, New York.
Darien, March s—Arrived, barks Laura
Maria (Ger), Neitzke, Baltimore; E II Duval
(Br), Crosby, New York.
Cleared, harks President Harbitz (Nor),
Hansen, West Hartlepool; Stormy Petrel (Br),
Charles, Leith; 6th, Carin (Sw), Westerlund,
Harlingen.
Key West, March 6—Arrived, steamers
Alamo, Bolger, New York, for Galveston;
Morgan, Staples, Havana, for New Orleans
(and both proceeded); schr Goodell (Br),
Sweeting, Nassau.
Sailed, schrs Lillie, Russell, and Attic (Br),
Thompson, Abaeo; Rosalie (Ur), Albury, Nas
sau; tug Cora, Weatherford, Matauzas, with
diving aparatus to assist schr Blanche Hop
kins, stranded near that port.
New Bedford, March 4—Arrived, schr 31 K
Rawicy, Smalley, Providence, to load for Sa
vannah.
Philadelphia, March 6—Arrived, schr Annie
C Grace, Grace, Savannah.
Vineyard Haven, March s—Arrived, schr
Joseph Souther, Watts, Savannah, Ga, for
Boston.
Woods Hole. March s—Arrived, selir Chas
E Morrison, Smith, Bull River, S C.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
Schr Adella Corson, at Charleston, March
6th in distress, arrived here yesterday in tow.
and reported that coming out over Charleston
bar struck heavily once, hut came oil' with no
apparent damage.
The schr Annie C Grace, from Savannah for
Philadelphia, grounded evening of March 5 on
Bulkhead Bar, below Newcastle, Del, ami was
hauled off a in (ith by tug Bradley and taken
into Newcastle.
RECEIPTS.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
March B—3oo sacks guano, 19 sacks xvool, * 3
bales hides, and mdse.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Rail
way. MarchS—l3s bales cotton, 24 cars lumber,
573 bbls rosin, 52 bbis spirits turpentine. 1,491
boxes oranges, 4 bbls oranges, 2 cars wood, 13
bbls molasses, 500 sacks cotton seed meal, 7 bbls
syrnp. 2 bales bides, anil mdse.
Per Central Railroad. MarchS—s64 bbls rosin,
55 bbls spirits turpentine, 14 cars lumber, 356
baies cotton, 609 bales hay, 117,caddies tobacco,
142 boxes tobacco, 137 angle bars, 78 lif casks
bacon, 71 bbls flour, 50 coils rope, 32 bales do
mestics, 12 rolls leather, 10 pkgs furniture. 10
pkgs mdse, to cases handles, 9 cases plaids, 9
bales yarns, 7 boxes hardware, 6 boxes metal,
4 boxes lead, 5 lwxes wood in shape, 8 sacks
peas. 2 pair wheels, 3 cases shoes. 2 empty
boxes, 3 bales hides, 2 cans alcohol, 2 bbls wax,
2 cases canned goods, 1 box books, 1 pkg bags,
half bbl whisky, 1 lot h h goods; 1 sack millet,
1 sack meal, 1 bbl fruit, 1 car cattle.
EXPORTS.
Per steamed ip City of Augusta, for New
Y'ork—B27 bales upland cotton, 136-bales yarns,
700 bbls rice, 368 bbls rosin, 199 bids spirits tur
pentine, 16,124 feet lumber, 16 bbls fruit, 1,636
boxes fruit, 35 bales ami 14 bbls twine. 67
bales paper stock, 584 pkgs mdse, 732 casks cod
fish.
Per steamship Juniata, for Philadelphia
-46 bales upland cotton, 80 bales domestics and
yarns, 77 bids rice, 504 bbls rosin, 145 bbls spir
its turpentine, 72,144 feet lumber, 7- bbls fruit,
1,685 boxes fruit, 142 bales pajier Stock, 622
empties, 31 bbls oysters, 3 bbls vegetables, 6
boxes vegetables. 150 casks rope,94 pkgs mdse.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship Juniata, for Philadelphia—
Miss Rosa Burrows, Miss L Yardlev, FIT
Garrett, H (J Ash, A Foster, J L ( raff, <; M
Graff, \V B Hackett, Jas Casset. F M Bourke,
T D Watson. C II Watson, W W Swain, C K
Knowlton, and 1 steerage.
Per steamship City of Augusta, for New
Y'ork —.l B Stevens, A 1! Fleet, Miss Carttfield,
Mrs W W Gordon, Miss Gnmbell. 4 If German
and wife, A .1 Reynolds, Jno McCallau. Jas
Burr, Arthur Fleet, M S Watrous, S F Rogers,
I) M Ormsbee, Newton P Age, Robt Sandy,
wife and daughter, L H Yeomans, G Brocbu,
J Brochn, W II Downing, G I) Connelly, Mail
L Desliouillons, M B Fielding and wife. Miss
Cora Fielding. Miss Evans, Mrs Chestney, M
Berg, F E Watts, J S Iloodworth, S .1 Tishler,
J E l.yndc and wife, F B Munson, W L Otis,
T M Crawford, S B McLeod, 1* J Nevens, J C
Gray, A Lanilry, Paul Williams, P A Knapp,
M SBrown, Mrs L A Harris, P .J O'Neil, Miss
Lizzie O’Byrnes, J C Herrick, IS C Kirk and
wife, >0 D Holman and wife, and 39 steerage.
Per steamship Chattahoochee, from New
York—E S Alvoril and wife, Mr Howland,
Mrs FYcehill, E K Wijker, II W Perrvman, J
J l’elet. Mrs E M l’elet, I>r R V Pearce, C I>
Little, Capt Pierce cad daughter, F A Harter,
F T Sherman, Miss G Busby, Miss-W Busby, L
J Bissby and wife, M J French, E TANARUS, and A W
Fnaicb, A Costerrell, T F Barry, A J Taylor,
.1 W Smith, J S Wcod. J L Shea, F V Hayden,
E D Woodruff, J P Germain, B B Tibbets,
Mss Estwing. Mr-Armstrong and Wife, JR
Tourgee, E J Kjennedy, Mr Daniels, W L
Cheney, C K C>uellar"d, C McKenna, J R
Baker', A Newrxan, J G Savage. Miss Law
rence, Miss M Lawrence. H E,Lawrence, G A
Bailey, G A Slade, Mrs C W Rogers, Mrs
Fiske, H H Biuxter, SI. I{< be-rts, L Ilruster,
Miss L Ingbaqa, Miss RE Monghton, Miss A
M Heinz, P Yj Hernz, E C lumgbton, M Cob
bett. Mr Mills, ES Alvont Jr, H W Atchen
son, J J Worsham, J T l'ass, C H Osborn, P
Herndon. Steerage—A A Rogers, J Goke, F
Frank, E Rudolph, J S-.-arke, Jno Riley, C
BransdaiV
consiunSs.
Per Charleston anJ Savannah Railway,
MarcUi—Fordg Office, M Y Henderson, M C
SchuDs, H Myers A Bros, N O Tilton, M De-
Leon, J G Butler. *
Per Central Railroad, Mareli ‘—Fordg Agt,
H M Comer A Cos. W W Gord >ll A Cos. Order,
L 3 Guilmartin <V Cos, Jno Flannery A Cos, F M
Parley. Lippman Bros, Einstein, L A Cos, G S
McAlpin, Geo Walter, Baldwin A Cos, Woods
A Cos, H Solomon A Son, J N Robert, Dunbar,
M A Cos, S Guckenheimer A Son, F M Hull.
W E Alexander ft Son. D B Lester, W W Car
ter, Ruesak A Cos, J C Thompson, C H Carson,
A Hanlev, G Eckstein A Cos, Cocksliutt A L,
M Ferst A Cos, 1) D Arden, M Boley A Son,
S Krouskoff, Lippman Bros, J W Tynan, W C
Jackson. Holcombe, G A Cos, A Haas A Bro,
T P Bond, I‘Thompson, Eckman A V, Rieser
An, Frank A Cos, J B Reedy, R Roach A Bro,
A E Smith A llro, C McGarvev. J *1 Hodges,
W B Moll A Cos, J J Waring, D C Bacon A Cos,
- S W Spivey.
i Per Savannah, Florida and Western Rafi-
way, March B—Fordg Office, Peacock. H ft Cos,
Wm Hone ft Cos, J B Reedy, It B Reppard, i
Rieser ft S, Jno J McDonounh ft Cos, R B Cas-1
sels. Dale. W ft Cos, J Colvill, T J Keaton, !
Melnhanl Bros ft Cos, T N Theus, A 1 8:filer,
S Krouskoff, Eckman ft V, Holcombe, G ft Cos,
U Habersham's Son ft Cos, Graham ft 11, H M
King. P PostelL W B Mell ft t o. M Y Mender- !
son, H Miller, W W Chisholm, M Ferst ft Cos,
H Myers ft Bros. J O Walker, Dr .1 J Waring, i
Itendheiin Bros A Cos, \V E Alexander ft Son, i
D Y Dancy, E F Sellick, I Epstein ft Bro, I, D j
Vilialonga, Rond ft 8, E D Dancy, Weld ft 11, !
Bacon, J ft Cos, Baldwin ft Cos, C' L Chestnutt, i
J P Williams ft Cos, I> C Bacon ft Cos. Warren i
ft A, Geo Walter, W W Gordon ft Cos, Butler
ft S, R Roach & Itro, M Maclean, 'Voids ft Cos,
Jno Flannery & Cos, Woodbrktge ft H.
Per steamship Wm Crane from Baltimore— '
Agt C R R, Allen ft L. Weed ft C, J P Wil- |
lianis ft Cos, N Lang ft Bro, W $ Mell & Cos, |
E L Neidlinger, Son ft Cos, M Lerst & Cos, S I
Herman, I Ilogan, K Reedy, 14 J Cubbedge !
agt C R R. It Colliim, it W Klea'oclker, Simon ;
Gazan, 8, F ft W Rv, Epstein &B,JT Thorn
ton. E A Schwarz, J F Tieta nv J H Havre, !
A Hanley, Ilolcomlie. G ft Cos, J A Douglass*
A Elirlich, II P Willink, G W Sargent, H j
Schroeder, H C Houston, C L Gilbert A Cos, ;
Jno Lyons. J B Reedy, Ilayacs ft U, Savannah i
Art Cos, cst Jno Oliver, Al Fsrst ft Cos, Bruns- ,
wick steamer, L Remlcm, II Solomon ft Son, i
W E Alexander ft Sen.S ft C It R, str City of
Bridgeton, Southern Ex Cos. A Haas ft Bro, i
C H Carson P A, C L Gilbert ft Cos, N Paalsen
ft Cos, II L Schreiner, J It West ft Cos, C R 9,
j Matthews Bros, Order notify T P Bond, Order
; R L Mercer, Order notify G 8 McAlpia, Order
1 notify Saussy, It ft K, Order notify A Minis ft
i sons,"Order notify Haynes ft K, Oeßt notify
! Fleming Bros, Lippman Bros, Order notify
| Haines ft S, Palmer Bros, I) B Lester. Bar
bour Bros, A Schroeder, J C Thompson, G
llarick, WmSclieihing, W II Chaplin, (4 11
: Miller, F L George ft Cos. Moehlenbrock ft D,
| Jno Lynch, J S Silva, Weed ft C, J II Ks C h,
I McMillan Bros. Crawford ft L, A A Aveilhe.
i A Doyle, A 11 Entleman, Itussak ft Cos, 51 W
| Snrte'r, Af Helken, II Miller, J H Von Newton,
Novelty Iron Works.
Per steamship Chattahoochee, from New
York—W E Alexander ft Son, Rev J J An
drews, E J Acosta, Abrahams ft B, Allen & L,
A R Alt in aver ft Cos. G W Allen, Tl* Bond,
Branch ft C, Bendhetm Bros ft Cos, O Butler,
Baldwin ft Cos, c w JtramU, .r ii jiakcr, L E
Byck ft Son, Brown & Cos, J Belainger. J M
Case, C H Carson, Crawford ft L, A II Cham
pion, C II Chapman, W II Chaplin, .1 Cohen,
Jno Cunningham, C It R ft BC, Chief of Fire
Department, Citv ft Sul) Kv, Al Chasteuer,
C U It, I Dasher ft Cos, J A Douglass, Dunn ft
Cos, A Ehrlich, J II Estill, Epstein ft 11. Eck
man ft V, Einstein, Lft Cos. I Epstein ft Bro,
G Eckstein ft Cos, Ai Ferst ft Cos, Frank ft Cos,
A Friedenberg ft Cos, I L Falk ft Cos, J B Fer
nandez, Fretwell AN, C L Gilbert ft Cos. J
Gorham, J Goodrich, .1 Gardner,
G C Gemunden, Gardner ft Cos, F L George,
J P Germain. Aliss L Gilmer, B M Garlun*"'’
S Guckenheimer ft Son,Grav ft .. TI
J U ItclfDßoP, j;; bach/jlll Se?:
son, S Hexter, A Hanlev, Harmon ft R. E j
Kennedy, N A Ilardee’s'Son ft Cos, Wm Hone
ft Cos, C Hopkins, Hunnicutt ft B, S Krouskoff,
Kennedy &B, J Lippman, Lippman Bi os.
N Lang ft Bro, Lovell ft L, D B Lester, N P
Laurea, A Lellier, Jno Lyons, Lilicntlial ft K,
Luddeu & B, I D Laltoehe’s Sous, B II Levy
ft Bro, J F LaFar, Moehlenbrock ft D, A .Mil
ler, Lee Rov Myers, B F McKenna, W B Mell
ft Cos, Meindriek ft Son, T D Mercer, Morning
News, Jno J McDonough ft Cos, II .Miller, A T
Aliller, Aleiubard Bros ft Cos. I) P Mverson. R
Molina, F .Morgan ft Cos, McMillan Bros, R D
Munford, Mohr Bros, II Myers ft Bros, A S
Nichols, .Tno Nicolson, est Jno Oliver. W Orr.
E L Neidlinger, Son ft Cos, O’Hagan ft. B. K
Powers, Palmer Bros, K Piatshok, J Perlin
sky, P l'ano, II 11 Peeples, G W Parish, J O
Reilly, N Paulsen ft Cos, It Roach & Rro, J B
lteedy, Itussak ft Cos, Rieser ft S, C I) Rogers,
T M Ray. W F Reed, It B Reppard, C T Row
ers, Jno Rourke, Solomons ft Sou, S Solomons,
Solomons ft Cos, II Solomon ft Son, ,J Schley,
II L Schreiner, II Schroeder, G W Sargent.’C
E Stulls, Savannah Guano, Cos, AI Sternberg.
J s Silva, P B Springer, A E Smith ft Bro, II
Schubert, Struther ft Cos, H A Struck, II San
ders, Southern Ex Cos, St Benedicts School,
S, F & W Ity, J C Thompson, Savannah Gas
Cos, J W Tynan, it II Tatem, P Tuberdy, J B
Turner, W A Turpin, B F Ulmer, C K Wake
field, .J II Von Newton, AAlft C W West,
Weed ft C.Wyllv ft 0. I> Weisbein, JG Watts,
W U Tel Cos, O X Wfihiner, W'hHcomb, Ga
ft Fla I 8 B Cos, Warner “ Cos.
How Canada Deals with her Indians.
The little quarrel between Yellow Calf's
baud of Indians and the Government of
Canada having passed away without any
serious consequences, says the New Y’ork
Sun, the people are more than ever proud
of their management of the Indians.
| Canadian statesmen say that the Indians
, in the States would not cost any more
: than they do if Cougress boarded them all
j at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, whereas in
Canada each Indian costs a little less than
■ would keep a private in the arm v. There
j are about a quarter of a million Indians
; split up into little bands, whose reserves
are sprinkled over the land like the lakes
I of Maine. The Government keeps an ac
| count with each band, sells for them what
| lands are not wanted, and holds $3,000,000
in trust for them.
It instructs them in fm miug, provide®
them with implements, seeds, and cattle,
instructs their children, and ieecls all who
need food with pork and grain. Already
the Home iarrns, where the savages were
shown how to till the soil, are rapidly be
j ing closed up, and the rations of food are
J being withdrawn from one band after an
! other as the Indians manifest ability to
store and preserve their crops through
the winters. Nearly all the Indians do
something toward self-support. Some
make baskets, others make snow shoes
and toboggans, others sell furs, others
make barrels,others catch fish, and so on.
Five years ago the Blackfeet were on the
warpath. Now almost every family has
a house and farm.
During the present session ofParlia
-1 ment Sir John MacDonald introduced a
! hill to complete their civilization and
t convert them into politicians by an act j
designed to “train them for the exercise
of municipal powers.” The upshot of the !
w hole thing, as Senator A. W. Ogilvie |
put it the other day, is that “the United
States means weli, but her agents hold ;
that no Indian is a good Indian except a j
dead Indian, while Canada believes thev |
are human beings, and that it costs less !
to treat them kindly than to fight them.”
Goats, Camels and Bees.
Xew York Sun.
“A camel can carry a ton ”
Robert Eld ridge, of Cincinnati, who has
just returned from Russia, w here he has
been rearing goats and camels, says he
has seen good pack camels carry 'more
than a ton on thSir backs, tmt a ton is
considered a fair burden.
“Are there many camels reared 111 Rus
sia ?”
“The industry is not important in a
eommercial point of view. I have been
engaged at it for four years. I have
figured that there are 25,000 camels in
the Kuldscha and Erivan districts, the
Kalmucks have about 20,000 and the
lxhirgese not far from 180,000. Camels
are bred for their labor principally, but
also for their hair and milk ‘ A camel
will shear from eighteen to twenty-two
pounds of hair. This is worth in the open
market about $2 50 a pound.
“You also raised goats t”
“Yes, I had about 800 on nry ranch
when I left. There are over a million and
a half of goats in European Russia. The
industry is the most important in the
mountainous portions of the Caucasus.
The Angora and Cashmere breeds are
bred iu some of the governments for their
milk, meat and hair. Iu 1360 the export
of goat down amounted to $38,000, while
the coarser qualities of hair about dou
bled it. The largest export was in- 1876,
when it reached $400,000 for down and
coarse hair combined.”
“What do you know 0? bee culture in
Russia?”
“In Little Russia and Lithuania the
great linden forests render bee keeping
very profitable. The finest honey I ever
saw Is produced in Kovno. The largest
quantities come from the governments of
Yekaterinoslav and Pollova. There are
over 450,000 hives in those two districts.
Kaluga produces annually about 1,760
poods of honey and 3,MK) poods of wax.
A pood contains about thirty-six pounds.
The annual production in the fl*on Cos
sack country amounte-to $50,000 iu round
numbers.
“In Yolhvnia and Jessarabia the com
bined yield of honey reaches avalueol
nearly $200,000 a yea t. The annual yield
of the whole empire is not far from $4,000,-
000, or about 18,00-4 tons. To this must
be added nearly S.CUO tons of wax, worth
$2,000,000. This is about all cnsumed in
Russia, the exports being very small.”
“Who Turn, Dat Hog Loose?”
Men,Sant Traveler a
At a certain hotel in Peoria, where the
meals were not always what they should
be, a merchant traveler one day sat down
to the table, lie put a dcllar under the,
tumbler and, calling a waiter, said:
“Do you sae that dollar, Jim?”
“Yes sab,” replied Jim* with a grin.
“Well, now, Jim, I wqnt you to get e
a real good, first-class Sinner. Y'ou un
derstand.??’
“Y'es, ah,” and Jim,set out about fur
nishing a feast fit for a King. He had no
time to see to anybci!<y else. He hunted
up n,*w dishes, yqit extra touches on
everything, and keyt his eye on the dollar.
Finally the M. T. iuished, and, wiping his
mouth, he winked at Jim.
“Yes, sab,” grinned the darkey in an.
Wcipation.
“Jim, do you see that dollar?” putting
his hand on it in a generous way.
“Yes, sah.”
“Well, you will never 6ee it again.”
and it went into his pocket and out of the
dining-room, while Jim indignantly re
marked:
“Fo’ de Land- who turn dot hog loose
inheab?”
THE CZAR’S LIFE.
Saved Almost by a Allracle—A Myster
ious Visitor.
Among the “forbidden literature” now
circulating in Russia, says the New Y’ork
Herald, is the story of one of the most dar
ing and dramatic plots ever recorded in
the history of political assassination. The
narrative is founded on events which are I
said to have taken place in St. Petersburg !
shortly after Gen. Gourko had been
called from Odessa to act as quasi-mili
tarv governor of the Russian capital. One
bright May morning, when the excite
ment was "at its height, the watchful eye
el a policeman posted at the top ot the
Nevsky Prospeot caught sight of an
equipage coining up the thoroughfare at
a trot. It bore armorial devices well
known in the Russian capital; the coach
man was there, who persisted in being
wigged in defiance of bis muster’s orders,
to the great merriment of St. Petersburg
jebus; on each side rode the regular
escort of six mounted Cossacks, each
holding his lance in rest and wearing his
ball of forage slung over his shoulder
more as if he was campaigning on the Don
than upon civil service in the streets of
the capital. Gen. Gourko and his
j escort—the guardian of the peace had
i easily recognized and hastily saluted his
i chief, the new Prefect of Police—turned
; into the Cavalry parade, at the top of the
; Nevsky Prospect, and at once made their
i way into the Alexander square, on the
Neva side of which rose the massive and
somewhat fantastic outlines of the Winter
Palace. The equipage having drawn up
at the side entrance of the building the
General alighted and rang. On the door
keeper presenting himself—an officer of
the Emperor’s private guard—the Prefect
briefly stated the object of his visit. Ho
desired an immediate conference with
: tlo Czar. The hour was early, true, day
| having only just dawned. At the same
j time his business brooked no delay—it
, concerned the safety of the Emperor him
j self. The janitor was at first inexorable,
' expostulating that bis imperial master
; had been already in bed an hour. Yet at
j last he yielded. Up the broad staircase
' they went together. They trod on gor
|
1 lT mt er palace in malachite and lapis
lazuli, only pausing in their ascent when
they had reached a landing giving access
to one of the capacious saloons. At this
point Gen Gourko was enstruckql to
wait. At this point, too, the Czar’s officer
seems to have repented of his decision.
The narrative represents him as closely
j scrutinizing the Prefect of Police in the
I growing light, and subsequently preceqd
! ing in the direction of the Emperor’s
sleeping apartments, in no groat haste to
I arouse royalty from its first slumber.
| Tbe man did hot arouse the Czar at all.
What he did was to descend to the guard
; room and despatch a messenger. The
man left the palace on the Neva side. He
; there took a droshky, and drove past the
i side entrance into the Nevsky. During
his absence the Czar calmly slept on:
Gen. Gourko impatiently paced the
saloon, and the military guardian oi the
imperial bedchamber went about giving
some orders to the palace guards.
In a quarter of an hour tbe messenger
returned. He had been sent to Gen.
Gourko’s residence, in the Nevsky Pros
pect, and be brought back the information
j that the Prefect of Police was at that mo
ment in bed. The early visitor was thus an
1 impostor. He was something more: for
(rom his pockets, after he had been seized
and pinioned, they drew forth a six-bar
reled revolver and a two-edged hunting
knife, The Czar’s life Jjad been saved
| yet it bad hung for a few moments in the
balance. Tne made-up Gourko—the Pre-
I feet of Police, imitated down to the min
utest details of hair, complexion and wig
—might have deceived even the Emperor
I himself. Not a whit less perfect was the
| art which had reproduced the Gourko
coach and escort. Only the sham Prefect
! was secured, and not his confederates.
, Simultaneously with the arrest guards
j had rushed from the palace to seize the
latter. But the equipage bad gone, the
Cossacks were gone, the coachman was
j gone. A policeman afterward told how
i be bad seen the cavalcade pass over one
of the Neva bridges and disappear in a
thoroughfare of Basil Island. The carri
j age was never found, and, tor all that
; could be ascertained concerning them or
, their steeds, tbe six Cossacks maybe
j mounted and riding, lance in rest.-to this
day. As for the chief actor in the plot,
I tne cmispiintor vrho only nuieit lu Ills liu-
I personation of Gen. Gourko because of
| his inability to be in two places at one
and the same time, his personality has
never been disclosed, lie is the one
mystery whichSthe Nihilists themselves
have never been able to penetrate. Ilis
secret remains with him, and he keeps it
to the present moment, for he is still a
prisoner in the island fortress of Peter and
Paul.
A Sombre View of the Freedman.
Springfield Repuldioan*
Xo single view of the freedman in any
specified locality can give the right per
spective. The former slave States present
a mottled surface of bright and el-ark spots,
with the pretty sure encouragement that
the darkness is on the whole gradually
merging into light. Miss Porter of Lou
isiana, a Southerner and ex-slave holder,
presents in the New fork Independent a
startling and reliable view of the extra
ordinary relapse which is going on among
the negroes of her locality. The New Or
leans Picayune asserts that her colors are
none too Vivid, and that the conclusions
to which they point are negro “ignorance,
superstition, idleness, gross immorality
and race prejudices.” D?. Tucker, of
Mississippi, details his ows experience
and observations to the effect that the ne
groes of his region are approaching a stats
of barbarism. Rev. S. I). McDonnell
writes in the Church Review for Decem
ber that Dr. Tucker’s gloomy picture is
substantially true. “They are practically
pagans; here and there an Unde Tom,
but for one such thousand sav
ages.” While this last remark is extrava- j
gaut it is not much-mitigated by a corres
pondent ot the St. Louis Christian Advo
cate who writes from Mississippi concern
ing parts of that State and Louisiana:
“To one accustomed to Western enter- |
prise and push there is an utter absence
here of every eleiaent of prosperity, j
There are absolutely no improvements go
ing on and no indications of thrift. The 1
whole country seems-to be under a terri- !
hie nightmare. The towns wear a de- j
serted, sleepy appearance, while the farms \
are dilapidated and look as if they were
only half cared for. The explanation of
all this, to my mind, ioto be found in the
swarming population of idle negroes
which is maintained at the expense of
everything else.” Describing the highway
from Vicksburg leading out to the na
tional cemetery (where ‘6,700 Federal sol
diers are buried ), this correspondent says:
‘•The whole road was lined with negro
cabins, and before every door the inmates
swarmed, basking in the sun, and as con
tented and happy as the- day is long—his
ideal of happiness to have nothing to do,
rarely working from choice, and having
little idea of accumulation.”
The worst of it is, according to Miss
Porter, that in the parts of Louisiana
which she knows, “nothing is being done;
no schools (or if any, the merest farces),
no missionaries, no efforts made of any
kind.” Rev. Mr. McDonnell, speaking for
the Episcopal church, says, “Our church
as such, has not yet touched the negro
race.” As it seems to ue, his assertion is
altogether too unmanly and inert. “The
church people in the South did not do it j
in the past and cannat do it now. The
simple truth is, they are too poor”—and
much more lamentation in this strain.
“For twenty years tkay have been trying
to rebuild their waste places. They have
all they can do to feed their own sheep.
During all these vesu s-also they have been
compelled, by no fault of tbeir own, to re
gard the negroes as their political oppo
nents.” Such hely’ess and retrospective
wailing as that is the most discouraging
eature of all. But, as the New Orleans
Picayune admits: “Fortunately or unfciN
t inately this problem of the great horde
cf emancipated. negroes going back in
some quarters, so rapidly to barbarism,
must be dealt; with, and the sooner the
better.” How. shall the negro’s retroces
sion best bo-stayed? “This is not a ques
tion,” the Jficaqune well says, “whist af
fects the welfare of the negro only. Bar
barism upon an extended scale i%a poi
sonous element which sooner oz later
must aJfect the whole body What
then is-fio be done?” We would say that
it might be well for these Southern Jere
rniabs to visit Hampton institute, have a
good, talk with Gen. Armstrong, and take
a f*ir look at the increasing industry,
morality and prosperity of tbc emancipa
ted. negroes in that section and in many
ether Southern localities fall of promise
for both races; where thay have ceased
erving poverty and the war, shaken thew
selves from the dust and gone to work in
la cheerful and manly ihshlon.
Not Like Other l’lasters.
Why suffer the agony ol nenrnlgia?
Benson’s Capcmo Porous Plasters will
cure it quickly. Price 25 cents.
Earl A Wilson Collars and Cuffs, a spe.
cialty, at gelsinger’s, Lyons’ B.lock.— Adv.
YAA'TOU LEE.
His Experience and Those of Other Yale
Students with the Chinese Authorities,
Yan Pou Lee, one of the forty-eight
Chinese students who were studying in
American schools and colleges, when re
called in July, ’Bl, by the'Chiaese govern
ment, on account of reports that the stu
deuts were losing all sympathy with their
native land, cutting off their queues,
marrying American wives, etc., says the
New Haven Palladium , fcas returned to
America, and is now in New Haven. Lee
was a member of the present senior class
and always regarded as the brightest one
of the Yale delegation. Asa writer and
speaker be gave much promise, taking
high rank as a scholar and winning the
declamation prize in Gpmma Nu society*
On Lee’s return to China the students
were inveigled into a dark, damp section
of the city, where Jbev fared rather ill. A
deputy was appointed over them and his
duty was to prevent them from escaping.
The general opinion of the natives con
cerning the students and American
education was that of disappointment.
After being detained in confinement tor a
month they were- taken to Tientsin for
examination in one of the departments of
the government* The examination was
a farce and inc2easedthe officials’ disgust
of our much-boasted educational system.
The officials had an idea taat the boys
were well prepared in the
fessions they started to America to learn,
whereas they had been studying up
mathematics, Homer and Virgil in a trea
eral way as a preparation for special
studies. So great was she belief in China
that the students had adopted American
manners that the deputy who had them in
charge gave each one’s queue a personal
inspection, lest, after the manner of some
ladies, the attachment were only tempor
ary.
Lee, with twenty-five others (among
whom was Don Cilm, another 'B4 man )
was assigned to the naval department,
where he remained nine months. After a
vacation ol six months, an American inno
t vatiou and obtained only after continued
application, Lee took "“French leave”
and entered a lawyer’s office in Hong
[ luaig. lio occasionally visited his home
; in Canton, where his people were delight
-1 ed to see him, although of course his
American customs and ways seemed
! queer, and they, like a great many Ameri
i can parents, thought it strange that a
! college education failed to receive the
j best positions in tiiß land. Dr. Hopper f
i the well-known missionary, procured em
ployment for Lee in the translation of tbe
laws of the Sandwich Islands. Lee also
supported himself by teaching evening
school, and was always stimulated by au
intense desire to return to America.
Of the relations of China to England,
Lee says that the latter is jealous of her
interests and intends that they shall be
paramount. England would like to see
France take Tonquin, as that would open
up more ports for her commerce. The
British minister promises Lohung Chang
to mediate between France and China,
although the Chinese forces are in prepar
ation for war, and should the French
forces attack Bacniuh, about which in
creasing numbers are gathering, all China
will go to arms. Chinese railroads, Lee
says, are rather quiet at present. The
foreign residents got permission to put up
ten miles of horse-car line between Shang
hai and Woosung, but there must have
been some tricky Yankees among them,
for soon the mandarins saw that instead
of a couple of inoffensive donkeys, drag
ging a gaily painted horse-car through
streets fit rate of a real
! (diuW factory locomotive, baggage car,
etc., with a genuine oiakeffiafl, wll ° must
have jumbled the names of those Chinese
towns in a way to make his American
colleague blush. At first the officials
were too much dazed by tbe presumption
of the foreigners to make any decided op
position, but soon a Chinaman was acci
dentally killed by the road, and the
authorities bought it in at three times the
price and tore up every rail. Donkev
travel has resumed its popularity, and
those whose resources do not admit the
luxury of a sedan chair lament the sudden
demise of cheap transportation and walk.
Of the ’B4 men, Pon is studying for the
second literary degree the literati,
anil the strictness of the examination ic
evident from the fact that only about ten
per cent, of the applicants are successful.
Mun Yea Chung, the popular little cox
swain of the Yale crew, has been in the
consulate’s office, but is now teaching and
engaged on translation. Chin is tho son
of a wealthy farmer, and deciding that
China is big enough for him, has taken
unto himself a better half with very small
feet, and is happy.
Tong, w’ho was fitted for college at
Exeter, and was prominent as a Greek
student, has laid aside his medical aspira
tions and is a shipping clerk. Rumor
says that Tong is meditatisg tbe wisdom
of Chin’s matrimonial example. Lee is as
yet ignorant what the future has in store
for him. He isjas yet exceedingly anxious
to complete his education at Y ale, but the
way has mot yet opened. He brought a
letter from Dr. Hopper to Dr. Wells Wil
liams, but that good friend of China and
her people had gone before his arrival.
Garmoyle and Ills ex-Sweethcart.
Olice L yqan's London Letter.
Only a few evenings ago the exigencies
of space in a crowded exit hall at a thea
tre caused me to be knocking elbows wfth
this girl, while Lord Garmoyle had gone
out to hurry the arrival of his cab. She
was talking with Willie Wilde, the
brother of Oscar, a bearded likeness of the
apostle of the beautiful, who is one of the
most familiar of ttse “I’m-everywhere”
men of London. I should not think, judg
ing from Miss Forteacue’s physiognomy,
that she was a young lady of any very de
cided brain power. She is' a delicate crea
ture of medium height, with languishing
gray eyes and blonde hair combed up to
the apex of the head and there coiled In a
loose, solt ring. Chin, aose, teeth, mouth,
ears are all of the tiny mould, while a
complexion of the rose' leaf adds to the
general effect of youthful prettiness. She
was clad all in white, some of those rich
staffs of the present day costly and luxu
rious; her opera cloak of stamped white
weFvet, lined with pink plush, was bor
dered with a white fur v;hick tickled the
!>ink lobes of her pearl-crnamented ears.
Her demeanor towards the gushing Wilde
was grave and decorous; and when her
VWsmnt returned to hurry her into his
cab there was somethingreally line in the
cold and smileless dignity with which she
bade Oscar’s brother good-night. Vis
oottut Garmoyle is a very handsome man
and of much more distinction of appear
ance as a man than Mias For tone lie is as
a- woman. Perhaps some people will say,
“naturally enough,” be being an earl’s
aon and she being the daughter of a coal
merchant; but, in the-first place, Lord
‘ iarmoyle’s family has not long teen enno
bled, and, secondly, I mve long ago given
up the idea of looking for beauty or a dis
tinguished manner, either, in scions of
great houses. Sometimes they have it,
but quite as often they-have it aot. His
lordship wore the loi.g, loose b&aek over
coat, with collar and deep cuffs-oi black
Ahtracban, which is now the supreme ot
splendor in male apparel, 1 believe.
Millionaire and Miner.
Waahinatoit Criti c .
In the lobby of the Riggs House, Sun
day morning, two old-time friends met.
iie was Senator Bowen, of Colorado; the
other, an old miner, who looked a trifle
seedy. The Senator had just emerged
feom the breakfast room. The miner stood
illy gazing in tho direction from which
the Senator came.
“Hello! Tom I-ihwen. Why, bless my
30**1, you ain’t changed ad —n bit since j
I met you in the Rockies in '68.” was the
undignified salutation of the miner.
“No, Bill,” said the Seuatar, “I reckon
I am about the jceme.”
The two heliLa conversation for a short i
time, when th* miner was. overheard to ;
say:
“Tom, sta'ae me; I’m dead busted.
Ain’t got ad jflar.”
The Senator pulled frorji his pocket a
large roll of. bills and collated out about
$5O in nion&y and handed it to his friend..
They thus separated, 'ffhe Senator wen a
to his roo-o, and the other walked toward*
the bar. where a friead was awaiting
him.
“Tore, ixed me,” said he; “but, a!jr
all, he #aly did what k have done for him
many a time. Away back In the good
old thvs, before Torn struck it ri.dk, I
would often stake he®. I remembea one
titae- that he borrowed five ounces if gold
to get into a game- of poker with* You
know Tom is a ke®, shrewd poket player,
aud can come as sear holding fcutr aees
in his sleeves and playing them on the
boys as any ona I ever saw. Well,” he
continued," “Tern got into the game, and
it lasted forty-eight hours. When he
came to pay' me the borrowed gold J
asked him how he made out.”
“Oh,” said he, “I scooped the boy sin
for sl3,Ota”
“But,” resumed the miner, “after that
time it was a common thing for Tom
' Bowen to make as high as a in
I ntng.”
Hats, stiff and sort, ai Belsipger’*,
! Lyons' Block-,
ARTHUR AND MISS ANTHONY.
The tThampion of Woman Suffrage Chal
lenges the President.
Every winter, says a World Washing
ton special of the 6th, the woman suff rage
leaders meet here in national convention.
They have an unvarying programme.
They read to each other perfunctory
essays, they present arguments to the
Senate "Woman's Suffrage Commit
tee, and then they call upon the
President. The way they call upon
the President is this-. They always
3end up some active representative to
suggest to tbe President tbe idea of
inviting them to call upon him. The
delegates, beaded by Susan B Anthony,
were favorably received to-day. Miss An
thony, who looks as bright, vigorous and
uutiring as ever, settled her gold-bowed
glasses firmly upon her nose, and w hen
they were marched up in front of the
President’s desk in his library at once be
gan to talk. The President stood up
during the talk, his eyes twinkling hu
morously as the veteran agitators gather
ed about him.
Miss Anthony’s.line of thought, clearly
and vividly expressed, was to the effect
that if the President expected to be elect
ed for another term he would take a very
lcjag step on the road by coming out now
and promising to put in his next message,
if elected, a paragraph iu favor of a six
teenth amendment to the Constitution,
conferring the right of suffrage upon wo
men. The President was equal to the oc
casion. lie said first, in a very graceful
way, that he was glad to have the oppor
tunity of meeting so many distinguished
ladies, and then added that he was very
confident they would secure all the rights
they ough tto have. This answer did not
satisfy the blunt Miss Anthony. She
said, sharply:
t “Should not women have full equality
as to political rights wfth the men?”
Tbe President did not answer this ques
tion directly. lie bowed as he said:
‘•Miss Anthony, we would probably differ
as to the detu'ls in answering that ques
tion.”
After a little informal talk, the pioneers,
c as they love to call themselves, filed out.
They met Gen. Ben Butler coining up the
steps. He had ;; white and red rose b u d
lapsl of i,l “ Tieavy blue overcoat.
aid not remove his soft black hat as
Miss Anthony shook bands with him and
introduced her associates, Miss Anthony
said:
‘‘General, we know you are in sypipatby
with us. We hope you may be President
some day, so you can help us.”
“You are very kind, I am sure,” said
the General as he skipped as nimbly as a
boy up the stairs.
CttlUß D’ALENE.
A Letter from a Man Who Has Just
Reached the New Gold Fields.
We reached here two days since, says a
Cojur d’ Alene, Idaho, letter to the Lead
viile llerahl, and, owing to the severity
of the climate, must immediately build a
cabin. The gulches are said to be staked
from end to end, but think I can locate
some fractions in a good district. There
are no claims whatever in operation;
everybody is at present busy building.
Tbe town of Eagle consists of about two
dozen buildings, but is starting up rap
idly, and, I think, in two months will be
quite a place. The price ot lots around
the business centre is from S3OO up to
SI,OOO. Many business men are arriv
ing daily taking items with re
gard to the value of the claims.
We are as much iu tie dark as be
fore 0l ’*c hears nothing but favorable
i ~ ul hav* no chance to form
accounts, but >, observation un
nn opinion from my own - w ni
lil alter our cabin is finished; _ -
then take in the different gulches anu
scratch around a little lor ourselves. We
had a tough trip from Trout creek in—
ten days on the trail. We had 400 pounds
of baggage, tools, grub, etc. We were
compelled to carry it over tbe big hills on
our backs, and when I tell you one hill is
four miles in length and another two miles
from foot to summit, you can form au idea
of the size of the job. lam writing this at
a camp-fire, and it is snowing, so ain sure
yuwii; ayense thistough looking epistle. I
tvould like I reugc.r send me any English
letters that may come to in., office
box, and retain anything else unm x
write for them. The charge is j 0 cents
for each letter delivered here. I correct
the price of town lots in Eaujle, and put it
from SIOO to $2,000. The drawback to the
climate at present is the snow. There is
just about 3 feet of snow on a level, and
snowing every day. Provisions are reas
onable in price, flour $lB a hundred, so it
does not pay a man to pack it in, YYages
for men $o a day. Board is $1 a meal
(bacon and beans). I hear that a post
office will be in running order iu a day or
two. With remembrances to the boys,
yours very truly.
The Vintage of Mount Etna.
Temple Bor.
The sun lies fair and full on the golden
leaves, splashed with rubv-red and bolder
bronze. Thick clusters of purple grapes
hang round the central stem and trom the
leading branches in heavy bunches, which
would weigh down The tender shoots were
they not strengthened and protected. The
dusty bfoom of some Is still untouched;
but where ripeness has advanced so tar as
to make the grapes almost raisins that ex
quisite vivgin purity has gone. These
dried and Atlly ripened grapes are pearls
of price in the vintage," and help in the
perfection of the exquisite wine made on
the estate. Gungs ot men, women and
children gather the grapes with the deft
ness of long practice and inherited ca
pacity. Each gang is under the direction
of a “Campiere,” and- the “massero” is
over all. On a stage dominating the whole
scene stands an armed eampiere; and
armed guards patrol the place by night.
When the gangs walk to and fro from the
vineyard to the treading-vats, they are
preceded hv bagpipes, to the sound of
which they march krtime, and sometimes
break, out into a daneing-otep as they go.
They get up an impromptu- dance in the
yard, while the foremoot of the file, whose
baskets are already empty, are waiting
for the last, who have yet to east theirs
into the mass. On Sunday, after service,
while they are all assembled in the castle
court, they produce a tambourine to aid
the bagpipes of the gatherers and the con
certina of the treaders; and dance tinder
the sunlight, hacked by* the trees and the
mountains, as if they ivere the figures in
some old.picture suddenly animated into
life. Tie men do their steps with praise
worthy precision and agility—ailes de
pigeon, double-shuttle, cuts, pirouettes,
and all the rest of it; while the women,
if less demonstrative, are more graceful
and more suggestive. WheYi we meet
them tiling to and fro in. the narrow vine
yard paihs, the bright-eyed boys pull off
their caps, and the bright-eyed girls put
their hands together in an attitude of sup
plication, as they say, “’Genza benedic,”
which raeans, in full, “Exeelleßza bene
diea!” “Benedicite,” replies the Duchi
no, the sovereign and lord of tbi6 little
kingdom, or rather the Viceroy, the Duca
proper being his father.
People’s Banks ill Germany.
London Tunes.
The formation in Germany of registered
credit associations, or people’s banks, has
proved to be a great success, and from a
very unpretending commencement a most
prosperous system Las been developed.
The especial objects of these associations
are to give advances, and eredit; to ac
quire raw materials and to open stores;
to manufacture and,to sell commodities;
to produce the necessities of life and of
production wholesale, and to sell them in
retail; to build dwallings for their mem
boas, and to cultivate la.ad. Au original
capital is first farmed by those who de
sire to institute an association by means
0/ subscribing for shares. These, although
.xnnaining the property of those
who subscribed for them, cannot be
Withdrawn (hiring membership. A reserve
fund is also formed to preserve
the share capital intact in case of losses.
Members of each association being liable
for the debts and. obligations contracted*
by it, peepla.who would not think of truss
ing any individual member are willing to
trust an, association the members of which
are responsible for each other. Thus.the
man who alone could get no credit, if, of
respectable character and antecedents, is
admitted a metulier of an association and
at OAce obtains an advance in proportion
to fils means. Those who thus, obtain
credit bind themselvesj tol repay the
s tin credited to the association, with all
their property, jointly and separately.
Jibe formalities of admission in the asso
| ciation are clear and distiset, and are
; stringently observed; otherwise members
would try to disprove theij membership
j whore such procedure would be to
I their advantage. No ease of bank
; l'uptcv occurred among these associations
jin 1882—a fact which speaks for itself.
; Their credit is. consequently, very high,
! and they can always obtain more money
i than they can use, to much so that they
! are continually reducing the rate of inter
est on deposits. The average rate of in
-1 terest demapded of borrowers by associ
ations in the years 1878 to 1882 was 6.57,
6.33, 6.13, 5.99 ami 6.29 per cent., respec
tively. M any of the registered associa
tions combine in districts for the better
safeguarding of their interests. These
assist one another in collecting bills and
mutually giving credit. Besides these
combinations of associations, there is the
“general association,” which, as its name
implies, is a combination of all the regis
tered associations. The general associa
tion publishes its own newspaper.
JOHN SHERMAN’S SHEEI*.
Some Ohio Campaign Anecdotes Applied
to the Bloody Shirt Business,
The solemn determination of the Re
publican leaders of Ohio to make next
fall’s fight on the ancient, decayed and
unprofitable issues of the war, says a Co
lumbus letter to tbe Cincinnati Aeics-
Joumal, is not creating that degree of
enthusiasm that was expected in the
ranks ot the party. It is a dose that a
large number do not care to swallow, and
a good many of them will, no doubt, re
fuse to swallow it when the final test
comes.
I was talking to one of the best looking
Republicans in the State to-day on this
subject. He is no less famed for his apt
illustrations than he is for his remarkable
personal beauty and the retiring modesty
ol his nature, which will account for the
non-appearanee of his name in this con
nection.
“Speaking ot the bloody shirt cam
paign,” he said, “I am not" surprised to
find Gen. John Beatty advocating it. It
is his hobby, and afforded him opportuni
ties in the past to oppose Haves and Fos
ter and the other leaders of his party.”
“How and why a hobby with him?”
“That I never could understand. Gen.
Beatty was one of tbe bravest soldiers in
the war. He never fought the enemy at a
distance, but always at the front. He is
a man of broad views on. all other
subjects, and as magnanimous as he
is brave. But somehow or other he
has got wrong on this subject of
lorever keeping alive the issues of the
war and arraying the two sections ol the
country solidly against each other. If
Gen. Beatty would only drop that one
prejudice, he wfluld be the real ’ caa(ip 0 f
his party iu the ®„ nU .. He has the brain
and culture and breadth of thought to
Jead the party to higher grounds, with
only that one flaw, which I am afraid will
always keep him m the rear of the pro
cession.”
“But I see that Sherman, too, has gone
back to tbe war issue after having aban
doned it for a time to get on the higher
ground.”
“Well, you see, the fact is, when Sher
man reformed he did so with one stipu
lated reservation—that he bad the right to
backslide when it came to washing sheeji,
and I’m afraid that it has about resolved
itself into a case of sheep-washing with
our grand old party.”
“I am not sure that 1 grasp the mean
ing of your reference to sheep-washing.”
“Why, didn’t you never hear of old
Deacon Snow out in Plain township?”
“Never.”
“Well, that’s curious—but then it hap
pened a good many years ago—before you
were born, perhaps.”
“But what about Deacon Snow ?”
“He was an allfired hard drinker, and
in those days whisky was only ten and
twelve and a half cents a gallon, and a
man could allbrd to follow the inclina
tions of his appetite for a good while il
lie had saved up a dollar for a dry day.
When the deacon got to squandering
twelve and a half cents a day for whisky
tho neighbors thought that It was about
time to call a halt and reform "him, so
they set about getting him to join a local
temperance society. The deacon reflected
a good whjje, and tin filly t 0 eoiff
prou"* 6 ’ would join the society on con
dition they 7°uld adopt a rule for liis
case especially, aim * e t him do a little
drinking when he washes sheep. This
was a big step in the direction C. reforln,
and the prohibitionists.being more liu’f’ftA
than they are now, took the deacon in on
conditions. It was the first day of Jan
uary when they admitted him, .and the
brethren felt that by the time for washing
sheep his appetite would be entirely under
control, and they could tide the deacon
over the dangers ot the insinuating spring
time. About the 10th of that
7*"*e month of January, Parson
Jones, tiic President (fie temperance
society, concluded to can Deacon
Snow and compliment him upon nio
progress and iron resolution. He found
him in the corn-crib shelling corn and
throwing it into the air and swearing at
the chickens, turkeys and geese because
they did not catch the grains as they fell.
His face was redder than a harvest moon,
and his tongue was as thick as an iron
wedge.
“‘W hy, I’m shocked, deacon/ said the
parson, ‘to find that you have broken your
pledge.'
“‘W-w-whaz ye say?’ atked the dea
con, as he tossed up another grain of corn.
“ "Why, you have broken your pledge-’
“ ’Z-zhere’s where yer mistaken, par
son, I—l’ve kep it pe’rzactly ’cordin’ to
zer letter’n speret.’
“‘Tut! tut! You’re drunk as a fiddler,
deacon, and you’ve broken your pledge.'
“‘Kin I take a drink when I vvazh
zheep Y
“ -Of course, that concession was made
in your favor.’
“‘W-w-well zehn, parson, ye cum righS
’long an’ I’ll zhow yer how pufflckly I
keep re pledge.’
“With that the deacon wobbled off to the
barn with the parson, and, opening the
door, pointed triumphantly to an old rani
secured with a rope about the horns,
which stood shivering with icicles hang
ing from every tult of wool.
“ ‘D’ye zee zat ?’ inquired the deacon
! complacently. ‘D’ye zee zat? I-I-I’ve
washed re’n fernal ole rascal nine times
I zis mornin’. He’s ze ornriest, dirtiest
j zheep ye ever zee. I've got to wash ’m
agin ’n about fifteen minnits. W'-w
-wouldn’t break ze pledge fur ze world.’
“The parson left in dismay, and the
deacon kepi on- washing sheep whenever
he wanted a drink. John Sherman is
only in favor of the - bloody shirt when it
will secure the offices, and that is begin
ning to assume the proportions of a pretty
regular and uninterrupted case of sheep
| washing.”
I heard a pretty good story to-day about
I Gen. Charles H.Grosvenor, the present
■ leader of the Republican party in Ohio,
and who is to preside over the Cleveland
[ Convention. In the trial of a case down
in Athens he tried to frighten the opposite
attorney, Eminitt Tompkins, by referring
to his great military exploits. Tompkins
begged to get out of the scrape by telling
an anecdote, and told a little story about
Gen. Osterhaus- One'day in Nashville
Gen. Osterhaus wanted to visit General
Thomas’ headquarters, and sent liis or
derly to procure hint a horse. The order
ly came back ami said that there wasn’t
Ia horse to lie had.
“What's become of all the horses?” iu
l quired the General.
“They’ve been taken up by the new
| brevet Brigadier Generals, who are out
showing their shoulder straps.”
The General sent the orderly out to
make another search, and in the course
of half an hour be came hack and reported
that nothing could be found except a
mule ot eccentric habits.
“Well, bring along the mule,” ex
claimed the General.
He mounted and started along the>
street, making his way through the
Brevet Arigadier Generals mounted on
superb steeds, until finally the ntula
balked in the midst of a gay cavalcade op
B. B. G.'s. Digging his spurs into the
animal as ite drew his sword and waved
it over his head, Gen. Osterhaus
shot! toil :
“Git out of dis, you tam prevet hoss”’
Turning his gentle and tender face to
the jury as he pointed toward Gen. Gros
venor with his right hand, Mr. Tompkins
sweetly, smiled and said:
“He comes about as near being a real
General as Gen. Osterhaus’ mule came to
' being a horse—merely a brevet.”
If is to be hoped that Mr. Tompkins will
; introduce Gen. Grosvenor to the Cleve
! land convention, using the stary as a pre
face to his remarks.
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