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Sailed Yesterday.
Sir, Hampton [Brl. Liverpool.
Eawrence. Baltimore.
>lemoranda.
4—Sailed, bark Venere
JjJSv.laneiio- sailed, steamships
por, a ‘H m all M^i' e; Mascotte, Hanlon,
£\"vv'e*t Clinton, Haxson, New
Arrived. v. 1> nU Gords.
Orleans sa-’“ 4 _ Arrived, steamships El
port Faa i-• York; New Orleans, Detts,
* ui ’ s pf z S za n ti'. Fizzatl, Celia. Whitney. Sta
pte='- Hav ,oum9hlrsChristian Johnson.Boeas
Ued ’breakwater, Tampa: "vrimonton.
4e: ;or , o . ; kshav. n via Newport News; Conde
Barcelona via Cuban ports; Joner
WUfreJ®- Barien Carolinft Llverpo ol.
gerra. Barvc o ,_ Arrive)l gchr j c AVood
yew \or- teL - ,
feuli Townsend schr RFC Hartley,
Boston, i S”
Cnasf. schr Nellie W
Baltimo - Savanna h.
B p"rUand Feb Arrived, schr Gem. Small,
Savannah- b t_Arrived, bark Sondre
i^ri e \ie°lsen Savannah.
lh° r „T,nS4--Arrived, steamers Europa
Pavr*' w p run jwick.
(B: Agnew. and ~,_S alj e <j bark Fortunata
J“ u ■"
ptai Charleston steamer City of
w b t“ter IBr l-ortune. Savannah.
W S ile Point Feb 2—Passed.steamer Glen
bsvis* Br VVallave. Savannah for Havre.
Maritime Miscellany.
, „„„ T)*pl Feb 2—Steamer Elihu Thom-
Jfloai Jacksonville. Fla. with part of cargo
!?V.rSes (or New York, arrived at the
nnakwater last nik'ht. On Jan 30, south of
§?“ k „s in a gale from the northwest, the
scran aleak which was not discov
"'f'.ffc.water had reached the engine
Ilnm I he canines and pumps being disabled
fwrew was put to balling and the water re
Seed The tires were again started and the
Si’-renewed. The ilres were put out again
iSthe vessel bailed out. The leak ceased
tue .he engine* still. Under sail and
she made the Hreakwater. and sailed
,{JX for New York in tow of tug E V Mo-
C Wilminston. Feb 2—Schr Etta M Barter,
, " lacksonville for New York. was towed
Kd J ai by tug Jones in a leaky condition.
Norfolk Feb2—Bark Clvthia [Nor], ashore
a: ' wash Woods, NC, Is full of water and
being snipped.
Notice to Mariners.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic informa
tion will; e furnished masters of vessels free
of charge in Foiled States Hydrographic Of
fice ia the custom house. Captains are re
(nested to cal! at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
lor transmission to the navy department.
Scales, Ensign U S N, in charge.
Consignees
Per Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad,
Pensoiomons & Cos, L R Myers & Cos. Wil
cox &M. Frank & Cos, Palmer Hardware Cos,
lEpsteini Bro. Mohr Bros, A Ehrlich & Bro.
M i Henderson. W D Slinking, Harmes &J,
Meinhard Bros & Cos, P W Rushing & Cos, J S
Tietien A Let Her & son. Savannah Grocery Cos
A Hanley, Eckman & V, C K Holmes, J S Col
lins. i
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway.
F- 3—-viut. a: Co-op Ass n. southern Cotton
Oil l o. Decker & L>, M Ferst’s Sons & Cos,
W DSimkins ii W Parish,J P Williams & Cos,
J Green. Kavanaugh <£ B, Peacock H & Cos. S
K Lewin. M .1 Lioyle, .savannah Grocery Cos,
TPHeidt. W I Miller, C Hettrich, Bowker
Fert Cos. W C Fer ts
Per Central Railroad. Feb 3—Butler &S
John Flannery A Cos, Woods G & Cos, Hunter P
AU. Dwelle CA D, Montague Sl Cos, Warren &
A. W W Gordon A Cos. M Y & D I Maclntyre.
Stubbs A A Ehrlich A Bro, P W Godfrey,
Ga Poultry At om Cos. .1 p Weed A Cos, WH
Royal Palmer Hardware Co,Griffin Furniture
Cos Palmer Hardware Co.Savannah C & W Cos,
Schafners a Paus, G W Tledeman & Bro,
Harmes AJ. I) J Morrison, Comer H & Cos,
M Ferst sSons A Cos. Sandy Morrison. J P
Dooian Eckman AV, Estate S W Branch,
E A Schwarz, Moore & Cos. Elbert Anderson,
G T Nichols. M S A D A Byck, Lindsay A M,
f R I.adevt ze. p Tuberdy. A MAC Vr West,
Guards f'luu. Haynes A E. A Hanley, J Derst,
Mutual Co-op ass n. Decker U. H C Evans,
Lipoma:. Bros A Ehrlich A Bro.L cKinney.M
MV Henderson. McMillan Bros, N R Evans,
GEckstein A Cos. J P Williams A Cos.
Per Savannah Florida and Western Rail
*a Jan , IV W Gordon A Cos, Butler AS,
John 1 tannery A Cos. Stubbs AT, Hyers A W,
MYA DI Maclntyre, M Maclean A Cos. A P
b;- 1 -■ o. Wuous, G A Cos J S Wood A Bro,
A. Lemon AM. Crawford H A Cos,
" IVI hishnlni ACo Chesnutt A O’N, Ellis Y
ito Edwards T A Cos, Greigg J A W, Pater
son li ai o. Hunter PAH, Peacock H A Cos.
yi, J '™ es McNattAM. Savannah N S Cos,
JP \V liliams A Cos. T J Davis. Aioore A Cos.
L : .v.H H Jachter. J D Weed A Cos, F C
Vi' u'Yj 4 c w > v es*, A Hanley. T Erick
son. u B Harris. Adams Dp A O Cos, D Y
bancy, M Ferst’s Sons A Cos. J Dixon A Cos,
A B Hull A Cos, Smith Bros,
w,. , ! vr Eckman AV. W D Slinking,
auiiah Grocery c'o.SGuckenheimer A Sons
i a ' i <)r ' Hra Hey AJ. A Ehrlich A Bro. E
wi heft all A Cos. Haynes A E, Col
sr-'l U ''Jlecleman A Bro. Lovell A L, M
' 'I m ivehoe A Cos. M Y Henderson,
Jchn Kourke A Son. Mutual G.L Cos, E L Mas
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list of vessels
Cp. Cleared and Sailed for This Port.
- STEAMSHIPS.
DeSr B o' H c v - Shielas - sld Jan 28 via
l>eu are Breakwater. Due Feb 17.
iUr |, Schlossmann,Shields, sld Jan
Th - - SHIP.
Uor LXor F Sternest. Dunkirk, sld Dec 24.
. r BARKS.
Aas Vn N r or i. J P hansen '“ ! Liverpool Jan 17.
HruLm o '. Holyhead Jeo 12.
Ch-.-t,: 'k'; r *'^! Ueu at Maranbam Dec 1.
1„, hus J-Tenstrom, Valencia, sld Jan
fe N ' or l-Hansen, Sharpness, sld Jan 1.
1 a a U • vL- Dunkirk, sld Jan 23.
Utimnv J; o L'' London, sld Jan 31.
11. ° “ r • * earce, Londonderry, did Dec
Ekma'vL Larsen - London, sld Jan 1.
mma.MuHerLGerj.Kaduz.St Nazaine, sld
E wi't eclit t Sw J- Eckman, Dunkirk, sld
GuhUg.',' \'or Ut V London ’ Bld DCC •
Juti.”: 1 ’- N °rj. Hansen, Garstoa Dock, sld
iw-j. lias '' Tlohnstrom. Fleetwood, sld
K auu.°rd NorJ, l-lanseu, Fleetwood, sld Dec
Murv e E n r., ‘ t l a !J’ Alheno, Cork, sld Dec 20.
kapman lHr|, Kytlin, Rotterdam,
liir'^a-,,'h’.: elitz - Dakar, sld Dec 30.
Dial;, i rapani, London, sld Nov 28.
Hattie r tv BAUKt - NII NE.
Feh 2 lxon ' Masterton. at Baltimore,
" Fiht-n Hart. Hart at KeyJ)v - est Feb 2
SCHOONERS.
John K e uV?“e n oU ’ New Yo rk sld Jan 27.
J°tin R iinih i-. at New York Jan 25.
“ odld ay, Moore, at Carteret NJ,
'■•‘hi'vVa Hamilton, Rockland, sld
•V'a„, Baltimore.
\aiiia,.,"K,'„ L •o. New York sld Feb 1.
a, Lacy, Baltimore, sld Jan 31.
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DOWN'S IRON BITTERS
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the cl i torchilJr en teething. Itsoothes
cur,., ' *° flens the gums, allays all pain,
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BOOK NOTICES.
Theosophy or Christianity, Which? A :
comparison by Rev. I. M. Haldeman with j
an introduction, by Rev. T. De Witt Tal- I
mage D. D., Richmond, Croscup & Cos. !
114 Fifth avenue. New York. Cloth 40
cents. This volume is a concise aud in- i
forming definition of the Oriental ”wis- i
dom religion,” which has lately begun so j
active and aggressive a crusade on the ;
western continent. It is market! by its !
author s habitual conciseness, strenuous
ness and enthusiasm in the defense of
Bible tenets, and deserves Dr Talmage’s
description, “A burst of sunshine scat
tering that fog.”
Alfred B. Shepperson’s “Cotton Facts”
for 1893 with prospects of season for
1893-94, is a work which those interested
in the cotton crop and the movement of
cotton cannot well do without. Mr. Shep
person is regarded as high authority
in the cotton world, and his yearly “Cot
ton Facts” is highly appreciated. Cotton
Exchange building, New York.
“The Story of a Life,” by James B.
Goode. The Kansas City Novel Publish
ing Company, Kansas City, Mo. Paper,
25 cents. This is a charming little story.
MAGAZINES
Under the title of “My American Ex
periences," the new president of Switzer
land, M. Emil Frey, contributes to the
February number of the North American
Review some interesting reminiscences
of his early life in this country, including
his experience during the war and his
subsequent diplomatic career in Washing
ton as first minister from Switzerland to
the United States. Gov. Tillman, of
South Carolina, has an article, “The
South Carolina Liquor Law,” in
which he gives a brief history of the
origin and workings of what is known as
the dispensary law, under which all
liquors containing alcohol are "dispensed”
or sold by slate oflKers. The Right
Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M. P., has
an article on “The income Tax in En
gland” which promises to be especially
valuable in view of the proposed income
tax legislation here. “Are We a Pluto
cracy?” This a question which W. D.
Howells, the distinguished novelist, con
siders. Mr. Howells maintains that if we
have a plutocracy it may be partly be
cause the rich want it, but more because
the poor choose to allow it. North Amer
ican Review, No. 3 East 14th street, New
York.
The Review of Reviews for February is
strong in all of its departments. In the
“ Progress of the World ” the important
political, social and industrial events of
the month are reviewed and their signi
ficance clearly and frankly set forth.
This department alone contains fifty
timely illustrations, chiefly portraits of
well-known men and women. Among the
portraits are those of President Dole and
his cabinet, and sketches, drawn from
life, of Representatives William L. Wil
son, of West Virginia; Charles F. Crisp,
of Georgia; Thomas B. Reed, of Maine;
Benton McMillan, of Tennessee; Thomas
L. Johnson, of Ohio, and Julius C. Bur
rows. of Michigan. Apropos of the open
ing of the Manchester ship canal, the
editor discusses that and various other
waterway projects which are being con
sidered by European governments. Re
view of Reviews, 13 Astor Place, New
York.
The great success that Gen. Basil Duke
is making of the Southern Magazine is
evidence of the high opinion entertained
of his writings, as well as proof of his ex
cellent taste in the selection and arrange
ment of the material of this delightful pe
riodical. That a monthly periodical of
such expensive character can be pub
lished in the south, with such substantial
success as is attending this venture is the
best evidence yet offered that there is a
new south—in literature at least. Har
rison Robertson, of the Courier-Journal
.staff, has a story in the February number
of the Southern Magazine. Mr. Robertson
calls the story ‘•The Courtship of Cale
Sublett.” and in it draws skillfully and
humorously certain types of the “Blue
Grass Country” about Lexington. South
ern Magazine Corporation, Louisville,
Ky.
Donohoe's magazine for February has
some notable articles. There is a discus
sion of President Cleveland’s political
character and acts, by James Jeffrey
Roche and John Ford. Both are ardent
democrats, but the latter hauls the Presi
dent most unmercifully over the coals,
while the former defends his official acts.
A strong and lively article by James W.
Clarke, on the ethics of boxing, shows
how the golden rule is observed even in
the prize ring, and how boxing promotes
true manliness. Abbe Hogan tells a mar
velous story about Parisian society women
who serve as nurse.s in a cancer hospital.
Jennie Rice Ware gives the results of the
latest investigation in the subject of child
labor in factories. Donohoe’s Magazine
Company, 611 Washington street, Boston.
The February Forum covers by its thir
teen articles perhaps as wide a range of
subjects as any single number of any
periodical ever covered. A striking arti
cle by Prof. J. H. Hyslop, of Columbia
College, to show that the so-called re
ligious teaching both in the public schools
and in our higher institutions is really no
religious teaching ataal a thankful arti
cle, which goes to the bottom of a radical
defect in our general educational methods.
An instructive paper by Dr. H. M. Biggs,
of New York, a special student of micro
scopy, on tho true nature of tubercular
consumption, which indicates methods of
its absolute prevention and iinal and com
plete eradication. Forum Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
Especial interest attaches to the Feb
ruary number of Romance, from the fact
that its leading feature is a ghost story
written expressly for it by Miss Mary E.
Wilkins, and the first of the kind that she
has ever given to the public. It will be
found unique and fascinating, and alone
worth far more than the price of the
magazine. This issue opens the lourth
year of this popular monthly, and is the
first of a series which will contain, be
sides manv other special attractions,
illustrations of the chief types of the
•short story,” in groups of three. Ro
mance, Clinton Hall, Astor Place, New
York.
The great value of Hood’s Sarsaparilla
as a remedy for catarrh is vouched for by
thousands of people whom it has cured.—
ad.
ladies
Needing a tonic, or children who want build
incr up, should take
BROWS’S IKON BITTERS.
It is pleasant; cures Maffiria. Indigestion,
Biliousness. Liver Complaints and Neuralgia
How’s Your Wife?
Does she feel poorly all the time, suffer
from lark of energy, and a general • no-ac
count' listless enervation? -he needs a
tonic. Something is wrong with her blood
Kun for a doctor' Not at all. my dea: sir. wet
her a bottle of F. ” P. I Prickly Ash. Poke
Root and Potassium,.. e very nest woman s
regulator and tonic extant, it rea 'hes the
source of the trouble quietly and quickly, and
before you know it- your wife w ill be another
woman and will lile.-s the kind fate that
brought P P. P.. to her notice and relief
our test physicians indorse and recommend
it and no well conducted where
nine blood an i Its concomitant happ.ness s
appreciated should be without ti. for ; aic
bv reputable medicine dealers everywhere.
Mr Kandall Pope, the retired druggist of
Madison Fla.. B.vs (Deo. 8. 1 ski' be re. ards
L> PR tPrlcklf Ash. Poke Hoot and 1 otas
siiimi as the t est alterative on the market,
and that he has s-en move t eneflc.al resuits
from the use of it than any other blood medi
cine.
t'xhsusted vitality, nervousness, lest man
hood weakmss caused by overtaxation of
tho system will tie cured by the powerful !
p p which gives health und strength to the
wreck of the system.-ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook as Seen From
Wall Street.
New Y'ork. Feb. 3.—Wall street contin
ues to move on in the old tracks and its
late usual pace. A temporary flurry was
caused by the hitch between the Secre
tary of the Treasury and the banks about
the negotiation of the new fifty millions
loau; hut, thanks to the finesse of the
New York banks and trust companies co
operating with him, that breach lasted
but for a day, and the loan has been
made an assured success, in spite of the
partisan or demagogic efforts that have
been made in congress and elsewhere to
discredit the secretary’s authority for
making the issue. Had the secretary
been satisfied to follow the syndicate
methods of negotiation which experience
has universally shown to be most suc
cessful in such transactions, the national
creuit would have been helped by bids
for many times the amount of bonds
offered, and the secretary would have
been benefited by much higher ratos
of premium. In this very important
sense, the secretary must be held respon
sible for an entirely gratuitous injury to
the public credit; which, under existing
circumstances, was the last thing the
government could afford. Evidently,
some nine-tenths of the subscriptions are
made by the east. Very singularly,
Chicago has subscribed almost nothing;
which very pointedly suggests the ques
tion —what is the matter at that im
portant center? Philadelphia also takes
an amount entirely disproportioned to its
standing. The subscriptions of Boston
probably do not exceed 10 per cent, of the
bids. Such small subscriptions as may
come from the interior are likely to be
paid for principally out of funds resting
in the New York banks. It thus results
that nearly the entire payments, amount
ing to close upon #00,000.000, will have to
come from the financial Institutions of
this city.
This a very significant lesson as to the
dependence of the national finances upon
this center; and it should not be without
its effect upon the bank-haters in con
gress who imagine it good statesmanship
to fetter and injure eastern banking in
terests in every possible way. Nor is it,
in the face of probable attempts to revive
the silver agitation, a small matter for
the banks to surrender one-half of their
own stocks of gold in order to reinforce
the treasury reserve of that metal. The
banks can well enough afford to part with
$50,000,000 of their burdensome surplus of
reserves; but when that withdrawal is
made entirely In the form of gold or gold
certificates, it is something very different
from anything like a narrow selfish mo
tive that prompts the ready sacrifice: for
the silver struggle has by no means
reached the point of absolute settlement
so as to warrant the banks becoming en
tirely indifferent about their stocks of
gold.
The success of the loan can hardly be
said to have had any stimulating effect
upon the investment markets It is not
likely to cause any parting with other
securities; for the new bonds do not yield
a sufficiently tempting rate of interest.
So far as the bonds go into the hands of
banks it will not be as an investment, but
for gradual resales to various forms of
financial institutions, whose funds are
now largely idle in the banks, and who
cannot put their money into corporate
stocks or bonds. So that the loan will
scarcely be, in any appreciable sense, an
element of competition with securities
actively dealt in on the stock exchange.
One valuable effect will be to largely
restore the distribution of the national
stock of money to its usual reservoirs and
uses. The treasury will have its cash re
serves and balances restored to their
usual safe working volume, which will
be a very welcome help to confidence in
the national finances; and the banks will
be relieved of the large useless super
abundance of money with which they are
now burthened and from which their in
terest earnings are suffering. So far, the
loan means a large restoration of the
normal conditions of the circulation,
which will be a step towards recovery In
other directions.
In the stock market, interest seems to
be confined, for the moment, almost en
tirely to small Incidents connected with
individual stocks. The main feature is
still tho continued fixed underlying tone
of firmness in prices, which resist all
speculative attacks and yield nothing to
momentary depressions of tone. The rea
son for this, previously expressed in these
advices, namely the relatively light sup
ply of securities on the market, receives
confirmation from experience. The ex
cessive supply coming from the over-con
struction of new railroad some eight to
twelve years ago has evidently been dis
tributed into permanent resting places;
and the new issues supplied by the vir
tually nominal constructions of the last
five years have scarcely sufficed to meet
the ordinary demand for investment; and
hence the present relative proportions be
tween supply and demand may be re
garded as unusually conservative. Under
these circumstances, and with such abun
dant facilities for carrying stocks through
six to twelve-month loans on moderatein
terest, the present indisposition to sell
finds full explanation.
The continued uncertainty as to what
congress may finally do in respect to tho
tariff and the income tax keeps business
at large in a very dull and hesitating po
sition. The Wilson bill, with the income
tax provision attached, now goes to the
Senate, where its fate will soon be fore
shadowed. Whether defeated or success
ful, the final disposal of tho measure will
bring great relief by ending suspense.
The continued extensive resumption of
factories and works closed for months
past, shows that manufacturers have be
come sensible of the close exhaustion of
stocks in many branches of trado, and
that they now feel it safe to make pro
vision for the latter wants of the spring
season and for the fall trade. There
seems to be no doubt that the country,
especially in the interior, has now fairly
entered upon a process of recovery; but
its progress must be expected to be slow.
So far, however, this recuperation is only
partly expressed in the markets of this
city, where the prevailing pessimism
seems to frighten interior buyers out of
their disposition to increase their pur
chases.
DR. TALMAGE’S TRIP.
The Brooklyn Divine Will Shortly
Start to Circle the Globe.
From the Washington Star.
New York, Feb. 2.—lt was announced
to-day that the Rev. Dr. Talmage. the
Brooklyn preacher, has completed ar
rangements for a tour of the world dur
ing the coming spring and summer. Ac
cording to the programme, Dr. Talmage
will go overland to San Francisco and
will sail from that port the last week in
May, taking the steamer to the Hawaiian
Islands. He will also visit New Zealand,
Australia. China and India in the east.
In China a large portion of his time will
be spent in Amoy, where his brother, the
late Rev. Dr. John Talmage, was for
forty-two years a missionary. The daugu
ters are well-known missionaries, still
live in Amoy and continue the work their
father began. The journey homeward
will be made from Ceylon, through
Europe and across the Atlantic.
Dr. Talmage will be accompanied by his
wife and two daughters and will be ab
sent about five mouths. The extended
trip through Asia and Europe has no con
nection with the present crisis in the af
fairs of his church. It was practically
determined upon in 1892, when he was in
Russia. It is his intention to preach and
lecture in every place he visits while he
is away.
*
■ What'd that furniture dealer say when you
told him that mirror he sent up wascracked?”
“Said he would look into it.—Buffalo Cour
ier.
MORE LIVELY IN CONGRESS.
The Tariff Bill Makes Room for
More Diversified Debate.
The Votes on the Bill to Repeal the
Federal Election Laws and Me-
Creary’s Hawaiian Resolution to be
the Leading Events of the Week.
Bland to Call up His Bill to Coin the
Seigniorage.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The tariff bill
having for a time retired to the seclusion
of the Senate committee room, the fea
tures of the week ia congress will be the
votes on the bill to repeal the federal elec
tion laws in the Senate, on the McCreary
Hawaiian resolution in the House, and
perhaps on the Stewart resolution declar
ing against the proposed treasury bond
issue in the Senat#. The election law
repeal bill comes up in the Senate to-mor
row afternoon, and is to be discussed by
Senators Chandler, Bate, Hawley. Harris,
Hoar. Frye and Vest. By agreement,
the discussion is to close Tuesday at 4
o’clock, when the Senate will prDceed to
vote on the bill and pending amendments.
A STRUGGLE FOR PRECEDENCE.
There may be a struggle for precedence
Wednesday, as Senator Teller has given
notice of his intention to call up tho cele
brated McGarrahan bill, while Senator
Vest has given similar nolice respecting
the bill to provide for the erection of a
new government printing oMee. Either
of these bills is sure to afive rise to debate,
and many difficulties lie in wait for the
printing office bill in particular, mainly
because the Senate and House committees
having jurisdiction over this subject have
fallen into a disagreement respecting the
selection of a site.
Further promise for a lively day in the
Senate Wednesday is to be found in the
fact that the Stewart bond resolution will
again be taken up in the morning hour
with some chance of finding a more per
manent resting place than the Vice Pres
ident’s table if the discussion is not pro
tracted beyond the limits of the morning
hour.
Tho interest in the executive sessions
during the week will depend largely upon
whether the committee on the judiciary,
which meets to-morrow, acts upon tho
pending nomination of Wheeler H. Peclc
ham to be an associate justice of the su
preme court.
IN THE HOUSE.
The proceedings in the House of Rep
resentatives this week will have a variety
that has been lacking for two months past.
After the vote on Tuesday afternoon
upon the resolutions relating to Hawaii,
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, will call up the
silver seigniorage bill, heretofore re
ported by him from the committee on
coinage, weights and measures. By the
provisions of the bill, the Secretary of the
Treasury is directed to issue $55,000,000
certificates, representing the seigniorage
of the bullion now in the treasury, pur
chased under the Sherman law of 1890.
Mr. Bland is sanguine that the bill will
pass without serious opposition or delay.
"I see no reason,” said he, “why the
House should take more than one day to
consider it. The subject has been thor
oughly discussed and every one is as fa
miliar with it as he can hope to bo. at
least in the course of this term of con
gress.”
SPECULATION AS TO THE VOTE.
“How many republicans will vote for
It?”
“More than thirty, I should say, judg
ing from the number who havo told me
that they would support it The demo
crats who opposed tho passage of the
Wilson bill for the repeal of tho Sherman
law last fall, will, I assume, vote with me
for it, and many democrats who voted for
the Wilson repeal bill and have been dis
appointed at tho lack of resutts there
from, have expressed a willingness to help
pass the bill. I believe that two-thirds,
if not three-fourths, of the democratic
members are for it.”
"How fast can the bullion be coined,
Mr. Bland, and the seigniorage become
an actual fact?”
“O, that depends upon tho willingness
of the officials. They could turn out
$7,000,000 or $8,000,000 a mouth if the mints
were run double time, but 1 don’t expect
they will do that.”
A CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
When the Bland bill is out of the way,
and probably not more than two days at
the-outside will be given to its considera
tion, tho contested election case of
O’Neill vs. Joy, from the Eleventh
district of Missouri, will come up on the
report of the committee on elections to
oust Mr. Joy and seat Mr. O’Neill. Mr.
O’Neill says that never since the demo
crats on the committee heard the evi
dence and read the law of the state, have
they had any doubt of the justice of his
claim. “The laws of Missouri require
that ballots which are not numbered and
which do not have the initials of the
judges on them snail not be Counted.
I showed enough such ballots to give me
several hundred majority and to the
democratic members of the committea
that was enough. It is a principle of the
Democratic party, you know, to give full
force and effect to the provisions of stato
laws, and they rested on that. I wanted
to go into the equities of the case and
show up the false registration, repeating
and other methods used to defeat me, but
the committee said that was not neces
sary when we had such a perfectly clear
case on the law.” Mr. O'Neill will prob
ably be seated by a straight party vote of
the House.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Should there he any time left after
these two matters are disj>osed of. the
House will be asked to consider the forti
fications bill, which has been on the cal
endar since Dec. 19. Both Speaker Crisp
and Chairman Sayers are anxious that
the record for promptness made by the
committee in reporting other bills shall
be equalled by the House in disposing of
them, and they will make every effort to
keep these measures beforo the House.
Besides the fortifications bill, there are
on the calendar, and will be considered
in the order named, the pension bill, the
District of Columbia bill and the sundry
civil bill.
Baseball Notes.
Memphis is at work and will be in
readiness to give all vomers a hard tussle.
The players signed are: J. W. Wads
worth. pitcher, who played with us a
while last year; Frank La Courage, who
was with New Orleans two years ago; P.
H. Flaherty, who played third base for
Charleston and Chattanooga last year;
W Smith, a fielder, who was with New
Orleans two years ago, and Catcher
Paddy Eolan. President Armour is very
anxious to buy Cartwright’s release from
Washington.
A correspondent of the Sporting Life
says, with reference to Corbett's playing
base ball. “Of course the man.agement
will pay all fines imposed on Jim for slug
ging by the law, but it will only amount
to a few dollars in tho beginning, for just
as soon as the umpires find out that Jim
is really in earnest they will tumble. In
the first place, no doubt, when Jim says:
“\N hat’s that?” the umpire will reply
firmly: “I said it was a strike,” but af
ter a little time he will be judicious and
answer: “Excuse me. I made a mistake,”
or else adopt the more simple and safer
method of calling them all strikes.
Murphy, the Now York short stop, is a
fighter clean through, notwithstanding
he is a college player. Judging by bis re
cord he will not lose a game b.v being over
polite during a championship contest. He
has the regular Yale instinct of being in
the thick of every scrimmage, and will no
doubt be a "card.”
AMONG THE CYCLERS.
Gossip of Interest to Wheelmen Here
and Elsewhere.
In a statement of A. A Zimmerman's
racing during 1893, published by Cycling,
it is shown that this remarkable rider
rode in 120 different events, in 102 of which
he captured firs? place. Of the remain
ing eighteen races he fell in two and fin
ished in various positions in the others.
His first race during the year was on Feb.
22, at Savannah, in which he failed to get
a place, in his last event, at Bergen
Point, N. J., Oct. 7, he was also unplaced.
Sixteen prizes were won by him in Glis
gow, Newcastle, Dundee, Paris, Belfast
and Dublin during a two months' trip
abroad. The same number were secured
at the Chicago tournament in two weeks.
The value of all prizes, embracing silver
ware, diamonds, watches, clocks, bicycles
and bicycle equipments, jewelry, medals
and clothing, and including S7OO worth of
spoeial prizes, aggregated $11,848.
A comparison of the membership totals
of the various divisions of the League of
American Wheelmen of Jan. 1, ’93, and Jan.
1, ’544. according to the Bicycling World,
shows a gain of over 2,000 members in the
United States. Massachusetts division
made the largest gain, footing up 1,543,
making a total membership of 6,238. The
Maryland division added 119, making Its
membership 685.
The color question, which had threat
ened to divide the League of American
Wheelmen Into separate northern and
southern organizations, will, it is ex
pected, be amicably disposed of at the
meeting in Louisville Feb. 19. An amend
ment will be offered adding the word
“white” to the membership clause of tho
constitution.
L. S. Meintjes, the South African ri
der, who made a tour of the United
States last year and established a num
ber of new long distance cycle records,
recently reached his home. Johannes
burg. South Africa, and was given a
rousing reception. He spoke of his meet
ing Zimmerman in this country and how
the latter defeated him six times in suc
cession, although he did succeed in beat
ing the American twice. Ho thought
Zimmerman would in the near future
make a trip to Squth Africa and surprise
the people with the enormous power ho
eouid put into a machine.
Denver, Col., Asbury Park, San Fran
cisco. and Boston are each trying to ob
tain the national meet of the League of
American Wheelmen. At present As
bury Park and Denver are the favorites.
The foot ball game between the Track
Association aud Young Men s Christian
Association teams, at the Bolton street
park. Washington’s birthday, promises to
be an event worthy of note. Both teams
will be in active practice this week. The
game will be the old style kicking game.
The Savatinnh wheelmen will give a
musical and social entertainment in tho
near future.
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Items Gathered Here and There
Among the Shipping.
The United States marshal will sell
the schooner Joseph Souther, at public
auction, in front of the custom house
at 10 o’clock this morning. The sale is
to. satisfy a writ of venditioni exponas is
sued out of the district court in the cause
of the Ocean Steamship Company, for
salvage, the schooner having been picked
up waterlogged and abandoned at sea, on
Sept. 3. last, by the steamship Dossoug,
and towed to this port. The s-hooner,
her tackle, apparel and furniture will be
sold, as she now lies in the Savannah
river: also,her cargo, consisting of 287,000
feotof yellow pine lumber. Theschooner
Joseph Souther was built in 1874, nt
Thomasville, Me.; she is 361 tons not
register; is 141 feet 6 inches In length.
31 feet 2 inches beam and 11 feet 8 inches
doep.
The schooner Gem, Capt. Small, which
sailed from this port on Jan. 12. for
Portland, Me., with a cargo of lumber,
arrived at her destination Feb. 2, having
been twenty-one days on the voyage.
The schooner Richard F. C. Hartley,
which sailed from Savannah, on Jan.
13, with a cargo of lumber, for Boston,
arrived at her destination last Friday.
She was delayed on her voyage by heavy
weather and head winds, in which sho
was blown ashore on Stone Horse shoal,
off the coast of Vineyard Haven sound.
She got off, however, without serious
damage.
The Norwegian bark Sondre, which
sailed from this port for Liverpool on Jan.
2, with a cargo of naval stores, arrived at
her destination last Friday.
The German bark Ernst, which was
sent to Sa|elo from Tyboe on Jan. 21, has
been released from the national quaran
tine and arrived below yesterday. Sho
will discharge a part of her ballast at the
quarantine station, afterwhich she will
proceed to the city to load naval stores
for Europe.
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
Work is expected to begin in a short
time on tho Wa.vcross Air Line. The
road will extend from St. Mary’s to Fort
Valley, where it will connect with the At
lanta and Florida line.
An important change in schedule will
be made on the Jacksonville. St. Augus
tine and Indian River railway to-dav.
The speed of train 23 will be very much
quickened, and an additional train will be
put in service between St. Augustine and
Rockledge, leaving St. Augustine at 8:40
a. in., arriving Rockledge 1:50 p. in.
North-bound, this train, will leave Rock
ledge at 1:50 p. m., arriving St. Augustine
7:10 p. m. Trains 35 and 78 will be discon
tinued south of St. Augustine. Train 23
will make no stops north of Rockledge ex
cepting St. Augustine, East Palatka, Or
mond. Daytona, New Smyrna, Titusville
and Cocoa.
BIG PRICES FOR SPARROWS.
Chicagoans Duped By a Seller of
Spurious Nightingales.
From the Philadelphia Press.
' Chicago, Jan. 31.—Several hundred
Chicagoans are the indignant possessors
of several hundred English sparrows,
which they purchased under the impres
sion that the birds were nightingales. In
the case of M. J. Klich, of :>630 Wentworth
avenue, the price paid for the little bob
tailed bird with a brown head and dirty
gray body was $7. Monday afternoon a
man carrying a large cage full of birds
walked up to Mr. Klich s front door and
rang the bell. Mrs. Klich answered It.
The stranger gave his name as Adolph
Vogelhanger. He was a voluble talker
and soon persuaded Mrs. Klich to pur
chase the young “nightingale.” When her
husband came home Monday evening he
pronounced the bird an English sparrow.
By way of convincing Mrs. Klich that
everything was right, Vogelhanger told
her that he represented a prominent
dealer in birds, Frederick Kaempfer.
“This fellow has been doing a big busi
ness,” said Mr. Kaempfer to-day. “Hardly
a day has passed for a week, but a num
bor of people have called at my place of
business to make complaint about this
sparrow swindler. The number of Vogel
hanger’s victims will probably run into
the hundreds."
Some Excuse for Anarchy.—Tyrannical
Ruler—So it’s breakin’ y’r bricky-back
an’ spoilln’ th’ cookin’ an’ ruinin’ th’
clothes ye charrged me wid ? Bad cess to
ye, Oi’ll hov ye know Downtrodden
Mistress (firmly)—Bridget, if you are not
out of the house when your week is up
I'll put a dynamite cartridge in the range.
—Life.
MEDICAL
(j No mineral water will pro- M
(Ql (luce the beneficial results
that follow taking one or a
Beecham’s
o Pi
Vr with a glass of water immediate
t_B ly upon arising in the morning.
Painless. Effectual. Covered with
a Tasteless. Soluble Coating.
”*orth a Guinea a Box.”—Price
Of all druggists, or a box will be *■
mailed on receipt of 2Scts. in stamps 3ST,
B.F Allen Cos., 885 Canal St., N.Y. D
THE PROFESSOR’S FISH STORY.
It Embraces Not Only Pickerel and
Frogs, but Also a Charming Young
Woman.
From the New York Sun.
“My friend Prof. Spencer, of Brooklyn,
spent the summer up in Hamilton county,"
said a member of tho Salmagundi Club,
and he came back with renewed health
and the choicest collection of fish stories
that was ever got together. He does
especially on one particular story in that
collection, and 1 don’t blame him. He and
a friend of his, whose name, he says, was
L. E. Everest, and another man* whose
name he does not give, because he
promised not to, went trolling for pickerel
one day on a little lake somewhere in the
vicinity of Piseco Lake. They fished half
a day and landed fifty pickerel.
“’A good many of them would weigh
six pounds.’ says tne professor, ’and one
of them was as long as a rope and as big
as a dish.’
“But the story is about the last pick
erel of tho catch. The professor’s friend
Everest was winding In his lino when a
pickerel struck his troll. He hooked it,
and from the way it pulled and tugged
and cut up they all thought it must be a
tremendous one. The queer thing about
the fish was that ometimes it didn’t
seem to put much weight agaiust being
hauled in toward the boat, and then again
it would seem to hold back like a log, and
Everest had to give It about all the lino
he had pulled in. By and b.v he got it
near the boat, and they wore all sur
paised to seo that It wasn't any more
than a throe pounder. But while they
were wondering at the fight it had made
the reason for it was revealed. A pick
erel that showed up as big as a shark
was in its wake, and grabbed it right un
der tho very noses of the surprised fish
ermen, and ran off with it in a way that
made the line play out again at tho rate
of twenty feet a second.
After the big pickerel had taken the
one on tho line about 200 foot
from the boat, it lot go of it again, and
Everest hauled in as fast as ho could. Ho
got the fish to the boat, and, as he swung
it over the gunwale, the big pickerel
came to the front again, and made a jump
for the other one as it was poised for a
moment between wind and water. But
the savage old fellow missed Everest’s
fish, and fell back in the water with a
splash that drenched the fishermen.
Prof. Spencer, in his excitement, grabbed
an oar and struck at the big,pickerel as
it tumb]ed back. That mude the fish
angry, and it rushed for the oar blade.
The oar blade was eight inches wide,
but the pickerel hooked the toeth
of its upper jaw on ono edge
of the blade and those of Its lower jaw on
the other edge with ns much ease as It
might have closed its jaw on a minnow.
That was unfortunate for the pickerel,
though, for Prof. SjKsnccrgave the oars a
swoop with tho impetus of the big fish’s
rush, and swung the fierce pickerel into
tho boat. This didn’t servo to cool it
it down a bit, for it let go of tho oar blade
and sprang at the professor. Ho hit it
with the oar, and theother two men went
at it each with a quart bottle. The three
men had been fishing four or five hours
or tho bottles would have been heavier
and their efflccacy much greater as
weapons in tho fight with the pickerel.
As it was, it roqulrcd five minutes’
thumping with the bottles and the oars
before the pickerel was vanquished und
the safety of the fishermen assured.
“Tho pickerel Everest had hooked, and
the possession of which the big oue had
disputed with him. was badly ripped and
scarred by the sharp teeth of the other.
Everest was about to throw it overboard,
when he noticed a big protuberance in its
stomach. They cut tho fish open and
found a tremendous big frog inside of it.
The frog was alive, and, after winking
and blinking at its rescuers for a minute
or so, squatted to take a leap. The leap
was not a success, and it was apparent
that the frog was handicapped by some
thing, as its conduct was somewhat like
that of Jim Smily ’s famous frog. In the
interest of science Prof. Spencer killed
the frog and opened it. I don’t blame
the professor nor his friends for being
surprised at wliat they found inside the
frog. They found a lady’s gold watch—a
very valuable gold watch—with a blue
ribbon and a gold buckle fast to it, and it
was ticking away inerrll.v. and told the
fisherman that it was then Just 12 o'clock
und 6 minutes. There was no sign aoout
the big pickerel that it had encumbered
its stomach with everything out of the
line of regular pickerel diet, but they laid
the late savage old chap open. They
found a pair of India rubbers and a yellow
garter inside the pickerel. The over
shoes were lady's size, number 4. Tho
garter’s size was not known, but it was of
i/v i o oiuv u.j aavsc nuv m u, i/uv aw nuoot
interesting proportion.
“Prof. Spencer was greatly disturbed
over these discoveries, for, having wit
nessed the disposition of the big pickerel,
he was firm in the belief that the owner
of the watch, overshoes and garter had
fallen victim to it. The fishermen lost no
time in returning to their hotel, with the
news of their fishing experience and their
startling piscatorial discoveries. The
guests soon flocked about them, and a
very charming young lady from Albany,
the professor said, claimed the watch
and the overshoes, and proved her prop
erty. She said she had accidentally
dropped them out of a boat into the lake
that, morning while out rowing. She did
not lay claim to the garter, but the pro
fessor says that she said, with a very
pronounced blush:
“ ‘lf you please tell tho clerk to put it
in the,pigconhole of No. 7, at the office, I
think the owner will get it.’
“The professor did so. Subsequently
ho learned, accidentally, he said, that
the pigeonhole of No 7 corresponded to
to the number of the room the charming
young lady from Albany occupied. And
that’s all he knows about it. That’s the
professor s fish story, and I don’t blame
him for doting on it.”
LIONS PROUD OF WHISKERS.
A Tiger Died of a Broken Heart Be*
cause He Had Lost Them.
From the New York Tribune.
“It is all well enough,” said Professor
Darling, “to oblige many young women
who are anxious to have a lion's whisker
as a sort of talisman, but I do not propose
to render the five animals which I possess
positively useless.”
Professor Darling stood in front of his
cage at flagenbeck’s, with his big brutes
huddled up closely to the iron bars waft
ing to be caressed. For some time
he has been pestered to death by personal
applications and by letters asking for
“just one lion's whisker,” until his mail
has become a burden to him, and, as he
pulled the long bristle like appendage*
from the mouths of his lions, he said ;
•■< )nco a lion loses his whiskers he is
practically ruined, not only so far as hi*
appearance goes, but for his usefulness as
well. I knew one little instance of this,”
added the professor. “It was in the Im
perial Zoological Garden at Schonbrunn,
in Germany. Carl Hagenbeek had pur
chased, at the command of the imperial
government, one of tho handsomest tigers
lover saw in all my life. He was most
beautifully marked and had long flowing
whiskers. The beast was very ferocious,
and had to be handled with the utmost
care. At Mr. Hagcnbeck's request, I
went with him to help put the tiger i*
the permanent cage in the zoo.
"The tiger travelled in a box with bars
in front, and when the destination was
reached the box was backed up against
the permanent cage and the door opened
to allow the tiger to enter, but budge he
would not. We worked at him for hours
and nothing would induce the animal to
move out of his traveling cage. To make
a long story short, we starved that animal
for three days, with great pieces of meat
lying just outside of his cage, but it did
no good We then tried that remedy
which is often tried on wild beasts, al
though few people know of it, "the hose
pipe,’ and we drenched that tiger, but
this did not have any more effect upon
him than the use of an atomizer on a
woman’s hair.
“Things were getting in a very desper
ate state, for with the starvation and
rhiii Mr. Hagenbeek feared that he would
lose hts tiger, so he determined to try
that last resort—tire. A newspaper was
lighted and thrust into the cage. Tlis
tiger turned with a spring and grabbed
the fire right in his mouth and as he did
so singed off all of his whiskers. Ths
fire proved remedial and the animal
darted into tho cage Intended for him,
and you tnay believe me or not, but that
animal with the loss of his whiskers lost
all of his pride. The imperial govern
ment paid an enormous price for him, but
from the day he lost his whiskers ha
never would face the crowd of people wba
came to see him, but would hide his face
in actual shame, and finally died. Mr.
Hagenbeek, than whom there is no
greater authority on such subjects, de
clared that he died of a broken heart
caused by the humiliation of his pride.
“A lion's or tiger’s whiskers when once
taken off never grow out again. These
beasts shed their hair once a year ordi
narily. all except the whiskers. Their
shedding depends entirely upon the cli
mate, and there is a very peculiar fact
connected with the shedding of this hair,
and that is that I never knew a lion or a
tiger, or any other animal of tho cat spe
cies, to go through the Red Sea without
shedding. I have seen animals shed at
Suaklm and come out with hair as fresh
and glossy as silk, and yet going through
the Red Sea they will shed again. No
one can account for It, but it is a fact,
nevertheless. This explains to you,”
said the professor, as he gave a parting
pat to his pet “why I have been ac
cused of being ungallant in not giving
whiskers from my pets to ladles for
charms, but I do not propose to have my
lions injured or their pride humiliated.”
“BUFFALO BILL” A QUAKER.
To Start a Friends' Golony In Ne
braska—Philadelphians to Go.
From the Pliiladel phis Press.
New York, Feb. 2.—“ Buffalo Bill,” CoL
W. F. Cody, is the Hoffman house.
There were wild rumors afloat to-day that
the colonel, after all his stormy career,
was about to become a Quaker.
Although Buffalo Bill has turned many
an Indian into a “good Indian,” the truth
of tho rumors seemed doubtful. The once
daring scout and plainsman explained
their origin to a reporter. “I am free to
confess,” said he, with a resigned air,
“that I had some dealings with the Phila
delphia Quakers. They are excellent peo
ple, the very salt of the earth. I have
been negotiating with them to start s
colony on my ranch, three miles from
North Platte, Neb. 1 own 4,000 acres of
fine land thoro. It is a rich soil, well
waterod. The wild grasses grow luxuri
antly. Peace is everywhere.
“My intention is to divide the land Into
small holdings of forty and eighty acros
each. A Quaker family would occupy
uach holding. Each tenant is to build a
substantial house of frame or brick, and
to cultivate his holding for ten years.
My idea is to establish a community
of interests, aud to koep the property
forever in tho control of tho Quaker
sect.
“At my own cost I am to construct an
irrigating ditch large enough to furnish
to each tenant water for his holding. I
will thus, I hope, have 500 Quakers about
me. They will havo their schools, their
meeting houses, their towns; they will bo
free to enjoy civil and religious liberty,
and they will not interfere with mine, I
am quite sure. Their belief appeals to
mo and 1 have been studying it.”
“But will you become a Quaker?” “If
peace has her victories no less renowned
than war," said Col. Cody, smiling,
“Many strange things have happened,
why should riot Buffalo Bill become a
Quaker if ho sees fit ?”
Tommy—" Huh! You needu't feel so
stuck up. Your daddy used to drive a
itoilk wagon.”
Sammy— “l know it. I’ve heard him
say your daddy’s been owin’ him a milk
bill of $4 for more’n than sixteen years. —
Chicago Tribune.
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