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L ADMIRES i HE HEROISM OF
A BRAVE GIRL.
A Visit to tlr Orange Groves— The
Return Home.
It was r ,,|, |lj<r , , ftJ , tfe . ,
Was drivintr r nt ii i fi;i”!i r* 45
gru« a, when I was ■>r n.s> d from my
rtverie by the stiomtr’e ignal that we
were going to stop for something.
Looking oat from the op.-n door, p[j. I
ua-v the sag... f ora!i v. .. ”*.',7,* 'w/ v ,,
inarotu th.t I v.-o’r' ,‘r /
She ' nL t 1; . r-mli r
nr:d had ju-t p a I W
from elif-re and v < i - ;;r ii il> Yi
bor strength aguni-t the wind and
waves and U drifting min, so as to
meet the boat tl t was blowing up in
middle of the channel. Up and
Uowu over tho heavy UU 0 W 3 she plied
her oars. Her back was to u j her
head bare, ,
was h r lmir bung loosely to
her shoulders. Hho was clad in a loose
shirt waist, with sleeves that -ted
closely to L rt s! 1 y arms.
anou she glanced b hind to seo that
her course v>as right, and shook the
water from her tr«; t'B. Grace Dar-
Lag could not havo rowed more
uwiitJy,
nles ahe had neared alongside, where
tho mate stood at tho gangway
with his long, ho ked pole in hand to
catch the prow and hold it fast until
the had exchange,t Uncle Sam’s
pouch* s. I looked at her wish anxious
inter, i-t a? she stepped up lightly on
the plank seat, and with a pleasant
■■ mile, tovfi ,1 the mail into the open
way. The imtio threw another pouch
down to her, and taul. “Why didont
you wear a hut and put on some
clothe?, Miss Grace! You will catch
your death with cold.” “Oh, no,” she
eaid, “I like it; it h sjd, ndid fun,”
and the shook tho raiudrojis from her
hair again. I had a good look at her
tout-brown fane a« she recoded from us,
and would have thrown bor 11 luVs if I
could havo called hack forty or
fi ; ty years. “Hho is a good, bravo
girl,” said the captain, “and is not
afraid to earn h< r §25 a month and
help the family. Bain or shine, she
never fails to meet the daily boat just
at the right time and in the right
place.”
I bad been down to Manatee and
Braidentown l» no what tho great
ireeao <>f Inst#int r had done to the
cringes. I found tint most of the
crop had been gathered and marketed,
but the boats still take on ft few more
boxes every day. The crop was not a
full one, but brought ab, ut five times
vis much per box im it did the year be-
thru. The fruit was never liner iu
size or more luxurious, in flavor. One
orange was given me that measured 18
inches in circumference, and it was not
puffy^or overly thick in the rind. The
growers realized about §2 75 per box,
and those that have been held back are
now bringing §3. As a rule the best
groves belong to residents. Non-resi¬
dents got discouraged last year at 50
cents a box and qu t fertilizing and
quit paying a limn to look after their
property. Consequently, you will see
many groves that have been practi¬
cally abandoned, hut right alongside
you will see a grove in perfect and
vigorous condition. “An orange
grove,” said Uh riff Wu'.son, “requms
as much nursin '- as u baby, but it will
Yew aid you if you cure for it.” The
••lev r slier ill took me out to see the
Eoyal Pm ini nurseries that r.re conduct¬
ed by Mr. Iuasoner and son. The
young man wa kind and courteous
and T wondered at his enthusiasm as
he explained everything and discoursed
of the beautiful tropical plant?, and
talked botany and floriculture, much
of which was all Gr ek to me. He
gave me clippings of coffee and tea and
rubber and camphor and cinnamon
and other * xotics and showed me orders
from the north and west and from
across the water. If I was a young man
l would pursue this business for one
reason if for no other. 1 have observed
that all florists are enthusiasts about
imib on sat] oq Voigo * o .ioru gjojjntiq
3jj "souip fl JO J floi^uniput joa etui}
ieqiioa seq on jAJjnuoo prqdopa siq
joao o8po{A\u so-u.jjtp oq A’{3Ai«aoixo
Aioq pat? oinjin soipnis oq Ajosuoiut
uojj; vino jo ptnjjqinoB Piqj j^>ao
sioiqSntqi pu« 80 AIM oqj A'jpq.o-dsa G{d
• c.hI oqj noAiS OAvq etoA^og pne Bjinaj
siq pjnvuajd qontu .u.oq qniqj jsnj^
•si o*q uvtu ison.n;a Grqou v jvqii
—subtly jo sntmnjo.iog ^ 00 ^
•A’ddyqeuiipuw j; oao[ a'oii j, 'SatHBO jiatr
rels with mankind, but is happy in
comraunifig with nature and nature’s
God. I would rath r know what he
kuows than to bo learned in auy other
profession. ^Besides all this, horticul¬
ture is a profit abb busiue-g and brings
its sure rewards These Reasoners be¬
gan on a ^caall scale and from year to
year have enlarged their plant and now
are financially independent. I looked
into the depot nt Brad mown and snw
boxes of their tr^es and paints waitii g
for the boat, and some of th m were
marked to Nebraska and Mich gan.
Thei^palms and hrus and acacias go
to Boston and New Y ak, where they
are wanted for funerals ft: d fetes and
weddings. They can get §50 ft r tbe
leaves of n -ingle plant.
In company with Judge Cornwell I
visited Manatee, which is only tnree
miles from Brcuentown, and is the
oldest town on tho river. The c nutry
between the two is thickly settled and
iB ornamented wish orange groves and
date palms and other tropical trees.
At tho beanuful home of Mr. Ad»m-,
ol Boston, I saw more beautiful birds
than I have ever seen in «li my H e.
The veranda was full of cages—large
cages, s x feet square and six feet high,
and in them li 1 ml pairs of in t
\ jiy fancy kind to Le b und in the
vwrld, Strange to say, they wer; a
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happy family from the tiniest linnets
: to the paroquet®. In other cages ho
h a( i rabbits ami guinea pigs, and there
wire doves and quads and pigeons ami
pheasants from South America and
Honolulu and tho isles of the sea. He
has been a great traveler and has
brought treasures from every country,
I never eaw at any fair ruch beautiful
fowls, nor so many of them as th so that
grace his grounds. There was only one
thing lacking to make his home com*
plete, and that was children—little
girlB and boys to brighten up the pict*
U re ‘ ^ ar awa y ff 131 Manatee is the
. castle, the tumbling w ish of a once
8 taN ly mansion that was built of con*
crete awa ^ bftck m the 4 ° 3 ‘ Spacious
halls and spacious rooms up stairs and
down, broad verandas without floors
and windows without sasb, wild orange
treca and palmctiocs crowding the walls
and a wilderness almost iru penetrable
around. Surely this mnd be the place
where Hood wrote “Tho Haunted
House”—“O’er all there hung a
ebadow and a fear.” Mr. Braden, for
whom the town and a river is named,
lived in it like a prince until the Iu-
dians drove him from it. For a long
time he and his family and his slaves
fcU' Ctssfully defended it by firing from
every window,butthey carried off every
thing he had outside, and ho was
forced to abandon h : 8 beautiful and
costly homestead. How little do we
know of the brave deeds,the buff rings
If nu « perils of the pioneers of Florida!
tradition is to be believed, there is
not a country or a township in all this
region, from Pensacola to Charlotte
1 arbor, that is not consecrated by the
blood of the early eettlers. It took
thirty millions of money and twenty
thousand soldiers first and last to sub-
due 6,000 Indians, tinder the lead cf
O.-ceola and other chiefs.
But I mu-t leave fair Florida for a
time and go home to comfort the bet-
ter half of the family. It Is hard ou
ns old people to have to iuu after the
children,but it won’t last much longer
—our time is almost out, our journeys
will soon be ended, end we will have
to trust them to the keeping of a par¬
ent who doeth all ihinge well.—Binii
Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
TELEGRAPHIC i ICRS.
Fire destroyed tne brick annex to
the State Normal School at West Lib¬
erty, W. Ya. The loss was $20,000.
The bucket brigade saved the rest of
the town. Considerable insurance was
cumed. The origin of the fire is not
known.
The local mills of the Illinois Steel
company, at Joliet, Ills., resumed
opt rations Monday after a shut down
of two months The wage question
hue been settled with the men and
2,500 given enqdoymeDt,
Grace Presbyterian church, on the
corner of Ridge and Good fellow ave¬
nues, St. Louis, Mo., was totally de¬
stroyed by fire. Loss §50,000; insur¬
ance §25,000. The fire was caused by
a defective flue in the furnace.
The xne Republican rtepu uncan State estate Committee uommutte of or
New York have decided to hold tho
State convention for the election of
national delegates on March 24, at the
Grand Central palace in New York
city. Resolution were passed endors¬
ing the candidacy of Gov. Morton for
President.
THE NEXT BIG FAIR.
The Great Benefit to be Derived by the
South From the Chicago aud
Southern States Exposition.
The greatest interest is taken in Augusta,
Ga , in the proposed Chicago and Southern
States Exposition. The provisional commit¬
tee there is actively at work promoting the
exposition. Ex Senator Patrick Walsh has
addressed the following letter to the Govern¬
ors of 14 Southern States and the mayors of
57 Southern cities :
“The idea of the proposed Chicago and
and Southern States Exposition originated
in Augusta. The suggestion lias been tak n
up by the leadinu business men of Chicago
and cordially endorsed. Invitations have
been sent bv the mayor and leading business
men of that oity to the Governors of the
Southern States and to the mayors of 57
3 mthern eitie? to appoint de’ g ties for a con¬
ference at Chicago on Wedue^aay. the 19ch
of February. hold
“The first proposition was to an ex¬
position to be co fined to cotton and the
product thereof, to show the wonderful pro¬
gress the South has made in tin - last 15 years
in the development of this great industry,
but the exposition has been broadened to
embrace the products of Southern manufac¬
turers. and the products of Southern agricul¬
ture aud horticulture, aud ail the nature, ad¬
vantages of the South, embracing its wetilit
of miner 1 and forest resources.
“The proposed exposition being exclusive¬
ly for the Southern State.-, it is claimed by its
projectors that the opportunity should be
enthusiastically embraced to show the people
of the West and Northwest the products of
tbe South and its wonderful wealth of raw
material.
“ii.e South missed a great opportunity i t
not bent - - properly ‘The represented at the W oral's d
Fair in Chicago. Cotton States a In¬
ternational Exposition just cl os* d at At anta
displayed as nUver before the wonderful pro¬
gress ,.nd natural bounties cf the Seuth. To
make in Chicago this fall an exclusively
Southern exposition would be to concentrate
upon it the public attention, of the West and
No: thwest and to promote, by tho most
thorough and practical object lesson, tho
speedy development of the South s unrivaled
wealth of natural advantages.
“The success of the exposition depends up¬
on the Southern pieople themselves. It will
cost very little for each State to be represent¬
ed—a mere tride for good exhibits wifi bo
the main capital required for the enterprise.
Its success means cioser trade relations De¬
tween the South and West and Northwest,
and the migration of people from those sec¬
tions to the South, and the investment of
eapdtal and tbe certain development of the
South.
“Now is the accepted time convincing to present in
the most attractive and manner
tbe varied and wonderful products anil re-
sources of the South |to ree peop.e o. ,he
West and Northwest, wuo arc anxiously
iooking ia this direction s or homes ana m-
Vestments. stments.
"Your co-operation by the appointment of
delegates to the convention at Chicago on
the 19lh instant is urgently requested. respectfully, fn 1
V Fours x. 1 rue
Pirnics TYsr S3,
“Chairman committee publicity kl . and .
on
l> ^Fo°r ti fSrther
information telegraph or
matter.
TOCCOd, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1896.
PBOGBBSS OF CUBA’S WiE
Report That lVlaC30 WctS Defeated by
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REBELS AlMlHILATE REGJLARti
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The Caban General Driven From Paso
Keal,His Cavalry CUirjei Partied anil
nis Whole Force Routed' by Luqne‘>
. column—-Charged la Vain Cje to the
Very Points ol the Bayouois.
Genera! , tuque cf the Spanish Army ia
Cuba, tn an official report, sny 3 he eaeoun*
tered several band! of Maceo’s forces at
Faso Beal. Pinar del Bio Province. After a
hard battl®, in which Genera 1 . Luque was
Wounded slightly in the leg, the insurgents
were driven off with a lose of sixty-two.
The dead were loft on tho Hold; about two
hundred were wounded. The Spanish loss
is staved as oae Major killed, another Major
wounded and one Captain, one Lieutenant ;
and thirty privates wounded.
General City. tuque’s It left command there Sunday was in Finar •
del Rio morning,
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THE WAR IN CUBA.
(Colonel Rego, an insurgent eaiof, .amorur Lis men.)
and afte* a severe march of twenty-seven
hours encountered near Paso Real, the ban is
ot insurgents of Macro, Miro Fayas and
So'oro&yor. General Luque attacked with
his vanguard, commanded by Colonel Her-
nandez, assailing tho rebel iiank, While Gon-
eral Luauo personally with his centra and
rear charged through tho main street of the
town ' of Paso Rea'.
The-rebels made a stubborn defence, firing
from the houses on General Luque’s right.
They ware, however, gradually driven where tow-
ard tho extreme east ond of the town,
they rallied and sustained a second attack,
General Luque’? men firing incessant volleys
os they advanced.
GenWal Luque reports 'that he then
charged the Insurgents with hie cavalry,
killing ten of them. At the end of tho main
street u thousand rebels, armed witii
machetes, attempted to mako a *tf.nd, until but
the Spanish cavalry held their position
reinforced r by * the " *“ infantry. After Geneift! ^
Luque had taken the town he reports tint
he continued thossirmishing in the suburbs.
He followed the retreating insurgents a
mils and a half, and in a grove of irnpet- palm
trees the rebels rallied and made two
uous charges, reaching, as hesa 3 *si “To the
Very points of our bayonets.” bravely
The Spanish infantry, however,
held their ground until tho arrival of an ar¬
tillery fore©, which compelled the insur¬
gents to withdraw under fire.
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(One of Maoeo’a pieket men on the lookeut.)
through General the Luque, kept though his saddle he was untii shot the
the battle. leg, Lopeu Mijaree, command¬
en l of
er of the civil guard, and Jose Buis Perea, a
Major of the infantry, were killed, as was
aiao a Captain. _
SPANISH ANNIHILATED,
Lieutenant Borre* nBd a DetaehmetiS At¬
tacked and >aariy Killed.
A band of Cuban insurgents attacked a de-
tachment of twenty-one Spanish %rotops, who
Esperanza. were working in repairing the railway near
A Lieutenant, Edusrde Borges.
and fifteen men, were killed. Only fire of
the troops escaped, and they were wounded.
Colonel Tejada, with eight Hundred men.
signally defeated the Insurgents under Jose
Maeeo. The rebels occupied a strong post-
tion at Anocinado, where the Insurgent
government was located. After seven hours'
fighting the rebels-abandoned theif position,
leaving seven dead on the field. They
abandoned a quantity of arms and mun -
ttons. The Snanish loss was four killed and
thirty-one wounded,
The Spanish Cabinet has rejected the pro-
posal of to levy a waF tas to meet the expenses
the campaign in Caba, and has also deeid-
ed not to increase the custom* duties in
Cuba.
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I'latoadoa Lynched in Cuba.
A petrol of Civil Guards found In the
mountains near the plantation of Australia.
Cuba, five P.'sroaios or guerrillas who had
evidently been lynched,
Campos Dooted in Spain,
wd gathered at the Valladolid Rail-
aijfr-d Ration, in Spain, and when the train
cn which General Camphs, who had
j U sf returned from Cuba, was traveling to
Madrid Madrid some some of ol tho th© assemblage aRSpmhtac-a hooted hnn , !>S ai a:
hj m , A few of the crowd cheered, but it wa-
evident - that - popular feeling - was against
him for his failure to suppress the
insurrection ia Cuba. A number
of pefiee were present at tha gta-
tion, an . some of the hooters were arrestei.
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A FINE POULTRY SHOW.
Anmmt Eiliibltinn of the >'«w Vorlt
I’oaltry and Figaon As'nctatlort.
The opening of the seventh annual show
of the Nrw York Poultry and Pigeon Assc-
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elation, at Madison Square Garden, New
to
^bRlons that the n assoc.udon has ever
given. There were 2980 entries,over 5009
birds, from aud everything in tho line of poultn
the smallest bantam to tho massive
English cochins was shown. There is so
1 muoh money invested in the raising of poul-
try, either for trade or pleasure, that the
value of the birds in the exhibition runs tip
into very high figures,
its The association, which includes among
members of tho host known gentlemen
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farmers in ih 9 country, shows a list of names
that is a credential to the character of the
exhibition and tho standing of tho associa¬
tion. The show was open to the world, and
birds from every country were entitled to
compete foMhe premiums, which amounted
to over S6000, while special prizes in silver
cups and in money were also given. Many
of the clubs also gave special prize?, among
which may be mentioned those of the Exhi¬
bition Game and Game Bantam Club and
the American Buff Leghorn Club, but for
these prizes the competition was only between
member? of tbe clubs.
In the pigeon oiasses there were 1090.
Homing pigeons were shown to great ad¬
vantage, each bird with a record of hundreds
ol miles, and some of the most noted birds
in the country were on exhibition. Fancy
pigeons display were well displayed,
A from London, Canada, of Polish
birds in every known variety was a specialty.
Th 8 birds in the exhibition included turkey's,
game fowls and all kinds of pigeons.
There was a fine display of incubators and
chickens and duckB were hatched every day
during the exhibition.
FOR THE GERMAN EMBASSY.
First Assistant Secretary of State Uhl Se-
iecred by the President.
President Cleveland selected First Assist¬
ant Secretary of State Edwin F. Uhl, of
Michigan, to be Ambassador of the United
States to Germany, to succeed the late Am¬
bassador, Mr. Runyon. Mr. Uhi called at
the White House and talked with thopresi.
dent in regard to the Berlin Embassy. This
was followed by a formal tender of the office
and its acceptance. In anticipation of his
departure for Germany Mr. Uhi is closing up
his work in the department, and will lose no
time In sailing after his nomination is con-
firmed,
Edwin F. Uhl was born 0 ? German parents
New York State fifty years ago, went to
Michigan with his parents in 1846 aud was
brought up on a farm near Ypsilanti.
Ho was educated in the Ypsilanti schools
and th« State Universitv. and in
186 S entered ut>on the practice of law.
Two years later he went to Grand
Rapids and by his talent and ability
early His took a front place at the countv bar.
praotiee soon became large, and his in-
come wa 3 estimated at 620,000 to 680,000 a
year. Four years ago Mr. Uhl was e.ected
Mayor of Grand Rapt:?, Mien,, by the larg-
est plurality ever given any candidate for
tn at office, and a year later was re-elected.
He was elected National deleuate-at-Iarge to tne last
Democratic Convention, and in the
convention, in behalf of Michigan, presented
the came of Judge Alien B. Mcrso f&r the
Yiee-Presidecey. He was very active in the
Iasi campaign and contributed liberally, not
only Democratic with speeches, Hi but wiili appointment money to the As-
cause. 3 as
sistant Secretary of State was very
in Michigan.
Murdered by Cattle ltngtler*.
Cblonei Albert J. Fountain, of Las Cruces,
New Mexico, a prominent lawyer, and
Speaker of the New Mexico Territorial House
or Representatives, has been murdered, with
his nine.year-e.ld boy, by cattle LasCruccs. rustlers on
the dcsere between Tularous and
Tbe causa was his activity in prosecuting the
cattle thieves.
A Swi*e Arbitrator.
Th© Federal Council of Switzerland has
the United States. “
A 8 BIGDLTUBM,
Secretary Morton Takes a Favorable
View of the Situation,
EXPECTS NORMAL CROPS IN 183C.
Possibilities of Fawn Proftaetlon Depend
the Sotl’a If nniidUy—Deficient Kain
l’all for Five Te srs»—Plant:n<r of Trees
Prated—Tillers -liould r.ecmne Sciea-
tists*»«Farmer Feeds All.
*. Washington, I>. ^ C. February K 5.—See- e
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retary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
takes an optimistic view of the outlook for
agriculture during the present year. In bis
opinion normal crops for 1S36 may be ex-
peoted.
“Possibilities of farm production during
the year 1896,” he said, ’'‘must depend very
largely, hi course, upon the amount of hu-
midity in the soil of tho great agricultural
sections of th 9 Union.
“it is, perhaps, not generally known that
the rainfall of the United Spates, as a whole,
for the past five years, and in some local*
SSSSKuSS
has been continuous. In others R has been
^ morejears 01 a '"
“There Vas’a"wet period ex;ending from
18M to 1886. It was follows l by four years
w” 0 !T”flSo!»r»y^WowLmn. rainfall end*
“Deficient for the live years
^ortb^imd^mith^Da^t^Vi-ne'oi^'wi^ SSSi, £ 11^1 s5th«a
Pmiri Mr d ntw tn t'io w p varii'
“Denudation of the forest lands of tho
country of is drought. no doubt one of the principal Yor»..
causes The Suite o, New
lands generally, will be in a state of drought
compared to which all former droughts will
appear mild and inconsequential.
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8E0UEXASV OF AOHIOUETUIIE MO It TO X.
culture in fact, human life itself, is depend-
entupon forest lifo and woodlands. Mauv
of the most thorough investigators of chma-
iology. however, predict that tlmtoree years
just past ara exceptional, and that there will
now 00 a return to normal precipitation
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“The American farmer, scicnrist. however, He must must be-
come more an i more a
understand the analysis of the soil La
plows* good in the sIq must soils of loa^u the prairie liirii. States, where is
the subsoil is composed almost entirely of
silt, and he must also understand that plow-
ins upon the sides of hills must be so deftly
done as to prevent erosion and loss of soil by
torreniial rainfalls.
“But the farmer of to-day mu-: understand
that tu 6 producer must dm m tno lessened
cost of production, which improved iranle-
ments and machinery have brought about,
with the consumer. Wheat sown broadcast, aud
harvested with the sickle and cradle
thrashed with the Sail brought a dollar a
bushel and upward. The laoor cost of that
cereal, with those implements, of wes bushelof more
than three times the labor cost a
wheat raised by the improved plow, the
wheat driii, harvested with the reaper and
Self-binder and thrashed by steam.
“Human muscle does not emer into the
production of the modem bushel of wheat
as it did lnthat of fitly years ago.
“ fhe American farmer, who intelligently
tills his fields, cares for his orchard and eon-
serves subsidiary sources of income like the
poultry yard and the dairy, and keeps out of
debt, is the most independent and comfort-
nbly homed of any citizen of tbe Republic,
The farmer feeds himself and all others,
When he ceases to m iko a profit ho will
starve his fellow citizens, because he will
cease producing to sell to them.”
THE ST. PAUL FLOATED.
Polled Ont of Her Sandy Cradle on the
Jergey *hore Uninjured.
The good ship St. Paul, all but lest through
her rare ,rlth ,he M, Catototoia
was rocked from her cra he of sand and mud
on the Long Branch fN. J.) beach and went
un tho hay to her pier at New York
City under her own steam, saluted
on everv hand by vociferous crafts.
The nine long davs on the sand—nine days
and nights of strain and tug and haul—left
no marx 3 upon tho an---stability, splendid steamship—a
Examined marvel of deriared“to in oae was
dftlon an d be ns fine eon-
as when she started on her maiden
trio,
She presented a magnificent sight josthe-
fore she floated, as she roltei impatiently in
her bed, lurching, roiiieg and struggling to
free herself. At this time she had already
begun to work her props Hers, and churned
a muddy, foaming tea about rev.
In less t can two hours of fcar i work the
wreckers drew er to the nortneast almost
her entire length. Then suddenly tugged
strongly to the east, the big steamer electrt-
fled the spectators ashore by swinging grand-
ly around at an ancle into deep water, with
her bow straight toward the beach and her
stem pointing oceanward,
Ectnusiastie cheera rose from the crowd
of watchers who had Teen waiting in tbe
sleet and gale to see her nulled off.
Epidemic of Religion.
An epidemic of religion struck George B.
femth „ Cobege, Sedalia. a ... Ao., dfli a.t htttnjur
of th© 100 students professed re sgion. a he
shouting and singing of the students put praise an
end to elass work, and aa all-day chapei.
meeting was held in the colleg©
B 2 trothal of Ki ns Alexf'.ouer.
It is announced that Eifig Alexander, of
Servia, has been botrotiodtq Princess Helene
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BOND ISSUE i SUCCESS.
An Avalanche of Bids Overwhelms
the United States Treasury,
SUBSCRIBED FIVE TIMES OVER.
Tlvo Response to tlio New Government
Loan Exceeds All Expectations—Pvery
State ia the Uuion Repress.its l in
Ridding—A Veritable Scramble to
Purchase tlia Securities.
tfAsHRcrrox, 0. 0 ., February 7.-Bids for
f 100.000,000 thirt^year four per cent. United
States bonds were opened at the Treasury
Department at noon under the conditions
prescribed ic. tho circular issued January 6
last by Secretary Carlisle. The principal
oonditi.-in is that bonds must bo paid for ia
gold. For the convenience of tho Purchasers
the boncl3 may be paid for in instalments ns
follows: Twenty percent, at the time of the
notice of acceotanes and ten per cent, at the
end of each fifteen days there after.
Tho bids were opened in the rooms of
SfaclT^fwua gecratary Cariisla, an apartment about fortv
A large table was
f end of the ^ the’Wash-
00 kimr the Potomac River and
incton Monument, at which table sat Sucre-
&a
a numb»~ of evr-rv lent «
Hundreds of millions of dollars wo-o r ™.
resented. Nearly all those present as bid-
ahtrtlv^be'ore «*«“. and some !Yom Boston.
f.^^-Vlfev were'doneuo 12^o’clo^^it^omamed'th^ d.^ -nd^uon
bv
each package was marked the date on which
Sto5KSi^ScSi7<k!M U>„ nnonV-wsE *
„ t.-
rf E ^ keJs it,win Comptroller of the Currcucv-
Daniel N S«i^^«2%uss «t,tM TrV„ ,«,V
A -
way leading to the anteroom with a paper in
his hand at 12.80 p. m. Instantly there was
Bilence.
“I bag to announce,” he said, “that there
havo already been schedu ed S707 bid?, rap.
res^nrinc: 4380.232,500, subscriptions to tho amount o!
ut prices rangin': from par to
119 and a frariion. There are a number of
other bids, wh'ch the committee as vet has
not had time to schedule, which will swell
tISSSKS?? 090,000.”
Thera was an outburst of applause before
severafmen congratulated forced ?heir'wly him toSJciriS?^
and upon the wonderful
success of she call for bid.?^
Tho readiug was continued by Mr, Eeklcs
with great rapidity and when he finished
Lad reading, been tbu prapared. taDaiatld statement, 11 , far nr> it
showed tho following
of the bids: "
SPSniAEY OF XKE SIDS.
Total amount of bonds subscribed
ToLd'nuin 'separate bids. * Z5S ^ ' ^ 2 %'*$
ber of
Over 800 bids at 110 or tetter, ag-
Now greguting over................ lOO.or.o.OOO
York City bid for over.... 290."GO,009
Country (outsideNew York Citv)
bid for over................. 300,000,000
Europe Highest bid bid................ for over........... 53,009.000
Lowe 129
3 t bid.................... par
Largest bid, Morgan syndicate. 100,000/900
gmallast bid.................... 60
Total proceeds from sale (e?ti-
Int^r^at basis of ioan,’ nearly..’/. Sij’^ten
The great feature of the bidding was the
offer of J. R. Morgan's syndicate, which, as
now compossrlj includes ogIv lit© owiibwok*
iug Geramnv, house, unci the Harvey Deutsche Rank, of Berlin,
Fisk & S.^., <’ntiiv ^ New
York. They oroposed to take the iz-
eu « at 110.6877. Only one other bid of any-
thing like an equal amount was received,
welch was that of the United States Trust
Comoany, no.075. Mr. of Morgan, New York, after for $77,000,000 at
bids received, flguriug on the
said at night tear he ettimat-
edthat ho would secure on his bid about
sixty per cent, of the $100,090,000.
Coming as they did from every State an 1
hi’oitton Territory of in patriotism the Union the bids gave an es-
on th« part of tho
Am rican people that wilt remain aa <-n-
during memory in the history of the Re-
public. Never in the history of tho United
states Trasury ha 3 any event cornu cted
with its financial transactions elicited such
g«nnine and h-arrv popular resnons;*. Th ** 1
p- 0 pls ability of the Unii M States have manifested,
th u ir and their willingness to main-!
tain the credit of their Government without
any help from the outside,
The bids came from all over tho coun’ry
evidently small from persons who had hoarded w
their savings in gold and were anxio
to tura it into the United States Treasury .
exchange for bonds. A large number o
these bids were for $3J.
Immediately upon tho announcement o
the remarkable results oi’the bidding, stocks
began to s:o up on the exchanges ail over
the country, and toere were o:aer indica¬
tions that the astonishing success of the Gov¬
ernment’s appeal to the people would in¬
augurate an era of commercial and indus¬
trial prosp?rii y.
The number of bids and the amount pub-
scribed for are believed to be greater than
It astounded fiffiTSSS^St'K^SK the Treasury officials
and the
distingui?hel all the assemblage of financiers from
parts of country who were pr^ent to
witness the openmg. On the New York Btoeg
Exchange the new bonds rose from 114 to
4 that . u 5 f?i, there esra wana ?. 3 . * r -?® boom a m -^ °. Amen ver ®’ can ,r °P stoexs 3 ?bow on
* he jnexpeoted L " ue Particularly succ ss of on tho account Government of the
high price ; to be received for tne oonds. The
fear of money stringency has disappeared,
be and opinions are expressed that there will
heavy buying of our securities by foreign-
ers.
'The London press say that the way ia
which the United States loan has been W>
scribed will re-establish public confi lence.
ALTOGETHER PROMISING.
Good News About the Southern State*
Exposition.
At a meeting of tho provisional organlza-
tian of the Chicago and Southern States ex-
position in Augusta, Ga.. the following tele-
jram tom Acting General Manner F. B.
ij L-rard, who has been in Chicago for sev-
ral days in consultation with the business
rttf-rests of that city, was read':
“ritrong committee on organization formed,
Italrman W. A-Giles, secretary Malcolm Me-
Neilk Pronunent citizens will join in invl-
tatjon to delegates from the South. Expect
to have all details complete Saturday. Im-
portact Ghfoago interests enlisted in support,
Convention probably Feb. 19. Chicago will
warmiy Ifvliest welcome delegation from the South.”
The interest in this matter is taken
i a Augusta, and reports received by the
NO. 16 .
LATEST HEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY TO iSTS.
important Happenings, Both Home
ttud Foreign, Briefly Told.
Southern News Items.
The rivers are ove* flowing in Mis-
siesippi, Texas and Arkansas.
Work has been hegnn on the new
Tennessee penitentiary near Nash¬
yiH e . *
Ay t n v 'v° . . * St one ^ . thepro- .. .
* * u
rhetors of t no New Orleans Picayune,
pneumonia.
-* 11 e ® ort is being .made to remove
^ , ue ca pibU of Mississippi from Jackson
\° t * le °^ e ” n 8 greatest in-
^uccmouts.
The lower house in the South Caro-
Una General Assembly line passed the
hill allowing tho State treasurer to
l^ud the State siuldug fund as he saw
fit.
Senator L. B. Morgan, .at Nashville,
Tenn., was shot by u man named
Laport, but his life was saved by an
Atllluta Constitution which was folded
1111 in his P oeket -
I, Moclgomerj-, T^«d«4. A!»„ the Mo»t-
gomery. ad * Memphtoiua.
r° was bold and was bid in at §300,-
000 by Col. H. C. Tompkins for the
b ' ,m ' !lold,,rs - «• ontBtondlng
Tho South Carolina Legislature has
elected W. O. Tatum, of Orangeburg,
S * P * H - Harris, of Colleton, and J.
II. Brackwell as members of
tbe elect boi “ i1 - «iiio„ g hhy;.
successor was d, but W illonghby’s
was notmentioned for the place,
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Northern News Notes.
Lincoln Sob. rrcMont Mill,,of
the otate Bank ot Kcpublican City,
was arrested for embezzlement.
At W hiting, Ind., Hungarians and
Poles, embitterred by troubles of five
years’ standing, engaged in a riot,
" WftH ^ nu Ue mi,.j ,.h, ' U r fhr lur " p k ' bad UftU been Deen
kiLtd . and , two injured, . . ,
The Cat-hier of the Standard Oil
Company ot K»»«t City w held np
bv a highwayman ou the stroet in day-
light and robbed of §545. The bigh-
cayman was captured and the money
recovered,
ISfc-
AV ashing! ou.
Seotetary Cwlide rejected all the
.
bids for the maibiH work, etc., ot tho
Ala., public building as
being excessive.
The Internal Revenue Commission-
er has declined to make a ruling pro-
bibitiDg the enclosing of pictures, etc.,
in cigaratte packages.
,
l*v»rr*i*rn *
The m Liberals _ ,, , m . the next . session of
the British Parliament will, it is said,
f nvft ? r arbitration a -JP 4 “ “ of the Anirlo-Unlted & V ted
States V enezuelan 1 trouble. 1rr iK .
Ecuador through her minister at
Washington urges a, congress of rep-
l esentutives ot ail tho American repub-
lies to bo held in Mexico on August
intTi 10 th tn to upmQttiEto peipetuaie tlic tnc--Jnroeuoctiine {lor‘trin&
on this continent.
Tho London rhrnnicle C “’ ° aiCl6 Icarps from
good authority that ft pait.ui „ Hettis-
ment between Great Britain and Ven-
ezuola has been effected or is on the
verge ^,- 0 -^ of of hMnrr being efrec-ed. a»Yo«t. ,1 H Tf adds n Uln tbnt that
*“0 settlement _
refers to the iuraan
affair.
-r, c* *^ W1KS • b w ederal -1 in Council 1 has ue-
cided that the President of the Con-
federation mav nominate an arbitrator
■ Bt-riucr Sea disnute between
Great “k riritam ■' : aid k Amenco, . dispute in Dei accord- ween
ance with the agreements between the
tovornments K oveiIimfcIir of 01 those inose countries conuu ICb ’
Tbe question of admitting an Ameri¬
can dispatch boat into tho Ruspborus
is still pending. The Po»te does not
contest tbe right of the United States
to have a vessel there but regards the
present moment a.s not fitting for its
admission. It is remarked th«t since
Minister Terrell’s vigorous action iu
behalf of the American missionaries
the court circulars have mentioned him
as the sole guest at court dinners.
Miscellaneous.
Orange growing in Arizona is de¬
clared to have passed the experimental
stage, and will become an important
industry in the Territory. This year’s
crop ia the Salt River Talley, where
most of the experimental groves are
situated, is large and of excellent qual¬
ity. The Arizona or ages ripen some¬
what earlier than those in southern
California.
THE APPROPRIATION RILL.
Ti *1 Pension aud Military Academy
item bliglitiy Larger Than
for the Current Year.
Til© Senate ecaraaittoe ou appropriation*
has reported the pension and 3IiUtary acade¬
my lulls. The estimates for the pension bill
amounted to $141,884,570, and the House
passed it with an appropriation of $141,325,-
320. The Senate c mmutee increased it by
« 52 > 760 two items of increase being £50,000
-
for fees and expenses of examining surgeons
and 82,TOO for rent of pension agencies. Aa
reported to the Senate, the olU carried tf 141,-
378,580. Forth© current year *141,373,570
was
, . TT
'issi'lllt
uver any claim lor pensions under me act of
June 20tb. 1690, has U-.-a or . houid b© re-
jected, suspended shall have or disnu-od and a new
application shall Lvu hereafter filed and a pea
Sion has been or be allowed
in such claim, such pensions shall date from
the time for the iiiuig of be first application,
provided the evidence in th© cas j snaii show
a the pensionable of filing dis ioiiity such to have existed at
time first applicat ion,
anything in any law or ruling of the Depart-
men; to th3 contrary notwithstanding. Tne
Senatocommitteestruckoutthe limitation
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