Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION C II. 8QUTO CA^JNA, SEPT. ^1893 _ NUMBER 36. Wiuuv h nipiuij IDCreMlOg All CTTVT Argentina. Statistics show that it has more than doubled during the past two jeara. The Greek style of building; modi* fled to modern needs, has been moat successfully used in Paris, where many palaces are seen of this construction. The School Board of Auburn, Me., has decided thst it takes six children to make a school,' and thoy intend closing up all schools having less than that number. The Chicago Times is of the opinion t that there is not much farm laud in \v , thia conntry so situated or so poor that it will not pay reasonably for the cultivation; that is, if it is cultivated properly. It may need some manuring first, or draining, or moro thorough working than it has ever had, but given these and it will pay. ? Prlnco Henry of Orleans, who is not of much account in most things, has shown wisdom in advising tho scions . ^ French royal housos to assist in the colonial development of France, since they can but add confusion to confusion if they take part in politics. It was upon his advico that tho young Duke of IT&en went on tho Congo expedition, which proved fatal to him. A California man offers to give,without chnrgo, to the city of San Francisco a flow of water amounting tc , 190,000,000 gallons daily aud bring it about 120 miles from tho forks ol norm anu luiauie lubn Kivers. Hi* ' only condition is that ho should have (the privilege of leasing for a porio I of twenty-five years tho horse power to ba developed from the water. More than eight thousand persons? the exact number is 8180?committed suicide in Paris in 1891. The proportion is twenty-one to every 100,000 of the inhabitants, and the increase over 1881 is twenty-five per cent. What has caused the enormous percentage of increase in self-destruction in ten years, wonders the New York Mail. couraging than they were ten years 1 ago. = Bays the Boston Herald: *The ^ oountry taverns are reported to be ( getting a good deal of custom from j bicycle riders this summer, who make ( long journeys into tho country, put up for a day or a night, and then keep a or return home. Any town in the rural districts that hoe good roade ie sure to be benefited by this sort of : oustom, and in time it will more than make up for the lossos which the country hotels and boarding-houses < are likely to exporionco on account of the prevailing busiuess depression. Let the town authorities bear in mind that good roads are the prime requisite for encouraging this busiuess, how evor." ^ JNo tttato in tho Union has better roads than can bo found in New Jersey's moro populous counties, remarks Frank Leslie's. Essex County, which includes Newark, the Oranges and other growing towns, has thirty-eight miles of roads laid with twelve-inch Telford pavement, and varying in I width from eighty to one hundred feet. > These roads, which cost $1,700,000 for construction and right of w*yr have added groatly to tho value of property in all tho region reached by them, and which is filling up with handsome homes, many of them palatial in character. Union County, adjoining Essex, has also made great progress iu improved road-making, and is reaping . > the fruits of her enterprise in enhanced realty valuations. The experience of these and other New Jersey counties constitutes an unanswerable argument in favor of liberal expenditures and coherent system in road-making. rue cngusn, wuo ore trying to anglioizo Egypt, arc very much annoyed by a rocout decrco of tlio young Khedive to tho offect that tho Arabic language must bo iiecd in all branchoH of the curriculum of tho Government schoola. Tho study of this language has always beon . iquirod of evory pupil, and they uttain considerable proficiency in it, in order to pass tho nocossary examinations, but under the present order it will become practically tho vernacular. Tho English consider this a long stop backward, and say that all the text books on the m(5(Wrr Mitrt w.iu HfiiiyhlW^ftr^?in..thei languages* or tturopo, anu inai an attempts to teach them in tho Arabic have resulted badly. This, poiliapn, was duo to the fact that the toachcrs were not so familiar with the language as they might have been. At all events, no one can blame tho Khedive * for using all tho means in his power tc keop alive the National institution!! and foolings of his peoplo. Egypt it almost a British colony now. ?.* * * v V ?. THAT TERRIBLE STORM Death and Devastation Along At lantic Coast. Tha Seacoast Strewn With Flotaan find Jotiiiii. reads like a 8tort. Savannah, Ga.?The steamship Citj of Savannah left Boston Thurediy after noon. It never will reach Sivnnnah foi it was wrecked 0 miles south of St.Helena lighthou e. Pjrt of the passengen reached St. Helen i Island by the stiip'i boa's. T:ic ateniner ?? B"*u6 rapidly to pieces when she was sighted Tuesday evening bj the Uity o( Birmingham, who anchored near by, and Wednesday morning amid the breakers res ued the balance of the passengers and crew, who had resigned tneniMlTes WJ death. The Birmingham then headed for ttavaonah, arriving there in safety. The wrecked posscngors of the Savanoah lost everything, some being even without hats and coats. ONLY SIX PERSONS KILLED IN CHARLESTON. CnARLKSTON, St. C.?The cyclono is CDdcd. The city has started to replace dining, s while yet shut off from communication with the outer world. The sight presented was a familiaronc to the people of this city?a city nlmost in ruins; the streets and thoroughfares strewn with debris from the roofs of stores and dwellings; thi road-ways blocked up by the hundreds of giant trees uprooted from theenrth ;s'dewnlks s'rewn with crumbl:ng brick nnd mor'ar; the courts and nlbys nnd by-paths under wnter; s nisgniticint water front wi h its costly dock9, where the 11 ct of a con'i- j ncnt could be ancV red, piled with wreckage; some of its churclrs unroofed nnd almost every rcsidcuce in the city more or less injured . Water and wind have played lnvoc in the old City by the Sea, and laid was'c some of its plcisautest plac.s and "deso latinn saddens all her green." It began in the wee small hours of the day. When and while the fiery gale was still howling through the towu, threatening almost to* tal annihilation along the by-ways and on the thoroughfares, you could see the hewers of wood, the A frican-American ttli-'Bona /v/. x?? ?-?? with a provident eye for extra fire-wood. A rough estimate of the loss places it ^t something over a million dollars. There sro no lights in the city, both gas and sleetrio lights having gone out, and there has been no railroad communication south A us. The loss of life is six people. half the islanders drowned. jJSanannaii, Ga.?Beaufort, 8. C., suffered fearfully from the storm. Capt. Finnic, of the steamer Bessie, which arrived from Beaufort, 8t. Ile'ena and BlufTton half an hour before the City of Birmingham, says that Beaufort is wreck ed and that on the Sen Islands the loss of life nmoug the negroes is very great. Fully one-third the population of the islands is drowned. 70 dead bodies kwiund. Augusta, Ga ?News from the stormswept distric's of Port Royal and Beaufort is still very meagre, the only news obtainable being by mail. Seventy dead and swollen bjuics were taken from the Coobiw river l?y searching parties Not one-half of tho horrors of tho storm lias yet been told. The result of the work of tho relief party puts the number of missing at over a hundred, but owini* to nn?r m??n? of communicition the correct list of the dead cannot be obtained. In several places along the Coof?w ny*r were found their bodies lying ou the bank close together. Graves were hastily dug near the places of discovery and without ceremony the storm victims wire placed beneath the earth. Many of the dead were so far advanced iu purification that the sight was sickening acd revolt* iog. A Newspaper at War With a City. litthr Rock, Aiik At a m eting of the City Ccunc l held Monday u:ght a resolution was passed by an almost uuanimous vote instructing the Chief of Folicj to suppress the L ttie Rock Tribune, a wc.-kly paper edited by Kcllogg O. Gould, a form- r St. Louis printer. Gould has applied to the County Court for an injunction to prevent the citv from carrvinL out tis threat. The Tribune wis st.ried n\t v.i tlirre months ago, since which time ;t has waged bitter warfare against Mayor I In I, the Board of Aidirmeii, and the Police Department. ft t barged i-m ?ag other thiugs that the adniinistr.ui >u ' stood in" with gamblers and the saloon element. Alderman Faucetic attacked tun editor in bis office a few days ago rn I broke two chairs over his head Seven attorneys have volunteered to nsdat (lould in his fight with th? city. The Chi f of Police has received ins'melt" -> t ? arrest every person caught attempting to sell Clou id's paper. Cattle Killed by Anthrax. Dri.awahk City, Dul.?The diseas anthrax has made its appcaranco here iiinl many cattle and horses have diet a it bin a few hours after being attacked In one heard eighteen cows were lost i a fi; v hours. The State officials bav taken the matter in band. ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS. Got. Tillman Aik*d to OonvtM th? Legislature to Pmo * ?twy Law. Columbia, A 0.?The farmer* are bsx coming alarmed at the likelihood of having to market their cotton at present pr'cea and the Merchantville Alliance unanimously adopted the following; r "Whereat, The money sharks and guld-bugs have contracted the roluine of r money so that there is practically no k raeney in the country to move the cotton ' crop; and whereas, Congress does not 1 seen to intend to give the neceasary relief in time to save us from bankruptcy, 1 hercforc be U "Resolved, firs*, That we earnestly apical to the Governor of South Cam . Iin? to call aa extra seesloa of the Leg. iiilalurj-not Uter than September Uf jko parsAttay lew on all debts falling due on or b.fore Novemb r IS, so that we n-.ay bo enabled to pay our debta without bankrupting ourselves and starring our wives and children. "Resolved, sreoud, That under the drescnt conditions there is no way whereby we can meet our dobts without sacrificing our homes and property, which we d > not hope lod>. T-ke our liver but do not 6tarve our wives and children." Can't Have "Palmetto." "WABHiNGTOif.D. O. ?The Commissioner of patents has rendered his decisioo in the matter of the appeal to him of tho State of 8outh Carolina from tho refusal . of the examiner to register a trade-mark | applied for in the naiuo of the State,consisting of tho word "Palmetto," to be printed on its liquor labels, together | with the coat of arms of the State and , the name of the liquor. It was stated to be the Intention of ?Vi? ' South Carolina to enter markets outside of the State, and outsido the Uuion as a vendor of liquors for pr fit and that the authorities had told a ca^o of its liquors bearing the trade-mark in Canada. It was clnimed by tho appellant that the ' State posses?ed the full ri-hts of a trad- ' ing corporation, and that itmigh*. under ? take a buunfas of this character to be ' conducted outside, as well as within, the < State limits and that authority for this t was found in the provisions of its recent i ~TTie~~commissioner, after reviewing tne monopolies enjoyed by France and Bel- ] gium, holds that a State of the American ] Union, having all tho powers of an inde t pendent sovereign State, except, those ( surrendered to the Federal government, , has the inherent right, as a State, to engage in trade, domestic or foreign, but | the commissioner also holds that a lawful j trading in liquors outside the State mu3t ^ be established in some effectual manner before the State can become the owner of a trade mark which would bs entitled to registration in its name in the Patent Office under the law of 1881. He cons'rues the South Carolina liquor act as a measure for the auppressien of the liquor tr?flic in South Carolina by private individuals, and to substitute therefor its complete control by the State through local public dispensers; and holds that only by atrained construction could any phases in the act be held to look to the establishment of an outside traffic of auy kind, excepting in the purchase of the liquors to bo dispensed; that there was nothing in the general or special objects cf the statute to show that the Stitc intended to descend to the level of a trading oornorstien outside its own limits. The commissioner closes his decision by saying: "It is considered that the State of South Carolina, notwithstanding the act of ita Governor and State board of control, has no authorized trade in liquors outside of its own limits, is not the owner of any trade-mark, has not at th's time the right to the use of the trade-mark seught to be registered, and therefore the application is denied." banks Resuming Business. Washington, D. C.?The following national binks which recently suspended payment have been pcrmi ted to open their doors for business: The American National Hunk, of Nashville, Tcnn., the First National Hink, of Grundy Centre, Iowa, find the First. National Hunk, of llarri-onville, Missouri. Drnvku, Col ?The State National H?nk, the last but one of the city's six national banks to suspend, opened its doors Thursday. The Commercial National will resume in a few days. Of the scores of national banks in Colorado which were compelled to close th? ir doors a few weeks ngo all have resumed save three, and it is said that they will again he doing business before the middle of the ruoith. eckklr is hopkpul. Ciiicaoo, III.?Janus II. Eckels, Comptroller of the Currency, passed through Chicago on his way to Ottawa, II'., where he will enjoy a two week's revt at his home. Mr. Eckels spoke very hopefully He would not predict how long it would b3 before matters had < resumed their normal condition, hut the , bottom had been reached, to far as the 3 bunks were concerned, and financial aff-irs were on the up grade. 1 They nrfi proposing to peus?ou tcaetie ers ia England. | TO COIN GOLD Philadelphia and $! iWMt* H ? ! to Be worked to F IligMSoKy. WABHIKQTOH, D. Ot*^Pg ^ lisle hu ordered that Dilote it Philadelphia, lL$|d Ban Francisco, Cel., be fully HMud the full capacity of both mintaHplilized la the coinage of gold bullioflBhe Treasurv Department possesses Bj[| $85,000,000 to $90,000,000 of gnlflfclllrn irTilnh is part of the gold rem i efiif J$I0Q,000,000. Gold bars cannot l^jgd aa currency, so it haa been Stted In the present nee?l to ?>' the *jS ? | This bu'lion will be ooind?^> $10, $9 and $2.50 gold pieces, mmm** b?ftg t given to the first two dotftfhffi&ons. F Tho coinage capacity.Ph'iladauf ^"ooS'oao and$?o85|5 B mouth. The Ran be utllTi^j but un/ortunm^^Toe?rly all the bullion potsessed by flKgovernment is in the East. There arMpft,000,000 of gold bullion in the Philadelphia mint, , #15,000,000 of it beinftHn one vault, , where it has remained m&touched for , Acting Director PrertoWvisited Phlla- , dolphin Saturday and coapleted arrangeineuts with Sup rintenjfent Dosbyshcll lo begin work at once. ^The Treasury is now paying out gold coin all over tho con at ry and as a coasequ/mce stands uiorc in need of gold than heretofore. Writers and Tlteir Work. t When peoplu look dt the numerous c volumes writton by Soott, Dickens and 4) Thackeray it striked them that those f great writers did an 4bormous amount of work. kjfi6S^Klu* ; Tho mechanioal labdr of produoing so many books is in Itself something re- i' markable, but a busy newspaper niau 11 writes moro in a yeaijfthan a sucoessful 8 novelist iloos in twttaty years. An li activo reporter grinds out, at tho low- ?] ?st estimate, 1600 words a day, 42,000 in a month, 504,000 in a year, cquivdent in quantity to tho reading matter B )f nearly six three-^inudrod-page novds. Homo reporters havo boon at vork from twenty to fortv voars. At oi W,OHU,UUO AffifUs ;fni full ty yuwia .20,000 words, aufl in forty years 20,- ^ 160,000 words, oyr an amount of matter h iquivalent to 22^ novels of 300 pages d ;ach, the work of ?ny fifty industrious d lovelists. ' ^ It is very cviden't fiom these figures ^ ,hat newspaper writing represents ? uard work. But let us go a littlo fur- " ther with these statistics. In order to 1 write twenty words a man's fiugeru ' bravel over tho space of a foot with ttwo or three distinct movements in tho 1 formation of each letter. At this rate t it will be soon that, as there arc 5280 c foot in a mile, a newspaper man in ? forty years makes his penoir travel 0 about 195 miles with u vertical and a 1 lateral motion. 1 This work is aside trom tho report- " or'stimo and labor Hpent in getting his t facts, but even this superficial calcula- 1 tion should make it plain that the mo- ' chanical or physical labor of writing is much greater than tho general public supposes. Wo have had in our mind a writer who gets up only a col? 4 iumn u <lay, but ttiere are men who | 1 average two or three coiumna daily. To liguro out tho produce and the i labor of hucL toilers would stagger belief and would causo many young , men to give up their journalistic aspirations. ?Atlanta Const itutiou. THE LABOR CONGRESS. Herbert Burrow* Tells a Pitiful Story and Draws Tears. Chicago, III.?At the session of the Labor Congress, Kate Field read the first paper before the Congress. It was written by Lady Emilia Dylkc, of London, telliog of the frightful condition of women in the labor market cf the United Kingdom. Herbert Burrows, a representative of the English Social Democratic Fedcra tion, led the discussion which followed. He told of women who worked 12 hours a day for $ 1.25 a week in the rail and chain forges of Cardleigh Heath, and there were many damp eyes in the hall when he said that they bang tho cradles containing their little babies over the forges to prevent the little ones from freezing or starving at home for want of care. Ho demanded equal pay for women nho do the same work as men, and declared the woman question muat be settled in labor circles before the labor question can be satisfactorily settled. Mr. Burrows was vigorously applauded. Louisville Banks Reopening. Louisvillk, Ky.?The Fourth National Bank, one of the five Louisville bank9 to suspend payment during the recent panic, has resumed business. The C.ty National and the Merchants'National will also resume within a few days. An informal meeting of the stockholders of the Kentucky National Bank will l>e held to discuss the matter pf reopening institution. * 1 fcOXKSASMXNX Then h no doubt about the value w'bvue uieal for promoting tho^prowth of ohiokeu; but for old fowls, to inoreaae the egg supply, fresh bones crushed or ground up should be given occasionally. The fresher they are t the "better, because there is always a | certain amount of fatty animal matter j about them which is highly nutritious, ( and this is not to be found in the or- j dinary bono tneal. The bono food rhcnld only bo given occasionally, not < more than twice a week at the outside, \ and. in pieoes not larger than a pea.? i direct monaw _ - - A _a^i.1- - m. ? i >??? uptna iarru. mo taxe? affH the f interest on its cost gi> on just the x seme as if it wore earning something, c and this detracts from the net profit li of the whole. Often these idlo and h waste places are but a harbor for ver- b min and weeds, or if they do not bo- ]| some so it is because there is a conjtaut expenditure of labor to keep it n dean, and this labor might be far p letter expended in tlie cultivation of j* ionic crop. It will pay better to clean inch places up once for all and put hem to some use. Most of them are ||( apablo of some good. Not iufrc- j? [nently they would serve admirably ct or a timber tract.?Chicago Times. la WOOL BAIiLS IN TjAMBs' STOMACHS. al The preaenee of foreign sulistances ^ a the stomachs of animals is not at all flI nfrequont. The oauses t># it, vary. 'ei ometimos they aro duo to the animals eking themselves or each other in the cr pring, when the hair is shedding, and inibs often pull the wool from the or deeps' udders in the act of sucking. '* iut sometimes it indue to iiHligestion, ta y which an abnormal appetite is proucod and the animals pull the wool te r bito off the hair to satisfy this un ? ?i?L*li lie stomach with undigested grass or si ay. This, of course, increases the st isease of tho stomach and hooii pro- *1 uces failure of appetite, emaciation, g< iarrhoBn, or prolonged eouatipation. 'lien follows tho common partial purlysis duo to tho disorder of tho norvus system resulting from maluutri- 1,1 ion, and tho animalH stagger about, 11 ailing and lying diHuhlod, or uunble ? o stand ou their fore or liind legs. ?he remedy is difHeult, as tho collec- 11 rr ion of hair form? a ball or wad that 1 Hunot pass tho ojtening into the bowels ^ >r collects in these and stops tho pass- ? kge. Tho only romedy is prevention 1' >y closely watching the stock, clippiug he wool from the uddors of tho sheep 01 >nd thoroughly carding and brushing ? ,he cows and horses to remove the ^ oosoned hair aud prevent it from beng licked off.?New York Times. ' li kaiiu and qahdkn notes. j Never buy a delicate horse. <1 The Guernsey is less nervous than * tho Jersey. Most trotting-bred colts havo to be taught to trot. u A cow should not go dry for more ^ than throoor four weeks. There are two kinds of money pro- \ ducing sheep, tho mutton sheep and tho wool shoep. < Improved quality is in demand. It ] Alio r\r>nl/ nflm/ ?lr , IS CJUtftlltJ I'tWi 111AO vuv Jjwnvwwa* I and not quantity. j The lioo on tho colt can bo got rid > of by brushing tho animal down with ! a little kerosene emulsion. I Wator for young chicks should bo so arranged that only the beaks can enter tho drinking vessel. Two handsome, well-matched liorsos will always sell for more than double tho price either will bring separately. Tho soot of both wood and coal is very valuable manure, on account of tho sulphate of ammonia which it contains. Every weed draws some moistuie from tho soil, and at this time of tho year tho vines noed oil thoy can get to ripen tho fruit. If tbo hens atop laying at thin Reason it is best to let tlioin rest, as eggs are cheap, and thoy will lay moro when eggs are higher. An oxcellent fertilizer for oabhago is nitrate of soda, if mixed with water and thou applied, the effect will l>e noticeable in a few days. Keep everything about the poultry i house cloau at all times. Moro dis- | oase is caused by the filthy condition of tho honso anil yards than by anything else. Corn, potatoes, and other small crops should not be plowed after they attain any size, as damage done the route in| Mpt it, bat wy shallow eultlvation osn bo oontinned for some time rat ThU ?1H keep down the woods and make the soil mellow. Raspberry Cream?Put six onnoos J raspberry jam to a quart of cream; I palp it through a lawn sieve; add to j It the juioe of a lemon and a little an- < jar, and whisk it till thiokt Servo it { in a dish or glasses. < Lemon Custard Pie?Orate the rind j it a lemon and nqaeexe the juioo ou a 4 teneupfnl of sugar and a table spoon- j toil of floor mixed together. Beat to a t 'roth the yolks of three egge and st ir p nfto them a oupful of new milk, then J! hi* ih the sugar, flour and juice, and jj itand to settlo for' eplace the juioe with n generous half <s upful of sweet cream. Add a bit of tll Hitter, pepjMjr and salt, four wliuo p, ot over golden brown hliees of well P| uttered toast and nerve without de- r?i %7' Be 11.... ...1 - - 11 - <?iu*nu\uv; X IKIVIIU^ ? I IN'IU H H)1 tl on ice. J'ut n layer of plain jel- h)) r oil tho bottom. When not add n Pl Wl Iyer of pink jelly, made by adding a ?le rop of prepared cocliinenl; when mt aic nt a lining in tho mold. If you hnvu >t n centre mold, iiho h niiimII (in bak- j|J|| ig-powder box imdond, placing in tho mter of tlio mold. Add alternate J,n yera ot tho ]>lain and )>ink jellies [q) >out thin until tho mold ia full. rheu aet take out tho powder box and pn 1 in with cuatard cream the apaco it avea. When all ia quite Arm turn 21 It pn a jttati am* wrv? with whipped cam aroumTtne ^.y Macaroni with Tomato Bunco ? I3oil s|>? ic-quarter of a pound of macaroni jj,,, plenty of l>oiling, aaltod water for toi 'enty mioutea or until tender. Drain co] a colander, thon throw in cold war for 11 vo minutea to blauch. Drain roil, Uljiw n,in mill .if I niiiul 11/10 f.il, ^ thnii uri Hw <lirt?ii<rli a oln nootn J Tuon A<IM luB I'liimn-"?cv.^? ir until it thiokonn; aeanon with milt Mi Ci nd pepper; ?d?l the inactiroui, stir A) jntly until heatod, and servo. " to nil newspapers in japan. There are lfcO newspapers and {? iRga/.ines published in Tokyo, th?> *? iost important, from the standpoint j; f circulation, being tho Aaabi Shim- 1,1 un, or Morning News, Asabi meaning zi turning and Bhimbtiii meaning new . ,f 'hia ]>aper enjoys a circulation of lUO,. t' 00 copiea daily, while at < )aaka a paper Jj f the aame name prints ever 130,000 a apcra every inoruing. 0 Tho Daily News of Tokyo has a cir- J1 illation of 30,000 copiea, but in spite hi f tliia small circulation it probably 81 aa fully as much weight with the in* c Diligent reading community as have 'v hoao papers which circulate more ?' argely. Tho circulation of the Morn- J tig Newa (Aaabi Hkiubum) ia greatly lue to the fact that it prints from day o day continued acrinl stories of iction, and on this account is largely by Mtu women in iokyo ami | " 'icimty. ino i^any mews noes hoi, olopt this feature -which, I think, is ' American?but 011 luo contrary devotes " ts space to all the hcwh happenings of * ;he day. ' The reporters of tho Daily News 1 "cover" all the murders, suicides, ' tires, court trials, receptions and ' joeial, theatrical and sporting events 1 in a similar manner to the great American newspapers, it is also more ' fearless in its editorial utterances re- 1 garding politics, and while Japan is an 1 Empire, it must he remembered that the people elect members to the House 1 of Representatives. 2u addition to the Morning Newj 1 and the Daily News, there aro thirtythreo other daily papers in Tokyo, n largo majority of which are morning papers. Japan has not as yet adopted i L > nl,u|??, ?{ l<) Hliy I'AWiu till, nuivtivnu vu?vwm? printingeveningpapers, either separate or in connection with the morning edition. The Parrot Industry. Tho steamship Boneca, which reached port tho other day, was converted into a regular aviary by 850 Cuban parrots, which were consigned to a bird fancier in this city. Tho parrots made life miserable for all on shipboard during the voyage, for they had gono through a course of training under tho tutelage of Cuban women. All the parrots are young, some loss than eight weeks old, and fully two-thirds of them liavo still to be fe<l by hand, imagine the task 1 Theso birds are taken from the nests when very young and practically helpless, and are reared by tho Cuban women for the market?Philadelphia Itecord. _ 16th I>at.?The final vote waa taken In th? nm of tb? Kxiurton appointed by the Governor* of Montana and Washington to QU vacancies caused by the expiration of regular term*, and the Benate dectdod adversely to the right of the Qovernor of a Htate to make snob ippotntmenta. The bill allowing National >anka to Inoreaae their circulation top to ho par value of the bonds deposited ly them to secure circulation, was taken up j inA Mr. Cook roll's amendment Tor the re- , leuiptton of *5,000,000 two per cent, bonds o be paid tor by a now Issue of legal ten- -3 ler note*, was rejected. A bill was re- u K>rted from the Judiciary Committee by Mr, *7 till for I ho repeal of the Federal Kleotlpn |1 ?w, and It went on tho oalondor. Tho louse bill to repeal the Hhorman not was to* ' jAfl orted and referred to tho Flnanoo Com- jlttee. *k 16th dat.?The Finance Committee ra?: tlaal?wm31 orted the Bouse Bepeal bill.with anamsnde '"v^KuMbS^B \ent substituting the Voorhec* bill.?-t-Mr. [III spoke In favor of Mr. Btewart'i nfcota- ' > o^o^nqulry Into the aUa^cd^deflolandy ha '' odkhses, MoPHereon and Harjts s'^e ln Kmu /aw 17m Dat.? Bovotnl petitions onlling ib laimodlato passage of thwblll repealing io purchase clauseof the Hhcrmnn net were oeentod. Mr. Btowart (Nor.) offered n solution which was, on his own motion, jW ferrod totho Finance Committor, directing -.nP o Hooretnry of tho Treasury to Inform the >nnto how therovonuee Rtnoo tho beginning tho present tlscal year compared with tho tlmntcs. Mr. Bnormnn mndo a long pooh In favor of tho roponl of his silver irchaso aot of 1R00, assorting that tlmt act in l>y no means tho noIo onuso of fluanclal prooalon. Mr. Tollor finished IiIn speech favor of froo coinage. Kxocutlve soe>n. IKtii Day.? Mr. Fry (Mo.) olTorod a reaotloo, which WM adoptoil, directing tho crotary of tho Treasury to furnish totho note a Htntomont allowing for tho last two uni tho exports and Importa carried dor tho several flaga engaged In olgn carrying trndo.??Tho ITouao hill tho repeal of tho Rhorman act waa taken , and Mr. Woloott (Col.) apoko In opnoaln to, and Mr. Caftory (La.) la favor of, Ita Hsago. Mr. PotTer's rcaolutlon no to tlonal hanks refusing to poy depositor* ccks In currency, by a vote of 35 yona and nays, waa roforrod to tho Coninjlttoo on isnoa. Resolutions of sorrow for tho ith of Representative Mutohlor, of Peunvanln^woro pAMOtl. . 5j , .1. uKiiiiiMt'fno -tin?on?fy. ...... -Notice was glvou by Mr. White (COI. J it he would ofror npnronriato resolutions idling tho death of tlio Into Senator ?tand, of California, and would ask tor their isldcratlou. Executive session. I Tho House. * 18m Day. Tho varioiiH amendments to\ J Wilson bill repealing tho purchasing! iiiuo of_tho Hhermnn silver Inw woro deitefimrf#}?df" miiAAMi?n>? Mmm aMMdj pur i\lno, wnnted his old rulos. Rpoakor isp loft tho Chair nod ropllod to Mr. Rood, 'tor furthor dobato tho innttor wasdroppod. ?Mr.Hprlngnr, of Illinois, lotroducod n bill provldo for tho coinage of tho seigniorage vor In tho Tr?vuuiry. Referred. 20iii Day. Mr. Taltiot (Mo.) asked unauious consi'pt to introduce u bill repealing o statutes authorising tho nppolntmont of nrslinls and supervisors of eloetlou, it Mr. Dlnglov (Mo.) objectod. Mr. rf.*k nrldge (Ky.l, from thq Comtttce oil Appropriation*, reported tho Ur 111 DelMenoy Appropriation bill, which; >propnat< m *300,000, nod It was passed. lie items are : 28,000 for bank-note paper,' 200,00) for coinage 01 stilwldlary coins, and> 7.".0U) Jor clerks to Represent at ivos. Tho bus 1 resumed tho coiisiduratlon of tho now| ?de of rules. 2 1st Day?Mr. Goodnight (Ky.) introdueod bill to create tho Eastern Judicial District [Kentucky. Referred. Mr. Plyun(Ok.) itroducod a bill granting to settlers on cords lands in Oklahoma the right to homotend entries. The House roaumcd tho coa Iderntlon of tho rules without action. 22i> Day.?Tho House spent the <lay in dlsussing tho rub's. Heveral amendments to ho rules, designed to prevent lllibiistering. rem Introduced and lost. Mr. Dtngley (Mo.) lectured himself as opposod to tlllhustoring. Jr. Morse's amendment, prohibiting tho moking of tobacco upon tho floor of the louse, was carried by lllty-llvo youa to ilftjf*10 nava. A Voracious Blackbird. A romarkablo occurrence, the hilling devouring of .. ajmriun by <% !>'ack>ird, whs witnessed the other morning >y a large crowd of business men and trod pedestrians. Tho biuckhmi was irnt noticed standing on a limb of h ? rue nour its noHt. A fow fout bolow, in unother limb, was perched tho iparrow, which every moment or bo would fly toward the blackbird's neat, 4 is if to invado it. Tho blaokbird, with a fluttering of its wings and a few shrill notes, would rush to tho defense of its uost, when tho sparrow would retreat. Tho sparrow, however, was not to be scared away, and, with tho impudence characteristic of its kind, it was no sooner down safely ou tho limb thuu it was again threatening an attack on s tho blackbird's nest. This continued for probably ten minutes, when tho blackbird, greatly ?eccitod and unable to longor control its anger, Hew down toward the sparrow as the latter ascended, catching tho buck of its nock in its bill and bearing it to tho pavement. Beaching tho pavement, tho blackbird released ita hold and doult tho sparrow a diow ou tho Hide of tho head, turning it over on its hack. It thon placed its foot on the sparrow's breast and toro it to piecoH, dovouring tho flesh with groat * avidity and evident roliah.?Philadelphia Press. Willing to Condenso. *'I?T must not listen to you, Mr. Capphead," protested tho blushing girl, with oyes downcast. "You are only trifling, and?and, besides it is getting late." "Please hear me out, Miss Helen 1" ploadod the infatuated young reporter. "I'll cut it down to two hundred and fifty words!"?Chicago Tribune. . ~ sf