Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-04

Previous to setting out on his mission he caused 8 number of posters to be printed,
 containing an extraordinary caricature of himself, with the information of his new departure, his various accomplishments, and l great zeal for temperance, political equality and religious obligations. He sent an agent in advance, and the evening before he left St. Louis an acquaintance, meeting him in bar
 room, invited him to drink. sThe ex-cIown promptly accepted, and ordered 8 glass of
 wine, saying to dissipate the surprise of his companion: s'I favor temperance, but not total abstinence" At St. Louis he got drunk
 one evening on bitters after temperance lec- ! ture. Since his tour he has contemplated re- turn to the sawdust, as he has not found tenn
 perance at all remunerative.
 There are already before the Senate and House Committees on Commerce several bills for the abolition of compulsory pilotage. One of these, introduced by Mir. Ross, approaches
 the subject in g new and comprehensive way,
 namely, by proposed amendment of section
 1, 237 of the Revised Statutes. This section
 forbids the adoption, by any State, of regula-
 tions making any discrimination in rates of
 pilotage against steam vessels, United States
 vessels, or vessels sailing to or from port in
 another State. By MT. Ross proposed amend ment State is also forbidden to adopt regula- tions (which shall make pilotage or half pilotage compulsory on any vessel" and, to the clause annulling and abrogating all existing regulations which make any such discrimination, he adds: And all laws making pilotage or half-piIotage com pulsory."
 Jennie June writes that rather singular craze has taken possession of well to-do wo- men in New York city, and it rages especially among solid middle aged wives and mothers. Many of these are now engaged in studying some foreign language. Hundreds of classes have been formed, which meet for one or two hours twice 6 week in the afternoon, and the interest is great and growing. This is much better than spending time and money at the Ladies Stock Exchange, the manager of which has just addressed circulars to prominent la dies and has secured good advertisement by this action if she does not get customers, for it has made quite furry. An interview with her drew out some interesting statements The Exchange, she said, was opened few weeks ago at the urgent solicitation of ladies of large and independent means, who had speculated in Wall street for years, and had often met with losses because their facilities for information were not equal to those of men. She was simply the salaried manager of the concern, and had no share in it's profits or responsibility for its expenditures. Ladies of the highest standing and unmar ried-some with fortunes in their own right, and others the wives of prominent lawyers, doctors, and even bGnkers-dropped in during business hours, and gave orders to buy or sell according to the state Of the market. The transactions were conducted upon strictly buai- ness principles, and new customers were ad- mitted only on introduction or when guaran- teed by parties with whom they were acquaint- ed. They took no orders for less than 100 shares. and consequently poor women could not speculate through them if they would. Some of the New York men seem to feel that, even if women do speculate, and even if the Ladies' Stock Exchange is 8 properly managed affair, they do not want the circulars of the manager sent to their wives to tempt them to ssinvest