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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
x.E EAIHIR IORECASG.

WASHINGTON u. c., Feb. d.-For Nir,
glnIa: clearing during the day and cola
wave duriug the afternoon or night, win
brisk and high north winds, probably ialr
and cold Wednesday
For North Carolina: showers. clearing Ia
western portlon. variable winds, colder
Tuesday night, probably cold wave In west-
ern portion. .. 4. ,o.,.
Weather Conditions The barometer Is low
est IN the n. Lawrence Valley. ana trough
of low pressure extends WESTWARD 10
Louisiana. The pressure has gwen my
,apldly ON the Atlantic Coast ana the ohio
Valley and lower lake region, win "nrnfr
southerly winds and rain. The cold wave mas
extended over the central valleys ana upper
lake regions. with clearing wea'her AMI
high northery winds fhe weather II gem
erllly clear west Of the Missssipp'. Wnsre
ths barometer has risen rapidly, the increase
IN pressure being greatest over KANSAS and
Missouri The temperature has fallen ~
10 40 degrees from Texas neriwam 70
Iowa and 80 degrees during the past t"eive
hours IN Missouri aud Arkansas. The cold
wave Will extend eastward 20 the Atlantic
Coast and southwark 10 the Gulf Coast
ON Tuesday or Tuesday night, preceded
nv showers and attended By clearing weather.
and high norshsglg and wssserE winuA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
The Raum Investigation.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-The Rules
Committee of the House has decided not
to report the resolution of Mr.. Enloe OF
Tennessee, requesting authority TO con-
tinue the investigation into the manage
ment of the Pension Office under Commits
sioner Raum. The remainder Of the ses-
sion. they say, Is too short for the pur-
pose. The Raum committee, however.
will be assigned n day for the DISPOSE
tion Of their report in the House. and In
case 1t is not disposed Of In this time
they will be recognized on suspension
day for the disposition Of their findings.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
Hardships at Sea.

BERMUDA. Feb. 6.-The American
schooner Toffa, Captain Wilson, on a
voyage from Darien. Ga. bound to Phila-
delphia, with a cargo OF lumber, reports
after having left Darien, December 3lst.
she experienced heavy gales January LIST,
which caused the loss OF her sails She
had to run before the gale from the
above date to the 23d. She had nothing
but a succession Of heavy gales from the
Northwest, and one of her crew was
washed overheard January 2Sd. She was
taken In tow by the tug Gladisfen
about thirty-five miles from Bermuda and
brought Into port.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
A Joke at Senator Brlce's Expense.

WASHINGTON u. c.. Feb G.-ProbabIy
I'm a spirit of fun. some one telegraphed Ohio
newspapers that senator Brice had hired the
Metropolitan Hotel in this city, and would
accommodate Ohio people free Of charge
during the Inauguration. The consequence
Of this statement can be easily imagined.
and the Senator has emerged from the pile
Of telegrams and letters that overwhelmed
him lcng enough TO protest that there is
not a word Of truth In the story.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
In Enynr of the Canal

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Feb The sub
committee Of the House Commerce Commit
tee to-day gave a hearing 10 Major Il. A.
Wexford, OF Richmcnd Va, and +. j. Oden-
dahl, of New Orleans. representatives, from
the New Orleans Ncaraguan Convention,
who made arguments In favor OF placing
the Nicaragua Canal under the control Of
tie United States Government and related
the advantages that such control would be
To our commerce.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
The Peking Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6.-The overdue
steamship city OF Peking arrived to-
day in tow Of the tug Vigilent. The
Peking broke her shaft In Sleeve January
Hst, 100 miles west OF San Francisco
and came in under sail. The tug Vigilant
took her in tow of Farallone ISLANDS.
The steamer San Juan started Yesterday
in search Of the fcking, but missed her.
Except the breaking OF the shat all was
well with the peklng.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
The North Dakota Deadiock X.

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 6.-Twenty-
eight members were absent when the
join ballot was taken to-day, for United
States senator. The ballot resulted: Lamb.
II: Rock. 8; Anderson. Worst. g.; King
man, 6; Palmer, 3; scattering. I.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-ordered-com--
mander f. +. Gilmore as member OK
the board OF inspection and survey san
Francisco Lieutenant j. w. stewart 10
do duty at the naval intelligence ONCE
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
y,xoY oF THERMOMETER.

Range Of the Thermometer at The Times
office yesterday. February o. 1893;
A. NJ. "a: IL NJ. 80; Il. NJ, 81 \.
NJ, 40; 0 p. NJ, a; midnight - Aver
noe 10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
WAITING FOR BRiTIdN.
John Bull Seems 10 Have Pull In Hs-
waiian Affairs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. G.-No informa-
tion OF a definite character can be ex-
pected concerning the Hawaiian ques-
tion until after the conference tomorrow
morning between the annexation commits
siOners and the Secretary OF State, ana
as the Cabinet will meet at ll:3O o'clock
there seems little likelihood that any ar
rangement will be effected In the brief
time the conference can last. II has
come to be believed almost generally that
nothing can be expected prophetic OF the
ultimate result i'm the grave question at
issue until further advices have been re-
ceived from Honolulu, particularly with
reference 70 the attitude OF Great Britain
towards the new Government. The con-
Trajectory reports that the English Minis
ter resident at Hawaii has and has not
recognized the provisional authority will.
1t is expected. be explained with the ar
rival OF the NEIL steamer at San Fran
cisco. and until such advices are received
little OF a denite character can be hoped
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
The Annexation Treaty.

The President this afternoon. In re-
sponse 10 the resolution OF Senator Nor
gan. adopted last Friday, transmitted to
the Senate copies OF the annexation treaty
negotiated between the representatives
OF the United States and King Kameha-
meha III. In 1854. together with the cor
respondence in relation thereto. The cor
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-07
The Senate.

before the routine morning business
was concluded Mr.. Hill presented petit
uon OF business men Of Rochester n. y,
irrespective OF party, in favor OF the
repeal Of the Sherman act, and said that
IN connection with the presentation OF
me petition he desired to submit to fur
'her consideration Of the Senate some
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

in Schleswig and Lauenburg, and to
Austria in HolStein. But this settle
ment proved only . miserable makeshift.
Within six months Bismarck, finding
that the Austrians in Holstein support
ed the ~pretensions Of the Prince OF Aus
tenburS, informed Francis Joseph that
Prussia would no longer be governed by
the convention OF Gastein, and followed
this by forcibly ~expellinG the Austrian
authorities from Holstein.
Everyone now realized that the hour
for the inevitable conflict had struck.
Austria had the best Of the paper fenc-
inc In the German Diet, which preceded
actual hostilities, but when she laid
the question Of the disposal OF the
ducbies before the Diet, and by nine
votes 10 six carried on June II, 1856,
\ motion 10 mobilize the whole federal
army against Prussia, denounced as the
wanton breaker Of the national peace,
the latter instantly declared her with
drawal from the confederation, aid be-
fore inset next day Bismarck had tele-
Orapbed TO Saxony, Hanover, and Hesse
.Cassel fall supporters OF Austria's mo-
tion) q summons to renounce any In
tsntion OF obeying the orders OF the
Met. All three hesitated, and In forty
eight hours their capitals were oeeu-
MED by Prussian troops, the " kings
were fu~gitiveS 6hd the elector OF hesse-
Cassel A state prisoner. The army OF
Hanover, was forced to an uneonditlon-
Al surrender, while the Hessians OF Cas-
sci, with the troops OF Bavaria muf'
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ready. The characteristic German fail
ings OF envy, calumny and dissension
temporarily hid their heads, and for one
short moment this man managed TO
gather all the enthusiasm Of a great
historic race into his hands. For a mo-
ment he wrought a whole people TO the
pitch Of Willingness TO die for an ldea.
The result was the birth OF a mighty and
united Germany.
But before this was accomplished an
adroit and wide-reaching game had TO
be played and wo1. And 1t W ; played
~ Bismarck almost single-handed and
alone. From the first his object was to
solate and humiliavo Austria and to
found q German empire, Of which Prus-
! STA should be the corner stone. by CO.
operating with Russia during the war
saw insurrection of 1868 he provoked
the indignant protest of the Prussian
liberals. but further secured the good
will of the Gar in the contest Win
Austria for which he was all the time
preparing while he assured the neutral
Iity of Napolean III. by forcing the
German states belonging to the Zollver.
Elm to ioin Prussia in a commercial
treaty with France. The revival OF the
Schleswig = Holstein question by the
death OF Frederick VII, of Denmark,
was also turned to an advantage by
| Bismarck in his designs against Austria
for by inducing Austria 10 transcend
The mandate of the German Diet and
invade Schleswig, when authority had
been given only for the inva sion OF HoI-
stein, he robbed her Of the confidence
of the minor German States and cleared
| the wav for Prussia to lake her place
In the Germanic confederation. The
| result of the war with Denmark was the
unconditional surrender Of the duchies
to Prussia and Austria in October, 1864.
| Prussia under Bismarck's mastery
guidance at once appropriated the lions
share OF the spolls, and the following
wear was wasted by Austria In vain ef-
forts to force Prussia to give her an
equivalent in Silesia for the coded
duchies, or else urn them over to the
| Prip OF AuStenburg, whose claims
from the first had been secuted ey Bis
marck. The convention Of Gasteln,
while reserving for future settlement the
question OF titular ducal sovereignty,
gave the right OF occupation to Prussia
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has some claim TO attention. This IA
an ordinary English decoy, in the In
terror OF which Is q hollow tube, into
which Is poured a small quantity OF
quicksilver Just before the decoy IA
placed in the water. By Q simple me-
chanical arrangement. as the water
rocks the bird TO and fro this silver
runs around, and by varying the center
point OF gravity causes The decoy to
pitch and twist as though IL we're feed
ing. or preeping It's feathers after .
dive. II 1t will do this, as IL Is claimed
to do, II will be q distinct and welcome
improvement The d~issideratum OF =
moving deeoy is almost universally ad-
mitted, but the difficulty Of one TO op-
crate successfully on the water hitherto
appeared almost insurmountable.
While these improvements apply only
to shotguns, there is q novelty In rife
loading that merits attention. This Is
a device TO obvlate or prevent the
fouling Of the barrels, which after .
few shots, especially With the cheaper
grade OF rifle, Is caused by the filling
up OF the grooves OF the riding or
twisted grooves inside the barrel which
give the name TO the arm, and also cause
the bullet to spin rapidly around after
leaving the muzzle, thus obtaining =
much greater range for the bullet than
II il had been fred from q smooth'oore
gun, without any riding in the barrel.
When these grooves get fonled, or par
TALLY filed up, the first result is 3 much
heavier and very unpleasant recoil Of the
gun to the shoulder OF the shooter, and
q considerable detection Ia the course
OF the bullet, necessitating the clean
ing OF the arm several times In q days
sport. The innovation is called . self
lubrlcatlng cartridge, and consists Of .
bullet provided with q core az It's base,
about one-eighth OF an inch in diameter,
into which a led plug is Inserted. This
core is filed with q lubricant and at the
base OF the core is a stopper OF brass.
From the bottom OF the core are fouF
very small ducts or passages, each ex-
tending In a different direction towards
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first proved 3 most worthy helpmeet to
her husband. What radical aud bene-
fetal change Bismarck's marriage work
ed in his life is shown by this letter,
which be wrote from Frankfort to his
vile in July, 1851:
81 annot understand how a man VINO
reflects upon himself and who neither
knows God nor desires to know Him, l
cannot understand how such a mar can
endure 3 life burdened with ennui aud
self contempt. l cannot tell how l
used to bear il. II l were again obliged
TO live as 1 once did, without God,
without you and the children, l really
do not see why I should not cast my
life aside like a dirty shirt. Yet this Is
the life most OF my a~cquaintances live.
When I go through them singly and
ask myself what reason so and so may
have for living on, for bearing troubles
and ~vexation, for intriguing and spying
around, 1 can find no answer. Do not
conclude from this scribble that l am
i'm blank mood. On the contrary, feel
as We do when looking at the yellow
ing leaves on a bright September
dav-well and cheerful, but touched
with sadness, with inconsistencies, with
a longing for forest, lake and moorland,
for YOU and the children, all blended
with the sunset and Beethoven"
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this season, and one or two OF them may
be easily homemade and tried by the
time the season opens with a view TO
learning how much OF the theoretical
advantage they offer is TO be obtained
in actual practice.
One of the great drawbacks 10 gen.
eral shooting In most eastern sections
10 the great variation met with In the
range OF any given number OF shots.
That is to say, one shot may be at q
bird that has got up at forty yards, and
the ext may be AZ a rabbit that has
sprung up right under the sportsman's
feet; the consequence Is Or not an ex-
pert shot that be will get the one and
miss the other, according TO the amount
of "choke" that has been given to the
barrels OF his gun. For the benefit OF
the uninitiated II may be remarked
that the "choke" consists in the COM
pressing or expansion OF the interior OF
the barrel near the muzZle (ooth sys-
TENS are claimed to have the same re-
sults) and according to the amount OF
this "choke" the shot Is pressed closer
together as IL leaves the gun, and Tying
close together for 8 great distance will
kill a bird or rabbit, whore a cylinder
gun Zone without ''choke") would have
the shot so scattered al that distance
that the bird would slip through it IN
harmed, except by chance.
1t has been the custom to overcome
this difficulty In q measure by having
one barrel cylinder and one choke, and
that answered to q certain extent, bat
the great trouble was that the "choke'
could not be changed at will. Thanks
to a recent invention exhibited at the
Worlds Fair this can now be done, and
any one possessing a choke-bore CUR
can At will transform II so as TO give
the target Of a cylinder.
This is the methed: The cartridge 1:
loaded In the ordinary way, the powder
placed at the base, with thick wad'
above, and then before the shot is
poured in a curious device made OF two
wads is put In. This consists Of taking
two ordinary card wads, and cutting
with a very sharp knife a triangular
piece from each, the apex OF the
triangle being the center Of each wAd,
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SPELL LOADED TO GIVE CYLINDER PA
z r WITH CHCKE BORE.

This being done, the two wads are
placed crosswise OF each other, and
pushed together so that they appear
as II one were pushed through the
other, and this being placed Ia the car
fridge forms four distinct compartments
INTO which the shot is poured, and then
the ordinary wads are placed abeve the
shot to keep 1t in place. II the gun Is
q very close shooter IL will DO found best
&c slightly increase the charge OF pow
der aud decrease the charge OF shot, but
In DO case should the wads over the
powder be changed or interfered with.
To anyone who knows anything about
shooting the merits OF this Invention are
perfsctly plain upon this description,
and actual experiments OF the writer
show that the ordinary load OF a gun
giving In a thirty inch circle a matter
367 shot did, with the Same load after
applying device, give a ine scatter pat
tern OF 2s3, covering the whole circle.
Another curious device, one which Is
designed to improve the shooting OF
those who are not as proficient as they
might be, consists OF W needles, a
long one Of about an inch and a shorter
one OF about an inch and q half. These
are fastened on the rib Of the gun (oron
the middle OF the barrel 10 q single bar
relied qunl, with the long needle on the
left side and the shorter one on the
right. the ends OF each being even with
each other near the muzZle. The theory
OF the thing is that the sight OF the
left eye is known TO be defective and
that those little ridges On the rib
OF the gun instructive attract the eye
and compel the sound eye TO take com
mand and direct the muzzle straight TO
the mark. This is supposlng that a man
shoots with both eyes open, and not
with one screwed up tight as wax. for
no man with the very few exceptions
that 20 to prove every rule) . hope 70
become either . quick or = really sue
cessful shot II be does not use both eyes.
This is italicized by the one fact that II
be closes one eye be cannot tell how far
over a bird be Is aiming when IL Is fy-
ing towards him or rising, as with one
eve closed the barrels block the
view Of the bird, which, with
both eyes open. would be
perfectly plain and allow the shooter
10 Judge to an inch. The writer has
not had 40 opportunity Of trying this
invention, bat IL sounds well, and Is
an Improvement on the tiny disk, about
as big as q cent. that was attended TO
tended 70 be screwed 10 at the side OF
the lock plate and so block the left eye
from that point. This latter invention
was we'll received some years ago, Q lot
Of money was sunk In IL, and the only
thing making IL 3 failure vas that IL
could not be made 20 fold when not 10
active use, and so was very liable 20
breakags, which was expensive. There
4, no doubt that but some such device
would be az important aid 10 many
shots. who aim In . horrible, poking,
s~oninting way. instead OF the free.
Quick action which charactsrizes the
true hunter.
After the colhpsabls and profile de-
COY ducks and pther birds. the sports
men aid not looF for sxSgresy innoya-
tons in that directS. but Ehere was
one at the fair ~Ehich, theoretically,
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wrote TO ask their daughters hand, and
she confessed that she had given him
her heart, their CONSERVATION was
great. The father confessed that she
felt as IL be had been struck on the
head with an ak" but he did not feel
justified In opposing the wishes Of the
young people. The mother was more
obdurate, aud 10 was only when Bismarck
appeared to plead his own cause that she
granted her consent. But having yielded
she did 80 frankly aud without reserve.
She welcomed her future sOn-ln-law
not only to her home bat TO her heart,
and be proved himself thoroughly
worthy Of her confidence. Hs became
a real member OF the family, aud the
irst serious difference which he had
with the parents OF his wife were also
the last. The marriage was celebrated
on July 2S, 1S47. Bismarek's bride,
who was nine years his junior, possessed
q lively disposition, quick wit, and
superior intelligence, and from the very
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soft sound Of women's voices, the
beauty Of bright eyes, the prattle OF
children, the following woods, the set
ting sun" Somebody wrote this OF the
prince years ago, aud Of the Bismarck
known TO his family and friends no bet
ter description could be given. Tender
ness and Softness not unmixed with hu-
NOR and cheerfulhess mark his bearing
toward those with whom he comes In
contact in private life. He has ever
been a loving and faithful hus-
band, a fond and devoted
father, and a staunch and loyal friend.
His wife has seldom been absent from
his side since his public career began,
and his two sons Herbert and Wilhelm,
are often with him, while his daughter,
the Countess Rantzau, and her husband
and children are permanent members
of the household at FREDERICKSBURG. 1t
is during the long evenings in the great
drawing room there that the Prince Is
seen at his best. He plays and romps
with his three grandsons, and enjoys
the gambols Of the two huge hounds,
who never leave his side. The dogs
look I'D in his eyes, seem TO seek In his
glance an order or a warning, and lean
up against him for a mute caress.
The little Rautzaus are bright, intelli-
gent, healthy, active boys, the pride
and Joy Of their grandfather. He has
superintended and directed their edu-
cation as well as their instructors, and
beyond the admirable early training In
force in Germany, has been most par.
ticular to include such lessons OF
courtesy, %politeness and Difference as
make them attentive TO his guests as
we'll as himself. With him they are
perfectly fearless. To them the man OF
iron un6ends. At Friederichsruhe he is
the kind husband, the indulgent father,
the genial host. He is gay, amusing,
boyish ever In his conversation, and
laughs heartily at the memory of some
youthful frolic.
Prince Blsmarck's health has been
failing for more than a year, aud be-
fore he went TO Kissingen this summer
he had grown very feeble. The attack
from which he is now suffering was no