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.YoR THE RELIEF OF GEN. MAHoNE." /"

The amendment to the sundry civil bill
adopted by the Senate yesterday for the pur-
chase Of the ''Mahone lot" for site for a new
Government Printing House could be more
appropriately named ga bill for the relief Of
William Mahone." It is kindly testimonial
Of "friendship," or as Senator Manderson
calls IT, Of an admirably persistent friend
ship" for an ex-senator by his former col
leagues.
For many years there has not been as much
shameless lobbying for any scheme at the
Capitol than over this attempt Of the friends
Of William Malone to get the government to
take this undesirable piece OF land of his
hands at an excessive price. Several years
ago commission consisting of Secretary
Window, Of the Treasury Department; Archi-
tect Clark Of the Capitol, and Mr.. Palmer,
then the Public Printer, looked into the ques-
ton and decided in faver OF the old National
Baseball Park plot. Twice that proposition,
carefully passed upon by disinterested parties,
has been voted down by a too-interested Sem
ate under the mysterious influence Of Gen,
Malone. A resolution was even passed for a
hearing on the subject, and an attorney OF
Gen. Malone allowed 70 cross-examine wit
nesses who testified to the desirability of the
baseball lot. A greater piece of impertinence
could hardly be imagined.
The fact is that the Malone lot is utterly
unfit for a Government Printing House site,
its price Is excessive, and it has nothing to
recommend it but its friends. II is disgrace
that the United States government should
have to purchase the land under such circum-
stances, and at the behest OF a deep-seated
and persistent friendship for Gen. Malone.
There are some signs Of wavering in the
House. Several gentlemen have declared
with very suspicious patriotism their feel
ing that something must be done at once, and
that they are willing to make any reasonable
compromise. No one will be deceived by
such mock submission.
Luckily the scheme has many enemies in
the House. and men who will show it up
when 1t gets there in palmer speech than the
Senate INDUCED in yesterday.
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Conducted Tour to Niagara
Falls via B. and O.. $40.

Via Watkins Glen and Geneva Royal Blue
Line express, wit through Pullman sleeping
cars attached, willlea B. and o. station sos D.
IN. Thursday, August =, running via the Lehigh
and Wyoming valleys Pullman car space re-
served in advance at b. and o. ticket ofices, Gig
and 1851 Pennsylvania avenue. Round trip
tickets. allowing stop over on going trip at Bur-
dett and Geneva, and on the return trip at
Rochester, Burdeft, and Geneva, $40, good for
return trip ten days, including day of sale. Stage
coaches meet all trains at Burdett station, three
miles from Watkins Glen
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oIuey Has Taken No Action.

Attorney General Olney has not directed
United States District Attorney Denis at Los
Angeles, CAL, to dismiss the suit recently
brought by him against the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, nor, as far as can be
learned, has he decided what action il any
will be taken. The Attorney General de-
clined to talk upon the subject for publica-
tion
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$500 to Atlantic City, Cape May and Sea
Isle City, Every Friday and Satur.
day During July and August.

Every Friday and Saturday during July and
August, the B. & o. r H. CO. will sell round trip
tickets from Washington to Atlantic City. Cape
May, or Sea Isle City. Royal Blue Express
trains for Atlantic City leave B. Il o. Station
1000 a. IN. and 1200 noon.
For Sea Isle City and Cay May 1900 noon.
Return trip can be made ON regular trains
until following Tuesday, inclusive Tickets
lahie y sece 1tfesfj9aA -. apz IA -
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WASHINGTON, D. c., AUGUST 1. 1894.

Subscribers are earnestly requested to
make complaints at The Times office Of all
neglect to deliver papers promptly and in a
courteous manner The Times proposes to
give Subscribers satisfactory service, and
complaints made to headquarters will receive
prompt attention.
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Naval Orders

Commander J. S. Newell has been detached
from the War College and ordered to COM
mand the Detroit. Ensign B. G. Thurston Is
to hold himself in readiness for sea.
The resignation of Passed Assistant Engi-
neer A. II. Hunt has been accepted.
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Want Bryan for Senator.

Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, yester-
day received letter from the executive COM
mittee of the Nebraska Democratic Free
Coinage League, requesting him to announce
himself as a candidate for the Senate, and to
make a thorough canvass of the State.
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Armor Plate Investigators Plans.

The members Of the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, who have been conducting the
last night, running the chances that the tariff
bill will not be returned to the House in their
absence. They will spend one day at the Car
negie works, but will not examine witnesses
there.
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Licensed to Wed.

Marriage licenses werc granted yesterday al
follows: William J. Harkum. of Arlington, Va,
and Mahola E. Farley, of Briery, Va; Lewis S.
vandewalker and May F. Barton: Richard H.
Parker, ir., and Mary Harris; George II. Adams
and Nellie jackson.
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New Steamer Line from Amsterdam.

Consul Dawnes, OF Amsterdam, under date
of July II, informs the Department of State
that the chamber of commerce OF that city,
dissatisfied with the present steamship facili-
ties, has recommended the establishment OF
new line OF steamers direct from Amsterdam
to New York.
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Opposed to Corporations.

ALBANY, y. Y. July 31.-The constitutional
convention tonight by an overwhelming vote
reversed the action of the committee on pre-
anble and by a vote OF 104 to "a declared
themselves as averse to law in favor of cor
pOratiOns
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Treasury Cash.

The cash balance in the Treasury at the
close of business yesterday was S125, ,519, ,993,
of which s55. $50, ,16S was gold reserve. No
Withdrawals of gold were announced from
New York.
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senator yoorhces' Condition.

Senator Voorhees, physician said, at 10
o'clock last night, that there was marked
improvement in the Senator's condition. Mr..
Voorhees, friends. who had become somewhat
alarmed, now express hopes of his speedy re-
coyery
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Tho Weather To-day.
For the District of Columbia partly cloudy;
probably showers in evening; slightly
warmer; winds mostly southeast.
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Friday and Saturday Excursions to the
ScashOrc-SS 90

The B. 6 o r K Co. will sell round-trip ex-
cursion ticket every Friday to Atlantic City for
Royal Blue express trains, leaving 10 a. m. and
II noon, and to Cape May and Sea Isle City, for
II noon express, valid for return ON regular
trains until following Tuesday, inclusive; rate %
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Act Approved.
The Old Reliable Tea House.

The President has approved the legislative,
executive. and judicial appropriation bill.
The Washington times., 1894-08-01


that there is no refinery in existence abroad
which is large or economically working COM
pared with our own. Our refiners. therefore,
not merely enjoy substantial protection OF
at least 4 cent per pound without the tariff,
and at least an additional 4 cent under the
40 per cent. ad valorem item alone, but can
double or treble this latter figure for years
without involving serious competitor or
building up a rivaly which, by reducing
their profits, but leaving them still exorbitant,
they cannot at any moment crush. The
price figures above given are the result OF
conditions involving imports Of refined sugar
here so petty as scarcely to be considered
1O, 900 or Ii, 900 tons per annum. Our normal
consumption for the next few years df prices
are not abnormally raisedD, would be about
100000 tons per annum. To supply even
$4,000 tons additional from British, Dutch,
and French exporting reineries for United
States consumption would Hecessitate the
securing by them of such additional supplies
of cane sugars as cannot be secured except
at great Inconvenience and added cost; while
to supply one-tentb of our total consumption,
or 100000 tons, would necessitate a total
revolution of the sugar refining business of
Great Britain and the continent and such COM
mercial readjustment to secure new supplies
Of raw sugar as cannot be afforded
without great increase in the price
of the product and an enlarging
and rebuilding of exporting renneries. As
result, therefore, while if the sugar trust
should be cont ent to realize but net 4 cent
per pound special advantage from the 40 per
cent. ad valorem on all sugars, our imports
of competing refined sugar might be 10, 600 or
.ls,2Vp tQas the Eeat Of eztsEtjeS tage2sh
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CIRCULATION FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Average daily aircuIation.....- 20
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In a Gale at Sea.

A story comes by mail from the far
east and tells one more Of the wonderful
things which happened to those who have
their homes on the great waters. The
story concerns the big four masted iron
ship Lucipara. While sailing along be-
tween the Cape of Good Hope and Aus
tralia, the ship ran into hurricane, or
was overtaken by one, about midnight.
Suddenly the sea, which had been dan
gerously high, became calm, and tothose
on the ship it seemed as if the surface of
the ocean had been subjected to an enor-
NOUS pressure by which the waves were
stilled. Without warning the men were
almost blinded by sheet Of flame, which
enveloped the ship from stem to stern
and reached half way up the masts.
This wave of fame surged back and
forth, fore and aft, for few seconds, and
was then snuffed out as suddenly as it
had appeared, leaving captain and crew
cropping about in intense darkness. The
binding glare was extremely painful to
the eyes, but caused nc damage either to
the men or to the ship. Captain Witt
said it was his first experience Of the
kind, and he hoped it would be the last.
New York Tribune.
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Pyroxylin.

Pyro1yuns
It appears that the pyroxylin used in
pharmacy and the arts-dinirocellu-
loee-and usually regarded as nonex-
plosive, may, under certain conditions,
become highly dangerous. An account
is given Of the preparation of some Of
tins article in the usual manner, the
operator adding asznall quantity of am
monia TO the water used for washing,
SO as to effect complete removal of the
acids more rapidly. A copper oven
heated to 20 degrees c., used for dry
ing about one ounce Of the pyroxylin
thus treated, was, after some three hours
use, torn to pieces by the force of an
explosion, the fragments Of copper be-
ing hurled all over the apartment.
From all that is known in respect to
the different degreesof temperature un-
der which ignition takes place in this
class Of substances it is believed that
such an explosion must be attributable
to the use Of ammonia in the washing
process. A little nitrate Of ammonia
probably was formed and dried upop
the nitrocellulose in state Of fine sub
division, and any trace Of acid would
then suffice to cause the salt to act as
fuse.-New York Sun.
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ADisconcertine Monocle.

S, many of the daily papers have de-
scribed Mr.. Van Allen as wearing sin
gle eyeglass, just like the Prince of
Wales, that it may be worth while to
say here that the prince. notwithstand-
ing all that has been said 10 the con-
trary, has never in his life made use OF
monocle; nor indeed has any Of the
queens children. There is only one
reigning sovereign who wears it, and
that is the king of Wurtemberg.
Although no other crowned head uses
the single eyeglass, there are several
continental royal and imperial princes
who do, notably the young Duke of Or
leans, son of the Comte de Paris, whose
eyesight is excellent and who merely
uses the glass for the sake of pose. The
late Prince Napoleon, surnamed Plon
Plon, also wore monocle and SO, too,
did the czar's sailor uncle, the late
Grand Duke Constantine, who had
queer trick Of giving an almost imper-
ceptible twitch at the elastic cord to
which it hung, sending the glass flying
upward to his eye with no observable
movement of his hands. He used to
be especially fond Of performing this
little trick when in the tolls of a bore,
who would be altogether disconcerted
by the unaccountable jump Of the glass
and by the equanimity with which
the grand duke caught and retained
it in his eye.-Vogue.
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Eousiue tie Sleepers.


On one Sunday it was so warm within
and without Scotch church that many
Of the congregation were sound asleep.
The minister, Mr.. Robert Shirra, paused
in his sermon to exclaim:
''Hold up your heads, my friends, and
mind that neither saints nor sinners are
sleeping in the other world" All the
sleepers were aroused but one man.
ssJohn Stewart" called out the minis
ter, stthis is the second time that I've
stopped to waken you, but I give you
fair warning that if I need stop third
time III expose you by name to the con-
gregationr'
Another clergyman was accustomed
to use scientific terms which the people
did not understand. A deputation wait
ed on him with the request that in the
future whenever he used such terms he
would explain them.
On the following Sunday he used the
term 'shyperbole," and added: GAS
agreed on, I beg to explain this word.
Were I to say that at this moment the
whole Of my congregation are sound
asleep, it would be hyperbole, but if I
say that one half are asleep that is nc
hyperbole, but the truth"
The next day the deputation again
called to say that the minister need not
explain technical terms. The people
would learn their meaning from die
tionary.-Youth's Companion.
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Smothercd In Honey.

A couple of days ago at the farm OF
G. W. Hutchins, seven miles from Ma
rysville, a bee tree was found near the
east bank of Feather river, which was
cut to obtain the honey. After the tree
was cut down to the ground an investi-
CATION was instituted and the honey To-
Gated in hollow half way between
where it was cut and the top. On cut
ting open the body of the tree they Sc
cured about 80 pounds Of honey, II
duck eggs and dead duck. It ap-
pears that a wood duck had formed a
cavity through a hole that was origi-
nally large enough to admit her body.
After laying II eggs she had COM
menced sitting to hatch them, and
while doing so the bees had filled the
hole with comb 80 that she could not
get out, and she died on the nest.-Red
Bluff (Cal.) Democrat.
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wonan's Education.

At the twenty-ffth anniversary Of
Cornell university DR.. Taylor said, in
speaking Of The higher education of
women, that education was unit, and
that we must stop talking about mems
and women's education as separate
things. One of the Oldest professors IN
the university, speaking Of book OF
original scientific articles sent to him
by his former pupils, pronounced an
article written by woman student as
so superior, accurate and comprehen-
sive that it alone forever disproved that
women were not capable of as fine sci
entifc work as men. Another inter-
esting fact we learn from the great CO.
educational school is that one woman
has this year won her way to a position
on the editorial STAFF Of the college pa
per through having contributed more
and better articles EAST year than most
Of her political supsriors.
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SO children, all of them living. Mr..
Routh has been married twice, and his
second wife is still living and helping
to take care of the family. Mr.. Routh
is almost deaf, but otherwise shows no
signs of old age or decay. His family is
nearly equally divided as to sex, there
being II boys and 16 girls.
The other family is that Of Moses
Williams, colored, who lives on a farm
near Fayetteville, N. G. He is a lively
young chap Of IS, but doesn't look it.
He also is living with his second wife.
T'Iere have been born to him 45 chill
dren-4O of them girls. By his first
wife there we're 20 girls and three boys,
and by the second 30 girls and two boys.
Nearly all Of them are iving.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
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English Bank Troubles.

The official version Of the troubles Of
the Bank of England recently made
public doesn't tell the whole story. The
statement that the banks losses does not
exceed 100000 is denied by some lead
ing bankers having extensive dealings
with the institution. One of them said
today:
.sThe bank was induced by Cashier May
to accept many of the Murietta securi-
ties before the crash in them. He also
took many Middlesboro Townland secur-
tiles on the same recommendation. Some
of the load is borne by the trustees and
executors. An insurance company, now
bankrupt, was also transferred to the
old Lady of Threadneedle street. The
depreciation in securities since received
by the bank is fully million sterling.
It does not follow that the bank loses
this amount" London Letter.
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Egyptian Papu.

A collection Of Egyptian papyri re-
Gently purchased by subscription for
the Geneva public library is being e1-
amined by NJ. Jules Nicole. He has
discovered fragments Of the "Iliad"
and the Odyssey" the former com
prising portions Of Books H and XII,
presenting great variations from the re-
oeived text. There is also passage OF
Euripides' "Orestes, q thousand years
older than any manuscript hitherto
known. NJ. Nicole has likewise found
q didactic elegy ON the stars, an idyl
ON Jupiter and Leda and historical and
scientific compositions.-London Times.
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La Tulips Rawhide Cannon.


A Syracuse man named La Tulip has
invented cannon known as the La Tu
lip rawhide gun, of which great things
are expected. One Of the guns made
by it's inventor was tested at Onondaga
Valley on Tuesday 1t weighs in the
neighborhood of 400 pounds, while the
cannon of the same caliber in use by
the army weighs nearly 1,500. Its
popularity lies in its ightness and the
easy manner in which it can be trans
ported. Across the breec,, it measures
about IA inches and tapers to about
six at the muzzle.
A forged steel cone forming the bar
rel runs to the full length and is only
three-quarters of an inch in thickness.
Then comes layer after layer Of the fin
est rawhide, compressed until it has the
strength of steel. In fact, its tonghness
and staying powers are said to exceed
steel. The 1awhide is put on in strips
coiled around and around and is sew
eral inches in thickness. On top Of
this lie two coils of steel wire wound to
its strongest tension and then filed
smooth. The cap placed at the breech
can be easily removed for inspection of
the rawhide filing. The tests were
pronounced successful, and further
trials will be had.
A FIVE inch bore will be constructed
as soon as possible, and when mounted
upon movable carriage it will dem
onstrate whether it can be used eff
fectively. The five inch cannon will
be smooth bore and used to discharge
dynamite cartridges, trial of which
will pe made. Frederick La Tulip, the
inventor, has been worker of rawhide
for 12 years and is conversant with it
in every detail.-Rome Sentinel.
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THE skuNks HAD TO GO.

The Law Took CognisAnce of q Saloon
Keepers Peculfst Fancy.
The circuit court Of New Albany,
Ind, has Just disposed of q matter over
which there has been great deal OF
litigation the past three months. After
being out for 1s hours the jury return
ed a verdict to the effect that Mr.. BEN
ia,nin Jenks had been guilty Of main
tanning q nuisance In keeping three Pct
akunks in tie window Of his saloon on
State street. He was fined 81 and costs
and ordered to make way with the
skunks at once.
Mr. jerks hasobeyed the law, but he
fs very indignant. He says he is sur
prised that 1s sensible men should re-
turn such a verdict, His pets were per-
fectly harmless, according to his tesd-
mony and that Of all his family, among
whom are two pretty girls.
There were some 30 witnesses against
him, however. Chief of these was ia
cob Stonecipher, who got Mr.. Jenks In
dicted. Stonecipher keeps restaurant
next door to Jenks, and he says the
keeping Of theskunks was done to spoil
the restaurant business. Mr.. jerks
also runs restaurant In connection
with his saloon, but has loet all his
business, so Stonecipher AYERS.
These two had good many quarrels,
and one day three months ago three
tiny little kittens appeared in the win
dow ON theEde next the restaurant. At
she same time there occurred an odor
that soon drove every customer out OF
the restaurant. Er. Scnecipher re-
moustrated, but jerks only laughed.
He said the Kittens were perfectly
harmless, and that his family thought
the world of them. His customers did
not mind them either, he said, but ldr.
Stonecipher said Jenl1s didn't have any
customers.
Finally Mr. Stonecipher reported the
case to the police, and Jenks was tried
and fined 81. He took an appeal and
still kept the skunks in his window.
The appeal was tried last week just in
time, for Mr.. Stonecipher says the
skunks had not only ruined his busi-
ness, but had made hiswife and daugh-
ters sick.-Louisville Letter.
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Steel Furnace Temperature.

Steel E0fu8co 1emper8CuIcs
The subject Of obtaining higher tenn
peratures in steel furnaces has lately
been discussed by the Society of Civil
Engineers, Paris. At present. it is
stated, the temperature is limited by
that at which the walls Of the furnace
begin to fuse, and even Deeners fire.
bricks are not found proof against this.
Magnesia is claimed to be capable of
standing far higher temperatures than
that kind Of brick, the principal diff
ficulty in using it being the excessive
shrinkage to which it is liable when
heated cube of magnesia Of 10 inch
edge in the raw state is said to shrink
to one Of 6 inch edge when suf6-
GENTLY calcined-and, such being the
case, furnace Innings made of this
material are liable to crack badly. As a
remedy for this state Of things the
magnesia is caused to undergo its maxi
mum possible contraction before being
placed in the furnace, though for this
an excessively high temperature is re-
quired.
M. Lencauchez claims to have over
come these difficulties, and has exhibited
a number of perfectly solid bricks Of
magnesia which were as dense as gran
ite and had been thoroughly shrunk.
The composition of these bricks is 1926
to 96.25 magnesia, 1.50 to 800 lime, rs
to 1.25 alumina and iron oxide, 1.50 to
$50 silica.-New York Sun.
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B,l,v Ate the Bill, Poor Billy,

Peter Neary Of Newark received a
new IS bill from Washington last week
in exchange for some fragments of an
old bill which he sent to the treasury
department. The original bill was al
most wiped out of existence by Neary's s
billyeoat, William. William snatched
it from one Of Mr.. Neary's children and
frisked away with it. He was not
caught until he had chewed it up and
swallowed it. Neary killed the goat and
recovered the bill in a heartbreaking
condition.
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The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius has
been sent ont to destroy derelicss along
the Atlantic coast.
A Boston man has made wager
that be will strip as naked as Truth in
one of the clubs of that city and With
that as beginning, wiil:Work bis way
around the world and return in one
year With $4,000.