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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships and
Shipping.

Shipping.
The steamboat Lincoln arrived al this
port yesterday for a supply OF coal She is
bound from Bath Me. for Miami It is
understood that she will run between
Miami and Tampa during the winter UNI
der the management of the Florida East
Coast Railroad.
Capt. Askins Of the steamship Tallahas-
see. arrived yesterday and reported hav-
ing spoken the schooner Matte r. Frank
lin. Friday afternoon. Off Cape Roman.
The Franklin is bound for this port with
a cargo OF coal
A tug from Brunswick will arrive this
morning to tow the barge Joseph Souther
to that port to be used in lghterins the
British steamship st, Irene. which is
aground there.
Capt. Strachan's schooner yacht the ST.
reen, was hauled on Wmnks marine rail-
way yesterday for repairs.
A plan Is under consideration for the
establishment of a line of car-ferries to
run between Port Tampa, Fla, and Hav-
ana. The plan is to build suitable tracks at
both ends and load cars In Havana with
fruits and perishable goods, run them on
The ferryboat and carry them across the
Gulf 10 Port Tampa, run them ON the
tracks, and then away 10 northern desti-
nations 1t is calculated that a ferryboat
can be run that will carry a fun train of
loaded freight cars. When they reach Port
Tampa ten hours of unloading can be saw
ed This Is valuable in the shipments Of
fruit and was the first thing to attract the
attention of those who have been looking
into the feasibility of the plan.
Passengers on steamship Nacoochee for
New York;. c. Alien, A Cooper, s.
Crotty, w. X. Kurtz, e. N. EIlrst, e. KEEL
ly, John Hodges, Thomas Druman. Nor
man Mcdonald, Chas, Rockefeller.
Passengers by steamship Gate City from
New York.-Miss l.. Lily, Mss M. Bausch,
A. McAleer Rev. II. b. Barnes, G. G..
Henry, j. d. Brown, r. Rose, r. Lewis.
Passengers per steamship Gate City
from Boston.-C. Bulman, II. l.. PittmHn,
j Il. Parson, Maria Haynes. IL. f. Will
liams. Peter Anderson, A. Mclean, s. N.
Nickerson, George Wilson, j. Ahern.
Passengers by steamship Allegheny from
Baltmore-A. H. Knauff, j. L. Davis,
Geo Lemon. w. j. Key, Z. l.. Dewett, c..
Iseman, f. Winters. Mr. Ciprlanl, Wesley
Bolts, eolored, Alex Lisbon.
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THE MARKETS STEADY.
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS
UNCHANGED WITH A FAIR
MOVEMENT.

Cation in Good Demand at I'm
changed QuOtatiOns-SPirits Tur-
,cntine Firm and in Good Request
AT 81 Cents-Rosin Firm and I'm
cnanged-Other Markets Steady.
savannah, Dec. 10.-There was a steady
business done in the leading departments
,o-87v. Notwithstanding the inclemency
of line weather. Cotton remained steady
and unchanged, with a fair demand, but
,rirn light offerings. The spirits turpen-
tine market was firm at 81 cents. Rosin
v.as unchanged in quotations, with good
demand for the offerings. The wholesale
markets were steady and unchanged. The
following resume of the different markets
Will show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day:
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FINANCIAL.
Anthony Browne
60 BROADWAY, NEW YORK..

Members Of the New York Consolidated
Stock Exchange.
Orders executed in Stocks and Bonds.
10 Shares and upwards for Cash or on
Margins. Orders also executed IN Wheat
and Cotton. Direct private wire with the
Chicago Board Of Trade Stocks and Grain
ny speclaities, and all Information desired
thereto furnished
l especially think well now Of an invest
ment IN two or three of our securities,
which I think viii pay TEN PER CENT.
profit IN the immediate future. Loans
negotiated. Bank references, Brown Bros.
& CO, Bankers. 50 Wall street. New York.
Write for my market letter.
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coastwIse Exports.

Per steamship Nacoochee for New York
-. 229 bales upland cotton, COO bales sea
island cotton, 1872 bales domcstics, 80 bbls
cotton seed oil $40 bbls rosin .2j0 bbls turpen-
tine, 1859 feet lumber So cases cigars,
u turtles. As bbls FISH. ,49i boxes fruit. 6
bbls vegetables, 73l crates vegetables. "a
tons pig iron, 1872 bales tobacco, 100 cases
c goods 14s plsgs mdse.
Per steamship VIM. Lawrence for Baltl-
more.-l. lOi bales upland cotton. 3g.lei feet
lumber IS bbis rice, 2sj bo@cs oranges. rs
sacks clay, 26 pkgs mdse. Is pkgs donies-
tics and yarns, n bales hides, 8 bbls tar
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER H. 1885,

do do End pref. "a Pacific Man .. 4SA,
Nor. & W.. 15ikl Pullman Pal ...14S
N. Amer. Co.. 67s Silver Ger ...... 59i5
n. Pacific 500. AIS $. Rope & t.. rs
do do pref -. 76ls' Sugar ............1S5 9
Ont. & w ...... 16ls do pref .....,,.. 11Sia
ore. r. & NJ. So II. c. & Iron. 3l7s
ore. S. Line S7l4l u. S. Leather.
p. est LIST pref. ~ do do pref ..... 69l4
do End pref 90. SC III. S Rubber 1864
Pittsburg ......172 do do pref .... .11lia
Reading .......,. 1873 W. Union ....... 95$s
do LIST pref -. 45s5 Fed. Steel ....... SlSs
R. G. WY do do pref 800. ISIS
Bonds.
L. s IS .........105ls do Is ..........l02i4l
us. new As, reg. l2S3aI ". Y. c. & St.
do coup .......12SlaI l. is ..........l05&
U. s. IS ........111IbE Nor. & W. 6s ..127
do coup .......11Sis iNorthw. cons ..14S
do ends ....... $685. do deb 5s ....1l7ia
U. S. 5s reg. lib q. Nav. lists ....il4
do IS coup ...n312 y. Nav Is ..,...lO0
District COS lis TO- s. Line Is, t. r 1895
Ala. class A . 109 10. s. Line IS, t. r.111
do .........l09 Pac, is of IS 102%
. do ..........1O0 Reading Is o5is
do currency 100 r. G. W. lists &c. 9lA
Atchson As 800. e9ls st. L. & Ir, M.
do adj As 1855 con-, 5s .......lUS
Can. So. DDS 80. 110A st. L & San
Chi Terminal "a Fran. gen. 6s .129i5
G. x Ohio IS ...1l7 ST. +. con. ......l6lls
c., II. & d. 4ias, 1047s St. p. & p.
D. & X. G.. lists los lists 1904
d. & r. G. As ..10QA do IS ...........119h
E. Tenn. lists .1074 So. Ry. os ......105
Erie Gen. As .. 74A s. Rope & T. 6s. 7915
F. w. & d. lists Tenn. new set IS. 94s4
t. r.. ........... SSsa Tex. Pac. L. G.
Gen. Elec. 5s los lists ..........-.l0Sis
G. II. & S. A. do rg DDS 1864
IS .............107 U. P. d. K Gulf
do ends ........103 lists ............. S7A
II. & T. c. 5s ZIP Wab. LIST IS lib
do con. 6s iii do DDS ......... @la
Iva. c. lists .... 14 w. Shore As .....1l2
La. new cons. As. 107 Va. centuries e.. S0i5
=. & N. Uni. As. 96a4 do deferred 6%
Missouri 6s .....100 M. & Q. As S2A
M X. &, T. DDS. 66 n. q w. cons
do As .......... 80 As ............... S9%
N. Y C. lists ..117ia do pref. ........ 5Sls
N. ]. C. IS ....a11I$I c. of Ga. cons
N. Carolina 6s..129 5s ............... 92s4
do As ..........10i do LIST inc &C.. Al
No Pac. lists ..117i5 do End inc. .... IA
do IS .......... 6S5s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

Harrow Spencer, a miller who has lived
near Versailles, Ky, most of his lifetime
and who is now 80, has not cast a vote
IN an election Cor over hftg years This
in compliance with a peculiar oath which
he made in 1874, when the returns showed
that Henry Clay had been beaten for the
presidency by James X. Polk. Young
Spencer's admiration for Clay amounted
to a passion. When he learned that Clay
was defeated he publicly registered an
oath that he would never cast another
vote as long as he lived. And he never
has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-There was a good
demand for the offerings to-day and the
market continued firm and unchanged. At
the first call at the Board of Trade the
market was bulletined firm at 81 cents,
with sales of AS casks. AT the last call
the market closed firm at 81 cents, with
further sales of 80 casks.
Rosin-The demand continued steady
and the transactions were fairly active
There was no change in the quotations.
At the first call the reported sales were
515 barrels and at the close the sales were
1903 barrels. The quotations at the open
ing and closing Mere as fnllnNs:
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Per Central Of Georgia Railway Com
pany, Dec. 1G.-3 172 bales cotton 50 bbls
oil. 25 bales sweepings 1919 pkgs mdse, 10
pkgs domestics. is casks clay, $50 bbls
rosln, Is bbls spirits, "a car lumber, 1 car
nay. ] car stock, I car lime / car hams.
cars wood car products cars coal
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway, Dec
81 bales cotton, 915 bhls rosin. "a casks
spirits. cars mdse, a cars lumber
ear meat, II cars hay / car grits, / car
corn, cars oats, car feed / car hearts,
/ car ban
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. Erc.

New York, Dec 10.-Flour quiet. but
flrmer; Minnesota patents, $3.65dS.S5. Rye
-four steady; good to fair $.95d3l5. Buck
wheat -four quiet; $500. Buckwheat quiet;
sac. Cornmeal firm; yellow Western, 75Q
76c. Rye steady; No. @ 6OIbc. Barley
steady; feeding, 42ql3c. Barley malt
steady; Western, 60Q70c. F1axseed steady,
Sl.10.
Wheat-Spot, irmer; No. red I57sc; OPP
tons opened firm; advanced strongly on
covering In nearby options, impened by
bullish Argentine news. and damage re-
ports from Illinois: closed laalc net high
er; March closed 731sc; May closed 7O2sc
Corn-Spot, firmer; No. 2, 4O9sc; options
opened steady and sod up, with wheat
closing firm az sc higher; May closed
S9]sc; December closed 39Ac.
Oats-Spot, firmer; No 2 red, SO24 aisle;
options quiet Rye firm; 62Ikd65c
Beef quiet. Cut meats dul: picked bel
lies, 5lsq6Ac; picked shoulders, 4Ac;
hams 7c Lard firm: Western steamed
closed at 5.35c; refined steady. Pork firm
Butter firm; creamery, 1Aad2Oc, Elgins,
2Oc; state dairy, 15@lS1kc. Cheese firm;
large white, 10c. Potatoes quiet; Jerseys,
I,0Og1371s; New York, $1.25a1 so; sweets.
Jersey, $l.25G2.25. Cotton seed oil quiet:
prime crude, TIC; do yellow, 21G22c; prime
crude, lie; prime summer yellow, 2l@22c
off summer yellow, 20c Butter grades
25@27c; prime winter yellow, 27a271ac
prime white 26c. Rye firm: domestic. Az
9t6Ac; Japan, 514G5isc. Cabbage, $1,000
500. Pig iron dun; Southern. $1025G11. Is;
Northern, 10.25G11.75 Coffee options open-
ed steady at unchanged prices, ruled dull
but displayed firm undertone on less fav-
orabe crop news increased strength of
spot holders, good warehouse movement
aud In sympathy will bull speculation in
cotton closed firm at a net gain OF 5dl0
points; sales 5000 bags, including Decem-
Der, 55Og5.55c; January, 555c; March. $40
assoc; May, 5S5q5,9Oc; October, 6O5c; spot
coffee, Rio, firmer; No. Z invoice. 6Isc A;
no. 7, Jobbing, 7c; mild steady; Cordova
Sgl4c; sales, good demand but sellers
conservative and offered sparingly Sugar
/ firm; fair refining, 15-l6c: centrifugal 96-
test, A 7-l6c. Mo.asses sugar, l1-1ec; re-
fined steady; mold A. SIC; granulated
SIC
Chicago, Dec 10.-Wheat to-day ruled
firm and closed at an advance of sac for
May, and re for December. The continued
shipping out all rail of wheat delivered
on December contracts and evidence of
decrease of farmers deliveries in the
Northwest made shorts uneasy and caused
more active demand. Corn and oats
We're firm without any noteworthy change
in prices. Provisions were strong and ad-
Vanced 719Q1215c.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Higb hest T,nveat Closing
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vessels Cleared Yesterday.

Steamship Nacoochee, Smith, New
York.-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Tallahassee. AsSins, New
York.-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship VIM. Lawrence. Willis, Balti-
more.-J. j Carolan, Agent.
Bark Adolph CNor), Andersen, Ham
burg-Dahl & Andersen.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
vessel. ArriveA Yesterday

Steamship Allegheny, Blllups, Baltl-
rnore.-J ]. Carolan, agent.
Steamer Llpcoln, , Bath, Me, for
Miami, Fla.
Steamer Clifton, Strobhar, Beaufort
Geo. u Beach, Manager.
Steamer Doretta, Chadwick, Bluffton.-
j II. Judkins, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
Notice 10 Mariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters Of YES
sells free Of charge Ia United States ny
geographic office, In custom house. Cap
talns are requested to call at the office.
Reports Of wrecks and derelcts received
for transmission TO the navy department
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
nCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market steady; rate quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale. 81 20; New
York. per bale. SlO0. Philadelphia. per bale
500. Baltimore per bale, $40; via New
York--LNerpooi' 5ze; Bremen, 55c; Genoa.
zoe. Hayrc, Csc. Hamburg. Sic. Antwerp
Soc, Amsterdam. be- Venice, ioc; Trieste
zoe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

Maj. Count stolberg- Wernigerode, who
killed a sergeant with blow of his saber
last fan on account of q hitch in the
camp cooking. has been sentenced by
court martial to be dismissed from tho
German army and to be imprisoned foT
forty months.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

Steamship Michigan GU. $. transporD
Havana.
Steamship Nacoochee. New York.
Steamship VIM. Lawrence, Baltimore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

AbbOtrs East India CornePaint cures
every time Il takes or the corn no pain :
cures warts and hunions and ~ conceded
90 be wonderful corn cure. Sold by all
druRglsts.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

Per Norwegian bark Adoiph for Ham
burg. 1880 barrels rosin. valued at ss35i
i092 casks spirits turpeBtine, valued al
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Receipts Mt RnIIronda.

81 800. and 500 barrels rosin oil. valued at
$l,5'5. Cargo by S. p. ShOtter Company.
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phnnen of the Moon Tor December.

Last quarter, 9Th hours and min
utes morning; new moon. 18th. hours
and 43 minutes, morning; first quarter
18th, hours and q minutes, evening; full
moon, 9th, 8 hours and 80 minutes, even
ing; moon in apogee. 2nd and 29th moon
in perigree, l4th.
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savannah Almanac.
sun rises at 6:5S and sets 4:56.

High water at Tybee to-day at 52S a.
m. and $751; p. m. High water at Savan-
nah one hour later.
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w York Closing Stocks.

Atchison ....... l6H
do pref ....... 45B
B. & Ohio. 5S14
Can. Pacific go. SS}2
Can. South -. 54l4
Cent. Pacific -. u
c. g. Ohio ...... 257s
c. & Alton .....16712
c., b. & Q......12lls
Chi. & E. Ill.,. 51A4
do do pref Ill
Chi. G. W.. l47s
Chi, Ind & L.. ~
do do pref -. "a
Chi. & n. W....1377s
do do pref lis
c. c. c. & st. L. 1874
do do pref 800. 30
Del. 81 II. 1852
D., L. & wills
Den. & r. c.. 1913
do do pref 80. 6219
Erie new .... 1874
do LIST pref 80. 363s
FIT. Wayne ....175
CT. Nor. pref ..lS7s4
Hook. Valley e.. 27ls
Ill. Central ....1l23 y
l.. Erie & w. zee. il3l
DO do pref .... 63A
l.. Shore .......193
l.. q N........ 6il4
Man. l. ........ 1864
Met. St. Ry....l 1852
Mich. Cen ......1l0
Mimi. a. st. L.. z8ts
do DO lst pref. 95ll
Mo. Pacific 80. f2s
~ g. Ohio .... BOZ
NJ. X. d t.. 1l7s
% do pref 900. 551
~ j. Central %
y. Y. Central ii8Es
NY. g. g. ST. H. lslt
do DO LIST pref. CJ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

A tug from Brunswick will arrive this
morning to tow the barge Joseph souther
to that port to be used in Tightening the
British steamship ST. Irene. which is
aground there
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15

leaped into the receptacle. From these
a line of footprints extends across the
bottom of the bowl, ending at the op-
posite rim, behind a figure of the lower
body and legs of a man crawling out
OF the bowl on the opposite side. On
another piece of pottery, a food basin,
is a figure of a spider, representing the
NEUROLOGICAL spider woman. She is an
earth goddess, bride of the sun and
mother of the twin war gods. The
priests made elaborate prayer sticks,
some of which were several feet long,
and painted them with yellow, green,
blue. red, white and black pigments,
the same as those ID by their de-
s~cendants. They p / for ceremonial
purposes quartz crystals. stone con-
cretions and fragments Of obsidian.
They were acquainted with bells made
of copper. They had rattles of sea
shells and wore fringes of shells OF
the margins of their garments. In
ceremonials they made use of stone
slabs painted with animals. The war
riors were armed with bows and ar
rows tipped with stone and obsidian
points. They had clubs, stone ham
mers and axes. They made needles,
bodkins and avis OF bird stones, an
telope tibiae and ribs, which they
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15

sometimes carved Ia imitation Of ami
mails. The women were adopts in the
manufacture of e~arthenware vessels,
which they decorated in elaborate fig
ures in several colors. They were ia
miliar with the art of glazing pottery
and practiced etching Of the same to a
very limited extent. They buried their
dead just beyond the outer walls and
deposited with them various votive
offerings, pottery, basketry, ceremonial
and other paraphernalia, having first
painted the face and wrapped the body
in mating. The symbols on their pot
terry indicate that they recognized the
sun and spider as powerful deities.
They w~orshiped the rain, clouds,
lightning, snake, tadpole, frog and var
ious mythical birds. They entertained
an idea of a future life and associated
the dead with rain gods.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15

The Smithsonian institution will
Don publish a most interesting &C
count of excavations recently made
near Winslow, Ariz., under it's
auspices, the result of which was the
discovery of many things of archaeo-
logical Importance. DR.. ]. Walker
FeWkes had charge of the digging,
which unearthed portions of the ruins
OF tour ancient and long-buried cities.
The aboriginal inhabitants of the
region have traditions to the effect
That the towns in question were the
dwelling places of remote ancestors
OF their own, and the finds" made
incidentally to the excavations seem
to show that this belief is presumably
correct. Up to a comparatively recent
GATE he walls of the ruined build
lnSs rose to a considerable height, but
the Mormons, in constructing the near
by Sunset City, now itself in ruins,
utilized the stones for their houses,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
n OF these buried cities, to which
the most careful study was given. was
evidently a pueblo of great size, of a
rectangular shape and inclosing plazas.
IRON this ancient ruin, now repre-
scented only by a huge mound, were
taken several hundred beautiful OBJ
Jects Of prehistoric handiwork. They
were obtained from the metropolis or
burial place of the pueblo, in the very
SHADOW of which the dead were inter-
red, MOI being carried away to any dis
lance. Almost every grave was indi-
Gated by a fiat stone slab, which Law
above a skeleton. Many of these stones
were perforated with round, oval or
square holes. Some of the bodies were
extended at length, while others had
their knees drawn up to the breast.
Many vases and pots were obtained,
which lore strange designs, mostly
representing NEUROLOGICAL birds and
beasts. Their significance, as Illus
trating the mythology Of the people
to whom the pottery belonged, is as
certainable to some extent from the
traditions still current among the liv-
ing a~borigines. One design, wholly
unique, is painted on the bottom OF
a bowl. On one side of the rim is rep
resented the upper part of a man, and
below, in the interior of the bowl, are
Two footprints, as if the man had
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15

respond with their usual patriotism ane
enthusiasm this amount will be con-
tributed in a very short time.
A short time ago, a boy 8 years old
went all the way from Flushing, Long
Island, to Luray, Va, alone. He had
only q little tag on his Jacket which
read: Friends will please help this
little fellow to DR.. Wharton's Whose
ever Farm at Luray, Va" He was
kindly treated by every one and came
all right.
Last October DR.. Wharton was hold
ing a series of meetings in Macon, Ga.
He heard of the death of a fallen wo-
man who had left a child only s years
old. He sought to get possession OF
her, and found a beautiful, bright-eyedI
rosy-cheeked girl. She was in the pos
session of an aged grandmother, who
said: There is nothing for her but a
life like her poor mother. I'll DON be
gone; then no one will care for her."
The child is now at the Farm.
A few days ago a poor widow of
Norfolk, Va, applied for a mission for
her little boy. Her son, on whom she
depended for a living, is on the gun
boat Nashville, now off the coast Of
Cuba. The child will be taken, and the
mother, too, if necessary.
DR.. Wharton has received a letter
from General Fitzhugh Lee asking him
to include the children of Cuban SOL
diers in his homes and he has con-
sented to do so. This will add greatly
to the work and needs of the farm, but
is a fine opportunity for the little Gu
hans
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15
Rates of Travelling.

1t is well known that the speea of
travelling has increased amazingly
since 1898, and it is a matter for con-
lecture whether it Is possible to in
crease in the same degree by 1888.
A French statistician has just drawn
up an interesting document, showing
at various periods in what time GER
tain frontier towns could be reached
from Paris. The years chosen are
1850, 1882, 1884, 1854 and 1897. In
1850 it took five days to go from
Paris to Calais. One hundred and
thirty-two years later, in 1882, the du-
ration of the journey had been re-
duced to so hours. In 1884 it had fallen
to 2S hours, and in 1854 to 6 hours
40 minutes. Today one of the boat
expresses takes 8 hours AZ minutes.
The journey to Strasburg took 218
hours in 1860, 10S hours in 1882. 10
hours 40 minutes in 1854, and today a
matter Of 8 hours 20 minutes. The diff
ference for Marseilles is still more
phenomenal. From Is days in 1850,
the duration of the journey was re-
duced to so hours in 1884, and today
it takes 1917 hours. The distance
from Paris to Bayonne two centuries
ago took 1888 hours; today it occupies
II hours II minutes. Brest can be
reached in 10 hours 81 minutes, while
in 1859 it took 270 hours. Finally, for
Havre, 81 hours was considered quick
travelling in 1850. 1t took Is hours in
1882, and II hours in 1884. Today it
is a matter of 8 hours Is minutes.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-15

at Mclean, ILL.,, was employed by Unit
ed States army officers as a packer for
the government relief expedition. A
few weeks ago, with a party of six
soldiers from Baldes, he attempted to
tioat down the Law River, a tributary
of the Copper River, on a log raft.
The next day they entered a box can
yon. The raft was dashed to pieces in
the rapids, but Pope succeeded in
reaching the ledge on the right, which
was only wide enough for a foothold.
lie remained in this perilous position
for three days without food or sleep
before he attempted to escape. Snatch
ing some twigs from a clump of bushes
mat grew on the ledge he dashed them
together with his suspenders, and with
this frafl support began the ascent of
the cliff, climbing a few feet, then bal
anclng himself and hanging the ladder
on projections above him.. In a little
more than an hour he had dragged
himself to the top. His companions
also escaped death by reaching the on
posite bank of the stream, farther
down.