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The Southern herald., 1900-02-02
CAST UP BY THE SEA.
Frlgate with Valuable Cargo sunk -
1s12 Comes Ashore IL Coed
Repair in lssk

In 1884 British steamer named the
Ironsides ran into terrific gale when
within 20 miles OF Halifax. Her cargo
shifted, and she rolled so far over that
her propeller was useless, and after
every effort to right her she was aban,
doned by all hands. The boats wers
adrift seven days before being picked
up.
The loss of the steamer was duly re-
ported, and the insurance money had
been paid, when II was heard Of again.
She was passed in midocean BY an
American ship, and see was riding on
ali even keel. Her cargo had shifted
back, and beng stnnch iron vessel
she was still afloat. Sac would have
been boarded by the American skip-
per, but for the heavy sea running.
A steamer was sent out from Hall
fax to look for her, and another left
the English channel, but they knocked
about for a month and got no trace.
The Ironsides was sighted only that
once, though she was sfOat for five
months and drifted thousands Of
miles.
One night she drifted into a little
harbor on the south coast OF the 10
land of Pico. She had a general car
go valued at $275OOO. and it come to
no harm. The derelict had accounts
lated barnacles and grass and needed
paint, but she had come through her
long fight with the king Of storms in
better condition, perhaps. than IL she
had carried crew with her.
In 1912 a British frigate called the
Foxhrc was lost between the Azores
and Madeira. She foundered in a gale,
though not until most of her crew had
been transferred in wonderfully
pluclcy way TO a consort.
The frigute went down in water 1000
feet deep, but on the afternoon of July
20, 1874. 62 years after her loss, the
hulk crawled ashore on Formosa Is
land. A stiff gale which had been
blowing for three days, aided by
heavy seas and high tide, landed her
on the beach, and the relic was seized
by beacheomber named saunder-
SON
The frigute no doubt went to the
bottom at first, and 1t may be that
she rested there for half century
Then heavy storm or a swirl of the
current sent her drifting along. Rud.
der and keel and masts were gone, and
many CT the bulkheads were down, but
the hull could have been made water
tight.
Saunderson engaged help and made
a good haul from the hulk. Her guns
were worthless, as may be supposed,
but he got $4,000 in gold from the
purser's safe, and many relics which
brought high prices from tourists.
Theappearauce of the Foxfre settled
a dispute of long standing among by
drographers. The best Of them had
contended that the currents did not
make themselves felt below seven on
eight fathoms Here was indisput.
able procf that they even swept the
bottom Of the deep sea.--Boston Globe
The Southern herald., 1900-02-02

When the church was built The news
was sent 70 the king Of Spain, and. TO
show his pleasure at the event, be
forwarded 10 the people of Aeoma fer
their new and sacred edifiee a painting
Of St. Joseph and the holy child Jesus.
This is the painting, and it still Is
hung in the old church. The priest
did not fail TO make the most of the
great blessing this picture would be
to them. especially if they sought t.
imbibe the spirit of the holy child,
and. as was natural. it was not long
ere the simple-minded Aeomans be-
heved that the blessings the priest
spoke Of were associated with the pic
ture itself. For. singular to relate,
it was not long after the arrival of the
picture before Acoma underwent such
an era of prosperity as its oldest men
had no recollection of. Their herds Of
sheep-bred from ancestors brought
! from Mexico-their horses and their
goats increased marvelously. Never
had their corn fields been so prolific. or
the crop of wild grass and sanfower
I seeds so abundant.
And as for pinyon nuts, the trees
were laden with them. Their hunters,
too, never went out without coming
home laden with deer and antelope as
never before, and the song of content
ed. well-fed children gladdened the
hearts of fond fathers and mothers
throughout the whole city. And they
were remarkably healthy. too. There
was no disease to speak of-no dread
epidemic that swept away lives like
the fierce cloudburst swept away trees,
Children grew up healthy. strong and
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Seen Very Dimy)
and the devoted friars from Spain and
Mexico had taught them little about
the religion of those far-away lands;
of the Virgin Mary, the holy father,
San Jose, and the blessed child, Jesus,
some of their hearts were softened by
the wonderful story that, properly
told by gentle-hearted Christian men,
has never failed to win its way into
the savage heart. And so, by ard by,
they were easily induced to build a
church which the good priest conse-
Grated to the worship of the child
Jesus.
And what a church that is. 1t
stands to this day, built 10 years be-
fore the declaration of independence
was signed. On the summit of the
mesa, it's timbers brought 40 miles
away from the mountains and
dragged by willing OF unwilling hu-
man beings all that way over the
sandy desert, and then hauled by
sheer physical strength up the 300 CT
400 foot high precipiees, its church
yard filed to depth of 40 feet in some
places with earth carried upon the
sturdy backs Of women from the val
lev below, it is a memorial of the
power, spiritual, mental or physical,
exercised by the priests Of those days
over these wild and hitherto untamed
people.
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TaIIow cnniIes nn nIedlcine.

In France the peasantry still stick
to medicines calculated to turn the
average doctors hair gray with horror.
Wine is an ingredient of every prescrip-
tion. In fever cases 1t always is the
predominant one. The French peas
ants faith in fermented grape juice Is
truly beautiful. II his children are
stricken with themeasles he gives them
wine, well sweetcned with honey and
highly spiced with pepper. For Sc
we're cold he administers quart Of red
wine and melted tallow candle mixed.
For scarlet or brain fever he gives eggs.
white wine and .oot well beaten to-
gether.-N. Y. Sun.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-02
QUEER LOT OF MEN.
To Be Found in No Other American
City But Washington.
those Familiar with Their Ways Call
Them "sund0waers"-They Are
Victims of COgardiee and
self-IndulEence.
TspeeIal washlngt0n Letter.l


This is the story of "1he Sundown-
err" and il has never before been ted.
Probably no other city in the world
certainly no other city in this country
has such a goodiy number of these
people as can be found in our national
eauital.
Scholars tell US that all discussion
should be preceded by definition; and
that many great debates have been
caused by lack of understanding of
terms ON the part of those in dispute.
Therefore, the learned men tell us,
every term should be properly defined
by a public speaker or writer, in order
that the listener or reader may the bet
ter apprshend what is intended to be
conveyed.
Well. "a Sundowner" is a man who
practices a profession in this city after
The working hours of the day have
passed away, and when men in the
learned professions have laid aside their
books, their papers, their clients and
patients, and dismissed them from their
minds. "A Sundowner goes to work
when other men have ceased their daily
labors and endeayors. "A Sundowner'
is liable TO work long after sundown;
probably until midnight, or even later.
1t is beCalse he practices his profession
after sundown that he is called Sun
downer.
These people work all day; that is,
from nine o'clock in the morning until
four O'clock in the afternoon. One of
this class this evening told his story, in
brief. and it was as follows: Il came
TO Washington to stay three years, and
| have stayed just % years too long. !
have been here for 30 years. came
here and was appointed to clerkship,
solely for the purpose of having goot
Iving, while l studied medicine.
worked faithfully in my office all day
ana studied medicine at night. All OF
the medical colleges here have then
hours SO arranged as to accommodate
government clerks, and lectures are
gwen at night Three happy years went
by, and was graduated. lwell remem.
ber how anxious l was for graduation
Gay to come, and how l daily pictured
to myself the roseate future when
should become a great physician or sur
geon, with patients too numerous fol
my time and attention. | had visions
OF house of my own, an office in my
own house, family growing up abou
me and a bank account constantly
swelling.
"Well, the happy day came and | re
ceiyed my diploma. had it framed
ard it is still in the original frame. II
authorized me to practice medicine
Success and wealth were in my grasp
Very soon | should step forth into the
world and make reputation for myself
which would rival that of all physicians
of the past. had studied diligently
and faithfully. had become an expert
with the scalpel and had been compli
mented by the professors, some Of
whom seemed to really believe with mt
that would become a famous surgeon
"But here am with nothing but thai
Did diploma to show for my years Of
eager, hopeful, ambitious, youthful en-
deayor. DO you know why? Because
hesitated, and was lost in the maelstron
of failure which characterizes the lives
Of SO many hundreds who come to Wash
The Southern herald., 1900-02-02

Lawrence. 1t is fascinating because Of
its location, traditions, customs, people
and their everyday life. 10 see city
perched on the summit Of great rock
island, whose surrounding medium is
air, however, instead of water, and
whose streets cannot be reached except
up such trails as frighten stout-heart-
ed men, is to be fascinated in the en-
treme, for Drachenfels is not more pic
turesque, and Ehrenbreitstein more
naturally inaccessible. Its traditions
take one back many, many centuries
before Alfred the Great sat on the
throne of England, or William the Con-
queror sent his arrows into the air to
pierce the brains of Saxon warriors.
Acoma was doubtless a city with an
ancient history when the Romans stole
the Sabine women for wives, or Helen
and Paris set an example Of disso,ute-
ness to the generations Of the future,
These are the people of the sun, the
peerless Acomans, never suDiugated
by wild and warlike Apaches, Com
marches or Nayajos; never enslaved un-
til the hated Spaniard came with the
man-eating animal (as they believed
the horse to be) and sticks that shot
forth death accompanied by thunder
and lightning, at the will of those who
held them.
But they were defeated and finally
brought into something like subiuga-
ton, and, when they had settled down
again to their peaceful occupations,
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seeking for rnformatIon.

First Chicago Girl--Miss Wabash. a.
low me to introduce Miss Beacoz-
streete. Miss Beaeonstreete is Boston
girl, you know.
Second Chicago Girl las languidly e.
my Chicago girl could ever speak,
Delighted to meat you. Miss Beacon-
Itreetei Bosto- is in Massachus ettn.
kn't it7-somerville Journal.
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Absolute Cerebral ExhaustIou

Charley-rm going to give that bwiI.
liant actress had to dinnah the othaw
night pwesent. What would you sua-
gest?
Geowge-Bwilliants, Of course.-Jsw.
elers' Weekly.
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The Senior fartner-Now, young
man, If take you into business with me
don't want you to try to marry my
daughter.
The Young Man-No. sir. II " ont be
necessary then.-Town Topics.
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Master-Nane some Of the most in
portant things existing to-day which
were unknown 100 years ago.
Tomny-You and me.-Loadon Tit.
Bits.
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waste Motion.

Life world be easier If we put in work
The ene' gy with which We try to shirk
-Chicagg Record.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-01-12
Cause and Effect.

Lecturer-The acoustics of your hall
are very bad. sir.
Proprietor-No, sir. They're all right.
1t was the soap factory you smelt.-
Brooklyn Life.
Friday sun rises at 1928; sets at
4:40. Moon rises at 4:25 q. m.
The WeataarIowas: Fair; continued
cold Friday; Saturday fair, not SO cold
in west and central portions. Ne
brasEa; Pair, cole; saturday fair, not
SO cold; variable winds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
OCEAN FREIGHTS.

Cotton - Savannah to Boston. per
bale, sl.25; to New York, per bale
s1.0V;' to Philadelphia, per bale, s1.O; TO
Baltimore, per bale. 800; via New York.
Bremen, soc; Genoa. &C; Liverpool l5c;
Reveal, zoe; direct, Bremen. 42c: BARGE
Iona, COO; Genoa, sac; Liverpool, 4Oc;
Havre, 47c; Reval. via Bremen, COO;
Trieste. 55c; Venice, CSC; Naples. Gle.
Lumber-By Sail-Freight strong. Savan-
nah to Baltimore per NJ, $6.621a to Phil
adelphia, 1919; to New York. $3.50; to Boe-
ton and Portland, $500: to Havana, 500;
to st. John. n. B.. $500; crossues, A feet
base, to Baltimore. &c; to Philadelphia,
lSc; to New York, 25c.
BY -Lumber-Savannah 10 Baltl-
more $3.50; to Philadelphia. $500; to New
York, $3.50; TO dock $.25; lightered-to
Boston. 10 dock, Ss25.
Naval Stores-The market is firm: me-
dunn size vessels. Rosin-Cork for orders,
3s per barrel of $40 pounds and per cent
primage. Spirits, As Sd per 40 gallonO
gross and 8 per cent. primage Larger
vessels. rosin Is Sd; spirits. As. Steam. 100
per 100 pounds on rosin; soc on spirits
Savannah 10 Boston, and si2c on rosin,
and SOC on spirits 20 New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05

steamers Concho Risk. New York ana
sailed for Galveston; San Marcos, Houus'
Galveston and sailed for New YORK OH-
yette. Smith, Havana and sailed Ior fo't
Tampa. 4.,,,o-
Charleston, April 4.-Arrived' steamer
Straits of Menai (Brl, BENJAMIN. m - ~
Cleared, steamer llstensteln (1er)' ma
satled. sehooners Charles G. Endicott'
RaiIev New York; Nelson f. NeWpury'
Peckworth, New York. Gil, 1r,,tod
Pensacola, Fla. April 4.-Salie1 Cn ne
States flagship New York, battles4lp Ie *
as and gunboat Machias for Hampton
Boads. steamship Rippllngham QBr)'
Johnston London; bark Bersagier QtaD'
Cleared, ship Columbia (Rus), Durch-
man. Barrow; barks Benshuin (Geri'
Schneider. Lisbon; CLINT (Nor), Larsen
Rosario; Venetian QtaD, Ferrarl LasOon'
Cognah QtaD, Pow, Fremoh' Na P,a5,ro,7
Apalachicola, Fla, April - e. Gu
bark Groonsvan (Nor), Marcussen, 81
Servan; BERTHE (NoD, Hansen, bellz!i'
schooner Nokomis, Bangor
Fernandina, Fla, April 4.-Arrived'
steamer Benedict CBr), jackson, Irinlaad'
Cleared. schooner Susan n. Plckerlhs'
Haskell Boston. o,, d.,
ker, philadelphia.
Philadelphia. April ARRIVED, scnoon-
ers Iseac T. Campbell. Savannah; James
G. Beecher, Savannah.
Philadelphia, April ARRIVED, steatnerS
c,oliins w walton. jacksonville; Pendle-
ton Brothers, Brunswick; ST. Miivhle'
Brunswick. -
HonAeur. March S1.-Arrived, steamer
Stella. Pensacola.
Bordeaux-Arrived, steamer Cairnlocn'
Pensacola. 60,
| Oporto, April 2.-Arrived, steamer Cair'-
more, Pensacola
Baltimore. April 4.-Sailed, schooner
Charles E. Batch, Key West.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05

No estimate can be made of the quaint
ties of debris washed down by this pro
cess The evil results are visible in thou
sands of acres of fertile valley lands deer
" covered over with sterile sands wash
ed down by flooded streams from IN
mountains above. The area Of navlgabl
waters of the state is seriously curtaied
In 1Si9 the Sacramento river was a clear
and limpid stream navigable for vessels
drawing seventeen feet of water as far in
land as where the city of Sacramento nov
stands and for 200 miles further for vei-
sells of seven or eight feet draught. Now
steamers and barges drawing not over
three and one-half feet can navigate the
river at summer stages TO Sacramento ana
but twenty inches If they are bound 20
Red Bluff. The three fathcm limit, which
in 1S49 extended to Sacramento, has con-
tracted a. the rate of one mile per an
mum for the last fifty years and is now
at Porto Costa.
For over twenty years. or since the ceg-
sation of hydraulic mining, the stream 3
of California have never regained their
original hmpidity and are even now az
parently bringing down as great an
amount OF solid matter as ever This Il
accounted for, in part, by the vast noun Is
of debris thrown out by early operation,
which eventually find their way into the
current through the operations Of floods
But the process of filling up the bay
comes also through the involuntary as
sistance OF the agriculturists themselves.
Scientific investigation demons. rates that
the silt now flowing into the bay - not
from the mountains altogether. bot Is IN
great part the soil washed from lands
plowed for agricultural purposes, The Vcfy
element that so consistently demandc an
achieved the destruction q hydraulic mi1-
Ing " now doing that FOR which they sue
cessfully denounced an interest which "a
the past has contributed 50 greatly 10 ca
rich the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
SOME eHosTLY EXPERIENCES.
An Apparition Tint Appeared to n
Woman at New Orleans.

From the New York Times
at wasn't a ghost for / saw her as
plainly as ever saw any one in my life, >"
said the little woman, with the soft South
ern accent. who Is making her home now
in New York. and there is no story to
tell about II, for Il is all absolutely true
IL was when was not much more than
child living in New Orleans at the time or
one of he yellow fever epidemios.
There had come to New Orleans some
time before a young English girl, whom
we can call Isabel Brown. she was
beautiful girl. with golden hair big blue
eyes. and a fine complexion. She showed
by her general appearance that she was of
a good family and the woman who was
with her a much more communicating
woman, whom she called her mother, we
always believed to be her nurse. That we
never knew, but we met them. and my
mother was interested in Isabel and she
was frequently invited to our house and
became somewhat intimate with my older
sister.
AT the time Of the outbreak of the vel
low fever we had not seen her for some
time. though we had heard that her
mother had gone TO assist her. ] was
always delicate, and ut that time | was i'll
enough 10 be confined to my room part OF
the time and receive a good deal OF care
from my mother, In Ne~ Orleans we have
what we coll galleries, though you would
call them balconies there, and there was
one on the side Of our house opening into
the yard, and the door and window of my
room opened on to this gallery. ] was in
my room and I'm bed, perfectly wide
awake. when suddenly some one pulled
aside the mosquito bar from the bod
we always have testers 10 the beds, and
the mosquito bar, or net. ~ you say. over
it--and there saw Isabel Brown.
81 shall never forget how beautiful she
looked. She was r. beautiful girl. anyway.
but this time she looked unusually lovely.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05

ers bought freely and local demand was
actively stimulated by firm cables Dam
q ge reports from India and France ana the
strength in corn and provisions Closed
firm al 3sQlac net advance May c4o9eO
747kc; July, 747sc; September, to1s" .,,
Corn. spot. strong; No. ?, 4ssci options
market, although opening little OH uii-
der realizing. experienced very sharp au-
vance on a big speculative demand, the
iump in provisions. higher cables and eX-
Dort talk. Closed strong at 12qlc net ad-
vance: May closed 1870; July, 47Ac'
Oats. spot, firmer; No. z, zSc, opllol.9
moderately active and firmer with corn,
rIosing arm at Ad&c net advance May
Beef firmer; family. s12.Ooa1S.5O; packet,
S11 5pd125 80 Cut meats quiet
Lard, market strong; Western steamed
81. on: refined strong; continent, $f.p'
Pork strong: family. $4,000 l4.5O; snort
clear sides. sl3.OOd145O; mess, $l3.254lS.75.
Butter steady; Western creamery $50
PIC; state dairy, lSq2Oc. ~
cheese dull and easy; fancy large white,
12I4d121sd; fancy large colored lSulSAc |;
fancy small white, 13ql3Ac; fancy small
colored, l3AWl5l2c.
Eggs steady; state and pennsylvania
at mark. 12a12hc; Southern, al mark,
11d1l34c; Western, at mark, n%@l2c
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, $1.2Jal. 80; New
York. $l.75; Long Island, $l5O9l.T5; jersey
sweets, $2.5o43.00.
Tallow duh.
Petroleum steady
Rosin steady
Turpentine steady.
Rice steady.
Cabbage quiet; Long Island $i0Oq6.OO per
J 100
Freights TO Liverpool quiet.
Coffee; spot Rio quiet; No Z invoice.
TAG; do jobbing sac; mild, market quiet;
Cordova, 915ql4d
| The market for futures opened hrm at
| unchanged prices to 10 points advance on
light European buying, bullish average TO
cables and the small receipts in Brazil
| further advanced ; points on covering
with demand met by realizers. The spec
| ulative demand was checked by the unsat-
! isfa.nory warehouse deliveries and the
continued apathy in spot circles. The mar
ket closed steady at net unchanged prices
! TO 40 points advance. Total sales were
! 1900 bags, including May at 6'55c; july
| 6.656i6.70c; September. $500.
Sugar, raw, quiet, but firm fair refin-
! ing. SIC; centrifugal 96-test, 4ssc; mo-
! lasses sugar, 3 1t-16c; refined irregular.
| New York, April 4.-Cotton seed oil
! frmer and fairly active influenced by the
! strong advance in lard products. Prime
crude, S4c; prime summer yellow, S9c; of
summer yellow nominal, butter grades
S7639c; prime winter yellow, S9c prime
white, 3S@39c; prime meal, $26.Ooa26.5O.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
SAN FRANCISCO BAY MENACED.
Hydraulic Mining Threatens to De-
stroy the Hnrbor on the Pncific.
From nc scientlnc Amerlc

FtOW INC bClentIHc American.
In California renewal Of the old agi,,-
ton against hydraulic mining has hen
started by influential agrlcu,turists n
is asserted that the restraining dams
built under the Camenatti act. for holding
back the debris OF the mines. are ineffect.
unl and do not fulfill the purpose Intended
the result often Of faulty construction or
deiloerale indlnerence 10 the careful re-
quirements OF the law. Chinese arc tba
principal offenders. and much liligatlo,
has been the result. Floods have swsnt
many Of the frail structures. with ali
their accumulntlons Of sand and fo,ks
away, ana the consequences have been The
ruin OF agricultural lands and the In
creased shoaling Of nayigablo streams.
Fifty years ago began the disastrous iliag
up Of streams caused by the general and
unrestrained pursuit Of hydraulic mining
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
CurcAGo MARKETS.

Chicago. April 4-This was day OF
excitement on Change. The trade in both
grain and provisions was bewildering In
it's enormity. The corn and provisions
pits we're the centers of interest, but all
over che floor the effect Of an increasing
demand was felt. The news generally
was bullish. but It was overshadowed by
the Irresistible buying fever. May
wheat closed %d7sc; corn May, l7sq2c;
oats. May, TsMlc and provisions from 22i2
f45c higher than Mondays final figures.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening Highest Lowest. Closing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LoCAb AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

ne hiver steamer VictOrine Bought
at Public Sale by Rourke & sons.
VINO VIII Thoroughly Overhaul
Her-Rules Relative to Association
Vessels i'm the Coal Trade-Natters
of Interest to Shippers and Mar-
iners.
Inc river steamer Victorine, formerly
owned by George o. Howe. was sold yes-
terday to satisfy claims in favor of psr-
lies who hbeled her recently. She was
bought by James Rourke, for John Rourke
* Sons, for $40, which is considerably
less than the aggregate claims against
her
The Victorine is "a feet In length. and
Il feet beam. She has a 20-horse power
engine. Though very small craft. she
affords few accommoda tons for passen-
gers, and has a small freight carving
capacity Her troubles began when
Florence Huertas, her engineer until the
libel was instituted, took steps to collect
back wages. This brought in all the cred
itors' whose claims footed up nearly $3.50
The owner admitted the claims. or a part
Of them TO be due, and consented that the
Vessei De sold, whereupon an order to
this effect was issued in the United States
Court
It is the intention Of Rourke & Sons 70
overhaul the steamer, and she was lowed
TO their wharves yesterday for this pur-
pose. While in possession of her former
owner, she was used in oyster dredging.
ana IN towing on small scale.