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"W'ftWW THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1901. FORTUNES IN SHIPPING GERMAX BARK MAGDALEE EARNS $170,000 Of THREE TEARS. Tlcmarlcnble Record of One of Gcr xnany Free Ships Monmouth shire Brings 10,000 Packages. The German "bark MagTIalene sailed from Xokohama for this port Monday, under charter to load wheat for the United Kingdom- This -will be the second trip of the Magdalene to. Portland since she passed under the German flag, although she has previously loaded here as the British bark Trade "Winds. The experi ence of the Magdalene since she was pur chased by the Germans is a fine illustra tion of the wonderful profits there have been in the oil and wheat trade. While the vessel has a voyage of 25,000 miles ahead of her before she again reaches New York, she has already been chartered to load 120,000 cases of coal oil for Japan in January. 1502. She is to receive for nhat service 26 cents per case, and the cargo will be the third oil cargo she has taken out of New York since she passed under the German flag. It will be deliv ered in Japan if all goes well in May, 1902, three years after she left New York with the first cargo under the new flag. The gross earnings for the ship for the three oil cargoes and the two wheat cargoes taken from Portland, in the. meantime, will be in excess of $172,000, oris more than double the amount that was paid for the ship when she was pur chased a little over two years ago. Start ing from New York for Shanghai In May, 1899, the different trips of the ship have since paid the following gross amounts, the last two charters not yet being ful filled, but the earnings, based on the car go contracted for at 26 cents for oil, and 38s 9d for wheat. New York to Shangnal 5 S3.600 Shanghai to Portland (ballast) Portland to Europe 35,795 .Europe to New York (ballast) 'Now Yorkio Yokohama 32,400 Yokohama to Portland (ballast) Portland to Europe 39,915 Europe po New York (ballast) New York to Japan 31,200 Total $172,910 The ship received 28 cents per case on her first cargo of oil, 27 cents for the second cargo, and will receive 26 cents lfor the one next year. She was - chartered for May wheat loading at this jport this year at 38s 3d, and on her last outward voyage from here received 31s 9d. fWhen It Is considered that vessels have paid-good profits at 20 cents per case for oil and less than 30 shillings for wheat, the big profits that are now "being paid fcfoy the vessels in the trade can better "be understood. '- The Magdalene will be well-remembered In Po.rtland through her costly collision with the German shlD Margretha. The latter vessel was damaged to the extent of about $15,000 while lying at Columbia dock. The Margretha is now loading wheat on Puget Sound. Her master, Cap- tain Rasch, will leave Tacoma soon for New York to take command of the Ger man bark Henriette, which was formerly the British bark Royal Porth. The Hen jiette is under charter for next' Janu iary loading at this port. CONTRAST IS STRIKING. Tacoma Ledger Furnishes Some Fig ures on Puget Sound Shipping:. , Visitors to Tacoma, via Seattle, are constantly remarking the noticeable dlffer ence between the appearance of Tacoma .harbor and that of Seattle. Tuesday af ternoon in Seattle harbor there was one deep-sea vessel, the British bark Carra dale; two small Alaska- steamers, two revenue cutters, the transport Seward, be ing overhauled, and two or three idle, two-masted schooners. In Tacoma harbor yesterday were four teen deep-sea sailing vessels and the ocean steamships Teenkal, at the Balfour flock; Braemar at the Northern Pacific dock; Victoria and Tacoma at the China dock, and Port Albert at the coal bunk ers, all of them busily loading or dis charging cargoes. Of the deep-sea .sail ing vessels In port at Tacoma the lum ber fleet comprised six, the wheat fleet seven and the coal fleet but one. Tacoma Ledger, April 4. " Visitors to Portland by way of Tacoma and Seattle are constantly noticing the same difference in the appearance of Port land harbor, and that of Seattle and Ta coma. This backyard fight over the trans port business between our Puget Sound neighbors is bringing out more truth than is printed in their boom yarns about the two places. After listeningto Seattle and Tacoma fairy tales about Portland's ship ping, it is always a source of surprise for strangers to find that Portland usually hasf more deep-water shipping at her docks, than is found at both of the Sound ports. On the day mentioned by the Ledg er there were 19 deep-water ships In Port land harbor, and three others had dropped dawn to Astoria. In addition to these there was a number of coasting vessels in port. The deep-water fleet at Portland docks on the day mentioned included 15 wheat ships, the steamships Universe, Norman Isles and Saint Bede loading for the Orient, and the sailing ship Thessa lus loading for South Africa, The net registered tonnage of the deep-water fleet in Portlanjf-jvas 32,414 tons, and the ton nage of Ine tHree snips which dropped down to the lower harbor was 5718. Of course, this is not an unusual fleet for Portland, but In connection with the above notice from the Tacoma Ledger, it serves to show up the relative importance of the three ports. Incidentally It-might be mentioned that the grain tonnage en route rand listed for Puget Sound on April 3 -jras 12,433 tons, and for Portland, 57,891 itons. BROUGHT LIGHT CARGO. Monmouthshire Has About Sixteen Thousand Packages of Freight. The steamship Monmouthshire entered at the Custom-House yesterday morning with a mixed cargo from the Orient. Ow ing to the fact that she came only from ?Hong,Kong and Kobe and did not stop iat Yokohama, she brought rather a light cargo. She had aboard about 16,000 pack ages, the greater part of which was mat ting for the East New York was down on the -list for the largest single con signment, there being 5694 rolls of mat ling for that port, and also 1073 bags of Chile peppers and 19 packages of straw braid. For this city there were 492S pack ages of rice. Boston was down for GTS packages of matting, and Baltimore for j .;iH roils or matting. There were also consignments of matting and curios for New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco land Philadelphia. The steamer com menced discharging yesterday morning and by this evening all of the Eastern freight will be on the railroad bound .across the continent. The Monmouthshire on her present trip Is -consigned to her owners, one of whom is now in the city. Messrs. Taylor, Young & Co. have been appointed local agents for the vessel, and will look after the interests of the firm In Portland and on Puget Sound. The steamer is discharg dhgi at Alaska dock, and as soon as her inward cargo is out of the way she will commence loading wheat for Europe. The .trip across was an uneventful one. Cap tain Kennedy is accompanied by his wife .and daughter, who will return to Europe with him. January Marine Disasters. The administration of the Bureau Veri tas has just published the list of maritime disasters reported during the month of January, 190L concerning all flags, as fol- lows: Sailing vessels reported lost Amer ican. 13; Brazilian. 1; British, 15; Chilian, 1; Danish, 5; Dutch. 1; French, 6; Ger man. 3; Greek, 2; Italian, 3; Norwegian, 9; Russian, 5; Swedish, 3; total, 67. In this number are Included 2 vessels reported missing. Steamers reported lost Ameri can, 2; -Argentine. 1; British, 11; Danish, 1; Dutch, 1; French, 2; German, 1; Italian, 2; Japanese, 1; Norwegian, 4; Russian, 1; Spanish, 3; total, 30. In this number are Included two steamers reported missing. Causes of losses: Sailing vessels Strand ing 37, collision 2, foundered 5, abandoned 12, condemned 9, missing 2; total, 67. steamers Strandlng( 15, collision 3, fire 1. foundered 1, abandoned 2, condemned 6, missing 1; total 30. Overdue -Steamer Safe. PHILADELPHIA, April 5. The British steamer "Wakefield, Captain Olesen, from Marseilles. February 27. arrived at the Delaware-Breakwater today about 20 days overdue. The steamer encountered heavy gales and was forced to sail against head winds during almost the entire voyage. Appcal hy Herllhy. SAN- FRANCISCO, April 5. P. H. Her llhy, who was chief engineer of the steam er Rio de Janeiro, when that vessel went down off the Golden Gate, has appealed to the United States Circuit Court from the decision of the United States Inspec tors of Steam Vessels revoking his license as an engineer. Herllhy states in his ap peal that he was not served with a copy of the charges and was not given an op portunity of defending himself. Broke a Record. NEW YORK, April 5. The steamship Rhein, which arrived here today from Bremen, broke the record as a passenger carrier. Besides her crew, which num bered 400, she had 2502 passengers. Of the latter, 53 came in the cabin. Domestic and Foreign Forts. ASTORIA, Or., April 5. Arrived at 7:30 A. M. and left up at 11:40 A. M., steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Arrived down at 11:40 A. M., British bark Cralg isla; at 12:10 P. M., steamship Universe. Condition cf the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind, southwest; weather, cloudyT Hoqulam, Wash. Arrived April 4. Steamer Coqullle River, from San Fran cisco, for Aberdeen. Arrived April 5, steamer Grace Dollar, from San Francisco for Hoqulam. San Francisco, April 5. Arrived Steam er Charles D. Line, from Seattle; steamer Geo. "W. Elder, from Astoria. Sailed Bark Harvester, for Karluk; steamer Mackinaw, for Seattle; brig "W. G. Irwin, for Roche Harbor. Seattle. Arrived April 4-Steamer Far allon, from Skagway. Sailed Steamer Czarina, for Tacoma. Port Towneend, April 5. Arrived Brit ish bark Ivanhoe, from Royal Roads. Liverpool, April 5. Arrived Irishman, from Boston: New England, from Boston. Movllle, April 5. Sailed Astoria, from Glasgow, for New York. London, April 5. Sailed Evangeline, for Halifax and St. John. New York, April 5. Arlved, Pretoria from Hamburg. A DAY ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. A visit to Portland Is incomplete with out devoting at least one day to the Co lumbia River and its magnificent scenery. You can leave Portland at 9 A. M. any day on the O. R. & N. Co.'s palatial Portland-Chicago special train, lunch at The Dalles or In the dining-car, be back at 4:30 P. M.. and have seen the most attractive portion of the Columbia. "In making the trip by ralbyou obtain anear view of the many beautiful cascades," and as the track skirts the south bank of the river the stream and its north shore are constantly in sight. Should you desire a ride on a river steamer,, take the O. R. & N. Co.'s train at 9 A. M. any day except Sunday, for Cascade- Locks, spend a short time there, ""apd then board the steamer as she passes tnrougn tne locks en route to Portland. A" more extensive river excursion can be had by leaving Ash-street dock, Port land (dally except Sunday), at S P. M. for Astoria, on the O. R. & N Co.'s fast, electric-lighted steamer "Hassalo," arriv ing at Astoria, 100 miles distant, about daylight; returning, leave Astoria at 7 A M. (except Sunday), arriving at Port land about 5 P. M. All meals can be had on the steamer, and altogether the trip Is most delightful, restful and comfort able. Particulars of Willamette River trln can also be had upon application at the O. R. & N. Co.'s city ticket office. Third and Washington. Telephone 712. WITTER SPRINGS 'MEDICAL WATER I have a large shipment on steamer that will arrive here Thursday, April 4. It will absolutely cure dj-sjiepsla, Indigestion, dropsy, gout, rheumatism, kidney and liver troubles, constipation, piles. Inflam mation and catarrh of the bladder, neu ralgia.' malaria, chills and fever, chronic alcoholism, old sores, venereal and -all" blood -diseases, catarrh, menstrual diffi culties, dandruff, eczema, warts, erup tions, and all skin diseases, corpulency, epllesy. It Is the only absolute cure for syphilis in all, Its stages in the world. In chronic cases of above diseases will fnr nlsh the water to be paid for after cure Is effected. F. J. Hellen, agent, 130 Fifth street. i An Excuse. Mistress Another breakage, Jane? And a wedding present, too! How ever did you do It? Jane (sobbing) They al waya break when I drop 'em. Punch. ' ! LIGHTSHIP NOT A WRECK . Vii CONTRACTORS MAKE GOOD PROG RESS IN SAVING HER. Craft Is Novr in the Cradle, and Will Soon Be Moving Description of Salvage Methods,, ,H, The 35 days allowed by the United" States Government- In which to deliver Columbia River lightship No. 50 from the ocean beach at McKInsle Head to Tongue Point dock, has already expired, but the contractors havp made such cood nrojrress that thev will nrobablv launch fier In j Baker's Bay within the next 10 days, Andrew Allen, housemover, and J. H. COLUMBIA RIVER LIGHTSHIP Roberts, shlpllner, of Portland, have the contract. The conditions are that the Government will pay $17,500' If the ship shall be saved within the 35day limit; and that the contractors shall forfeit to Uncle Sam $100 for each day after that limit until the ship Is In the water again. Providing the contractors fall entirely to "deliver the goods," no forfeiture will be required of them, but they will re ceive no pay for the attempt made. After the papers were signed, several days elapsed before the lightship was turned over, and It Is expected that this Interim will not be deducted from the time limit. However, Messrs. Allen and Roberts can fprfelt several hundrecl dol lars and still make money out o'f the job. - - - - - The presentplan for getting the vessel into' deep water, differs from '"the two fruitless attempts made, by Wolff & Zwlcker, and Robert Mclniosh. They undettook to puirthe vessel'off- the beach Into the ocean by means of tugs, assisted by the lightship straining on a cable with ' her own-j engines forward. Much time and labor was spent In this way, but to no purpose. The lines were too short or parted at the critical moment, although the ship was several times afloat and success seemed certain. The force i of the breakers, rolling In, would catch the ship on the quarter bow, and, before the slack of the cable could be taken In, she would swing broadside- and work shoreward again. A wire cable, several hundred fathoms long, valued at $1200, was lost overboard at one time, and be tween Wolff & Zwlcker and Mcintosh over ,$12,000 was expended In trying to get the lightship to sea. Allen and Roberts' plan Is to haul the vessel across a narrow " neck of land and launch her In Baker's Bay, at, a point on the United States reservation, at the north, end of the Fort Canby parade grounds. The distance to be traversed Is about three-quarters of a mile. There are two small hills to climb, and a nar row swale to brldg. They have built a cradle under the vessel, which will be rolled over a plank roadway. An enor mous amount of gear will be used. The weight of the lightship is 800 tons. When the gear Is all working at once, it will exert a strain of 900 tons, much- more than enough, It Is estimated, to draw the ship oyer the plank road. Six capstans, such as are used in housemovlng, will be securely placed at various distances from each other, connected with the bow of the ship by two-Inch ropes. The ropes pass through the anchor-chain holes, and are made fast to blocks inside. Each capstan Is turned by a horse. The ves sel's donkey engine will be used to strain on the huge 45-fathom iron cable, with links two Inches In diameter. This chain alone will "pull 75 tons, and It Is expected that, excepting for ascending the two hills, this .power will be sufficient. "Will Rest on Four Big Timbers. kTh vegsl-wlJen properly raised will rest 'on two" pairs of Immense timbers, needle beams, one pair to go under the keel near the bow, and the, other to pas? beneath) the keel near the ''stern. "These needle beams are 24 feet long, 24 Inches wide! 12 Inches 'thick, and will be placed eight feet apart In each set. Underneath the needle beams, supporting the ends, are the "shoes," heavy timbers laid at right angles to their superstructure. The shoes rest on oak rollers, each three feet eight Inches long, and eight Inches in diameter. Each pair of needle beams will have 52 rollers. The roadway will con sist of fir planking, four by 12 Inches. The planks will be put down and taken up, as the vessel moves ahead. The needle beams, being placed 'underneath the ship forward and aft. will "act an; the rolers something on the same; prlnn clple as axles on the front and hind wheels of a ,wagon: It will not b .neces sary, therefore, to havaa 'dead-level roadway; the bow of the bpat 'being free to rise and fall with the undulating sur face. Cradles and braces will. .be put in at i either end where the bearings come, and guy ropes -extending from the, ground to the fore and "main masts, well up, will keep her on even keel. The keel will rest about two feet above the surface. Before the end of this "weekj it is expected,, all -will be in readiness to ' move ahead. -- z , ' By far -the greatest -part of the? task, -that of raising the vesseKup outpf he sand, 'had all 'but been accffnffiUsliea Sunday. Since the worfc first begi. the, high tides have four., times undafpnlijed the cribbing at the, stern, although every precautl6n. It 'was- thought, wastaken. Logs 30 ,feet long by three;. feet tlirougntl were used as a foundation for the; crlbij blng on which v the jack-sarews wer$J worKea to raise tne stern. Ttireerfeet o cribbing Is embedded in the sands along- eimei- aiuu oi me snip, wnicn supports the 120 Jack-screws. Twelve hand-Jaclks were twsi in uie quicttsana. xwo oj.inase now In use are operated by hydraulic pressure. One has a 'capacity of. 30 tons, and the other, of, 15 tons. , In Taislng'the bow out of the sand it was necessary to dig "down about three feet before passing the chains under neath. Two logs, each about 25 feet long and over two feet through, were placed on either side, extending from the "nose" of the ship, following" the lines of the ship on the quarter bow. Two heavy iron chains' were then doubled around the logs, toward the ends, each noose pass ing under the keel, forming a girth. Cribbing was then laid for the jacks, and the perpendicular pressure of 500 tons being applied to the logs, raised the ves sel. Along either side,- amidships, bridge timbers were, secured for the, same pur- pose, as the. .logs. But instead of passing chains under the body ,of the craft,, an other device was' Vesort'ed to. Along the ! sides, .well up" are rows of portholes, ' Through these apertures oak rollers were passed, leaving "about eight Inches of the NO. 50. ends protruding.. The heavy timbers were lashed snug up to these obstruc tions, and the cribbing built up 'until the jacks met them. Last Sunday the lightship had been moved 100 feeJL from where she rested when the work was commenced. Her bow was then quartering to the 'breakers. She was swung around with the capstans straining on 84 ropes. The high tides as sisted In forcing the ship In after she had been sheered around. The ship's en gine, heaving on the anchor chain, also f helped greatly In the work. There are 37 men employed on the Job, and they have been working almost night and day, according to tides( to get -the ship up to where she could, .be. put into the cradles.. Practical men" -in ship, launching, who have recently1 visited the scene of opera tions, express 'the utmost confidence In the practicability" of Allen and Roberts' plan. There seems to be no question now about the lightship being saved. The ves sel cost Uncle Sam many times $17,500. The condition of the machinery Is prac tically uninjured, and can be restored to usefulness by a general overhauling. The hull Is sound, althought badly scarred from the 16 months' exposure to the weather. The captain, mate, engineer, and three deckhands of her complement of men are laying by, comfortably housed at .the bar racks, anxiously awaiting the result. CLAUDE L. SIMPSON. NOT DAMAGED BY STORM. Lightship, Started on Overland Jour ney,. Is Uninjured. Lightship 50 was proof against the south west squalls of Thursday on her cradle at the beach, near Ilwaco, though the contractors, who are moving her out of her perilous position, were very uneasy until the storm passed off. Fred Fletcher, who came up from the scene yesterday, said the vessel's .hull was about three feet clear of the surface of the beach and that she would begin moving on roll ers today. It Is calculated that she will be moved about 200 feet per day, to ward Baker Bay, when she starts; and that some 10 days .will be consumed In hauling her over the extemporized plank road to where 'the ways will be con structed for her launching. Mr. Fletcher thinks the lightship will need a thorough overhauling at the hands of ship carpenters before she Is set afloat again, as her keel Is nearly all gone and the copper sneatning is torn off In many places. This will Involve a separate contract which will run into several thousand dollars. - - "The contractors," Mr. Fletcher said, "feel very much encouraged' Over the assured success of the undertaking, as the experiment of lifting a 'large strandei vessel bodily out of her predicament Is something new In the line of saving wrecks. Then the transporting of the big hull across a neck of land only has a parallel In the, Eads ship railway dream across the Isthmus of Panama. A great deal of interest Is being taken in the project, not, only In Portland and As toria, but In San Francisco and In the seaports of Puget Sound'. The beach Is thronged with sightseers whenever the weather Is fine, and last Sunday after noon a great many ' kodaks were em ployed in taking snapshots at the un usual sight of a vessel emerging from the sands by the aid of a hundred Jack- -fcscraws. If visitors could make the round trip from Portland- in a single day, the beach near Ilwaco would be quite a re sort, , while the vessel Is pursuing the even tenor of her way overland to the StJH waters of Baker's Bay, Her prog ress will be necessarily slow, because she must' be kept on an even keel and her constant change of position will make this difficult.. . "'The vessel has been aground two years, an.d the damage done to her keel and 'hull "la,, probably the result' of the wrenchlhgs . of; Jugboafs In previous at tempts to get her off.' f, i Big: Arizona Mine Deal. . 1 PHOENIX, 'Ajfz,. April 5. The Congress nflne has-been, sold to' an Eastern syndi cate. The" re'portecf purchase prlcQMs'lS.OOO,' C00' Theinine wlllereafter be kn'dwh by another name-but Ihe new conipahy "will be headed by E; B. .Gage,"1 who Jls now president' -of the Congress .Gold Mining1 Company. It Is believed that the our- Kehpp'&.SljU the outcome of negotiations be- guu uy:n.i utju ucinceu me uwners oi ine mIne''anck.Ja. New . York- (syndicate headed by7WSe"ri'atbr Warner.MtlHer. There is a of Vermont', vwho Is now In Arizona, " is Interested In tfe 'purchase.' Some mfnlng nieh p'tit trie purchase price at J5.000.000, wiichVrtrte' hhe1 figures suggested "when an'-'obtlon ViOB trrantPr! on .tho mlnoc n r2? -l5: V-'"&.1VaJA4 . TI . UTlUUli Vear ,ago. -The Concrress mine has hepn operate,, for 15 years, and the ..workings are now at a uepin or auw feet. ON THE 1RAIN COUPLE START WEDDED LIFE AT 40 BIILES AN HOUR. Chicago Youngr Woman Meets Her Fiance and the Officiating: Minister- at The Dalles. A happy young couple started out on life's journey yesterday afternoon at a spe'ed of 40 miles an hour; but" there was nothing at all unseemly about the occur rence, excepfHposslbly the curiosity of the several hundred passengers aboard the O. R. & N. west-bound Portland-Chicago train. Her name was Miss F. B. Taylor, of Chicago, and now she Is the wife of H. H. Weatherspoon, the' O. R. & N. agent at Mosler. Three months ajro Mr. Weather- 'spoon came from Chicago and assumed his present position at Mosler. He was to be followed in due course by Miss Taylor, who had consented to change his lonely bachelor's lot into one long era of matri monial content. Last Tuesday she started. At The Dalles she was met by the prospective groom, who had thoughtfully secured a license and also procured the attendance of a preacher. Rev. J. A. Morrow, of The Dalles. It had been Intended that all should go to Portland together, where the nuptial knot was to be tied, but the train was late, they would get into Port land at an unseasonable hour, and delay seemed useless, anyway. The services of Train Conductor W. R. Glendennlng and Pullman Conductor A. D. Chase were en listed, and they helped love find a way. The occupant of the sleeper drawing room, Mrs. Donald Mackay, of Portland, courteously consented to vacnt'e as long as needful; and there, amidst the roar and rattle of the train, the preacher pro nounced the words that made the twain one. The ceremony was performed about 11 miles west of The Dalles; or maybe it was 11. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherspoon will be at home to their friends at Mosler In a few days. DEMAND RETRACTION. Tirin Mi..inniri. nr nr... of TTn.fr- Number "Was Libeled. PEKIN, March 20. (Special Cable DIs- patch to the Chicago Inter Ocean.) The ., .. N x Missionary Association held a meeting yesterday and unanimously voted to tel--egraph the North American Review a demand that Mark Twain shall recant his "'libelous attack" In that magasflne on Missionary W. S. Ament, ot the Amer- lean .Board of Foreign Missions. ' Th4 Rev. Messrs". Scheffleld, Wherry and Tewksbury' expressed Indignant sur-I prise that such a man and such a re-1 view should thus slander the Rev. Mr. Ament without examining into the facts. The Rev. Mr. Reld said the -trouble be because 'a Pekin dispatch of De - gan cember 22 on the subject had been left unrefuted. The Rev. Mr. Ament left here today for the United States. A large party of Chinese accompanied him to the railway station. Mark Tivaln Will Reply. NEW YORK, March 21.-(SpecIal Dis patch to the Inter Ocean.) Samuel M. Clemens (Mark Twain) was eeen this afternoon at his home at No. 14 West Tenth street, but declined to say just what reply he would make to the demand of the Missionary Association at Pekin that he recant his attack on several mis sionaries, which appeared In a recent Issue of the North American Review. It was learned, however, from a person very close to Mr. Clemens that the hu morist will have much more to say on the subject In the April Issue of the rNorth American Review. "Mr. Clemens;" said that friend, "de clares that he did not want to write the forthcoming article, but that It , was forced from him by the statements of the missionaries. Mr. Clemens hopes they will like It, but he has doubts." Colonel George B. M. Harvey, editor of the North American Review, said this afternoon: "I have received the following cable gram: " 'Pekin Missionary Association demand public retraction Twain's gross libel against Ament; utterly false. " 'SECRETARY.' "I have transmitted this cablegram to Mr. Clemens, who informs me that he will make a full, clear and complete expo sition of the case of the Rev. Dr. Ament In the April number of the North Ameri can Review, to be published next week. Whether this exposition, which Mr. Clemens has outlined to me, will be re garded by his critics as a 'retraction' J would not venture to say. It is certainly Interesting." Redemption of National Bank Notes. Sound Currency for March. . 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Ills. 1 suffered with kidney and liver trouble for eight months. It upset my en tire system and made me unfit for work. The doctors finally advised mo to take Warner s Safe Cure. Within one week after beginning Its use. ths burn ing sensation had partially dUnppeared. In two weeks more I considered my self cured, and I have been In perfect health ever since. Could there be stronger testimony or from more repntn blemenf Do not lonser delay, but beRln today the use of Wnrncr's Safe Cure, and thus secure the rentet of all blessings gooil health. Send your name and address to WAtWNfcu i SAFE CURE CO.. Rochester, N. i., ana receive uy iciu.u vvra. . r. . r. J. .r. ..r- J. ??P,'V"U'Wak','V,: because the notes are fully secured, and are In fact guaranteed by the United States, there Is no real reason for their redemotion In United States notes except the desire to secure clem currency for that which is soiled and mutilated. Such, ! however. Is not the case. The main rea- j son. fOr redemption arises from the fact I that national banknotes are not "money," but merely tne-'securea promissory nui j of the Issuing banks. They are not avau- ( able for. the "lawful money" reserve ' t.. .- .. . -. . , whlch'the natlonil DanKS are reiuireu io f hold, consequently, at tnose seuauiw u. the vear when the movement of currency ! Is toward New Tork and otner nnanciai i ninc'' riantr thfvrp maturallv sort r centers, tne DanKS .inure 'natu., au f out 'the national banK notes anu sew them to Washington for redemption In or I tVicvir nnn 1110 n: rpserve monev. thdV can use as reserve money. This suggests an Important point of superiority of bank currency over Gov ernment paper money. To the extent that surplus currency moving to financial cen ters In bank notes. It Is retired by the ! process of redemption. The notes go back to the issuing banks in the interior. where they will be on hand whenever profitable employment for them can be found. Government currency, on the other hand. Is not retired under such cir cumstances; but, accumulating at the financial centers, produces abnormal credit conditions and stimulates specula tion. If employment for the time is found, the necessity for shipping the currency to the Interior a few months later again disorganizes business. i Is the Rattlesnake's Bite Fatal? Leslie's Weekly. Apropos of the subject of rattlesnakes, the remarkable statement may be quoted, recently made by Professor Edmund J. James, ot the University of Chicago, to the effect that death from rattlesnake bite Is a great farlty. He has been working for 20 years, he says, to obtain well-authenticated case of death from euch a cause. Many stories of people dying from rattlesnake poison had been found, upon Investigation, to be without foundation. One genuine case discovered recently In Georgia was considered by Professor James sufficiently remarkable to warrant him in obtaining a sworn affidavit to the fact from the attending physician. The case was that of a man, a "snake-charmer," who was bitten by a large rattlesnake of the variety known In the South as the "diamond rattler." The man died from paralysis of the heart caused by the bite, after lingering In great agony for 18 hours. Referring to Professor James' state ment. Dr. Menger says that his own ex perience and that of many of hi3 profes sional associates In Texas indicates that death from rattlesnake bite is not so rare a thing as the Chicago professor would have the world believe. 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