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Of the Loading Questions that Affect the
Body .Politic—The liemedles
Recommended.
Washington', December 4.—The reg-
• ular session of Congress convened at
noon today, /with a full attendance.
Immediately after organization, the
message was received and
follows:-
: Congress of the United States:
constitutional : duty jwhich re-
es the president from time to time
_ ,ve to the congress information of
s state of the Union and recommend
' to their consideration such measures- as
he shall judge necessary and expedient
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to the: congress a careful examination
•of the .detailed statements and well
supported recommendations contained
in the reports of the heads of depart
ments, who arechiefly charged with the
■ executive work'of the government.
In an effort to abridge this communi
cation as much as is consistent with its
purpose, I shall supplement a brief ref
erence to the contents of these, depart-,
mental reports by the mention of such
‘. executive business and incidents as are
. not embraced therein, and by such rec
ommendations as appear to be at this
particular time appropriate.-
While our foreign relations' have not
at'all times during the past year been
entirely free from perplexity, no em
barrassing situation remains that will'
' % not yield to the spirit of fairness and
love of justice, which, joined with con
sistent firmness, characterize a truly
- American foreign policy.
. ' My predecessor having accepted .the
office of arbitrator of the'long' standing
mission beyond any dispute tendered to.
the president by the Argentine Repub
lic and Brazil, it has been my agreeable
duty to receive the special envoys com
missioned by those states to lay before
me evidence and arguments in behalf of
their respective governments. ■
THE TBOTJBLESIN BRAZIL.-, f
The outbreak of domestic hostilities jn
the republic of Brazil bound the United
Statesto watch the interestsjofonr citi
zens in that country, with-which, we
carry on important commerce; Several
vessels of our hew navy are now and
^for some; time have been stationed at
fde" Janeiro. The struggle being be-'
' tween ' the . established government
which controls the machinery of -the
administration and with which we
ntain friendly relations, and certain
Seers of the navy employing the ves-
^of their command in an attack upon
pital and chief seaport, and lack-
yt does, the elements of divided
ationi. I -have failed' to see that
rents can claim recognition as
its.
| the: position of our govern-
at of an attentive bet
hbserver of the unfortunate
Emphasizing our policy of im-
utrality in sneh a condition as
I deemed it necessary to
'in a manner not to be misun-
ood, the unauthorized action of our
_ Knaval commander in those waters'
'saluting the revolted Brazilian ad
miral, being indisposed to. countenance
an act calculated to give gratuitous
sanction to the local insurrection.
THE CHILEAN CLAIMS.
The convention between our govern
ment and Chile, having for its object
the settlement and adjustment of the
demands of the two countries against
each other, has been made effective by
the organization of the claims commis
sion provided for.
The two governments failing to agree
upon the third member of 'the commis
sion, the good offices of the president of
the Swiss republic were invoked, as pro
vided in the treaiy, and the selection of
the Swiss representative in this coun
ty to complete the organization was
.gratifying alike to the United States
and Chile.
egan's break reviewed.
The Vexatious question oi so-called
legation, asylums for offenders against
the state and its laws, was presented
anew in Chile by the unauthorized ac
tion of the. late United States minister
in receiving into his official residence
two persons who had just failed in an
attempt at revolution, and againstwbom
criminal charges were pending, grow
ing out of a former abortive disturb
ance.
The doctrine of asylum as applied to
this case is not sanctioned by the best
precedents, and, when allowed, tends to
encourage sedition and strife.' Under no
circumstances car> the representatives of
this government be permitted, under the
ill-defined fiction of extra territoriality,
to interrupt the administration cf crim
inal justice in the,-Auntries to“ which-
they are accredited. A temperate de
mand haying been made by the Chilean
government for the correction of this
Conduct in the instance mentioned, the
^minister was instructed to no longer
“■ rbor the offenders. —
JT jjSjt GEARY LAW
. upon car^
to and from the lake ports
ted States was adjusted by fhe substi
tution of a more equitable (6f charges,
and my predecessor thereupon sus
pended his proclamation iimposing dis
criminating tolls upon British transit
through our Canals. /
A request for additions to the list of
extraditable offenses covered by the
existing treaty between the two coun
tries is under consideration. ' .
FRANCE AND ’LIBERIA.
A notable part of the southeasterly
coast of Liberia, between the Cavally
and San Pedro rivers, which for nearly
half a century has jbeen generally rec
ognized as belonging to thatrepublic 1~
cession and purchase has been claim*
to be under the protectorate of France
in virtue of agreements entered into by
the native tribes over whom Liberia’s
control has not been well -maintained.
More recently, negotiations between the
Liberian representative and the French
fferis of a treaty whereby^ an ad
justment,- certain Liberian territory is
ceded-to France. This convention at
last advices hod dot been ratified, by the
Liberian legislature and executive.
Feeling a sympathetic interest in the
-fortunes of the" little commonwealth,
the establishment and development of
which was largely aided by the heneyo-;
lence-.of our countrymen, and . which'
constitutes the only independently sov
ereign state on the west coast oi-Africa,-
this government has suggested to the
French government it^ earnest concern
lest territorial impairmemt. in Liberia
should take place without her uncon-
strained. consent.
MEXICO IS ALL RIGHT.
Onr relations with Mexico continue to
be of that close and friendly nature
which should always characterize the
intercourse of two neighboring repub
lics. . .
/• XIOARAGUA’8 CIVIL TROUBLES.
Nicaragua has passed through two
revolutions, the party at. first success
ful, having' in turn been displaced by
another, and our newly appointed
minister, by his, tiinely good offices,
sided in a peaceful adjustment of the
controversy involved in the first con
flict ' The large American interests
established in that Country in connec
tion with the Nicaragua canal were
not molested.
, The-United States are especially in
terested in the successful achievement
of. the vast undertaking this, company
has in charge. That it should he ac
complished under distinctively Ameri
can anspices and its enjoyment assured
not only to the vessels of this country
as a channel of communication be
tween our Atlantic and -Pacific sea
boards, but to the ships of the world
in the interest of civilization, is a prop
osition which, in my judgement does
not admit of question.
: NEW-EXTRADITION TREATIES.
An extradition treaty with Norway
has recently been exchanged and pro
claimed.
The extradition treaty with Rnssia,
signed in March 1887 and amended and
confirmed by the "senate in February
last, was duly proclaimed last June.
CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN.
More than fifteen years ago this gov
ernment preferred a claim against
Spain in behalf of one of our citizens
for property seized and confiscated in
Cuba. In 1886 the claim was adjusted,
Spain agreeing to pay uncondition
ally, as a fair indemnity, 51,500,000.
A respectful bnt earnest note was
recently addressed to the Spanish gov
ernment, insisting upon the prompt
fulfillment of its long neglected obli-
-•=,tion.
Other claims preferrad.by the United
States against Spain, in behalf of Amer
ican citizens, for property confiscated in
Cuba, have been pending for many
years.
At the time Spain’s title to the Carolina
Islands was confirmed bv arbitration,
that government agreed that the rights
which had been acquired"there by Amer
ican missionaries, should he recognized
and respected. It is sincerely hoped that
this pledge will he observed by allowing
onr missionaries, who -were removed
from Ponape to a place of safety by a
United States war ship during the late
trouble between the Spanish garrison
and the natives, to return to their field
of usefulness.
TROUBLE WITH THE TURKS.
of all Chinese entitled to residence in the
United States, ana the deportation of all
not complying wiiai the previsions of the
act uWJhin the time prescribed, met with
iieKppO; ■ "
much opposition from Chinamen. Acting
upon the advice of eminent counsel that
the law was unconstitutional, the great
mass of Chinese laborers, pending judi
cial inquiry as to its validity, in good
— faith seemed to apply for the certificates,
required. A test case upon proceeding
by habeas corpus was brought before
the supreme court, and on May 15th,
1893,.a (decision was made by that tri
bunal £ istaihing the law.
It is Relieved that under the recent
amendi cut of the act extending the
time f r registration, the Chinese
laborer thereto entitled, who desired
to resile in. this country, will now
avail t^taselves. of the renewed privi-
.Jjfs-cih-v afforded of establishing by
lawful--procedure their right to re
main, and that thereby the necessity
of enforced deportation may, to a great
degree, be avoided, ft .
- MISSIONARY MURDERS-IN CHINA
It has . developed upon the United
* States minister at Pekin, as dean of
the diplomatic body, in the absence of
a representative of Sweden and Nor
way, to press upon, the -Chinese gov
ernment, reparation for the recent
murder of Swedish missionaries at
Sung Per. This question is of vital
interest to" all countries whose cit
izens engage in missionary work in
the interior.
THE SURRENDER OF WEEKS.
Costa’ Rica has lately testified.its
friendliness by surrendering to the
United States;-.in the absence of a
convention of extradition, hut. upon
duly submitted evidence of criminali-
*ty, a noted fugitive from justice. It
is trusted that the negotiations of a
treaty with’the country'to meet recur
ring cases of this kind will soon be ao-
... - co-rppiki.ed. In my opinion, treaties
for reciprocal extradition should be
concluded wi<&...all those, countries
"with which the faulted States has not
alreodv conventional arrangements of
that character. ’
I have deemed"/it fitting to express
to the governments of Costa Rica and
Colombia the ltiindly desire of the. Uni
ted! States to see their .pending bound
ary dispute finally closed' by arbitra
tion in conformi ty with the spirit 'of
the ;treaty concluded between them
some years ago. .
OUR; EUROPEAN RELATIONS,
Onr relations with France continue
. to be intimate apd cordial, I sincerely
hope that-the extraditipn treaty with
that country, as'amcnded by the sen
ate, will soon be in operation;
itions affecting
ins returning' to
birth hayejarisen - in-
^zito'Germany, our re-
: that country continue
Important matters have demanded our
attentions to the Ottoman Porte.
The firing aud partial destruction, by
an unrestrained mob, of one of the
school buildings of Anatolia College, es
tablished by citizens of the United States
at Marsovan, and the apparent indiffer
ent? c.; the Turkish government to the
outrage, notwithstanding the complicity
of some of its officials, called for earnest
remonstrance, whieh was followed by
promises of reparation and the punish
ment of the Offenders. Indemnity for
the injury to the buildings has already
Been paid, pel-mission to rebuild given,
registration of the school property in
the name of the American ownel-s se
cured, and efficient protection guaran
teed.
THE HAWAIIAN EMBBOGLIO.
It is hardly necessary forme to state
that the questions arising from our
relations with Hawaii have caused se
rious embarrassment.
Jsnt prior to the installment of the
present administration, the existent
government of Hawaii had been sud
denly overthrown, and a treaty of an
nexation had b6en negotiated be
tween the provisional government of
the islands and the United-States and
submitted to the senate for certifica
tion.
This treaty 1 withdrew for exami
nation and dispatched Hon. James H.
Blount, of Georgia, to Honolulu as a
special: messenger to make an impar
tial investigation of the circumstances
attending the change of government,
and of all the conditions bearing upon
the subject of the treaty.
After a thorough and exhaustive ex
examination, Mr. Blount submitted
to me his report/ showing beyond all
question that the constitutional gov
ernment of Hawaii had been sub
verted with the active aid of pur rep
resentative to that government and
through the intimidation caused hy
the presence of armed naval force of
the United States which was landed
that purpose at the instance of our
minister.
Upon the facts developed, it seemed
to me that the only honorable course
for onr government to pursue was .to
undo the wrong that had been done
by those representing us, and to re
store, as far as practicable, the status
existing at the time of our forcible in
tervention;
.'he secretary of the treasury reports
the receipts of the government
all sources during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1893, amounted to
S4G1,716,561.94, and its expenditures to
5459,374,674.29. There was collected
from customs 5285,355,016.73, and from
internal revenue $161,027,623.92. Our
dutiable imports amounted to 5431,856,-
711, an increase of S52,453,907 over the
preceding year, and importations free
of duty amounted to 8444,545,211, a de
crease from the preceding year of
513,455,447* Internal revenue receipts
exceeded of the preceeding year by
57,147,440.32.
It is estimated upon the basis of
the present revenue laws that the re
ceipts of the government for the year
ending June 30, 1S94, will he $530,121,-"
365.38 and its expenditures S45S,121,-
365.38, resulting in a deficiency of
S2s;ooo,ooo.
On the first day of November, 1893,
the amount of money of all kinds in
circulation, or not included* in treas
ury holdings, was Sl,718,544,682, an in
crease for .the year of. $112,40s,947. ■ - '
Estimating onr. population at 67,426,-
000 at the time. mentioned, -the per;
capita-circulation was $25.49.
■ During the year. 119 banks.were'or^
ganized in thirty-two states and ter
ritories with a capital stock of $11,-
230.000, distributed as follows: '
Forty-four with a capital stock of
$5,135,000 in the eastern state's; forty-
one with a capital stock of $2,340,000,
west of the Mississippi river, and thir—
: ty-four witha capital stock of $3,755,000
in thercentral and southern states.
-Within the . same period 158 banks
suspended with a capital stock of #30,-
300.000. ’ Of : this number eighty-six
with.a capital-stock of $18,205,000 re
sumed, and' sixty-five passed into the
hands of receivers', witha capital stock
Of si0,885,000. ,
THE SHERMAN LAW REPEAL. .
The recent repeal of the provision of
law requiring the purchase, of silver
bullion hy the government as a feature
of our monetary scheme has made an
entire change in the complexion of onr
currency affairs. I do not doubt that
the ultimate result of this action will he
mostsalutary and far-reaching:
In the nature of things, however, it is
impossible to know at this time precisely
what conditions wiff be brought about
by the change, or what, if any, supple
mentary legislation may, in the light of
snch conditions, appear to be essential
or expedient.
Of course,,after the recent financial
perturbation, time is necessary for the
re-establishment of business confidence.
When, however/ through this restored
confidence, the money whieh has been
frightened into hoarding places is, re
turned to trade and enterprise, a survey
of the situation will probably disclose a
safe path leading to a permanently sound
currency abundantly sufficient to meet
every requirement of our increasing
population and business.
In the pursuit of this object we should
during the last fiscal year and
much iuserestihg information touch
ing this imbortant branch of the pub
lic service.
The business of the mails indicates
with absolute certainty the condition
of the business of the country, and de
pression in financial affairs inevitably
and quickly reduces the postal reve
nues. Therefore, a larger discre
pancy than usual between the post-
office receipts and expenditures is the
evpected and unavoidable- result of
the distressing stringency which has
prevailed throughout the country dur
ing much of tee time covered by the
postmaster generals report.
The postoffice receipts for the last-
fiscal year amounted to 872,776,933.6
and its expenditure to SSI,074,014.99.
This postoffice deficiency would
disappear if less matter was carried
throne
free through the mails, an item of
which is upward of three hundred
tons of seeds and grain from the agri
cultural department. /••
The total number of postoffices in
the United States off'the 30th of June,
1892, was 68,402, in. increase of 1,284
over the preceding year. Of these
3,360 were presidential, an increase
.in that class of204 over the preceeding
year. - ’ -
There are now connected to the post-
office establishment 28,824 employes who
are in the classified service. .
.VALUE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The head -of this department gives
conclusive evidence of the value of civil
serviee reform, when,"after an experience
that renders’ hie conclusion reliable, he
expresses the opinion that without the
benefit of this system would he impossi
ble to conduct the vast* business en-
trusted to him. ■ -
I desire, to commend as especially
And wagon-wheels over the hard ground
wheeze ;
When the toughened old farmer flings round
his arms
As it he’d throw them across two farms,
When oars are rubbed and noses are red,
And sheets are like ice in the spare-room
■ bed; . - . / ...
When water-pipes hurst, and wells freeze up,
And the tea isn't hot when it leaves the cup;.
When stray dog3 coming along the street -
Never stand for a second on all four feet;
When little boyjnky if they have to be out,
And are heard for a full half-mile it they
shout,
When the day is as clear as the thoughts that
fled
Out into the world from. Shakspere’s head;
When the nir about seems as still as a rook,
And a sudden noise is a sudden shook, -
And the earth seems deserted, lonely, and
old—
Ton are pretty sure that it’s pretty cold!
-St, Nicholas.
worthy of prompt Attention, the sugges-
... ...
resolutely turn away from all alluring
itennined
and temporary expedients, del
to be content with nothing less than a
lasting and comprehensive financial
plan.
REASONABLE DELAY THE BEST.
In these circumstances I am convinced
thot a reasonable delay in dealing with
this subject, instead of being injurious,
will increase the probability of wise ac
tion.
THE MONETABY CONFERENCE.
The monetary conference which as
sembled at Brussels upon our invitation,
was adjourned to the 30th day of No
vember in the present year.
The . consideration just stated and
the fact that a definite proposition
from ns seemed to be expected upon
the reassembling of the conference
led me to express a willingness to have
the meeting still further postponed.
It seems to me that it would be wise
to giye general authority to the presi
dent to invite other nations to such a
conference at any time when there
should be a fair prospect of accom
plishing an international agreement
on the subject of coinage.
AS TO A BOND ISSUE.
I desire also to earnestly suggest
the wisdom of amending the existing
statutes in regard to the issuance of
government bonds.
The authority now vested in the
secretary of the treasury to .issue
bonds is not as clear as it should be
and the bonds authorized are disad-
tageous to the government, both
os to the time of their maturity and
rate of interest.
OUR MILITARY FOOTING.
The secretary of war reports that the
strength of the army on the 30th day of
CanfnmLnw lout TITOo OK ITQ nnlisTOf? mf>T»
PROGRESS OF ARBITRATION.
By a concurrent resolution passed by
the senate February 14/1890, andbythe
house of representatives on the 3rd of
April following 1 , the president was re
quested “to invite from time to time, as
fit occasions may arise, negotiations
with any government with which the
United States has or may have diplo
matic relations, to the end that any dif
ferences or disputes a rising between the
two governments which cannot be ad
justed by diplomatic agency, may be
referred to arbitration andbepeaceably
adjusted by snch means.”
April 18, 1890, the International
American Conference of Washington,
by resolution expressed the wish that
the controversies between the republics
of America and the nations of Europe
might be settled byarbitration and rec
ommended that the government of each
nation represented in that conference
should communicate this wish to all
friendly powers. . . ,
A favorable response has been re
ceived from Great Britain .in the shape
of a resolution adopted by the parlia
ment July 16th, lash cordially sympa
thizing-with the purpose in view and
expressing the hope that her majesty's
government will lend ready co-operation
o the government of the United States
:pon the basis of the concurrent. resck
lution above quoted.
It affords me signal pleasure to lay
this parliamentary resolution before the
and to express my sincere
. that the sentiment of two
September last was 35,778 enlisted men
and 3,144 officers. The total expendi
tures of the department for the year
ending June 80, 1893, amounted to
$51,966,074.80. *Of this sum $1,992,581.05
was for salaries and contingent ex
penses. $23,877,828.35 for the support of
the military establishment, $6,077,033.18
for miscellaneous objecis and $20,518,-
631.41 for public works. This latter
sum includes $15,296,876.46 for riv&r and
harbor improvements and $3;266,141.20
for fortifications and other works of
defense.
The total enrollment of the militia of
the several states was on the 31st of
October of the current year, 112,597
officers end enlisted men. The officers
of the army detailed for the inspection
and instruction of this reserve of our
military force, report that increased in
terest and marked progress are appa
rent in the discipline and efficiency of
the organization.
OUR BEACOAST DEFENCES.
It is gratifying to note that we have
begun to gain completed results in the
comprehensive scheme of seacoast ‘de
fense and fortification entered upon
eight years ago. A large sum has been
already expended, hut the cost of*main-
tenance will be inconsiderable as com
pared with tiie expense of construction
and ordnance. At the end of the cur
rent calendar year, the war department
will have 9. twelve-inch guns, 20 ten-
inch and 34 eight-inch guns ready to be
mountee on gun lifts and carriages, and
75 twelve-inch mortars. In addition to
the product of the army gun factory,
now completed at Watervilet, the gov
ernment has contracted with private
parties for the purchase Of one hundred
guns of these calibers, the first of whieh
should he delivered to the department
for test before July 1, 1894.
The reports of the military academy
at West Point and the several schools
for the special instruction of offi
cers, showed marked advance in the
education in the army and a commend
able ambition-to fit themselves for the
highest service of the country.
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
The report of the attorney-general
contains the usual summary of- the
affairs and proceedings of the depart
ment of justice for the past year, to
gether with certain recommendations
as to .needed legislation on various
subjects.
I cannot/too heartily endorse the
proposition that the fee system as ap
plicable to -the compensation of United
States'attorneys, marshals, clerks -ofi
federal courts and'United States com
missioners should be abolished with
as little delay as possible. It is clearly
in the interest of the Community that
the business of the courts, both civil
and criminal, shaH he as email and"
inexpensively-transacted as the ends;
of . justice irill allow.
I also heartily join the -attorney
general in recommending legislation
fixing the degrees pf the crime of mur
der within- the federal jurisdiction, as
has been done in many, of "the states,
authorizing writs of error on behalf of
the governme'nt in eases where final
judgement is rendered,against the suf
ficiency of -an indictment or against-
the government upon any other ques
tion arising before actual trial; limit-
:t of review of cases of fel
ony punishable og}y by fine and iin-
'■’-■a circuit court of ap-
prisonment to the
peals and making i
the construction of such prisons and
reformatories as may be necessary for
the confinement of United States con
victs.
IN THE POSTOFFICE.
The report of the postmaster gen
eral contains a detailed statement of
the operation oi ti& yostofflee depart*
tion of the postmaster general relating
to a more sensible and business-like or
ganization and a better distribution of-
responsibility in his department. '
OUR GROWING NAVY.
The report of the secretary of the navy
contains a history of the operations of
his-department during the past, year,
and exhibits a most gratifying condition
of the personnel of . onr navy.-; He pre
sents a satisfactory account of- the pro
gress which has been made in the con;
struction of vessels and makes a number
of recommendations to whieh Attention
is.especially invited.
While I am distinctly in favor of con
sistently pursuing the policy we have
inaugurated of building up a thorough
and efficient navy, I cannot refrain from
the suggestion that congress should
carefully ta'
[y take into account the unfin
ished vessels on our hands and the de
pleted condition of our treasury in con
sidering the propriety of an appropria
tion at this time to begin new work. -
THE- CIVIL SERVICE.
The continued intelligent execution
of the civil service law and the increas
ing approval by .the people by its oper
ations are most gratifying.
I am, if possible, more than ever con
vinced of the incalculable benefits con
ferred by the civil service law, not
only in its effect upon the public ser
vice, bnt also what is even more im
portant in its effect in elevating the
tone of political life generally.
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
After a hard struggle, tariff reform
is directly before us. Nothing so im
portant claims our attention and noth
ing so clearly presents itself ■ as both
an opportunity and a duty, an oppor
tunity to deserve the gratitude of our
fellow citizens and a duty imposed
upon us by our oft-repeated profes
sions and by the emphatic mandate of
the people.
After full discussion, our country
men have spoken in favor of this re
form, and they have confided the work
of its accomplishment to the hands of
those who are solemnly pledged to it.
Nothing should intervene to distract
our attention or disturb our effort un
til this reform is accomplished by wise
and careful legislation.
THE WILSON BILL.
A measure has been prepared by the
appropriate congressional committee,
embodying tariff reform on the lines
herein suggested, whieh will he
promptly submitted for legislative ac
tion. It is the result of much patriotic
and unselfish work, and 1 believe it
deals with its subject consistently and
as thoroughly as existing conditions
permit.
FOB AN INCOME TAX.
The committee, after full considera
tion, and to provide against a temporary
deficiency which may exist before the
bnsieess of the country adjusts itself
to the new tariff schedules, have wisely
embraced in their schedule a few addi
tional internal revenue taxes, including
a small tax upon income derived from
certain corporate investments.
These new assessments are not only
absolutely just and easily borne, but
they have the further merit of being
such as can be remitted without unfa
vorable business disturbance whenever
the necessity for their imposition no
longer exists.
In my great desire for the success of
this measure, I cannot restrain the sug
gestion that its success can only be at
tained by means of unselfish counsel on
the part of tariff reform, and as a^result
of their willingness to subordinate per
sonal desires and ambitions to the gen-
•ral cood. The local interests affected
by the proposed reform are so numerous
and so varied that if all are insisted
upon the legislation embodying the re
form must inevitably fail.
. IN CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, my intense feeling of
responsibility impels me to invoke for
the manifold interests of a generous and
confiding people the most scrupulous
care, ana to pledge my willing support
to every legislative effort for the ad
vancement of the greatness and pros
perity of our country.
Grover Cleveland,
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.,
December 4.
TWENTY-SIX LIVES LOSj
A Steamer Runs Ashore and Her Crew
Swept Overboard.
The British ship Jason, Captain Mc
Millan, from Calcutta for Boston, went
ashore Tuesday night oft" Eastham,
Mass. When daylight came Wednesday
morning it was seen that the vessel had
broken in two amidships. Her main
and mizzen masts were gone and every
man of her crew on board, lumbering
twenty-sir, had been washed into the
sea and lost.
WHEN IT’S COED. ^
When needles are in your fingers and
VVfc*?n Icicles hang from the snow-man’s m
When the frost on the uane makes sugcry
PITH AUD POINT.
Getting a shine on yonr shoes—Sit
ting in the sun. —Hallo.
The pup was so good na^ured
That the tramps all turned him down,
So they pat a muzzle on him,
And he f errifled the town.
“Yes, Minerva, there is a difference
between getting an option on apart
ments and getting a flat refusal ”—•
Elmira Gazette.
- - In the gloaming, O my darling,
As the deep’ning shades advance,
I will meet you; tio the dog up
So he cannot gnaw my pants.
—Kansas City Journal.
In Lapland the style in feminine at
tire has not changed in 1000 years.
What a delightful place that must be
for married men!—Hartford Journal.
He had an Iron will, they said.
That never could be trusted.
'tat, like all Iron, since he wed
His will seems to have rusted.
—Indianapolis Journal.
“I hear yon are going to be mar
ried?” “That is news to me.” “Some
one surely told me you were engaged.”
“That’s different.”—Pittsburg Chroni
cle.
“Mary had a little lamb,”
They sang. The youth denied.
ijhe had,” he said, “a salad
And a dozen oysters, fried.” v
—Detroit Tribune.
“They say he simply electrified his
hearers at the debate the other night.”
“Why shouldn’t he? He took the
negative and was very positive.”—
Buffalo Courier.
If revolutions, never end in South
America it should he remembered they
come round regularly, and that things
that are round naturally have no end.
—Philadelphia Times.
Intended as a Compliment—Mist
Elderly (coquettishly)—“The material
is very good, "but the colors are too
gay for a person of my age.” Well-
meaning Clerk—“Oh, I’m sure you
are not half as old as you look.”—
Texas Siftings.
A Texas clergyman abont to be ap
pointed chaplain of the penitentiary
preached a farewell sermon to his con
gregation that had treated him rathei
badly. He selected the following text:
“I go to prepare a place for you, so
that where I am ye may be also.”—
Texas Siftings.
Mongols ot Ko-ko >'or.
Onr road first lay through the dis
trict inhabited by the agricultural
tribes on the frontier. Then we
entered the country occupied by the
Mongols of the Ko-ko Nor. The
pasture there was the richest I have
seen, in any part of Tibet; but an
idyllic pastoral life is by no means
practiced by the inhabitants. Brigand
age is the general profession. The
young men spend their time either in
making raids on travelers and on the
encampments of their tribes, by which
means they mostly acquire theil
cherished horses, or in practising the
art of warfare. I witnessed, a military
tournament, at which some riders at
full gallop fired one after another at s
small given mark.
These Mongols are tall and fierce
looking, though they proved amiable
when friendly. The men shave their
heads. Both men and women dress,
in a gown of sheepskin, girded rounci
the waist, high boots of felt and skin,
bound below the knee ^ with a
leathern strap or cotton garter, and
long white felt coats, which they wear
over the sheepskins, when it rains.
Their summer hat is of white felt, in
shape something like the top hat worn
by the old Welsh market women. Tht
cap they wear in winter is of white as
trakhan, shaped like a sugar loaf, with
a red and green cotton rim.
The women dress their hair in little
plaits, more than a hundred, caught
together at the end in a wide band oi
colored cloth, which is embroidered
with gay silks and gold thread, and
studded with coral and turquoise, sil
ver coins and brass button, which they
get from Lhassa. -The tents are
round; the inner sides of trellis-
work, the top of wooden ribs, giving
an umbrella shape, and the whole
covered with white felt, with an aper
ture for a small door of wood, and a
hole in the roof to let out the smoke.
—National Keview.
A Big 'Order for Locomotives.
The Baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia have received an order
for fifty-one engines from the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe system.
This is one of the largest orders the
Baldwin works have ever received from
a single road. Forty-two of the en
gines are to be built immediately and
the remaining nine during 1894.
Florida liaises the Quarantine.
State Health Officer Porter, of Flor
ida, raised the quarantine against
Brunswick on Friday, save on house*-
hold goods and baggage. Baggage
will be admitted, however, when bear
ing marine hospital certificate of dis
infection. AH inspectors . have' been
removed from trains.
Soveriegn Installed.
James Sovereign was installed as
general masteriworkhianof the Knights
of Lai or at Philadelphia, Friday. He
immediately assumed the duties of Iris
office and nearly all the work on hand
for the executive board was brought
to a close'.
For the Nineteenth Time/
Delegates to the nineteenth annual
convention of the Railroad Passenger
and Freight Conductors’ Mutual.Aid
and Benefit Association of the United
States, Canada and Mexico, assembled
at Chicago Friday. The association is
one of the oldest aud stiongsH
road orgaaizstioas ia America
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Useless Q.
The letter Q is a superfluous alpha
betic character—a nondescript of the
worst sort and' of no more real value
in expressing or helping to express om
thoughts in writing than, one of the
Chinese word signs would be. It never
ends an English word and can not be
gin one without the aid of the letter
u, being invariably.. followed, by the
last mentioned letter in all words be
longing to onr language. The man
doesn’t live that can tell the “why” of
the peculiar relation of the letters q
and u, or why the former was given
its curious name. Some argue that its
name was appliecPbecause of the tail
or cue at the bottom of the letter/but
the original q, when sounded just as
it iB to-day, was made without the' cue,
the character mnch resembling the
English sign for pounds.—Boston
Transcript.
Curios About Books.
Queen Victoria’s “Jubilee Book,”
the volume containing the jubilee
speeches and addresses, is eighteen
inches; thick, has leaves 2x3 feet and
weighs sixty-three ponnds.
The family Bible of George Wash
ington’s mother is owned by Mrs.
Lewis Washington/of Charleston, Va.
Six leaves from-this historic volume
were torn out and deposited in the
oornerstbne pf the Mary Washington
Monument at Fredericksburg a feu
years ago.
In the Vatican library there is s
treatise on dragons, a manuscript in i
single roll 300. feet long and a fool
wide, the material of'wMch is said fa
be tlie “tanned gut of a great dragon,’
—St. Louis Republic.
THE HIGHEST AWA
Royal Baking Powder has aH the
Honors—In Strength and Value 20
per cent; above Its Nearest Com
petitor;
The Royal Baking Powder has the
enviable record of having received the
highest award for articles of its class
—greatest strength, purest ingre
dients, most perfectly combined—
wherever exhibited in competion with
others. In the exhibitions of former
years, at the Centennial,' at Paris,
Vienna and at the various. State and
Industrial fairs, where it has been ex
hibited, judges have invariably award
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honors.
At the recent World’s Fair the ex
amination for the baking powder
awards were directed by the chief
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. The chief chem
ist’s official report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertaining
which was the best, shows the leaven
ing strength of the Royal to be 160
cubic inches of carbonic gasper ounce
of powder. Of the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest in strength-tested contained
hut 133 cubio inches of leavening gas.
The other powders gave an average of
111. The Royal, therefore, was found
of twenty per cent, greater leavening
strength than its nearest competitor,
and forty-four per cent. ' above the
average of all the other tests. Its
superiority in other respects, however,
in the qualify of the food it makes as
to fineness, delicacy and wholesome
ness, could not he measured hy fig
ures.
It is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun
try for so many years, that have
caused the sales of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to ex
ceed the sale of all other baking pow
ders combined.
Marine Engines For Land Service.
iveryoody should reag tfte paper suri
keep up with the time?,
An interesting departure in engin
eering is the introduction of marine
engines for land service. One of the
great electric illuminating -companies,
it appears, has adopted them in its
work, and concerning their economy
in respect to space and power it is re
ported that the land engine takes up
some ten times as mnch space as a ma
rine engine, and the marine quadruple
expansion engine has ten times the
heating surface of the land engine.
Further, the new quadruplex two crank
expansion engine is twice as powerful
as the triple expansion three crank en
gine, occupies also 30 per cent less
room and carries regularly 210 pounds
of steam. The land engine carries only
80 or 90 pounds of steam and gets one
horsepower out of from 4 to 10 ponnds
of anthracite coal, while the quadru
ple expansion marine engine develops
one horsepower out of If pounds of
AYelsh coal—that is, according to
these data, the land engine requires
from two to four times as much coal
as the marine engine to produce the
sime power.—Age of Steel.
Artificial Eyes.
A-prominent manufacturer of arti
ficial eyes has unburdened himself on
what he considers a grievance. He
says that the public, and therefore op
ticians, will no longer pay the price
for a good and well made article, and
that the market is being flooded with
“cheap foreign rubbish.” He alleges
that the cheap eyes crack after a very
few weeks’ wear. Pursuing the sub
ject further, we are informed that
summer time is the best season for the
sale of artificial eyes. People are at
that time more particular as to their
appearance, and discover more readily
that the artificial eye is beginning to
lose its pristine perfection. Another
point is that there are many people
walking about whose ontward appear
ance suggests that they are in full pos
session of both visual organs, but have
not even one. “I have fitted,” said
the manufacturer, “scores of people
with two glass eyes.” The innocent
deception is the more successfully car
ried out owing to the fact that the
blind, from force of habit, no doubt,
look or appear to look, one full in the
face when talking.—London Daily
News
An Easy Electrical Experiment.
Take a glass, expose it to the fire so
that it shall be perfectly dry and place
it upside down upon a table. After
ward take a tray, perfectly dry, and
place it upon the glass in such a way
that it shall preserve its equilibrium.
Finally take a sheet of .paper Blightlv
smaller than the tray, beat it and rub
it rapidly with a brush, and it will be
come quickly electrified. Then place
it upon the tray.
An electrical machine will thus have
been constructed without any expense.
If the finger he brought near the tray,
a spark will appear. This spark will
be so much the brighter and the series
of sparks will be so much the longer
in proportion as the glass and tray are
drier.
If, while the sparks are being drawn
from the tray, the room be darkened,
these sparks will appear extremely
brilliant.
Good Inventions.
One of the most valuable inventions
was made by a New England woman
who lived for many years in 'Washing
ton. In 1843 Mrs. Nancy M. John
son sold her patent of an ice cream
freezer for $1,500. She was the first
to utilize the idea of turning a handle
for churning the cream, and the later
improvements are modifications of her
patent. Before this a spoon was used.
Mrs. Johnson lived on Twelfth street,
and at her death she bequeathed the
valuable scientific library of her hus
band, who had been a professor of
chemistry at toe Smithsonian institu
tion, to that building.
Another Washington woman pat
entee is Mrs. William H. Dodge, of
Capital hill, toe wife of toe well
known patent lawyer, who invented
an improved ice pitcher, which has
-met with great success. This pitcher
is provided with a concave extension
rim around toe bottom to hold the
moisture which gathers on toe ontside
and to prevent it from trickling down
on toe table.— Washington Post.
If We Only Knew.
Colt—“And so, whenl grow up,I’ve
got to he a team horse and drag heavy
loads?”-
Old Horse—“That’s right. ”
“And yet that spindly colt over in
toe;next,field is pever to haveAnything
trot around with light car
lo do bn
riages.” ?
“True."' - rvr . i-:?
“It isn’t fair; there’s something
wrong with civilization.”
The Other Colt (years afterwards)—
’Thank heaven, Fve got too old for a
carriage horse, and have been • sold to
a street car company. Now; I won’t
have to wear a oheiok rein.”;—Street- &
Smith's Good New$, ,
‘ _VT
are the framework tof_toe
boys. If I bad no bones in me," I
should not have so much motion, and
grandmother would be glad, but I like
to have motion. Bones give me mo
tion because they are something hard
for motion to ding to. If I had no
bones, my brains, lungs, heart and
large blood vessels would be lying
around in me and-might get hurted,
but now toe bones get hurted, but not
mucb, unless it is a hard hit. If my
bones were burned I should be brittle,
because it would .take toe animal out
of me. If I were soaked in acid, I
should- be limber. Teacher showed us
a bone that had been soaked. I could
bond it easily. I would rather be
soaked than burned. Softie of my
bones don’t grow close to my , body,
snug, like the branches of a tree, and
I am glad they don’t, for if they did,
I could not play leap frog and other
nice games I know. The reason why
they don’t grow close to my body is
because they have joints.
Joints are good things to have in
bones. There are two kinds. The
ball and socket, like my shoulder, is
best. Teacher showed it to me, only
it was toe thigh hone of an ox. One
end was round, smooth and whitish.
That is toe hall end. - The other end
was hollowed and deep. That is the
socket, and It oils itself. It is the
only machine that oils itself. Anoth
er joint is toe hinge joint, like my el
bow. It swings back and forth and
oils itself. It never creaks like toe
schoolroom door. There ia another
joint {hat don’t seem like a joint. That
is in the skull. It don’t have no mo
tion. All my bones put together in
their right places makes a skeleton.
Cripples and deformed people don’t
have no skeletons. Some animals
have their skeleton on their ontside.
I’m glad I ain’t them animals, for my
skeleton, like it is on the chart, would
not look well on my ontside.—Hospit
al Gazette.
An Awfol Dilemma.
“I’m in a terrible dilemma,” said
Mickles to a friend at toe office.
“What’s toe matter?”
“My wife and I had been talking
economy this morning, and she asked
me how mnch I pay for toe cigars I
smoke. I had to pretend to be in a
frightful lmrry to keep from talking
abont it. ”
“Why didn’t you answer her?”
“I was afraid to. If I told her toe
truth, she’d scold abont toe extrava
gance, and if I named a fictitious price
she might buy me some.”— Washing
ton Star.
She Kept Servants.
Daughter—“Wo have made toe
greatest mistake. The new neighbor
doesn’t do her own housework at all.
She has servants.”
Mrs. De Style—“I never see them.”
Daughter—“No, nor I; bnt she
came into the drug store while I was
there, and asked for something to mend
china.”—New York Weekly.
How Many People It BoiUero-
Tliis dyspepsia with its abominable symptoms,
heartburn, sinking at the pit of the stomach
between mrals and oppression there after
wards, nervousness, insomnia and its general
discomfort! Pat these to speedy fi ght with
Ho-tetter's Stomach Bitters, which remedies,
trouble and malt
“A word to the wise is sufficient.” A word
to the otherwise is sometimes sufficient—to
produce a fight.
And now even the days are falling into the
ways of the financial situation and are getting
short.
How’s This I
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fo*
nuv case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
P. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cho-
fectly honorable in all business tram
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm. ■
West & Tiujax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waldivg, Kin van & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HaTs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Worry is Hie great ferti izer of troubles. It
produces them and it* makes them grow.
If yonr Baok Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it Is general debility.
Brown's Iron Bitters w ll cure you, make you
The man who keeps his mind sharp will keep
his tools sharp.
TJsr Bno vn\* BuoNcniAn Troches for
Cm*rh<s, C >l;ls and all other Throat Trouble?.
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son’s Eye-water.Drnggiste sell at 25c per t
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toe value to health of toe pure liquid
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
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every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
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ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
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package, also toe name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
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“ For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that I would have to
cease eatiug solid food. On the rec
ommendation of a friend I procured
a bottle of August Flower. It seem
ed to do me good at once. I gained
strength and flesh rapidly. I feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me.”
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.@
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