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GROVER’S MESSAGE
Tie President Mates Snjpstions
jo_tta Conps^
Rtcnumeiifliiig Such Legislation as Seems
Necessary and Expedient.
The message of President Cleveland
lias been read in congress
This re T •t iitalns the main features
of the paper O reference to the
report of c abinet officer that have
been prlnte a matters f leas ira
porta nee lm I, •Of| c tninatod.
Me**age to O if t United State*
The Miejnb 'gi hi lUti legislative
hall* of trio *<• he duty of making
laws for the | t emus and free peo
pie Itnpp <• exacting obiiga
U >n un i ri D Inv ft in
their ta * thr< of »ue labor no is to
he under t re is of the United
States, a n<l t le d; ■go of au executive
duty en; utitutkm, I submit
tal* com ining a brief mate
meat of r >n • national affairs and
rec tion as seem* to me
a x ■I
Tfi if r nt idlings with other
nations aud r peaceful n Jons with them at
this tlmi den fUrato the advan
tttgc Ot l l rum to a firm but just
foreign policy fr !•«, from envious or abltlous
national scheme s and characterized by eiffire
honesty and sincerity.
During the past tear, pursuant to a law of
congress, commissioners appointed to the
Antwerp 1 lal exp laltlon. Though the
partic: >ation of A rict n exhibitors fell far
abort i completely illuHtuting or national Inge¬
nuity and Industrial achievements yet It was
quite creditable In view ot tho brief tlrno al¬
lowed for preparation.
I h ndeavored to impress upon the Be i
glum government the nccdlessneas and pos T
tlve harmfulnosH of Its restrictions upon tl 5
Importation of certain of our food product x -
and have strongly urged that the rigid suporv T
slon and inspection under our laws are amply
sufficient to prevent the exportation from tills
country of diseased cattle and unwholesome
meat.*.
The termination of tHo civil war in Brazil
boa been followed by a general provalence
of peace and order. It appearing at un early
atago of the insurrection that Ita course would
call for unusual watchfulness on tho part of
this government, our naval force in tho harbor
of Rio Janerio was strengthened. Tills pre¬
caution 1 am satisfied tended to restrict the
issue to a simple trial of strength between the
Brazilian government and the insurgents and to
overt, complications, which at times seemed
Imminent. Our firm attitude of neutrality was
maintained to the end. 'I’lio insurgents re¬
ceived no encouragement of eventual asylum
from our commanders, and such opposition as
they encountered was for the protection of our
commerce and was clearly Justified by public
law.
A serious tension of relations having arlson
at the close of the war between Brazil and
Portugal by reason of the t ipe of the insur
gent Admiral DaGuma and his followers. Tho
friendly office* of our repr entatives to those
countries w ru exerted for the protection of
the subjects ot elt r within tho territory of
tho other, although th vernment of Brazil
wii t only notified that tho cornu iroial arrange¬
ment existing between tho United States and
that country based on tho third lection of tho
Tariff law of 1890, wai abrogated on August 28,
1894, by tho takln effect of the tariff law in
■foroo that government sutccquontly notified
MS of its Intention to terminate such arrange¬
ment on the first day of January, 1895, in tho
exorcise of the right reserved In the trrango
meat betweentho tw mntries. Attenti to
tho, correspondence between the ret y of
wtato and tho Brazilian minister on this
ject.
The eomttilsHlon^gr mi zed under.
tion which we h
tho sottloruop 'JmUne ontauUHIHB
each govermtn against the other ted
r Itbrlod stipulated for its con
tlniiBiice 'Cft'lng undetermined a number of
Ame an cases which had lx>en duly present
•j Thoso claims aio not barred and negotia¬
tions aro in progress for tho submission to a
new tribunal.
On the 17th of March lust a new treaty with
China la fourth regulation of emigration wa»
signed ut Washington, and on August 13th It
received the sanction of the senate. Ratifica¬
tion on tho part of China and formal exchange
are awaited to give effect to this mutually ben¬
eficial convention.
A gratifying recognition of tho uniform im¬
partiality of this country towards nil foreign
etates was manifested by tho co-incident re¬
quest of the Chin vnd J apanese governments
that the agents of th United States shoul i.
within proper limits afford protection to tho
subjects of th other during the suspension of
diplomatic relations duo to a state of war
This dellcato ofilet was accepted, and a mis
apprehension tv ! h gave rise to the belief that
fn affording thl kindly unofficial protection
our agents would exercise the same.
Authority which tho withdrawn agents of the
belligerents had exercised was promptly cor
rooted, although tho war between China and
Japan endangers no policy of the United
Btatos, It dc ves urgreavest consideration
by reason of ts disturbance of our growing
commercial interests in the two countries and
tho increased d.tu rs which may result to our
citizens domiciled or sojourning in the interior
of China no tin under a stipulation in ou
treaty with ! t. (Tho first concluded with
a western power.) I felt constrained at the
beginning of the controversy to tender our good
offices to induce un amicable arrangement of
the initial difficulty growing out of the Japa¬
nese demands for an administrative reform in
Korea but the unhappy precipitation of actual
hostilities defeated this kindly purpose. De¬
ploring the destructive war between the two
most powerful of tlu astern nat ions and anx
ious that our commercial interests
may be preserved and th the safety of our
citizens there shall not be jeopardized, I would
not hesitute to head any intimation that our
friendly aid for tho honorable termination of
hostilities would be acceptable to both belli¬
gerents.
A convention has been finally concluded for
the settlement l\v arbitration of the prolonged
dispute with Ecuador grown out of the pro¬
ceedings against Emilio Sant s, a naturalized
citizen of the United States.
Our rclat ous with the republic of France
continue to be such as should exist between
nations so long t >und together by friendly
sympathy and situ irity in their form of gov
ernment.
The recent cruel as assin: at ion of tho preal
dent of this sister r publi, o called forth such
universal expression. i sorrow and condolence
from our people and ;< ram it as to leave no
doubt of the depth an sincerity of our attach
meat.
The resolutioi passe by the senate and
house of reprose iv n the isiou have
been communicated t the widow of President
Varnot.
Acting upon the re; d scovery of Texas
fever in cargoes of Ai N eartie, the Ger
man proh >n ■i upori ations of live
stock and fresh ntt s fr s country has
been received It is hop d that Germany wi STc
soon becot tie convinced that the inhtt >n
needless as . it is harmful o mutual interests,
The Gera.a ivcr. lent has protested
against that provision of the :St as tariff act
which imposes a discri n .ting duty of one
touth of one cent a pouu ;ar c ling from
Countries paying an export bounty thereon,
claiming that the c xa m such d- is in
contravention of articles 5 a” 1 « >f the treaty _ of
1828 with Pruala. In the la ■Sts of the com
moree c ;h countries and t avoid even the
accusation of treaty v I recommend the
re; <er.l of so xnuc t a :e as imposes that
ty, and I invite an » ic aev an;
ing report of the seer ito containing
a discuss 'f t rats ty t tr
tests. Early In t yetar an agreemen
was reached with Great Britain concerning in
structions t be yiven to the naval commanders
of the two verinents in Bering aea and the
contigu s nort x Pacifi ocean for their guid
anee n the ex i< f the award of the Paris
tribunal arbitration d the enforcement of the
regulations t em prescribed for the protec
tion of seal li a t te waters mentioned. An
understanding b i’-so been reached for the
payment by the m led States of $125 0)0 in full
satisfaction of ail * aims which may be made
by Great Britain for iiUiU * growing out of
the controversy as to far seals j in Behring Sea
or the seizure of British vessels engaged in
taking seal ia those waters. The award and
findings of the Paris tribunal to a great extent
determined the facts and principle* upon which
these claims should be adjusted and they have
been subjected by both governments to a
thorough examination upon the principles as
well as the facts which they involve. I am con¬
vinced that a settlement upon the terms men- 1
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one and I recommend that provision be mads
tor the prompt payment of t stated sum.
Thu* far nly France and Portugal have sig
nidcd their w 1 gness to adhere to the regula
tion establish* m r the award of the Paris
tribunal of arbitration.
Preliminary surveys of the Alaskain boundary
and a preparatory examination of the question
of protection of the food flsh In the contiguous
wnt-r* of the United States and the Dominion
of f ans la are in progress.
TJ undry of British Ouintca still remains
la dispute between Groat Britain and Vent
xeula. Belie ving that its early settlement on
some Just ba sis alike honorable to both par
ties. Is ia the lint f our established policy to
r< sve from this hemisphere all causes of dif
feren with powers beyond the sea, I shall re
new the cf! heretofore made to bring about
a restoration of diplomatic relations between
putant* and induce recourse to arbitra¬
tion which Great Britain so conspicuously
favors in principal and respects In practice and
which is earnestly sought by her weaker adver
>ary
Since communicating . . the , volumnous cor
respondence in regard to Hawaii and the ac
tion taken by the senate and house of regre
sen utiles on certain questions submitted to
tho judgment and wider discretion of congress
leorguniza ion of a government in place of
he provisional arrangement which followed
the opposition of the Queen has been announc
ed with evidence of its effective operation. The
recognition usual in such cases has been ac
corded the new government under our present
reatios of uxtravation *lth Italy miscarriages
of justice have occurred owing to the refusal
of the government to surrender its own sub
jecu. Thus fur our efforts to negotiate an
amended convention obviating this difficulty
has been unavailing.
Apart from the war in which the island em¬
pire is unpaged Japan attracts Increasing at¬
tention in this country by her evident desire to
eultiva more liberal Intercourse with us and
to seek lr kindly aid in the furtherance of
her lauabio desire for complete autonomy in
her domestic affairs and full equality in the
family of nations. The Japanese empire of to¬
day is no longer the Japan of the past, and our
relations with this progressive nation should
not be less broad and liberal than those with
other powers. Good will fostered by many
Interests in common has marked our relations
with our nearest southern neighbor.
Peace being restored along her northern
frontier, Mexico has asked the punishment of
the late disturbers of her tranquility. There
ought to 1 i new treaty of commerce and nav
igation with that country to take tho place of
the ono which terminated thirteen years ago.
Tho friendliness of the intercourse between
the two countries is attested by the fact that
during this long period the commerce of each
has steadily Increased under the role of mutual
consideration, being neither stimulated by con¬
ventional arrangements nor retarded by jeal¬
ous rivalries or selfish distrust.
An indemnity tendered by Mexico as a gra¬
cious act for the murder in 1887 of Leon Bald¬
win an American citizen by a band of marau¬
ders in Durango has been accepted and is be¬
ing paid in Installments. The problem of the
storage and uso of the waters of the Kio
Urnr.do for irrigation should be solved by ap¬
propriate concurrent action of the two inter¬
ested countries. Rising in the Colorado
Height the stream flows intermittently yield¬
ing little water during the dry months to the
Irrigating channels alreudy constructed along
its course.
Iu its course through level sands often raise
embarrassing questions of territorial jurisdic¬
tion. Prominent among tho questions of tho
year was tho Bluefields incident, in what is
known os the Mosquito Indian strip bordering
on tho Atlantic Ocean and within the juris¬
diction of Nicaragua. By the treaty of 1800 be¬
tween Great Britain and Nicaragua the for¬
mer government expressly recognized tho
sovereignty of tho latter over the strip and a
limited form of self-government was guaran¬
teed to the Mosquito Indians to be exorcised
according to their customs, for themselves aud
other dwellers within its limits.
Tho socullod native government, which grew
to bo largely made up of aliens for many years
disputed the sovereignty of Nicaragua over
fhc strip and claimed the right to maintain
tin rein a practically independent municipal
government. Early in the past year efforts of
Nicaragua to maintain sovereignty over the
Mosquito territory led to serious disturbances
1ml ting in the suppression of the native
vernment and the attempted substitution
|n impracticable -composite administration
ah h Nicaragua and alien residents ware
t iiisui > participate. rcctloti which Failure forW^HmoOffi was foUn£gg^|^H|
carnguan storing rule, e::peUiti|!^fiT$8^ This^S^JH
tho old organization.
gave plaea to tho existing local government
ostatdished and upheld by Nicaragua.
Although tho alien interests arrayed against
Nicaragua in these transactions have been
largely American and the commerce of that
regiop has been for some time and still is
chiefly controlled by our citizens we cannot
for that reason challenge tho rightful sover
eignty of Nicaragua over this important part
of her domain. For some months one, and
part of the time two, of our naval, ships have
been stationed at Bluefields for the protection
of all legitimate interests of our citlzeus. In
September last the government at Nicaragua
expelled from its territory twelve or more for¬
eigners including two Americans for alleged
participation in the seditious or revolutionary
movements against the republic at Bluefields
already mentioned, but by tho earnest remon
strances of this government, the two Ameri¬
cans have been permitted to return to the
peaceful management of their business Our
naval commanders at the scene of those dis¬
turbances by their constant exhibition of firm¬
ness and good judgment contributed largely to
the prevention of more serious consequences
and to the restoration of quiet and order.
1 regret tkat in the midst of these occur¬
rences there happened a most grave and irri¬
tating failure of Nicaraguan justice. An
American citizen named Wilson residing at
Kama, in tho mosquito territory was mur
dered by one Angillo, the acting governor of
the town. After some delay the murderer was
arrested but so insecurely confined or guarded
that he escaped and notwithstanding our re¬
peated demands, it is claimed his recapture
has been impossible by reason of his flight be¬
yond Nicaraguan jurisdiction.
The Nicaraguan authorities having given
notice of forfeiture of their concession to the
canal company on grounds purely technical and
not embraced in the eontraot, have receded
from that position.
Peru, I regret to say, shows symptoms of do¬
mestic disturbances due probably to the slow¬
ness of her recuperation from the distresses of
the war of 1881. Weakened in resources, her
difficulties in facing international obligations
invite our kindly sympathy and justify our for¬
bearance In pressing long pending claims. I
have felt constrained to testify this sympathy
In connection with certain demands ur¬
gently preferred by other powers. The recent
death of the Czar of Russia called forth tppro
priate expressions of sorrow and sympathy on
the part of our government with his bereaved
family and the Russian people.
As a further demonstration of respect and
friendship our minister at St. Petersburg was
directed to represent our government at the
funeral ceremonies. The sealing interests of
Russia in Behring sea are se nd only to our
own. A modus divendi has therefore been con¬
cluded with the imperial government restric¬
tive of poaching on the Russian rookeries and
of sealing in waters which were not compre¬
hended in the protected arena defined in the
Paris award. Occasion has been found to
urge upon the Russian government equality of
treatment for our great life insurance comp*,
nles whose operation* have been extended
throughout Europe.
Admitting ns we do foreign operation to
transact business in the United States, we
naturally expected no less tolerance for our
own in the ample fields of competition abroad.
But few cases of interference with naturaliz¬
ed citizens returning to Russia have been re¬
ported during the current year. One ICrze
tains ki was arrested last summer in a Polish
provim on a reported charge of un permitted
renunctatiation of Russian allegiance but it
transpired that the proceedings originated In
» eged maleasfanee committed by Krzeminski
while un mperial official a number of years
go. Efforts for his release, which promised
to be successful, were in progress when his
death was reported
The government f Salvador being over¬
thrown by an abrupt popular outbreak, certain
ts military and civil officers, while hotly
7) i' by infuriated insurgents, sought
7 n ar, i of the United States warship
3 m. t en lying in a Salvadorn port,
Alibi igh the raetice of asylum is not favored
>y is government, yet in view of the immi
peril v threatened the fugitives, and
iely >m ■ns; ration of humanity, they
were a; »rded shelter by our naval commander
and tl n afterwards demanded under
treaty of extradite n with Salvador for trial on
charges of murder arson and robbery I di
reeled u such of them as had not voluntarily
left the ship be conveyed to one of our nearest
ports whero a hearing could be had before a
judiciary officer incompliance with the terms
of the treaty. On their arrival at Swn Fran
ciaeo such a proceeding was promptly insti
tuted before the United district judge who
held that the acts constituting the alleged
were political aud discharged aii the
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attempt to murder. Thereupon I was con
strained to direct his release for the reason
that an attempt to murder was not one of the
crimes charged against him and upon which
his surrender to the Salvadorean authorities
had been demanded.
Unreasonable and unjust fines imposed by
Spain on the vessels and commerce ot the
United States, have demanded from time to
time, during the lust twenty years, earnest re
monstrance on the part of our government. In
the immediate past exorbitant penalties have
been imposed upon our vessels and goods by
customs authorities of Cuba and Porto Rico for
clerical errors of the most trivial character in
tho manifests Or bills of lading. In some cases
fines amounting to thousands of dollars have
been levied upon cargoes or the carrying ves¬
sels when the goods in question wer* entitled
to free entry.
Fines have been exacted even when the error
had been detected and the Spanish authorities
notified before the arrival of the goods in port.
This conduct isin strange contrast with the con
siderate and liberal treatment extended to
Spanish vessels ami cargoes in our ports In Ilk*
j ; cases. No satisfactory settlement of these vex
ations questions has yet been reached. The
; Mora ease, referred to in my last annual mes
, sage, remains unsettled. From the diplomatic
; correspondence on this subject, which has been
j laid before the senate, it will bo seen that this
j government tion has offered to cca lude a conven¬
, with Spain for disposal by arbitration of
outstanding claims between the two countries,
except the Mora claim, which having been long
> ago adjusted now ca»y wants payment as stipu
latad and of course it could not be included in
the proposed convention. It was hoped this
offer would remove parliamentary obstacles on
countered ny the Spanish gov ernment in i pro
viding paym nt of the Mora in demnity. 1 re
grot to say that no definite reply to this offer
has yet been made and all efforts to accure pay¬
ment of this settled claim have been unuvaii
lng
In my last annual message I adverted to the
claim on tho part of Turkey of the right to ex
pell. as persons undesirable and and dangerous,
Americans naturalized In the United States
and returning to Turkish jurisdiction. Numer¬
ous questions in this relation have arisen.
While this government acquiesces iu the as¬
sorted right of expulsion it will not consent
that Americans may be imprisoned or other¬
wise punished for no other reason than having
acquired without imperial consent American
cittzenship. Three of the assailants of Miss
Melton, an American teacher in Mosul, have
been convicted by tho Ottoman courts, and I am
advisad that an appeal against the acquital of
the remaining five has been taken by the
Turkish prosecuting officers i. convention has
been concluded with Venezula for the arbitra¬
tion of a long disputed claim growing out of the
seizure of (ertain \ essels, the property of citi¬
zens of the United States.
Although signed, the treaty of extradition
with Venezuela is not yet in force, owing to tho
insistence of that government that, when sur¬
rendered, Its citizens shall in no case be liable
to capital punishment.
The rules for the prevention of collisions at
sea which were framed by the maritine confer¬
ence held in this city in 1889 having been con
currently incorporated in the statues of the
United States and Great Britu.in, have been
announced to take effect March 1, 1895, and
invitations have been extended to all maritino
nations to adhere to them, Favorable ro
sponses have thus far been received from Aus¬
tria, France, Portugal Spain and Sweden.
In my last annual message I referred briefly
to the unsatisfactory state of affairs in Samoa
under the operation of the Berlin treaty as
signally illustrating the impolicy of entang¬
ling alliances with foreign powers, and on May
#, 1894, in response to a resolution of the senate
I sent a special message and document to that
body on the same subject, which emphasized
my previously expressed opinions Later oc
currcnces, the correspondence in regard to
which will be laid before congress further
de monstrates that the government which was
devised by the three powors and forced upon
the Samoans against their inveterate
hostility can be maintained only by the con
tinued presence of foreign military force and
at no small sacrifice of life and treasure The
suppression of the Matasfa insurrection by tho
powers, and tho subsequent banishment of tho
leader and cloven other chiefs, as recited in
my last message, did not bring lasting peace to
the islands. Formidable uprisings continued
and finally a rebellion broke out in the capitol
island. JHKBttsnass
The king again appealed to thj
help and the combined British 1
|McaLforces reduced the Atnaxw
iot
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received from our agents a
fy the belief that the peace thus brought about
will be of long duration, It is their conviction
that the natives are at heart hostile to the
present government; that such of them as
profess loyalty to it do so from fear of the
powers and that it would speedily go to pieces
if the warships were withdrawn. In report¬
ing to his government on the unsatisfactory
situation since the suppression of the late re
volt, by foreign armed forces, the Gorman con¬
sul at Apia stated that peace will be lasting
is hardly to be presented. The lesson given
by firing on Atua was not sufficiently sharp
and incisive to loavo a lasting impression on
the forgetful Samoan temperament In fact
conditions are existing which show that peace
will not last and it is not seriously inte.nded.
Listen, the king, and his chief are convinced
that the departure of the warships will be a
signal for a renewal of war. The circumstan¬
ces that the representatives of the villages of
all the districts which were opposed to the
government have already withdrawn to Atua
to hold meetings and that both Atua and Aana
have forbidden inhabitants of those districts
which fought on the side of the government to
return to their villages e.nd have already partly
burned down the latter indicates a real con¬
ciliation of the parties is still far off And
in a note of the 18th Ula inclosing a copy of
that report for the information of this gov
ernment the German ambassador said
“The contents of the report awakenedothe im¬
perial governments apprehension that under
existing circumstances the peace concluded
with the rebels will afford no assurance of the
lasting restoration of tranquility in the is¬
lands.
The present government has utterly failed
to correct, if indeed it has not aggrevated, the
very evils it was intended to prevent It has
not stimulated our commerce with the the is¬
lands. Our participation in its establishment
against th, wishes of the natives was in plain
defianoe of the conservative teaching* and
warnings ol the Wise and patriotic men who
laid the foundations of our free institutions,
and I invite an expression of t^e judgment of
congress in the propriety of steps being 'taken
by this government looking to the withdrawal
from its engagements with the other powers
on some reasonable terms not prejudical to
any of our exciting rights.
The secretary of the treasury reports that
the receipts of the government from all sources
of revenue during the fiscal year ending June
30.1894, amounted to $S72,802.408.29 and its ex¬
penditures to $442,604,758, leaving a deficit of
$60,808,240.58. There was a decrease of $35,952.-
874.68 in the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment as compared with the fiscal year 1893.
There was collected from customs $431,818,530.93
and from internal revenue $147,168,449.70. The
balance of the income for the year amounting
to $93,815,817.97 was derived from the sales of
lands and other sources.
The balance of our total dutiable imports
amounts to $275,199,086, being $155,957,625 less
than during the preceding year and the im¬
portations free of duty amounted to $379,793,-
536. being $64, 748.675 less than daring the pre¬
ceding year. The receips from customs were
$73,536,486.11 less and from internal revenue
$13,836,539.97 less than in 1893. The total tax
collected from distilled spirits was $85,259,150.25
on manufactured tobacco $28 617,898.62 and on
fermented liquors $31,414,788.01. Our exports
cf merchandise domestic and foreign, amount¬
ed during the year to $892,140,572, being an in¬
crease over the preceding year of $44 4S3.378.
The report of the attorney general notes the
gratifying progress made by the supreme court
in overcoming- the arrears of its business and
in reaching a condition in which it will be able
to dispose of cases as they arise without any
unreasonable delay. This result is of course
very largely due to the successful working of
the plan of inaugurating circuit courts of ap¬
peals. In respect to these tribunals the sug¬
gestion is made in quarters entitled to the
highest consideration that an additional dis
trict judge for each circuit would greatly
strengthen these courts and the confidence re
posed in their adjudications. And that such
an addition would not create a greater force of
judges than the increasing business of such
courts requires. I commend the suggestion to
the careful consideration of the congress.
Other important topics are adverted to in the
report ' P anic ^ b >' recemuw-Rations,
man - v of which have been treated at large in
pre Eeed )/ 0U ^ ? ™ ** !asB aa:aed « 08 * J . an ? 1 refer al l “ 10 is tbe tim abolition * therefore of
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the fee as a ■«*«« compensa
tl0n to federsLi officers. The enlargement of
lbe P° wers 01 the United States commissioners
at iD tb<1 territories, the allowance of
wnts of orror m criminal cases on behalf of
United . States, and the establishment of
d *S re€ ® in t! >® crime cf murder. A topic dealt
so&iv-is ike coaamcB ef ths el
i
justice ill the Indian 'Territory, The perma
nent solution of what is calk'd the Indian
problem Is probably riot to be expected at
once, but meanwhile such ameliorations of
present conditions as the existing
will admit of ought not to be neglected. I am
satisfied there should be a federal court estab
lisbed for tho territory With sufficient judges.
and that this court should sit within the terrH
tory and have the same jurisdiction as to tern
torial affairs as is now vested in the federal
courts sitting in Arkansas and Texas,
Free Through the Malls.
The postoffice master general believes that ia
the Bear future all legitimate newspapers and
periodical magazines ndight be properly trans¬
mitted through the mails to their subscribers
free of cost.
I invite your prompt consideration of this
subject, and fully indorse the views of the post¬
master general.
The total number of postofflcee in the United
States on the 60th of June 18r4 was 69,805 an in¬
crease of 40J over the preceeding year. Of
these 34-S were presidential, an Increase in that
class of 68 over the preceding year.
Six hundred and ten cities and town* are
provided with free delivery. Ninety-three
other cities and towns entitled to this service
under the law have not been accorded in oil ac¬
count of lneffid nt funds. The expensfl of free
delivery for the current fiscal year will be more
than $12,3 0 00J and under existing legislation
this item of expenditures is subject to constant
increase. The estimated cost of rural free de¬
livery, generally is so very large that it ought
not to be considered in the present condition of
affairs.
During the year 830 additional domestic
money order offices were established. The
tolai number Of these offices at the close of the
year was 13,264. There were 14 303 041 mtmey
orders issued during the year, being an increase
over the preceding year of 934,300. The value
of these orders amounted to $138,793,579 4), an
increase of $11 217,145 84. There were also is¬
sued during the year postal notes amounting to
$12,649,091.65. During the year 213 international
money order offices were added to these already
established, making a total of 2,625 such offices
in operation June 30th, 1394. The number of in¬
ternational money orders issued during the
year was 917,825, a decrease in number of 138,
lto and their value was 13,792,455,si, a decrease
in amount of $2,543,332.55. The number of orders
paid was 861 130, un increase over the preceding
year of 60,262 and their value was $6,568,4*33.78,
an increaso of $1,285,118.05.
From the fo.agoing statement it appears that
the total issue of money orders and postal notes
for tho year mounted to 1165,225,229-35.
The number of letters and packages mailed
during the year for special delivery was 3.435.
970. The special delivery stamps used upon
these letters and packages amounted to $313,-
797. The messengers fees paid for their de¬
livery amounted to $261,203.70, leaving a bal¬
ance in favor of the government of $82,487.30.
The report shows most gratifying results in
the way of econemies worked out without af¬
fecting tho efficiency of the postal service.
These consist in the abrogation of steamship
subsidy contracts, re-letting of mail contracts,
and in the cost and amount of supplies used in
the service amounting to $16,619,047.42.
This report also contains a valuable contri¬
bution to the history of the Universal Postal
union, an arrangement which amounted prac¬
tically to the establishment of one postal sys¬
tem for the entire civilized world. Special at¬
tention is directed to this subject at this time,
ia view of the fact that the next congress of
the union will meet in Washington in 1897 and
it is hoped that timely action will be taken in
the direction of perfecting preparations for
that eyent.
The postmaster general renews the sugges¬
tion made in a previous report that the depart¬
ment organization be increased to the extent
of creating a direct supervision of all postal
affairs, and in this suggestion I fully concur.
There are now connected with the postofflee
establishment 32,661 employes who are in the
classified service. This includes many who
have been classified upon the suggestion of the
postmaster general. He states that another
year's experience at tho head of the department
sorves only to strengthen the conviction as to
the excellent working of the civil service law
in this branch of the public service.
Attention is called to the report of the secre¬
tary of the navy which shows very gratifying
progress in the construction of ships for our
new navy. All the vessels now building, in¬
cl uding the three torpedo boats authorized at
}s excepting the fhsi
vill probably be com
llscal year,
increase of the navy
__ . '30, 1896, are large, but
She entire sum neces
, :quip all the new ships
w so t ij at U Di ess new
™re authorized the appropriations for
_____
the naval service for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1897, should fall below the estimates
for the coming year by at least $12,000,000.
The secretary presents with much earnest¬
ness a plea for the authorization of three ad¬
ditional battle ships and ten or twelve torpedo
boats While the unarmorod vessels heretofore
authorized, including those now nearing com¬
pletion, will constitute a fleet, which it is be¬
lieved is sufficient for ordinary cruising pur¬
poses in time of peace, we have now completed
and in process of construction but four flrst
class battle ships and but four torpedo boats.
If we aro to have a navy for warlike operations
offensive and defensive, we certainly ought to
increase both the number of battle ships and
torpedo boats.
I recommend that provision be made for the
construction of additional battleship and tor¬
pedo boats. The secretary recommended the
manufacture not only of a reserve supply of
ordnance and ordnance material for ships of
the navy but also a supply for the auxiliary
field. Guns and their appurtenances should
be provided and kept on hand for both these
purposes. We have not today a single gun
that could be put upon the ships Paris or New
York of the international navigation com¬
pany or any other ship of our reserved navy.
The manufacturer of guns at the Washington
navy yards is proceeding satisfactorily, and
none of our new ships will be required to wait
for their guns or ordnance equipments. An
important order has been issued by the secre¬
tary of the navy, co-ordinating the duties of
the several bureaus concerned in the con¬
struction of ships. This order it is believed
will secure to a greater extent than has here¬
tofore been possible the harmonious action of
these several bureaus and make the attain¬
ment of the best results more certain. During
the past fiscal year there has been an unusual
and pressing demand in many quarters of the
world for vessels to guard American
interests. In January last during the Brazil¬
ian insurrection a large fleet was concentra¬
ted in the harbor of the Rio de Janeiro. The
vigorous action of Rear Admiral Benham in
protecting the personal and commercial rights
of our citizens during the disturbed conditions
afforded results which will, it is believed, have
a far reaching and wholesome influence when¬
ever in like circumstances it may become nec¬
essary for our naval commanders to interfere
in behalf of our people in foreign ports.
The war now in progress between China and
Japan has rdndered it necessary or expedient
to dispatch eight vessels to those waters.
The report of the secretary of the interior
exhibits the situation of the numerous and in¬
teresting branches of the public service con¬
nected with his department. I commend this
report and the valuable recommendations of
the secretary to the careful attention of the
congress.
The public land disposed of during the year
amounted to 10,401.008.77 acres, including 28,-
876.05 of Indian lands. It is estimated that the
public domain still remaining amounts to a
little more than 600.000,000 acres, including,
however, about 360.000,000 acres in Alaska as
well as military reservations and railroad and
jther selections of land as yet unadjudicated,
fhe total cash receipts from the sale of lands
amounted to 83.67l.C85.95. including 891.931.03
received from Indian lands. Thirty-five thou¬
sand patents were issued for agricultural lands
and thirty-one hundred patents were issued to
Indians on allotments of their holdings in
severalty. The land not allotted being inalien¬
able by the Indians for a period of twenty-five
years after patent.
There were certified and patented on account
of railroad and wagon grants during the year
805.556.45 acres of land, and at the close of the
year twenty-nine acres are embraced in the
lists of selections made by railroad men and
wagon road companies and awaited settlement.
The selections of swamp lands, and that taken
as indemnity therefrom since the passage of
the act providing for the same in 1849. amount
to or nearly or quite eighty million acres, of
which fifty-eight million have been patented
to state About 138X0) acres were patented
during the last year. Nearly 820.000 acres of
school and education grants were approved
during the year, and at its close 1,250,363.81
acres remained unadjusted.
It appears that the appropriation for the cur
rent year, on account of special service for the
protection of the public lands and the timber
thereon, is much less than those for previous
years and inadequate for an efficient perform
ance of the work. A larger sum of money than
has been appropriated during a number of
years past oa this account has been returned to
the government as a result of the labors of
those employed in the particular service men¬
tioned, and 1 hope it will not be crippled by an
insufficient appropriation. I fully endorse the
recommendation of the secretary Urn adequate
protection be provided for our forest reserves
and that a eomprehenseve forestry system be
inaugurated,
At the close of the last fiscal year, on the
5>.kh day of June. 1804. there were 969.544 persons
on our pension rolls, being a net increase of
3.632 oTer the number reported at the end of
the previous year.
These pensions may be classified as follows;
SoldierS aSd sailors, survivors of all wars,
753,078: widows and relatives of deceased sol
diers, 215.182; army nurses in the war of the
rebellion 414. Of these pensioners 32.039 ark
surviving soldiers of Indian and other wars
prior to the late civil war and the widows or
relative of such soldiers The remainder, num¬
bering 031.606 are receiving pensions on account
of the war of the beb*»fiton and of these 469.340
are on the rolls under tile authority of the act
of June 27, 1890. sometimes called the depen¬
dent pension law.
The total amount expended for pensions dur¬
ing the year was $139,801,461, leaving an unex¬
pended balance from the sum appropriated of
$25,205,712.
The amount necessary to meet pension ex¬
penditures for the year ending June 30, 1896, is
estimated at $140,000 091
The commissioner of pensions is of the opin¬
ion that the year 1805. being the thirtieth after
the close of the war of the rebellion, must ac¬
cording to all sensible huiitan calculation see
the highest limit of the pension roll and that
after that year it must begin to decline.
The claims pending in the bureau have de¬
creased more than 90.000 during the year. A
large proportion of the new claims filed are for
increase of pension by those now on the rolls.
The number of certificates issued was 80.213.
The names dropped from the rolls for all
causes during the year numbered 37.951.
Among our pensioners are nine widows and
three daughters of the revolution and forty
live survivers of the war of 1812.
The baro-laeed and extensive pension frauds
exposed under the direction of the courageous
and generous veteran soldier now at the head
of the bureau leave no room for the claim that
no purgation of ouy pension rolls was needed or
that continued vigilance and prompt action aro
not necessary to the same, and the accusation
that an effort to detect pension frauds is evi¬
dence of unfriendliness towards our worthy vet¬
erans and a denial of their claims to the gener
esity of the government, suggests an unfortu¬
nate indifference to the commission of any of¬
fence which has for its motive tho issuing of a
pension, and indication of a willingness to be
blind to the existence of mean and treacherous
crimes which play upon domagoic fears and
make sport of the patriotic impulse of a grate¬
ful people. The completion of the eleventh
census is new in charge of the commissioner of
labor. The total disbursements on account of
the work for the fiscal year ending June 30th
1894, amounted $10,305,676.81, at tho close of the
year the number persons employed in the cen¬
sus office was 679, at present there are about
400. The whole number of volumes necessary
to comprehend the 11th census will be twenty
five and they will contain 22,270 printed pages.
The assurance is confidently made that before
the close of the present eiUmlar yeartk)
material still incomplete will bo practically
hand and the census can cortainly be closed by
the 4th of March, 1895. After that the revision
and proof reading necessary to bring out
volumes will still be required.
The text of the census volumes has been
ited as fnr as possible to the analysis of
statistics presented. This method which is
accordance with law has caused more or
irk tion and in some instances individual
pointment for when the commissioner of
took charge of the work he found much
on hand which according to this rule he was
compelled to discard.
The tariff act passed at the last session of
congress needs important amenedments if it is
to be executed effectively and with certainty.
In addition to such necessary amendments as
will not change rates of duty, I am still very
decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron on
tho free list.
So far as the sugar schedule is concerned, I
would be glad, under existing aggravations, to
see every particle of differential duty in favor
of refining sugar stricken out of our tariff law.
If with all the favor now accorded the sugar
refining interests in our tariff laws it still lan¬
guishes to the extent of closed refineries and
thousands of discharged workmen, it would
seem to present a hopeless case for reasonable
legislative aid.
During the last month the gold reserved in
the treasury for' uie purpose of redeeming
notes of the government circulating as money
in the hands of the people became so reduced
and its further depict ion in the near future
seemed so oertain that in the exercise of prop¬
er care for the public welfare it became nec
cessa'ry to replenish this reserve and
maintain popular faith in the ability and de¬
termination of the government to uo
agreed, its pecuniary obligations. It would
have been well if in this emergency authority
had existed, to issue the bonds of the gov¬
ernment bearing a low date of interest and
maturing within a short period, but tho con¬
gress having failed to confer such authority,
resort was necessarily had to tho resumption
act of 1875, and pursuant to its provisions
bonds were issued drawing interest at tho rate
of 5 per cent per annum and maturing ton
years after their issue, that being the short¬
est time authorized by the act. I am glad to
say, however, that on the sale of those bonds
the premium received operated to reduce the
rate of interest to be paid by the government
to less than 3 per cent, Nothing could be
worr e or further removed from sensible finance
that the relations existing between the cur¬
rency. The government lias issued the gold
bonds for its redemption and the moans which
must be resorted to for the purpose of re¬
plenishing such redemption fund when in¬
spired. Even if the claims upon this fund
were confined to the obligations originally in¬
tended and if the redemption of these obliga¬
tions meant their cancellation the fund would
be very small.
But these obligations when read and redeem¬
ed in gold are not canceled but are reissued
and may do duty several times bv way of draw¬
ing gold from the treasury thus we have an
endless chain of operaiion constantly deplet
pleting the treasury's gold and never near a
final rest as if this was not bad enought we
have by a statu atory declaration that
it is the pelicy of the government
To maintain the parity between gold and sil¬
ver, aided the force and momentum of this ex¬
hausting process, and added largely to tho cur¬
rency obligations claiming this peculiar gold
redemption our small gold reserve is the sub¬
ject to drain from every side.
The demands that increase our danger also
increase the necessity of protecting this re¬
serve against depletion and it is most unsrtis
faetory to know that the protection afforded is
on! a temporary palliation. It is perfectly
and palpably plain that the only way under
present conditions by which this reserve when
dangerously depleted can be replenished is
through the issue and sale of the bonds of the
government gold, and yet congress has not
only thus far declined to authorize the Issue of
bonds best suited to such a purpose, but there
seems a dispositionin some quarters to deny
both the necessity and power for the issue of
bonds at all. I cannot for a moment believe
that any of our citizens are deliberately will¬
ing that their government should default in its
pecuniary obligations or that its financial op¬
erations should be reduced to a silver basis.
At any rate I should not feel that my duty was
done If I omitted any effort I could make to
avert such calamity. As long therefore as no
provision is made for the scheme modifying
present banking laws and providing for the is¬
sue of circulating notes by state banks free
from taxation under certain limitations.
It is proposed to repeal all laws providing
for the deposit of United States bonds as secu¬
rity for circulation, to permit national banks
to issue circulating notes not exceeding in
amount seventy-five per cent, of their paid-up
and impaired capital, provided they deposit
with the government as a guarantee fund in
United States legal tender notes, including
treasury notes of 1893. a sum equal in amount
to thirty per cent, of the notes they desire
to issue this deposit to be maintained at all
times, but when any bank retires any part cf
its circu.ation a proportionate part of its guar¬
antee fund shall be returned to issue, to per¬
mit the secreta ry of the treasury to prepare
and keep on hand ready for issue in case an in¬
crease in circulation is desired blank national
notes for each bank having circulation and to
repeal the provisions of the present law im¬
posing limitations and restrictions upon banks
desiring to reduce or increase their circulation
—thus permitting such increase or reduction
within the limit of seventy-five per cent, of
capital to he quickly made as emergencies
arise. In addition to the guarantee fund re¬
quired it is proposed to provide a safety fund
for the immediate redemption of the circulat¬
ing notes of failed banks by imposing a small
tax, say one-half of one per cent, upon the
avera circulation of each bank until the
fun<; s
cuiauon outstanding.
Each national bank, except in case of a failed
bank shall redeem or retire its notes in the first
instance at its own office or at agencies to be
mam a.ned on account of deposits.
Anotai r very important feature of this plan
is the exemption of state banks from taxation
by the United States iu eases where it is shown
to the satisfaction of the secretary of the treas¬
ury and comptroller of the currency t y banks
claiming such exemption that they have not
JUKI ouisiaQaine thelr cuumaUng bom vxceed-
_ stockholders* ___ _ __________________ individually
capital, that their are
liable for the redemption of their circulating
notes to the full extent of their ownership of
stock; that the liabilities of said banks upon
their circulating notes constitutes under their
state law a first lien upon their assets; that
such banks bave kept and maintained a guarnn*
tee fund in United States legal tender notes in
eluding treasury notes of 1890 equal to thirty
per cent of their outstanding circulating notes
when presented at their principal or branch of¬
fices.
I conclude this communication fully appre¬
ciating that the responsibility for all legislation
affecting the people of the United States tests
upon their representatives In congress and As¬
suring them that whether Ui accordance with
recommendations I have made or not, I shall
be glad to co operate in perfecting any legisla¬
tion that binds to the prosperity and welfare of
our country.
tSigned) GROVER CLEVELAND,
Dec. S, 1894. Executive Massiojj.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
▲ CONDENSATION OF OUR MOST
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Short and Crisp Morsels of General
Interest to Our Readers.
Ex-Governor Leon Abbett, of New
Jersey, Tuesday died at his home in Jersey City
afternoon. He had been sick
for the ten days with diabetcB.
The foot and mouth disease has
broken out among cattle at Falmouth
and Sittingbourne, England, and the
boards of agriculture have been notifi¬
ed of its existence.
There is not the least doubt about
the epidemic at Rio do Janerio being
Asiatic cholera. The people are not
following the sanitary rules laid dowu
by the health authorities.
Eight lives have been lost aud prop¬
erty amounting to $1,000,000 has been
destroyed by the forest fires in tho
bottoms of the Tennessee. Tho fires
are still raging with destructive fury.
A fire originating in a gasoline ex¬
plosion at Omaha, Neb., early Tuesday
morning destroyed the exposition
building, the Fifteenth street theatre
and the First Baptist church,the dam¬
age aggregating about $90,000.
The Debs conspiracy case was called
in the United States court at Chicago
Wednesday morning, but was contin¬
ued until December 18th, owing to the
engagements of counsel for the defense
and a vacancy in the district attor¬
ney’s office.
The suit brought by Lawyer Theo¬
dore W. Siddall, of Philadelphia,
against Judge F. Amade Bregy, to re¬
cover $100,000 damages for alleged
improper rulings against him in the
common pleas court, has been dis¬
missed by Judge Dallas, in the United
States cirouit court for want of juris¬
diction.
A p£>ecial from Rio de Janeiro says:
President Morae’s message to congress
was read in secret session, and shows
that suppressing the revolution cost
$300,000,000 in gold. It says that in
the present state it would be useless
for tho government to try to float a
loan unless congress devises some
means to restore “the country ■’h credit.
Five men were killed and a score of
people injured by an explosion of dy¬
namite in Hull, Quebec, Tuesday
morning. The accident occurred on
the Hull waterworks extension. Two
boxes, containing forty pounds of dy¬
namite each, did the damage. The
dynamite was used for blasting pur¬
poses, and was stored in a 12-fcot
square frame cabin, erected in the
street.
An order was issned by the High
Court of J ustioe at London Wednesday
directing a compulsory winding up of
the affairs of Dalziel’s News Agency of
America, Agencie (Limited), Dalzel. and also of the
French The claim of
the petitioner, at whose instance the
order was issued, was based upon a
judgment for $38,000 against the for¬
mer concern, and one for $15,000
against the latter.
Jere Matthews, of Lincoln, Ill., de¬
feated candidate for county clerk, was
found in an unconscious condition,
resulting from morphine poisoning.
Physicians revived him, and, pressing
him for an explanation, ho reluctantly
told them to look into ono of his
pockets where they would find his last
official report. The report disclosed,
according to his figures, that he was
$1,924 short.
The striking flint glass workers, at
Pittsburg, Pa., associated with South
side business men, propose to erect
or purchase table ware glass plants,
which will be operated against the
United States Glass Company. A
capital stock of from $200,000 to $250,
000 is being subscribed, of which
amount $50,000 will be taken from
the treasury of the American Flint
Glass Workers’ Union. The factories
will be operated on the co-operative
plan.
A fire at New York Tuesday caused
a loss of at least $250,000 to the occu¬
pants of a building at 547 Broadway.
The firms affected are Steinder,
Davidson k Co., dealers in fans, oil
paintings and fancy goods, loss $100,
U00; E. Moch k Co., flowers and os¬
trich feathers, loss $75,000; L. Simon
k Co., feathers, loss $40,000, and the
Popular Neckwear Company (David J.
Solomon k Co.), lots $40,000. The
building was damaged to the extent of
$20,000.
A special cable dispatch to tho New
York Herald, from Berlin, says: “The
Berlin Post and Hamburger corre
spondents both state that Count Von
Munster, the German ambassador in
laris, has threatened the French gov
ernment with a rupture of diplomatic
relations on account of the charges
made m the I’ar.’s papers that attaches
of the German embassy were carrying
on an organized campaign of espion¬
age in regard to the French military
and naval affairs.”
Owing to the closing down of the
mines operated by the Sunday Creek
Coal Company, at Buckingham, Perry
county, Ohio, three hundred miners
were thrown out of employment and
with their famijies are in such a desti¬
tute condition that a committee was
sent to Columbus to secure aid. Ow¬
ing to the fact that this is the second
time the mines have closed down with¬
in a comparatively recent period, and
also that the men were in the great
strike, they were ill prepared to be
out of work now at the beginning of
the winter.___
The safest road to virtue is repent
aace.
r
HUMAN NATURE.
He who hath an overcoat,
He puts It on with grimace gay.
And, if you meet him on the street,
‘•It’s bitter, bitter ccdd to-day*”'
You’ll hear him say.
But, if he hath no overcoat.
He struts along with grlmaee gay*
And, if he meets you on the street,
“Now, isn’t this a pleasant day?”
You'll hear him say.
And, it he hath a swollen purse,
He rents a box when at tho play.
“To hear—yon gal’ry can’t be worse —
I like to be up close, this way,"
You'll hoar him say.
But, if he hath but thirty cents.
He’ll at the costly boxes jeer. 1
And mid tho gods will sigh : “Immense,
This is tho place to see and hear,”*
You'll hear him say.
You see I’ve studied then anil things,
In human nature I am versed.
It pleases me to see a man
Always put his best foot first,
For that’s tho way i /
i —Toroutc* Globe.
pith and point:
Doctor’s motto—Patients ami long
suffering.
Men, like books, have at each end a
blank leaf—childhood ami old age.
People get wisdom by experience. A
man never wakes up his second baby
to see it laugh.
Barber—“How do you want-your
hair cut?” Customer—“Off.”—Hat
Yard Lampoon.
One cannot really be attentive to a
dude without staring at vacancy.—
Richmond Dispatch.
There is no greater fortune for a
young man than a full sot of good hab¬
its.—Galveston News.
Is it proper to speak of thoso horses
which race by electric light as night¬
mares?—Albany Argus.
“I’ll join yon presently,” remarked!
the minister to tho young couple as he
went for the church key.
Tliero is muck tenderness in this
seemingly cruel world, but tko butch¬
er rarely finds it.—Gossip.
In case of woman suffrage whero
would Lieutenant Peary’s wife go to
▼oie? To tko Poles, of course
It frequently costs a man six year3
of rheumatism to catch one belated
’possum.—Atlanta Constitution.
Women would be of little use out
board a leaking ship; they couldn't
man the pumps. —Lowell Courier.
She—“It takes two to make a bar¬
gain, you know.” He—“Yes; but
only one gets it. ”—Boston Courier.
Wouldn’t winter’s coming
Gratify the soul
If It only mount the need
Of ice instead of coal?
—Washington Star
Mrs. Jameson—“Did you try that
deaf mute servant I sent you?” Mr«.
Keating—“Yes—but she didn’t an¬
swer.”—Truth.
De Yeve—“I hear Miss Dashl^oes
very good work with her p^rcil.”
Gladys—“Yes, her eye brows aro
wor\s of art.”—Truth.
“Well, Johnnie, I hear you go to
school now.” “Yes.” “What part
of it do you like best?” “Comiu’
home. ”—Harper’s Bazar.
He—“If I’d known that tunnel was
so long I’d have kissed you. ” She—
“Gracious, didn’t you? Somebody
did.”—The Great Divide.
Beggar—“Kind gentleman, I beg
your pardon—” Gent (promptly) —
“Granted. I thought you were beg¬
ging for money.”—Pipifax.
May—“Is Clarence in love with
Pamela?” Algy—“I guess so. Ho
never pays any attention to her when
other girls are around.”—Truth.
A subscriber writes: “Before tho
introduction of umbrellas, what did
people do when it rained?” They
probably knew enough to go in.
Man wants but little here below.
Some call this a mistake,
But that ’tis true he soon can provo
By just a slight toothache.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A housekeeper uptown says that her
grocer is so slow with his delivery
that when she orders eggs the boy
brings chickens. —Philadelphia Rec¬
ord.
“I wish we had more literary peo¬
ple like Blank.” “Great Scott, he’s
never had anything published.”
“That’s just why.”—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
“It is one of the duties of the true
eoldier,” said the Chinese general,
“to make way foi those who come af¬
ter us!” And he made.—Cleveland
Plaindealer.
Spend, an 1 the worid Is with you,
Scrimp aud you're lait alone ;
This age so sublime, likes a deuce of atimt
On some one’s else change th in its own.
—Boston Courier
Doo D. (to jeweler) — “I brought
back this engagement ring that
bought yesterday.” Jeweler—“DidnV^
it suit?” Doo D.—“I didn’t.” —
Philadelphia Record.
Bessie—“The idea of your saying
that you are only twenty-one.” Gus
sie—“You forget mamma told us that
it is always better to underrate thau
to exaggerate. ”—Truth.
Puffing and blowing are often con
sidered synonymous terms But ia
the sanctum the editor soon discovers
the difference if, instead of puffing a
man up, he blows him uo
A subscriber asks: “Can £ you give &
me any inforinatioQ about mu8 ical
j typewriter?” Yes; our typewriter is
; decidedly musical. She whistles
-Sweet Marie” ail the time,
! bhe (enthusiastically)—“I ^
would
have given anything in the world to
get it.” He—“Well, why didn’t you
buy it ? ’ She—“Oh, it cost too much
—fifty cents.”- New York Sun.
The Hudson’s Aliases.
The Hudson River was called bv its
discovers “The Great River of’ the
Mountains.” Subsequently it was
styled the “Nassau,” after the rei rn
ing family of Holland; then the
“Mauritius,” from Prinoo Maurice.
Later this beautiful stream 5vas called
the North River, ’ in distinction
from the Delaware, known among the
Dutch as the “South River.” It was
not until after 3634 that tho ha-hq
H Hudson was given by the English.
Many curious names were applie.l to
it by the Indians who lived upon its
banks.—New York Dispatch, z---