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PBESIDENMSSIGE.
A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE
NATION'S AFFAIRS.
Words of Commendation for all Brandies
of tto Administration.
A Condensation of the Most Important
Features of the Message.
President Harrison submitted his annual
message to con?re>-- Tuesday. Following is an
Interesting condensation of the most import¬
ant points embraced in the document:
Washington, D. C., December 6.—The pres!
dent's message, embracing over fifteen thousand
words, was read to both branches of congress
today.
The following is an interesting and intelligent
condensation of the points of interest embraced
in the message:
To the Senate and House of Representatlvest
In submitting my annual message to congresi
I have great satisfaction in being able to say
that the general conditions affecting the com¬
mercial and industrial interests of the United
•States are in the greatest degree favorable. A
comparison of the most favored period In th*
history of the country will, I believe, show thal
so high a degree of prosperity, and so general
a difference of the comforts of life were nevei
before enjoyed by our people.
OCR TOTAL WEALTH.
The total wealth of the country in 1860 was
#16,169,616,06->; in 1-S90 It amounted to #62,610,-
000,000, an Increase of 287 per cent. The total
mileage of railways in the United 8tates In 1860
was 30,6_'6; in L90 it was 167,741; an increase of
448 per cent; and it is estimated that there will
be about four thousand miles of track added by
tho close of the year 1892. The official returns
of the eleventh census and those of the tenth
census for 7 o lending cities furnish the basis for
the following comparisons:
THE CAPITAL INVESTED.
In 1880 the capbal invested in manufaeturing
was #>,232,839,670. In 1890 the capital invested
fu manufacturing was $2,900,735,884. In 1881
the number of employees was 1,301,388. In 1894
the number of employees was 2,251,134. In 1884
tho wages earned were $501,965,778. In 1890 the
wages earned were $1,221,170,464. In I860 the
value of the product was #2,171,579,899. In 1890
the value of the product was #4,860,286,837.
The message goes into every detail showing
the increase in the number of wage earners and
the money paid. It also shows the Increase in
the number of factories of all kinds that have
been built.
NEW COTTON MILLS.
Of tho cotton mills the president says: Ot th#
forty cotton mills, twenty-one have been built
in the southern states. Mr. A. B. Shepperson,
of the New Yoik cotton exchange, estimates the
number of working spindles in the United
States, on September 1, 1892, st 16,200,000, an in¬
crease of-660,000 ovtr the year 1831 The oon-
sumption of cotton by American mills, in 1891,
was 2,390,000 bales, and in 1892, 2,684,000 balsa,
aa increase of 188,000 bales.
SOME LABOR FIGURES.
The message then goes Into figures on new tin
and tin plate plants. Message then refers to and
gives figures of labor commissioners of New
York and Massachusetts Shows Increased
production of pig iron, Bessemer ingots and
Bessemer steel rails.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The total value of our foreign trade (export
and imports of merchandise) during the last
fiscal year was #1,837.680,610, an increase of
$128,283,004 over ths previous fiscal year.
Tho value of our export* during the fiscal
year l»92 rea died the highest figure In the his¬
tory of the government, amounting to #1,03#,-
278,148, exceeding by $145,797,338 the exports of
1891, and exceeding tho value of ths Imports by
$202,875,686.
Tlie message shows great prosperity of the
country, comparing the trade on the Detroit
river to show that as much business was done
on that river as in Liverpool, Another lndica-
tlon of the prosperity of the oountry is found
In the fact that the number of depositors in
savings banks increased from 693,870 in 1860, to
4,258,893 in 1890, an increase of 613 per cent.
PROSPERITY, 11DT LOW FRIGES.
There never has been a time in our history
wheu work was so abundant or wages were as
high; whether measured by the currency In
which they are paid or by their power to supply
the necessaries and comtorts of life. It is true
that the market prices of cotton and wheat
have been low It is one of the unfavorable
Incidents of agriculture that the farmer cannot
produce upon orders. He must sow and reap
In ignorance of the aggregate production of th<
year, and is peculiarly thoughtless to the depre¬
ciation which follows over-production.
Th# value of our total farm products has In¬
creased from $1,363,646,8t6 la 1860 to #4,500,060,-
000 in 1891, as estimated by statisticians—an In¬
crease of 239 per cent.
THIS IS THE BEST COUNTRY.
If any nie discontented with their state here;
If any believe that wages or prices, the return*
for honest toil, are Inadequate, they should not
fail to remember that there is no other oonntry
In the world where the conditions that seem to
them hard, would not be accepted aa highly
prosperous. The English agriculturist would
be glad to exchange the returns of his labor for
t?i<>so of the American farmer, and the Man¬
chester workmen their wages for those of their
fellows at Fall River. I believe that the pro¬
tective system, which has now for something
more than thirty years continuously prevailed
In our legislation, has been a mighty Instrument
for the development of our national wealth and
a most powerful agency in protecting the
homes of our workingmen from the Invasion
of want. 1 have feltj a most solicitous interest
to preserve to our working people rates oi
wages that would not only give daily bread, but
supply a comfortable margin for those h ome
attractions and family comforts and enjoy¬
ments without which life is neither hopeful nor
sweet. They are American citizens, a part of
the great people for whom our constitution
and government were framed and instituted
and it cannot be a perversion of that constitu¬
tion to so legislate as to preserve In their home*
the comfort, iiulejcndence, loyalty and sense
of merest in the government which are essentia
to good citizenship in peice, and which will
bring this >taiwart throng, as in 1861, to the de¬
fense on the flag when it is assailed. It is not
my purpose to renew here the argument in
favor of a protective tariff.
I HE RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
The result of the rec. nt election must be ac¬
cepted as having introduced a new policy. We
must assume that the present tariff, construct¬
ed upon the lines of protection, ts to be re¬
pealed and that there is to be substituted for it
a tariff law constructed solely with reference tc
revenue; that no duty is to be higher because
the increase will keep open on American mill or
kevp up the wages of os American workman,
but that in every case such a rate of duty is to
be imposed as will bring to the treasury of the
United States the largest returns of revenue.
MUST REFORM THE TARIFF.
The contention has not been between sched¬
ules out between principles and it should
be offensive to suggest that the prevailing
party will not carry into legislation the princi¬
ples advocated by it, and the pledges given to
the people, and the tiriff bills passed by the
house of representatives
AT THE LAST SESSION
were, os I suppose, even in the opinion of their
promoters inadequate and justified only by the
fact that tbe senate and the bouse of represen¬
tatives were not in accord, and that a general
revision could not therefere be undertaken, and
1 recommended that tbe whole subject of tariff
revision be left to tbe incoming congress. It Is
s matter of regret that this work must be
delayed for at least three months for the
of great tariff changes, introduces so much un¬
certainty that an amount not easily estimated,
of business inaction and of diminished produc¬
tion will necessarily result. It is possible also
that this uncertainty may result in decreased
revenues from customs duties, for our mer¬
chants will make cautions orders for foreign
goods is view of the prospect of tariff reduc¬
tions and the uncertainty os to when they will
take effect Those who fiave advocated a pro-
tectne tariff can well afford to have their dis¬
astrous fore Coats of a change of policy disap¬
pointed.
Tbe friends of the protective syftetn, with
undimtnicbed confidence in the principles tney
have advocated, will await the results of the
new experiment.
The president tbrn enter* into a long disser¬
tation at* to the probable effect of a change tn
onr tariff system.
OX GOOD TERMS WITH NEIGHBORS.
The complicated and threatening difference*
with Germany and England in relation to
!-amo.in affairs, with England iu relation to the
seal fishery and in the Retiring sea. and with
Chili growing out of the Baltimore affair, hare
been adjusted.
There bare been nsgotiated and concluded
under section 3 of the tariff law, commercial
agreements relating to reciprocal trade with
the following countries Brazil, Dominican
Republic, Spain for Cuba, and Porto Kico,
Guatamala, Salvador, the German empire,
Great Britain for certain West Indian colonies
and British Guania, Nicaragua, Honduras, and
Austria- Hungary.
Of these those with Guatamala, Salvador, the
German empire. Great Britain, Nicaragua,
Honduras and Austria-Hungary have been con¬
cluded since tny last annual message.
“The following statistics showing the increase
of trade the United State; has made with coun¬
tries having reciprocal agreements, amounting
to #74,294,525:
“A treaty providing for the arbitration of the
dispate between Great Britain and the United
States os to the killing of seals in the Behring
sea was concluded on the 29th of February last.
This treaty was accompanied by an agreement
prohibiting plllagio sealing pending the arbi¬
tration, and a vigorous effort was made during
the season to drive out all porchlng sealers from
the Behring sea.’’
Then follows a statement showing the unsuc¬
cessful effort to establish closer trade relations
with Canada.
THE TROUBLE WITH CHILL
“Congress,at the last session, was kept advised
of the progress of the serious, and for a time
threatening appearances between tho United
States and Cbili. It gives me now great grati¬
fication to report that the Chilian government in
a most friendly and honorable spirit has ten¬
dered and paid us an indemnity to the families
of the sailors of the Baltimore who
were killed and to those who were
Injured in the outbreak In the city of
Valparaiso the sum of #75,000. This has been
accepted, not only as an indemnity for a wrong
done but os a most gratifying evidence tbai
the government of Chill rightly appreciates the
disposition of this government to act in a spirit
of the most absolute fairness and friendliness
In our interior with that brave people.”
The message speaks of our relations with
Hawaii aud the importance of the projected
tub marine cable.
THE TROUBLE WITH ITALY.
“The friendly act ot this government in ex
pressing to the government af Italy its reproba¬
tion of abhorence of the lynching of Italian
subjects in New Orleans by the payment of
125,000 francs or $24,330.90 was accepted by the
kiug of Itally with every manifestation ot
gracious appreciation and the incicent has been
Uighlo promotive of mutual respect ana good
wilt.
“The recent disturbances of the publio peace
by lawless foreign marauders in the Mexican
frontier have offered this government an oppor¬
tunity to testify its good will for Mexico and
Its earnest purpose to fulfill the obligations of
international friendship by pursuing ana dis¬
persing the evil.doers."
MATTERS OF NOTE.
The message then goes into minor tronbles
with small principalities, the majority of which
have been amicably adjusted. International
copyright hare been established between this
country, Italy and Germany.
The message commends the Nicaragua oanal.
Matters relating to the present Internationa
Monetary Conference are discussed at this
point.
The president says: “The free coinage of
silver upon an agreed International ratio would
greatly promote the Interests of our people and
equally those of other nations."
THE TREASURY.
Report of the secretary of the treasury here
follows. It 6bows that the prublic debt has
been reduced since Msrch 4, 1889, $259,074,200,
and the annual Interest charge $11,684,469.
There has been paid out In pensions by the
present administration to November 1, 1892,
#432,564,178. on exsess of $114,466,386.09 over
sum expended during the period from March 1,
1885 to March 1, 1889. Under the existing tariff
law, the message says, $93,000,000 lias gone into
the pockets of the people which would have
otherwise gone into the treasury.
The revenues for the fiscal year ending June
3\ 1892, from all sources were #425,868,260.22,
and the expenditures for all purposes were
$4i:-,‘.5 ,806.66, leaving a balance of $9,914,463.66.
There was pain during the year upon the public
debt $40,570,467.98.
Our receipts from customs duties fell off
$42 ,06 ',241.08, while our receipts from internal
.e.enue increased #8,284,823.13, leaving the net
loss of revenue from these principal sourced
$3:,784,417.95, The net loss of revenue from all
sources was $32,675,972.81.
The levenues, estimated and actual for the
fisc 1 year ending June 30, 1893, are placed by
the secretary at §463,336,350,44, and the expendi¬
tures $461,336,350.44, showing a surplus of re¬
ceipts over expenditures of $2,000,000. The cash
cash 1 alance in the treasury at the end of the
fiscal year, it is estimated, wi 1 be #20,902,377.03
These estimates are based upon a continuance
of the present laws.
THE ARMY.
The president refers only briefly to the report
of the secretary of war. showing the importance
of establishing Strategic posts and a complete
reorganization of the infantry and artillery
oranches of the service, also the construction
ot heavy guns and coast defenses.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The president refer# briefly to the report oi
the attorney general, extending to him great
praise for his zeal and intelligence displayed It
ffloc.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAI.
The president praises very highly the report
of the postmaster general.
The postal revenues have increased during
the Iasi year nearly #5,000,000. The dsfleit foi
ihe year ending June 30, 1892. is $848,341, lest
than the deficiency of the preceding year.
There have been added 1,690 new mall routei
during the year, with mileage of 833 miles, an*
to a] number of miles of mail trips added dur¬
ing the year is nearly seventeen millions.
The president refers very favorably to a law
•nakiug American ships of commerce float th*
American flag and be commanded by American
titixeos.
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
The report of the secretary of the navy ex¬
hibits great progress in the construction of
aur new navy. When the present secretary
sntered upon his duties onl/ three modern steel
vessels were in commistion. The vessels since
put in commission and to be put in commission
during the winter will make a total of nineteen
during his administration of the department.
During the current year ten war vessels and
three navy tugs have been launched, aud dur¬
ing the four years twenty-five vessels will have
been launched. Two other large ships and a
torpedo boat are under contract, and the WCTk
upon them will advance rapidly, and the four
monitors are awaiting only the arrival of their
armor, which have been unexpectedly delayed
or they would have been before this in commie-
lion.
The president praises the efficiency of Secre¬
tary Tracy and refers with pride to the fact that
the United States is once more a “naval power.”
The adoption of a torpedo and the discovery of
smokeless powder has worked wonders in our
new navy.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
The work of the interior department is always
vtry burdensome, has been larger iliac ever
before during the administration of Secretary
Noble. The disability pension law, the taking
of the eleventh census, the opening of v; s;
areas of Indian lands to settlement, the organi¬
zation of Oklahoma and the regulations for the
session.
Indian lands furnish some of the particulars
of the increased work, and the results aohieved
testily to the ability, fidelity and industry of
the head of the department and his efficient
assistants.
The president seconds the endorsement of the
lecretary of the interior to iatify the agreement
made with the Cherokees.
ALASKA.
The form of government provided by congres*
on May 17, 1884, for Alaska was in its frame and
purpose, temporary.
The increase of population and the develop¬
ment of some important mining and commer¬
cial interests make it imperative that the law
ihould be revised, better provisions made for
the arrest and punishment of criminal*.
The president then refers in terms of praise
to the conduct of the land office, to the court of
general claims and the Indian bureau. The ap¬
propriation for aubstistenoe ot tho Cheyenoe and
Arrapahoe Indians made at the last session of
congress was inadequate.
Ths pensions tor UMi an tta tli4.9M.8QA
That wn appropriated and a deficiency
imouuting :o $16,538,621 must be provided for
by congress The estimate for the year ending
June 30tb, 1894, will be $165,000,000.
The commissioner of pensions believes that if
die present legislation and methods are main¬
tained and further additions to the pension
its are not made the maximum expenditure
for pensions will oe reached Jane 30, 1804, and
adll be at the highest premium.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
In my last, annual message I called attention
to the fact that some legislative action - as
oeoessary in order to protect the interest of the
government in its relations with the Union
Pacific Railway. The commissioner of rail¬
roads has submitted a vtry full report, giving
the exact information as to the debt, the liens
upon the company’s property,and its resources.
We must deal with the question as we find it
and take that course which will under existing
condition best secure the interest of the
United States.-1 recommended iu my last annua
message, that a commission be appointed to
deal with this question snd I lenew that recom¬
mendation and suggest that the commissioner
he given full power.
SECRETARY AGRICULTURE.
The president praises the efficiency of the de¬
partment of agriculture and gives tacts and
figures why it should be sustained. He then
deals at length with quarantine inspections and
regulations; says that a liberal appropriation
ihould be made to prevent cholera gaining a
foothold tn this country next spring.
He also urges restricted immigration, espe¬
cially for the present.
He refers in tetma of praise to the work al¬
ready done on the World's Fair.
: He next deals with matters pertaining to the
District of Columbia.
■ He recommends that congress take some ac¬
tion for the protection of railway employes in
joupling and braking of cars.
The civil service commission ask for an in-
ireased appropriation for needed clerical as
tistance, which he thinks should be given.
OUR ELECTION" LAWS.
I have In each of the three annual message:
which it has been my duty to submit to con¬
gress, called attention to the evils and dangeri
connected with our election methods and prac¬
tices as they are related to the choice of officer*
of the nationa' government.
THE FORCE RILL AGAIN.
In my last annual message I endeavored tc
invoke serious attention to the evils of an un-
fair apportionments for congress. I cannoi
close this message without again calling atten¬
tion to these grave and threatening evils. I had
hoped that it was possible to secure a nou-pai
tisau Inquiry by means of a commissi on
into evils, the existenoe of which is known
to all and that out of this
might grow legislation fronr
which all thought of partisan advantage should
be eliminated and o.dy the higher thought ap¬
pear of maintaining the freedom and purity of
ballot, and tlie equality of the elector, without
the guaranty of which the government could
never have been fermed, and without the con¬
tinuance of which it cannot continue to exist in
peace and prosperity.
HONEST ELECTIONS.
It is time that mutual charges or unfalrnest
usd fraud between the two great parties should
cease and that the sincerity of those who pro¬
fess a desire for pure and honest eleetions
ihould he brought to the test of their willing¬
ness to free our legislation and our election
methods from everything that tends
to impair the pnblic confidence
in the announced result. The necessity lor an
Inquiry and for legislation by congress upon
this subject is emphasized by the fact that the
tendency of the legislation in some states in re¬
cent years has in some Important particulars
Deen away from and not toward free and fair
Sections and equal apportionment.
free ballot and fair count.
It is now time that we should come together
upon the high plane of patriotism while we
devise methods that shall secure the right of
every man qualified by law to cast a free ballot
and give to every such ballot an equal value in
choosing our public officers and in directing
she policy of the government.
Laws is not less such, but more, where it usurps
ihe function of the peace officer and of the
courts.
THE LYNCHING OF NEGROES.
The frequent lynching of colored people ac¬
cused of crime is without the excuse which has
sometimes been urged by mobs for a failure to
pursue the appointed methods for punishment
of crime that the accused have an undue influ¬
ence over oourts and juries; such acts are a re¬
proach to the community where they occur aud
Bo far as they can he made the subject of juris¬
diction the strongest representative legislation
S demanded. A. public sentiment that will
sustain the officers of the law In resisting mobs
and lu protecting accused persons in ilieir cus¬
tody should be promoted by every possible
means.
The officer who gives his life in the brave dis¬
charge of this duty is worthy of special honor.
Ho lesson needs to be so urgently impressed
upon our people as this, that no worthy end or
cause can be promoted by lawlessness.
HARRISON’S LAST SAY.
This exhibit of the work of the executive de
partment la submitted to congress and to the
publio in the hope that there will be found in it
l due sense of responsibility and an earnest pur¬
pose to maintain the national honor and to
promote the happiness and prosperity of all
our people, end this exhibit of the growth and
prosperity of the country will give us a level
from which to note the increase or decad¬
ence that new legislative policies m.ay bring to
as.
Tbers is no reason why the national influencr,
power and prosperity should not observe the
same rates of increase that have characterized
the past thirty years. We carry the great im¬
pulse and increase of these years into the fu¬
ture.
There is no reason why in many lines of pro-
Sufitlon we should not surpass all other nations
is we have already done in some. There are no
sear frontiers to our possible developments.
Retrogression would be a crime.
Benjamin Harrison,
• Executive Mansion.
December 6th, 1892.
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
Rothschild’s Proposals Withdrawn and
Other Plans Presented.
A Brussels cablegram says: The mon
etary conference Tuesday continued the
discussion of the report of the committee
which examined the Rothschild propos¬
als. After a speech by Sir C. E. Wilson,
a member of the British delegation,
Rothschild withdrew his scheme from
further consideration of the congress.
Before Rothschild withdrew his plau Sir
Fremantle, deputy master of the English
mint, declared himself ready to support
any reasonable measure to solve the silver
problem effectively. Sir William Houlds,
of the British delegation, a bimetalist,
announced that he had prepared a fresh
proposal to be presented immediately.
There is no doubt that interest in the pro¬
ceeding is abating, the belief gaining
ground that the debates of the confer¬
ence will have no appreciable value.
OPPOSED TO SUNDAY CLOSING
Of the World's Fair Buildings—Cardl-
nal Gibbons’ Letter.
A Chicago special of Friday says.
There is a strong, rapid-growing moral
and religious sentiment in favor of the
repeal of the world’s fair Sunday closing
act Several prominent clergymen favor
the movement. Mr. Thompson, secretary
of the world’s fair Sunday opening asso¬
ciation, has a letter from Cardinal Gib¬
bons which says:
“The Sunday closing of this spectacle
will be very unfortunate for many thou¬
sands of our countrymen who would be
tempted to spend the day in dissipation.
In their name I would favor opening the
fair Sunday afternoons to evening with
the provisions that all the machinery
should be stopped and all mechanical
and laboring work that will not be ur¬
gently necessary should cease. In this
I do Dot see any desecration of the Sab¬
bath. ”
_
Llule Borden Indicted.
A. special of Friday from Taunt n,
Mass., says: Lizzie Borden has been in
dieted by tht* grand jury of three courts.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie News of tie World (Mewed Into
Pithy ami Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
According to a special of Sunday in¬
fluenza has reappeared at Hamburg.
Twenty cases have been reported.
A fire at the corner of Dock and Com¬
mercial streets, north St. Louis, at mid¬
night Friday, destroyed several build¬
ings.
The total presidential vote of Maine
was Harrison, 62,871; Cleveland, 48,-
044; prohibition party, 3,062; people’s
party, 2,045; union labor party, 336.
A dispatch of Sunday from Cannas,
France, announces the death of Lucien
Napoleon Bonaparte Wise, the civil en¬
gineer who negotiated the Panama canal
concession.
The South Fifteenth street mill of the
Oliver Iron and Steel company, at Pitts¬
burg, Pa., closed Friday on only a few
hours’ notice. The reason assigned is no
orders, and the mill overstocked.
A special of Tuesday from Hot Springs,
Ark., states that Senator Gibson is slowly
but surely sinking, and his relations and
friends are calmly waiting the end. He
still remains conscious and has given in¬
structions regarding his burial.
A Detroit Free Press special dispatch
from Saginaw, Mich., says the Michigan
Salt company, on Friday, advanced the
price of salt ten cents a barrel, fine salt
being quoted at 65 cents. The company
has 300,000 barrels on hand less than at
this date one year ago.
A dispatch of Saturday from Ithaca,
Mich., says: Another commercial disaster
precipitated bv the failure of the bank of
Church, Bills & Co., is the assignment
of the Nelson-Barber Company, for near¬
ly twenty years a concern which has done
business under the name of Nelson &
Barber.
A new York special of Monday says:
It is reliably reported that the United
States will interfere with the Cuban
scheme to farm out its custom’s revenues
to a French syndicate. The secretary of
state has warned the authorities of Ha-
vauna that the states are strongly op-
dosed thereto.
The congress of the National Prison
Association of the United States met at
Baltimore Saturday night. Cardinal
Gibbons was among the first to enter the
hall. He was soogi followed by ex-Pres-
ident Hayes and Mayor Latrobe. Mr.
Hayes reviewed the work of the society
and the growth of crime through immi¬
gration. He said immigration as it ex¬
ists to-day is plainly in the path of prog¬
ress in America.
One of the most important sales of
Washington relics in years occurred at
Philadelphia, Tuesday. The relics be¬
longed to the estate of the late J. B. Mc¬
Guire, of Washington, and included a
large proportion of the correspondence
between Washington and MadisoD, nota¬
bly a letter written to Madison in 1792,
containing the outline of the draft of a
proposed farewell address, written when
Washington entertained the idea of de¬
clining renomination for the presidency.
It was sold for $1,335 to an agent who
declined to state for whom the document
was bought.
A Washington special of Friday says:
The superintendent imigrants of immigration re¬
ports that 487,663 arrived in
this country during the last fiscal year,
2,801 of whom came in violation of the
law, and were returned to their homes.
Sixty thousand Canadians enter the Uni¬
ted States every spring and return to
their homes every fall to spend their
earnings in their country. Our commis¬
sioner thinks it might be advisable to ex¬
tend the fifty cents a head tax to all im¬
migrants coming over our northern and
southern borders, wages being here on
an average of 40 per cent higher than in
in Canada, and 100 per cent higher than
in Mexico.
THE LEDGER BURNED OUT.
Disastrous Dlaze in George W. Childs’
Big Newspaper Office.
The Public Ledger building, a mas¬
sive six-story, brown stone front struc¬
ture on the southwest corner of Sixth
and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, was
damaged by fire Tuesday night to the
amount of $200,000, of which $150,000
was sustained by The Ledger and $50,-
000 by the tenants. The Ledger insu¬
rance aggregates $240,000—$160,000 on
ihe building and $80,000 on the con¬
tents. The other occupants are be¬
lieved to be fully insured. The collec¬
tion of curios and plate in the office of
Mr. Childs, The Ledger’s owner and
publisher, inestimable in value, was 3aved.
Damage to building $100,000. About
half the building was gutted by fire and
water. The flames were confined to the
fourth floor and ail above and portions
below were flooded. The fire was twice
extinguished but broke out a third time
and gained fearful headway.
FLIGHT OF THE PRINTERS.
The flames soon enveloped the compos¬
ing room. The compositors, to the num¬
ber of 140, hurriedly retreated down
stairs and escaped safely. Soon after
the fire started there was a sharp explo¬
sion, the cause of which is unknown,
and Business Manager Joel Cook and a
number of the clerks were forced to the
street by the concussion. The facilities
of every printing office in the city were
offered to Mr. Childs, and after William
M. Singerly, president of The Record
Publishing tendered Company, had personally
the use of his plant, the offer
was accepted, and, till further arrange¬
ments, The Ledger will be issued from
the Record office.
Mr. Childs and A. J. Drexel were wit¬
nesses of the fire and personally noted
the efficiency of the fire department.
They expressed their appreciation by
telling Director Butler, of the depart¬
ment of public safety, that a check for
$5,000 would be sent him to be used at
his discretion for the benefit of the fire¬
men.
GEORGIA BANKS.
Their Status as Set Forth in the Report
of the Comptroller of Currency.
A Washington special says: The re¬
port of the comptroller #f currency is¬
sued Monday, shows the following sta¬
tistics relative to Georgia banks: Total
number of banks, twenty-eight. Num¬
ber oitgnnieed during the year ending
October 81st, ene. Total capital, de¬
posits, etc., $80,828,876, an average per
capita of $16,24. Total capital of na¬
tional banks, $4,588,800. Total capital
of state banks, $5,961,595. Total capi¬
tal of savings banks, $568,700. Total
capital of private banks, $336,880. To¬
tal capital for the state $11,405,984.
Use* of Wire.
A few figure* may be cited to illustrate
how important a part wire plays in ' our
The leading industries and manufactures.
output of coal in Great Britain
slone, which may be taken at fully 200,-
000,000 tons per annum, is mainly raised
by the agency of wire ropes. The im¬
portance of carding wire may be appre¬
ciated from the fact that Great Britain’s
woolen export trade is worth $27,000,000
per annum The consumption of wire
netting is enormous, and the annual out¬
put in America and Europe of the one
item of barbed wire for fencing—a com¬
paratively new adapatation—is estimated
to exceed 100,000 tons.
The world-wide use of wire for tele-
graghic and other electrical purposes is
too well known to need comment, one
company in america owning no fewer
than 648,000 miles of their own system.
—Chamber’s Journal.
The Horse Is Useful Even if Dead,
The whale can be put to a great num¬
ber of uses when dead, as can also the
horse, the various parts of which are util¬
ized as follows: Hair of mane and tail for
haircloth, stuffing mattresses and making
bags for crushing seed in oil mills, etc.;
hide and skin tanned for leather for cov¬
ering aud tables, etc.; tendons used for glue
and gelatin; flesh for food for dogs,poul¬
try man; fat used for lamps, etc.;
intestines usod for covering sausages,
making gut strings, etc.; heart and
tongue for food; hoofs for gelatin, prus-
siate, fancy snuff boxes, etc.; bones for
knife handles, phosphorous, superphos¬
phate of lime and manure; blood for ma¬
nure and shoes for reuse or for old iron.
—Spare Moments.
Both Liked the Change:
Friend—“Given up housekeeping and
gone to a hotel, eh? How do you like
hotel life!”
McTiff—“First rate, Never was so
happy “Indeed! in my life.” And how does
your wife
like it?”
“First class.”
“Where are you staying?”
“I’m at the St. Charles and she’s at
the St. James.”
Tutelary Trees.
Ancient people had their tu elary trees
just as they had their tutelary gods —the
former being the altais and shrines of the
latter. Among the Scandinavians the ash
was held to be the most sacred tree. Ser¬
pents, according to their belief,, dared
not approach children it. with Hence entire the confidence women left
their un¬
der its shade while they went on with
their harvesting.—Gentleman’s Magazine.
Boiling Macaroni.
An authority says that in boiling maca¬
roni it is fatal to permit it to stop boil¬
ing for a moment until done. Have
plenty of salted water in the saucepan at
the boiling point when the sticks are
added, and when they are tender throw
in a glass of cold water to stop the cook¬
ing suddenly, and drain at once.—New
York Times.
Shakespeare Up to Date.
Lobbie—“Shakespeare does not seem
to draw very well nowadays.”
“Manager—“N-o, but I believe ‘As
You Like It’ could be made to go with
% corps de Rosalinds and a genuine hard-
glove slugging match in place of that
old-fashioned wrestling bout.”—New
York Weekly.
Drinking Under Difficulties.
Little Boy (in the country)—“Th’
water in this spring is awful good.”
Mother—“Then I’ll take some. Where
is Little the cup?” Boy—“There isn’t
any cup. You
have to lie down an’ drink up hill.”—
Street «fc Smith’s Good News.
Flour Should be Kept Dry.
Do you know that flour should be kept
iu a cool, dry place? If possible, there
should be some kind of a close recepta¬
cle for it, and too large a quantity some¬
times spoils by being kept too long, It
should also be remembered that mites
which often get into flour are more de¬
structive than mice.
Disabilities of Sex.
Little Dot—“I wish I was a boy.”
Little Dick—“Why?”
Little Dot—“'Cause a girl always feels
lo wicked w’en she does anything wrong,
an’ a boy don’t. Boys just goes right
tlong an’ has a good time.”
Three Blessings in One.
A triplet of benefits is comprised in the sin¬
gle word—vigor. This implies good appetite,
sound sleep, the power to digest. Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters endows an enfeebled system
with vigor. It insures digestion, helps nightly
repose, and increases zest for the food it en¬
ables the system to assimilate. It is potent in
malaria, and constipation, rheumatism. liver and kidney com¬
plaints
Few spectacled objects are Boston visible maiden.—Rochester to the naked eye of
the
Post-Express.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son’s Eye-water.Druggist:: sell at 25c per bottle.
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Mr. Joseph Hemmertch
An old soldier, came out of the War greatly
enfeebled by Typhoid Fever, and after being
In var ous hospitals the doctors discharged him
OB incurable with Consumption. He has been
In poor health since, until he began to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Immediately his cough grew looser, night
sweats ceased, and he regained good general
health. He cordially recommends Hood’s Sar¬
saparilla. especially to comrade; in the G.A. it.
Hood'd IM!la cure Habitual Constipation by re-
MtorU g peristaltic action of the alimentary canat
Nothing is Cheap.
There is nothing cheap under the sun.
Good woolen is good woolen and has its
current rate, and good cotton is good and
cottOD, and good food is good food,
good tables and chairs are good tables
and chairs, and in these days of compet¬
itive labor aad trusts and tariffs known
to all, prices vary hardly a hair’s worth
and nothing but second-hand bargain. goods piece can of
be bought at a A
silver, with an initial marked upon it,
a table which has had one dinner served
ou its surface is “old stuff” and has
almost no market value. It must lie
nearly given away. Everything else
fetches its value, fictitious or otherwise,
the value at which it is held by buyer
and seller.
And if one thiug is undersold to catch
business, another is oversold to offset it,
and you must get up very early in the
morning indeed and be a very old, old
shopper to know which you are purchas¬
ing. A great mark down sale is als > a
mark up sale unless indeed a fire or a
bankruptcy* has precipitated matters.
Aud even then real bargains are rare.—
Chicago Post.
Obliterated Inscriptions on Coins.
Iu answer to aa inquiry as to how to¬
tally obliterated inscriptions on c >inscan
be made legible, a c dlector suggests the
adoption of the practice of the English
mint for the discovery of genuine coins
when silver is called in. The coin is
placed on red hot iron, an ordinary poker
being often used for the purpose. The
parts where the letters of the inscription
had existed oxidate at a different rate
from the surrounding parts, so that the
letters exhibit their shape and become
legible in consequence of the film of
oxide which covers them having a differ¬
ent thickness, and, therefore, reflecting
a different color from that of the adja¬
cent parts.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Angler—How is it, Sandy, that they
get bigger fish at the far end of the loch?
change, Sandy—They’re bigger liars.—Ex¬
Hovr’e This 9
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward tor
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
takingHall’s F. J. Cheney Catarrh Cura. Co., Props.,
& Toledo, Q.
Cheney We, the for undersigned, the have known F. J.
last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly tions, and honorable in all b usi ness transac-
ligations made financially by their able to carry out any ob¬
firm.
W est & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o
Walking, Druggists, .Rinnan Toledo, & Marvin, Wholesale
O.
Hall’s Ca,arrh Cure is taken internally, act¬
faces ing directly of upon the blood and mucous sur¬
the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. pet bottle. SnhLby.ail druggists.
As paradoxical as it may appear, the oars¬
man gets ahead by going backwards.—Puck.
A Mammoth (ompctii ion.
$6500 in prizes for the best seven stories was
what The Youth's Comuanion offered: 5500;) for
the best Serials and $1500 for the best Folk-lore
tales. No less than 2983 stories competed for
these prizes. The successful stories are just an¬
nounced to appear in 7 heComoanion during 1893
By sending $1.75 at once you will obtain t he
paper FHEEtoJan.an l forafullyear.t >.)a!i.’94.
AddressT h e Vo dt a ’s Com panion. Boston. M ass
Have Tan Asthma ?
Dr. R. Schiffmann, St. Paul, Minn., will mail
atrial package of Schiffmann’s Asthma Cure
free to any sufferer Gives instant relief in
worst cases, and cures where others fall.
Name this paper and send address.
Our old reliable eye-wat ak or m-
flamed eyes or granulated lids without p ain.
Price25c. John R. Dickey DrugCo., Bristol, Va
Is YOT7R blood poor? Take Beecham’s
Pills. Is your liver out of order? Use
Beecham’s Pills. 25 cents a box.
Sy|wp®g S
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ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
and Syrup refreshing of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
to the taste, and acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, cleanses on the Kidneys,
the sys¬
aches tem effectually, and fevers dispels and colds, habitual head¬
cures
constipation. only Syrup of Figs ia the
duced, remedy, pleasing of to its the kind taste ever and pro¬
ac¬
ceptable its to the stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy known.
and $1 bottles of Fig3 is for sale in 60c
gists. by all leading drug¬
Any have reliable band druggist who
may not it on will pro¬
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.Y,
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
S — OR —
Other Chemicals
ouSj are used in the
preparation of
W. BAKER & CO.’S
I j \ BreakfastCocoa
tahich is absolutely
pure and. soluble.
• v i; It has more than th ree ti met
the strength Starch, of Cocoa mixed
_with Sugar, and is far Arrowroot more eco¬ or
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED. _
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
NSTIQNfiL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
( r ATLANTA, GA.,
Treats Ref t mities ail
dab rJ ir ° T re^t. *~ c T)is-visfr-, Diseases «ucb the a.*
Hip, or
Spine and Joints, Par-
Vy-iS Pi:e j , Fistula. Ci-
tairh, Ftana e and privat 3
iw»aHe« v H-rni ft, Di^csies
of the Urinary Orgaa^.etc„
•Send <or il ust rated ciroa-
?»r. Name this cao -r.
-
Morphine Hab t Cored at Home;
^5 Btiok free.
M K KK £R 51 V DTC1N K V< , Chicago, III.
’M
ST 0 yEp w r suK
c vj 5 H
‘TSai’IS&RfWSJlSSAt.oto,. °1SS. art P»lnM -Met, tUI.
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no Un
or floas package with every purchase.
“HOTHER’S
\ FRIEND
is a scientifically prepared Liniment
and harmless; every ingredient is of
recognized value and in constant It use
by the medical profession. short¬
ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes
Danger to lifo of Mother and Child-
Book ‘’To Mothers” mailed free, con¬
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt
of price, $1.5Qper bottle.
BRA0F1ELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by all druggists.
■EVENTCCN aevzwvv
a. V 1 -.
let >
Bile Be&ns
Small,
Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attacks, Side.
Headache and Constipation. 40 in each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
Picture “7,17, 70" and sample dose free.
J. F. SMITH A C0„ Proprietors, NEW YORK.
“German
Syrup”
Court, Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior
Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recom¬
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. “I have used
your German Syrup,” he says, “for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine."—
Take no substitute. 9
A WOMAN HAS
very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and Is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping o»
any ordinary duties, if afflicted with
SICK HEADACHE
DAY AFTER DAY
and yet there are few di senses that yield more
promptly tore of the to proper medlea il treatment. It is there-
utmost Importance that a reliable remedy
should always be at band. During a period of more
than
SIXTY YEARS
there has been no Instance reported where snob
cases hare not been permanently and
PROMPTLY CURED
BY
the use of a single box of the genuine and Justly
celebrated
DR. C. McLANE’S
LIVER PILLS J
which may be procu red at any Drug Store, or will be
mailed to any addr ess on the receipt of 25 cents la
postage stamps.
Purchasers of th hese Pills should be careful to pro¬
cure the genuine article. There are several counter¬
feits on the market, well calculated to deceive. The
genuine Dr. C. McLane’s Celebrated Liver Pills are
manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHEBS CO., Pittsburgh. Pi.
AN ASTONISHING
TONIC FOR WOMEN.
McEIsREE’S
OF
1
it Strengthens the Weak, Quiets th«
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE D3SEASE8.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
S1.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA ?*ED, CO., Chattanooga, Tenn.
| m
CoB.nsipttves and people I
who have weak lace* or Asth-
mi. ehoald use Pieo’s Care for I
Consumption. It has eared I
thousand*. It ha* had not Injar-1 take. I
ed one. It I* not to
It is the best cough syrup.
Sold everywhere. 3Se.
>CON SUMPTION.
Every Ian His Own Doctor.
A ing 600-pageProfusely valuable Illustrated Book,contain¬
information pertaining to dis-
eases of ’he human s<c-m, ‘-bowing bow to
TREAT and Cl RE • itl. ■ the simplest of medi¬
cines. The hoi k t >>• ta i.-. analysis of court¬
ship ana marriage and management of child-
Wn, besides useful prescription*, recipes, etc.
availed, post-pai i, for 60 cents. Address
ATLANTA PUBLISHING HOUSE,
11C Loyd •eet, Atlanta, Ga.
(SHILOH S
V CURE.
fecr-a’iid
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Soro
Throat. Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee
■WMSSf* ■- ^ >
HARRISON'S KIR,™';!, gmssik
lounnt-ss, Tory a l.iv r, Cou—i'.ation. <■»<■ Price 23c. 5!
K N OX CUE iJ IC'A I, < I» >1 I* A N V. Toledo,
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