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Important Document
to Our Daw Makers.
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WHAT THE PRESIDENT THINKS
Of the Leading Questions that Affect the
Body Politic—Tho Remedies
Recommended.
Washington, December 4.—The reg
ular session of Congress convened at
noon today, with a full attendance.
Immediately after organization, the
presidents message was received and
read, as follows:
To the Congress of the United States:
The constitutional duty which re
quires the president from time to time
to give to the congress information of
the state of the Union and recommend
to their consideration such measures as
he shall judge necessary and expedient
is fitting ly entered upon by commending
to the congress a careful examination
of the detailed statements and well
■supported recommendations contained
in the reports of the heads of depart
ments. who are chiefly charged with the
executive w, >t-k of the government.
In an et v >rt to abridge this communi
cation as much as is consistent with its
purpose, 1 shall supplement a brief ref
erence to the contents of these depart
mental reports by the mention of such
executive business and incidents as are
not embraced therein, and by such rec
ommendation. as appear to be at this
particular time appropriate.
While our foreign relations have not
at all times during the past year been
entirely free from perplexity, no em
barrassing situation remains that will
not yield to the spirit of fairness and
iove of justice, which, joined with con
sistent, firmness, characterize a truly
American foreign policy.
My predecessor having accepted the
office of arbitrator of the long standing
mission beyond any dispute tendered to
*"the president by the Argentine Repub
lic and Brazil, it has been my agreeable
duty to receive the special envoys com
missioned by those states to lay before
mo evidence and arguments in behalf of
their respective governments.
THE TROUBLES IN BRAZIL.
The outbreak of domestic hostilities in
the republic of Brazil bound the United
States to watch the interests of our citi
zens in that country, with which we
carry on important commerce. Several
vessels of our new navy are now and
for some time have been stationed at
Kio de Janeiro. The struggle being be
tween the established government
which controls the machinery of the
administration and with which we
maintain friendly relations, and certain
officers of 1ho navy employing the ves
sels of their command in an attack upon
the capital and chief seaport, and lack
ing, as it docs, the elements of divided
administration, 1 have failed to see that
the insurgents can claim recognition as
belligerents.
Thus far the position of our govern
ment hi's been tnat of an attentive but
impartial observer of the unfortunate
confliv i. Emphasizing our policy' of im
partial neut rality in such a condition as
now exists, 1 deemed it necessary to
disavow in a manner not to be misun
derstood. t he unauthorized action of our
late naval commander iu those waters
in saluting the revolted Brazilian ad
miral, being indisposed to countenance
an act calculated to give gratuitous
sanction to the local insurrection.
THE CHILEAN CLAIMS.
The convention between our govern
ment and Chile, having for its object
the settlement and adjustment of the
demands of the two countries against
each other, lies been made effective by
the organization of the claims commis
sion provided for.
The two governments failing to agree
upon the third member of the commis
sion, the good offices of the president of
the Swiss republic were invoked, as pro
vided in the treaty, and the selection of
the Swiss representative in this eoun
ry to complete tho organization was
gratifying alike to the United States
and Chile.
loan’s break reviewed.
The vexatious question ox so-called
legation asylums for offenders against
the state and its laws, was presented
anew in Chile by the unauthorized ac
tion of the laic United States minister
in receiving into his official residence
two persons who bad just failed in an
attempt at revolution, and against whom
criminal charges were pending, grow
ing out of a former abortive disturb
ance.
The doctrine of asylum as applied to
this case is not sanctioned bv the best
precedents, and, when allowed, tends to
encourage sedition and strife. Under no
circumstances car the representatives of
this government be permitted, under the
ill-defined fiction of extra territoriality,
to interrupt the administration cf crim
inal justice in the countries to which
they are accredited. A temperate de
mand having' been made by the Chilean
government for the correction of this
conduct in the instance mentioned, the
minister was instructed to no longer
harbor the off enders.
AS TO THE GEARY LAW.
The legislation of last year known as
the Geary law, requiring the registration
of all Chinese entitled to residence in the
United States, ana the deportation of all
not complying wiru the previsions of the
act wit 11in i' :e t; me prescribed, met with
much opposit ion from Chinamen. Acting-
upon the advice of eminent counsel that
the lave was uncoi:stitcAkmai, the great
mass of Chinese laborers, pending judi
cial inquiry as to its validity', in good
faith seemed to apply for the certificates
required. A test case upon proceeding'
by habeas corpus was broug'bt before
tho supreme court, and on May 15ts
1S83, a decision was made by that tri
bunal sustaining' the law.
It is believed that under the recent
amendment of the act extending the
time for registration, the Chinase
laborers thereto entitled, who desired
to reside in this country’, will now
avail themselves of tho renewed privi
lege thus afforded of establishing by
lawful procedure their right to re
main, and tha i thereby the necessity
of enforced deportation may, to a g reat
degree, be avoided.
MISSIONARY MURDERS IN CHINA.
It has developed upon the United
States minister at, Pekin, as dean of
the diplomatic body, in the absence of
a representative of Sweden and Nor
way, to press upon the Chinese gov
ernment reparation for the recent
murder of Swedish missionaries at
Sung Per. This question is of vital
interest to all countries whose cit
izens engage in missionary work in
the interior.
THE SUBRENDER OF WEEKS.
Costa Rica has lately testified its
friendliness by surrendering to the
United States, in the absence of a
convention of extradition, but upon
duly' submitted evidence of criminali
ty, a noted fugitive from justice. It
is trusted that the negotiations of a
treaty with the country to meet.recur-
ring cases of this kind will soon be ac
complished. In my opinion, treaties
for reciprocal extradition should be
concluded with all those countries
with which the United States has not
alreoay conventional arrangements of
that character.
1 have deemed it fitting to express
to the governments of Costa Rica and
Colombia the kindly desire of the Uni
ted States to see their pending- bound
ary' dispute finally closed by arbitra
tion in conformity with the spirit of
the treaty concluded between them
some years ago.
OUR EUROPEAN RELATIONS,
Our relations with France continue
to be intimate and cordial, I sincerely
hope that the extradition treaty with
that country, as amended by’ the sen
ate. will soon be in operation.
While occasional questions affecting
our naturalized citizens returning to
the land of Weir birth have arisen in
our intercourse with Germany, our re
lations with that .country continue
satisfactory.
The q. stions affecting our relations
with Great Britain have been treated
in a spirit of friendliness. Negotia
tions arc in progress between the two
governments with a view to such con
current action as will make the award
and regulations agreed upon by the J great and kindred nations is thus au-
Behring sea tribunal of arbitration
practically effective: and it is not
doubted that Great Britain will co-op
erate freely’ with this country for the
accomplishment of that purpose. The
dispute growing out of the discrimi
nating lolls imposed iu the Welland
canal, upon cargoes of cereals bound
to aad from the lake ports of the Uni
ted States was adjusted by the substi
tution of a more equitable of charges,
and my predecessor thereupon sus
pended his proclamation imposing dis
criminating tolls upon British transit
through our Canals.
A request for additions to the list of
extraditable offenses covered by the
existing treaty between the two coun
tries is under consideration.
FBANCE AND LIBERIA.
A notable part of the southeasterly
coast of Liberia, between the Cavally
and. San Pedro rivers, which for nearly
half a century has bec-n generally rec
ognized as belonging to that republic by-
cession and purchase has been claimed
to be under the protectorate of France
in virtue of agreements entered into by
the native tribes over whom Liberia's
control has not been well maintained.
More recently, negotiations between the
Liberian representative and the French
government resulted in the signature at
Paris of a treaty whereby, as an ad
thoritativcly manifested in favor- of the
rational and peaceable settlement of
international quarrels by honorable re
sort to arbitration.
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of the government
from all sources during th’ ‘'seal year
endiDg June 30. 1893, amounted to
5461,710,561.94, and its expenditures to
$459,374,074.29. There was collected
from customs 5295,355,016.73. and' from
internal revenue $161,037,623.92. Our
dutiable imports amounted to $431,856,-
711, an increase of $52,453,907 over the
pi-eceding year, and importations free
of duty amounted to $444.545,£11, a de
crease from the preceding year of
$13,455,447' Internal revenue receipts
exceeded of the preceediDg year bv
$7,147,440.32.
It is estimated upon the basis of
the present revenue laws that the re
ceipts of the government for the year
ending June 30, 1894, will be $530,121,-
365.38 and its expenditures $458,121,-
365.38, resulting in a deficiency of
$28,000,000.
On the first day of November, ls93,
the amount of money of all kinds in
circulation, or not included in treas
ury holdings, was $1,718,544.6S?.' ad in
crease for the year of $112,40s,947.
Estimating onr population at 67,426,-
justment, certain Liberian' territory is I 000 at the time mentioned, the per
ceded to France. This convention at 1 capita circulation was $25 49.
last advices had not been ratified by the
Liberian legislature and executive.
Feeling a sympathetic interest in the
fortunes of the little commonwealth,
the establishment and development of
which was largely aided by- the benevo
lence of our countrymen, and which
constitutes the only- independently sov
ereign state on the west coast of Africa,
this government has suggested to the
French government its earnest concern
lest territorial impairmemt in Liberia
should take place without her uncon
strained consent
MEXICO IS ALL RIGHT.
Our relations with Mexico continue to
be of that close and friendly nature
which should always characterize the
intercourse of two neighboring repub
lics.
Nicaragua’s civil troubles.
Nicaragua has passed through two
revolutions, the party at first success
ful, having in turn been displaced by
another, and our newly appointed
minister, bv his timely good offices,
sided'in a peaceful adjustment of the
controversy involved in the first con
flict. The large American interests
established in that country in .connec
tion with the Nicaragua canal were
not mole'sted.
The United States are especially in
terested in the successful achievement
of the vast undertaking this company
lias in charge. That it should be ac
complished under distinctively Ameri
can auspices and its enjoyment assured
not only to tho vessels of this country
as a channel of communication be
tween our Atlantic and Pacific sea
boards; but to the ships of the world
in the interest of civilization, isa prop
osition which, in my judgement does
not admit of question.
NEW EXTRADITION' TREATIES.
An extradition treaty with Norway
has recently been exch a ng'od and pro
claimed.
The extradition treaty with Russia,
signed iu March 1887 and amended and
confirmed by the senate in February
last, was duly proclaimed last Juno.
CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN.
More than fifteen years ago this gov
ernment preferred a claim against
Spain iu behalf of one of our citizens
for property- seized and confiscated in
Cuba, In 1886 the claim was adjusted,
Spain agreeing to pay- uncondition
ally, as a fair indemnity, $1,500,000.
A respectful but earnest note was
recently addressed to the Spanish gov
ernment, insisting upon the prompt
fulfillment of its long neglected obli
gation.
Other claims preferred by the,United
States against Spain, in behalf of Amer
ican citizens, for property confiscated in
Cuba, have been pending for many
years.
At the time Spain's title to the Carolina
Islands was confirmed by arbitration,
that government agreed that the rights
which had been acquired there by Amer
ican missionaries, should be recognized
and respected,, i t is sincerely hoped that
this pledge will fije observed by allowing
our missionaries, who 'were removed
from Ponape to ir pinch of safety by a
United States war ship during flic late
trouble between the Spanish' garrison
and the natives, to return to their field
of usefulness.
TROUBLE WITH THE TURKS.
Important matters have demanded our
attentions to the Ottoman Porte.
The firing aud partial destruction, by
an unrestrained mob. of one of the
school buildings of Anatolia College, es
tablished by citizens of the United States
at Marsovan, and the apparent indiffer
ence' ' the Turkish' govurnfiefit to the
outrage, notwithstanding the complicity
of some of its officials, eall$d,£or earnest
remonstrance, which was followed by
promises of rep .ration and the punish
ment of tlie offenders. Indemnity for
the injury to the buildings has already
been pairl. permission To rebuild given,
registration of the s-ho.il property in
the name of the American owners se
cured, aud efficient, protection guaran
teed.
THE HAWAIIAN Ii.MRItOGI.IO.
It is hardly neceSsafv fol; me to state
that the questions arising from our
relations with Hawaii have caused se
rious embarrassment.
Jsut prior to the installment of the
present administration, the existent
government of Hawaii -had been sud
denly overthrown: *aau a treaty of an
nexation had ’Been negotiated be
tween the provisional government of
the islacds.and the United State-, and
submitted4.0 liiu senate for certifica
tion.
This treaty 1..withdrew for exami
nation ami dispatched Hon. Janies 11.
Blount, of Geo'i-w'SfF'-'to Honolulu as a
special messenger t6* make an impar
tial investigation of the circumstances
attending the change of government,
and of all t lie conditions bearing upon
the subject of tiie treaty.
. After a thorough and exhaustive ex-
exuiuiuatioiu Mr. liiount submitted
to me his report, showing beyand all
question that the c^istitutiomtlgov
ernment of Hawaii had beeiq .sub
verted with the active aid o.f ifur rep
resentative to that government and
through the intimidation" caused by.
the presence of faritu'd naval force of
the United • States'which was landed
that purpose, at the instance of our
minister.
Upon the facts developed, it seemed
to me that the only honorable course
for our government. to pursue was to
undo the wrong 'that had. been done
by those representing, us, and to re
store, as far as practicable, the status
existing at the time of our forcible in
tervention.
PROGRESS OF ARBITRATION.
By- a concurrent resolution passed by
the senate February !4. 1890, and by the
house of representatives on the 3rd of
April following, the president was re
quested "to invite from time to time, as
fit occasions may arise, negotiations
with any government «ith which the
United States has or may have diplo
matic relations, to the end that any dif
ferences or disputes a rising between the
two governments whicli cannot be ad
justed by diplomatic agency, may be
referred to arbitration and be peaceably
adjusted by such means."’
\pril IS, 1890, the International
American Conference of Washington,
by resolution expressed the wish that
the controversies between the republics
of America and tbe nations of Europe
might be settled by arbitration and rec
ommended that the government of each
nation represeuft-rd in that conference
capita i
During the year 119 hanks were or
ganized in thirty-two states and ter
ritories with a capital stock of $11,-
230.000, distributed as follows:
Forty-four with a capital stock of
$5,135,000 in the eastern states: forty-
one with a capital stock of $2,34<>,ofiil,
west of the Mississippi riy$r, aud thir
ty-four witlia capital stock of $3,755,000
in the central and southern states.
Within the same period 158 bauks
suspended with a capital stock of ?30,-
300.000. Of this number eighty-six
with a capital stock of $18,205,000 re
sumed, and sixty-five passed into the
hands of receivers, with a capital stock
of $10,885,000.
THE SHERMAN LAW REPEAL.
The recent repeal of the provision of
law requiring the purchase of silver
bullion by the government asjr feature
of onr monetary scheme has riiade an
entire change in the complexion of our
currency affairs. I do not doubt that
the ultimate result of this action will he
most salutary and far-reaching.
In the nature of things, however, it is
impossible to know at t his time precisely
what conditions will be brought about
by the change, or what, if any, supple
mentary legislation may, in the light of
such conditions, appear to be essential
or expedient.
Of course, after the recent financial
perturbation, time is necessary for the
re-establishment of business confidence.
When, however, through this restored
confidence, the money which has been
frightened into hoarding places is re
turned to trade and enterprise, a survey
of the situation will probably disclose a
bafe path leading to a permanently sound
currency abundantly sufficient to meet
every requirement of our increasing
population and business.
In the pursuit of this object we should
resolutely turn away from all alluring
and temporary expedients, determined
to be content with nothing less than a
lasting- and comprehensive financial
plan.
REASONABLE DELAY THE BEST.
In these circumstances I am convinced
thot a reasonable delay in dealing with
this subject, instead of being injurious,
will increase the probability of wise ac
tion. _
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
The monetary conference which as
sembled at Brussels upon our invitation,
was adjourned to the 30th day of No
vember in the present year.
The consideration just stated and
the fact that a definite proposition
from us seemed to be expected upon
the reassembling of the conference
led me to express a willingness to have
the meeting still further postponed.
It seems to me that it would be wise
to give general authority to the presi-
ient to invite other nations tc such a
conference at any time when there
should be a fair prospect of accom
plishing an international agreement
an the subject of coinage.
AS TO A BOND ISSUE.
I desire also to earnestly suggest
the wisdom of amending the existing-
statutes in regard to the issuance of
government bonds.
Thft authority now vested in the
secretary of the treasury to issue
bonds is not as clear as it should be
and the bonds authorized are disad
vantageous to the government, both
os to the time of their maturity and
rate of interest.
OUR MILITARY FOOTING.
The secretary of war ran .-i ts ' bat the
strength of the army on the JOth day of
September last was 25.773 enlisted men
and 2,144 officers. The total expendi
tures of the department for the year
ending June 30, 1897., amounted to
$51,966,074.80. Of this sum $1,992,581.95
was for salaries and contingent ex
penses. $23,877,828.35 for the support of
the military establishment, $6,077,0:13.18
for miscellaneous objeeis and $20,518,-
031.41 for public .works. Tills latter
sum includes Si5,296,S76.46 for river and
harbor improvements and $3,260,141.20
for fortifications and other works of
defense.
The total enrollment of the militia of
the several states was on the 31st of
October of the current year, 112,597
officers end enlisted men. • The officers
of the army detailed for the inspection
and instruction of this reserve of pur
military force, report that increased in
terest aud marked progress are appa
rent in the discipline and effeiency of
the organization.
OUB REACOAST DEFENCES.
It is gratifying to note that we have
begun to gain completed results in the
comprehensive scheme of -seacoast de
fense aud fortification entered upon
eight years ago. A large sum has been
already expended, but the cost of main
tenance will be inconsiderable as com
pared with the expense of construction
and ordnance. At the end of the cur
rent calendar year, the war department
will have 9 twelve-inch guns. 20 ten-
inch and 34 eight-inch guns ready to be
mountee on gun lifts and carriages, aud
75 twelve-inch mortars. In addition to
the product of the army gun factory,
now completed at Watervilet, the gov
ernment has contracted with private
parties for the purchase of one hundred
guns of these ealibers, the first of which
should be delivered to the department
for test before July 1, 1S94.
The reports of the military academy
nt West Point and the several schools
for the special instruction of offi
cers, showed marked advance in the
education in the army aud a commend
able ambition to lit themselves for the
highest service of the country.
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
The report of the attorney-general
contains the usual summary <Jf7tlie
affairs and proceedings of the depart
ment of justice for the past year, to
gether with certain recommendations
as to • needed legislation on various
subjects.
I canuot too heartily endorse tile
proposition that the fee system as ap
plicable to the compensation of United
States attorneys, marshals, clerks o£
federal eourts and United States com-,
missioners should be abolished with
as little delay as possible. It is clearly
in the interest of the community that
the business of the courts, both civil
and criminal, shall be as email and
inexpensively transacted. as the ends]
of justice will allow.
I also heartily join the attorney !
general in recommending legislation
fixing the degrees pf the crime of mur- I
der within the federal jurisdiction, as ;
has been done in many of the states,
authorizing writs of error on behalf of j
the government in cases where final
’ meat during the last fiscal year and
i much inseresting information louch-
I ing this imbortant branch of the pub-
I lie service.
j- The business of the mails indicates
i with absolute certainty the condition
of the business of the country, and de-
! ^cession in financial affairs inevitably
I and quickly reduces the postal reve-
i nues. Therefore, a larger disere-
! paijcv than usual between the post-
i office receipts and expenditures is the
I evpetJsd and unavoidable result of
j the distressing -stringency which has
i prevailed throughout the country dur-
] ing much of tee time covered by the
postmaster general’s report.
(p The postoffice receipts for the last
L fiscal year amounted to $72,776,933.6
and its expenditure to $81,074,014.99.
] This postofuee deficiency would
disappear if less giatte-- was carried
free through the mailt. ties rf
| which is upward of three hundred
i tons of seeds aud grain from flic agri-
)■ cultural department.
: -- The total number of postofliees in
i the United States on the 30th of June,
■ 1892, was 68,402. iu increase of 1,284
! over the preceding year. Of these
3,360 were presidential, an increase
j in that class of 204 over t'ue proceeding
I year.
There are now connected to the post-
office establishment 28.324 employes who
are in the classified sei-vice.
VALUE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The head of this department gives
I conclusive evidence of the value of civil
service reform, when, after an experience
that renders his conclusion reliable, he
expresses tho opinion that without the
, benefit of this system would be impossi
ble to conduct the vast business en-
i trusted to him.
i I desire to commend as especially
; worthy of prompt attention, the sugges
tion of the postmaster general relating
to a more sensible and business-like or
ganization and a better distribution of
responsibility in his department.
OUR GROWING NAVY'.
The report of the secretary of the navy
eoutains a history of the operations of
his department during the past year,
and exhibits a most gratifying condition
] of the personnel of our navy, lie pre-
r-sents a satisfactory account of the pro-
j gress which has been made in the con
struction of vessels and makes a number
' of recommendations to which attention
j is especially invited.
While I am distinctly in favor of con-
! sistently pursuing the policy we have
inaugurated of building up a thorough
| and efficient navy, 1 cannot refrain from
I the suggestion that congress should
i carefully take into account tlie uafin-
I ished vessels on our hands and the de-
i pleted condition of our treasury in con-
! sidering the propriety of an appropria-
] tion at this time to begin new work.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
I The continued intelligent execution
j of the civil service law and the increas-
i ing approval by the people by its oper-
I ations arc most gratifying.
] I am, if possible, more than evereon-
] vineed of the incalculable benefits con
ferred by the civil service law, not
only in its effect upon the public ser
vice, but also what is even more im
portant in its effect in elevating the
tone of political life generally.
FOE TARIFF REFORM.
After a hard struggle, tariff reform
is directly before us. Nothing so im
portant claims our attention and noth
ing'so clearly presents itself as both
an opportunity and a duty, an oppor
tunity to deserve the gr:.r it ude of our
fellow citizens and a duty imposed
] upon us by our oft-repeated profes-
! sions and by the emphatic mandate of
! the people.
After full discussion, our country
men have spoken in favor of this re
form, and they have confided the work
of its accomplishment to the hands of
those who arc solemnly pledgee to it.
Nothing should intervene to distract
our attention or disturb our effort un
til this reform is accomplished by wise
and eaieful legislation.
THE WILSON BILL.
A measure has been prepared by the
appropriate congressional committee,
embodying tariff reform on the lines
herein suggested, which will be
promptly submitted for legislative ac
tion. It is the result of much patriotic
and unselfish work, and 1 believe it
deals with its subject consistently and
as thoroughly as existing conditions
permit.
FOR AN INCOME TAX.
The committee, after full considera
tion. and to provide against a temnor.-uy
fieficiencj- which may exist before the
busieess of the country adjusts itself
to the new tariff schedules, have wisely
embraced in their schedule a few addi
tional internal revenue taxes, including
a small tax upon income derived from
certain corporate investments.
These new assessments are not only
absolutely just and easily borne, but
they have the further merit of being
such as can be remitted without unfa
vorable business disturbance whenever
the necessity • for their imposition no
longer exists.
In my great desire for the success of
this measure. I cannot restrain the sug
gestion that its success can only be at
tained by means of unselfish counsel on
the part of tariff reform, and as a .re suit
of their willingness ip subordinate per
sonal desires. ambitions to the gen-
--■vl uood. The loaal interests affected
by the proposed reform are so numerous
and so varied that if ail aro insisted
upon the legislation embodying the re
form must inevitably fail.
IN CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, my intense feeling of
responsibility impels me to invoke for
the manifold interests of a generous and
confiding people the most scrupulous
care, and to pledge my willing support,,
to every legislative effort for the ad
vancement of the greatness and pros-'
peri tv of our country.
Grover Ci.k\ eland.
Executive Mansion, Washington, li t.'..
December t.
WHEN IT’S COLD.
(Yhen needles are in your fingers and togs ;
Wben ieicles hang from the snow-nian’s noye;
When the frost on the Dane makes sugexy
trees.
And wagon-wheels over the hard ground
wheeze:
When the toughened old farmer flings round
his arms
As if he'd throw them across two farms ,
When ears are rubbed and noses are red,
And sheets are like iee in the spare-room
bed:
When water-pipes burst, aud wells freeze up,
And the tea isn't hot when it leaves the eup ,
When stray dogs coining along the street
Never stand for a second on all four feet;
When little boys cry if they have to be our,
iii.l arc heard for a full half-mile if they
Sfeout.
When the Hep is se -dear as the tiionghts that
fled
Out into the world ft-ru* AN^f s,x-x— V- r.cad 7
When the air about seems as still as a rock,
And a sudden noise is a sudden shock-.
And the earth seems deserted, lonely, And
old—
'ou are pretty sure that it’s pretty cold !
—$r. Nicholas.
: PITH ANDT0INT.
TWENTY-SiX LIVES LOST.
A Steamer Runs Ashore aud Her Crew
Swept Overboard.
Tha British ship Jason, Captain Mc
Millan. from Calcutta for Boston, went
ashore Tuesday night oft' Eastham,
Mass. When daylight came Wednesday
morning it was seen that the vessel had
broken in- two amidships. Her main
and mizzen musts were gone aud every
r.oia of her crew on board, numbering
t lyssty-six, had been washed into the
sea and lost.
A Big Order for Locomotives.
The Baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia have received an order
for fifty-one engines from the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe system.
This is one of ihe largest orders the
Baldwin works have ever received from
single road. Forty-two of the en
gines are to be built immediately and
the remaining cine during 1894.
should communicate this wish to all J judgement is rendered against the suf-
friendly powers. i iieiency of an indictment or against
A favorable response has been re- j the government upon any other ques-
ceived from Great Britain in the shape tion arising before actual trial; iimit-
Fiorida liaises i lie Quarantine.
State Health Officer Porter, of Flor
ida, raised the quarantine against
Brunswick on Friday, save on house
hold goods and baggage. Baggage
will be admitted, however, when bear
ing'marine hospital certificate of dis-.
infection. Ail inspectors have been
removed from trains.
SoTeriegn Installed.
James Sovereign was installed as
general master workman of the Knights
of La or at Philadelphia, Friday. He
inim'euiate-iy assumed the holies of his
office and nearly all the work cn hand
for the executive board was brought
of a resolution adopted by the parlia
ment Julv 16th, lust, cordially sympa
thizing with the purpose in view and
expressing the hope that her majestv’s
government will lend ready cO.-operation
to the government of the 'United .States
upon the basis of the concurrent reso
lution above quoted.
It affords me signal pleasure to lay
this parliamentary resolution before the
congress, and to express my sincere
gratificatiqii that the sentiment of two
ing the right of review of cases of fel- I
ony punishable only by fine and im
prisonment to the circuit court of ' a p
peals and making speedy -provision for j
the construction of such prisons' and
reformatories as may be neeessii-y tor j
the confinement of United States con
victs.
IN THE POSTOFFICE.
The report of the postmaster gen- j
eral contains a detailed statement of j
the operation of post office depart- ‘
For the Nineteenth Time.
Delegates to the nineteenth annual
convention pi the Railroad Passenger
and Freight Conductors' Mutual Ail
and Benefit Association of the United
State?, Canada and Mexico, assembled
at Ciiffisgo Friday. The association is
one of the oldest and stroDga*s tail
road organizations iu America
Getting a shine on vonr shoes—Sit
ting in the snn. —Hallo. .
The pup was so good natural
That the tramps all turned Mai down ,
So they pat a muzzle oa him..
And h- terrified the town,
“Yes, Minerva, there is a difference
between getting an option on apart
ments and getting a Hat refns.il —
Elmira Gazette.
In the gloaming. 0 my darling.
As the decp'uing shades advance,
I will meet you : tie the dog up
So he cannot gnaw my pant-e
—Kansas City Journal.
In Lapland the style in feminine at
tire has not changed in 1000 years.
What a delightful place that must be
for married men !—Hartford Journal.
He had an iron will, they said.
That never could be trusted,
lut. like all iron, since he wed
His will seems to have nmed.
—Indianapolis Journal.
‘ “1 hear you are going to be mar
ried?” “That is news to me.” “Some
one surely told me yon were engaged. ”
“That’s different.”—Pittsburg Chroni
cle.
“Alary had a little lamb.'’
They sang. The youth denied.
Jhe had,” he said, “a salad
And a dozen oysters, fried.'’
—Detroit Tribune.
“They say he simply electrified his
hearers at the debate the other night.”
“Why shouldn’t he? He took the
negative and was very positive.”—
Buffalo Courier.
If revolutions never end in South
America it should be remembered they
come round regularly, and that things
that are round n -.irally. have no end.
—Philadelphia Tisu .
Intended as a Compliment—Miss
Elderly (coquettishly)—“The material
is very good, but the colors aro toe
gay for a person of my age.” Well-
meaning Clerk—“Oh, I’m sure yon
are not half as old as you look. ” —
Texas Siftings.
A Texas clergyman about to be ap
pointed chaplain of the penitentiary
preached a farewell sermon to his con
gregation that had treated him rathei
badly. He selected the following text:
“I go to prepare a place for yon, so
that where I am ye may be also.”—
Texas Siftings.
Mongols ol Ivo-ko >'or.
Our road first lay through the dis
trict inhabited by the agricultural
tribes on the frontier. Then we
entered the country occupied by the
Mongols of the Iio-ko Nor. The
pasture there was the richest I have
seen in any part of Tibet; bnt an
idyllic pastoral life is by no means
practiced by the inhabitants. Brigand
age is the general profession. The
young men spend their time either in
making raids ou travelers aud on the
encampments of their tribes, by which
means they mostly acquire theii
cherished horses, or in practicing the
art of warfare. I witnessed a military
tournament, at which some riders at
full gallop fired one after another at a
small given mark.
These Mongols are tall and fierce
looking, though they proved amiable
when friendly. The men shave their
heads. Both men and women dress
in a gown of sheepskin, girded ronnq
the waist, high boots of felt and skin,
bound below the knee with t
leathern strap or cotton garter, and
long white felt coats, w hich they wear
over the sheepskins when it rains.
Their summer hat is of white felt, in
shape something like the top hat worn
by the old Welsh'market women. Th«
cap they wear in winter is of white as
trakhan, shaped like, a sugar loaf, with
a red and green cotton rim.
The women dress their hair iu little
plaits, more than a hundred, caughl
together at the end in a wide band ol
colored cloth, which is embroidered
with gay silks and gold thread, and
studded with coral and turquoise, sil
ver coins and brass button, which they
get from Lliassa. The tents are
round; the inner sides of trellis-
work, the top of wooden ribs, giving
an umbrella shape, and the whole
covered with white felt, with an aper
ture for a small door o, wood, and a
hole in the roof to let out the smoke.
-National Review.
Useless 0.
The letter Q i-> a superfluous alpha
betic character—a nondescript of the
;\ or-t sort aud of no more real value
in expressing or helping to express ouj
thoughts in writing than one of the
Chinese word signs would be. It never
ends an English word and can not be
gin one without the aid of the letter
n, being invariably followed by the
last mentioned letter in all words be
longing to our language. The man
doesn’t live that can tell the “why” of
the peculiar relation of the letters q
aud u, or why the former was given
its curious name. Some argue that its
name was applied because of the tail
or cue at the bottola of the letter, but
the. original q, when sounded just as
it is to-day, was made w ithout the cue,
the character much resembling the
En-Iish sign for pounds.—Boston
Transcript.
Curios About Books.
Queen Victoria’s “Jubilee Book,’
the volume containing the jubilee
speeches and addresses, is eighteer
inches thick, has laaves 2x3 feet and
weig'03 sixty-thre» pounds.
The family Bible of George Wash
ington’s mother is owned by Mrs.
Lewis Washington, of Charleston, Va.
Six leaves from this historic volume
were torn out and deposited in the
cornerstone of the Mary Washingtor
Monument at Fredericksburg .a few
years ago. . ,
In the Vatican Library there is s
treatise on dragons, a manuscript in i
single roll 300 feet long and a- fooi
wide, the material of which is • said t<
be the “tanned gut of a great dragon.’
—St Louis Republic.
Evcryoody should read tbe paper aad
keep ud with the times.
THE HIGHEST AWARD.
Royal Baiting Powder has all the
Honors—In Strength and Value 20
per cent, above Its Nearest Com
petitor.
The Royal Baking Powder has the
enviable reoord of having received the
highest award for articles of its class
—greatest strength, purest ingre
dients, most perfectly combined—
wherever exhibited in competion with
others. In the exhibitions of former
years, at the Centennial, at Paris,
Vienna and at the various State and
Industrial fairs, where it has been ex
hibited, judges have invariably award
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honors.
At the recent World’s Fair the ex
amination for the baking powder
Kwarde were directed by the chief
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. The chief chem
ist’s official report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertaining
which was the best, shows the leaven
ing strength of the Royal to be 160
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder. -<0f the cream df tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest in strength tested contained
bnt 183 cubic inches of leavening gas.
The other powders gave an average of
111. Tho Royal, therefore, was found
of twenty per cent, greater leavening
strength than its nearest competitor,
and forty-four per cent, above the
average of all the other tests. Its
superiority in other respects, however,
in the quality of the food it makes as
to fineness, delicacy and wholesome
ness, could not be measured by fig
ures..
It is these high qualities, known and
appreciated hv the women of the conn-
try for so many years, that have
caused the sales of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to ex
ceed the sale of all other baking pow
ders combined.
Marine Engines For Land Service.
An interesting departure in engin
eering is the introduction of marine
engines for land service. One of tlic
great electric illuminating companies,
it appears, has adopted them in its
work, and concerning their economy
in respect to space and power it is re
ported that the land engine takes up
some ten times as much space as a ma
rine engine, and the marine quadruple
ex2Jansion engine has ten times the
heating surface of the land engine.
Further, the new quadruple^ two crank
expansion engine is twice as powerful
as the triple expansion tliree crank en
gine, occupies also 30 per cent less
room and carries regularly 210 pounds
of steam. The land eDgine carries only
80 or 90 pounds of steam and gets one
horsepower out of from 4 to 10 pounds
of anthracite coal, while the quadru
ple expansion marine engine develops
one horsepower out of 1 j pounds of
Welsh coal—that is, according to
these data, the laud engine requires
from two to four times us much coal
as the marine engine to produce tho
sime power.—Age of Steel.
Artificial Eyes.
A prominent manufacturer of arti
ficial eyes has unburdened liimself on
what he considers a grievance. He
says that the public, and therefore op
ticians, will no longer pay the price
for a good aud well made article, and
that the market is being flooded with
“cheap foreign rubbish.” He alleges
that the cheap eyes crack after a very-
few weeks’ wear. Pursuing the sub
ject further, we are informed that
summer time is the best season for the
sale of artificial ey-es. People are at
that time more particular as to their
appearance, and discover more readily
that the artificial eye is beginning to
lose its pristine perfection. Another
point is that there are many people
walking about whose outward appear
ance suggests that they- are in full pos
session'of both visual organs, but have
not even one. “I have fitted,” said
the manufacturer, “scores of people
with two glass eyes.” The innocent
deception is the more successfully car--
ried out owing to the fact that the
blind, from force of habit, no doubt,,
.look or appear to look, one full in the
face when talking.—London Daily
News
An Easy Electrical Experiment.
Take a glass, expose it to the fire so
thnt it shall be perfectly dry and place
it upside down upon a table. After
ward take a tray, perfectly dry-, and
place it ujion the glass in such a way
that it shall preserve its equilibrium.
Finally take a sheet of paper slightly
smaller than the tray, heat it and rub
it rapidly with a brush, and it will be
come qniekly electrified. Then place
it upon the tray.
An electrical machine will thus have
been constructed without any- expense.
If the finger be brought near tbe.tray,
a spark will appear. This spark will
be so much the brighter and the series
of sparks will be so much the longer
in proportion as the glass and tray are
drier.
If, while the sparks are being drawn
from the tray, the room be darkened,
these sparks will appear extremely
brilliant.
A Boy’s Composition on Bones.
Bones are the framework of the
boys. If I had no bones in me, I
should not have so much motion, and
grandmother would be glad, bnt I like
to have motion. Bones give me mo
tion because they are something hard
for motion to cling to. If I had no
bones, my brains, lungs, heart and
large blood vessels *ould be lying
around in me and might get hnrted,
but now the bones get hurted, but not
much, unless it is a hard hit. If my
bones were burned I should be brittle,
because it would take the animal out
of me. If I were soaked in acid, I
should be limber. Teacher showed us
a bone that had been soaked. I could
bend it easily. I would rather be
soaked tnan burned. Some of my
bones don’t grow close to my body,
snug, like the branches of a tree, and
I am glad they don't*, ^or if they did,
I could not play leap frog and other
nice games I know. The reason why
they don’t grow close to my body is
because they have joints.
Joints aro good things to have in
bones. There are two kinds. The
ball and socket, like my shoulder, is
best. Teacher showed it to me, only
it was the thigh bone of an ox. One
end was round, smooth and whitish.
That is the ball end. The other end
was hollowed and deep. That iB the
socket, and it oils itself. It is the
only machine that oils itself. Anoth
er joint is the hinge joint, like my el
bow. It swings back and forth and
oils itself. It never creaks like the
schoolroom door. There is another
joint that don’t seem like a joint. That
is in the skull. It don’t have no mo
tion. All my bones put together in
their right places makes a skeleton.
Cripples anil deformed people don’t
have no skeletons. Some animals
have their skeleton on their outside.
I’m glad I ain’t them animals, for my
skeleton, like it is on the chart, would
not look well on my outside.—Hospit
al Gazette.
An Awful Dilemma.
“I’m iu a terrible dilemma,” said
Mickles to a friend at the office.
“What’s the matter?”
“My wife and I had been talking
economy this morning, and she asked
me how much I pay for the cigars I
smoke. I had to pretend to be in a
frightful hurry to keep from talking
about it. ”
“Why didn’t'you answer her?”
“I was afraid to. If I tokl her the
truth, she’d scold about the extrava
gance, aud if I named a fictitious price
she might buy me some.”— Washing
ton friar.
She Kept Servants.
Daughter—“We have made the
'greatest mistake. The new neighbor
doesn't do her. own housework at all.
She has servants.”
Mrs. De tityle— “I never see them.”
Daughter—“No, nor I; but she
came into the drug store while I was
there, and asked for something to mend
china.”—New York Weekly.
flow .>lany People it Hot hers-
This dyspepsia with it- abominable.sj mptoms,
heartburn, sinking at the pit of tho stomach
bet\vfcen»*mYals nn-d oppression there after-
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discomfort! Put these to sp.edy 11 gbt with
Hostetler’-; Stomach Bitters, which remedies,
also, iver comulnint, kidney and rheumatic
trouble and malarial disorders.
“A word to the wise is suffli ient.” A word
to Hie otherwise is sometimes sufficient—to
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Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, shou'd take Brown’s Iron
I itt rs. ft is pi asant - to take, < area Malari i.
Indigestion, Biliou ness and Liver Complaints,
makbs thd Blood rich and pure.
And now even the days are falling into the
ways of th j financial situation and are getting
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Iw vonr Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
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The man who keeps his mind sharp will keep
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“ p r r-ummently the beat.”—Htv, Henry Ward
If Bffiicied wiib sore eyes use Dr- Isaac Thomp
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A wonderful stomach corr* ertor-—Beccham’s
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Good Inventions.
One of the most valuable inventions
was made by a New England woman
who lived for many years in Washing
ton. In 1843 Mrs. Nancy M. John
son sold her patent of an ice cream
freezer for $1,500. She was the first
to utilize the idea of turning a handle
for churning the cream, and the later
improvements tire modifications of her
patent. Before this a spoon was used.
Mrs. Johnson lived on Twelfth street,
and at her death she bequeathed the
valuable scientific library of her hus
band, who had been a professor of
chemistry at the Smithsonian institu
tion, to that building.
Another Washington woman pat
entee is Mrs. William H. Dodge, of
Capital hill, the wife of the well
known patent lawyer, who invented
an improved ice pitcher, which lias
met with great success. This pitcher
is provided with a concave extension
rim around the bottom to hold the
moisture which gathers on the outside
and to prevent it from trickling down
on the table.— Washington Post.
If We Only Knew.
Colt—“And so, when I grow up, I’ve
got to be a team horse and drag heavy
loads?”
Old Horse—“That’s right ”
“And yet that spindly colt over - in
the next field is never to have anything
to dor but trot around with light car
riages.”
.“True.”
“It isn’t fair; 'there’s something
wrong with civilization.”
The Other Colt (years afterwards)—•
“Thank heayen, I’ve got too old for a
carriage- horse, and have been sold to
a street car company. Now I won’t
have to wear a checks rein.”—Street &
Smith's Gq/td News.
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‘ * For two years I suffered terribly
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