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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE,
A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE
NATION’S AFFAIRS.
Words ol Comiondation lor all Braudes
ot tie Administration
A Condensation of the Most Important
Fealnres of the Message.
: his
President Harrison submitted annual
message to congress Tuesday. Following is an
interesting condensation of the most import¬
ant points embraced iu the document:
WASHijrruroN, I>. C., December C.—Theprcsl
dent's met-sage, embracing over fifteen thousand
words, was read to both brandies of congrfesi
today.
Tne following is nn interesting and intelligent
condensation of the points of lutercit embraced
In the message;
To the Senate and House of representatives!
In submitting my annual message to congresi
1 have great satisfaction in being able to say
that the general conditions affecting the com¬
mercial and industrial interests of the United
States are iu tho greatest degree favorable. A
comparison of the most favored period in th«
history of the country will, I believe, show that
•o high a degree of prosperity, and so general
a difference of the comforts of life were nevei
before enjoyed by our people.
OUR TOTAL
The total wealth of the country in 1860 was
000,000, •10,150,010,061; in 1890 it amounted to $62,610,
an increase of 287 per cent. Tho total
mileage of railways in the United States In I860
448 was 80,020; in 1*00 It was 167,741; an Inorease of
per cent; and It is estimated that there will
bo about four thousand miles of track added by
tho close of tho year 1802. Tho official return*
Of the eleventh census and those of tho tenth
Census for 70 lending cities furnish the basis foi
the following comparisons:
Tit K CAPITAL INVESTED.
In 1880 the capital invested in manufacturing
was In $1,232,830,670. In 1820 the capital invested
manufacturing was $2,000^735,884. In 1880
the number of employees was 1,301,388. In 1890
the number of employees was 2,251,134. In 1880
the wages earned were $501,963,778. In 1890 the
wages earned were $1,221,170,454. In 1880 ti e
value of tbe product was $2,171,679,899. In 189U
the value of the product was $4,860,280,837.
Tho message goes into every detail showing
tjie increase in tho number of wage oarners 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: Of tho
forty cotton mills, twenty-one have been built
In the southern states. Mr. A 13. Sliopperson,
of the Now Yoik cotton exchange, estlmates tho
number of working spindles in the United
States, on September 1, 1892, at 10,200,000, an In¬
crease of 660,000 over the year 1821. The con¬
sumption of cotton by American mills, in 1891,
waa 2,396,000 bales, and in 1892, 2,584,000 bales,
an increase of I88,00t> bales.
SOME LABOR FIGURES.
The message then goes into figures on new tin
and tin plate plains. Message then refers to and
giver figures of labor commissioners of New
York and Massachusetts, Shows increased
production of pig iron, Itessciuer ingots and
Bessemer steel rails.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Th© total value of our foreign trade (export
and imports of .merchandise) during the last
fiscal year was $1,887,680,610, an increase ol
$128,283,804 over ths previous fiscal year.
Tho valuo of our exports during the fiscal
year l«92 rea hml the highest figure in tbe his¬
tory of tho government, amounting to $1,030,
‘278,148, exceeding by $146,797,33$ the exports of
1891, and exceeding the value of the imports by
$802,875,080.
The 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 indica¬
tion of the prosperity of the oountry is found
In the fact that tho number of depositors in
tavingn banks mcreasod from 693,870 In 1800, to
4,268,893 in 1890, an increase of 513 per ceut.
PROSPERITY, BUT LOW PRICES.
There uever hae been a time in our history
when work wai so abundant or wages were a-?
high; whether measured by the currency in
Which they are paid or by their power to supply
the necessaries and comions of life. It is true
that the market prices of cotton and wheat
have been low. It lioue of the unfavorable
Incidents of agriculture that the farmer cannot
produce upon orders. He must sow and reap
tn ignorance of the aggregate production of ths
year, and is peculiarly thoughtless to the depre¬
dation which fol oHS over-production.
The value of ot.r total farm products has in¬
creased from $1.36 *,646.8 6 in 1860 to $4,500,000.
000 iu 1891, n- estimated by statisticians—an iu
creasc of 22u pt r cent.
THIS IS TIIE BEST COUNTRY.
If any uie disc* ntented with their stnte hcr«|
If any believe (hat w«ge» or prices, thu reiurni
for honest toll, are imu.equatc, they *hrwtld Do!
fall to remembar that there is no other country
In th® world where the «t niiit.ons that m to
them hard, would not bo accepted as highly
U roaperous. The Knglhh agriculturist would
glad to exchange the mu?ns of his labor foi
those of the American termer, and the Man¬
chester workmen their wages fur those of their
fellows at Fall River. 1 be icve that the pro¬
tective system, which has liuw for something
more than thirty years continuously prevailed
In our legislation, has been a mighty instrument
for the development of our national wealth and
* most powerful agency in protecting tho
homes of our workingmen from the invasion
of want. 1 have felt| a most solicitous interest
to preserve to our working people rates of
wages that would not only give daily bread, but
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up“ u hnvlng increduced I new policy. We
nut mum that “I: pretent tum, construct
ed upon my lines at protection, 1: to be M
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n mil kw commend mlely with referencl u.
mum; am no duty In to be higher been!“
lb. lacuna \du keep open an American mill or
keep up the wagon of u: Amen-tom workman.
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be impound u will bring to the ucuury or the
United smo- mo lute“ Mum- 01 avenue.
ll‘ll‘ lll‘okl nu: nun-xx
Tho consumes ha not been benveen sched
ulu out between principles and u should
b. oxen!" to suggest um um prev-Jung
put: will at» our! Into legislutlon tho princi
ple: «manned by It. and the pled‘us given m
the poop». um the ma bull pamd by m
hound mum.
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ten. :3 X Inppoa. even 1n the opinion of mi?
pmmom tugdeqnnu Ind juluned only by the
he: [an the «um um! tho homo o: upwel
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mama-um“ to nun-u- an.
um- Imd lounge or policy dxupw
no moc- « a.» mm man. wit
undint!ni*l<''d confidence in the principles tncy
have a«lv. c.,ted will await the results of the
new experiment. into long di«»er
Tie i.riwicknt then enters a
tatimi as to th.) reliable effect of a change In
our tariff system.
ON GOOD TERMS WITH NEIGHBORS.
The comp i ,te;l :,!> 1 ttir.-nteninff differences
with Germany and Kngland m relation to
Samoan allairs; 'itb England in relational tbe
seal flelwry and in tlie Behring sea, and with
Chili growing out of the Baltimore affair, have
been adjusted. negotiated and concluded
There have been
under section 3.of the tariff law, commercial
agreements relating to reciprocal trade with
the following countries: Brazil, Dominican
Republic, Spain for Cuba, and l’orto Rico,
Guatemala, Salvador, the German empire,
&r«a Britain for certain West Indian colonies
and British Guania, -Nicaragua, Honduras, and
Austria- Hungary.
Of tbeso those with OtuttunoU, Salvador, the
German emiiire, Great Britain, Nicaragua,
Honduras and Auairla-Hungary bare been con¬
cluded since iny last annual message.
“Tim following statistics showing tbe Increase
of trade the Unite I States baa made with coun¬
tries having recijriocal agreement,, amounting
to $74,234,525: yrovlding the arbitration of
“A. ireaty lor the
dispute between Great Britain and the United
States as to the killing ol seals In tho Behring
tea was concluded on the 29th of February last.
Tine treaty was accompanied by an agreement
prohibiting plllagic sealing pending tire arbi¬
tration, and a vigorous effort waa made during
.he season to dmo out all purchlng 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 Unitod
States and Chili. It gives ine 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 aailiira of ttio Baltimore wlio
were kilim! and to those who were
Injured in tho outbreak in the city oi
Valparaiso the sum of $70,090. This has been
accepted, not only as an indemnity for a wrong
done but as a most gratifying evidence that
the government of Chili rightly appreciates the
dlsposi i >n ol this government to act in a spirit
of tho n.odt absolute fairness and friendliness
iu our interior with that bravo people.”
IJUe message speaks of our relations with
Haw ili and the importance of the projected
sub murine cable.
THE TROUBLE WITH ITALY.
“The friendly act ol 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
126,000 Irancs or $24,330.90 was accepted by tbe
king of J tally with every manifestation oi
gracious appreciation and the incicent has been
highlo promotive of mutual respect and good
wih.
“The recent disturbances of the public peace
by lawless foreign marauders in tbe .Mexican
frontier have offered this government an oppor¬
tunity to testify its good will for Mexico and
Its earnest purpose to fulfill tho obligations of
International friendship by pursuing ana dis¬
persing tho evil doers.”
MATTERS OF NOTE.
The iuf?*s»4«; then goes into minor troubles
with small principalities, the majority of which
have been amf ably adjusted. International
copyrigh t have been established between this
country, Italy and Germany.
Tho message commends the Nicaragua oanal.
Matters relating to tho present
Monetary Conference are discussed at this
point.
The president rays: “The free coinage of
silver upon an agreed international ratio would
greatly promote the interests of our people ami
equally those of other nations.''
THE TREASURY.
Report of tho secretary of the treasury here
follows. It shows that the prublic debt lias
been reduced since March 4, 1889, $269,074,200,
and the annual interest charge $11,684,469.
There has been paid out In pensions by the
pr. sent administration to November 1, 1892,
$432,504,178. an exsess of $114,466,386.09 over
sum expended during the period existing from March 1,
188.) to March 1, 1889. Under the tariff
law, tho message says, $93,000,000 has gone into
tho pockets of the people which would have
otherwise gone ?nto the treasury.
The revenues lor the fiscal year ending June
3\ 1892, from all Ronrces were $425,808,2(0.22,
and the expenditures for all purposes wore
$4U,!5 ,896.56, leaving a balance of $9,914,463.66.
There was paid during the year upon the public
debt $49,570,167.98.
Our receipts from customs duties fell off
$42,(0 *,241.08, while our reoeipis from internal
© .’enuo increased $8,284,823.13, leaving the net
loos o: revenue from these principal source^
>34*4,417.95. The net loss of revenue from all
sources wus $32,676,972.81.
The revenues, estimated and actual for the
the 1 year ending June 30. 1893, are placed by
the secretary at $403,330,3(0,44, and the expendi¬
tures $161,386,360 44, showing a surplus of re¬
ceipt s over expenditures of $2,000,000. Tbe cash
cash 1 a lance in the treasury at the end of the
fiscal year, it is estimated, vn 1 be $20,902,377.03
These estimates are based upon a contiuuanee
of the present laws.
THE ARMY.
The president refers only briefly to the report
of tho secretary of war, showing the importance
of establishing strategic posts and a complete
reorg n ration of the infantry and artillery
branches of tho service, m BO the construction
of heavy guns anil coast defense..
THE ATTOn.NKV GENERAL.
the president refers briefly to the report ol
the attorney general, extending to him gres,
pn\ise for his zeal aud intelligence displayed ir
THE POSTMASTER GENERA I,
Tho president praises very highly the report
of tho postmaster general.
The postal revenue j have increased durinc
the Iasi year nearly $5,000,000. The deficit foi
die year ending June 30, 1892. is $848,311, lest
than ihe deficiency of the preceding year.
Ihere have been added 1,690 new mail routei
aur.ug the year, with mileage of 833 miles, an<
total number of miles of mall trips added dur
^ .Thcpwsid^nfrcfvk^^LwOTabiyto » iso
Tho president pruses the emciency of Secre
tur)‘ Tracy und triers with pnde to the he. that
me Unnod Sum-s is once more a “nun power."
The adoptlon or a tvrpedu And me discovery 0!
moteleu powder 1m; worked wonders in our
new navy.
ucnm‘un' 0v nu: lSTERlnR.
The work 0! the interim- deputrneut u almys
wry burdensome. has been larger mu; ever
before during the administration of Seaman-y
kcme. The mnbnlhy Lon-Sou h“. the taking
or the alumni census. no omntug at v; st
non of India had: :0 settlement. the argum
nuon of Okinawa Ind nus remissions for In:
mulch.
hula and: furnish some of the pu-tienlars
9! the increased vork. u“! the remit: achieved
«sun, ha to the “unity. fldehty and indxmx-y ut
had 0! m demand“ :ud his emckm
mum“.
Tho pmidem seconds the endorsemem of Zln
may or the harlot to unify tn. “Remain
Ind. with the Chennai.
ALASKA.
be tom of mammal provided by can”
an In, I7. 1884, for Link: vu In in Inn. and
m «layout-y.
The hole-ta 0! population um the develop‘
men: or 2mm Imports“ mining and commer
cltl inmat- lnake n impfl‘llifl mat am In:
mud n. "flied. beau provisions me to:
"no am And punish-int of crimluh.
‘ Tuwmtthennhuh term of pubs
m tofioeondmotmhndoflu.” chi-- theoonnor
and “cl-dun bun-n. The up—
manic»: hrs-ham o! the Chemo. and
"up-hoe {Iii-nu mud. u an In: lesion of I
m ‘3‘)- m Moguls.
WM tot all m m autumn
That amount was appropriated anti a deficiency
amounting :o $10,SO*,021 must be provided for
by congress. 'Hie estimate for the year ending
June 30th. 1894, will be $165,000,000.
The comnmsloner of pensions believes that if
the present legislation and methods are main¬
tained and funher additions to the pension
aws are not made the maximum expenditure
for pensions will oe reached June 30, 1804, and
will be at tbe highest premium.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
In my last annual message I called attention
to the fact that some legislative action was
necessary in order to protect the Interest of the
government in its relations with the Union
Pacific Hallway. Tbe commissioner of rail¬
roads has submitted a very full report, giving
the exact lniormation 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. I recommended in my last annua
message, that a commission be appointed to
Seal with this question and I icnew that recom¬
mendation and suggest that the commissioner
be given full power.
SECRETARY AGRICULTURE.
The president praises the efficiency of the de¬
partment of agriculture and gives facts 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 in this country next spring.
lie also urges restricted immigration, espe¬
cially for the present.
He refers in tetros of praise to the work al¬
ready done on the World's Fair.
' He next deals with matters pertaining to the
District of Columbia.
1 Ho recommends that congress take some ac¬
tion for the protection of railway employes in
soupling and braking of cars.
The civil service commission ask for an in¬
creased appropriation for needed clerical as
listance, which he thinks should be given.
OUR ELECTION LAWS.
I have in each of the three annual messagei
which it has been my duty to submit to con
griss, called attention to the evils and dangert
connected with our election methods and prac¬
tices as they are related to the choice of officeri
of the nationa’ government.
THE FORCE HILL 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 non-pai
tisaii inquiry by means of a commission
into evils, the existence of which is known
to ail and that out of this
might grow legislation from
which all thought of partisan advantage should
be eliminated and oi ly the higher thought ap¬
pear of maintaining the freedom and purity of
ballot, and tne equality of the elector, without
the guaranty of which the government could
never have been formed, and withont tbe con¬
tinuance ol which it cannot continue to exist in
peace and prosperity.
HONEST ELECTIONS.
It is time that mutual obarges or nnfairnes&
sad fraud between the two great parties should
cease and that the sincerity of thosu who pro¬
fess a desire for pure and honest elections
ihould be brought to the test of their willing¬
ness to free our legislation and our election
methods from everything that tends
to impair the public confidence
in tho announced result. The necessity for 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¬
sent years has in some important particulars
been away from and not toward free and fair
ilections an 1 equal apportionment.
FREE BALLOT AND FAIR COUNT.
It is now time that wo 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
the policy of the government.
Laws is not loss such, but more, where it usurps
ihe function of the peace officer aud of the
sourts.
THE LYNCHING OF NEGROES.
The frequent lynching of colored people ac¬
cused of crime is without the ©rouse 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 courts and Juries; such acts are a re¬
proach to the community where they occur and
s * far as they can be made the subject of juris¬
diction tho strongest representative legislation
s demanded. A public sentiment that will
sustain the officors of tho law In resisting mobs
and In protecting accused persons in tbeir cus¬
tody should be promoted by every possible
means.
The officer who gives his life in tho brave dis¬
charge of this duty is worthy of special honor.
No lotion needs to be so urgently impressed
upon our people as this, that no worthy end or
eause can be promoted by lawlessness.
HARRISON’S LAST SAY.
This exhibit of the work of the executive do
partment is submitted to congress and to tbe
publio in tho hope that there will be found in it
a 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, and 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 may bring to
U8 *
There is no reason why the national influence,
power and prosperity should not observe tho
same rates of inorease that have characterized
tbe past thirty years. We carry the great im¬
pulse and increase of these years into tbe fu¬
ture.
There ;• no reason why in many lines of pro¬
duction wo should not surpass all other nations
is we have already done in some. There are no
aear frontiers to our possible developments.
Retrogression would bo a crime.
Benjamjv Harrison,
Executive Mansion.
December 6th, 1832.
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
Bothsclitld’s Proposals Withdrawn and
Hula Borde- Indie“.
A Ipoeinl of Fridwy from ‘huntafii
I“. “’8: Lizzie Borden mym has it” {my
dined by an» gum: jury of
TELEGRAPHIC GLEAHfflGS.
Tie News ot tie World Condensed Mo
fitly ami Pointed Paragraphs,
Interesting and Instructive to A11
Classes of Readers.
According to a Bpecial of Surday 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.
Wilson G. Hunt, a wealthy capitalist, aged
of New York died Wednesday,
eighty years. He was a director in more
financial institutions than any other man
in this country.
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 broken tire on the Wagner sleeper
Alva, on the New York and Montreal
express bound north, threw the cl. a into
a ditch twenty miles south of Burling¬
ton, Vt., Wednesday. Of ten passengers injured;
in the two coaches, seven were
none killed.
A Baltimore special says: The annual
congress of the national prison associa¬
tion of the United States adjourned
Wednesday to meet in Chicago a year
hence. The session has been interesting,
though nothing of uuusual importance
was done,
A Detroit Free Press special Michigan dispatch
from Saginaw, Mich., says tbe
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 ODeyear 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
vanna that the states are strongly op
dosed thereto.
The congress of tbe National Prison
Association of the United States met at
Baltimore Saturday night. Cardinal
Gibbons was among the first to enter the
hall. He was soon followed by ex Pres¬
ident Hayes and Mayor Latrobe. Mr.
Ilayes reviewed the work of the society
uni! the growth of crime through immi¬
gration . He said immigration as it ex¬
ists to-day is plainly in tbe path of prog¬
ress in America.
A New York special of Wednesday
says: In the matter of tbe Central Rail¬
way and Banking Company of Georgia,
full conferences having been held be¬
tween the committees appointed, both sides, and the the
receiver and counsel for
plan of reorganization of the system has
been agreed upon. This plan will make
the stocks and securities of greater value
than tho present quotations, and contem¬
plates putting the road in good physical
condition, and the whole system on a
sound financial basis.
Meagre reports of a fearful cyclone
have been received from Macogoches,
Texas. About 8 o’clock Tuesday after¬
noon a terrible storm swept over Egg
nogg valley, which is two miles from the
city of Macogoches. The wind blew
with fearful velocity, carrying everything
before it. Huge trees were blown as so
much chaff, and houses, bams and fenc¬
es razed to the ground. As far as heard
from but one life has been lost, that of
Frank Parlin. It is feard there are more
fatalities and casualities to be reported.
One of tbe most important sales of
Washington relics in years occurred at
Philadelphia, Tuesday. the The relics Mc¬ be¬
longed to the estate of late J. B.
Guire, proportion of Washington, and included a
large 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 $1,325 to an agent who
A Washington special of Friday says:
The superintendent of immigration re
ports that 487,663 imigrants 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
xend 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,
BIG MISSISSPPI FAILURE
In Which the Liabilities Exceed Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
A Greenville, Miss., special says: The
heaviest mercantile failure ever record
ed in Ynzoo (Miss) Delta occurred Tues
day when the great wholesale house of
L. &- N. Wilchinski closed its doors and
carried into bankruptcy with it the firm
of Wilchinski at Barnes, at Barnes Land
ing, Wilchinski & Reisem, at Erwin
Station, and George Wilchinski, of
Greenville, The also came into the failure.
total liabilities will reach nearly
$400,000 of which about $200,000 is pre
ferred and secured by sellinghthe exten~
sire stook of goods in t eir store,
with books, notes, ate, for $72,000 and
giving this deeds of truston real estate in
section. It is understood that at
torneys for the unsecured creditors will
:‘tltsch e. property, refusing to reconiae the
The faiiure was forced by malicious
rumors circulated ten days ago that they
had failed, coupled with the fact tht
they had lugs investment in land, and
when cropqiud its wmcoufit hilt
bud embnmnedflm that-g”
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A few figure* may be cited to illustrate
leading how important a part wire plays in our
industries and manufactures.
The output of coal in Great Britain
alone, which msy 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 Dum¬
ber of uses when dead, as can also the
horse, the various parts of which are util¬
ized a3 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 tables, etc.; tendons used for glue
audge atin; flesh for food for dogs,poul¬
try aud man; fat used for lamps, etc.;
intestines usel for covering heart sausages, and
making gut strings, etc.;
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;
FrieDd—“Given hotel, eh? up How housekeeping do like and
gone to a you
hotel life?”
MoTiff—“First rate, Never was so
happy in my life.”
“Indeed! And how does your wife
like it?”
“First class.”
“Where “I’m are you staying?” Charles
at the St. and she’s at
the St. James.”
Tutelary Trees.
Ancient people hp.d their tir elary trees
just as they had their tutelary gods —the
former being the altars and shrines of the
latter. Among the Scandinavians the ash
was held to be the most sacred tree. Ser¬
pents, according to their the belief, dared
not approach it. Hence women left
their children with entire confidence 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
the boiling point when the sticks arc
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 made I believe ‘As
You Like It’ could be to go with
a corps de Rosalinds and a genuine hard
glove slugging match in place of that
old-fashioned wrestling bout.”—New
York Weekly.
HriuMng Under Difficulties.
Little Boy (in tbe country)—“Th’
water in this spring is awtul good.”
Mother—“Then I’ll take some. Where
is the pup?”
Little Boy—“There isn’t any cup. You
Jiave to lie down an’ drink up hill.”—
Street & Smith’s Good News.
Flour Should be Kept Dry.
Do you know that flour should be kept
in 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
10 wicked w’en she does anything wrong,
tn’ a boy don’t. Boys just goes right
Nothing Is Cheap.
There is nothing cheap under the sun
Good woolen is good woolen and has it’s
current rate, and good cotton is good
cotiOD, and good food is good food, and
good tables and chairs are good tables
and chairs, and in these days of compet¬
itive labor and trusts and tariffs known
to all, prices vary hardly a hair’s worth
and nothing but second-hand goods can
be bought at a bargain, A piece of
silver, with au initial marked upon it,
a table which has had one dinner served
on its surface is “old stuff” aud has
almost no market value. It must be
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 thing is undersold to catch
business, another is oversold to offset it,
and you must get up very early iu 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.
And even then real bargains are rare.—
Chicago Post.
Obliterated Inscriptions on Coins.
In answer to aa inquiry as to bow to¬
tally obliterated inscriptions on coinscan
be made legible, a callector suggests the
adoption of tbe practice of-the Euglish
mint for the discovery of genuine coins
when silver is called in. The coin is
placed on red hot iron, an ordinaiy poker
being often used for tbe purpose. The
parts where the letters of tbe iuscription
had existed oxidate at a different ra'e
from ihe surrounding parts, so that the
letters exhibit their shape and become
legible iu consequence of the film of
oxide which covers them having a differ¬
ent different thickness, and, therefore, reflecting
a 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?
Sandy—They’re bigger liars.—Ex¬
change,
How’s Thia f
Wo offer On© Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking F. Hall’s J. Cheney Catarrh Cure. Co., Props., Toledo,
& O.
Cheney We, the for undersigned, the have known F. jf.
last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly tions, honorable in all business transac¬
and financially able to carry out any ob¬
ligations WEST& Thu made by their firm. Druggists, Toledo,
ax, wholesale
Warding, Druggists, Kinnan Toledo, & O. Marvin, Wholesale
Hall’s Catarrh Cure blood 1 taken internally, act
Ing faces directly of the upon the and mucous sur¬
Price 78c. system. Testimonials sent free.
p.er_l>QlUe, goM_by.aU druggists.
As paradoxical as it may appear, tho oars¬
man gets ahead by going backwards.—Puck.
A Mammoth Competition.
$6500 in prizes for the best seven stories was
what The Y uth'& Companion offered: $5000 for
the best Serials and $1500 for the best Folk-lore
tales. No less than 2963 stories competed for
these prizes. The successful stories are just an
nounced to appear in l he G onwanPni during 1893
By sending $1.75 Jan. at once you will obtain l no
paper free to an 1 for a full year,to Jan.’94.
AddressTHE Yo utiVs Com panion. Boston, Mass
Hare Yon 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 faiL
Name this paper and send address.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in¬
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Prlce25c. John ft. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Ya.
Is your blood poor? Take Beeoham’s
Pills. Is your liver out of order? Use
Beech mu’s Fills. 25 cents a box.
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