Bloomington Progress, Volume 26, Number 43, Bloomington, Monroe County, 14 December 1892 — Page 1

-"sjfc . -$-- . -i.jf'.v Recordi er'8 Office ja592 Republican Progress. Republican Progress. i i VALUABLE ADVERTISING MEDIUM. BUBUSHTO'l; n. IUS, Circulates Among the BeSl Farmer in Monroe County, And is Bead by Every Member if Each Family. tmh itim our, uo w ma EFZRT WEDNESDAY 1 BLOOMINOTON, IJNX. REPUBLICAN PAPER DEVOTED- TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE LOCAL INTERESTS OF MONROE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED A. D. 183s. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNES DAY, DECEMBER 14, 1892. NEW SERIES. VOL, XXVI -NO. 43. Stmt una allege Arrriae.

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Resident Dentist

Dr.J. W. GRAIN. OFFICE rumored to the building nortl f the ft Comer, North College Art mt aid, ground floor. C. C. TURNER, THE LEADINGUNDERTAKER Furniture Dealer. I have tha largest and beat aeteetw dock ever brought to Bloomingten, aw will sell you goods cheaper than any onf I have a fine display of Chamber Suites, PARLOR SUITES, LOUNGES Fancy Chairs, Baby Wagons Carpet Sweepers, Mtrhors, PICTURE FRAM ES. ORGANS kept in stock, and sold on monthly payments. I have the House oold Sewing Machine me oen Jiacmne moae, ana tne cneapett. I also keep Cloikiag ftr Fuerals which only costs about one-half as moeh as other clothing. Come and see ma,north aide of square, in Waldron's Block THE riSEST OS EARTH. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton B. K. is the only lire running Pullman's Perfected Safety Veglibnled Train., with Chair, Parlor, Sleeping and Dining Car aerrice between Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago, and the only line running Through Reclining Chair Cars between Cincinnati, Keokuk and Springfield, 111 and Combination Chair and Sleeping Car Cincinnati to Peoria, Ills.,! And t he Only Direct Uu between Cincinnati, Dayton, Lima, Toledo, Detroit, the Lak Region 9 and Canada. The road i one of the oldest in the Stale of Ohio and the only -line entering Cincinnati OTer twenty-five miles of double track, and from its past record ean more than assure in patrons speed, comfort and safety. Tickets on sale everywhere, and lea that they read G:H.U, either in or out of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or Toledo. k. o. Mccormick, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Hill XMMSiaBMarBkaBWBBK. ALWAYS GIVES naVanWxCheq mm. SiMruj dicsgap lafajette Cincinnati aUraisti.te! MUIUNS: - PING CARS ELEGANT PARLOR CARS iULTJUiiSS RUf. THROUGH SOLID Ticket 8oid and Baggag Checked to Destination. Wet Has ant, -"time Tithill yea wmat to a. a rally tarn 1 mil all T1ckc AfsaSSStObaaaa f-attlsrr lam thwn nr aitilisas BABKBR, CTP.A CHICAGO V.D. B. BURFORD XLtt.Koe'r'aiIior-, ( Pariaitei' Stationoi-. HannTnctnror of UlmI Books, lOijf-j-iivor ait SO. 21, WEST WASniSGT) ST. TsDJtVaPCIUlS, IXD Don't forget to direct your at torney to bring advertising to t ti . D as . , a. librae wince, iu cases w nv r? y 01 1 ( have any business as administrator, executor or guardian. Rues very low, and work done correct I v. AN OLD FRIEND In a New.Sbapel vm Peters iUID SULPHUR SOLPflOR has been a favorite cure aU since grandmother's time, but heretofore it wouldn't dissolve fn the stomach; wouldn't stick to ti e kin. Nevertheless It purified the blood, healed the kin. Dr. Van-Peters.' an eminent German M has discovered; how to dissolve sulpnu r. gn 00 ansorDeci uy tne system; nucen up i. ttUU US lUMKBemBUWlPJ 'l XJtl- It' . LPHCE -Internal" For the Blooi. ver. and Kirtneyn. 1UK " Lotion ror nt oisin- . . ror tne ain" Nature's amatfsmpeciai" ror sji Hie

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THE

GREAT SOUTB: AMERICAN

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ANDStomachLiver Cure THe Most Astonishing Medical Discovery .of the Last One Hundred Years. It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar. It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk. This wonderful Nervine Tonic has only recently been kitroduced into this country by the Great South American Medicine Company, and yet its great value as a curative asent has long been know by the native inhabitants of South America, who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal powars to cure every form of disease by wliic'u they are overtaken. This new and valut.blo South American medicine possesses powers and qualities hitherto unknown to the medical profession. This medicine has completely solved the problem of the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and diseases of the general Nervous System, it nlso cures all forms of failing health from whatever cause. It performs this by the Great Nervine Tonic qualities which it possesses and by its great curative powers upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder mid strengthener of the life forces of the human Iwdy and as a great renewer of a broken down constitution. It is also of mere real permanent value in the treatment and cure of diseases of the Lungs than any ten cons umption remedies ever used on this continent It is a marvelous cure for nervousness of females of all ages. Ladies'who are appro ehing the critical period known, as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic almost constantly for the space of two or three years. It will cany them safely ovr the danger. This great strengthener and curative is of inestimable value to the aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will give them a new hold on life. It will add tea or fifteen years to the lives of many of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.

cu Nervousness and Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache and Sick Headache, Female Weakness, All Diseases of Women, . Nervous Chills, xaTulvsiS. Nervous Paroxysms and Nervous Choking Hot Flashes, Palpitation of the Heart, Mental Despondency, Sleeplessness, St Vitus's Dance, Nervousness of Females, Nervousness of Old Age, Neuralgia, Pains in the Heart, Pains in the Back, Failing Health. All these and many other complaints NERVOUS

As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which ii very pleasant and harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the c Idest and most delicate individual; " Nine-tenths of all the ailments to which the human fatiiily is heir, are dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in tha blood, a general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food ii supplied, and a thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as the nerves recover. s the nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the first to suCci: for want of perfect nutrition. Ordinary food does not contain a sufficient quantity of tlio kind of nutriment necessary to repair tho wear our present mode of living and labor imposes upon the nerves. For this reason it becomt s necessary that n nerve food be supplied. This recent production of the South American Continent has been found, by analysis, to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its magic power to cure all forms of nervous

derangements. Cbxwfobdsyillk, :Ind., Aug. 20, 86. To the Great South American Medicine Co. : Deab Obits: I desire to say to 70a that I have suffered for many yea.it with a very serious disease of the stomach atd nerves. I tried every medicine I could hear of but m thins done me any appreciable ecod until I was aifviaed to try yoar Great South American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since using several bottles of it I nust say that I am surprised at its wonderful iwwers to cure the stomach and general nervous system. If everyone knew the value of this remedy as I do, you would not be able to supply the demand. I. A. Hardee, Ez-Trets. Montgomery Co,

A SWOBN CUBE FOR ST. ViTUS'S DANCE OR CHOREA.

CRlWTnBrwmiu T.'n . Vnv 10. ittA. Uy daughter, twelve years old, had been afflicted for several months vrith Chorea or St. Vitus's Dance. She was reduced to a skeleton, could not walk, could not talk, could not swallow anything but milk. I lad to handle her like an infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her np. IcommencedgivinghcrtheSouth American Nervine Tonic: the effects were very surprising. In threo dayc she 'as rid of tho nervousness, and rapidly imprcved. Four bottles cured her completely. I think the South American Nervine the grandest remedy ever discovered, and would recom mend it to every. one. Mas. W. S. Ensjusgeb. 1oni So and sworn to before mo this Hot 19,1887. Chas. M. Taivia, Notary Public.

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA.

Toe Great South Americsji Nervine Tonic

Which wo now ofiRsr you, is the only absolutjly uniailing remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which, are the result of disease and debility of the human stomach. No person can afford to pass bv this iewel of incJilculablo value who u

affected by disease of the Stomach, because the experience and testimony of thousands go to prove that this is tho owe and only one great cure in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignant disease of the stomach which can resist the wonderful curative sowers of the South

American Nervine Tonic. Harriet E. HoIL of Wavnetown. Intl.. savs: "I owe my life to The Great South American Nervine. I had been In bed for five months from the effects of an exhausted Stomach. Indigestion. Nervous Prostration and a sreneml shattered condition of my whole system. Had given np all hopes of getting welL Had tried wrce wKwnwiUi uu nuiex. 1 ae unit 001-10 01 the Nervine Tonic improved meson uch t bat I wa are 10 waijt h-ixjul, ana a lew Domes ( urea me entirely. I believe it the best medicino in the world. I can not recommend it too highly." Kb, H. BusseH. Sugar CreeTc Valley, Ind., writes: "I have used scvcrul bottles of Tha South American Nervine Tonic, and will say I consider it the best medicine in tho world. I believe It saved the livcsof two of mychiHran. They were down and nothing appeared to do them any good until I procured this remedy. It was very surprising how rapidly they both improved on its use. I recommend the racdietae to all my neighbors. EVERY BOTTLE Price, Large 18 ounce Bottles, FARIS

Wholesale and Retail Agents FORfylONROE COUNTY.

RES Broken: Constitution, Debility of Old Age, Indigestion and Dysperisia, Heartburn and Sour Swomach, ' Veighi; and Tenderness in Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Frightful Dreams, Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears, Weakness of Extremities and Faintirg, Impure; and Impoverished Blood, Boils snd Carbuncles, Scrofula, Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers, Consumption, of the Lungs, Catarrh of the Lungs, Bronclitis and Chronic Cough, Liver Complaint, Chronic Diarrhoea, Delica;a and Scrofulous Children, Sumnuar Complaint of Infants, cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic.

DISEASES. Mr. Solomon Bond, a member of the Society of Kriinds, oi Darlington, Ind., says: "I have used twelve bottles of The Oreat South American Ni rvine Tonic and Stom ich and Liver Cure, and I consider that every bottle did for me one hcndied dollars worth' of good, because 1 have net hud a good night's 6lep for twenty years on account of irritation, pain, horrible dreams, and general nervous prostration, which bos been oaused by chronic indigestion and dyspepsit. of the stomach and by a broken down co ndi ion of my nen our. system. But now I can lie do'vn and sleep nl t nigh t as sweetly as a baby, and I feel like a sound man. 1 do not think there has ever leen a medicine introduced into this country which will at all compare with this Nervine Tonic us a euro for the stomach." Cjuwiordsville, Ind., June 22, 1BS7. My laughter, eleven years old, was severely afOictiid with St. Vitus's Dance or Chorea. Wo gave her three and one-half bottles of South American Nervine and she Is completely restored. I believe it will cure every case of St Vitus's Dance. I have kept it in my family for two years, and am euro it is the greatest remedy 111 tho world for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, all form of Nervous Disorders and failing Healt i from whatever cause, John T. Hi&h. StxtetfTndlana, ITintgomer'i tnunly, ( 38 ' Sub scribed and sworn fo before mo this June 22, 1&S7. Cuas. W. Wbioht, .Notary rublic Mrs Ella A. Bration, of New Ross, Indians, says: "I can not express how much I owe to tho Nervine Tonie. My system was completely shattered, appetite gone, was coughthp and spitting up blood ; am sure I was in tli'a first BtiigCi of consumption, an inheritance handed down through seve ral generations. I began takim; the Nervine Tonic and continued its u;o for abcut six months, and am entirely cured. It ii tho grandest remedy for nerves, stomach, and lungs I have ever teeo. Ed. J. Brown, Druggist, of Edlna, Mo., writes: Oly licalth had been very poor for years, was ctingl ing severely. I only weighed 110 pounds when I commenced using South' American Nervine. I have used two bottles and now weigr 130 pounds, und am much stronger and bitter than have been for five years. Am sure would not have lived through tho Winter had I not secured this remedy. My customers see what it has done for momd buy it eagerly. It glV'.'s great satisfaction." WARRANTED. $1.2S. Trial Size, 16 cents. BROS.

MESSAGE TO GIGBESS,

The President's Review of National Affairs, HINTS TO LAWMAKERS. CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF TARIFF REVISION. Touches Lightly on Election Results Work of the Various Departments lterlted Settlement or tho Chilian and Italian Controversies niUl Progress or iiehrlrig Sea Arbitration Ueicrlbed The luteroceanio Cnunl Situation, Etc., Etc, The Country li lVosifefodti rrpsliltut Iliiirison's last message WR8 not eomploU'd in time to be dellvi orfd ttt the opening of Congress, but the document was loiwl before that body at th beginning of tho second day's session. In submitting my annual message to Concress, the message reads. I hare great satisfaction in being able to snv that the general conditions affecting the commercial and industrial interests of the United States are In the lilRhest degree favorable. eompariBoh of the existing conditions with those bf the mbst favoroa period in the history of the country will. I believe, show that so high a degree of prosperity and so geneTOl a diffusion of the oomfort-K of life were never beforo enjoyed by our people. The total wealth of the country PnESIDEKT HAllIl S li In 1?C0 was $ir..lr,D,CM,WS; in woo it amounted toiftti(iio,'.iiv,uiO, an increase of sT per cent. The total lnilenge of raiiwas's in the t'nited Biates In ItKi wn i'J).!!"; in ISi'O it was 107,741, an increase of 44Siercent.; ninlit is estimated that thcrt will be about i.om miles of track added bv the close of tl:e year lSi'i The ofllcinl returns of the eleventh censns and those of the tenth census for seventy-five leading cities fnrnish the basis for tho following ('.omparfsons: In ism the capital invested in minufacturing -was $.i.,.::j,trM-J.'0. In WM the capital so invested wits ss,av,s,Kf. In mu the nnmher of employes was 1,:i1,k; in lsro, -JiM.ltu. In ISHitlie wages earned were $."41,'.mv,I7s; in )S!K, Jl.'-"21,17n.l i. In V-su the value (if the Diodncl was $t!,7n,;,T:i,sw): inlM f -i',-:;ii", I am informed by the Superin o idtnt of the cenetts that ilic omission of certain luduetrics in lsso which were Included in is o, Recounts in part for the remarkable increase thus shown. But, after making full allowances for dlu fences of method and dedneting the returns for nil industries not ineirdt ii in the ccutu of tlu rc remain in the reports from the seventy-five cttle., an increase in the capital employed of sl.-'.Vt-VOi; ill the value of the product ot 2,trj4.2tit..li"rfs ill waircs earned of JM7.m,iri, and in the number ot wage earners employed of Suva1.'. The wage carnfnas not only show an increased ai gregat e. but- nn increase per capita from i in 1SS0 to in 11.71 per cent. The new industrial plants established since Oct. t, lHKt, ami up to Oct. 22. lfri. as partially reported in the American Koonomist, number 34.r, and tlic extciiRion of existing plants, bis; the new capital invest' d amnnntsio $li,41,uK, and the number of uiditioniil employes to S7.SS3. Tho Textile World for July. 1. 2, states that during the first six months of the present calendar 133 new facteiles were built, of which forty are cottou milts, forty-eight knitting mills, tv caty-six woolen mills, fifteen silk mills. lour plush mills, and two linen mills. Of the forty cotton mills twenty-one have been built in the Southern States'. A. It. Sheppeison. of the Xew York Cotton Exchange, estimates the number oi working spindles in the t'nited Slates on Sept. 1. ls-.ta. at lVJW.W, an increase of W,u over the year of lxni. The consumption of cot tor, by American mills in Mil was 2.:f.M,fltKi bales, and in 1'... 'wi.tMi bales, an increase of lss.ow bales. From the year isiio to lstfj inclusive, there has be u an increase in the cousnmption of cot ton In Kurope of !2 per cent., while during the same period t he increased consumption in the I liiteu States has bce'i about 160 per cent. Tin riutc Manufactures. The report of Ira Ayr, Special Agent of the Treasury Department, shows that at the date of Scpt.'yo, is;r2, there were thirty-two companies manufacturing tin and teme plato in the United States and fourteen companies building new works for such manufacture. Tho estimated investment in buildings and plants nt the close of t he fiscal year. Jane w, lttKi, if existing condition were to be continued, was S.j.'X'O.tK'O, and the estimated rate of production 'i'.l'.'KHl.ii".' v.oluids per annum. The actual production for the quarter ending Kept. 3c, tstrj, was liy,'62.72.- rov.uds. Uuring the last six mouths of the year Wl and the- first six months of the year lstrj the total product Ion of pig iron was i,7Iu,SW tons, as against t,2uii,7(Ki tons In the year 1SW, whl?)i was the largest annual production ever attained. For the same twelve months of lBtil'ti'i the producticuof Jies.semer ingots was :i.S7s,s:i tons, an Increase of I8i',?i: gross tons over l.he previously unprecedented yearly production of 'j,or,h71 gross tons iu IbtiO. 'I ho production of iiesf emer bieel mils for the llrst six months of ls.fi was 772.1ofl gross tons, us aeainst Tua.liii t:ross tons during the last six months of the ycarlKvl. The total vshie of our foreign trade (export and manufactures) during the last fiscal year was $l,S7,f,?0,Mi', an increase of $l'2s,2t,cot over the previous ii:-c.il year. The average annua! valuo of our imports and exports cf merchandise for t he ten fiscal years prior to lsttl was $i,4r)7.tv.''j.('l,J. U will be observed that our foreign trade lor lK! exceeded this annual average value by S4'.M.:r;s,.v.i, an increase of V7.r per cent. The Himillicauee and value cf this increase are shown by the fact that the excess In the trade of lirj'ovcr 1WU was wholly in t-t:e value of exports, for there was a decrease In the value of imports of $17,ri:,7S4. The value ot our exports during the fiscal year 112, reached the highest figure in the history of the government, amounting to sl.uyo,avails, exceeding by 141,7'.I7,3SS the exports of iwl, anil exceeding the value of the imports by r.o-;j,h73,tsa. a comparison of the value of ohr exports for lsirj with tho annual average for the ten years prior to lstil shows an excess of S-tw,li'.',r,71, or of 31. 'V per cent. The value of our Imports of merchandise for lSUJ, which was $s2j,402,4e2. also exceeded the annual average value of tho ten years prior to 1H91 by IIM.-JIS,'.". Dnring the fiscal year lsai, the value of imports 1'rre of duty amounted to )i4",7,!hi,r-5H( the largest aggregate iu the history of our commerce. The value of the imports of merchandise entered tree of duty iu lsy.i was ;,:.3: per cent, of the ujtal value of Imports, as compared with 13.3.", per cent, in lfi'l, and D3.0 per cent, in is'.!. A Prosperous Nut ion. Another indication uf the genera! prosiK.rity of the ec;mtrv is found In the fact that the number of depositors in savings banks lucrcasetl from u.s7:i in to 4.MS.SK! In who, an iuerei'sc of Ci:t per pent., and the amount of deposits from ms.35?,wi in lsfit) to ii.r,'.!4.M4,rt; in isirti, an increase of leu per cent. Iu IH'.'l tiie amount of deposits In savings banks was ti,;;;i,'i73,7io. It is et tlniated that vu per cent, of these deposits represfut the savings of wiige-caniers. The bank clearances for nine months ending Sept. 80, is'.'l, amounted to t;K',ii'.it.',S'e). i'or tho same month in istty. they liTr'ouiitrett to j'l-',ls:t,'i,',,i7, an excess for the nine months of S4,1KUII,U. There nover ha born a time In our history when work was so abundant or when wages were so hlyh. v.hether measured by the currenev In which they are paid or by t heir power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life. It is truo that Hie market prices of cotton and wheat have been low, It is one of tho unfavorable incidents of agriculture that the farmer cannot produce npon order. He must sow and reap in ignorance of the aggregate production of tho year, and is peculiarly subject to the depreciation which follows over-production, itnt, wliiie the fact C have stated U true, as to the crops mentioned, the general average of prices has been such s to give to agriculture a fair participation tu the general pro.-perity. The value of oar total farm products has increased from $1,;;ci.t'.i3,sf,o In ISM) to M,Mi,ti,utio in ism, as estimated by statisticians, uu increase of Eloper cent. The number of hogs January 1, lutil, was .'M.cii.Itio, and their valne I-.'KMtO.MS! m .lanunrv i, p,.ia, the number was 6,3118,0111, and Mm vnliif f3il,f,-il,16. On January 1, lmil, the nuiubrrot of.lo ao.sf5,oe, aud tho value 'W4(i57,Ji; on Jinw ), ia-ja, tbo nuaiON m in.uM.liW, U d the lu i;,70,7tDlSll. tbsutrt tiutt tbf iirnVKUT sriHw, whlaji

now for eonie'liing like tlility years hss prevailed ill onf legislation, Iikii been ft mlulitjr in strHHient for the deveb pnunt of our national wealth and a most immvi riut anency in protecting the homes of our worklhiinen from tho invasion ttf waftti 1 have lilt a most sblictfcons int jreit to preserve to our working people rates of wsges that would not only give daily Dread but Supply a cOnfortab:e margin for those home attract inns and family comforis and enjoyment vithont which lite Is neither hopeful nor.swee :. They are American citizens a part ol the great people tor whom bur constitution aucl government were framed and Instituted- and i; cannot be a perversion of that constitution to so legislate as to preserve in their homes the comfort. Independence, loyalty, and sent e of Interest in the government which are essential to good citizenship in peace, and which will bring this stain art throng, as ir 1st 1, to the defense of the liar when it is assailed. Ileiult of 1 lie Election, It is not my phrjiose to renew here the argument in favor of a pib:ctire tariff; The result of the recent elect, on i tst be accepted as having introduced a nc x poncy. We must assume that the present tariff, constructed upon the Hn'sot pretention, is lo be repealed, and that there is to be eubiitltiil.e'd fflr it a tariff law constructed solely ivitii reference to revenue; that the duty is .0 be higher not because the increase will keep open an American mill, or keep up the wat. s of an American workman, but. that in every case such a ra'.o if duty is to i:e inipflstd ns wid bklng io tbt Treasury of the Uniteil Strtes the lorgept tinrini ot revenlie. The content toil has no; been between schedules, but between principles, and It would be offensive to suggest tin t the prevailing parly will not carry into effect the pledges given to tho people. The tarllf b lis passed by the House of Ki-presentati fcs at its last session were, us I supposed, even in tho opinion of their promoters, inadequate, and justified only b v the fact that the Senate and House of Represents lives were r ot in accord, and that a general revision could not, therefore, be undertaken. I reilohiihind that till trtole subject bf tariff revision be left to the In-coming Congress; It is a matter of regret that this work must be delayed for at least thne months; for the threat of great tariff clu nges introduces so much nncei tainty that an amount, not easily estimated. business ina'itinq and of diminished production will nece ?sarily result. It is possible, alio, that thin unoettofritymay result in dccreaseJ revenues !roni customs duties, for our merclunts will make cautions orders for foreign goc ds in view jf the prospect of tariff reduction snd the uncertainty as to when they will take cf 'ect. Those who have advocated a protective tariff cau ell afford to have their disastrous lorcasts of a cliange of policy disappointed. If a system of customs duties can be framed that will set the idle wheels and looms ot 1 lurope in motion and crowd our warchonsee with foreign made goods, snd at the sa-ne tl ne keep oiir o th mills busy; that will give u au increased participation in the "markits d: the world' bf greater value than the home ir arket we surrender; that will give increased ork to foreign workmen upon products to be consumed by our people without dimlnishln; the amount of work to be done here; that will enable tie American manuf.'cturer to pay to ha workmen from 50 to a loo per cent, more in wages than is paid in :he fcr.dgn mill and yet to compete ir oar market and In forelgi infrkct-s with the foreign producers; that Willf irther redtce!ihe cost of articles of wear uid food without reducing the wages of .'1 ose who pnduee them; that can bo celebrated, alter Its cf ect'i have been realized, as Its expectation has bi on, in European as well rs In American clttis, the authors and promoters vili be entit led to the highest praise. We heve hid in our nl tory several expeilcnces of the contrasted effect of a revenue and of a protective tariff, but this generation has not

leu mem, i,nci tne exp5rie:ice is not Highly instructive ti the next. Th friends of the protective system with vndliuinishcd conriilence in the prnciples tli;y have advocated, will await the tesults of Hie new experiment. Directs of Lsilier strikes. The strained and too often disturbed relations exist ing between the employers aud the employes 1 a our great manufactuiing establishments lave not been favoiable to a calm considerat on by the wage earner of the effect upon wages of the protective hvstem. The facts that lis wages v, era the hlgliest paid in like cillillii iu the world, arid th.-vt a maintenance o' this rate of wages, in the absence of irotective duties upon tte product of his labor, was impossible, wore obscure il by the pasiiion evoked by these contests. He may now be able to review the question i i the light of Ills personal experience -jndei the opcrat ;on of a tariff forrevenie only, if hat experience shall demonstrate that the present rate of wages are thereby maintaine i or increased, either absolntely so or iu their puichasing power, and that the aggregate vfiume of W'irk to be done in tills country is Increaseel, or cv.m itnintained. so that -here re more or as many aays work in a year at got d or better wages .'or the American workmen is has beer the case under the protective syi tem, every one will rejoice. A general process of wage reduction cannot be soiitem listed I y any vatriotlc citizen without the tn atcst apprehension. It may be- indeed I believe, is possille for the American manufacti rer to compete successfully with his foreiisn riial in many brcaiehos of production without tl c defense of protective duties, If the pay-i olls i re equalized; but the conflict that stands bet ween the prod uccr and that result and the dl itress of our working people when it is attaii cd are not .ileasant to contemplate, ltesi mo of Department ileports. The repe rtsof the beads of the several executive departments wtiiclt are herewith submitted ha "e very naturally included a resume of the while work oi tlw administration with the transections of the last fiscal year. The attention not only of CongrcBSbut of thecountry U again invited tt tli methods of administration v hitli have b sen pursued and to the resnltswhicbhavebeeaatt lined. Public revenues smoantin t to tl,41- ,'JTv". gnf. 28 have been collected am: di-sliuised without less from misapproprla :lon, without a single defalcation of such importance as to t tract the public attention, a 3d at a diminished ier cent, of cost for collection. The public business has been transa?te! not only with fidelity but progressively, and with a view to giving to the people iu :he fullest possible degree the benefits of a nervice established and maintained for their irotection and :o:nfort. Our rel.ittons witii other nations are now undisturbed by any sorious controversy. The complicated and threat ming differences with Germany ind Knglaud rciuting to Samoan affairs, with Knglaud iu relation to the seal fisheries :n the liehriur sea, and with Chili, growing nut of the Baltimore affair, hare been adjusted. There hiive been negotiated and concluded, under section 3 of t le tariff law, commercial agre emeu ;s relating to reciprocal trade with the following countries: lirazil, Dominican ltepuiillc, Siinin (for I' tba and Puerto Hioo) Guatemala, Salvador, the German empire, Great Britain (for certain West Indian colonic;, and British Cutana), Nicaragua, Hondur is, and Austro-H ungary. O:' thesn those with Guatemala, Salvador, the German Empire, Great Britain, Nicaragua. Honduras, and Auttrlu-Hungary have beer, concluded Binoo my last annual message. Under these trade arrangements, a free favored (.dmisn ion has been secured in every case for an important Hi t cf American products. Especial care has been taken to secure market! for farm products In order to relieve that great underlyir.g industrv of the depression which the lack of an adequate foreign market for our surplus often brings. An opening lias also been made for manufactured products that will undoubtedly, if this policy t maintained, greatly augment our export trade, The full benefits ot these arrangements cannot be realized in stantly. New lines ! trade arc to be opened; the commercial tmveltr must survey the fields; the mannfactarei'mnst adapt his goods to t lie new markets, and facilities for exchange must be established The lteln ln't Sent Arbitration. 1 M treaty provldiug for the arbitration of the dispute between Great llritain and the State:! as to the killing of seals in the Behring Sen was ce.ncludefl on the J'.th of Fcdirtiary last. This treaty was accompanied by an agreement prohibiting pelagic sealing pending the arbitration, aud a vigorous ,iTort was made eluting this season to drive out all poaching . sealers f rem the iiehrinst Sea. Some seizures were matle anl It is believed th it the catch In the Bcbrinir 8e by poachers amounted to less than "U seals. It is true, however, that in the north Pacific, while the seal herds were on their war to the passes lietwejn the Aleutian Islands, a very large number, irobablv 3 ,.iKm. were taken. Tie existing statutes ot the United States do not re-strain mir citizens from taking seals lia tut! Pacific Ocean, aid perhaps should not, unless the prohibition can be extended :0 the citizens of other nations. 1 recommend that power be given lo the President by proclamation to prohibit th? taking of seals in the north Paeltle. by .'.ntericau vessels In ease, cither as the result of the findings of the tribunal of arbitration nr otherwise, the restraints can be applied to the vessels of all count rics. Cciuiiiieridal Itedutious with Canada. During the past year a sinnrestlou was received throairh the llrl tsh Minister tint the (.'iinadian Government vvoultl like to confer as to the possibility o ' enlarging uikiii terms of mutual a-Jvautagc. the commercial exchanges oi Canada and of the United states, and a conference w held it Washington, with II::. Itl.aine acting for the Government, and -tho British Mini-tor at t)ds capital, and three members ol the linmiiiion Cabinet acting as ciiiiimlssioiiers on the part of Great Britain. Tlie oonfereiiee developed the fact that the Ciinadfaii Government Has only prepared to olfer to the United Wales in exchange for the concessions nsketl the admission of natural products. The statement was frankly made that favored rates could not be irlveu to the United Slates as anainst ihe mother country. This admission, which was foreseon. necessarily terminated tho conference upon this question. The benefits qf an exchange ot natural prouimts would be ttluio.st wholly wilh the people of Canada. Some other topics of inter, cut were considered Iu tho conference, and have resultc'l In the making of a couveutlou for examining the Aliskan boundary and the waters of the Pussftntaituoddy Hay, adjacent to Kastport, Me., and In Ihe Initiation ot an arrangement for the protection of fish life In the coterminous and neighboring waters of our northern harder. TBo contr oversvi to the tolls unon tlfo WeliHid Canal, which 's presentod to Congress !t the lftt arsaioo by ftpocjai liiossago, having l,i.s. . -..,,,, ft oonstralnita . ,, V ', imRu ay ttw art

of July SB, lws, and -.o proclaim a suspension of tie I tee use of s t . Mary's falls Canal to Cargoes Hi transit tu ports in Canada. The Sccntary of the Treasury established suolt toll as were thnacht to be eduivak-iit fro the exae ioi..s unjus.ly levied njion oar commercd in thti Ciiiiadlau Cana is. It, as we must suppose, the political relations o;' Canada and the disposition of the Canadian Government are to remain uuchongd, a so hat fadio.it revision of our trade relaiion- Iiould. 1 think, be made. Our reltv

tionsnii coin inhe ;o be ictimatc. nd they j should be friendly. ' regret to say, iiowever, that in mnnv of the lontroversl. notablv as i thos ; to the Psbeiies on the Atlantic, the sealing Interests on the Pacilio, and the canal tolls, your negotiations with Great Britain have continuously bceii tliwirted or retarded by unreasonable and mfriendly objee tlons and protests from Canr-da. In the matter of tho canal tolls our trea' y richts were ilagrantly disregarded, it isht rdly too much :o say that the Canadian Pacific and othr railway lines which parallel bur irorthern bortmla :f are sustained fiy coramcrce having either Its' origin Or terminus, or bott, in the United States. Canadian railroads compete with those of the United States for onr traffic, ind without the restraints Of Pnr interstate commerce act. Their cars pass almb.sk without dlntton into snd out of onr territorv. The Canadian 1'aciflo Hallway brot ght irlto'the Uni' ed State ffrnn Chlha and Japi n, via British C ilumbla, durtdg titf tear ended June i ', 2l,'.H.i,Ss9 pounds of freight, and itoairied from the United States to be slurped to China an i Japan, via British Co-lfjm.-iii. ti4 pounds of freight. There were also shipped ilum the United states ovei this road from Kastlirn JJorfS of the l'nl;ed States Government to i'aciflo pOtta during the same year lH.sil.'.Oia i elands of freight, aud theio were received over this road at the United States eastern ports from poits on tae Pacific coast i:i,'.il3,bi; pounds of freigut. Jost ph Mimmo, Jr., former chief of the Bnrean of Statistics, when before the Senate Select CoiLiuitteeon Relations with Canada, April 26, Ittio. said that "the vmue of goods thus transported between different points in the United States across Canailan territory probably amtnnts tb lW',ix,tH! a year," There Is no dlspcsilioh frn the pstt of tho people or the Government of the United States to interfere in the smallest degree with the political relations of Canada. That question is wholly with her own people. It is time for us, however, to consider whether, if the present stare rjf tlfl'ies and trend of things is to iontlnue, oiir interchanges iipDh lines of lar.d transportation should not be ptit updn a different basis, and our entire iridgpehdenee or Canadian canals and of the St. Lawrence as an outlet to the sfea secured by the con itiuction of an American canal around the falls of Niagara and thu opening of ship communication between the great lakes and one of our own sea-ports. We should not hesitate to avai l ourselves of our great natural trade advantages. We should withdraw the support wldch is given to thn railroads and steamship lines of Canada by S traffic that properly belongs to us, and no longer furnish the earnings which lighten the ctheiwise crdshihg weight of he enormous public subsidies that have beea given to then;. The sdbject tf the power of the treasury to d' al with this matter without further legislation has been under consideration, but clrcutr stances have postponed a conclusion. It is pre liable that a consideration of t he propriety of a modification ot abrogation ot the article ol! the treaty of Washington re l. Una to the transit of goods in bond is in- ! voiced in any complete solution ot the question. The President proceeds to note the amicable adjustment of the controversy with the Chilian Go'-ernnient over tlic Baltimore affair and the pa;ment by Chili oi indemnity for the attack upon American sailors in tne streets of Valparaiso, and he continues: 1 have erideavored in every way to assure our sister republics of Central and South America that the United States tovernment and its people have only the most friend. y disposition toward them all, I have believed, however, while holding these sentiments in the greatest sincerity, thai we must insist up'tn a Just responsibility for ai,v Injuries inflicted upon our official representatives or upon our citizens. This issister.ee. kindly and juitly, but firmly made, will, 1 b :lieve, promote peace and mutual respect. Ihe Pre'sident commends the projected submarine cable to Hawaii, and tells Congress tl.r.t "we should before this have availed ourselves of tire, conce- sion made many years ago to ibis Government for a harbor and naval station at l'earl Biver." 'ihe friendly act of this government, the message continues, in expressing to the government of Italy 1 ts reprobation and abhorrer.ee of tho lynching or Italian subjects in New Orleans by the payment of 125,000 francs, or ?-t,:o.w. was accepted by the King of Italy wl :h every manifestation of gracious appreciation, and the Incident has been highly promotive of mutual respect and good-will. The messaire tonehes briefly upon the recent ruuUe on the Meitican border, which afforded this Government an opportunity to show its good-will towari the sister republic, and to negotiations pending with Spain for the proteetl.in of American missionaries in the Caroline islands, a satisfactory termination of wl loll is anticipated. ) repeat with great earnestness the recommendation which 1 have made In several previous niessat-'Cs that prompt and adequate support be given :o the Amerloan company engaged In the con. traction of the Nicaragua shin canal. It Is impossible to overstate tho value from every standpoint of this great enterprise, and 1 i?o:?o that there may be time, even In this Congress, to give it an impetus that will Insure tie early completion of the canal and secure tn the United States its proper relation to It vhen completed. The llm iaeh' Conference. The Congress has been already advised that tl; e invitations of this goernment for the assembling of un international monetary conference to consider the ques lonof an enlarged Is ue of silver was accepted by the nations to wnlch they were issued. I hi,ve not doubted, and have taken occasion to express that bell ;f. as well in the invitatlobs issued for ttis conference as in my public message, that the fToe coinage of silvei: upon an aiTced international ratio would greatly promote the Interests of our people and equally those of other nations. It is too early to predict what result iniy be accomplished by the conference. If an; temporary check or delay it-terrenes, I belic e that very soon commercial conditions will compel the now reluctant governments to unite with us in this movement to secure the enlargement of the volume oiJ money needed for the transaction of the business of the world. I Iscul Condition of the Government, The report of the Secretary of the Treasury will attract especial interest In view of the n. any misleading statements that have been made as to the sta te of tho public revenues. 'Ihreo prelimlnaiy facts should not only be stated, but emphasized, before looking into details: First, that the pnblio debt has been reduced since Maroh , 188ft, t:VJ.071,'20o. and the annual Interest charge. l.est.ii.ti; second, that there have been paid oat for pensions luring this administration np to Nov. 1, lew, W3J,6&i,17a70, an excess of 14,4W,3Si'.9 over the sum expended during t le period from Miiich 1. 1885, to March 1, tssa; and, third, that under the existing tariff up to I'ec. 1 about $'.tl,ijt,000 of revenue, which would have been collected upon Imported sugars if the duty bed been maintained, has gone Into the pockets of the people, and not iMto the public Treasury as before. If there ate any who st 11 think that the surplus should havobccii kept out of circulation by hoarding ltinth; treasury, or deposited in favored banks without interest, while the (iovemmcnt continued to pay to these very banks Interest upon the bonds deposited as security for the deposits or who think that tiie extendetl pension legislation was a public rnhb-ry, or that Ihe duties upon sugar should i-av.f been maintained,! am content to leave the argument where It now restB, while we , wait to see whether these criticisms will take the form of legislnt ion. The revenues for the fiscal year ending June 3 , lnni, from all sources wcre$42s,08,2ij0.'22. and the expenditures for all purposes were $41t,39jjM, leaving a balance of J'J,14,t53.(iCi. There was palel during the year upon the pub1 io debt 540.570,4 J7.08. The Burplus in the treasury and ban!: redemption fund, passed by the act of July 11, lst, to the general fund, furnished in large part the cash available aud v aed for the payments made upon tho pnblio t'ebt. Compared vith the year IBM, onr receipts from customs elutlcs fell off $4'J,0ti9,2iI.0H, while our receipts from internal revenue Int reased from 8,J8I,S23.13; leaving the net Iosb of evenue from theso principal sources, $33,784,417.:i.. The net lose of revenue from all Hiurees was $32, 7'.,i72.Hi. The revenues, esI Inn, ted and actu al. for the fiscal year ending . line 30, 1st):), are placetl by the Secretary at tiei.'W,S3i.44. and the expenditures at jtfil.&is,i.w.11, showlug a surplus of receipts over expenditures of $2,o.0,ooo. Tho cash balance In the t rcasurv at t lie ci d of the fiscal year, it la estimated, will bciJU,;ti,377.o;(. So far as these figures are based upon estimates of receipt and expenditures for the remaining months of the current fiscal year, i he.ro are not oul" i.io usual elements of unceralniy l.ut some id-led elements. New rove-uu-legislation, or even the expectation of It, intiv seriously ,eduou the public reveuues lining the period of uncertainty and .luring the process of business adjustment to the new :ondltiona when they become uiilvh. But the Secretary has very wisely -efr.iiued from guessing as to tho effect of possible changes iu our revenue laws, since jn; scope ot those changes aud tho time of tieir tuktug effect can not lu any degree be forecast or foretold by him. His estimates mist be based u ton existing laws aud upon a;ont Innaiire of existing business condi--lotis. except no far as these conditions may i,e infected by muses other than new leglslailon. The estimated receipts for the fiscal year .lulitig June, 30, 1894, are fl'Jti,121,i:r'.3S, and the estimated appropriations fl.17,,1U,:i35.:i3 leaving tn est tmateei surplus of receipts over the ex--len-iltnres of S3-.' sos.oikmw. This eloes not ln'hulc aiiv pavment to the sinking fmitl. In In: leeoiiuneuditloii of the Secretary that '.tie sinking fuui law be repealed I concur. The redemption of bonds since the passage jf the law to June :, ltnw, has already exceeded the reeiutremcnts by the -uni of f'.'4,."iin si.4.i. The retirement of bunds in the future before maturity should; l-e a. matter of convenience, not of compulsion. Wo should not et lleot revenue for that purpose, but only use any casual surplus. To the balance of $32,860,031 .03 of receipts over expeueliturcs for the y tar vH should be aeldud tho estimated surplts at the beginning of tho year. VM'.!W,377.ti3, and from this aggregate the: e must be d ducted, as stated by the Hcurttdry, about i4,u0,ou it tstl)t(4 mtX pt udtl) pproprllfluHl,

Sliver Porchrtseib The pnblio confidence ti tbo purpifsV ferjWl ability of tho Government to maintain the'' parity of rill our money issncs, whether ooir or paper, must remain tmsiiaken. The demand fnr golel i.n Ktirope, and the conse-puent Calbi dfioii Us. are in rt considerable degiee the' result of tho efforts of eomo of the European governments, to increase their rf'ld reserves, and thest' nffortu should be tfiet by appropriate legishvSithl hpors our part. Tlic cduditimig that have1 ciontecl this drain ot the treasury gold are in an Imrorl ant dajrree political and not commercial, n vhrs o f tho fact that a general r-:vislonoV our revenue laws in the near future seems to be probab.e, it would b9 better r.hatt any

cnauues buhuiu ne a parrot tnat, revision iauier than of a temporary nature. During (he lant fiscal year tho Secretary pur- I chased under the act of July 14, lsuo, m, iv.,T4m ounces of silver, and Issued In payment therefor fi",i liw. -188 In notes. Tho total pnmhaseH ! since the passage of the act have been PJl.tstlr -V'M ounce i. and the aggregate notes issued .Mlet,- ' 7i.liso. Tht' average price paid for silver dnring the year was '34 cents per ounce, ttt3 highest prion being il.mu. J my 1, ltwi. and t io lowest ; 83 oents 51 arch s, lf. i In view of the fact I thai the noueti ry conferenca Is now sitting, j and that no conclusion has yet been teaehed, I withhold any reeommenuation as to iigisianoii Open thin subject. The recommendations of the Secretary of War that the army be reorganized, and that the- number of frontier posts be deeueas'id and troops cofieeiitfateei at witch points B.i possess strategic advantages fin' Indorsed by the President, and :he work of the lleiiarluiaitfc Ot J-US-tied is particularly cunnuouiled. Court of Claims. the aggregate ot claims pending arslxst the Government, in the Court or Claires is enoimous. Claims f the amount of neiirlv i4oo,ooh.oou for the takihg of or injury to the proterty of perious claiming to be loyal during the war are now before that court for exrimltiatlori. When the others are ad del, tho Indiin depre1dm ion cltim and the Fren ; :. npolla.tioa claims, an aggregate in reached tha t Is in reed startling. tn t ao defense of these claims the Government is st a great dlstdvantagc. The claimants have! preserved their evidence, whereas the Government lias to nendagents to rnmage the fisld Icr what they can find. This diuieu.ty is pacuharly great where the fact to be established is the disloyalty of the claimant during the war. If this great threat against our ferrtueH Is to have no other check certainly Cotntnc ss ibould supply the d partment of justice tth apprcElStions inmcientiy liberal to secure the nest ;Sl talent In the defense of these claims, and to (rarsue its fague search for evidence effectively! Building Up an American Marine. Itcfereneeis made to the report ol th Postmaster G'jneral. an abstract of which h&s already been published. The policy cf contracting with American snips for the transportation of foreign malls litis borne satisfactory results. Under the law Of March D, lsai, contracts live been made by tho Postmaster eieneral. for eleven mill routes. The expenditure involved by thuse Contracts for the next fiscal year approximate s ftiM.l'JJelH, As one ot the rosnlts already reached, sixteen American steamships of an aggiegate tonnage of u7,4Qu totis, costing 7,4W,0uo, tiave been built or continued to le built in American shipyards. The estimated tonnage of all steamships required nuder existing contracts is l.",kj2, and when the full sendee required by tuene contracts in established there will be fortyor,e mall steamers under the AmorlOfcU liar, with the probability of further necessary additions In the Brazilian and Argentine service. The contracts recently let for transatlantic service will result in the construction of five sl ips of lu,uuv tons each, costing :s, otijxw or 'M)0,0!)C!, arid will add, with the City of Xea York and the City of Paris, to which the Trcasuiy Department was authorized by .lcgislatien at the itie-t session to give Americuti registry, seven of the swiftest vessels on the sea to our ttnva! renerve. Tho contracts madswitn the lines ant ing to Central and Sont.h Ameiican ports have increased the frequency and shortened the time of the trips, added new ports ot call, and sustained some lines that uthcriss wmld almost certainly have been withdrawn. The service 1 3 Buenos Ayrca Is the first to the Argentinc republic under the American flag. Tae service ti Southampton, Boologne.atid Antweip Is also now, and is to be negnn with t ae steamsli ps Cttv of New York slid City ol Paris in February next. I earnestly nrgoa ec ntinu: noe ot the policy inaugurated by this legislation, and that tho appropriations required to meet the obligations of the Government under the contiacts may be male prompt i r, so that the lines that h.ive entered itto those engagements may not be embarrassed. America as a Naval Power. After notinir the Increase In the American navy during the past year the President directs attention to the improvement in naval construction. It is believed, he says, that as the result cf new proeesos in the construction a', am or plate our later ships will be clothed with defensive plates ot higher resisting power than are found in any war vessel afloat. We wero wlthcot torpedoes. Tests have been mado to ascertain tli relative efficiency of different constructions. A torpedo has been adopted and the work ot construction is now being cirrieel oa Bucoesstuliy. We were without armor piercing shells and without a shop constructed and equipped tor the construction of them. We are now making what is believed to be a projectile superior to any before iu use. A smokeless powder has been developed and a slow burning powder for guns of large caliber. The development of a naval militia, which has been organized in eight States and brought Into cordial ani co-operative relation with the navy, in another important achievement,. 1 recommend inch legislation and appro;, riiitious as will encourage and develop this movement. The Pension Uurean. The work of the Interior Dopwtment is based upon the report ot the Secretary published resterday, anil the several recommendations of that official arc endorsed l:y t he President, the Indian Bureau's effortt. for the . ulvaucement of the Indians particularly eliciting commendation. The President txpressee a hope that legislation will come which stall separate the administration of Indian affairs from party strife, particularly In the selection of agents at the several reservations. As to pensions, the President says: I adhere to the views expressed in previous messaires that the care of the disabled soldiers or -.he i ir of the rebellion is a matter of national concern and duty. Perhaps no err.otion cools sooner than that ot crratltude. but I cannot helieve that this process has yet reached a point with our people that would sustain the policy cf renihtmg the core of these disabled veterans to th) inadequate agencies provided by local lavs. The parade on tho 20th of September last upon the streets ot this capital of iso.txio of the surviving Union veterans of the. war of the rebellion, wsb a most touching and thrilling episode, and the rich :ind crracioufwelcomo extended to them by the 1'istrlct cf Columbia, and the applause that greeted the ir progress from tens of thousands of peopl" from all the States did much to roivc the recollections of the grand review, w?ien these men, and many housands ol ot hers r.ow in their graves, were welcomed with gratef ol toy as victors in a struggle in which the national nutty, honor, and wealth were all it Issue. The Pacific Railways. In i iv last annual message X called attention to the fact that some leglsla'ive action iras necesary in order to protect the interest of. nhe Government in its relations v'ith the Union Pacific Railway. We must ileal tth the question . wo find it and take that cruras which will, under existing conditions, best e-eoure the interests of the United States. Quarantine Regulations. Aft?r reviewing the work of tho Agrici'ltural Department ami Its beatings upon tte exwrts of piovlslons and breadstuffs. the I'resle'eut take, up the subject of quarantine regulations, and says: The snbjeot of quarantine regulations, in spectton and control was brought suddenly to m,' attention by tho arrival at our ports in Augr.it last of vessels mfeoted with choleraQuarantine regulations should be uiaiform at all our ports. Under the Constitution they arc tilaiuly within the exclusive Federal jurisdiction when and so far as Congress shall legbiato. In my opinion, the whole e'ibject should be taken Into national control and atleqitatei'power given to the executive to protect pennfe against plague invasions, em the 1st of September last I approved regulations establishing a twenty-day quaranlina for all vessels Bringing immigrants from foreign ports. This order will be continued, in foro:. Some loss and Buffering have reiiulted to passengers, but a due care for nhc homes of our people justifies lu such caaen the utmost precaution. There Is danger that with the coming Of spring cholera will appear aud a ilbc :al apprnpriatioii should be made lit this session to enable our quarantine anil port oOleers to exclude the deadly plague. But the most careful and stringent qnaraiulnc regulations may not be sttnTtcient absolutely to exclude the disease. Tan progijois Ot medical and sanitary science has been sUeh. however, that if approved preeautiots are taken at once to put all of our cities and towns In lie best sanitary ciimtltlon and a provision is made! tor isolating any eroi-adic cases and for a thorough disinfection, an epidemic can. I am sure, be avoided. We are peculiarly subject in our irrotit ports to the spread of iafooltous cir.easo ly I'eason of the fact that unrestricted lmmigrnt Ion brings to us out of Kuropeaa cities, In the overerowdoel steeruges of gicat nteomships, i:t large number ot perBOr.s whoie snrroitnetings luaae mem rne easy vioums ei me plague. ' This consideration, as v,ell as those affecting the political, moral and Imiuntriii! in- ! terohts of our lountry. lead me .o reusw the : fttmucstlon that admission to our count fy and ' tn 1 lie high privileges of its clt izenship l ouUi i be inore restricted aud more carefully guarded. : We have, I think, a right and owe a duly to i uiti own people, aud especially tc oiu wpi king j pecpio, not onlv to keep ont-th" vlcionn.-tho ; iguorant, the civil disturber, the pauper, and I the contract laborer, lint to chock tho too treat flow ot immigration now coming by further limitations. The World's ttUr. ' The report of the World's Columbian Hxpo-i sttlou has not been submitted. That of the : liotrelot Management ot the Government xlili.lt, has been received, aud Is he ravrith transml.ted. The work of construction and of ur pmatioii for the opening of tho Kxi'O' ltlon In Way iifHt hn proiressed most snttsfootoriti. Mid upon ft tarn ot ltl)flU iraa mwM-

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the United States. Is reviewing the recommeTidatloti which have jnde in three preeedinr anntHH mej-. saires fhti Corit-rcsn should legislate lot thy piotet ofl tfl railroad employes against tHtr Manners incidi tc the old and ina c mat methods or braking snd eonpling cars which are still in use upon freight business, I do -o with the hop? that this Congress- matke action oa the subject. Gerrymanders Considered. I haw, In tbo three annual messages wMnta It has been my dutv to submit to Conzrcsa, Colled attention to the evils ani dangeis e;onuectd with our election methods and pr otlces as IBiyaf; related lo the choice of offiflers of the Natiffoal eiovernment. IB y las annnal message I entteavore to InVok serlotts) attention to the CVilsr o awful apportionments for Cemgrehr. i cannot eless this trwssage without S"i call' ing attention t theso grave and threatening evils. I ila hoped that if Was1 j js) ilble to secure a non-partisan inquiry ky means Ot commission into eVtts the ex lstencs of which Is known to ah. I thafr out of this migilt grow legitlatioJJ toons which all thought of partis in advnmwie Bhould be eliminated, and mtty the hiVA tbo'ignt appear of matr.tittt.ng the1 freedom and purity of the bali.ai:d tl ' eqaality oi the elector without tm guar-; enty of which the government seultt never have been funned and without tae continuance erf which It cannot coutimT to exist in poaoe and prosperity. It is time that mututl charges of unfairness and frauii between the great parties should ?easc and that the sincerity of those who proCOH desiro for pure and honest leetls should be bronght to the test of their wlWing -nessto free otir legislation and our elecf4oc methods from everything that tends to impCnr the public confidence In the i,.nnoune.cd result. The necessity for il inqnlry find for legislation by Congress up. n this euhjeci is mi'hasized by t e fact that the tendency of the legislation In to ue States in recent years hasv in some important particulars, beers away from ana not toward free and fi.hr elections and equal apportionments. Is it not time that we should come together on the high plane of patriotism while we d. visa methods that shall secure the right vf every man qualified by law to cast a free ballet and give to every such ballot an equal volte jn choosing our public officers and in dlrerUn the policy ot the government? Outrages by Mobs. ' Lawlessness Is not less irach, but more,, where It usurps the functions of jicacc oflloera and of the courts. The frequent lyn.fcin.' of colored people accused of crime is withuti: the' excuse which has sometimes been urg"i by mobs for a failure to pursue the appointed methods for the punishment of crime, that thj accused have an undue influence over coartaj and juries. j Such acts are a reproach to the commiiaityt where they occur, and so far as they ean be? made the subject of Federal jurtsdltuonv the strongest repressive legislation in demanded. A public sentiment that will sustain the officers of law in restraining- xaobs and in protecting acensed persons in'tuetr eaatody. should bo promoted by every posf4ble means. The officer who gives his life tn tte brave discharge of this duty is worthy of special honor. No lesson needs to bo so tar gently impressed npon onr people as this, that no worthy end or cause can be promote ,1 by lawlessness. In cOonclaslon. This exhibit of the work ot the Executive1 Departments Is submitted to Congress and ttt, the public in the hope that there wlifi be found in it a due sense of responsibility and an earnest purpose to maintain the national honor and to promote the happiness and proar Jierity of all onr people. And this brief enliibt of tbo growth and prosperity of the coantrK will give us a level from which to not then increase or decadence that new legisa.tive, policies may brine to us. "There is nc son whv the national influence, power, and' prosperity should not observe the tarn rate of increase that have characterized' the past thirty years. Wc carry tha Seat Impulse and increase ot these feaca to the future. There is no reason a lty io. many lines of production wc should not avef pass all other nations as we have already Ion in some. There are no near frontiers t onrKossible development. Retrogression waKr e a crime. Cheap Girls." The nnp'easant phrase "cheap girls" has arrested my Htiention mo; than once, and I have wondered what sort of girls tbey are, writes Mrs. Lyman Abbott, in tho Laiies' Home Journal. Are they those whose 1 loud laughter and talking draws to them the attention of every ono in the car? Are they those whose voices call us to the wiodow as they pa-s? Do they wear skirts so nar-' row, shoes so tight, waists so tight, . that their gait is an amusement r a marvel? Do they puff np their' shoulders above their ears, and piece their skirts down from the top ia order that they may sweep the streets? I wonder are they the girls who place themselves in the wav of young wen? Who "make errands." which will carry them into tire business streets, and call frequently on girls who have brothers? How easily their flimsy device is seen through, and what sneers it occasions. Dear girls, don:t be cheap. Don't make a "-oargaln emitter" of your church vestibule, and offer your smiles and your -vivacious talk to the man whose person and manners have pleased your fancy. Our Girls. The news that the Amazonian army in Dahomey had been overthiowa is fotlowed by the assurance chat King Behanzin himself is a fugitive, disappearing into the desert as his only mode of escape from tna victorious French forces. That long standing anonially of modern times hus now dropped out of existence. Tne women so diers numbered about six thousand and had been ducat ed to cruelty of which few nica in m e civilized countries ecu d be gii.lly. The rule with them was to tnuiilute their captives io the uiot herrr!i!e manner imaginable, their decis being in keeping with the harbirism by which numbers of oroaiim-s wire each year siicritiei'ti to a bithbl w.-.r-ship. Tho whole of tliis disrjct to civiiizati ii is wiped our ami in its stead will gradually grow up a viwti improvement upon it, thuufc for many years it may be judged necessary to rule th natives as w.th a rod cf iron, that being the i nly argTmant the force of which they iiia recognize. The merits of tho case as bctwicn the Dahomeyans and the French may not be known sufficiently vye" to enable oue to decide that t he latter had good reason for the attack, but the result thereof is tiie wiping out; of a huge, black spot, and is a positive benefit to humint., whatever may have been the iuu nir ivc to the act. A Thcoioirlel Diagnosis. My brothor. your trouble t not vilh the heart, it is a gas -io disorder or a robt-llitiii f th liver. You need , iyslotan more than you eio a clergy-nun. It is not sin thut biota out your hope if heaven, but bile. It not only yt'llowa your oyebn.il, and furs your ti:guo, and makes your h ivi acho, lut sw Kips u on your soul in do jeotiouii and foreWi.ng:, Talnmgei. Cnins Schilling, of St. Louis, b s made his record by eating a galoii nf oysters tn one hour on a l et of seMM-tv-flve cents. Mr. Schilling ij ftm exactly the sort of man to be IriVlti l to a quiet dinner party in a f tut y Miere they do not want Mus cook to (io upon a strike. Thbbb are seven Hebrew nieraters who have seats. In the British House of Commons, and they 8Je all related U the Rothschild family. Tb&bb ts a dlffercine between n airy diotion an i a dlotle nary, but the forrn'.r etuMn't wlthont tbo lal