Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 December 1893 — Page 3

E the Old Year iS, OIVK Iho iHor Old Year his due Ileforo wetollbls knell! He's been a faithful f rictid to us, Ami nerved us long iinil welt 01. was It not bis hand that brought The HprlciKtlttiv wenun 01 green And Huns hi to tho lap of May Fit girlamls for a queen? And though among tho blossoms fair Ho dropped some sprigs of rue, We'll take him by tho hand and glvo Tho poor Old Year his duo! When summer held high carnival Among her sylvan bower., Was not hid hand the one to strew Her onward path with flowers! And when, in billowy harvest Heids, The reapers won;; went round, Did h not loiter on hisway, Till all tho sheaves were bound? And tf among the bearded grain S mo blighted stalks there grew We 11 winnow out the sold and glvo The good Old Year his duul Ah was ho not our comrade still Through many a glado and xu-ld. When all the autumn trees were gowned In crlmion, dun, and gold? And when his hair and beard grew wn.lo With Italics of wintry snow. Did he not bring the Christmas joys To et our ntarts aglow? And tf the l rimming cup he held Was mixed with sorrow, ton. We'll drain It to tho dregs and glvo The hind Old Year his duo! Helen Whitney Clark, in Leslie's Weekly. r lionsc was :i tiny house. Tho groat barn near it would have held :i fcalf-do.n-n such houses. Faith hved with hor father and mother, who were farmers and came WW?. 'I HAVE COME from an old stock of farmers, a fact of which they used to boast. "Farmers are the most independent critters livin'," Mr. Carson would frequently say. "1 don't see ns they are any more independent than other folks," Faith would reply. "Seems to me we have to work for "all we want, and then we don't always get it." "Of course we can't naterally expect to git thiugs without we work for Vni." "Farmer Carsqn emphasized the word "work." Work, according to his mind, meant labor among fields und vegetation. "Work a'mong a few bibs an' tuckers don't amount to much." ho continued, with a stdewise glance at Faith, who was buisly washing the supper dishes; "I mean real work that keeps u man ut it arly an' late." Faith Mushed. The "bib and tucker" shaft had struck home. She knew ho was thinking of 0car Make, a dry goods clerk. She replied with more f-pirit than deference. "I suppose store work docs fail some times, and potutoes give out ouco in awhile!" This time hor arrow found its mark, for hadn't Mr. Carson's potato crop failed this year? All tho while Faitlt knew that it really was not so much "city tore work" to which her father objected as it was to the clerk, who two years ago had passed a summer vacation among the hills surrounding Cramp Hollow, and who had formed nn acquaintance with Faith, much to Mr. Carson's objection Ha was afraid Faith's head would turned by nuw-fanglcd notions and s'.-.o would want to leave the old farm. Oscar I'lakc was not a dude. He was simply a good, straightforward fellow, who, by merest chance, had the opportunity given him to go to the country. Uc did not oven choose the place. Mrt was sent there by an old city resident, who, in his early boyhood, had lired thor

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A clerk, who was Oscar's chum, hau been ill a long thue, and, as they were) friends in their poverty, Oscar had tended him devotedly, und this, in addition to lib clerical duties, hud nearly prostrated him. Ily .some fortunate discovery tho chum had turned out to he a nephew to Oscar's rich employer, und he, to show his gratitude, sent him olf to recuperate, with a promisu of promotion when he returned. Oscar found the woods and fields charming, und Faith Carson he pronounced more than charmingangelic was thu word most frequently in his thought. Hut Mr. Carson guarded

Faith very jealously and suspiciously, and when ho wasn't guarding her, her mother was. which was ull perfectly right and proper, only it didn'tgive the lovers half a chance to be comfortable. All know what becomes of girls who arc cautioned against falling in love with particular somebodies; they generally go straight off and do it And Faith was no exception to the rule. Although Oscar did not lind opp irtuttity to "tell his love," yet it did not seem to "prey upon his check," for it grew plumper, fresher and browner every day. .N'ever a ehanco could lie get to see Faith alone. The day approached when he must leave, lie had written a note to Faith, pouring out his love in it, and asked her if he "might com; to claim her ns his wife the nest New Year's day for her to send him just one word after he was gone if he might." After it was written tho foolish boy didn't know what to do with it. lie could not even get a chance to put it in her hand, and as for sending it to the village post office, that plan would never do, as Mr. Carson would be sure to get the letter tirst At last a strange bit of fortune favored him. He was passing through the kitchen and Mrs. Carson, who was particularly good-natured that day, was showing him some of the old-fashioned belongings of the old house. Among t titer things site opened the door of the old-fashioned brick oven, long since relegated to tho past in favor of si "range." Its capacious mouth looked large enough to swallow almost anything, and as she turned away to make a remark about something else Oscar quickly slipped his letter inside and shut the door hurriedly, with a bang which must have made the ashes Ily inside. In his excitement he forgot that the oven ha I not been opened for several years, and probably would not be opened for years again. As he passed out he glam-ed mysteriously from Faith to tho oven door, a look which bite failed to interpret, as she did not happen to see l.im placa thedetter there. Tkeday uf parting came. The autumn FOP. FAITH. passed and no word cat.o from Oscar to cheer Faith. "He has forgotten me," she sighed softly, but she remembered at partim: ho had whispered: "New Year's." Would he come then? The Iav eame and ended and he did not come. "Then he did not mean that," and she renroved herself for thinking so. All this timo Mr. Carson's mind was iwrtlv on hisnotato cron failure and partly on Oscar. "It's kinder strange we hain't heerd from him or of him senco ho went away," said Mr. Carson, taking it for granted that Faith would know "him" meant Oscar, and forgetting that he had emphatically declared "there should be no letter writing or any sich nonsense" "Arter all, he appeared to enjoy oldfashioned things. I 'member how curious ho looked into tho old brick oven." Faith remembered it, too. Soon afterward Mr. Carson left the room. With a curiosity born of sentimentality she felt ns if she wanted to look into tho old oven. She walked leisurely toward it and opened the rusty, creaking door. There was the fateful missive. She took up the leMcr mechanically, wondering what it c ld be. It was addressed to herself and staled. In her excitement she closed the door with a bang which startled Mr. Carson, who was reentering the room. Faith's face was white and she was breathing hard and fast She felt as if she held a message from the dead. "What have you got there, Faith?" he asked. "I don't know, father. I just looked in tltc oven, as Oscar did, and 1 found this letter there. It is directed to me." Mr. Carson approached her and looked at it through hastily adjusted spectaclcs "Shö! Sure enough! Head it now!" Faith read it, but to herself; then handed it to her lather with Hushed checks. Mr. Carso read it slowl,

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then placed it in Faith's hands without Baying u worth "You see, now, father, if ho cold have told mu about it it would havu U-en nil right 1 bupiose ho thought I would find it soon, und now it is over two yours. It is too lato now," uud hero her voice grew pitifully weak and trembling; "but 1 shall write him ut his old udilross, just once, though I may never hear from him again. Perhaps this is what ho meant by whispering 'Xow Year's.'" Faith took her letter and went slowly to he room. Mr. Carson looked after her with u sigh. "So that's what's been tho matter with her, an' I've ben a-doctorin' of her with sarsaparilla an' other arbs! Ouess they won't cure her. I might as well let things tajco their course!" Faith wrote Oscar a dainty little letter, telling him of finding his at that late day, and simply said: "I would have, written you if I had found it Eooner." Oscar was not at tho old place. Her letter wandered from place to place, forwarded by Uncle Sum's faithful postal clerics, until it reached him one happy day in thr midst of rising fortune. It found him still froe, except for ties of love for Faith. Only four more days and tho new year would bo here! Ho started hurriedly for Cramp Hollow and walked into the old kitchen from a blinding snowstorm. Ho glanced for an instant toward Faith, hitting by the lite and leaning her head wearily against that old oven door; then marched resolutely toward the surprised old farmer and said:. "Mr. Carson, 1 have come for Faith!" Mrs. Carson dropped her knitting work, Mr. Carson dropped his newspaper and said in a broken voice: "Thon I have faith to believe you will get her." And he did tho very nest day, which was New Year's day. Chicago News.

ADOUT FINEAPPLES. They C'oiit I'ivo Dollarn Apiece in England ami All Over Kuropr. In England and all over Knropo pineapples, or "pines," are eaten only by tho few who can afford to raise them in hot-houses or pay the extravagant prices for which they are sold, says tho Youth's Companion. So raro are they on the other side of the Atlantic that they are .sometimes hired to impart a crowning glory to banquet:, where they may be admired and longed for, but not eaten. In Kngland a pound, or five dollars, is considered a reasonable price for the hot-house "pine." and even in this country as much has boon paid for choice specimens of tho fruit at tho season when they are not in tho market. Until within a dozen years nearly all the pineapples raised for market were grown upon the Iiahama islands, whence they are shipped by .swift .ailing vessels to New York or Liverpool. To-dav tltc principal pineapple pro ducing district of the world is tho United States, on a group of iivo rinall i:.Iam!s or "keys" lying on tho extreme f.outhcrn part or Morula. There !:eV3 r.ro Ulliott's. Old llhoadcs, Largo. I'lantr.tion and Upper Metacumba. On them los than seven hundred acres are devoted to the cultivation of "pines," but from this small urea four million five hundred thousand pineapples were shipped to New York in one year recently. The shipment from the I'.ahamas for the fame year was about two-thirds of this amount, while less than a million and a quarter were brought into the United States from other West Indies islands. The maiuland of southern Florida has al.n begun to produce pineapples in great numbers. On the island of Cuba the sugar planters are just beginning to convert their uuprofitablo caneilclds into pineapple patches. The Uahatna pineapples nro deteriorating on account of the impoverishment of the soil, and the growers are turning their attention to sisal hemp. On the otjter hand, tho area of "pine" lands in south Florida is being extended with each year, and such pains are taken in gathering tho crop that Florida "pines," like Florida oranges, now command a better price than any others. Pineapple plants, frequently called "trees" by the growers, rarely attain a greater height than three feet, and are provided with stiif, sharp-pointed leaves like those on the lop or "crown" of a pineapple, except that they are much longer. In faet, the crown of a "pine" is in itself a perfect plant, and, if thrust into the ground under proper conditions, will bear fruit in eighteen months. The pineapple has no seed, but is propagated from slips or suckers. Several slips spring from the base of each perfected fruit, while tltc suckers shoot from the bottom of the plant. Fach plant produce! a single fruit and then dies, but its suckers become bearing plants a year later, whilo its slips, if thrust into the ground, will vield fruit in eighteen months. About ten thousand slip may be planted to the acre, and of these twothirds will bear fruit. Thus the yield of pineapples is about f,even thousand to the acre. If growers could be certain of realizing one dollar per dozen on every crop pineapple-raising would rank among tho most lucrative of agricultural pursuits, but the present lack of transportation facilities and the dependence of the growers upon commission merchants diminish the profits greatly. The pineapple is perishable, and there nro many chances against its reaching a distant market in good condition, consequently it is generally considered best to sell the crop in the field rather than run the risk of shipment A Sour for Ui New Yrr. Outstretched upon a snowy bier t in tlip. Old Year; Ills slow pulse Rt'lled, his last breaths; "The King Is deadi Across the thrrsl old New Year stand, Ills rosy hands Laden with gifts. Ring, joy-bell, riiflt "Long me thoKIn!" Torrcy Connor, ta Good XtouieUeesJi.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, itevlaar Imioii far Ouartr Ilndla

remtMT at. 1M03. In tho preceding quarter, nil our le sons were connected with the inissiounry labors of tho Apostlo Paul, and In tho review wo could get a connected sketch of his later j'ears; in this quarter wo find no such natural bond of union between tho different lessons but must" string them as separate pearls on an artificial thread. It will be worth while to remember that the twenty-seven writings which composes our Now Testament, though parts of one complete revelation, were at lint separate and independent treatises, issued ut intervals during a period of about fifty years, and long afterward gathered into one volume. Kaeh part ought to bo btudied in its historical connection with the circumstances both of tho writer and of those whom he primarily addressed. The common nrrangoment of the epif.tles. be it olscrved, is neither chronological nor according to the topics on which they treat; but we have first Paul's letters to communities, Kornaus, Corinthians, Oalatians. Kphesiaun, Philippians, Colossians and Thossalonians, arranged in the order of their comparative length; then his letters to individuals, Timothy, Titus and Philemon, also in tho order of their length; next the letter to Hebrews, probably written by Paul, but not authenticated by his name; then the letters of other apostles, .lames, Peter, .lohn and .lüde, called catholic, or general epistles, that is circular letters, put nearly in the order of their length, though both I Peterand 1 .lohn are a little longer than .lames; and finally the Apocalypse, or letters to the Seven Churches of Asia. i-tv ixksons rnoii i:oma:js. The first (Kom. l:!-17) is a general introduction to the epistles, tetting forth Paul's earnest desire to visit Home, his sense of obligation alike to Jew and (?enülo, and his glorying in the gospel as the power of Clod unto salvation to every one that believeth. The next (Horn. :5:10-U0) exhibits the inability of law to do anything more than give men a knowledge of sin, and then introduces tho righteousness of God through faith, and tho redemption that is in Christ .testis. Tho third (Horn. 5:1-11) tells of some of the fruit of justification by faith, enabling us to have peace with God, and joy. in hope of His glory, in afflictions, and in the assurance of complete salvation by tin' lifo of Him whoso death reconciled us to God. The fourth (Horn. l'J:l-15) turns from doctrine to d"ty, and presents three important points in Christian livin?, viz., consecration to God, as living sacrifices, faithfulness us members of one body, and sympatheticlove for all mankind, v-tx. FitoM omul p.vfi.tx:: i:pisti.i:s. The fifth lesson (1 Or. S:l-13), written from Hphe.Mis A. I). 5T, to correct certain errors of doctrine and practice, gives a striking illustration of the rule that our liberty must be limited by regard for others, since knowledge i:. inferior to love, and while it may claim the right to partake of anything not in itself wrong, yet love for Chr.st and for Ills redeemed often reovires abstinence for the sake of other-.. The sixth (1 Cor. 15:P.MK is n prophetic pa'an of final victory in the j resurrection, which is shown to be an i essential part of Christian doctrine, ' and the completion of the mediatorial , work of the risen Saviour. The sev- 1 entli CJ Cor. 8;1-1'J): written a few months after the former letter, enjoins the grace of libvrality by the example of the Macedonian churches and tho still higher example of our Lord Jesus Christ, und lays down the right rule for giving cheerfully und in proportion to ability. The eighth lesson (F.ph. 40-21, written from prison at Home. A. I). 02 or 00, lifts us into imitation of Christ, in spiritual renewal, in our conduct und feelings toward others, and in the inner life of our own hearts. Tho ninth fCol. fl:l'2-25), written at same time and place as the last, gives some unfailing prescriptions for promoting happiness in the Christian home, by cherishing nn affectionate, forbearing disposition, by keeping a loving, peaceful anil thankful heart, and by cheerful submission in all the reciprocal duties of social life. X-XIII. SIXr.CTIONS 1T.OM OTHHIJ Al'OßTI.r.S. The tenth lesson is in the intensely practical vein of James, "the Lord's brother," and the pastor of the church at Jerusalem, who wrote, probably about 45 A. I)., a circular letter to the scattered Israelites who had believed in Jesus. The portion selected (James 1: 10-27) insists on grateful obedience to the divine source of all good, whose gifts we ought to receive with meekness, and to improve by putting what we hear into daily practice. The eleventh, from the pen of the impulsive, soulful Peter, the apostle of the circumcision, who wrote from Habylon, A. I). 55 or OR, to his Hebrew "brethren in churches planted under Paul's influence, is really poetical in its beauty ns it describes ( I Peter I: 1-12) the Heavenly inheritance, as giving, even in this world, n foretaste of its imperishable joys, and illustrating the greatness of our salvation. The twelfth takes us with the loving and beloved John, banished in his old age. probably l5 A. I)., to Patmos, where war, unfolded before him (Uev. l:.)-20) a vision of the Glorified Saviour, standing in the midst of His churches and holding their angels in His right hand. Albert Ednrarri's Hat. The dntcst story about the prince ol Vales comes from Vienna. In the Hofburg theater in that city aristocratic subscribers have the privilege of visiting the green room, in accordance with a custom dating back to 17U0. All visitors must remove their hats, however. The prince of Wales visited this green room, but did not remove his hat, whereupon one of the chic young Indies of the ballad stepped up to him and said: "I dare not ash you to remove your crown, but I must ask you to remove your hat." The hat vfts inTVd hi an instant

CARLISLE'S KEPORT.

Synopsis of tho Report of Secrotary of tho Treasury L!d Hofnro CoBKreM A Deficit of 000.000 In Mght at tho Clot of the 1'rraeHt FUcal Year Krt-ummeudatloB. 8,Washington, Dec. 20. The annua! report cf Hon. John O. Carlisle, oecrctary of tho treasury, was submitted tocongrew, of which the following Is an abstract: THE KEVKXCES, Tho secretary estimates thu revenues of the covurnment for the ttscal year, which will end on tho :wtb of next June, at l30.ISi,0t. and that tho expenditures for tho same period will amount to !IM.l.i.(X. Icavlnc a deficit of I. (OO.OtO nn tho year. He mentions that there aro I'acltlc railroad Vonds, known an currency sIxcO issued in alii of the I'acltlc railroads, fallinir duo within the year IHM. to tho amount of ti.ZGi.WK which must lx! paid at maturity, anil recommends 1 that eoncress "take action at this session to provide for them. Ho nugitests as aini.-ausof enabling tho government to promptly mi;et the emergency and provide a larger reserve-fund hoveral courses of action. One Is the 1jsuc of 3 per cent, tlve-ycir bonds, In small amounts, to be disposed of through tho sub-treasuries and post ofticcs to our own people. Another, the lssuo of 8O.0Xi.ffW in one-year -3 rr cent, bond at par. Until the offset of tho repeal of tha Sherman sliver purehaso law is mora fully devclotrtd. he does not consider It advisable to recommend further special lotfislatlon on thut subject. He favors legislation to authorize a more extended uso of silver certificates. Ho rorcrs to tho opinion of his predecessor and of the lato nttorney-j;en-eral that the ualn orselnnloraKO resulting from tho coinaso of the sliver bullion as it procresses constitutes a jrt of the Koneral assets of tho treasury, and states that he has ordered tho mints at New Orleans and San Francisco to be kept In readiness to commence the eolnase of standand silver dollars at any tlmo when required. fossiiit.K isseu or bosiw. In speaking of tho possible Issue of bonds under the act of July II, 1K7J. the secretary says: "In tho present condition of tho country's credit nothing less than tho existence of n prtal and i j resslnc financial emergency would, In my opinion. Justify the issue and sale of any of those clashes of bonds. On the llrst class tho Interest would amount, at the maturity of the bonds, to onehalf tho principal; on tho second clas It would amount to more than two-thirds of tho principal, and on tho third class It would ex cced the principal by 20 per cent. If any one of these methods of raising money were presented as nn original measure forconslderatlon In congress, I am satisfied It woiild not receive the approval of that body or of the people. "If the authority now existing should be so modttled as to empower the secretary of the treasury to issue the bonds In donominationsof IZS and its multiples, they could lie readily dls posed of through thn hub-treasuries and post otlUes without tho agency or Intervention of banks or other financial Institutions anil without tho payment of commissions. Such bonds would aflord to tho pcopla at large an opportunity to convert their surplus earnings into a form of security which, wnllo It would be pcrfectlv safe, would not only Increase In value by reason of accumulating interest, but be at all times available as the means of procuring money when needed; and the experience of tnis and other countries Justifies the confident liellcf that such a plan would be popular and successful. Congress alone has the imwer to adopt sueh measures as will relieve tho present situation and enable the treasury to continue tli'' punctual payment of nil legitimate demands upon It. nail I resiectfully but earnestly urge that Immediate attention 1h! given to tho subject. Tho necessity for the extension of the pawer of the secretary to procure and maintain u large rcssrvj for the redemption of United States currency must. I think, be evident to everyone who has given serious thought to ths subject.' CtntltUS'CV llEDKMI'TIOS. Secretary Carlisle says that at tho date of tho redemption of specie payments, January 1, there were jJIfl Wt.010 of tho old legal tender notes to to redeemed, mid the secrotary of tho treasury considered that tlOJ.un.MO would constitute a sufficient basis for thu .maintenance of that nniount of currency at par. Hut slnco July II, 1K-0. additional treasury notes have been issued to the amount of fl.030,0l0, of which there arc now outstanding IS3,3l8..M, making the government obligations in currency JlW.In addition, he says that there have been coined under authority of the law WIS.SW..V1O In legal tender sllvrr. upon which certificates have been liaued to the amount of (331. 13S .Ml. With reference to this matter the secretary says: Under theso circumstances it Is. In my opinion, necessary not only that he should be clothed with .full authority to procure and maintain nn ample reserve In coin, but that the purposes for which such reserve l-vto Ihj held and uicd Hhould be mado as comprehensive as the duty Imposed upon hhn by the law. The existence of such authority in n constantly available form would of itself Inspire such conlldenco in tluj security and stability or our currency that Its actual exercise might never become necessary, but the futility of declaring a sjccillc policy and withholding tho means which may become necessary for its execution, is too apparent to require comment. TUB TIIKASUUT HKSKItVE. After detailing tho recent efforts of the treasury department to maintain the I ItfJ.WJ.WJ reserve, he continues: "So long as the government continues Iho unwise policy of keeping Its own notes out standing to c-irculato as currency, and under takes to provide for their redemption In coin an presentatIon.lt will 1, In my opinion, es sentlal for tho secretary of tho treasury to possess the means, or to have tho clear and undoubted authority to secure tho means which may from time to tlmo Income neces sary to enable him to meet such emergencies ns the one which has recently occurred In our financial affairs." The secretary says that the ainount'of money In this country outside of the treasury on December I. IfcO". was ill2.lil.0ir greater than tho amount outstanding on Novemtr I. lb'.'.', and Insists that It Is grcatsr than Is required for the transaction of tho business of the people at this tlmo. Tins Is conclusively shown, ho says, by the fact that the money has accumu luted, and It isstlll accumulating. In the flnan cfal centers to such an extent ns to constitute 11 serious em üairassujent 10 this banks in which It Is dcposltod. Tho secretary says that tho money does not create business, but business creates a demand for money, and until thero Is such a revival of Industry anil trade as to re quire the uso of tho circulating medium now 1 oulstamllng.it would be hazardous toarbltra 1 rilv increase its volume by law or to make 1 material changes In Its character by disturb ing in any manner the relations which Its dlf fercal forms now bear to each other. a nimoftvrr lusct'ssim. Secretary Carlisle says that one of the prlncl nal difficulties encountered by tho treasury de partment results from tho Indisposition of tho put lie to retain standard sliver dollars anil su vcr certificates In circulation. Tho secretary does not know why tins should be, andaadds: "With tho policy of maintaining equality in tho exchangeable value of all our currency 1 firmly established, and tho further accuinulai Hon of silver bullion arrested, thero is no substantial reason why the silver certificate should not bo favorably received nnd as liberally treated by tho public as any other form of note in circulation, and for the pur poso of creating a greater demand for their iiermancnt uso In tao' dally transactions of tho people, 1 have directed that, as fur as tho law permits, aid as rapidly ns tho opportunity Is afforded, tho amount of such certificates of denominations less than (I shall be Increased by substituting tacm for larger on-n to I e retired, and that tho small denominations of other kinds of currency shnll bo retired as they aro received into tho ircas ury aad Unter one substituted in their ulaccs.

LCOAI. ntDH VOM. , "There are now ouUUadla VutM State lagal (der notes t Bio anont of tW.M4.9lI in denominations lefcan f 19, treasury note lMBedUBU:r the act IHK) or denomination les than ttO,tl,0HMSe,atid national hank aelei 6S,ftl,9M . i Ma of the opinion ffeal if this poMcy can uo carrtJ out f the eiteet of supplying the country nith smrll silver certificate to an aaiount efficient to conduct ordinary cash transactions if the people, anil if. during tho ramn time, certificates of tho largest denominations wen issued In tha places of ethers retired, so a Mo cnccmragc thu national tanks to hold them m parts of their lawful reserves, Uto extstlnz iMfncultieti would bo removed, laid ultimately a larsor amount of such currency than Is now in circulation could lie conveniently and safely used. rilKl'AHATlOSS TO MEET DKMANO roll 1I.VEK. In order thai the department intchtbo In a condition to comply promptly with ay increased demand thero may to made upon it by tho public for standard silver dollars- er for htlver certificates, or that It mlitbt'tuke advantage of any favorable opportunity that inixht occur to put an additional amount of such currency in circulation without' unduly disturbing tho monetary situation, IT liavo

caused u lurKO amount of bullion to lie prepared for col naco at Now Orteans and San Francisco, and have ordered the mints at those places to bo in readiness to commence operations at any time when required." KKV1SION Or THE TAItlFF. The secretary then submits some suggestion upon tho general principles Involved In tho proposed revision of the tariff law?, und suis that tho only proper 'purpose for which taxes ran be levied and collected Is to raise revenue f or the suptxirt of tho publle service and tho payment of public obligations, This should ks collected with tho least possible Injury to uny part of tho people, but without regard to the groundless apprehensions of unrcasonahlo opposition or timid or selfish latcrests. Ho declares that nothing but Uio plainest necessity ran Justify tho imposition of hpecltlc or compound rate of duty in any case. Ho says that taxation according to value 1 distinctly American and does injustice to nt one. Mr. Carlisle Is in favor of cheapening thenecessttles of lifo forthu masses of tho people. and taxing luxuries and articles' ut taste and. fashion to tho highest point. in alluding to the raw materials, he says: "If tho world's store of raw materials wcrer as accessible to tho American worklngman asIt is to his competitor in other manufacturing countries, ills superior skill, sobriety and Industrious habits would enable him, without. financial aid, to supply many parts of the world where his products aro now never seen with, machinery, Implements aad various kindscf tcxtilo fabrics of such qualities and of such prices as would ex clude all competition and create a demand for a largo increase of our productive forces. With tree raw material as a permanent fixture of our revenue legislation, the demand for labor would steadily grow with the extension of trade, while enlarged opportunities for the profitable Investment of capital would stimulate tho spirit of cntcrprlso among our people, nnd greatly diminish tho danger of periodical suspensions, lock-outs and strikes, which have In recent years so seriously Interrupted our Industrial progress." MKANN OK HALS1NO HEVE3UK. The secretary then comes down to the revenue and tho means of raising It. and says "It is estimated that tho revenue for the fiscal year 1Kj will amount, upon the basis of existing laws, to f i5l.47,7ts. and that tho ex pendlturcs, excluding tho sinking fuud, will amount to jns.3J3.7SD. Tho estimated revenue from customs Is tlW.OOXOOO. and tho total estimated receipts from all sources will exceed the estimate or expenditures $6,ltt),V.H. Assuming these amounts to bo approximately correct, It will bo necessary, In any changes that may bo made In our revenue laws, to provide for raising about lSl.un,0W from customs alone, or partly from customs and partly from such other subjects of taxation that congress may seo proper to Include In our Internal revenue system I am of tho opinion that an increase of fW.iwi.OOO to th revenue for tho ilscal year lWi. by the Impost. Hon of additional taxes under tho Internal revenuo system, will supply sufllcleat mean for tho support of the government. "I have reached tho conclusion that It can bo most conveniently and Justly realized by Increasing tho tax on distilled spirits ten cents pr gallon, and by additional taxes on cigars cigarettes, and the imposition of new taxes on playing cards, cosmetics and perfumeries, legacies and successions, and incomes derived from Investments in stocks and bonds of corporations and Joint stock companies." SU1UKCTS 'OH AUDITION AI TAXATION The secretary, after tatlng why distilled plrlts. cigars, etc., should be taxed, says "Taxes upon legacies anil successions anu in comes acquired irom investments in siocks and bonds of corporations and Joint stock com panies aro less objectionable In their nature and in tho methods of collection than any other excises which it is competent for tho United States to impose upon incomes according to their actual valuo or amount. They aro not Inquisitorial nor llabl to evasion by tho fraudulent lupprvssloa of facts, because tho assessments or returns need not be based upon Information extorted by law from tho persons charged with their payment, but upon the public records nnd Iho regular and authentic accounts of the corporations uud companies in which tho Investments have been made, nnd they havo tho additional merit of being Imisiscd entirely upon that part of tho citizen's Income which Is not earned by his lator skill, but which In the cases of legacies and successions Is acquired by mere operation of law or by gratutiou bequest, and In tho cas of Incomes froar Investments in corporations and Joint stoc companies by the simple earning capacity of his capital as such without personal effort upon his part. V tax of 1 per cent, upon an incomo of f3.0tw derived from tno investment 01 ISO.WI) In 5 tier cent, stock would amount to r, a sura so Insignificant that the Investor could not reasonably claim that tho franchises and privileges granted to his debtor had not added fully that much to ins reccipis. HTItltTEST KCONOMY ünOED. Tho secretary concludes his rciwrt by urging congress to practice tho strictest economy in public expenditures consistent with an efficient administration of tho law. Ho reminds the representatives that reductions of expenditures can not logically bo Insisted upon or made practically beneficial without a cor responding reduction of taxation. On tho subject 01 mo sugar oouniy mo scurutarysays: "I respectfully can attention io inc vnnuui recommendations contained In tho report oT tho commissioner of internal rovonue. and aslt their favorable: conslderaton by congress." NAVAL NOTES. The New York ami MUntotinnioh Will 1 ti Itlo If -crsury. Wakihmito.v, Dec 21. The report that the cruiser New York will go to Uio Janeiro in tha event that it is necessary to strengthen the I nllcd States ileet in Itrazil has been denied by Secretary Herbert ho orders have been sent ;to lier comtnanuer, tapu .1. V. Hhilip. to proceed to the Brazilian capital, hut he has been directed to prepare lii.s ve&fcel for sea without delay. in order that she can leave for Hrazil immediately upon thereceiptof orders to that effect. It is staled at the navy department that the New York will not be ordered to Uio if 110 change takes place in tho present situation there, but it is bnlieved that aiTnirs aro Hearing a cria that will call for her presence at Hie Orders have also been issued by the department directing that the doubleturrcted monitor Miautonomoh, now at the Ilrooltlyn navy yard, be prepared for sea as speedily as possible, lit Miantonomoh will be fitted out subject to the same conditions governing the preparations of the New York, and If the expected should occur, the two vessels will orocccd to Uw I company.

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