Pike County Democrat, Volume 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 December 1889 — Page 4

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. .President ' garrison's First Communication to Comrrssa A ftevlew or Foreign and Domestic AHWIri os Thrjr Krlatr to the Welfare of the Government and Hup. I of the People. v?amiington, Dec. S.— Immediatelj after the reading of the journals of the House anti Senate to-day tho com mittees appointed to wait on the Vrcsl dent reported that they ltad performed that duty and had been informed by th< President that he would cominunivau with tho two hotmes by a message it writing immediately. Thereupon i message from the President was an nounced and Its reading proceeded ai follows: -TothbXkxatk axp Hors* op km-hesbxt ATlv*a—There are few transactions In tlx administration of Government thut areevei ■ temporarily held In the confidence of tho,. charged with the eonduet of the public bust ness. livery step taken is under the obaorva tlon of an Intelligent ami watehful people he I'nlon Is known from day t. The atateof the l .. .. ■■■■■■■■ liar, and suggestion* as to needed lerlslatlol find an earlier voice than lhat which sn.-nk: In these annual communications of the Pres! dent to Congress. oua ruuciax bki.atioxs. Good will and cordiality have charac tensed our relations and eorrespondenoi with other governments. and the year closet leave* few Internal ioaal <|ueatlona of Ini portance remaining unadjusted. No obstacl. I* believed to exist that can Ion* poetpont the consideration and adjustment of still Kndlng questions upon satisfactory anil norahle terms. The dealings of this Gov eminent with other Males have h.-eti markeii khy frankness and sincerity, mir purpose) Avowed and our methods free from Intrigue This course hus home rich fruit In the past ai\ It I*.our duty aaa Nailon to preserve tlx liemagtcof good repute which a century ol right dealing with foreign governments luu Secured for us. th* rax amkAtcax coxox***. It fa a matter of high significance and nr less of congratulations, lhat the first year ol the second century of our constitutional ex ■•teller finda. as honored guests within oul luirder*, the representatives of all the independent Xtali-s of North and Soutli America, met together In earnest conference tt.uehlng the lu st method*of perpetuating and exnundlngthe relations of mutual inter. e*t and friendliness extended among them. That yhe opportunity thus afforded for pro moling closer Interustional relalhms anti the Increased prosix-rlty tif the Males eepre «.* lis. 'l for the •ented will hollaed for the mutual goad ol All, lean not iierm it thyself to doubt, tun people will await with interest and conli Jlence the result to flow frvm si ausplrlous ■ a meeting of allied anti In large part identical Interests Tint MAKITIMK OOmUSfl Another International conference, having treat possibilities for good, has lately asseni led. and is now ill session In this capital An Invitation was extended by the Govern lnent under the set of Congress of July It, 1-ee, to all maritime nation, to send delegate* to confer touching the revision and amendment of the rulcsaud regulations governing vessels, and to adopt a uniform system of marine signals. The responsjyss this Inv Itation Inis been very general ■F i-ry cordial. Delegates from twenty six n» tlhns am iitvs«-nt In tlie conference, and they liavts. entered upon tlx-lr useful Work wfth great leal and with an evident appreciation of Ms importance. So far as the agreement to he readied tuay require leg Islatlon to give It .-fleet the co-operation of rongress Is eonfideully relied upon. It Is an Interesting and unprecedented fact that the two:: International conference* have hrought-jicnrtlie accredited representatives of thirty.three nations. Hollvia, Ecuador and ll.indun^^rc now represented f>y real, dent envoys .d the plenipotentiary grade, aixl all the Mates of the American system now maintain diplomatic representation at Ulis eaxital.

i>iru»MATic JurrKftft. In thin ('»uik‘('(Ioii II limy Ih* Boil'd tlml all the nation* <>f the \Vwirm Hemisphere, «llh one Mfftillon, wnd to Wn«lin»»^»n Kn Vova Extraordinary ami Mliii*t«hi I'lciiim)* telVurv. being flu* highest grade nocrwlllwl to ttila Government. Tin* I'nltol Mato*, on tin* contrary, M*nd9 envoy* of the lower grade to *oine of our Ulster republic, our representative In 1‘aragtfav and Cruguay is a Minister llcaklcnt, while to Bolivia we send n Minister Kcsident and. Con* •ul Horn* nil. In view of the importance of OUt with the *!;«!••» Of the Ati i system, «»ur diplomats llgelft* In tin**** cou'ntm - should he of the hi rank of Knvof Extraordinary and Minister toenipoteutlary. Certain nhnloM Were SO idevateollfc, the UMlViutn'o with happy effect, and I r. colli IXIblh) u*«» co“,*’}r lion of the reform thus bftun.^d!^ the melusion also of Hawaii and Haytt. ifTTiMf"" their ridatiops t«> the American system of Mates. 1 also recommend that timely pro Vision he made for extending to Hawaii an invitation to be represented in the interna tloiiul conference now sitting at tins capital, cuxm mmatAtiox. Our relations with China have the attentive consideration which their magnitude •ml interest demand. The failure of the treaty negotiated under the administration of my predecessor for the-further and more complete iv#trlctlon°of I hinw Ubor, fmint* uration, and with It the leirinlatum of the , laat acsslon of Congress dependent thereon, leave some question* open w It ich Congress should now approach in that *:«<• wml just spirit which should characterise the rclalions of two great nud friendly power*, w hlle our supreme interval* demand the exclusion of a laboring element which experience has shown to be incompatible w ith our si>ciai Bfc. , All steps lo eoi»ipa*s this imperatixe need should be accompanied with a recognition of the claim a of those strangers now lawfully among us u» humane and pist treatment. The a4H'e^s:»«u of the young KmjHTur of China marks. wr«may bop** an era of progress and j*ro»|»ertiy for the great country over which he is called to rule. THE IAMOAK Ql lfftOli. The present slate of affairs in respect to the Samoan Island* I* encouraging. The conference which w<«* held in this city Iti the summer of. p«t?, between the n-pre-sent at ix i’S of the l nit* d M.it* *,ii« rui;iii\ and tii eat Itrttaln. having In* » adjourned In* cause of the persistent divergence of views which was developed In its del ibe rat Iona, Hie subsequent course of event* In the ishind* frave riw) to question* ol a scrbim* character. »n February A last the Herman Minister at this capital. In behalf of hit government, tiroitonta a .resumption of the conference at lierlin. This proposition was accepted, a* Congress in February last was Informed. Pursuant to tip* understanding thus reached, commissioners were appointed by me, by and with the consent of lie Senate, who proceeded to Berlin, where the conference w .4 a renewed. The detibciatiott.* extended through several weeks and resulted lathe Conclusion id a treaty which will be sub* m.ttcd to the 8<*nate for its approval. I trust that the effort* which have been made to; effect an adjustment of this question Will be productive of the permanent establishment of law and order In batnoa upon tin* Imals of the maintenance of the right* and Interests of the natives. OKKAT BRITAIN ASP OASAPA, The question* which have arisen during the J>a*t few years l*Hw*vn tin-at Britain and the 1’nited States an* in abeyance or in cotiracof adjustment. On the part of the Government of the 1 K>tu in ion of t'anuda an effort has been apparent during the season Just ended to administer the laws ami rog* illations applicable to the fisheries wlthaj little oeou*a.n for friction as w-as )wis.*ilTe, and the temperate representation* of this Government in respect ^of OWN Of undue o hardship or of har*li itderprvtatlon* have been in most cases mel with measure* of transitory relief. It Is trusted that the alls in meat of our Just rights under existing treat hm and in virtue of the concurrent legislation of the two contiguous countries w HI not be long deferred, and that all existing cause of difference may be equitably adjusted. A Just and acceptable enlargement of the list of offenses for w hich extradition may N Claimed and granted Is EMI dwibiWe be* tw een this country and Great Britain. The territory of neither should become a secure harbor for the evil-doer* of the other through any avoidable shortcoming In this regard. A new treaty on this subject between the two powers uas been receutly negotiated and will soon be laid before the

THE MC.GIAUCA CANAL. In pursuance <>( the charter pinM by CunttniH «nd under the term* Cf the contract with the Government at Nicaragua. the Inter -Oceanic Canal Cnin|Mtny ha* begun the construction ot the liuiHirtant water way lu tween the two wans which tin-ontamaa-lion contemplate*. Grave coin plication*, for n time aceuw-d imminent in view ot a nip iwwsl conflict of Jurtiwtietlon between Sleant gun and Coata Rica in regard to t he accessory privilege to be conceded by the latter republic k toward the const ruclion ot w orw* on the San Juan Tivcr, ot a hiiMw right hank la Coata Kit an territorv. I a ia happy to learn that a friend-ly-arrangement ha* been cfleeted belwes'u the two n at Iona Thl* Govern uieut ha* held I tacit ready to promote In every pmitvr War the adjustment ot all question* that n present obstacles to the completion night of a Work of such transcendent importance to the id indeed < commerce of tht* country. an< ot ill commercial mteresls of fhv world. PBANCE. ttKI-tm H AND GERMANY. I t« tht f The traditkmal good feeling between tint country nnd the Krrneh Uepnbltc ha* received nddttlonal testimony In the partirip.v than ot our Government and people in th< International Kxposd.on held at Pari* dura the past summer. The success of oui Ibitors I '■ ’ — - a rallying. The repoH ot the couimiaalon will be told before Con press In dne Thl* Government has accepted, nmler proper reserve aa to it* no! ley to forelgu territories, the invitation of tbs Governrueni of Belgium to take part to « International eongrvs* which open* at Bru* the Wh of November few ntMttw eel* on pnrpoee of •lave trade thi pre devising abolition la Africa and to shipment of slaves by BATT1 AND VENEXl'CLA. It to a eonice of great •nttofaetton ttattfc ' (lMarbum ol tt*» KvpuUlk o •public a it tb»l mi

press Its wroeil dMlw that lb© boundary mute now ponding between Groat Britain and Venoauola may be adjusted amicably and In strict aeoordane© with the historic title of th© parties. \ JJJTA* AM* QQKKA. The advancement of ttmlcmptre of Japan has been evidenced by ttinj^ccntpromuigation of a new ranstitutiotflulucd for guar* antics of liberty and providing f»*r a responsible ministry to conduct th© govern meat. It la earnestly recommended that judicial rights and processes in Corea be established on a Ann basis by providing the machinery necesaary to carry out treaty stipulations in that regard. RIGHTS or KATUKAI.1ZEP CITIZEN*. Questions continue to arise in our relations with severai countries in respect to the rights of naturalised citizens. Especially is this the ease with France, Italy, Russia ami Turkey, and to a less extent with Switzerland. From time to time earnest efforts have been made to regulate thic subject by t*on vent Ions. An improper use (\ naturalfaation should not be permitted, but it is important that those who have been duly naturalised should everywhere be accorded recognition of the rights pertaining to citizenship of the country iff tneiradop* tion. The appropriateness of special ©on* vent ions for that purpose An rcoogniaed In » treaties which this Government has ebuevtidwl with a number of Kuropoan States, and it is advisable that the difficulties which now arise in our relations with Other* countries on the same subject should be similarly adjusted. fffl MtAZlLIAS HIVOLCTIOK. The recent revolution in Itruxil in favor of the establishment of a republican form of government Is an event of great interest to the United States. Our Minister at R»o do Janeiro, w as at once instructed to maintain friendly diplomatic relations with the provisional govcrnmcnt.and the Ilraxiliau renresentatives at this capital were instructed by the provisional# government to continue their functions. Our friendly intercourse with I ir.tr. I has there fori# suffered no interruption. Our Minister has been further Instructed to extend on the part of this Government a formal and cordial recognition of the new republicn>* soon as the majority of the people of Brasil shall have sign tiled tlielr assent to its establishment and maintenance PORK STIC AFP AIK*. Within our own borders a general condition of prosperity prevails. The harvests of the last summer were exceptionally abundant and the trade condition* now prevailing seem U» promise a successful season «4» the merehaut and th© manufacturer and general employment to our working people. The report of the Secretary of tin* Treasury for tlw fiscal year ending June an, iwi. has been prepared, and will la* predated to <*«ingress. It present* with clearness the fiscal operations of the Government, and 1 avail myself of it to obtain some facts for use here. The aggregate receipts from all sources for the year wen* £«7,<ftu.uSi.M, derived as folio's s From custom*. t£2A,*iXI%• all.fei; from internal revenue, \f£; from miseellaueou* source.*, Tl©9 ordinary cxiicnditurc* for the same pc rk*d were *>l.*ib/4'>.*■, and the total expend Huron, including the sinking fund, west - 6TIV.W.'iS. The excess of receipt* over exiH iiditures was, after providing forth©©ink Ing fund, For the currentfbical * year the total re venues, actual and ©Sti msted, are $$i5,ouiMMi, and the ordinary ©x Jiendlturc*. actual anti estimated, are $£($,- imaking, with the sinking fund, a total expenditure of leaving an estimated surplus of w <.*•>. wu»i. noxb ri ncHASi* ami* tiik sinkiwg ppkp. 1 xiring the fiscal year there was applied to the purchase of bonds in addition to those for tie- Sinking fund $Sfct,4.v«.l7*J.3&, and during the first quarter of the current year the sum of $i?,H£U0«.n, all of which w ere ©rodtied to the sinking fund. The revenues for the fiscal year ending June an, iK«i, are estimated by the Treasury Department at |M,<ni,Q(B, ami the expenditiirvH for the same period, including the sinking fund, at IMi,tdlt77.7Q> This simw * an estimated surplus for that year of which is more likely to be increased than reduced w hen the actual transactions are w hiten up. THIS St’RrU S KKVRVI K*. The existence of so large an ttciual and an ticipated surplus should have the Immediate attention of roitgress with a view %o reduc tug the r«*ee4pts of the treasury to th© needs of the Government ss closely as may be. The collection of money* not nc«*de<J for public use* impose* an unnecessary burden upon our people, and the presence of so large a surplus in the public vaults is a disturbing element in the conduct of private business. It ba* called into use nxpedient* for putting it into circulation of v©ry«jue«tionabl© propriety. W© should not collect revenue for the purpose of anticipating our bond* beyond tin* requirement of the sinking fund, but sny unappropriated surplus in tl»e treasury should be so used, ss there is m> other lawful way of returning tire money to ciieulation, and the profit realised by the Government offers s substantial advantage. The loaning of public funds to the bahka without interest upon the security of Government bonds I reganl as an unauthorised and dangerous expedient. It results in' a temporary and unnatural Increase of tin* tatuKiug capital of favored localdie*, and compels a cautious and gradual recall of the deposit* to avoid injury to the commercial Interest*. It is not to I»e expected. that the banka having the*© deposits will sell, their ImuuIw to the treasury so long as the present' highly beneficial arrangement is p'ttiniiinl. practically geyjntiir'est both upon .,,»■! Aod ttba proceeds, .\o further use shoulo be made of this imthod of getting the surplus Into circulation, ami the deposits now outstanding should be gradually w ithdrawn and applied to the purchase of bond*. It is fortunab- that such a use can be made of the existing surplus, and for hum Mm© to ©um© of any casual surplus that may exist after Congress ha* taken the necessary steps for a reduction « ! the revenue*, bucli legislation should be promptly, but very ©oiodderuUdy,

xfeviMos or thk tariff law. I a rvviikm of our Tariff law, both m its administrative features and in the Khrdttle. Tl!*' iiv« «i .>| the former t« |MMT< slly rftuvrl»*«|, »n<i an agreewent U|khi the • v»*u and innierraleMM to remedied ami the bent method* for thrlr oormtion w*ll probably not b.* difib uii. A'nif*<riuity of situation at'all our port* it <‘.mc|iUa1, anil rffrrtivt’ mca^unw nlioald be taken to sccure It. It in Kjuully deal fable that questions affecting rate* ami elittlIleal ions should bo promptly Jfeidfi!. THK CIBCCLATtXU UK Pit M. A table presented by the Secretary of the Treasury showing the amount of money of all kin I* in dnmlttlon each ytwtr from 1*7H to the present time, is of interest. It. appear* that the amount of National hank note* lu circulation ha« Umtmmn) during that period f U4.l<*».r*». of which $37. 7.H.3SS in chargeable to the lust year. The withdrawal of bank circulation will iDQtlKM umler existing condition*. It m probable the adoption of the suggestion* made by the Comptroler of the Currency. via That the mintuiutu lU’jnwU of bonds for the establishment of banka 1h* redxccd, ami that an issue of notes to the par Value of tlie bond* In* allow ml, would help to itnontdin the luankcirculation, but while this w dhdrww at of bank note* ha* been pimiix on then' him !»**«•» a I ante mereasoon the amount of gold and sliver coin In circulation and la the Ui»uw of irohl and silver certificate*. The total amount of money of all kind* in cimtlution on March I, 1*>. was w hlh* on October 1, the total wan Si.tos,bl*.i««i. There wan an increase of f&MI * Jk&l in Kohl coin;id >N7.V»4,l«t in standard silver dollars, of »eM21,ig« »n certificates;of S5Xtilfi.?lS in silver certificates, and of $lt. t»T.i,X in failed states notes, making a U»tal of CiWIift, Then* was during the same period a d«-crc**o of Hil.lw.T'js in bank cir* eu latum, and of iU3,W In subsidiary stiver. The net Increase was tw.'4,mi. The circulation per capita has increased about five dollars during the time covered by the table referred Uv The total coinage of silver dollars was on November I. l*N»,LlfMSBMtd.of which fBKIA’tLWl were in tlh* treasury vaults and is© were in circulation, of the amounts in the vaults Jv:7,.tr.'.'.*U were represented bv outstanding s Ivei certificates, leaving^.?1'1-AT7 not in circulation and not represented by cert ill eaten. THK StLVRR COIN AUK. The law requiring the purchase by the treasury of two million dollars* worth of ail* Vcr bullion each month, to be coined into silver dollars of four hundred and twelve amt one-half grain*. has been observed by mM department, but neither the secretary nor any of his predecessor* has deemed ft safe to exercise the discretion given by law to increase tip* monthly purchases to four million dollars. When the law was enacted, February TS, l*>, the price of silver In the market was fi./o 4*10 tier otincc.making the bullion value of the dollar 93 cents. Since that tune the price has fallen as low as Sfi.f cents per ounce, reducing the bullion value of the dollar to 7«.*» cent*. Within tint last few month** the market price has somewhat advanced, and on the first day of November last the bullion value of the silver dollar was 7i cents. The evil anticipations which have accompanied the coinage and use of the silver dollar have^ogt been realised. As a coin it hak' not had gcnerul use* and the public treasury haa been competed to store it. But this i> manifestly ow *t»g to the fact that its paper representative is more convenient. The general acceptance ami use of the stiver certificate show that silver has not been otherwise discredited. Home favorable conditions have contributed to maintain this practical equality in their commercial use between the gold and silver dollars. Hut some of these are trade conditions that statutory enactment* do not control and of the continuance of which we can not be certain. THK PAStiKR* OK TKKK COINAGE OF SILVBK. 1 think it is clear that if we should make the coinage of silver at present rates t|*ce wc must expect the difierence In bullion tfelue# of the gold and silver dollars will be tgken NCi'ount of In commercial transactions, and 1 fear the same result would follow__*ay considerable increase of the present rate of coinage. Such a result would be discreditable to our financial management ami disastrous to all business interests. Wc should not tread the dangerous edge of such a peril, and. Indeed, nothing more harmful could happen to the silver interests. Any safe legislation upon this subject must secure the equality of the two coins in then commercial uses.

The proclamation required by Section I ol i >a««* *■-— —hmi—ii m injuitv• I'J k'o * v« w ACI ot March 1, W», relating to the killIngot seal* and other fur-bearing animals, was muol hy aw on the «»t of March, and a revenue cease! was dispatched to latorea the la«s anil protect the interests of Ute United States. The establish meat ot a refuge station at Point Barrow, as directed by Congress. was successfully accomplished. Q OCa COAST bKFKXSBS. Judged by modern standnrda « are prac Heath without ctmat defenses. Many ol the Ut'.l i It «|Ult>tl* tVMM l»V«t tM-t-s. ^ alruetures we hare would enhance rat hat than diminish the perils of their garrisons if subjected to the fire of improved guns and very few are so mealed as to glee tall effect to the greater mage ol such guns as we are now making for coast defense uses This general subject has bad cousWcr-.it jot in Con**** * OZJWmZ fMPMl i

ye«r HO, expression Cns made one i aura, the ____ purpose to provide suitable works tn which these guns might be mounted. An appropriation now made tor that purpose would not advance the completion oI the works beyond our ability to supply them with fairly, effective guns. The security of our coast cities against foreign attack should not rest altogether In the friendly disposition of other nations. There should be a second line wholly in our own keeping. 1 very urgently recommend an appropriation at this session tor the construction of Such works In our most exposed harbors. kitxit akd nxuBoa improvemext. The improvement of our Important rivers and harbors should be promoted by the necessary appropriations. Care should lp» taken that the Government Is not committed to the prosecution of works not of public and general advantage, and that the relative usefulness of works of that classes not overlooked. Do fur as this work Can ever be said to be completed, I do not doubt that the end would be sooner and more economically reached If fewer separate works were undertaken at the same time, and those selected for their greater general Interest were more rapidly pushed to completion. A work ouec considerably begun should not be subject to the risk and deterioration which interrupted or insufficient appropriations necessarily occasion. • THK rgOTCCTION OF THK JUDH'IART. The assault made by David S. Terry upon the person of Justice field, of the Supreme Court of the I’n I ted States, at I.alhorp, Cal., In August last, and the killing of the assailant by a deputy United States mar* shal, who had been deputed to accompany Justice field and to protect him from anticipated violence at the hands of Terry, In connection with the legal proceedings which have followed, suggest questions which. In my Judgment, are worthy of the attention of Congress. 1 recommend that more definite provisions In' made by law, not only for the protection of Federal officers but for a full trial of such cases iu the United StatesCourts. In recommending such legislation I do not at all impeach either the general adequacy of the provision made by State laws for the protee- I ilon of all eitixensor the general disposition of those charged with the execution of such laws to give protection to the officers of the United States. The doty of protecting its uffleers as such and of punishing those who assault them on account ofdheir official acts should not he devolved expressly or by acquiescence u|w«n the local authorities. witnesses should be i-uotkctbd. Kvcnta which have been brought to my attention happening In other parts of the country, have also suggested the propriety I of extending, by legislation.fuller protection j to those Who tiiay Is- called as a Itnesses In the curt* of the United States. The law compels those alio are supposed to have knowledge of public offenses to attend upon our courts mol grand Juries, and to give evidence. There is a manifest resulting duty that these witnesses shall Ih- protecti-d from injury on account of their testimony. The Investigations of criminal offenses are often rendered futile, and the punishment of crime Impossible, by the Intimidation of witnesses. j INTERMEDIATE ArrKLLATK COURT*. The nrocssitr of providing some more speedy methisl for disposing of the eases w hich now come for final adjustment to the Supreme Court become* every year more apparent ami urgent. The plan of providing Home Intermediate courta. having Huai appellate Jurisdiction of certain rlasses of ques. iiotis and rases, has. I think,received a more general approval from the beach and bar of the country than any other. Without attcmptiC to discuss details, I recommend that provisiou la- made for the establishment of surli courts. JCDU'IAI. COMPENSATION. taTh# salarlA of the Judges of the District Courts In manv of the districts are, In my Judgment, Inadequate. I recommend that all such salaries now below JS.Utw per nnnuni Ih- increased to that amount. It is quite true thal the amount of ialior performed by these Judges la very unequal, but as they can not properly engage In other pursuits to supplement their Income, the salary should be such la all ease* as to provide an Independent and comfortable support. Tmb'STE SHOULD St MADE ODIOUS. Karncst attention should he given hj Congress to u Consideration of the question how far the restraint of those combinations of capital commonly called "trusts” Is matter of Federal Jurisdiction. Wlu-n organized, as they often are, to crush out all healthy competition and to monopolise the production or sale of au article of wnufffs and gen. cral nc.-cssitv they are dangerous conspiracies against tile public good, and .should he made the subject of prohibitory' and even peual legislation, f Oflt HATUKAUXATtott LAWS. Our naturalisation laws should heffMmm vised as to make the inquiry Into the em^ aeter and good disposition towards our Uot-ernim-ht of the persons applying for citizenship mure thorough. Tills can 'only he done by taking fuller control of tberxauilnations t.y tiling the times fqr hearing such apptleat onS, and by requiring the presence of some ore who shall represent the Government lu the Inquiry. Those who are the enemies of social order or w ho come to our shows to swell thelnluri-A-iAS in[i os-nee and Pi extend Ute evil practices I of «ny association that defies our slaws, should not only he denied citizenship hut a domicile, NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW. The enactment of a National bankrupt law of*a character to he a permanent part of our general legislation is desirable. It should be Simple in its methods and Inexpensive in its administration. -■ THK COSTAL SERVICE. , The report of the Postmaster-General not only exhibits the operations of the department for the past Hscal year, hut contains many valuable suggestion. for the Improvement and extension of the service which are commended to your attention. No other branch of the Government has so close a cam tart w ith the dally life of the people. Almost every one uses the service It offers, and every hour gained in the transmission of the great commercial mails has an actual and possible value that only thtfie engaged In trade can understand. The saving of one day In the transmission of I the mails between New York and Sail Francisco,w hicti has recently been accomplished. Is an Incident worthy of uientiou. The plan suggested of a SU|>crVlslou of the post-offices in separate districts that shall Involve Instruction and suggestion and a range of efficiency of IJu- postmaster* would, I have no doubt, greatly improve the service. ' THK MS' NATT. The report of the Secretary of the Navy slma * a reorganization «f the bureaus of-the department that will. 1 do not doubt, promote tlic efficiency of each. In general, satisfactory progress ha* been made in the construction of the new shlps ot-war authorised hv Congress. The first vessel of the new navv! the ladphin. wss subjected to very severe trial tesu and to very much advene criticism; but It is gratifying to tie aide to state that a cruise around the world, from which she ha* recently I returned, has demonstrated that she I* a tint class vessel of her rate. The report of the secretary shows that while the effective force of the navy is rapidly 1%crea*ing. by reason of the Improved build and armament of the new ships, the number of our ship* tU tor se* duty grow* very slowly. We had ou the fourth of March last thirty-seven serviceable ships, and though four haveafueel been added to the list the total ha* not been increased, because l« the meantime four have been lost or condemned. Twenty-six additional vessels have, been authorised and appropriated for, hut it I* probable that when they- are completed our list w ill only he Inereaw-d to forty two, a gain of nve. The old wooden ship* are disappearing almost as fast as the new vessel*, are added. These fact* carry their own argument. One of the new ship* may, in fighting strength, tie equal to two of tne old, hut It can not do the cruising duties of two. It I* important, therefore, that we should have a more rapid Increase in the number of serviceable ships. I concur In the recommendation of the secretary that the construetlon of right ayuored ship*, three gun-boat* and live torpedo- boat* he authorized.

ink ATM V«bJMli:> An appalling calamity tx-fcll three of our naval vessel* on duty at the Samoan Islands In the hartiwr id Apia in March last, tnrolv. lug the loss of four olhcers and forty-seven seamen, of two Tinsels the Trenton and the Yandalin-—and the disabling of a third, the I Mpsic. Thn-e vessels of the German navy. I also In the harbor, suffered with oar ships the force of the hurricane, and suffered even more heavily. While mourning the brave clflcer* aud men who died facing with high resolve perils (treater than those of battle. It is most gratiiviug to state that the credit of the American navy for seamanship courage and generosity was magnificently sustained in the storm-beaten harbor of Apia. 1NTKK10K liarsUTMrVT AFrslKS. The report of the Secretary of the Interior exhibits the transactions of the Government with the Indian tribes Substantia! progress has been made In the education of the children of school age and In the allotment of lands to adult Indiana. It is to be regretted that the policy of breaking up the tribal relation and of dealing with the Indian as gn individual did not appear earlier In our legislation. Large reservations hold in common, and the maintenance of the authority of the chiefs aud head men have deprived the Individual of every Incentive t» the exercise of thrift, and the annuity has contributed an affirmative impulse towards a state of confirmed pauperism. Our treatv stipulations should be highly considerate of the best interest* of an ignorant and help!res people. The reeervaik.us are now generally surrounded by white settlements. We can no longer push «»e Indian back into the wilderness .and It pemglnsonty, by every suitable agency, to j»u»h him upward into the estate of a self •upnorting and responsible eltisen. To the adult, the first steps Is to locate him upon a farm,nud for the child to place him. * •***>■• SdXn. ahould be ^ every moral agency, and V-J-l-be compeled. The National schools for Indians have been very successful, and should he multiplied, and. as far as possible, should be so organixed and conducted as to factltmtitheTrsnrfer of the schools to the Staten or Territories in which they are located when the Indians in a neighborhood have accepted cittmenshlp. and have become otherwise Ailed for Mich s transfer. This condition of things will be attained Slowly, but it wiU bc " ■ I by keeping It* In mind. And meantime that co-opera-Government and which wrought much good should be cordially and impartially sustained.

The appointment or eomtnuwion* to treat with theCberokeea, Siosx and other Indian lor the lumwlrr to the Government at eerUod« held by them and the progress thereby; the open Inn and settlement tain “ aFSaSMyssB‘T""

TUB U«0 LAWS. ! Ik the administration ot Uit' land lavs the pOTcy of facilitating in every proper way the adjustment of the honest claims ot individual settlers upon the public lands has been pursued. - The number of pending had. during the preceding Aduilalatra tlon.been greatly Increased under the operfe tion ot orders tor a time suspending Out* action in a large part ot the originating in the West and Northwest, and by the subsequent use of unusual methods of examination. Only those who ate familiar with the conditions under which our agricultural lands have been settled can appreciate the serious and often fatal consequences to tbe settler of a policy “- -■*'-‘ ‘“delays that puts his title under suspicion, or delays the Issuances of his patcuv While care Is taken to prevent end expose fraud, it should not be imputed without reason. The manifest purpose of the homestead and pre-emption laws was to promote the settlement ot the public domain by persons havings bonaflde Intent to make a home npon the selected lands. Where this intent Is Well established and the requirements ot the law have been substantially fUMMMMI_complied with the claimant Is entitled to a prompt and friendly consideration ot his case; but where there Is reason to believe that the claimant is the mere agent of another whd is seeking to evade a law intended to promote small holding*. and to secure .by fraudulent methods large tracts of timber and other lands. '>oth prillcipsl and agent shoo’ ’ d only be thwsrted in their frar purpose hut should be made to te. ,ull penalties of our criminal statutes. laws should be ■ administered as not thotdifound these two classes. Slid to visit penalties only upon the latter. Tbe unsettled state of the titles to large bodies of lands in the TeiTltories of New .Mexico and Aritona ha* greatly retarded the development of those Tcrrltorlca. Provision should lie made by law for tbe prompt trial and Itnal adjustment before a Judicial tribunal or commission of all claims based upou Mexican grants. It is not Just to an intelligent and enterprising people that their peace should he disturbed and their prosperity retarded by these old contentious, I express the hope that difference of opinion as to methods may yield to the urgency of the case. TUB runuu rBNSIoNKBS. The law now provides a pension for every soldier and sailor who was mustered into the service ol the I’niled Stales during the civil war and is now suffering from wounds or disease having an origin in tbe service and tbe line of duty. Two of these necessary facts—pi lister and disability—are usually susceptible of easy proof, but the third—origin In the service—Is often difficult, and in many deserving canes Impossible to establish. That very many of those who endured tbe hardships of our most bloody and arduous campaigns are now disabled from diseasve.that had a real it not traceable origin in service we do not doubt, besides there are another class composed of men. many of whom served an enlistment ot the three full years, and of re-enlisted veterans,who added a fourth year of service, who esca|ied the casualties of battles and the assaults of disease, who were always ready for any detail, who were in every battle line of their command. and were mustered out in Sound health, and have, since the close of tbe war, while lighting with the same indomitable and independent spirit the contests of civil life, been overcome by disease or casualty, 1 am not unaware that tbe pension roil already involves a very large annual expenditure, neither am I deterred by that fact from recommending that CoturreM grant a pension to soch honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the eivd war as, having rendered substantial service during the war. are now dependent upon their own IuIkit tor a maintenance, and. by disease or casualty, are incapacitated from caraing it. Many of the men who would be Included in this form ol relief are how dependent upon public aid, and it docs not, in my Judgment, comport with tlie National honor that they shall continue to subsist on the local relief given indiscriminately to pauper* Instead of upon tbe special and generous provision of tlie Nation Kiev served so gallantly and unseltlsbly. Our people will, 1 am sure, very generally approve such legislation, and 1 am equally sure that the survivors of tbe Union army and navy will feel a grateful sense of relief when this worthy and suffering class of their comrades is fairly cared for. There arc some manifest inequalities in tbe existing law that should be remedied. To some of these the Secretary of the Interior has called attention.

The advent of four new States, South Dakota, North Dakota. Moutana and Washington, intothe Union under the Constitution lu the same month and the admission of their ttttly-chosen representatives to our National Congress at the same session. Is an event as unexampled as It is interesting. Thecertifleationot the rotes east and of the Constitution adopted in each of the states was died w ith me as required by the eighth section of the act of February U, PWS, by the tiovernors of said Territories respectively. Maytag, after a careful exam inatVan, found that the sevehtl Constitutions and governments were republican <n form, amt not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States; that all the provisions of the act of lopsress had been complied with, am1 that' n majority of rotes east in each of said proposed .States was lu favor of adopting the Constitution submitted therein, 1 did so declare b* a separate proclamation as to eaeh, as to North Dakota and South Dakota on Saturday, November, 2; as to Montunaon Friday. November K, and as to Washington on Monday, November 11. Kach of these States has within It resources, the development o.f which -will employ the energies of and yield a comfortable subsisteuee to a great population. The smallest of these new Stales — Washington — stands twelfth, and the largest—Montana—third, among the forty-two in area. The people of these States are already well trained, intelligent and patriutio American citizens, having nun non Interests and sympathies with those of the older State-, ami a common purpose to defend the integrity and of upholding the honor of the Nation. lSTfclt-STATK CoJtMKttCK. The attention of the Inter-State Commerce Commission has been called to the urgent need of Congressional legislation for the better protection of the lives and limbs of those engaged in operating the great Interstate freight lines of the country and especially of the yardmen and brukvmcu. A petition signed by nearly ten thousand railway brakemen was presented to the commission asking that steps might be taken to bring about the use of automatic brakes and couplers on freight ears. During the year ending June M.HM,over 2,o» railroad employes were killed in service, and more than Jo.uUO injured. It is competent. I think, for Congress to require uniformity In the construction of ears used in Inter-State commerce, and the use of improved safety appliances upon such trains. Tlige wilt be necessary to make the misted changes, but an earnest and Intelligent lieginulng should be made at ‘.nee. D is a reproach to our civilisation that any class of American workmen should. In the pursuit of a necessary ami useful vocation, be subjected to a peril of life and iitub as great us that of a soldier in time of war. nit PEraKTUKST or xonicitniaE. —. The creation of an executive department to be known as the Department of Agriculture by the act of February # last, was a wise and timely response to a request which had long been resjH-clfully urged by the farmeisot tile country; but much remains to be done to perfect the organization of the department so that it may fairly realize the ex pectutions which its creation excited. In this connection attention is called to suggestions contained In the report of the Secretary of Agriculture, which is herewith submitted. The need of a law officer for the department, such as is provided lor the other executive departments, is manifest. Tue failure of the last Congress to make the usual provision for the public-ition of the annual report should be promptly remedied. The public Interest ia the report and iU value tq the farming community, I am sure, will not lie diminished under the n -w organization of the department

ntnmmrnJ that the weather service be separated from the War Uepsruucnt and established as s bureau in the Department of Agriculture: Tina will Involve an entire reorganisation lu>th of Weather Hureau and of the (signal Core*. rnakiug of the Brat a purely civil organisation and of the other a purely military staff corps. The report of the Chief ■ — r abimra tb.it the'work of the Signal Officer ite military aide hasjieea dt^riorat - tub wuiiD't rati. The propoailion to oheerre the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by the opening of a World'* Fair or JCspoaitlon in aome one of our great cltiea will be presented for the consideration of Coogieaa. The value and interest Mich an ex■sltion may well clalm thc promotion of tlliov the General Government. TUB CIVIL-HBBT1CB COMBISStOS. On the 4th of March last the Civil-Service Commission had but a single member. The _ __ 411^.1 Ika “e W .lav «1 Musa* vacancies were BUed on the Tth day id May. . ’-have been and ainee then the commissioners 1 Industriously, though with an Inadequate appropriation, engaged in eaecuting the law. They were assured by ‘ me that a cordial support would be given them In the faithful and Impartial intoreemrnt of the statute, and of the rule* and regulations adopted In aid of It. Heretofore the book of eligible* has been closed to every one. except aaccrtiBcaiions were made upon the requisiehargee of the law. ed, and what Is open can be jrni commission, with the full appro members, has now opened the list < What is secret is always suspectcan be judged. The — roval of its RHHHHHHm of eligible* to the public. The eligible lists fur class.be,I post office* awl custom houses arc now puhliclv |M>stcd in the respective offices, as are also the certifications for appointments. civil sebvicb a*roan. The reform of the civil service will make no safe or satisfactory advance until the present law and Its equal administration are well established In the confidence of the people. It will be my pleasure, as it is my duty, to see that tlin law Is executed with flrumesaand Impartiality. If some of it* provisions have been fraudulently^ evadedjbj appointing officers our resentment should not'suggest the repeat of the law, but reform in it* administration. We ahould have one view of the matter, and hold it with a sincerity that is not affected by the consideration that the party to which we belong Is for the time In power. My predecessor, on the tth day of January, 1HSB, by an executive order, to take effect March 15, brought thewallwuy mail service under the operation of the Civil Berrien law*. Provision was made that the order ahould take effect sooner in anv State when an eligible list was stuffier obtained. On the 11‘h Sty of March Mr. Lyman, then the only member of the commission, reported to mein writing that it would not be possible to have the Hat of eligible ready befanMay to have the list of eligible l. aad requested that tile taking effect of tfie M*m I until that time, which to the same provision lat - - which an eli AMtwalU original orders* toStatesin * list was sooner obtained. ot tUt? ruloft of tkti “9 9-w 7* ’ »• i&rdkzM

new otaeslflentlon and of the Inclusion of the railway mall service, the work of the commission has been greatly increased and the present clerical force is' found to be toade 1 recommend that the addl*l< __ 1 recommend that the additional ierka asked by the commission be -approbated for. The duty of appointment I devolved by the Constitution or oy the law, and the appointing ofeoers aro properly held to a high responsibility in its exercise. The growth of the country and the consequent increase of the civil list have magnified this function of the executive disproport tonally. It can not be denied, however, that the labor connected with this necessary work is Increased.oftcu to the point of actual distress, by the sudden, and excessive demands that are made upon an Incoming Administration fat removals and appointments. But on tha other band, it is not true that lucumbency is a conclusive argument for a continuance In office. Impartiality, moderation, fidelity to public duty and a good attainment in the discharge or it must be added before the argument Is complete. When those holding administrative offices so conduct themselves as to convtace Just political opponents that no party consideration or bias affects In any way the discharge of their public duties, we can more easily stay the demands for removals. FAITHFULNESS SHOULD BE RECOOSIXED. I am satisfied that both In and out of the classified service great benefit would accrue from the adoption of some system by which the officer would receive the distinction and benefit that in all private employments comes from exceptional faithfulness and efficiency in the performance of duly. I have suggested to the heads of the executive departments that they consider whether a record might not be kept in each bureau of ail those elements that are covered by the terms “faithfulness” and "efficiency,” and a rating madetshowlng the relative uteri Is of the clerks of each class, this rating to he regarded us a test of merit in making promotions. I have also suggested to the VostmasterISeuerai that he adopt some plan by which he can. upon the basis of the reports to the department, and of frequent Inspections, indicate the relative merit of postmasters of each class. They will be appro^hitely indicated in the official register and f^iort of the deKrtuient. That a great stimulus would thus given to the whole sere ice "I do not doubt, ant] such a record would be the best defense against removals from office. _ mine EDUCATION. The interest of the tjeneral Government in the education of the people found an early ‘ f in the ‘ thoughtful and ofTiur ablest expression, not only in the st11netilues warning utterances of statesmen,' hut in liberal appropriations from the common resources for the support of education In the new States. So one will deuv that it Is of the greatest National concern that those who hold the ultimate control of all public affairs should haxe the necessary Intelligence wisely to direct and determine' them. National aid to education has heretofore taken the form of land grants,and In that form the constitutional power of Congress to promote the education of the people f» not seriously questioned. I do not think it can be successfully questioned when the form is changed to that of a direct grant of uionc. from the public treasury. Such aid shoutbe. as it always has boon, suggested by som exceptional conditions. The sudden email cipation of the slaves, the bestowal of the’ suffrage which sooB followed, ami the impairment of the ability of the States where these new cltixons were ehietty found to adequately provide educational facllittos presented not only exceptional bnj unexampled conditions. That flu-situation has been much ameliorated there is no doubt. Tife ability and Interest of the States have happily increased, hut a great work remains to be done, and 1 think the General Government should Uhid its aid. is i in**

Tun ruuiiuu nuru. The colored people did not iHtrmle thcpidelves upon us; they were brought here in chains ami held hi the communities-whore they are now rhieAy found by a eruel stuve code. llttppily for IioUl. races they are now free. They have, fruui%!Standpoint of Ignorance and poverty, which was our shame, not theirs, made remarkable advances In education and in the acquisition of property. They have* as a people, shown themselves to be friendly and faithful towards the white race under temptations of tremendous strength. They have their representatives in the National cemeteries, where a grateful Government has gut lowed the ashes of those who died iu its defense. They have furnished to our regufer army regiments that have won high praise from their commanding officers for nourage and soldierly qualities and for fidelity to the enlistment oath. In civil life they are the toilers of their communities making tlit-lr full contribution to the widening streams of prosperity which"the eo-v munities are receiving. Their sudden withdrawal would stop production and bring disorder iu the household generally. They do not desire to quit their homes, and their employers rcsent^p the interference of the emigration' agents who seek to stimulate such a desire; but, notwithstanding all tills, in many parts of our eounlry where the colored population is large the people of that nice are, by various devices, deprived of any effective ex••reise of their political rights, ami of mauy of their civil rights. The wrong does not expenu itself upon those whose votes are suppressed. livery constituency in the Union Is wronged. It has been tile hope of every patriot that a sense of Justice and of respect for the law would work a gradual cure of these flagrant evils. Surely, no one supposes that tlie present, can be accepted as a permanent condition If it is said that these communities must work out this problem lor themselves, we have u right to ask whether they are at work upon it. IH> they suggest any solution? When and under what conditions is the black Juan to have a free ballot? When is be. In tact, to have those full civil rights w hich have so long been his in law? tt lien is that equality of influence, which our Government was intended tt> secure to the electors, to be restored? This generation should courugously face these grave questions and not leave them as a heritage of woe to the next. The consummation should proceed with candor, calmness and great patience upon the lines of justice and humanity, not of prejudice and cruelty. No question in our country eau be at rest except upon the tlyin base of justice and of the law. 1, earnestly invoke the attention of Congress to the consideration of such measures within its well-defined constitutional powers as Will secure to all our people a free exercise of the night of suffrage and every Other civil right under the Constitution and laws of the United States.

There Is nothing more justly humiliating to the National pride and nothing mure hurtful to the National prosperity than the Inferiority of our merchant marine compared with that of other nations whose general resources, wealth anti sea coast lines tio not suggest any reason for their supremacy on tin- seas. It was not always so, auil our people are agreed, 1 think, that it shall not continue to be so. It Is not possible lu this communication to discuss the causes of the decay of our shipping Interests or the ditiering methods by « hieh it is proposed to restore them. The statement of a tew well-authenticated fads and -omo general suggestions as to tho legislation Is all that la practicable. Tnat tho great steamship hues sailing under tile dags of Knglaiid. 1'ram-e, Germany, Spain and Italy, and engaged in foreign commerce were promoted mid have since been and now are liberally aided by grants of public money, in one form or antithesis generally known. That the Ameriean lines of steamships have been abandoned by us to. an unequal lest with the aided lines of other Buttons until they have been withdrawn, or In the few cases where they are still maintained are subject to serious disadvantages, is matter of knowledge. The present situation IS sueli that travelers and merchandise find Liverpool often a necessary intermediate port between New Yorh anti some of the Sou lb American capitals. The I art that some of the delegates from South American States to the conferenee of American nations, now lu session at Washington, rvaehed our shores by reversing that Hue of travel, is very conclusive of the need of such a conference, and very suggestive as to the Hrs* and most necessary step In the direction of fuller aud more brnetirial intercourse with nations that are now our neighbors upon the lines of latitude, but not upon the lines of established eommi-reial intercourse. 1 recommend that such appropriations be made for ocean mail service In American steamships between our ports and those of Central and South America. China, Japan and the important islands In both of the great oceans, us will be liberally remunerative for the service rendered, as will encourage the establishment, and in some fair degree, euualiae the chances of American steamship lines in the cumpetitions which they must meet. That the American Stales lying south of us will cordially co-operatu in establishing and maintaining such lines i-f steamships to their principal ports, 1 do not doubt. A NAVAL KKJMtkVX. We should also make provision for a naval reserve to consist of such merchant ships of American construction and of a specided tonnage and speed aa the owners will consent to place at the use of the tioverniuent in case of need as armed cruisers. England has adopted this policy, and as. a result can now, upon necessity, at onee place upou her naval list some of the fastest steamships in the world. A proper supervision ol the construction of such vessels would make their oonversiun into effective ships of war very easy. I am an advocate of economy in our National expenditure*. but It la a misuse of the term to make this word describe a poliey that withholds an expenditure for the purpose of extending our foreign commerce. The enlargement and Improvement of our merchant marine, the 1 development 'of a sufficient body of trained American seamen, the promotion of rapid and regular malt communication between the ports uf other countries and our own. and the adaptation of large and swift American merchant steamships to naval uses in lime of war. are public purpose* of the highest concern. The enlarged participation of our people in the carrying trade, the new and Increased markets that will be opened for the products of our farms and factories, the fuller and better employment of our mechanics which will result from a liberal promotion of our foreign commerce, insure the widest possible diSuston of benefit to alt the States. and to all ^ent inauguration'of *a KSffiSS ior the ]irw*ens W(t progressive poliey upon thls subject, aud we should enter upon It *I>|1 “f* decision. The legislation whjeh l hav* suggested. it Is sincerely heHeved. wiU the Peace and honor of our country and the nrosDerity and security of the people. P1 invoke the diligent and uartou* of Congress to the^comHdcratio^of^these ana such other liieusurcs as may sen ted, having the same great end ■blnjamin HASalSON Executive Mansion, Washington. l>. C-. l»ec. Sons AtrrkAUA is p«Hluom|[ poiiAtfy*

far \' Wot lore ;«»m1 di<UEetore We married’ (TH^eMok. to badly scorched. ) liYreeyou, • (Your biscuits did not Vink* You can net cook as mol fcar dldt I know it, sweet, and * to* you But talents, very oft, are hid— (This cofleehas a taste 9t When yon have passed aw ay 1 O, do not speak at that, ?! be*:! Will praise and love your 1 oodest t (Why eaa't I sometimes 1 tavo an egg!) You try to please me all you canl^j * » rm very sure you do, my sSweet. 'V I am a reasonable man. (Pray was this' omelet male tppjgt) ■ My love will last until I die, (My, this oatmeal!) No matter, I>a\ But then I wish that you would try To have It boiled a little, dear.^^ Think more of eating than ot yo^P Now that, indued, you can not prttra, But this iu.st(\J3ihMM*ey true^_* 3 A man niusfea^Ptve and_ 4 -C. H. Thuj^BB.Life. — -By. •the tide 'e shores ' we wou^d in the voii _,ey will be I When after wh>lf>e shall gre»i Farther on wher^^r tide is clearer, Down tho streatwkhere theshVures are fair. 4 By and by when the sun Is shining. ASer while when the skies are clear, A unfolds Its stiver H^g of tho peaceful isles draw near, our tongues from their dull re11 our hearts with the words of cheer— ,le when the sun Is shining, >y when the skies are clear. t —Chicago Herald. Diamonds In Demand. Once I wdoed a maiden divinely fair. Whoso faintest smile dispelled my every rare; She led me on and sore my patience tasked. Until, one eve. her heart and hand I asked. She heard my plea, and In a frigid way e, hut would not name the day; erjoyed I slyly thought; ay now that my lady-* caught!" ■ with a circlet, gemmed and rare, ThaVmatched the luster of her golden hair— TtMmnSght from her bright eyes tho ^nHeau>s. • And flashed them buck again in myriad Down the si Farther oh Are the gracti The names we Be the voyage theix styry streams. ■Xhe Jbrn£P%lr she wtf-e at once gave vtay fro keen' dtpght. and in a manner gay She kissed the pledge and brightly beamed on Then fScly vowed the truest constancy. We're married now; 1 Of that l"m told when The ring 1 gave by; of Has lost its Am Caterer's mine Is hers 1 Pfcr ehance occurs, that .happy day For ins^^^.'.’ow, al; IVniamBWiamoml f< Ah me! at this rate I ct 1 soon styiH need the mi -Frank B. Sure Itoad 1 A moment of leisure hail > And rather than irahess^ Tho coaMealcr's ofdse hpy art c A book with attention pernsli Then asked his empt^rrr: What is the rtok That you take such ah interest in, sonny! Ao boy attbe titlo gave a^bok *Vtul angered: “The WayawMako Money." Ol plans to make money there isn't a one Beats mine I am conBdent, sonny. Give eighteen hundred pounds to the ton And you'll Bud that’s the weigh to make mflncy. ' — —Boston Courier.

mauen a*. tVhat matters it.YiyYurious friend, where lie* Our heavenly bgrtnr and our land of rest? "Whether it® \beg oe * the azure shies Or in son^i'ver *rorkl, God knoweth best. It offers salfrom our oare», and so What matters it wither it be high or low? ' It offers rest; what more should mortals know! Best from the weariness of burdened days. Of bitter longings and of evil hours. Of duties leading us through darkened,ways, And into efforts far beyond our powers. Of dark temptations into secret sin. Of constant labor, earth’s poor gifts to win. Of spirits deadened by the strife and din. It matters nothing as to wHfcn or where Wo ttnd tho haven and the welcome home; Let curious doubt give place to trusting prayer. And no weak soul through speculation roam. (We seek for sealed-up secrets, h^pm things; Enough for us if on eternal wings We reach the country of those better things. , Vex not thy spirit, O aspiring man 1, * Hut livo thy days as earnest workers must; Nor try to pierce through God’s mysterious plan Which obligates thee to a life of trust. Some day, somewhere, while countless nges roll. Thy hungry heart shall comprehend the whole, The vail be parted for thy thankful soul. ”* -N. Y. Tribune. -.-»«- 1 1 CATARRH. Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever—A New Home Treatment. Sufferers are not generally aware that these diseases are contagious, or that they are due to the presence of living parasite* in the lining membrane of the nose and eustachian ..tubes. Microscopic research, however, has proved this to be a fact, and tho result of this discovery is that asimple remedy ha* been formulated whereby Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness are permanently cured in from one to three simple applications made at homb by the patient once in two weeks, N. B.—This treatment is not a snuff or an ointment; both have boon discarded by reputable physicians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining this new treatment is sent on receipt of three cents in stamps to pay mintage b^H. Dixon ft Son, cor. of John and Kin^Hpt, Toronto, Cunada.-CAru-jioH AdeoeaU^^ _ Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should carefully riflB the above; KW.1 Ldroeatf? *rs Iroi . y’ 'c^Mtore Is p0ty of l i^Kuiways will be riMg there are imp: and for_ ton Herald. „ room at the top, „ bo unless facilities Improved. — Bing hamA 93.50 Paper far 91.73. Tni Youth's Companiox gives so much for the small amount that it costa it Is no wonder it is taken already In nearly Half a Million Families. With its fine paper and beautifuHlustrations, Us Weckly Illustrated Supplements, and its DoubieHoliday Numbers, it seems as if the publishers could not do enough to please. By sending *t T5 now yoHnay obtain it free to January, and I for a funyear from that date to January, ISM. Address, Tus Youth’s Comtasiox, Boston, Hass. _ With Hsyellow, green and blue plumes, the new Brazilian bird of freedom must be a compromi e between a paroquet and a -Baltimore American. a compro peacock.

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She feet's heree!?!' burUen when t blessing she should be And longs for denth to brioche? release tram misery. If these poor, discouraged women who suffer from diseases peculiar to women could only know that health could he regained by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, how eagerly theywould hasten to avail themselves of It They ought to know it and try it Every woman who is still healthy ought to he told about the wonderful virtue in this medicine, and understand that it is a safeguard against the terrible diseases common to her sex. It is cearnafud to give satisfaction or money paid for it will be refunded. Cutaxsn the liver, stomach, bowels and whole system by using Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. Them Is one point in favor of the man that laughs at his own jokes. You are never in doubt as to whether he Intended to be funny.—Terre Haute Express. Consumption Surely Cured. To the Editoh:—Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. 1 shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy rnss to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send mo their express and post-office address. Respectfully, T. A. Smxtm, M. C., 1SI Pearl street, New York. Wrkx a Spaniard comes, to America and Kts to prefer a beer garden to a bull light, is said to be on tho road to a higher civilisation.—Texas Siftings. G. M. Scott, of Okolona, Miss., wrote to Dr. Shallenbcrger: “Your Antidote for Malaria is certainly the best thing for chills and fever that has ever been sold in tho South. 1 have been selliug it for tgvlaw peon, and know it to be the best medicine I have ever dealt in. It is perfectly harmless, and a sure cure in every case. So id by Druggists. It Is hard to be wise, but It Is comparatively easy to look wise whqn you ara not, and if you keep your mouth shut In most cases that serves just about as well—Somerville Journal. The Ladles Delighted. The pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which the ladies may use the liquid fruit laxative. Syrup of figs, under all conditions make it thetr favorite remedy. It Is pleasing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual iu acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. “Tun human race is a great one,” said he. “Yes,” said the widow to whom he was engaged; “lam now on the second ian.”—N. Y. Sun.

Oregon, tits I'amlln of Formers, SI ild. oquablecliuniio, certain and abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock oountrr inlho world. Full information free. Address Oregon Immigration Board,Portland,Oregon It's Tory monotonous to be rich, but there is a variety about being poor that sometimes makes one wearv.—Philadelphia Inquirer. kPfKE soap is white. Brown soaps are Multerated with rosin. Perfume is put in to hid® the presence of putrid /-it. Dobbins' Klectric Soap is limt, white and unscented. Has been sola since i$»B. Try it no r. It is strange that the man who is dead in lovo with liimself should bo hated bv every body who knows him.—Boston Transcript. M t friend, look here! you know how weak and uervous your wife is, and you know that Carter's Iron Pills will relievo her. Now why not be fair about it and buy her a box! Policemen never commit crimes, and they are rather slow in the commitment of criminals.—N. O. Picayune. Usn Brown’s Bronchial Troches for Coughs, Colds and ail other Throat Troubles. “Pre-eminently tho best.’’ — A'er. Henry Ward Bttrhtr. Mkrcvrt had wings on his pedal extremities. The infuonce is that he had soar feet. —Binghamto^Hepublican. Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise Halo's Honey of Harehound and Tar. Pike's Toothncho Drops cure iu one minute. There are only a few certainties in the world. One of them is tho mother: you can always depend upon her. Ant one can take Carter’s Little Liver Pills, they arc so very small. No trouble to swallow. No paiu or griping after taking. Btrano* as it may appear, it is when the fall comes that trado takes a rise.—Boston Courier. “The old smoker's delight — “TansiU's Punch” America’s tiuest 6c cigar. Tns statesman in his caglo Mights of oratory simply spreads bis opinions. No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 26c. Marri ac.e never trill be a failure till bachelors’ buttons cease to como oft. Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 3ic A nisri TE over the coal bill is likely to be a heated controversy.

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GOLD MEDAL, PA8JB, 1878. W. BAKER & CO.'S oMfast Cocoa ™ Jl sWlMtdy lMart amt U <• iohMt. No Chemicals i w wed in Mi puparahna It hat I am Mm Om tfnae (M MrmjM tf I Ucoa mixed «ita Stanch, Artuwraot ■ nr Sugar, and U tbrrefbre far aaora B aconooucal. «•*»*# Oam than m* R • np It » deliriouv nonriahlaf, III atrraftikrntnc* Eamli Dtuuma, |1| and admirably adapted for iaralJdi Paa ««Q aa IbrpnraoiM ia health.

NEEDLES, [5r/;a» SHUTTLES,! £3 RmuiicnMgsffiiS MIS raw PAKt mmWmtymm (5 to $8 a day. 8<unpka worth mi PREP. Line* not tinder h«r**** fwt Write BtKW*Ttt WHTI U I HOLM* C*., Matt?,*!*. llfAm»wjii«|wwn

The Plain Truth I* that Hood'* Sarsaparilla has oared thousands of people who suffered severely a lih rheumatism. II neutralises the lactic acid la the Moot!, which <aa*e* those terrlhle pains an t aches, and also Titallies and anrichea the blood, thus preventlna the recurrence of the disease. These tacts warrant „ train urging yon. I! yon suffer with rheumatism, to gtee Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial. "I had rheumatism so that when I sat or laid down 1 could hardly get np. Hood's Sarsaparilla has almost cured me.” P. Cars es. nation, O. N. B.—If you make up your mind to try Hood'a Sarsaparilla,do not bo induced to take any other. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. W: sis for li. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar WALES GOODYEAR RUBBERS. SHOfi t'Oe When you want rubbers call for WALES Goodyear, and do not bedeceircd by buy In# other rubbers with the word ” Goodyear” on them, as that name la used by other companies on Inferior goods to catch the trade that the Wales Goodyear Shoe Co, has established by always making good goods, which fact |»kwU ec^nom^jt^bny the WALES OOOIH

ELY'S | CREAMBALM Ihadcatarrhiobcd there were great tores m my new, om place oat eaten through. Too Miles of Ely's Cream Balm did the work. 3ly note and head are well. C. S. XcSGUn, Sibley, Jto.

Thli popular romady b«th talia U effectually care Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And all diseases arising from a Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion. Tke natural raault la pood appetlto and solid flcsb. Dow small; alcgaak ly auar mated and caay to swallow. SOLD EVERYWHERE. MADE WITH BOILING WATER. EPPS’S GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. COCOA MADE WITH BOILING MILK.

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OT-nixs this rAPKit s*«ty ttaM fnmti. I CUBE FITS! WTini I mt eure 1 do not mean merely to atop them for a time end then have them return again. I mean a radical cure. 1 have made the disease of FITS. RPtLKPsmr FALLING SICKNESS a life long study/! war* rant my remedy to cure the worst case*. Because others have faded la no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Free BottV of my infallible remedy. Give Express and Fost-OIBca N. «. ROOT. M. €h1W Pearl liml, Maw Verb. •V-hAMX m» PAR* awry «a*»a«ta The great Christmas WIDE AWAKE! 100 pages qharto.illustrated, l . h * given FUKK t< all who send before December PQ. arsAiu this mue«7 um in na. ~ 6AVEATsT TMDEMARXS, I*AHBJUi A BFJIGXI. HT Send rough shetch or cheap model ol invention IMMEDIATELY to J, M. CMALL! * CO.f WAMUMfWhD. <T grtutotais rare* i Procured quickly. It-page j pamphlet on reunion and w Bounty Laws sknt KB. ^aitTT^yT^^mial^SftS^uCui g*-SUXB THIS PAR* wary OBaysaRrita _ ror inventors. to-pas* BOOK PRKR. AddrsM , W. T. FhzfersUi, Micro*} at Law, Waahioftoa, D. C. ar>'iana nut rarsn«?«y hm« >mm vna _ AIL SO L DI £ K b, PENSIONS: ■ MBlm Address p. H. Claim Agency for Western Sol arSAX* THIS PARK every ttaayv PATENTS: PENSIONS™: _.. —s par. ete.r 1>«- _-— . MnereMtoTetiilJtwafrM. k. w. MtUH * MS Oxtall.S. * e A MONTH AMO BOA HU PAID. 9hh or hUbe>tcomn>i»lon anU »• DA I’M' CREDIT to Anno, on oar Now Book, p. w. net i.r.K a ok. m «>no k, iuwsa EXPLORATIONS la let. Now Book. MishlagCo., St. Louis. VIRGINIA FARMS AND MILLS SOLD tfdaiHiiVSSSDiK •rSAMKtHIS PARK awry U TELEGRAPHY. | American School of Telegraphy, Mi -good paying •aajrsa VnilUC IICM l-caru Tolegraphr and Railroad IIKINB RICH A*onf» Business here, and mure tood sltuaUons. Write J. U. BROWN. Sedalia. Mo. . Book kerptnff, Penmanship. ArithSUorthsnd. etc., thorwghir (ought rrre. BKr.rrscuu.rot, s.«u»,s.t. INKS I At hol( prle*. shipped on trial, to b. paid . Ssito POR CIRCVLABS, xcfaange, S*. Louis, Mo. A BEIT* WAITED! FAMOtrsMussocRi Stbam Mwasukk on trial. Worth A Co-St. Louis. Mo. Fanaars’ * tUborers' Uaia. Bscl A. N. K. b. 120 S. win writins t« Airansiti rum

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<latt« (J/X/m (ftwommi PISO’S KKMEDY FOR CATARRH.—Best Kasiert to uw. ( boa post Relief is immediate. A cere » certain. For Cold in the Head it Us no eqaal. CATARRH It is an Ointment, of which a small partie leis applied to the^ noatriteTlSice^We. Sold by druggists or sent by mail. , T. H a7.ki.tixk~ Warren, pa.

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