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ri?U3feaufiMhei. iKUw: i m,A j ti. ' WBDWKWBWlfJOW peestobnttal'taiiB:. ANNUAU MESSAGE OF PRESI . DENT CLEVELAND. v )rretgn .Affair v,igt;tly Touched Upon R?ltt't!on of United Stair Willi Otlmr Nations -A History or tlio Treasury Dt'mrnUr nnil I'.florU fat .Forth ,to Remedy It Other Subject Under Dis cussion, , . , , . The President' Mesvrtge Washington, Dec. 5. Tho following Is tho President's mcssnpo! To Tnt Coxobjmii op tub United States i Cl pront assemblage of the legislative fcraneh of our government occurs itt a Urns srhon the Interest of our peoplo and tho need f the country give f pr-clal prominence to tho onditlon of oar foreign rclatloni and the axl fenalcs of our national finances. Tnn reports f tho several administrative department ot Mia government fully and plainly exhibit wlmt fens boon oorcmpllshed within the scope of their cspectlve duties nnd prownt sach rooommend tlons for Uie betterment of urcountry's con dition as patriotic and IntelUront labor and b ervntions suggest, l therefore d cta my oxecutlvo duty nde inately performo t nt this time by proienting to the Cpngrots the Important phases of our litustlon as relatod to car intercourse -with Virolca nations, and a statement of tho flnan slat problems which confront as, omitting, mccp as they .are related to Ibono topics, any tr,fef enca to departmental operations. !, earnestly invite, however, not only the vsrofill consideration, hut tho soveroly crltlenl scrutiny of the Congress nnd my fallow conn. Irrmen to Urn reports concerning these depart mental operation v It Justly nnd fairly oxam taed they furnish proof of ossidnnus and rftltisthkltiB enre for tho publlo Welfare. I press Jhe recommendations they contain upon the respectful attention of tlioio charged with tho dti'y of IffflpiatloTi, bncauso I beliore their adoption would promote tho people's good, Missionary Riots In t'lilnn. Tlio close of the momentous struggl batween China end Japan. -while relieving the diplo matic agent of this Government from tlio doll ate duty they undo took at request of both ountries of rendering sn h fervid t o su bjo 1 ts f either belligerent within tlio territory limits ( tho other as our neutral position permitted, fcvolopcd a domestic condition in tho Ciilnojn ropho which has cnuso.l mush anxiety nnd ailed for 'prompt hnd careful attention. Either an a result of a weak control h . tho con tral government over ths provincial adminis trations, following a dlmliiutlon of t 'ftdltlohal torcraranntnl authority under tho stress of nn overwhelming national dUfutotvor a manifcta tlou Upon Kood opportrtaily of tlio amnion of tho Uiineso popnlatlou to nil forotitn ways nnd undertaking?, there htivo occurred in widely separated provinces of China serious outbreaks f the old fanatic 1 spirit ngaintt torrignejs, which, unriihpkoi by tlio local nntlm Hies, If ootnHurilly connived at by tb?m, Iibto ciilirtln atod in mob attacks oh forpltn missionary stations, causing much dostru-tion of proper ty end attended with pei tonal injuries n well .loft of life. Although tmt ono AmMleart cltl en was reportel to Iibto bean actually wounded, and although tho destruction of property mty have fnllon moro heavily upon tlio mllimnrtc of other uatlotinU 1b than o own, It plainlr bchoaviid this government 'o take tho most ' prompt nnd tlruidod tcticm to punnlnKalnst similar or perhaps mora dread, ful cslamitios. The demands of tho Unltod Slates nnd other powers for tho deixretlatlon nnd puuiilnnont of -the roponsible oflieials of tho rojpeotlve cltlos nd provinos-who by ncclcct or otherwiso ha.1 permitted up-rislnjrs and for the adoption of stern measures by tho limperor's Roreramont $ZJT-innA ' 5fi"ft7'0& ! Alsnijialot certain urovlnelal olllcluls found derelict In duty, and tho punishment by death ef a number ot' thoso found t-uilty ot actual , earttcipntlon. in tho outrages. Hits govern. caent nlsa Insisted that n special American eommUhloti should A-Isilt tho proviuso Whcro tho first disturbances occurred for tho purpoto ef investigation. This latter commission, formed alter much opposition, ha gono over land train Tien Tain accompanied by a suitnblo Chinese escort, nnd by Its demonstration of tho j teadluets and nullity of our government to prj- ' tect Its cltirons, will act, it Is hollovcd, as n most tnfiuMstlrd 'irterrcnt ot rny similar outbreaks. Tho Wnllcr disc. 1 Tho customary cordlnl relations botwecn this country and Franco havo been undisturbed, with the exception that a full explanation of tho treatment ot John L Vnllcr by tho expo. iitlouary military authorities of fcianco Mill tcmaios to bo given. Mr. Waller, formerly United States cowul to Tamatavo, remniued In iladsgAtoar after his term ot oflice expired tnd was apparently tucconful in procuiln, businpss ccuccssions from tho Hovas, of greater or less voluo. After tho occupation of Tama Uvo and tho declaration of martial law by the French, ho was arrested upon various ehurgvs, among thero, that of communicating military Information, to tlio nncroy of Franco, wan tried nd convicted by military tribunal and entenced to twenty ) ears imprisonment. Fol lowing the courso justlQod byabuuduut prece dents, this government demanded from that, f Franco tho record of tho proceedings of tho French tribunal, which rcsultod In Mr. Wal ler's condemnation. This request has been complied with to the rj.tcnt et supplying a ropy of the bcnctlcial record from which appear the constitution and organization of the Court, tho charges as for mulated and tho genoral course and result ot tlio trial and by which it was shown that the ccutedwas ttiod In open court and waa do fended by counsel. Hut tlio avidepco adduced lit support of tho choices, which mm not ro elvcd by tho French minister of foreign affaus until (ho first week in October, has thus far been Withhold. 'the Frtnch gorornmm taking the gronad that its production in rcsponto to oirdsmnnd would establish a bad pnvodont. Tho efforts 6f our ambassador to procure it, liowevcr, though irapoded by recont changes in tho French ministry hnvo not been relaxed and it is confidently expected that eome satisfac tory so.ution ot tho umttor will shortly bo reached. Mesnwhllo it appears that Mr. id ler's conDnemunt has ovorv nllarlation which the ttato ot his haalthond njl tho other ciicuai stances of the CQ'o demand or penuit. Traito CiQpl!t-tlous With Gormany, Our rolntion wltli tho ttatet of tlu tjerma omptioarc in toma dipucts typUal of u condi tion ot things eh)o,yh ro found iu a country whose production and trado uro similar Iq our -owiii ilia cJojo rivalry ot conpetiug inauv -trio,: tha Inlluomo St Uia delusive doctrino -that the intnnil ilcvo'.opmint of a nation is prom tted nnd its wralilt Increase I by a policy which, In undertaking, to rese-ve l's own, mar kets for tho oxclu ivo vita of 11a v, n producers, ccssarily obtruct there mlf-s in foreign mar- . kets and provcuts fros acooss to markots of tho ! world; tue dssira to retain trade in time-worn ruts, regardless of tha inexorable lawiotncw cd and rhacgeil conditions of demand nod ' oppt, and our uwahaltlug tardlncai in invlt- 1 in; a frao eachnngo ot commodltloi and by this ' moans imperiling our footing in thaextorual markets cuturally open to us, havo created a situation somewhat Injurloui to Amnlcanox $xrt interest!, not only In Oermanv, where they are perhaps mo.t tiott cable, but la adjacent countries. 1 Tho exports affected aro largely American attle and other food products, tho reason ' assigned for unfavorablo Oiscrlmlnitlon boing that their consumption Is deleterious to tha publlo hoalth. This hi all tho in ore irritating In vietf of the fact that no European Stato ii as jialous ot the excellence an I wholo-omo-ntes ot its exported food supplies as tho United stater nor to easily able un account of Inner at soondness to guarantee tlue qualm. s. Nor are these dlfhcultl soonflnodto ou- food products deslguoJ for oxpartailon, Our eroat Insurance coiuponie-, for cxmdo having built up a vat business abroad Hnd investoJ n largo Hiare of their galas In foreign pouutries. Incompliance with tho Joo ilia wi onl rovula vions ths a existing, now find then salvos wltuin ft narrowing circle of onotous 'and uufoieseen onditlons, and are confronted by tbe necessity f retirement from a field 1 hesb made unprofit able, if Indeed they ato not summarily ex sailed. s somo of them tiave latclybeoa in fmssla, ItlsaottObJ forgot 1 op that intn. MM naif naltrndAcannotha 6n-Iilel. Its en root are nltornatlns nad Its movements should txl honestly reciprocal Without this italraost oofe'Brily de;eiorat" Into n devl e to ffala advantago or a contrivance to iccaro bone'lls W tin only theterahlsnteof icluin. la our doallnos with ether nations, wo ought ia bo bprndinndol andsruplouIy fair. . This should bo our policy as a producing ni tlon, and It plainly becotnr-s us as a peop.e wh love trcnnroslty and ths moral x)Ct of na tional cool faith and reciprocal forbearance. Those considerations should not, however, con strain vtsj to submit to unfair Ulcrimlaatlon' nortotlentlynro,uloj;oln voxatloushindrauces tothoeii.'o mentof our 1 hire of tho lcultimatc adrnntnics of proper trade relations. It an examination of tba situation hikkosIs such mounrcs 01 our part ns would Involve rstrit Upna similar to thota from which wo suffor. tlio way to tuchs)i enue it easy; it should, how eror, by no mcaru be llshtlr entered upon, since the neccMlt for tho Inaujuratlon of such n policy woald be ronrntted by thebsstsontl mcut of our pooplo, oad becauso it naturally nnd logically might lead to ajuiopuences of ths cravestchnractcr. Tli Behrlng Ben, Matter, Our relations with droat B-itali, always In llmate and important, have demanded, dnrlnrr tii piat year, even a creator shato of consider ation than Is usual. Several vexatious iues tioni were left uiidetermlnod by the decision of the Bohrlntf soa arbitration tribunal. Tlio ap plication of the principles laid Uofrttbythe august body lias not been followed by tho re sults they wore intindad to accomplish) either b?causa the principles thsmselvcs lacked la breadth aitddcfinltenssi or becauo thslr exe cut?n has ben more or lets lnipcrlect, 'Iho understanding by which the Un ted Statm was to pay and Great I rltain to recalvo a lump sum of $i'4,00) in fall arttloment of all Hrltl'h claim for damacs nrliing from our soisure o( llrltlsh scaling ves-ali unauthorized under tho awnid of tho I'arls trllmnal of arbitration was not confirms I by tho lata Congress, which do cllnid to make tho necoisarv appropriat on I am still of tho opinion that this nrrangiraont was ft judicious and advantageous one for the government, nnd 1 earn'slly recommend that it b) again con.Idoroil and smctloncd. If, iiowovor this does nit meet with tho favor of Congress, It certainly will hardly dissont front tho proposition that tho Kovornrucnt is bounil to every consideration of honor nnd good faith to provide for the speedy ndjuitmeut of thoto chilms by arbitration itln only pther alterna tlvo Atrciaty of arbitration has, thuroforo, been ngroed upon and Ul bo Immediately laid before the Banrt t so that, In oiio of tho ran les sUgg-stol, a dual settlement may be reached The Venezuela Issue. It balujj apparent that Ih? boundary dispute Iwtwtoa tlruat Uri.ain nnd tlio llepuhllo of Venezuela, conramlng tin limits of HritUk tiuinca, was nppro.ichlng un nsuie Stago, a ilotuiltu etiucment of tho interest and policy of tho UuitnJ Btntos a regards tho controversy socmod to bo ro tulrod both on its own account and Ininy of its relations with tho frlondly iowor directly o ncornod. In July latt. there- I foio, n dispatch was nddrcssoJ to our nmbaesn ' rlor at London forouininunirntinu to tho llrltlsh ' government In which thu nttitud) of tho Unltod I bU Oivras fully nnd ditttnctly tct forth. Tho 1 gcnerul cor.nlnsions thero reached nn.l formu lated nro in substhnca that tho truditionul atid .k .1 nltl 1 . I. M.I aIIh.. S. ll.t mwnti A wh ... fsta I 1 H-1.. .,M,u..n.m ,wvj m m.i k.nuuvuk wmi ( uiii:,rn u 11 iuiuuiu mvmuiu hi mif iuuiiui tKiwcr ot its territorial possessions on this contl netit; that this policy Is as well founded in priuclplo as it is strongly supported by nu. morons j-roicdonts, that ua a oontoqutn;o tho United Sttoi 1j bound to protest against tlio en argumonl of tl.o nn of Uiitish (iulnca n dcrigntion ot tho rights and against tho will of Venezuela ; that, considering the disparity iu itrength of (J rent llrltiln and Venezuela, the ton Itorinl dispute botwocn them can bo otudly RAly !i ' , lion nn.l that tho icort to such arbitration 1 should inctudo tin wholo control my nnd is uot.atl lied itouo of tha powers oouccrnoJ la rormlttfd to draw an arbitrary lino through tho territory in debate and to declare that it will submit to ntbltmtlon only Iho portion lyin on ". opt. Ititlo. ot tboio conclusions the dbpatch In question called upn tho llrltlsh g(iorniroat for 11 ditlnltonns'nor to the quustlon whether it would or would not mbnilt tho terri torial cohtroveriy tiotwoiii ttsolt nnd Vunezuola iu its cuti-cty to impartial rrrbltralicn. Tlio onwerof tho llrltlsh government li.is not yet licon rcceivo 1 but fs uxiioctod shortly when fuithcr1 comuiuiiicntliui on the subjoct will prob b'y bo innda to coiiuiest. The Hawaiian Mattor. Krirly in January lastnn uprising against the government of llawalia wa promptly sup ppTii Jtartl-l law was forthwith pro claimed nnd numerous arrests ware made ot persous suspected of baiug in sympathy with tho Itojahvt party. Among theso wore scvoral citizens of tlio United States, who were either convicted by a military court and icntcnccd to death, imprisonment or line, or were deported without trial, Tho United States, while deny ing protection to thoto who had taken tho Iln walian oath ot allegiance, insisted that martial law, though altering the forms ot justice, could not supercede justlco itself, and demanded a ftnyot execution until tho proceedings had been submitted to this government, aud knowl edge obtained therefrom that our citizens had rccolvod fair trial. The death sentences wore subsequently commuted or were remitted on condition of leaving tho Islands. Tho cases ol certain Americans arrested and expelled by or 1 bltrary order, without formal charge or trial, ' havo hnd attention, nnd in some instances liuvo bennfuuod to justify remonstrance aud n claim tor Indemnity, which Huwalia has thus far not , conceded. Mr. Thurston, tho Hawaiian Minis- tcr, having furnished this government nbund ant reason for nsklng that ho bo recalled, that courso was pursued and his successor has lately been received. Lynching of Itnlinns In Colorado. 1 Tho dcploruhto lrnchin; ot sovcral Italian laborer) in t Udorado was nnturilly followed by international icpremutntlon and I am happ tossy that tho bist effort 1 of tho Stnto In which th -si outrag"s occurred haio beon put forth to dt-covor nnd punish tho authors of this atroclom crlni'. Tha dependint famili'snt somoof tlio unfortunata victims invito by tholi oplorablo condition gracious provision fot their ncod. Tliaie minifestatlons against itilploiis aliens may bo tracod through surctu (uvo s taires ot th v Iclou padroni system uhich nii-lioekrd by our immigration and contract labor statutes, co itro!s Uifso workers from tlio m mautot landin on our shnru. and tnrms them out in distant and often rude raglont. whoro their chonpcningacompetiou in tho fields of bratul winulng toll brings thoin In collision witlintho- labor lute oU. Whlli welcoming, ns wo hould, tliiisc who soolc our shores to lU'-rgo thorns lvcs In ur body iolitlon and win per onalcompetonoj by honest tlTort, wo can cot regard iU5h atsemhlagos as distinctively alien latxror, hl-od out in tho mars to the ' Profit of llea speculator and ahlpiwl hlthet and thithar as tho pnspo t of giin may dic tate, as otherwisi than repugnant to the r ght of our cWUiuitlon dotorrcnt lo individual ud vane ment and hindrances to tha bid' dins up of ftable cnmmun tlis resting upon the whole some ambitions of tho citizen and constituting tho prime factor in tho prosperity nnd progress ofournatlnu If legislation can roach this growing evil It certainly should bs attomptad. Congratulations for Japan. Japan has furnished abundant evidence ot hr vast gain in evory trait and cturastorlstic that constitutes a nation's gr?ntnas. Weliava treason for congratulation In tho fact that the government ot the Urn ted Btatcs, by tho ex' cbango of libornl treaty stipulations with the dqw Japan, was tho first to racogulzo bar woo dorful advancement and to extend to hoc the consi icratlon and conndeuco due to hor na tional cnlightenmont and progressiva char acter. Esmosn Arrangement Unsatisfactory. In my last two nrnual meskoges I railed Uie attention or the Congress to the position we occupied aa one ot th) parties to n treaty or agreement by which we became olntly bound with England and Ucrmany to so interfere with the government and control of Samoa as In effect to astumo the managomaatof its affairs. On tho 9th day ot May, 1391, 1 transmitted to the senate a special message with accompany ing documents giving Information on the sub ject and emphasizing the opinion I bavoatall tiroes entertained that our situation on this matter was Inconsistent with the mission and traditions of our government in violation ot tho principle! wo profess and in all its pliasea mischievous and vexatious. I again press this subject upon th? attention ot ConjrCfS and ask nMMMftJiMMMMiH for rnChlfelsfatfvfe nhUiit oxWssfoaf will lesd tho way to Our relief from obligations both irksome and unnatural The Cuban Rebellion. Cnb-t is again gravely Atsturhod, aninsnrrro Hon In somo repscls tabto active than the list pretoodinsr revolt, Which continued from 1S63 tplS78.no cxltinn argoport of tholt orn Interior of the Inland tnenacingevon some pohulatlons on ths coast Ilcsldo dangsrlng tho eommerrinl exchanges ot tho UlanJ, of which put" country tales Iho predomlna.nt share, this flagrant condltl .n of lirijtllitlea by a rousing soitimental sympathy and fnclllrwr ad venlurou support among our people, has en tailed earnest effort on tho port of this govern ment to enforce obod enco t our neutrality laws and to prevent tho tor rltory of the JJnlte I Btntes from lulrur abused as aVantagu trofind from which to aid those In nrmT agoinatBpan Ish sovnrelgntr Wiatovermay bo (hottadl tlonal sympathy of our couritrymen; as irulU vidnals with people who seem to be strtfagling fo larger autonomy and greater froidom deepened as such sympathy naturally must bs In b-half of our neighbor. Yet ths plain duty of tholr government is to obsorve In good falUi tho roCngnizod obligations of international re lat!onhip Tho performonco of this duty should not bo made moro difficult by adisro tnrdnnpartofourcitlzonsof tho obligations trowing out of their nlleffinnco to their coun try which should restrain thorn from violating cs individuals tho neutrality which tho nation of whlh thoy aromombers'is bound to observe In its rotations to friendly sovereign Statoa. Though nolthor the warmth ol our people's lympathy with tho Cuban Insurgents norour lossTmd miitoriat dimago consoquent upon U10 fntllo endonvon thus far in a do to restore peaco and order, nor nny shook onr humane senilblll tlo may hava rocoivel from tho cruelties which appear to especially characterize this innguinoty nnJ fiercely conducted war, have In tho least rlmkea tho determination of tho gov ernment to boncstlr fulfill every International obligation 1 jot. It is to bo earnestly hoped, on svery grounds, thnttho devastation of armed tonfllcttuny sp odlly bo stayed and order and quiet restorod to the distracted island, bring ing In their train the edibility end thrift of peacoful pursuits. The Turkish Troubles. Occurrences In Turkey havo continued to e :ito concern. Tlio reported massacros of Chris liais in Armenia and tin development there, nnd in othor district, of tho spirit ot fnnatlo hostility t Christian influences, naturally ex-ilu-d apprrhnnslon for tho snfaty of tho devoted men and women who, as dependents of tho for- 1 tign musionary soctcties In the Unltod States, and resldo in Turkey under tho guaranteo of 1 law nnd csisonnd In tin lcgltlraati porform I snee of tholr oducationntand religious ir.'walon. , No cllorta hnvo been spared in tholr bohalf and their protection In, person and proporty has , beon oUrnostly nnd vigorously enforced by I vcrr means within our powar. I regret, how , ever, that da attempt on our part to obtain better information concerning tho trus condi tion of affairs in tlio disturbed quarter of tho Ottoman ctnplro by tending tho United 1 btntes consul at Sluns o irtako Investigation snd report, was thwarted by ths objections of tho Turkish poyornmant. This movemont on Dur part was in no sonso meant as a gra tlitous . TUMIJIVIt'llll-Ilh Ui LMU VllllOd 7Ulll in II1U SU' 1 inupii r.nstorn quosiinn nor as an otllcioui ln- ' inrtirntn llt. llii. wthl.fr m I .l.i -wl.toli tn :aneu liflstorn quostlon . . 0n. uy troaty to certain great European powers cautUTiortii tholr intervention in nollt. leal matters alloctingtho good goveinmontand religious fr'Cdom or tho non-Mussulman sub- loctsof thoirultnn, butitarosi stloly from our ic.ire to hnvo an accurate knowlodgo of the :ond'tltlons in our efforts to care for thoso en titled to our protectton. Tho prctenca ot our naval vomoIs which are low In tho vitlnity of tho disturbod localities afford opportunities to acquire a measure ot tainiliarity with tho condition of affairs nnd "IU enable u, to take sultaUo step, for the protection of nny intcroita ot our countrymen within rcich of our ships that might bo found Imperilled. Tho Ottoman government has lately issued an Impotial Irado exempting for- tver from taxation nn Amorloan collego for 1 la-td at Ditiitnat TTxaH.,ia.l a !... ' f iris at Scutari. Repeated assurances have lso been obtained by our envoy at Constan tinople that similtr institutions maintained snd administered by our countrymen shall bo secured m tho enjoyment of nil rights nnd tint )ur citizens throughout tho ompiro shall bo orotoctcd. On tho domand of our mlnlstor onlers havo been issued by the Su tnn that Turkish soldiers thall guard and cs-ortta tho coast American rofugtes and thoso ordors havo boon carried out. and our latest intelligence givca assuranso Of tho prosont personal safety of our citizens nd missionaries. Though thus far no lives of Aiii ricanoitizo -s havo Loon sacrificed, there :an bo no doubt tUnt icrlous Ioes and destruc tion of mis-Ion property havo re3ultol from riotous conflicts and outrageous attacks. By troaty dovorat of tho most powerful European powers havo secure I a right and as turned n duty not only in behalf of their own citizens and in furtherance ot their own inter Mta. but as agents ot tho Christian world, their right is to enforce such contuct ot tho rurklsh government as will restrain fanatical brutality, mid in fact, tholr duty li to Interfere to as to Injure against such dreadful occurr rences in Turkey ns lately shocked civilization. The power declare this rkrht and this duty to bo tliolrs alone, nnd it is earnestly hopod that ? ffoctivo action on their part will not bo do lajcd. OUtt FINANCES. 4. Subject ot tlio G rent mt Importnnco to tho American People. As wo turn from a review of our forchra rela tions to tho contemplation ot our national iinancial situation wo are immediately aware that wo approach a subject ot domestic con tain, moio important than any other that can ngago our attention, and ono at present in such a perplexing and dcllcatu predicament as to require prompt nnd wise treatment. Wnroa) well bo ODcour.!god to o.innet offvrt In Ihli direction when wo recall the steps nlready tnkon t ward improving our economlo tnd fmnncid situation, nnd whonto appreciate how w ll Un way has been prepared for farther progr) by nn aroued aid Intelligent popular Interest In theso subject. Dy command ot tho licoplo, a customs revenuo system, designed for tho protection nnd benefit of favored clatsos as thoexptn o of tho great majority ot our coun trymen and wbi'hi whi o iuotikiint for the pur poso of revenue, cu't'iil d oar trado relations ind lmoo I'd ourcr.tr .1:0 to tho markots of tho world, has ueau supercede I by a tariff policy w.ndi, m principlo, is basod upon a dental of tho rlrht of thoBOiornmont to obstru-t the avenues of our people's choap llvlns or lssssti tiiolr com fort nnd cout'titment, fo tlm sako of according tpicial advautaires to favorites and which, nhilo encouraging our Intercourse and trade uitli other nations, recognizo tho fact that American self reliance, thr.ft aud cmouuity, can buildup our country's indu-trlcs and de iclop it. rosour-cj more surely than enervating paternalism. Tho compulsory purchssi nnd olnncoof hdverb the gocrnment unchosked and unregulated by busiross conditions and heedless of our curnna needs, which for moro thaniUto"tt irs dliutnl our circulating mod ium,und'rminodcontiden;onb'oadin our tinan clal ability and atlattculrainated in distress and panic at homo lias been recently stoppod by tho repeal of tho laws which fore id tlds recklcts ichemi uion tho country. Tho things thus ao-complUho-1 notwithstanding thet extreme Im. uortnnro and tenaiicicut effectv, fll fur short of curing tho monetary evils lrom whle'a we suf fer as a result of long Indulgence In 111 advUod financial expedient. Tho currency donoro inatod United States notes and commonly knoa n n green-basks was iiined in ltfrge vol. um3 during too late ctvll war an I intended ortcinallv to meet tho emergences ot that period. It will be aosn by u refwronco to tne debatoa in congress at tho t mo laws wore pasted outhorlzin; tlio i&sco ot these notes, that their advo'atoi declared they were in tended for only tempera' y usoand to meet the emergency of war. In almost, if cot all, the laws relating to them, soma provision was mado contemplating their voluntary or com pulsory retirement. A large qnantltr of them, however, wore kept on foot nnd mingled with tbe currency of tha countr. so tli.it at tho close ot tho year 1S71 they amounted to J33I. VH0,i',S, Immediately aftr that data and in January, 1S73, n law was pasted providing fnr tho rosumotlon of spoclo payment by which tba Se -ro ary ot tho Trcinury was required, whenever additional clrou latlon was ij.iued to Nations banks, tllfllM MHHa Hdretiro onitcd Clalea-hofes In enoal amount 1 to 80 per cent of such additional Niitinn.t y.nv circulation until such notes were reduced td eMfiOQflOO. This law furthor provides that on and after the last day of January. 1819, tho United States notes then outstanding, should be redeemed In coin, nnd in ordr to provldo and prepare for such redemption the aecrctdry of tho treasury was authorized not only to use any surf Ins revenues of thb government, but to issue bonds of tho United SUtes and dispose ot themforcoln nnd tonsatho proeraxls for tho purpO'c contemplated by the statute. In May, 1S'8, and before tho dato thus ap pointed for tho redemption ah I retirement of Jheso notes, another statute was passed for bidding their further cancellation and retire ment. Some of them ha 1, howover, b6n pre viously redormed and cancalled upon tho Usuo of additional national bank circulation, as pci mitted by the law of 1875. so that tho amount outstanding nt tho tlrao of tho piesagoot tho act forbidding tholr furthor retirement was S'CVKLujrj. Tho law ot 137S did not stop nt dis tinct prohibition but contained in addition tho following provision, "Aud when nny of said notes may bo redeemed or be recolrod into tho treasury under any law, from ony source whatever, nnd shall belong to tho United r-tntes, thoyi hall not bo retired, cancelled, or destroyed, but thoy shall bo ro-isSued and paid out again and kopt in circulation." This wits tho condition ot af fairs an the 1st day of January. 187., which had beon fixed upon four years before ns ths date for entering upon the redemption and retire ment ot all thojo notes, and for which such abundant moans hod been provided Tho gov. tlrnmcnt was put in the anomolous situation ot owing lo ths holdors ot its notes, debts payable iu gold on demand which could neither bo re tired 1y receiving such n( t"ii In discharge of obligations duo tho government not cancelled by actual payment In gold. It was forced to re deem without rodemptiou and to pay without acquittance. 'lhero has bean issued nnd sold KM,.13,O00 of tho bands author zed by tho resumption act of 1)15, tho procoods ot which, together with other gold in tho treasury, croato 1 a gold fund doomed sufficient to moot tho demands which might bo madoupon it for tho redemption ot tho out standing Unltod btitoi notes. This fund, to gether with uoi other gold as might bo from time totimo in thai treasury available for tho same purpose, has been siuoo called our gold reserve uud$lU0 OXJ.OX) has beon rogardod as nn adequats amount t3 nccomplllh its objoct, This faod amounted on tho lstday of January ISiO, to lb I,li)c,t31 and though thoroaftor con stantly fluc.Ufttlug, It did not fall below UiaV sum in July, 1831 In April, 1S93, for th first tlrrn sinco its establishment thii reserve amountoi to loss than eUJO.JOO.OOO, containing t that dato only $j7,011,m Tho Jlond Contract. Tho messago rovlows at great length tho low ering of the s 'Id roierve, tho shipmont ot gold, tho issuing of bonds, tho ontorinir into the bond contract with capitalists, and hU messages to COngross for rellof. Continuing, tho Frcsldont nays; Tho Congress having declined to grant ths necessary authority to socuro this saving tho contract unmodlQed was carried out, resulting In a gold reserve amounting to $107,i71,'iVj on tho 8th diy of July, l&9i. Tho performance of this contract not only restored tho rcsorvo but choCved for a time tho withdrawal of gold and brought on a porlod of restored confidence and such po.ico and quiot In buslnoss circles as wof a ot tho greatest possiblo value to ovory in terest that atlocU oar peoplo. I havo novor had tho slightest misgiving concorniug tho wisdom or propriety of this arrangomont, and am quito willing to answer for my full suaro of responsi bility for iti promotion I bollovo It averted a disaster, the Imminence ot which is fortunntoly net at this time gonsr ally understood by our people. Though tho contra 'tmontionod stayed torn tlmo tho tldo of gold withdrawal, its goo 1 results could not bo pormanent Recent withdrawals havo ro ducod tho re-,orvo from 107iil,2l3 on tlio Uh day of July, 1805, to $7i,3J3,9U How long it will remain largo enough to render it incroaso unnecessary is only matter of conjecture, IlifWlrrls rttsltrk tarni ) lul mmnli fn al.lni. s though Quito tarm withdrawals for shlDinnnt in tho immedlato future are prod ctod in woll informed quarters About I16,OOJ,000 has been wlthdrnwndurlng tho month of November. Tho foregoing statomont of evonts and condi tions dovelop tho fact that after increasing our interest bearing bondod indebtedness more than $162.0X0,000 to savo our gold reserve, wo are noarly whoro wo started, having now in such resorvo $70,333,9 '0, ns ngnint SB3,13S,31T, Id February 1631, when the first bonds were issued. Though tho amount of gold drawn from the treasury appoare to bo vory large, as gathorod , from tlio foots and figures heroin present it actually was much larger, considerablo sums 1 having boon acquired by tho treasury within tho scvoral periods statod without tho issue of I bonds. J On tha 7Sth of January, 1993, it was rcportod 1 by tho secretary of tho treasury that moro than 1 172,000,000 of gold had been withdrawn for hoarding or shipmont during tha year pro ceeding. Ho now reports that from January 1, 1379, to July 11, IS10, a porlod of moro than 10 years, only n llttlo oror JU-t ,000,000 was with drawn and that botweon July II, 1S90. tlio date ot tho paisjago ot tho law for an increased "nur. chaso of silver, nnd tho first day of Docomber, 189), or within loss than five and a half yoars, there was withdrawn nearly $313,009,003, making ' ,o total ot more than $-tlJ,(XX),000 drawn from tho treasury in gold 6lnco January 1st. 1879, tho dato fixed in 137 tor tho retire mont ot tho United States notes. , early $j27,X)j,U of tha gold thus withdrawn hnvo been paid out on thoo United States notes, and yot cvary ono of the fdi),'X)),0JJ is still uncancelled and ready to do sorvico in fu ture gold dopletlo is. Moro thon $7d,OJJ,0X) in gold has sincu th -ir creation in IS 0 beon paid out from the troasurv upon the not"s given on tho purchase of tilvor by the government; and jot tlio wholo, amounting to fl5t,00),j0i.', excopt 11 littlo mora than ltl,0M,QC0 which havo been retire 1 by exchanges for sliver at the re quest ot tho holdors. remain outstanding and prepared tn join tholr older and mora ex perienced allies in futuro raids upon tho treas ury's gold 10 orvo. On July 1. ISO:, mori than a your and a half befoio tin first bonds were Issued to ruplonieh tho gold resorvo, thoro was a net balance in tho treasury oxclusivo ot such reserve of loss than $H,0u0,0i0, but tho gold rcsorvo amounted to more than $tU,030,OOJ, which wa tho quieting feature of tho Ituation, It was when tho stock f gold began rapidly to fall that fright supervened and our seouritios hold abroad were returned for sale and dobts owed abroad wore pr 'Ssod for paymont. In tho mean time oxtousivo shipments of gold and otjor un favorable, indications oausoJ resticssuass and fright among our pooplo at home. Tho act of July II. iS K, In a still boldsr effort Imreabed th amount otsllvor the Government was compelled to purchaso nnd forced it to become tho buyer annually ot tit OX), (GO ounces, or practically tho entire pro duct ot iur mines Under both laws silver rapidly and steadily declinad in valuo. The prophecy and tho exprestod hope and ox potation ot thoo in tho congress who led In the passaga of the last mentionod aot that it would ro-establlsh and maintain tbe former parity botwoou tho two metals are still fresh In our memory. Iltttlrcrnent of Treasury Notes. In othor words, tho government has paid In gold more than nine-tenths ot its Unltod States notes and still pwos thom all It has paid in ; goll about ono-hdf of its notes given for 1 tilvor purchases without extinguishing by such payment ono dollar ot theso notos. And addod to all this we aro reminded that to carry on this astonishing tinancinl system the govern ment has incurred a bonded Indebtedness of SOV.OO.iU) n establishing a gold resorvo und of SlGiM.lM in droits to maintain it, that an an mal interest charge ot such bonded In debtedness it moro than tlt.000.OJ0, that a continuance in onr present course may result in further bond Issues, and that wo have suffered or ere threatened with all this for the eako of suppljlng gold for foreign shipmont or facilitating its hoarding at homo, a situation is exhibited which certainly ought to arrest attention and provoke immedi to legislative relief 1 am convinced tho only thorough and practioablo remedy for our tron. bles ts found hi tho retirement and cancellation 9t our United States notes, commonly called greenbacks and tha outstanding treasury notes lsaed by Ibe government in payment ot silver purchese under the act of JfoO, I believe tills could bs quite readily accom plished by the 0 cbango ot these notos for U S, oonds ot small as well as large denominations bearing a low wto of interest. They should be long term bonds thus lrrcrosslng their desfr tbilltyaa investment and becanse their pay ment could bo woll postponed to a pulod far removed from present financial burdens and perpl-xitio when with Increased prosperity snd resources they would be moro easily mot, To furtber Insure tho cancellation of thesa notes and also provllo a way by which gold may bo added to our currency In Ilea of them, t feature In the plan should bo an autiority given to tho Socratary of tbo Treasn-y to dispose of tho bonds abroad for gold If nccesMiryrto corapleto the contemplated ro Jemptloa and cancellatfori permitting him use jt tho proceeds of such bonds to toko up nnd tancel any of tho polo that may bo In tho treasury or that may bo received by tho gov vrnment on any account. 1 ho increase of our bonded debt Involved in this plan would bo imply compensated by xenewod activity anil en terprise In all buslnoss circles, tho restored lonfldensa at homo, tho reinstated faith in our monetary strength abroad, nnd tbo stimulation f evory Interest and indnitry that would follow the cancellation of tho told demand obligations how offltcting us. In nny event tho bonds proposed would stand (or the xtingulthmcnt Of a irrubloBio in tebtodness, while In tho path we now follow thero lurks tho menace of unending bonds with our indobtoJness still undischarged and aggra vated in ovary feature. Tbe obligation ueces iary to find this indebtedness would not equal In amount those from whbh wo havo beon ro 'ieved sinco 1884 by anticipation and payment beyond tho requirements ot tho sinking fund out of our surplus revonues. The currency withdrawn by tha retirement of the United States notes and treasury notoi imountlng to probably less than $6,0)0,000 night be supplied by sueli gold as would be Jsed on tholr retirement or by aa lucre aso in rrcgulatlonofour National banks. Though tho nggrogate capital of theso now in existenco imounts to more than fcl.e.OOO.oyO, their out itanding circulation based on bond soaurlty imounts to only about $190,000,000. Thoy are tuthorizod to issuo notes amounting to ninety Kir cent of tho bonds dcpoltod to securer tholr ilrculation, but in no event boyand the amount f tholr capital stock thoy aro obliged to pay no percent tnx on tho circulation thoy issue. I think they ought to bo allowed to issuo cir ralatlon equal to tho par voluo ot the bonds Ihoy dopoiit to so: uro It, nnd that tho taxon 'heir circulation should bo reduced to one fourth of ono por cent, which would undoabt dly meet all tho expenses tho government would incur on their account. In addition they should bo allowed to sub't'.tuto or deposit u llou of tho bonds now required ns security 'or their circulation thoio which would bo is. mod for tho purposo of relltlng tho United Statos notes and treasury notes. The banks tlready oxlsting, if thoy desired to avail lhom tclvcsw of tho provisions of law thus modified could Issue circulation 'a addition to that already outstanding, mounting to $173,00 ,000, which would noarly srquit) equal tlio currency proposed to b cancelled. At any rate, I should confidently ex loct to 603 tin oxtstlng national banks or jtlicrs to bo organizod avail tlicmsolvos ot tho proposed encouragement to lisue circulation ind promptly fill nny vucuum and supply ovory currency uoad. It hna nlwajs seemed to mo dint tlio provisions of law regnrding tho cap ita ot national banks nh chopcr.lto ns a llm 'tntion to thoir location fails to mato proper jompensation for the supprrsiiou of stato banks, whl;h camo near to tho p-oplo in all eoc tlcns of tno country and readily furnished '.horn with banking accommodations and 'acilitles. Whatover Is attempted should be cntorcd lpon fully appreciating tho fact that by care 'esi, oasy descent, wo bnvo reachod a dangorous lopth and that our uscont will not bo ac complished without laborious toll and struggle. IVo shall bo wUo If wo reallco that wo nro Inancially ill and that our restoration to icalth may require heroic treatment. Inasmuch as tho withdrawal ot our gold has -csulted largely from fright, thoro Is nothing ipparont that will prevent its coutinuanco or recurrence, with its noturnl consequences, ex. :ept such a chnngo in our financial methods as will reassure the frightened and mako tho do tiro for gold less inteuo It is not clear how in In-reaio in rovenuo, unless it ba in gold and latisfactory to thos) whore only nnxiotv U to rata gold from tho governments Etoro. It can tot, therefore, bo aifo to rely upon increased OTcnuos as a euro for our present crouoios. Itlsposslblo that tho suggastion of ncreasod r.-'vonuo as a remedy for tlio difficul ties wo aro considering may havo originated In ti intimation pr distin:t allegation th nt tho tendi which hava boon Issuj.1 ostensibly to opl nlsh our gold resorvo wcro really issued to supply innilllciont rovenu?. Nothing can bo turthjr from tlio truth. Uonds wo o issued to jbtaingold for thomaintcnancoof our uatioual rodlt Free Sliver. Whllo I havo endeavored to mako a plain itatement of tho disordered condition of our currency aud tho present dnngiri inenicin? our Qrosporlty and to suggojt n way which cais to a safor financial system I havo constantly hnd in mind tho fact thit aiany of my oountrynvni whoso Kincorlty I do aot doubt. Insist that tho euro for t jo ills now threatening us my bo found in thu single and ilmplo icmody ot tho frco coiuaga uf silver I'hoy contend that our mints shall boatonco Uir iwu Open to tuo frco und unlimltod and sidepo ,aeiit comago oc lioth gold and silver juunu uuiiu ii-K.il iviiuer iiuiuuy, regardless f tlH.eetl.mot any other gov.rnrncnt.andin 'all view ot tlio fact that tha rutin Jio metals which thoy buggest calls hundred cents worth of g Id in tho gold dollar it tha proscnt standard and only fifty cents in ntrinsia worth of silver in tho silvor dollar, in the present sta '0 of our didioulty it is not ay to understand how the amount ot our rev jnuo receipts affects it, Tho Important quoi- -Jon is not tlio quantity of money received in ' qriinuo payments, but tlio kind of monoy we j maintain and our ability to continue in sound Qnancinl coudition. Via aro considering tho zors nmont holding of gold as related to tho ' touaauais of our money and as affecting ou- na- I tlonal credit and monetary strength. If our cold e'ono had never lo3ii Impiinxl. if no bonds ' lad over bosn issue 1 to replenish If there hail ! tojn no fear nnd timidity concerning ourabil- I ty to continue gold payment; if any part I it our revoaucs were now paid in gold, ind if wo could look to our gold receipts as n nenns of maintiiiiuug u safo reserve tho amount of our reienu s would ba an intiuontial (actor in the prublom IHit unfortanntcly nil Iho clrcumstaii:cs thnt might lend weight to (his consideration uro entirely lacking. In our orcsent predicament no gold is rccolvod by thu rovcrnment in paymont of revenuo charges or would thoro bo If tho rovenuos wero in rcacd Iho rocoipts of tlio treasury when not n sllvor cortlnoatoi. consist ot United State notes nnd treasury notos, tssuod Tor silver purchases. '1 hoso forms of money are nly useful to tho govornraont In paying It current ordinary expenses aud its quantity tn government poss 1 salon doss nj l' '.. contributo towird giving us that kind ot safe ijnamlal standing or condition which is built n go d nlon. It is said that theso otas it held by tho government can bo ned to b ain gold for our rosorve. The answer is vasy Iho people draw gold from tho treasury sn demand upon Unlto I States notes and troas nry not-s, but tho proposition that ths treasury cin on domand draw gold from tho people upon thom would bo regarded in thoso days with, wonder and amazement An t oven it this louid 00 done, there u nothing t prercnt tboie thus partlnewiththirgo.ilfromr?gsla lig it tho next day or tho next hour by ths prcsontatinot tho notos they rocolvcd in ex fhango for It, TlinvA,-ninrvnf tho treasury might us such HWIW .HMWU UVUi a BUIflUa lUVUIlUU IA ,.- 1 gold iu tho market. Of courso. he could not do this without paying a premium, l'rlvatq hold ers ot gold, unlike th government having no parity to maintain, would not bo restrained from making the best bargain possible whoa they furnished gold to the treasary; but the momont the ajcretary of tbo treasury bought gold on any terms above par ha would estat lish a geueral and universal premium upon it. thus breaking down tho parity botwrw gold and sliver which tbo goveiurnont is plbged to maintain, and opanlng tlu way to now and serious complications. In ths meantime ths premium would not re main stationary and the absurd spectacle might bo presented ot a dealer selling gold to ths Government and with. Unltod States notes or tr-asury notes in his band Immediately clam oring for Its return and a to als at a higher premium Itmay baclalmsd that a large rev enue and reduced receipts might favorably af fect tin situation under discussion by affording. sa an opportunity; affeetlng fiesv notes ia ta treasury wben received, and tiros proVsntinr their presentation for gold. Buch retention to bs useful ought to l at least measurably par manent, and this ts precissly what Is pruhlo itodso far as United States notes ara con cerned by law of 1878, forbidding their roj tlremont, Thatthe statute In so many word provides that these notes when receive 1 Into the treasury and bolonging to the United Stato j shall bo 'Taid out gain and keptln circula tion." It will rnorcovor be readily teen thai tbo government could not refuss to pay out United States notes and treasury note; In cur rent transactions when demanded, and Insist on paying ont sllvor alone and still maintain tho parity betwoen that metal and tho cur rency representing gold. Besides tho accumu lation in tho treasury Of currency of any kind exacted from the peoplo through taxation hi Justly regarded as nnovll and' it cannot pro ceed far without "vigorous protest against an ufllOatlflnblo retention of money. Wore there intlnltoly stronger reasons than can bo adduced for hoping that such action would rvsnra for us a blomtalllo currency mov ing on linos ot parity an oxpcrlment so novel and hatardoua as that proposed might well stagger thoso who bollovo that stabdlty is an Imporatlvo condition of sound money. No gov. ernment, no bum t a contrivance or net of legis lation baa aver been abb to bold tho two motals togethor in frco coinage at a ratio appreciably different from that which Is established In tha markots ot the world. In the light of theso experiences, which ae cordwlth tho experiences of other nations, there ia cortalnly uo secure ground for tho be lief that an act of Congress could now bridge an equality ot 50 per cent between gold and sil ver at our present ratio, nor is thoro tho least possibility that our country, which has low than ono seventh of the silver money in tho world, could by Its action ralso not only onr own, but all sllvor, to its lost ratio with gold. Our attempt to accomplish this by tlio free colnago of sllvor at a ratio differing from tha actual rolntivo valuo would bo tho signal for completo doparturo of gold from our circula tion, and tho collapso of our entire credit sys tem. Our country's indebtedness whother owing by tho government or oxisting betwoen Individuals, has been coatracbd with roferencoto our pres ent standard To doc roo by net of Congress that theso dobla shall bo paynblo in less valua ble dollars than thoso within tho contemplated and intcntloh of tba parties when contracted, would oporato to transfer br the flat law and without compensation, an amount of property and a volumo ot rights and intorosts almost In calculable Thoso who ndvocato a blind and headlong plungo to frco coinage in thi name of bimetallism and professing the bollof, con trary to all oxporlonco, that we could thus establish a doublo standard and a concurrent circulation of both metals in onr coinage aro certainly reckoning from a cloudy standpoint. Our present standard of valao ii tho standard of tho civilized world, and per mits tho only bi-motalllsm now possible or at least that within tlio independent reach of any single nation, howover powerful that nation may bo. . VThllo ' tho valuo of gold as a standard Is steadied by almost universal commercial and business it does not dospiso sllvor nor Book it banlshmont. Whorovcr tlds standard is malutalno 1 thoro is its elda in f rco and unquostionad circulation a vol ume ot sllvor currency Eometimos oquoling, and sometimes oven excoadinj it in amoant, both maintained at a parity notwithstanding a de precation or fluctuation In the intrinsic value ot silver. Thcr. is n vast difference botweon a standard of voluo an I a currency for monetary use. Th standard must necessarily bs fixed and certain. Tho currency may !o in dircrso forms and of various kinds. No sllvor standard country has a gold currency ia circulation but an enlight ened and wiso system of finance socuros tho binifita of both gold and silver ax cunency and circulnl ing medium by keoplnj tho stand ard stable and all other currency at par with it. Such n systom and such a standard also gives frco scopo tor tho use nnd expansion of safo and consorvatlvo credit so indispcnslblo to broad and growing commercial transactions and so woll substituted for tho nctual uso of money. Tho past Is full ot lessons, teachln; not only tlio economic dangers, but tl.o national im morality that follows In tho train of such ox. pedient. I will not bollovo that tho American peoplo can bo persuaded, after sf.bor delibera tion, to jeopnrdizo their nation's prostigs and proud standing by encouraging financial nos trums, nor that they will ylald ti Uiu falso nl luromenta ot cheap money, when they Jo 1 lira that It muEt result ia tho woakoilm; of that financirl Integrity and rcctitudo which thus far en our history has bron so devotoJlv cherished as one of tho traits of truo Americanism. I havo venturod to express mrsolf on thos subjects with eamostness and plnianoss ot tpeoch becauso I cannot rid mrselt of thabeliof that there lurks in tbe prop ltlnn for the free coiuago of silver so strongly npprovod and so enthusiast Ical'y advocatol by a multitude or my countrymen a serious menace to our pros perity and insidious temptation of our people to wander from tho alloglanco tli y owo to -publitnndpr vnto integrity. It isbccauioldo not distrust tho good faith nnd sincerity of thoso who pross this scheme thnt I havo imperfectly but with zeal pumbittod my thoughts upon this momontius subjoct I caunot resraln from begging thorn to rc-exnmino their view and beliefs in ths iii.i i.:i. -.,. ,, ,,n.. ., .i " W ' iT" ? "?, '?,'" n cnit anuisa cno0i nnj t0 W0Igh again and again the conse nt S, quenosH of such legislation as tholr efforts haro !.!Li.i JiJi.. I Invited. Even tho continusd agitation of tho subjoct adds greatly to tho dlllUultios in a daugcroui financial situation already forced upo.i ns. In conclusion I especially entreat tho people's representatives in tho Congress who ara charged with tho responsibility or Inaugurat ing measures for tho safety aud proiperityof our common country to promptly and effec tively considor tha ills of our critical financial plight. 1 havo suggested a remedy n hlch my judgment approves I destro, to assure tha Congress that I nm prepared toco-oporato with them in perfecting any other monsuros promis ing thorough and practical relief and that I will gladly labor with them in every patriotlo endeavor to furthor tho intorosts and guard ths welfare ot our countrymen whom in our re spective places ot duty wo havo undertaken to servo. Okovkb Ci.uvgi.ANP, It Seems Incredible Gazpin How old does a woman laave to bo before she can vote? Hazbin Twcnty-ono, I beliovc. tfazpin Hut usually she doesn't vote until she's twice that afro. Ilazbln I know It- You sco alio has to devote tho intervening time to mak ing: up her mind how to vote. Roxbury Gazette. Heinous Offense. Mrs. Flgr Tommy put a bont pin In tho minister's chair when he was calling this afternoon. Mr, L'ifrK Qlmino your sllpper.quick. A boy who will ploy such a trick on. a man who daren't swear needs one ot the best licking that can bo produced. Indianapolis Journal. Lids should always be putover sauce pans when in use. The stcum is usu ally moro beneficial to tho dish, being; prepared than to tho kitchen walls. In London the natural lucreas. of ths population, from excess ot Llrths over deaths alone, la about 4,000 a. month. Most European nations average for the male 5 feet C inches, but tho Aus trlans, Spanish and Portueuoca iust fall short ot this utandard. Unterrifled small bovs In Portland Me., a few days ago stole tho,grar? markers from the cemetery tor uae in making bounds for hockey playing, Tho cult known as Christian Science, founded in Boston In 18C8 bv J)r. Mary Baker Eddy, now has 200 torporated churches in the United State. Last month was the mes prosperous In the history ot the Brjoklj-J postof flce. The sales from stamps, stamped envelopes. ettL. amounted to $99,568.33 V -4 . s&l - rH.JA, , " -i. jtfejuHftjr. . . , !;
