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- rSeborc review -' 13 ISSUED FRIDAY MOUNINGS BY fJiE REVIEW PUBLISHING CO. J. R. N. BELL, - : Editor! - R O - J evieWo ROSEBURG REVIEW HAS THE' FIIIEST JOB OFFICE . IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. CARDS, BILL HEADS, LEGAL BLANKS And other Printing, Including . One Year r - . - I . s Six Months - - h I Three Months - -i - - - $260 - - - 1 25 - - - 1 00 Large and Heavy Posters and Showy Hand-Bii's ' Neatly and Expeditiously execntvd AT PORTLAND PRICES. VOL, XL ROSEBURG, OREGON, ERIDAY; FEBRUARY 25, 1887. NO. 47. Rosebufg GENEEAL DIEEOTOfi j G rover (levelas d Vrcsitlent . Tnog. F. Batakj). Secretary of State Damkl T. MANMNu.Secretary of Treasury. L. Q. C. Lam An .Secretary of the Interior. WmMJ. Endicott. .! Secretary o War I W. C. Whitney. .. . . . .Secretary of Navy. W. T. Vila j. .Post Master Genera!. A. II. Garlasd. . . i Attorney General. Mokrisoh R. Waitk .Chief J ostice. STATE OF OREGON. f:-5:SiSu:::::!:::: - tors- Bixoer H CRM ANN. .' Congressman. Sylvester Penn oy er Governor. Geo. W. McBride Secretary of State. G. W.Webb State Treasurer. E. B. McELBOY....Sapt. Pub. Instruction. Frank Baker State Printer. R. S. Strahan, ... ) Wm'. P. Lord, . W. W. Thaykb, Snpremn Judges. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. R. S. Btiut. ... . Jude. J. W II amixtok..;. Prosecuting Attorney. "DOUGLAS COUNTY. 1 J H. Shupb, ,1 .......... .Senators. John Emmttt, j W.F.Benjami y P.P. Palmeb!, f . ..Reprcs uUtivcs. J as. Blcndrll. I . ? r II. Mckenzie, TllOS. R. SlIElilDAN . ...Clerk. . . .Sheriff. Ben. C. Agee D. S. West.,, ........ ... ..Treasurer. School Superintendent. G. T. RusskllI Tas. A. Sterl NO Assessor. J. S. FrrzHooH County Judge. J. Hall, C. A. McGke, Commissioners. N. E. Britt.J Surveyor. Dr. S S. Marsters . . Coroner. Tuos. Smith Sceep Inspector. PRECINCT OFFICERS: T.L.!Ga.nnon.... I Justices. Tas. Harfham.. J J Peter Junger Constable CITY OF ROSEBURG. II. C Stanton, I John Rast, I J.. P. Sheridan, Trustees. O L. Willis, I P. Benedict. I ' ; T.. Ford Recorder. John Howard) . . . .Marshal. Will II. Fisher.; Treasurer. U. S. LAND OFFICE ROSEBURG, CiiAS. W. JcjiiNSTON Register. A. C. Jones . .Receiver SIGNAL SERVICE. B. S. Pague .Obsorver. PROFESSIONAL- ii F. f-ANE, JOHN LANE JANE & LANK, Attorneys at Law, Main street, opposite Cosmopolitan Hotel. J C. FULLEUTON, Attorney at Law. , Office in Marks' briok, up stairs. RC. IldNTER M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. AKYOXVILLE OliEUOX K. L. MILLER, M. D Surgeon. Homoeopathic Physician. Offiico up stairs in the old Sheridan Brick, on Jackson Street, Rosolmrg, Oregon. .Chronic diseases a speciality. W. L. FREEMAN M. D. OFFICE IN DR. HOOVER'S OLD Stand, where he may be found day or night when not professionally ngngcu. fdTSPECIAL Aueotion Given to SURGERY and Diseases of Women. Dr. THOMAS GRA1IA31, A GRADUATE Of the University of Fa. at Philadelphia and of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; and ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON ENGLAND has located for the practice of Lie profession in ROSEBURG OREGON. Office and residence, Washington street opposite the Cstbolic Church F. G. GEHME, M. D. ' (Pronounced Ama.) ' HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & Graduate Of The UNIVERSITY Of Iidpzig Germany. Office & Residence at the house of Geo. W. Day, near R. R. track, Rose burg. , Dr.GA-BONHAM RESIDENT DENTIST V. Roseburg - - - - Or.'VL ,jj Vmee over bad in Marks' bnlldiiicr. Hy reputa XJ tion as a Dentist is based on the merits of my work. Price reasonable ana to suit the tunes. CTGOLD FILLING A BPECIAlVy.TO The Leading DRUG HOUSE W. S. Hamilton. SaeceMor to S. Hamilton. ROSIBVRS - - - OM60M. Obtained, ana all PaUut Basinen in the V. B. . Patent, Office atUndad to for MODERATE FEES, Our etflc is opposite the U. S. Patent Office, and we an obtain Patents is leas time than those re mote trom WASHINGTON ?ELtB DRAWWO. Ws alriss as to patentability free of eharee; and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT wI.lil'i0 th Ptmuter. the Supi. of the - Money Order Diy., and to officials ot the U. 8. Pat nt Office. Foreiroular, advice, terms and referen eu to aetnal clients in your own State or county, writ to . . C, A. SXOW & CO., Oppotlu Pstont Office Washington, D. C. J. JSKXJJLIGK. 'Practical Watcbmakt-r, Jeweler and Optician. , ALL WOliK WAURANTED. Dealer la Watches, Clock?, Jewelry, Spectacles anil Eyeglasses. A FULL LIJiK OP CIUIARS, TOBACCO A FANCY GOODa. THE ONLY RELUBLE OPTOMER IN TOWN for the propcrailjugtmcnt of Spectacles. Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Siicetacles and Eye glasses. Office in Hamilton's Brick Block. NEW YORK LUMBER & Wood Yard Co To SI It Kowjpjrfi. East side of track one block south of depot is where you will iind number one dry lumber, Sugar pine, Cedar, Fir, and all Dimention lumber for buildings, sawed and shaved cedar shingles, Sash Doors, Blinds, Screen Doors, Mouldings, Wall and Stair railings, Balusters, Brackets, Newel posts, Ceiling, Rustic, Flooring, and all kinds of Finishing lumber, sawed and split Cedar pests, 1 inch plank sawed expressly for sidewalks. I represent the Sugar Pine Door & Lumber Co. of Grant's Pass Or. which from personal insjwetion I believe to do the finest establishment on the Pa cific coast, it employes seventy men. The Proprietors and Overseers are all Eastern men and experts in the busi ness, the machinery is new and put up in the best manner, and all under srtict discipline and order. Their work is all done by number one me chanics and is equal to any work of the kind done in New York or the East. Fruit boxes, Picket fences and Gates complete. I also represent a number one mill at Yoncolla where I hayo sawed all Dimention lumber to order on short notice. All guaranteed as represented or no sale. Call and see stock and prices before purchasing. Stove wood constantly on hand at HARM TIME PRICES. OVERLAND' TO CALIFORNIA OREGON AND CALIFORNIA R. R. And Connections. Fare from Portland to San Francisco $32; to Sacra mento $30. Clusc connections made at Ashland with stages o the California Oregon Sc Idaho Stage Company. (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.) East Side Division. BETWEEN PORTLAND & ASHLAND Mail Train LEAVE. ARRIVE. r.oscburg...,0.1.1) P. M. Ashland 4.00 A. M. Koseburg....5.05 A. M. Portland 3.45 P. M. Portland 8.00A. M. Koseburg. 6.25 P. M. ....8.45 P. M. 5.15 A. M. Aahland.. . Koscburg . Albany Ixpre&s Train LEAVE. I ARRIVE. Portland 4.00 P.M. Lebanon 9.'JU P. M Lebanon 4.15A.M. Portland 10.05 P. M PULMAN PALACE SLEEPING CAES Daily between Portland and Asliland. The O. and C. R. R. Ferry makes connection with all the regular trains on taut bide Di v. from footof l bt West Side Division- BETWEEN PORTLAND & CORVALLIS Bfail Tiain- LEAVE. I ARRIVE. Portland 7.S0 A. M. Corvallis 12.25 P. M. Corvallis 1.30 P. M. Portland..,'. . 0.15 P. M. At Corvallis comicctjwitb. trains of Oregon Pacific for xaquma uay. Express Train- LEAVE. I ARRIVE. Portland 4.50 P. M. McMiiuivillc. . 8.00 P. M McMinnvillc... 5.45 A.M. Portland 0.00 A. H. Local tickets for sale and hairs-we checked at com nanv's nn town office, cor. Pine and Second streets. Tickets for principal points in California can only be procured at company's otnec. Corner F and Front Sts., Portland, Or. Freight will not be received for shipment after 5 o clock f. M. on either the cost or West anle uiv R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS. Manager. GF. & PussApcut CM COTTAC ORGAN Has attained a standard of exoellenco which admits of no BUixirior. It contains every impr ovemont that inventive (emus, emu aaa money can proauoe. OTO EVERY ORGAN a in WAB zs BANTED FOB FIVE YRAB3 TO EXCEL. Thewo OrsmnS Bro celebrated fop volume. Duality of tone, auick rewnonne. artistic doslcn. Beauty In finish, perfect coriBtruction, making mum iuo mutit avsiraoie orjrans ior Homes, ouuuuio, uumvucB, Mxujea, societies, etc. ESTABLISHED REPUTATION. VNEQTAEXD FACILITIES, SKILLED WOBSHE5, ! BEST MATERIAL, COKBIJTSU, KAKB THIS THS POPULAR ORGAN Instruction Books and Piano Stools. Catalogues aad Prioe Lists, cm sppUo&tlon, rasft CH2CA80 C0m6E ORGAN CO. tt. RatKfoph and Ann Sts.. CHIC AS 0. ILL CITY ;DRAYTNG DONE WITH DISPATCH. '(JALL ON JOS. CARLOX. WASHING & IR017ING OPPOSITE CARLOS'S LTVERT STABLE. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS- Bi ILEY'S HOTEL. Oaklaud, Oregon. Board $1 per Day; Single Meals, 25 cents, JTjnriils house has lately changed hands and is orouhly renovated and refurnished. The travel- ng public will find the best of accommodations No- Chinnmcn I2mployecT. sm II BAILEY. ABSOLUTELY FIRS f CLASS RS. D. C. McCLALLEN, Proprietor of the McCLALLEN HOUSE. arire Sample Rooms for Commercial ' ' . Travelers. Coaoii o and from the house Bi'jae dclivere free of charge. DEPOT HOTEL, OAKLAXD, OREGON. ITifJiavcl Thomas, Iroi. ITii-Ht Class SLEEPING ACCOMODATIONS. AND THE able supplied with the Best the Market affords lotel at tbo Depot of the Railroad. Central Hotel ! It O S1-:U URG, OltEGOPST, OPPOSITE CARLON'S LIVERY STABLE. Boar.Iaml Lodging per day $1 .00 week 5.00 " Without Lodging 4.00 Meals, 25 cents. Lodging, 25 cents- Thorough satisfaction is promised to travel ers and the public generally. MRS- J3. GARRISON, rrop. No Chinese employed , New Restaurant ! J. Clements Proprietor ltOSEliURO OREGON. One door south of Eiaton's fiToccrj' store. MEALS 25 eta. 3IOOIITS 11ESTAIRAXT. (Princii:ul nusiir.css Street.) Romoburs Oregon MEALS 25 CENTS LODGING 25 CENTS We Keep the Best the Market Affords. CIVIL BEND STORE V. I ARRINGTON, DEALER IN Dry Goods Groceies otc All Kinds of Produce Taken in Exchange CIVIL BEND, DOUG. CO., OREGON. SMEW STORE AT 1IL.LAR1, OR. would respectfully inform the public that he has on hand a fino assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, lieady-JIade Clothing and in fact everything usually kept at a lust-class store. (Jive hint a call. Goods at Low Prices. All kinds of Froduc Taken in Exchange for Goods. tsJUl orders promptly attended to. MRS. kS. A. HLTCHIXSOX, MILLINERY STORE! Oakland, Oregon. rADIES WILL Ttfh MY STOCK LARGE AND tip Complete. Prices moderate. Oi-re M Call. Mus. S. A. IIrrrcHW80. The BCTEIW enoa ts tesoed Sept. nd BUsxIs, csMtkjresv, 7S1A pages. 3,000 lUSMtXSttOIM St WBOM - S, KISU UUHTfi OITSS 'WkotessOe Price direct to consumer on fOl Roods tor persoBsa or Auoaily Tells bofr to order, and girt exact Mt of eTsrf Chlag yo aw, at, dxtak, westr, or lMtre Am with. Tbeae X3TVAXCABIJH BOOKS cotttala UUtot mitton sleswaed from tlie snskdseta of tise world. VTe wiU mail st oopjr FREE to amy svd drs upon reoetpt Ot 10 ets. to deftmr expense Ot milling. Let m bear from jrou. RespectfBlIf , MONTGOMERY WARD & CO". 827 99 W abash Avenao. Chlcaso, UU Malaussene and Clements New Furniture Store IN FLOED'S OLD STORE. A full line of first class Furniture. Anything repaired or made to order. CALL IlfSTAJrXEB. If 1 V w J V J HAVING X Tlie Entire Stock of PXX13tXCXT AWPISS -o of o- I. R. DAWSON, At ': RIDDLE OREGON Consisting of BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc Etc. Am now ofi't'iing the same At Prices That Defy Competition. FOR CASH At Kiddle - - Oregon. F. Gornutt. ALL PERSON'S KNOWING THEMSELVES IN duh'ed to Noah Cornutt will plsase call at mv office at Kiddies at the store and settle at once. r. Comutt. THE GRAPE tU RE. SAL-MUSCATELLE In America WITHOUT THE EXPISSE OF AN EUROPEAN JOURS FY ! The crjstalized salts, as obtained in ajiure state from ra)os and choice fruit, in a portable, palat able, simple form, are now presented to the public of America as the grandest resolvent of impure blood, corrector of the liver and regulator of the bowels the natural promoter of HEALTH AND LONGEVITY., Eminent physicians claim this achievement a new era in the allied science of medicine, as it furnishes the blood with its natural salines that are lust or eliminated eiery imy SAHIUSCATELIjE; A POSITIVE, NATURAL SICK HEADACHE AND DYSPEPSIA CUliE. Sftl-Muscatelle is Nature's own produiit. It sup plies to the system tho want of sound, ripe grapes and fruit; it is the simplest and best preventive and cure lor all functional derangements of the liver and kindred ailments; prevents the absorption of ma ari al diseases fevers of all kinds; counteracts the ef fects ot bad air, poor drainage and impure water; a powerful oxydizer of the blood; a natural specific for all skin eruptions, sick headaches, biliousness, nervousness, mental depression, and will remove the effects of accidental indigestion from excessive eat ing and drinking. Have it in your homes and on your travels. It Is a specific for the fagged, weary and worn-out. Prepaired by the London Sal-Mlscatelle Co. L03VOK, ESBLAKD. Beware of imitations. The trenuine in "blue wrappers only." fCTSend for circulars 0. EV NOVlTCII, General American Manager, P. O Bok l!W3, New York City. Mention this paper. For sale by 8. llam'lton Rose burg Oregon. THE New York Coffee House ta. And Oyster Saloon 6 Leading Check Restaurant in the City. SIFERD HACKNEY. PROPRIETORS 132 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND CRECOM. fTPrirats Booms of the Latest Designs tor Ladles OrKN DAY AJTD NIGHT. I T. L G anson, C. A. Blackman CARRIAGE, WAGON, . . AND' , BLACHSniTH5SHOP!I5 Adamaon's Old Stund. Jackson Street. MANUFACTURERS OF CARRIAGES, HACKS, BUGGIES! All Kinds of Repairing Done, Terms ar Reasonable;', Gannon A Blackmak. fWi mi wy FROM ROSEBURG TO LEMPIREHCITY. - zi..x'seis From Roseburg to Looking Glass $ .75 i " " Foot of mountain. .. . 2.00 " Dora 5.00 " " Fairview 5.50 " . " Sumner.... ... 6.50 I Marshficld 7.00 ; " " Empire Qty 7.50 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. For Parliclars Inquire at the Post Office. Jiis C. Mc(ULLOH, Prop. -DifALEu In STOVES, TINWARE AN KEEPS A FULL STOCK OF NAILS, CUTLERY Shelf and lluildors Hanlvarc. Also Revolvers, Uuns and Ammuiiition. All kinds of Tinware SJade to Order. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE, Over 6,000,000 PEOPLE USE FERRY'S SEEDS D. M. FERRY & CO. are admitted to be the SA UR6UT SUBSHUI v r u.ra.rcnnii,u a tKr triyUv. phm iSE0HHUAL For 1887 J will be mailed FREE to all to last season's ' ctustomers Without or dering it. Invaluable to all. Evry par Bon using Gar. dim. Fuld or 1 rioietr SEEDS thould J tend or it. Address B. M. FERRT tk C8. Detroit. Mloh. J. C. SHERIDAN "iSLSuccessor tojgr R. S & J. C SHERIDAN DEALER IN- HARDWARE Stoves and Tinware, Roseburg, Oregon mllU undersigned takce pleasure in an- j. nouncing to the public that he selling everything 111 his lino at prices that DEF? COMPETITION! IF YOU WANT STOVES, AGRICULTURAL TOOLS IE0H, STEEL. WALLS, itOSSS HOES, TINWAEE, OUTLE&Y 0. anything in my line, call and examine my stock and learn prices before purchasing else, where, as I am Belling lower than ever. J. C. SHERIDAN THE OLD RELIABLE Established in 18G7. Jacob Dittzcr Douglas County Bank, HUMPHREY cfc FLINT, Rosebure - - - - Oregon TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING- BUSINESS Sight Drafts Drawn en Portland. San other points. Bills of exshanffe on the principal cities of Europe. Deposits re ceived subject to check. Collections made on an accessablepoiDts at reasonable rates. .1ILLW00D MILLS ON HUBBARD CREEK. CLARKE & LAKER, Proprietors. We are now prepared to furnish lumber o the best quality in quantities to suit the purchasers, iwaj having on hand the largest stock of any mil id uouglas County. We will hirnlsh lumber at our mill at the following PRICES. Bo 1 rough lumber.. Ko, I flooriiiB, 6 Inch Dsl( 83 to $10 M ....! M ho. 1 floonng, 4 Inch D k H .... i 1 18 No. 1 mushing lumber $18 CLARKE & BAKEB. X M PAUL SOHLOSSER ill4 'Js 1 SMll II - t mi; m Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A man el ol purity ttrength and wholesoineness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com petition with the multitude of low test, short woixhl alum or phosphate powders. Sold ouly in cans. KOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 Wall St. N. Y. - IL O. Stanton -DEALER IN- fflMK DRY GOODS! -OF THE BEST QUALITY. GENERAL FURNISHING, HOSIERY, TRIMMING Ac. Boots & Shoes OFgTHE BEST QUALITY, a full of GROCERIES ! Wood And Willow WAUE. CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, . ELECTRIC LAMPS, SCHOOL ROOKS, AND STATIONARY. Subscription AGENCY. Subscription received for nil Eastern and European Publication. Great Overland Jloate! THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ONLY LINE RUNN1H0- Pullman Palace Sleeping Oars, Maa-nmcent Day Coaches, and Elegant Emigrant Sleeping Oars, -WITH BERTHS FREE CF COST FROM WASHINGTON AND OREGON TO THE EAST Yia St. rani ami Minneapolis. ONLY TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE RUNNING PALACE DINING CARS. (Meals, 75 Cents.) FASTEST TIME EVER MACE FROM THE COAST OVER THE TT NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD To Sioux City, Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, ' Burlington, Quiiicy, St.Loms, S Chicago AND ALL POINTS EASm AND QOUTIIEASrn ASl AND OOUTIIEASj O Via St. Paul and Minneapolis. -iiTSLEKPING CHtSi Are hauled on regular Ex press Trains over the Entire Length of THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Leave Portland at 3:00 p. M., daily; ar rive at Minncnpolia or St. Paul 12:30 p. M., third day. Connection made at SL Paul and Minneapolis to all points East, South and Southeast PACIFIC DIVISION. Train leaves Portland daily at 11:45 a. m., arriving at New Tacoma 6:30 p. connecting with O. R. & N. Co.'s boats for all points on iruget bound A. D. Charlton, ; General Western Passenger Agent, No. 2 Washington St, . Portland, Oregon. This paper is kept on file at E. C Duke advertising agency, 64 and 65 Merchants' Ex changa, San Francisco, Cal., where contracts for advertising can be made for it. b-'WLLS ' AMERICA FOR AMERICANS" THE TYPICAL AMERICAN. Thanksgiving Sermon. ' . "OF - ; II- REV, J P. NEWMAN, D. D., LL. D., AT METROPOLITAN M. E. CHURCH, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH ISS6. Subject: ''Our Place Among the Nations-" PUBLISHES BY REQUEST OF THE COMCRECATI SM Wasuikotoh, 0. C, Nov. 2Gth, 18S0. Kev. J. P. Newhak, D. D.: jiub bib: ine universal approval by svery loyal, liberty loving American citizen who listened to your Thantstfiviuff sermon yesterday, together with the philosophic and fearless manner with which the great themes therein discussed were treated, prompts a desire to extend its influence by a wider circulation than even that large comrrcgation can give, we would therefore to meet the wishes of the congregation as expressed by their unanimous ote at the close of the discourse, request that you fur- ioh us with a copy for publication. Very Respectfully, J. C. TASKER, 3. D. CROISSANT, A. P. LA.CEY, .. GEO. H. LAFETRA, B. CHARLET0N. Wasuinctok, D. C, Nov. SOth, 1886. 1E4R Fkikxih): The sermon has excited a public utercst beyoi'd any thought of mine. I herewith sc nd you the stenographic report of tho discourse, made by Messrs. Dawson and Tasker. The wisdom of your request-is confined by many letters from eminent citizens hero and aboard, commending the sentiment and demanding the publication, f would like to print some of these letters, indicative ot the deep feeling on this irreat subject. As stated in the sermon, intelligent foreigners approve my course. Tbo Germans of Wisconsin have sent me a copy of their memorial to Congress, asking or such modification ot our naturaliziation laws as will pro tect our free institutions from selfish and ignorant immigrants. The intelligent foreigners have taken the in itixle. Your Pastor, JQIIJi P. NZWMAN. 'AMERICA FOR AMERICANS." "I have set tbeo on high above all the 'nations of the eaith." Duct, xxviii., 1. By the voice of magisterial authority this secular day has been hushed into the sacred quiet of a national Sabbath. From savannahs and prairies, from val leys and mountains, from the Atlautic to the Pacific, more than fifty millions of freemen have been invited to gather around the alters of the God of .our athers, aud pour forth the libation of their gratitude to Him who is the giv er of every good and perfect gift If in all the past, nations have made pub ic recognition of the divinities which lave presided over their destiny, ac cording to their faith and practice, it is but reasonable and highly appropri ate that we, as a Christian people, en- ightened as no other people, favored us no other nation, snouici once m tbo twelve months consecrate a day to the recognition of Hiin whose throne is on the circle of the heavens, who is the benefactor of the husbandman, the genius of the artisan, the inspiration of the merchant, and from whom comes all those personal, domestic, social, and national benedictions which render us a happy people and this day memorable in the annals of time. If the year that ends to-day has been marked with soverity it has also been distinguished by goodness. If chastise ments have come to us as individuals, families, communities, and as a nation; if the earthquake, and the tornado, and the conflagration, have combined to teach us our dependence on the Su preme Being all these should be es teemed as ministers of the Highest to teach us that we are pensioners upon the infinite bounty of tho Almighty; that m our prosperity we should re member His mercies; in our adversity we should deplore our transgressions It is evident to the most casual ob server that the past year has been sig nificant m the manifestations of divine guidance and gooduos3. To-day peace leigns throughout our vast domain. No foreign foe invades our shores. How superior our condition by way of contrast with our neighbors on this side of the globe. In contrast with Contral and South America, the hpme of turbulence and misrule, where ignor ance, combined with a perverted Chris tianity, has darkened and enslaved; where the whceU of industry have been impeded and. the march to a higher civilization obstructed how bold the contrast between these two sections of our continent a contrast that must be suggestive to every thoughtful mind and awaken the question whether this is due to what some call the fortuities of national life or whether it is the re suit of a genius of government that is sublime and a religion that is diyine. And if we turn our eyes over the great deep to the most tavored nations be yond the Atlantic, the contrast inspires grateful emotions, and we are equally led to contemplate the causes which have brought about a condition so fav orable to us. The most venerable na tions in Europe, countries that have lived through a millennium, are to-day shaken by internal disturbance. Those institutions which have come down from the hoary past, which have been considered pre-eminent in the affections and faith'of mankind, now topple te their falL ' "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," whether man or wom an; and no government in Europe is in a state of peaceful security. Alarm dwells in the palace. Fear, like a bloody phantom, haunts the throne, and the vast nations of Europe, with all their agriculture and commerce and manufacture, and all their majesty of law and ordinances of religion, are maintained in a questionable peace by not less tban three ' millions of men armed to the teeth; while in this coun try, so vast in its domain, so complica ted in its population, from North to South, from East to West, preserved in peace, not by standing armies or float ing navies, out oy a moral sense, a quickened conscience, tne guardian of our homes, our altars and our nation. Certainly the farmer stands nearest God. Agriculture underlies all nation al wealth. , The farmer ministers to the wants of king and prince, of presi dent and Senator; the farmer must be esteemed as the direct medium of bless ing through whom God manifests hia goodness to the nation. We have been accustomed to such phenomenal crops that it almost goes without saying that the past year has been phenomenal in its agricultural productions. Indeed there has been a wealth in the soil, a wealth in. the mines, a wealth in the . seas, which awakens astonishment and admiration in the minds of those be yond the deep for it 13 a statistical fact that our agricultural products for the year just closing is not less than three and a half thousand millions of dollars in valuation. THow difficult to appreciate -the fact! One" thousand seven hundred million bushels of corn, valued at five hundred and eighty mil lions of dollars; four hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat, valued at three hundred and fifty-five miUions of dollars; six and a half million bales of cotton, estimated in valuation at two hundred and fifty millions of dollars. And including all tho other agricultur al products, the statistician of the Gov ernment estimates the value at three and a half thousand millions of dollars. And this is but a repetition of other years; ISol It exceeds other years It is a great fact that "one and a half millions of square miles of cultivated land in this country now subject to the plow could feed a thousand millions of persons, and then we could have five thousand millions of bushels of grain ' for exportation. In ten years, from 180 to 1880, we produced over seven hundred millions of dollars of precious metals; and the last year the valuation is estimated at . seventy-five millions in gold and silver; and rising above these colossal and phenomenal figures, our groat manu facturing people during the past year have produced not less than five thou sand millions of dollars in valuation. The mind staggers in the presence cf these tremendous facts. Then our national wealth is as phe nomenal as are the annual products of soil, and mine, and skill, and commerce. In 1880 our national wealth was esti mated at forty -four thousand millions of dollars, which would buy all Russia, Turkey, Italy, South Africa and South America possessions inhabited by.' not less than one hundred and seventy seven millions of people. This enor- . mou? national wealth - exceeds tho wealth of Great Britain bv two hundred and scventysix l. millions of dollars. England's wealth is the growth of cen turies, while our wealth, at the most, can beBaid to be the growth of one century. Nay, the fact is that most of ours hs been created in tho last twenty years. In 1860 our national wealth was estimated at sixteen thou sand millions of dollars. But from 1860 to 1880 our wealth increased twenty-eight thousand millions of dol lars ten thousand millions more than the entire wealth of the Empire of Russia. Froml870 to 1880, ten years, the increase was twenty thousand mil lions. This is without a paiallel. Surely these great facts call upon tho President of the United States to con voke the freemen of this country around their religious altars to offer their gratitude and praise to Hi 111 from whom cometh all these blessings; for in His hand are the resources of national wealth. With Him are the ministers of good and the ministers of evil. He can marshal tho insect He can ex die the malaria. He can call forth the tor nado. He can put down his foot and wreck the earth with earthquake" throes. The ministers of evil are with Him, and stand with closed eyes and folded wing3 around His throne, but not with deaf ears, waiting to hear His summons, "Go forth." So also around His throne stand the angels of plenty, in whose footfalls rise the gold en harvest; who quicken human genius on the land, on the ocean, the artificer, the artisan, the scholar, the philanthro pist, and the patriot It is by theso resources ot good and evil, forever the ministers of the great God, we leai n our djpendence on Him; it is with the utmost propriety that thli Christian nation recognize Him as God over all and blessed forevermore. It is eminently proper on a national day like this, standing in the presence of these phenomenal mercies, these crowning plenties, that we differentiate ourselves from the nations of our own continent and from tho most favored nations beyond the sea. It is proper for us to inquire the di vine purpose m placing us among the -nations of the earth, and what is our great mission. There are certain facts which prophesy for facts are as elo quent in prophetic announcement as are the lips of prophet or seer. We should remember that our location is everything to as as a national power, of intelligence and wealth, and that this location is in the wake of national prosperity and greatness. It may havo escaped your notice that around this globe is a narrow zone, " between the thirtieth and sixtieth parallels of north latitude, and within that nirrow zone is our home. Within that belt of pow er have existed all tho great nations of the past, and in it exist all tho great -nations of the present. What is there in this charmed circle, in this favored zone, that brings national power 1 We may contract this zone by ten degrees and the same thins 13 true. It is true that not th of thisaone there have been nations of wealth, of luxury, and of in fluence, South of this zone are Egypt and Arabia and India, and other na trons that have lived in splendor. Bub the peoples that have given direction to the thought of mankind, that have created ths philosophy for the race, Continued on Page x