J
i..l.nra 111 HUH I'OUIUrV, WHO.
J not provided ntnrmwnU 111.
htWVZTXS i mkft ViTiT or
I. - ( HIIIIIU - -- " '- - -
srucv " ... ,i ft imvnrti!iii!a for thn
,""( .ho reqtitfllto mntorlnl for tho
'!. it oiiiiR adapted 10 modern war-
-if a guaranteed order of sullli'Iont
'.'. i- ..wnintiniilud bv u noHlllvo
"KnrlBtU extending over n xerles of
U BUI"' "Vt." ..ll.l1ll., ,V ll.nto..
L,i)in null "'" """v. " "
i-iitiiiia removed, 1 renoW my rcconv
.V.ih.LMieliiirtlonlio taken l.V
lonuaw m ... nni.i.in i.n imvnriimnnt
S ioH IW on ordnance, upon 11
In territory, nnd so prdvldo flip nrnm-
ient uurn...u f y.--"" '
dtonnmn'u -
TUB NAVY.
The report of tlio soerotary of lho navy
.1,11.11a tlio progress which has been
'KAn.iiwstoel cruisers, author-
!rf by tlio aetM.f August 5, IfU&nml
uio. i 1883. Of tlio four vessels tin-
, ilfactj ono, tho CUilcaico, of 4,1100
ercoiiini",' I iini.ilfi. ti.
i ta mofo tlimi hulf finished,
? " ' Xlw .,, turn limin mi
Tho
B. .l.irutf tuili'l -" ....
succosh-
iv launched, and her machinery Ih
lOWll IHK' . V" l". ,.nf.ln. ..,.! '!,
Bolpllltl '
Lu. in ready
ID renuv "j
iltHpaicu steamer ui j,ow
tly lor ueiiverv. i-oriaiii mi-
rfHIllH UDOIl tllO dCHlUllH of
p"" ,.,..r.,....i t..uii
Uo cruisers at o dlHouxMeU by tho hoc
turn who IuhIhUi that tho correctness
b tlio conclusion!) reached' by tho odvis-
.nit Crilll'IPI"" "I"'"
vbofiru ami oy vi""wi '"
' .i,...mnHi miod bv recent di'Vl'loil-
'" . I 1.. II. n ilAltrttltllltl)l IIAI'li
lent in uliln bnlMlnR abroad.
The machinery of tlio doublp-turroted
',..... iiiirli-m. Tnrror and Arnold-
-lie. contracted for under tho act of
' . in.irl !..! siau-ia.j nf tf tllut Mill.
trcli 3. . ' i"C""X "V,! ,
on. . w"r "?"" " ."" " " .3
io pan year on m "i "'"v,v,7
ie necessary appropriations. A fourth
lonilor, mo jionaunocK, nun "-""
nflnlshed at tho irnvy yard In Cnllfor-
j It lit ret'(imincnri nun uiiri y nitm
.Ukcntfl completo IIicho vohhoib and
' ..mviilii hIho an nrmainent for the
mnitor Mlnntouoiuuh.
Tlio recojnmonuimorw ih uiu hhjui u
iwry lwardi approved by tho iloimrt
icnt, compriHO tlio coimtrticUon of ono
,t ,.ii..r nf -l.r00 toiiB. ono cruluorof
(XK) tons, two heavily-armed jjunboftts,
ue liglit cnilHiiiK trunootii, one uihimucu
,ul armed with llotehklsn cannon,
nc nnnorvd ram and threo toroedo
4U. Tito Kunvrni uenigiin oi nu m
i.i), nrn en ciliated to meet tlio uxlftt-
i Hnt of tho Morvlce, and nro now
til BlIVttlK Oil, aim uiu uminiruinun
to ecl can bo undertaken an ijooii
lyouiliallfrrAniliid neccpaary nimior-
r
mcLisr Kxi'Eurnuwi.
An act of coiiKrumi approved In An
iLlR82..authorll tho romovnl to tho
nltcd Statcii of tho bodleH of Lleuton-
l Coniinaniler licorijo w. wo iawr
ui lil coniimnioim oi tlio jcanncito
kneilition. TIiIh removal has been nuc-
r t . .....ttL.k.l ! X inlitiitiiitll
aiuuy accouijinoiiui iy juhhjhiio
rlwr and Bcheutxc. The romaltiB
rrn taken from their sravo in tho Iona
Mt; In March, 1WW, and were retained
Yflktunk until too iohowiiib winter,
SH'ttn iH'liitf too iar nuvancei 10
jt their inimciiiaio iranwnauon.
t rr ived at New York touruarysu,
j.whoro they were received with
illaliln lilinnrM
Ruptinjunuco of tbo Joint resolution
8 COBgrCIIII llliroveilorunry i.i looi,
hwval expedition wan lilted out for tho
llld. of Lieutenant A. W. Grecly, of
ie Unitcil StatvH army, and of tho party
i Had boon enjwjjcu uiiucr inn i-oin-nl
In ncientlile obncrvatlons at Ijuly
mVllii Unv. Thn lleet conoiHted of
te atcamer ThetlH, iiurcliased In Kni;-
nd; Uio Hear, purcnantHi iu at. joiiii,
cbIouiiiIIhihI. and tho Alert, which
lis LM'iiuroiiMly provided by tho Itritlah
Dtfritiiient. rrcpunvtlonH for tlio ex-
Million wero -promptly maiio tiy tno
rctnryof tho navy, with tho active
i-oncratlon of tho secretary of war.
bmmander O. W. Coflln wan placed in
nmand of tho Alert, ana Lieutenant
, II. Kinorv In command of tho Dear,
ho Thetis waa intrusted to tho com
laml tt Wlnlleld 8. Colli V. to whom
Isownii awilKned tho auiwrlntendency
tlio expedition, immediately upon
i arrival at Vpiramnvllc tho lleolbeijan
pi! ilnnu'erous uaviuation oi nieiviuo
r, and in apito of overy obstacle
icttcd Littleton inland on Juno 22, n
tnialit earlier than any vcnuol over
Mora ntljilni'.l that rtofnt On tho
tmo dav it eronned over to Cano Sablno,
tiifro Lieutenant Clreely and Uio fiur
or of Ills party wero discovered,
(tor taking on Imiml tho Uvinffnivl tho
txllciof tho dead, tho relief alilpa palled
rBt. JoIiiih. whero they ro-arrlvd on
klv IT. Thfiv wurn mmronrintclv ro
th Ml nt l'ortmnouth, N. H., on Aupuat
lamittiAew York ouaurusib. uno
I tliulifxIioH wtiH landed at tho former
pice, and the othera wero put on ahoro
it uovcnior'a IhIbiiu, anil, Willi tno ox
riitlonof ono which was interred In tho
itional cemetery, wero forwarded
tenco to tho deatlnatinn indlcatod by
kiuln, Tho oruauixntlou and conduct
1 IMh relief expedition rollecta jrroat
reilit upon all who contributed to itH
irceiiii,
TIIK N.W V MIIOL'I.I) II B JIK8TOHUII.
Iln Ihlri. Ilm liml nf tliA Rtiltu lllOIHailCfl
h ... 1 .- -.. ....-. -- .,
p l Ahull liovo tho honor to tmnsinu
p too coii(,'reH of tho United Statea, l
Hnnot too stronolv ure'o unon your at-
fiitloii thu dutv of roRtorlmr our navy
' rniiimy uh jiohhIUIO to tno nigii nnm
' clllclunev which forttiorlv charactor-
ped It. Ah tho lonir neaco that baa
filleil ua Inin u Honun of funded Hucurltv
bv at nnv limn bn illklurlipd. It in phllll
it tho policy of Htronuthoninir thin
i of tho Horvleo la dictated by coiwld
ioiw oi wiflo economy, ot jubi ro-
l for our futuro tranquility, and of
appreciation of tlio dignity and
onor n( tho republic.
THE I'OOT OV'VICK PEI'AUTMENT.
TllO nmnrt. nf Mm nnHtmnRter ITOIlOrnl
fnuaintsyou with tho preaont condl
'OQ ami needa of tho poHtul nervlco, It
bwlosoH thu gratify ln fact that tho loss
i revenuo from rouuctlon of tlio roto in
ttcr iH8tao, as recommended in my
ifKsago of December, 1882, and oHcctod
'Y tho act of March ad, 1883, baa been
"icli loss than won Ronorally onlici-
toI. JIv recommondatloli of tho ro-
Hon was basoU upon tho belief that
actual fulling nff in recointH from
ettor packogos for tho your lmmcdl-
y aitccceUUiff tho cliango oi rum
ild bo I3.0OO.A0O. It has proved to
F nly 2,273,000. Thla Ih a trust-
F0rtllV ttullr-ntlmi Mini llm rnveilUO Will
Ipon bo roHtored toita formor volumo by
natural increase ot seaieci corrc
Olldunpii. T nnllilniillv rnnuat. thorO'
mo recommendation 01 my ';
(ll lnonnnim Unit, thn nllialo ratO Of
OiUiStO llnnn Hrnn lnttnra bfl VfidUCed tO
niitt m..i ' a f !... ititniu
r- win, wnoroin paymeni oi ivraw
wnow roiulrod bylaw. Tho ilouhlo
ratu Ih only oxacted at oMuph whero the
carrier ayaicm In In operation, and it
nppoara that at theno olllcoalho lucreaKo
in tho tax upon local letlera defrays tlio
cost not only of ItH own collection and
delivery, but tho collection and delivery
of all other mall matter, Tills Ih an In
equality that ought no longer to exist.
1 approve tho recommendation of the
pontmaNtcr general that thu unit of
weight iu tho rating of llrnt claim matter
nhimld bo ono 0111(10, instead of ono-htdf
ounce uh It now Ih. In vlow of tho ta
tlstlcn furnished by tho dopartmout it
may well bo doubted whothcr the change
would result in any lost of revenue.
That it would greatly prpmoto tho con
vonloncoof tlio public in boyond doubt,
ntid: Dici.ivitiir hystkm.
Tho free delivery Hvstcm lm Isson lat
terly applied to flvo cities, and tho total
number of ofllcea In which it in now In
operation Is 1CU, Kxpcrlenco shows that
Its application, under proper conditions,
In equally an accommodation to tho pub
lic and an advantago to tlio postal aorvlco.
Ills mora than self'SUklamlnir, and tor
reasons urged by tho postmosUr-Koneral
may properly bo extended. It Is the opin
ion ot thatofllcor that It Is proper to pro.
vide means whereby exceptional dispatch
In dealing with, letters in free delivery
Itn, letters in tree delivery
1 secured, by tho payment of
jiostaao, This achemo
Ie Directive by the employ-
omccs may 00
extraordinary
mlffht lie made
ment of a special stain p,whoso costshould
bo coniinonsuralo with theexnaiiBO of the
extra service. In stino of the largo cities
private express companies have under
taken to outstrip the government mall
carriers, by 'affording for tlio prompt
transmission of letters hotter facilities
than havo hitherto Leon at tho command
of tho postonice. It has always been tho
policy of tho government to discourage
such enterprises, and In 110 better way
can thai policy bo maintained than In
supplying tho public with tho mostcfll.
dent service that, with duo regard to Its
own best Interests, can be furnished for
Its accommodations.
OTHim linCOMMKNUATIONH.
Tho attorncy.genoral renown tho recom
mendation coiitaliiod In his report ot last
year, touching the feet of witnesses and
jurors. He favor radical change In the
fee bill, the adoption of a system by
which attorneys nml marshals of the
United States should be compensated
solely by salaries, and tho erection by the
Rovemmentof a penitentiary for the con
finement of offenders against its laws,
Ot tho varied governmental concerns In
charge of the interior department tho re-
fiorla of tho secretary present on interest
ng summary. Anionic the topic deserv
ing particular attention, I refer you to
his observations respecting our Indian af
fairs, tho pre-emption and timber culture
acts, the failure of railroad companion to
tako tltlo to lands granted by tho gov
ernment, and tho operations of tho pen
sion ofllce, the census bureau and the bu
reau of education.
Tin: INDIAN gur-imoN.
Allusion hat been made already to the
circumstance that both as between the
different tribes, ami aa between In
diana and tho whiten, tho past year has
been ono ot unbroken peace. In this cir
cumstance the Drenldont la (dad to find
Justification for tho policy of Uio govern
ment in oaaiing wun me inuian question
and confirmation of the views which
wero fully expressed In his first com
munication to the fortr-soventh conareas.
Tho secretary urges anew the enactment
of a statute for punishment of crimes
committed on Indian reservations, and
recommend tho passage ot a lull now
pending In the housa of representatives
for the purchase of a tract of 18,000 miu-.ro
miles from the Sioux reservation. Jloth
these measure are worthy of approval.
I concur with him also in advising the
repeal of the pre-emption law, the enact
ment of statutes ending the present legal
complications touching lapsed grants to
railroad companies, and the funding of
the debt of the several Pacific railroads,
under trucli guaranty as shall effectually
insure its ultimate payment.
TIIK MOUMO.V QUKSTION.
Tho report of tlia Utah commission will
bo read with interest. It discloses the
results of' recent legislation looking to
the prevention and punlnshment of
polygamy In that territory, I still be
lieve thai If that abominable practice can
bo suppressed by law. it can only be by
tho most radical legislation consistent
with the restraints of the constitution.
I again recommend, therefore, that con
grcss assumo absolute political control of
the territory of Utah, and provide for the
appointment of a commission with such
governmental power as In Its judgment
may Justly and wisely bo put In their
bauds.
OUIl KOIIXKIN TIIADU AOAIN.
In the course of this communication
referenco ha more than onco been made
to the policy ot this government as re-
fards the extensionf our foreign trade.
'. seems proper to declare tho general
principles that should, in my opinion, un
derlie our national efforts fn this direc
tion. Tho main conditions of tho prob
lem may 1ms thus stated: We are a people
rich In mechanical purnulta and fertile
In Invention. Wo cover a vast extent of
torrltnrv rich In nsrlcultural nroducU and
In nearly all tho raw materials necessary
for successful manufacture- We havo a
system 01 productive I'siauiinuuuuia
moro than sufllclcnt to Bupply our own
,imniwU. Thn warren of labor are no
where elso so great. Tho scalo of living
of ourartlsan classes Is such as tend to
secure their personal comiort nun mo ue
vninimioiit nf those hlchcr moral and in
tellectual (lualltics that go to tho making
ot good citizens,
tiiir nvittem of tax and tariff letdslatlon
Is yielding a revenue which Is In excess
of tho present needs of tho government.
There are elements from which It Is
sought to devise a schomo by which,
,.1, limit ,inf-rrfil'lv cliancliiir the condi
tion of tho w'orklngman, our merchant
mnrlnn ahull lm raised from Us enfeebled
condition, and a now market provided for
tho salo boyonu our ooruers 01 uio inmii
r.1.1 fnilt nf nnr Industrial entcrnrlsos,
Tho problem Is complex, and can bo solved
i. nA .inrrlii mniuiiira of Innovation or ro
onn Thn i-mititrlcB of the Amorlcan
continent ami tho adjacent islands are
for tho united maica mo, naiunu luarsui
ot supply and demand. It Is from thoso
wo should obtain what wo do net produce
In aulllclenoy, and It la to thorn that the
surplus production of our fields, our mills
and workshops suouiu overnow, mm uu
der conditions that will equallxo or favor
them In comparison with foreign compe
tition. uirraiENT PLANS.
Four paths of polloy acorn to point to
tills end, ... , . ,
First A series of reciprocal commercial
treaties with tho countries of America,
which shall foster between us and them a
prosperous trade. Tho conditions of these
treaties should ba tho free admission of
such morchandlso aa thla country does
..nt nrnitiira. In nitiirn for the admission,
uudor a favored schomo ot duties of our
prOUUCtS, THO OOlieulS OI buch nu -UGtmuKu
to apply to on thoso goods carrlod under the
Hag of tho parties to the contract, lho
...,ni nn itnth Kldr from the vessels
bo privileged of all tonnage dues and
national Imports. o that such vessels
may ply unhindered between our port
.n.f wia nf thn ntlinreontraotlnu Parties.
thoueh without infringing ou tlio re
served homo coasting trade, the removal
or reduction of burdens on the exported
product of those countries coming with.
In the benoflts of the treaties, aitd the
avoidance of Uio tochhlcal restrictions
and penalties which our Intercourse with
thoso countries in at present hampered.
Socond Tlio establishment of tlio
consular aorvlco of the United States on
a sslarlod footing, permitting tho relin
quishment of consular fees, not only aa
regards vessels under the national flag,
but also as respect vessel ot the
treaty nations carrying goods entitled
to tho benefits of llto treaties.
Third Tho enactment of measure to
favor tho construction and maintenance
ot a steam carrying marine under the flag
of tho Unltod Btatn.
Fourth Tho establishment of a uniform
currency basis for tho countries of Ameri
ca. s that the coined product of our
mines may circulate on equal terms
throughout tho whole ay stem of common
wealths. This would require a momen
tary union of America; whereby the out
full ot the bullion produclngcountrlcs and
he circulation of those which yield neither
gold nor silver could bo adjusted In con
formity with tlio population, wealth and
commercial needs of each. Aa many of
tho countries furnish no bullion to the
common stock, the surplus production of
our mines and mints might thus be dill
!cd and a step taken toward tlio general
remonetlxatlon of silver.
A WIDK FIKMI.
To the accomplishment of theso ends so
far as thoy ran bo attained by separate
treaties, the negotiations already con
cluded and now. In progress havo been di
rected, and the favor with which this
enlarged policy ban thus far been received
warrant tho belief that its operations will
ere long embrace all or nearly all the
countries of this hemisphere. It Is by no
means desirable, however, that the policy
under consideration should be applied So
these countries alono. Tho healthful en
largement of our trado with Europe,
Asia and Africa should be sought by re
ducing tho tariff burdens on such of the
wares as neither of tho American state
ore fitted to produce, and thus enabling
us to obtain In return a better market for
our supplies of food, ot raw material, and
of tho manufactures In which we excel.
It seems to mo that many of the embar
rassing element In tho great natloucl
conlllct lietwccn protection and frco trado
may bo thus turned to good account, that
tho revenuo may bo reduced so a to no
longer tax the people; that protective
duties may bo retained without becoming
burdensome; that our shipping interests
may be Judiciously arranged, the currency
fixed on a sound basis, and above all that
such a unity of Interest be establbdied
anionic tho states of tho America system
a will bo of great and ever Increasing
advantages to them all. All trcatlesin the
line of thlspollcy,whtch have been rejected,
negotiated or are In process of negotiation,
contain a provision deemed to be requisite,
under tho clause of tho constitution limit
ing to tlio house ot representatives the
authority to originate legislation for rais
ing revenuo.
TUB CIVII, HKItVIlT. COMMISSION.
On tho 27th of February last, 1 transmit
ted to tho congress tho first annual report
of tho civil ncrvico commission, together
with communications from tho heads of
tlio sovornl executive department of tho
government respecting tho pracllcal
working of tho law under which thocom
inlssion had been acting. Tho good ro
HiiltH therein foreshadowed havo been
moro than realized. Tho system lias
fully answered tho anticipations of its
friends in securing competent and faith
ful public VorvantH, ntid In protecting tho
appointing olllccrs of tho government
from tho pressure of personal importun
ity, and from tho labor of examining tho
claims and pretensions ot rival candi
dates for public employment. Tho law
has had tlio unqualified support of tho
president, and of tho heads of tho sover
al departments, and tho members of the
commission havo performed thalr duties
with zeal and fidelity: Their report vill
shortly bo submitted, nnd will bo occom
panictl by such recommendations for en
larging tlio scopo of tho oxisting statute
as shall commend themselves to tho ex
ecutive nnd tho commissioners charged
w Itli its administration.
Till! I'KOTOSED I1ANKHUPT LAW, KTC.
Ill view of tho general and persistent
.l...nnt.,1 tliriiifrlinnt tlin mmmprcifll
community for n nationul bankrupt law,
1 liopo uiai mo (iiiierviii-va ui wiiumtm
.. I.t-I. l.n-n liltluirt. Tirnvnntixl ItH Oll-
111111.11 ,,. . ,....--." - ---
nctmontluwy not outlast tho present ses
sion.
Tho jH'stilenco which for tho past two
years has been raging in tho countries
of tho cost, recently madoits appcaranco
in European ports with which wo nro in
constant communication. Tho then sec
retary of tho treasury, in pursuance of a
proclamation of tho president, issued
certain regulations, restricting and for a
time prohibiting the importation of rags,
and tho admission of baggage of emi
grants nnd of travelers arriving from in
fected quarters. Lost this course may
have been without strict warrant of law,
I approvo tho recommendation of tho
present secretary that congress tako ac
tion in tlio premlsos, and I also recom-
measures as will bo likely to ward off
tho dreaded epidemic nna 10 rauiijaio im
soverityinciisu it should unhappily ex
tend to our shores
Tho annual report of tlio commission
ers of tho District of Columbia roviowa
tho operations of tho several depart
ments of its municipal government. I
KCBtlons In respect to Icgialatjon, cspe-
ciauy coiiiinciiiiniK nu o ibhiijo .v.
rovlsion of thd civil nnd criminal code,
tcncotl to hnpriHomnont in tno jail, the
coj.Btruction and occupation of wharves
,.1a... itn voU'str ftvmt. 11 nil thn nrfrlimi nf
a suitable building for district oillces.
I recommend that in recognition of tho
eminent services of Ulysses B, Grant,
lute- general of tho armies of tho United
Stales, and twlco president of this na
tion, Unit congress confer upon him a
suiiauio puiiHiuu.
IN CONCLUSION.
Certain of tho measures that seem to
mo necessary and oxpedient I havo now,
in anoyance to mo consiiiuuou, rocum
..w..i.1..l t, viMiv fiilnntlnti. Til rnimf-ct
to others of no loss importance, I Bball
COIUUIll lliyiiOJl Willi IVIIUW.11J5 uiu in.'
ommondatfons already mudo to the con
gress, without restating tho grounds up
on which such recommendations wero
based.
Tho preservation of forests in tho pub
Uo domain, tlio granting of government
aid for popular education, tho amend
mont of tho fodoral constitution so an to
rondoroflbctlvo tho disapprpval by tho
tH.-aljIi.tt et tntlrii1iiy lilnnu In minm
iiiuaiuvii. u. j... .w...... .-,-(--
priation bills, tho enactment of Btatutea
In rogtird to tho filling of vacancies in
presidential oillces, and tho dotormln-
Jng of voxod quostlons rospoctlng pros
dontliil disability, are measuros which
may justly receive your serious consiu-
orauou,
An tho tlmo draws near wlion I ani to
rotire from tlio public service, I cannot
rofrain from expressing to tho members
of tho national legislature with whom,I
hove been brought into personal and
ofllclal Intercourse my Ibcon spprocla
tlon of their unfailing courtesy and of
their harmonious co-operation with tho
oxcctitlvo in so many measures
calculated to promote tho best
Interests of tho nation, and to
my fellow-cltlzons generally I ac
kuowledgo a deep onso of obligation
for tho support- which thoy have accord
ed tno fn ray administration of tho ex
ecutive ciepartmont of tlio government.
OIlESTEIt A. AKTIIUK.
Wabiiinoton, D. 0,, Deo. 1, 1884.
WAihlnjr Day In XwItxcrlanJ.
I know of fow morry eomodlos to
thoroughly cnjoyablo by tho chance
spectator as woshlnfr day in a hamlet
like Sojtllo. Now, washrng day Is with
it In America, ns wo all too we'll know,
tho sternest kind of hiri-wrought
tragedy, In which men hold llielf baled
breath In fear, and women oro wrought
to tho most formidable state of tension.
Tho miseries of tho "solitary system"
aro then witnessed In their most cruel
shape, Approach now tho parallel
poet nolo in Soglln, guided to lho spot
by peals of merry lotlghtor. Into a
great stono basin, thirty fool by ten, a
stream of crystal mountain water is
pouring in constant flood, and all
around tho brink, their dresses girt
close nud their arms stripped bare for
action, stand tho women, Voting and
old. No moping momnehofy, nu look
of frantic dixpalr at the heap of soiled
clothei ono poor, lone, unaided creature
has got to cope with; but, instead of
this, the glco, luvigoration, and courago
that comes of nuniboM. Already a topic
Is started, the last Sunday's sermon,
tlio festival down In I'romontogiio, the
latest engagement In tho village, and in
atrlce It ih clear what vigorous dramatic
eloquence the muro operation of wash
lng imparts to the ordinary prose of
tallf llcro It ono woman taking ef
ceptlun to something she did not like in
the doctritio of tho sermon, just at tho
very point when she Is rubbing in the
soap on n particularly dirty snot in the
garment she has fn hand. With what
vim sho appllos tho caustic bar, and
then rubs and rubs, as though It wero
not a shirt, but tho very manuscript It
solf, and thu evil doctrino in black ink
within it, sho is bringing her linest en
ergies to bear upon. And lo! when all
at once sho annihilates alike the stain
of dirt and tho obnoxious sentiment,
what a look of triumph as sho holds on
high the now stainless garment, and all
pause to gaze in admiration. Here,
again, is another woman wringing dry
with her powerful arms a coarse linen
sheet. Ah! tho sheet Is a moro symbol.
It Is tho last refugo of lies she is wring
ing out of somo bad ohara"tcr in the
neighborhood, or out of somo dancer
ous tendency to extravagance or tolly
sho Is depre -atlng for tho young. How
clear at a glance tho two-fold advan
tage! Kir.it tho sheet goU the benefit
of Jier passion, for In no uninspired
mood could sho begin to wring so dry;
and then the consciences of her co
workers aro sought homo with an ener
gy tho villngo pastor, debarred of such
superb dramatic adjuncts, can never
aspire to compass. Cor. lioiton Herald.
lie C'nmo to it.
The railroad pas-iengcr who loavos
from nnv dopot in Detroit must show
his ticket at the gate. The Idea is to
keep dead heads off the trains ami pre
vent people from making mistakes, but
It's a poor day when ft dozen kickers
don't show up.
yesterday morning a man with a
very, very iron-jaw and lots of width
between tho eyes reached one of the
gatos with a parcel under either arm.
"Ticket, sir."
"In my pocket."
"Show your ticket!"
"Can't you tako my word that I've
got a ticket?"
"Please show your ticket."
"Am I a liar?" demanded tho pas
senger. "Ticket, sir; show your ticket."
"I'll bo hanged if I do."
"All right; please stand back."
iirnnl- i.linrK " rtftiil Ihn-inan with
the metal In his jaw, "I'll stay here a
thousand vears before I'll show my
tloket at tliat gate."
A dozen people laughed at him, but
ho lot the train go out and walked
around with his parcels under hss arm.
Ho got no consolation or a long two
liotiH. Then chap with a battored
whlto plug hat, run-down booU and
last year's clothes slouchod up to him,
hold out a greasy paw and 6alu:
"Pardnor, put it tliar! Both of us
doad broke. TJoth of us want to get
out o' hero. Both of us got left at tbo
gate. Pftrdner, I'll loss up to seo
whothor von pawn your rod whiskers or
I spout my old hat for two schooners
of boor!"
Tho wldo eyed man laid down his
bundles and kicked the other with such
'force that ho fell flat. Wheu ho had
piokod hlmsolfupha walked straight
to tho gate, exhibited his ticket and
passod through with tho romarki
"Thoro it is thero it isl but I'll beat
the conduotor or dlo with my boots ou!"
Detroit Free Press.
StingsAnd Bite.
A nM wiuulmian nf Atistmlla. who
used to oitch snakes for pastime, says
that u raw onion bruised and applied as
soon as possible to tho wound, u a cer
tain otiro for tho blto of all tho venom
ous serpents of that oountry except the
death adder, whloh he admits Is so
poisonous, and its poison is so quick in
acting, that thoro Is no kuown remedy
for It. That tho onion is a, spocllio for
tho sting of poisonous insects of all
kinds has long boon known to the
writer of this paragraph, who, when a
boy, invariably carried ono on expedi
tions with oompaulous against hornets'
nosts, oto. It was found that tho appli
cation of onion julco would Instantly
alloy the pain uaused by the stinging of
horuots, yellow-Jaoket-s, wasps, bees,
eto. Washington Star.
Vr. Cyrus K. Teed, an oolootlo phy
sician, whoso oflloo is on an arlslooratlo
stroot In Syracuse, and whoso praotioa
Is among some 01 "tno ucsi. puupiu,
roportodas saying that both tho Dibit
apd Bolonttfio authorities prove ids claim
to bo tho prophet Cyrus, mentioned In
r..-1.,l, m in ai.tiAav nn oarth. AtfortV-
K lr. Toed expects to bo translated lo
hdavon, and fifty days lator he will re
turn nnd found a kingdom of lovo. Ht
la lwlorsod by Boy. J, II. Glymor, pas
tor of tho Flrit Methodist Kplsoopal
Church In that city. -Syracuse Journal.
THE'lOOKTHIEFS DEVICE
Hiding Valuable Hooka of Portrait
nn Kmro Illustrations,
t?fw York letter.)
"The newest trick of book thieves hi a most
rorlotU one," said a Kasraa street book
denier, t!x other day, "and I confwie It took
me in completely, although I bar heon In
tho bulns forty years, ami tlimigh I knew
a good deaL A very well drotmd man came
In and represented himself as the assistant
librarian of the neir public library In Cleve
land. He said he bad come to this city to
bay 20,000 books, among which he want! to
Include about forty representative copies of
tbo old theological works printed fn Ketv
England within tbe first century after the
Kiltlomentof tho Puritans.
"Of course I gave him permission to look
at what I had in that line," Kid tho book
dealer. "After examining tbe books for
about half an hour the man went out, saying
that he intended to vWt other bookstores in
the neighborhood. lie returned about 3
o'clock In tbe afternoon and looked agala at
tho books, and then went away, promising to
call tills morning and make bi purchas.
"Just after he bad gone I noticed that he
had put one of tbe books back on tbe wrong
shelf. It was a volume of Cotton Mather
sermon printed In Cambridge In 1073, and
was almost unique Iu this country. Taking
it down I felt that there was some small
substance between some of the leaves, and,
eoro enough, there was a piece of wet string
laid against the binding Jast back of whnre
tbtrn had been a woodcut portrait of
Cotton J'ttbor himself. Out tbo
woodcut had disappeared. The rascal
bad Hipped the wet string In during his
Out visit to the store, and it bad so
moistened the rxuto with which tbe portrait
was fastene 1 In the book that during his
vcoii'l visit be had slipped tbe cut out and
put it In his pocket without cutting' or tear
lug it In the least. An examination of the
volumes the thief bod looked over revealed
the fact that he bad in tbo same way stolen
seventeen other woodcuts and engravings,
tha loss of which decreases tbe value of t?
volumes fully oue-balf. For instance, the
Cotton Mather sermons were worth 1180 with
tho iwrtralt, while without It I can't sell the
book for more than $S0. Do I expect to
catch him) Well, I hardly expect to be so
fortunate."
"What do you think tbo man can sell bis
plunder forr asked the reporter.
"Well, probably for about $800 perhaps
more,' tall the book dealer. "And I pity
the public llliraries ot tbe city, for that man
evidently knows just what woodcut and en
gravings are the rarest and most valuable,
and be will play the some trick in those
places If the librarian are not very carafnl"
Ilia OnlnlOB of KMlitr Banlta.
Chicago Herald.
"My business isn't what it used to be," said
a bank-breaker from New York, who came
out to attend tbo national convention. "AD
ot tbo gentlemen in tbe profession are either
going to Europe or moving west. I may con
clu le to locate, out here myself after awhile,
for there 1 no use trying to make a living in
New York or New England any more;
There's no certainty about tha business, and
that's what kills it dead. In old times when
a cove got Into a bank ho had a sure thing on
a boodle, but it isn't so any more. Some
time it takes a sharp man a year to get into
a bank, and costs him a small fortune bo
lides. There's this man and that man to be
fixed, there's expensive tools to buy, there's
board and tailor bills to pay and hard men to
keep on a saUry, so that by tbe tlmo every
thing Is ready there may be 5,CO0 or $10,000
invrsteil in the business.
"I had a bnuk odim, a blijuio. dJWi east,
that stood me fn llUoSO, and when I got into
it thero wasn't enough money in the crib to
et me pay oO sent on the dollar. Yet that
bank had an advertised surplus and deposits
amounting to million. Vben I t,ot in I
knew tbe concern was insolvent, and If I had
had time to examine tbe books I would have
found out where tbe money went to. A
month after I paid the place a visit, tbe
cashier turno I up missing, and there was a
great sensation over one of tbe biggest defal
cations ot the century. Now, you see, the
on'y trouble was ttat the cashier took an un
fair advantage ot me. He was on the inside,
and he had tie thing cleaned out before 1
got there at all. Tnat's what is making my
busiuess very risky down east. You never
know at what minute you may run against
one ot these empty bank. Whlted eepul
chers is what we call them In our biuinesj."
Foluts About Patent.
Washington Cor. New York Sun.
Tbe belief ot some persons that sugar in
novlne quantities can be got from cornstalks
as n ell a from sorghum, recalls tbe fact that
tlio state of Connecticut gave to Ed ward
Hinuian a patent for making molasses from
cornstalks In October, yt7, or nearly 167
years ago. Konator Flatt, who introduced
this statement into a recent speech, cited
loine other curious Old Connecticut patents,
showing that the spirit of invention was
rife thero at an early date. There were no
davioes iu the list for manufacturing wooden
nutmegs, but In 17S3 a pateut was given to
Benjanuu Hanks for "a clock which will
wind itxelf up."
Another interesting point that may be de
rived from Mr. Piatt's tables is, tat while
In lTVOtbeio were but three patents Issued
by the United States government, In 17U3 but
eleven, and in 1 Ttt but twelve, the issue for
year before last was 18,135, and tor last year
it was '.'1, 1C3. At certain epochs there have
been remarkable jumps in tbe annual list.
Thus in 1851 the number of new patents rose
to 1.7.VJ from only 840 for tho previous year,
and the galu was held and continued. So iu
IBCO tbe new issues were 8,874, but the fol
lowing year tbo number boun Jed to 13,001.
Venr oddly Ittoever afterward varied 3,000
up or down during fourteen years, the new
Issues for 5880 being 3,030. But the next
year the number suddenly started forward
to 15,vM8. and tusro bave slnoe been steady
and great gilu. If the re-issues aud tha de
signs ot last year snouiu oe aa lea m me new
pat nts the aggregate would be 32,383.
Caitala or India.
Foreign lttjr.
Tbe India canals area distinctive feature of
tbe country. They are splendidly built, being
Intended priccipally fur irrigation, although
having locks, so as to make navigation possi
ble. The largest and most important ooaU
the Qanges canal, which cost the govern
ment over 3,000,000. It is about 300 miles
long, runs out of tbe Ganges and proceeds
into the Ganges agalu. When tho sub.
ject ot building it Was agitated, tbe
Interesting natives vowed they woald never
for an lustaut tolerate It, tapping a It did the
sacicd river of tbo Hindoos. Thea wbea the
wnik was actually begun they changed their
taotles and gravely declared that water would
not remain it or flow through the canal.
When the fallacy of this position was shown,
they receded from it and contented tbess
selves v, Ith solemnly asserting that no native
would ever avail himself of Uieimproveffieat
It is now In fidl operation, however.
, Hare VoI'uiHe.
John Jacob Attor has Jiwt presented to Uw
Astor library in New York eity, test remark
able rare aad iaterssttaf vohisse. Tiff
BoiuuruM tha "EvaufetllstsriuM of the Carlo-
I vlnglar Age."
QLIMP8ES OF VENICE,
tmSMkMHM
Seanes Which Meet ,tfce e or a
Crescent City Artist.
Private Lntter in N, O. Time Dera&craill
After eight hours wo came to marshes.
Ohi a gondola! rod and yellow sails, with
pictures and designs on tlftml A lonj
stretch of low, delicate tinted house:
splrosaiid domes Venice I Crowd of
gondoliers our baggago is caught up,
and twonty steps out of tho station
bring us to tho Canals Grande, dotted
by hundreds of black gondolas.
Not a sound is hoardjw wo glide away
under arched bridges, througa narrow
and wide canals, Jast grazing this boat
and spinning like a ton around that cor
ner or post, going rapidly past falry-llko
palaces and groups of people, whoso col
ors remind ono of those of a kaleidoscope.
Now out In a bay, and along tbe river,
with its conglomeration of fish-boats and
palaces, wo passed behind tbe Palace of
the Doge, under the Bridge of Sighs,
and soon were taken into this charming
old house, whero I havo a room over
looking a garden on ono side, and the
most curious mass of tiled roofs and
chimneys on tho other.
Wo set out to explore the city, and I
am still exploring with my mouth wide
open, wondering whether I am awake,
and uncertain whether the time is before
or after Christ; though there are enough
of churches and exquisite shrines set up
on posh) in tho water to convince me that
Christianity has blown its hurricane
over this moct conservative jewel of a
city.
A jumble of canals, alloys, gondolas,
chimney pots, fish markets, sails, palaces
and women womn I, yi, yil See
them! Graceful creatures, as they trip
over tho bridges, or sit in gronp3 thread
ing beads so docile, they surround you'
and talk thei- dialect, whloh differs so
from tho Florentine that! barely under
stand it
The men are splendid types, weather
beaten, polito and respectable. The old
fishermen are so rusty that barnacles
stick to them.
Bight across the bay is a long island
the Lido. It costs 2 cents to get there;
a walk of flvo minutes brings you to a
beach twenty-fivo miles long on the
Adriatic sea. Thero nro trees and
meadows where you can find rest and
solitude, to rest from crowded Venice.
There also is Chioggio, an antique fish
ing town amazing to see. Wo go thore
on Friday the unlucky day when the
fishermen stay at home and mend their
nets.
These people hero ornament every
thing that they touch. They aro innate
artists. The rich tourists aro coarse and
tasteless beside them. See their boats,
all carved and adorned with brass ma
donnas everywhere serponts twining
around. On a sail that passed this
morning was the image of a horse, of
colossal size and painted in vermilion,
the only horse, perhaps, that most of tho
people have overseen.
People are singing all around. They
aro very cheerful and "kind to each
other. Their devotion to children and
dogs is strong.
The boys are perfect turning cart
wheels, jumping into the canals aad
having lots of fun. Begging, tbo Ital
ians' weakness, isn't very troafeksowe.
In an out-of-tho-way place, I "diBcoT
ered this morning groups of olean, beau
tifully dressed girls and women who
were sitting in tho alloys stringing beads.
They extended their hands without
shame, and laughed when I refused to
give a "soldo."
Thoy all wanted to pose, and to-morrow
I shall go and paint them.
Save your money and come to Venice;
it doesn't matter whether you go to
heaven afterward or not.
On tbe Kc.d Sea.
Cor. N. O. Timos-Deaoerat.
The sunsets are glorious and the moon
rises even more so. Indeed, the even
ings are pleasant and we are tempted lo
sleep out on the deck instead of in our
stuffy cabins. This, however, the cap
tain forbids, on account of the peculiar
influences of tha moon in this climate.
The rays of a tropical moon poisons
meat, and our supplies are tested with a
piece of silver in the boiling water. Any
discoloration of the silver indicates that
the moat has been exposed to the moon
shine. One indiscreet sailor sleeps on deck
and in the morning his face is wrenched
out of shape. After this we are careful,
and sit under tho awninjj while we spin
our sea yarns. The dews at nijjht are
very heavy and leave a thick saline de
posit on the ship's rigging. Occasionally
a mirage furnishes uswkb. diversion.
The phosporescent displays of the Ara
bian and Red seas are not what I had
oxpected after reading and hearing so
much of them; but perhaps this is owing
to tbo supernatural brilliance of tha
moon. The phosphorescence is, how
ever, sui generis so far aa I have seen.
It floats about in apparent -cnunics,"
which attach themselves to the sides of
tl,e vessel and aro impelled forward for
a time, only to bocomo detached at
length, and quiokly disappear astern.
Kxamplea from tha Gorman.
Texas Sifting.
A German nowspaper gives a few sam
ples of German bulls, whloh aro quite as
amusing as those perpetrated by tho
Irish, who have been heretofore sup
posed to have had a monopoly In th
buslueas: "Among the immigrants was
an old blind woman, who came to, Asaer
iea onco more before sho died, to see Iter
only son." "After tlio door was closed
a soft female foot slipped into the toohi,
and with her own hand extinguished the
taper," "Both doctors were unable to
restore tho deceased once more to life
and health." "The chariot of revolution
la rolling onward, andgnasliing its teeth.
as it rolls," is what a Berlin reyolutkm
isttold the students, in 1848, in a
speech. "The ladles' benefit assoeiation
has distributed twenty pairs of shoes
among the poor, which will dry un many
Aor "I was sitting at the tablea-
joying a cup of cotee, wfeea a gentle
voice tapped cao on the shoulder. I
looked around and saw my old friend
oaee more."
Boucleault ?ropker
The predlctloa of Hlattla4ij sev
eral years ago seem abot tofee renM,
He said: "Egypt was fatal to Aiftia,
to tho Hebrews, to St. Geoage, jAu.wm
hung for lootings and to Jajriion. It
tothijEwyalof the werti twdSBg
la&d has bom there to steal a lot ler a
amulet fiwaHy vault."
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