THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
OonHnuti from Tlrtt Paf.
economy In th foreign senrlee In olhar branches
of the gnvrrnmrnt, I oiunot ear-ape the oncmalun
Jhnt In .ome lnataute .lie withholding of appropria
tion will prove " '
a- EXPFNatrc kco-omt,
nil J tliat the fmnll relnnrrimeiit nernrrti tiY a
rnanirs of grade in oortnin dlploraallr pout! In iiot
nuaiiqnnte conaldrrallnn for the hai of Inunenre
mid Importance which will attend our foretell roi.re
jpnUtlTM un.lr-r lulu reduction. 1 am of the opinion
that a fe-examlnation of the aubjert will onn.a a
change In aotne Inatanooa in the concliialnna reached
ou these subjcete at the lust ecsalon of Oongreaa.
Tna court or CJKUieaioMiRa
of Alabama claim", whose functions were con
tinued by an act of the laat morion of Congreaa un.
til the first day of January, 187T, has carried on Its
labors with tllllirenoo and Ri nornlaatlKfartlon. Hr a
report from the elnrk of the court, tr.immltliMl here,
with, bearing data November 14, HTfl, It appear
that w thin the tlnio now allowed br luw the court
will hive diepoaed of all the claims lamented
lor adjudication. This report nl.o coiitalna
etatoiueut of the genernl ronult of the labors
of the court to date thereof. It la a cauao of aalla.
faction to know that the method adopted fot the
antislaotlon of the elnaaps of clnlma entutiltted to
the court, whMi are of Ions atainMug and jnatly eu
titled to early consideration, should hare proved
aunvn.ful anil acceptable. It with aatiaraeltoii
that I am enabled to etnte that the work of the Joint
commission for dntrrmiuliiK the boundnry line be
tween the tlnltcd 8tatea end Hrltlli Haaraalnna,
I rem the northwrat biiijIo of tlio l.aLa of the Woods
to the Hocliy mountains, conimeni-id In 1871, lias
been coiniauted. The Dual agreements of the eoin-liil-sioncrj,
with the roups, have been duly aluued,
and the work of the continual n Is complt'te. The
fixing of t io
nouNDinr cros tiir i-aciiio coast
by the protocol of March 10, 1873, pursuant to the
awant of the Emperor of Ueiuiany by article
XXXIV of the treaty or Washington, with the tcrml
uiiti.m of the work of Ibis commission, adjuala and
JiX' S the entire uouudaty between the United Htatea
and the Ilriliah roxseesiona, except the portion of
territory ceded by Kuaala to the United Statea uudcr
the treaty of 1x67. The work intruated to the com
nilasloncra nuil the olllcera of the army attached to
the commission )IB U8eu WPn lui satisfactorily
performed. Tho original of the final agreement of
the couinilnMoners, signed upon tho tvrenly-uluth
or May, 1870, with the original list of astronomical
Ktatlona observed,'' the original oulelal "list or
monuments luirkliisr the International boundary
line," and the uiapa, records and general reporta re
lating to tho commission, have been deposited in tho
department ot Btate. The official report or the
commissioners on the p.irt of tho United States,
' with the report of tun chief astronomer of the
United Statm, will be submitted to Congress within
a short time.
THE EXTBADITIOJI TBEATY WITS BSOUSD,
I reserve for a separate communication to Con
gress a Btateineut of t ie condition of the questions
which lately arose with Grrat Britain, reapectlng
the surrender of fugitive criminala under the treaty
of 1842. '
VOBEIOX TREAlli:!.
Tho Ottoman government gave notice under date
of January 15, 174, of its desire to tcriuluato the
treaty oi IUG'2 concerning commerce and navigation,
pursuant to tho provisions of the twenty-second
article thereof. Under this notice the treuty terml
li ted upon the fifth day of June, 1S76. That gov.
eminent has invited negotiations toward the con
elusion of a new treaty. l)y the act or Congress or
March 2:t, 174 the President was authorized, when
he should receive satisfactory Information that the
Ottoman government, or that of Lgypt, had organ
lwd now tribunals likely to aecure to citizens of the
United States the game impartial justice eu loved
under the eiercise of Judicial functloue by diplo
matic and consular oilieera of the United States, to
suspend the operation of the act of June 22, 1860,
and to accept lor citiz -iis or the United Mites the
Jurisdiction of the new tributiaia. Satisfactory in
formation having been received of the organization
of such new tribunals In Kgypt, I caused a procla
mation to be issued ou the twenty-seventh of March
last, suspending the operation ot the act of June 22,
18.0, in ttjypt, according to the provisions of the
act. A copy of the proclamation accompanies this
mi satire. The Uuited Mates has united with the
other powers in the organization or these courts. It
la hoped that jurisdictional questions which have
arisen may be readily adjus ed, and that thia ad
vance iu judicial reform may be hindered by no
obstacles.
The necessary legists on to curry into effeot the
convention respecting commercial reciprocity con
eluded with
THB HAWAIIAN laLAMLI
n 17S having been had, the proclamation to carry
iuu emu me convention, aa proviuea uy ine act
approved August 15, li7d, waa duly issued upon the
ninth day or S. pteiubcr lat. A copy thereof accom
panies this mess ige. The commotions whtcb hate
been prevalent lu Mexico for some time past, and
"uii -ii uuinpiuiy, aeeiu 10 uti itoi yel wnollv quiet
ed, have led to cotunldutH of citizens of tlie'Uniteil
K ates of injuri's by persius in authority. It is
iiopeu, nowever, mat tneae will ultimately he ad
Jueted to the satisfaction ot bjth goveruineu'.s. Tne
ftlOh-TIEIt OF THK IN1TKD 6TATKS
In that quarter has not been exempt from acts or
vicleuce by citizens ol one republic on those ot the
other. The frequency of these la supposed to be in
creased, an 1 thur adjustment made more difficult,
by the considerable chances iu the course or the
Itto liraudo river, which river is a mrl of the boun
dary between the two countries. These changes
have placed on either side or that river portions or
land which by existing conventions belong to the
jurisdiction or the government ou the opposite side
or the river. The subject or adjustment or this
maw oi uiiuciiny i uuuer consideration between
the two republics.
Til" covorumeiit of the United States of folnnil.tn
bus paid tbe award in the case or the atearner Mou
tljo, seized by authorities or that government some
years since, und the amount has been transferred to
me ciaimauis,
MEXICAN CLAIMS.
It is with satisfaction that I am able fo annoilnnn
that the joint commission (or the adjustment of
viaims utiueeu me uniu-u urates and Mexico, uude;
the convention or 180, the duration of which has
bom several times extended, has brought its labors
to a close.
l'rom the report of (he agent of the United States,
which accompanies tho papers transmitted here,
with, it will be aeeu that within the time limited by
the commission one thovtsuud aud seventeen claims
nu tho part of the citizens or the United States
a?aiust Mexico were n lerred to the commission.
Or these claims ci;ht hundred and thirtr-one
w-'re disii.is-ed or disallowed, and iu one huudied
and eiiru.y-six cases awards w-re made in laior or
the claimants against the Mexican republic, amount
ing in the tiMt-'reeate to $!,lJS,fl'22.Ml. Within the
fame period nine hundred and uiueiy-eight claims
on the part or citizens or the Mexican republic
aaaiust the Unite 1 States wore referred to tho en,...
mission. 01 theie claims eight hundred and thirtv-
oue were dismissed or disallowed, aud iu one hun
dred and sixty-seven cea awarils were made in
favor of the claimautfl against the United States,
amounting in tho aggroate to one hundred and
my luousauu jour uuntireu aud uiuety-eight
dollars aud fortv-one cents.
Monthly payments or a very small nart of (Ha
amount duo by the government of Venezuela to
citizens ol the Uuited States on account of claims of
in.- untr u;;aiusi mat government continue to be
maue sau leusonu Ule puUOIUallty.
PBACDULKST NATURALIZATION,
In former messages I have called the attention of
Congress to the neu ssityof legislation with regard
to fraudulent naturalization, and to the subject of
iiinaLwu mm i ne eieci ou oi nationality. The
numbera of persona of foreign birth seeking a home
in tho United States, tho case and facUity with
w hich the honest immigrant may, arter the lapse of
a reasonable time, become possessed of all the privi
leges of citizenship or the Uuited States, aud the
frequent occasions which induce such adopted citi
zeua to return to the count y or their birth, render
the subject of naturalization and the aafeguarda
which experience has pioved neeessary for the pro
tection of the honest naturalized citizen ef para
mount importance. The very simplicity iu the
ui un mis question anora oppor
tunity tor fraud, and tho want of uniformity in the
proceedings aud records of the various courts, aud
In the forma of the certificates of naturalization
issued, afford a constant source or difficulty. I
Bucgest no additional requirements to the acuuisi-
iiou oi cuzcusuip ueyoud iuo.se now existing, but I
Invite the enrnewl atlnntir.t. nt .
. , . , - . uipj,vn ,u me ueceS'
sity aud wisdom of some nrovisimin PAt,ur,iinn .,..t
formity iu the records and certificates, and provid.
lug against the frauda which frequently take place.
iiuu lor tne vacating of a record of naturalization
obtained lu fraud. Tbesi provisions are needed in
aid and for the protection of the honest cillion or
loreiftu birth, and for the waut of which he Is made
to auffer not Infrequently. The United Statea has
Insisted Uiou the right of expatriation, aud has
obtuiued, utter a loug struggle, an admission of thi
print. iple contended for by acqule-ceuce therein on
the part of mauy foreign powers, and by the conclu
sion of treaties ou that subject. It is, however, but
justice to the government to which aucb naturaiixed
cit'zeus have tornierly owed allegiance, as well aa to
the United 8tatea, that certain fixed aud definite
rules should be adopted governing such cases, and
providing how expatriation may be accomplished
While immigrants in large numbers become citizens
of the Uuited Statea, it is also true that persons
butti nitive. born and naturalized once citizens of
inn i'uubu mutes, eicuer Dy lormOA acta or as the
effect of a series of lacts aud circumataneM. ai.n.
don their citizenship aud cease to be entitled to the
protection of the United States, but continue, on
convenient occasions, to assert a elaim to protection
m wc auDciiuD 01 piuwBiou ou tuese questions,
status cr AMeaiOAK wtniai,
And in tins connection I again invite van if
tiou to tbe necessity of legislation concerning the
marriages of American citizens contracted abroad,
and concerning the status of American women who
marry loietguera, ana oi cnuaren corn of American
parents iu a foreign country. The delicate and
c implicated questions continually occurring with
reference to uatuializatiou, expatriation, aud the
iaiii oi biicu persona aa i naveauove referred to,
induce me to earnestly direct your attention again
iu lueae suujecia.
CLAIMS or ALIUS.
In l've manner I lepeat my recommendation that
nine means oe proviuea lor the bearing and deter
mination of the just and subsisting claims of aliens
' ou the government of the United Statea within s
reasonable limitation, aud of such aa may hereafter
aiise. While, by existing provisions of law, the
court of claims may, in certain cases, be resorted
to by an alien claimant, the abaence of any general
provisions governing all such cases, aud the want of
s tribunal skilled in the disposition of such cases
upon recognized, fixed and settled principles, either
provides no r -medy in many deserving casea, or
compels a consideration of such claims by Congress
or the Executive departments of the government.
It Is believed that other governments are iu ad
vance of the Uuited Statea upon this question, snd
that the practice now adopted is sntlrely unsatiafao-orjr.
COLO KUDO.
rongrws by sn sot approved the third dsy ot
March, lava authorized the Inhabitants of the Ter
ritory of Colorado to form a 8at government, with
the name of the Htale of Colorado, and therein pro
vided lor the admission of sold stale, when formed,
Into Hie Union npnn an equal rooting with the orlg.
Inal Slate. A constitution having been adopted
and rstltled by Ihe people of that State, and the act
ing governor having eet tilled to me Ihe facts aa
provided by said aet, together with a copy of such
constitution and ordinances as provided for lu the
aald act, and the provisions of the said act of Con
grem having been duly compiled with, I lesued a
proclamation Uii the first of August. 1870, a copy
of which Is hereto annexed.
Till REPORT Of Till SKCRXTAftY Of WAII .
shows that Ih army has been actively employed
during the year In subduing, at the req'ueet of the
Indian bureau, certain wild bands of tne Hloux lu
dlan nation, and lu preserving the peace at the
Houth during the election. The commission constl
tntod under Hie act of July 94, 1H7A, to consider and
report on the wble subject or reform and reorgaul.
Ration of the whole army In August lsnt, has col
lected a large tnas of statists) aud opinions bear.
Ing on the subject before It. These are now under
considers! ion, and their report la progressing. In
accordance with the resolutions of August IS, 1876,
the army regulations prepared under the aet of
March 1, 18io, have not beon promulgated, but are
held until alter Ihe nport of the above mentioned
commission shall have been received snd sctcd ou,
SKdlltTAIIT Of WAR.
' I Invlle your special attention to the following re
cnliitnenilWtons or the secretary or war: lint
That the claims under the aet of July 4, 1804, for
supplies taken by the army during the war be re
moved from the omen of Ihe quartermaster aud
commissary generals, and transferred to the South
ern claims commission. These claims are of pre.
clsely similar nature to those now before the South
ern claims commission aud the War department
bureaus. Have not the clerical force for their exam
ination no proper machinery for Investigating the
loyalty ef tua claimants? Second That Congrtss
sanction the scheme of an ounulty luud lor the
benefit of the families of deceased officers, and that
It ahio provide for the permanent organization of
THK SIGNAL SERVICE,
both of which were recommended In my last annual
message. Third That the manufacturing opera
tions of the Ordnance department be concentrated
at three arsenals aud an armory, and that the re
maining arsenals be sold and the proceeds applied
to this object by the Orduance department.
IlIVKtt AMD H ARDOR APFBOFniATIOXf.
The appropriations for river aud harbor Improve
ments for the current year were live million aud
fifteen thousaud dollars. With my approval, tbe
secretary of war directed that of this amount two
mililou dollars should be expeuded, and no new
work should be begun and none prosecuted, which
were not of national lmportuuce. Subsequently this
amount was Increased tx $2,2j7.6O0, and the works
are now progressing ou this l ria. The Improve
ment of the south pass of the Mississippi river, un
der Jamea B. Kads aud his associates, is progress
ing favorably. At the present time there la a chan
nel cf twenty aud three-tenths feet In depth be
tween the Jetties at the mouth of the pass, aud
eighteen aud one half feet at the head of the pass.
Neither channel, however, has the width required
before payments can be made by the United States,
A commission of engineer officers is now examining
these works, and their reporta will be presented es
soon as received,
THE xavt. .
The report of the secretary of the navv shows
th it branch of the service to be In s condition as
ellective us it Is possible to keep it with the means
and authority given the department. It is, ot
course, not possible to rival the costly and progres
sive establishments of great European powers with
the old material of our navy, to which no it crease
has been authorized since the war, except the eight
small osuisers built to supply the place of others
which had gone to decay. Vat the moat has been
done that was possible with the means at command,
aud by substantially rebuilding some of our old
ships with durable material, and completely repair,
lug our mouitor fleet, the navy has been gradually
so brought up that though it does not maintain its
relative position amouf the progressive naviea of
the world, It is now lu a condition more powerful
and cttcctive than It ever has been in a time of
peace. The complete repairs or our five heavy iron,
cluds are only delayed ou account or the iuadeqtia
cy ot the appropriations made last year ror the
working bureaus of the department, which were
actually less In ctnoutit than those made before the
war, notwithstanding the greatly enhanced price of
lal.Kr und materials, an I the increase lu the cost of
the naval torvice growing out of the universal use
aud great expense of steam machinery. The money
ueceasary ror these repairs should be provided at
ouee, that they may be completed without further
unnecessary delay iiud exnense. Wheu this la done
all the ttreUKth that there la in our navy will lie de
veloped und useful to its lull capacity, and it will
be powerful for purposes of del'ense. aud alio for
offensive action, should the necessity for that arise
within a reasonable distance lrom our shores. The
fact that our navy ia not more modern and power
ful than it Ib has been made a cause of complaint
against the secretary of the navy by persona who at
the same time criticise aud complain of his endeav
ors to bring the navy that we have to lta best and
most efficient condition, but the good sense of the
country will understand that it Is really due to his
practical action that wo have at this time any effec
tive navy force at command.
TIIE POBT-OPFICB DEPARTMENT.
The report of the postmaster-gouerni shows the
excess of expenditures, including expenditures on
account of previous years, over receipts lor tho fis
cal year ended June 80, 1870, to be $1,151, ojfl.C6.
Esltnuited expenditures for the fi cal vear euding
Juno 80, 1878, are $3fl,7i3 413.43. Lstiuia'ted revenue
for same period is $J0,645,1C5, leaving an estimated
excess of expenditure to be appropriated aa a de.
ficleucy of tO,078,'2ti7.4U. The postmaster-general,
liUH his predecessors, ia cenviuced that n change in
the basis of adjusting the salaries or postmasters of
the fourth class is necessary ror the sood or the ser
vice as well as lor the interest cf the government,
and urgently recommrud that the compensation of
the class of postm&aterd above mentioned be based
upon the business of their respective offices, as as
certaiued from the sworn returns to the auditor of
stamps canceled,
FEARS OF PERSONAL SAFTT.
A few postmasters iu the Sou'heru Stales have
expressed great apprehensions of their personal
safety on account o! their couu ctlun with the postal
service, aud have specially requested that their re
ports of apprehended danger should not be made
public lest it should result iu the lorB of th. lr lives,
but no positive testimony oi their interference bus
been submitted except 1 1 the cate of a mail messen
ger at Spartanburg, In South Carolina, who report
ed that he had been violently driven away while in
charge of the mails ou accouut ol tua political aftllia
tioua us nssistuut superintendent of the railway
nni.l service. Investigated the cas" and reported
that the messenger had disappeared from Iiib post,
leaving his woik to be performed by a substitute.
The postmaster-general thinks this ease is sufficient
ly suggestive to justify htm in it commending that a
more severe puuishmeut should be pr vided for the
offensu of assaulting any peisou iu charge or the
mails, or of rcturdiug or otherwise obstructing
them by threats or persouul injury, A very grati.
lying result is presented in the lact that the de
ficiency or this department during the last fiscal
year was reduced to $4,U8I,10.18 as against fG.ltil,
V38.88 of the preceding year. The difference can be
traced to a large increase in its ordliury receipts
(vhich greatly exceeded the estimates therefor) aud
a slight decrease iu its expenditures. The ordinary
receipts ol t -e Post-office department for the p.ist
seven fiscal years buvo increased at an average of
over eii;ht per cent, per annum, while the increase
of expenditures for the same period has been about
Ufty llve per cent, per annum, und the decrease of
deficiency in the revenues has been at the rate of
nearly two per ceut, per annum.
COMMISSIONER OF AORICl'LTl'RR.
The report of the commissioner of agriculture ao
companying this message will be fouud one or great
interest, marking, aa it does, the great progress ot
the last century lu the variety of products of the soil,
Increased kuowledge and akill in the laboi of pro
ducing, saving and manipulating the same to pre
pare them foi the use of uiau, in the improvements
iu machinery to aid the agriculturist In his labors,
and in tho knowledge of those acicutillc subject
necessary to a thorough syatem of economy iu iigri.
cultural production, namely: Chemistry, lotauy,
entomology, etc. A study of this report by those In
terested iu agriculture, aud deriving their support
from It, will find it of value. Iu pointing nut those
articles which are raised iu greater quantity than
the needs of the world require, and must sell,
therefore, for less than the eost of production, and
those which coinniaud s profit over cost of produc
tion because there is not sn over production, I
call special attention to the need of the department
for a new gallery for the reception of the exhibits
returned from the Centennial Exhibition, Inc. tiding
the exhibits donated by very mauy foreign nations,
and to; the recommendations of the commissioner
cf agriculture, generally. The reports of the diatriot
commissions and the board ot health are just re
eeived too late to read them and to make recom
mendations thereon and are herewith submitted.
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
The International Exhibition held in pi.iio-i,,i,i.
this year iu commemoration of the one hundreath
anniversary American independence, has proven
a great success, aud will, no doubt, be of enduring
advantage to the eouutiy. It has shown the great
progress In the arts, sciences snd mechsniaal skill
made in a single oeutury, and demonstrated that
we are but little behind older nations in any one
branch, while in some we scarcely have a rival. It
has served, too, not only to bring peoples and pro
dncta of akill and labor from all parte of the world
together, bat in bringing together people from all
sectioua ol our own country, which must provs
great benefit In the Information imparted and
pride of country engendered. It has been sug
gested by scientists interested In snd connected
with the Smithsonian Institution la a communica
tion herewith that the government exhibit le re
moved to the capital, snd a suitable building be
erected or purchased for its secommodatlon as a
permanent exhibit. I earnestly recommend this,
and believing that Congress would Second this
view, I directed that all government exhibits at ths
Centennial Exhibition should remain where they
are, except such as might be injured by remaining
in a buliding not intended as a proteetiou in in
clement weather, or such aa may be wanted by the
department furnishing them until the question of a
permaueut exhibition ia acted on. Althouon the
moneya appropriated by Coi gress to enable the par.
ticipatiou ot the several executivedepartmenta in the
International Exhibition or 187 were not enlheieut
to carry out the undertaking to the fllll nTlanl .1
first ooutemplated, it gives me pleasure to reler to
the very efficient and creditable manner in which
the boird appoiuted from these several denart.
meuta to provide su exhibition on the part of the
government have discharged their duties with the
funds piaoed at their oommand without a precedent
to guide them in the preparation of such a display.
Ths success of their labors wan amply attested b.
the sustained attention which the coutenta of the
Government building attracted during the period of
th exhibition from both foreign a4 native visi
tors. I sm strongly Impressed with tbe veins of ths
collection made by tbe government for the purposes
of the Exhibition, Illustrating, as It does, the mine
ral resources or ths country, the statia'loal and prac
tical evldeueesor oar growth as a nation, and the
uses of the mechanical arts, and the app icatloti of
applied science lu the administration of the affairs
of government. Many nations navo voluntarily
contributed their exhibits to the United States to
Increase the Interest iu any permanent exhibition
Congress may provide for. f'or this set of gener
osity they should receive the thanks of the people,
and I resjiectf ully suggest that a resolution of Con.
gress to that effect be adopted,
TnE ELECTION Or PRESIDENT.
The attention of Congress esnnot be too earnestly
sailed to the necessity or throwing some greater safe-
fuard ever tbe method of chooslnf aud declaring
he election of a President. Under the present sys
tsm there seems to be no provided remedy for con
testing the election of any one State. Ths remedy
la partially, no doubt, in the eullghtsnmeut of elec
tors. Tbe compulsory support of the free school,
snd the disfranchisement of sll who esnnot read
snd writs the English language after s fixed probs.
tion, would meet my hearty approval. I would not
mke this apply, however, to those already voters,
but I would to all becoming so sftor tbe expiration
of tbe probation fixed upon, Foreigners coining to
the country to become citizens, who are educated In
their own Isnguage, would acquire the requisite
knowledge of ours durlug the necessary residence
to obtain naturalisation. If they do not take inter
est enough In our laugiitige to acquire
sufficient kuowledge or It to enable them to study
the Institutions and laws of Ihs country Intelligent,
ly, I would not confer upon them the right to inaks
auch laws, nor ac.eut thono who do, 1 append to
this message, for convenient reference, a synopsis
of administrative events aud of all recommenda
tions to Congress made by nie during the last seven
years. Time may show some of these recommcndti
tlous not to have been w isely couselved, but I believe
the larger part will be no dlssredlt to the adminis
tration. One of these recommedatious met with the
uuited opposition of one political party lu the
seuate snd with a strong opposition from the other
members the treaty for the auuexatlon of
SANTO DOMtNOO
to the United States to which 1 shall specially refer,
maintaining as 1 do that If my views had been con.
currsd In ihe country would be lu a more prosper,
ous condition to-day, both politically aud financial
ly, Santo Iiomingo is fertile, and upon Its soil mny
be grown Juat those tropical products of which the
United States use so much, and which are produced
or prepared for market now by slave labor almost
exclusively, namely, sugar, coffee, dyewecdn, ma
hogany, tropical fruits, tobacco, etc. About seveuty
five per cent, of the exports of Cuba are consumed
lu the United State. A large percentage of the
exports of Brazil also flud the same market. Tlioso
are paid for almost exclusively lu colu. Legisla
tion, particularly in Cuba, being unfavorable to a
mutual exchange of the products of each country,
flour shipped from the Mississippi river to Havana
can pbbs by the very entrance to the city ou Its way to
s port in Spain, then pays s duty fixed upon articles
lo be re-exported, transferred to a Spanish vosnel,
and brought back almost to the point of starting,
paying a second duty, aud still leaves a profit over
what would be received by direct shipment. All
that is produced in Cuba could be produced lu
bt. Domingo, llelng a part of the United States,
commerce between the Island and mainland would
be tree; there would be no export duties on her ship
ments nor import duties ou tlioso coming here.
There would be no import duties upon the supplies,
machinery, etc., going from the States. The effect
that would have been produced upon Cuban com
merce, with these advantages to a rival, la observ
able at a glance. The Cuban question would have
been settled long sgo
IN FAVOR Or " FAEE CI' Hi."
Hundreds of American vessels would now be
advantageously used In transporting the valuable
woods and other products of the boII of the island
to a market and in carrying suppliessnd Immigrants
to it. The island is but sparsely settled, while it
has an area sufficient for the profitable employment
or several millions or people : the soil would hare
soon fallen into the hands of United States capital
ists, and the products are so valuable In eoruinerce
that immigration would have been encouraged. The
emancipated race of tbe South would have iouud
there a congenial home, where their civil rights
would not be disputed, and where their labor would
be so much sought alter, that the poorest strong
tbem could have found the means to go. Thus, iu
cases of great oppression and cruelty, such as have
been practiced upon them In many places within the
last eleven years, whole communities would have
sought refuge iu St. Domiuge. I do not suppose
the whole lace would have goue, nor Is It dttjlruble
thr.t they should go. Their labor is desirable. Indis
pensable almost, where they now are, llut the poa
seasiou of this territory would have left the negro
"master of the situation," by enabling h'.m to
demand his rights at home, ou pain of finding thm
elsewhere. 1 do not present these views now as s
recommendation for a renewal of the subject of
annexation. But I do refer to it to vindicate my
previous action in regard to It. With the present
Congress my official life terminates. It Is notprob
able that public aflaira will ever again receive atten
tion from me further than as a citizen of the
n piiblio always ttikiug a deep Interest in the houorl
integrity and prosperity of the whole land.
V. 8. GRANT.
Execi-tive Mansion, December 6, lblfl.
Public Lands.
Tbe rerort of the secretary of tlie in
terior tot tho United States says : Dur
ing the year ending Juno 80, 1876, pub
lic lands in the United States were dis
posed of as follows :
Acre?,
Cash sales W0,8ll E7
Military warrant locatiutiu Iil7,(i40.0i
Homestead entries 2,875.9. 9 7
Timber culture entries 607,W4 87
Agricultural oollego scrip locations 2 820 00
Approved to States as swamps ...l,008.0il5 5'J
Cert fled to railrrialH 1,001.778 81
Certified for agricultural colleges. . i'i 0( 0.0LI
Certified for common schools 127 030.15
Cer.il.d for universities i 4i! i.4(
Certified for publio buildings 8 118.84
Approved to Htatea for internal im
provements 52,331 50
Sioux half breed scrip locations.... 1 5(i8 74
Cuippewa half breed: scrip locations 19 4Wi 27
Total 6,524,326 36
a quantity less by 545,944.93 acres than
that disposed of the preceding year.
The cash receipt wero $1, 747,515 85; a
sum less by $32,400 42 than that re
ceived the previous year. During thti
yaar 21,806 517 25 acres were surveyed,
making, with thn quantity previously
surveyed, 702,059,611.47 acres, nml leav
ing yet to be surveyed 1,132,605,244 53
acres. Tbe quantity of land taken ui,
under tho Homestead and Timber cul
ture acts is 061,960.68 acres greater than
that reported last year. As these entrie
are generally by actual puttiers, the in
crease is at once gratifying and en
couraging. What It Cosis.
The Eev. W. M. Stratham fays in the
London Quiver that, though not a tee
totaler, he is an earnest temperance
man, and it staggers him to think that
the British publio has in eight years
drank liquor to the value of 800,000,
000, which is more than the national
debf. So unpopular, ho. sayp, is the
subject, that "the leading writers of
England touoh very tenderly on this
dark spot in the history of tho most
drunken nation under the sun. To take
tho very lowest gTonnd, this expendi
ture is extravagance, and leads to that
mortgage of the morrow which robs
men of their peace of heart. Extrava
gance means begging, borrowing, Eteal
ing, and it is seen on all sides."
FIFTEEN MONTHS FOR 84
BOSIBSKU'S MOHTBLY FOB DeOEMSEB BBOINS
DR. HOLLAND'S NEW NOVEL.
'NICHOLAS mNXURN,"lr
which promises to be even more entertaining
than ths story of " Seveuoaks.'' The hero is
young man who habeon always "tied to a
woman' t apron tlringi," and everybody ia ou
rions to see " tchal he trill do next t"
New subscribers may begla with the Maohi
jicint Midsummer Holiday Numbeb (the
ftnett number of any Magazine ever itrued),
ooutaiiiiDg the opening chapters of another
epuuuuu serial, -xbat iiiss o' Ijowbu's," by
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett, and so get fifteen num
bers for ending with Ootober, 1877.
Bcmbneb's Movthlt Is the best of all the
magazines; having finer Illustrations and a
greater variety In lta contents. Bubsoribe
now, with the nearest bookseller ($1 a year),
or send check or P. O. order to
Bobibkeb It Co., 743 Broadway, N. Yv
A glove dealer is doing a good busi
ness when a large part of his stock is on
hand.
Tub Obkat Panacea. In this season
of rhenmatism,ohilblains,frost bib s.etj.,
nothing better can be kept in the honso
than Merchant's celebrated Gaigliog
Oil. It is peculiarly adapted to family
use, yet it answers equally well for
horses and other animals. It is free
from stain, and at the same time very
efficacious in all instanoes where a lini
ment is required. Rochester (iV. Y.)
Daily Union nd AdvertUer..
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ST. NICHOLAS.
" Tun KiJto or All PtmucATtoHS Isscid
FOB TnK VotJKO 021 EITHER 6lDB OP TIM At-
laktio." Southampton (England) Observer.
The third volume of this Inoomparable
Magazine Is new completed. With its eight
hundred royal octavo pagos, and its six hun
dred illustrations, its splendid sorials, its
shorter stories, pool is, and sketches, etc, oto.,.
in its beautiful bin ting ot red and gold, it is
tho most iplondid gIZt-book for boys and girls
ever issnod from the press, rrico, $1; la fall
gilt, $5.
'' " Bt. Nicholas U fall cf the choieett thingt.
37t publication is, in all retpects, the best of
ill kiml. We have never yet teen a number
that vae not surprisingly good." The Ohnroh
man, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS for 18TT,
Whioh opens with Novomber, 1878, begins
A BnoitT and Vcnr Enthrtajnino Bebial
moM tub Fuexou, "The Kixqdou op tub
Gbesdt," a Btohit Ahamed to ths Tbanks
oiyino Bbasor. Another serial of absorbing
Interest to boys,
"HIB OWN MABTEll,"
. ' By jr. T. TitoY.-miiDCiE,
autlior rf the " Jack Hazard Stories," begins
n the GiuiSTMAS Holiday Number.
Bcsldei serial stories, Christmis stories,
lively ekstches, poems and pictures for the
holidays, aud somo astonishing illustrations of
Oriental iports, with drawings by Siamese
artists, Ian Chkistxas Holtdat Number op
Bt. Nicholas, superbly illustrated, contains a
vei y iuletestlng paper,
'THE BOSS OP M? BOYHOOD,"
Dy William Cumm Bryant
"The Horse Hotel," a lively article, by Charles
A. Barnard, splendidly illustrated; "The Clock
in the bit," by Kiohard A. Prootor; "A Christ
mas Piny for Homes or Sunday-schools," by
Dr. Eggleston; "The Fecerkins' Christmas;
Tree," by Luoretia P. Halej "Poetry and
Carols of Winter," by Lnoy Laroom, with pic
tures. - I
DO KOT FAlti TO BUt BT.'NIOHOLAS
FOB THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. '
Daring the year there will be Interesting
papers for boys, by William Ccjxem Bryant,,
Johk Q. TThittieb, Tbcxas Hcobes, WnjjAir
Howirr, Da; Holland, Gcobok JLacDonalo,
Bakfobs B. Hunt, ITbanu It. Btooktov, and
Others.
There will be stories, sketches, and poems,
of special interest to girls, by Harriet Pees
oott Sfofpobo, Su8ah Cooudqr, Sarah Wai
ns Kellooo, Elizabeth Btdabt Phelps,
Louisa Aloott, Luoretia P. Hale, Celia
Thaxtxa, Mark Hafes Dodos, and many
others. There will be also
"TWELVE BKI PICTUBE8,"
By PRorsssoB Pboctob, the Astronomer,
with maps, showing "The Stars of Each
Month," which will be likoly to surpass in in
terest any series on popular science reoently
given to the publio.
Amusement and Instruction, with Fun and
Fuolio, and Wit and .Wisdom, will be mingled
as heretofore, and St. Nicholas will oontinne
to delight the young and give pleasure to the
old.
THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD says:
" There is no, magazine for Vie young that
can be said to equal this choice production of
Boribneii's press. All the articles, uluther in
prose or rhyme, are throbbing teith vitality.
The literature and artistio illustrations
are both superb."
Tho London Daily News says i " We xrith
we couldpoint out Us equal in our oicn periodi
cal literature.
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND OfBLS.
To meet the demand for a cheaper Bt.
Nicholas GUt Eook, tho price of vols. I and
II haa boon reduced to $3 each. The three
volumes. In an elegant library case, are sold
for (10 (in full gilt, $15), so that all may give
their children a oompleto set These volumes
contain more attractive material than fifty dol
lars' worth of the ordinary children's books.
Subscription price, $3 a year. Tho three
bound volumes and a subscription for this
year, only $12. Subscribe with the nearest
newsdealer, or send money in oheck, or P. O.
tnouey order, or in registered Iettor, to
BoBiDKEn & Co., lit roadway, N. Y."
Another Farmer Caught.
The Providence (R. I.) Journal says :
One wouhl think that tho lightuing rod
swindle had been so effectually exposed
that victims would bo low in tho centers
of civilization. But wo heard of a man,
a resident of Providence, who was
notihed a day or two sinoo that his note
for $60 had been left at a Pawtuoket
bank for collection. Ho says a traveling
lightning rod peddlerproposed to 'rod"
his hout.0 for $15, and that the terms
were accepted. The peddler directed
the man to writo his name iu a little
book the rodinan carried in his pocket,
an a gnido and reference for tho man
who would follow to do the work. The
name was written iu the little book as
requested, and now appears as the sig
nature to a promissory note payable at
the bank.
Conlh'g Too Jlufh,
A case was mentioned in New York of
a man dying worth 81,000 whose funeral
cost $575. JuHt $75 more thi n that of
the celebrated Earl of Chesterfield, who
limited his funeral expenses to $500, and
was the first to put down such prepos
terous expense. When Baron Anselm
Rothschild died not long ago, he left
$100,000,000; but his funeral didn't cost
probably cs much ns that ot Ihe poor
man mentioned.
The editor takes pleasure in calling th
attention of etifforers from rheumatism, gent,
neuralgia aud lumbago to Durang's Rheum
atic Ktfuiedy. It has been before the publie
for three years, and, it is said, has never failed
in a single caee. It is taken internally, and
cures at otioe. Bold by holesale and retail
druggists everywhere. Price, (1.00 a bottle.
Bnrnett's Cocoaine allays irritation,
removes dandruff, aud invigorates the action
of tbe capillaries in the highest degree.
Bnfus Chapman, of Liberty, Me., bad
a stiff leg, brut at the knee, limbered and
strengthened by the nse ot Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment.
The proprietors of Johnson's Anodyne
Linimeur, Parsons' Pargative Pills aud bheri-
H.n'a ft.walm, fl.nitili.n 1J ... .1 1 ,
u.u v - wuu.mvu fvwum UiTD I1UU
liebed a readable and instructive pamphlet,
wuieu way ve uau ir? py nieu
. A Mew Cereal,
Among the novelties exhibited In Agrlonl
tural Hall, I'Mledvlpuia Exposition, was new
oereal, weighing sixty pounds to tbe bnsliel,
as essily grown as oorti, and more produotiv,
excnllont for table nte, for stock and fowls.
It is of flnuth American oHgln, but hat been
acolimated in the Btate of Michigan luce 1872.
where it produced from soventy-flve to 150
bushels an aero, and will ripon where eorn will
ripen. Its stalk and leaves resemble eorn, it
ia planted three or fenr feet apart, six to eight
kernels in a hill, grows Seven or eight feet
high, the kernels being in a cluxter, seven or
eight inches long, at the end of the stalk,
whioh cnrls over and bangs down like the top
of a seed onion. The kerne is a little larger
and rounder than rice, which It mneh resem
bles. It appears to be a vety desirable add tion
to the cereals of the North, and is to be sold
only in small packagOB, with out of grain on
eaou package, and sent by mail, to prevent
imposition. It is oallod ...
pampas, oa vrLAito stca.
C. B. Kresn, of Jackson, Mien., grower and
sole proprietor,will send, post-paid, to any ad
dress, suuioient to prodnoe one bushel for
fifty cents, or throe packages for one dollar. .
Orer Forly Miles of Tips
Were laid in fitting tip tho Grand Central
Hotel, Broadway, NcW Tork. This mammoth
house has gained a popularity with the travel.
ing publio second to none on this ontlnent.
its management, canine snd neatness cannot
fail to be appreciated, particularly since prices
have been reduced from 91 to 12.50 and 3
per day.
Tun Youth's Companion, of Boston,
is a thoroughly wide awake paper, having
among its contributors such writers as J. T.
Trowbridge, Edward Eggleston, Edward Ever
ett Hale, James T. Fields, J. O. Whittler, 0. A.
Stephens, Louiea M. Alcott, Robocca Harding
Davis, Julia Ward Ilowe, Mrs. A. II. Leon,
oweus, Louise Chandler Moulton. No writers
more attractive in the country, and no publica
tion for young people more enterprising and
useful.
Heaven Designed the Jule
Of the horcbonnd plant, the tar of the balm of
Oiload tree, and healing honey, for the relief
of irriUted lungs. Tbene three specifics are
combined in Haie's Iluney ot Horohound and
Tar, and will eure a cough or cold, however
Violent, with unerring certaintv. Bold by all
druggists. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in
one minute.
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat
Requires immediate attention, and ehoull bo
checked. If allowed to oontinne, irritation ot
tbe luogs, a permanent throat affection, cr
an inonrable lung disease, is often tbe result.
Cnowx's Eiioncuial Tuocuss, having a direct
influence on the parts, give Immediate relief.
For bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, consumptive
and throat diseases, Taocuts are used always
with good success.
' A Drowning- Man will Catcli at a
Straw."
If he catch it, it will do him no good. Thou
sands of ptoplo, who have neglected colds and
coughs until they havo become dangerous, will
rush to almost every nortrum for relief. This
Is why so mauy experiments are tried by the
suffe-ere. Oo to your druggist, buy a bottle
of Wis'.ar's I'a'bam cf Wild Cherrv. and una it
with confldenoe. It will benefit at once and 1
ultimately cure. It Is no straw it is a cable !
well tried hold on to it and bo eivtd. 60 cents i
and $l a bottle. Bold by all druggists.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from active prac
tice, baviug bad placed in his liands by an
East India missionary the formula of a simrle
yogeUble remedy, fur the speedy and perma
nent cure of consumption, bronch'itis, catarrh,
asthma, and all throat aud luti affections, bIbo
a positive and radical cure for nervous debility
and alt rervons complaints, after having
thoroughly tested iU wonderful ourative
powers in thousands of cases, feels it
bis duty to runlto it known to his suffering
fellows, Actuated by this motive, and a con
saientkus do-ire to relievo humm suffering,
he will send (f roe of charge) to all who deeire
it, this recipe, wilh full directions for prepar
ing and mccceffully uuing. gent by return
mail by addreaeiap, with stamp, naming this
paper, Dr. W. O. Stevens, 120 Towers' Block,
Koohester, N. Y.
. . . HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Splendid holiday nove. ties. New V oat's etorlas. New
Year'sure'eot'. New V ear's p'otuirw, Nw Year's urn ule.
Nw Yeai's oaluet cams, How Year's ehromos, tfaw
Years poetry, New Yrar's ctaromo bonk-marks, New
Year's household. New Year's f albinos. New Year's eti
quette, Nnw Year'a ftrtte'latrs. snd ottmr holiday dotoI
uef,wltb rare literary crems and fnil-iizt pattern. In
the fuller. did holiday January n amber of JJ'm'trttt'a
Umthly Mngatitte, cit, post-fine, yearly S3, with
a epiendld I'n-mlara. Do not fail to see the January
unmber, wltb tnree beiutltul caolnet and artitlo oil
oh ro mot, worth revert I tlm s the oo'tof the msgaxlnft.
Address W. J KKNtxoa DEMOUKar, 17 K. MtbSt .N.Y.
RRaVtIKITIi PATTKKNH FOR DOI.liM,
lft, 3D, and luohii lu height. '1 he set Includes thirteen
garments polonaise, ba'uatt. jaokef, wat-tr proof, hood,
e-ieinlse, drawers, OTerskclrt, skirt, eurcn, petticoat,
night d'es.anrt wrapper, with Instructions ana descrlp.
lions. Priite IOoU. uerset, pos .fren. Addrtss Mmr.
Dfc.MORl.6iT. 17 E. l4tb tSL. N. Y. Kold at all Toy
stores or at Mme Dciaorest's aganclfS evBrywhtre,
iUIUK. DKMORKMT'H
fraud opening of patterna of the novel and beautiful
winter styles In polonaises, buj iei cloaks, orereklrts.
eto , Si Rnerie Tracy, Pari;; 81) ynen Vtctjrla Streat,
London, K. (J : a:il I 7 it. l4labL,N. Y. Agenclra
everywhere. Leutonalnl Award for Patterns oinr all
oowpetitors. beo Wl'ner catalogue aud splnudld Christ
maa and ew Year's numbers ot inor.,i Munihly.
GLENN'S
Sulphur Soap
eradicates
All Local Skin Diseases;
Pkrmaskntly Bbaotikies tub
Complexion, I'iievknts akd Hems
dies Rheumatism and Uout,
Heals Sokes and Injuries
of thk Cuticle, and
ib a iuliabl2 disinfectant.
This popular and Inexpensive reme
dy accomplishes the bamb. results
ae costly Sulphur Bathh, since it
PERMANENTLY REMOVES ERUPTIONS
and Irritations of the Skin.
Complexion al blemishes are al
ways obviated by its use, and it ren
ders the cuticle wondrously fair and
bniooth.
Bores, Sprains, Bruises, Scalds,
Burns and Cuts are speedily healed
by it, aud it prevents and remedies
Gout and Rheumatism.
It removes Dandruff, strengthens
the roots of the Hair, and preserves
its youthful color. As a Disinfectant
of Clothing and Linen used in the sick
room, and as a Protection against
Contagious Diseases it is uneqmded.
Physicians emphatically endorse it,
Prices, 25 and 50 Cents per Cakb,
Per Box, (a Cakes,) 60c and $1.20.
31. B, Thar U economy In buying Iht larga cakes.
Sold bf all DrogglaU.
"mil's Hair and Whisker Dye,1
Black or Brown, 50c,
MCRITTEJiTON, Prop r. 7 Sixth At. N.I.
AI.ENTM.-Tw.ntr Wall Moantsd Ohramoa lot
(1 1 aamplaa. poot-pald. 12 Oo. hiratobad Ubro.
luoa. ail eliee. at low prlcea. OataJocna free. Oomti
Hkmial Chkomo Up., 37 Naaaao Street, Now York.
HEADY OR AUKNT8-THB
Centennial Exposition
DKKUUIBEU AND II.LUoTUATUD.
A arapblo pecrlotar. of It hUtoty, vrand bailillnci
woudorlul aiblblu, arloaltla. araal daya.ato. trum
funmij lllualrulrd. tkrugkly popular, and vrv
Clieiip. i tlH' S immtH. Iji. 6,000 Aaanta waatad.
bood lor loll pitloolan. Tula la Ib. eaaace ol lolj
Sfearatornln mnnt fu.i. OHttb.snly reliable
!iioi. HUHHAKO FROI'HKRS.Habt,f33l4Moni
fittMt. PbiiaHlobU, Pa., a-d Bprinfl.ld, Hua
n A TT'PTn'Kr at dacalvl by pramatar booka.
bAUliUfl mod1h( to b " offlolal," and MU-a
wbal wUl-apaUi Aagail aad picwbar.
CATARRH
.. -
Sneezing Catarrh, Chronlo Ca
r tarrh, Ulcerative' Catarrh,
" - permanently cured by
SANFORLVS
RADICAL
CURE.
. hntrvvt? TU&TOAt Ctrni Ton Catabtitt toftsrtfn,
CGrtrttD, and permanent core for Catarrh of erory form,
And la the moat perfect remedy ever devised. It la
rurnlf ft veffctablo distillation, and Is applied locally
or Ininftlatfon, and constitutionally by Internal aa
Filnlitifttlon. Locally anilid rtlif i$ ituUmtateou$.
t aouthcR, heals, nn'rcluanscs tho tmsal pnMapyt oi
very feeling of heaviness, obstrnrtlon. dulnew, oi"
tllkzrncsft. Constitutionally avirolnliterad It renovates
the blood, purities It of thn acid poison vltb which It
Is nlWRvs clmrfforl In Catarrh, tlmnlates the stomach,
liver and kiduoyn, perfects digestion, makes new
tilod, and permits tho formation of sotind, healthy
ll8u, mid finally obtains com pie to control over tho
ulseoHo, Tho lemnrknblo curntlvo powers, when all
olher remedies uttrrlv fnll, of SakfortVb Radical
CuitK, are attested by thousands who gratefully reo
cmmend It to fellow-suffer.. No statement Is mado
ropurdlriff It Hint ennnot be substantiated by the most
rcKpL'ct'tblo And rellablo references. It Is a great and
Kood medicine, and worthy All confidence. Knch
packnge contains A Trfmttpo on Catarrh mid Dr. Ban
lord's Improved luUmlUig lube, and full direct! ous for
Its use In nil casds.
Hanford'b IImhcm, Cviiv to 10M py all wholonale
find retail drugglnts throughout the United feitutes,
i'rlce 1. Depot, WE Eli a i'OTTEft, Bolton
EVERYBODY
CHEERFULLY RECOMMENDS
COLLINS'
VOLTAIC PLASTERS,
rPHK7 contain the grand curative element, Elmo.
tbi. itt, combined with tlie Cneat corap.uad ot
medicinal gums ever united together. It tli.refoiw
lecini itrjpoMlule for tbem to fall la affording prompt
relief foi a 'ml us and aeli.a,
11 TK BEStTpLASTER,"
Mfri. Weeks A Jitter, Gentlemen peao send
tne nix Collins' Voltaic Platzrs. Send by return
mall. I think they arc tho best i'laster lever used,,
l'leaso find monty lnclosvU,
HASKELL LEWIS.
iliLrOKD, Del., July 14, 1S71
" AN EXCELLENT PLASTER,"
Mt'trt. We'lct ft rotter, Qentlcmtri, Pleoae send
rnc another Cilmns' Voltaic ITahtkii. 1 dm! them
to be an excellent l'lustur, the bent that I have ever
u.-o.l. 1 am aorrjr that .lie drucvlau hero do not keep
"V;,n- , , F. M. SNWKlt.
Uimjadwat, O., July, ISM,
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THE BEST YET
The Pun3fty Sehool Times, of which n, Clay Tram
bull and Ueorge A. Peltj. are editors, and John Wantv
infiker Is publisher, will, in U77, contain critical ootea
un the International lessons, by Profs. Tarier.Lawts
ana a. j. Kenancic; a popular m portion or too
Uiisous every wevk, by the ltev. Newman Hall, of
l.oriddn: and a urf-etfe&l anDlinaticin of th Imson
truths, by II. Clay Trumbull. This plan secures fuller
mid hotter Kun helps than cnu be obtaiued else
where. The Times Is sent to new subscribers, three
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For seven cents there will be sent a specimen copy
of Use Scholar' (Quarterly, ths best Sunday school
lesson hflp Tor scholars publUhed.
Ktriim'!is of tlie Weekly lesson Ieaf sent free.
The ni-.-Ht uipltu- loaf of any ; although It is sold at
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J'.HIS i. WATTLES. Iluslness Manager.
wo Chestnut birest, PUUudelphla.
Holiday Music Books !
Two Splendid Volume for Freaenla.
THE WORLD OF SONG!!
Price In Board', $2-50. Cloth, J.OO.
ili, 84 OO.
Rcrblr hTS we lsued a book of songs Ineludtof sneh
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i.10 pistx, full feh.st Mule sua. hoai:s br neArly sixty
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Tbe " Gems c Rtbacss " bad a wonderful aneeeu.
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reoent "rjtraaea" pteo . and many otbere by (JaDg'l.
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n-.ara. pasea, full tiht.t.1 M'j.lo atz.. well filled RlUl
Woltzea, tialopa, Poikur, Quadrilles, eto.
Either book mailed, poat-f rea, for Retail Price.
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oontaiuing every week choice completed
stories, an installment of an Interesting
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THE LEDGER,
1877.
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AGENTS VI SlWiVtlTnM
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SKM BOeent. for an elant Fnl.o rInlnrh.
r Addreaa L. T. DAT, Boa 1 3H9. Brldgepoit. Conn.
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Oalalnn. U FLKTOHKr; 1 1 Dey Bu. N.Y
AfHrTWTa VOTK .ttin.OO Obroimm Fit HE.
AU JiJl 13 J, M. MUh VON A OO., Fbllada.. Pa!
nCVUL.V.n Wuubh Uom WoRKS,Oblcaeo,IU.
fit"! I'I Kniploynient for all. Cbromo A N0T.II11
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THIVaiH IAN. PFNTIST". Kir., who wl.h
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lcKnea fre. KURRK A VQ.'.tn Urondway, N. V.
TTflX" A S f lta. Mapa and Olrenlnri aent
Teaaalm. Agent, f IB 8. yonrlh fit.. Bt. Lonla. Mo.
S350
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HoIrA and Outfit fr,t to AqntU. Kettsr than
Gold. Addreee A. OOULTKR A OO., Oblcuih
$80
A MONTH, hotel and travelta sxpntiBM
paid for snltnmen. j peddling. Addrmt
Mohitow MAWPF'q Or,( Cioolnnstl, Ohio.
Mr o to Merchant!.
00 a month A trnvpl'sr ex
ptmweB paid. Qpm Mf(iOo.,lSt.I)ols,Mo.
WIND
If IT.IN for Pom pin g and Knnnins
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J. 11. UUVVORD' B WSS,
0hhardtGreat Book of and Directions to I ha Working
.a-tiusiru iurei( cook oi ana uu
Secrets, BB
Add'n Okbbabd A io , g 1 Q Olh
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Ling BOBinptv with or nftn
capltal. Price, 60 cnts.
mi on at, Detroit, BilcM,
rilTJ A C The obotoeit In thn world Importers
-L m J1 IO prices Iara est Company In America
staole article oleaeee eTereoodT Trade anntlnnnllt- in.
orwi n f A tm wantad eTerywbere bestlndaofemeats
don't want time eend for ( Jlrnnlar to
MOB'T WKLIaS. 43 a Vsasy Ht.. N. Y. P. O. Box 1 SJ8T.
FARMERS;
onf wntrd tnli faTl snd
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nnift arlirli-a of rini t.in-t
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ORTH its WEIGHT in GOLD.
II Ths Fcllpe Antomatlo Kx lnpnishtr Bainer makes
au uoaion ij.niys phtito i eate. itit-y cannot ex
plode; cannot be blind ntitki burning; luHtau ly exlln
trulsbd If dropped, broken rr t pef. Put ont as eary
as eas. Mailed ti any a rirf-ss for Hi ttt , 3 fcr )$l
A ffw agents, mala and fercmie wanted. ProHis I area.
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MEDICAL AnVlfiP .teKPJilW!1
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4 nml Nprnfiiln
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remedy for the ndlcai cure of ('aucHr, Tunic is and
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recs'pt ot M2o.O, a full conn of roedltilben that I as
never i ailed iu tu 'mo nf Varc, Ti:nor rr tcrt.fnla,
94 Tremont btreet. ltnatrn, Jlass.
MARK TWAIN'S NEW EOOK
TOM SAWYER,
Is ready for Agents. Don't got Unbind band this time
bat send for your terrlttT or ciicular at ouue. Address
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S!5 SHOTGUN
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pcnuiDtt twist barrels, aud a nuj tbuutor. oa No sai.k;
hhIi Klaak, Pouch, and Wad-cutter, fur SIS. V.m I sunt
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Wttb Skirt Supporter and
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Steures Health and OowrortTof
Body, with tiHACK end I BAi TTof
Form. Three Garmenta In one.
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Headache, a Burn, or a Bruise, procure
a bottle of Eupeou, It will givo iustant
relief, aa thousands can testify. For
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Chloago, Agents for the Proprletota.
me. BDRLEY'S isto-
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Telia what has heen Aeoompliahed
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Glee aeneral Information ooneeraliia each Stale and
Tei rlmrr, and la of more practloal .a u. than aoythlog
e.tr pabll.bed. bl.ea lnloimatlon of our own and all
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