JUL. v Somerset Herald. r: fTAUiAB ,T' r.t'Tiblication. i e fTtrJ Wednesday sornia. at 2 r d to ajTanoe ; etherwias B2 U be disoonCnoea' sntQ ail hrtf, ji4 P- PoOnae oefSecCnj f wo3iiiSes tain out their T,I ipooabi tar the Oawcrtn- eoof from P- Sr--'"B - -B ,l AddW" T,, goanur Haiia, Somnr, Pa. J.' fcuEKABT. Pi. . . uJ".iA BilU'liM. Vrf;EY!M F.EKKLFA tT it 'ArruR-sicv AI L v. 1 OKA SCT, Pa. .v i i. Euueel, &o,. ... I v 'TTTTl.SF.RT. - Arroiirr-ATLAW. omoeraet, Pa. 4 -:ti 'n g rhL F.UECKETs is Pnont House Row, opposite Court r.KiiE R- SCULL, BumeneC Pa. G J. ti. Ouu. J tNBrr, Pa. V ATTok-ET-AT-LAW. somerset. Pl -TTTv-nv! FY. II " Aiivhiirr-AT LAW. suDHtnet. Pa. r- TT VNT SATTOK.VKT-AT-LAWmeryt .'A somerset. Fa . 3 ira--e' Connty Pa.,. II.YrTOKSKT-AT-LAW ..... --, In Snmerw nd adjotrinr -J,"a7iwiw entrusted to .am wul receive i01 aiieEUvP- " W. H. BrpfK. FFK' 'TIT & RUFVEL, ( " ATTUK.S-EYS-ATLAW. V ooneraet ra. , tornem entrifted to their rare will b ..,. punctually iwwW to. Offl OS Mistiiei. opposite Xainmolh Block. "U H. K ovrz. umenat, rl.. , - vp prompt attention to business entrusted . n j-immrt and adjoininr. counaea. J o Pnauns Hcuae "w. opposite the Court 5- D rIs MEYER-. - . ,w. t-V A f T A ST . p,; i,i;ni( fWTH"Wl to hi rmre will b 1 ;5' tri. oil-iie a. court Houe. J I'lS O. EIMMEL, ArroiOitY -ATLAW. Somerset, FA., r " i-nd w til burtiMi" mril to bi rr - ,L.U,i'mii-; Kli.Miiin countirti, '.th prompt J ou JUAia tro- le TiIES L. PUGH. J attukney-atlaw. f.imtnt Pa. v.aim.th Block, up "tAi. Entmnf , y . n i -vhi MrL Collection mte. tfte '. c.-,xmiur!. id il leml buaine tzwi Hi w.H prumptneM And tideiltj. A J. f0L,5. L C COUOAH. c jlbukx a o:lporn. A ri V-a 1 1 s-a i -i. " . oomeroet. PA. 1' binine i?Tnd to oht cat will b fa:Uifai:y AtwndeJ to. to.lcuoM b meii. bviiard And djlain eooj-surr-ruif Aad coneJAnci!i (tone on n- KENBT. F. SCHELL, ATTOREY-aT LAW. oomerwt, PA. Mr ud Pnudon Aeut Ofto In JUmmoUi 1-ALEXTINE HAY, icul to ft- pnnnptM- iuc aaeliyr. T .'UX H. OIL, J AITuR.SEY-AT LAWn It " BmrnptlT mend to All bane nJu u.sl K..eVArirAedoeoUectM.ni.c. -ye ji tUaimoUl Blw.k. DR. J. K. VTLLFR PHVM. 1A.N AD SiBfiEOV. Ta-n h profekml lervKfA to toe riu- ..-. ... a ..- m wi' ul.yn- i J. lu.u.rn. ou Vain utreet. - " D ,S. J. F EIEECKER, put si. -T A V AXD 6l"BGE0X. Boawn, Pa-. T-2dr h wofelrt)Al werrv to the ciUAfM oi wix tuiuuj. OlSio in bi -ier Inif Sl.re. JjU. H. S. KIMMELL, T-a-letn pmfroti a1 errirel to the PitizeiM imrw And Twinity. In lew profe-nonmay ' JTM-A rub (oUIld At O10 O&tX "O MA1H Bk w uf buulUfiid. D T I V TkT-TTTVTL PHY SICl AS ASK IsCBXiEuS, Hm lufAtd pwrmAsently tn fcimerwi fcr tho ul L pr.ifco. Otbeo on Mu red, i reAr of Inn fltore. D3 a. j. s. MniXE, lljnMil(aIaJ . tm n...l tn the r iT 1 Atkm of . SAmrml teeia. Amtl-1 et lc-erted. Ail ri. m riATAiiteed oiiKfATtorr. oftico in too 'otnX M.TreUweu A Co. luiro. oomor Au CnA Aad pAinot reetA DiJoiix bills, IiTIST. 0 optaln tn Cook A Beerita Block. DR. WM. COLLINS. I)tTLfT. in Ineriwt Block tsivttiirw, bere no kr found ax Ail t.mei prepmred to do ali t'.nl r wrc tr n.hng. retriiAinut. exirAciin. A". AT.nc;i tetB Dl A.1 AlCMiA Alwl Of UlO ienA. uiKrted. Ad work suarmuusod. omeret Countv 13ank- lESTABLsSI 1T7.) J. BAR RISC 5, M.J.PRJTTS, PKIA.DUCT. CAjaiKA. itrtH)i mode In Ail potO) of tb Cnited Suuoa CHARGES MODERATE. V:i wvhiriA is end mmp7 Wert earn be AO- U aaodAied by drwft on Nrw York tn any 'wii.ua mule wuh proreptnewA C. te. BotKt ai And MoneT And AHble Aectired u o jitd eeirbrwied mim, with A Hmi rsi A Va. tJV UM kKA. "ill Ural Holidan Obaerrod. QHARLEjj UOFFMAX, MERCIUXT TAILOR. Uboro BelBey't Btora,) twt Stylo, And Iowoat PrioM. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa. ST. CHARLES H OTE L. Chas. S. Gill, Pro. Aljle enflnrpashed. Remodeled, with on ground floor. XAtarAl fta and ai:ennt light in all mom. w ' Uundry A'.ta-bei to hoo. Cor. Wood St, and Third A., IlTTSRUUGir, FJL. 1 ii e VOL. XXXVIU. XO. 24. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, 3?enrva. o Ot-.T NCCCIwEOIN LANGC AW 0K ALL AMOUPJT. OAVABLC OH OCMAMO. ACCOUNT! CICHANTS. TAItMCnS. toca DtALcna, ikootmcm soucitco. -DISCOUNTS DAILY.- BOARD OF Df RECTORS IP.n M. UicK.. . H. Ullia, Jaaax L. Pcuh, C.ts. H. FisatB, Jobs R Sitt, .. K. St la, Jaics E. BlEl-El KKA. Edward fkrLL, : Vai.kstise Hat, : : PriSTdent Yus Pre! dext : : : Cashieh. Tlie funds and wtiKtirfl r f this bank are m-ranty pritM-tl in iebratei Cor l;urslar pr.jf,f The only Sife made abiolu!;ly Buiyiar-pivoof. STOP! ICQ!! USTEII EVERY CKE WATTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF CF THIS WORLD'S CCCDS FOR . THE LEAST MOSEY 1 WE HAVE THEM zzzzz:zzz Dishes -r AYII1TE, YELLOW, GLASS, .T7 and rockisgham ware, IN G K I AT VARIETT. BASK ETS, LOO K I NG-G LAS- F-S, HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMPS Lamp cf all Descriptions. Noveitiesand Oddities i nChina HE Pt-ACE FOR FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES 13 AT THE STORE OF ED. B. COFFROTH, ' SOMERSET, PA "CURTIS K. OROVE. SCKERSET, PA. BCGGIES, SLEICiliH, CARSIAGE3, 6PRISG WAGOSS. BCCK WA'iOXi. AND EASTERX AXD WESTEKS WORK fainiahed on Short Notice. Painting Cone on Short Time. at j work U made out of Vtomtghlf Vnsmra Wood, and the B Irrm tsui v uNtantiaUy Conwtructrd. 'exlT Finmhed. and Warranted to fir SaUAfactioa. SVpairirf of Ail Kind In My Line Done on abort Notice. Prion aULAffON K&LE, and .All Work Warranted. Call and Examine my Stork, and Learn Prcee I oVo Waeon-work, and fttrniAh SHvea for Wind aftllA, Bern em her the place, and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE, (Kaat of Coort faone) SOMERSET. PA N. Y. TRIBUNE FOR 1890 ! NEW FEATURES. A Brilliant Year Ahlid ! During l the New Yirk 7ltr will be inv proved itrrail in quality and made Bnre urely. fmb Attd nwiaiiu? tnau e- betiT; iu 'ts b m-w-r. Ami tbe special coatributora iur,a i) wiii be : a a'lrew Carneifie " Principle of Ba&inef Suc- eeMi HaTiilton " Eiinpean Monarch'." Iwrrrx e V. Powaeny " Krau-h Uou of Immi- TbAaoeey M Denew. Sena or John J Ingall, Mrw. JiOu A. Iaii. Her Irr. Jnun K Paa.uc. and otlwrn. i"ri- ni.t aunouceei!. Albert Gr.fftn "TemperauM Anvinf Ger ms tin " , A new rirv. i jiliie A. W. THinp?e "The Colored Rac? in America." tienator Vn. JI SLewart, of NeTAilA " Cnl:mit ed siiver ( nnae." Fred 9. Taima'lrt. on " Menoflhe Revolution. kaie Fie l il.,nu.n vjuo!i'n " Eraow vt unan Siicosa aud Failure Amonf Biw-iuc. Mfn." Rrv. fcuward Etctt Hale "The New Ea? lai'd of T-elT." P .ho;. Henry C. Potter Karal Eeinforcement Of CUT -OV"iLit'.HV " i imrfv vt . 4 ake on Some Strange LeialalitiB !B tne romh." Manhail P. Wilder" Humor of England and A met H a. " .... Enl rf TriKta " ITenry W. GriT. of the Atlanta iyn'i!vtim - ( naaiw f.r l inui u the S-r Siuis " I C Hueil. I uit-t ttte irHnlcl Surrey H ?he-l Peak of tile I'uited W M Onjweow old and -Mlvera Sfoney " L. E Wuirf " hat la Left ot our puLlle 'mriy H-Jntinailoo - Hmwhnld P. b-nce." 1-iiest V hiiu y " Peculiarities of American Prmui.!Mattrti." . ProtearWm. Pepp. r. Prwldent of I ntYermty of Pennr-lrania A iie fcducacon Ail ; Waal at Bct foe Tauae viae Cannot oet ""M. Y Beach "flafer of) Bear. " -otlier eontrlbuhm will be aunooncod here after The article will com many l!nm-ada of Auuan and appear In The TiiI only. Soldiers Stories. Te T-aiw will a!o print, to addition to Ita rexn ari;. A. K. and . V. pe. a cimher of enwrtalninc itone of Actnai cUprrience in the War j than io niimb. r. ew-h a jmc of Tjf T-'h'Mr in lenif-.b. b pnainatid 'ifficni of the 1'c ion. of a rank wit higher than that .f Cap la a Veterans are inrtted u eimtrlhnro to this sene of iirie. Kvery tale ac-ee.l w ll be said at resuiar newfaper rate.. Pn- of AJ.A 1..) and ITj will be paid f.r t ie het tnreo. Mas --r,p m: he en. i.wl tn -The Tyt-nor. New Xork, " and luscnlied " BV.idiera Dertment. " Papers on Farmlnc. In add:tin to our r-pilar and extremely able aimcuiuiraJ dinmeui (two roeea a week . 1 he T oae atll pan l a ouniuer of i'.; and carensl arepared artic.e. n pamciiar Hram-he. of (arm in wr.tven by Practiital eirohv Farmer- who waat to Blake liey out of uieir f.rnw mil-l read tnoae special diM-iMA). in TheTn'XTw-. Toe Best Tribune Erer Seen will be supplied to readers during the cianinc year. A lartr n timber of d"rtrMe am! nnret premi Bins are iile.l to our liet. and they are offered at tenuawbK'b will euanie our rewlers to tain them praciieailT at w holeiwie ran Send 2 cent Hilt"!1 (W tju . Talaable Prizes. fme Hundred Specuil Prizes will be d:rbuted M 1 lw ainona" the club airenlawtM have, up u thai dae. ent m the I cjuu of lo cal Weeklr and eml Welcly auMwniiMS. TheiAf prLsnwiUint'limea r"J Jian. a tJt Cam net -kau a i: Solitaire Diamond, a free trip to lurk, with eipene there paid, ate., ete r bina w.irtti a u.ial o 11 m Pr.eare f.il ydT. r,beU in MiT new 29 eJu.tie . a l Jceni Bair.p fw a copy. rvainpie rl.e. oi 1 ae rwx f.--e. CB!'RiITl' BATES. Weekly. $1 a year. Srnu eeiV, K ew fcri ixn receive Iha rriiU'Bprii, . x-' nstwruiiiil AO-iarv t. lif free, imily IIU a year, i LiLnry of trttmt flxtrse. ii numbers a yer, ti. 1 ' TRADE BAARKq ItEMEDjVeCAlM WIATITia SHETA5S123TIIlT1:E1 TT rrnrACY i. its or.t. or prompt, s. Its relief la oauro. . iM coroo orw senaaseat. A- Ik oarwot bio ratara of pavlo. A. It rare, ia all eaaoo waosl aoeordlos; so diroeU. f -a It bt In one word a core: It is not merely I St. relief aad in ao sense a eureU; it tx lac erodnct of scienufie research. 1 - J It itrenttheu- wh fie It soothe, and rnb nB. does, heai and cures; U Uteray eou lu pain. ej j its eftea sre enmSve and permanent vl J, to tne whole (roup of muciuar aUa eri and nervous Afonuo, aL It does not merely irritate the enter mr in. nu-e. nor does it merely sofenor max a voi.irtncted miiMe. To la speciSe action a snpennr curative virtue is superadded. 5L It penotrnes deeplr but cenl'y: search Ill, trutlr and sorely. arekUif the pain ioi in an eJort to conquer. p.L Eai-h mnnriment of the Jbrmtt'a has s gill, reeorniaed intriai virtue to servo s-o.1 surely me cure of pain. AT Dl!' &C.:.T a! Peauisa THE CHARLES . VOCELEI CO.. amowrk. . WE DO HOT FLEDGE Oursflven to kep abroiiut. hut to keep the lead overall ot Iters in seliinsf you Pirr, AIlnlrly Pnro, and wll Matnr. Hi, Hit Mhlskk-s BBti Wines At frii.vs that make all tber dealers hti tie. Junt think of it : Orerholt k Co' Per Eye, five years olL Full quarts $1, or per dozen. Still better: FlacV violdr. Wfddtnr, ten years old. Fall qu aru i 1 , or $ 1 1 per dozen. Better still : Itentorky Bonrboa, ten year. old. Fall vjimrta f iii, or flJ jier dozen. And one of the mott t'eable Whiskeys on our li.-t is THE PtRK E.HT-YAB-L0 ElP-lRT Glcke.sheimeb. Full qt. $ 1. $10 a doz. T!iee is no Whiskey that has ever lteen o-ild that has pro w n m favor with the public so rapidly as onr nl.l Export, an l the simple reason is that it is utterly impooaioleito duplicate it. Ther will rever be any let np in the) parity and fine llavor iu any particular of the Pure California Wines we are now selling a: 50 cents per bottle, Fall quarts, or $5 per dozen. In makinit nr ynor orders please enclose Puetofhi- Money Order .r Draft, or Iiegioter yoor order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, WBOLXSALI A9D XT AIL DI1T'GGI3XS, PITTSBURGH, PA. 412 Market St.. Cor. of Diamond. Oils! Oils! The Otandard Oil rompany. of Pitthnrrh. Tw., tees a anei'utitr or mauuiartunna tor me Domestic trade the nneat brands of Illuminating II Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, Thai can be m1 frrra ProleriTB. We rhallenf eumpv'"AAou iUa every know a PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If you wish the moat uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE American !Market, Ask Bar ours. Trade !or Somerset and vicinity (applied by COOK A BEyRITS rD FBSAffS A Ki KEK. oonitwrr. Pa. BepeS-'OMyr. It is to Your Interest TO BTTT YOUR Drugs and Medicines or BlESECKER k SNYDER. scrcnetoBS to a x. botb. Kane but tbo purest and best kept in stock, and when Drupi become inert by atand iog, as certain of them do, we de stroy tliom. rather than ira piee on our customers. Ton can depend on having your PRESCRIPTION & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as low a any other first-class bouc and on many aroYk mnch lower. The people of thia county aeero io know this, and have riven us a Urge alixiw of their patronage. And we shall still cootin to rive them the very best fr-xxi lx ?r- roney. Do not sbrret that we make a specialty of FITTING- TIIUSSES. We guarant aati'fActin, and, it yon hare bad trouble in this direction, rive ns a calL SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES in great var.cty ; A full aft of Tea Lenses. Come in and bave your eyes examined. No chaise lr examination, and we arc confident we can suit yoo. Come and aee oa. Kaspectfully, BlESECKER L SNYDER. pXECUTOR'S XOTICE. h,Ute of Jonathan B. Warner, dee'd., lat of frhade Townsbin. Homerset County. Pa. letirrs trcamentry on the above estate asv ta been rrantti to i lie ander:rned by the prop er amhontv. notice b hereby r-i to all peron tnoevnad u wi U'r u male immediste pav mer;t aud tnoae bat hie eiaims or demAuds ain;-t thesame wiil preeenl them only su'.oen-t:-.id for seuienu-nt to the Executors, witikont delay. CATTHRINE WA-SEK Executrix. 1-fJ ALAiA.Vuta k. WAONE&, Eavcuwr. ome SOMERSET, PA., THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, Tu tl t Senatt and Emm of Rrpmeriiaiiret : There are few transactions ia the Ad ministration of the Government that are even temporarily hebl is the confidence of those charged with the conduct of the public business. Every step Liken is nn- j der the observation of an intelligent and j watchful people. The State of the Union is known from day today, and su)rge-j t ons as to needed legislation find an earlier voice than that which speaks in these an noai communic&ti ct of the President to Congress. fosek;s eelatioxs. Good will and cordiality have charac terized our relations and correspondonoe with other governments, and the year just cloeed leaves few international ques tions of importance remaining unadjust ed. N'o obstacle w believed to exist that can long postpone the consideration and adjustment of the still-pending ques tions npon satisfactory and honorable) terms. The dealings of this Government ith other States have beeti and should always be marked by frankness and sin cerity. Our purposes and our rotrthods are free fr m intrigue. This course has borne rich fruit in the pant, and it is our duty as a nation to preserve the heritage of good reput which a century of right dealing with foreign governments has se curtd to as. THE PAS AMERICAS COSCUBSS. It is a matter of high significance, and no less of congratulation, that the first year of the second century of our consti tutional existence finds, sis honored guest ithin our borders, the reprtsen tativirs of all the independent States of Xjrth and South America met together in tar nest conference touching the best methods of perpetUAling and expanding the relations of mutual interest and friend liceiss existing among them. That the opportunity thus afforded for promoting closer international relations and the in creased prosperity of the States represen ted will be used for the mutual good of all, I cannot peraiit myself to doubt. Our people will await with interest and confidence the results to flow from so auspicious a meeting of al le-sd aad, in larce part, identical intreHts. The recommenuj'ions of this interna tional conference of enlightened states men a ill Lave the considerate Attention of Conretw, and its co-operation in the removal of unnecessary barriers to bene ficial intercourse between the nations of America. But, while thecotnuiercial re sults which it is hoped wilt follow this conference are worthy of pursuit and of the great interebt they have excited, it is believed that the crowning benefit mill be found in the better securities which may lie deviled for the mainte nance of peace among all American na tions, and the settlement of all conten tious by methods that a Christian civili zation can approve. While viewing with interest our national lesourcea and pro ducts, the delegates will, I am sure, find a higher satisfaction in the evidences of nnelfieh friendship which everywhere attend their intercourse with our people. thk wabittmb cosferenck. Another international conference hav ing great possibilities for good lias lately assembled and is now in session ia this Capital. An invitation was extended by the Government, under the Act of Con gress of Jaly 9, 1S8S, Co all miritime ca tions to send delegates to confer touching the revision and amendment of the rules and regulations governing vessels at sea, and to adoyt a uniform system of marine signals. The response to this invitioa has been very general and very cordial. Ielegates from twenty-six nations are present in the conference, and they have entered opon their useful work with great leal, and w ith an evident appreci tion of its importance. Sv far as the agreement to be reached may require legislation to give it effect the co-operation of Congress is confidently relied npon. OIB DCTY TO Tlta AMERICAS STATES. It is an interesting if not, indeed, an unprecedented fact, that the two interna tional conferences have brought togeth er here th accredited representatives of thirty-three nations. Bolivia, Ecuador, and Honduras, are now represented by resident envoys of the pleipotentiary grade. All the Stales of the American system now maintain diplomatic repre sentatives at this Capital. In this connection it may be noted that ! all tha natij-ma r,f t V.tA.m Ifami. phere, with one exception, send to Washington Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, being the high est grade accredited to this Government. The United States, on the contrary, sends Envoys of lower grade to some of our sister republics. Our represeBtaUve in Paraguay and Uruagnay is a Minister Resident, while to Bolivia we send a Minister Resident and a Consul General. Id view of the importance of our rela tions with the Ametican system, onr dip lomatic agents in those countries should be of the uniform rank of Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Certain missions were so elevated by the last Congress with happy effect, and I recommend the completion of the reform thus begun, with the inclusion also of Hawaii ami Hsyti in view of their rela tions to the American system of States. I also recommend that timely provision be made for extending to Hawaii an in vitation to be present in the Internation al Conference now sitting at this Capital. CIIIS A A.1D Tilt CB.-E.vr. Our relations with China have the at tentive consideration which their mag nitude and interest demand. The fail ure of the treaty negotiated nnder the administration of my predecessor for the further and more complete restrictions of Chinese labor immigration, and, with it, the legislation of the last session of Congress dependent thereon, leave some questions open which Congress should now approach in that wis and just spir it which should characterize the rela tions of two great and friendly powers, i While onr supreme interests demand the exclusion cf a laboring element which experience has shown to be i ceo re petti-1 ble with our social kfo, all steps to com- j pass this imperative need whoaM be ac companied with a recopnition of the claim of those strangers now lawfully anr.org as to humane and just treatment The accession cf the young Emperor of China marks, we may hope, an era of progress and prorperity for the great ESTABLISHED 18137. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1889. country oyer whicS he is called to rale. THE SAX OAS TBIATT. The present stata of Affairs in respect to the Somoan Islands ia encouraging. The- conference which was held in this city in the summer of LS87 between the representatives of the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, has bees adjourned because of the persistent di vergences of views whkb was developed in its deliberation. The subsequent course of events in the islands gave rise to questions of a serious character. On the 4th of February last, the German min ister at this Capital, in behalf of his government, proposed a resumption of the conference at Berlin. This proposi tion was accepted, as Congress was in formed. Pursuant to the understanding thus reached, commissioners were lap pointed by me, by and with the consent of the Senate, who proceeded to where the conference was renewed. The delib erations extended through several weeks, and resulted in the conclusion of a trea ty which will be submitted to the Senate for its approval. I trust that the efforts which have been made to effect an ad justment of this question will be produc tive of the permanent establishment cf law and order in Samoa npon the basis of the maintenance of the rights and in terests of the natives as well as of the treaty powers. THE IMTtD STATES AD GREAT BBtTAIX. The questions which have arisen dar ing the past fewlyears between Great Bri tain and the United States are in abey ance or in course of amicable adjust ment. On the part of the government of the Dominion of Canada an effort has been apparent daring the seassns just ended to administer laws and regulations applicable to the fisheries with as !ittle occasion for friction as possible, and the temperate representations of this govern ment in respect to cases of undue bard ships and of harsh interpretations have been in most cases met with measures of transitory relief. It is trusted that the attainment of our just rights under ex isting treaties and in virtue of the con current legislation of the two contiguous countries will not be long deferred, and that all existing causes of difference may be equitably adjusted. I recommend that provision be made by an international agreement for visibly marking the water boundary between the United States and Canada in the narrow channels that join the great lakes. The conventional line thereon traced by the Northwestern boundary survey years ago is not in all cases readi ly ascertainable for the settlement of jurisdictional questions. KXTBADZTtOS WITH CAT! ADA. A just and acceptable enlargement of tbe list of offenses for wbkh extradion may be claimed and granted is most desirable between this country and Great Britain. The territory of neither should become a secure harbor for the evil doers of the other through any avoidable shortcom ings In this regard.' A "new treaty on this subject between the two powers has been recently negotiated and will soon be laid before the Senate. CYBA A.VD PORTO BICO. The importance of the commerce of Cuba and Porto Rico with the United States, their nearest and principal mark et, justifies the expectation that the ex isting relations may be beneficially ex panded. The impediments resulting from varying dues on navigation and from the vexatious treatment of our ves sels on merely technical grounds of com plaint in West India ports should be re moved. The progress toward an adjustment of pending claims between the United States and Spain is not as rapid as could be desired. AMERICAS IXTESISSTSI.N roBElf.S COC STHIAS, Questions affecting American interests in connection with railways constructed and operated by our own citizens in Pern have claimed the attention of this Gov ernment. It ia urged that other govern ments, in pressing Pern to the payment of their claims, have disregarded tne property rights of American citizens. The matter will be carefully investigated with a view to securing a proper and equitable adjustment. A similar issue is now pending with Portugal. The Detago" Bay Railway, in Africa, was constructed nnder a conces sion by Portugal to an American citizen. When nearly completed the road was seized by the agents of the Portuguese government. Formal protest has been made through oar Minister at Lisbon against this act, and no proper effort will be spared to secure proper relief. TUB SICABAGtrA CASAL. In pursuance of the charter granted by Congress, and under the terms of its con tract with the government of Nicaragua, the Interocennie Canal Company has be gun the const met ion of the inportant waterway between tbe two oceans which its organization acon' em plates. Grave complications for a time seemed immi nent, in view of supposed conflict cf jur ist iction between Nicaragua and . Costa Rica in regard to the accessory privileges to be conceded by the latter republic toward the construction of works on the Juan River, of which the right bank is Costa- Rica a territory. I am happy to learn that a friendly arrangement has been effected between the two nations. This government has held it-self ready to promote in every proper way the adjust ment of all questions that might present obstacles to the completion ofaworkof such transcendent importance to the commerce of this country, and indeed to the commercial interests of the world. OrR VR1ENDLY relations with fbascr. The traditionAl good feeling between this country And the French Republic has received additional testimony in tbe participation of our Government and people in the International Imposition held at Paris during the past summer. The success of our exhibitors has been gratifying. The report of the Commis sion will be laid before Congress in doe time. TO STAMP OCT SLAVERY. This Government has accepted, nnder proper reserve as to its policy in foreign territories, the invitation of the govern ment of Belgium to taks part in as In ternational Congress which opened at Brussels on the 18th of November, for the purpose of devising measures to promote the abolition of the slave trade in Africa and to prevent the shipment of slaves by sea. Our interest in the extinction of this crime against humanity, in the re gions where it yet survives, has been in. creased by the results of emancipation within ear own borders. COHDtAL BXXATTOSS WITH CBXM AXT. With Germany the most cordial rela tions continue. The questions arising from the return to the empire of Germans naturalized in this country are consider ed and disposed of in a temperate spirit, to the entire auLis&ctioa of both govern ments. OTHIB rOBElii rorsTBiES. It ia a source of great adipfaction that the internal disturbances of the Republic ot Ilayti are at last happily ended, and that an apparently stable government has been constituted. It has been duly recognized by the United States. A mix ed commission is now in session in the Capital for the settlement of long-standing claims against the republic, and it is hoped that a satisfactory conclusion will be speedily reached. This Government has not hesitated to express ita earnest desire that the boundary dispute now pending between Great Britian and Venezuela may be adjusted -amicably and in strict accordance with the historic title of the parties. The advancement of the Empire of Japan has been evidenced by the recent promulgation of a ne w constitution con taining valuable guarantees of liberty and providing for a responsible ministry to conduct the government. It is earnestly recommended that our judicial rights and processes in Corea be established on a firm basis, by providing the machinery necessary to carry out our tre-ity stipulations in that regard. The friendliness of tbe Persian Govern ment continues to be shown by its gen erous treatment of Americans engaged in missionary labors, and by the cordial dis position of the Shah to encourage the en terprise of our citizens in the develop ment of Persian resources. A discnesion is tn progress touching the jurisdictional treaty right of the United States in Turkey. An earnest effort will be made to define those rights to the satisfaction of both Governments. Questions continue to arise in our re lations with several countries in respect to tbe rights to naturalized citizens. Especially is this the case with France, Iraly, Russia, and Turkey, and, to a less extent, w ith Switzerland. From time to time earnest efforts have been made to regulate this subject by conventions with those countries. An improper use of naturalizttion should not be permitted, but it is most important that those who have been duly naturalised should every where be accorded recognition of the rights pertaining to the citizenship of the country of their adoption. The ap propriateness of special conventions for that purpose is recognized in treaties which this Government has concluded with a number of European States, and and it is advisable that thedifficulties which now arise in our relations with other countries on the same subject should be similarly adjusted. BEcoosmo.v or the bkptblic or bbaztl. The recent revolution in Brazil in favor of the establishment of a Republican form of government is an event of great interest to the United States- Our Minis ter at Rio de Janeiro was at once instruct ed to maintain friendly diplomatic rela tions with the Provisional government, and the Brazilian representatives at this Capital were instructed by the Provisional government to continue their functions. Our friendly intercourse with Brazil has therefore suiered no interruption. Our Ministers have been further in structed to extend, on tbe part of this Government, a formal and cordial recog nition of the new republic so soon as the majority of the people of Brazil shall have signified their assent to its estab lishment and maintenance. INTERS AL AFFAIRS PBHSPETUHS. Within our own borders a general con dition of prosperity prevails. The har vests of the last summer were exception ally abundant, and the trade conditions now prevailing seem to promise a suc cessful searon to the merchant and the manufacturer, and general employment to our working people. REPORT Or TBE SEI RETAXVOr THE TBSAS CRY. The report of the Secretary ef the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1SS3, hat been prepared and Will be presented to Congress. It presents with clearness the fiscal operations of tbe Government, and I avail myself of it to obtain sime facts for use here. The ag gregate receipts from all sources for tbe year were 1387,0.-10,053 84, derived as fol lows: From Customs, $223,332,741 69 ; from Internal Revenue, $t30,S8l,513 92 ; from miscellaaeous sources, $12,335,803, 23. The ordinary expenditures for the same period were $2Sl,.f;,f.!5, and the total expenditures (iocIuJin the sinking fund) were $:l2y,.'7,J,S) 25. The excess of receipts over expenditures was (after providing fur the sinking fund) $.'7,470, 120 .r3. For the current fiscal year the total revenues, actual and estimated, are $3S5,000X), and the ordinary expendit ures, actual and estimated, are $2S3,000, 000, making, with the sinking fund, a to ut expenditure of $:iI,32lJ18 99, leav ing an estimated surplus of $45,673,33:3, OL During the fiscal year there was ap plied to the purchase of bonds, in addi tion to those for the sinking fund, $'X, 4o6,l 72 35, and during the first quarter of the current year the sum of $37,83, 937 77, ail of which were credited to the sinking fund. Tbe revenues for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1301, are estima ted by the Treasury Department at $335, 000,000, and the expenditures for the same period, including the sinking fund, at $341,430,477 70. This shows an esti mated surplus for the year of $43,539,522, 30, which is more likely to be increased than reduced when tho actual transac tions are written op. THE STRPtrs. The existence of so targe an actual and anticipated surplus should have tbe im mediate attention of Congress, with a view of reducing the receipts of the Treasury to tbe needs of the Govern ment as closely as may be. The collec tion of moneys not needed for public uses imposes sn unnecessary burden up on our people, and the presence of so large s surolus in tbe public vaults is a disturbing element in the conduct of pri vate business. It has called into nee ex pedients for putting it into circulation of very questionable propriety. We should not collect revenue for tbe purpose of an ticipating oar bonds, beyond the require ments of the sinking fund, but any so.- L-era appropriated surplus in the Treasury should be so used, as there ia no other lawful way of returning the money ta circulation, and the profit realized by the Government offers a substantial ad vantage. The losing of public funds to the banks, without interest, npon the secu-ity of Government bonds, I regard as an anau thorized and dangerous expedient. It re sults in a temporary and unnatural in crease of the banking capital of favored localities, and compel a rautiouM and gradual recall of the depoeits to avoid injury to the commercial interests. It is not to be expected that the banks having these deposits will sell their b nd to the Treasury so fon as the present highly beneficial arrangement w continued. They now practically get interest both upon the bonds and their proceeds. N'o further use should be made of this meth od of getting the surplus into circulation, and the deposits outstanding should be gradually withdrawn and applied to the purchase of bonds. It is fortunate that such a use can be made of the existing surplus, and, for some time to come, of any casual surplus that may exut after Congress has taken the necessary steps for a reduction of the revenue. S ich legis lation should be promptly but very con siderately enacted. TUB TARIFF CONSIDERED. I recommenu a revision of our Tariff law, both in its administrative features and in the schedules. The need of the former is generally conceded, and agree ment upon the evils and inconveniences to be remedied and the bet methods for their correction will probably not be dif ficult. Uniformity cf valuation at all our ports is essential, and effective measures should be taken to secure it. It is equal ly desirable that conflicting rates and classifications should be promptly deci de.!. The preparation of a new schedule of customs duties is a matter of great deli eacy, because of its direct effect upon the business of the country, and of great dif ficulty by reason of the wida divergence of opinion as to the objects tha may be properly promoted by such legislation. Some disturbance of business may per haps result from the consideration of this subject by Congress, but this temporary ill effect will be reduced to the minimum by prompt action ard by the assurance which the country already enjoys that any necessary changes will be so made as to not impair the just and reasonable Protection of our Home Industries. The inequalities of the law should be adjusted, but the Protective prim-iple should be maintained and Cur'y applied to the products of our farms as weil as of our shops. These duties necessarily have relation to other things beside the pub lic revenues. We cannot limit their ef fects by fixing our eyes on the Public Treasury alone. They have a direct re lation to home production, to work, to wages, and to the commercial independ ence of our country, and the wie and patriotic legislator should enlarge the field of his vision to include all of these. The necessary reduction in our public revenues can, I am sure, be made with out making the smaller burden more on erous than the larger by reason of the disabilities and limitations which the process of reduction puts upon both cap ital and labor. The free list can yery safely be extended by placing thereon ar ticles that do not offer injurious competi tion to such domestic products as our home labor can supply. The removal of the internal tax npon tobacco would re lieve an important agricultural product from a burden which was imposed on'y because onr revenue from customs duties was insufficient for the public needs. It safe provision against fraud can be devised, the removal of the tax upon spirits used in the arts and in manufact ures would also offer an unobjectionable method of reducin; the surplus. THE CIBCTLATlon OP MOXEV. A table presented by the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of money ot all kinds ia circulation each year from 1373 to the present time, is of interest It appears that the am unt of National Bank notes in circulation has decreased during that period $I14,lv.,72, of which $37,799,229 is chargeable to the last year. The withdrawal of bank cir culation will necessarily continue under existing conditions. It ia probable that the adoption of the suggestions made by the comptroller of the currency, viz., that the minimum deposit of bonds for the establishment of banks be reduced, and that an issue of notes to the par val ue of the bonds be allowed, would help to maintain the bank circulation. But, while this withdrawal of bank notes has been going on, there has been a large in crease in the amount of gold and silver coin in circulation and in the issues ot gold and silver certificates. TBESILVEB COISAOE SOT AS IVIU The evil anticipations which hve ac companied the coinage and use of the silver dollar have not been realized. As a coin it has not had general nse, and the Public Treasury has been compiled to store it But this is manifestly owing to the fact that its paper representative is more convenient. The general accept ance and use of the silver certificates show that silver has not been otherwise discredited. Some far rable conditions have contributed to maintain this prac tical equality, in their commercial use, between tbe gold and silver dollars. But some of these are trade condition that statutory enact men is do not control anil of the continuance of which we cannot be certain. I thick it is clear that if we should make the coinage of stiver at the present ratio free, we must expect that the dif ference in the bullion values of the gold and silver dollar will be taken account of in commercial transactions, and I fear the same) result would follow any consid erable increase of the present rate of coinage. Such a. result would be dis creditable to our financial management and disastrous to ail business interests. We should not tread the dangerous edge of such a peril. And, indeed, nothing more harmful could happen to the silver interests. Any safe legislation npon this subject mast secure the equality f the two coins in their commercial uses. I rave always been an advocate of the use of silver in our currency. TO ESC AS r TBI SATTOSAL GCABD. I approve the suggestion of the Secre tary of War that provisions oe made for encamping companies of tb National Guard La our coast works for a specified time each year, and for their training in Iks sss of beavy wans. HJs arsestiaa I WHOLE NO. 2003. that an increase of the artillery fores of tbe army ia desirable U also la this con nection commended to the consideration of Congress. IMPSLiVEMg.TT Or HIVRSSASO EABBOES. The improvement of our important rivers and harbors should' b promoted by the necessary appropriate ns. Care should be taken 'hat tie Govern ment is not committed to the prosecution of works not cf public and enteral ad vanta,, and that the relative usefulnew of works of that class is mt overlooked. So far as this work can ever I said to be completed, I do not doubt that the end would be sooner and mor e-trnKHtiioally reached if fewer separate works were un dertaken at the sanifl time, aad those se lected fcr their greater gentr.tl interest were more rapidly pushed to completion. A work once considerably bejrun should not be subjected to the risks and deteri orations shfca, interrupt or insufficient appropriations necessarily ocraaion. REl-OHHENDATIONS roSUf:.YEI. The President then procee Is to make a number of recornirie!idatiin. Speak ing of the assault maJe by I -avid S. Ter ry upon Justice Field, he des tvsnot only better protection for Federal otficer. but a full trial of such cases i t the U. S. Courts. ITe would also hve the work of the Supreme Court expedited by provid ing some intermediate court. Congress is asked to consider the qiies'.i-n how far the restraint of enmhinatiors of capital commonly called "tnnls" is a matter of Federal jurisdiction. The parage of an internaliooal copy right law would be eminently wise and just ; onr naturalization laws should be revised ; the improvementand extension of the ratal service is recommended, in with the report cf the P.'tftrr aster Gener al ; there should be a more npil increase in the number cf serviceable ship for our navy ; our treaty stipulations with the Indians should be observed with fidelity, protecting ail the interests of our ignorant an 1 helpless peop'u; ; the settle ment cf Oklahoma is reviewed, and not without some satisfaction : Alaska re ceives attention, and many genera! rec ommendations are made, .imong them one for another port of entry. Much attention is given to the Home stead and Pre-emption laws, and recom mendations for preventing fraud are made ; a pension is recommended for all honorably discharged soldiers and sail ors of the civil war as hiive rendered substantial service during t':ie war and are now dependtnent upon their own la bor for maintenance ; the four new states are welcomed into the Union ; recom mendations are made to !he Inter-State Commerce Commission for lettering the condition and securing the safety of the thousands of men operatic;; the great freight lines of the country. The President rejoices at the good ef fect following tbe establish toe nt of a De partment of Agriculture; he recommends that the Weather Service hi separated from the War Department ;in l establish ed as a bureau in the Department of Ag riculture. Congress hi urg-d to regulate all concerns in tbe District of Columbia that in the States are subject to local control ; Congress is asked to promote the proposed World's Fair : the work of the Civil Service Commission is com mended ; " but reform wiil make no safe or satisfactory advance nnt I the present law and its equal administration are well established in the confidence of the peo ple." The President sufjesta to the Post master General that he adopt some plan by which he can, npon the basis of the reports to the Department aid of frequent inspection., indicate the relitive merit of postmasters of each d iss. Trey wiil be appropriately indicated in the official register and in the report cf the Depart ment That a great stimulus would thus tie given to the whole servi he does not doubt, and sjch a record would be the best defense against inconsiderate re movals from otik-e. The Genera! Government is nrred to aid National education, espH.-:aKy in the Siuth, with limited an aid appropria tions; the interference ot emigration agents among the negroes is discounte nanced, and justice under the law is in voked for them : attention is called to the inferiority of our merchant marine, and appropriations for its betterment are urged : provision is also recommended for a naval reserve. The message con cludes : I a in an advocate of economy in our National expenditures, bat it is a misnae of terms to make this word describe a policy that withoMs an expenditure for the pnrp-ise of extendi or onr foreign commerce. The en!arj?m-?nt and im provement of our meruhant marine, the development of a surlicient body of train ed American seamen, the promotioa of rapid and regular mail communication between the ports of other countries and our own, and the adaptation of large and swift Ameruxin meruhtnt st-rairnhip to naval u-'s, in time of wur are public purpoees of tiie liigtest concern. Tue enlarl partkitiation of our peo ple in the eirryin;r trade, ti e new an 1 increased markets that will Iw opened for the products of our fanns and facto ries, and the filler and bef'er employ ment of our mechanics, wh ich will result from a liberal promotion T oar foreign commerce, insure tbe widert possible dif fusion of benefit to all the States and to all our people. Everything is tno-4 propitious for the present inauguration of a IiVtaI and pro gressive policy upon thia subject, and we should enter npon it wita promptness and decision. The legislation which I have suirzetted it is sincerely believed will promote the peace and honor of the coontry an i the prosperity and security of the people. I invoke the diligent and serious attention of Congress to the consideration of these and such other measures an may be pre sented, having tbe same great end in view. Bbvjamis IIrri-u. jrerifjiiw AfvtawriiMoj W'utiittJ'wi, i. C, Dr. 3, 13.S9. The breath of acbronic catarrh patient is so offensive that he beet mes an ol ject of disgust. After a time c!-erat:on sets in, the spongy bones are attacked, and frequenliy destroy ed. A c mutant source of discomfort is the constant dripping of the purulent secretions into the throat, sometimes piodocicg inveterate bronchi tis, which in its turn has been the ex citing cause of pulmonary disease. The brilliant results which bavrt attended its use for years past properly designate Ely's Cream Balm as by far the best atuS only cttse. A Chapter of Personal Experience. N.t one wants to live on a farm the : oil of which has been so worn and neglect ed tbat it will not produce rw-mgh to for nis'r food and supplies for family need, yet there are hundreds of such farmers in Ohio and in other State. I am now located on j wt that kind of a tit.n,r eighty acr-, m""!y wLt'e-i-ak. timbered, while-clay land. The timber was nearly ail cut off years ago to enable tne former occupants ! eke out a scant v livelihood. Two years 8io last April it becax Becesrar for Die to remove to this farm. Having been s farmer and live-stoc' shipper for twenty years previous and living on good land In s very deuraMe location, I bad contracted debts throtuU my shipping buMoeas, and was complete ly cornered ; and other parties wantirg nsy land, I was jostled out and then sneered at by those who had ben bene fitted by the sale. When I arrived at this farm, as a Ust resort. I spent two days In looking over the field, and found more bare ground (slippery waite clayi than graeey plots. I ha-1 known the farm for many yearj, but did not think the soil one-half as poor as I found it Fourteen acres was in wheat ; twenty six acres had been just seeded in timothy and clover one year previous : eigl.t acres was a meadow, including tvo acres of bottt.MU9oilaioUirasrill.il creek which rtn across the farm, leaving s bluff on one? side; six acres in orchard, garden, house anil barnyards; twenty -a-rea in wooils, pasture and tiuiler. This in the best soil on the farm, the lan ! dipping down into low, swampy patches, which must be ditched and tile-drained through, some clay know is before it can be brought under cultivation. All of my experience as a fanner with my father (who was) onf of the best ag riculturalists of this vicinity, ami who was the first to lay tile, in 13 Vt,, was re hearsed, also my observations ol the labors of farmers whom I hsd deait with, aud whose farms I had passed over many times while buying stock, and daring ni four years' observations as acrep reporter for my township for the Ohio State I-jtirl of Agriculture, and my weather reports to the U.S. S'gnal O S - at Washington. I learned now that I must test n:y own nerve, for, it was do or gt nothing for a family of seven persons, as my strength was fast leaving me on a-count of severe ailments caused by three years' service sn the U. S. Army durin the late re bellion. I found that only seven acrw could be plowed for corn and potatoes. This yielded, after much hard work, about & bushels of corn per acre, and not quite enough potatoes to last the year out ; we got not quite two-thir.ls of a tun of Lay to th acre, and seventy-three bushels of wheat from the fourteen ai res, and that of very poor quality. Fortunately we had several very good milch cows which furnished us butter for use and to buy groceries with. This land had been plowed when wet and had been sun killed. The grass, when a drouth came n, died for want ot fertility, and now on field, the timothy, Las died out except where I have top-dressed with stable ma nure. A spejies of joint grass has come in which ;furnishes pasture during the summer, going to seed and then dyin with first frost, but I intend that tield for a permanent pasture in connection witlj the woods field, and I scattered manure and feed stalks over it, sowing timothy, clover, orchard grass and red-top seed. Last year we hail planted U acres of corn, but the soil was so dilatory that the corn did not mature; this with the bay and 3iM) bushels of corn and ;) shocks of fodder, purchased, was fed to horses, cows, sheep and hotpthu making a fine lot of manure, which was plowed under for corn and spread on the surface for pasture. On a clay soil field this season, which was planted to corn, where marrire was applied, we git good corn, but where there was no manure the white grub worm destroyed the roots, and no ears formed. On this 12 acres we got about 100 bushels of corn ; the balance of field consisted of stalks with soft im-nature nubbins, which must be fed before severe cold weather comes, in order to be of any service. Our potatoes are a failure cause, grab worms and lack of fertility of soiL We are coaxing clover and timothy to grow, but do not succeed well yet. We intend applying commercial fertili zer ti) our corn and potato land neit year and wiil apply all our stabio manure to the meadows and pastures. We are a! hauling out the old fogs from the wood lot and burning them on the pastures, scattering the ashes and rotted parts. e have failed to raise any wheat, and will not try aain until we cm tile-drain and fertilize. It is much cheaper to bu the tlur for onr bread than to plant 'beat and then loe by winter-ki 'icg. We know now that we hare a losing farm one which will cost $i0 per acre to tile-drain and fertilize so as to be pro ductive. The few drains which we have made Lave paid a good percentaw on cost Oaeofour neighbors hxs23 acres of corn which is not worth two dollars per acre ; grub worms ate it up. The small creek which runs across the farm had in it sediment, the accumula tion of years, of the filth that bad wash ed from other farms, including one hog feeding lot; from this creek we took KM) loads of muck and spread on the pasture land, an 1 the result ia won lerf.jl io grass production. W want to increase our sm.ill flock of South-Down shee; but sales of male U'nbs ind yearlings are at so low a price that we cannot increase the flock !y pur chase. Our fi neighbors, knowing well the circumatam-e, beat down on the prices to bardpan. Witii a tluck of a hundred good ewes we couid so,,u enrich this pour, woro sod. We appreciate the; situation of those who are trying to get a living out cf poor soil, and say to tlietu, persevere as we did when fighting in the lite you war, and wiil soon Hank drouth and grub worms. II. Wabkes l;: alps ia Coifry tjimtlemnn. It is Good Work to Clve Health. The only remedy for blood disonirs is one that will expel the gru-s of di.ease, and make the Wood pure aad rich. That is best effected by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondoot, N. Y., a medicine of great value in the treatment of ail blood disorders and diseases of tbe Kidneys. It tone tin? system and helps to do good work. The Way to Dolt. Perturbed Mother Little Johnnie is bawling upstairs with the toothache. Experienced Father Take biui to the dentist's. P. M. Where's the money ? E. F. Oh, never ciind the money. As soon as he reaches the dentist's door his tooth will stop aching. h Cour ier. The wast feature about ratarry is it ' dangerous tendency to consumption. Ilood'l Ssaparts core catarrh by pa. tifylsgthe Uaod.
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