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ri, Wzlft .ttMllT na'ld CoSloon
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'- ' - ::3Tui:!t jiii-d to. Coe oa
1 5 FP.AUUM STREET.
J-hNSTGWK SUPPLY HOUSL
M:; H. WATERS &BR0.
PLUMBERS,
;' - !yt bu-ntiun ifl lie ouaniy. wiih
, , i:vv . r EPARTMEVT carry a fa'-I
a r-. F. r Lt- aikiwd ail
-a
Ik . Haia
A. H. HUSTON,
"-eraker and EmbaJmer.
Uffins Casket, aad Kobe
' t ill oEil EsON' HAND.
A GOOD HEARSE
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VOL XL. NO 25.
Oils! Oils!
Tie !oi1ai4 Oil CacpuiT. Of Pl:mrca. f.
i A tpecuirv of iunaVtcr.Lf Kit tb.
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline.
Thma ess t nadc from Mroicm. rniltrue-
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM
Satisfactory Oils
IS THE
American larket,
n4 ridaiQ
implied by
COOK A BETRTT9
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SCWERSET, PA,
BCGGIE3, 6LE3GH3, CAiLSJAGES.
6PE1KG WAGOS3. BTCS WAGOKs
AKD lASTZRS A5B WEeTEES WORS
rnmJbed oa Short Souce
pEintec Done on Short Time
1y wort 1 mo oat M 7VweA. SaArmrd JComL
Attd li Jrm i Sei !NltDr.Ai
ComsinKrinl. NeAtiT FmUced. And
TAaUl to i".te BUiIfcCUOQ
Erpl Only Hrt. Class Tcrkncn.
IrpAlrtTii of AH Kinds ta Vy Utm Doc on
oSart Souce Vr-c fciAjOS Ahl R And
All Work Warranted.
Okll And ExAoUnc mj Stock. Aad Lrn Prcw
4o WAfoo-work. Aad farnisb Bart fcr wind
Beoembcr U plAOC And caU in.
CURTIS K- GEOVE.
Ia of Doon
Booae)
FIDELITY TITLE AND
TRUST COMPANY.
121 & 123 4th Are.,
PITTSBURGH, PS.
(Capital, $:00.000 fall paid.)
(lasores tiles to Ra1 !
AnilxTiiwl to art a F.iecutor, AdirliAor,
OuardiAD. Trustet, A;piee, Ette.ver, tc
VEALEtH IS RELIABLE '
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES.
R-r t bin in its Saperir.r Vaal' from
J5 per anncto upwards. Rewes depots
and loan only od motsges aad app.'Ted
ooiiateraia.
JOHV B. i AfKV. rreidHnt.
J VJiE-J l X tLL. V. f!- I.
L B. McV Y. - aol Tiri.
B. 6c B.
SPECIAL SALEM
Dress Oootls
Deponent
this -k of 100 pieces 3S inch All-Wool
Teed atxmt a dozn colors.
45 Cents
Luye lice 3S inch All-Wool Tla'ids
neat piaids in all color.
37 l-2c
down from 50c- to close thi lot.
27-inch
Rongh and Taral-1.? Cheviots
3T 1-2 cent..
Rain or service afffet?
thcui bet
little. Crown, tan.
rrey
mixtures
56-IXCII AUSTRALIAN' WOOL
CLOTH FACED sUITIXGS.
In very large variety of neal cliecks
and riafdf. Quiet coloiisi,
00 CEVTS A YARD,
That are uaaei tionaliy tii? grcat
e? DRESS GOODS BARGAIN'S
of the year. Six yaris
suit.
fur a
full
These rton are tnakirg cnoaa! pn p
arationj in very department f.-r the
HOLIDAY TRADE,
Offerirg tergaiDAlthat will be mere de
er.mg thatr ever of your pwtr-jnag
Special facilities for filling T orders by
mall.
Boggs & Buhl
115. l!7m. and III Tcit& Street,
jfLL.EGHE.Xr. P1-
IrJiiyiiTUTOR'S "OTItTE.
ttef O M.TDW. !: cf U"er TaiK!
vmr"" fwp . t.Ber-et-.1A.. dr-t -
l-.Tni Been mall to t!v anJria lT tn
" V v. T s.ntd Hilf to nie I nmra.e
rIft'T. LA in du.r .u.-eou ie.l lor
e
My Nerves
Are All Right
And I tart gAarti 14 pounU is 6 macita.
u mall ot UAlag H-wd'A SanapariliA,
a.iv Mr. B. H. o-e rf tlx- Arm of Jiueo A
taly. Et-oesU-r, X. T. I UaJ a22jo1
Chronic Dyspepsia
Sly dip-sUoo beinc T bid, and I was
bruten fUu from vprsork o tlttt I cotlj
n. ( ln p nibis. But Biy Atumach is notr ta
p. rf--t oxk1i. mad for aH aborc braet
By graUtijde is due Hood's Sirsaionfli.'
"Water-Drash
Aod dysr-psiA troubid me for 10 yart. asd
aitT tryii); various Uiinss 1 eoortodVd to take
Hood Sjirwparilla. The effrrt im mmmw
nUw as I M"n to be almost entirely
r.rwL" J. L JoHNSOX. -T Utii Street,
T jVrdo. bio. If yoo suSer &on
Indigestion
Or dypepi' trouble try Hood's SirvipirillA.
1; p-BL'T lines aud simulates Ue sbmiacb.
asits di"sUiB and ereabrs an appetite.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
S-oUi by aQ drajsrtA. 1 ; Aix far ft. ripAied only
by C. L ROOD A CO- ApochenrwA. Liwtl. Xaca,
I00Doses One Dollar
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF .
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
JSO.OOO.
se.ooo.
oe.oaiT acccivco in lahqc oi.tu
AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON OCMANO.
ACCOUNTS Or Af CRCMANTS, FANIt,
STOCK OCALCnS. ANO OTMEWS SOLICITEO.
- DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRi i M Htcc W H Mili.a.
Ji L Pr.,B "H H KtHHca
Fitxn W BiBavmAB
El) ARB Sctll, :
Valixtisi Hat,
Asr.Rr Pca.
Pkdidext
Prssipext
Vicl
Hie fard and nwurities of this hank
are wnr?lv prote-td inace!brau?il Cor
Yl9B Barx ar-proof Sfe. The only Safe
made aiieolutely Banf'.ar-pronf.
p i P....J.. ui:
Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
.A
Eitabiitiirf, 1877. Orguiztt a i Atiot!, 1830.
-O
CAPITAL $50 OOO.
-O.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. B. Frease, ice Prest.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
r
Directors:
Wm. H. Koocta.
inuAS r-pecht.
iofco H. Kiyder,
inm-yb B.
PaotT ?nfdej
Jor a M Took,
Joim SiuffL
HArr.jon r-ayd.
Koab i. SCUer.
Wm Eadsy
(Xonn ol this Fatk trCl rwfve tfc mart
UberAi uejaent eonlexrt with bAC IZif-
PanJe. ihiue to send mnoey eA or west eao
be AooooiajiiAied by drAit for acj tmooiit
Mooer aad taI-iaV. peecred by one of Die
bo d s CtWoratod ak uk Apprwed time
loci.
rneetim mA-',e !n all para of the Tniwd
Stat t'BAtvw moderate.
Acouoau acI Itepoaiu SoUcted. mArm
THERE IS V irHISA'EY
Which is uniform in its results, besides id
rrerv other particular. Attested to by
everyone who has given it a thoroogrj
rial, and tbeir name is !eg-.on.
The pure s-year old
GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY
La the whisker, sold only by
JOSEPH FLEMING & SON.
Dm?
rlst?, Pittsburgh, Ta.
Etrensthener of the
As a
Nervous! I System,:
o-;tl KTiecinlirood effect on the res-
" . . .
piratory and digestive organs, it
is pronounced nnequaled. Price,
fall quarts 1, or six for $5.
We no carry a fnll and c ompiete iwrlr o
all tbe lei:ng fine woi?ie3.
niesor and tjreign. giving you the oppor
tuntry to make your choice from the
torii seiecuon to be had in tbe city
at lb kowext prwsible pnees that
can be made for tbe quality and
a of the goods
rp. send ftw fait and compVte pr
list, nailed f.
Jos. Fleming &
DRUGGISTS,
44 A C2 JUrket 8t, 1 and i H ark
on
SOOT AND SHOE HOUSE.
THE XTW EOOM 15 THE
DIBERT BUILDING,
Corrrcr Main and Franklin Sts.f
Is vbre
diet'
Mens, VYomens'.
Aid CM1-FooC.eAT,
Of Best Qwalkf , an4 at LOWEST PRICES i aS oooecaiied to this affair and a stlt
can be fonnd, in sty 5 of ail makea I am
prepared to compese witb snd All
dealers ia tbe State. AH I ask ia a tnai.
SCOTT DIBERT.
SOMERSET. I' A.. WEDXESPA Y. DECEMBER 1G, 1891.
TUT DDCPinrilT'O llCCCIPC
IUL llltd Utal 0 nltOoAbtl
The Pridnt jntr?ore his tnesa?
by calarg th atteotion 'f Coczre to
the reports of the several L-als of th
Esectnive Iepartu.er.t, and of which be
sajs a c!e ecratiny will rhow the vast
lbor and cinc:entin eff rta jpven to
the eoDdact of oor civil aJminiMratioa.
EJTElT (F THE MKItLET IHU-
Tne work of the SraT rprt:n,'Ilt dar
ivg the last year, the President aays. has
been chantctrriied by an nnisaal unm
ix r of icportant negotiations. Among
these are the reciprocal trade arrange
ments which bare It-en concluded in the
exercise of the powers conferred by sec
tion th-ee of the Tain" bill, with the Re
public of Ilrazil, w ith Spain, for its West
India possessions, and with San lomin
gn. Lie negotiations with other conn
tries have been advanced, and it is hoped
that befre the c'oe of the year further
definite trade arrangement! of great val
ue will be cr.ncluded
KtUA7I'XS WITH FOEEIGS COCSTEIES.
Prvgres in the negotiations with Great
BriUin relative to a settlement of the
long pending controversy over the seal
fisheries in the Behricg Sea is announced
by tit President, and the removal of the
restrictions against the entry of Amerk-ae
p-rk products into Germany, Denmark,
luiy, Au?4ralia and France is referred to
with i;rjt ideation. In the accomplia
ment of this latter great result the Presi
dent adds that the State Department, our
Ministers abroad and the Secretary of
Agrii-ultcre have co-operated with na-
LYXrniVl AT SEWOBLEAX5.
Ia referri2 t- other questions wita
foreign powers, the President says the
Ivni hicg at New Orieans in March last
of eleven men of Italian nativity by a
mob of citizens- was a most deplorable
and discreditable incidenL It did not,
however, bate its origin in any general
animosity to the Italian people nor in
any diMpect to the Government of
Iu!t,wun which our relations were of
the Ujt friendly character. T'ue fary of
the mob was directed agiinet these men
as the apposed participants or accessor
ies in the murder of a c.ty oriieer. I do
nt allude to this as mitigating in any
decree this oiTcn-e againrf U and hu
niAnity, but only as af.-tting the inter
national questions which grew out of it.
It was at once represented by the Italian
Minister that ee-veral of those whose
hes bad been Uken by tbe mob were
alien subject, and a demand was niiule
fur llie puni.-'bment of tbe participants
andfoT&n indemnity to the families of
those w ho were killed. It is to be regret
ted tnat the manner in which this
c:a;a;s were preseuted was not nch as
to promote a calui d..-u.Si-iun of the ques
tion involved, bu: this may well be at
tributed to tlie excitement and indigna
tion which the crime naturay evoked.
Trie views of tais government as to its
obiiaUots to the foreigners domiciled
here were luily suted in ine correspon
dence as well as ita purpose to make an
invest gation of the affair with a view to
determining whether there were present
any circumtunces tbat could, under 6uch
rules of duty a we had indicated, create
an obligation opon the United States.
Tie temporary abeence of a minister
plenipotentiary of Italy at this capital
has retarded the further correspondence,
bnt it is Cot doubted that a friendly eon-
ciuion is attainable.
Al TUOKTTV OF F0itR.ll. COt KTS
SoQie saon-stions growing oat of this
unhappy incident are worthy the atten
Hon of Congress. It would, I believe.be
entirely competent for Congress to make
offenses against the treaty right of for-
t'ners domtt iied in the L"niUd Slates
ctgnizaoie in ine ieueriu cun& iub
has not, nowever, been done, and the
federal oiacers and courts have no power
in such cases to intervene either for the
puotection of a foreign citizen or for the
punishment of his slayers. It seems to
ne to follow in this state of the law tnat
of the State, charged with
jioiice and judicial powers in such Ci.-,
must, in the consideration of the interna
tional question, grow ing aut eucn in
cidenls be regarded in such sense as fed
era! agents, so as to make this Govern
meet anscerable for their acts in cs-es
w here it would be answerable if tbe
I'liited Suites had used its Constitution!
n.-a-r tr define and punish crimes
against treaty rights.
AFFAIES WITH CHILI.
The Presided refers st some length to
t.e recent civil waT in Chi'.L He calls at
tention to the fact that this Government
no interference whatever with tbe
contending forces in Chili, and acted im
partially throughout the conflict. The
se zure of the steamer Data, of the insur-
iren: force, bv the United States Govern
ment for violating our neutrality laws in
loading arms and ammunition at one of
onr ports, the subsequent acknowledg
ment of the Junta of tbe Congressional
party that we had acted properly and
odicially in ordering the lu'j to return
to this country, and to abide thejU'lg
ment of oor courts, is incidentally refer
red to by the President, and after dis
cubing other incidents ia connection
with the straggle in Chili and the over
throw of the BilmacedA Government be
calis attention to the attack by the Ch
ians cpon the aailors of the United States
steamship c t y f Bal tajore in the city ot
Valparaiso, in which attack one officer of
the Cuiumore was killed outright and
seven or eight seamen erioay wouna
one of whom since died. These men
.he President says, were on shore oo
leave of b ence and unarmed, and the
report of the board of officers of tbe Bal-ti-iiore
was that the aaau!ts were on
provoked and that oor men were con
dae ing Mems-Wes is a peaceable and
orderly manner, and that some of the
police of tbe city to-sk put in the assault
r .. ' ., n : !.,
cpon them, (.onunaing me irai'
sys:
"So far as I have yet been able to learn
no other explanation of this bloody work
has been eogg-s-d than tint it had its
origin in bot-tiiiry of these men as sailors
of the United States, wearing the uniform
al their government and not in say in
dividual act or personal animosity. Tbe
attention of tbe Ch .lian Government
?u: we ha.1 conducted, was sabmitted 1 tanff Sefi were cpon a free trade
n;-A h. rn,-t to be advi-d
ncsu-tionofaaaUfving facts in the p ea e all the'ns of prosperity sad cf dude fradulent claims sad slsj the grsii
l - " ... . . m . - r.- tv. i i .v. .
cf the Chilian Government
OTrQ O T
ESTABLISHED 1827.
'n1'?"1110 fTe this aSkir of the
?prAnceof aniiwnlt to the Goven.-
ment. The CLilin Government was
abo advised that ' such qualifying facts
did cot exist lbs Government would
conS.lent'y expec full an ! prompt repa
ration. It is to b regretted that the re
ply of the Scretay of Foreign Affairs of
the Provisional Gcernmect was couch
ed in an ogensivetone. T th' no re
spense baa heenmsde. This Govern
ment is now awaing the results cf an
investigation whia has been condacU-d
by the criminal cart at Valparaiso. It
is reported unolSally that the investi
gation is about cupleted, and it is ex
pected that the a!t will soon be com
BJunicated to tbsGovern'ment, together
with some sdeqibe and satisfactory re
sponse to the nc by which the atten
tion of Chili was -al to this incident. If
these just expecLions should be disap
pointing or farth; needless'de'ay inter
vene I ill, by a rial messag?, bring
this matter againl the attention of Con
gress for 6ucb acta as may be necessary.
The President rges Government aid
in the cocstructa of the Nicaragoan
canal.
THE T AFT !!- fSSED.
On the tarilf test ion be says: The
general interest i the operation of the
Treasury Ieparient bas been much
augmented duriz tbe last year by res
son of the onfliing prt-d ictions which
accompany ind allowed the tariff and
other leglslatorof the List Congress
a Jectiog the rer,0es, as to the results
of this l-gislationpon the treasury and
upon the countr On the one hand it
was contended kt iniports would so fall
olas to leave tltreasur bankrupt and
that the prices f articles entering into
the living of thieople would be so en
hanced as to sastrocsly affect their
comfi'rt and bpinets, while on the
other it was ared that tbe loss of the
revenue, largv. the result of placing
sugar on tbe fi list, would be a direct
gain to the peo; that the prv of the
necessaries of I; including those most
highly protectevould not be enhanced ;
that Labor woul tave a larger market,
nd the pr.xiuc f tbe farm advanced
prices, white tl .reasury surplus and
receipts would flequate to meet the
appropriations. cudingthe largo excep
tional expendirei for the refunding to
the Sia es of thdrect tax and the re-
em ption of thper cent, bonds.
THE IMPARTIAL T!E.N OJGilT TO BE SaT-
t!-FtEI Tt TH2 fcEStLT.
It is not my inre to enter at any
eegth int a iiu-ion of the eSWsof
he legislation which I have referred.
btit s brief exaaat:on of the statistics
of the treasury id a glance at the state
f business thr-.bout the country will, I
think, satisfy im partial inqniier that
its results ha diapp.-.isted the evil
prophecies ofg opponents, and in s
large measure re realized the hopeful
predictions cf friends. P-irely, if ever
before, in the lory of sar country, has
here been s tit sren the proceeds cf
one day's labokr the product of one
farmed acre wotpartbase so large an
amount of thosoings that enter into
the living of thdsees of the people. 1
believe that a test will develop the
fact tbat the U act of the Fifty -first
Cocgresw is veryorable in its average
effect upon the e of artie'es entering
nto common Daring the twelve
months from Oer 1, 1? 0, to Septem
ber GO, 101, thial value of our foreign
commerce limp aad exports combin
ed) was f 1,743 4:, which was the
largest of any vm the history of the
United States, e latest in any pre
vious vear wa: 1S00, when our com-
tuerce amount ? I, G4r,l;,09.1, and the
!a.-t year excee this enormoos aggre-
ate by over hondred millions. It
is interesting, to some wiu be sur
prising to kn'tbat daring the year
ending Septea 30, 131, our exports
of merchandisounted to ?24,115,C70,
which was an'ease of more than sev
en million do over tie value of the
exports of thrreponding months of
the preceding, when the imports of
merchandise unusually large in an
ticipation of tariff legislation then
pending. Tberage annual value of
the imports iwhandiye for the ten
years from lj 1'.'1, was ffijJ.lS 322,
and during tear endirg Septembi r
30, IST'l, thiaial average was exceed
ed by f 132,53. The value of the free
imports durthe 12 months ending
September SOI, was $11S,0.2,GS7
more than tliue of the free imports
during the spending 12 months of
the prfCediar, and there was during
the same pes decrease of SIOCV
50S in the vuf the imports of dutia
ble merchac The percentage of
MERtHANDLtirTEO FOES Of IrTV
daring the yo hich I have referred,
tbe first nihe new tar.1T, was4S IS.
while darie preceding 12 months,
under thecriff, the percentage was
34.27, an ise of IS VI percent. If
we take theuontfas ending Septem
ber 30:b lasich covers the time dur
ing which rs have been admitted
free of duts per cent, of value of
roerchandsrportel free of duty is
found to be, which is a larger per
centage of .c ports than during any
previous ti?ar in the history of the
govern men we turn to export of
merchands statistics are full of grst
ificstion. 'alue of such exports of
mercbandi the twelve months end i
ing SepteoO, 1531. was ?23,rt01,13G,
while for rresponding previous 12 :
months it f6J,177,ll 3, an increase I
of ?2,014,hich is nearly three times
the averaioal increase of exports of
mercbandr the preceding twenty
years, treec in smonnl and valr
ae the e; of merchandise during
sny year t history of the govern
ment. Trease in the value of the
exports ccnitural products daring
the year d to over the correspond
ing twelfths of tbe prior year was
f434o.Kile the increase in tb
value of set tired products was fit),
S3S1 Tfrr StOT OPPRESSIVE.
There sinly nothing in the con
dition of foreign or domestic ; there
is certaifhicg in tbe condition of
our peo any class, to suggest that
the exiwirT and revenue legisla
tion bearessively opon the people
or retar commercial development
of tbe It may be argued that
oar con would be better if our
was
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. I hM: ! cannot be denied that;
Luai geuenuji.euk iii. ux m
A
larger degree than ever before ia our
history, sad that, too, jast when it was
prophesied that they would be ia the
worst state.
Agitation for radical changes in tariff
and financial legislation cannot help, but
may seriously impede In-iness, to tbe
prosperity of which some degree of sta
bility in legislation is es.-ntial. I think
there are conclusive evidences that the
new tariff bas created several great indus
tries which will, within s few years, give
employment to several hundred thousand
American workingmen aad women. In
view of the somewhat overcrowded con
ditioa of the labor market of the United
States, every patriotic citizen should re
joice st such a result
I am still of the opinion that the
rEB COIN ACS OF SILVES
under existing circumstances would dis
astrously sffect our business interests st
home sad abroad. We could not hope
to maintain an equality in the purchas
ing power of the gold and silver dollars
in our own markets, sad in the foreign
trade the stamp gives no added value to
the bullion contained in coins. The pro
ducers of the country, the farmers and
laborers, have the highest interest that
every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the
itovernmem snail oe as good as any
other. If their is one le?s valuable than
another, its cure and constant errand will
be to pay them for their toil and for tbeir
crops. The money lender will protect
himself by stipulating for payment in
gold, but the laborer baa never been able
to do that To place business cpon a
silver basis would mean a sudden and
severe contraction of the eurreccy by the
withdrawal of gold and gold cotes and
such an unsettling of all values as would
produce a commercial panic I cannot
believe that a people so strong and pros
perous as curs will promote such a pol
icy. The producers of silver are entitled
to just consideration, but they should
not forget that the Government is sow
buying and putting out of the market
what is the equivalent of the entire
product of our silver mines. This L more
than they themselves thought of asking
two years ago. I believe it is the earnest
desire of the great majority of the peo
ple, as it is mine, that a full coin ue
shall be mads of silver just as soon as
tbe co-operation of other nations can be
secured and a a ratio fixed that will give
circulation annually to gold and silver.
The business of the world requires the
Use of both metals, but I do not see any
prospect of gain, but much of loss by
giving up the present system, in which
a fuil use is made cf gold and a large ose
of silver, for one in which silver alone
will circulate. Such an event would be
at once fatal to the further progress of
the silver movement.
BI-Mrr.MJ IS THK IESIKEJ E5I,
and tbe true friends of silver will be care
ful not to overrun the goal and bring in
silver monometalum with its necessary
attendants, the loss of our gold to Europe
aad the relief of the pressure there for a
larger currency. I have endeavored, by
tbe use of official and unoificial agencies,
to keep a close observation of tbe state
of public sentiment in Europe upon this
question, and have not found it to te
such as to justify me in proposing an in
ternal conference.
There is, however, I am sure, s grow
ing sentiment in Europe in favor of s
larger use of silver, and I know of co
more effectual way of promoting that
sentiment th&n be accumulating gold
here. Scarcity of gold in the European
reserves will be the mot persuasive ar
gument for the use cf silver.
THE SET LCM5 OF GOLD
duriDg the fiscal year was nearly f'iS.OOO,
000. That no serious monetary disturl
ance resulted was mcst gratifying, and
gave to Europe fresh evidence of the
strength and stability of our financial in
stitutions. With the movement of crops
the outflow of gold was speedily stopped,
and a return set in. Up to December 1st
we had recovered of our gold loss at the
port of New York f27.S34.000, and it is
confidently believed that daring the win
ter and spring this aggregate will be
steadily and Largely increased.
niGU CLA-W ABXOkEO VESEI.
The recommendations of tbe Secretary
of the Navy that the w ork of adding
hi,;h class armored vessels to our navy
suould be continued, and that liberal
appropriations for that purpose should
be made, is commended by the Presi
dent and called to the attention of Con
gress. THE TENSIONS.
In discussing the report of the Secreta
ry of the Interiorr, the president shows
that the total number of pensiooeis upon
tbe roils on tbe the 3c)ih day of Jane,
1S91, was K7".,lj0. There were allowed
during tb fiscal year ending at that time
250,o65 eases. Of this numler 102if7
were allowed under the law of June 27,
100. Tbe Commissioner expresses the
opinion that he will be able to carefully
adjudicate and allow 350,000 claims dur
ing the present fiscal year. The appro
priation for the payment of the pensions
for the Escal year 1S00-V1, was J127,Ci,
703 SO, aad the amount expended was
f ll$,530,G4'.2o, leaving an unexpendtd
ed surplus of f 0,1 55,1 44.G4. Tbe Commis
sioner is quite confident that there will
be no call this year for a deficiency ap
propriation, notwithstanding the rapidi
ty with which the work is being pushed.
The mistake w hich has been made by
many in their
EXAGGERATED fc-TIHATE OF THE COKT OF
PENSION'S
is in not taking account of the diminshed
value of the r-a payments under the re
cent legislation. These payments under
the general law have been for many years
very large, as the pensions when allowed
dated from tbe time cf filing the claims
and most of these claims had been pend
ing for years. The first payments under
the lav of Jane, 1S00, are relatively small,
and as the percent, of these cases in
creases aad that of the old cases dimin
ishes the annual aggregate of first pay
ments is largely reduced. The estimate
for pension expenditures for the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 101, L ?144, 156-9
000, which, after a careful examination of
tbe subject, the Commissioner i of the
opinion will be sufficient. Whils the
disbersement . the disabled ?ldiersof
the great civil war are large, they do not
realize the exaggerated estimates of thcr
who oppoee this beneficent legislation.
The Secretary of the Interior kSiow with
great fullness tbe care that I- taken to ex-
rTiw w .uuu.uc-j
lie
1
peasion.- are going are men who rendered
not slight but sub-tar.tial war errice.
TO raOTECT BAILSOAl EMrtOTES.
The Preident re Dew his previous
recommendation for legislation to pro
ert the lis of railrsl employe.
The President concludes his message with
a somewhat elaborate argument in favor
of a crms'-ifutkmal amendment providing
for the election of Pre-idential elector in
each State cy a popular vote upon a gen
eral ticket, and thus avoid the danger of
the method recently adopted by the Slate
f Michigan, to elect the Presidential
elect- -rs by Congressk nal dilricta. The
President believes that the Michigan plan
will lead to dL-gracefal gerrymandering,
and in this way the majority often be
practically disfranchised.
To Head off Wakefulness.
Th good old cure for sleeplessness
holds good through all changes, an easy
conscience and a healthy bode. A due
portion of fatigue and quiet surround
ings may be added as also necessary to
induce refreshing sleep, and sleep which
is not refrvshing is about as unsatisiac
tory as wakefulness. Nevertheless, to
people of a nervous temperament some
strictly material rules for courting the
balmy god with success are not to be
despised. Many Little things conduce to
sleeplessness, the avoidaaee of which
w ill remove that trouble.
Indigestion, cold feet, over fatigue, tea
aad coffee taken in excess, excitement
genera.ly, all tend to a restlessness of
the brain, which prevents calm sleep
Many devices are resorted to to expel
such nervousness. The old suggestion,
made in ridicule orijrinal'r, to read some
very dry book or to have some one talk
you to sleep is really excellent in p-rac
lice. The dull monotony of a prosy book,
and even more the dull monotone of a
prosy talker, usually produces just the
dull impressions on the brain which are
required to induce sleep. A monotonous
train of thought o.tea serves.
An eminent student of brain disorders
prescribed the constant dripping of water
on a metal pan. The regular ticking of
a clock frequently sends sleepless per
sons into the desired state of brain inac
tion, though ia fact all these processes
mar serve to drive a very nervous per
son into a wild hysteria of wakefulness.
Bat an old and most curiously recom
mended physical process come to us in
an old book.
It was announced many ytars ago as a
great discovery in England by a Mr.
Gardner, aad most commendatory testi
monials as to its effectiveness were given
by tbs Lite Prince Albert, Sir Powell
Buxton, Sheridan Knowles and other
eminent person. It was considered so
valuable that a large suld bad to be paid
for it lor publication by Mr. Kinns in
his quaint book, now altaost unknown,
entitled "The Anatomy cf Sleep."
Tbe prescription as therein printed is
as follows: The person who after going
to bed Cuds himself sleepless is to lie on
his right side, with his head comfortably
placed on the piikjw, having his neck
straight so tbat respiration may "be un
impeded. Let him then close his lips
slightly and tats a rathtr fall inspira
tion, breathing through the ntetrila un
less breathing through the mouth is
habitual. Having uken tbe fuil inspira
tion, the lung are to be left to their
own action : that is, expiration is not to
be interfered with. Attention mat now
be fixel opon the respiration.
The person must imagine that be ses
the breath passing from his nostrils ia a
continuous steam, and at the inUnt
that he brings his mind to conceive this,
apart from all other ideas, consciousness
leaves him and he fails asleep, some
times it happens thai the method does
not at once succeed. It should then be
persevered . in. Let tbe person take
thirty or forty full inspirations and pro
ceed as before : but he must by no means
attempt to count the re-'pirations, for if
he does the mere counting will keep him
from sleep.
It is certainly to be said of this plan
that it is safe and ran easily be tested.
The other prescriptions, such as a good j
conscience aud a well earned fatigne, J
need not be set aside on account of it.
New York Tribune.
Story of a Tornado.
E. C. Perry, a cattleman of tbe Chcc
taw Nation, tells a remarkable story of a
cyclone which be witnessed in the In
dian Territory. Said be: It was about
3 o'clock in the afternoon that dark
clouds appean d in the southwest, and in
a few moments the clouds turned a I'ght
blue, snd it seemed as if they were on
fire with lightning. A perfect calm pre
vailed and the heat was scffocat:Eg. The
cloud? seemed to split ir the middle, go
ing east and northwest Then I heard a
low, rumb.ing noise like kcontinuous
thunder.
"On the prairie was a bunch of cattle
which belonged to a man named Corn
ing. The terrific wind, or what you
might call a tornado, lifted the cattle
into the air some fifty feet and dashed
them into the trees, killing them out
right. "Now, I am going to teil you some
thing tbat may seem incredible, but it is
nevertheless the truth. I saw a calf car
ried up into the clouds and disappear.
The animal went roun 1 and round in a
circle until lost to iview. A vjcilant
search was made for the calf, but it Las
never beea seen since. The wind tore
things op for a mile or so, when it spent
its force. Rain snd hail followed in the
wake of the storm and a number of trees
were uprooted." Chita-jo Um '-l.
Entitled to Confidence.
Mr. G. W. Benford, Druggist, should
have the confidence of this community
his caiiing is one of responsibility ; very
often precious lives are entrusted to his
care; taking the agency for selling the
celebrated Red Flag Oil should be a
guarantee, it w ill do all that is claimed
for it, and no remedy excelis it for the
quick cure of Rheumatism, Neura'gia,
Sprains and all bodily pains. Price 25
cents.
Aa ccial report has been reoeired by th;
Chinese Government from Oecerai Nich.
eomtrandine the troops in the Kin Cbow
district, to the ff that he bad met and
enraged the rb's on November 27 and 2S
and defeated tbem with great loaa. Tb
ana aewatea ujem wuu im ujmm. l i
leader of the rebel, and 0 men were kied.
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WHOLE NO. 2107.
GISELETS CAPRICE.
Tbe talon was lighted by a single
la-np which shed a suft radiance through
Git the room. It was simply furnished,
but was adorned with a profusion of flow
ers and plants. Three persons were in
the salon Mme. de Balny, Giaeie, her
daughter, and the latter's betrothed,
Robert de Giilis, who was soon to be her
husband.
Giaeie, who was ia her IStn year was
very beautiful. She was a natural blonde.
Her smile bad the double advantage of
showing pretty teeth and two charming
little dimples in her rosy cheeks. Her
eyes were very handsome, but their
glancesi was some hat imperious. She
was dressed ia a robe of a soft, white
material that set off to advantage her
girli.sh beauty.
Gisele was an on!y daughter. She had
been reared by an indulgent mother, her
father having oied during her infancy.
Although Mme. Ie Balny's income was
barely sufficient to support herself and
ber daughter she managed to gratify
tiisele' every whim, and ber whims were
many, for she was a child of caprice.
Many admirers paid suit to Gisele, but
she smiled on none until Robert de
Gillis threw himself and his fortune at
her feet.
In Robert, Gisele found her supreme
triumph, for by his unselfish devotion
be kave her the greatest fatisfactioa a
woman can have to be loved for bet
beauty, which was Gisele s only dower
Robert had every qualification to be de-
fired in a lover. He was 25 years old,
handsome, manly and very wealhty.
White Mme. de Balny was working at
her embroidery and llobert and G.sele
were holding a tender conversation, thw
door of the salon was opened and Georges
Lane was Announced.
"Good evening, my dear (asdame,"
said the new comer, as he entered, bow
ing to the mistress of the bouse.
"Ah, g-ood evening, my dear LangV
said Mine, tie alny, welcoming the
guest "Tnis is, indeed, an agreeable
surprise.
When the others had welcomed him,
turned to Robert, Langle said :
"I knew that I would find you here
and that is why I called so late, wishing
to Lave you present to second a proposi
tion which I desire to make to these
ladies."
"Ah, tell us. What is itr exclaimed
Gisele.
"My metiers cottage at St Cloud has
j -ist been put ia order for the summer,'
replied Langle. "We are joing to drive
there to-morrow morning, aad she de
sires that you will accompany us. We
shall leave Paris ia good season so as to
avoid the heat of the day. Ereakfast
will await us on our arrival. Wt will
spend tbe warm part of the day swing
ing in our hammocks and gossiping under
the elms.
"We will dine al fresco, and then, if
Mile. Gisele approves of the pla, we will
attend the Me of St. Cloud, at which,
among other attractions, will be tbe great
lion tamer, tbe illustrious BideL with his
menagerie. That is the proposition I
have to orTer."
"Bravo T cried Gisele. "Your plan is
charming: Is it not. Robert T she added
turning to her lover.
Robert agreed with Gisele that their
friend s plan was faultless, and it was
adopted with euthussm.
Accordingly the following day found
Mxe. de F.aluy. her daughter and Rob
ert at St Clou J. as the zuests of M. Lan
gle and his mother. Tbe day was spent
in those de'.ihtfal ways which peotle
escaping from the city in the early sum
mer Csd for passing tbe time in the coun
try. Gisele, however, was all anticipation
in regird to the approaching fete, and
especially in regard to the uoa tamer,
liidtl, of whose exploits she had beard a
great deal. Immediately afier dinner,
therefore, Gisele, Robert and Langle
went to the fete, the elder ladies prefer
ring to remain at the cottage.
The first attended Bidei's performance
with his lions, which Gisele watched
with the liveliest interest As the per
formance grew to a close Gisele became
so enthusiastic in regard to Bidei's brav
ery that Lar.g!e said, jokingly, that she
ought to marry a lion tamer.
"Such is my intention," replied Gisele,
"for I am sure that Robert will not deny
the first request I have ever made of birr,
Will you, Robert?" she added, turning
to Lieu.
"What r exclaimed Robert. "Do yoa
wish me to enter the lions' cage 7"
"Yes. Ioe9 that surprise youT"
"A liale, I confess."
"You ought to Lave as much courage
s a vu'gar ta-nerof animals," said Gisele
who seemed to be put out by her lover's
backwardness in beard. ng the lions to
please her wbiai.
' But to do w hat you ask me to do
would by no means be a proof of cour
age," answered Robert "It would be a
ridiculous act on my part, for I would be
exposing myself for no porpo&e."
"You pek lightly of the prospect of
being devoured," said Langle, laughing.
Lacgle wished to laugh Gisele eut of
ber caprice, Gisele, on the other hand,
did not really wish her lover to enter the
lion s cag, but she wanted him to seem
ready to do eva that for her.
"Thea you refine?" she asked Robert,
w ith an air of disdain.
Latgle, without giving Robert an op
portunity to reply, said ;
"Certainly he refuses, for th coadi
tions are not the same for him as for
Bide!, who has been long accustomed to
j being among wild animal, and has made
a careful study of their character.
"You seem to take great interest in a
matter which does not concern yoo,"
said Gisele, who was vexed by Langle s
opposition.
"But, replied Langle gravely, "what
you ask Robert to do is very dangerous.
Besides, you forgrt that his mother adores
him and that she will never forgive yoo
if you make him expose himself in this
perilous manner."
But Gisele ius:sted.
"Very well," said Robert, coldly ; I
w ill enter the cage, if Bidel w ill allow
tne do so, as soon as the spectators have
departed. I do not wUh to give a public
exhibricn of my courage," he added,
w ith a tinge of sarcasm ia his tone.
"Ah! I knew yoa would consent 7"
exclaimed Gisele with apparent delight.
"I will arrange the matter atscce,"
sai-i tiioen.
Ue went to Bidel, with whom he hell
said Robert.
a short conversation, then returned say
iug:
"The lions wi3 be fed in a few ruinates.
I win enter the cage thea wab BideL"
By this time the spectators had dis
parted. Robert, Langle and G'.sele ap
proached the cage. Presently the lioa
tamer j-Hin-d them. He b!d K nert that
Jie was ready to fee-i the lions aud in
vited him into the c;?.
"No. Kobsr. dnot gr" a'l G'e'.
"I do tu t wK b enuv th rj".
I akel y to ! so oulv !nw3 I want
ed yoo to seem ready to ei;e yourself
to any danger for my sake."
"Pardon rue. Gisele, for not aeceIin
to this new caprice cf yours as to the
first," replied Robert. "I have re-sol -red
to enter the cage and I shall do it"
Robert turned swae from Gisele, and a
moment afterward he and the Hon tamer
entered the cage. The lions, eight ia
number, moved hither and thither. obe
dient to the command of their mas er,
but their large golden ejes showed their
Astonishment at the presence of this in
truder who accompanied bin.
Gisele and Langle looked on in silence
and in agony. Gisele, who was very
pale, was only prevented from giving
voice to her anguish by the fear of ag
gravaung her lover's periL Her eyis
which were big with fright, were fixed
on Robert. He. on the other hand, was
quite calm, at least ia appearance. Like
Bidel, he was armed with a bar of iron
and a rawhile. He was thus doubly
prepared to repel th lioca if they come
too near him.
Robert wa in ths cage about five min
utes. Then he left it and rejoined GL-ele,
who, raidiant with joy. her bands extend
ed, exclaimed :
Oh, Roert 1 how I aJxire you ! how
I-"
Robert took one of Glse'e's hands in
his, and, interrupting her, sail ia a caiia
voice :
"Do not pni-e my exploit so much,
for tbe act which you applaud was per
formed for my own sake rather than
yours. If I am brave, as now you evi
dently think me. I confess that I am not
without fear that I shall not always be
able to accede to your desires, and as it
wo tld pain me to crow so charming a
w man, I renounce the honor of being
your husband."
As sooa as they returned to th cottage
the party started f yr I'aris. When they
reached Gusele's borne Robert bade her
good-by with a profound bw. Oa en
tering the hou.e Gisele found the superb
ttoquet which she was accustomed to re
ceive each day from Robert: it was the
last. Gisele has never married.
The Wrong Foot.
There is a time to keep silence, but it
evidently was not the right time in the
case of a boy mentioned, who lives in an
Ontario town. He got a sliver in his
foot and, in spite of his protestations, his
mo? her decided to place a poultice over
his wound. The boy vu-jroas!y resist
ed. "I won't Lave no poultice," he declar
ed stoutly.
"Yes, you will, EJJie," declared both
mother and grandmother firmly, and the?
majority being two to one, at bedtime
the poultice was ready.
If the poultioe was ready the tvy was
not, and he proved so refractory that a
switch was brought into requ;si:iou. It
was arranged that the grandmother
should apply the poultice, while the
mother was to stand with the up'.llte-J
switch at the bedside. Tbe bciv was tol l
that if he "opened his mouth" Le would
receive that which would keep him
quiet As the hot poultice touched the
boy's foot he opened Lis mouth.
"You " he began.
"Keep still I" said his mother shaking
her stick, while the grandmother busily
applied the poultice.
Once more the little fellow opened his
mouth, " "
But the uplifted switch awed hita into
silence.
In a minute more the poultice was
firmly in place and the little boy was
tacked in bed.
"There now," said the mother, "the
old sliver will be drawn out and F.dJi.'s
foot will be all well."
As the msther and grandmother mov
ed triumphantly away a ibrill, small
voice came from under the bed-clothes :
"Yoa've got it on the wrong foot 1
Points for Cirls.
Your mother is your best friend.
Have nothing to do with girls
who
nub their parents.
Tell the p'eaaantest things you know
when at meals.
Do not espet-t your brother to be
dainty as a girl.
Exercise, and never try to look as if
yoa were in delicate health.
Introduce every new acquaintance to
your mother as soon as psible.
Don't think it necessary to get married.
Tnere is plenty of room for old maid.,
aal they are cfn happier than wives.
Enjoy the pleasures provided for you
bt your parents to the fulleJ-t extect-T-.ey
will like that as a reward better
thai any otter.
Take care of your teeth at any crt of
tim or trouble, and do without new
dress rather than neglect a needfd visit
to the dentist
Most fathers are inclined to over-Indulge
their dar.ghtfr. Make it irrrcst-i-for
your father to spoil yoa, by fairly re
turnirg his di-votion and kffet'ion.
Never thick vou can affcrd to be dow
dy at home. Cleanliness, hair-well-dressed
and a smile w ill make a calico
look like silks and satits to a faiber or
brother.
Do not quarrel with your tret her; do
not preach at biai, and tlo ret coddle
him. Make him jour iiietd, ard do cot
expect him to be your servant, r. r let
him expect you to be hia Vrnkt J";;'i-
The Wag Cot the Applause.
At a political meeting in one tf tbe
hot campaigns one of the speaker de
voted a deal of eloquence to proving what
unprincipled scoundrels the members of
the other party were. His words were
extiemely eloquent, and as he waxe.i
warmer his denunciation cf his political
enemies was fiercely bitter. Finally
there came a paiticularly long pbrase in
which adjective after a.Jjettive, metaphor
after metaphor, and example ater ex
ample were benped upon the unfortunate
opposition. There was a g in tbe
kail; one could tell that it was a wag
when he spoke the first word, for he fcai
a long drawl that tickled one's sensibili
ties. Just when the last aaagnififeal
jectivs was loosened from tae speaker's
Lips, and before the applau.se came, a lor.g
drawl rose on the air :
"Be careful, sir; you are tx-ing very
bad language."
Instantly every one burst into roars of
laughter, and the cheers that would bave
arisen for the eloquent orator were turn
ed to laughing shouts for wag who
had spoiled that wonderful a.!drese.
-V. I". Tribn.
"Listed," as the brokers say, at l'
Doses Ose Dollar. UxkI a sarsaprii.a i
, .
equiva-ent fox lis pnc.
I novts.