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NUNKUMIUI.U I used to gaze on Hunkum Hill And think it very high. And one of Nature', miphty prop. That help uphold the sky. One day I toddled up it. .id. And .tooi! upon fts top, And then I learned the sky must rest Upon some other prop. And there I saw It just beyonil, Another hill much higher, It summit mingled with the sky All fused with sunset lire. "That hill', a button on the earth." Said I to little Johu. "The great ky spreads it. buttonhole , And there it hitches on." One day I climed this other hill, And found with heavy heart The button and the buttouhola Were very far apart. But there against tho crimson West Another hill was seen, A mighty spangled cushion where The big sky loved toucan. And so I've kept on climbing hill. From busy day to day, But from the topmost peak. I find The sky i. far away. In spite of many tumbles, still This sermon I would preach, Life', grentost fun is grasping for The things wo cannot reach. S. 11'. 'oss, t'n Yankte Blade. IN A ST BEET c7r. ' BY rOItOTIiy DASHWOOD. It was a littlo girl on a street ca r go ing up-towd. She wag a pretty child in a broad brimmed, picturesque lint, loaded with ostrich plumes. She sat beside lier mother, a sweet-faced woman with kind ly, patient eyes. Tho little ono carried a big bunch of flowers. "It's most a. big as a bushel bosket," she, said laughingly to her father, ns bo bought thorn down town for her at the flower show. There were royal chrysanthemums, roses with fair, pallid faces, ami others burning with hectic color. There was nlso tnll spikes of gladioli), each one as still ns if it had wallowed a ramrod, gorgeous dahlias, in flaunting rosettes of red and yellow. sou crinar above all. a hitrh anil mightyorchid, full of airs, but looking ns miy.n nue a vegetable- lobster as any thing eke. Tho child clutuhed them so closyiy that her neat littlo kid glove was just ready to split. You see there were somany of tho glorious blossoms, that h'r tiny hand could hardly hold them flll. "I am Just thinking, mamma," she .aid in n httppy little whisper, "how lovely they will look on thodinuer table, to-night, when papa comes home!" There was only one vacant scat in the car, and that was just besida tho little girl. Pretty soou tho conductor rang up another lure, and a tall.unirainlv man slid into the place. Ho looked like a consumptive, and had evidently been drinking. Only a little, though. Per haps just enough to brace him up against some trouble, and make the poor fellow feel a littlu bit sociable. His hand trembled slightly, and he looked kindly down at the child and her flowers. "My I sis, ain't them pretty posies? Why them's just the sort my old grand mother used to have in her garden, when I was a little shaver 1 Them's the real garden roses. I can tell them by tho smell,'' lie said in a voice that had a good deal of pathos in it. Tho man's ninnncr was frieudlincss itsolf, and his face was as honest as tho day is long, but tho timid littlo ouc edged along the eat closer to her mother. "Say, sisl wlmt'll you take for your flowers?" ho resumed pleasantly: "Come nowl Let's mako bargain. How much for the hull lot? 1 want to buy 'em. Hero he drew a shining silver half dollar from his pocket andhcld it in his ex tended palm. The child took no notico of tho coiu but looked appcalingly at her mother. She thought tho nmu a crank au J was a little afraid of him. "Sho!" he blurted out auaiu. cood naturedly. "Not enough, ch, for that big posy? Well, I want 'em, and I want 'em bad. So I'll go you a dollar, and here's tho Joust. You cau buy candy enough with it to last you a mouth." Hero tho little Jgirl became so embar rassed that her mother felt compelled to say to her iu a sotto voce tone, "Don't be afraid, deur. Tell the geutlemnu that you do not wish to sell your flow ers." The man heard and so it was unneces sary for the child to speak, lie raised his battered hat respectfully and hands still trembling, he turned to tho child and continued, "No, sissy, don't be afearcd, I wouldn't harm you 'or hurt your feclins for all tho gold in America. I think a heap of little gals like you. I didn't mean no harm in tryin' to make a deal with jou for tho flowers, I wauted 'cm and I want 'em yet, if you are willin to sell 'em to me. The mother smiled pleasantly, tho child dismissed her fears and seeing that no offence W'is giveu, the roau con tinued. 'You see I've got a littlo niece up town about as big as you. She looks like you some, too, only her cheeks ain't red aud plump liko yourn, 'cause sho's always been puny like, but she's smart, though! Tell you what, she's way up in 'rithmetic. She can write a letter same as a parson, and Lord, how that lit tle one can sing! I got u letter from her mother 'jes now, and l'mgoiug up Jhere. The poor littlo thing has boen sick all her life with hip disease, and now she's dyia'. Cau't live till morniu' nohow, tho doctor says.. Sho loves flowers and when ll got ou tho cars and seen you with thut big bunch o' yourn, I thoug'A how it might cheer her up a bit to Vl 'em iu her poor little thin, white VYd at tho last." The iVl was crying softly now, the tears we bulling right iuto the faces of her chc'J Y'i flowers. Tho mother's eyes grt Uirighter than their wont, while the Q went on, his bauds still trembling. "Yes, p little Rosy I I took her and her ma iu the country, way uu on Long Island, last summer, hoping the change cf air might tone her up a bit. But it didn't do no good. Theie was just about enough of her body left to hold her littlo soul when we got back, and it had wore away so thin that you could almost see through it. I knew she couldn't holU on much longer, but it's awful tough on her ma,though, just the same." Hero tho poor fellow brushed the back of his hand across his eyes. It shook terribly. "les, she used to sit up on tho pile o' sweet hay out iu the meadow, where sho could look clean across the Bound on to the blue hills wcy over in Connecticut. She called it her 'Land of llculah.1 Somo of her Sunday-school lingo, I reckon Any way, her littlo crutches was thcro handy, and I would bring her. groat loads o' daisies aud them yaller things that smell like pizen. I called 'cm weeds, but sho said they was golden rods, Bho'd string the daisies into long chains, and tie the others up in posies. Sho always called mo 'Undo Rod' for short. My right name is Roderick. But after that she never called mo anything but 'Golden Rod,' and I reckon it was all on account of thorn flowers. Never mind, sissy I Don't feel bad. You needn't sell me your flowers if you den't want to." By this time, tho little girl was crying hard. Her Mother's arm held her close, but with an irrcsistiblo impulse she sob bed nut: "Ob, mister! I can't sell you the flowers, but I want to give them to you for little Rosiel Here, take them all, aud, Oh, dear, 1 hope she won't diet Can't th", doctor do something to make her get well, mamma?" Tho child was fust becoming hysterical. The next cor ner was their stopping place, and her mother hurried her oil the car. Just as she was passing out, an old fellow iu the corner scat, stretched forth his hand and touched tho horn of her simple, brown dress. As he did so, he blew his nose with a great snort on a big, red banduuna to make believe ho wasn't crying, and then he whispered softly, under his breath, "God bless the child 1" But the pathos of this littlo incident was to find yet further expression. A moment later there was a little jolt, the quick scream of a child, and the sound of a man's voice, swearing horribly. "Look sharp I ye little imp!" he yelled as ho pulled up his horses with a sudden jerk. A little child lay close beside the track. Its rag of a hat was crushed upou tho rail, and th. skirt of its calico frock had been cut clean in two, by tho edge of the heavy wheel. It was a mere tot this time. "Hebbcns and earf," she screamed. "I'se all runned ober, an' me inudder's lostcd!" she added, with another yell that might have aroused the dead. A policeman came over from the corner to seo what the row was about. The child was too littlo to club and so ho took her in his arms and tried to soothe her with kindly words. A crowd began to gather and she wailed yet louder still. 1I tells you mo mud.ler's lost an' I'm all runned obcrl I wants tne mudderl" she screamed, with both fists jammed tightly in hor eyes. The tears were washing white streaks on the grimmy little face, and fluffy tendrils of tangled gold strayed about her temples. "Well, never mind I Don't cry, baby, but coir.e with me and we'll find your mother," said the big kind-hearted policeman, while ho tenderly lifted the weeping child aud got on tho car. Uo look tho scat just vacated by the littlo gtrl who had carried tho (Towers, and tried to comfort the poor waif by show ing her the big brass buttons on his coat uud promising to buy her some, candles. But all to no purpose. Her poor little heart was broken, and she could only cry, ''I want my mudder! I want my mudder!" Everybody thought what a pretty child she would be if her faco wcto only clean. Her startled eyes were like two big purple pausies nni her hair the color of a marigold. The man with the flowers couldn't stand it any longer. He had stared hard at nn advertisement on tho opposite side of the car without blinking to keep the tears baek, aud now he thrust the shining coiu iuto the grimy hand of tho poor wsif. .iVTuko it, sis, anddou't cry," ho taid. "Tell the co;ipcr'yer name, and he'll take you to yer mar. Poor thing! I reckon shu wants you as bad as you want her, and she's cryin' her eyes out about you this blessid minute. Take the dollar home to her aud tell her to buy ye some little shoes. She'll have you back all safe au' sound. But my little gal's mar, that I'm takiu' these flowers to," he added, sadly, as ho stopped tho car, "won't have her back again, no more, forever." New York News. A Lawyer's II arrest. It is the man with tho idea who do veloiis his opulency to-day. A lawyer ol this city not long since lu three moothl persuaded all the manufacturers of a certain staple product iu the Eastern States to form a combine. Ho visited all of them and finally got them together and drew the articles of agreement. Ha joined about twenty-five concerns iuto a combination, with a capitalization ot over a milliou. At the outset he claimed two per cent., and his realization for his three mouths' work was $30,001'. This is a fact. Two New Haven concerns are in the combination. New Uacen Conn Palladium. To Temper a Wutcli Spriu;. The country watchmaker more than his city conlcrree is called upou to tern per a soft spring. This, explains the llorologicnl licciew, can bd doue by pre. paring a lead bath, that is, a quantity of lead iu an iron pot, rawing it to such heat that tho lead is red. Into this plunge the Sring, and keep it lu for a suthcient lenuth of time: tbeu when hot enough quickly plunge iuto cold water or lard oil. It is necessary next so to give it tho right temper, which is done by dipping the spring into a small vessel of builiug liuseed oil for a few seconds aud theu iiitucold oil, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. To the Senate ami House of Reprrtenta lives: The r.norts of the heads of the several ex ecutive departments, required by law to be submitted Ume, which are herewith trans mitted, and the reports of tho Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney -General, made directly to Congress, furnish a com prehensive view ot the administrative work of the last fiscal year relating to internal affais. AMERICAN fOHK Is) It ROPE. The law of the last Congress providing a system bf inspection for our meats Intended for export and clothing the PreSidout with power to exclude foreign products from our market in case the country sending thorn should perpetuate unjust discriminations .gainst any product ot the United Btates, Jilaced till. Government in a position to eff ectively urge the removal of such discrimi nations .gains, our meats. It is gratifying to lie able to state that Germany, Denmark, Italy, Austria and France, In the order named, have opened their port, to in flected American pork products. The re moval of these restrictions in every instance was asked for and given solely upon the ground that we hail now provide! a meat inspection that should be accepted as adequate to the complete removal of the dan pei ureal or fancied, which had been pre viously urged. The Rtate Department our Ministers atiroad and the Secretary of A gricultura have co-operated with tinflag King and tntclligont leal for the accomplish ment of this creat result. The outlines of an agreement have been reached with Germany, looking to equitable trade con cessions in consideration of the continued free importation of her suzars, but the time has not yet arrived when the correspondence con be fcubmitled to Congress. OUR RELATIONS WITH CHILI. The civil war in Chili, which began in Jan nary last, was continued, but fortunately it n infrequent and not important armed collisions, until August 28, when the Con gressional icreos landed near nlnaraiso. and after a bloody engagement captured that city. President lialmaceda at once recognised that hi. cause Was lost, and a provisional government was speedily estnb- iMieu uy me victorious party. Uur Min ister waB promptly directed to recog nire mid put himself in commuuica- nun wihi mis Government so soon as It should have established its de facto character, which was done. During the pendency of this civil conquest frequent direct appeals were mde to this Government to extend belligerent rights to the insurgents and to eive audience to their representatives. This was declined, and that policy was pursued throughout, which this Government when wrenched ov civil war. so strenuously insisted upon on the part of .uuropeau ubmoiis. No otHcial complaint of the conduct of our Minister or of our naval officers during th. struggle has been presented to this Govern ment; audit is a matter of rezret that so many of our own people should have given ear to unofficial charges and complaints that manifestly had their origin in rival interests and in a wish to pervert the relations of the United Stnteswita Chili. TBB VALPARAISO INCIDENT. On the lllth of October an event occurrel in Valparaiso so serious and tragic in its cir cumstances and results as to very, justly ex cite the indignation of our people and to call for prompt and decided action on the part of this Government. A considerable number of the sailors of the Unite! States steamship Baltimore, then in the harborof Valparaiso, being upon shore-leave and unarmed, were assaulted by armed men nearly simulta neously in different localities in th. city. One petty ofllcer was killed out right and Eeveu or eight seamen were seriously wounded, one of whom has since died, to savage and brut-al was the assault that several of our sailors received more than two, end one as many as eighteen, stab wounds. An investigation of the adair was promptly made by a board of ofllcer. of the Baltimore, and their report shows that these nrsaults were unprovoked, that our men were conducting themselves in a peaceable mid orderly manner, and that some of tho pc.iico of the city took part in the as-sault and used their weapons with fatal effect, while a few others with some well disposed citizens, endeavored to protect our men. Thirty-six of our sail ors were arrwted, and tome of them, while being taken to prison, were cruelly beaten and maltreated, Tho fact that they wre all d schnrged, no criminal charge being lodged against any one of thein, shows very c early that they were innocent of any breach of the peace. So far at 1 have vet been able to learn no other explanation of this bloody work has been suggested than that it had its origin in hostility to these men as sailors of the UnitoJ States, wearing the uniform of their Govern ment, uud not in any individual act or per sonal animosity. The attention of tha Chilien Governiii?nt was at ones called to this atfair, cud a statement of the facts nUniuel by the investigation we had conducted was submitted, accompanied by a request to ba advised of any other or quaiiiying facts in th. possession of tne Chilian Government that might tend to re lievj this affair of the appearance of an iu Milt to this Government. The Chilian Gov ernment was also advised that if such quali fying facts did not exist this Government would conll lently expect full aud proinp..- reparation. it is to be nvrtto 1 that tho reply of the (Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Provi sional Government was couched in an offen sive tone. To this no response 'has beun ma !e. This Government is now awaiting the result of an investigation which has been conducted by the criminal court at Val p raiso. it is reported unofficially thut the investigation is about c mipletu.l, and it is exiK'ctei that the result will bo; n be communicated to this Gov ernment, together witli some ade quate and satisfactory response to the note by which theaUcntion of Chili was called to tliis incident. It' these just expectations s.iculd bedisiip.iomte I or furtuor needless ifelsy intervrne, I will.by aspicial message, bring this matter agaiu to the uttmtion of Congress for such action as may ba necjs mry. i he entire orrespou lencj with the Government of Chili willat au early date be submitted to Cou-cess. TUli CHINESE QUESTIONS. The lato outbreak against foreigners in various parts of the Chinese Kuipire has baen a cau.se of deep concern in view of tha nu merous establishments of our citizens iu the interior of that country. This Govern ment can do no luss than insist upon a con tinuance of tin protective and punitory measures which the 1'hin-se Government hm Jieretolore applied. No elfort will be omitted to lu'otect our citizms p3 ic-:vlly sojourning in i.'l:iua, but recent uu.illli ial information iuJicites that what was at first regarde 1 as uu outbreak of mob violence auiiist foreign ers has assumed the larger fonu of an in surrection against public order. i hu I hiiuse Government has declined to receive Mr. Blair as tne Minister of the United .Ntutes ou tha groun 1 that, as a par ticipant, while a Senator, iu tUe enactment of the existing legulutiou ugniust the intro duction of Chinew laborors, he has bacouid unfriendly and objectiinubie to China. I have felt constrained to point out to the Chinese Govenimeut the uiitenableuuss of tills podtion. winch seomi to rest as much on the uuacceptubitity of our legislation as on that of the nu siii chosen, and which, i( admitted, would practically debar the selec tion of any representative so long as tne existing luws remain iu force. A SPANISH WOHI. D 3 FAIR. The United States has been invite! to par ticipate in an Kxpotitiou at Ma In I to cu ii memorate the i'HJtli anniversary of the dis covery of America by Columbus, it will ojien September 1, lb'J-, and close Deceui L .-r 31. Kt'KHIAN UiKSIl .KS.S TO HEHKEWtt. This Government has protege l in serious ness but Iricudliueos u the Cur auiusb I1.". Tu".1!? Ilu! f J,,,,r9W Pnpu- I that Empire. THK TARIFF LAWl The general Interest iu tho nneratinn. of the Treasury Department has boen much augment! during the last year by reason of the conflicting predictions which accompa nied and followol the tariff an 1 other legis lation of the last Conzres afTectinT the rev enues, as to the results of this legislation upon tne treasury and upon the country. There is certainly nothing in the condition hf trade, foreign or domestic, there is cer tainly nothing In tho condition of otlr people of any class ti suggest that tho existing tariff and revenue legislation beara oppres sively upon the people or retards tho com mercial development of the nation. It may be argued thatourconlition would be bettor if our tariff legislation were upon a troo trade basis; but it cannot ba denied that all the conditions of prosperity and of general contentment are present in a larger degree than ever before in our history, and that, too, ?ust when it was prophesisl they would bo n the worso state. Agitation for radical changes in tariff and financial legislation connot help, but may seriously impede, busi ness, to the prosperity of which some degree of stability in legislation is essential. i tmnK there are conclusive evidences that th. new tariff has create 1 several great in dustries which will, within a few years, give employment io several nun'tred thousand American wonting men nna women, in view of tho somewhat overcrowded condition of th. labor markot of the United States, every patriotic citizen should rejoice at such a result: FREE COINAGE WOULD MEAN DISASTER. I am still of the opinion that the free coin age of silver under existing conditions would disastrously affect our business interests at borne and abroad. We could not hope to mantain an equality in the purchasing power of the gold and silver dollar in our own mar kets, and in foreign trade the stamp gives no added value to the bullion contained in coins. The producer, of the country, its larmers ana ittuorers, nave tne nigncst in terest that every dollar, pap-?r or coin, is sued by the Government shall be as good as any other. If there is one less Valuable than another its sure and constant errand will b3 to pay them for their toil and for their crops. The money-lender will pro tect himself by stipulating for payment in old, but the laborer has never been able to o that. To place business upon a silver basis would mean a sudden an 1 severe con traction of the currency, by the withdrawl of gold and gold notes, and such an unset tling of all values as would produce a com mercial panic. I cannot believe that a peo ple so strong and prosperous as ours will promote such a policy. BIMETALLISM THE OBJECT. The producers of silver are entitled to iust consideration, but they should not forget that the Government is now buvintr and nut ting out of the market what is the equivalent . . i. . : j . , . ui uio cuuio pruuucii ul our silver mines. This i. moro than thoy themselves thought of asking two years ago. I .believe it is the earnest desire of a great majority of the peo ple, as it i. mine, that a full coin use shall be made of ail ver Just as soon as the co-operation of other nations can be secured and a ratio fixed that will give circulation equally to gold and silver. The business of the world requires the use of both metals; but I do not s.-e any prospect of gain, but much of loss, by giving up the present system, iu which a full use is made of gold, and a largo use of silver, for one in whicii silver alone will circulate. Such an event would be at once fatal to the further progress of the sil ver movement. Bimetallism is the dosirel end, and the true friends of silver will bo careful not to overrun the goal and bring in silver monometallism, with its necessary at ten lants, the lo?s of our gold to Europe and the relief of the pressure there for a larger currency, 1 have end savored, bv the use of olilcial and Unofficial agencies, to keep a closa observation of the state of public seutimmt in iurops upon this question, and nave not round it to no sucn as to lustily me in pro posing an intjrnational conference. Tuers if, however, I am sure, a growing sentiment In r.uropo in favor ot a larger use of silver. and I know of no more elf sctuat way of pro moting this sentiment than by accumulating goia nere. a scarcity ot goi i in tne Euro pean reserves will be tho most persuasive argument lor tne use ot silver. DISPOSAL OF THE SURPLUS. The presence of a lar.re cash surnlus In the Treasury has for many yean basu tha subject of much unfavorable criticism an 1 has turnishe 1 an argument to taose who have desired to place the tariff noon a nurol v revenue basis. It was agreed by all that the withdrawal from circulation of so large an amouutof money was an embarrassment to the busiu?ss of tna country and mado neo essary the intervention of the Departmental frequent intervals, to relieve threatmel monetary panics, The surplus on March 1, 18), was l83,8i7,19).:9. Tha policy of ap plying this surplus to the redemption of the interest-bearing securities of th Unite 1 Btates was thought to ba preferable to that of depositing it without iuterest in selected National bauks. There have been redeemed since the data last mentioned of interest bearing securities S?e'J.07'J.3,iU. re sulting in a reduction of the annual interest of fMl,li81,)73. Tho money which had been deposited in tiauks without interest lias been gradually witudrnwu an I used iu tue re demptiou of bonds. The result of this policy.of the silver lezis- 'b.'jn, and of the refunding of tho 4' per cerivmonii! s has bo3n a largo increase of the moiizjy in circulation. At the date last named the circulation was tl.40i.20",.t.i . or f JJ.u:t per capita, while oa the 1st day of Doceinber, ts'.il, it had increase! to 1 1. ei (. aoj,07tl, or 21.31 per capita. Tns offer of the Secretary of tho Treasury to the holders of the 4'4 percent, lion Is to extend the tiuw of redemption, at the option of the Govern- ' mont, ut au interest of '3 per cent, was accepted by the holders of about one-half the amount, and the unextunlet bauds are being redeemel ou present iti ju. TUE WAR DEPARTMENT. Progress has boen ma !e in securing sites for harbor defenses aud in the manufacture of gnus for their atMiamont. The Secre tary's recommondatiou for a tliree-battnlion formation of in f ant ry regi meuts is concurred in, as is that for the adoption ot smokeless Eowder. Seven companies of ludians have een euliste I, aud seven mora aro bein formed. TflE POSTAL SERVICE. Reveuues of the Posofllce Department have increased over j,OJ0,0UJ. Estimates for l'M show au anticipate 1 surplus of receipts over expouses. OUR NEW NAVY. Four vessels, aggregating 11,000 tous,have been placed in commission during the year. Twenty-four more are in oursa of con struction. TUB INDIAN QUESTION. Solution of the problem of Governmental dealings with the Iu liau. sought in lesla tiourec iinmetided, which .hall have iu view the making ot the Indian into a citizen. The Sioux outbreak will b) made the subject of a special message. TUB PUBLIC DOMAIN INCREASED. Since March 4, lSJ, abjut 34,07), CO) acres have been separated from Indian reserva tions and added tithe public domain for tin use of those who desired to secure free homes under our benedcent laws. It is diflicult to estimate the iucreuse of wealth whicu will result from the couvorsioii of these waste lauds into farms, but it is more difficult to estimate the betterment which will result to the lamilitis that have found reuewel hope and courage iu tho ownership of a home and the ussuruuee of a comfortable subsistence under free an 1 healthful conditions. It is also gratifying to be able to ieel us we may, that this work has proceuded upon lines of justice towards the Indian, uud tuat ho may now, it he will, secure to himself the good iurtueiic-M of a settled habitation, the fruits of industry and the security of citizenship. THK PKSslflN BUREAU. The a liiiinistratiou yf the Pension llureau ' -J during the year by groat diligonco. The total number of ,1 sionors upon the roll on theft ith dnv of .Tuna non- lNDl, WM., (,;,! i0) There were allowed dur ing the fiscal vear en lin : at tint, time 2VI - Sm rases. Of this i..- ' HB.3S7 wer. al lowed under the law of .Turin ic'i- 1810. The ssuing ot certificat-has been nrocnedins the rate of abiut 30,000 per month, about seventy-five per cont. of these being cases under the new law. The Commissioner ex presses the opinion that ha will bo able to carefully adjudicate and allow 3.V),000 claims during tho present fiscal yoar. The appro- iriation tor tne payment of pensions for the Iwal year ls:tj-tl was 1137.115. 7113.811. and the amount expanded HH,5:iO.(:40.a., leaving an unexpended surplus of U,153,144.''4. The estimate for pension1 expenditure for tho fiscal yoar ending June 30. 1KH1. isl44.- QK.UH), which; after careful examiiiatiorj of the subject; the Commisiorter is of tho opin ion will be sufficient. While these disburse ments to tho disable 1 soldiers of the great civil war are large; they da not realize th. exaggerated estimates of thosa who oppose this lienoflcent legislation. The Secretary of the Interior shows with great fulness the care that is taken ti exclude fraudulent claims, and also the gratifying fact that tho lersons to whom these pensions are going are inf n who rendered, not slight, but sub stantial war servioe. AGRICULTURE. If the establishment of the Deoartment of Agriculture was regarded bv nnv one As a mere connosiorl to th. unenlightened d mand of a worthy class of people that lm- Cression has been most effectually removed y the groat results already attained. Its home iu u ueuce has beert very great id dis seminating agricultural and horticultural information; In stimuiatfug and directing a further diversification of crops: in detect ing and eradicating diseases of domestic animals- and, more than all, in the close and informal contact which it has establisbeJ and maintains with the farmers and stock- raisers of the whole country. Every request for information has had prompt attention and every suggestion merited consideration. the scientific corps of th. Department is of a high order and is pushing iu investigations witn metnoa nna enthusiasm, The inspection by this Department of cat tle and pork products intended for shipment abroad has been th. basis of the success which has attended our efforts to secure tho removal of the restrictions maintained by tne European uoveruments. For ten years protests and petitions Upon this subject front the packers and siock- raisers of the United States have been di rected against thess restrictions, which so seriously limited our market and curtailod the profits of the farm. It isa source of gen eral congratulation that success has at last been attained, for the eirects of an enlarged foreign market for these meats will ba felt not only by the farmer, but In our public finances and in every branch of trade. It is particularly fortunate that the increased demand for fool products, resultiug from the removal of the restrictions upon our means and from the reciprocal trade ar rangements to which t hav. referred, slioold have come at a time when the agricultural surplus is so large. Without the help thus derived lower prices would UaVo prevailod. The Secretary of Agriculture estimates that the restrictions upon the importation of our pork products into Europe lost us a market for (30, (MO, 000 worth of these products an nually. Th. grain crop of this year was the largest in our history, 50 por cent, greater than that of last year, and yet the new market thai nave u.mi openei and 1 1. larger demand re sulting from short crops in Europe have sus tained pries to such an extent that the enormous surplus of meats and brea lstiids will bo marketed atgotii prica3, bringing relief and prosperity to an industry that was much depressed. The valueof tha grain crop of tho United States is estimated by the Sec retary to bo this year $.", 000,03) more than last; of meats, ono bun Ire I anl fifty mil lions more, and of all prodiiCuS of the far.n, seven bun Ire I milliuus more, It is not in appropriate, I think, here ta suggest that our satisfaction in the cants notation ot this marvellous a Idition to the national Wealth is unclouded by auy suspicion of the cur rency by which it is measured and in which the farmer is paid for tin proluit of his Hells. Tha beads of the several Executive Depart ments havo been directed to establish at onca an efficiency record as the basis of a com parative rating of the clerks within tho classified service, with a view to placing promotions therein upon the basis of merit. I am confident that such a record, fairly kept and open to tho in spection of those interests 1, will power fully stimulate the work ot the Departments and will be accepted by all as placing the troublesome matter of promotions upon a just basis. PROTECTING RAILROAD EMPLOYES, 1 have tioe before urgently called tho at tention ot Congress to the nooessity ot legis lation for the protection of tho lives of raii roa i employes, but nothing has yet boon done. During th. year ending J uno 30, liuo 3011 brakemen were killed and 7311 niuimol while engage 1 in coupling cars. Tho total number of railroad employes killel during the year was 2451, and the number injured 2i,3'.IJ. This is cruel and largely a neeiless sacrifice. Tho GoveruAieut is spending nearly ono million dollars annually to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen; every steam vessel is rigidly inspected aud required to adopt the most approved safety applianCM. All this is good, but how shall we excuse the lack of interest and effort in bahalf of this ar.uy of brave young men, who iu our land commerce are being sacri.lco I every year by tha oon tiuuoluseof autiquuted und daugerous ap pliances? A law requiring of every railroa 1 'gaged in interstate, comuiiroj tha equi .em eacu year or a given per cent. oC its .reigbt cars with automatic couplers and air brakes would compel un agreement between the roads us to the kiu 1 of brakes aud couplers to be used, and would very soon and very greatly reduce tho present fearful deith rate among railroad emyloyes. ELECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL KLKL'TuiW. The method of appointment by tha States of electors of President aul Vice-President has recently attracted renewed interest by reason of a departure by the State of Michi gan from the method which had become uni form iu all the States. Prior to 163) various methods had been used by the different Status an I even by the same State. In sum. the choice was made by tho Legislature; iu others electors were chosen by districts, but more generally by the voters of tho whole State upon a general ticket. The move meut towards the adoption of the last named method had an early beginning, uui went steadily forward among tho Slates, until in 183:2 there remained but a single Stat!, South Carolina, that had not adopted it. That State, until the civil we.r, con tinued to choose its electors by a vot's of the Legislature, but after the war change 1 its method and contoruiel to the pracficeoT the other Stales. For nearly sixty years all the States suve ono have a:iiuiiitil their electors by a pepular vote upoa a general ticket, aud tor nearly thirty years this method was universal. After a full test of other methods, without important division or dissent in nr.y Sluto and without any purpose of party advan tage, as we must believe, but solely upon the considerations that uuifor.i.ity was desirable and lliut a general election iu territorial divisions not subject to change was most consistent with the popular charac ter of our institutions, best preserved tho equality of the voters, and per fectly removed the choice of Presi dent from the 1 aiietul influence of tti4 "gerrymander," the practice of all the Suites was bi'oagtit into harmony, 'i'hut this cm. currence should now be brokeu is. 1 tni'ik, an unfortunate and even a threatening epi sode, and one that uiuy well suggest wheth -r tho States that still give their approval to the oi l and prevailing nietho I ouiit not to secure, by a constitutional amoii 1 meiit, m pruetice which bus ha 1 the approval of all. 1'lie recent Michic,uu legisla tion provides tor choosing waat are p pu lurlv known as the Congressioti il eie.-tur lo. President by Congresse niul tiisi r.cts and the two Sensorial electors by districts created for that purpose. This legislation was, of course, acconiniilie 1 by a new Congressional apportionment, and tlie two statues bring the electoral vote of the State1 under tho in fluence of tho "gerrymander." These gerrymanders for Congressional ptir- 7.?ie?f .are in most casps burtressyi by a gerry mander of the ,Vislativedistrict, thus mak ing it impossible for a ms?,'. iritv of tha legal voters of the Sinti to orrect the uiV.Wtion ment and equalize the Congressional diir tricts. A minority rule is ostnblHiod that only A ioliticil convulsion can overthrow, I hav. recently been advised that in ono county of a certain State thi de districts for the elec tion of members of the Igis!ittnre are con stituted as follows: One has I'A.OyJ pecula tion; on, 15, K), and one, 19,000; while ill another flountr, detach 1, noncontiguous sectHins hrtve been united to make a legisla tive district. These methods have ittready found effective application to the choice of Senrttorsand Rep resentatives in Cengress, and now an evil start has been ma le in the direction of apply ing them td the chci"o bv the States of elec tors of President and Vice-President, If this is accomplished, we shall then have the throe great department, of the Government iu the grasp of the "gerrymander,'' the leg islative and Executive directly anl the Judiciary indirectly through tho power of appointment. An election implies a body of electors' hav ing prescribed qualifications, each ona of whom has an equal value and influence in determining tho result. So when the Con stitution provides that "each State .hall appoint' (elect), "in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors," etc.j art unrestricted power was not given to the legislatures in the selection of the methods to be use 1. "A Benublican form of Government" is guaranteed by tho Constitution to each State, and tllo power given by tho same instrument to the Legislatures of the State to prescribe methods for the choict!( by the State, of electors must be exercised under that limi tation. Tho essential features of sucn a Government aro the right of tllo people to choose their own officers and the nearest practicable equality of value in the suffrages given in determining that choice. It will not be claime I that the power given to the Legislature would support a law pro viding that the persons receiving tho small est Vote should be the electors, or a law that all the electors should lie chosen by the voters of a single Congressional district. The State is t choose, and, under tho pre tense of regulating methods, the Legislature can neither vest the right of choice elsewhere nor adopt methods not con formable to Republican institutions. It is not my purpose here to discuss the question whether a choice by the legislature or by the voters of equal single districts is a choice by the State, but only to recommend such reg ulation of this matter by constitutional amendment as will secure Uniformity and prevent that dis;raceful partisan Jugglery to which such a liberty of choice, if it exists, offers a temptation. Nothing just now is more important than to provido every guaranty for the absolutely fair and free choice by an equal suffrage, within the respoctive States, of all the offi cers of the National Government, whether that suffrage is applied directly, as in th. choice of Members of the House of Represen tatives, or indirectly, as in the choice of Senators and doctors of President. Re spect for pnblic officers aud obedience to law will not cease to be the char acteristics of our people until our elections cease louevlrc of msj-itie firly ascertained, without fraud, suppression or gerrymander. If I were called upon to de clare wherein our cuiet national (linger lies, I should say, without hesitation, iu the over throw o majority control by the suppression of perversion of tha popular suffrage. That there is a real 'tauter ncre an uiusl agree, but the energies of those who see it have been chi 'tiy expendel in trying to fix re sponsibility upon tha opposite party, rather than in etforts to make such prauticos im possible by either party. Is it not possible how to adjourn that In terminable and inconclusive debate while wo ta!;e, by consent, one step in the direction of ro.'oriu by eliminating th. gerrymander, which has beeu denounced by all parties, as an influence iu tho selection of electors of President and members of Congress!1 All tha States have, acting freely and separately, de termined that the choice of electors by a gen eral ticket is tho wisest an 1 safest method, and it would seem there could ba no objec tion to a constitutional amen iineut making that method permanent. If a legislature chosen in ona year upon purely local ques tions should, pending the Presidential cm test, meet, rescind the law for a choice upou a general ticket, and provi e for tiie choice of electors by the Legislature, and this trick should determine tha result, it is not too much to say thut tho public peaca might be seriously aud widely endangered. 1 have alluded to the "gerrymander" as af fecting the method of select tug ciecbirs of President by Congressional districts, but the priineiy intent and ell Veto! tins form of politi cal robbery h ive relation to tho selection of memliersof the Mousenf Itepresentulives. Tho power of Comrress is umplc to dual with this threatening und intolerable uliusc. The un fitilintr test of sincerity in election reform will l found in a willingness to confer as to rem edies and to put into force such measures as will most effectually proservu tho ri'lit of tho people to free uud equal representation. An attempt was made iu the last Conirress to bring to bear tho constitutional powers of the tleneral Government for thecorrecttou of frauds against the sutlrtttr. Itis important to know whether the opposition to such measures la really rested in particular lea turns supposed to be objectionable or includes any proposition to give to tho election luws of the United Slates sde.pm.'y to tho correc tion of itrave uud acknowledged evils. I must yoi entertain the hope that it is possi ble to secure a t-tilui patriotic consideration of such constitutional or statutory elianircs HS limy be llee-ssury lo secure the choice of the oinccrs of the Government to the pcoplo by lair uppoilionments and free elect ions. 1 believe II would lie possible to constitute a commission, noii-portisaii iu its member ship, und composed or patriotic, wise and Im part nil men, to whom a ciinsideriitioii of the uucsimii oi the evils connected with our election svstcm and methods miirhi be com mitted with u good prospect of securing iiniin iuiity iu sonic plan lor removing or mitigat ing those evils, The Constitution would per mit the selection of the oniiuissioii to lie vested iu the Supreme Court, II that method would be the best guaranty of impartiality. This iMiiiuiission should Is- charged with ihu duly ol imiutrihg into tin- whole subject or the law of elections us related to the choice ol olll cers ot the .National liovel niiH ilt, with a view to securing to nvcrv elector a lice and unmo lested exercise ot the siilfnie and as near an approach lo un ejualily ol alue in each ballot CHSt us is attainable. Whilo the politics or the General i.ovcrn ineiit upon the tin ill', lip-in the restoration ol our in, reliant in n ine, up.. ll rivei und harbi.r improvements, and other such mailers ot grave and neneral concern nre habiu to be turned this way or thai by the resints ol l.oii gressional elections and aduiimsl rill ive poli cies, miiiic limes involving Issues that tend to pcueu or war, to be liini-'d this way or lliat by the re-ults of a Presidential election, there is a righlliil interest in all Ihu Mules uud lu every Congressional dis'rict Hull will not I'O deceived or silenced by Hie audacious pretense that the ipiestiuitol the rival ol any body id legal voters iu uuy Sl.ue or iu nnv Coneres aional district lo give their siinra.-ics tr- ely upon these general ouestioiis is a mutter only ol local concern or control, I he iieui in-i inai the liuututions ot so 11 rage shall l-e found iu the law, and only there, is a just ilcm.ui. I, and no just man snail rcseul or r -sl,t it. My ap peal is, an l iiiu-t continue to be, for a e.eisiil lut.oii liiut shall "prove I Willi candor , calm -lless und p .Hence upon ill" llil.-s of .il!leo und hiituaiut v not ot prcju lu-e und cl ilelt ." To lie eoiuid. -ration ol Hi. -re very iiavo questions I un ite hot ohlv In-' ullenti It' Congress, hut that ul nil pc! nolle cili.cns. We must not t-iitertaui the delusion that our pei i.lc have cease. I to i er u -I a I fee hale "'. and itial l-eprcsenlat i as Ire pn.-e ot their t In civil mat- i-i rai.'-. u joie.-.l i i ii !i." many rei-cd ituill.allon ol our e 1 noli -ail spin;. 'I'.ie '.o us is wi.lt r und in ac . I .re. sir.ililK- mon in. I uP.-j lance lo law in 1 liave been ureal 1 evi'tel.cos ol the ill people und of u rev i-lu thai now op.-u glorioti lii.ci ever l Uill....-llleul tdmiee- ioi M.pic.lia. colli, inplatc lli-i p ..tl . it i"ii, ise.li in oral si i ami It ol o.ii' .' u c . . A 1 1 lin-iitinis in us mliu nee ..p .i "in- p. . upon ll.e Woi Id, is lor a l'i i.'l Hoi'- .'' lo us Hil l wc lnil-1 not Le luilliles u condition - ill.; lb .ense ol lue Irce in Hi o H.s Ill s II i 1 ,11.1 Ot pel. illllll.-iu-e 1.1 Hie pe .pie in II..I o.i cel.- ull-t in tin c iui"l o' p.l .u a. ol III-: s.l. U AhliUclX. Kxcvutivc Mansion, !,'-' lw-s SUNBEAMS. ' In ripples of gold, o'er vale and hill. They gleam at dawn of day; With glory th. woodland nooks they fill. And o'er the brooklet, play. They dance o'er the meadows, daisy clad, And scatter the mist, afar; Thobirds sing a welcome, sweet and glad, vt iiv""ver the sunbeams are. They wander where towers th. palace grant) They peep in the cottage u'ovr.",' They brighten the heart, a. a fairy rs,'. . And joy and hojie restore. They follow the rain, and calm tho trlfa Wherever their kisses fall; Ah ! sweet is the lest they give to lit And the lonely hearts at all f Oil, keep them forever In thy heart, " The sunbeams that fall each day 1 And make them of life the better part Wherever thy feet shall stray I Give thanks to the Giver evermore. Till the pleasant journey's end, For the sunbeams lie ever keeps in ttor. And to all below doth Bind ! John JsTcyufois HUMOR OP THE DAY. A millionaire has large will power. Tecnt Siftingt. Everything gets round in a sewing circle Elmira Gaielte. A chivalrous man will never make light of nn old flame. Boston Gaztlte. The crack of doom ought to bo hoard at the break of day. I'UUburg Pott. It never does any good to air opinions that need fumigation. Klmira gaztlte, . Wise medical men do not treat som nambulism as a pillow case. VoitmCour' ier. Banks of clouds arc often broken by heavy drafts of wind. b'allimire Ameri can. The hotter peoplo feci toward each other the cooler they act. Atchison Glebe. It was the reporter who attended au execution who wcut out with the tied. Boiton Transcript. A ninn"s declining years bogin at fifty; a woman's begin from fifteen to eigh teen. Atchison Globe. An owl Is regarded as an emhodime of wisdom because he knows how to ket dark. Galveston Aeici. Willie "Pa, what's a rhinestone?'1 Father "A glass instrument used to skiu suckers." Jewelers' Weekly. It doesn't seem to require nny pre monitory training to know bow to : an assignment. Boston Courier There are so uiuuy tce"hr one would thins: music nugi well informed now. PUtsbui j Not a few pooplo seem to keeping of au appointment a -no particular moment. Detroit Press. Heading mnketh a man full that is, it tills his mind with words that he does not know how topronouueo. Indianap olis Journal. How fortunate for us that the Indian, when he disappeared from New England, forgot to take his summer with him I Lowell Courier. Never speak ill of anybody ; you can .do just as much execution with a shiug of tho shoulders or a significant look. Miluiaukee Sentinel. North Sido Mother "Oscar, why can't you ho a good boy?" Wayward Four-year-old "Mamma, it makos mo so tired." Chicmjo 1'ribune. Lenry "Still waiting for your ship to come in, eh?"' AVcnry "Oil, they've coiuc. Whole fleet of 'em. AU hard ships." Indianapolis Journal.' I do not love my fellow man, "'- I by uo means as 1 ouht'er. ' i But great Jemima Goose-grease Jane, iiuw 1 Uo love his daughter ! Itetroit Free Press. "Do you think those shoes an worth mending?" "Veil, yes, if I solo nud he.l tctn nud put new uppers ou tctr.. The strings are still gout." feather Dealer. "Did you steal my scales?" demanded the excited grocer. "Hy no ineaus," re sponded the suspected ; "I merely mailt) a weigh with them." UaUimoro Ameri can. Lace (enviously) "I seo you ure to bo in general use this season. " Jet (o:m placeutly) "Yes, I am among tho glit terin;r iieuerilities of society." Bilti. more American. "Why isn't Paulino married?" asked the family friend. "Siu's surely olil enough.'' "Yes," answered tho loving mother, "but, you see, I'm too youug just yet myself." Fliejende Vlattter. "This tipping business is getting be yond ull proportions," grumbled Do l'cy stcr. "Why, I cannot even get my hat to convey my respects tna lady on the street unless I tip it." llaltinort American. "Aren't you afraid that you are living too well for your health," asked tho chicken. "I ain't in this for my health," answered tho turkey, between pecks. "I am out for tho stull, so to speak." Indianapolis Journal. The jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty." Judge Dully said a.lnionishiug ly to tho prisoner; "After this you oiitjlit to keep away from bad company." "Yes, your honor, you will not seo mo here again in a hurry." 'ft-tas Hitina. "Do you know Diuenbury?" "Yes." "Well, be is a cool customer." "What bus he doue uow?" "lie lives iu fur uislic I apartments, ami dtiriug the lato cold spell he used the furniture of his landlord for fuel." 7'iJ-ci Hitinjs. Chambermaid (lately from the couu try, now iu a city situation) "I want the Forget Me Not WulUes." Music Dealer "For four hands?" "Four hands! Of course not. Do you think my mistress is a monkey." t'lieycuJ DlaitUr. Wool "A friend of mine recently wrote a poem for u magazine with one hand aud thumped tliu piano with the other, to amuse the baby." Van Pelt "What wut the poem about?" Wool "Nothing; didn't I say t Was for a UiagaiiucC JVii JV'A &w
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