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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
THE BOY NEXT DOOR.

Yells that brought TO mind the savage
In his war paint, all alert
Raids that of recalled the ravage
or some borderland EXPERT
Hangngs on to trees and fences.
In his efforts to explore;
Startling TO body's senses
Was the little boy next coor.
II window pain was shattered,
Or 8 missile cleaved the air,
If the streets rep0se was scattered
Heads out l,'epng everywhere
Little peed for explanation,
All had happened oft before:
Mite of terror and vexation
Was that little hoy next door
Cats and dogs by intuition
Knew Of his approach and fled:
Jaunty was the hats position
On mis- roguish. curly head.
AS with bearing independent
He would bound the crossings Ger:
With good nature oil Respondent
Was the little boy next door!
Brave, chivalric and respectful
To the old who came his way
Win sympathy regretful
Toward each beggar, day by day;
How the wild and tame were mingled
In his natures bounteous store'
How my nerves were hourly tingled
BY that little boy next door
When, at sunset, homeward walking,
Once / missed the children's noise,
Marked their groups In whispers talking,
Leaving all their remping joys,
Saw the snow white ribbons streaming
From the house stopped before
Tear drops on my cheeks were cleaning
For the little boy next door,
independents
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
GEORGIA,-COBB COUNTY.

To all whom it may concern; Minnie
L. Bu!ce having, in proper form, applied
to me for permanent letters of administra
ton on the estate ofJ D. BULGE. late of
said County, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next Of kin off. D..
BULGE, to be and appear at my office with
in the time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why permanent
administration should not be granted to
Minnie L. BULGE on j. D. Buice's estate
Witness my hand and official signature,
this End day OF Dec, 1899
j. M. STONE, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
GEORGIA-COBB COUNTY.
j. V. STANBACK, Tax Collector,
Cobb County. Georgi

To all whom it may concern: VIM. F.
Groves as the next of kin, having made
application in proper form for the appoints
ment of T. L. Hunt as permanent ad.
ministrator ON the estate of Grace M.
Groves, late of said county, deceased
This is to cite all and singular the credi>
tors and next OF kin of the said Grace M.
Groves to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law and show
cause if any they can why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted to T..
L. Hunt Cd Grace NJ. Groves estate.
Witness my hand and official signature
this 28th day of October 1889.
j N. STONE, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
THE DUMB BRurEs.

Blest are they whom the creatures blessi
And yet that wealth of tenderness
In look. in gesture, in caress,
By which our hearts they touch,
Might well the thoughtful spirit grieve,
Believing n; we must believe
How little :hey from man receive
To whom they give so much.
Saturday Post
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
A Real CIinb-Ax.

A variety show is on the road in which
Japanese "artist" walks barefooted up
a sort Of ladder composed of axes with
the sharp edges uppermost. This is prob
ably the climb-ax Of the show.--Peoria
Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
IRON CLAD NOTES.

We ave for sale ronclad notes waving
all the exemptions, with other binding fea
Tres, prepared by he Solicitor General
If the Blue Ridge Circnit, which is pro-
nounced the strongest and best note in ex-
istence. 1t leaves no loophole for g dishon
est man to escape from paying his obliga-
ton, while it is approved by honest men,
We send abook of one hundred notes, with
stub, post paid to any address onreceipt OF
GO eta, or book of fifty notes for IS cts
Address Marietta ga Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02

Many people habitually endure a feeling
of laSsitude, because they think they have
to. If they would take DR.. j. q. Nc
Leans Sarsaparilla this feeling OF weaFi-
ness would give to place to vigor and vi
tally.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02
GEORGIA-COBB COUNTY.

GEORGlA-COBB COUNTY.
The appraisers appointed TO set apart q
years support Tor Willie Byrd, clara Byrd
and charles Byrd, minor children of w.
j. Byrd, late of said county deceased,
having filed their return. Notice is here.
by given to all concerned to file obiect1ous
if any they have or the same will be allows
ed on the first Monday in January next.
December 4th 1889. J. NJ. STONE,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-02

She-What do you suppose supports
the vast arch of the heavens?
He-The moonbeams, guess.-Lowell
Citizen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
PRAISE FOR WANAMAKER.
ECONOMY AND BETTER MAIL FAcILL
TIES AT ONCE.

The Operations of the New Lottery Law
Already the End Has Been in Large
Measure Abated-Grester Accuracy
and Dispatch. .-.-...
The report of the Postmaster General
shows the most gratifying progress in the
important work committed to his charge.
The business methods have been greatly i'm
proved. A large economy in expenditures
and an incraese of $4,750.O00 in receipts
have been realized. The deficiency this
year is S., 7S6, 800 as against Sc, $50, 1873 last
year, Notwithstanding the great enlarge
ment of the service. -e.,~..
Mail routes have been extended aud
quickened, and greater accuracy and dis
patch in distribution and delivery have
been attained. The report will be found to
be full of interest and suggestion, not only
to Congress, but to those thoughtful citizens
who may be interested to know what busi-
ness methods can do for that department of
public administration which most nearly
touches ali our people.
The passage of the act to amend certain
sections of the revised statutes referring to
lotteries, adopted November IA, 1889, have
been received with great and deserved pop
ular favor. The Postofice Department and
the Department of Justice at once entered
upon the enforcement of the law with SYM
pathetic vigor, and already the public mails
have been largely freed from the fraudulent
and dsmoralizing appeals and literature
emanating from the lottery companies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
FOR THE FORCE BILL.
HARRISON STANDS FIRMLY BY HIS
FORMER MESSAGE.

He Thinks Federal Election Law is the
One Thing Most Necessary--A Defense
of the Right and Power Of Congress in
the Matter.
II any intelligent and loyal company of
American citizens were required to catalogue
the essential human conditions of national
lie, 1 do not doubt that with absolute
unanimity they would begin with free and
honest elections" And it is gratifying to
know that generally there is growing and
non-partisan demand for better election
laws.
But against this sign of hope and progress
must he set the depressing and undeniable
fact that election laws and methods are
sometimes cunUingly contrived to secure
minority control, while violence completes
the shortcomings of fraud. In nv last
annual message I suggested that the de-
velopment OF existing law providing
Federal supervision of Congressional
elections offered an effective method of
reforming these abuses. The need of such
Law has manifested itself in many parts OF
the country, and its wholesome restraints
will be useful in all.
The Law Would be Constitutional.
The constitutionality of such legislation
has been afirmedoby the Supreme Coutt.
Its probable effectiveness is evidenced bv
the character OF opposition that is made to
it It has been denounced as II It were .
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
QUITE A NUMBER OF GRATIFYING RE-
SUITS ATTAINED.
A Noticeable Decrease in the List of Deser-
tions-The Necessity for Coast Defenses-
The Militia Should Continue to be
Encouraged.

The report of the Secretary of War ex-
hibits several gratifying results attained
during the year by wise and unostentatious
methods. The percentage of desertions
from the army Gan evil for which both Con-
gress and the department have long been
seeking a remedy) has been reduced during
the past year "a per cent, and for the
months of August and September, during
which time the favorable effects of the act
of June 16 were felt, 33 per pent as COM
pared with the same months OF 1889.
The results attained by a reorganization
and consolidation of the divisions having
charge of the hospital and service records of
the volunteer soldiers are very remarkable.
This change was effected in July, 1889, and
at that time there were 40, ,654 cases awaiting
attention, more than half OF these being calls
from the Pension Office for information
necessary for the adjudication OF pension
claims. On the Both day of June last,
though over 300, 900 new calls had come in,
there was not single case that had not been
examined and answered.
l concur in the recommendations of the
Secretary that adequate and regular appro-
priations be continued for coast defense works
and ordnance. Plans have been practically
agreed upon and there can be no good reason
for delaying the execution of them while the
defenseless state OF our great seaports fur
nishes an urgent reason for wise expedition.
The announcement that has been extended
to the militia of States, generally most appro-
priately designated the National Guard, I"
should be continued and enlarged. These
military organizations constitute in a large
sense the army OF the United States while
aoout five-sixths of the annual cost of their
maintenance 10 betrayed by the States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02

cutions and personal violence of the most
extreme character. Some of these cases
have been dealt with through the Depart
ment of Justice, and in some cases the post
offices have been abolished or suspended. L
have directed the Postmaster General to
pursue this course in all cases where other
efforts failed to secure for any Postmaster,
not himself In fault, an opportunity peace
fully to exercise the duties of his office.
But such action will not suppiart the et-
forts of the Department of Justice to bring
the particular offenders to punishment.
The vacation by judicial DEGREES OF
fraudulent certificates of naturalization
upon bills in equity filed by the Attorney
General in the Circuit Court OF the United
States is a new application OF familiar
equity Jurisdiction. Nearly 100 such de-
crees have been taken during the year, the
evidence disclosing that very large num-
Der of fraudulent certificates of naturaliza-
tion have been issued.
Inquiring Into Naturalization.
And in this connection l beg to renew nv
recommendation that laws be so amended as
TO require more full and searching inquiry
into all the facts necessary to naturalization
before any certificates are granted. 1t GER
tainly Is not too mach TO require that an ap-
plication for American citizenship shall be
heard with as much care and recorded with
as much formality as are given to cases in
volving the pettiest property right.
At the last session I returned, without my
approval. bill entitled San act to prohibit
bookmaking and pool selling in the District
of Columbia" and stated my objection to be
that it did not prohibit, but in sense it
purported to prohibit. An effort will be
made under existing laws to suppress this
evil, though it is not certain that it will
be found adequate
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
THE LEGAL RECORD.
PROCEEDINGS OF The ATTORNEY GEN.
ERALS OFFICE.

Special Attention Given to Violation of
the Election Laws - Improvements in
the Naturalization Statutes Suggested
Pool-Selling in the District of Columbia.
The report of the Attorney General is
under the law submitted directly to Con-
gress, but as the Department of Justice is
one of the Executive Departments some
reference to work done is appropriate here.
A vigorous and, in the main, an effective
effort has been made to bring to trial and
punishment all violators of the law; but, at
the same time, care has been taken that
frivolous and technical ofenses should not
be used to swell the fees of officers or to
harass well disposed citizens.
Especial attention is called to facts con-
nected with the prosecution of violations Of
the election laws, and of offenses against
United States officers. The number of con-
victions secured, very many of them upon
pleas of guilty, will, it is hoped, have o
salutary restraining influence.
Government Officers Assaulted.
There have been several cases where Post
masters appointed by me have been sub
jected to violent interference in, the dis
charge of their official duties and to perse-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
GROWTH OF THE NEW NAVY.
Favorable Consideration Asked for the
Recommendations of the Secretary.

Favorable Consideration Asked for the
Recommendations of the Secretary.
The construction and equipment of the
new ships for the navy have made very sat-
isfactory progress. Since March 4, 1889,
nine new vessels have been put in commits
sion. and during this winter four more, in
Guiding one monitor, will be added. The
construction of the other vessels authorized
is being pushed both in the Government
and private yards with energy and watched
with the most scrupulous care.
The experiments conducted during the
wear to test the relative resisting power of
armor plates have been so valuable as to at
tract great attention in Europe. The only
part OF the work upon the new ships that is
threatened by unusual delay is the armor
plating. and every effort is being made to
reduce that to the minimum. 1t is a source
of congratulation that the anticipated infu-
ence oil these modern vessels upon the esprit
de corps of the officers and seamen has been
fully realized. Confidence and pride in the
ship among the crew are equivalent to a
secondary battery. Your favorable consid-
Grafton is invited to recommendations of the
Secretary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02

and exporting these articles by placing
them on tine free list entitled US to expect a
fair return in the way OF customs con-
cessions upon articles exported by US to
them was so obvious that to have gratui-
tousIy abandoned this opportunity to en-
large our trade would have been an unpar-
donable error.
There were but two methods of maintaining
control of this question open to Congress-:
TO place all of these articles upon the
dutlabIe list subject to such treaty agree
ments as could be secured, or to place them
all presently upon the free list, but subject
to the reimposition OF specified duties if the
countries from which we received them
should refuse to give us suitable reciprocal
benefits.
Advantages of This System.
The latter method, think, possesses great
advantages. 1t expresses in advance the
consent OF Congress to reciprocity arrange
ments affecting these products, which must
otherwise have been DELAYED and unascer-
tained until each treaty was ratified by the
Senate and the necessary legislation enacted
by Congress. Experience has shown that
some treaties looking to reciprocal trade
have failed to secure q two-thirds vote iu
the Senate for ratification, and others hav-
ing passed that stage have for years awaited
the concurrence of the House and Senate in
such notifications of our revenue laws as
were necessary to give effect to their pro-
visions.
We now have the concurrence of both
Houses in advance in q distinct and definite
offer of free entry to our ports of specific ar
ticles. The executive is not required to deal
in conjecture as to what Congress will ac-
cept. Indeed, this reciprocity provision is
more than an offer.
One End of the Bargain Fixed.
Our part of the bargain is complete; de-
livery has been made; and when the coun-
tries from which we receive sugar, coffee,
tea and hides have placed on their free lists
such of our products as shall be agreed
upon, as an equivalent for our concession, a
proclamation of that fact completes the
transaction; and in the meantime our own
people have free sugar, tea, coffee and
hides.
The indications thus far given are very
hopeful OF early and favorable action by
the countries from which we receive our
large imports of coffee and sugar, and it is
confidently believed that if steam communi-
cation with these countries can be promptly
improved and enlarged the next year will
show a most gratifying increase in our ex-
ports OF breadstuffs and provisions, as we'll
as of some important lines of manufactured
goods.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
PENSION PROBL EMS.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY REQUIRED BY
The NEW LAWS.

General Work Accomplished by the Interior
Department-The Disposition of the
Public Lands-The Mormons in Utah
Will Bear Watching-CiviI Service.
The report of the Secretary. of the Interior
exhibits with great fullness and clearness
the vast work of that great department and
the satisfactory results attained. The sug-
gestions made by him are earnestly COM
mended to the consideration of Congress,
though they cannot all be given par ticular
mention here.
The several acts of Congress looking to the
reduction of the larger Indian reservations.
to the more rapid settlement of the Indians
upon individual allotments, and the restora-
tion to the public domain of lands in excess
OF their needs, have been largely carried
into effect, so far as the work was confined
to the Executive. Agreements have been
concluded since March 4, 1889, involving
the cession to the United States of about IA, :.
726, 900 acres OF land.
Suggestions for Congress.
These contracts have, as required oy law,
been submitted to Congress Tor ratification
and for the appropriations necessary to carry
them into effect. Those with the Sisseton
and Wahpeton, Sac and Fox, Iowa, Potta-
wattomies and Absentee Shawnees and Ceur
d'Alene tribes have not yet received the
sanction OF Congress. Attention is also
called to the fact that the appropriations
made in the case OF the Sioux indians have
not covered all the stipulated payments.
This should be promptly corrected. 1f'an
agreement is confirmed, all of it's terms
should be complied with without delay, and
full appropriations should be made.
The policy outlined in my last annual
message in relation to the patenting of lands
to settlers upon the public domain has been
carried out in the administration of the
Land Office. No general suspicion or inl-
putation of fraud has been allowed to delay
the hearing Of the ad udicatioH oil individual
cases upon their merits.
The purpose has been to perfect the title
of honest settlers with such promptness that
value OF the entry might not be allowed by
the expense and extortions to which delay
subjected the claimant. The average
monthly issue of agricultural patents has
been increased about 5000.
The New Pension Statute.
The disability pension act which was ap-
proved on the 9th OF June last, has been
put into operation as rapidly rs was practi.
cable. The increased clerical force provided
was selected and assigned to work and a
considerable part of the force engaged in
examinations in field was recalled and
added to the working force of the Office.
The examination and adjudication OF
claims have, by reason of improved methods,
been more rapid than ever before. There is
no economy to Government in delay, while
there is much hardship and injustice to SOL
diers.
The anticipated expenditure, while very
large will NOT in is haliaved he in of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
THE GOVERNMENTS RECEIPTS AND Ex.
PENDITURES.

Operations of the Silver Law Reviewed
and Longer Trial of the Measure Ad-
vocated-ResuIt of the Bill Passed to
Prevent Smuggling.
Tns revenues of the Government from
all sources for the fiscal year ending June
so, 1890, were S463, ,9G3, ,OS0 % and the total
expenditures for the same period we're
S55S, ,618, 5S4 52. The postal receipts have
not heretofore been included in the state
ment OF these aggregates and for the purpose
of comparison the sum of $50, ,SS2, ,097 go
should be deducted from both sides of the
account. The surplus for the year including
the amount applied to the sinking fund
was S1O5. 344 496 03. The receipts for 1890
were SIG. O3O. .925 79 and the expenditures,
SIS, 739, 81 in excess of those of 1889. The
customs receipts increased S., ,S35, $40 IS and
the receipts from internal revenue S1l, 725.-
191 SO while, on the side of expenditures.
tnat for pensions was S19, ,312, 075 90 in e1-
cess OF the preceding year.
The Treasury statement for the current
fiscal year partly actual and partly esti-
mated, is as follows: Receipts from all
sources, S4O6. .000, 900; total expenditures,
S3j4 000, 900, leaving a surplus o S52, ,000,-
0OO-not taking the postal receipts into ac-
count On either side. The loss of revenue
from customs for the last quarter is esti-
mated at S25, 900, 900, but from this is de-
Quoted gain OF about 5000, 900, realized
during the first four months of the year.
Estimates for the Next Year.
For tie year 1892 the total estimated re-
ceipts are 1878. coo, 900 and the estimated ex-
pendiJureI S357, ,S52 2O9 AZ, leaving an eSti-
mated surplus of S15, l47. .79O S. which, with
a cash balance o! So, 600, 600 at the Begin
ming of the year, will give S67, ,147, ,790 IS as
the sum available for the redemption of out
standing bonds or other uses. The estimates
OF receipts and expenditures for the Post
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-02
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
CERTAIN TO HELP The BUSINESS OF THE
COUNTRY.

The Volume of General Trade Has Been
Very Satisfactory-The Recent Disturb
ances Are Attributed Entirely to Infiu-
ences From Abroad.
congratulate the Congress and country
upon the passage at the first session Of the
Fi!ty-frst Congress of an unusual number of
laws of very high Importance. That the results
of this legislation will be the quickening,
and enlargement of our manufacturing in
dustries, larger and better markets for our
breadstuffs and provisions both at home and
abroad, more constant employment and bet
ter wages for our working people and an ina
creased supply of safe currency for the
transaction of business I do not Doubt
Some of these measures were enacted at so
late a period that the beneficial effects upon
commerce winch were in the contemplation
of Congress have as yet but partially mani
Tested themselves.
The general trade and industrial condi.
tions throughout the country during the
year have shown a marked Enforcement.
For many years prior to 1888 the mer-
chandise balances of foreign trade had been
largely in our favor, but during that year
and the year following they turned against
US. It is very gratifying to know that the
last fiscal year again shows balance in our
favor of over SOS, 600, 900. The bank clear.
ings, which furnish good test OF volume of
business transacted. for the first ten months
of the year 1890 show, as compared with the
same months of 1889. an increase for the
whole country of about S.4 per cent, while
the Increase outside of the city OF New York
was over 13 per cent.
Increase of Bank Clearings.
During the month of October, the clear
ings of the whole country showed an in
crease of 81 per cent over October, 1882
while outside of New York the increase was
liz per cent. These figures show that the
increase in the volume of business was verv
general through the country. That this
larger business was being conducted upon
safe and profitable basis is shown by the
fact that there were 300 fewer fail
ures reported in October, 1890, than in the