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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-11-12

''The nearest I ever came to being
killed. said Harrison Phillips, of the
Pocono mountains, a few days ago,
twas in the winter of 1881, when was
IS years old. In those days we had to
get our oxen shod in South Canaan, six
teen miles from where we lived, and in
February of that year my father sent
me over there with a yoke of four-year-
old steers. A long thaw had taken the
snow off, and all the frost out of the
ground, and the weather was much like
early April when 1 started for South
Canaan at daylight. 1t took me till II
o'clock to get there, and when the
blacksmith had finished shoeing the
oxen it was in the afternoon.
"a regular March snow storm had
sprung up from the northwest by the
time | was ready to start home, and l
saw that was going to have tough
trip of it if the storm continued as vio-
lent as it had set in. But the moon was
about full, and 1 calculated that l
wouldn't be caught out in pitch dark
ness even if the snow-squall kept up.
l had to drive the steers through thick
woods nearly all the way, and, as
wolves were numerous all through this
region at that time, I felt little tick
lish about my night end of the journey
homeward. 1t was shutdown when I
entered the first long stretch of woods
on my way to the Dutch Flats, and the
snow was then falling fast and in
such big flakes that it almost blinded
me.
A terrific gale was blowing, but 1
was going in the same direction that
the wind was, and felt somewhat en-
couraged on that account. The storm
increased in violence, and the wind
fairly howled through the forest as l
directed the steers along the trail, and
l remember that felt every minute as
though great trees were going to fall
and crush me. I had never been Il
bit frightened in the woods before,
for 1 had been raised in the
forest, but l own up that 1 was badly
scared that night. When I reached
Dutch Flats woodman coaXed me to
put up with him for the night. had a
good notion to do so, but l knew that
my folks would worry about me and
probably sit up all night waiting for
me, and so plodded through the snow
at the head of the near steer, and soon
passed Promised Land pond. Then 1
struck across the hill to the head of
Buckhill creek, and as l was leading
the steers along the trail down the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-11-12

recommended that he try to release
himself by taking hold of the creatures
tail and unwind it from that end. It
can be easily unwound in that way, but
otherwise it is not possible The way
to kill snake is not to attempt to
crush its head, the bones of which are
very hard, but to strike the tail, where
the spinal cord is but thinly covered by
bone and suffers readily from injury.
1t is the same with an eel. Hit the tail
two or three times against any hard
substance and it quickly dies.
The boas are not vepomous, but their
tangs are sufficiently powerful to inflict
serious wounds, and large specimens
have been known to swallow men
whole. The case is related by the
traveller Gironiere of a criminal in the
Philippine Islands who hid from Justice
IN cavern. His father, who alone
knew Of his hiding place, went some
times to see ohim and to take him rice
for food One day he found instead of
his son an enormous boa asleep He
killed it and found his sons body in the
snakes stomach. Serpents sometimes
swallow prey so much too big for their
digestion that they actually burst from
repletlon. The instance is recorded of
a boa constructor which swallowed a
goat, the horns of which pierced the
belly of the monster and killed him.
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GHOST AT ENGLISH.
Night Walking Receives Setback in
an Indiana Town.

Night Walking Receives a Setback in
an Indiana Town.
The Star saloon at English, Ind, is
haunted. There is no shadow of doubt
there. There was the scene of the killing
OF Benjamin B. Brown, Jr., last August,
the only man ever killed in English
The murder and hauntare, of course, di-
rectly connected. Brown, a young, able
bodied fellow, scarcely beyond his ma
jority. albeit a general favorite, es.
Pecially in sporting circles, was
reckoned rather on the tough order and
had more than once declared his will
ingness to die with his boots on, which
he felt certain he would, as he had
had morethan one premonition of APP
preaching death.
His principal premonition was in the
form of an immense tiambeau, which
followed or preceded him since his
earliest recollection and which he said
gradually came nearer and nearer
till it's rapid approach to him
became plainly perceptible day after
day. When a boy this great hambeau
was ''away in the dim distance,' but
shortly previous to his death it was
almost within arms length, and. as
they neared each other he recognized
his coming fate or approaching death,
though by what hand he made no pr.,s
tense to know.
This is the form the haunt has taken
about the saloon, and this fambeau,
which, In the visitation, is just before
him, as light to his path and lamp
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Dc Mink.
MRS. MARY iAINk, PROP.
First class Board and Lodging
at reasonable rates, by the
Day, Week or Month.
Cor. 9TH, and st. Peter, St. Paul.
NEW ENGLAND DIME SAVINGS BANK

This is tho only Dime Savings Bank ever organ
I2eo here under the laws OF the State OF Mnne-
soto. and under the direct supervision OF tho
State Rank EXeminer. A0
AIRY man. woman or child can deposit their
Savings IN amounts of one dime and upwards.
tries Of deposits made, and can make deposits
every day in the year If desiresd. Five per cent.
per nnnnm ia paid up"n al sums Of one dollar
terly. and credited 0 ach Deposition
Ihie Institution is under. the supervision of
nlnc trustees. consisting of tho following well
known business men: Hon. G. A. Brackett. Hon.
Stenh"p :, Mahc ny, N jor $: 2. Olson, Hon.
H # Hn = ia H"nEfl' !"n ari Nelson Albert
Morgan and Far. Alden J. Hlethen.
GROUND FLOOR GUARANTY LOAN
BUILDING, EEINMEAPGLiS,
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AT THE HEELS OF THE STEERS,


mountain side the snow stopped falling,
the clouds broke up and occasional
glimpses of the moon made me feel a
good sight better than 1 had for a
couple of hours.
My folks reckoned in the morning
that l would be home by dark. l was
six miles from home when the moon
came out. and it was all of three hours
after nightfall but felt all right after
the binding snow ceased, although the
wind was blowing hard. All at once I
heard noise in the dense woods some
distance behind me, and l halted the
steers and listened. What ] heard
made me SILVER, for it was the bowling
of pack of wolves, and quickly saw
then the bloodthirsty brutes were
running down the trail directly toward
me. There were ut least a dozen
in the pack, and I instantly
realized that they were bent
on attacking ME. The winter had
been uncomfortably severe up to the
time of the thaw, and in a twinkling |
recalled the fact that wolves had
la ughtered good many domestic ami
nittl,s in the POcOnO mountains within a
few weeks. l put the whip to the
steers, and in moment had them 90
ing at q brisk trOt behind me. The
bowling pack rushed down the hill like
lot of fends, and before had gone
an eighth of a mile further the hungry
brutes were swapping and snarling at
the heels of the steers. The steers i'm
mediately began to plunge and below,
and the wolves bit their legs until
they started on the run and came
near trampling me under their hoofs.
"Seeing that the steers were Hngov-
ernable and that the wolves would kill
me if I got in their path, / threw the
CAD away, seized the yoke of the near
steer and jumped astride of his neck.
The steers kept the trail and ran like
wild cattle, believing at every bound,
and I had all could do to keep from
being hurled headlong over the near
ones horns l could tell from the
bowling Of the wolves that they were
close at the heels of the runaway steers,
but | had no chance to look around. !
expected every second that the steers
would sheer off from the trail and bring
up against the trees, but scared as they
were they kept in it until we had led
the wolves all of two miles down the
Buckhill creek.
The steers painted in the frosty air
and the wolves continued to howl. BY
that time all the clouds had disap-
peared, and the moon shone so bright
that could sce ahead in the woods
quite distance.
''Suddenly I heard some one shout,
and the next moment I saw there men
standing ct the side of Che trail several
rods ahead. Before 1 realized this
the steers dashed past the men
and then heard rifles crack
number OF times, and 4 noticed that
the wolves stopped howlipg at the
heels Of the steers. Pretty sooR the
steers slackened their speed and I
talked to them until they came to q
walk, when jumped off and halted
th6aR, turning them from the trail.
The rifles a4eat cracking up the creek,
Ind ran back and found that the
shree men had killed eleven of the
wolves. They were my father and two
older brothers and they had started
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THE DEAD MAN's TOMB.

to his feet, casts an upsteaas, titfu.
flash, which illuminates the scene as
rapid flashes Of lightning might do.
The dead mans grave is few miles
beyond the city limits. There, too, a
light is seen nightly, but accompanied
by no figure except three young lambs,
which sleep upon the grave as costly
as if they felt guarding influence at,
tending them: Yhis graveyard is
closely and strangely fenced with barbed
Wire, and is sufficient to turn back any
thing and every thing but these
lambs, which belong to q neighbour
ing flock. At first efforts were
made to keep these lambs outside the
precincts of the cemetery, but all such
endeavors were fruitless, and, as s is
noticed they molcstea nAtAng, afforts
to exclude thH9iin have been abandoned.
. jig IA rnt" has had Some bene fetal
Influence IN that it Inns stopped night
walking by boys, and late hours by
every one.
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SuEIETY uIKEETuRY-
ST. PAUL..
MASONIC

PIONEER LODGE, No. u. A. F. A. NJ, meets the
nall, 5. W. cor. Third and Cedar street Master
Masons in good standing always welcome.
A. d. SHEPARD, w, NJ
W. P. BELL, Sec. 421 Wahasha.
STEVENS LODGE, No, d, A. z. A. NJ m..+.
1:sL ana thlrd Tuesdays in each month at Masonic
hal! s. w. COZ. of Third and Ccder streets MI.
Ter Masons III good standing are always welcome.
III coo,,,. N: SHERMAN, W. NJ.
MINNESOTA LODGE No. il3. Lodge Me .e+,<-,
n nrSt and third Tuesday IT each month NJ 0dd
Fellows Hall, corner Third and Cedar. 80 WV
cno n. j. w. GREEN, WI
QUEEN OF THE WEST CHAPTER Ma ~ oro p
5. Meets the first and third Wedneedav in e.ch
month at Masonic Hall, S. ". corner Third ana
CEDAR streets. at SCOOP. M. All members in eood
standing always welcome, 40 so0~
M, nu Mns. NARY COOPER, VIM.
MRS. NETTIE DAVIS, Sec.
!, BETHEL CHArTEn, No. IS, r. A. M n,os..
n nS IisE ana Inlrd thursdays in each month ar
Vuu fSio"s l!all, No. d. Z. Third street RovaS
come. o Always "sA'
w w uoc, O. a. II. GILES, HIP.
PIONEER COMMANDgRY No. o nooe,a -.
eecoho ana fourth Thursdays in each nnp,1h
a. q thelr asylum III jackson street knivhts
Aelhpiar III good standing are invited.
J. +. COQUIRE. Rec
". A. WILLIAMS, P. S., 537 WabasLa.
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IS OCO. Q00 worth Of Califoinia fruit was
o'd cast this year. II you want to
tnow whore raised, and how 10 travel
haaply and comfortably address
AlroRNIA BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
Room 1888 G1alabtv Loan Building.
Minneapolis. MINI
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The APPEAL Ia one ftbo n,oet obi,

The APPEAL Is one of the most ably
eulted journals as we'll as ens Of the
most attractive. Some Of my pleasant.
est hours a'o spent in perusing its COL
nHm9lRa' 4he race energy and push OF it's
management are sure to place and keep
luis journal easily in the forefront.
NJ" always glad to say a word in com.
mendation OF meritorious enterprise and
TINS is "A opportunity I gladly seize.
"a blessing ON your valor' and cordial
congratulations on your success.-Prof.
W. s. Scarborough, Wilberforce Univer.
sity, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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ST. PETER A. N. e. CHURCH.

ST. PETER A. N. &. CHURCH.
Cor. I'D street and 10th avenue SAeSh.
Sunday services: Preaching at N:e0 A. ~
and 1850 p. NJ. Sunday school nj 800 P. ~
Class meeting IL A. NJ. Thursday evesja0
prayer meeting. Friday evening class meeting.
day. Days At home. Wednesday and Thurs.
day. Weddings, funerals, aud the sick,
promptly attended to upon notice.
Rev. d. A. GRAHAM, Pastor
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TIE APFEAL Is one of our most valu
able exchanges and without superior
as race journal. We have alWays sa-
mlred the enterprise and push Of it's
management.-The New South, Beau.
fort, s. C.
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MlhM EAPoLIs.
G. U. O. O. o. +.

g. U. o. o. OF.
ST. ANTHONY LODGE, No. 2S77 meets enc ffisy
sna th'rd Wednesdays in each month for business
tnelr nall No. I'D Washington Ave. S
i. RANHAM. n. g.
JAMES A. SCOTT. P. s.. r. q, Box SO.
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Ills A Brilliant Panar

We are in receipt of the Chicago Ar,
PEAL. lis brilliant paper and one the
race should he proud of.-Detrcit Ma.
donal Advocate.
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Vestibule Limited Trains, Carving the "A
nous new style, gas lighted. Pullman ant
wagner Sleepers, between MINNEAPoL1s, ST.
eaThg aad Mwsnkse 80 nd m &c P@S
p. M, arriving CHICAGO 900 a. M, maxim,
,s:onInIectious with all trains out of CHICAGO
TER The East and South.
Fast Daylight Express Train, leaying Mr.,
NEAPoL1s 7:15, ST.. PAUL 7:5j a. II. daflys rs,
MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO, arriving CHicAa(
9:a5 p: m, making connections with late train
out Of CHICAGO to the East.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between MN
GSE ta, 81: PAUL and OMAHA, via S1oU1
KANSAS CITY. via Sioux City and Council
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between Min
MnheApolis, St: Paul and sio18 City. '"'eA
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between Min
neapols, ST. Paul and West Superior ahdbu
lnth, and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Ashland
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between On
luth, Superior, Chippewa Falls and Chicago.
Reclining Chair Cars on Day Trains be
TWEEN tween Minneapolis Min st. Paul and Superior
Parlor Cars on Day Trains between Mime
apolis, St. Paul and Sioux City.
TAKE THIS LINE when YOU TRAVEL,
Fer tickets at lowest rates and full
information call at
100 East Third Street, st. Paul.
IS NioollettHouse, Minneapolis.
or address T. w. TEASDALE.
General Ticket Agent,
st. Paul, MINI
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TAT. Zion A. Nj, f.. MISSTON.

Ger. Chicago and Eaton AYES, West 81. panr.
,, SUNDAY SERVICES: Preaching at 1890 A, No.
7:DP Class meeting l2:OOM. PRAYER meet.
ing, Tuesday, 8:00P. NJ. Pastoral services nromnt,
ly rendered on notice pun"
REV. S. b. N1cKLEs, Pastor.
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ST. PETER CLAVER MISSION.
Market St., facing Rice Park

MASS on Sundays at 1890 A, n. Sunday schouy
Al l2:Oo NJ; taught by St. Joseph Sisters. Explana-
uay evening at 7:3O. Congregational singing.
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ST. JAMES A. NJ. T., CHURCIs

Second ST., South East
1:so ?. NJ: Sunday school at 100 IN. Prayer.
meeting Wednesday at S:DP.N. Tho sick visited
and wedding, and funerals attended upon notice
REV. }. w. MALONE, Pastor Sc University s r
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CHASED BY WOLVES.
THRILLING ADVENTURE IN A
PENNSYLVANIA FOREST.

VenturesOme Boy Has Rather Sad
. Experience and Is Rescued by an Act
of Providence-A Story of the Early
Frontier Days. s--.-
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PILGRIM BAPTIST CHrRcp

cor. 13th and Cedar.
s,S sunday Services: Preaching at II >peA. NJ. and
SCOT. NJ. Sunday Sunday at i2:3o ose]ock Wad.
nINesday evening study Of Sundsy School lesson.
rrday evening general praycy Mectinc, FuneraIs
a r,' Weddings promptly attended. Visiting days
REV. L. c. SaNArE, pastcr. lss Edmund.
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ST. JAMES, A. NJ. E. CHURCH.

nesday prayer meeting 500 P. N. Pastor visits On
Monday and Tuesday; at home Wednesday and
thursday. Weddings, funerals and the sick At
REV. L. II. Reynolds, 407 Martin street
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
q. U. O. OfO r.

., MARS LODGE, 10: 2202 Meets seco,saan fourth
Wednesdays in each month at Odd Fellows Hall
No. d. E. Third street. $1,000"
w ANDREW JACKSON, N, G.
w. A. WILLIAMS, p. s., 5S7 Wabasha.
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MAPS and other publications
A'A sent free, and letters of in
quiry answered, by F. I. Whit
ney, G. P. & 7. A., G. N. Ry., St.
Paul, MINI.
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500 South-Shore Limo.
Tho 500 Lines new rates are as follows:
st. Paul & Minneapolis to-

and other points in proportion, ~
For further information, tickets, Sleep
ing car reservations, call on or write.
F. G. CARRIE, W. s. THORN,
City Pass, Agent, City Pass, Agent,
Guaranty Bldg, 1876 E. Sd street,
Minneapolis, MINI. st. Paul, MINI.
G. B. H1DEARD.
GonI Pass. Agt, Minneapolis. MINI.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-11-12

INHE Great Northern reaches
more points in Minnesota
and North Dakota than any other
railway. It is the main route to
Lake Minnetonka and Hotel La.
fayette.
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out IN search of me, fearing that some
thing had happened to me- 1 was
about used up, and, as I said before, 7
came nearer losing my life that night
than l ever have since then.
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THE:

No trouble to show
goods. Always the best
of treatment. Send for
Catalogue. Freight paid
100 miles. Store open
Saturday and Monday
Nights till $3.50.
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FARMERS, stock raisers and
business men will find choice
locations in the Red River, Milk
River and Sun River valleys, at
Great Falls, and in Belt mining
towns, the Sweet Grass Hills, and
along the Pacific extension of the
Great Northern in the Flathead
and other valleys of Montana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
DEEMING C0NFESSES
That He Is Jack the Ripper, SO Says
a Melbourne Paper.

MELBOURNE, March 27-CoBsiderstl9
excitement vas caused here yesterday by
a statement published by the Argus, whic3
declared that Dssm;rg, bad msds con
fesson.
There bas been q strong suspicion enter
tained here ard in England that Dseming
is none Of her than the notorious Jack the
Ripper the SLAYER Of the Whiteohspel
outcss 8, ard this su4plcion is borne out In
= measure not only by DeemiDgs appear
ance, which closely tai les with the d.
script-on given Of the Whitechspei fend.
but by his alleged confession.
The Argus is relisble newspaper, and
tn rs is no son to dou 1t the truthfuins-s
of the statement 1t makes today shat Deem
ing has Acknowledged thst he killed he
si.e and four chidten at Dinbam villa It
RsiDhill, near Liverpool, sud that he muir
deeed and mutilsted the last two women
whose bodies were found IN the purlisus o.
White chapel.
Although he has confessed that these two
women fell victims to his maria for muf-
der. he, while not denying, does not admit
tina, he killed the other Whitechapel women
whose murders as the time attracted tbs
attention Of the whole world.
Is 10 believed. however, that when be
finds all hope Of escape from the clutches
OF the Law cut of he will cor fsss not only
these murders. but Others of which the
poi CO know nothing.
10 his confession, the Argus says, Dsen-
ing mskes DO meDuon OF his Obi set Of mu
tils,ing the bodies Of his White chapel vic
TINS snd removing certain Of ih3 organs,
bu,. it sdd., there is scarcely doubt that the
man is afflicted with disease similar IN
some respects to nymphomanis.
This case is most peculiar one in all its
aspects, and public curiosity here is excl
ed to the highest pitch TO learn all the d.
tail, Of Deemins's many crimes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
BUlOT ESCAPED
though His HOUSE Was Blown 10 Pieces
by Dynamite.
aris Anarchists Seeking Revenge on the
Prosecuting Attorneys.

PANS March 81. At 3 o'clock this
uoru,ug a dynamite explosion occurred al
80 Rue Ciichy, a structure four stories with
a shop in the basement. In the house II
sided NJ Bulot, one Of thu prosecuting coun-
sci in the recent Anarchist trial.
Most Of the occupants Of the building
were In bed At the time, The main stair
cSses was completely wrecked. A number
Il hslf-dfessed women and children es-
1aped hurredly by the servants staircase.
fhe FIRE brigade exiinguished a small fire
which broke out in the d. bri. and rescued
some OF the inma,es. Seven persons were
-erously injated.
Internal machines had appNeotly been
dsposit, d At the door on The second floor,
shich vas occul by Nj Bulot. The
concierge and Others said they knew no
hing about the origin Of the explosion.
wretchedly clad man was seen hurried.
iy departirg from the scene Who exclaimed,
I've n0thin q worth fetching trcmen for"
THIS fact seems 10 furnish the only clue u
he otisio OF the explosion. The whole iu-
tgrtor of the building was wrecked and in
two adj sceBt houses sll the doors and wiz
dows we're smashed. Much furniture was
broken TO fragments and the courtyard
was strepn with debris.
Several wotkmpn engaged on new
building opposite we're II jIred by fyiog
fragments of stone and glass. M. Bulot
and family escaped uuin 1rsd.
The explosion csused inteuee excitement
in Paris throughout the dsy. Apparently
nobody feels ssfe. M. Girsrd, analyst,
believes the ConttivsnCe used contained
from 10 | | pouods Of dynamite. Notrsce
Of The machine can be found.
5 Steen peis ons we're more or lctss eli )ched
by the explosion. Late tonight gendarme
found an internal machine In Isry barracks
snd quenched its burning fuse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
C0NSULAL CHANGES.
The Committee Recommends Several
Consular and Diplomatic Changes.

WAsHIsGToN, March 25-Mr. Blnuut,
has pre- epared for submission to The House
sn extensive report to accompany the regu-
lar annual consular and diIlomstic sppro-
pristion bill.
The report SAYS that careful examina.
ton hiss been made into the subject Of our
foreign missions apd the mportsnce Of our
diplomatic relations with the several couo-
tr,es Of the world. The facilities for the
,ransmlssion and interchange Of thought
dispenses with much need Of foreign reI-
resentstion. They enable the home gov
erbmens to communicate rapidly and freely
on all questions Of difference With fcreis n
governments and give directions in the
most minute de,sils.
5, completely does this practice obtain
thss We shall tcsrcely lad fame sprip gin 9
from the action of our representatives at
foreign courts 10 the fu.ure ss in the earlier
days Of the Il public. Ia addition to thi'
the country has grown TO such magnitude
as TO enjoy 3 regard from other nations
which gusrsntees her sssinst foreign inso-
lerce, outrage, and csuseless war.
Very much might be ssfely done in re-
ducing the number Of our ministers by the
abolition OF several Countries under one
missioI. He is not encouraged to hope for
the acceptance Of these views BY tue Senate
or the President, but dee med il best, except
in few instances, to postpone needed re-
forms st this point Denmark, Sweden
aud Norway, however, have been plscsd
nnder one mission, as have Columbia and
Eucado,. likewise Peru and Bolivia,
By mistake of the printer it was an
nounced that Gus.emsls and Vsnez1els
we're also ,ined under one minister. Sep
srste missions will be maintained to these
t.o countries The salaries being fxsd at
$1,000 each.
TIE report says that the committee gave
esrefal attention to the consular service
and revised it according to business and
importance to the United States at each
place.