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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06

1889 the Congress appropriated ST, 900 to be taken
from the patent office funds for the purpose
of collecting and distributing rare ana
improved varieties of seeds and for prosecuting
agricultural Investigations and procuring agri-
cultural statistics. From this small beginning
the seed division of the Department of Agri-
culture has grown to its present unWleldly and.
unjustifable extravagant proportions. During
the last fiscal year the cost Of seeds purchased
was S66,54S.61. The remainder OF an appropfia-
uOn OF S135,000 was expended in putting them
upand distributing them. 1t surely never could
nave entered the minds of those who first sane
uolled appropriations of public money for the
purchase ofneW and improved varieties Of seeds
lor Srittultous distribution that from this would
grow large appropriations for the purchase and
uIsul9utIoll by members of Congress of ordIna-
ry seeds, bulbs and cuttings which are common
IN al the states and territories and everyN here
easily Obtainable at low prices
IN each state and territory an agricultural eX-
pertinent StatlOn has been established. These
stations, by their very character and name. are
the proper agencies to experiment with and test
new varieties of seeds; and yet this indiscrim-
mate and Wasteful distribution bv LEGISLATION
and legislators continues, answering no burmese
unless it be to remind constituents that their.
representatives are willing to remember them
with gratuities at public cost. Under the sane
ton of existing legislation there was sent out
from the Agricultural Department enough of
cabbage seed to plant 10 200 acres of land; suf-
ficient quantity of beans to plant 1900 acres;
corn enough to plant $500 acres; sufficient
cucumber seed to cover POPS acres with
vines, and enough muskmelon and water
melon seeds to plant 2,675 acres The total
quantity of flower and vegetable seeds thus dis
tributed was contained III more than 100000
packages, and they were sufficient if planted to
cover 1896 acres Of land. In view Of these facts
this enormous expenditure without legitimate
returns of benefit ought 10 be abolished. An
uclpahng contamination manifestly in the
interests of good administration, more than
SlOO,OOO has been stricken from the estimate to
cover this object for the year ending June 30,
1895; and the secretary recommends that the re-
manning $4,000 Of the estimate be confined
strictly to the purchase Of new and improved
varieties of seeds and that these be distributed
through experiment stations Thus the seed
Will be tested, and after test has been completed
by the experiment station the propagation of
the useful varieties and the rejection of the vau-
less may safely be left to the common sense of
the pC.Dle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
ECONOMY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
The President Urges Care and Discrini-
ination in Public Affairs.

Ahe IfeSIuenC Urges care and D1SCrInf-
ination in Public Affairs.
Economy in public expenditure is duty that
cannot innocenny be neglected by those in
trusted with the control of money drawn from
the people for public uses. 1t must be confessed
that our apparently endless resources, the
familiarity of our people with immense accumu-
latiOns of wealth, the growing sentiment among
them that the expenditure of public money
should III some manner be to their immediate.
and personal advantage, the indirect and al
most stealthy manner in which a large part of
our taxes are exacted, and q designated sense
of official accountability have led to growing
eXtraVagance in governmental appropriations.
AT this time, when depleted public treasury
confronts US, when many of our people are en-
gagged in hard struggle for the necessaries Of
life, and when enforced economy is pressing
upon the great mass Of our countrymen de-
sire to urge with all the earnestness at my com
mand that congressional legislation be so linn
1ted by strict economy to exhibit az apprc-
citation Of the condition of the treasury and
sympathy with the strained Giro INSTANCES of
our fellow citizens. The duty of public econ
c1ny IS also of immense importance in its init
mate and necessary relation to the task now in
hand of providing revenue to meet government
expenditures and yet reducing the peoples.
burden Of federal taxation
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
FACTS ABOUT PENSIONS.
Estimate of the Sum Required for the
Next Fiscal Year.


The secretary of the interior has the super
vision of so many important subjects that his
report is of especial value and interest. On the
30th day of June. 1898, there were on the pension
rolls $500 names, an increase of 1894 over
the number on the rolls June 30, 1892. Of these
there We're II widows and daughters of revolu-
tionary soldiers Sc survivors of the of 1872,
a425 widows of soldiers of that war, 2l,5lS sur
vivors and widows of the Mexican war, 1852
survivors and widows of Indian wars, 2S4
widows and children of deceased soldiers
and sailors of the war of the re-
bellion. The latter number represents
those pensiOned account of satellites or
death resulting from army and navy service.
The number of persons remaining on the rolls
June 80, 1898, who were penSioned under the act
of June p, 1890, which allows pensions OH ac-
count of death and disabilities not chargeable
TO army service, was 1881 555. The number
added to the rolls during the year 1864,
and the number dropped was So $50. The first
payments on pensions allowed during the year
amounted to $33 $40, 90 This includes arrears
or the accumulation between the time from
which the allowance of pension dates and the
time of actually granting the certificate
Although the law of 1890 permits pensions for
disabilities not related to military service yet as
a requisite to its benefit disability must exist
incapacitating applicants from the perform
ance of manual labor to such degree
as to render them unable to earn support.
The execution of this law in its early stages
does not seem to have been in accord with is
true intention; but toward the close of the last
administration an authoritative construction
was given to the statute and since that time this
construction has been followed This has had
the effect of limiting the operation of the law
to Its intended purpose. The discovery having
been made that many names had been put upon
the pension roll by means of Wholesale and gil
gantic frauds, the commissioner suspended pay
ments upon number Of pensions which seem
TO be fraudulent or unauthorized pend
ing a complete examination, and gave no
tee to the pensioners in order that they
might have an opportunity to establish, if posi-
bic, the Justice of their Claims Notwithstanding
the apparent invalidity This, understand is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06

The Cutter CCrwin Gone to Hawaii on a Sc
Gret Mission.

The Cutter CCrwin Gone to Hawaii on a Sc
Gre5 Mission.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 4-The
United States revenue cutter Thomas
Corwin is under special orders for
2,5G0 mile trip. Her destination is
Honolulu without doubt and she may
be expected to leave this afternoon or
tomorrow morning. Whether any
person in diplomatic authority is
coming here from Washington to go
to the islands on the Corwin is
not known. 1t is quite likely,
however, that special messenger
entrusted with secrets Of state will be
the emissary who will occupy one of the
staterooms already set apart in the after
cabin. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained since the special orders ar
rived Saturday noon. These turned the
cutter over to the State epartmenta
placed her under waiting orders. In
structions were also given to prepare
for q $500 mile voyage and to be ready
to sail in fortyeight hours. A heavy
supply of coal has been slowed away on
the Corwin's decks in addition to that
III the bunkers.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 4.-Secretary
Gresham declined to say anything this
morning in regard to the report that
the revenue cutter Thomas Corwin was
to carry message on behalf of the
State Department from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu There is reason
to suppose. however, that the story
is substantially correct. Secretary
Gresham was busy with dispatches dur
ing the latter part of yesterday which
are to 90 on the Corwin. AS to what
these contain nothing can be learned.
Secretary Gresham has been very en-
phatic in his assertion at different
times that Minister Willis had
received no further instructions since
his departure from this country and
that he needed none. This gives rise
to the surmise that dispatch 30 urgent
as to require a special messenger at this
time can only be caused by change in
the policy intended to be pursued.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
DIR. MEYER ON TRIAL.
He and HIS Vile Accused of Several Muir
dep5.

New YORK, Dec. AFTER months of
waiting DR.. Henry E. Meyer, the al
legged murderer, was placed on trial for
his life this morning, together with his
wife, whom the prosecution claim was a
guilty party to her husbands crimes.
The case is being heard by Justice Bar
rett in oyer and terminer. Long before
the customary hour for opening the
halls leading to the courtroom were
blocked with a dense, struggling mass
of people, eager to be present at the
ODening Of the TRIAL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
PERE HYACINTHE'S NEW CHURCH.
Union of Catholics and Protestants III
Religious Work.

PARIS, Dec. 4.-Pere Hyacinthe, in his
advent sermon in the Protestant chapel
lii the Rue Taitbout yesterday, explained
the objects Of the new religious aoctiety
composed of Catholics and Proiestants
called the National Society 81 Evan
gelizatiOn and founded by himself
the conslstory Of the Lutheran Church.
Pere Hyacinthe said skepticism arose
from the formalism and inclusivism IN
the routine of the various Christian
churches. He appealed for a union of
Catholics and Protestants as realizing
tho idea of the new church and en-
bracing all those known as Christians
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
beautiful Women of Europe.

Paola Mantegazza, Of Florence, has
been recently giving his opinion in
German paper on the women OF Eu-
rope. To the Spanish women he gives
the palm fer beauty. The spanish
woman" he SAYS, is 0eWltchinglT
beautiful. She has small hands and
feet and LARGE ewes like the open win
dows of a sunburnt marble palace; 8
figure full of g,ace and life and long,
wavy, dark hair. She is very religious,
very ignorant, very jealous, sensitive,
idle and proud"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06

SOME HINTS ON LEGISLATION,
Immediate Action the Tariff Bill
Urged-Economy in Public Matters
CiviI-SerYice Reform-The
Hawaiian Question.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 4.-Follow-
ing is President Cleveland's message to

NUHSIGbS.
To THE CONGRESS OF THE, Z NITED STATES; The
constitutional duty which requires the Presi-
ommend to their consideration such action as
he shall judge necessary, is fittingly entered
examination of the detailed statements and we'll
supported recommendations contained in the
reports of the heads of departments who are
chiefly charged with the executive work of the
government. IN an effort to abridge this com
nunication as much is consistent with its
purpose, shall supplement brief reference to
the contents of departmental reports by the
mention of such executive business and Incl
dents are not embraced therein and by such
recommendations rs appear to be at this partic-
ulaT time appropriate
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
STUMBLED oNA ROBBERS RESORT.
Duluth Police Make What They Believe
to BE Importans Arrests.

DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. flames and
Robert Rowe were arrested here yes
terday on charge of stealing. To-day
detectives found their house we'll filled
with spoils Of all sorts. The arrest is
belle we'd to be a very important one.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

British Honduras Is crown colony,
and Of its $4,000 population there are
about 800 whites, mainly English. There
is an American colony Of about 90people
at Toledo engaged in sugar growing and
rum making. They are mainly from
Kentucky, and II Is prosperous colony,
The country is healthful for tropical
country, and there has not been case Of
yellow fever in several years. The prin-
cipal product is mahogany, and 10 will
be years before the forests are exhausted.
Great quantities Of logwood are also
shipped to Europe. We ship only ba-
nanas and plantsins TO the United States,
shipping last year TsS, 900 bunches Of ba-
nRnas to New Orleans. The great prob
lem with US is labor, and we import ma
tiVea from the West Indies.
We need immigration, and Sir Alfred
MRloney, the governor, is a very pro
Rressive man and Is doing much 10 bring
us 10 the notice Of the world. We have
no railroads beyond tramway drawn
by mules, penetrating the plantations
for about six miles. There is not telo
graph instrument or line IN the province
and only short telephone line between
government buildings. We have ne
money of our own, but use the silver Of
surrounding republics, which is 90 de-
preciated that S5 In American money Is
equal to $500 Of the money in use.---In-
tervisw In Washington Star.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

II had always been taught that cold
contracts and heat expands" said Har.
old Burwell, "but ! have had an ex.
perience that Is different. In my offlce
| use incandescent lights, and on nv
desk ! have an upright bulb, with q
standard. The shade was broken on II
and 1 placed it on top of the desk in a
corner between the wall and cabinet
Of pigeonholes. The other morning Oh
entering the Office hung my derby hat
on this bulb. Later on l went into an
adjoining room, which was dark, and
needing some light pushed the button
in the wall that set the electric lamp.
aAaine. The lights gave the place such
cheerful aspect, it being a stormy day
outside, that did not turn them off. Al
noon, when l was going out to lunch,
reached for my hat, and it was baked.
THE incandescent lamp, which had
been aglow all the while, had made il
very hot. and the leather band was &C
drawn and contracted that | couldn't
get my hat ON my head. 1t simply sal
on the top Of my Uranium like those tiny
hats that variety comedians sometimes
wear. held it on as best could ant
went out. The wind caught and carried
it long enough to give it thorough cool
ing. 1t was long before the band re
laXed and the hat was all right again. sC
far as fitting my head was concerned
If that wasn't "a first class case of heal
contracting and cold expanding, I'd hk,
to know what contraction and expansion
are. st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08


And now a word about alcohol. o
all the substances that enter into thl
dietary Of man that are used for stimula
ton, to check wa So and promote repair
none is superior to alcohol So great i
its reconstruclive power that strict
speaking II must be classed as fool
Whenever tho powers Of life arc waning
be the cause whatever it may. sicoho
ranks first among remedies 20 check il.
Like opium, it is good if prcipriy use,
and baneful if abused it is scnreel,
necessary to say much f. y -gdn,i
cohol. II is too well known 10 all Of Ii,
to need much comment, aud ! an cor
ane myself to speaking { f. a.a laeaic
inally by those who never tasted 1t be
fore physician prescribed it for som,
disease.
Alcohol is unquestionab1y par excel
lence a food adjunct in the severe forms
Of fever whore nutriment is urgently re
quired to keep up life, but where the di
gestive organs have lost their assimiia.
tive function.
Here, as long as the actual waste !.
compensated for, alcohol does good. Be
yOnd that it is worse than useless. Un.
fortunately such restricted dosage does
not satisfy the careless doctor of easy
conscience. He gives it by the oft re-
peated tablCspoonfuls without stopping
TO discover that the result wished for has
been attained in the slower, fuller pulse
and stronger heart.
Hundreds and hundreds Of men and
women in all walks of society contracted
their tippling habit by regarding as un.
restricted the advice of their physicians
that wine or stimulants of some kind are
necessary for them to take. The advice
IN itself is justifable, but the lack of re.
striction Is culpable, And 30 these poor
deluded convalescents go on taking stim.
ulants, which they find not only agreea.
BILE, but desirable, until they become
slaves to drink.--New York Herald.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

Great has always been the comfort
that the parents Of boys dull at their
books have had in thinking that they
would probably be particularly bright in
some other direction. If there was any
doubt about 1t, the fact could always be
proved by stories of artists, writers and
musicians, who have been thought dull
ards at school. But mechanical genius
and dullness at books do not, it is said,
go hand in hand. The director of large
western SCHOOL of manual training says
of such cases: LAS rule, such boy fails
to show marked ability of any sort. A
boy who comes to us with passion for
machinery, who cannot be kept away
from engines, the rattle Of cogs and the
swapping Of belts, never gets beyond a
sort of morbid, simple curiosity to see
the wheels go round He develops no
curiosity nor the ability to do good, ac-
curate work, His book work Is Of very
similar character. New York Post.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08
FUoAoss ANN.

oh, ny love, my queen of Nay,
Tho light Of youth ~ gone
Thy baimy tressoa gather gray.
Thy rosy lips are wan.
VIII thy true eyoa alter yet
And their nuptiai gniie forgof
oh, my love, will Time deceive,
VIII he wither true love cot
There "a more Ia love, believe,
Than the silly natiunq know
More n love, whom bloom 10 dead,
Than the ross wreath round his head
oh, my love, and b thou need
Harbor Wbon the porth wiuds blow
II thy tender footprinte bleed
On the dints among the snow,
Love will raise o sheltered cot.
Where the Ice blast entsFs not.
Oh, my true love, we are Wise;
When snow whltens on our land
Underneath the cloudy skies
We will travel hand IN band,
Since wo have not far - 60
To our rest beyond the anOw,
Lord de TAbley.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

Don't ten me now that men are eallous
and selfish when the woman "a an old
one, for won't believe IL.
We were hurTying to catch the ele.
waited train when q poor old Irish woman
stopped, and directly In the way of all
other would be passengers endsavored
10 readjust Q strap that had slipped from
the package she was carrying
Her hands were cold, and she seemed
unable to loosen the buckle, when good
looking man came mp and seeing her diff,
houlty laid his own packages down on
the platform while he asked:
Cant you manage iti Here, let me
do II for you"
OF course ''time and tide" and sle
waited trRina wait for no man, and WI
rolled away from the station just IS h'
had completed his sslf imposed taSk.
We saw him pick up his bundles and
walk toward the waiting room to ge
warm-fOr the wind was cold--nevei
seeming to regret the train he had misset
for doing q kindness for ''some onei
mothsrFn
found myself hoping that his wife, 1
be had one. would not scold him for com
ing home late.
Oh, the world is full OF charity II vi
only stop and look for iti-New Yorl
Herald,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

There is greater individual freedom IN
Great Britain and her colonies than n
America. For instance, every Sunday
small knots Of men may be seen IN the
principal London parks, giving express
sion TO the most varied sentiments on
matters political, social and religious,
and language painful to thegreat majoP-
ity Of the people is constantly being used.
No restriction is ever placed on auch en-
pressions Of opinion, 90 long o. they are
uttered on sites designated BY the police,
where there can be no obstruction 10
traffic or danger Of intimidation being
exercised. In America, however, no
meetings Of any kind are permitted in
these open spaces.
In Central park, New York, no one
may even pick mp leaf without danger
Of hne or imprisonment. No one may
walk on the grass unless he IL playing q
game. I barely escaped arrest Tor walk
ing on the carriage drive. The police
march about with their batons out
often swinging them--end appear to TO
gard themselves more as the masters
than the servants Of the people.-Earl OF
Meath in Nineteenth Century.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08
CAUSE FOR HGPPlDECS,
one of Albany, N. r., Beet Known Citizens
Speaka in words OF Praise,

one Of Albany, N. r., Beet Known Citizens
speaks in Words Of Praise.
Hve you reader. ever suffered from any urln.
airy trouble, Kidney Complaint, or Stone In the
Bladder or Kldney9. II not you never need tC
as nature has caused the sign OF pain in the
back, highly eolored or thick Urine, oitlme $
leaving sediment atterstanding to warn you OF
the approaching danger and II you will use DR..
Kennedy's FsYorte Remedy at once you wll
destroy these symptoms aud restore yOurse II
to healthy being. Mr.. Robert A. Male Of Al
bany, N. ", speaks OF how he suffered wit h
Stone In the Bladder for ten years and SUBMIT
ed 20 the operation by his ply ieian OF crush.
ing and removing the stone, which soon reap
pear as they always will when removed thai
way. His attention Was nnaliy call TO Dr. Ken
nedy's FavOTite Remedy, which he used, and
Il dissolved the formation OF the new stone and
entirely healed and cured him and has no reap
pearance of the troubles since, This Is but Ong
Of thousands of cases where faYOilte Remedy
has cured and saved the patient
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

my old oolored cook, said q woman
recently. keeps pad Of her own man.
ufacturs slways before the kitchen stink
Il is made OF several pieces Of old Carpet
tackled together with strong thread, the
whole being made over and renewed
quite frequently. When / aaked her thu
other day why shs kept the rather un
slightly rug on her neat hnolsum covered
hoor, abe explained that Il was a great
rest 70 her feet 10 stand OF the unyield
ing floor.
"And Whsn my attention was thu
called 20 Il / could SEQ that Il must be
and the idea was worth handing around
Il have heard aalesWomen and men
TOO, complain b one another in the shop
oi the pain which they suffered iron
constantly standing on tho wooden hoors
aud presuIne this condition would b
mnoh relieved II . strip Of ropo rnntiinl
o0uld b. stretched for their usa. New
York Tinea
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

In view Of the fact that more than half
the women who drive. and the men, too,
for that matter, know really nothing Of
the art and have no sympathy OF feeling
for the horse other than as q pleasant
means Of looomOtion. II Ia really TO be
wondered at that more accidents DO not
happen. That they do not, am Of the
opinion, should be put down to kind
Providence. and that the noble animals
In very many instances know more than
their drivers. Buffalo News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-08

There is no doubt that some of the
most brilliant planets, such as Venus and
Jupiter, are capable Of casting distinct
shadows, as may be seen any hne even.
ing in the tropics. Not long ago M. L.
Guiot observed that Jupiter threw a dis.
tinct shadow of his watch upon wall,
and that he was able to read newspa.
per by the light, NJ. Moye also finds that
Mars is able to cast shadow, but a mucl
fainter one than Jupiter. he was also
able to count the number of words in a
newspaper placed IN the light of the
planet entering by window, but he
could not read them. Exchange.