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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-11-03

| lost n passenger. 1ucoO Olu OhhAotAfHS o.
TO smile because it is dawning upon theEi
what Imean.- The fact is that in this way
wears ago they got off wreck themselves,
| andlI do not wonder they smile. 1t IS not
senseless gigglethat means frivolity, but II
Ia n sniIe like that on the face of Christians
the moment they leave earth for heaven
yea. like the smile of God Himself when he
had completed the plan for saving the World.
Right after that big tumble OF the Atiantlc
Ocean six or seven weeks ago on the oeach
Mt East Hampton met the captain OF the
life saving station and said, captain. do
Won think llfeboat could live in sea like
fhat?" Although the worst OF it was over,
the captain replied, mo, do not think IT
could But this iifeboat OF which speak
can live I'm any sea and defes oil breakers,
and all cyclones, and all equinoxes, and all
earth. and all hell. In twenty years the lie
saving apparatus along our Atlantic coast
saved the lives of over $4,000 OF the%snlp,,
wrecked. but this lifeboat that / commend
has saved in twenty years hundreds of mill
ions of the shipwrecked. Like those newly
invented English lifeboats, it is unsuomerg-
ible, self Fighting and self balling.
All along our rocky American coast Things
were left to chance for centuries, ana tn'
shipwrecked crawled up on the beach to die
unless some one happened TO walk along OF
some fsherman's hut might be near. But
after the ship Ayrshire was wrecked at
Squan Beach, 0nd the Powhattar LETT her BOO
dead strewn along our coast, and another
vessel went on the rocks, 400 lives perishinP,
the United States Government woSeup and
made an appropriation OF S20o, 600 for
life stations, and life lines from lax
ing box are shot over the wild
surf. and hawsers ara stretched from
wreck to shore and what with Lyles's gun
and six Dared surfboat. with cork at the SIDES
10 make it unsuitable, and patrolmen all
night long walking the beach until they meet
each other and exchange metal tlckets SO as
to show the entire beach has been trayersed,
and the Coston light flashes hope from shore
10 sufferer. and surfmen. incased in Merri-
man life saving dress and life car rolling on
the ropes. there are many prooaoiutles o
rescue for the unfortunate OF the sea. But
the government of the united heavens has
made better provision for the rescue OF our
souls. So close by that this moment we can
put our.hand on its top AMI swing into 1t is
this gospel ifeboat 1t will not take you
more than a second to get into 1t.
But wilhelm my text Wa stand Watching
the marines with their cutiasses. preparing
TO sever the ropes of the lifeooat ana let her
fall of. notice the poor ecu pnent. oniy
one lifeboat. Two hundred and seYenty-s,x
passengers, az Paul counted them, and only
one lifeboat Mytext uses the singular annn NOT
the plural. "Cut of the ropes Oh IN con-.
do not suppose it would hay9 hefi NOR
than thirty people, though ioa1ea 10 tn0
waters edge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-11-03

be.annexed
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The book of esti-
mates for appropriations for the fiscal
year 1S94-95 was sent to congress today.
The amount estimated to be necessary to
carry on the government for the fiscal
year is s411, SIS, ,04l, as against estimates
for 1S93-94 of S421 ,6l2.2l5 and appropri-
ations for 1894 of S4322. 456, oa6. The esti-
mates of 1895 are made up as follows: Ex-
ecutive, sos, $50; legislative, s.. .903, 72233:
state department. s1,s53, ,63S; treasury de-
partment, sI20, 455, $50; war, s55. 5.2a1 .499;
navy, SOS, ,SSS ia; interior, $1S9 229, 20;
postoffice. $50, 97S. SEC; agriculture, s., 225.
s43; department OF labor, Sl6l. $40; depar t.
ment of justice. ST, 213 345.
For investigating peusion cases $500. 600
are asked, against S2o0,0Oo appropriated
for the presen. fiscal year. In the pension
appropriation the principal changes are n
reduction Of S. 0O0, 600 for pension pay
ments. an increase of SI,000.VO0 for fees
an increase of 500 900 for clerk hire at the
pension agencies.
The appropriation for the purchase and
distribution of seeds is S35, 900, agains,
Sl35. 900 for the present year.
Under the head of public works 81, 657,
3l5 is asked, against 5000, 800 for the pres
ent year. A quarter of a million of this
As lOI a puUiiC oullUluH at hdusdS SlIy,
Mo- Ths amount asked for rivers and
harbors is Sl2, $40, 900, an increase of more
than 5000, 900 over the appropriations for
the current year.
Under the head of miscellaneous Sl9i, 900
are asked for furnishing artificial limbs,
as against S6l5.0 appropriated for that
purpose for the present year. The esti-
mated appropriation for the support of
soldiers homes is increased from S2. 5. .563
to 81 $40 13I
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

revolution. ought now to restore Us by
force if necessary. to England. The
recommendation in regard to the civil
service commission aud an increase in the
clerks for that service is in every way ex-
celIent"
Senator Hoar: "It was most remark
able message in several respects. Il treats
the most important questions feebly and
briefly. The imputation OF the president
concerning civil service reform. TO the
effect that the law was enacted because OF
fear of public opinion, and not because OF
the conviction Of the legislators who en-
acted it, is without precedent. This re-
fiection comes with i'll grace from presl-
dent who has dealt as the existing presl-
dent has dealt with the consular service OF
the United States, without even taking
the advice of his secretary of state. and
whose appointment of Van Allen has been
such an offenss to the country's S sense OF
decency."
A number OF other senator's, most OF
whom were Democrats, declined to express
views. Among these were Messrs. Sher-
mar of Ohio. Mills of Texas, Jones of Ar
kansas and Cockrell Of Missouri.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
ECONOMY IN EXPENDITURES.

Economy ia public expenditure is duty
that cannot he honestly neglected by those
intrusted with the control of money
drawn from the people for public uses. 1t
must be confessed that our apparently
eudless resources, the familiarity of our
people with immense acCum ulationS of
wealth, the growing sentiment among
them that the expenditure of public
money should in SONS manner be to their
Immediate and personal advantage, the
indirect and almost stealthy manner in
which large part of our taxes are ex-
acted, and "a degenerate seuse of official
accountability, have led to growing ex-
travag ance in government appropriations
At this time, when a depleted public
treasury coutrOnts Us. when many of our
people are engaged in a hard struggle for
the necessities of life, and when forced
economy is pressing upon the great masses
of our countrymen, l desire TO urge with
all the earlestness at my command, that
congressional legislation be so limited by
strict economy as 10 exhibit an apprecia-
tion of the condition OF the treasury and
sympathy with the Straiteuet cIrcum-
stances of our fellow citizens. The duty
of public economy is also of immense I'M
portance in its Intimate aud necessary re-
gulatlon to the task now III hand of provd-
ing revenues to meet government expend
itures, and yet reducing the peoples bur-
den OF federal taxation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs Of physical being. will attest
the value TO health OF the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced il the
remedy, syruT of Figs
Is excellence Is due To its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the ,~treshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
atiye: etfectgally cleansing the system.
dispclling colds, headaches and feveS
and permanently curing constipation
l. has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, tsecauss Z acts on the ki4-
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and IL Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance
Syrup of Figs i for sale b. all drug
gists IN islc and 81 hotties, bat it IL rszn-
EfaetaTed By the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whore name i printed ca every
package. also the nsEse, Syrup 81 figs.
AID beIng well informed. yon VII 10.
accept aay substitute L c:sSred.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
THE NATIONAL BANKS.

WASHINGTON, Dec 4-The annual re-
port OF Comptroller Eckels shows that
3, 796 national banks are in operation, wi tn
a capital stock of S695, 55S, 100. represented
by I, ,450, 900 shares. held by 100000 share
holders. The total resources of the bank s
at the last report were $50. 95G, 4S2 The
circulation on Oct. 81 was sos, 81. .399. a
net increase during the year of $50, ,SS6, 912
During the year 1l9 banks were organ
lied, with capital stock of Sll ,239, 900.
Within the same period l5S banks sus-
pended. with a capital stock of $50 300, 600
OF this numb eighty-six, with capital
stock of SIS, 205 900. resumed, and eighty
five passed into the bands of receivers.
with "A capital stock of $40 SS5, 900. At the
close of the year seven remained in charge
of examiners pending resumption. The
aggregate liabilities, compared with those
of Sept. So. 1892, Were SAC, 53l ,6l3 less.
Speaking of the resumption Of failed
banks, the comptroller says: In no in
stance has bank been permitted to re-
sumo on money narrowed, or for which, as
an association, it became liable. When
ever those active in the management of
banks resumng, either as executive
officers or directors, have been debtors,
their Indebtedness has been paid or
secured, and whenever an impairment Of
capital stock existed, such impairment
has been made good. One general criticism.
however, to be made on the management
of these banks was an improper distribu-
tion of their loans, Il circumstance which
greatly retarded the conversion of such
loans into cash, and thereby causing the
suspension"
On the matter of clearing house certifi.
Gates issued in the east during the recent
panic the comptroller says: ''In no in
stance were these certificates designed to,
nor did they, circulate money. They
were but due bills, and their sole function
consisted in discbargiug obligations at the
clearing house, Their issuance at so early
IA date OF the derangement of the country
was most opportune, in not only prevent
ing an acute panic, but in tending to re-
store public confidence, such action
demonstrating that by mutual agreement
the weak banks of the association would
be. SO far as depositors and creditors were
concerned, rs strong as the strongest"
After recommending number of
amendments TO the present law, the comp
troller says: Upon the subject of cur
rency legislation the pu bic good will be
best subserved at this time by making no
radical change IN the provisions OF tine
law as it now stands so far as it pertains
to the issuing of the currency"
The comptroller concludes: "The finan-
cial situation Of the past months was not
the result of either lack in the volume of
currency, OF which there is a plethora, or
want of elasticity in the present system of
issuing it, but it arose from loss of con-
fidence on the part OF the people in the
solvency of the distinctively monetary in.
stitutious of the country. Ia view OF the
fact that there is now very great abuu-
dance Of unemployed currency In the
country, it would seem that whatever
need appeared some months since for en-
larg.ng to any marked extent the circu-
latinG medium has now ceasee 20 exist"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

The continued intelligent execution of
the civil service law and the increasing ap-
proval by the people of its operation are
most gratifying. The recent extension OF
its limitations and regulations to The en-
ployes at the free delivery postoffices.
which has been honestly and properly ac-
complished BY the commission, with the
hearty cooperation of the postmaster gen-
eral, is an immensely important advance
in the usefulness of the system. lam, if
possible, more than ever convinced OF the
inc4iculable benefits conferred by the civil
service law, NOT only in its etfectOn the
public service, but also, what il even more
important, in its effect in elevating the
tone OF political life generally. The
course of civil service reform in this
country is instructive aud interesting. 1t
illustrates how strong Il hold d movement
gains upon our people which has unGerly-
Ing it a sentiment of justice and right, and
which at the same time promises better
admin st. ration Of their government. The
law embOdying this reform found its way
to our statute books more from fear of the
popular sentiment existing in its favor
than from any love for the reform itself
on the part OF legislators, and it has lived
and grown and t1ourished in spite of the
covert as well as open hostility of spoils-
men, and Notwithstanding the querulou,
mpracticabllity of many gelf-con-
stituted guardians. Beneath all The
vagaries and sublimated theories
which are attracted to it there underlies
this reform, IA sturdy common sense prin-
ciple, not only suited to this mundane
sphere, but whose application our people
are more and more recognizing to bs alb
solutely essential to the most successful
operation of their government, il not to
It's perpetuity.
1t seems TO me to be entirely incon-
sistent with the character OF this reform,
AS well as with its best enforcement, to
oblige the commission TO rely for clerical
assistance upon clerks detailed from other
departments. There ought not to be such
a condition in any department that clerks
hired 10 do their work there can be spared
to habitually work at another place, and
it does not accord with sensible view OF
civil service reform that persons should
be employed on the theory that their
labor is necessary in one department.,
when, in point of fact, their services are
devoted TO entirely different work in an
other department. l earnestly urge that
the clerks necessary TO carry on the work
of the commission be regularly put upon
its roster, and that the system of obllging
the commissioners to rely upon the
services of Clerks belonging to other de-
partments be discontinued. This ought
not to increase the expense to the govern
ment. while it would certainly be more
and add greatly to the efficiency
of the commission.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

public money for the purchase of new and
improved vorieties of seeds for distribu-
tlon that from this would grow large ap-
preparations for the purchase aud distri-
button by members Of congress of ordinary
seeds, bulbs and cuttings which are COM
mon in all the states and territories, and
everywhere easily obfainable at low prices.
In each state and territory an agricultural
experiment station has been established.
These stations, by their very character and
name, are the proper agencies to expert
ment with and Test new varieties OF seeds,
and yet this indiscriminate and wasteful
distribution by legislation and legislators
continues. answering no purpose. unless 1t
be to remind constituents that their repre-
sentatiyes are willing to remember them
will gratuities at public cost.
Under the sanction of existing legis-
latlon there was sent out from the agri-
cultural department during the last fiscal
year enough cabbage seed to plant 10 200
acres OF land. "A sufficient quantity of beans
to plant 1000 acres, beet seed enough to
plant $500 acres, sweet corn enough to
plant Z, 800 acres, sufficient cucumber seed
to cover <, US3 acres with vines, and enough
muskmelOn and watermelon seeds to
plant 2.675 acres. The total quantity of
flower and vegetable seeds thus distrib-
uted was contained in more than 5000, 600
packages, aud they were sufficient, II
planted, to cover So, COG acres of land.
In View OF these facts, this enormous eX-
penditure without legitimate returns or
benetit ought to be abolished. Auticipa-
ting consummation so manitestiy in the
Interest of good legislation, more than
SiOO, 600 has been stricken from the estimate
made 10 cover this object for the year end
ing june 80, 1895, aud the secretary recon-
mends that the remaining $50 900 OF the
estimate be confined strictly TO the pur-
chase of new and improved varieties of
seed and that these be distributed through
the experiment. stations. Thus the seeds
will be tested, and after the test has been
completed by the experiment stations the
propagation of tha useful varieties and
the rejection Of the valueless may safely
be left to the common sense Of the people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
The CHICAGO BOARD.

CHICAGO. Dsc. 4-Tss visible sspply re-
port uxs disastrous 70 tie bull iEtssssts
today. After op-si1g higher AID s9vsEc-
log = csus, wE=si took dous~.rd secos
snd laud-a si:h Nay bst csst higarr
and DecsnbeT = esSt bitter th~E HsiuE-
GAY's rio.fug CDtD sss steady sai els.sd
wltboat noteworthy ckxsss CeGtsGusd
eui.a<ss was ;bs oslY fsstars "a oSt~,
which op~nsd and cIosrd oach.ux,d. Pro-
risloss 1srs Erm. bat very aaist.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

the armored cruiser New York, the pro-
tected cruisers Baltimore, Chicago. fhila-
delphia, Newark. San FIanclsco. CnarIes'
ton, Atlanta and Boston, the cruiser De-
troit, the gunboats Yorktown, Concord, Den
ningten, Machias. Castine ana Petrei, tue
dispatch vessel Dolphin, the practaoS ,a, YES
sci Bancroft, and the dynamite gunooat
Vesuvius. OF these the Bancroit,
Machias, Detroit and Castine have been
placed in commission during the current
year.
Tue following vessels are in process OF
construction: The second class Dattle-
sbips Maine and Texas, the cruisers Mont
Eomery, and Marblshead, ana me coast
iefeuse monitors Terror, and Puritan,
Amphitrite and Monadnock. all OF which
will be completed within one year; the
harbor-detense ram katahdin and the pro-
tected cruisers Columbia, Mlnbeapoils,
OLYMPIA, Cincinnati and Raleigh, ali OF
which will be completed prior TO July i,
1895: the first-class battleships Iowa. In
diana. Massachusetts and Oregon, which
will be completed on Feb. ]. 1896, and the
armored cruiser Brooklyn, which Will be
completed by August OF that year. 1t Is
also expected that the three gunboats
authorized by the last congress Will DE
completed in less than two years.
Since 1886 congress has at each session
authorized the building OF one or more
presents an earnest plea for the contin-
uunce of this plan. He recommends the
authorization of at least one battlesnip
and six torpedo boats. While am dis
tinctly in favor of consistently pursuing
the policy we have of building up
thorough and efficient navy, cannot re-
frain from the suggestion that congress
should carefully take into account the
number of unfinished vessels on our hands
and the depleted condition Of our treasury
in considering the propriety of an appro-
priation at this time to begin new work.
The method of employing mechanical
labor at the navy yards through boards of
labor, and of making efficiency the sole
test By which laborers are employed and
continued, is producing the best results,
and the secretary is earnestly devoting
himself to its development. Attention is
invited to the statements of his report 10
regard to the working OF the system.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

o remedy IN DR.. Pierce's Fayoyifs Prescrip-
tioa-that win build I'd and cure every en-
feebled woman It's the prescription cf .
physician; has been tested in thousands os
Cases and never found wanting.
The only risk that's taken is that Of the
manufacturers who promise 20 refund tbs
money il no benefit is experienced
This - Prescription reaches the origin Of
the trouble Dizziness, faiatisg spells, and
nervous disorders, such as sieepirssncss,
chorea or 81. Vitus's dance. depend upon
the irregularities and displacements Of tho
special structures - the "favcrite Prcscrip-
tson" cures by regulating and correcting
these functions and organic changes
Dr.. Sage's Remedy positively cures Cata-rh.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

Ee-ro-s kssdaeaes prurssTsiv eureSf ~
bro-rso- -eIi1zs bssssls y cents
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
1ARlFE REFORM.

After hard struggle tariff reform Is
directly before us. Nothing so Important
claims your attention, aud nothing SO
clearly presents Itself as both al oppor-
tunity and duty; an opportunity to de-
serve the gratitude OF our fellow citizens,
and duty imposed upon Us By our oft-re-
peated professions, and by the emphatic
mandate Of the people. After full discus
sion our countrymen have spoken In favor
of this reform, and they have confided the
work OF its accom- pilshment 10 the hands
of those who are soiemnly pledged TO 1t.
IL there is anything in the theory Of rep
resentation III public places Of the people
and their desires; if public officers are
really servants of the people, and if polit-
zeal promises and professions have any
binding force, our failure TO give relief SO
long awaited will be sheer recreaucy.
Nothing should intervene TO distract cur
attention or disturb our efTorg until this
reform is accomplished by wise and care
ful legislation. While we should staunch-
ly adhere TO the principle that only the
necessity OF revenue justifies the imposi-
tion OF tariff duties aud other federal tax
alton, aud that they should be limited by
strict economy, we cSnnct close our eyes
TO the fact that conditions have grown up
among US which. in justice and fairness
call for discriminating care in the dis
tribu;ion or such duties and taxation as
the emergencies Of our govern meat actu.
ally demand.
FREE RAW MATERIALs.
Manifestly. Il We are ID aid the people
directly through tariff form. one o. the
most obvious features should be reGuc-
ton in the present tariff charges upon the
necessagEes of life. The benefits Of such
reduction would be T,sipable, and substau-
TALLY seen and felt by thousands who
would be better fed. better clothed and
bait off h.
the willing benefactions of a government
whose highest function i the promotion of
the welfare OF the people Ne. iess closely
related 10 our peoples prosperity aad Well
being IS the removal OF taxation upon i'm
Dorfatioas OF the raw m.ierials Necessary
TO our manufacturers. The world shou!d
be open to our national ingenuity aad
energies. This cAaDot he waile federal
legislation, through the imposition of :.
high tariff, forbid, 10 AmsrlcAu Eanufsc-
iurers ss csesp materials q, those Used ey
their competitors. Is Is quite o0vioas
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

The secretary of the interior has the
supervision of SO many important subjects
that his report is of special value and in
tereSt.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
REALITY ExERCLyD
fresh air and prop

-
fresh air and prop
er food, help 20 keep
! . woman in good con-
$ditioE- It's insump
I cient for some, weala
ened W borne down
as they are by the
ailments and irregu-
1arities peculiar %
their Sex
They're easily help
ed, though; there's
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05
H0t!SF.

Dr.. Sage's Remedy positively cures Catarrh.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

In conclusion, my Intense feeling OF re-
sponsibility impels me to invoke tor the
manifold interests of generous and con-
fiding people the most scrupulOus care,
and TO pledge my willing support to every
legislative effort for the advancement Of
the greatness and prosperity of our beloved
country. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-05

In the year 1883 the congress appropriat-
ed $1,000. 10 be taken from tie patent
Office funds, for the purpose Of collecting
AND distributing rare aud improved
varieties of seeds and for prosecuting agri-
cultural Investigations and procuring agrl-
cultural statistics. From this small be-
ginning the seed division of the depart
meut of agriculture has grown TO its pres
ent unwIegdy aud unjustifabiy extrava-
CANT proportions. During the last fiscal
year the cost OF seeds purchased was St6.-
54oel. The remainder OF an appropriation
OF SiS3, COO was expended In putting them
up and distributing them. 1t surely never
Could have entered the minds OF those
who nEst sanctioned the appropriation OF