Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-03
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Continued from Pace 6.)

or improving the consular service bv the passage of Few laws is emphasized.
 The president then turns to the h. dian question. He says:
 We should now break up the tribal funds, doing fer them what allot- ment does for the tribal lands - that Is, they should be divided into individ- ual holdings. There will be transit tion period during which the funds will ill many cases have to be held in trust. This is the case also with the lands. X stop should be put upon the lndiscriminate permission to Indians to lease their allotments. The effort should be steadily to make the Indian work like any other man on his own ground. The marriage laws of the h. dians should be made the same as those of the whites. In the schools the edu- cation should be elementary and large ly industrial
 Cordial support from congress and people is asked for the St. Louis eXpo- sition. The Charleston exposition is commended to the good will of the people. The work of the Pan-American exposition is praised
 It is recommended that the census office as now constituted should be made permanent government bureau.
 The Postal Service.
 X tribute is paid to the postal service and the extension of free rural delivery tnf1 T o,f ment should he sustained, the president eaTs, in it's efforts to remove the abuses in connection With second class mail natter
 Much attention is paid to the situa- tion in China. and the progress toward the establishment of peace there is re- capitulated. Stress is laid on the inn portance of our continuing to advocate moderation in the dealings with China The president concludes his message as follows:
 The death of Queen Victoria caused the people of the United States deep and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov crnment gave full expression. When President Mckinley died, our nation i'll turn received from every quarter of the British empire expressions of grief and sympathy DO less sincere. The death of the Empress Dowager Frederick of Germany also aroused the genuine sym patllE of the American people, and this sympathy was cordially reciprocated by Germany when the president was asSaSSinatcd. Indeed. from every quar- ter of the civilized world we received at the time of the presidents death as Surances of such grief and regard as to touch the hearts of OUT people. In the midst of our af1iiction we reverently thank the Almighty that We are at peace with the nations of mankind. , , and We firmly intend that our policy shall be such as to continue unbfoken these international relations of mutual | respect and good will
 Uoors That Permcatc FoodstuFs. X fish dealer i'll one of tbe most styi- ] ish parts of New York was deeply hurt and badly worried one day by the com- plaint of one of his big customers that l fine salmon which he had sent 10 the l house for a big dinner had proved to ] be entirely tlneatable wien served ow. ing to most penetrating taste of creo- I sete that pervaded it. TAe fish dealer realized, although the charge was not l EHsy.
 Theodore-It's all right. darling I have met your father. and we took to one another at once. He even went so far as to borrow $10 from me. Surely he can't refuse me your hand after that
 Edith-Dory, Im afraid you've made a mess of it. Pa told me about the $10 and said I'd better let you slide: that you were too easy.-Boston Transcript.