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Show HU DAixZ" THIBUITX:: - tt ' ti i. fr Tp iL-- T7 T" 1;7 , Zif.TZVj CZT. STJDAY XPT-ATT- . IB " - I, y ?J:ORlCIlsrO, DJZCErilEII 27, 1891. PR TNT IX! IT T lii 7" PRINTERS, BINDERS, IBLAKK BOOK; MANUFAGTURER-8d'j ; 3 . WE ARB FULLY EQUIPPED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT FOR t'-.f '' ' IN PRICE AND QUALITY OF WORK WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. '.!-- ' ' !' I, "!:! '."! Concipl&te JLin e - dictionary, . and OF STATE. s' .'. j , - ' .1 1 i . I ''". bv President j !.( , OoBKucroirocxca jTaiinrK. I Dec. 23, 1391. VYiiiiooN, o his foreman. The annual addroase? of the Chief Executive to ConRross arej always nightmares to tho Uovcrntnen;t I'rlntlng Otlico, and, until they aro formally received by the National Legislature, there Is no sound sloop for the oQlclals In charge. Their task is like the guarding of a treasure, for the possessioju of which a few hours in advance tiagoit newspapers are ready to pay a fotund. Pnce and only once was a message soIen and the incident has passed Into history. Sixteen picked coin posl tors set up the last message. They were chosen as So usual for their! trustworthiness. one- of If secret was their 11task 'that. tliam liaH anon ai i vstKam K 4aK rna done, "I have be4n working on the President's message discovery of the fact Vohl4 have caused his discharge. Four hurs were required for into type, and putting th document select men, grouped during that ;tlm the by themselves, were held under the watchful eye of The copy, from the White received In type-scriHouse, was cut lip Into "takes so small that ho individual could made head or tail of his own.. Nof man was allowed to see any proof of ther takes than these he himself handled, land all the imper feet proofs taken) were gathered into a had been so bag'as carefully a if they much gold, and burded In the furnace. Not a scrap was permitted to escape. The galleys full! of type, as fast as made tip, were placed on they were shelves In an iroa room built like a safe. "Wheuever one was taken out a receipt was given for It, which was torn up when it was; pull bck. Not less than two men were permitted to move a "galley. Two proof were taken finally of the completed message one for the office and the other! on fine paper for th President. The final proof was read by Arthur II. Brownl "Dictionary Brown, he is called,! because of his marvelous , accuracy about words. Coraetlrae coia posl tors in the Gov-- r Prlatln OOce have kicked at of their work. Ke- -j brown's ccrrsctlca f have called, his attention they i ti nt 'dlcticnsry and have shown him . fend! i - aa to-day- j ," I the-forema- pt i : L 1 '.-- t- - -r J "re . t irrf-- i '! their Judrient. . 'ntrouMsjy.c-liiiy- .'.iK'rrI! : cro i THE MESSJLOX WHICH WA.8 STOLSTT .' 'i was the last one written Ilayes. It was obtained from the Government Printing Office. For the sake of extra precaution, it was set up in the branch office of the Treasury Department. Humors that it would be obtainable in advance got about Newspapor llow somehow, and combinations were formed to purchase it in case it should be offered for sale. The price in such an event would necessarily be large,1 and it was worth while to divide it. One of those combinations .was formed by the New York Times, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and Chicago Times, On the afternoon of the Saturday before the Monday on iwhfch jthe message was to be placed In jthe hands of Congress, the correspondent of the New York Times! was his office on t tie Row reading sitttngJn the evening paper. He had pretty well made kip this mind by that time that there wasj nothing in the report; which t had been circulated, y A yountlman, hut slightly known as a newspaper correspondent, walked in and asked 3n a jocular way what was the latest intelligence about the message. Nothing that I kaow of," was the j reply. "Do you care to buy It? asked the " youth. "I shouldn't miad, said the Times man, imagining that the visitor was . .When President garrison's recent was finally published, a weight of mes-saf?- . (Da.ll I , . ing all .that evening the telegraph instruments were busily ticking in the room at the Ebbltt House, and- the message was sent flying simultaneously to three cities. None of the other corhere had any notion of respondents what was going on, but in New York word got out in some way that - . . THE MESSAGE "WJLS COMING over the wires.- No one could tell what paper was getting it, but the rumor set the correspondents there on the alert. The --nien who represented Chicago papers in the metropolis wired to the home offices a warning. To prevent the happening of just what did occur, the . New York Ttmrs was held back. from the presses for forty-fiv- e minutes after the usual time. As quickly as it was Issued, however, it was seized, and the entire message of the President, covering more than a page and a half, was telegraphed to the Chiand other cago Tribune, the Inter-Ocea-n dailies in the same city. It is not surthe Chicago Times, finding prising that its hoped-fo- r "scoop" gobbled by its rivals, should have declined to pay its share, 9500, of the sum due as purchase money for the message. Of course, there was tremendous official agitation in .Washington over the occurrence. It was proposed to prosecute the newspaper correspondent.con-cerneas accessories after the theft,' but that fell through.;. Skilled detectives were employed upon the case, and they declared that the printer in the treasury office who took the proofs of the . message was the guilty party. There was never very much- evidence he was disagainst him, and although was subsecharged, at the time, he quently!" reinstated,: Very likely the truth at the "bottom of the affair will never be known, but thore is no less interestion that account in the story of how the; President's address to Congress once reached the people of the United States almost thirty-si- x hours before it was given to the National 'Legislature. - - d, - l :; v; j I DEPARTMENT OFFICES. , . Several of the departments have printing shops of thelr own, which are branches of the Government Printing Office. The biggest of them is attached to the Treasury, i employing eighty men and womon. Others are annexed to the War,; Navy and Interior. The Department of State has tho smallest of all, with only about a dozen employes. The last, however, does much importM 4 i:: ant, work of a secret nature, setting yrA f:ri Joklng.1 yy-To his surprise the young man drew type for!: a great many documents which out; frda this jiocket a package which are kept most strictly from the view of - the public the muchproved on! inspection to--r1 J THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE J .,; desired; document. : How much de you want' for this?' is the great depository of the secrets of waa asked the Government. It does and knows r, How, much will you give?" said the many things wnlcn are not communi' ; f cated to the people, nor even to Conyouth. I j S1000 "I'll give you for It," said the gress. Recently it came out that Mr. iA Times correspondent. Blaine had ' made arrangements for The young man said that ha thought arbitration in the Bering Sea dispute he could gat more than that. and. after many months before the general Govern a brief haggle, 91500 was agreed upon as ment was made aware of the fact, the the price. I It was understood that the newspapers being kept meanwhile in money should be paid only on condition absolute ignorance. Obviously, there that the message raached no ether are numerous instances where the publi,! I v hands.;: cation of diplomatic business would time was lost la communicating frustrate the purpose in view. For with the correspondents of the Cincin- example, when negotiations were set on nati Commercial GkazeHs and Chicago foot for the purchase of Alaska, It Times, and 'the representatives of the would never have, done to tell the rethree papers hired a room in the Ebbltt porters for the press what was the House, procuring telertpb. Instruments nature of Prince GorlschakofTs conand operators to tsnd the dispatches fidential reply to Mr. Seward's preliminfrom thence. This rrzi done with the ary overtures. Tht niht have d utmost secrecy, not a word being the whole aC-i- r. mattreaty Pending bresllied ta anybciy. f:r feir lest some ters oven tha JJn&to is not rcrtittrdl to unto-.TrJ ts cldeat tl :ul3 z?cl the bl- - have kcoxTlcJI.ra of. !;.".. 1 , ' :;.- -;; be 1 , ; :T i .. l.,'fH ':-;u-y- r th- -t tt3 ever frcrri Or. s f ;i- - i c diplomatic faith. Many a time, when the United States has been treated with want of courtesy and even dishonesty by foreign Governments, all knowledge of the injury done has been kept from the public. The printing of the facts in such cases,' would merely have aroused popular indignation and inspired an unOn healthy sentiment of hostility. more the other hand, Uncle Sam has than ence treated other nations 'with unfairness, and they have said nothing. He really purchased the island of St. Thomas from Denmark a few years ago, the bargain being so far completed that the residents unfurled the American flag; but' he crawled out of it rather discreditably at the end. Nevertheless, Denmark took it quietly and made no fuss whatever. Whatever has been written or printed on such subjects remains buried in the secret archives of the State Department. The question whether there could occur a case where the Secretary of State would feel obliged to refuse' information demanded by Congress has been disputed. Probably he would be able to escape the dilemma by diplomatic evasion. A rather important part of the State .the system of Department's printing is Consular Reports. It is not generally realized that this branch, or the Government employs on its staff the finestcorps of reporters In existence. They are scattered over .all parts of the globe, and, being constantly in communication . by telegraph with the office at washing-ton,- 1 they are ready to combine at a moment's notice in giving information All the on any conceivable subject. and even our Consuls, Consuls-Genera- l, Ministers abroad are instructed to reportion of their duty, gard this as a Blaine is enabled to get and thus Mr. out a number of publications yearly on whatever topics may be regarded as calculated to afford useful information, most of them ' being of commercial interest. - THE GERMANS LIKE IT. later on reap an advantage by securing the introduction of this cereal athrough new market for his most important crop. For It must be remembered that maize as an article of diet is unknown in northern Europe. When vessels laden with it were sent from this country to Ireland a few years ago, to feed the famishing there, the nutritious at first well-nig- h freight was rejected, because lit was considered only fit for ' ' Already a merchant named Wilzynskl has opened a great store on one of tho principal streets of Berlin, for selling by wholesale and retail bread made of corn and rye. Inasmuch as his product 13 offered for 40 per cent less than rye bread can be bought for, it has every prospect of obtaining popularity. When ten loaves of the new food can be got for the price of six loaves of the old, the Inducement from the point of view of the toiling masses Is very great. It Is that before long the bakers anticipated all over Germany will be baking bread of corn and rye. Another firm In Ber-- : Un is about to go into the manufacture and sale of corn meal mush, put jip in packages of a pound and a half each, or to be sold in cardboard dishes. An international exhibition, to be opened at Leipstc February 4th, will be largely devoted to cooking and domestic economy generally. An agent of the Department of Agriculture will probably be sent there to make a show of corn and the methods of preparing iu & As for the project of sending shiploads of corn to Russia, Secretary Rusk says that it is like throwing bread upon the waters with a string tied to it. But he adds that the time has come for American to actively, take up the busiexporters ness of Introducing the new cereal abroad, following up the Initiative of the Government.! Unclo Sam may open up trade, but he cannot be expected to drum for custom. There is a call now for the exertion of individual enterprise ..' ., in this matter. . horse-fodde- r. ; . - ; During the last few months a special at all known In northern Europe as huagent of the Department of Agriculture man food is It is mostly has been in Berlin; trying to teach the sold under Britain other names, Great la Germans to eat corn. Having set up to conceal that it is a of maize, product small kitchens in different parts of that so the is prejudice against the strong he has distributed capital, as of diet: It seems an article grain corn flapjacks, corn dodgers, and other the leading cereal that very the grain, amonjr the of thesurprising preparations of them not have been should World New hot and either free j adopted as a breadstuff in the people, serving Old World; of charge or at a nominal price. He has where the cry-fois so bread"; ."cheap succeeded in ? Interesting that Govern- bitter and enterare Hopes agonizing. ment in the subject to such an extent tained, however, of teaching these that corn mixed with rye has been peoples across the ocean to use maize by recommended officially for the rations of cooking it for them publicly, by dis the army. OwinK to the fact that the trlbuting literature advertising Its quail Czar has prohibited the exportation of ties and comparative cheapness, and by rye from Russia, on account of the enlisting the influence of Governments threatened famine, Germany's main sup- and the agrlcutural press. . Incidentally, had cereal off. of been cut that ply It would be of great demand increased the is proposed therefore that, in place of benefit-tof this country. the farmers rye bread, the soldiers shall be supplied It is reckoned by Secretary Rusk that with bread made half of rye and half of of 5 cents a bushel for corn corn. Thus tnere is reason to believe an advance during the next decade would add will Sl,Oi0.t0J,CC0 that this great European nation to the value of this crop have acquired a taste for the ' American that period. during vegetable before long, and so become a While American wheat meets with regular purchaser of it from the United competition from Russia, India, aud the States. Argentine Xepublic, no country in the CORN FOR EtTSSIA. world can ccizrz.zz vnxii cj3 co:r . Suggestions for sending shiploads of corn to feed the famine sufferers in as to quality, cr pries. Tha ssll trd Uclt-- i Russia' seem likely to be carried out. cllmata of States produce a Word has teen conveyed to this Govern- superior Krowtb of tLs grain, the cold ment from St. Petersburg that aid in . winters, hardecinj It, and the wnsi such a f orra would ba very gratefully-recelveJ- sunneri. trlnlnj it to peilazllzn,. TilT.-jf?.cilt!c3 end tv c: Coinctdeiitly with tLa .ship- ViTit-ra- f a? erent of ths r :r 1 xcrt c t ;r iJktD ping of tta rrs..' c' z V t, t r i !t I z, rtr:it cf will th? riou..ur U r vnr: w? r 4" cJ t j Cr rc -T - r o - - - , , - y L- 3 f V jT", - - 'j-..4-'- . American corn, much of It as food or. human beings who do not now gef Rene Bacue. enough to eat. 1 ' i i , -- ; tation in this regard. - - and its different uses at exhibitions and other public gatherings throughout Europe, it Is suggested that the adoption of a grocery-stor- e propaganda would aid materially In introducing the food.' Under this plan a few feet of space might be hired in one or more large grocery establishments in' each city or and an town, where a small,' expert baker would prepare cornbread, cakes, tc, before the people," distributing-lit-- - gas-sto- un-esteem- al . ths l r tv era prerr'iMU:Tt!f 1 t I t . - i 1 i 1 i ; I j i ROBETITM. SlrjANR OF UABYtAKD - GEROtTJBLY ILLt IN BALTTMOKE. DAK It is announced fromM.Baltimore that Robert McLane ol Maryland, is dangerously ill at his home in that city. . Robert M. McLane of Baltimore waa born in Wilmington, Delaware, Juno 23, 1813, received a scholastic education,, entering St. Mary's College In 1857 and the College Bourbon, Paris, in lS29;:waa appointed a cadets at West Point by 8; newly-organized- 'r . . i. 1 ' . c-- o it.rli.I-cll3t:- 3 "i a; ed s, dish ' THE President Jackson In 1833; graduated la July, 1S37, and was commissioned Sec ond Lieutenant of Artilferyj served witfa his regiment during the Florida wars c 1837-3in 1838 was transferred to th Corps .of Topographical Engineers, then In which he served until he resigned from the army In 1843 he studied law during his residence in Washington in the winters of 1842 43j was admitted to the bar and removed to Baltimore, where ho commenced and has since continued tho practice of his profession; in 1845 he was elected a member of the Maryland House of' Delegates-- ; was a member. of the Thirtieth an Thirty-firs- t Congresses; was a Presidential elector on the Pierces ticket in in the subsequent year was appoints J Commissioner to China with the power: of a Minister Plenipotentiary, and us tbe same time accredited to Japin, waa Siam. Cores and Cochln-Cbindelegate to the National Democrat! ve and samples free to customers. A" few weeks effort of that kind would make the district thoroughly acquainted with the food, every man woman and child being afforded, an to test the product without opportunity trouble or expense. To give away anything, especially food. Is aur&re proceeding In Europe, and; the unusual spectacle would doubtless .be widely appreciated. 'Considering the cheapness of maize, many individuals thus reached would be likely to become and It ought not to require many weeks to win over a whole population to the vegetable. As fast as a demand was created, the corn to supply it could be procured from the grocer at lowest market prices. To issue circulars to the families of the district. Inviting them to partake of tbe food at the groc- ery stores where exhibited, would Insure complete results. Leading grocers in many blgcitles of Europe haveidr-a-already , and expressed approval of the thure is apparently no obstacle to the Immediate opeuing of acaiaaign on the lines Indicated. In Great Britain and on the Continent mainalso, traveling cooking-schooltained by philanthropic efTort, go frma town to town, instructing the people by raaas of lectures, literatara- end exper-incatcooking, in the proper pre para-- , era to tlan cf food. Arran-cmcn- ts rziA fcr tavsnT st lesst 1-- 5 -- IN ADDITION TO SHOWING CORN corn-eater- s, . Europe for the consumption of severat hundred " million bushels annually, of to-d- ay - ' : From southeastern Europe comes the corn of the Danube a small, variety which is preferred for chicken feed to the American owing to the size of the grain. In Ireland corn In the form of mush called "stirabout" has been slowly coming into favor, and is largely used when thejpotato crop .falls. The tuber is preferred in times of plenty, although corn is cheaper and more nourising. takes more corn as human Ireland food than any other country in Europe. To Illustrate jthe strength of the of prejudice against corn in that part the world, mention may be made of an. instance In the city of Glasgow, where I,t was proposed by a member of the poorhouse board to substitute maize for costlier food In that institution. The mere suggestion brought a storm about his ears, because of his inhumanity in thrusting, upon defenceless paupers a food which was only r fit for pigs. American canned goods of all other kinds are largely sold' iu Europe, but canned corn is almost never seen there. If a demand for it could be created, it would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly to the proprietors and workers of our cauneries. Agents 'of the. Department of Agriculture have "been exhibiting the cereal in this form also abroad,' with the hope of teaching the people to like it. Wherever corn dishes of various sorts Tiave been prepared and distributed by them, they have been received so favorably as to, give good grounds for confident expec- erature corn-starc- h. d, r " and Get Our Frices. THE ONLY FORM OF CORN corn-brea- - lake city, utah, a t rr . : who accepted all of them H ,! : . .5' PEasKarr him j jl majh of an- elegantly bound copy. He suggested several amendatlons In Mr. Ilar- rlsonls recent message, and they were IIow Important Goverhnent Blatters adopted by the author. Any President Is fortunate in having such a critic of Are Kept From tbe Public his work ibef ore It reaches the public When Mr. Arthur was President Publto Printer Rounds was so anxious about the secrecy of the messsage that he took one of the cases himself, under A MESSAGE STOLEN. orders from his foreman. On! the occa PRESIDENT'S si on referred to, the manuscript of the address came into the office in Scraps. It kept arriving piecemeal from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning. The And Published In Adfanoe Secret ChiefiMaglstrate presumably wanted to how it looked when prettily printed ofthe Department of State Which see as with his composition. he Congress; I Not Allowed to Know - With proceeded for the consideration kindly, IIow American Corn la Being In- printers, he provided them whlle they trod uoectte GOrope Rations for were engaged upon the task with what they described as "elegant grub,' sendthe German Army. ing his own steward front the Executive j mansion to serve it, . - - IBla.ttlz:&. ', : i; SECRETS Public Printer '. . of ?E3 HEAVY - : ' - y Convention at Cincinnati Jn 1850; in ISC? was Appointed Envoy Extraordinary sr. i Minister Plenipotentiary to the R?pv.' He of Mexico; In 1870 was a Deleata ti the National Democratic Convention r t St. Louis; in the fall of that yesr r : elected to ths State Senate of Maryl was elected to the Forty-sixt- h Conrn to the Forty-?evt and was Congress as a Democrat; In ltt3 I : r McLane was elected Governor cf Maryland and since the closa of L3 tor r has lived In retirement at hU t:UU Baltimore, xcpt durlcg in Paris as' United States ZUnV-France, to Rrhich post Ii3 by President Clovtland. -- I I ! f, -- J : i T.e |