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Show H THE RECORD OP" 1800. H Thoro hna been u protty good ro- M cord mndo by (ha inhabitants of M tbo world during the your 1890 and m '(. tlie peoplo nro to bu congratulated M ",' upon the fortunate circiiiiifltancos H which huvo surrounded jtJionv nd 1 liavo proven bo great blessings to H the inhabitant. r H j The record foils to show whero H great wotf Has BWept uny portion of J s, the onrlh, or where tho devastating K v, hand of pesliloniio has been to des- KtL. troy to any groat extent. B No storms and floods, such ns Ki have.dnrkened tho papes of history Hl in pr'oviouB years, nro recorded up- Kr on tho tablets of 1890. But withal D ' it hns boon a year of poaco and B prosperity for tho world and hor H inhabitants, fulfilling tho figura- HV tive romnrk that God ponnlts tho HI rain to fall upon tho just and tho Hn unjust. !V Financially, the yoar 1890 oponod H with brighter prospects and a far H better monetary condition than H docs 1891, for u cloeor money situ- H aliou is not folt than has bcon for H sixteen years. Tho bankers aro I pihpg up their reserves, private H cttixenB who havo money are hoard- B ing it closer than ever fearing to lot H it enter tho channels of trado. I In our own western country wo H find the mind greatly agitated over r he" njlvor 'coinngo question, and '' " .' 'find thai a partial relief was given B an evident financial crisis by Con-I Con-I grpss extending tho amount of sil-I sil-I Ter to. bo ' purchased from two I million ounees to four and one half I ' rnillibn ounces per month. But this is only temporary relief, I - tho effects of the groat stress of H Jaet July and August upon tho money mnrket'itf still felt and has HA . tlie appearance of shortly causing BB f . Ijm rTijjihty revolutions in business cin BU i fotfK Ul0,!'."?a"pi,"'Loi HHVHhHhHhJpp foreign land HHVHVHVHpi' great HHVHHHHjPilon centered upon HHVHHBHHHHWig tho year HHVHHHpHHVFiiy HHHHHHWTBFffforts of different European HHHV nntrviliB to secure portions of that HHHff country. Rumorp. too, of a HHpF corory of a now and great gold ro- IHHpT gion'in Southeastern Africa have HHHB increased in strength, though, thus HHHF far, no tangihlo nssuriuico that HHVP i such discovery has actually beon HHHj ' made, has coico. HBVk In tho British Tsles, the Parnrll- HHHl ' ' Shea scandlo and its possible effect HJHV upon tho prospects of Homo Rule HHl for Iioland has bcon an absorbing HHHk theme for two or threo months. HHL Nothing of interest has come B , from Australia, nothing from the R r western coast ot South America. B' , Argentine has had chaos; V Brazil has maintained its roptib- M i lican government; thoro was a rov- V olution in Contral America, with Km Bomoloaaof life; Mexico has been V' quiet and moro prosperous than HL usual, and to tho north of us tho k- Dominion has perfected arrange- ments to soouro swift steam com-fclMrtninication com-fclMrtninication her Hlbilffr and Great bo- Bft'ln shoro Kt to H)ur own has beon blessed Kith wonderful HYolumo of our trrdo is ' Bonx'thing so tremudoun that the Hirr ordinary mind. cannot grasp it. It T oan rand tho ficures but cannot Hf comprehend tbom. |