a more thorough system of government shall be
established.

He states that he agrees with General Alger, the Secretary of War, that
Alaska also needs a military force for the safety of her citizens. A
military post is about to be established at St. Michaels, which, as you
probably remember, is on Norton Sound, and is one of the principal
seaports of Alaska.

THE CIVILIZED TRIBES OF INDIANS were next in consideration.

President McKinley recommends that the relations with the five civilized
tribes shall be readjusted, giving the Indians citizenship and
individual ownership of their lands.

The five civilized tribes are the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Muscogees or Creeks, and the Seminoles.

(This latter point opens a very interesting subject for us. We have not
space to talk about it now, but hope to do so shortly. We should all of
us be familiar with the history of the Indians.)

The President recommends that to prevent the further invasion of the
United States by yellow fever it is important to discover the exact
cause of the disease. He suggests that investigations to that end shall
be made.

The quarantine laws, he thinks, should also be amended and improved.

He expresses a hope that now that the Congressional Library has been
finished, and is such a magnificent building, and so perfect in its form
and detail, Congress will appropriate sums sufficient to develop it,
until it shall be among the richest and most useful in the world.

Begging Congress to keep its expenditures within the limit of its
receipts, President McKinley brought his Message to a close.

G.H. ROSENFELD.

INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.

This is a good idea for house plants, which are such a trouble to keep
properly watered.

All gardeners tell you that plants never do so well in jardinieres as in
the red earthen pots. It is for the reason that the common pots are
porous and allow evaporation, so that the water does not become stagnant
and injure the plant, while the glazed jardinieres effectually prevent
it.

The great objection to the red pots is that they need a saucer under
them, and when moved are difficult to handle without spilling the
contents of the saucer.

Plants are not a bit greedy. They don't drink all the water that is
given them at once; they love to let a little water run through and
remain in the saucer until they need it. It is therefore necessary to
the