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VOL. XXVII. NO. 7. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE (5, 1894. 181.00 PER ANNUM.
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Tbo popnlation of the almshouse"
of the) United Btatoa is estimated at
74,000.
The Germans published 23,000
books last year- -an many as England,
the United States, Franco and Italy
combined.
The Railway Age says that though
times are hard, there will be ruoro
than 22,000 milos of railroad built in
this country during 1894.
The Hessian fly is gradually oxtond
ing its ravagos in Europe, as, in the
summer of 1893, it was rocordod, ac
cording to Nature, as occurring in
Norway, and injuring barley.
Russia has fow strandod actors.
Whon a manager takes a troupo on
the road ho must make a deposit with
the Government to pay tho way home
for tho members in case thoy booomo
stranded.
The New York Snn contends that all
papers printed and intended for circu
lation in this country should bo iu tho
English language. Itsays that foreign
ers iu the United States aro seriously
hampered every way by thoir ignor
ance of tho vernacular of tho country,
and that they should sot themselves at
once to the task of mastering it.
Binoo the lull in the silver mining
business has emphasised hard times in
Colorado tho New York Rooorder avers
that the good people of Morrison, in
that State, havo found their principal
industry in the catching or killing oi
ooyotee, whioh are unusually common
around there. Tho ooyoto is good
. enough as a distraction. Ho isn't
good for anything else.
Tho Russian Government, in its
efforts to suppress the Polish national
spirit, recently ordered the police of
Warsaw to visit all tho stores and
studios and destroy all the busts of
the Polish heroes, Kosciuszko and
Powniatowski, whioh they could find.
All sculptors in the city wero obliged
to send a written communication to
tho city officials, promising not to
make bunts or statues of the two men
in the future.
The railways that have been estab
lished in Australian colonies, and in
deed, in practically all new countries,
have not, in the estimation of the Rail
way Review, yielded results as a rule
that were sufficiently satisfactory to
enoourage capital, considered merely
at an investment. Take Australia as
a case in point. In Victoria the Gov
ernment railways only return 2.64 per
oent. in the form of not revenue on
the invested capital; iu Queensland
the return is 2.65 per oent; in New
South Wales 3.67 percent; while in
South Australia tho amount rises to
4.85 per oent.
The export of cottonseed oil to tho
Netherlands for adulteration of butter
has rapidly inoreased. In 1889 we
furnished the Dutch butter-makers
with 1,789,341 gallons. In 1893 it was
8,736,155 gallons, and during Jho first
eight months of the present fiscal year
it was 2,227,631 gallons. Our imports
of olive oil from Spain have decreased
very rapidly owing to the inoreased
use of cottonseed oil on the tables of
the United States in 1890, 80,202
gallons ; in 1891, 11,252 gallons, ami
in 1893, only 820 gallons. A similar
decrease is shown in our imports from
Italy. Our exports of cottonseed oil
to Italy last year were much smaller
than usual, for in 1890 we sent 2,197,
811 gallons and took only 448,904
gallons of olive oil. In 1891 we sent
1,159,163 gallons of cottonseed oil
and took 826,748 gallons of olive oil.
In 1892 we sent 1,004,200 gallons of
cottonseed oil and took 431,322 gal
lons of olive oil.
' A St. Louis drummer says that the
typewriter has cost him a good many
customers in the backwoods districts
of Arkansas and the Indian Territory.
He tells of a visit that he made in the
country some thirty miles from Now
port, Ark., to a customer, who had
always received him gladly, and enter
tained him loyally. This time, relates
the Atlanta Constitution, the merchant
would hardly speak to him, aud his
wife and daughters turned their backs
and walked out of the store when he
entered. The situation was soon ex
plained. Said the merchant, tossing
a type-written letter toward him :
"You think up tbar in St. Louis thot
me an' my darters can't read 'ritiu,'
do youf an so you've gone to haviu'
my letters printed 1" In vain the
drummer explained the machine on
whioh the work was done and the uni
versality of its use by business houses,
the man would not believe that there
was any such machine, and persisted
in considering the letter as a printed
circular and a personal affront.
Tho aggregate eapital stock of
United States railways is $4,863,119,
073, with bonded indebtedness
amounting to $1,000,000,000 more.
Bays the New York Independent!
"Reports from tho South show South
ern advanoomont such as at Atlanta, a
city not only attractive in appearanoe,
bnt whose trade is growing and has
every appearance of solidity."
The wheat crop of 1893 in the
Unitod States amounted to 390,131,
725 bnshols, grown on 34,029,418
acres oi land. It yieldod about eleven
bushels per acre, and was worth at tho
farm fifty-four cents per bushel, mak
ing a gross return of $6.16 per acre.
Total value, $213,171,381.
Philadelphia has tho namo of bofng
almost supernaturally woll behaved
and quiet, notes the New York Mail
and Express, but some statistics re
cently published in regard to the pop
ular demand for books at one of her
big publio libraries show that tho pro
portion of novels called for is 107
times greater than that for "spiritual
and religious works."
A society which tho New York Tri
bune believes would have a wide field
of usefulness in this country would bo
one of similar to the Shipwreckod Mar
iners Society, of England, which has
headquarters in London and agencies
scattered all over tho United Kingdom.
By the payment of seventy-five cents
a year a British seaman can enroll him
self as a member, securing many ad
vantages for himself and his family in
hoalth and material assistance in case
of shipwreck or sickness.
A remarkable loss of patronago is
reported by tho Mercantile Library in
Philadelphia, which is one of the
largest and best in the United States.
It is a pay library, and in 1871 it had
11,786 members and subscribers and
circulated 268,277 books. Since that
year which saw its "high water mark,"
its business has gradually ebbed away
to a membership (including subscrib
ers) of 3115, and a circulation of
86,563, those being tho figures for
1893. This astonishing condition of
affairs is hard to explain, admits the
New York Mail and Express, as no
great free library has been started iu
Philadelphia to warrant tho decrease
in the Mercantile's business.
Tho insect known as the Sau Jose
scale, which for a long time was the
pest of the fruit-growers of the Pacific
Coast, threatens to become equally
destructive in tho East. It appeared
in Virginia last year, boiug found on
peach trees, and a short time ago was
discovered in Charles County, Mary
land, and at Do Funiak Springs, Fla.
The supposition is that the scale was
introduced in young trees sent East
by tho California nurseries. The
Black Tartarian cherry is probably
tho only deciduous tree that escapes
the ravages of this soot. L. O. How
ard, aoting entomologist of tho De
partment of Agriculture, gives the
Baltimore Sun the following account
of the scale: "The insect itself is a
small, flat, round scale, a little lightei
in color than the bark of the tree, and
will be found most abundantly upon
the youngor limbs and twigs. It is at
this season of the year one-eighth of
an inch or less in diameter, and there
is in the middle of each scale a small,
elevated, shiny, blackish, rounded
point. Sometimes the centre of the
scale appears yellowish. Tho wood
underneath the scale is apt to bo dis
colored and somewhat purplish. When
the insect is abundant, the bark is
completely hidden by a close layer of
these scales, whioh are then hardly
distinguishable to the naked eye and
give the appeurance of a slight dis
coloration or a Blight roughening of
the bark. No other scale upon apple,
pear, peach, cherry or plum trees
possess these characteristics, and the
insect ought, therefore, to be readily
distinguished. The full-grown insect
is motionless. The young animals are
active crawlers, but even the young
would not crawl more than 100 feet in
their lifetime. They are, however,
carried from orchard to orchard by
insects upon which they have crawled,
and by birds which fly from tree to
tree." The Department has prepared
several washes to be used at various
stages of the blight caused by the
scale. If a tree has become thor
oughly incrusted it is reoommended
that the tree be cut down and burned.
Mr. Howard says that it this enemy it
not energetically treated at the start
it threatens to cripple the entire fruit
growing interests of the United States.
TheEasten States havr- no laws reflat
ing the traffic in diseasn. 1 ni rsery stock,
and unless laws aro speedily enacted
to protect fruit-growers, serious cou
sequeucss ur-y be developed.
THE RAIN ON THE ROOF.
Under the eaves is the haunt I love I
With the outer world a myth,
With the oloud-sea drowning the stars above,
And the day work ovor with ;
To lean me back with my thoughts in tune.
To feel from my cares aloof,
To bear o'erhead In a soothing rune
The rain on the roof.
'TIs a maglo realm, where I am king (
I can live a whole life through
In a transient hour, and my dreamlngs bring
Delight that la ever new ;
And the orles without of the wont h or wild
Boem all for my sole behoof
And ft makes my heart the heart of a child,
The rain on the roof.
My wonder-book it Is nigh at hand,
The drip-drip lulls me to rest )
'Tl a muslo soft and a spirit blnnd,
And a comrade whose way is beet.
Bo I see bat the fair, smooth face of life,
Forgetting its oloven hoof,
A I lie and list to the wind's wild strife,
The rain on the roof.
For old-time voices and boyhood calls,
Laughter silver and tears,
All float in as the evening falls
And summons the vanished years.
Tho the warp be somber that binds me round,
Tot a sweet and shining woof
Is woven in with that wlnsomo sound,
The rain on tho roof.
Richard Burton, In the Independent.
JUST IN TIME.
ELL, mother," said
Mr. Barton, as he
walked excitedly
into the pleasant
sitting room where
his wife sat placid
ly knitting, "I've
got a chance to sell
the place for cash,
and at pretty fair
figures, too, it seems
to me. "
"Oh, father I but
von won't do it?"
she said quickly. "Tho homo where
we have lived sinoo we wore married,
and where our children were"
"Now, wait a minute, mother ; just
let me toll you about it before you
make so many objections, and in the
end I'll warrant you'll say I'm right.
A Boston man has bought the Carlton
farm, and is going to raise small fruit
for tha city market. He wants our
i.-in. iv, .....
nine paten Because it Kinder outs a
corner out of the big farm. He offers
$2000, cash down, and we are to give
possession in the middle of ApriL I'll
toll you what, wife, a chance to sell
for cash doesn't come along every
aay ; n we can only get some land out
West, our fortune's made."
"John, dear," she said, "remember
that we are getting to be old people
now, and it would be pretty hard to
leave the associations of a lifetime. If
we were young and able to endure tho
hardships of a new country, I wouldn't
say a word, Dut '
"Look here, mother, listen to reason.
can't you ? We are coin? out there to
get rid of hardships, not to endure
more. Here we are, living on this
stone patch, barely making a livinar :
taking the doctor's bill, what is due
on Frank's monument, and the rest of
Uie debts together, we owe over $200.
How can we pay it here? Now, out
in Dakota there are plenty of farms
to be had for the asking, almost, and
why shouldn't we have the benefit of
one as well as other people? And
then, there's Lizzie." he went on
hastily, seeing that his wife was about
to speak. "What a splendid chance
there'd be for her to teach school I
I've heard say that teachers are scarce
and wages high. And she s so pretty,
and 'cute and smart, I shouldn't won
der if she'd have a chance to do well
in other ways marry a rich man as
like as not."
"John Barton," said his wife, indig
nantly, "I believe this foolish notion
has turned your head completely.
You know well enough that Lizzie is
promised to Will Chester, and it would
just bieak her heart if any thing should
oome between them. "
"Well," grumbled Mr. Barton, "I
believe they do try to make out that
there's some such nonsense going on,
but I never took much stock in it. I
haven't anything in particular against
Will, but he ain't worth any property,
and I don't believe he ever will be.
As to its breaking Lizzie's heart to
give him up, that's nothing but non
sense. "
"Now, father," spoke Mrs. Barton
with some spirit, "it isn't right for
you to talk that way. Will is a good
young man, and he loves Lizzie bettor
than his own life. You know that ;
you haven't forgotten how he saved
her lifo when the town hall burned
down. He will always be kind and
that's more than money, according to
my way of thinking. He's smart and
strong, and not afraid of work. I'd
rather trust my girl with him than
with why, here she comes now I And
it's almost supper time, I declare I"
The good dame bustled away to the
kitchen, hoping that when her hus
band had slept over the matter he
would be of a different way of think
ing, and give up a project the mere
thought of which gave her so much
pain.
Her hope was in vain. The Western
fever had taken a firm hold of Mr.
Barton, and matters were pushed with
his usual energy. Acquaintances in
Dakota helped him to obtain a tract
of Government land, and the next
spring found the family established in
a rude shanty on the boundless prairie.
Mrs. Barton was a wise woman, who
always made the best of everything ;
and though it was with a sinking heart
that she at first saw their new home,
she was outwardly cheerful, and ut
tered not a word of complaint.
Pretty Lizzie had not felt so unhap
py about their removal as her mother,
for her lover had promised to soon
follow her, and they parted with many
vows of constancy and promises of
frequent letters.
Mr. Barton was pleased with the
farm and promised his wife that she
should have a fine now house iu a year
or so. He went energetically to work,
preparing a portion of the land for
the precious grain ; and aside from
the discomforts which could not
be helped, all went woll with him ; for
he had sufficient money to buy the
necessary machinery, a serviceable
pair of horses and a fow cows, besides
laying aside a small sum for a rainy
day.
Bnt all was not well with Lizzie. As
soon as they wero settled and she aud
her mother had, with womanly in
genuity, given a pleasant and home
like appearanoe to the interior of the
rude cabin, she had written a long
letter to Will, and intrusting it to her
father's care, watched him drive off
to the little town of Melton, a dozen
miles distant, where was located the
nearest postofflce. She hoped for a
lotter in return, but was disappointed.
"I shall be sure to receive one next
week," sho thought, and sang about
her work, as she helped her mother
inside the house, or planted the flower
seeds and roots brought from the old
home, which, later, made beautiful
the outside of the homely cabin.
Another disappointment awaited
her, but Bho thought, "Perhaps my
letter did not reach Will. Ho may
not have our correct address ; I will
write again.
The next time her father went to
Melton she walked to meet him on his
return ; her heart bounded with joy as
he handed her a thick white envelope,
but sank like lead when she looked at
the superscription. It was from a
girl friend, a very dear one, but Lizzie
felt no desire to read it then.
"Oh, father I Is that all? You
must surely have another one I"
"Only some papers, puss."
His voice was a little husky, and he
did not look at her.
"How foolish I ami" she said to
herself, whon the first keenness of the
disappointment was over. "A dozen
things might have happened to delay
the letter. How I wish we could go
to the postoffico every day."
"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick." Lizzie waited week after week,
but no letter came from Will.
"I will write just once more," she
said, "only a few lines, that I may be
sure that I am not the one to blame."
Sho gave up all hope when, in early
autumn, a letter from a girl friend
contained the information that "Will
Chester was flirting awfully with a
cousin then visiting his father's, and
some thought it would be a match."
Lizzie was too proud and also too
sensible to let this disappointment
spoil her lifo. She hid her grief from
her watchful father and mother, and
if her pillow was wet during many a
wakeful night, she was busy and
cheerful eaoh day,
Bummer and autumn passed. The
harvest was gathered, necessarily small,
for only a little land had been pre
pared. "It would be very different
next summer," said Mr. Barton. Then
came the Dakota winter. Oh, that
terrible first winter to the Barton
family 1 Not having any idea of how
severe the cold would really be, they
did not make suitable preparation for
it, and endured many hardships.
Winter came, and Lizzie was again
installed as teacher in the small
school-house, her father driving her
there in the morning and coming for
her at night.
One cold afternoon in January he
was not there as usual when the school
was dismissed, and Lizzie, wondering
what had happened to detain him,
hurried her little flock home, as it was
beginning to storm. She waited for
half an hour, hoping her father would
come, for she had felt ill all day, and
was scarcely able to walk a long mile
in the face of the storm.
Mr. Barton was in the grip of his
old enemy, inflammatory rheumatism,
and was almost unable to move. Mrs.
Barton was not alarmed on her daugh
ter's account, thinking Bhe could easily
walk homo when tired of waiting.
"I must go," thought Lizzie.
"Father would be hore by this time if
something had not happened to detain
him."
She left the schoolhouse and began
the long walk. Presently her steps
slackened; a faint feeling stole over
her; she strove against it, struggled
on a few steps, then sank down in tho
fast drifting snow.
That day, when tho Eastern train
steamed into the little town of Mel
ton, it left one passenger on the plat
form of tho small depot, a good-looking,
broad-shouldered young fellow,
whose name was William Chester. He
had been amazed at not hearing from
Lizzie at first, and hud written again
and again, thinking there must be
some mistake. Finally he heard a
rumor of her intended marriage. He
had been deeply hurt, but resolved
that no one should know it. Yet he
could not tear her imago from his
heart.
When he started on his present trip
he said sternly to himself that he
should make no effort to see her. Yet
he watched for Melton, aud when the
town was reached, could not resist the
impulse to leave the train.
"I may as well find out the truth
now I am here," he said; "and, after
all, it is only neighborly to look them
up, even if Lizzie is married."
He went over to the largo store
which eoutaiued tho postoflioo, hop
ing to rind some means of conveyance
to Mr. Burton's farm, A muu wear
ing a shaggy fur overcoat, overheard
his request, aud immediately said :
"Barton, did you say? Why, I'm
his neighbor, aud am going home
right away. My uame is Lincoln. I
can set you down within a mile of his
place, if you can walk that far."
Young Chester thanked the friendly
neighbor heartily, aud they were soon
wrapped in bnffalo robes, speeding
away behind two powerful horses.
Mr. Lincoln was talkative, and Will
soon found that Lizzio was Lizzie
Burton still.
"A smart girl," said Lincoln; "she's
got grit, I tell you. She's our school
ma'am, and my two youngsters think
the world of her."
It was quite dark when they reached
the schoolhouse.
"I'll have to let yon out here," said
Lincoln. "I'm sorry, for it's storm
ing pretty bad, but yon see there's
nobody at home to do the chores,
and"
Will interrupted him by declaring
that he thought nothing of the walk,
and was very grateful for tho favor re
ceived. "Thar's thoir light straight ahead,
stranger, and if you keep your eye on
that you can't miss it."
With an interchange of "good
nights," the two men went their sep
arate ways. Will plodded on through
the deepening snow for perhaps half
the distance, when he stumbled
against something nearly buried in a
drift. He stopped to see what it was.
A woman and perhaps frozen to
death! A suddon fear chilled his
heart. He felt for his matches and
lit one. Ho caught only a glimpse of
the white face before the blaze was
gone, but that was enough.
"Oh, God," ho cried, "help mo, and
grant that she is not dead!"
He raised the senseless girl in his
strong arms, his valise lying unheeded
where it fell, and pressed on. Could
he reach that light in time? Every
thought was a prayer for help in this
his time of great need. Ho struggled
on, now and again stumbling to his
knees, for Lizzio was a doad weight ou
his arms.
"Had it been any one else," he said
afterward, "I think my strength must
have failed."
Mrs. Barton, now thoroughly alarmed
about her daughter, had started out
with a lantern to look for her ; she met
Will a few rods from the door, and to
gether they bore the unconscious Liz
zie into the warm room. How they
worked to save her preoious life ! And
when their efforts were at last success
ful, and she opened her eyes to see
Will bending over her Ah, it's of no
use for me to try to describe that
scene I
The next morning, when all had
been told, and the mystery of the lost
letters wondered over, Mr. Barton
hobbled to his desk, and unlocking a
drawer took therefrom a small pack
age. Giving it to Lizzie, he said :
"There, child, I wont have that on
my mind any longer. I suppose you'll
always hate your old father, but I
thought I was doing it for your good."
"Why, father! My letters and
and Will's! Oh, how could? How
could you?"
"Hush, Lizzie!" said Will. "It's
all right now, and we won't hold any
hard feelings. Will you give her to
mo now, sir?"
"Well," broke in Mrs. Barton, "I
think she belongs to you if she does to
anybody, for you have saved her life
twice, first from fire and now from
freezing."
Mr. Barton could not speak. He
held out his hand, which Will grasped
heartily, while Lizzie threw her arms
around his neck. New York Journal.
Perils of Beep Sea Fish,
An extraordinary danger to whioh
tho deep sea fish are liable is pointed
out in a very vivid manner, according
to Knowledge, in a new book by Dr.
Hickson. At the great depths at which
these animals live the pressure is enor
mous about two and a half tons
on the square inch at a depth of 2500
fathoms. It sometimes happens that
in the exoitement of chasing a pros
pective meal the unwary fish rises too
high above his usual sphere of life,
when the gases in the swimming
bladder expand, and he is driven by
his increasing buoy anoy rapidly to the
surface. If lie has not gone too far
when consciousness of his danger
grows greater than his eagerness for
prey, the muscles of the body may
be able to counteract this, but above
this limit he will continue to float up
wards, the swimming bladder getting
more and more inflated as the un
fortunate creature rises. Death by
internal rupture results during this
upward fall, and thus it happens that
doep sea fish are at times found dead
and floating on the ocean surface, hav
ing tumbled up from the abyss.
How Marbles Are Made,
Most of the stone marbles used by
boys are made iu Germany. The re
fuse only of the marble and agate
quarries is employed end this is
treated iu such a way that there is
practically no waste. Men and boys
are employed to break the refuse
stone into small cubes, and with their
hammers they acquire a marvelous
dexterity. The little cubes are then
thrown into a mill consisting of a
grooved bed-stone and a revolving
runner. Water is fed to the mill and
the runner is rapidly revolved, while
the friction does the rest. In half an
hour the mill is stopped and a bushel
or so of perfectly rounded marbles
taken out. The whole piooess oosts
the merest trifle. Philadelphia
Record.
Why Manilla Paper Is Tench.
The tough paper which oomes from
China aud Japan is made from manilla
fiber. The new and fresh fiber is not
used, it being too expensive, but after
it has served its purpose as rope or
eordugo and has become old it is care
fully picked to pieces into a stringy
pulp and manufactured iuto paper.
The paper is singularly strong; when
rolled up iuto a string or cord it is
a very good substitute for oottou or
flax twine. Its strength is solely due,
to that of the niuuilla, which is one ofj
the strongest fibers kuowu to theniuu
ufacturer. Chicago Herald.
EMPLOYES OF UNCLE SAM.
SOMETHING ABOUT GOVERNMENT
CLERKS AT WASHINGTON.
Nearly One-Third Are Related to
One Another Hours of Labor
and Salaries Paid.
THERE are more than 17,000
clerks in Washington, but
nearly one-third of this num
ber are related to one another.
Think of it I There are fifty -six hun
dred people in the departments whose
blood flows, more or less, in the same
channel, and there are more than one
thousand who have two relatives in
Uncle Sam's employ. Most of these
Government clerks get at least $1000
a year, and at this average $5,000,000
are paid out annually to persons re
lated to one another. There are 279
cases in which clerks have three rela
tives employed in the departments,
ninety-six in whioh the number of rel
atives are four, ten in which they
number six and two in which there
are nine clerks related to one another
in the Government service. There are
lots of husbands and wives employed
in the departments, and there are
more than 900 brothers who work for
Unole Sam. The number of sisters is
not quite bo large, but it runs between
six and seven hundred, and there are
sons and daughters, fathers and
mothers, unoles and nephews and
cousins and aunts galore. In the In
terior Department alone nearly fifteen
hundred of the clerks have relatives in
the Government service at Washing
ton, and there are almost thirteen
hundred Treasury clerks who have
blood relations in that or other Gov
ernment departments.
The office hours are from 9 until 4.
No one comes to the department be
fore 9, and from that time until 12
you are supposed to put in three
hours of clerical labor. At 12 you
have a half hour for lunch, and you
are a very -good clerk if you get to do
ing hard work before 1. At 4 you go
out with the rest of the army on to
the streets and do not bother yourself
again about work until 9 o'clock the
next morning. One month out of the
year you have to yourself and can go
where you please and do what you
please, and your pay goes on just the
same. If you are sick your wages are
not docked, and I know of clerks who
get from thirty to sixty days now and
then as sick leave. As to wages, there
is no question about the salary ; that
is fixed by the Government and as
long as you are in Uncle Sam's em
ploy it cannot be raised or lowered
by the officials just above you. Evory
two weeks you go to the pay office of
the department in which you are
working and your money is handed
over to you in crisp new greenbacks,
or sometimes in gold. If you are a
good man your job is pretty sure to
continue, and a great number of those
clerks have been in the service for
years; some, indeed, have spent a
lifetime there, aud there is one old
clerk who has been drawing a salary
for sixty years from Uncle Sam.
There are others who have worked
from forty to fifty years, and the
number who have been in from one to
four years runs well up iuto the
thousands. The number who have
been just ten years in the service is
more than seven hundrod, and there
are hundreds more who have beeu in
from twelve to fifteen years. A great
many clerks havo been twenty years
or more in the service, and the tenure
of Government office is by no means
as nncertain as is generally supposed.
The surety of holding a position in
creases every year, and the oivil ser
vice rules are being so extended that
only the chiefs will finally bo dis
missed at the close of the administra
tion. As to salaries, in proportion to the
amount of work done and its charac
ter, they are as high as those of any
laborers of tho world. Uncle Ham's
factories are rnn on a big salary basis,
and the classified service get, as a
rule, from $900 to $1800 a year. The
chiefs get $2000 and upward, and there
are fat places in nearly every depart
ment whioh command $3000, $4000
and $5000. The Department of Jus
tice, for instanoe, has three offices
which bring between $4000 and $5000,
and the Assistant Attorney-Generals
each receive as mush as a Congress
man. In the Department of Agricul
ture there are a number of good $2000
places, and the government of the
district has about twenty offices which
run from $2000 to $5000 in salary.
The officials who govern Washington
City are all appointed by the Presi
dent, and the salaries are good. The
Postoftice Department has many high
saluried places, and there are a num
ber of Soft spots conuected with tho
White House. Tho best positions in
point of certainty of tenure are those
connected with the Statu, War aud
Navy Departments. The clerks of tho
State Departments are rather aristo
crat than otherwise. They generally
speak one or two foreign languages,
and when it is uecessary to shelve
them they are sometimes sent to con
sulships on the other side of the
world. The Treasury has numerous
changes. It contains over 4000 em
ployes, and of these 1600 are women.
Detroit Free Press.
The Frigate Bird.
Though the petrel is swift, the
frigate bird is far swifter. Seamen
generally believe that the frigate bird
can start at daybreak with the trade
winds from the coast of Africa and
roost the same night upon the Ameri
can shore. Whether this is a fact has
not yet been conclusively deteriuiued;
but it is certaiu that this bird is the
swiftest of winged creatures, aud is
able to fly, uuder favorable conditions,
200 miles an hour. Atlanta Constitu
tion. Queen Victoria speaks ten languages.
THE WOMAN ACROSS THE WATT
My windows open to southward,
And the sun shines in all the day
Iter windows all look northward,
My neighbor's aoross the way.
My windows are draped with ourtalna
Of lace, like a 111 my spray
Bhe has only shades of linen,
The lady across the way, . ,
Thero are diamond rings on my fingers
That over the casement stray t
I have never noticed any
On my neighbor's across the way.
But what eares she for sunlight,
This lafly over the way,
When a baby face lllumlnoe the place
Like the light of a summer's day.
What need has she for curtains
Of rare and costly lace
When the light shines through a golden'
mesh
Of curls round a baby's face. '
Jewels are plenty for money, '
But eold to the light that lies
Reflecting the Image of souls that moot
In the heaven of baby's eyes.
And I sit alone In the darkness
When night comes down, and pray
That Ood will keep her treasure safe
For the woman across the way.
Francos B. Haawln, In Boston Tronsorlpt
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Girls may be a little slower about
talking, while infants, than boys, but
they make up for it when they onco)
get started. Hartford Journal.
Tom "Are you sure you will never
forget that it was I who gave you that
looket?" Miss Bangles "Sure I I'm,
going to note it down in my memor
andum book." Chicago Record.
Mrs. Earle 'Tour daughter ha
been studying painting, has sho not?"
Mrs. Lamoyn "Yes; you should see
some of the sunsets she paints. There
never was anything liko them." New
York Observer.
Wool "That was a mean trick
Clarklot's rival played on him." Van
Pelt "What?" Wool "Ho wrote
"Oh, maid of Athens, ere wo part,"
etc., in the girl's album, and the rival
changed the "Oh" to "Old." Harlem
Life.
"By Jovol" said Dawson, as he
glanced over a copy of the Russian al
phabet. "What a terrible thing it
must be to be deaf and dumb in Rus
sia ! Think of having to make those
letters with your fingers 1" Harper's
Bazar.
Ragged Richard (insinuatingly)'
"Say, mister, have yer got eny sug
gestions ter make ter a feller w'at
ain't able tor raise er dime ter git
shaved with?" Grumplo (passing on)
"Yes; raise whiskers." Buffalo
Courier.
"You can always depend on the
newspapers," remarked the man who
was unpleasantly notorious. "What
do you mean?" "No matter how
naughty you may bo, thoy will never
turn your pioture to the wall. " Wash
ington Star.
Peiror "Sometimes tho absolute
faith my boy has in my wisdom makes
me almost ashamedof myself." Potts
"You need not worry, it will av
erage up all right. By the time he la
twenty he will think you Know notning
at all." Tld-Jlits.
A stranger in Galveston asked an
old resident how malarial fever could
be distinguished from yellow fever.
"As a general thing," was the reply,
"you can't tell until you have it. If
you ain't alive, then it is most likely
yellow fever." Texas Sittings.
A Woman's Wait: "Wait just half a
minute," said the lady to the elevator
man, "and I'll ride down in your car."
"All right, ma'am," said the saga
cious elevator man, as he chucked his
lever over and begau to sink below.
"The elevator will be riming three
hours longer." Chicago Record.
"Remember, witness," sharply ex
claimed tho attorney for the defense,
"you are ou oathl" "There ain't no
danger of my furgettiu' it," replied
the witness, sullenly. "I'm tellin' the
truth fur nuthiu', wbon I could have
made $4 by lyin' fur your side of the
case, an' you know it." Chicago Tri
bune. "Ah," remarked the man who wasn't
minding his own business to the man
digging a trench in the street, "my
friend, you surely earn your living by
the sweat of your brow." "I don't
know about that," replied the man, as
he never Btopped his digging, "1 git
the same pay whether I sweat or not."
Detroit Free Press.
Little Boy "I stayed in the parlor
all last evening when Mr. Squoezem
was callin' ou sister, just as you told
nio." Mother "That's a good boy;
aud here is the candy I promised you.
Did you get tired?" Little Boy "Oh,
no. We played blind man's buff, and
it would have beeu lots of fuu, only I
was 'it' nearly all tho time." Good
News.
The young clergyman had cousentod
at the last moment to act as substitute
for the veuerable mau who was accus
tomed to go to the Bridewell Sunday
morning and preach to the prisoners.
"My friends," said the embarrassed
young mau, as he rose up aud faced
the assembled toughs aud vagrants,
"it rejoices my heart to see so many
of you here this morning." Chicago
Tribune.
At an evening party Dumley was
introduced to a youug lady, aud after
a remark about tho weather he suid
gallautly: "Aud have 1 really tho
pleasure of meeting the beautiful Misa
ltlojHuiu, whose praises are being
sounded by everybody?" "Oh, no,
Mr. Dumley," the lady replied, "tho
beautiful Mihs BIosmsm to whom you
refer is a oousiu of mine. " "Oh, that's
it? Well, 1 thought there must bo a
mistake somewhere," said the gallant
Dumley. Tit-Bits.