Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1893, Page 20

20 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1893—-TWENTY PAGES. sez, lookin’ out the winder like he wuz hev- AND AS ER P .{in’ his likeness struck, ‘Ez many ez the work calls fer. “You'll agree that warn’t noways encour- agin’; but Merson he = an’ sez, ‘Decided y o the’r names yit?" A Clever Story of a Panhandle} "1 don't see ez thet would consarn you in the least,” sez Masters turrible surry- Election. monyus, ‘sence yore name won't be one on _ ‘em_under any circustenches." “Well, well 1 answered, making the best of a bad matter, “We don’t want Glover HE WAS No? A GREAT ORATOR, page Sd deputy sheriff, do we? Masters —>—-—_ “O, he's right "nuff," groaned poor Spike; put why (making me a pr nt of his whole ethical code in one sentence) couldn't . . if jhe ‘a’ hil i But He Held His Audience as if nem BEC onto his sentymints till after REMOVING RED TAPE. An Expert Government Commission at Work in the Departments. —_-_->— JOHN SMITH’S LOAD OF HAY. Possibility of a Ten Per Cent Re- generally,you have a reduction of the work- ing force by 1,760 men, and a saving to the gove-nment annually of $1,760,000. That, it is claimed, will be a rather tidy saving for | a democratic Congress to make—if it can only make it. It remains to be seen whether Congress will have the “nerve” to make the | reduction. Heretofore attempts have been made to cut down the force here or there, but that has always meant a curtailment of patronage, and Congressmen have fought it for themseives and for their friends in the | service. People who talk about the work of the present commission nod and smile and say: “Oh, y: but we have had commis- sions before. After reporting on the condition of the customs division, the experts dived into the ing and Dining Cars, Harrisbarg . Louis, Cibeinuati and Chicago, . 7:10 P.M. WESTERN EXPRESS.—Pallman jog Cars « Chi ago and Harrisburg to Clev Dining Car to Chicago. . ah 7:10 P.M SOUTH-WESTERN EXPRESS.—Pollmas offices of the audito-s and controllers of the Treasury Department. There they are | , Car Harrisburg to Cincinnati. Hypnotized, : . Working now, and they are digging up inter- | 10:40 FM. PACIFIC My ey Ny duction of Employes. esting evidences of the congestion of Duals se Gio na ness in these offices every day. 7:50 AM. for Kane, Canandaigua, Rochester and a Pa a a ri the eee: of a a ‘Williams, —. ils te = ers’ home,” sa‘ Expert Haskins when “ = pete > VOTES. JSINESS YEARS BEHIND. |) sat in his office tale gzcept Sunday. For Williamsport daily, AND THEN GOT THE VO’ The artist, after having miautely exam-| BUSINESS = ¥ his work a few days ance Sip tag Sak ge MM. pase NE ined the chimney, did not scruple to re- strain this cruel reflection on his brother in art: “What ass built this chimney?” “It was Ledente, my architect.” “It was well said; an ass. Have the flue made four inches higher, in order to in- N THE HIGHEST | crease the draught. It will be all right 3 \d | then. Pe ces hendme 1) What-a simple matter it'ts, atter all.” imposing aliaing: | “it only needed a little thought.” situated on thestreet| ‘The operation completed, the chimney Chaussee-d'Antin, 2 | smoked as before. But the ‘great architect i ; took care of his bill. See ee arseraah | Hang. it! what a. bill" 3 ‘Tamantin name of Passeraud | osuid not help sighing as he paid it. perched like a spar-} “ pisgusted with architects,the householder row on the topmost turned to bricklayers, “The first one called : cl jin ordered the addition to the flue of a habegie aie renee plece of sheet iron, in the fyrm of a ser- me the story of John Smith, the postmaster, | “20 P.M. & turday, with Sleep= and John Smith, the owner of the load of | AIMS Ralls dally. excoit Saturday, HERE IS A STORY | hay. — parent ee Mr. Haskins, =e => = —. Rochester and in Washing-| “was made in 1SW. They have a million or | butulo : Niagara ls, except parageree runs some-| $0 charged against this man, but that does| Saturday, with Sleeping Car Washington to his: John| 20t mean anything. It has been accounted THIL thing like t for in his reports, but they have noi got to | Smith was postmas-| his reports yet. 1 found that they were ad.| ter some years ago of yancing a8 much as $100,000 to an Indian n- | agent who had perhaps a million and a half a ee qummageet charged against him ‘and who gave only |72 9:40 AT west. He $100,000 bond; but when I said that 1 was| 23? @iniuz Can, his office to a succes- | surprised, they said that it was all right. y Dining Car), B15, 4 sor and turned over| they had not got down to his accounts yet.| pat. ‘Pen Snseah jnla only, 750 his accounts to the} Well, they had got to the account of this| A:M. week dure Euprons? 2:0F aon Rese PM. government. The ac-| President of a soldiers’ home the other day | daily. coke the | 4nd they threw out an item of $700 for pro- Por Boston, without change, 7:50 A.M. week days counts went to visions to stock a private car used by the | 2" 3:15 P.M. daily. (Written for The Eveuing Star by Alice MacGowan. EB WERE ALL young and hopeful to- gether up in the big, bare northwest end of Texas in the early seventies, when cat- tle were first taken in there, and Masters was a sort of popular idol with its scatter- ing citizenship. There were enough buffalo there for any- all Par- . = —y— tor Car) nd 11:00 A.M 32 20, 10:00 and 1 peat. auditor's office | and | major generals of the army in making their |", qiltimo"s, G25, 7:20, 7:50, 9:00. 9:40. 11-00, body’s taste, and this young man Were |“ he chimney continved to send out its were put in a pigeon | inspection of the home. The auditors would (4:00 Limited), 4:20, 4:36, 5:40, 6: more than “enough } Do sot cane to Be saterrupted. peaceful and orderly; | smoke into the parlor. . hole, duly la>eled. to await their turn, They | not accept the item because it did not give| 10:40, 11:15 and 114 P.M. On Indians. Men of his stamp were needed and’ There were many, many things Masters . said and did in the next three weeks that eporetinted, and he became an unciected | Dicnt, with profit, have been “hilt onto till Jeader, if not ruler, in his section. after ‘lectio! ut he was neither “to er wi - nd bricklayer arrived; with disgust | y¢ 2 particulars. It is to be sent back to the | 2:00,'9:05, 11:00, 11:05 AM. 12-15, hig temper was gen. Pog) i. vile pk serpent removed, and | ¥¢Fe reached in the course of business in a president of the home and if he cannot fur-| 2:30, 3:15 (4:00 Limited), “4:30, 5:40, tle; his bearing mod- | he had his colleagu PB : 3 few years and the controller, who passed on vidual vist h 10:00, 10:40 and 11:35 P/M. : substituted for it a sort of heimet of the c * nish the individual items of provisions, he | pJ° Pope's Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:26 P.M. his ciothes were patched. The janitor | ome material. them finally, disallowed several hundred] will have to make good the mene — daily, except Srnday. ” “ A>. d expressly forbidden this insignificant « chimney did not pay any ettention to | dollars of John Smith's expenses. The mat-| self. Now, I don’t call that fair. they | For Annapolis, 7:20, 9:00 and 11:50 A.M. and 4:20 ee en en, eee oe told “the Si exicans that this was a/| tenant to have in his possession a dog, a| the helmet, but smoked, worse than ever. | tor wes referred to the aaeE attorney in | Called on the man within a reasonable time | P.M. daily. except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 A.M. Masters vain, and speak of him as the very ~ihiigevist hime sia aeapalibe gaint of Be ea % -] But here the concierge interposed with : : a to make an explanation of his accounts, it| and 4:2 P.M. t of a frontier dandy, because of his white man’s election and they'd better | violin, a sewing machine, anything, no mat these consoling words: “Sir, you are wrong ; the district where John Smith had had the wouid be all right; but a man cannot re- | Fer Richmond and the South, 4:00 and 10:57 AM, flowin hair, his magnificent sombreros, | $f "hig Wares’ when amterhocate ey HOTses | ter What, which was cumbersome or noisy. to despair; | was just this moment talking |Post office and he was instructed to take| member the details or un nent years. | ek dare, nu” For Richmond only, 7:10 P.M, anaes Caaee watt Gin carat care nore Policy In some perteuiar thet ua | He was enjoined to come in very eatly a! | $f Stn entien eit nen ae fenants—oh- | steps to collect. By the time the account| I found the Bccount of an indian agent the | Accsunmoation for, Quantico, 7:45 A.M. @afly and vhpen br nen oa 1 ‘ i nel - say it, such a nice tenant! He tol -| other day which hai min the hands | 4: ~ week ays. Jess arrangement of his streaming crimson | should run the office exactly to his own |Night. It was a question in the neighbor. me that he Would undertake to disenchant |2#2 been audited and the papers had reach of the auditor since ISS7, 1 asked why it] For Alerandtia Faeliidibees eas eople who have | Mdeas, consulting nobody; he turned on Bat |hood how he managed to keep his hands |me that he woul Mg ori soren ed the district attorney John Smith had Sie ties; but they are people who Leverson, when that worthy presumed to|ciean, for the janitor had forbidden him to | ¥&2" y h had been allowed to go unaudited so long,| 4 f r : d “Let him come to me instantly, or I give | left the town and no one seemed to know ey hat it was because the man| % San: or Panes pan me test romp polars | ne wasiken Lesilgeer hearty rote ey take up any water, because this liquid, car-| him notice >) leave . Heoa where he was living. One day the district ee oe peels in the service. They had ~ 2:43, d partners, know him. I do not think he | may be possible, but 1 don’t think I've got | Med carelessly in jugs by his youthful! As quick as lightning, ease pin. He |2ttorney heard that John Smith had come been working on the accounts of ~aoncoad [y © 8:00, —- proud of his curling locxs than | Your brand on’ me: and he hustigd ene| hands, might damp the stairs. However, by Found ‘his fandhied teem nig amantin, He | to town with a load of hay. He was a aeal-| Who were still ee eee al 7 shal Siam Wesyta ae ad Cates tae) tte men he was (oid he must treat up Yo the} good will and good humor, Passeraud had |fqund his landlord trampiug up and cus district attorney ‘anil tie: hurried td get] Seer ceteat’ guy mee eer pane St eet tae vane tendency toward tonsorial and. sartorial | Df lke @ man taking trail herd to wa- | Succeeded in maxing his presence support-| "as, it is you, young man, who flatter /out an attachment on the horses and the| and demand an explanation of him—six or 5 Fm a gorgeousness is but the outcome and natur-} We feared, up to the last minute, to have able, although only a poor devil in a house ea ed agg aM ene to see | “250M and the hay. When the officer to/ seven years after. It Is enough to keep men Pennsylvania avenue and at the oth ana B al accompaniment of his physical perfection. | him mane & speech, gam 1g he ae say ba lens becoveshe nae rene, dip- ness rae 2 BE ay: a ieee ig given mitch to oy bu doing business with the government streets, where orders: an be ster the checking ti , | Something that would hurt him worse jomats and commissioners of accounts. cert - rt a time, |!t- John Smith was very much surprisi : me —. woop’ palpipann pmerrrbrse fa ties weend orl bop Ee ripen cae he pmere | He had recently left the Ecole Centrale ici edie heeled piri Eee and when the matter was explained to him eae igen Alaparcepe tiered “aounte |“ ™ PREVOST, | General Passenger Agent misshapen, wry-built experiments. cal speaker ordinarily gets from a cOWbOS | tata ouerable standing, and almost im-| “Very well—an hour. Here is a chimney {he said: “But I'm not that John Smith,” slice Sted ing et Manager. = + mediately the Calclum Mining Company of | given up by all the doctors, If you make it| “Aren't you the man who bent nee neat] check system at the treasury. which they foamed ea ee ee On| the ips Balrecaneeca kee cffered him a | Seree to send its smoke up into the skies Il omee here once?” aald the oMlces who ons | @fe 80 proud of,” continued Mr. Haskin Finally, just before election, it avas de- | position—$100 a month to begin with—which | piping eels pied mip winter nied a newcomer Mm the town, F “There ‘s nothing in it. The clerks in the mH cided, that he must make one speech, any-|would have put him cut of the reach of | tience, I do not wish to bargain. Name} “I never kept a post office in my lite,” | Seator’s ofce go over the accounts Sere] Sa fae = Wa got atecndl htm anid’ told hind haw hot | W2"*s Dut am he Greamed of inventing: kn | yous caine = said John Smith, fully and’ perkape throw out an Stem Dire] Ser Cicmeatt. a tele el teimeeesii, tin the opposition was; how it seemed to be |@utomatic brake, which would prevent Jo.|~ “Sin” answered Passeraud with Aeex: | “Well, all I can do ts to serve the writ,” | OF there. ‘The accounts then go to the con- “Por Pittsburg sao Genasae eee EMER | becoming more persortal than political, and | Comotives from coming into collision on the! Folge ed ib tcemaatr nto be paid only et. |84id the officer. “You can settle the matter | tPoller’s office and a $1,200 clerk there takes a.m. and 8:40 pin. a aw ee? jhe swore considerably and said he didn’t | railroad, or et least would reduce the foree | U2 Hae ea ee with ds patria attorney.” hold of them and goes over them again. He is| For Lexi Sad wien” SAT reaetinn Wey ce eaainan [oe (BE sliock, iNeed retusedstiie pears ot | cures cieneninwou wabaercm sour] But wan Smith came to settle the |More than likely to disagree with the audi- We explained | ine jmatter he found that he would have to go/| ‘F's findings and to throw out some entirely | Chartanoora, Memphis : oki oy . see mining company, to give himself night | talk, my dear sir.” | that backing out now would be like back- 6 err 2 -, Does back | daily; Sleeping rough. | ing out of a fight—cowardly—and that get- |2"1 day to the drawing of innumerable di: ‘This chimney, sir? Send for M. Garnie>, | through a long legal process to get posses- Sor tormenta the auditor then? ‘Dn. og be fy 30 pam daily. s 5 to him a! fraps ce re tee sreyan ne DERR® fis ciestiGn | thebetiads | yeh cn Sette Cente eecese00 to NEGUS | a.55 ar nis Ganbsertg. wen Re temmetereett The decision of the $1,200 clerk in the ‘con-| Fur Baltlinore, ent “days, Gee a finanty; “none | enpne’ ot ward to Klory and forking AL Gt the Institute, preteasee trom the tonne | the quickest way was to pay the amount/| troller’s office is final. In the second, third | 27:15 (8:00, 45 minutes), ‘All right, boys, oe fg = because | While he waited, he was dying of hunger. | des Hautes Etudes, and if theee gentlemen |due the government and get it’ back again | and fourth auditor's offices the work does Tean't travel your gait. “Tell me what you | TMt mattered not to him: his inventions te | eat do In thee montha what] prevent ig |WHeR he could prove his identity. So he| Come back, but it comes to the bookkeep- want me to sey and I'll try to say it Was absolutely sure of that—his invention | ° 4° Fee ae eT te cet eit tweld the. modes; ‘with (his iwabsemtanaing? et ee oe en oe ee The night came and we got him up-before | Was on the point of succeeding. smoking all chimneys with the same trou-|®"d sold his hay. Who should appear pres- Effort to Simplify. a Sane ee es One Bisa on the first flight of the stair- | ble, 1 agree that you should treat me as|ently but the ex-postmaster. He had noth- I asked Mr. Haskins if the commission od ne " case, ‘0 pred g "0 " i -. * octet never enw bos guyecet perk ~ encountered 2 young girl, blonde | though I were indeed raving. ing to attach. John Smith No. 2 went to was working to cut down the expenses of west. Vestibuled Limited ah and exquisitely ¢ ed and | “The hand of my daughter! That is ath, district ority to the ordinary run of mankind more | dso graceful that = a . | the district attorney and explained the mat- lepartments. Se Te ee te a ne ene om A ve ous (nitnedistely have caltea | men Doe sceret, you will be able to make |(€F (© him, expecting that his money would wernt is cnly an incident,” he said. “The ‘ porch in the glare of one cr two campaign | her a goddess—as shown by her bearing. | 2°32 eat deel Of money. aiid be handed back. : as For Boyd and way points, °7:05 p.m. torches, trying to say the things we had! She w. epelan BY Gage rts pn phage naan ag CN vel “My - commission is trying to simplify work 80| Fo: Gaitheraere’ a! ' tien! Headquarters. peariag cm aptigg pe coed ed fat ne er d sen, forward and disappeared, ight! “I have a secret in reality; and, as 1 have| “My dear Mr. Smith,” said the district | tnat it can be done more rapidly and more | si go °2ibensuare and way pointe, 36:00, 18:00, T never really knew how niggard nature | looking like a trapped god before a parcet | “"4 Supple, leaving behind her a subtitle cdor i ker aaa bet Le es boggt wii waste |attorney, “you are undoubtedly right and effectively. With simpler methods it can ‘was, how prone to offset a good trait or two | of hinds. | Cf, smon verbena, and Passeraud, astontsh- | De ae eeeend tor hoes ne your word | {#e Money should not have been taken from | be done by fewer clerks in some offices. with a compensating blemish, nor how man-|, The opposition was, unfortunatel |€. remained motioniess in the middle of not to look: through. the Keyhole. ‘I only go |¥°U- But unfortunately it has now come in- But what we want is to place the depart- Mind takes even such countenances 88 AI fo oe that roused aii the Gah Gere eae | coe aiding for five minutes with his mouth | Pow ae ee ee Bee coer of he Called ‘states Soil es | oS ta puaitian’ 65 ap eeeeaak Sere OP given it, and twists, draws and distorts | faces ee eer throne the srmttonn on | $00, a0 though he expected that the vision | “As you please. But why have you not| been covered into the treasury. The only | you take: ake for back pay or bounty to| For Phitadetyhia se ‘York, Boston and the them, til 1 saw. Burch Masters in a aa had’ pyt in his mouth with an ill enough |f his peerless neighbor would present tt. ; simply | taken holed sive You would |way that it can possibly be got out is for ity department now they put it in a pigeon | East. daily 3 22, 8:00 110-00 ati, er em, Dining po ag ll tle pel omy Phangan, PEP iy POP Sem nr i oe nig ey POP age gig core onan they. the first | COMBTeSS to pass a bill for your relief.” hole—in what they call their open filessand | C2» @2:00 Dining Car), 3:00 %:00 Dining Care his supremacy: bui it always seemed to me | feet and speaking away savagely to get to| The next day, by a coincidence which we | remium on @ patent “I don't vouch for the accuracy of the| there it lies for two years before it is even jomins Chr, apne at 1880 the beauty and justness of every line of his | the end, when some fellow in the back of | P Would like to believe quite fortuitous, Pas- | “Borrow the money. This is a case for | Story,” said Expert Haskins the other day, | taken up for consideration. ‘The business is Buffet Parlor Care on all day trains. face and figure, which made you waat to | oe couner 5 mii ongg him with a caoice bit seraud was on the same landing exactly at | borrowing, if ever there was one.” “but that is about the way the government simply congested. With a different system For Atlantic Cits, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 neon. ° eo islielatboncce wien aa taser his in a | San to glow lambently and swept the crowd | a. and, as it seemed, blushed in passing, nncitdone in he re y Mr. Haskins ts one of the experts who are 4 Ragzage called Yor'und checked from hotels and i : Fearing : fons in peace and tranquility. card system of keeping the war records is re ; jirom side to side. He was beginning to Fearing that he had wounded her, Passes, | !US, operat! yhole?” | NOW engaged in an effort to reform the de- it u eet ae PR era an renee a an | take aumie getecnal intestet In the preete resolved never to come down the stair-| 4.) Qu Will not look through the keyhole? a Sy houare siibeniick Greek Gor See t Tesidences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at ings. he: that hour again “I give you my most solemn promise.” i" partment methods at Washington and to| in keeping accounts. I do not know whether uae a. 619 and 1351 Pa. ave.. and at Depot. but he never lowered his dignity by seem- | A deftly unfastened a belt of satiny | owing day, however, he rénember- PUNE pee your word—if I bare ae bring the department work up to date,|it can or not. They adopted it in the second B. CAMPRELL, CHAS. 0. SCULL, eedieee tk Wi eee Taek got too | Spanish leather from around his waist and | ed that urgent business compelled him to go |; Ve, Will see. I do not want to yield on There are three of these experts, and they auditor's office two years ane a bait ad es) Gen. Manager. ; Ision, but Tam a just man.” are working under the supervision of the | &nd now comes a new second auditor who] 2 3 a j laid a couple of pisto!s in their holsters on | out at 2 moment exactly identical with ther | COMPU nha : = under upervision of the “4 Beary po ehggnaeallnal ac Mneapy inestloay tyellmede goed ETS Ip nin gor sgrort en Aprtall him by his ieee couse Was quite forbidden | rontish proceedings. rather Out Of place thy | Commission, composed of three Senators and Sink ot too punto bak a hele eek be CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWaY. the rangers. Then be was a scout with | “contiemen,” he said. in that smooth, | him by his decision of the day before. He £2"! proceedings rather ow ihered? Aw | three members of the House, appointed by ee eee h 2s into books. And — Miles. and after Geronimo, and into every | ovo vinrant voice of hin, trae yet was took up his hat, annoyed at this business &T#Vity of the circumstances considered: An Congress to investigate department meth- | transcribed from t ear eee Schedule in effect November 19. 1898. border scrap we ever had with the Mexi- | the ri Ho is ff which expose ~ attentive spectator—but Passeraud had ban- } ods, ‘The tirst of these three experts is Mr. | £0 it goes. It will probably necessary to} Trains leave daily from Union station (B. and the pant of the rising lon, do not like to P ‘d him to the danger of em- cans, always distinguished himself and |) 0 interrupted when 1 am speaking.” barrassing with his presence a mene ana ished spectators—would have heard him Reinhardt, the president of the Atchison, | reduce the force In some departments, and | P.), 6th and B ots, Seen ead ey Se Ln rn ° | a datterig buat tallgwed’ ‘Manes becka lle wien net hone troubled for the world, | PU the air: + Topeka and Sante Fe railroad. The rail- | it will not igen Bar eg aces Pye EE, compiete sulid train ser think It had once belonged to him. It finally. “So far,” he said, “{ have spoken | What he dreaded, happened: tne, World “C'est ict que Rose respire! read company pays him 375,000 a year for ers. In the sixt auiltoe’s ofice ‘we Sound | Te war nes Ge uate thai ana Renee conn: | to Sea td gieamtcmyr tehenie: new Braun | ta tok cir ae Passeraud was incon-| The same surprised spectator would have | his services, ami the commission pays him | Se ee nk could De Mena jmuch Batter: “Cincinnati and St. Louie Se ee eee, Nets Beem Cowell ok a yom 40 lsd et | Solable, the fair maid having blush geen him go from one piece of furniture to | nothing; so he devotes most of his time to the force was reduced. Special aled. Newly Equipped, Elec D y P blushed more eld Mexico and seen some hard fighting with If I believed in this story about hypnotiz- | than before. another with a delighted air, walking as in | the railroad. But he exercises a careful su- ‘The Hours of Work: trie-lighted. Stesm-beated Train. Pullman's finest the presidential forces, he found us assum-/| 1_¢ Oodle by holdims a bright object before| He was accordingly enraged t him- & dream among the beautiful furniture, ex- | pervision over the work of the other two| ‘There is a Proposition that the hours of | ‘lepine cars Washington to Cincinnati. Indian 1 is people by s ij sly ged against him. a Mr. 7 apolis and St. Louis withont chat Dining car ing metropolitan a he little | them. 1 should say that Masters had hyp- | Self; the unknown one, scandalized at being tend himself at full lergth upon the sofa— | Or Ccey ae en er Belle. OU | ok of thee apalianak chicks he baccasnen. |e Washington. Arrives Clociunat, ‘mi Rak GE see ee ee any, (he Mite | notiead the: crowd With bia eyes. Teera| tus: folueet cane Me ey one real re eee See ee | en eee nave Dall eepecmant ak feree ee ee ee fixes the work at | Indianapol 5:45 pan. handful of ‘dobe huts that used to repre- | Tere men in ie every whit as brave as he, [| Steps to keep herself out of his way. in himself in a small chair—this low seat is | railroad work; both are skilled accountants, | Ther 4 St. Louis, 7 sent the country town. We had a big frame suppose, and why they stood there silent | order to convince himself of this misfortune, Without doubt the one she prefers!—then | Mr. Haskins is the large, round-faced man | seven hours a day. The law used to pro-| i119 P.M. ‘The famous “F. FP. V. Lim ee et ee aed | ae tee Mane ees he ceili ae tn ee same place every day #aze for a long while at a young girl's por- with the brisiting blonde mustache, the | vide for eight hours a day in the winter and | ital A aisd xestibuled train with dining car and short, the place was on a boom. next fifteen minutes—caili: fellows by at the same hour, and every day drew aside {rait—that fs her dear picture!—and throw | rather bald head and the healthy complex- | ten in summer. It will take an act of Con- jeepers for Clocinnati. Lexi aud a setts Se chenase, “Masters (awned the | 2 and vesting teen ot oes tt Lok teen his neighbor pass. Kisses to it—to you, even to you!—These | ion who moves apout nervousiy in his chair | rene to tmerenee the department heure. * Tenineteenaetg arriving at Cinctunatt be hadn't been with as ton tenks {coon | the pest that made their present attitude of | Brought up pelltely be heen ne he-bow- | frivolous proceedings having consumed the | when he is talking, and gets up occasional- | &' ‘ ‘ : jnapolin, 11:20 primis Cihtenga, 90" a tm a GRE EAM Gant eC eens rere. | eppoatticas ahualetul’ to thems 4 done Kou} Marat cath Groeten end’ of some Sppotnted sixty minutes, Passeraud opened | ly to take a turn ‘up and down the room. ‘They are now from 9 to 4, and the sree fo jon de Fo hit ierag ne — ee ey But they did. Of all the things that ime, it emed to him that the slight in- the dcors and called everyone. Mr. Sells is the smaller man with the|have half an hour for luncheon. Possibly 45 a.m., connecting in Union depot | been brew : g. repressed, i ind rlination of the head which cory | “Have a fire made, sir. smooth face, the twinkling eye and the ex-| the hours could be extended to 4:30 without z A.M. DATLY—For Old Point Comfort ané Sint meses: of Ris obi Celera were talKc- | TO irc een e oo mete eae | mn tOnIor the praale ‘almost friendly.” | Passeraud was obeyed. ‘The chimney had'| pressive mouth; Ther milstee wate other | congressional action. But to make the em- | Norful. Oviy rail tine ing of running him for sheriff. {all that was in him, and they took it with-| Having noticed this, he went to look at NOW a clear strong draught. A_ gentle | well. They are a strong team. | Ployes of the government work the number Bo ME ==. BAILY Express for Gordonsville, Burch Masters’ speech making. mixing, i: | hinsei¢ in the murror of a shop—in his room Warmth breathed through the chilled and| Ever since 1Sv0 the government has been | of hours that are expected of clerks in bus- attatteovitie, ynesboro’, Staunton and ee ‘The idea was preposter- he added, when he was done with | there was nothing of the sort—in order to {foSty room. There was not the least smoke. | endeavoring to “simplify” the methods of ous, and ours ¥ s princk oS a fi or a, eee met of |iness houses here or elsewhere will take | fe), einia points; daily, except Sunday, for Bich a hotly contested elec- ||“ a Lorna butt ; : ies Passeraud's genius shone out like the sun; | business of the departments. The work | affirmative action by the Houce and senor i ; m : » finishea ou,” | know if his person w ho 7 : affirma y Patiman locations and tickeis at company’s of tion, not to be without. lischading the erie one Pale beraill tretclapid acebhiplisbel a yours cint might he who could not see it was blind. WAS Uaually undertaken by the department | An attempt was made in the last Congress | gq aie grate eeompieees Goi Sent ane Beck & Calle tits Hine. | temptuous gesture. “As for myself, T hear |he saw thal, even, though ihe eee oe ee “It is too. delightful Fale eed, ae tte | Sreaay and they had every reason to be | to extend the hours: but the “Influence” of HW. ECLLER. haan ee TSE AC Jeu cam | hc mene af Yom bate teed talkie anon avertiel eee Viena nothing repul- Mantin radiantly. “Valentine, this dear | satisfied with the existing condition of af- | tes | the clerks with the Congressmen defeated | 120 General Passenter Agent. running mie out of the county. You know | sive about his looks. Next he inquired, with YOUNS man is a great engineer. He shail | fairs; so reforms never went very far. ‘The | the proposition. ats that’s nonsense. You know you intend to RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD. > bik ate ats ” ts who are doing the work now are GEORGE GRANTHAM BAL ution, concerning the first name of the b¢,my son-in-law with your consent. a aie GEC site - talk’s unhealthy, and I —— soy ee Psion — ome wie foe il. . sympathy with department methods. In| INSANITY CAUSED BY THE FAIR. 1 Seale in effect, November 19, ss. j don’t wont made widows and orphans to in- learned that 1t was Valentine he was quite} A year after these miraculous events | fact, they have about as strong a oe the Same Name. ccuger Station We snogton, De : | duige too freely in it?” enchanted. Mme. Passeraud—nee Lamantin—had a son | °° *he bpbscscatinsy oer ead sree ome | phate hart ler 3 8:00 a.m. daily.—Local fot ‘Danville and jnter- Up to this time he had not said one word| These comin reer guteriersad cides oad and goings were not of ad- as beautiful as the mcrning. Upon this oc- ‘ive the Same Place, but Are Not | mediate stations, and through coaches for Front directly about his campaign. Now » Vantage to th tomatic brake; the dia- pepe M. Lamantin ceahe chs elles Department methods are unique. A man Related. Royal and Strasburg daily, except » and tly as an unimportent after-| grams were neglected, | : who has been accustomed to them for a Sancts at Lenchbure with Norfolk and Westera ow vote for whom you plea: | At last Passeraud took a decided step; he Speech From the Cincinnati Enquirer. tions westward daily. Two remarkable cases of insanity have | ,,11°0! -m., Richmond aad "Danville fast mafi.— Daily fo- Lynchburg, Danville #14 for developed at Alliance lately that are at- points south on Richmond and fe tributed to the world’s fair, and, strange | ! — — and = —= —_ as it may appear, both parties bear the] Poman ‘Sleepy’ Nee’ Yok’ ana Westlaw a same name. although they are not related. | Atlanta, c ie, Va., with Pullmas Last August Frank Miller, who was rated | Bullet Sleeper for Charleston, S.C. and at Greene X. with sleeper for Augusta. among his friends as much above the aver- 3 Don't one of you. sneaking himself as well as possible, went | “My dear son, explain one thing to me; | umber of teeta! hispid if for my name! dow® to the apartments of Valentine's three months ago the railroad companies | 2T@ Very excellent methods, and quite im- )M iff of this miserah ase spot on father, who w s 4 personage than adopted your automatic brake; gold show- | P0*sible of improvement. A man who comes | the fair fac bect me to crawl! M. Lamantin, owner of the large and im- moar e th eae: ‘th here to take a depariment position hears Fee fer Wotes. and when T don’t do posing building, and sald to him: “Sir, I, TS Upon you from all sides; the right to that they have prevailed ror a century, and it, talk about running me out of y. Ban oe 10 Ome tor) your datigiiters,| Oe) your patent ie pie pnased in) ioagiaid | eee some respect. ¥. erable three-up hand.” America, Italy, Australia, the Indies ana | h¢ 4 ' aaa tains | cinch on the tolive int T home youn ot | ghey ogtughter’s hand?” said the aston-| Spain. You are now rich, not from your ance a ping ae meet of real Daily for Charlottesville and Inter- n would care to live In hope your new | ished old gentleman, eveing Passeraud from | ~ >a. oe cates) usiness ers for active business con- in intelligence, lef Chicage 3 tome. ean of 70m thas Oe [teas te fvop Por what ifiyou,plsasar™ | Too, ont S> PEt On Yoursele, Does not | a ee ta department methods | 5 rs the fat : mire ppetnesens WASHINGTON AND SOUTH. Turning Down a Deputy. . and the four decent ones that are| “For myself, sir.” Wat make your think isersusly?’ But’ to | 0 i, nieh with motor t k few days ago, |o "ort at the fair. For several years past » LIMITED, com - His face showed a sort of haughty sur- | start a new town.” tl ee ouraeie: Why, are you not my | come to what Is troubling me; you have on | in the course of the Investigation sricate,| he has been a pronounced athelst, but he POF a Gras, “Che ged” 5 caeuered ia mes Soak | He tine ae Uhausts iG eéaxt hack tuto {ipusnt of the warret, up there under hand another invention, and you do nothing | being made into the work of a particdar|bad been in Chicago only a short time | =" man Bulict Sleeper thecagh Sew Tat “I know you deserve it, and I know you'd | the a ? look Wo, eatuueinel ee a 7 : with it.” office, the head of the office, @ recent ap- when he dropped into the place where | ind Washington vo New Orleans, via, Montgomery, make the best sheriff we ever had, and all | Somebody In the crowd to send a bullet into] “Yes, sir.’* ;;To what Invention do you allude, sir?” | Posptec wae asked to make a report.of the | Dwight L. Moody was holding revival ser-| a0 New York to Auzusta. Also New York 44 : ee a his back. ‘The same idea evidently stri “Then what do you mean? My daught 2 a ce. | S¥Stem that was used. He made a most |.” ‘ “ith | Asheville and Hot Springs,” &e. Pullman Sleeps! mance yaa were ue ee "eae, tee ee Sloped ood. wher has $800,008, Tam willing to inform you of |_ “Why, what else could it be but your se- i get | ¥ices. He became morally impressed with glowing defense of it. “Where do you get Be Washington to Mempbis ‘via Birmingham. \« he said, smiling. fincta (em a fair mark for upward that fact. Do-you take It in? Eight hun-| cret for preventing chimneys from smok- | SWS defense of it experts. He had “re-| Moody's preaching, and finally became al conches but I'M get “em.” a minute. Gred thousand..And you, what: have your” | ing. Ah! you are not going to tell me now | ear on his division chicts, he ashi, Ard | regular attendant ot hile merviom, TON beave Weibhesen at Ont Gant halt eat eee Well, now, for instance," 1 replied, { Ther a voice separated itself from the] ‘The engineer answered frankly; then he ; that you are too poor to pay the premium?” | they» Well, it proved, on investigation, | While under the influence of his power-| for . av’ll have trouble with the Mexicans. We | murmur that was momentaril " “Ps ” und Hil, and «: p.m... except Sanday, for ising be- | added: “Pshaw! that would not bring much. that, as they, ‘too, were new to the depart: | gut pre: ‘ te : e er , = . ” aa zy 4 5 aching Miller one day t eradon and mediate (ions. Returning, ar. Bol! quite a Mexican vote in this county. hind him. vw its: n't goin't] “I am not actually rich, but 1 you give| | “It would be a spoke in the wheel; why | ment work, they had relied on cheng clerks | frre, Ligemenrlthagelans Lb op Seagaatnare on't beg for ye us, air y nares leans rive Washington 8:30 a.m., 2:45 p.m. daily from ‘our record in hunting down | ? me Mile. Valentine, believe me that my | Reglect a profit ready to your hand?” in their offices. And the old clerks? Oh, | ‘Tough the art gallery when his eye caught | Round Hill, and §:53 a.m, dally, “except ny, Teuiana ceusaak: ween sono | _ Masters’ reply was brief and uncompli-| work, my humble acquirements——" Father, do not let us talk about it, they were perfectly satisfied with the ex. | Sight of the great oil painting, “Christ Cru-| from ferndon onl® Fangers will be dead against a “Stop talking! your conversation Is of no es, yes; I wish to. isting condition of things. rer." whooped an old drover on ; } ; cifled.” He stopped and gazed at it all day |. Through trains from the sonth arrive Weshincton quiets thought he interest to me. Will you please to take your ‘ather, you will oblige me to tell you . * T:3 am. p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Manassas Di- oe a S ee, CxPerts have got through only two long, and from that time scemed to lone} lide tag ee nai except Sunday, and 8:40 Sts talks mere about the | Ue O0 ts. “We'll "lect ye. We like yer| departure at once? It makes me dis of things [ would rather keep to myself. offices up to date—the sixth auditor's office | control of his mind. All his time at the fair |.” ‘daily from Charlottesville, matter. “Fin nd I saw what a | Spunk. laughing ave you come to ask me for peak out, speak out. , in the Post Office Department and the cus- ndidate we'd got on| Masters, without turning his head, con-| my dats T have Gate, tf ou con |i. sWallithen! Know fiat did'aot curel- yaar thereafter was spent in front of the paint-| | Ticke f the Ty 1 Sleeping oe ee aos mae of toms division of the Treasury Department. | ing, and it was only by the most strenuous | furnishad at uffites, Sil’ and Penasytvan! “{ don't want any | Signed the speaker and the crowd y evening.” ” ghimney of smoking. simply stopped mak-| In the sixth auditor's office they recom: | cite mt ne was finally induced to return | ®°¢.. and at Passenger Station, Pennsylvania Ratl- aah are ere, emphatically to a region not u | “But, sir, if Ido not present my suit unt! ing it smoke. There is a shade of differ- a ‘ n cireles polite, : mended a great many changes, all of which | home. His condition. since reterlae wee | road. Washing y automatic brake has made me a'| ence between these two things. My room | have been agreed to by the Post Omen ee | BO “ 4 w \ 1 “ . H. GR | steadily grown worse, and yesterday he be- ma vy Fe . Be sa ee vy had a mind to make a target of him, aire, I risk finding Mile Vaienting | Was then under the roof. I had only partment and the Treasury Department, $0 {Same ‘so violent that It wee ana Oe A Gen. 2 wand thie ts Geitg to De a Ment ier ne | strode into the saloon, leaving the crewil vs | monalre ‘another. Now. sir, do not wish | Ut my hand to check the draught by plac: | They are, te ae inte eee eee ent, 80 {cam "Toledo, | 8 Rrown. General Agent Passencer Dept. 030 move him to the insane asylum at Toledo. oo straggle disconsolately down the street, giv- | jing something, no matter what, over the diately. Then they wanted to have. the | move him party is Mra. fyivanes ae — raion Td ly: “then | him now and then scattering cheers or ; : se. What do you want | flus-a plate, for example. It was your | postal note abolished and the rate for the | 1 2heothe? Party is Mrs. resident of ine] POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. laughing over some of his hardest hits. — | me to me cbace iat fault, too: ever since the world was made|money order reduced and a number of | {he Wife of a well-known resident of the = = ome Me ay as Well drink to| Passeraud retired in much distress. Bang- | CTuel fathers nave forced lovers to carry off | other important changes in Post Office Det my luck said. “I'm going over to New tember, and on returning was so enthusi-| WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT ©0., “LIMITED. after r ughters by stratagem. I S| Partment methods made. The first assist- | om she cou’ From 7th st. “ferry wharf. 9 to look up some business of mine|cisimmd: eo er him. ME. Lamantin ex-| thelr, daughters by stratagem. 1 comedy, | ant held up his hands and the Reay veut | astle over it that lary “Seeenag K Of nothing | Steamer Wakedeld on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS I'm not built for a politician.” Niger srg . My excuse is that Valentine helped me; it | Money order division held un his hands and | else. The art gallery seemed to have im-| gaat eerrenieie t godiele! it Yar Goin’ to Mexic Not a cent! No position! Asks for my | MY he who commissioned the conciey hoth exclaimed against the proposition, | Pressed her mind more than anything else, rinediate I P* said Spike Mullins indignaneg ce fneenter Ant really, it ts quite interest- thirepresent me as the. greatest crimes | There was a orelty Musi desionae iron: (and aie all ee ens te DAYS and 5 s for the crowd. “I guess | "® | builder of the vicinity: Forgive us both, | fice of the Postmaster General, in which | hours at a time eek after returnit: on. PC ble to let it be known. d seeing no- . Gen. Man. said Masters, carel it. L don’t care to scramble for The boys were bound to run ter he was officially in the ring the idea of backing out Wasn't plea Such a ca ate as he made! His canvass will not be soon forgotten, at | © T. V. Arrowsmith on = <verts =: is her friends noticed that her brain was af-| WEDNESDAYS at — . ho | ¥e haint goin’ t’ leave h none fer a spell. — | and console yourself by thinking that it is | the exverts and the commission and the | her " nial Reach and all Miapeath ter cae TE ee tee oe LE moan $er Seat politictun ‘wart tec ke ocd u. fete which so rules, for those who love each | Pactmmatar General nnd the deoartment of. | fected, bat walle she has had the best meat_| fet Deve. cos Sy a Gait keer gatene bane ut eo ate feed TERE now. ‘Thet there crowd's} This visit, which had such an unfavorable | cthes must succeel in their plans: that te the fit eanisteut wan Gekko elise ia satlomaba@enane eomieee kee RDA to run it his own way. solid fer ye. an’ yer z they sich a ma-| result as regards our friend, left very slignt | @ law. When a prudent marriage is happy C jority ez this o been a county ‘On SATUR- each, Colten's, ‘s Island, Smith creck, ves Kinsale, ar: unty haint saw since it's . Wish t' th’ Lord we'd he j Sense ‘nuff t let ye take holt an’ manage ; | things yer own way afore! i ‘oliti headau t one saloon or rters in a cow-town is| another. Ours was at the| * ‘There was plenty of xi 1 i few davs later he had recommended what | tion is so bad that she was remoy ed to her traces on the mind of M. Lamantin. what | if, '§, the exception which Morning. tg rick; | Me exnerts suggested. Ant, as sald. the | parents’ home, several miles in the counter, brought, several days later, an anxtous look | be sure that he will fall madly i fove acy | Chankes In the methods af the sixth an-| last week. She is the mother of thice Mecg S about 10. pam. Mtor re to be mad and the work js to he | children, ae en was treated and thin f to the latter's face was simply the fact that | an honorable but poor girl. Only he will simniified so that inated of henge mane | Be ch <2 iat — Sunnek Teens Saeed when ome (cone «had. They not only elected him, but} his parlor chimney smoked. ee have the pleasure of playing a trick on |monthe hehina it can be brought un to date. P c nn mecpoaiiih ain fe weasead: Geddotat oa tn hee oe they stood his despotic sway after h In the middie of the month of December | Ci! declare to you in advance that I will| Ineidantelly forteane men ceil Tete eee: He Put on the Coat. . ACE STEAMER HARRY RANDALL Seen in posing as'a sort of uncrowned fo. elected. They put up with the drast andl Sunt an hee ei ‘i give him this maiden without a cent, cer- nlaces. They will remain in the fice nntil | From the Chicago Dally Tribune. View wharf, ) street, Sunday, dentate, he couldn't seem to get round to s' le their county the best | #4 Just as he was preparing to arrange a | {ain as I am that, if I did not give her to | Tens 20 hacanse there fe an annual aprro- | Deacon Ironside (after the service). Eld Tuesday and Thursday at / a.m. Landing alt the position of suitor to the sovereigns at in, the state sa tax as reception in honor of his daughter's nine- | him—he would take her.” . prlation which provides for them tm ta that | Dede “ Ings Dut i | hares ox far down ns Stadion ereek. Returning — sheriff's office was concerned, and they have | teenth birthday, his parlor chimney besen = ——— sme. Tut when the recommendations for |1 got in a little late this morning, but I . igi rocesved ‘The great unwashed, who had worshiped | lec nin and yet to smoke. A householder could scarcely SereTien WEL Se REICD ene TUCtY Cve | SORE KUDNIC YS ad SRY KAM Eo Sas At atk Sati hour of sailing. “Telephone, 1765. aim from afar, now that he wan vedo yaa have had a more disagreeable thing happen Carry Their Own Gas Je! salaries (will he centited: 1 ng sa sta darssraage F. A. REED & CO., Agents, Alexandria. thing of them naturally expected t to him. M. Lamantin sent for his archi- | From the New York Sun. Reducing the Force. Elder Keepalong—Take it out of you? = & Boas. ambend. But Masters was a fastidious fel- tect, who hastened to come, smelling an ow in his dress, his speech and his as@- es Rycrway — Hates. and unbending was as far from him ts ever :? onte Propristor and Manager, “A pair of nippers and half a dozen | This avestion of cuttine down the force | How? wee __—" = ——— s'that all?” he said, v oh jelshteen-inch gasburner tips,” was the | in the offices ts a pretty serious one for the| “Get back at me. Ain't that what you} NonroLk AND WASED STON GERANNOE CS, Thed what the matter was." "*| order given by @ jaunty young woman who | lerks. Tut taken in the agarecate It is a [did? I hadnt hardly got Inside the doce DAILY LINE BETWEEN WASTINGTON, D. @, f =e | visited : ri pretty important one for the government, | When I heard you say: “And now comes thé FORTRESS MONROE and pies anata E: Salvation Army man—“My friend, if you! “I think that is quite enough. It is not | visited an uptown hardware store the other i . «| Worst of them all, the chief rebel against NORFOLK, VA. ecm te ete en eb will ake Gea nie ee ee a it | Qiyusing to own a chimney that makes my | day. “That lady,” said the proprietor, after | 00. The number of employes in the office cor t ja + he most doleful ogg x " een a vife a se! we y 1 a + cs "s and prognostications. through care it may awaken you to a| fut pesos Pea H day Jong, like @ her departure, “is an actress and is just This yer ‘lect ane tele Your chimney was built on my plans,|®0!N€ on the road. All theatrical people, e's beat right now, vuld say r—“Sir, Tam a professor | That m it does not smoke.” while traveling, carry nippers and tips with = sech a man orth any ten w Hope for Him stn. Poor Spike Mu who kept the “Round- | P" _. The new and powerful Iron Palace Steamers. the government of heaven.’ And then you of the sixth auditor ts 409. In round num- ice | | ‘nt on scribit my rac yut~ bers the reduction in the office force ts to | to, Sy ee, eaiacser, mad pat | | ting all my fatlings in the worst light you be 10 per cent. The number of clerks in | Possibly could. You didn’t mention no} sense of Dignified strang ly at 7 p.m. from foot of t Fortress Monroe at 6:30 a J 10 all of the departments {s 17,599. It is not | names, but I knew who you was d-iving at at Norfolk at 7:30 a. .— o. ai ah An ties in a theological sem- tit does smoke. them. The managers cf hotels in small 60 OF 17,598 Congress appropriates a | and I must say, Elder, that I don’t like this | “inbe"sairead ‘connections are made for all point cuales “fone a ‘pase : you burn Mons coal: don’t burn | towns try to save gas by putting bits of cot- | specific amount for cath cerk: ind only the | way of- south and southwest. 7 yes ow | ation Army man (with cheerful 1 wood, and you will have a// ton in the bed room burners, thus tmpeding | Senate has a “contingent fund” for the em-| “But, my dear Deacon Ironside, you total- wars Bouse. said I. “How | that acee trical. e . . ” the flow. The minute an actor strikes | ployment of additional clerks, The depart-| ly misapprehend. The subject this morning 2 2. Leave Fortress . . on rig ad Tew ‘ you are right. light and detects this he pulls out his nip- | ment clerks a-e provided for specifically | was “The Rebellion in Heaven,’ and when | that litt ol for you, the sam The change to wood in place of coal did Arrive’ at Washington #t | i v pers and tips. Off comes the ‘faked’ burner | throughout the government | Rpt make the chimney's breathing easier. | and on goes one that lets the full head of ing the average salary $1,0—It 1s more| p-avity of Lucifer, the arch apostate. 1 am [M. Ls tin, who was a resolute man. |gas come through. Before leaving he ar. | than that. but possibiy the average of those | truly so-ry, Deacon, if 1 seemed to—_” ent for the best architect in Paris and! ranges things as he found them and goes | who will be removed under this >eorganiza-| “Never mind, Elder; never mind. We'll— | begged him to deign to come in person to merrily along to get the better of the next | tion will be about that—and figuring on a/| h'm—we'll no mor nther aj Study the question, economical landlord on his rout ten per cent reduction in the departments ‘nasty morning, ain't ic? service. Call- | you came in I was trying to picture the de- are of the hair were made a part of lucation, we should not see so many gray heads, and the use of Hall's Hair Reaewer wor be unnecessary. 619, 1 st. nw. kets sia the new Hine, rr JNO. CALLAMAN, Gen, Supt and 1421 Penn-