Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-14
TURNS UP AGAIN.
WASHINGTON, March 9, rs.

man S waiting TOR something 10 Iulll
up" and all his hopes in life are de-
pending upon it, and all the hopes Of
the little Micawbor too, he has to
watch the thing very closely. lie
can hardly take his attention from it
an hour even to write letter, for fear
something might turn up and he
would miss it, therefore | can t
promise to BE regular correspon-
dent. have passed a large portion
of my life waiting for something to
Turn up. So have u good many 9TH
ers. There are a good many at it now.
1t is fascinating business. 1t is gen
orally commenced in boyhood. The
young man takes his stand every day
at street corner. lie don learn
any mechanical trade, or the grocery
business, or ore-kceplng, or any spe-
cialty in doctoring, or to be a lawyer
or minister, and working on a farm Is
lonesome, and consequently he natur-
ally finds himself waiting for some
thing to turn up, 1t is a good bust
ness if well followed, better than the
tramp business. There have been big
fortunes made at it, such as drawing
the highest prize in a $4,000 lottery,
and finding that 81 srcenback which
is put up in five cent packages OF to-
bacco, and so on. Sometimes q pat
ent-right turns up. What brought
me TO Washington was that | thought
a fat office might turn UP sometime
or other with big salary and moth
ing to do. This is the reason why |
can hardly take time to write you a
letter. ! have to be on the watch
very closely.
It has not cen so lively here since
the silver Viii went through over the
Presidents veto. Mat .ers are more
settled. You know Senator Eaton
expressed bis opinion that after the
silver bill would be reputation, and
after reputation would be that place
below which is 80 much talked Of just
now. Congress don't want to 80 that
far, you bet, so they checked up lit
tie. The silver bill is puzzle
Members Of Congress don't under
stand why gold has not gone up and
bonds come down since its passage
Yet such is the fact. The Secretary
of the Treasury says he must have
new and large vaults now to hold sill
yer. The House has new tariff bill
under discussion but so much oppoSi
ton to it is manifested by the manu-
featuring interest that it is not likely
to pass. On Friday a number OF
Southerners who thought few thou
sands were just going to turn up were
suddenly brought to grief
The bill was for appropriating
100000 to pay Southern mail con-
tractors for services rendered prior to
secession. In the debate it was shown
that no less than eighteen Of these
claimants had been actually paid for
this service by the Confederate gov
eminent. This unexpected disclosure
knocked the bill higher than a kite,
and that 100000 will not turn up
for them fellows. This matter Of
Southern claims is a big business
There are said to he twenty i've
thousand claims now pending, amount
ing to several millions of dollars. In
lIC IlOuSc llIC Dlll IOl luc luAdllUI Vi
incomes over $4,000 has been reported
but great opposition is manifested to
it. The passage Of any bill for the
repeal Of the specie resumption law is
also very unlikely. Specie payments
is coming slow but sure. Tho best
thing Congress has done for the peo-
pie at large is the passage by the SEN
ate Of the bill making our Post Offices
savings banks, in which small savings
may be deposited. When the sums
amounts to $40 or more interest will
be paid, and when it amounts to $50
four per cent government bond will
be given to the depositors. This is
bound to become a law.
President Hayes may be said to be
in the position Of a President without
party. lie never was democrat
and he and the republicans don't pull.
well together. All parties concedo
his personal honesty and good inten.
lions. The first year Of his term has