National Republican., 1881-07-01
VISITING A sANoTuM.
A Country Girl In an EditoriaI Rooni-
what sac Observed There.

what sac Observed There.
I have not lived in Washington very
long and everything Is new TO me- In fact, am
country gltl never will succeed in writing so as
to make you believe am man. and so willlown
my sex at once. As said, l am country girl, but
have done my best TO rub off the country polish
and get some city polish on instead. / have been
to the dome Of the Capitol and worn gloves on the
street, and seen Washingtons old clothes and Mrs.
HOxe'sstatue Of FaTagut and evers many baby
Jumpers in the Patent Ofce. have tried 10 i'm
prove my ears as well as my eyes, so when the
Utes were here heard them speak, and proHted
thereby. One thing have always wanted so see,
and that is
AN EDITOR IN HIS sANcrUM.
felt little timidlty about going, for sanctum
means holy, aud didn't know is 1 ought TO ven
ture. met one Of the editors Of THE RKPUB-no,
don't believe better say what paper. as II might
be breach OF confidence so ] will just say met
an editor-and he seemed 80 urbane and almost
human that decided that perhaps had sufficient
righteousness TO mako the attempt. One morning,
aftcr dreaming of angels, took my way TO the
ofco Of THE REruB-thore, forgot again-and.
passing softly through the counting roomG climbed
tho stairs TO the editorial roolns--the sanctum.
There was nobody there, so sat down to see IL
could imbibo the spirit OF the place. / couldn't
feel the holiness unless It was holy calm; really
think, on the whole, there was a holy calm Look
ing around could sec how those mon, weighted
down with the care Of carrying on the progress OF
civilization, had sought to tighten the burden by
surrounding themselves
WITH CHEERFUL THINGS.
The walls were decorated with two comic valen-
tines, Punch and Judy, and ever so many more
helpful and suggestive works Of art. wondered
which Of the two desks belonged TO the gentleman
had met, and finally spied over one of them six
big red letters. don't believe ought 10 tell his
a.G.N I. H..
things II. don't tell I'll be on the safe sGe any
way. Bet know the gentleman's desk because
his name is over IT, Then l began to fear
that, as there was no one up there and had come
through the ofice so. STILL they might think I
was n burglar, so concluded TO leave my name
on piece OF paper,
NOW CONES THE sTRANGEsT PART.
There was neither pen.nor pencil ON that desk,
There was some soft-hnished paper and pot OF
mucilage with brush In II, and pair OF shears
Hero was mystery wondered IL / could solve
It, He couldn't write with the shears or the mu-
cilagc-brush. thought OF trying the brush and
took II out and looked at It, but decided II wouldn't
do. Then thought One can think out almost
anything ifrhey try. Lots OF people succeed In
thinking out what other people ought to do
and why they do as they do when they arc
hundreds Of miles away, and certainly ought
| to be able to think this out when 1 had
succeeded just rs the other people have. 1 have
| heard that people who have written n great deal
| sometimes are afflicted with palsy, which pre-.
| vents them from ever making another letter. This
must be the case with this unfortunate hero, and
when his great thoughts come crowding up toe
thick for utterance, he is not able to prcserv,
them with his pen but has to grasp the shears cliI
the letters from handy paper, aud paste then
one by one upon the blank slips. l felt the tears
coming to my eyes at the thought of his mora
heroism, and fearing my feelings might overcome
me left at once. mean to go again though, for
as friend of mine said when she went to lunatit
| asylum want to see them perform.
| on NY WAY HONE
! chanced to think that wanted certain paper
day old. l inquired at several stands. but wa
! told they had none, but possibly / might get ont
at some OF the hotels / didn't exactly like TO &c
In. but finally wentand found the paper. The clerl
| threw 1t down so could see three cents printed
| on It, and said, Five cents" I asked him over
and he repeated It. I was surprised, for I didn'
know that papers, like cheese, improved by age
II could judge OF the flavor of this by the odor 1
evidently had increased by time, for 1
smelled tho most like Democratic
mass-meetlng we'll attended by Paddles with thei
pipes and bottles of any periodical 1 ever pos.
scssed. thought saw chance for speculation
If the price Of paper would raise two cents In on
day, In two days II would raise four cents in
week, fourteen in month, sixty or sixty-tw
cents and at the end ofan ordinary year II woul
be worth s7.3S. Iwent home, ana getting all IN
papers together reckoned up their value on th0
basis, and found had s263S worth. l am goin
to take them to the hotel and o1er them for sll
and we can both make handsomely.