National Republican., 1883-04-23
This is the story impaired AY gentlemal

Iotal... 47l64,l ,liS
Making the average Of nearly eight mil
lions per day. The Office has also completed
what is probably tho largest single order for
printing over issued, namely, fifty millions
of labels in red ink for the Treasury depart
ment. This job required 1000 reams of fine
paper and $1,000 worth of red ink. 1t was
completed within six days after the order
was received. A building to store single
copy of each and every document issued from
the government printing Office since its foun-
dation would probably cover ten-acro lot.
Sometimes when you get week off you can
figure its cost and weight"
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A mutual friend and admirer of Hanlan
and Mckinney takes exceptions to the pub
lished statement that the two men are on bad
terms and that they have lately INDUCED in
n series of unfriendly trials of skill on the
river. He says: 1t is true that Hanlan aud
Mckinney have pulled alongside of each other
at different times lately while out practicing-
tho former for his race with Kennedy and
the latter for the Newark regatta on decora-
ton day--but there is no sort of i'll feeling or
jealousy between them. Hanlan has invited
Mckinney to accompany him from time to
time to drive away the monotory and lone
someness Of solitary practice trips up and
down the river, and If there was any speed
ing on these occasions it was not in spirit
Of antagonism nor over earnest competition.
Mckinney makes no pretensions. He is
modest, and is not disposed 10 take to him.
self the full need of credit his
record as champion of the Potomac
and his ability as good lightweight rover
entitle him to. / hope our home boys will
take notes and profit by the knowledge to be
obtained by closely observing the peculiari-
tics and strong points of Hanlan, Kennedy,
or any other wonderfully rapid and powerful
rover who may appear on our waters. The
champions will not object and if they have
no objection suspicious and ill-natured critics
should not complain"
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az suppose this is free country" re.
marked lady TO her companion as they
turned up Seventh street Saturday afternoon
"but do wish the commissioners would dc
something to keep Pennsylvania avenue clear
of the unwholcsome looking objects who are
daily wheeled up and down that thorough
fare during the hours when everybody is out
offending the sight and olfactories of the
pedestrians am perfectly willing the sick
and the afflicted should get what little com
fort and pleasure they can out of the
world, but 1 cannot SEQ how they are
going to improve their condition by making
exhibitions of themselves on crowded streets
When go out for a walk do not want to bt
factor of procession Of living skeletons
stretched out on moving beds and smelling
like dead people. Neither do 1 like to bt
waylaid by beggars with the st. Vitus dance
sore eyes, cancerous jaws, distorted and mis-
shapen limbs, or other disgusting forms o.
physical distress. Such sights as have wit
messed to-day on the avenue are enough Il
turn healthy stomach and rob whole week
Of pleasure. am neither supersensitive mol
stony hearted, but l do wish monstrositieI
could bo kept off the avenue during certain
hours Of tho day."
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The correspondents who attempted to at
tach themselves TO the presidential party un
invited are arriving in detachments feeling
exceeding cheap. They went away in higl
feather in the Presidents private car, and til,
first batch crept out in a crestfallen way from
the smoking car on the arrival of the traiI
that bore the President last night They
looked as jaded and generally broken up a
the unfortunate black and tan that was tiet
to the rear platform of tho lightning express
and they did not appear at all anxious to at
tract attention.
"Humph," remarked man on the edge o
the crowd in the depot last evening, afte
looking them over for moment, Zone o
those id fool alligators swan close enougl
to the presidential boat down in Florida, Il
be shot and killed by Fred. Phillips, but no
one Of the correspondents got within range o
the private secretary'ss rifle the whole tim
they were in Florida, They were fired into
outer darkness forty hours after leavin
Washington, and the rapidest of them wer
lucky to get home on the same train with th
President. Some cartoonist ought to pictur
them as they departed and US they returned