National Republican., 1883-06-26
THE MAN ON TIE AVENUE.
small TaIk About Men and Measures

small Talk About Men and Measures.
It is estimated that considerably over half
the pensions granted now are for chronic
diarrhea and diseases arising therefrom
Cases belonging to this class are among the
worst the pension bureau has to handle, and
they have been allowed to accumulate for
long time, until they constitute majority of
the applications yet undisposed of In speak
ing Of this phase Of the work an old exam
liner, now in other business said: 81 have ev-
cry reason to believe that there is one agency,
at least, and perhaps others in this city,
where dishonest applicants who have doubt
full claims against the government in this class
are put through regular course of training
and reduced to any stage Of emaciation that
may be deemed essential to success. To such
perfection has the business been studied that
an applicant who has beJn in training for a
few weeks can deceive tho shrewdest examin-
crs, strong, healthy meu being quickly re-
duced in weight amazingly, and given tho
appearance of hopeless invalids of years
standing. To bo sure the training is
liable to be followed by serious
sickness and even permanent disability, but
men are found who will take the risk of that
for the $p, 900 or $1,000 and the monthly sti-
pends that are at stake. 1t is practically i'm
possible for the bureau people to guard
against deception Of this sort unless they
should come into possession of information
bearing on a particular case by accident, and
interested parties arc very careful to cover
their tracks skillfully. OF all the ways of
making money this is the most peculiar l
ever heard of, and thus far one of the most
successful in a small way"
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Assistant Secretary Of the Interior Joslyn
was asked yesterday If the question of tho re-
turn of Crooks captured Indians to the reser-
vation had been settled.
ooh no." answered Mr.. Joslyn. 1T will be
settled after Gen. Crooks arrival here. 1t is
ridiculous to have those Indians returned to
the reservation. 1t will incite the other In
dians to commit depredations, as they will
have no fear of being punished"
What do you think should be done with
the raiders2"
"The ringleaders should be hanged. Such
punishment would have strong moral effect
on all Indians in the west"
Gen. Crook will probably arrive here by
next Tuesday, and the return of the Indians
or their punishment will be made the subject
Of q cabinet discussion.
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The designations from tho advisory board
of consulting physicians and surgeons of the
Columbia hospital, which occurred three or
four months ago. continues to disturb the
medical fraternity, and DR.. Murphy, resident
surgeon of tho hospital, is coming in for an
other fusilade of criticism. His manners
and methods do not please several medical
gentlemen of high professional standing
The directors seem well content to keep him
there, and as they are standing by him 10y
ally, it would appear that he has a shade the
best Of it.
The observant barber said "Hair oil is
passing out of use. There stands little
bottle 1 bought month ago, and less than
an onuce has been used from it in that time.
1t has not been so very long ago that nine
tenths of the patrons of barber shops wanted
their heads doped with some greasy prep
4 aration; now the proportion is just the other
way. 1t is very rare that customer asks for
oil, and when he does generally look down to
see If he hasn't some of the same on his boots.
The profuse use of hair oil has made many
thousands of heads bald as billiard balls 1t
is poor scalp that can't furnish oil enough
for its own crop of hair"
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Speaking of hair OIL" said the observant
customer, "why is it that BARRIERS as a rule
have such an unconquerable adherence OF
soap and water as applied to themselves2 And
why is it that they insist on laying their
steamy frames over a mans face when shaw
ing him, and otherwise furnishing him? This
too, on sultry days when ventilation and pure
air command premium"
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The gentlemen who have been bursting
with the secret of the revenue consolidation
scheme, which everybody has known all
about for two or three weeks, will draw long
breaths of relief now that the result is an
nounced. If the pressure had lasted few
days longer there would have been several
explosions in tho Treasury department, and
the coroaer's verdict in every instance would
have been como to his death from too much
} repressed information"
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Four out of five of the statesmen from
; Indiana who are temporarily sojourning in
Washington and serving their country have
settled down to the conviction that the two
! great parties will select standard bearers from
that state next year. From the abundance OF
tall timber in Hoosierdom they think very
good presidential material can be found
Gresham vs. Mcdonald is tho way they have
arranged the ticket.
The meteorological expert furnishes the
. following valuable information for the en-
, lightenment of tho uninitiated who might
not otherwise be able to read the weather
maps and know what is going to happen
The weather map, he says, is the geog
raphy of the atmosphere and its conditions
from day to day and hour to hour. i
ono will look at the map he will
notice in the margin certain explanation
of the characters used. Understanding thes,
mere glance at the map will reveal th'
, meteorological conditions of the United State
for the day and hour given, whereby we may
look into the future These characters may
be readily learned by the intelligent person
aud once understood they are tho key to tn,
full understanding of the map. The factor
whereby the changes are wrought arc "high
and "low" (high and low barometer), Tn,
one Is the clear weather, the other tn,
. stormy. These are ever changing in theil
t relation to each other. The movement is OIL
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