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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

The report of the commissioner of the Dis
trlct of Columbia is herewith transmitted. |
ask for it your careful attention, especially for
those portions which reiate to the assess
ments of Arrears of taxes and water supply The
commissioners appointed under the act of Jan
uary Ii, 1885, entitled San act to regulate and
improve the civil service of the United States,''
entered promptly upon the discharge of their
duties. series of rules were framed in accord
ance with the spirit of the statute
and was approved and promulgated
by the president. In some particu-
lars wherein they seemed defective, those
lules were subsequently amended 1t will
be perceived that they discountenanced any po-
htscal or religious tests for admission to the
Offices of the public service to which the statute
relates. The estimates in the original applica-
ton of the classified clerkships in the several
executive departments at Washington. numbering
about, SOC and to similar positions in the customs
districts and postothces, where as many as fifty
persons are employ ed-a classification of these
POSITIONS analogous to that existing in the Wash
ngton offices duly made before the
law went INTO effect. l. even customs
districts and twenty three postoffices were thus
brought under the immediate operation of the
statute.
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Total receipts,
actual and es-
timated. -. .S3sS, 600, 200 co
Total expendi-
lures, actual
and estimated. 25s, 1000, 900 90
Balance. 1856, 900, 600 90
Z IN a 9 d
amount due
sinking fund. 45,e1s,7z1 OF
Leaving a bal
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year severe suffering and great loss of property
have been occasioned by profuse foods, followed
by periods OF unusually low water in many
OF the great rivers of the
country. These irregularities were
IN great measure caused by the removal from
about the sources of the streams in question of
the timber by which the water supply had been
nourlshed and protected. The preservation of such
portion of the forest on the national domain as
essentially contribute to the equable flow of i'm
portant water courses is of the highest conse-
quence. Important tributaries OF the Missouri
the Columbia and the Saskatchewan, rise in the
mountains of Montana near the northern bound
airy of the United states, between the Black
fest and Flathead Indian reservation.
This region is unsuitable for settle
ment, but upon the rivers which flow from
1t depends In the future, an agricultural develop
ment of a vast tract of country. The attentit n
of congress called to the necessity of with
drawing from the public sales this part of the
public domain end establishing there forest
preserve.
THE NEW ORLEANS CENTENNIAL.
The industrial exhibitions which have been
held in the United States during the present
year attracted attention in many foreign
countries where the announcement of those
enterprises had been made public. Through
the foreign agriculture of this government, the
industrial exhibit at Boston and the southern
exhibits to Louisville were largely attended by
the exhibitors of foreign coun
tries, notwithstanding the absence of
any professional character in those undertakings.
Inc centennial 81 position 10 be held next year at
new orleans In commemoratlon of the century of
the trst shipment of cotton from a port of the
United States bids fair to meet with like
gratifying success. Under the act of congress,
of the 10Th of February, 1883, declaring the
exposition to be national and international in its
character, foreign governments, with which
The United States maintain relations, have been
invited to participate. The promotions of this
important undertaking have already received
assurances of the lively interest which it has
excited abroad.
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s67,942,oSo 80 sl9o,O57, 900 81
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commercial importance. The promptings of
interest therefore well as the consideration of
honor and good faith, demand the immediate
establishment of civil government in that terri
tory.
L Complaints have lately been general and ur-
gent, that certain corporations, controlling In
whole or part, the facilities for the interstate
Garage of persons and merchandise O. the great
railways of the country, have resorted in their
dealings with the public to diverse measures
unjust and oppressive in their charact-
ers. In some instances, the state
governments have attacked and suppressed
these evils, but in others they have bee. able to
afford no adequate relief, because OF the juris-
dictional limitations which are imposed upon
them by the federal constitution. The question
how far the national government may lawfully
interfere In the pr emises and what, if any, su-
pervision of control it ought to exercise is one
which merits your careful consideration.
Whilewe cannot fail to recognize the importance
of the vast railway systems of the country and
their great and beneficial influence upon the
development OF our material wealth, we should
on the other hand remember, that no individual,
no CORPORATION, ought to be invested with abso-
lutte power over tbs interests of any other citi-
zen class of citizens. The right of those
railway corporations to award any profitable re-
turn upon their Investments and to reasonable
freedom in their regulations must be recoguized,
but it seems only just SO far as its constitu-
tional authority will permit, congress should
protect the people at large in their interstate
traffic AGAINST any act of injustice which the
state governments are powerless to prevent.
OUR FORESTS,
In my last annual message called attention to
the necessity of protecting by suitable legislation
the forests situated upon the public dor ain.
In many portions of the west the p1rsuit of gem
erai agriculture is only made practicable By re-
,e..1
would be impossible without the aid afforded by
foraets IN contributing 10 fine rapniari " and rom
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treaties to those of other civilized states
Through our ministers at London and Mon
rosia, this government has endesvored to aid
Liberia in its differences with Great Britain,
touching the northwestern boundaries of that
republic. There is prospect of an adjustment
of the dispute by the adoption of the Mannah
river a. the line. This arrangement IS COM
promise of the conflicting territorial claims and
takes from Liberia some fits Dossessious. hese
have been opened and steambes's laced on the
river, aud TIE nuclei of the states have been
,tablished at twen0 two stations under one
flag, which offers freedom TO commerce and
prohibits the slave trade, which are the objects
| of The society. There is no country over which
1t has maintained effective jurlsdicIl5n.
The rich and populous valley of tie Congo is
being opened to commerce by a society called
the International African association, of which
tie King of the Belgisns is president and,a citi
zen OF the United States the chief executive
officer. Large ira is of territory have been
ceded to the association by native chiefs
The society is philanthropic. It does not aim
at permanent political control but seeks the
| neutrality of the valleys The United States
cannot be Indifferent to THIS work nor to the in
| terests of the + citizens involved IN it 1t may
become advisable for US TO cooperate with other
commercial powers in promoting the rights of
| trade and asidence on the Congo valley free
from the interferences OF political control of any
one nation.
In view of the frequency of invitations from
foreign governments to participai in a social
and scientific congress for the dicussion Of i'm
portant matters of general concern, l repeat the
suggestion of my last message, that provision
be made for the exercise of d scretionary power
by the execu i've in appointing delegates to such
conventions. Specialists are ready to serve the
national int srest In such capacity without per-
sonal profit or other compensation than the de-
fragment of the expenses actually incurred, and
this comparatively small annual appropria-
tio9, world suffice to meet. I have alluded in
my (previous message to the injurious and yex-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
SoIf.IiStCCO.

A reasonable amount Df sclf-stccm is
necessary to secure nan success in
ll1e; and there are few characters into
| which 1t does not enter to great extent.
We laugh at our ncighbors, their fuiblcs
| and absurdities excite our amusement,
because we consider ourselves superior
to like weaknesses. Their troubles cause
| us distress; but is not even divine COM
passion form of sclf-love, or rather,
sclf-pity? Do we not glicvc for others
III proportion rs we are able to put or
selves Ill their place, and picture What
we shouldfeel under the same circum-
stances? The reciprocal regard for one
anothcr's interests, the mutual esteem,
the exchange Of kind offices, which con-
stltutc friendship, find their chief source
too, IN self-lOve. If we have been in
cllned to esteem any one ever SO highly,
let 1t be but whispered in Our err that
that same person does not think much of
us, and VIC Immediately find out that
he Is not nearly so charming as we haG
| imagined, and that his good opinion is
not, after all, worth having On the
other hand, among our acquaintanccs
there may be an individual whom we con-
slider but weak-minded and ignorant,
and think, i'll fact, quite beneath our
lio'iSC. w dlG d llIIle, IL comes 10 our
knowledge that this same creature whom
we have been despising, has an immense
admiration for us. All our ideas change
directly, and we discover all his hidden
merits; he has at least powers of dis
elimination, and is some Judge of char
racter. We like our ncighbors much
moro for the virtues they find in us than
for any we discover in them, whether wo
| choose to acknowledge it or not. But it
is perhaps in the passion of love that
the very alcoholof egotism is tobo found;
| lovers never weary of each others So
clety, 30 long as they can keep up the in
tenslty OF mutual admiration; their tctc.
@-t"fcs arc always interesting, for they
p,crpetuGlly talk about themselves, and
should their love be crossed, both would
| probably rather that the loved one shoulI
| be miserable than Indifferent. They orn
completely ruled by the self that rules
tho world.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
A Striking Resemblance.

We once told story of two Shakers
down Enst who so nearly rCscmblcd one
another i'll certain characteristics Here
Is another somewhat like INTO it n story
OF two brothers, who wero lawyers, and
practicing in the same town--whch is
certainly worth telling:
A certaingeDteman requiring legal as
distance had been recommended to one
of tho two brothers, but had forgotten
the Christian namo of him he sought; so
he called at the Office of the ono first
found and asked for Mr.. Podgor.
''That is my namo, sir"
"Bnt there are two of youof that name
here in town."
eyes"
'Wcl, I wish to consult the Mr.. Pod
ger-excuse me for the allusion-who
wears n wig"
eve both wear wigs, sir"
"Wcll, tho man [ seek was divorced
from his wife nos long ago"
There you hit us both again, sir"
"The man to whom l was recon-
mcndcd has been accused of forgery
| though, | trust, unjustly"
"Thcre we are again, my dear sir We
have both had that gentle insinuation
laid at Our doors
"Wcll, uponmy word, you two brothers
bear striking resemblance. But rgurss
J. have it now. The one l am after is in
the habit of occasionally drinking to OK
ccss-Sometimcs to- intoxicati0u."
"My dear man. that little vice is, ur,-
fortunately, characteristic of the pair of
us, and L doubt if our best friends could
tell you which was the worst"
"Woll ,youare amatched pair, certainly.
But tell me-" continued the visitor,
(which of the twain it was that took
the poor debtors oath few months
ago."
"l1a, ha, we were both in that mud
die. L was on Bob's paper and he was
on mine."
ON morcys namo!" cried the appli-
cant, desperately, "will you toll me which
OF the two is the most sensible man?"
"Ah, there you touch bottom, nv
friend. Poor Bob, I can't strotch the
truth, even to serve a brother. If Won
want the more sensible one of the two 7
suppose l must acknowledge the corn
I'm the man. "-Terry (AG8S.) Eutcr-
prise.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
UnskllIfuI Among Women.

The incapable" are great fact, says
an English womans journal, and, as
things are ut present, they are legacy
which has come down to us as the result
of the notion that women ought to be
always in q dependent position. We
think and hope that that notion is pass
ing away. Women of the poorer clnsacs
have never had it; they have always
known that they must know how to earn
their bread. Women of the highest
classes are very often by thcir positions
and connections forced to develop an
administrative capacity; and their rank
III life prevents them, if "capablc,"
from becoming nn utter burden on
strangers. The middle-class women, to
whom incapablcncss means 8tarva-
tiOn if they are poor and unmarried, or
poor widows with children, are slowly
beginning to learn that they must get
such business faculties as they are pos
sessed of developed properly, if they
are not utterly to fall behind in the race
for existence. It may be that the
nature of women is such that the "inco.
FABLES" among them will never cease,
any more than the poor out of the land ;
but it is the clear duty OF every fnthcr
and mother, and Of every ono who has
to do with the education and mana9c~
mont of girls, to do their best to crHHi-
! cate this "incapableness," and to make
women fit TO bear their part earnestly
ana capAbY IN the work Of life,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
A BNbY CNrrlage In the Hall,
baby carriage in the hall.

Z, baby carriage in the hall
The happiost piece of furniture that
any house can boast, always making an
honorable exception in favor of tho
cradle.
That baby carriage means n home.
Without it, onlyn place to stay in.
1t means "dcar littlo dimplcd darl.
ing"-that makes sunshinoa all the time
when it hnsn't got the colic.
1t means happy mother, whose life
is filled with all tender care, all sweet
responsibilities, all wonderful hope for
the future.
1t means n father who holds his head
up among mon with the grandcst dig.
nifty that any man may know.
TO mOthcrit is "Bnby."
TO father it is "N1y boy"
That baby carriage in the hall means
all tho wealth of rosy hours as mother
sings lullaby songa--perhnps,
Hush my dear, lie still and slumbcr,
| Holy angels qua d thy bed"
When all the tim3 she isthoangcl that
God appointed to guard it, as none of all
high heavens host could do.
1T means n word Of plans and projects
which MI center III that one little life.
1t means father that studies his banl
balance with wonderful diligence, fol
My son must have n good education
and good start in lifo, you know.
And ho goes homo and catches the
laughing toddlcr mp, and rcddens the
dImplc8 with his whiskers, and then put
ting sturdy little twclvo-month's old or
his feet, sets him at his n, b, of walk
ing, addressing him with comical dig
nlty " Well, Governor, where shall W.
go nOw?"
And although he only calls him "Gov
ernor, the mothers heart says-andth the
father wouldn't deny it were she to put
1t Ill words-that more likely it will ht
President, in that dim, beautiful ani
certainly very grand future.
Her choice, though, would be that h.
should be good man and happy one
Between them both they parcel ont fn,
his manhood's years oil that makea lie
worth tho living
That baby carriage in the hall mean,
q good deal, does it not?
1t means everything to the father and
mother. -1'
1t mean more than CON be told,
If you have such piece of furniture IN
use you know all about it.
If you haven't, it's waste OF raw ma.
terial to bether with you.- WHeeLing
,LeaGsT, '''V''"'9
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
A CHANGE IN FORTUNE.

MIR: Timothy Bloom, salesman in Mr..
Graphs big retail dry-goods store, was
stcAth'iy eating his lunch in II dusty
corner amongst some empty pncking
DoNes. 1t was not very good lunrh
and warm as thc da, was, he had but
one glass of ice water To drink with it
a very mild, pleasant looking young
fellow was Timothy Bloom, with eyes
like II pretty @irl'S. and !ar hair parted
down the middle; but he was rather
doIc.ul ut this moment, for Crabbr, sen
Ior, had just been abusing him for per
hitting Il lady. who was not T. be suit
ed by mortal salesman. To get or with.
out buying anything, and h%d lk"wisc
Uniformed him that he had been I've ,"r.
onds la'c that morning and wuulI IN
consequence "br deducted an c!"h!h''
on Saturday evening.
That was not pleasant and Mr..
CrabEc manner was OF plrn.amt and
the dusty corner and Tie : ale .am
wlch were not p oHSamt. ATd y no an
w0ndrr that poor l im0thy loom. innl-
inc up at Il r..w Of decorated 90 ct
boxes above h'& Ii" ;d. an taking h =
idea from the Wnycd in ant pictured
upon them, remarked under hi, breath
81 wish ! was Il ChrrIJ.
At this moment, even Is III" wish
| lluttcrcd mp TO the corset lOX, $. " little
L oy, about three feet high, Ecar,n| on
his bosom badge with The enormous
numl or IS9, came around the g. ml"r,
and fixed his pathetic eyes on Mr..
BlOOm'S glass OF Watc".
Il say, Mr. Bloom," he Whispered,
pathcticaIly, "won't YOU give me il 4
mouthrul of that water? MIR Crab I"
says us cashcs amt to have no drinks,
and I'm chOkin'."
Mr.. Bloom smiled pitiiuliv al the
child. forlorn widow = bread winner.
and SAID mildly, rs he held out the
glass:
"IIcrc. Johnny, take half. ia | {
you have it all if we were not Ilm!cd TO
one glass ourselves. y
''Gucss water is gcttin dear SAID
JOHNNY, eagerly swa'iowing the har"
allowed of the tooling draughI, but
scrupulously careful not to exceed the
permission
"Thank zee. You're brick. Mr..
Bumps hit me lick when asked him.
Here, have the paper? A customer left
it on the desk Save it for me to trkG
home to mar when go home tonight.
She likes TO read the murders and them
thinPg.-e"
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A NOTED Psychologist has just con-
cluded series of special observations
which he says proves conclusiveIy that
wearing corscts makes women thick.
wasted and dumpy. The weaker the
muscles of the back. the back and bod,
ponderance may be insured, the London
Spectator says that the British navy
should be strengthened to the point o.
being able to successfully combat with
any combination of foreign navies that
could be brought against it. The Inhex-
ible is proudly pointed to as the most
powerful vessel ahoat, but the Thun
;orer and the Dreadnaught have their
equals in other navies. The Spectator
argues that thirteen gunboats of the
Alpha Beta class could be built with the
moncy that would be necessary to pro
dlce another Inhexible, and that three
of these terrible little craft would equal
her in destructive power. They would
present but small target, and if sunk
the loss would not be great. Their ef-
ficiency lies in the ease with which they
are handled, and q skillful use Of the
torpedo and ram. In the opinion of the
Spectator, the British navy should bo
speedily strengthened, and it should be
done by the addition Of vessels of this
f.loco
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-22
Cleanliness.

Prevention is the better way Of deal
ing with malignant diseases. The ON
mon ailments of childhood can not al
ways be prevented. but when they as.
sumo the malignant foIms, it shows II
violation Of natures laws, either in lack
OF cleanliness, imperfect ventilation or
want OF exercise. 1t is significant
Tact that tho diseases from blood poison
ing are most prevalent in winter, when
the mfavorablc conditions are most
prevalent. | believe it is a act that q
great many people are moe unclean!v
in winter than III summer. in warm
weather frequent changes of garments,
especially near the skin, and frequent
nblIt t'ons. arc everywhere regarded as
necessary to responsibility. In winter
there is apparently little rcrspiration
from the skin, and both bathing and
changes OF garments are less ffe uent
lot it is in winter that people eat most
heartily and o! highly carbonaccous
fo0d-not all OF which, in close, un-
ventilated rooms, is consumed in main
| tanning animal heat. If we take II gar-
mcnt WON next the skin i'm winter for
even II ew days by Il sc 'cntary person,
and put it away in an Air-tight box for
q week, we shall find that however
clean it may have seemed, it is badly n
need Of washing. Yet it is not infre-
quent for some people to wear garments
next TO the skin in winter, one. or even
two or more weeks, without changing.
/ All tho evil OdorS developed in the cold
air-tiGht box are intensified in the so,ed
garment kept warm by an nal heat, but
| with the difference that in the latter
case the cXcroia from the skin are rcab
sorbcd into the system, to rcappcar in
malignant blOOd-poiSoning disease
That there is no sensible pcrspiration is
all the greater reason for fro ucnt ath-
ing and rubbing Of tho skin to keep the
pores open. People who work so as to
caIs" profusc porsp' ration in winter
may violate other laws OF hcalth-may
even appear to be uncleanly. and vet
Suller less than those who lead q
scdcnIary life. The violent exercise
which causes pcrspirat on in the coolest
weather, not only opens the pores. but
so EoodS them as to carry off much of
fcnsiVc matter that would otherwise be
retained. 1t is almost true that the less
hard work done oIt-of-doors. the
greater the need for frequent charges
of clothing next the skin and thorough
opening of the pores in some way No
matter how little call man may have
to work, he cannot afford for health's
sake to forogo SO much of exercise at
least once week as will lAOroughly
open the pores of his Skin by profuse
perspiration. If more attention were
paid to these physiological facts, the
cases of malignant disease resulting
from blood poisoning would be much
less frequent than they are.-W. D. r.,
IN Country Gentleman.
TIE length Of a degree oflongitude is
at tho equator 69.16 statute miles; at
latitude 20 degrees, 65.O15 miles; at
latitude 80 degrees, 59.944; of 40 de-
grrecss 53. 058 miles, and at so degrees,
1892 miles.
-ME. Freeman, tho historian, Intends
to collect into q volume his "Impres-
sions OF the United States" which have
appeared in various magazines