The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-23
Some Cdfiogitios OF Govern
Dieng.


Safes, the besi.pad official is thc Clerk
Of the Supreme Court.
The States Of Colorado, Delaware,
Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode L.
land and Vermont have less than one.
hafthe population Of Illinois, but have
the same nanbcr Of representatives, in
, COngre-s--twcniy-two.
Pennsylvania has u larger number Of
Postoilices than any other State.
Not Il clerk in the Pension Office AT
Washington draws less than 8 900 a
year salary, the average for the ,l73
clerk. being Sl.2 94. Even the copyists
get $500 Il year. These clerks haye
light labor and short hours.
The AVERAGE salary Of the Railway
Postoaice clerk, throughout the country
is only $977 Il year. These men work
hard, at the most trying labor and
have long hours.
Eighty years ago North Carolina had
as many representatives in Congress as
New York. North Carolina now has
nine, or one less than she had in 1900,
while New York has thirty.four.
There are il0type-setters, besides APP
prentices, in the Government printing
office.
Estimating Congress to be in session
200 days. Il year. the salaries Of Senators
and Representatives amount to about
SlO,O GOO Il day.
The State Of Nevada, which has two
Senators and one Representative in
Congress, has not 50 large Il population
by Gil souls rs the city Of New Haven,
Conn
a number of the United States Sen.
atc's employees are put down on the
records as skilled laborers," and draw
pay at 81, 600 year, while those who
are merely "unSlilled hborers' get
$40 II year. The distinction between
the two is in the kind Of brooms they
manipulate. The "skiled" laborcr uses
Il common broom to sweep stone flag.
gine, while TIE "unskilcd" laborcr
wicIda II coarse broom III sweeping car.
riagc-ways.
Daring the past ten years the Gov
eminent has expended nearly go, OO0,-
600 in caring for the Indians. The to.
tai number Of Indians attached to agcn-
cics is only 2iG,OOO, and Of these Co.
q 600 III Indian Territory, 100 in Wis
consin, and 5000 IN New York are
i supposed to be ut least partially self.
J. supporting.
l. Last year tie Postot!ice Departmcn,
r used 81 600 worth of ink for stamping
!. aud canceIlng letters.
Is The five States of Delaware, Colora
is do, Florida, Nevada aud Oregon com
blncd have not 50 great Il population by
about 100, 600 souls as the city of New
York Yet New York city has bu
eight Representatives, in Congress
while the five States have sixteen, be
sides their ten Senators.
III the fiscal year ended June 30, til,
= Governments disbursements for pen
sions reached sum which exceeds b,
J. six millions Of dollars the disbursements
|, for all purposes in the year 1880.
y There are in the railway mail service
!. fifteen clerks who draw the salary of ST.
h Il year each.
- From the firc States Of New York
{ Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts,
d and Ohio, the Government derives one
half of0ll its postal revenues.
Last year the Government paid for
, several copies Of Puck for use of depart.
mcnt officials.
Tie Government expended SAL.
-lo o6 last year for "Norlh American
Ethnology" for the Smithsonian Institu-
zion.
1t costs $4,000 year to light the
Capitol and grounds.
More than one-haif of the internal
revenue receipts Of the Government
comes from the four States Of Illinois,
View York, Ohio and Kentucky.
Ia wait upon the Is Senators there
re > y employees, not counting police,
Waterman and librarians.
Virginia now has the same number of
congressman she had in 1890, when
there were only Is members of the
House.
There are several PostoiIiccs in the
country at which the annual salary of
the Postmaster is only 81.
Pos'a! cards cost the Government 81
cents and 1 mills thousand.
Give hundred and ciphty-nnc dol.
lars for wines, liquors, and mineral wa
tcrs, for use of b ard Of Visitors to Ma.
val Academy" is an item in lust years
expenditures Of the Government.
The Pension Office expcnds more
than 100000 II year investigating al
legged pension frauds.
AT the Signal Service training school,
Arlington Heights, the students of me.
teorology, baromctcrs, and thermometers
are compelled to leave their study Ia.
bles IN the exact centre of the room,
their hunks in Il certain position in a
certain corner, their coats hung upon
certain nails, and their textbooks piled
up in certain manner before retiring
for the night, these and hundred more
similar regulations being prescribed "by
order Of the Chief Signal Officer"
Their Sunday dinner is coffee, bread,
and dried apples stewed
After having expended more than
hundred millions of dollars upon its
buildings in the District of Columbia,
the Government finds itselfpaying near
~ $4,000 u month for rent Of private
buildings,