Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-06
Lieut.. 0reely's Health.
HIS LEAvE ExrENpEp on ACCOUNT or sfcx-

Lieut.. 0reely's Health.
HIS LHAvE ExTENDKD on ACCOUNT or slcx-
MES.
Lieut. Greeiy's leave Of absence has beep az.
tended one month and twenty days on account
OF sickness, In order that he may have Q longer
stay abrord in the hopes OF regaining bis health,
which never entirely recovered from the effects
OF his terrible experiences in the arctic regions
His condition OF late has caused his friends
much solicitude: The failure OF Oongre. %
III. f leave as1 IS ass ssas s sss mon I
WAS was 70, for four s,I months. .,,, and nov IL
While abroad Lieut.. Greedy will make q point
OF visiting the different geographical societies.
land with q few remarks
THERE WAS FULL CABINET MEETING To-
day, and the session was short. The Kelley
Secretary of State, when asked this afternoon
Ing to say.
Army oRpERs.-The Ieave Of First Lieut..
George r. Cecil, 18th infantry, Is extended nf
teen days. Leaves Of absence for months, to
take effect about September I, 1855, with per.
months, Is granted Capt Hiram H. Ketchum,
22d infantry. Leave for fsur months is
Second Lieut.. Edward Lloyd, 18th Infantry, Is
detailed for instruction at the School Of Appli-
cation for Infantry and Cavalry, Fort Leaven-
and will report in person to the commanding
ofhcer OF the school on September I, 1885.
A New Industry.
BUYING OLD HOTEL REGISTERS FOR AUTO.
GRAPHS
From the Savannah News.
what do you suppose that man wantede"
asked a Pulaski house clerk yesterday of q Nesas
reporter.
A neatly-dressed and shrewd-looking young
man had just turned away and was lighting a
cigar. He had been talking earnestly In an
undertone for some minutes, and the Nesps man
thought perhaps the stranger wanted TO borrow
mo, he does not want to borrow. but had
moor. "And you might guess your teeth loose
before guessing what he wants to buy" con-
tinued the hotel clerk. Z" He has just made me
"What would he do with them? Keep q di.
rectory?" inquired the reporter.
NOT much. He claims TO be travelling for a
northern firm that is collecting hotel registers.
The older they are the more they are worth.
Hotel registers are the greatest autograph
travels whose autograph is not scattered ali
over this country. All prominent men travel.
The signatures of hundreds OF these have a
commercial value, even when not attached to a
note or check. The autographs OF statesmen
generally sell the highest, those of ex-Presi.
dents bringing the most A few days ago q rare
autographs were under the hammer In New
York. A dozen autographs were knocked
down at from 80 to $50 piece.
THAT wOud-be purchaser was telling me
that In few months IL will be the proper thing
to mount the autographs OF ex-Presidents, lit.
some unique style and give them place beside
the plaque. This firm is now buying up all the
registers it can get hold of. Some bright men
go over each page carefully, and cut out the
signatures of all the most prominent men.
They have quite a long list, and whenever one
tached to little slip on which are noted the
date and city. The register, of course. midi
Gates each. He says that right now Grants
signatures are In demand. He never stopped
at hotels much, however There were generally
people in all of the cities through which he
passed who wanted to entertain him, and /
never knew him to decline
This enterprising firm, you see are first
getting supply on hand, and will then intro
duce the rage and fill the demand"
Thrift is blessing gasped
the reporter, dazed by the wonderful display of
enterprise.
"The registers are really no use to us. and
most hotel men, believe, are willing to dispose
OF them at low figure resumed the clerk
''One of this size, which is the standard will
hold !, 1000 names. 1t is seldom that register
In the large hotels of big cities does not contain
half dozen good names. L know that from
personal observation. In some seasons there
the signatures to be sure, were written before
the owner came into prominence. When the
autographs come to be. sold, however, / half
suspect they are dated up, though they may not
be. The residence, which is written opposite
the name, is also cut out In mounting which
kind, the residence is placed below the name,
thus: