Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-10

are interested. Mr.. L0ring estimates the
money value Of our cattle st 81. 106. 49,
103; Of which, say, five hundred and
thirty four millions in value arc west OF
the Mississippi The cattle kings" ask
for q national cattle drive over govern
ment and State lands from the Red river
Of the South to the northcrn boundary
Of the United States: and they threaten
the railroad corporations with national
law in the matter OF inter State COM
mercc, unless the railroads will make
such concessions as 70 rates as the cattle
men shall consider just.
Professor John T. Smith, prominent
Republican of New Albany. Ind, was
astonished recently by receiving notice
of his appointment to 81, 600 clcrkship
in the war department. To a CORE
spondent he said This is as much
mystery 10 me as TO you. ! never asked
for the appointment. suppose, though.
1t came under the civil service rules.
Several months ago ] was requested TO
prepare paper on civil service reform,
and in order to write it intelligently ]
made some inquiries in reference to the
examinations. | found | could get no
information upon the subject outside aud
detcrm ned to get it inside. / saw no.
tice In the papers one day that the COM
mission would hold session in Louis
vile certain day. Iapplicd for exam
ination solely for the purpose of getting
data for NV article, which | subsequent
~ wrote. Some time after the cxamina-
ton / received notice from the commits
sion at Washington of my percentage,
and that had been entered upon the list
for an appointment ] thought and
heard no more of it, considering it
mere formal notice, until the notice OF
my appointment in the war Office came.
1t is doubtful if ] accept, as my business
here Is of such nature that do not see
how / can leave without sacrifice"
The problem of living we'll on the least
sum possible has engaged much attention
Of late years, and innumerablc treatises
have been written to prove how little,
after all, was necessary to t6at end.
Miss Juliet Corson's GTwenty- Five
Cent Dinners" little phamphlet pub
lished some years since for the benefit of
workingmen's wives, is probably the
most practical of these; still even that
was not altogether successful, since peo-
pie who tried to live up to it almost in
variably complained that the provisions
named could not be bought for the
figures given, while the quantities speci-
fed were too small to satisfy the healthy
appetites of the six people forwhom they
were intended. The only satisfactory
solution which can be obtained must
come to each housewife through individ
ual experience. Let the allowance,
whatever it is, be apportioned weekly,
and keep expenses within it. A little
practice will soon teach you exactly how
much can be given to each day. Much,
also, may be saved by buying such things
as will keep by tho quantity. There are
many persons who cannot afford this
economy and here the destruction OF
the poor is their poverty. It seems hard,
yet Is none the less true, that the very
poor, who buy Goals by the pailful and
sugar by the half pound, pay in the end
three times as much as the rich man who
lays in coal by the quantity and buys
sugar by the barrel.