The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-06-27
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Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent
WAspINGroN. June. %. 'S5

In the office of the chief clerk of the
Department Of the Interior is q horse
shoe that weighs over two pounds; 1t is
very roughly, made, and is too larg'
for any dray horse i'll Washington.
"That ia one Of batch of horseshocs
that were refused 10y all inspector ~
one Of our Indian posts, said the clerk
at illustrates how there is sometime,
All effort made to swindle the Govern
ment. The shoes contracted for were
for small mules, and yet when this con
tractor got ready to I'll his contract he
90 simply unloaded all the unsaleabls rub
Dish he happened to have. But it didn't
60 through that time. The inspector
didn't seem to be standingin just then.
This little incident reminds me Of
talk had recently with a rough:-looA
ing man with WOODEN shirt, who had
come Ill the way from Wyoming Ter
ritory. He WAS stopping at one of tt"
downtown hotels, and had WANDERED
up to Kiliards for the evening In th
cosmopolitan capital he attracted littl
attention, but recognizing him imme
diately US a fronticrsman | felt com
pslled to get him started OIL u talk. 81
came On East. to gets mill for my min"
aud thought | would run down her,
for a day and look about little. ""Hor
long have you lived Vest" | asked
'"Oh, bout twelve year. Yc SEE, faile,
in Connecticut, and 80 1 thought
would 80 ont to the Black Hills and
make raise. rcckcnod I'd come back
in few year. Well now. you couldn' !
hire me to stay in tho crowded East
where people constantly jostls agains'
each other and scramble over ever,
cent. l have made all the money ] want
but prefer to have plenty Of elbow
room" He said he was not after eftic-.
and that he had seen all the office hold
ing !,e wanted to III tire person of the
"ornery" Indian agents. "You SO
then,'s the fellows what cause all III.
trouble out in our country. If it want
for the Indian agents reckon wee
not have much trouble at any tim,.
You sec when things get little dull
the Indian agents get up n war" "Ho"
do thsy do th,tl' asked. "Well there.
always plenty OF hslfhreeds lynn rouno
camp, and when supplies come u ltd.
glow FROM the GuSernment or there /,
any grumhling the agent suggests t.
the bucks that they 80 out and attach
settler or two, kill soaae women an"
children, and burn some cabins. Thsi
tn. agent sends word to Washington
chat the Indians are OH the war-pa'h.
Plenty Of supplys are forthcoming. The
Army moves in that direction to pu'
down the Indian rising and the agen'
has an excellent chance to steal "fou
ought to see the Secretary Of the In
terror" "Oh, / reckon he understand,
it all; ifhe didn't he would hardly listel'
to fellow like me-
Il cant answer near all the ques
lions that are asked in our civil service
examinations and | feel certain thai
ueither Commissioners Eatonor Gregor,
can do 50. Why there were plenty o
them printed last year that | can,
oven read to say netting about any
thing more" The speaker was Civi
Service Commissioner Thoman, and h
spOks in explanation Of what he con
sidsred a m,xppraheusion Of the soop
and work of the commission. at come
about in this way," he continued. "fak
for instance the questions submitted t
candidates for positions in the Patch
Office. They are prepared by Profess'
Baird, and are, Of course, quite tschn'
cal. Then these Of the Signal Servii
have difficult mathematical expressions
and those for diplomatic positions re
quirs an active knowledge Of foreig
languages. l make no pretensions !
this direction, and could do nolhin
with any question i'll those lines"
The late hot spell drove a grea
many people out of town; but l al
assured, By those whose business cause