Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-28

DODtI. Nul, NV SAS So
twinkled, the minor matters of admins.
tration in this department. | think, l intend
TO manage myself, as l necessarily under
stand them best.
There were several listeners in the room
some OF them perhaps bent on an errand
similar to the Judges. The Judge saw the
situation, and so did those who heard the
conversation.
Obeying Orders.
Il would like to see the papers In the case
of Mr.. -, Postmaster at q small
town in Mississippi"
Cant see them, sir"
"WhyY'
Against orders"
Whose ordersY'
THE Postmaster Generals
What are the chargesf"
Cant say"
"WhyY'
Against orders"
Are there any chsrgesF
Cant tell"
"WhyY'
Against orders"
"Well, in Gods name, please tell me, sir,
is it the policy OF the Postm sster General to
have the execution before the trialY'
This conversation took place between q
Democratic Pennsylvania editor and the
clerk in charge of the Post.ofice Depart
ment in the absence Of Mr.. Villas and his
sick assistant, Mr.. Hay.
Fortune out of Misfortune.
Col. Mclean, who is acting commissioner
of pensions in General Blacks absence, had
his attention called called to a paragraph In
a Philadelphia paper regarding q m
named Margaret A. Cox, living in Pennsyl-
vani, who was terribly burned. The para
graph stated that she W a the widow Of q
Union soldier, and thejmother Of a large
family of children, and that she had had an
application on file for several years for a
widows pension. Colonel Mclean mmedl.
ately ordered the claim made special, had
the record examined, and in less than
hour from the time the matter was called to
his attention the claim had been approved
and received the signature of the Secretary
of the Interior, and the certificate for over
$500 back pay was on its way to the wom-
ans home.
Statue of Garfield.
A white marble statue of ex-President
Garfield, the work of the sculptor Niehaus,
has been brought to the capitol. 1t was set
upon its pedestal in the hall of statusry.
which has gradually grown upon the old
gall OF the house Of representatives. This
of Garfield is of heroic dimensions, and q
very excellent likeness Of Guiteau's victim.
A veil of white muslin was placed over the
statue as soon as it was placed in position,
and it will not be uncovered until the for
NAL presentation is made to congress next
winter. This statue is presented by the State
OF Ohio, under the act of congress passed
in 1864, authorizing the president to invite
each state to furnish two statues, in marble
or bronze, Of deceased persons who had been
citizens thereof and illustrious for their his
toric renown, or for distinguished military
or civic services. Under this authority
about a dozen states have placed statues OF
their most worthy sons in the hall.
The Wild West Visits the Wa Depart
ment in War Paint.
Buffalo Bill, accompanied by Sitting Bull
and fifteen Indians, called at the War De.
partment and paid their respects TO General
Sheridan and Adjutant General Drum. The
Indians wore their war costume. Their
| faces were embellished with red and yellow
| paint, on their heads they wore immense
single feathers. Sitting Bulls head was
adorned by o number Of feathers OF large
size. In General Sheridan's room but lii
tie conversation was INDUCED in. Sitting
| Bull gave an occasional grunt when spoken
TO BY an Indian companion. He paid bu
| little attention to his surroundings. The
| other Indians were interested in pictures OF
Indian life that adorned the walls. They
| paid especial attention to q buffalo scene,
and, calling the attention Of each other to
! IL, talked and laughed among themselves.
The Indians lett the room in single file
and passed about a hundred War Depart
/ ment clerks who stood in the corridors. TIE
visit to General Drum was brief-only q
formal introduction taking place there. Be.
fore leaving the State, War and Navy De-
partment building the party visited the
State Department library aud examined the
| original copy of the Declaration OF indie.
pendence and other relics.
The party next paid their respects to Sec,
! rotary Bayard, who received them very
| pleasantly and then weutto the White House
where they were Joined by Nate SALISBURY
| and John NJ. Burke. The President received
the company in the library, where 9 grand
| handwriting took place, but there was no
| speeches. Sitting Bull said, however, that
he was delighted with his trip East and
| wished he had seen all this when he was q
boy. AT the Interior Department Secretary
| Lamar and Indian Commissioner Atkins
| shook hands all around and INDUCED in q
short conversation with the different mem
bers of the party.
Prof. Riley aud the Locusts.
The agricultural bureau will issue a
second and revised edition of Prot G.. V.
Riley's recent bulletin on the periodical
| cicsda in about q month, with colored plates
and reports of observations during the past
few weeks in the states now suffering from
the pests. Prof. Riley will also give the re-
suits of his experiments lately in endeavor.
ing to devise 9 mean Of preventing dam
age by the cicada He recommends the
use of lime to whitewssh the trunks and
limbs Of trees or linseed oil employed in the
same way, the FIRST serving to prevent the
insect from getting q good hold with Its
claws, and the latter accomplishing its pur-
pose in that way as well as by the odor,
which seems offensive to the cicada. BE
says the swallows are doing effective work
in preventing much damage BY eating the
insects in great quantities and killing them
of before they reach full maturity. Prot.
Riley says the insects now troubling Mis-
sour and California are Of the same species
though not exactly alike, and are the true
locust Of history, and quite different from
those that have made their appearance in
the East, the Eastern pests being what the
entomologists call periodical cicads. The
seventeen-year cicada are found in Virginia
and farther to the west as far as Indians
and Illinois, while fardown the eastern belt