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Daily Republican., 1885-08-25
Of Education
puoW DEFAG.CATlON"'
y spEAsUREK NEAR.
$1,000 SHORT.
EpEN NED TGWE ER.

ot Public Eaioation held a
King last uieht. President
Sied tho char, and several
|ers absent. among them
becker, Smith, Allen, Kea-
and West
realing OF the minutes Mr..
ken:ea The repor, of the ex-
od 10 audit the accounts of
IN. la.o Secretary AMI Trea.
Board The experts pre-.
mlnule and critical exami.
! books and accounts of the
II and Treasurer with the
rogt
esj,ent aud Finance Com
Board OF p lblic Education
Eon, Del.
t. We herewith present t
emeut, showing the amouut
Mason oi Il. Is. Morrow, late
IA Treasurer Of your Board,
IN arriving at the results
h 81. information had to be
\ thorough examination
{ b1,ka, cash books, bank
: sid receipts o. the past
4 a' tho hands Of the Pre-.
L. ubers Of the Finance
t,lns BONG no cash entries
sa ,lUne, 1858, rendered
i.sp- and difficult one. In
ia.n .reasarer, we have in
ks-5 "a Al lis acknowledged
Ia, examination and only
tLeu. where the facts and
.aa safeA actually war.
be date pertaining to this
lua1,l by as, to this date,
shows u oorrec. result.
b. G0uhr, however, about
pf rents from " City Mis-.
for 1888, which the
hoE., .,ht te could settle by
feceipta supposed to be in
Miss Perkins (at present
This has not yet been
ID anything result from the
Efforts the am punt of the
b per our statement can be
6iDgly
JAMES WooLLEY,
j. B THOMAS.
De-, Aug. !, 1885.
igaE ,te whole detailed
tae result Of the auditors,
summary of the results
years III which the late
Treasurer defau tied, and
4 ~ iietaloation
i o. 1tatomeH; .......
}! 'tloip,s per state
...,,.' -.... ....... $500
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lsll Distrlc.
- $3.50 555. S.
276.00
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Daily Republican., 1885-08-25
Peach snfptnouis.
Esay Fever.

Total.............................
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

in one day in one of the pool rooms. He
was Riven LODGING at the Home. and the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

Norristown Herald: 1t is said that Wash
ington ladies are ''all engaged in picking
banjos." It's queer within. They could
certainly make more money just now BY
picking strawberries.
Oil City Derrick: A late fashion dictum
is that only widows should wear the wild
Ow's ruching. Then we suppose only nuns
should wear nuns yelling and only Goldfish
attend Goldfish balls.
Albany ga News: There seems to be
a general though uncOncerted movement in
the country against the eXtravagant pride
of mourning costumes and funeral pomn.
1t will be- hard TO wean people from the
outer semblance of inner sorrow. People
hang on to their idols madly, and that is
one of them.
Detroit Free Press: The most impudetn
and reckless drivers in Detroit. as has been
frequently noted by the police. are the fell
flows on front seats of family carriages.
They feel protected by the dollars of their
employers. and there isn't a day they don't
bang into some vehicls or run over some pc
destrian.
The Judge: Miss Bullion attends a Wag-
ner concert at Chickering hall. Miss b
Il see the first thing on the program is the
overture from Die Walkuere.' Do YOU
know Just dote on that It's one of NV
favOrite pieces. How l wish they would
begin and get through tuning up" Brutal
friend-''Thats the overture you hear"
Boston Courier: Jones-Brown seems to
feel mighty upish since he made little
money by his corner in whisky. Pretends
to belong to the swallow-tail crowd, l be-
lieve.
Smith-Swallow-tai crowd! Iguess not.
J.-No?
$40. Regular old soaker. Swallow
cock tail crowd would be more like it.
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subjects. On the door of this room is posted
a notice: ''The First Assistant Postmaster
General will see visitors between the hours
of 10 and y daily" During these hours his
room is crowded with visitors. Most of
these are members Of congress or Others in
tereSted in the appointment of small post
masters. Occasionally there are some of
the aSpirants themselves. but they are COM
paratively few, for an Office which pays but
hundred dollars year is scarcely worth a
trip to Washington. though it may be consid-
cred a subject for pretty stiff neighborhood
contest. Alr. Stevenson has happily a very
able assistant in Mr.. Fowler. his chief
clerk. who has been for quarter of a cen
tury in the department, most of his time in
this particular work. Often. in the absence
of the first assistant. Mr.. Fowler is left in
charge of this work, and is therefore very
familiar with it and of great assistance to a
new official in assuming this tremendous
load of distributing IS, 600 Offices. Mr.
Stevenson has a warm summer before him.
Indeed some people suspect that he has a
toierably warm winter in store, too, for. of
course. he will not have disposed of his a.
600 offices when congress reasSembleS.
Every congressman. when the new session
begins, will come with a long list of small
postmasters in his district whom he wants
displaced for some Democrat. The result
will be year of very hard work for Mr..
Stevenson
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sHAKEsPEARE IDEALEzED.
The Ghost of the Great Bard Dis
cnurSes Elm n rsnr-nr

courses EBOqueHtIy GA Hay Fever.
Its now the summer time. when YER
dant trees wear heaviest coats of green and
feathery titilations probe the nostrils with
hay fevers stingS"
Aye, marry, but they do and now thou
Sayst 1t, L do remember me mine own OIL
factories have felt this foul Infection"
Great heavens! Say not that. This
foul disease could not so soon attack the
rosy oritice through which thou dost inhale
the ambient atmosphere"
Ills true. But yeSter morn / felt the
gentle twanging of the cartilage within me
nose, as 'twere the tuning of a fairy harp TO
play discOrdant melodies within me frame
Great drops of sweat like beads stood on
me brow, and gobS of phlegm quite blocked
the hindmost quarter section of me
throat"
''Oh, haggard pest! but dids't thou
sneeze and cough?"
Il sneeze? The very cords that hold me
head upon me spinal column seemed to
snap. A thousand fatty burrows wrinkled
up me brow, and when mine equilibrium
was almost lost, and in moment more my
breath had gone, l belched forth gusty
Zephyrs that did quite drown out the organ
grinder in the yard below that sued for
tuppence for his squeaking drone."
. How felt you then?'
''How felt L? AS if 10000 ants were
holding carnival on me finest nerves: as if
hot logging chains, with every other link
turning swivel, were drawn athwart some
| crazy bone; as if joiner, with his smooth
ing plane, had hewed great slices from me
| inner throat and all the ducts and glands
that nature hath implanted in me head. like
| spigots to a beer keg, were turned loose
and shed great drops of pent-up fluid in me
nasal cavities
Thou ShOuldSt have got thee to phar-
macist and drunk some mild decoction for
| thine ill.,
''Now dost thou play the fool, thou tickle
1 fellow, thou. Dost thou not know that in
| the entire catalogue of drugs there's naught
| bears semblance TO cure for this. In all
! limbeckS that the craft e'er heated
! hot. no remedy has Yet come
! forth can for five hours lubricate the throat
| or give the weary nose sweet Surcease from
| the quivering Utilization. But hold. I'll say
no more. Give me thy flagon with the bug
! juice int. I'll suck sweet essence from its
crescent mouth, and so forget my late III
| firmitV"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

next day pawned his watch and bought a
ticket to st. Paul. whittier he went by the
earliest train. Fifteen of the boys were
expelled from the Home to-day for some
serious offense. and they have built
wooden shanty in vacant lot adjoining
their old quarters. where they intend camp
ing out and making it warm" for their
more fortunate companions. The news
boys are human, after all. and one should
remember that they are boys, and not eX-
pect too much from them. Taken as a
class. though their clothes are not tailor
made and well-fitting. their manner rough,
speech rather off color at times and per-
sOnal cleanliness a triiie neglected, they'll
average up nearly even with the more for
tImate dudelinc who shifts in disgust ut
the street arab. At least Mrs. Bowman
thinks SO. and have an immense amount
OF respect for her judgment when boys are
being discussed. CHENEY.
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GOV. CASTOR Imposed Upon.

Gov. CASTOR had occasion to send dun
ming note to client whose account was
long past due. After few days the man
came in.
''Well, how are you getting along?" said
the governor, cheerily.
'.Ah. I'm in deep trouble; I can't seem
to be able TO hold up or get started since my
poor wife died"
Your wife dead? Sorry to hear it; sorry
TO hear it,"
Eyes she's gone"
The governor. who is very soft-hearted
man. was so touched by the mans evident
affiietion that he hadn't the heart to ask him
for the money, and sent him away.
A few days afterward he met friend who
knew his afflicted client, and remarked to
him that the man seemed to take his wife's
death very hard indeed.
Take it hard?" laughed the other. ''why,
she's been dead five years and he married
again the other day."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Three of the Busiest and Most Prominent
Menin the Employ of the National
Government.
The Commissioner of Customs and the
Thousands of Offices Under His
Jurisdiction.
appointment Clerk Higgins the Cen
ter of Attractions Method
of Doing Business.
Visited by Hundreds and Stared at
Like a Museum Curiosity--T
Assistant Postmaster.
RuSy workers.
Correspondence of the Globe.

correspondence OF the Globe.
WASHINGTON. July 9.-There have been
some very busy men in Washington this
week despite the hot weather. Probably
the busiest of the busy ones have been the
hrst-aSsistant postmaster general, the much
Wrltten-ot appointment clerk of the treas
ury and the commissioner Of customs who
Is doing double duty in the closing up OF the
years work and in keeping an eye to the
appointments of his bureau. The busiest
part of the treasury month ago was the
International revenue bureau. where the col
lectorS were being turned out and the new
ones put in. Most of these, however. have
been attended to. and there is comparative
quiet in this part of the treasury. In the
customs bureau, however. there are good
many ''rascals' yet to turn out" This is
the largest branch of the public service after
the postoffice and internal revenue depart
ments. There are collectors or surveyors
OF customs at nearly all the important in
terror cities. and at all the ports of any inn
portance. These have large number of
assistants near them. making the customs
force number many thousands Of employees.
These are now being turned ont" Col
lectOrs and surveyors of customs have been
appointed at a number of places already,
but there are still a good many to be looked
after. In many OF the cases
WHERE CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE
against officers now holding these positions
it has been found necessary to investigate
them, to look up the character and especial
fitness Of the applicants for place, and
these, with the work of finishing up the
years work of the most important revenue
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
THE VIOLET BANK.

Once more dear friend, the violer bank we
seek,
And tread with joy our old familiar ways:
Gone is fell Winter. gray and stern, and
bleak,
And laughing Spring fills every heart with
praise.
Once more we hail bright morns and lengthen-
ing days.
And all the dear delights that Winter stole:
Glad of the sunlight, with its tender rays,
Charmed with the loneliness which decks
the whole;
Grateful for Love, which undeserved is ours
Love constant as this light which comes,
newborn,
And speaks 10 us of Him who makes the
flowers
Come gently forth to bless the ''smiling
morn"
With all this beauty, we may be forgiven
If we forget that earth is NOT our heaven.
From Chambers Journal.
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APPOINTMENT CLERK HIGGINS.


! ceives callers, and regales himself with a
mug of milk and piece of pie or a ''Mary-
! land biscuit" Then he lights his cigar and
chats for few moments with an acquaint-
snce. Yesterday he was standing in front
of the dairy smoking his cigar and chat
ting with a crowd Of newspaper CORE
,gpondents who had gathered about him.
i.tI hate to go back to my desk, he said.
81 have had one of the hardest mornings
work that / have had since | came here"
CALLERS BY THE HUNDRED.
GLOW many callers a day do you have,
MI. Higgins?" was asked.
From 200 to 400" he answered. at is
- pretty difficult task can tell you to dis
pose of 100 callers an hour, especially
when many of them come with the idea
that they are to have half an hour for their
own particular case"
''You must have a good many curious
cases?"
Eyes. good many, and some that are
very interesting. There was a very inter
csting one day or two ago. A very at
1ractive young lady came in and waited her
Turn. When it came L asked her what she
desired, and received a written answer
She was deaf mute. She is emploved in
the bureau of engraving and printing and
wanted a transfer to some other position.
fShe wrote beautiful hand, and was evil
IDENTIFY very bright young woman, unable
10 speak or hear a sound. Of course |
could not give her the transfer she wanted.
for that is outside the line of NV duties. -
Most Of Mr.. Higgins callers state their
cases to him as he sits at his desk in the
center of a rather small room where he ner-
forms his duties. He listens carefully. cuts
che long takers off when they appear to
Fhave stated the main points, gives them
prompt answer, and
GETS BID OF THEM.
Sometimes the experienced visitor asks
Sfar asnriVate audience. and when this is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
MY AUTUMN QUEEN.
From Good Words.

From Good Words.
Come. weary little maiden,
With all thy laughter fed.
Two hands with berries laden,
Red berries on thy head
With little step that fingers.
Tired. in the long. dusty road,
With droop OF weary fingers.
Faint with their rudy load
Come, darlingi let me carry
This wealth thy heart desired;
Sure little footsteps tarry
When little feet are tired.
The eventide comes colder.
And we must homeward hold,
So lay thee on this shoulder
Thy head of raveled sold.
o maiden, thou hast led me,
As to n merry tune,
With twinkling feet that fed me
All thro' the Autumn noon.
When yet the air was mellow
And shadow there was none,
When woods of red and yellow
Flashed in the fiery sun
Sweet was thy fleeing laughter,
In echo still more sweet.
While light leaves fiuttered after
The going of thy feet.
Oh, we were gay together,
This sunny maid and /.
All in the autumn weather,
Beneath the autumn sky.
We wrought amid the sedzes
Green crowns of finest pitn;
We sought along the hedges
Red gems TO Irvine Herewith.
Thouledst through rustled places,
Where brown leaves made their lair;
Though spedst down sunlt places
With loose gold on thy hair.
With green and red bound thee,
Where sunlight set its sheen;
kissed, dear child, and crowned thee,
Ny shining autumn queen;-
A queen with sleep o'erladen.
Whose crown droops from her head,
This weary lrtle maiden,
With ell her laughter fed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Grigg,s GIycerine saIve.

The best on earth can truly be said of
Griggs' Glycerine Salve, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns, wounds and all other sores.
VIII positively cure piles, letter and all
subscriptions Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Only 25 cents. Sold by P. j. Dreis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

RuckIen,s Arnicn Saire

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptiOns. and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price - cents per box. For
sale by Lambie & Bethune and J. p. Allen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
A MUSEUM CURIOSITY.

Heis worker, and must be person of
patience besides. He has from 200 to 400
visitors every day. They begin coming soon
after 9 o'clock, and there is a steady stream
from that time until l O'clock Then he
shuts down and prepares to give his atten-
ton to the work of the Office Just oppo-
site the treasury there is dairy" where
there are milk and biscuits and pie. 1t is a
popular lunch place for the treasury en-
ployes Thither Mr.. Higgins winds his way
utter the labOrious hours in which he re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
COMMISSIONER M'CALMoNT.

branch of the government. keeps Commits
sioner McCalmOnt an extremely busy man.
The contests growing out of some of these
applications for Office under the customs
bureau are very bitter. Talking of it TO
your correspondent, a prominent South
Carolinian said: Il doubt if the bitterness
that has been engendered in our state over
the distribution of some Of the offices will
disappear in a whole generation. We have
never known anything like it. Why, in
one case the fight against man who was a
candidate for position was so bitter and
so excited his wife that she became i'll and
died. 1t was nothing but the direct result
of this fight for office, and the bitter per-
sonal attacks that were made upon her hus-
band"
A BUSIER MAN, HOWEVER,
than Mr.. McCalmont, is the man nearer
to the appointing power, Appointment Clerk
Higgins. He is the center of a good deal
OF attention this week. The New York
Times, which aspiTes to run the Cleveland
administration. is attacking him bitterly.
day by day, and the fight against him is
just about as hot as the weather. He takes
it good naturally. however. He is not
especially thin-skinned, and has no diff
Guilty in getting his regular amount of
sleep so far as the newspaper attacks upon
him 90. Indeed it seems sometimes as if
he rather enjoyed it. He talks smilingly OF
it. attends strictly to business, and appears
to be about as comfortable as any man in
Washington. He is terror TO all gov
eminent employees, and a sort of Jumbo to
curiosity seekers. People who go to the
treasury all want to see Higgins. His room
in the southeast corner of the treasury
building is always the center of attention.
Thousands yN-bo offion OhliOad RI
go there. thousands of others visit him
through curiosity. Some Of these go boldly
In to pay their respects. but the most OF
them are content with a peep at him
through the half-open door, looking at him
as they would
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

granted Mr.. Higgins takes the privileged
person behind a little screen which Is
stretched across the corner of the room. and
there in very low tones the case is gone
over.
Probably the man who has the biggest
contract on his hands, however, is the first
assistant postmaster general. Mr.. A. +.
Stevenson. He is fairly installed i'm his
new position, and finds it one of very la
borious duties. There are about forty-ive
thousand postoffices which come directly
under the hand and eye of the first assistant
postmaster general. Only the offices which
pay $1,000 year or more are counted
worthy the attention of the president or the
postmaster general. And there are only
about two thousand of these. so that the
number of minor offices to which the first
assistant must give his attention runs con-
siderably over forty-fiye thousand. In
many of these the
CONTEST IL JUST AS SPIRITED
as in the larger Offices which are left 10 the
president and postmaster general to take
care of. The first assistant has fine large
room on the second floor of The postoiiice
department. adjoining that of the postmaS-
ter general himself. and there are frequent
consultations between them on knotty
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-12-22

EB During our visit to Wheeling we
called at the representative establish
uent of 6. S. FEEKY, wholesale dealer
in Candies and Connections.
Wheeling has reason TO be proud OF
the business transacted by her whole.
sale merchants, who are not excelled for
enterprise and push by those OF any
other city In the Union.
Among her merchants, for honest and
fair dealing, none stand higher than 6.
s. FEESY. manufacturer of pure Candies.
Merchants visiting the city are specially
invited to call and examine his fine dis
play of Fine and Plain Candies, Prize
Boxes, Fire Crackers, etc, etc and ev-
ervthing in the Sweet Meat line that the
palate can suggest.
His present quarters are on Main
street, No l4l0, In the heart OF the city
and occupy four immense stories, each
30 feet broad by 40 feet long, and &c
which place the increased volume of bis
business nect s,tated bis removal five
Years ago for the purpose of obtaining
more room. and only the most caretu
utilization OF space allows him to con
tinue in this location. Be sure to Civ,
ihim call btfore purchasing elsewhere
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-12-22

EF H. R. Mason has shown rs copy
OF the Woodsfeld Spirit Of Democracy
of the date of Nov. 8, 1S45, which pro, es
quite interesting ct thus time. 1t is a
six column folio, and in form and make
up. is not far from equaling the Woods
Geld paper of to-day. Over two col.
umns of space are devoted to discus-
sion Of the proposed equestrian statue
in bror :" since erected at Washington
10 honor OF Gen. JACKSON. 1t contains
a notice that "there viii be petition
presented to the next session OF the Leg.
islature Of Olio, asking for the erection
Of a new county to be called the county
of Noble, asking for tae county seat t.
be located at Saratsville." The follow
ing is among the news items. 1T Is now
reported that Mr. CALHOUN, will return
to the Senate at the next session OF
Congress"
Mr.. MASON also showed Us o legal
paper containing the autograph sigma
ture of T. H. HENDRlcKa, the late Vice
President OF the United States-some-
thing which in fnture, years will be high.
ly interesting to the admirers of the il.
lustrious statesman - CaldceN Press.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-12-22
sWAZEY ITEMS.

December II, 1885.
Christmas will soon be here.
Swsz,v has never been behind in ma
king Christmas treat to ell, and We
hone will'not be this time.
Our friends have been talking of bav.
ing an oyster supper at this place.. We
iope it will not only be talk, but that i
nav be real
Our school is ia progress under The
supervision Of Mr. S w. Wayne.
Mr.. John M. Wa,6.ld who has beer
in the Sunny Sonih'' fot some month.
past returned home last Saturday:
Miss Tauie Warfield, who has been
very i'll with lung fever, is able TO bt
among ns again.
Mr.. B F. Shaklee, brakesman on ths
BIZ & C R R. ia at home where b,
will spend his holiday 8.
Mr. Jas Hoeue's are thinking q
celebrating the tenth anniversary Of lheil
wedding on Cnristmas day.
We see correspondent from this
place in the colums OF the Gazette known
as Topsy. We presume you will em'.
CRATE to the '.far west" in the near fu.
ture. don't YOU think 80 Topsy?
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bach If Lewis.
Vile o we're the Guests Of Mr. Bach's
last Saturday and Sabbath. CLAUDE