The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-08-28

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The printing of the new ten dollar
silver certificates began at the bureau Of
engraving and printing to-day. The
design Of this note, as has already been
stated in these dispatches, includes a
well-eXecuted portrait Of the late Vice
President Hendricks. The work is be-
ing executed on the new distinctive
paper, which was manufactured ex-
pressly for the new silver certificates.
About 5000 impressions were taken to-
day, and as each sheet contains four
notes, 5000, 000 worth Of silver certificates
have passed through the first process on
their way to the public. About thirty
days will be required to finish them and
have them ready for circulation, but it
is understood that they will not be is
sued before the middle of November,
when the ones and twos are expected to
be prepared for issue. The designs for
the latter denominations are now being
transferred to steel, and the plates will
probably be ready for the printers about
the middle of next month. The design
for the ten dollar plate was commenced
some time before Congress authorized
the printing of the new issue of certifi-
Gates, as it was deemed advisable to re-
place the old design with the Hendricks
note. This explains why the largest
denomination Is so much further ad-
vanced than the designs for the smaller
notes. As soon as the plates for the
latter are prepared the full complement
of employees at the bureau will be put to
work to expedite their circulation.
The President, most of the Cabinet,
and many of the lower grade of officers
are away on the accustomed vacation.
1t is very convenient to take leave
of absence for four or six weeks, and
have a good fat salary go with YOU to
pay for railroad fare and settle up
promptly hotel bills. Very few people
would object to this If they were lucky
enough to be the recipients of the Gov
ernment bounty. The fellows that com
plain are generally those whose salary
ceases when the work stops. Twenty
FIVE thousand dollars day would be a
low estimate to cover the salaries of
those who are now off having a glorious
time at the seashore, the springs, the
mountains, splurging about the hotels,
and passing as great men in the small
bucolic towns. A gratuity of from one
hundred to four thousand dollars a
month each is nothing for Uncle Sam
when his favored boys want to take a
little bout, but four dollars mouth to
some poor, struggling, unfortunate one
who contracted disease in the defense of
his country's honor, that will follow
him to an early grave, and renders the
few years he tarries here almost burden
some, is fearful raid upon the Treas
ury and must be stamped out by Execu-
tive veto. "There is something rotten
in Denmark" These things don't jibe
well. "Saving at the spiggot and vast
ing at the bung hole Is an old aphorism
of the Greeks that hits the conditions of
this day completely. Six hours a day
of easy work at bouncing good salary,
and sure pay every month in crisp green
backs, is not bad, without dumping in
several weeks of idleness and Incidence
at the same good rate of pay. There
are more things that want reforming in
the civil service than syntaX, et,Anology
and orthography. Forty-five millions
of dollars appropriated this year in ex-
cess off any previous year is blow square
in the face of economy so much harped
about. The tens of thousands who are
now laboring fourteen hours a day in
the hot harvest field for dollar and a
half, ought to think of these things a
little before they whoop it up too strong
for party at the coming fall elections.
There is too much contrast in the con-
dition of the classes here mentioned for
a peoples government" and unless a
halt is called and remedies applied the
disease will develop into more trouble
some days by and-bY. Every depart
ment of Government here is from six
months to two years behind hand in its
work, and that is why you are waiting
for your pension, your correction of
muster, your patent, your land title,
your cash for supplies furnished, and all
that sort of thing. There are too few
hours of pretended labor, and too many
weeks of needless vacation to spin the
wheels of business very lively.
Secretary of State Bayard,is arching
his spinal column to quite an altitude, and
splitting vengeance upon those whom he
claims are sticking their fingers into the
diplomatic pie. lie says there are many
prominent men who are interfering with
the Government in its dispute with
Mexico, and have become liable to Grim
inal prosecution, and a fine of So, 900 and
imprisonment for six months. We hope
the Secretary is not blufiing. and if there
are any guilty of the grave charges, no
matter who or where, that they will be
brought to speedy punishment.
OF course the candidates all over the
country are now putting in their finest
work. "a good politician to keep his
position must be a magician in arts that
are vain, must eat and be merry with
Tom, Dick and Harry, with Mollie and
Garry, and Susan and Jane. Must
fondle and pamper there children that
scamper, love their gramma and grampa
and cousins and aunts, love old aunt
Maria and uncle Beniah and good aunt
Keziah, who made Tommys pants"
and do any quantity of things that
would seem rather humiliating to any
one else but a politician. The pulling
and hauling of the candidates puts one in
mind of the old darkey who said he was