The Washington critic., 1888-10-08

army. Tho rabble and bummers are re-
fused They claim no better schools ex-
ist for young men. Every post has n
first-class library. All the newspapers
aud magazines of any note are taken, and
besides this, there arc regular schools OF
instruction with teachers who have been
enlisted for the express purpose OF teach
ing. Tho pay of new recruit is s13
per month. This is soon increased to 81 Q
and then to SIS. The men can leave all
sums over So in the hands OF the United
States paymuster, and after six months
draw 4 l-2 per cent. interest on it. BY
law passed two years ago thirty-year
service entities o man TO retire on full
pay, which, with his allowance for ra-
tions and other things, amounts to $23
per month.
Not Many Gems in Congress.
II is a noticeable thing, says the New
Tribune, that very little icwelry is worn
in Congress. Occasionally you will
catch the fash of diamond. but you
will see more in five minutes in the
Hoffman House bar than YOU will by
talking TO members of Congress for o
week. Representative Fisher of Mich
igan. who q dozen years ago was ped
ding milk from o cart. and whose
wealth to-day is limited by seven figures,
heads the list with large diamond stud
of the purest water. Perry Belmonts
pearl pin, which he always wears in u
black scarf. no matter what the season
of the year, has become Congressional
institution almost. Tim" Campbell
reioices in big diamond cluster shirt
pin, and Gen. Spinola Is never seen with
out an emerald shirt-pin set with dia-
monds: but these are the exceptions,
and the majority of members wear little
or no iewelry. And less is worn in the
Senate, especially by the very rich men.
How Mr.. Moore Got Into Congress.
The Hon. Lafayette Moore is member
of Congress from the interior of Texas.
He docs not come to New York very
often, says the Graphic, but when he
does he and Col. Tom Ochiltrce and John
Chamberlin and half dozen other
kindred spirits make serious drafts on
the credulity of their friends by the
wondrous tales they relate. Mr.. Moore
was quiet country Judge down in Texas
when he was named for Congress few
years ago. Nobody had thought much
of him as n candidate, but when the
convention met and developed into n
snarling mob over half dozen of the
big men of the district, who each laid
claim to the nomination, one of the
cowboys from Atascosa stood up on
his horses back in the field where
the meeting was held and nominated La
fayetUe Moore. In five minutes he was
the nominee. He had never been heard
in q public speech before, but when he
started in that day he showed he was an
orator of slSyrocket order, and recalled
to the applauding delegates the scream
ing of eagles and the roaring of lions.
lie turned out to be holy terror TO his
opponents on the stump, and won by a
big majority. He has been rather mod
est thus far in Congress, but as he is to
be reelected, the country may be pretty
certain to hear from him before very
long.
Mr.. Evarts as a Joker.
Senator Evarts has at command o
sententious humor, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger, that is rarely limited at in
such of his obong periods as are most
familiar to the public. A correspond
cnt says that he remarked of Rhode
Island that " it was settled by the
Dutch: the Yankees settled the Dutch !"
and of certain Christians who landed in
New England: "They praised God and
fell on their l1nees-thcn they fell upon
the aborigines." The eX-Secretary also
sent to Bancroft this letter:
Dear Bancroft: l am very glad ia
sent you two products of my pen to
day-a barrel of picked pig pork and
my eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase"
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