The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-19
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CIeveland's Birthday-Uncle Sans Big
Cun-The Red Tape Depsrtrnent-Rail-
road tn2ineers-Died at His Post-The
Ancient German Regime.
President Cleveland will permit US 10
! wish him many heppy returns of the day.
I'm the haptismal record Of The little Pres
byierian church OF Caldwell, y D., II Is
+ noted that he was "horn March iS, 1881"
! He IS, therefore, fifry.one years Old to-
day
: IL another part of thia mornings Ter
Jld our readers viii lnd some very pleas
( ant "reminiscences Of the President They
roach away back 10 his childhood and TO
I those Surroundings and influences which
gave h'as TO his mind and impulse to his
/ ambition.
lie was not unlike other boys in his
love of mud pies, marbles, and perhaps
mischief Emerson used 10 say that he
bad boys make The strongest men. which
is another way of saving that il boy has
such an abundance Of vitality that he has
- let off bis steam in pranks he Is likely
touriize that vitality later on for better
purpose. Young Cleveland had a good
deal If this sort of energy, and could
throw a stone NJ a chicken with the best
Of his playfellows.
The Prcsbyterianism Of those days was
pretty serious thing, and Sir. Give
/ lands father was clergyman Of that de
nomination, his early training was of the
striciest sort. II is not difficult to trace
10 those influences the caution md con
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public questions and the evident sense Of
i personal responsibility which has been Il
: popularity Of his administration.-N.H J..
Herald.
! or the great one hundred FOUNDER be-
ing made At Plitsburg, reporter says:
AT the CAPITAL il will he riiled, pol
ished, and made ready for the firing tests
at Annapolis These will hardly take
/ place before he end Of May. There will
he no chld's play, and the gun will not
/ be humnred In any way. II will be
/ loaded up with one huudred pound ball
and as much powder as can be forced in
al the breech and touched of I bis will
/ be repeated "a fast as the gun can he
charged. Ten shot, in eleven mi uies Is
.
will be fred The contract requires That
the bal shall travel at the rate Of 1900
/ feet q second as it leaves the muzzle, and
4 to attain this velocity the pressure upon
/ the gun will be tremendous. II the gun
( IS as good as iis maker believes il will
! stand this ordeal without a sign OF weak
/ ness II Is tested to stand pressure Of
! fifteen tons 10 the inch at the breech and
five tons to the inch at the muzzle.
Surprising that the gun passes the
/ regulation Test satisfactorily, It il eX-
pected that il will be put 10 still seyerer
tests, each one greater than the last, until
1t blows TO pieces The gun will be lost
but it will convey Lesson in the manu-
facture Of heavy ordnance that il is hoped
will be worth millions Of dollars to the
people Of the United States"
Speaking of the red tape methods in
the Washington Department, the Phila-
delphia Record says
I'm the report are some instances OF
/ the incredible circumlOculiOn and weari-
T some detail with which the routine off
cial business of the Department is con-
Quoted. For example, there is a descrip-
/ ton of the successive steps by which Il
clerk in the Land Ofl"e ascertained how
the account OF a receiver of public money
stood sin e he had made his last return.
The simplest and most expeditions way
for the clerk 10 have obtained this infOr.
nation would have been TO have written
letter 10 the clerk who had the accounts
in his possession But instead of this. Il
| long series of trivial official formailes
had 10 be observed before the figures
could be obtained. The refort shows
! that this letter in it, wanderings through
/ the Circumlocution Office passed through
the hands OF nine clerks, one chief OF
( division. one assistant chief OF division,
two legal examiners, one register, and
two messengers
4 Judge OF Omaha yesterday declined
to giant an injunction restraining engi-
neers from quitting work. What he said
upon the subject recalls the advice of the
old judge to the young Judge-always to
Z OF lfu decisions xCif npnf pf yiuH hi