Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-13

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Assistant Ensi.err ss the seaass.
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ArrofNrEb 10 sUccExp NM.
Mr. C. T. stubbs has teen removed from tho
position Of assistant engineer OF the senate wing
OF the Capitol and Mr.. George a. Ellison appointed
m hts place. Mr.. Ellison q the man who when
engineer OF the House, killed snallS one Of tho
employees under him. re was tired, hcw-
ins s5 s1S b. the pubic buildings
commI'tee prov 20 the homicide ss
p,inied on the itSase SIDE by ccmccratic ADMIN
tstraiion III the liogsc. lie gets his sppuantncie
IN the senate AZ the Instance OF the Two SeN hWk
arc az the request OF senator herman. nc ocgsg
a. a laeorer, then became fireman. and Tor sc'-
ersl years has been assistant engineer.
Capitol Topics.
TIE BURLINGTON srfiKk-psreNERs.
The White resolution. providing Tor n congress
sional inquiry into the strike the Chicago. Bur-
lington. and quincy Railroad. was again discussed
without nnal result to-day by the House commit
esv. Ss e'e% I'm nnrr, 2, eSnea.
also heard AT length IN support of the Fanluhar
ball 20 prevent the imposition Of state taxes On
drnmfners.
"Jysr DRAWING THIN on"
Senator voorhees, exhibited a cartoon 60 repubiI.
can senators to-day. which seemed To create a
god deal Of amusement. senator sherman APP
peared 70 enjoy the picture very much. II was a
a2,no.e.page colored cartoon from uasp emitted
Just drawing them on" On the bod, OF foA
lying down ON the grass was attached the head OF
Mr. Blame. one eye was closed but the other Was
sion nock OF geese, each one wearing the head
OF republican presidential candidate, Mr.. Sher-
r ssn ~ ren, was rprsen,sd as approaching tho
Nessrs sherman. Hoar. Evarts. ingalls,. Hiscock,
pepew ana other presden,ial ssrirsntS The car.
the press gallery.
EFFECTS CO THE srosn ON THE HOUSE
Tho fact that no report Of their proceedings
could lie sent out TO the country appeared 10 hsvo
an eject upon the House. Very few members
were present at the session to-day ana but nftlo
Interest appeared TO be taken In the prccsedfns,
Men who usually talk did not tan 30 much.
The P-r-sniai Cs..ndra@.
From the ararh.a
What is there In the atmosphere OF a pubic
| Office that develops craniai enlargement. Why
does an ordinarily pleasant fellow become pom-
pous peacock, pulled up bunch of importance.
| immedately AFTER he becomes one OF the attaches
OF municipal state or Federal Office when lie
comes In contact with the people?
L We 90 not encounter such strange changes IN
L ordinary business life. clerk or a salesman
leaves one place and takes another. enters upon
ms outfee In mercantile house NJ the beginning
| difference In him lie may feel proud 60 think
that ne has advanced himself or little timid be-
cause IL Is his first venture but that does not alter
| afable than before :
Take Inc same man ana put him In public once.
| aho see nov dinerently he Is affected observe
how quickly his head begins 70 Increase In length
breadth AID depth. Notice how supremacy Tn
ne receives Information, how grudc1ngiy he be-
slows IL: What an awfully swelled head he gets
| inside OF forty.eight hours!
IL Is ref1arkable thing, although Il has existed
since the gooo old days OF George Washington and
John Quincy Adams, thGt public servants are
| prone 20 believe that they are public masters
They cannot understand that they are being pald
by the very people whom they treat with such
disdain, such lack az consideration. This man
paving Ia istef II not confined any ono class OF
officials H. exists la municipal as vel 10 state
departments, and In stale rs well a. In depart
mentS that come under Government control
Here and there We find a shining exception a sort
OF unswelled oasis IN a desert OF swellhead, but
| these are rare and Ike unto hens teeth
Perhaps the maiady is incurable. Perhaps we
are iong-sunerlng and enduring people and like
10 have somebody stand on our becks We 20 on
mceker and mildcr as we grow oidsr Ia lie
public official banceth US about as he Isfeth and
We murnur not. some day something VIII tumble.
IL VIII " uie paone omclai With hydfocephalaA
A FsraA Piece OF Goods.
From the New York sun.
"Did understand YOU 90 say, MIS- Ksndricks,s
Inquired Quincy, who was trying TO carve Sho
duck. shat ills Is a cauyss-backs-
4 ICES, retuFncd tee landlady. Why
~ was only going TO remark that there n noth.
'Ne VI '''0 '.-Ouos sOou. e.. &c ihA'er'aL
srit Ia Mortar.
| From the PHILADELPHIA Times
| Experiments recently ade in Germany preva
that the addition OF per cent OF salt 90 the water
used In making mortar prevents IL fraa being ia.
turcd Ivy temperature VI 20 degrees y threuns,t
fne mortar ~, VEL ana no rre'Zing ocvurs This
discovery may have hnanl practical apfi -atior.S
especially in ailOgiag building Go 20 on in cod
weather. and cciag away with the danee OF attend.
Ing green work an winter.
PAYING ss.ooo RON PcrT1INe LoKn.-Lord
Howard &c llden's assault case against Major
Bufrowes tie PARTICULARS OF which have been nun
Issued In ne S1AR. WIS finished at The MiddlereK
sessions In London saturday. The major, Who
stood w Ior Loil ICwards inyalic wife and pun
melled his lordship. was Sen;ence 20 nav the cot
OF the trial ana 10 nod heavy suretics az himself
ana two Others tia, he would keep the peace with
hef majesty SUBJECTS 70. Twelve months to cone
RorSp rHE HORN IL . YacHr.-The big schooner
yacht Coroner, which beat the Dngatless In the
trsnslantic yacht last year and Is soon 20 cir.
cumnaNieafe the gloDe, Is very nearly ready TOR
her long tri2 around Cape Horn 20 san Diego, Cal.
Her owner, Mr.. X T. Bush. his WIFE, his wiles sis
ter and has Two sons will meet her thers anu san
n her 20 Japan. Weather permitting, the start
VIII DC MADE from New York Tomorrow morning.
MAYOR HEWITT AND TnR IRrsa FIse.-Aidcrman
a nsrsI Dyver, OF Nsw iosk prnposs Today TO
lie works 20 direct the Jsnitor OF the city hall to
hoist he lrish nag II Patricks day. Mayor
Hewitt had said that only The nattonal fag should
ny rom the clty haii while he was mayor
Two SISTERS GO INsAsE.-Two sisters, Mrs. Dan-
lei Myers and MIS- JoLnzey Blizzard. daughters OF
Casper kelgleT. 81 Arcadia, baltimore County Nd
have recently lost Their minds without any prev.
Gus symptoms. BnIn uf them v1oicnt at times
MIA Bikzard has neen >cnt 20 Spring Grove Asy.
luIn. but arl Myers remains home with her hrs.
band The two sisters became insane Within
few days OF each other.
SOCIALISTS ExrTI KSsHTS-At the semi-annua
election cl tue 'enlral Labor uniaa, held IN New
York sunday Digli, The SoclslIsilc clement won
substantial victory. AFTER hot debate the Foun-
dfymen's Association Knigats OF Labor, was eN-
PEELED Dy vote OF IL tOJa, for treachery during
the strike az Ayre's factory.
uI.r.
BRQDIX On Tuesday, March IL, lsss n q AM
MERCEDES frfsut daughter Of Charles X aud Joses
prime ". BrSs,ix, AGED thirteen months.
Funeral from parents Ttsiience l4c5 stonshioa