The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-13

The Presidents family IS loca'eu ''
ia, Summer At lqautiul Deer Pa'R'
where benjamin Harrison Mchee '""
hit the baby over the head WIN as
MANY busters AS he chooses and ma
nther reIayations from the burdens
s-,cisty imposps III the juvenile great
! The President has announced thai lie
will spend as much time WIZ" '''ei" q"
is possible, only remaining III low"
when absolutely necessary. No Fles'-
dent III the last half c ntuy has passed
the entire summer At the White House.
The hot. sitting air Of a city IS not TO
he avoided by a hundred feet OF grass
Mot in front Of any house, ana every
President has learned thi, fact ana mas
sought rest and regeneration N the
open country or by the sea.
When II speaks Of the uncertain
tenure of office under the spells system
he does not allude to the example OF
vbite.baired George Bartle who was
Amounted iIom Virginia as a clerk III
| the State Department torty-fouf years
AGO. For more years than lie cares 10
remember. Mr.. Bartle has had his desk
in the room of commissioner ana
Pardows'' and has acted IS keeper OF
the great seal. Here he ills out com
missions for whOsoeVeI the fresiuehi
sees fit to ''repoSe trust and confidence
in and aflxes the zeal. Inc seal
cost over $1,000. It is a mammoth
affair and has "A table Of its own. Inc
pressure is applied by turning a long
steel bar with a heavy ball on either
end, which movement screws down the
hammer with great force. The design
of the seal face is fully designated by a
law enacted June -, liS2.
There have been four seals IN use
since the foundation of the government,
and these are preserved III the state
| Department. All were intended TO
conform to the law, but one tailed III
important particulars. When Daniel
Webster was made secretary OF State
he found t e old seal badly worn ana
he ordered a new one. BY some mis-
chance the eagle on the new seal reid
only six. instead of thir cen, arrows Ill
his sinister talon, and the red strips,
or pales as they are Ca led i'll hefaldtl
were vice the width of tie white, IN
stead of being of equal width. These
| inaccuracies Gere not corrected Tor
many Yeas and Indeed were never OBJ
iected to by such lucky gentlemen as
happened from time to time to ilnd the
impress Oh tneir commissions Inc
| last and correct seal was made 10y Tiff
fany, and no effort was spared to i'm
prove the picture of the eagle, 50 ina
now 10 American need feel ashamed OF
the picture of the proud birdO of freedom
on his pardon or his commission as the
case may be.
The Washington Post has applied a
severe test Ia The public school system
OF the capital, aad in it. issue of yester-
day gave its readers the fruits of the
investigation. Twenty-Five thousand
pupils of the vayiOGs grades engaged ID
a contest for eleven gold medals aud
eleven honorable mentions" The
successful compositions, as published
are so unfortunately weak that one
shrinks from the thought of what driv-
ell the unsuccessful one must contain.
Even after weeks of preparation, after
downright aid at home and friendly
criticism from teachers, only three OF
the efforts deserve even honorable men-
ton. The lesson, is as Senator Ingalls,,
says, an easy one. If the public schools
fail to teach pupils the use OF lucid
English and do not develop in 22,o0O
scholars twenty two falrlygood writer's,
the system is a failure as it exists i'll
Washington.
The post, Otliee after hunting every
wl.re for d place of residence, has
about decided upon leasing the Eirt
Presbyterian Chutch, which is quite
far enough out of the lines of travel to
secure the clerks immunity from the
public. The church is situated on
Four-and,a.half street, which has long
been abandoned as IA thoroughfare, be-
ing too far down town. In this church
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland worshippedand
its present pastor, Rev. Byron Sunder-
land, performed their marriage cere.
mony at the White House. The late
Schuyler Colfax, when he was vice
] n.,,;l.nt haINnnal 70 tho n,,UTAuaftnp