Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-08-01

President remained as sedate as the
day, oblivous to everything but the
reading.
Olive Logan Skies is one of the peo-
pie who brave the terrors of a su.Amcr
in Washington. Her years are carried
we'll, and in her waning forties she
loses nothing of her distinguished APP
pearance. though there is present the
adipose that makes so many distin.
gulshed women, like Lillian Russell
and Fannie Davenport martyrs in their
old age. Olive Logan is il lucky wo-
man. The round, strong face, crowned
with its wealth of gray hair, Is decid'
eddy happy one. The old lace and
rare curious jewelry speak of a luxuri-
GUS but refined taste. Olive Logan is
the kind of woman that one could
love even after she grew old, and that
is very much to say when one realizes
the edge of Victor Hugo's sarcasm,
"Thele will always be plenty Of old
women"
Oliye Logan made her debut in jour-
nalism az the age OF II years, when her
contributions began to appear in the
New York Press, then edited by that
dirty, gin. drinking cynic, Henry Clapp,
the most learned and brilliant of the
Bohemians. Since then the amount
that she has written and the widely
differing subjects she has touched upon
are bewildering.
Her strong active nature has been
transmitted to her two sons, Edward
and John Douglass DeLisle. who are
connected with the press of London
and Paris, and who are doing remarka-
bly clever work. The secret of the
mothers success lies in her activity and
bravery. Olive Logan has the courage
of her convictions, and in everything
even to her literary style-a daring that
welcomes innovations and presses on to
a future that shall be better than the
past.
The Commission appointed by secre'
tary Noble to investigate the practice
of the Pension Bureau IN re.rating
claims is holding daily sessions and
expects to be able to render its report
by September l. The report will
probably in no wise implicate Commits.
sioner Tanner in any Of the frauds that
have occasioned this scandal.
The count of cash and securities in
the United States Treasury incident to
the transfer of the Office from Mr.Hyatt
to Mr.. Huston, the incumbent, was
completed Saturday afternoon. The
amount reported on hand aggregated
over S7Oo,000,o0o in gold, silver, and
paper, and Mr.. Huston said that after
noon that it was all accounted for and
that he would give receipt 10 his
predecessor to that effect. While the
Treasurer's statement is strictly true, it
is learned from other sources that a
shortage Of IS was found in the new
silver vault, where SS5 100000 silver
dollars are stored, and a deficit of Sl5
in the old silver vault containing $40,
100000. Both shortages were immcdi-
ately made good by the persons respon'
sible for the safe keeping of the money.
1t is believed that this money was lost
during the recent flood of the vault,
when some of the bags containing the
silver became saturated with water and
burst scattering their contents over the
floor, or, in other words. that the miss
ing dollars are still IN the vault, and
will be found upon more thorough
search.
There seems to be an incongruity
between the statement of the various
classes of spoilsmen concerning the
civil service law, which breaks the
force of all OF them. From one source
we hear that the law is a fraud and an
outrage because it steps between the
appointing power and the beneficiary
of political victory, and prevents the
distribution of proper rewards. From
another quarter the cry comes that the
law is a hollow sham, because, in spite
of its pretensions, it accomplishes moth
ing, there being no ways of evading its
provisions. If the opponents of the
civil service reform could on y follow
Mr.. Randall's suggestion to the demo
Gratis, and "get together, it would save
deal of trouble to IL public which
struggles unsuccessfully to reconcile
their conflicting denunciations.
additional Locals.
The tcrtili Zcr season is now at its height.
Read Stockstlale's big adv.