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power and enjoined with the duty of espionage
on their official superiors This penitentiary
system, for some inscrutabe Reason of the
survival Of the unlttcst, has been permitted TO
endure The arrivals al 9Ol in the mornings
are breathlcss, anxious, worried and nurriod-
looking lot Of men and women. The old lady
of 60 gathers up her skirts as she noars the De-
partment door aud scurrles wildly through the
mud; tho crutched or cork.legged veteran
scuttles noisly along on his artificial members
or nearly loses his ue-handed grip in tumbing
from the dilatGry street car. The becindcred
cOmmuter who affects suburban tastes rushos
along, black, breathlcss and sweating from his
belated train. The man who was delayed for a
minute because baby had rolled down. stairs
who met on tho street an old sChoolmatc he
hadn't seen for 20 years; who was even button
h0lcd, with apparent intent to pay, by follow
who had owed him $40 since the Centennial ::
the man whose watch stopped, whose horse fell
down, who slipped on banana peel and spruin-
ed himself so hard that he couldn't run-these
and many more are the guilty ones who now
tremblngly approach the Judgment scat of tho
arbiter Of their destiuies-th6 watchman ut the
door. Before that Rhadamanthine throne no
excuses may avail. Your name?n " And
officer" And so the dark and damning record
" One and three'quartcr minutes late" coca ill.,
NINE FIVE
and the ag0nies of the tardy are over Moth
ing short OF misplaced switch, steamboat
explosion, or n stroke of paralysis is likely to
bring the well-ntimidated cleric TO the fnteful
portals any later than that. Bnt now thera
filters in a gradual and leisurey array of gem
tlemen of easy and noDciiaant demeanor, and
much WelI-satisGed bonhOmmie of mien and
bearing. These are the distinguished person
mel of the Unrestricted List, and DO it We.
raciously recorded that pretty much every
chronic absentee and late'comer for whose ben
eft the humiIiating system of espionage and
reporting was originally devised, is now
snugly enscOnced on this favored list For
tho most part, however, it Ia composed of the
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Of time and tide as the Chief Of Division him
self, whom they can generally discount in the
value of their Tcal-estate holdings and the size
Of their bank accounts.
But Let us, for brevity, suppose the messengers
all safely housed and soc who is IL comes next
At 8 o'clock, Bis or $50 is ii the new nedged
civil service graduate, the enthusiastic young
neophyte who Tushcs betimes 10 his virgin desk
eager for the fray OF official facts and figures
and ambitious for the distinction ola record {" ?
Candor aud statistics compel us 10 state that il
is not. Lusty youth sleeps long and late, while
wakeful age is astir with the birds. IL s the
gray and bowed old veterans, the ancient men
who have seen their, 30, 40 or even 80 years in
the public service vino come earliest each morn
through sun and shine, or snow aud sleet, 10
the scene Of their lifelong labors. That grim
aud shabby desk, in the seisame musty cor
ner, perhaps, where he first sat down 10 10 in
the flush Of young hope aud manhood has be-
come to the gray old clerk his very life. Home,
perhaps, he once had, but has not. Wife,
children friends have preceded him 10 the land
where quill pens and peuknives can never DO
replaced by -. Gilotps no. 4" and Ester
brooks" and these in turn by kcmingtOns
and caiigfaphs Ills drcaTy little hall bed room
ia board ug- house is less homo to him than
the desk where he has achieved what little i'm
press lao has made on the life Of the world. lie
is the 8rst at the Office. lie is the last to leave
Sofnetimcs, however, the old clerk is not long
alone He is generally IA more or less jolly old
bachelor. or a not too inconsolablo widower
Before he has half read his morning paper or
for the thOnaaBdth time fused over the con
tents OF each familiar pigeOn-hOle, lac Is Joined
by the oldest lady in the office, the daughter
perhaps and widow Of men long faithful, aud
IL may be famous. in The service of their coun-
try. What old-fashioned courtesies and amen
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ury, was divinely fOrcordained to be opened
with crowbar THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
however, is in position to state, without any
violation of official confidence, that each and
all, as a matter of absolute fact, the Government
Offices are daily opened with ncatness accuracy
and dispatch.
Theoretically and ostensibly, the opening
takes place at 8 n. m, not minute more or less,
though the process is not accompanied, "a in
the case Of sunset mt military post possessed
of retired Sergeant aud an ancient piece of
artillery. with an official report. Somehow,
vast and huge and important as they are, they
cOntrive to get open with good deal less fuss
and pother than the ordinary sardino box Of
commerce at n Sunday school picnic, or the
average conversation about the weather
AT A. M.
the watchmen who have sat in dreary state at
distant and lonesome posts in the deserted
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THE "PosTn ENLARGED.

Messrs. Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins,
who have been labOring very effectively to
make the Post morning paper entirely worthy
of tho National Capital have met with such
success as to encourage them To enlarge the
paper to eight columns. 1t is bright. newsy
journal. we'll edited throughout, aud tho most
ereditable morning paper that Washington has
had since the WaE
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Judge Stephen J. Field. the Oldest member Of
the United States Supreme Court in point Of
service since the death Of Justice Miller, was
~ years old Nov. 5. but he feels aud acts as
though he was great deal younger. lie was
born in Haddam, Conn, Nov. 5. 1876, and was
appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court by President Lincoln in Is63. Judge
Field belongs TO long lived and distinguished
flmily, several brothers having made National
regulations.
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OPENING THE TREASURY.
The Way the PurschoIdors OF the Nation Begin
the Official Day.

HERE used to be an
impression in certain
outlying distriots OF
more or less pious pro-
clivities, that the great
Government Depart
ments ut Washington,
like the houses of Con-
gress, opened every
morning with prayer.
In other quarters, not
necessary to mention,
il is still tho prevalent
opinion that at least
one of these eleemo-
syuary public institu-
tinpg I'm uit fhn Ttcoq-
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WHOM FoR sPEERFR 2

The fret sight that greeted the spectator az
TIE vspoGs 81 the battlefield began 20 clear
Hway were bOoIulets igr tbe speaker-Aip shoot
ing up ike asparagus sprouts after a Spring
Talu. They we're most Eumer0us IN the south
which Aas always been inclined 10 feel that
the WELDING Of The parliamentary gagel be-
lorFe8 q il by a sort Of pIesclptiye right
though history shows that il las been quite a
fFeeur.lig refused
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Wall street is excited a. to whv postmnst

Wall street Is excited as to why Postmaster
General Wangmaker wants to borrow S., 500 300.
Some say he is going into the telegraph bust
ness, as "A rival TO the Western Union proba-
bly, partially carrying out his scheme for
postal telegraphy by making contract with
the Government for the transmission of its
dispatches. Others say that he needs the
money to cover his operations in the Phila-
delphia u Reading Railroad. Still others think
that he is going to extend his mercantile busi-
ness. Meanwhile. rs a business man should,
Air. Wanamaker keeps his own counsel.
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Senator J. G. 8. Blackburn and wife arrived
In Washington on Thursday, Nov. q, from their
home in Kentucky. They came to the Capital
this early date TO attend the wedding Of
heir daughter. Mrs. Stewart, To Capt. Hail. of
he Army. The wedding took place on We'd
Desday, Nov. IL. The Senator, notwithstanding
his recent accident which resulted in the
breaking OF his collar-bone aud other bruises
by being thrown from a carriage. will also take
part in the murder trial of Frank Ward, which
has been set for the 18th inst, "a he is one Of
Wards counsel
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tiles pass between the pair, under the discreet
chaperonage Of the messenger let us not seek
prOianely TO inquire.
But it is now nearly 8 o'clock. Thicker and
faster comes the stream. They rush, they
swarm, they pour. Young and DID, men and
women, and many lame, halt, or well nigh
blind. Justly enough, very many of these
men are those who have seen something spilled
more precious than red ink, aud left fairly use.
ful and important parts Of themselves on the
battleGelds OF their country. The clutches
rattle up ar down tho smooth worn grilnite
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A NEW PAPER.

Maj. VIM. Howard Mills, who served in the
i4th u. s., and was brevetted for gallantry, has
started new paper in this city. IL is entitled
taited america, aud has for its motto Let Us
Have Peace" IL is well gotten up journal,
and the subscription price is 81 a year.
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First Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son is great sufferer from asthma and rheuma-
tism, and, upon the nd vice Of his physicians
has gone TO Asheyille, n. c., to see what relief
that climate can afford him.
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Miss Farquhsr, daughter Of Commodore Far
quhsr, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks
OF tho Navy Department, has returned from q
Summer trip to Europe, and will make her
debut in Washington society this Winter.
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ARnuT pEOpI.F-

Assistant Constructor Lewis Nixon. of the
Navy Department, has resigned to accept .
position Naval Architect with the ship
building frm of Cramp & Sons, of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Nixon has been in the naval service
for IL years, was carefully educated at the
great naval works in England, and has been
for some time attached to the Construction
Bureau Of the Navy Department at Washing
ton, engaged in the work Of designing new
naval vessels.
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NoFTnEEN erFaKFFs-
soETHEEN sPEAKEa


The southeTners now claim the place because
they cas-, tie Dalk o. the DuHocraiic vote, and
are STINT out from iAe Presidency. The first
claim Is contested by the Northern Democrats
on The ground o. iAu successes Of their psrty in
Massacalsetts, Connecticut Pennsylvania.
= Mirbigau, Wisconsin, aud other Northern
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ARMY AND NAVY

Gen. Nelson A. Miles commanding the Mill
taTy Division Of the M ssouri, who has recently
been visiting various Indian tribes in the
/ West, says that the religious craze that has
been exciting the Sioux Indians is undoubt-
eddy caused by the MOrmons. These white
men disguised themselves as Indians, and
mufied themselves up SO that the Indians can
not see the Messiab's face. That there are
several or these pretended Nessiahs Is quite
| evident, as they talk 10 the different tribes in
the language OF the tribe which visits them.
| The General does not think that there is any
| great danger Of serious outbreak, and that
| the Regular Army can easily control all the
/ Indians on the plains.
Gen. SchGled, commanding the United
/ States Army, has submitted 20 the Secretary Of
/ War bis annual report upon the work done by
I the Army during the past year, aud its present
condition. lie says that all that is now needed
/ for the peaceful settlement Of the great Indian
/ problem is wise, just and humane treatment Of
/ the saVages upon their reservations, and the
| presence or proximity Of such military force
I az viii deter the young and restless from at
/ tempting TO Initiate the heroic deeds Of their
! ancestors. He thinks the small aud Regular
| Army should be 50 stationed that IL may be-
| prepared at the shortest notice 10 respond 20
! any call for It's services, aud at the same time
/ 10 assist Ia all practicable ways In preparing
/ the militia OF the several States for active
/ service ia time Of need.
lie believes also that all the important sea-
board cities should be 80 fortified armed and
1 manned as 10 be capable Of self-dcfense against
the attack Of any foreign feet aud that each
/ Of the great scacOasts should be provided with
an adequate feet Of sea going battlc-Ebips which
would be capable Of dispersing any hostile 1ect
1 which might attempt 10 blockade our harbOrs
| or try 10 destroy the commerce Of the country.
He hopes that Congress viii, AT an early day,
| increase the limit Of the enlisted strength OF
| the Army u 5000 men. Ia the disposti0 OF
! the 10000 Dlcu the General thinks there should
| be - infantry regiments Of eight companies
each; 10 regiments Of cavalry Of 10 troops each
and seven regiments Of artillery Of 10 battrics
each, the remainder 10 be distributed among
the Engineers Ordnance Corps, gcouis, etc.
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e F5G5 a PENSION.

II this notice is seen by any Comrades who are
having hard work TO make a comfortable living,
we desire to say that We can offer pleasant,
light and profitable business TO two or three Com
radcs in each State mot already taken, and can
give them the exclusive aud sole right to give
public exhibitions Of our real war scenes, n such
territory as assign TO them. We are the own
Crs of the Rsai EPdy HlOtOgyabhS that were taken
by duly authorized Government photographer
during the great from 1901 to 1856. These are
not inns gin1ry war scenes, but are tlc real genu
inc war photographs taken " at tie front" dur
ing the wa a ere are thousands Of these scenes
comprising Various battlehelis, batteries, forts
regiments, the wounded, the dead OIL the battle
field just they lei, tie prisoners, Libby Prison,
Castle Thunder the hospitals. the Monitor"
and ether naval scenes, AMI thousands Cf other
views too numerous to mention. Any old soldier
wall certify the fact that tGcSe real genuine
war scenes as soon as he sets mis- ewes them.
We exhibit these views ourselves IN the Stale Of
Connecticut. where reside, and we reserve
this State for our own territory; any other terri
tory mot already takenl VIC viii assign 10 enter
prising and reliable Comrades For exhibition
purposes we use a hrst-ciass stcreOpticOn and
splendid museum exhibition cas-" these are
not cheap, worthless affairs, such as are seen in
some places but are trst-ClasS, and capable of
entertaining any audience OF people, however
critical. Call at our Office and Tor yourselves,
or write us Enclosing two siamps} for dcscrip-
tive catalogue and terms We do not send free
samples, nor supply outfits free, but if you mean
business viii be glad 10 see you or hear from
you. Yours IN r, c, & l.,
TAYLOR & HUNTINGTON.
No. State St. HARTFORD, CONN.
Mention Ths National TribunA
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UsURY IN THE DEPARTMENTS.

That the ordinary Government clerk is i'm
pTOgldent Was established to the satisfaction of
the officials II the Patent Office recently. A
detective arrested cOlored messenger of the
Patent Office, who was accused OF being an un-
licensed broker. The arrest caused consider
able CONSERVATION among the clerks as many
Of them feared they would be drawn into q
scandal which bids fair 10 extend through
every Departmental the Government iu Wash
IugioD. The detective found on tho Inegsen-
gers person number Of notes and by CUES
tioiiu2 the drawers Of the notes il Was found
tl..t many 81 these clerks were in the habit of
paying from 40 10 20 per cent. for the use Of
sums 81 money for Is aud 30 DAYS. II is un-
dcrsiood that several men who hold high posi-
tiGHs were very industriously working 10 Sc
cure the messengers release, aud IL is tholght
they were the financial hackers Of the colored
messenger. general OyeThauliDR of oil the
Departments will follow aud many who have
been shylockiug their impToyidcnt fellow
clerks will likely get the grand bounce, as
usuTy Is a punishable OfTense in the District of
Columbia, although this kind Of business has
been conducted openly in all the Departments
for MANY years
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WHAT DOES IT PoRTENp7

There is q cloud on Mr.. Clevelands political
sky no bigger than a woman's hand. The hand
in question is a very white, dainty. shapcly one
and belongs to charming, accomplished woman,
Is happen TO know. All the same IL is capable
Of doing him more damage than the mighty paw
Of brawny giant The news comes from
Columbus that Mrs. Campbell. wife of the Gov
ernor Of Ohio, distinctly refuses to entertain
the ex President in the GuberBatorial Mansion
on tho occasion Of his visit 10 Uho's Capital 10
attend the banquet 10 the Old Roman" Allen
q. Thurman. Eumor has IL that this is because
Of some disc0urtesy 10 Gov. Campbell aud wife
while the Governor was Democratic Represent
alive from Ohio. Those convenient folks who
know everything. assert that during Campbelrs
Congressional career he and his wife werc con-
spicu0usiy absent from the White House ccre-
monies and festivities. j know Mrs. Campbell
20 be as high-spirited as she is bright and hand
some, and the man or woman who would
wantonly snub her would be poor judge Of
human nature. IL would be only question Of
time when she would get even with bin or her,
II he or she were worthy OF il, as Mr.. Cleveland
Is. This little episode may have important
political bearings. 1t is hardly likely that Mr..
Cleveland will select fora running-mate in 1892
q man whose wife refuses TO receive him into
her house. And il he cannot have Gov. Camp
bell on the ticket with him, where will he find
a running mater That is q living problem.
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skhr GIRL Bare sos iS s,I gasls ., Esi, 5l,sS
xasnIiaa The National IEtD2aA
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Civi3-Srrvice Commissioner Thompson, Of
South Carolina says that il is all nonsense 10
attribute any part Of the result 70 opposition 70
Ligii-arryice reform. IL wzs the Mckinley
iarl1 BIZ that did H. and nothing else. The
Conn. issigneT fails TO explain how the HcKin-
icy biii brought about he uphcayal ia bis own
State " why the bill which is so agreeable
when !. protects South Carolina rice should be
~ obnoxious when il protects other things no
Jess deserving. But, then, no "explaiuer" il
required 10 be consistent.
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At the present writing it is thought that
| Charles Frederick Crisp, of Georgia, is in the
| lead. lie is % years Of age, enlisted in the
! rebel army in May, 1861 rs Lieutenant in the
I0ta Va, with which he served until taken
prisoner at SpottSylvanis. lie became n law
yer, settled in Americas, Ga, aud after hold
ing several Offices, was elected to the 4Sth
Congress, aud has been continuously reelected
ever since. He is one of the leading Democrats
| in the present Congress, and was particularly
active in his opposition TO Speaker Reed.
Cfisp's candidacy has been hurt by the an
| pouncemcnt Of that of James II. Blount, of tho
same State, who began his career with the Add
consecutive term.
Roger q. Mills, of Texas is confident that his
leadership OF his party on the floor of the House
| while j. q. Carlisle was Speaker, his National
| reputation as n Tariff RcloFmer, and tho service
| he has rendered the Democracy on the stump
in the North, entitle him 10 the Spealership.
He has served continuously since the 43d Con-
gress
VIM L. Wilson. OF West Virginia, thinks he
has Claims that cannot be disregarded. lie
entered the rebel army in 1861, and served
through the war. He has been college pro-
fcssor and president, and is lawyer; was
elected TO the A9th Congress, and has been
re elected ever since.
VIM. d. Byum is regarded AS one OF the
strongest candidates yet named from tho No tn.
He is a pronounced free trader, and has been in
Congress since the 49th.
The newspaper men of Washington are united
upon Amos Cummings. of New York, who is
deservedly popular among them. He was born
in Coukling, N. Y, in 1911, learned the trade
Of n printer, and trampcd over nearly the
whole country; was n soldier under the filibus-
ter Walker in the invasion of Nicaragua was
Sergeant Major of the 2Gth N. J. during the
war Of the rebellion; became an assistant 10
Horace Greeley, on the New York Tribune,
deyeiopu great journalistic ability, and subse-
ouenily held important editorial positions on
the New York SJm and Express. lie was editor
Of the EUsliRg san when elected to the 50lh
Congress
William NJ. Springer starts in with the sup
port Of the Illinois delegation. He was born in
Indiana, but moved to Illinois, studied law, was
elected TO the Legislature, and then 10 the nth
Congress, and has been reelected ever since.
He is gentleman Of ability aud pleasant man
neTs.
Gen. VIM. Henry Hatch is Missours candi-
date lie was born in Kentucky, studied law
there, and was..admitted to the bar, removed to
Missouri, was q Circuit Attorney at the out
break of the war. aud entered the rebel army
IS Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General.
In March, 1863 he was made Assistant Com
missioner OF Exchange Of Prisoners. and served
in that capacity until the close of the struggle.
He was elected TO the 46th Congress- and has
been reelected ever since.
Benton Mcmillan is Tennessee's candidate.
he is lawyer, aud began his Congressional
career with the 10th Congress, and has served
continuously ever since.
This is only the first weeks crop OF candi-
dates The number will increase very rapidly.
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Sens.or Dolph says: "The manufacturers
Eot what they wanted when the Mckinley bill
was passed. and they did not care any more
about IT, They did not come up and take an
Hctive interest in the fght l am satisfied that
TIE result would have been different if the
taria bill had been delayed until alter the
election. The inactivity OF the manufacturers
and the artificial Increase Of prices hurt uA
an lot greatly disappointed.
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Ex-Minister George b. Loriug says that the
result in Massachusetts simply astounds him.
il looks as if many OF the people in the
smaller places did not vote at all. and others
seemed 10 take the notion that they had been
on the Republican side long enough, and simply
rolled over 10 the other. They believed all the
nonsense about the tariff talked by the Demo-
Gratis and voted against il. They viii be wiser
after the tariff has been operated few months,
and return TO their party lines.
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Is now being printed. aud win soon b ready fo@
distribution.

nNcBEGctA Advice sent free 70 any address. Fos4
u o. Ef SsAs 20 ear. Food % avoid
JOHN II. MCALNIN. Lowell. Mass IA years city IreAA
Mention J. he National Irbuue.
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The Spell Binders" ought 70 10 Offset BY an
organization Of the i" Knockers Out" It IL q
mighty lonesome train that docs not bring back
% tie city 81 least one gentleman with mature
garments aud still more m2tured nose, who
boasts ii.at he has jast been ont home knockin'
Oot" representative This, or Senator That.
IL = strong breath were likely TO be fatal 10
political agpiTzuts, there would be more prObs-
biiity = their claim. The best way 10 take a
census % these political destroying angels would
b. - advertise free lunch somewhere in the
city. 30 iuclemcacy Of the weather OF pre-
N4Ous engagement would be allowed 10 keep
Che u them away.