The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-21

discretion in these cases should be allowed
the proper officers, for a man starving is
not exactly in favorable circumstances for
saw aiting future legislation" He wishes
to eat in the present tense.
Apropos of Indians, the bureau will prob
ably revoke the order allowing Indians to
travel With shows. The Indians who are
TINS employed return to the tribes with a
galaxy of new vices and are lazier than in
dolence itself. The Indian agents all re-
port adversely as to the custom.
Tn SEVENTEEN birthday of hat surpris-
ing woman, Susan b. Anthony, was Gel
ebrared Saturday by a dinner at the Riggs
House, given by her admirers. Two hun
dred and fifty covers were laid and the flow
of lit and humor was said to be simply
little i'll the last decade and 1t seems hard
to realize that she has reached her seven
tieth year. In this she resembles the great
er number of people who are continually
OSibi0 NOtiSiCSo ~ III tiHt luCS CiitCl =
tain no reasonable hope of having passed.
They rarely show the approach of old age.
As in mad houses, the victims are kept
youthful by their imaginations. Miss
promisingly as ever and the eyes between
the v determined glasses flash with tue def
ant light that has grown SO familiar to ev-
cry one.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
has been about the House for two or three
days trying to find ont why the committee
appointed to investigate the Civil Service
Commission does not IN its labors.
thus far have only decided one question,
and that would seem to be one requiring
no particular mental exertiop, being only
as to taking up the charges sgainst the pre-
in the affirmative. There can be no doubt
of Mr.. Roosevelt's anxiety to have the
investigation begin at once. He is natural
ly al impetuous man and delay is to him
Il u oCai. "A says tuol ne hdLIS III
white-washing report. COMMISSIONS Ly-
man does not say what be wants, but it is
to be presumed that he desires TO get out
of the trouble as easily as possible, for his
skirts are blackened with the mud of two
administrations.
Preparation for an urgent deficiency bill
has been begun by the House Committee
on appropriations. The largest item in this
deficiency bill will be $o1, 500, 900 on ac-
count of pensions. This large deficiency,
however, does not indicate such a great in
crease in expenditures for pensions as
would seem apparent, the expenditures for
the present fiscal year v it'll this deficiency
including about nincty-seven million, while
that of last year included only two millions
less. After the appropriation for the pre-
sent year was made it was found necessary
to make a deficiency appropriation ofabout
eight millions for the previous year, ard
even this proving inadequate the Commas
sioner of Pensions drew upon the arpro-
priation for this year nearly seven millions
more. leaving that amount short in this
years account. No one can tell in advance
how much the Pension Bureau will need
in q year. within a dozen millions.
WESTON.
Messrs. Taylor, L.aekey & Co. have COM
menced the publication at Haddonfeld of
the New Jersey Agricultural. a monthly of
1G pages devoted to the farm, dairy and
fruit culture. The first number is well
made up, with plenty of reading matter on
a variety of topics, and has every indication
of permanency. 1t costs s1.00 a year, and
will be worth twice as much to anybody
who cultivates the soil for a living.