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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-12-26
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
CROWDED FOR ROOM.
A Pretty State of Affairs in the
Interior Department.
Clerks Packed in Small Rooms Like Sar-
dimes In q Box-The Onerous Duties
of Mr.. Ryan, Private Sec
rotary to Mr.. Noble.

The building occupied by the interior
department is entirely too small for the
business requirements of the various
bureaus, although it covers one of the
largest squares in the city. 1t was al
most painfully apparent during the re-
cent centennial celebration of the
patent system that the splendid Ionic
edifice is barely large enough for the
uses of the patent office; yet the inte-
rior department embraces the Indian
office, general land office, pension Office,
patent Office, geological survey and
other bureaus. One of the leading
patent lawyers of the country, in an in
terview with the secretary OF the in
terror, said: You ought to move out OF
this building and give up your own
rooms to the patent Office employees
Take up your official residence in some
hotel, and tell congress that the grow
ing business has driven You out of the
department building, and then may be
the pennywise and pound foolish con-
gressmen will realize the need of a new
public building for the interior depart
ment."
Secretary Noble occupies a large
room on the main floor in the south
eastern corner of the building, his pri-
vate secretary has a small ante-room,
beyond which is the room of Assistant
Secretary Chandler, and, communicate
ing with the remainder of the suite, are
the rooms of Chief Clerk Dawson and
Assistant Secretary Bussey. The Wis
itor can readily see that all of these
officials are busy, but cannot immedi-
ately understand that they are crowded
for room almost as much as the clerks
in other portions of the department.
On the opposite side of the hall is the
appointment division, and the clerks
there are so crampcd for room that they
can scarcely turn around between their
desks and the files in which are kept all
of the papers of applicants for office.
Chief Clerk Tonner, his assistant, Mr..
Allen, and the handsome lady type
writers are packed into two rooms more
like sardines in a box than anything
else. There ought to be at least six
such rooms for this division alone.
The models in the patent Office are in
diligently catalogued and can be readi-
~ found when needed, although they
number about million; but, they are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17

IN cases tier upon tier in a seemingly in
extricablc chaos of confusion. Wooden
partitions disfgure the handsome cor
ridors and the clerks are less comfort
ably situated than in any other public
office. There is a tremendous amount
of business transacted by the various
bureaus of the great department and
every employee is kept busy during Of
fee hours, while quite a number of
them remain after the department
closes, every day, or else return at night
to continue or complete some special
work. The chiefs of divisions, heads of
bureaus, as we'll as assistant secretaries,
and the secretary too, spend more time
and energy in the furtherance of the de-
partment business than any of the SUBJ
ordinate clerks in the civil service.
The recently appointed commissioner of
the general land office, Mr. Carter, of
Montana, is devoting great deal of
time and strength to the duties of his
responsible position. He is an organ
izer and hard worker; but has already
discovered that his office is hampered
for room. 1t is exceedingly discourag-
ing and saps the vim and vigor of pub
lie official to find himself handicapped
by the parsimonious congress of a
wealthy and liberal people.
One of the most important positions
In the department, and at the same
time one of the most unpretentious, is
that of private secretary to the secre-
tary of the interior Visitors pass and
repass the little ante-room adjoining
the office of the secretary giving it only
casual glance, yet it is the working
room of one of the most important
functionaries of the department. Secre-
tary Noble recently said to me: 'If it
were not for the civil service law
would not be able to transact any
business here at all. The seekers after
office are so numerous and SO we'll rec
commended that they almost take the
department by storm" And yet nu-
merous as they are the secretary sees but
comparatively few of them. The ante
room of the private secretary is daily
thronged with visitors of both sexes
and all classes, each individual having
some matter of Importance to
himself or herself, which they desire to
bring to the personal attention of the
secretary; and in q majority of cases
they are after appointments to office.
The private secretary listens to thei1
tales of woe, gives them good advice,
asks them to call again, or tells them
that they need not Gail again as the
secretary will not see them; or, to the
fsyorcd few he opens the door and
ashcrs them into the presence of the
cabinet minister. Many of these call
ers have business which they can better
transact with the assistant secretaries
or heads of bureaus; and the private
secretary directs them in the proper
channel and dismisscs them.
Mr. William f Ryan, who is at pres.
emit acting as private secretary to Secre-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
SHORT SPECIALS.

SAN FRANCISCO has $500 saloons or
places where liquor is sold at retail.
If the population of the city is 100000,
there is one saloon to every 10 persons.
If the voting population is 80, 900, there
is a saloon for every 1917 votes.
A BARREL of whisky contains head
aches, curses, sorrows, regrets, debts,
pains, blasted hopes. falschoods, agony,
poison, poverty, ruin, terrors, hunger,
groans, orphans means, and serpents.
So an old song says, and there is a
barrel of truth in the song.-Ram's
Horn.
ONE young man who has had consid-
cradle trouble on account of his ac-
tions while drunk, got off a good one
election day. He was told that if the
saloons were shut up we would have
no sidewalks. well" said he, ''if the
saloons are open will have no shoes
I prefer shoes to sidewalks"
THE wage earners of America an
nually pay six hundred million dollars
for liquors. Yet no labor agitator has
made mucn noise about it, and no la
Dor organization denounces it. If
whisky is necessary of life it is cost
ing too much. 1t could be made for
twenty cents per gallon. If it is a
necessity, its manufacture ought not
to be in the hands of trust as it is.
If it is not a necessity to those who use
it. its sale ought to be suppressed.
THE circulation is through two sets
of blood vesscls-artericS and veins
both obtaining their motive power
from the heart acting as . force pump.
Alcohol increases the pulsauIons, and,
as the blood is sent from the heart to
the extremities faster than the veins
can take it up again to return it, con-
gestion results, and the nose, being a
remote portion of the circulation, red
dens and finally becomes diseased.
| This, however, is not different from
other organs of the body; all are con-
gestcd and similarly diseased by the
use of alcohol.-St. Louis Republic.
ACCORDING to official statistics Just
published, the saloons of Chicago num-
Der $3.50, furnishing occupation to
1850 men and $500 women. For the
most part, we are told, the saloons of
Chicago in which women are employed
are a combination of clearinghouse
and saloon, the fam ly living over the
saloon. and the man of the house en-
ployed elsewhere during the day. The
English bar maid is unknown in that
city, these family saloons being nearly
all of them modelled after a pattern
common to continental Europe, and
very rarely the scene of any inebriety.
You've men are learning the every
day commercial value of temperance
The ''good-fellow" man is he who
stays at the ladders foot, and his com
rades profit by that object lesson. In
no walk of life are the higher paths
open as they were, not SO very long
ago, to the man who drinks. Business
men, professional men, look upon an
employees convivial habits as a menace
to themselves! What once found ready
excuse now suffers not even liberation
TIL at is the plain lesson of the times.
AM that is the reason common sense
is every day forwarding the cause Of
practical temperance.-Kansas City
Tin es.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17

petition. when, on the contrary, as reg
ular and steady work as possible is gen.
orally the main thing to be aimed at.
To many this will no doubt appear
so plain and obvious that it is scarcely
necessary for me to touch upon the
subject. But at the same time it must
be remembered that even in recent
years Arctic expeditions haze set out
from home with large supplies, not
only of tobacco, but of such fatal slim
ulants as alcoholic drinks. For the
most characteristic example of this
tendency one need only turn to the
list of drinkables taken by the second
German polar expedition on the two
ships Germania and Hansa. 1t is sad
indeed when a wrong principle of this
kind leads to such terrible conSe-
quences as it did in the Greedy expe-
dition, the last great tragedy in the
history of Arctic exploration. When
one reads, for instance, how the plucky
Sergt. Rice, famished, frozen and
tired to death, imagines he can save
himself by dose of rum, to which he
has even added ammonia, the very
worst thing he could have hit upon,
and then dies shortly afterwards in
the arms of his friend Frederick, who
is meanwhile stripping himself of his
own Clothes down to his very shirt, in
his attempts to thaw his comrades
stiffening limbs, one cannot but be
moved to the very heart at the thought
of so much energy, courage and noble
self-sacrifce being thus uselessly
thrown away.-United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
HE HAD A CHEAP LOOK.


Youth Who was Constantly Mistaken
for II Servant.
Now look here" said neat-lool6ing
young man with sad eyes and pale hair
to a friend as they sat watching tae
Fifth avenue girls from the window of
the knickerbocker club: I'm Just
about tired of being mistaken for a
cheap person occupying mental posi-
ton
Il don't think quite follow you, my
boy responded the other, as he OBJ
served the graceful figure of pretty
blond who was passing.
81 mean that am always being made
ridiculous hy being mistaken for a
deuced servant or something. | want
to know if other fellows suffer as do.
The other night | was at the theater,
and happened to go out between the
acts without carrying my hat. A stun
ming woman leaned forward in her chair
as | was walking up the aisle and said:
Usher, bring me glass of water, won't
you, please? Now, that wasn't very
nice experience to have happen to you,
right before your friends was it? L
was buying hat the other day, and
while was waiting for it to be fitted to
me fellow came in and asked me to
show him good silller. | came very
near punching his head for his stupidity,
but of course that wouldn't have been
fair. The other afternoon opened the
door of my house to go out just as some
fellows servant came up the steps.
Seeing me, he said: Tell your master
Mr.. Caddingham will call for him at
nine o'clock this evening" And the
worst thing of all happened while L
was passing through the vestibule at
Delmonico's the other night. | had
been out to the cafe, and was in even
ing dress. | paused for moment in
the passageway, and as | stood there an
old lady who had just come in, came up
and said: i say, young man, just help
me off with my wrap, and take good
care of it, won't you, while am din
ing?' Now, | want to know if look
like theater usher, a valet and hall
boy all at one and the same time"
Upon being assured that not he alone
was victim of general lack of dis
elimination, the youth became sutfi-
GENTLY comforted to want to go out and
allow the girls full length view of
himsef.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
THE MISGUIDED CLOCK.
A Fable Which Illustrates a Great Trut
in Life.

A Fable Which Illustrates a Great Truth
in Life.
Once upon time Peasant who had
long been saving up Money for an occa-
sion purchased from the village Jewell
er fine-looking Clock, and as he
placed it on Shelf in his Kitchen he
rubbed his hands together in satlsfac-
ton and said
"Ah. but | shall now have faithful
and reliable Servant to tell me the Time
and save me much Worry"
As soon as he had gone away the Can
dlestick, the Broom, the Table and the
Cupboard began to give the Clock some
Friendly Advice.
As your Master is hard worker,
you will do well to be half an hour
ahead of time in the afternoon" adj
vised one.
And as he likes to sleep, you should
be half an hour late in the morning"
suggested another.
And for fear of Waking him up you
ought not to strike at night added the
third.
The ticking of clock always makes
me Nervous remarked the Cat, land |
hope you will stop altogether after 10
p. IN.
The Clock was grateful for the point
ers, and promised to Heed them, but
week had not passed before the Peasant
stood before it to say;
alas! but l have been Cheated in
buying you, and since l am not Big
enough to Lick the Jeweler who War;
ranted you all o. k, will take Salts
faction in smashing you"
And he Banged the timepece about
until it no longer Resemb,ei anything
and Kicked the pieces out doors.
MORAL:
This isn't any of my funeral, OF
COURSE" remarked the Bootjacil to tho
Clothes-Horse that evening bat I'm
telling you that he who scc&s 10 Please
Everybody makes Friend of None. -
NJ. Quad, in n. Y. World,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
AGAINST STIMuLANTs.
Wrong Impressions Which Lead to Terri
BILE consequences.

BILE Consequences.
In that fascinating book of Arctic
travels, THE First Crossing of Green
land" its Norwegian author, DR.. Nam
sen, takes the following stand against
alcoholic and all kinds of stimulating
drinks:
The idea that one gains by stimu-
lating body and mind by artificial
means betrays, in my opinion, not only
ignorance of the simplest physiological
laws, but also want of expert
ence or perhaps a want of ca
pacity to learn from experience by
observation: 1T seems, indeed, quite
simple andgobvious that one can get
nothing in this life without paying for
it in one way or another, and that arti-
fetal stimulants, even if they had not
the directly injurious effect which they
undoubtedly have, can produce nothing
but a temporary excitement, followed
by corresponding reaction.
Stimulants of this kind, with the ex-
ception of chocolate, which is mild in
its effect and at the same time nourish-
ing, bring practically no nutritive sub
stance into the body, and the energy
which one obtains in anticipation by
their use at one moment must be paid
for by a corresponding exhaustion at
the next. 1t may, no doubt, be adj
vAnced that there are occasions when
momentary supply is necessary, but
to this would answer that 1 cannot
imagine such state of things arising
in the course of protracted sledge ex-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
WHAT THE TRAINED EYE SEES.
Little Things That Make the Panorama
of Life Interesting.

| of Life Interesting.
Robert Houdin, the sleight-of hand
man, once said that he owed much of
his success to his persistent cultivation
of the faculty of observing ordinary
things. He cultivated this by watching
people as he passed them on the street,
by noting the details of difference. He
said that he finally got so proficient that
he could glance at shop window on
passing it and tell everything in it,
even to details of construction of the
small articles, as the pattern of chain
in jewelers. window for instance.
In addition to its mental training this
observing of details has a more attrac-
tive side. 1t furnishes amusement and
makes an ordinary going forth for bust
ness or pleasure veritable trip to won
derland. If you will take the trouble
to inquire into the matter you will be
surprised to find how little people,
even women, observe what is going on
about them. Women are always men
toned as alert and infallible observers.
AS matter of fact they observe very
little outside of the detail of other
women's hats and gowns. And they
DO not observe these as much as they
get credit for doing, as any dressmaker
or milliner can tell
You will notice this difference in OBJ
servation in the conduct of people in the
elevated trains. One man, sitting in a
corner peering over his newspaper, will
suddenly laugh. He has seen some
thing to amuse him in some person in
the car or in some window the car has
| just passed. Now, others have been
looking in the same direction as he but
have seen nothing to laugh at.
The truth is, they did not see what he
saw. They were looking at it. But
they were looking with eyes unframed
for details The small, homogeneous
elements which make up humor had
escaped them. But if the laughing man
had told what he saw the others would
have laughed 1t was not lack of
sense of humor, but simply lack of
observation.
In any crowd that jostles along the
sidewalks of broadway there are
thousand peculiarities of dress and
manner, a score of incidents full of
humor or of that gentle melancholy
which refreshes ike tears shed over a
novel. The people who are fond of
parading and seeing what is going on
are conscious of this crowd in only
dim way. They do not think of sep
arating it further into details than
pretty or ugly, handsome or unattrac-
tive. And in that way they miss almost
all the life and beauty, and interest.
They see, but at the same time they do
not see. And they forget that all the
fun and all the shadows that writer's
put into print for them to read are but
faint reflections of the fun and shadows
Of the panorama of life which is around
everybody.
The color of bootblacli's shirt, the
cut of working girls gown, the ways
in which women do their hair, the kind
of eyebrows and eyes, expressions of
faceS-all these things may be observed
and noted in such a way that score of
other things, unnoticed before, will be
opened to view. The more this minute
and careful observation is cultivated,
the more entertaining, and profitable,
too, it becomes.-N. y. sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
1T RUINS DIGESTION.
The Effect of Alcohol on the stomachs of
Healthy Persons.

Healthy PERSONS.
A student of Prof Kochlakoff, of St.
Petersburg, has been studying the eff
feet of alcohol upon healthy persons.
Five persons, aged between twenty
two and twenty-four years, were Sc
lected for the experiment From ten
to twenty minutes before meals, they
were each given three ounces of an
alcoholic liquor varying in strength
from strong wine to brandy. The fol-
lowing We're the results observed in
each, the facts being ascertained by re-
moving portions of food from the
stomach with stomach tube at stated
intervals:
l. The acidity and the digestive pow
cr of the gastric juice were diminished.
.. This enfeeblement of digestion
was especially noticeable in persons
who We're not accustomed to the use of
alcohol.
8. The larger the percentage of alco-
hol in the beverage employed, the
greater its influence in interfering with
digestion.
4. The movements of the stomach
We're diminished as much as the activi-
ty of the gastric juice, and in proper
ton to the concentration of the alcohol.
). The food was retained in the
stomach longer than usual, and at the
last end of digestion the acidity of the
gastric juice, and the quantity of by
drochloric acid were double that ordi-
narily found at this period of digestion.
This last fact probably accounts for
the frequent occurrence of gastric ulcer
in persons addicted to intemperance.-
Good Health.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17
The Tennis Elbow.

Mistah Ebony-How is youah good
health dis mo min. Mistah Black?
Mistah Black-I's all hunkydory 'cept
my right am. Mistah Ebony. is suf-
FERN from dc tennis elbow.
"Wot you been doin?"
"Bearin' ca pet."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17

Young Doctor performed my first
surgical operation to-day; man shot
himself and attended min.
Old Doctor-Ah! did you save hirh?
Young Doctor-No, liza died; h ID to
cut him all to picccs-Out got IL bull
et.-iIartford / lines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-17

Mr.. Tiptop-As you are a fluent lin
guist, you would probably enjoy the
French comedy by the French company
at the theater. viii you accept me as
an escort?
Miss Westend-Er--I am not feeling
very well this afternoon. You under
stand French, suppose, Mr. Tiptop?
Dear me, no. don't know a word
of IL.
"Ohl Thank you, Mr.. Tiptop, | will
accompany you with pleasure. $50 cd
News.