The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-11-05

reported that not one Of the Offices visited by
her, not even her own. were perfect. An Idaho
woman rode 254 miles on horseback TO make
the required inspection, while n Kentucky
woman went the rounds with horse and buggy.
spent $50. and reported that every Postmaster
visited would welcome closer relations with
the Postofiice Department. A Louisiana woman
reports that she keeps bankrupt willingly to
improve the postal service in her village, and a
woman in Mississippi reached postofIieo in a
sailboat, and another Travelled through the
piny woods alone without hesitation. 4 New
York woman travelled with horse and buggy
POI miles and visited a. offices, and a North
Carolina woman was so cOurteously received
by all the Postmasters that she has volunteered
10 60 again next year. A Pennsylvania woman
attacked the tremendous undertaking Of visit
ing l2S Offices, many Of them among the Ale
gany Mountains, and disposed Of IT, A West
Virginia woman wrote that some Of her offices
were almost impossible to be reached, but she
would reach them just the same An Alabama
POstmistress regretted that she could not un-
dertake the work, as il was impossible to hire
any conveyance in her County, aud one in
Mississippi asked TO be excused, as she was
very young.
If the situation gets any more strained the
Chileans are likely TO find Commodore Schley
a persona non cratd TO them. lie is fighting
man and began so early ia life, when as a boy
he came into command Of the Monongahela,
owing to the wounding of his superior officers,
aud distinguished himself by his bulldog pug
nacity. He entered the Navy in 1856 rs
MILDLY, aud the outbreak Of the war found him
Master. At its close he was a Lieutenant
Commander. lie is every inch an American
sailor, and there will be no abatement Of our
rights where lac has anything TO say.
g.
Simon Lampwell has been holding down
$1,000 desk in the Office Of the Sixth Auditor Of
the Treasury for several years. Recently he
felt more strongly than ever that he was doing
too much work between meals, and so no
shrcwGly decided TO write 10 the Sixth Auditor
announcing that he was a Seventh Day Ad-
ventist, and had conscientious objections TO
performing common labor on the seventh day
Of the week. This was matter that Judge
Coulter did not feel competent 20 tackle. ard so
he referred the matter 30 his official superior,
SECRETARY Foster. Gov Foster had some hest
tation about passing upon a matter involving
the rights OF conscience, so he invoked the able
legal mind Of Assistant Secretary CrOunse.
Judge Crounse went into the matter in a law
yer-like way, aud discovered at the outset that
Lampwell had for years been drawing his pay
for Saturdays, AS for other days, and so he sent
for him and asked him the date Of his con-
version. Lampwell mumbled something about
being for long time a believer ia that creed,
but that his conscience had only recently been
awakened TO the en0rmity Of his offense. lie
was finally informed that but one way Of re-
lieying his conscience suggested itself, and
that was TO vacate his desk in favor Of some
man whose religious belief would square moro
accurately with the Department regulations as
10 working.time. He could then enter into
outside employment that would afford him as
much leisure for religious exercises as he wished
His resignation has not yet been rendered.