Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-03

by mail once a week reen,erI, he rer~,,ci
from her long leter An th. ,h.p. a a p..u-
Sometimes he SO, two in a wecI' mo roetrv
v,. rr,b.hIv the rors. ina, .,y ,,r.,.-. ~ -.
sion In, .re, nrosnn.a A, A., y. "a =.
attention 20 III but Al length IA h.c.u 10 ,,-.y
upon his mind He found that d was Keeping
lin awake Al NIGHT ara vrh,n mi. SORT a. 49,
had gone or for sve or or .is mopsh. he e.sas,.
desperate So finally he wrote 20 her saving
..Your poems have rrov.a 20 me that voa are
,,nft for anv rublic oa.ce Neve-th,l... a 80
WI cease yrit,ns ana ,enains them 10 IN. 4
will get VOC lob And he did
I, Il recorded that a man ,ppcin,-a upsrr
TIE sixth auditor of the treAsurr subject 20 a.
animation was asked % state ,ht distance 81
the moon from the earth HE written answer
was simply: NO, near enossh 20 .ccct she
functions OF sixth auditor lie passed 80
did Ano,he- who. being examined tor euf,lss-
meni In the Treasury was asked how rn.uy SOL
diers England .eut 70 ihi. coga,r, darine he
revelation His answer wa.. a id sisAt
more than ever got back"
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Wv S"' no. io"s Aso me AP-
o."Oo " one "i we os~'meh"
49,, " lron, NJ ae,A snd seheia an hls door
,hcr, arcs. and nar,sic,. VII 80. A., "a
ha; on on. sids Of her head. saving a sr..r
pArasol and eigglng She was an appii ,ant Tor
n position, and. thanks 90 the powerful inau-
ence of Senator. she got place not included
IN the Classified service a few DAYS later. No
sooner MAS She installed than she proceeded 90
cut up the highest kind Of links 90 that the
foreWoman under whose authority she was put
was obliged 10 cali her down. Calling hcr
aside. she said: II want 10 have q talk with
!ou.
"Iralaloo. iralaloo'" cried the woman in tho
pantAlets gahy. dancing ny 30 ~, sor~~ oman
and trying to attach large bunch OF flowers 70
the iore~oman dress.
lou 90 not understand, said the fore
! WOMAN Il wsnt' 10 SPEAK TO you seriously.
-. ..1 t.iu', 50 49,. . Nv 20 NofA
bach 10 admir-. ~. -, -, ~ -. ~,
quei she had iust bestowed Then he naaed.
IL did hot come here TO work"
ihen shall have TO reportyoa TO the CHIEF"
sag the iore~onlAn severely.
Ihs seemed 10 Smuse the lady IN tie pants-
ie.s greatly
ne chlei she echoed. "lia. ha, Give him
tna' lof me. kissing her hand a. she danced
away
Ne'er'heiess' after having a talk with the
oniei' enc became very peniieni and since then
she bas oeen working hard.
COULDN'T REAR AND COULDN'T WRITE.
A nice-looking old gentleman With ao-,s
couaulex,o,, ,,,,,r,..t,oa A.. =. -,
=. ~. - S'e.A
~" 'He "u'eI GA! WIN an HPph-
cAuon Tor place. indorsca BY some letters OF
recommendation. When the official asked him
question ne said; Please write It down. 1
"a,,,, ~ u ,s. . souiu nor near sound
Con. NcCauley tha,,eb, a., ,tie =. 49,
disadvantage for an applicant fo- en,nl,y,ne,t
as clerk, but he asked the stranger 10 write
ms name ana address. The Old gentleman
snooh his mead ~ Is Impossible, ne said.
Cannon a WING ~ AL because my hand y ial-
sie gl
tne,e are ever SO many people who imagine
ma. sna' the government departments are asylums
80. e TUG tn'aiio ana helpless OF every descrip-
''oi'
THE sEwsPAPFR MES.
There il q widespread popular impress,o,
that the novrs,a,,a, ,.,,,-r.,,a,, -, =, m, -.
EOS, h.,,, -, - "a -
"''0 q" 'A'e h'a'ser oi omcs
. man Is possessed o! senators and Beprescuts-
ives 40 some extent this Is correct There
are ABOUT twenty newspaper men here who.
tnrousn helr woe aud intimate acquaintance
win po"efiul pontlcal personases, can bring
20 pear very strong persuasion IN such
uiIairs; put; thoueh IL seems paradox, they
nave 0nis ihHuehce because tbey hardly ever
ISL use II. Ihes are continually receiving appeals
rum once seekers, bnt they cannot AFFORD 20
I.espohu 10 them. by doing 80 they would make
ne great men ehy OF them and would destroy
tne intilhae! on winch they depend fof secur-
ing une news Information which they live by
senhs ohiE no" ana then DO they make an
eAcepuon' usually IN favor OF some broken
Gown Journalist VINO needs place, or 10 get
employment Tor the widow OF . newspaper man.
WHEN THE OFFICE SEEKERS WILL SWARM.
With the canning in Of ths nav as,,,in,.,x.