Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-06
The Nations Wards,

A full list of the names all persons
employed in the government service
(150,000 of them has been complet-
ed. The growth of the army of gov
eminent employees is something mar
velous. A decade ago there were
over 100000, which was thought to be
something tremendous. But the
growth of the governments business
and the growth of the country has
compelled the increase of its forces to
carry on the business. Whether the
administration is Democratic or Re-
publican the increase goes on just the
same.
The individual who draws the larg.
est salary in this big list is of course
the president, $4,000 year, or some
thing over S. an hour, sleeping or
waking. Next comes the foreign
ministers, some of which get SIT 900
a year. Some of the people who get
fees as we'll as salaries in the consular
service are supposed to make more
than the salary paid to the minister.
From these munifcent salaries which
the more favored of the people get,
the salaries dwindle rapidly until
you get down to the fourth class post
masters, who are paid in proportion
to the business done at their Offices,
some of them getting $1.h0 year.
The study of this big list of names
give some curious and interesting facts.
Among the number are 1000 people
Of the name of Smith, and some 400
Of them by the name Of John Smith.
There are over LOO Browns, 1000
Johnsons, and 900 Joneses. There
are hundreds of them who spell their
names with but three letters each,
among the short names being such
as Box, Boo, Dew, Dox, Gee. dip
and hundreds of others that might be
mentioned. Some of the names that
90 to the other extreme as to length
are the following: Xylander, Bussen.
shut, Calvacoresses, Postlethwaite,
Waffenschmide, Vonbraddenbrock,
Matagonsky. Stoutenborough, Scheme
kenberger, Scharringhausen, Pete
gomenne, Kochersperger, Branneas-
renther and Dzierzanowaki. They
must be quite an affectionate lot, these
government employees for among the
names are two Hugs, one Hugger,
one Huggings and % or 80 Loves.
The various nationalities appear to be
pretty we'll represented by names as
we'll as by individuals, for there are
Is people who bear the name of
English, rs with the name of French,
six by the name of Irish, three Ger
man and one America. Uncle Sans
large family evidently has its proper
ton of people able to make their way
through the world by whatever way
seems most convenient, for two OF
them sail under the cognomen Gall,
while three of them carry the equally
suggestive name Cheek. They are q
patriotic lot evidently, for there is one
Red, half a dozen Blues, and Whites
by the hundred.
There are several Flags and mater.
ial for more, as is shown by the fact
that there are two Calicoes and one
Silk. If Uncle Sam wants to get into
the free lunch business he will have
no difficulty in finding material to set
his table. There are six Rusks, one
Bread. 30 Fishes, 10 Custards, IL
Coffees, three Buffers, one Milk, two
Sourwines, one Sourbeers, two Apples
and one A. Sass, which, presumable,
stands for "applesass." There are
some names that would seem bur
den to carry about through life. For
instance there are three by the name
Coward, one Lie, one Awkward, one
Dapschroeder, one Qbldammer and
one 9rnall' The Nonths Of thu