The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-29

perhaps tile nag OIL EsuSsla. e rhHCcs 0oN-
many. England and the United States,
while as many national coats of arms are
displayed above his door, Thus sheltered,
he Is not likely to be interfered with, and
visitors from abroad naturally 60 TO his
shop to buy.
The Consular agency at Esmeralda. In
Ecuador, Is at present vacant. because
there Is nonody who wants ", - IL
difficult to get persons to serve as Vice
Copsuls, because they get no pay except
when the Consul is absent. Native store.
keepers acC In such capacities commonly.
The regulation now Is that they must get
their remuneration out OF the Consul's
salary, But until very recently Congress
made a regular annual approximation for
the a yment of Consular officers, not
citizens of the United States"
Among the 5000 places in the gift OF
the Department. of the Interior there are
only q few which go begging. These are
the situations of ~custodians OF abandoned
military reservations. Many such reser-
vatiops, formerly used for military posts,
have been given up by the War Depart
mant. The indians having become tract
able and the ountry settled, there is no
further use for the posts. Under such
circumstances the reservations are turned
over TO the Interior Department, TO be
surveyed and sold. Congress has pro-
vided a small amount OF money for TAX
lug care OF them 10 the interval, hu II Is
not nearly enough to go round. Gus
todians are needed 10 see that dishonest
persons do not walk away with the
building piecemeal. " lis Is q common
form of theft where lui.4ber Is scarce. and
the doors and windows OF q deserted
house quickly disappear. However,
the reservations frequently remain un-
guarded, because meu are unwilling TO
accept appointments which have no pay
-. w,rjana affnnhod m than THAI ira
permitted to reside in the buildings, and
Ia some Instances they do SO. keeping an
eye on things tor the sake OF obtaining
the privilege of c~uitivating The area OF
tilla lie aud we'll watered land which Is
usually included within the limits OF such
Government property.
AS NAVAL ATTACHES IN FOREIGN STATIONS.
: 1t is somewhat hard to fled suitable
officers of the army Il Davy to occupy
the positions of military and uaval at
Lacnes to the United States Legations In
foreign countries. To satisfactorily tut
fl the duties Of these posts plenty OF
money is an essential requisite. A man
attached in such q capacity to the E.u-
bassy at Paris or at London needs april
cate fortune to Keep up with the social
requirements of the situation. He mnst
move in the most richly gilded swim. and
must meet all sorts of unusual e. expenses.
Is is expected of him that he shall
live like a gentleman of rank and
wealth because the attaches at the
Legations OF other nations are rich aud
noble. A clear understanding of these
facts wonld lessen the number OF ap-
pllcations for these positions, which are
sent in by young officers TO the depart
ments of War aud Navy at Washington.
They desire the appointments Tor the
sake OF tho agreeableness of the duties
and the social prestige belonging to them,
not realizing thtt they could not keep up
appearances decsntly on their pay alone.
There are places In several OF the de-
partments here which commonly remain
vacant for "a long time after the incum-
bents have died or resigned, because
persons competent to I'LL them can not
easily be found. Occasionally one reads
In Washington newspapers an advertise
ment issued by the Civil Service Commis-
sion, announcing that on a certain day q
competitive examination will BIS held for
the purpose OF filling a situation which
requires familiarity with plane aud
spherical trizonometry, diferential cal
cuius, the science OF calculating the cep-
ire OF gravity of heavy ordnance, three or
four European languages, type writing
aud stenoqraphy. The fortunate caudt-
dee is PROMISED aud appointment at
$500 or 81. 900 a ear.
N THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE.
In the Nautical Almanic office there are
men who are employed to calculate par
allexes, the declension and right ascen-
sion of I'LL stars at all hours aud all SORTS
OF other such astronomical puzzles. They
are paid from $700 to 5000 per annum.
There " u situation at the Army Medical
Museum which requires a thorough
knowledge of both Chinese n 5apan-
ese, It was kept open for a long while
before apr body could be found to fill it.
The sal <of the incumbent has rec emily
been raised from $1,000 to 81, 200. If such
posts were created specially for experts
1t would be necessary to attach res pect
able wages to them. But for economical
reasons the Government prefers TO rate
them simply as clerkships. They are
used as traps for highly skilled 1ndlvid-
uals who may chance to be competed oy
want of money to drop into them. Once
having done so it is difficult for then. to
get out. When they die or resign the
A study of the present oftice-seeking
epidemic affords fresh evidence Of the
surprising anxiety which men commonly
exh1bit to secure places under the GOV
e~rnuneut at any sacrifice They will
abandon occupations which yield good in
comes in order TO get hold OF positions In
Uncle Sans gift which afford Only
starvation wages. Even the prospect OF
death does not deter him. The Treasury
has no trouble IN employing capable
agents to go to yellow fever ports. The
place a5 plaRue-stricken Panama was
vacant for q while not long ago, but II
was flied by q man who Is willing &c
vegetate in that wretehed 500 and take
his chances of surviving for a salary Of
50, 200 a year.