Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-22

them Influence and protection. II thus 4
hupprns that one man will act as REPRE-.
sentative Of hnlt dozen nations. Over
his store are llung to the bree2es perhaps
The Hays ni ltussia, France, Germany,
England nud the United States. while as
many national cnnts-nf-arms are display
ed above his door Thus sheltered. he Is
not likely 10 he interfcrvd with, aud wish
tors from abroad naturally go to his shop
to buy. The consular agency at Is
lucradlH In Ecuador IN at present vacant
because there Is nobody who wants IL. |
is difficult to get persons to serve as vice.
consuls, because they get no pay, except
when tho consul is absent Native store
keepers act in such capacities commonly.
The regulation now is that they must got
their remuneration out Of the conSul's
salary; but until very recently congress
the payment of consular officers not citi-
Hcus Of the Unitcd States
A FEW ABANDONED Rl1SERNA-
TlONS,
Among the 1900 places In the Gift Of
the department Of the interior there are
only few which go begging These are
tue situations nj cuStudiAus Of abandoned
military reservations, Many such rrSer-
yatiOns, formerly used for military posts.
have been Hayeu up by the war depart
mrnt The Indians having become trnctl-
further use for the posts Under such
circumstances the reservation, are turned
over to the interior department to be- sur
Nryrd aud sold. Congress las provided
u small amount of muurN for taking care
| OF them in the Interval, but l. is not near.
| ~ enough to 20 rOuud Cuslndiaus are
nrrded to SIZE that dishonest persons 40
not walk away with The buildings piece
| meal This Is u common form of theft
| where lumber Is scarce. and the doors
| anu windows, particularly OF q deserted
| house, quickly disappear However. the
| reservations frequently remain unguarl.
ed, because men are unwilling 10 accept
| appointments which have m pay or rn-
| tons attached TO them Ihry are per
mittrd To reside in the buildings, aud In
| some instances tht do 50, keeping an eve
IN the things for the sake OF obtaining
! the privilege OF culuyiting the area Of
| tillahlc aud wcll-waturcd land which Is
usually included within the limits of such
| government PROPERTY
u Is somewhat hard 10 lind suitable of
| hcers Of the army and navy to occupy
The positions Of military aud naval al.
inrhvS To the United States LEGATIONS In
foreign countries, 10 satisfactorily fh
| I'LL tlv dutes ut these post, plenty of
money Is an essential requisite. a man
| attached In such & capacity to the cm-
| hhssy at iaris or at London needs a nr-
vnie fortune to keep ny with the social re-
| duircincnts OF the situation lie must
move In the most richly gildclkswim and
must meet all sorts of unusual expenses
| lt is expected OF him that he shall live
like a gentleman ot rank and wealth. h,A
cause the attaches at the legations of
Other nations ara rich and noble. A clear
| understanding Ot these facts would lessen
The number Of applications for these posi-.
lions which are seut in by young officers
| To the departments OF war and navy ot
. | Mnsltufstnm 'lht4N tl.aaip.t
mcnts for the iNkc Of the agrccahlenrss
VI the dutiv, aud the sncial prestige ht,
longing 10 lhrn. not rralminp that they
could not keep NJ appearances decently ON
their pay alone.
SMALL SALARY FOR MUCH
KNOWLEDGE.
There are places In several OF the do
partmrnts here which commonly remain
vacant a long time after the mcnnl
hcnts have died or resigned because DIR.
sous comlNient to MI Them caunot easily
be found. Occasionally one reads IN tbe
Washington newspapers M advertise
mcnt issued by the civil service commits
sion Announcing that on a certain day a
competitive examination will w. held for
the purpose of hlling a situation which
requires familiarity with plane aud
spherical trigonometry, diiipreutial cal
cnlus, The science af calculating the cen
ter Of grayity Of heavy orduaucc three nr
four European languages. ypewritius
aai stenogrAphy. The fortunate candi
date is promised au appointment II 5000
or SlVOO @ year.
In the Nautical almanac office there arr
men who are employed To calculate paral-
lakes, the declinntog aud right ascension
Of all stars az all hours and AN sorts ~
other such astronomical puzzles. They
aw paid from 500 10 $3.50 pcr annnn.
There is a situation al tho army mc,itlll
museum which requies a thorough know
ledge Of both Chinese and Japanese. Il
was kept open for ionr while before
aiyhody could be fouai 10 mn II. Tin
-lag, d he Incumbent has recently hetu