Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-22
OFFICES GO BEGGING.
FEDERAL JOBS THAT FEW WILL
TAKE.


| NlUNfa ANAA ~ Af-ElNE. II MNNll
| ~ be supposed that there were any such,
Judging from the swarm Of pacc-hunters
| that has besieEed Washington for the last
| two months. In fact, however There are
many salnricd positions In the govern
ments gift which it Is hard To get men to
accept. Some Of them involve great dan
| ger, while others are too poorly pail 20 Ice
desirable, In the opinion Of the Washing
| ton Star
For example. just now the treasury finds
| Il almost impossible to secure available
men for revenue agents Ia the mOunlains
Of Tennessee. \ number Of these officers
| have been murdered recently IN that re-
| giun by mOonshiners, Three of them were
shot from an ambush and killed only the
other day The occupation IN which they
met their death is tie most hazardous
| known. During three consecutive years
twenty-five Of these seekers after ilnclt
| stills were slain and fotiy-uine wounded.
| No wonder that h Is difficult 10 I'LL Their
places at 50 day aud expenses 10 do
| the duty well requires sense aud discre-
ton ~ well rs courage. Ono fool agent
In live minutes can get the internal reye-
nue. bureau into an embarrassment that
will take o year TO get Out Of, besides EN-
failing treat EXPENSES.
on A LlGHTSHIP.
The treasury finds II hard 10 get and
retain officers on board Of the new South
Shoul liehiship. which * stationed TWEEN
ty-ciglii miles south Of Nantucket. Here,
Ia region Of almost eternal storms Tue
vessel rides at anchor. Like the stOricd
phantom ship, she is pcrpctnnlly hulleted
by ,hc waves, though never destined To
got anywhere. From time to time she
breaks adrift and Is blown Out into the
ocean. During three consecutive months
of last year size was absent on two sucli
involuntary cruiscs-once Tor thirteen
days aud the other time for eight days.
Usually on such occasions she Is lowed
hncl, by steamer that ia sent to lnok for
her. sometimes she manages 10 get Dick
under sail, Besides ratiuns aud clothing
the cupuiu or keeper gets SSl month,
the engineer $50, the assistant engineer
SB5 aud the assistant Keeper 500. In
spite of such good pay It Is rarely that
man can be- persuaded 10 spend a second
winter on this lightship, which Is the Inst
landmark IN 10 speak, seen by tfHns-
atlantic vnyngers on their way 10 Europe.
The marine hospital service, which he
long. to the treasury, is having trouble ~
finding plyScaus to send aboard for SER
vice ~ inspectors OF vessels nt European
ports during the approaching summer
These officers, who will examine All shlps
hound for the United States, are required
Ia hnyc Ind experience of cholera, Fur
tbermnfr, they must know the language
sulkpn In the pi.tces to which they are
Dispatched. uHd must possess some ac-
uuniuinucc with the country, For cN-
ample. the medical agent AZ Liverpool
ought Ia he familiar with tue Sums ul
London IN order that he may be- on his
guard against persons coming from dan
gcruus spots,
Few available persons are willing to nc
crpt commissions tr 10 tho treasury 10
represent the United States government
on the seal islands IL bcrlllg sea- thosC