Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-07-08


or the blank back pages Of senate and
House bills
The Interior Department, produces
mere waste paper than all the other
departments put together. oa account
81 It's great size, including as ii does
the pension Office. the census bureau
Nand other branches room IN the
main building II st apart for In. ra-
certion Of all such rubbish Formerly
tho messengers were accustomed 10
dumn among IL tho debris of lunches,
empty inksiands and all sorts ~ stnd
that reduced the value of the refuse as
marketable article 4: present D.
wa'ehman = appointed io inspect each
basketful Deposited Tn. material
ietches fifty one cents PER lon pounds
Ii is sold IL firm III Iii.shurg. TAX.
inc tn" year around II averages IN
quantity nearly thirty thousand
pounds month. An odd story is told
! OF young woman II the land Office.
who threw away an envelope contain.
| ing her pny for two weeks. She lis.
car1ed j, ahssntmindelv, thinking that
| she had taken ont the Iiioncy. On dis.
covering her mi4takr Ahc MAS much
! distressed Shr did not know where
| She hal droppet thu cnycl"nr. hni n
colored servant hal tn cnnp,iou -
| look IN the vast. paper ron.a, aud
| there hc found IT after "A search. An
other cmplove 81 the Interior Depart
ment, g man this time on receIsine
his pay envelope walked out to lunch
and mailed it in box on the corner.
He recollected himself at once and got
the envelope back from the postman
| when he came along.
The Postoffice Department gets 37s
cents per 100 pounds for It's waste
paper. During the last administra-
ton number Of opened letters were
found scattered about on the streets
in Alexandria, a few miles from Wash
lngton. 1t was at first supposed that
there had been a mail robbery, and
there WAS much excitement. Inyeati-
CATION disclosed the fact that n Junk
dealer in that town had contract with
the Postmaster-C -C.u.ral for purchasing
scraps. Among the latter were dead
letters, and Of these some fell out of
the bags on their way through the
streets.
All dead letters are disposed Of IN
this manner when ii IL found Impos.
sible to deliver them This rule, how
ever, does not apply to mlsslvcs which
contain immoral writings ar pictures.
All such stuff il burned III the furnace.
| Only the other dav cluster of nine
big and queer looking cocoons was
captured at the department and held
as unavailable. The cocoons were
woven upon n single large twig, which
had evidently been broken from n
tree. The cluster was fastened To q
lace curtain In tho Dead ..stter, Office.
and after few DAYS each cocoon pro-
duced hinge moth=of gorgeous colora
They were all the same variety APP
parently. having spread Of about
four inches. Some Il them made their
escape ont of the window. while The
others were chloroformed and pre-.
served
The Government printing offlre pro-
duees by far more waste paper than
docs any Of the departments II Uses
up twenty tons Of new paper PER diem.
Every day II packs up about four tons
Of waste for sale - firms In Sew York,
Pi,,sburg and Washington The refuss
il sorted into eight grades- The tirsi
| and finest, which fetchee 2t cents
pound, is ledger shasing" from blank
and blank books. Other grades ar
white shavings from books, shit. slas
ings mized wi.h colored. waste prinses
paper, MANILA clippings. bro~n ~rap
pers,sweep.ngs and cardboard cuttings
I. Is worth mentioning. b. the way
sha. the bureau o! engraving an
printing 10 Obliged 20 secoun: tn tn
III. treasury for every shee. os pare
furnished 70 IL for printing notes an
o:he. Government securities upou- Al
.heets that Axc torn or otherwise spo.le
aust be returned for rsscesa..on. u
eeshsx With dirty money
Caste uyeiai,ces n In3i. are break