The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1893-06-16

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become ,racFble and the
country settled, there is no further
use for the post. Under spM cir
cnmstances the Reservations, are
turned over to he INTERIOR Gart-
ment 10 be surveyed andSsold.
Congress provided small amount
Of money for taking care Of the
in the interval, but IT is moi nearly
enough to 20 round. Cnstodians
are needed to see that dishonest
persons do not walk away with the
buildings piecemeal. This is
common form oi THEFT where lum-
Der is scarce, and the doors and
windows, particularly OF deserted
houses, quickly disappear. How
ever, the reservations frequently |
remain unguafded, because men
are unwilling to accept appoint
ments which have no pay or ra
tons attached TO them. They are
permitted to reside in the build
ings, and in some instances they
do so. keeping an eye on the
things Tor The sake Of obtaining HE
privilege of cultiva'ing the area Of
| tilable and we'll watered land
which is usually included within
the limits Of such government
property.
| ANY Denver man who is very
fond Of the ocean can get place
where he would be strictly I'm IT"
simply forthe asking. The place
now vacant, and which the treas.
ury department says is open 10
anyone, is on board he new South
4 Shoal lightship, which is situated
iwenty-eighl miles south of Nan
tucket. Here, in a region Of al
most eternal storms, The vessel
rides at anchor. Like the STORED
phantom ship, she is pepetually
bulletted by the waves, though
never destined to 90 anywhere.
From tine to time she breaks
adrift aud is blown out into the
ocean. During three consecutive
months last year she was on two
such involuntary crnises-one Tor
thirteen days and the other time
for eight days. Usually she is
! flowed back by a steamer that is
| sent to look AFTER her; sometimes
she manages 10 Get back under
sail. Besides raiions and clothing
The captain or keeper gels $S3
, month, the engineer $50, The assi>
! liant engineer $65, and The assls
tan, keeper $50. In spite of such
good pay It is rarely that a mar
!. can be persuaded to spend a sec
ond winter on this llghtship
! which is the last landmark, 50 Il
speak, seen by trans Atlantic voy
: ayers ON their way 10 Europe.
/. There are several vacant post
offices in Colorado to be had 10
! the asking, and which nobod,
!. wants, and if the applicant doesn'
4 care to live in this State he cal
i. find something in Utah, Washing
J ton, Nebraska or Idaho. In fact j
= is in the postofiice department
4 that Offices 20 begging by whole
. - sale. There are thousands G
= fourth class pos'offices which ii
: : hard to get anyone 10 accep
q People are constantly sending i
j requests TO the effect that a pos
! moster shall be appointed at thl
or that out.of-the-way spot, but n
=. one will take the place. There al
Il nmety seven designations Of pos
i masters on file from The Slate
9 Washington alone, and there al
= applicants for only few Of ihes
- positions. Hundreds Of postoilice
have to be discontinued everyye;
4, because nobody will take chare
. . OF them. There are 10000 pos
n Offices which pay 10 the incun
Il. bents less than $40 a year. Whel
~ ever there is a change OF admin
II tratlon at Washington resignation
~ Of postmaslers pour in. Many
m them notify the Postmaster &c
= eral that they have sold out
m somebody else. Most small pO'
n Offices are III country stores and q
vn m proprietors dispose Of the m;
"a priveleaes, together with the got
4 will and fixtures. vi course SUI
il a bargain is not recognized by I
~ department, but the purchaser
r.. likely TO be appointed 1.-THE neig
10 a. bors ind0rse his application.
M NV fourth class postmaster gets
80 salary, but receives percenta
ra ,ss OIL The stamps be sells. Heis G
=, ~ titled to 100 per cent on the fl
~ ~ $50 worth of stamps per arpu
~ ~ go per cent OH The next$l00 wor,
~ IL 80 per cent on the next $2O0w0r|
Iha and 40 per cent on all stamps SC
'nc no over aud aboves
ty. Evenlhe department Of Sii
lcit has paid Offices III ils gift whi
inc nobody actually can be INDUCED
IT, take. Among these are consu
lay agencies In snch out ol thew
nty parts Of the world as Algiers, I
III, Barbary Stnles and Turkey
ent Asia. The incumbents are RENT
;er. Grated BY ices. Because Anne
q ..ili ,,,,k snnon ~ florn y,lo.