The Press., 1894-01-18

It does not recommend day of process mark the close of the century, but 'fan ex- position of what this nation has done in the hundred years since it's seat of gov ernment was taken possession of by the [ few officials who then directed affairs. The exposition of 1900 should be compact and select. Preliminary examination by competent experts should determine the worthiness or otherwise of proposed ex- hibits, and only the best ought to be giv- en space. The mere securing of a6mis- sion would, therefore, be guarantee of quality and desirability, and the exposi- tion would not resemble the average country fair. An international exposi- tion at that time would conflict with more than one European endeavor in the same list, but aside from that rather important consideration, it would undoubtedly be better to make the affair national rather than international. The event to be con- memorated is one that no other people could be much interested in. For the next year or so it would be well for Wash ingtonians to discuss this idea, and to inn part enthusiasm to the millions of Ameri- cans who never weary of singing the praises of this beautiful city of which every American should be proud - the capital of the nation."
 The substitute bill of the Willimantic common council provides that the city clerk shall receive $500 and the treasurer $200. The aldermen concurred with the board of councilmen in fixing the follow ing salaries: Assessors, 1925 a year. corporation counsel, $400 year; assist ant engineer of fire department, $25 year; fire police, $10 year; librarian, $100 a year: collector of taxes, three quarters of one per cent on the dollar; collector of assessments, one-half of one per cent. The substitute resolution pro- vides also that the chief engineer of the fire department, who is also fire marshal and superintendent of the fire alarm, shall receive salary of $400 year and $2 day in addition for time actually spent in inspecting buildings, such time not to ex- ceed 15 days in the year, The salary of the captain of police is fixed at $75 month, and the salary of superintendent of streets was fixed at the same amount. The pay of patrolmen was cut from $2. 25 a day, as provided in the original resolu- tion, to Ss2 day.
 
 Willimantic cor. Hartford Post: At the store of Dan Dunn's tobacco and peri Odical store stands an Indian maiden l holding in her extended hand bunch of wooden cigars, as a sample of the kind that can be found inside. Friday evening was bitterly cold, and some of Dams cus- toners kindly borrowed Dams overcoat and hat and clothed the maiden, button ing the overcoat tightly around her body and balancing the hat upon her head plumes. It gave her an appearance of warmth, if not of style. As the evening wore on the proprietor was struck with the sameness of the greeting, Pretty cold night, Dan," with which every in- conner saluted him. He kept open Friday night half hour later than usual looking for his clothes, and has been heard to re- mark several times since that some of his customers are too confounded good for this world
 The venerable Galusha A. Grow, soon to be again in congress, being nominated by the republicans for congressman-at- large from Pennsylvania, in history is the man who once knocked down Lawrence M. Keitt of South Carolina on the floor of the house. MT. Grow did not set up to be a fighter in those days, but Keitt did. He approached. Grow in @ menacing atti- tude, and Grow put out his fists to keep him off, when Keitt fell sprawling upon the floor. Keitt was supposed to have been pretty drunk at the time. A gen. eral scrimmage followed, in which the only casualty of importance was the loss of his wig by Barksdale of Mississippi. Those were days before the deluge, polit- ically speaking. Mir. Grow was speaker of the house over 30 years ago.
 New York World: A physician who is a specialist in nervous diseases says that women should sleep at least nine hours at night and one hour in the daytime. A woman will plead that she hasn't time to lie down for few minutes in the daytime and she will infringe upon the hours of the night, which should be given to sound, healthy, needed sleep, in order to finish 1 some pieces of work which could as we'll be completed on the morrow. She will rush and hurry all day long, and then, when the household is wrapped in slum- Der at night, she will sit up to read the daily paper, thinking she will not have to pay for the time she is stealing from the health-giving sleep that comes before mid- night.
 Rev. Washington Gladden., in a recent magazine article on the unemployed prob lem, says with great good sense:
 ! Some job may be found in the garret or cellar; some work or repairing; some re- arrangement of the store or the office some stitching, or plumbing, or cleaning, or painting some new piece of furniture that an idle cabinet-maker can construct for you; some renovation of the wardrobe 1 with next springs wants in prospect; it may be any one of a thousand things that wit can devise Any one who will spend his money in this way will do about twice as much good with it as if he had sent his check for the same amount to the chari- table society or the relief committee.
 James Ryan, q well-known natter, who recently went to Danbury from Millburn, N. J., fell down flight of stairs Sunday