The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-31
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

It Is reported from Washington that the
president has new trap, the finest turnout
ever seen upon the streets OF the capital
To description OF this outfit an East
ern paper adds: Presidents come high.
but we have got to have them How
much does the president cost the country?
There are few who can answer the ques-
ton of1hand, and yet it is not without in
terest to the American who pays to sup
port the executive and his establish
ment.
Every schoolboy can tell that the salary
OF the president is $4,000 a year, but the
annual cost to the government OF the Of
fee is more than double that sum- or
about $11500 1t is not fair to say that
the president is found" and yet it prac-
tically amounts to that. The president
has his private secretary, clerks, door
keepers, messengers, steward and several
other servants, which cost about $4,000.
Most OF these are government officers,
engaged in the public service exclusively,
while others are not. The furniture and
repairs to she executive mansion cost
about $4,000 year, which sum is always
expended under the direction of the presi-
dent and is always used. The fuel bill
for the White House is $3000 which is a
generous allowance for a residence in the
! latitude of Washington while the cost of
the greenhouse repairs is $4,000 more. Be
sides his salary the president has fund
of $4,000 placed at his disposal TO eXpend
at his discretion, and from this fuld are
| paid the expenses of state dinners to the
representatives OF foreign nations at Wash
ington and such other functions which
he as head of the Nation is called upon
10 provide.
la ALL the expenses of the executive Of
fee that are paid by the government
amount to about $4,000 year or some-
thing like $4,000 over and above the sal
airy paid TO the president But this sum
is not so much as France pays TO her chief
executive He has an annual salary of
$4,000 besides an allowance ot about
$4,000 for Contingent expenses; so that
nur presidential office is not so burden
some as appears at the first glance.
at is always well in cases of suspected
hydrophohia TO make the most critical ex-
animation of the subject" remarked an
expert in the treatment of that malady
recently. The truth should be got at in
every case, There are many dog lovers
who have lost their heads In the interest
OF their canine pets. as there are dog
haters who have been blinded 10 reason
, by their bias against them. There are
two facts 10 be kept in view; First, that
there Is danger that any one may be in
oculated with the virus OF hydrophobia
and, second, that there is not one chance
IN a million that any one will be so in
a oculated was reared as a lover OF the
whole dog species; l have been bitten by
them scores OF times and admit that il
was foolish in me never 10 have had a
bite cauteriged, II l have any madness
with which dogs have any connection, Il
is in the direction OF an intense love FOL
, them. 1t ought 10 be kept in mind that
. difference in breeds counts for good deal
Black and tan terriers, for instance have
been so inbred as to give them intensely
n nervous organizations. This inbreedinp
can not help but be HARMFUL because II i
contrary 10 nature and produces nervous
degenerates in that breed. A dog can, by
= wrong system Of breeding become as
} truly Degenerate as Members OF the hu-
e man family do
Three interesting trophies OF the Span
ish- American war are now being viewed
! by the public in Philadelphia They are
a the mortar and two bronze cannons from
! the defensive works in Havana harboI
which the Paramount Park Art association
secured soon after the occupation Of tn,
CUBAN capital by American troops. Tn,
weapons are of long obsolete type. bu
! are described as being. in their way
, : works OF art and fine specimens OF IA,
: makers hsndiwork, The two quaint oil,
:, guns are christened sEl Militadesr ant
y Ia semiramis' and bear In addition /,
: taeir names the royal arms of Spain /.
y beth. Each gun bears the ipscrIptsoy
Fulmios Violate Regis. which. taken M
orally, means .Avenser OF injuries 10 IN
y kips The guns likewise show too I'M
q print OF the makers' rs>' "a the ysar