The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-02-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.

bill. the antitrust law, the Pan
anna canal treaty and many mil
hons OF various appropriations, are
pulling the brains and making sore
spots thereon, of the hundreds of
law makers up in the big capitol;
in addition to these exciting mat
tiers, Senator Nelson was diDed yes
terday at one of the nearby hostile
ries in honor OF his Goth birthday,
the president arranged with pro-
lessor in the art of fencing, to re-
ceive instructions from him some
time in March, and the evening
papers were gushing with editori-
ais founded on an interview with
Col. Willard Hunsiker, the European
manager OF the Carnegie Steel Co..
who stated that it was nonsense to
suppose that Germany or any other
European power is scheming to get
into trouble with the United States
in the western hemisphere, and no
country in Europe would dare un-
dertake to finance such war with
out CONSERVATION, etc., etc. Col.
Hunsiker is good authority from
the fact that he is in position to
know what he is remarking, and we
should feel proud to know that we
are now the topmost nation ia the
world, and that with the completion
of the big ships recently ordered to
be built, our navy will be the best
that travels the briny deep. Hi
there! Everybody toss up your old
hats, and shout high-voiced cheers,
that we are the ut" among nations.
Even Rome in all her glorified and
historical splendor could not boast
of as great pinnacle as can your
commonplace Uncle Sam!
The various government depart
ments are now badly torn up, TAX
ing the annual inventory, and it is
a job OF such large proportions, that
my pencil is too small to describe,
so I'll just leave it to your magma
tons for the present.
Over in the treasury the clerks
are having a lot of work to do in the
redemption division, and extra
clerks have been detailed to assist
the regular force. The additional
labor was all brought about on ac-
count of the extraordinary sales of
the holidays, which were larger
than has ever been known. The
result was that the bills, on account
OF being handled so much in passing
through numberless hands, became
so worn that it was necessary to
send them to the treasury for re-
demption. Ladies have the inside,
in this line, their fingers being
more supple (aye, yes! and their
brains, too)-gentlemen mustexcuse
my partiality) and SO every bill that
is mutilated, or burned isexamined
and passed on by lady experts. who
have grown to be very accurate, in
their long terms of service in Uncle
| Sam S cast ware house.
A little Whit of the blizzard which
you people experienced under this
date. has just arrived and is doing
"a heap OF sightseeing in these
parts, = and the wind is quite a fac
smile of Minnesota style.
The lady inspectors, " whom I
mentioned in my last letter, are
still troubling the civil service
officials, and while some applicants
have had courage to 'bOord ship
via swinging rope ladder, yet only
one of the five to be selected has
been appointed; and she has a good
record as sailor. and finished
athlete. having served in both ca
pacities for several years each. and
was then employed for ten years in
one of the public schools of Chicago.
tits supposed by this pencil push
err that she had ample opportunity
to keep her we'll developed muscles
in proper trim, for the average Chi
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