The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
ill their book shelves with Pub. Docs"

the backs of books. The House of Rep
resentatives Manual couldn't be giver
away if it were not bound in brilliant
colors and lettered in gilt. It's too greer
to use for fuel and it sells for only -four
cents the hundred weight as scrap paper
Still the 1000 copies of it are bound and
there are 1850 copies of it printed and
not bound. 1850 is the magic number
in the Printing Office for this is the num-
| Der OF volumes of each document printed
unless there are orders to print few
thousand more. When the government
can't unload them on public thirsting
for information or on Congressman eager
to enlighten their constituents. when the
archives are full to bursting and the book
moth is breeding between the pages, it
has them bound and distributed to libra
ries throughout the country. Some OF
them submit, but as the Public Printer
states that 500, 600 have been returned in
suffering book worm had turned.
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In the Land Office too economy is the
slogan. Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock will recommend in his annual report
that the land office receiverships shall be
abolished. This will mean a saving of
$3.50, 900 year to the Government. There
are 10 land offices in the United States
located in areas of land open to public
settlement. Each land office is in charge
of register and a receiver. The receiver
is supposed to represent the law in the
office and the register acts as treasurer.
In addition to these two officers there are
retinues of clerks and stenographers. and
| it is intimated that in the majority of
the Offices there is not any more work
than could be done by an active janitor.
In any case that comes before the office
the register and the receiver must agree
in their findings to constitute decision, so
that they in reality act as court. FIRE.
quently they disagree so that the case is
referred to the Land Office, while the
intending settler is painting for his
ground. By reducing this court to one
person, who shall also be the register it is
believed that more harmony will prevail
and that the settler will get settled sooner.
1t will leave IIo'men out of job but the
Government will have $3.50, 900 year,
for other expenses.
The Secretary of War has recommend
ed a reduction of $1,000, 900 in his
Department.
During the past four years one of the
most popular hostesses in Washington
society has been the young and beautiful
adopted daughter of Count Cassini, the
Russian Ambassador who was recently
transferred to Madrid. She was the
leader of the younger set and her society
bazaar and fair given out of doors in the
rain year ago for the benefit of the Rus
sian soldiers at the front netted her
$40, 900 and secured for her personal
thanks of the Czarina and her preseuta-
ltOu at tuC NuSoidH SOutls Ii w dSuluR-
ton she was known as Countess Cassini
though it is said now that no such title
had been conferred upon her nor upon
any woman slice the Gar Paul made his
children's governess countess. Not sat
isfied with depriving her of her title the
fates reserved another blow for her in the
announcement by the new Ambassador
from Russia that he had found the Rus
sian Embassy in such "dilapidated and
filthy condition" that he and his family
could not occupy it for single night.
The Countess Cassini it seems instead of
staying home and busting behind the
bureaus and sweeping under the beds had
left the work to menials while she spent
her time at balls, theatres and dress.
makers. Her Russian hounds, which had
been such picturesque addition to her
ensemble and which had become locally
as famous as the Countess herself, had,
according to the new Ambassador and
his proper wife, been kept in the parlor.
like Paddy's pigs, with the ordinary con
sequences to furniture and carpets Mrs.
John R. Mclean, wife OF the well known
Ohioan, took pity upon the homeless con-
dition of the Ambassador and his family
and invited them to her magnificent
country home near the city. At the end
of the week they had found another
house for the Embassy, the house for
merly occupied by Cabinet Minister
Tracy. and where in fire his wife and
daughter met their death. Previous to
this fire there had been murder and a
suicide in the house, and since it has
been rebuilt child fell from window
and was killed. There has been such a
superstition that bad luck would attend
any one occupying ii that it has been
difficult to rent or sell. People knowing
the superstition of almost all Russians,
even those of the educated classes are