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The Washington times., 1905-05-28

"Down in the Mouth"

The year was harder after that We
had TO keep q sharp watch on our
selves not to become despondent Annie
was unnaturaily depressed, but she
fought so bravely against her low spir-
its that I COULD hardly bear to look on
/ was almost d'sCoura ged-and every
month made the course rougher.
We had a letter about this time. from
Mrs Bell telling us that she and nv
mother planned 10 visit US for a month
or two Gin the dead OF winter" Annfe's
mother said she could not stay awav
any longer. her daughters letters had
been too down In the MOUTH and nv
mother said she was coming to teach
Annie how to make sait-rising bread.
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nix months stir and confusion Re
publicanized the department. The
men who had been true or
martyrs to their convictions" or
were brothars TO Congressman, or had
been loyal 10 the organization, We're
ali placed Then, the party having been
served the official mind turned leisureiy
70 its work
Colonel Powell realigned his bureau
with the same self-constraint which had
marked his reception OF me and the
same generous results. In the room next
his own DrfYate office he gathered all
the good lawyers on his roll. TO each
of these lawyers he assigned one feature
of the bureaus labors The other rooms
were sorters and feeders. AS cases came
into the bureau these other clerks filed
and erooyed them so that they passed
without delay To examination and de-
c3eion. Ana every case which was in
-he least irregular was scrutinized by
the Big Chief himself.
The effect was To expedite the decIs-
ion of cases greatly and to do away al
together with the inaccuracy which had
previously marred our work. NeVerthe-
less. silbordinates of the O'Aara stripe
did not like the change, They did not
nnd il pleasant being mail clerks. they
said ana ItlEF were ilDt $40" III IEdAi-jS
themselves heard on the subject.
one day we all heard gossip few
about our department Ike thistledown
In rho yviHd) that the Secretary and the
Rlg. Chief were fighting it out over our
REORGANIZATION Half dozen Senators
had complained, il was said, that their
fayor1tes were not taken care Of" The
report had tt further that the Secretary
himself was not any TOO much pleased
when he learned that one Of his subor-
dinates had been playing checkers with
his clerks without consulting the de-
pa~trnents executive. ! listened to IL
all With a sick heart. I thought ] knew
Colonel Powell pretty We'll, and j fore
SAVIOR thought I foresaw-that he
would leave the service before he would
submit himself TO supervision from
every ward heeler or country dena-
gogue who happened 10 be in Congress.
That day and the next passed anx-
iously. The assistant to the Attorney
General moved IN and out of the Office
"a serene. at first glance. as ever he had
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He "Falls on His Feet -

so y Mara, the upstaFt, liar. apostate.
incompetent, and disorganizer, LEFT the
service with his head high, with flowers
| On the desk he had demeaned, and with
his self-esteem apparently unshaken
He had risen suddenly, and he fell sud
denly. That was the way of the world.
and . Mara was TOO much man OF. the
world to be surprised. But he fell on
his feet II the papers were not fooled
this time as he had fooled them once
before, at least none OF them printed
the version of the incident which they
obtained from the Secretary. Within q
week he had been made the District
agent for a great contracting company.
And the papers published that.
Surely all this-from the great bless
ingS at home TO the lesser ones in ths
offlce-shouId have made me altogether
happy, Yet il did not. Every joy was
| tainted with worry over money AT
nome when l talked with Annie the
thought of money broke in so ruthless
| ly that I feared often l was going
crazy. II ] looked at. the little baby
clothes l found myself counting their
cost. Every dish of food represented SO
much of bill g the grocer's. Every
shovelful Of coal narrowed my con-
science.
AND every day my trouble was leap
ing on The living expenses grew in
stead of decreasing. The doctors bill
was ALREADY greater than our debt for
furniture We had employed a trained
nurse for two weeks at S25 Il week. Be-
fore a month could possibly have gone
oy the installment men had swooped
down on me again. and 1 was able to
guard them away from the Secretary's
office only by paying them and keeping
the supply men waiting. Even the in
crease in my salary suggested no es-
cape; the whole years advance paid 10
me now in cash would not meet the
bills already incurred.
When l looked out of doors those days
and saw other men in warm clothes
secure against dun6 and free from the
torment of debt, ] turned from the win
doWs with my heart as bitter against
the rich and as full of hate as any So
cialist ever was. I have never loved
money in nay life, but l came near il
then. l was smut in by debt.
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could pay cash for 1t: otherwise he had
to charge US full price for ton deliv-
cred at time. We would have been
glad to choose the first method, but we
could not, and before we knew ii we
were $50 behind with the second. Our
provision bill also went up with bound.
We were feeding four. now, instead of
two, and with new cook-accustomed
to country pienty-who used butter.
lard, eggs and milk with a prodigal
inability to appreciate their cost.
Four other bills worried me greatly:
We had still to pay about $50 on our
furniture: my law school cost me SO a
month; to please Annie / bought some
new clothes before our two mothers
eame-that was $50 more; and while at
work on my compilation 1 undertook 10
buy on installments an encyclopedia of
law-tfat was $135 more. The payments
on these accounts amounted to $40 a
month. Ny income was 800 a month.
When I deducted the money due on IN
staslments. therefore, we had left for our
living expenses only $50. Yet cur rent.
coal, and provisions at that time, with
my communication charges and the In
cessant buying of sewing material, more
than consumed 500 a month.
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An Irish Vendetta.

u Mara and Donnelly We're conspicu-
Gus exceptions to my rule. The Iatter's
philosophy al the formers expense soon
echoed all through the department. Then
came counter observation from
O'A1ara-that Mister DonnelIv (pro-
nOunced with the accent on the second
syllable), would not be long maxim
music of amy sart on his harm in this
department" Other love-megsaees fol-
lowed thick, Obliging friends carried
them while lhey were still bot. In
less tran month the two hated each
other bitterly
rms was the atmosphere in which
completed by compilation Of the office
laws The work was decidedly exacting
Two searches Were needed 10 estahijeb
every single phase. of our practice.
Where Congress had been specific. had
TO examine the whole record of later
departmental orders to see if Congraeq
had not been superseded bv sorne+bt,,c,
done 'as the President shall determine :"
and where the department had ruled 6noI-
~ had 10 examine the whole record of
later laws To see that it had not been
overruled by Congress. Moreover. the
volume taxed my literary abilities as
heavily as nv legal perception; for when
The manuscript was ready for the
printer full half OF it was nv comno-
sition, either as a brief Of the law ar
description Of the office practice.
Colonel Powell went over II with me
word by word. Sometimes we worked
at the office. sometimes at his house
and sometimes-on Sundays-at nv
house The co1npanionship proved ex-
tremely pleasant The Big Chief knew
the law as We'll almost, as Mr.. Mac
Dherson, and was an excellent moot
opponent. Every conclusion in the com
pilation he combated in every possible
way. and when. at last, he marked
20. K" on the final chapter. 1 was
happy in tile confidence that my work
had stood as eXacting an inquiry as any
court could give it.
The volume meant great deal more
20 me than 50 many months labor mere
~ 1t was the first notable thing I had
accomplished for my profession. 1t was
10 be, l hoped, the opening Of the door
10 many such accomplishments. More
over. Annie had given her time TO make
it accurate putting aside her sewing and
her houscwork TO hunt through old law
books as dry as lime. And the long
Sundays in our library or out under the
trees, with --nnie at one side Of the
table sewing or huntin~ through refer
ence books. our visitor leaning back in
a seat [ had built with my own tools.
and / reading nay manuscript aloud TO
them both-they We're as peaceful land
as usefuD as any Sabbath days we
might have spent in church
so we found, when the work was DONE
that il had woven its thread into the
pattern Of our first year of married life.
Like our furniture and our garden. we
could not think of 1t and not mingle
With it thoughts of that blessed, diff
cult, happy first year together
Yet the JOY passed out OF it and left
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came on the calendar. Our concession
as to furniture was. as far as we could
see, reasonable and cautious. The
clothes and boolSs-whch were upon US
before we really understood the bur-
den they neant-did not involve us for
large payments 1t was clearly the
large Increase in our living expenses,
the simple visit OF these two loving
women, which produced this crisis and
compelled US to choose between paying
cash for the necessaries and meeting
obligations which we thought might as
well be held over
The furniture man came twice within
week with a statement that he must
report my case to the head of the
department If I did not pay promptly
The book man told me TO take my own
time. The tailor answered my excuses
with a curt You'd no business to buy
tn clothes If You couldn't pay for EN- &"
And I gave up my law school.
The burden was very heavy. I lived
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With that new interes. ahead. the
wife forgot her fears for my future. and
set about contentedly to make the house
ready. We bought some lumber from
the saw-mill, that l might make q. dress
ing table, and Annie gathered pieces from
every source to make a quilt. For
month / planed and sawed and ham
mered, while my gentle wife shipped
and basted, and sewed.
1 should have been studying instead.
This was to be my third year in the law
school. the only year that did not deal
with the law chiefly as a review OF
what I hia6 learned at home. When
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XII.
A New Arrival.

Out of all the household confusion Of
this period, the scurrying feet, the hur-
ried calls for the doctor at night. the
long siege Of Illness in the darkened
room. the silent sympathy Of the men
al the office the dull realization that a
little daughter had come into our home.
the intermingling of the little ones
crv. piercing and strange, with chuckles
and cradle-songs from the two grand
rnothers-out of all this I have now only
one distinct memory. It is that of IL
young girl. lying gray and weak in q
bed of white pillows and thick comforts.
Her ewes shone with a light that even
her husband dared not look upon. Her
dear. drawn face smiled in spite OF her
suffering Her hand, thin and warm and
dry, caught mine as l stood for an in
stant at the bedside. l could not see
anything after that
We have three children now. and our
daughter is In the high school. But to
this day when I think of my coming
to Washington and the longing of those
early years. that picture dims my
glasses and carries me bac; with a
start to the old ideals 1 call il my
confessional.
was away from the office nearly a
week. W hen L went back. the clerks
all jumped up and gri~ned my hand.
asking me with the kindest motives how
liked being a father and the other idi-
otic questions men ask at such 4 time
Colonel Powell rang for me at once. Il
was to inquire after Annie as though
she had been the Queen of England. ana
TO tell me that Mrs. Powell had sent out
to our house a basket fitted with toilet
things for the little girls bath He
sent me out of the room with this:
''Mr. Chamberlain and | had some
thing else for the little newcomer, but
We want you TO hear OF it from your
The Washington times., 1905-05-28
WASHINGTON. D. G., April 26. 1905.

WASHINGTON C., April
10 the Editor of The Washington
Dear Sir Twenty
filled with ambition country
civil
Ice with hopes what abilities had
them
anything a hack
politics
anywhere
forty-four years life is decided failure
9th details
paper you
he
Very truly yours,
a WHEEL
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(TO Be Continued Next sundayl
1t Ellis the Bill

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
The Life of a Department Clerk" is
true 70 nature: Ii nils the bill. l think
his going to housekeeping Il portrayal
equal to Dickens best efTort Keen il
l,p The clerks are much interested
and il is making Il big hit. p. I. X
May -.
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been; but there was a light in his eye
that made it hard TO look into it square
ly. The third day we came to work still
anxious. But there was no news
Neither was there any the next day-or
the next. We never did get any. in
fact, until we realized that in the con-
tinuation of his reallignment Colonel
Powell had won his fight.
The Washington times., 1905-05-28
4 Friend N Need.

Look here lad he said. with his
eyes on the floor. you are IN a pretty
tight fix, aren't you? Why don't you
borrow money and pay this felloWR
Don't be afraid to speak up That
would help you, wouldn't it? How muc i
do you need TO tide you over this
month? Thirty dollars? Why, I'll lend
1t to you In a minute
He had his check book out instantly
He was writing in it before I could
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Putting Off the Collectors.

This burst upon me when I first found
It necessary to put off the collectors.
We had begun housekeeping determined
TO keep out of debt. We kept our pro-
vision bills paid as regularly as the day
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path OF light which reached out before
US. Then We turned into our home and
both of us cried.
The Washington times., 1905-05-28

TX months stir and confusion Re
publicanized the department, The
men who had been true or
martyrs to their convictions" or
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-02
FUNERAL OF HERBERT E. GATES
Chaplain silver to Hold Services
Saturday Afternoon and Promi-
nent Men VIII Attend,

The Omaha funeral service for the late
Herbert E. Gates who died August q at
the home of his mother, Mrs Elizabeth J.
Gates, 1910 Logan avenue, Denver will be
held today at p. m. at ST. Matthias
Episcopal church, to which service all
friends of the family are invited.
Rev. H. Percy Silver, chaplain of the
Thirtieth infantry at Fort Crook, assisted
by Rev. Philip Davidson, rector of St
Matthias church, will officiate. The music
will be In charge of 10 Barton and the
burial will be at Prospect Hill cemetery.
Accompanied by Mrs. Nettie Collins
Gates, Mrs Elizabeth J. Gates and Elmer
o. Gates. wife, mother and brother, respec-
lively, the body will arrive over the Union
Pacific from Denver this morning.
The following active pallbearers have
been selected: Frank Boyd, Victor B. Caid-
we'll, Frank Haller. ]. r. Ringwalt, William
r. Adair and Arthur C. Wakeley.
The resident honorary pallbearers will be:
H. W. Yates, Judge r. Wakeley. Judge G.
w. Doane, DR.. George L. Miller DIR. ]. H.
Peabody, William A. Paxton. Lewis S
Reed. William Wallace John Morrison, W
T. Robinson, Judge I. +. Baxter, Milton
T. Barlow, Isaac E. Congdon. James Nc
Kenna T. B. Mcpherson and ]. c. French.
The out-of-town honorary pallbearers, who
served as active pallbearers at the Denver
funeral service, but who will not be present
here, are: Alexis Dupont Parker, d. V.
Barkalow, F. A. Burnell, John II. Brad
bury, Clarence G. De Grow, Warwick NJ.
Downing and Edmund S. Churchill OF Den
yer and General Grenville NJ. Dodge of
Council Bluffs.
Herbert E. Gates was assistant cashier
OF the First National bank OF this city for
banking circles OF Omaha. Six years ago
he married Miss Netde Collins OF this city
Mr. Gates was 81 years OF age. His health
began to fail three years ago, when he went
to Europe to improve himself. He had been
at Denver but week before death came.
Mrs. Gates was at the time preparing to
take her husband to another cline.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-02
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE.
Call for bids for General Bonds and
Intersection Bonds" OF the City OF South
Omaha, Nebraska.
orr,cNSo NoT5cE III ,1 no BON RoND BUYERS
OMAHA NEBRASKA, AUGUST &. A.
Sealed bids adressed to the undersigned.
and plainly marked Proposals for Bonds
will be received until o'clock p. m. OF Sep
tember nth, 1905, at the office Of the city
Clerk, South Omaha, Nebraska.
For the purchase OF the following de-
seribed Issues Of General bonds" and
Intersection Bonds" so offered for sale,
city:
First-sixty thousand Cs6O.OOM dollars
OF general bonds to be issued for the
purpose Of paying for the improvements in
Improvement District No. G., Paving Dis
trict No. 81 Of said city, these bonds to be
numbered from one u) to one hundred and
twenty Q20), inclusive.
Second-Twenty thousand CS90.OOO) dollars
Of Intersection Bonds for the purpose
Of paying for the intersections In improve
ment districts heretofore or hereafter
created in said city, these bonds to be
numbered from one % to forty (4O in
elusive.
The above issue OF bonds shall be OF the
lars each, dated September ], 1905 and
shall become due and payable in twenty (20)
under the reserved option, interest at four
and One-half (4h per cent? per cent per
snnumi payable semi-Snnua,ly' September
installmens of interest to be evidenced by
coupons attached TO said bonds, bonds and
coupons payable at the Fiscal Agency of the
State Of Nebraska, City OF New York.
The above bonds are issued by. the city
for the purpose OF paying for the paving,
curbing intersections and other improve
ments in Improvement District No. &c 4"
Paving District No. 21 of said city, and
also for the purpose of paying for the
intersections in Improvement districts
heretofore and hereafter created in said
visions, wherein the faith and credit of the
city are firmly bound, and all of the real and
personal property and its taxing and rev.
enue powers are irrevocably pledged for
the prompt payment OF the bonds and in
terest thereof semi-annually, and at mat
urity thereof. Also that the total indebt-
edness of the city, including this issue Of
bonds has not exceeded the constitutional
and statutory limit, and that an annual tax
and other taxes and assessments to pay
principal and interest the same respec-
lively falls due shall be made.
Each bidder shall state separately the
amount he will offer for each issue, as to
crued Interest" will be paid to the date Of
delivery of said bonds; also to the amount
Of the charge that will be made additional
for the printing and lithographing of said
bonds
Each bid must be accompanied by cash.
or an unconditional certified check on a
registered national bank, in the sum Of
one thousand C$l ,OOO) dollars and made pay
able to the city, as an evidence of good
faith on the part of said bidder.
The city reserves the right to reject any
or all bids, or to waive defects should they
appear.
JOHN j. GILLIN,
City Clerk.
A27-d14t
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-02
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING MATEBI-
ais, plumbing supplies, etc, United states
i5. is5. Sealed proposals, endorsed PRO
possls for building materials. ETC.. and ad-
dressed 70 the undersigned at Pierre, s.
until 2 O'Clock y. IN. OF September s. 1876,
for furnishing and delivering at the school
as required during the fiscal year ending
June 80 1906, heater, tanis. fourteen ring
baths, three closets. FIVE tubs, six sinks
besides a quantity Of paint, tees valves,
dows, ten barrels cement, twenty-five bar
rels lime, $500 feet OF lumber 1900 square
feet OF cement flooring, 1000 brick one
mers, planes bits. gauges, etc, etc, as per
list and Specifications obtatnable at the
school; Bidders must state specifically In
their bids the price Of each article to be
offered under contract. All articles 80
The right Is reserved to reject any or all
bids. or any part OF any bid II deemed
for the best interests OF the service. Each
check or draft upon some United States
depository or solvent National bank, made
payable TO the order Of the commissioner
OF Indian ahairs for at least per cent
Of the amount OF the proposal, said check
or draft to be forfeited to the United
award shall fail to execute promptlv an n
satisfactory contract in accordance with
the terms Of his bid otherwise to be re-
cash in lieu OF certified check or draft viii
not be considered For further information
abpiS " . -. ltNtUBOOu superintendent,
Ai7-1s-22-24-2s-2s-s1-s2-5
PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING MATER
ials, etc.-U. S. Indian School Genoa Ne
braska, August Il, l9O5.-Sealed proposals
endorsed, Proposals for Building Mater
ials, etc." and addressed to the under
signed at Genoa, Neb., will be received at
the Indian school until O'Clock, D. m OF
September 6, 1905, for furnishing and de,
livering at the school as required during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, As 500
feet of lumber, 1900 lath, 1856 barrels lime
rels plaster paris, 1900 brick, % squares
steel ceiling, besides a quantity OF paints
plumbing supplies, etc, as per. list and
specifications obtainable at the school Biz
ders will state specifically in their bids the
price Of each article to be offered under
contract. All articles so offered Will be
subject to rigid inspection. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids or any
part OF any bid II deemed for the best in
terests of the service. Each bid must be
accompanied by a certified check or draft
upon some United States depository or SOL
vent national bank, made payable to the
fairs, for al least per cent OF the amount
of the proposal, said check draft TO be
forfeited to the United States In case bid
der receiving an award shall fail to execute
promptly a satisfactory contract In ac-
cordance with his bid otherwise to be re
turned to bidder. Bids accompan MED by
cash in lieu OF certified check or draft will
not be considered. For further Information
apply to VIM. II. Winslow, superintendent
Aug15-17-1s-22-24-26-2s- -2s-s1-sep2
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-02
SPECIAL NOTICES

Advertisements for these columns
will be taken untn ~ m. for the
evening edition and untu 3 y. for
the morning and sunday edition.
Rates I lee n word hrst insertion,
1c n word thereafter. Nothing taken
for less than zoe for the first inaer-
tom These advertisements must be
run cOnsecutive1y.
Advertisers, by requesting n num-
bered check, can have answers ad-
dressed 60 numbered letter In care
of The Bee. Answers so addressed
Will be delivered on presentation of
check.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-02
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
PROPOSE

PROPOSALS FOR BUILDINGs.-DE-
partment of the Interior. Office of Indian
Affairs, Washington, d. c., August 81 1905.
sealed proposals, endorsed Proposals for
Office Buildings Pine Ridge and Cheyenne
River Agencies, S. d." and addressed to
the commissioner of Indian affairs, Wash
ington, d. c., will be received at the In
dian office until o'clock p. m OF Septem-
ber 8 1905, for furnishing materials and
labor required to construct and complete an
agency Office building at Pine Ridge Agency,
g. D., and at Cheyenne River Agency, 8.
D., in strict accordance with the plans,
specifications and instructions to bidders,
which may be examined at this office, the
Minneapolis, Mimi; the Bee" Omaha,
Neb.; the Nebraska State Journal" Lin
coin, Neb.; the "Argus-Leader," Sioux
Falls. S. d. at the U. S. Indian warehouses,
265 South Canal street Chicago, Ill; l19
Wooster street, New York City; COZ South
Seventh street, St Louis, Mo-; S15 Howard
Street, Omaha, Neb., and % Washington
street, San Francisco, Cal; the Builders and
Traders exchanges at Minneapolis. MINI. I;
st. Paul, Mimi; Milwaukee, Wis; Omaha,
Neb. Duluth, Mimi, and Fargo, S. D.. tho
Northwestern Manufacturers association,
st. Paul, Mimi, and at the agencies. For
further Information apply to John r.
Brennan, u. s. Indian Agent, Pine Ridge.
6. D., and to Ira A. Hatch, U. s. Indian
Agent, Cheyenne Agency, s. d. c, F.
Larrabee. Acting Commissioner
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