Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-12

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mrs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
minor scenes and Incidents sketehed
| on the spot.
one Of the penalties OF eminence In
public life is the zeal with which THE poor
! relation pushes to the front seeking a
handout. Secretary Bonaparte has dis
covered a number OF this class, but the
relationship is remote enough to call for
a magnifying glass Hardly a day passes
that he does not receive a letter from
France informing him that the writer is
a descendant Of one Of Napoleon's msrshals;
! that he has read In the Paris papers OF
Mr.. Bonapart's great fame and consequence
in America, and that he knows nothing
! will please the secretary Of the navy more
than to extend a little financial assistance
| for the sake Of old times at Marengo and
Austerlits.
Most Of these appeals come from de-
| scendants Of Marshal Ney. The secretary
is fast becoming convinced that Ney was
| the original anti-race-suicide apostle OF
France, so great is the number OF his
descendants. The letters point out that
Ney's service was OF inestlmable value
to Napoleon, and delicately suggest that
his granddaughter may feel like liauidatink
part Of the debt which the emperor then
incurred to Ney.
One OF the letters comes from Ney
who has served In the French army. He
encoses a brilliantly colored portrait Of
himself. illustrious in baggy trousers Of q
bright red hue.
A brother Of Captain Gridley OF You
may fire. Gridley, when you're ready" fame
is chief Of the redemption division Of the
treasury. That's where the old paper
| money is counted and made ready for the
machine which grinds It to pulp. He has
wife, and womanlike she gets around
on payday to relieve her lord and master
of the trouble Of spending 1t ALL
That is. she used to come around to
his working place to get what was coming
to her. but she won't ever do It again.
She went there the last payday and
talked with her husband through the
meshes OF the stout wire screen that en-
close all those who handle the filthy stun
! turned in for redemption. She made the
/ fortnightly touch just as crowd under
the guidance Of a messenger was moving
away from the screen. Mr.. Gridley duti-
| fully passed out roll of bills
One of the women in the party came
| running DICK HlleQ WIN eNClteIHtnNt
| "Oh, please, mister, ia like to get some
of that money! she exclaimed, regarding
| Gridley with a beaming countenance. Poor
GridIey didn't catch the drift Of her re-
marks so he just said: II beg pardon,
/ madam"
| 81 said I'd like some of that money"
she repeated. BY that time Mrs. Gridley
had looked at her husband with scorn In
her eyes. Then she caught on
! you're too late" she remarked sweetly.
''Im his wife, and don't think he has
any left"
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock has
Issued an order to the civil service COM
mission asking that body to furnish him
with list of eligibles for the position OF
| supervisor OF native Indian music. At
present there are no eligibles for the po-
sition, which pays 1,2O0 per year, and II
is doubtful II any can be found. Realizing
how scarce suitable men are for this re-
sponsible place. the civil service commits
sion has ordered that an examination be
held on November l in order, II possible,
to find someone capable Of filling the duties
connected with the office OF supervisor of
Indian music. The dificulty OF obtaining
someone who can fiji the position comes
from the fact that the successful appli-
! cant will not have the easy work Of finger
ing with loving hands the slender neck Of
a violin. nor OF playing rhapsodies on a
| piano. He must be able TO draw music
| from the forbidding yok-sin, which the
Indians have played these many years
| when seeking for inspiration to annex the
I scalp Of an offending pale face. He must
| likewise know all the different sounds
which can be brought from the koor-kaak,
on which the Sioux practices and uses In
the cleaning when wooing his squav
Moreover. he must be familiar with the
tiboat, which the bepainted Neg Perces has
used for centuries when successful in bat
tie. Thus far the civil service commits
sion has been unable to find anyone who
possessed all these qualifications, and.
therefore, It is probable that this not I'M
profitable position will 90 beBging.
| Congressman lands, chairman OF the
committee on printing of the house OF rep
resentatives, has been looking into the
methods Of the governments big printing
shops and discovered one artistic Specimen
| of waste. Congress appropriated $4,000 for
| the entertainment of the delegates TO the
International Parliamentary union and for
the publication of the proceedings Of the
convention. Ten thousand dollars was set
/
are said to have cost $40 each. They are
printed on the most costly paper that
could be bought and contain many illustra-
tions. The paper at the government print
ing office, in the opinion of Secretary Bar
rows, who had charge of the printing, was
not good enough. and he purchased paper
In New York. There are fourteen pictures
on several subjects and one OF Representa-
tive Bartholdt OF St. Louis and at least one
picture OF every prominent treasury ofncial
| who may have had something 70 do with
the appropriation or the expenditure by the
Treasury department. The volumes were
distributed only to members OF the Interna-
tional Parliamentary union and no other
copies are available.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Times reports that republican
leaders in Washington have decided to re-
vive the old war tax OF 81 per barrel on
beer In order to raise a sufficient amount
OF new revenue TO make up the present de-
hcit. During the last two months several
quiet conferences have been held on this
subject, and the program is understood to
be settled. Such a tax would meet the de-
felt and probably would result in a sur
plus. It would yield the government a rev.
enue estimated at t45. 900 900 annually and
the deficit is not estimated at more than