Year: 1878

rules in the House, and without the
Introduction Of a single spicy reSO-
luton, much to the disappointment
OF q large audience in the galleries.
From the present state of public
business tits evident that no adjourn
nent can be reached before August.
OF the thirteen general apprOpria-
ton bills, but two have passed the
House, and are now before the Sen
ate, while the others are still in COM
mittee, These, with all the mass Of
other legislation, and the thousands
of private bills which clog the cal
cndar, render inevitable long, te-
dious pull through the hot weather.
which the mild winter and early.
spring presages.


1t appears that both houses pro
pose.to act favorably upon the bill
appropriating $50, 900 to enable Cap
tain Howgate to demonstrate that
the North Fo!e is just whore every
body thinks it is. The nonsense Of
sending out Arctic expeditions will
probably never cease. Somebody
is always being frozen to death up
there, and somebody is sent out the
next year to look up his cadavcr.
The discovery Of Polar seas can
hardly be OF service TO commerce,
as it requires months of toll, bushels
Of treasure, and scores Of lives to
reach the enhancing region. The
SUM of $4,000 is not much to the
Government, but if all appropriation
OF a like amount Is to be made for
every piece Of tomfoolery that is
proposed to Congress, it will be
necessary to start the greenback
presses and run them on full time.
But it may be the purpose Of Con,
grcssmen to have Capt. Newgate
bring back a cargo Of ice for the
Congressional lemonade bowl this
sumner, none having been frozen in
this locality.


representative Schieicher thinks
that employment will do more to
relieve the people than the mere is
sue Of silver or greenbacks. His
resolution introduced in the House,
looking to the immediate compile
ton of the public buildings now in
process of erection, and the building
Of us many more rs it can be shown
are necessary, is the most sensible
proposition yet advanced to revive
many Of the industries Of thC coun-
try. Mr.. Schleicher says the system
OF paying for the public buildings
out Of the annual revenues raised
by taxation for the expenses of the
Government, is all wrong, as well
eHtravagant. lie further asserts that
the government, in many cases, is
poying more tor the rental of private
buildings than the interest would be
on the money necessary to erect
buildings, and it would therefore be
economy for the Government to is
sue its bonds and erect these build
ings at once. The great cry Of the
country is for employment. This
proposition seeks to provide it With
out increasing the expenditures of
the Government. There Is something
80 practical in the suggestion that it
will probably meet with favor.


Society, which has been unusually
gay here Tor some time past, is now
settled down TO a dead calm. Some
Of the bellies from ether citiss who
have spent the season here are TAX
ing their leave. Washington is the
place to see pretty and stylish ladies.
A walk down Pennsylvania Avenue
at tour o'clock on a bright afternoon
is enough to dazzle the eyes and turn
the head of a susceptible unmarried
mainland some of the married ones
too. The lovely creatures are all
out then, in gorgeous array. With
the large number who live here, and
the numerous visitors during. the
season, we are blessed with more
beauty to the square yard than any
other city in the country; and with
all the rest, no other place has such
ii population of "husband buntcrs."
Young women and widows from all
over the country flock to Washing-
ton during the winter gaietios; to
make o catch, and many of them
succeed, though the match aay'not
always be as brilliant as anticipated.
The real husband hunter opens her
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