The Greensboro patriot [January 6, 1885]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
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J VNVART6, 1885,
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OFFICE.
The Government Printing Office
in Washington, has grown from ii
, <->|iit!• [n-«l printing office un-til,
umlcr its present able anil sue
management, ii is reeog
the largest printing
liinenl in the v orlil. Ii is a
~iii|n uiliiiisly vast concern. The
. HI public printer has thor
|j mastered its miuoteat de
uinl conducts ii "ii strictly
principles. He is an ei
: manager ami n practical
printer, having worked bis way up
"devil" in a country printing
During lii- three years in
eumbency as Public Printer be has
thorough business
m in every division or the
■ iblislinieut : refilled it to
ilegree with modern and
. ing machinery and appli-ml
that, too, without askiug
. for any extra appropria
tion of money, and without any
j bills;" and has brought
the unfinished work of the office
i ;, l, ul accumulated for years
e|| ;,, current business, up to
,, poiul i ompletion than
eve, iii ed. This -,,1,1,
I art ol the estab
. ge< out to describe.
Whai is called the ''Document
. .ii i feel long with a gen
width of 60 feet, giving an
of 21,00(1 square feet. The
, u forcompositors are arranged
on the north and south sides of the
n. the imposing stones, galley
,, .,1 c id in I-. with the many
other appnrleuftnces i hich art
necessary in a large offi , occupy
GREENSBORO, N. C TUESDAY, JANUARY (J, 1885.
U\u. B. IHSSI:V. K.lllor a. :'ro|>rlen.r.
I'CKHH: «!..%« Fpr Ymr, in tclx:,".1,-.
investigation tuds this part of the | tirely proper to remind then thai things begin to bod and buigeon.
1 though the coming administration the sap runs up the stem to bu-si
Onrill tin1 I'.lccioral Kciuriis.
The way the returns of the elec
\ l.luumy llflru-p'-fl.
i i.
Dictionary.
Washington was done in private
offices throughout the country.
Now the work performed hen- is
in part, as follows: The eomposi
lion on blank books, the blank
forms,comprising bonds, contracts,
pay roils, vouchers, schedules, cir- I copiesol each specification was in
culars, letter-heads, envelopes.
specifications, and, in fact, all sue
ciesof job printing (excepting that
executed at the branch offices at
lhe Treasury, Interior and Navy
Department) for all the depart-ments
in Washington, the Smith
sonian Institution, and all the
blanks, blank books, etc., used by
diplomatic and consular officers of
the United .States, wherever local
c.l. The completed volumes of the
Medical and Surgical History of
the Rebellion and the Atlantic and
Pacific Coast Pilot, which arc
modi-is of correctness and typo
graphical excellence, were done
here, ami were published at a great
saving to the Government
The inventory of the job room,
taken at the time of its transfer by
private parties to the Government,
shows that the material then on
hand consisted of about 200 fonts
of type, 221 cases, 80 chases of all
sizes, I imposing Stones and 25
composing sticks. In 1881 an in-ventory
disclosed the following
equipment: 448 fonts of type, 781
cases, about 1,200 chases of all
sizes. 1 I imposing stones, 240 com-posing
sticks, Washington hand
press, used only for taking proofs,
and 1 Degener press for small bur
lied work. Since the accession of
Mi. Rounds to the position ol Pub-lie
Printer, many additions to the
-.lock have been made to meet the
each. • I lislimeiit. it is a very difficult mat
In January, 1872, the Brat Bum ler to keep any press room clean,
her of I he "Official Gazette of the but this one is a model of neatness
United States Patent Office," was : The folding room is the largesl
issued. | in the building, 400 persons being
In July, 1872, the number of [employed there. The folding of
sheets, maps or illustrations, the
creased from twenty to two bun I pasting, gathering, etc. are all sep
tired and li I * > copies, and the libra arate and distinct operations, re
ry edition of -Specifications anil quiring special care and patience.
Drawings" wa - commenced, which I "nd in some eases great labor. A
contains all the snecilications „i ; great deal of its folding is d In
patents and drawings issued by the ! machinery. In this room one can
Patent Office for one month, to | form some idea of the vast amount
gather with complete -Alphabet. ■ "•' work done by the Government
cal Lists of Patentees and Inveii- j Printing Office.
lions," a volume containing 2,092 There are about one hundred hands
pages, which has now increased in i employed on the Congressional Re-size
to o.oon pages per month—a \cord. This force varies during
work of nearly twice the niagni- ! the sessions ol Congress, and. wilh
aide of Webster's Unabridged I the exception of its foreman ami
upon sufficient inquiry as to fitness, dent; and we make haste to re-as
instituted by those charged with sure our readers that, pleasant as
that duty, "rather than persistent they might find this change when
importunity or sell solicited recoui
niendati"iis oil behalf ol candidates
for appointment.
Yours, very truly,
GBOVBB CLEVKLAMI.
The Opening dftnc Year.
It is odd that Time, the one thing
that would seem immutable as tin-fact
that there is a sail in the heav
ens, old Chronos, whom we lancy
fashioned of stone from everlasl
ing, has, ever since men have been
once used to it. it is the most un
likely thing in the world to take
place :v 11 never other change come
may. because there is nothing in
the idea to recommend itself tu
those Dryasdusts who attend to
such matters, anil who, ignorant of
the existence of poetry, or of the
pocjry of facts, living ill the midst
ul poetry, lint stone blind to it,
would care nothing at all about the
pretty coincidence of opening year
and opening bud if it hindered
humming aud buzzing-about, seem- them in disposing of some odd
Several thousand specifications
of old patents, some of which were
never printed, and sonic of which
printed copies havebeen exhausted,
are printed or reprinted every year
in addition to the above.
There are also printed ill this
room'-Quarterly Lists of Patentees
and Inventions." ot about 20(1
pages, and an -'Annual Index"
the same of about 70(1 pages.
laborer, is dismissed at the close of
each session.
The piece department of the of
lice forms part of the "Document
Room,'1 (already mentioned,] in
which are employed some eigh'y
compositors, engaged principally
on work for the Supreme Court
and the Court of Claims.
Tnis department originated with
,,l the present Public Printer, Mr.
Sterling P Pounds, and has saved
the use ol the photolithographer,
who reduces them in size and
prints them by his process, with
th. draw ings, each week.
The amount of composition done
„, ,,| room. One him nnr j„ tuja , .„„„ exceeds that ol any
.,,.,.. rs,abou1 ried otu,.r room under the charge of the
r„u,nber employed, can Mr. Pounds Pub- |.„I,IJ,. Printer, except one, (the
uninodated here, in addition lie Documeni Room,) and probably
to the makers "up. floor hands and stock tone-.! ,.v. eds that accomplished by any
now in con growing needs of this room. printing house in the United Stab ,
B"tlin, „ ..,1,1c stands. 1,030 There are on hand, ready for So pains is spared to um
II imposing stones, press at any time, without compo work perfect in all its parts, the
I presses, one Washington
sition, about 20.000 electrotype and proof being read three times by
stereotype plates ol such forms as copy befl ■' the matter is sent to
About two hundred pages of the Cover cut from *25,000 to
' ,. $50,000 annually. It was one ol
•laans are reset iu larger type IOI |||(- |jrst .|uts (j|- hjs Hdministration,
which has been throughout the
II.ost .successful ill the history of
the Government Printing Office.
»10 chases ol all sizes, more
than 100,000 pounds ol type of the
, ird sizes, besides about 115
different styles used for
id headings and 13
. ,i,., type and cases.
An immense amount ol type isi
it ling iu this divi
Piles Of pages.
ml ki pt in place bj pieces
avj >. lapping paper, can be
., rJ available resting
.„..:! room c unes under
the immediate supervision of the
man of Printing. Capt. Henry
, with los capable
slants, Messrs. ••• M.
A. Spottswood, D. W. Beach, anil
: Maloney, carry on the im-melll
- of Ibis department
iu a thoroughly efficient and eco
nomical manner.
un the otiiee of the Chief
the manuscript of each job
, to the foreman accmnpauied
I,, "jackets" bearing the number
am| title of the work, together with
rnctions. These
■ts are vouchers upon which
exec Ited and are sup-are
rarely it ever changed. They pre
ureso arranged (hat any desired.
plate can be readily found.
There arc at present employed
iu this room 52 journeymen prin-ters,
«! apprentices, 1 bookkeeper,
2 laborers, 1 messenger and 2 copy
holders. Many ot the printers
have been employed since the or
ganization of the office as a Gov
eminent institution, and as a whole
the work done here will compare
favorably with that done in any
office iii the country
The Specification liootll occu-pies
the entire fourth story and is
00by 100 feet Under the assist
,v t foreman in charge are two pre-paid*
of copy, an efficient corps
ot prool readers, revisers, copy
holders, makers up, compositors
and laborers, to the number, all
told, of 125.
A history of the Specili cation
Boom would necessarily involve,
iu part, a history Of American
To accomplish this immense
work. 12,nun lbs. Long Primer.
10.00(1 lbs. Nonpareil, 1,000 lbs.
English. 500 lbs. Brevier, and ten
or twelve large fonts of small job
type are required. About 130
■ bases, 110 pairs cases, 600 brass
galleys, lot" composing sticks, sev-hundred
pounds metal furniture,
and 300 wooden side sticks.
These remarks might be extended
to considerable length.
The stereotyping and elcctrolyp
foundry occupies a room 50
»y 50 leet on the same floor with
and immediately adjoining the job
room, and is under the superinten-dence
of Mr. Alex Elliott, who is
ll father" ol this branch of the
"plant." The average, number of
bauds employed throughout the
year is about eighty.
The machinery consists of ■'! 'tel-etype
mold pres-es. 2 stereotype
and 1 electrotype furnaces. 2 lire
lar
CLEVELAND AM) CIVIL *l'.U\ ICE
REFORM.
A letter was addressed to Presi-dent-
elect Cleveland on December
20 by George W. Curtis president
Of the Civil Service lb-form League,
and signed numerously by other
members of that organization re-questing
.Mr. Cleveland to be guid-ed
by the principles of civil service
reform in the selection of public
servants iu his coming aduliiiistr I-tion.
The following able and vig-orous
answer is published:
ALBANY, ST. V.. Dec. 25.
/'„ Il-ii. George WWiam Ottrlis,
1'iisiiii ill, dr.
DEAR SIR: four communication,
ed, on the surface of things, to en
11 ii re nothing but change. This is
poss-hly because time is oue ol the
mysteries that men can not pene
trace; they can not quits reduce il
to Us lowest terms, and they are
never satisfied with the incapacity
of the way thev have treated it,
Unite things finding :'. hard to for-mulate
infinite things—a dissatis
faction of which even the recent
change ill standard time offers it-self
in evidence.
Thus the year seems to have be
gun aud ended nearly all round the
calendar, February having once
sto -d at the end of the year, when
Nuuia bad the business iu hand, as
various days of March have stood
at the beginning, anil as the days
of a number of mouths have been
scattered about in order that Au
gustos Ca-sar might have as many
days in his month of August as
■lulius Ca-sar had in his mouth of
July.
Although it is more than a bun
ilred and thirty years ago that the
change was made from the Julian
to I he Gregorian style, it will be a
matter of surprise to many readers
lo know that the Old Sty le, so call
extraordinary precautions,tor there
is no necessity for them. There
turns of 1876,as they were deliver
ed to acting Vice President Perry,
were put under extra locks ami
interests.
Those who twelve months ago
refused to say that the outlook was
attractive were classed as CTOS
Those who predicted reduced earn
»*K put. Ull'tVI VA»i.» „....».- ...... .. ,
guards, day and night. During ings lor the railroads, the shutting
n " " - . I .1....- ... ..... .<<>....., !»«'III. I I (tl'ItCl, the period of suspense, down to the
action ofthe Electoral Commission,
the great vigilance was observed.
Threats from different quarters, as
Well as the excited state of the
the country, led to extraordinary
precaution-. One hundred extra
policemen were sworn in and plac
ed on guard night and day. The
number was occasionally increased.
This was done once iu consequence
of reports of plans maturing iu Ital
limore ;o make a descent on the
Capitol to Bless the returns. They
were in a safe ill a room at the
Senate end of the Capitol. At all
hours that room was closely guard
ed.
Unknown to an., one but the
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, at
nights i man locked himself in that
rol.oin,aanndd rreemmaaiinneedd wwiitthhoouutt aalliigghhtt >»e ».-..,o,^ ..„..
and in silence till morning. One Others ar« resorting o despcia!,
night he carelessly drew a match expedients to prevent default..I
to light a cigar. Though it was the hope that some improvement
for an instant only, the light was may occur iu the Situation whie ,
quarter of an hour that has been
bothering almanac makers ever
since time began tor them, and has
proved to them, iudeed, a very
mauvais'/'""' ifkeure.
Qua. Grant*! TroaMM.
General W. T. Sherman, George
W. Child*, and A. J. Drexel. who
are among the most intimate aud
devoted ofGeneral Grant's personal
trieiids. met in Philadelphia last
week and discussed plans lor re-leivingGeu.
Grant from bis pies
em financial troubles. While in
New York Gen. Sherman learned
that an inventory had been taken
of General Grants real estate, and
personal possessions, under a judg
men! entered against him ill favor
. of William II. Valid.-rbiil for$100,
! otlll. the greater part of which WHS
loaned him by Mr. Vanilcrbilt iu
'. the effort lo save the firm of Grant
& Ward from failure. After con
suiting General Grant's friends in
Sew York, General Sherman came
to Philadelphia and arranged a
ineeiing wilh Messrs. Drexel aud I a mystery to the guard
Child:-. |my were on (Inly
During the consultation they When the Senate vent to the
cd.V.'ol only still holds'in Bussia, merely discussed the general situs House to meet in Joiul session to
between all of whose dates and our | """• without adopting any spccilic ,.„mit ,|lt. votes, the box contain
own ihere is now a difference of plan of rebel. Mr. Unlds and Mr. | ,„._, ,|le return:- was placed in the
down of manufacturing establish
incuts, stagnation in g* lieral bus,
ness. cessation of dividends and lie
faults on interest were denounced
by Wall street operators as ■ I
hears " and •• " leakers.1 lint iael -
are stubborn things and the record
of 1SS-1 stands out ill bold relief—a
startling array of failures, defaults,
defalcations aud receiverships. It-close
finds depression iu business
circles, decreased railroad earn
ings, and abnormally Ion prices foi
agricultural products and for iron,
which, next to agriculture, is the
most faitbtUl index to til
condition of trade.
More than fortj I
passed into the hands ol
during the'year, including such iii,
pnl taut roads as the West
the Heading and the Wabash, ami
seen and ih- alarm raised that a
was not right in that room. The
door was shaken ami a call made.
hut the man inside remained si
lent. I reparations were made to
force the door, and the Sergeat al
Anns was sent tor. After hearing
the report of the officer of the night,
be found a way to dela; forcing
operations till morning, when the
guard were relieved and the man
inside cann- forth to confess his
carelessness and receive a proper
reprimand. The sudden light was
as long as
twelve days, but that, ill pom: of
solid fact—that i-, so far as finaii-rial
fad is concerned—il still holds .
iu England. Although an ai ol
Parliament long sine, m ide the
i-i-auge 1,-gal and compulsory, the
! jal and the ecelesi.,- ii il ye ir be-ling
on the 25th of March be
fore thai act, yet the iiccouuta ol
British Treasury still run in the
Old Stvle. Nohoily in Ellglillld, i'
will he remembered, ever exp r -
Christmas dividends to be >aid idl
Twelfth-day, or the Mi/summer
ones till the 5th «f July,aud Lady-day
being th it with which tli
iinal reckonings of the Budgi
and end. and on which th
possession of a chosen man. who
«aa strongly Hanked on the way bj
tin-guards, but with as little dis
play as possible, while the joint
dated December 20. addressed to' British laborer on land lets out his
me on behalf of the National Civil services for the year-no, the is
of January, but Lady-day, which
ing
Service Reform League, has been
received.
That a practical reform in the
civil service is demanded is alum
dailtly established by the fact thai
a statute referred to iu your com-munication
to secure such a result
has been passed in Congress wilh
the assent of both political parties,
and by the further fact that a sen
timent is generally prevalent
among patriotic people calling for
the fair and honest enforcement of
the law which has been thus eu
acted. 1 regard myself pledged to
this, because my conception of true aew
now is reckoned on the 25th of
March, the former New Year's Day.
Old Style, but which financially is
still held tola- the.,ih day ol .\
as it used to in- before Sew Style
came in;and it is Ir the 5th-a
April, and not the other due, thai
reckonings of t ic British Treas
are made, thus adhering to Old
Style. .
The French, al the tune ol then-great
Revolution, meaning appar
ently to carry the revolution into
all things, divided their year into
and
Hi, sel,however, heartily approved
of General Shi i man's course iu be-
!:.:,, of I i- old friend and fellow
■
Yh, uied ill favor of
Mr. \ iver Geii'l. Grant a Wen- posted iu the galleries, on the
t ... farms, lear St. Louis and ; floor—especially iu the vicinity of
thei near Chicago, his Wash the Speaker's desk, where the box
. ul the Philadelphia WiW Hni| throughout the Capitol
house, ul i'w i-ntit th and Chestnut building, and iu the approaches.
ta, uiiiih was presented to j Xhis was kept up with military
by the citizens of Philadelphia ' precision throughout the suspense
,;:,, | iu close ol the war. The ,|,,.,vn •„ March 5.
inventory also includes the many Meanwhile precautions on a larfj
valuable presents and trophies er sc,||u were taken by men higher
im s >uted to the exPrcsideni dnr- j jn office. A military lorce was eon
ing h.s tour around the world after (-filtrated iu and about Washing
his Ii >• presidency. The tmi and held in readiuesd for an
eenumerates costly ..cap emergency—thai of inaugurating
on and * i»»'*, rare articles ot I Uny«M, protected by bayonets, if
I decoration .md brie a brae, tokens neeesaarj ,
■ .■ ■■ n ol Irieuda -u home _•, c'abinel official al thai time
i and the reaped of potentates said, recently: "The prepuralions
..i. for a great emergency "ere more
lli.- - . irds and medals awarded PXteiisive than anv record show
will enable them to pull through.
The condition of trade is indicated
iu the fact thai 11,000failures have
occurred dining the twelve mouths.
as against 1,050 in 18S0, and the
liabilities a un; to $240,000,000,
as against 157,120,000 in the yuai
named.
Iluir.as ul IbC I-'l;ilili'..
Rainwater & Kern's b
elevators) Dallas, fcxas, was burn
ed last week and three lives were
lost ill th Names, immediately at
tcr the lire started it was reported
that two men were ill the building,
I ami immediately afterward a bill
was thrown from a window iu the
top story. I his was couclusi' .
proof Unit there was al leai
man in tie- building and I
asked lor assistance. The
in.-lit accordingly became ii
Mi. Dai at Itainwatei
been coilliued at his home 11
meetings were being held. Guard* illness, was quickly on tin
iu spile of his com ic .
$2,000 rev.aid for the
each of tIn- men supposed
Hie building He i sp
manner in which the ele>
built, ami said thai ii ' lie tin
oil egress by the stairs I here
no way of escape. Tin »in
wen- fonrtc-Mi fei I from
ami could not be reached
ladder from the inside S'othing.
however, could >><■ done
the men.
When the lire had lib nil hall
consumed tiie build ■ I"'"
fell and the graincommeuced pour
ing through the doors I
ed remains ol a man can ritli it.
The body was quick lip.
extensive any lecoi |,| iced :; n blanket
hi in by Congress, bis relics of the The country was nearer its greatest ,;,, morgue. Si u
war, ■■ ill,,l private Ii crisis than wa known except to a ,.,,Me through the same di
mid even the cards engraved few, was quickly i
by Congress in recognition of his shoollngani wrgei lor a Bride. and the tottering se
services, are included in the list ol Jebial Clancy is superintendenl vented its removal. The
,u tides covered ny the judgments. 0rlhe clarion Company's lumber moved was charreil In
The possibility ot bis fiieud losing ^^ ||( a|. ,• .-i.,11«,n. Pa. Since cogniliou. fhe feel i
all these invaluable trophies so un r„|y'h»Ht William Nicholson and i and the hands to the elb
pressed General Sherman that he vViUiuan Brant, two young lumber burned off aud then
iiiebts -iuii sections
Deiii.H-'nit'.'e'f.iitli and 'public" duty I our first" month became a ,.ait "f
requires that this and all other Nivose and a part of I In MOM.
statutes should be in good faith and Snowy and Rainy, not e n t
wilhout evasion en'oreed, and be French Pevolu.ion which hro;.g
cause iu many iit.crauces made such change into the woild.u
President. ' able to alter the characteristics ol
prior to my election a by whatever name one chose
approved by (he party to which 1
I belong, and which 1 have no dis
a«s. 2 hand shaving machines. I |i(is.|j|m ^ ,,,^,,.,^,,1, l have in
ihis same
period was
time
to call its divisions.
Nivose and PlnviosC .
patents. So closely are the two j 2 ^^ |llalli||g machines, 1 hand '■ ^ct'pnuniscd the people that this I long known ol the 'l11;;1',^!;11^.
allied that an intelligent person „,,„.,,t,,,. ,.,, U.icknessing ^ _ ^ I ?lT„l.l\*" mini"vian as the ith
cannot speak of one without thilik-
Tiie never sleep
blocking I should be done
s Wolf Month—the
.ailed upon General Grant wbilein
,;. i niy iu the week, aud
then stalled inimedi itely upon his
errand uf relief. As Mrs. Graut
. liteil herresources with those
of her husband, and surrendered
i,,r life interest iu his property, the
; ure ample to coy-iimouiil
ol the judgmv H ■ a
The ; irais aloe • are valued
, j25,000, respective
General Sherman and Mr. Child*
expressed themselves as being en
tii Iv satisfied with Mr. Vauderbilt's
action ill the inattl r.
Mr. Vaiideilnlt expressed bis ei
men from tile Maine lumber re-gions,
have been working ai the
mills. Clancy has a nineteen year
old daughter, wilh whom (he two
young men fell in love. Each •
wanted to marry the gill, but their |
friendly relations wen- not disturb
ed by that fact. Miss Clan.-.', has
been home from school in New
York State a few weeks only. She
seeimd pleased with the attentions
of l he I wo friends.
On Thursday of week before last
there was a shooting match near
1 the Clarion Mills. Young Branl
aud Nicholson attended. During I
day Brant proposed to Njcbol
vestige ol sk'u by "
whether the man had
or black
nimberiii the sheets der,
lrMll, the different styles of type
• be set, imlieating
lOOl . thesl/.e
ll ■ Ml which the work
.
is then HI
the I'orem
charge • '■>■"" I
the work,and by I,mi
. ."' to the
been issned by the Government to
inventors. Since 1840 science has
made such gigantic strides iu the
in
lime I here are
room about 175
., is up. i floor
and 1 I labor
Al the present
emphe
stickers are
,. „„|,ositor8, who are
L.ml.s. thoroughly
,. „rtde and have no
difficulty in 'getfing up their aver
and aeqnittillg tliemselvcs ID
creilitalde manner.
The job n--.li. is an important
I ,!„- public printing, and
,, native insignilieam
tie
in thediffereul departments ol tins llli,t(.,| to my charge,no such
Priutiii" Office. The amount ol .-ration shall cause a relax on in.v
metaiuae.. in the vt ns f. rms gt-- truest effort toenforee
lield ot discovery, lias so enlarged u m aggregate net less than 200, pi,,.,-,, is a class of Government
the scope for the genius of patents. IMN, ,,„„i„is per annum. positions which are not within the
the patent laws have been SO lie
a,,, who has qnently amended and liberalized,
the rapid growth of tin
07tbe Foreman of Binding, Mr. J. set incumbents, in my ?V»«™>
. , ™ should not be made dunug tne
||. Roberts, with Messrs. ■'• u- t,.,ms for which they were appoint
White, .lohu A. Perkins. 1'- •'• I j,,^ s„|ely „u p inis.in groun Is a
Brvne, and W. J. Kingsbnry, us for the purpose of putting "
1 * . ...I,,. ;..;.' It.
country
necessitating new appliances to
new ,ud ever-changing conditions
of man. that upwards of three hun-dred
thousand letters patent for
inventions or discoveries, lii.een
thousand design patents, ten thou
sand re-issued letters patent, and
eleven thousand trade marks have
been issued to inventors. With
soicitorsof patents in every coll
siderableiowii in the I"uited Stales,
the frequency with which they have
to make reference to former discov
tries upon a case in hand, interler
ennea, or infringements, the clerical
i,.iti-r of the civil service statute,
The bindery occupies a .«-» ]^^Vto«*ltllk
space equal to one acre. II is un (|w |m]jcy of an adiiiinisl ration.
der theiniinediate superintendence toH| ,!„. removal therefrom ot pre
war, never shut its doors but once
iu al! the days of the Roman Re-public.
And another aptness in
its naming appears, in view again
ol its.standing at the Opening gate
of the year, that it should have its
ippellation from this same meant
i... ,v;.s also the gliai In
Id
deity, who was also the guai lian
their
assistant for. men.
All documents for the use of
Con.ress. the Library of ('.ingress.
the several Departments, and the
various courts, arc bound, ami all
blank books ol eveiy description,
for the use of all the different
branches of the Coveriinic.it. are
made in this, the largest bindery
iu the world.
The press room of this vast es
.,,,,1 god of all gates. W a- not »
Janus, too, the janitor ol heaven
itsell I And is u not a possibility
that we all cherish ill our inmost
hearts—only letting none susp.-ci
our brief foi y (brief, since we too
soon liuil out the delusion)-that
this vearjust opened may prove a
probably continue the en TH oe ,nBrr'ie,i („„ young mall in Wav.
gun in New Vork and in tins ciiy. ^ N v _^;i,. dd not accept it.
TnaiM.aiNkCi.rfa> ^ ««- »• «'«*rined at tbisiu
I formation chat he Idt the in ign
"Merry Christmas, said Mr. |ici|1 ,i ut once, saying that he in
Talmage to nis congregation last ^.,,,1^ t„return to Maine. Sichol
Sum!.iv. "Forfourteen C'iristin is >{j t l,.,„,nl„.,i ai work in the mill.
,ve spoken to you of thespir The day liefore Christinas Misi
mal hem-lita of the birth of Christ. (jjalicy wenl away, ostensibly tu
Tod.v I speak ofthe temporal ben- HUt.Ila the day with a young lady
,-iiis of the Saviours birth, rben Mellj j„ 8 neighboring village. On
ianonati bai has so many hap (jhristmas Day Sicholsoii also weul j'""' i"'1"n*.VIl.4K ol the p
py homes as America. \ et there So one connected bs ab- wit,drawn from the it
aiv many i, day "it it work, with Sl.„,:,. wjlll ,!,„! of the girl, but on »-»"""
HIM nil nil ■<
All Ainerirus.i;.:.
The line\peeled malllage I
Georgia Laramon*, of tins city, t<
Mr. Ward Holt, conduetor on the
Sontbwester ul, has
quite a sensation. Mr. Holt, Is
aware that Miss I.ai alien, wa
many a prom lien) Mad I tin rel
in a day or two, step|M' I ol
the hotel veranda, where dl
standing with a letter in hi
I gratulated ber. il ildina
up the letter, she « lid:
Do you see thisl ll is a n
lesl for a postpon -inent, w bid '
live glalitid."
••Why:" replied tie- i
train was now ready
live, -I wi aid not havi
it. Do uol |S)Stpone a "
he is not ready, I am,
,.„ 1 |,o,- you. Will
She dro|
I eyes, and lie '
laved his n
oroeured h ■-
ithin call,
1,-ss nine than
the two were
conduetor, kissii .
■ml with the '
Ulegriiphed In
dnctoi ' i meel him mill
i rrived al
signatnl. Mr. II
In' bride, •
pohemellt ti
nit food and Without shelter, s^,.,,,,,-,[.,v ihey returned home to \ II..11 • ll.illie ■
utory of the Printing
Size and use
, until i, probably exceeds
,„ itsequipmeul and capacity any
job printing offlce iu the country.
,, „,.1.„,,ics part Of the new hie
willgerecud iu 1879, and la thought,
force required tofurnish transcripts
for the courts and other persons, it
Pccume evident the dispatch of^^
1,000,000 impressions per day. <
business, that th« specifications.,
patents and designs must be print
ed. So. in I860, a contract was
awarded to Philip & Solomons for
printing Iwent.v copies of each ease,
which continued two years. It was
for economy, the work
tablishment is on the first floor and
is 60 by 300 leet, and has about (i<»
■esses with a capacity of
entering, a great muse and dm
greets one. which at first makes
him feel uncomfortable, but soon
the ear becomes acciist ed to the
sound of the machinery, aud on
If I were addressing none
party friends I should deem it en
an the s'.vm ■••.„--.
to assert themselves too. when all
irate business, talk in a dolorous _ ,Javill ],,,i,i,s. Will's 1'. (>.. I pears iii had revived aul
tone and keep on talking WMI ^ M grand-daoghter had state what is above relal
are you complaining about '. The and his wile will probahl;
loudest cries about hard times are
1 wani to join a eonspi
suffered with a sore, upon her leg.
Of six month's standing, "huh
not hard. want Jan » eons,, « • Bainou's Nerve
racv made up of business men , We qi i js .,.„,„„.„„,
editors and preachers wtoM -JJB«« »»^ „„. s;llv b,
agree to trust in God aud UIK I Rou-t. o. Glenn.
— A writer in the Texas
„' u, .,. i . lysthatanythit
will cause a man tosu
him ol hiccough.
cheerfully.