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Columbus" Both].

Christopher Columbus died in ob-
scur ity and pov cr ty at Valadolid, Spain,
May 20,1506, By special favor of the
monks at St. F1 ancis his body we s. for
a time, deposited 1n the vault of their
church in that city, but some years
late1, in pursuance of his own ex-
111essed111sh tbe 1emains were trans-
ferred to Hispaniola and placed in a
crypt under the cathedral of San
Domingo. In 1529 the body of Diego.
the Son of Columbus, was also buried
in the c1ypt, and some years after-
ward that of Luis, the discoverer’s
g',1andson was laid with the other two.
In 179:1 the Spanish pait of San Do—
mingo was ceded to the French but
before the ccssion permission was
given for the removal of Columbus’
body to Havana.

A metallic case. supposed to contain
the body of the discover'eI, was re-
moved and placed in the Cathedral of
Havana, and the matter 1ested until
1877, when a metallic casket was found
in the San Domingo v,ault which be-
vond all doubt w as that of ChristopheI
Columbus. It was inscfibed both
within and without with his name and
titles, and proved beyond question
that, th1ough haste or carelessness,
the persons 11110 effected the removal
in 1795 had carried away the body of
Diego, the son of Columbus, and that
the remains of the great admiral now
rest beneath the Cathedral of San
Domingo.

Honesty. .

Eugene Smith, Secretary of the New
York Prison Association, tells a re-
markable story of the answer a thief
gave to the quest-1011, “Is honesty the
best policy?” It was in the Elmira
reformatory, where a class was under-
going instruction. A young man
asked permission to answer the ques-
tion. “I believe honesty is the best
policy, said he, “because of a case
where I knew it to work that way.
See? There was two young fellows in
New York and they was crooked, see?
and they didn’t succeed. They went
to Philadelphia, and thev turned over
11 new leaf and agreed to be square eand
honest. They opened a clothing store,
see? and they prospered. They got
everybody’s confidence, and they bor-
rowed $100,000 to enlarge their busi-
ness, and then they failed and got
away with every cent of the money,
which thevnever could have done if
they hadn’t been honest. See?

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A Surprised Baboon.

A book recently issued in England, called
"Home Life on an Ostrich Farm,” by Mrs.
Martin, is filled with many anecdotes of
life in South Africa. Mrs. Martin tells
this story of Sarah, one of the pets on the
farm, a female baboon, which had been
tame from infancy: “She dearly loved
sweets, which were often given to her
wrapped up in a multitude of papers, one
inside the other. It was amusing to watch
the patient and deliberate manner in which
she would unfold each paper in turn, tak-
ing,r the greatest care never to tear one, and
proceeding with all the caution of a. good
Mohammedan fearful of inadvertently in-
j’uring a portion of the Koran.

“This time, instead of the expected tit-
bit, 11 dead nigh t adder was wrapped up
and presented. W'hen she unfolded the in-
nermost paper, and the snake slipped out,

with a horrid writhe, across her hand,

Sarah quietly sank backward and fainted
away, her lips turning perfectly white. By
dint of throwing Awater over her, chafing
her hands and bathing her lips with brandy
she was revived from her swoon, though
not without some difficulty.”

Childhood’s Generosity.

There was a pretty scene of childlike im-
pulsiveness in one of the elevated railroad
cars lately. A bright faced little boy
with long golden curls and warm wraps of
fashion sat beside his mother, very evident-

ly thoroughly pleased with the world and

everybody. On the seat beside him was a.
dainty box of bonbons, into which the
child’s hand dipped from time to time. At
one of the stations a woman carrying a.
child, also a boy, entered the car. A glance
told that the woman belonged to the great
workaday class of humanity. Toil was
w 1 ittcn in deep, hard lines over a face that
1111; still yo mg, and the child she carried
had an emaciated look.

The poor woman with her child sat down
in the seat beside the bright faced little one
who was so industriously feeding on the
confectionery. The candy eater looked at
the grimy little fellow beside him in a sort
of silent wonder. Then in a quick, child-
like way he thrust the box of bonbons to-
ward the poor boy. The latter’s eyes
opened to twice their size as he dipped his
thin hand into the box and transferred a
bi g sugared cherry to his mouth. These
two children looked at each other, and both
laughed merrily—New York Times.

*5“—
Bucklcs That Buckle Nothing.

Buckles are admirable and useful thingS.
as every hostler is aware, and they enter
into the preservation of much that would
without their secure grip go to eternal
smash. But the feminine buckle, the
buckle of ornament, pure and simple, seems
an absurdity, especially when it gets into
the hollow of a woman’s back, and has no
excuse for being there. The other night at

the theatre my gaze was constantly dis- '

tractcd from the stage by a hind-side—before
buckle which glared at me from the shape-
ly back of a girl who sat across the aisle.
Every time she leaned forward in her
seat this long silver buckle, that apparent-
ly fastened nothing, gleamed provokingly
in "mylinc of vision. and each time Iex-
‘ perienced an uncann y sensation, for it
seemed as though the wearer ’5 pretty head
111111 been turned the wrong way on her
shoulders. It was impossible to reconcile
this front effect with her back hair. But
the caprice to do whatever outrages the
canons of art is galloping through our very
modern life, and it will not surprise me if
one of the sc days we are treated to the
spectacle of d. pair of slippers worn for
Shoulder knobs—Cor. Boston Herald.

 

 

DAILY - NORWALK— GAZETTE.

CIVIL SERVICE TESTS.

Treasury Examiner De Land Submits
His Annual Report.-

AND ANSWERS HIs‘CRITIcs.

Charged with Submitting Questions \Vhich
Could Not Be Answered, He Tells
Just \Vhat Candidates for Pro-
motion Must Undergo.

WASHINGTON, J an. tea—Theodore L. De
Land, the treasury examiner, has fre-
quently been accused of posing candidates
for promotion with absurd questions,
which thereis no reason to suppose they
can answer, and which cover a field of in-
formation for whici they would never
have any practical use in the performance
of their clerical duties.

Mr. De:Lan(l’s report for the last fiscal
year is a very complete document, and an-
swers this sort of criticism at every point.
He has incorporated with it nearly seventy
printed pages of specimen questions, to
show the character and range of the ex-
aminations he conducts. One of the things
required, for instance, for promotion to a
$900 place is the writing of a letter ad-
dressed to the secretary of the treasury,
which is to be signed, folded and indorsed
witha brief of its contents.

The subject of the letter is in the discre-
tion of the applicant; the exercise is in-
tended merely to test his clearness of
thought and expression, his ability to
write and spell, his neatness and his gen-
eral intelligence. Then comes writing
from dictation a few paragraphs like this:

“The coinage of the silver five and three
cent pieces was discontinued by the act of
Feb. 12, 1873. Large amounts of these
coins have in the last few years been
transferred to the mint and recoined into
other denominations, principally dimes.”

Seems Simple Enough.

The candidate is then given an exercise
in copying from plain print or manuscript
a few passages containing figures, often
tabulated, as a test of his accuracy. The
next task is to reduce to neat and correct
form, from a copy, a page of a manuscript
treasury letter 01' report, in which erasures,

‘corrections, interlineations, careless con-

tractions, etc, abound—the sort of page a
treasury officer might turn off for a rough
first draft when getting up an important
document for the secretary or for congress,

At this point the mathematical branch
of the examination is reached. Two col-
umns of figures to add, and to subtract
one of the totals from the other, does not
seem like a grievous task, nor does the re-
quirement that “8 lb. 9 oz. 10 pwt. 20 gr.”
shall be written out in words.

The most intricate problem, perhaps, is
a supposititious bill rendered by a dry
goods firm to a customer, in which only
the names of the articles of merchandise
and the prices per yard, etc, are. given,
the candidate is expected to find out how
much the whole. bill amounts to and what
balance would remain after the customer
had paid '3 50 toward selling it.

Further Questions.

In orthography the candidate is required
to write from dictation twenty words of
the character of “balance,” “tariff.” “ter-
ritories,” “distinctive,” “secretaries”—
words which will continually enter into
the correspondence he will presumptively
conduct at his new desk.

Under the head of “General Informa-
tion,” we come to such questions as these:
“Name any ten states of the Union, and
after each state named give the name of
its capital city.” “\Vhat officer of the
United States approves the bills passed by
congress?” “In what year and state was
the battle of Gettysburg fought?”

The office or bureau questions are those
which look most puzzling to an outsider,
but it must always be remembered that
they are prepared by the head of the office
in which the candidate has been employed
before presenting himself for promotion,
so that they are a test only of the way he
has familiarized himself with the work of
one desk before applying to be transferred
to a higher one.

For example, an cmploye of the coast
survey might be asked what officer of the
survey is accountable for the proceeds of
the sales of old material, publications,
etc, while a clerk in another division
might be required to count, stack and tag
a package of sheets given him by the ex-
aminer, tell what it is used for, and de-
scribe the distinctive features of the va-
rious papers used by the government for
printing bonds, currency, stamps, etc.

Few Fail to Pass.

For positions above $900 a year the ques-
tions for promotion are an advance, of
course, upon these, as befits an cflort to
sift out those clerks who have employed
their eyes and cars to advantage, and made
a good use of their time. As the higher
paid clerkships involve heavier responsi-
bilities, it would not do to fill them up
with people fitted only for the lower places.
And a. clerk who is merely a plodder,
and has not ambition enough to study and
observe whatever will go to help him in
his work and make him more necgssary to
his superior officers, deserves no‘l'egret if
he fails on his examination for promotion.

As a matter of fact, few do fail. Of the
153 candidates examined during the last
year, all but ten got through. How much
of this good record is due to the stimulus
of a knowledge that their only hope of im-'
proving their condition lies in improving
their capacity none can say, but it is a
fact that there is a bright lot of clerks in
the treasury today.

' A Dishonest Township Treasurer.

LIMA, 0., Jan. 22.—C. F. Veith, a promi-
nent business man of Upper Sandusky,
has disappeared. He was a grocer, and
leaves about $20,000 in liabilities. Before
leaving he transferred the stock to his
father, Who had indorsed him too large
amount. Veith Was township treasurer,
and an examination of his accounts shows
him to be about $5,000 short. “Tan-ants
have been issued for his arrest.

A Phenomenal Surgical Operation.

DECATUR, Ills. ., Jan. 22 —A surgeon of
this city has just completed a. novel surgi-
cal operation. He Iemovcd part of four
ribs of a cat, and inserted them in the
nose of a. young lady, forming aperfect
bridge for the n03e. The bones of the nose
had odecayed and were reserved. This is
said to be the fir st operation of the kind' in
the annals of surgery.

 

Demolished by Giant Powder.

ASIILAND, Wis” Jan. 22. —At the Samp-
son mine, near Plummer, ten sticks of
giant powder lying under a boiler ex-
ploded, completely demolishinrr the en—
gine, boiler and engine house, and very
seriously injuring! E. Miller, Louis
Osthofl and John Knutvebost.

 

ALBANY LEGISLATION. :

Governor Hill Elected Senator—The Proi
ccodings in Both Houses.

ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 22.—-In joint session
the following was the ballot for United
States senator: Hill, 81; Evarts, 79. De-
morest voted. ‘ ' "

In the Senate.

In the senate the following bills were
introduced. Mr. Laughlin —— To prohibit
opening certain lette "s to insane people;
also, allowing Erie coun tyto hold town
fall elections. Mr. Donaldson— Reap-
propriati'ng money for the Middletown
armory.

Mr. O’Conner offered a. resolution call.
ing upon congress to pass the Vest bill re-
lating to changes in habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. Referred to the judiciary.

In the Assembly.

In the assembly the reports of comp-
troller on fisheries and Onondaga salt
springs were received.

The following bills were introduced:
By George P. Bush—To provide for con-
struction of state roads. Mr. Stevens—To
prevent adulteration of canned goods. Mr.
Johnson—No city or village shall grant
the exclusive franchise to any corporation
by which a monopoly may be created. Mr.
VVard—Repealing the Ives pool bill. Mr.
Beakes—For preservation of wild deer in
Sullivan county. Mr. Gardiner—To pro
vide for uniformity for publishing legal
notices.

Eva’s lVIotber Dead.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22,—The Robert Ray
Hamilton will case was resumed Wednes-
day in the surrogate’s court. Mr. Fuller,
Eva’s counsel, said his client’s mother was
dead, and she would have to leave on the
1 o’clock train for Dallas. Pa, in order to
attend the funeral. She was so prostrated,
he said, that she was in no condition to
testify. There were no other witnesses,
and the surrogate said that the examina-
tion of Eva, must proceed, but her counsel
could arrange to finish with her before
train time. Col. Fulg. 1r then said his client
desired to make certain admissions which
would make it unnecessary for Mr. Root
to proceed with the cross examination.
The admissions were as follows: It is ad-
mitted the child born in Pennsylvania,
Nov. 19, 1888, was not the child of Robert
Ray Hamiltion. It is admitted the child
known as Beatrice Ray Hamilton, a re-
spondent in this case, which was christened
at Atlantic City, is not the child of Robert
Ray Hamilton. After a short cross exam-
ination the case was adjourned.

The Operation Will Be a Success.

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—There is perceptible
change in the condition of John 0. Dick-
erson at the Emergency hospital, and no
new evidence tending to show that the
skin grafting operation of last Sunday
will be anything but a perfect success.
The patient is cheerful, hopeful and pro-
fuse iu his expressions of gratitude for the
manifestation of kindness and self sacri-
fice shown by his brethren in the lodge,
chapter and commandery.

Bound to Recover Her Body.

APPLETON, Wis, Jan. 22,—Miss May
Carey was drowned while out coasting,
and her body has not been recovered,
though search was kept up all night. If
it is not recovered in a few hours all the
mills at Neenah, Menasha and Appleton,
Wis., will be shut down and the water
drawn from the river.

Senator Platt Now.
HARTFORD, Jan. 22.—Mr. O. H. Platl
was Wednesday elected United States
senator on first ballot over Carlos French
by a vote of 141 to 134.

A Deadlock in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Jan. 22,—First sena-
torial ballot, joint session: Palmer, 101;
Oglesby, 100; Streeter, 5. No choice.

The Weather.
Threatening weather and rain; souther-
ly, shifting to westerly winds; slightly
colder Thursday.

FINANCIAL AND COMDIERCIAL.

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Money loaned at easy
rates today, ranging from 2}§@3 per cent. Ex--
change steady; posted rates, $4.85}§@4.88; actual
rates, [email protected]}§ for sixty days and 84.87%
4.8754 for demand. Governments steady; cur-
rency, (is, 109 bid: 45, coupon, 120 bid; 4%3,
coupon, 103 bid. '

Stocks were extremely dull today, the dealings
being on a much smaller scale than those of yes-
terday. The sales amounted to only 51,800 shares
for the two hours to midday. At the opening the
market was very quiet and displayed a reaction-
ary temper. The first prices were generally yg tc
9g per cent. lower, but after the first. few dealings
there was a firmer feeling. and New York and
New England came prominently to the front
with an advance of M. The rest of the list was
lg to 3% per cent. higher at 11 o‘clock than it
closed last night. Chicago Gas was the only ex-
ception, being weak on the announcement pub
lished this morning that the company was about
to wind up its affairs. After 11 o‘clock there was
absolutely nothing done. Chicago Gas was about
the only speculative that showed any signs of
life. Its price was bid up % per cent. The oth-
ers did not move, and at the close the market
was about steady at about the prices current at
11 o’clock.

Closing prices:

U. S. Express ...... 68 Del., L. & West. ”138%
C., C. C.&I........ 63 Erie .......... 20%
N. Y. Central.......101}§ Lake Shore.......107}«§
Illinois Central. . . . . 97 Northwest. . . . . . . .106
Northern Pacific" . . 27% Do. pref. . . . . . . . . .134
Do. pref ......... 71 Pacific Mail ....... 34
Central Pacific. . . . . 30 Reading... . . . .. 3:2 4
Union Pacific ....... 45%, St. Paul. . . . ....... 4%
Missouri Pacific. . . . 65%; Wabash. . . .. . . . . . . 10
Texas Pacific ..... .. 15 Bur. 8.: Quincy.. .. 9034
Alton & T. H ...... — Ore. R‘y & Nov... 77
Canada Southern. . 50 Ore. & Trans. .. .. —
Canada. Pacific.... 74M Rich. & Terminal. 17%
N. Y. & N. E ..... .. 37% Sugar Trust...... 77

General llIarkets.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-—FLOUR—Dull and weak;
city mill extras, 15490113515; flue, [email protected]; super-
fine, [email protected]; Minnesota. extra, [email protected].

WHEAT—Was fairly active and irregular.
Prices advanced Me. in the early dealing, and
then reacted Ma; receipts, 29,400 bushels: ship-
ments, 29,501 bushels; No. 2 red winter, 51.06%
cash; do., May, 31.03%; do.,. June, 81.0434; do.,
July, 97}{;c.

CORN—Was strong, advancing steadily from
the opening to noon, when prices were 05c.
higher; ieceipts, 31, 850 bushels; shipments, 34,-
025 bushels; No. 2mixed, 6135c. cash: do., Feb-
ruary, 60c.; do. May, 590.

OATS— Quiet; receipts, 66,000 bushels: ship«
meats, :none; No. 2mixed, 51c., cash; do., Feb-
ruary, 51%c.; do., May. oilfic.

PORK—Dull; mess, $11.5!)(mllfi5 for new.

LARD—Quiet; February, $6.07; March. $6.21.

MOLASSES—Quiet and steady; New Orleans,
15@32c., ordinary to fancy.

TURPENTINE—Firm at 39M©40y4c

ROSIN—Dull: strained to good, [email protected] _,

PETROLEUM—Nominally unchanged.

FREIGHTS—Dull; grain to London, steam, 4d.

 

BUTTER— Quiet; western creamery, fancy,
27%0-

CHEESE— Dull. western fiat, 7§§@9Mc.

EGGS— Firm and fairly active; state, fresh, '
28%@290.: western, 27Mc.

RICE—Nominal.

SUGAR—Refined active and higher; cut loaf
andcrushed, 6Mc.; granulated, GMc.

TALLOW—Dull; prime city, 4%c.

1991c.

COFFEE—Spot lots steady; fair Rio cargoes. '

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