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The Spoils of the Post-Office System. In the June McClure's Charles W. Eliott, former President of Harvard University, has written an article on the experience of a young woman in the civil service of the United States. Dr. Eliot sums up his article as follows: “The moral of this story is plain A young woman, well born, well brought up, intelligent, better edu cated than nine tenths of Ameri can children and of irreproachable character, demonstrates by five years of service as assistant in two post-offices that she is fully capable of discharging well the duties of a postmaster. By fidelity and in telligence she reaches a good po sition in the United States Post Office —that of postmistress in a third-class office —only to be de prived of it by the action of local political managers through the ad ministration at Washington. Cha racter and merit of the candidate, the intr6st of the service, and the wishes of the people go for noth ing. Personal feeling and the sup posed interest, party work, greev pus injustice; and the case demon strates that the largest busiuesi de partment of the national govern ment ie conducted on sound busi ness principles in regard to its Employees, and that a farmer s daughters working for a living honorably and in every respect successfully, cannot expect from the national government the con sideration and support which every intelligent and respectable private employer would surely give her. The case was not an ex ceptionally hard one. All ap pointees on political grounds li able to just such treatment, and, as a matter of fact, at the present moment all the higher appoint ments under the national govern ment are spoils or patronage po sitions. The merit system is ap plied only to subordinate posi tions. All good citizens under whatever party names they habit ually act, ought to unite on the legislation needed to eradicate from American politics this mon strous patronage, system, the un clean source of corruption, ineffici ency and degradation in the gov ernment civil service.” Hawaii is the pineapple farm of the world. The largest pineapple cannery in the world is near Hon olulw. IN BUSINESS YET! <| • AT THE SAME OLD STAND! * 4t « ► i: :: — UHMMMMIMMMMMmMM» * ► 4 ► J[ « ► I Watch for Future Announcements :: / ;: if < > <► « ► And Save Money by Calling to See <> * ► , _ o < > «► 1 > <* i > 4 > * i l * J. P. Brown, « > 11 I fa U 4 > i « ► * Successor to Lyons Trading Co. , * “The Poor Benighted Hindoo.” Great are the uses of Poetry, my ! son. Consider bv the illustration of the illustration how accurately and comprehensively some forgot-! ton bard in four short lines has pictured for us the true condition of the inhabitants of England's, great Indian Empire: “The poor, benighted Hindoo, He. does the best he kin do, He sticks to his ca9te from first to last, And for pants he makes his skin do. A Mr. Micawber might dialate at length upon how this achieve ment in verse informs us(l) as to the financial condition of the peo ple, to-wit, they are “poor,” the average annual income having been estimated at only $lO, and the average wages for day labor in the capital city of India, only 6to 20 cents per diem ; (2) as to their intellectual condition, •‘be nighted,” ninety men in each hundred being unable to read or write any language, while of every thousand women, 993 are totally illiterate; (3) as to the social sys tem, each man living and dviuS within the limits of the caste into which he was born; and (4) as to the clothing, garb or dress of the inhabitants (or the absence there-j of,) the children of both sexes be ing frequently attired after the manner cf our reverred First Par ents before they made the ac quaintance of a fig tree while the adults also dispense generally with trousers, and shoes and stock ings, and other impedimenta of our overly-developed civilation. Great indeed are the uses of poetry. In all that I write from India I shall hardly be able to do more than expand and enlarge up on the great fundamental truths so eloquently set forth in our 4- liue poetry-piece. —Progressive Farmer. My husband and I were married by a bishop. Were you? My hus band and I were divorced by a judge who is occupying a seat on the supreme bench. —Judge. If really desirous of getting rich, this advice is as free to take as it is freely given ; “work like Thomas A. Edison and spend like Hetty Green.” THE LYONS PKOGHKSS, JUNE 28, Wll. j Shoes of Quality Made to Wear | ♦ We are Exclusive Agents for t ♦ the Celebrated j t Peters Shoe Co. 9 : P eters ’ Shoes | MEN ANI WOMEN, | They are not so high in price but they ni * £ ♦ are MADE OF SOLID LEATHER ♦ t g* ve g°°d service and they are stylish* t ♦ In fact they are the best value in Shoes I Ask the lady or gentleman who have worn a PETERS SHOE } and they will tell you* 4 A Dry Goods, Notions, Farm Supplies, Clothing and Groceries. Everything new and fresh] and T" + our prices are made so that we get only a living proft. We ask a share of trade. R. W. Liiliott & Bro., | Successors to ODOM & COIRSEY. I - i- ... —; : A