| Show THE report of the committee appointed by the last congress to investigate the methods he er chtive Ci tIve departments shows th atthe dispatch of public business is retarded in many instances by the adherence to antiquated forms and the degree to which the public business is clogged in this way vane in the different departments in soini the effects of red tape are very pronounced in the pension and land bureaus for example the report states eliat it requires as long a lime as four or live years to settle a claim or to get information of certain binds claims filed as far back as in bureaus remain still of in other offices where an effort is being made to get out of tle old ruts business is dispatched with much greater rapidity the report recommends among other things eliat a commission be appointed with authority to institute reform in the methods of conducting the business of tho departments this is a matter deserving of more attention than it has received and one in relation to which thero would abena to be no necessary ground of difference between tha parties A BILL haa recently been introduced into the legislature of massachusetts to establish a hospital for drunkards it provides that common drunkards shall bo taken to the unique and beneficent institution and kept there till they are cored they will not be permitted after the manner of many oatlie patients at inebriate asylums to leave as soon as they are able to go a week without taking a drink or as soon as they have thoroughly recovered their heads from the baat all night out but they will be forced to remain till they are cured beyond all reasonable danger cf relapse THE jones county calf case is not ended by any means it has been in the iowa coulta since and grew out of trouble over four colvea valued at 45 judge linehan last week filed djs decision motion of the defendants fend ants for judgment against the plaintiff bebau so of the special findings of the jury and rendered judgment against all the defendants except harrhan keller fil who died baxt week for 1000 and costs which amount to tha defendants will take the case to the cault THE latest reports from stanley is that he and emin were seen in february marching toward zanzibar if this be true he may be heard from before the end of june it was proposed to move with a large acce many of them being women and children A force of this bort would necessarily move slowly but unless some very serious ob stacks were encountered the arrival at tho coast ought not to be later than the middle of june |
