THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—UNCLE SAM’S DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS.
Inadequate Accommodation in Heaven—Valuable Documents—In
Jeopardy—Talk of Moving the Capital—Concerning Certain Idiots—A
Day in the Patent Office—The Inventive Genius of the
Country—Division of Indian Affairs—Lands and Railroads—Pensions
and Patents—The Superintendent of the Building—The Secretary of
the Interior and his Subordinates—Pensions and Their
Recipients—Indian Affairs—How the Savages are Treated—Over
Twenty—One Million of Dollars Credited to their Little
Account—The Census Bureau—A Rather Big Work—The Bureau of
Patents—What is a Patent?—A Few Dollars Over—The Use Made of a
Certain Brick Building—Cutting Down the Ladies’ Salaries—Making
Places for Useful Voters—A Sweet Prayer for Delano’s Welfare, 407