New-York tribune., 1900-12-02

wor'a in fact Tor there Is hardly a portion
The civilized globe With which the Smi;hsoniaa
Is not in correspondence.
NOT the least interesting part of the seore-
sAry's report Ter the yesr ended June 30 lssi>
IS that devoted 70 the international exchanges
Il need hardly repeat" he says, what have
SAID IN previous reports-thst the growth OF iAe
operations of the exchange service testihes 70 lis
gcod management ana general aCceP;abliyy,
even with the disadvantage under which is
lsOors are carried on. In lSSs Il sent seventy
one tons 81 documents. ana had 2.lea CORE
spondents in This country and 1895 correspond
euts abroad. During The last year il transmit
ted l5l tons ot documents and had 6915 corre-
spondents al home and >. .54S abroad
Accompanying this repors Is q map q the
world reduced from The large one displayed in
the office 81 international EXCHANGES. showing
hy small dots the distribution OF the correspond
Vnts 81 the Institution. This map Is eloquent.
since glance al Il places the seats of greatest
tntclsenoe and culture. snd IT evidences as we'll
the resistless march ~ progress the countries
Ecrerally regarded as seni-civilized and har-
hSrous being dotted here an6 there with corre-
spordrnys Of the Institution. Al points in Great
Britain aE5 Germany the dots coumingle. bu,
Cnc also 6uds the Institution in correspon Sence
with Sioerts. Greenland. iceland and Abyss!nia.
Af AtH%stA says mere = no DCrr ~ me
Smithsonian Institution wE5oh more etsicien,ly
carries ou' Jhe larsc purpose OF its founder 10
c.0Use knowledge amonS men. and IL i through
this as muc, as Though any other branch tha,
its name is known throughout ;he world"
To 1he lasman that part G. the report devoted
70 The National Geological Park W5u verhsrs
hc the most interesting. soon stycr he assume
the direction q the Institution Nr. Lsnzlsy
nom the statistics presented 10 him beca-rirc
convinced that unless something was done -,
prevent 81 the Ntld animals - Ar.erics. su,A a.
the huaalo the elk. the moose. IKE hsr horn
sheep ana the mountain scat would 0e sN.err,!-
mated. promptly laid the subject before Congress-
and sitter many trials finally succeeded II -.
en'ins ne passase of a ban arproPris,ias tanss
fof a National Geological P2~k rl,-,-rh N,s
care ana Nise atm.riStratie9 tA,-rs - 80
been sorely Handicapped cy ,sck ~ sanss i. h,s
reached rs present STAKE. IN many u-avs tses-
sno TrowisiIg finer tcture
In establishing ,he iZ5o~ ~ r.,--,s,- ...--...
cur e's ORIGINAL s1ez ~ purchasing 4 ,rs,. =.
N'rE'n >cC0tVN. where he .rs-al5ss - ,-.-s,,..
iah'i-es io surroundings as rea-ly As -,,Ss--,e
lac 'hr.r cslS.ns, haGa;s TIE ru~sls ne-s - !.
S'iiH1iAe 4ra.rie. ghs hear marx rs-rs
enough 20 take ere exercise thar c,,-re-S,---
oT'~i~7e requires. tae c2c2s havs q .-ee rrs---
thes F-a2 An1 fro-io, Shc beavers liNe IN s.-rs-
N.--A '-e3 .11Cs-r-c0Sy dam 10 -ht entertain
rneus ~ the,r visitors
ln e.s TsPoI fo. ISIS NJ La-r,sv Ss,s -,
Is h0ged thSs IRE p-oasbls eNte-s,-- - -.
,ur-s@.cuca os the Caite5 STATES ever e,-esr-
tesriic-E RAY lea3 - increased cs1.ers--s -
re QSTk There srs uisny animals ans hsrss s.
CGea- Porto Rlco and yhe Phitpp.reS rghsrh ~,
NC represented hsTv- Il seems htghly sesi-s =,
thS; tse ssG-s % ghrSs rye.o-s should - --e-
Ntef's known. Sr1 g; 's ghe-s.1-e INTENDED. !
fcn1s are TrcNlSe3 to- sss PG-pose yo make
sasc3al sNa.e.t - specimens collected So 49,
ccGr-rles~
Lste- 60 NJ L1nslsy secG-es the co-,re-stso,
g che Secres&rles @ state. Ma ars ne NAY,
.H cAr--1s sax tA,s issa- v-hc sen, cu, cs--r
lass sav.siuE she osscs-s n .he sea 60 -.
sFeciu'eHs z26 making k-cv-- IRE sree.s, Ss-,l
- ne pSTA~ Er3 methods e caring e. a-i-ns,.
q - transported Wtth shs rVSu,g max severn
rA-rEo.e oolieesiors have Neen asses 10 n,
Ecc" th7oaEh tAeSe s5u-ces
ln A.s AS repoTs Air Langley xpeass q -,
ElS1 - The r7essrvEssc1 q rAe annals rs-.,.
q AaAsSA- IAe sS=ae phszc=e-C- uhsrh "A.
nc-1ocEn-s ~ -As western rSsg & tAe c-u-r-,
scle Ne2rs aso Is nou occurrlnr Il Arssls
M,'e she G1vezs - re settler as -zn-ass -,
Erezt he-1s - N1ilals Wsich ra-res ever r--
Mssse-l te-rttc-z were F-4cstuz-y rx.s-r.lza.e5
rhc-gh - sgTeEuo-s e1oytS hsrs Eas tsers 50
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terssr-g =N==G-s Gks EAoss n ,ss Nart,-.
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Ali,e1 States sz-u possesses az Kasssk rSss-s
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