Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-05-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence

urday by a futter of skirts He looked
up in wonder and behe1d a good, gray
man from Boston leading in a lot of
very pretty young women. The call
.ers, -fashionably dressed and exhibit
ing a charming assortment Of colors,
ribbons, dimples and bushes, except
the man, arranged themselves against
the wall around the ROOM At a given
signal there was a hush, and the gray
man, stepping forward, said:
'A1r. Secretary, these are the stu
dents of La Sale Seminary For Young
Ladies, Boston,
Forty dimples began to be4kon to the
secretary, red lips parted and white
teeth appeared all around the room.
The secretary looked at the row of rosy
cheeks and merry eyes, and he appear
ed to be afraid. Then, like a Pooh Bah,
the dignified cabinet officer said:
..Howdy do! Glad to see you ALL
His expression then seemed to say:
''That will do. Thank you very much
Now run along, little girls"
The buds from Boston filed out
leaving the room bare and cheerless
AS the gray haired man, bringing up
the rear, passed the secretary he said
II have been bringing my girls over
here every year for 40 years.
And. the secretary looked startled, as
If he was saying to himself:
Goodness gracious, professor! Not
these same girls?''
Our Navy In the East.
The prospective reduction of the
United States naval force now on the
Asiatic station is beginning to assume
definite form. Thus far the matter has
not been considered by the president
nor has Secretary Long had an oppor-
tunity to confer with Admiral Remey,
but the naval bureau of navigation,
which has charge of the assignment Of
ships to the various stations, has pro-
posed that there be a reduction of the
force on the Asiatic station. This has
been based on a consideration of the
needs of the navy and without refer
ence to any of the political questions
involved.
Should it be decided to reduce the
force the homeward movement of YES
sells would probably not begin before
summer. AS yet no consideration has
been given to the disposition of the
ships when they are relieved from serv-
ice in the far east. 1t is expected, how
ever, that the north Atlantic squadron
will be augmented by at least one or
two Ships while the south Atlantic and
the Pacific stations will also be re-
enforced.
A number of the ships will have to
go out of commission, as they have
seen long service in tropical waters
and will need a pretty general over
hauling.
oficiaI Sports.
Among the government officials in
Washington there is good sized
sporting contingent which is in evi-
dence at the Benning race track daily.
These ''plungers from Uncle Sans
workshops" may be easily located be-
cause of the unusual energy and activi-
ty they inject into their work during
the first half of the day they expect to
'get off, to go to the races. Such
hustling and bustling to dispatch ur-
gent business as they indulge easily
marks the "official sports" By u
o'clock they have consulted the time
table, studied the entries for the vari-
Gus events and raised" more or less
modest amount Of money to play such
"tps" as they anticipate may bring
them gratifying returns. Thus far
the Benning meeting has not been prof
liable to the departmental sporting fra
ternity.
Agricultural Department Changes.
Secretary Wilson is engaged on
plans under which a number Of di-
visions of the department viii. be
made bureaus on July l.
The divisions of forestry. chemistry
and soils will be made bureaus, and
six other divisions, whose work has
to do with plants, will be consolidated
into one bureau, to be known as the
bureau of plant industry. The group
ing of the plant divisions. particularly
the botany and pathology divisions,
will secure economy by avoidance of
frequent duplication of work.
Professor 3. T. Galloway of Missouri,
now horticulturist and superintendent
| of gardens and grounds and formerly
| chief Of the division of vegetable physi-
ology and pathology. will be assigned
as chief Of the bureau of plants.
A New Jersey man who has just
died at the age of 129 frankly con-
fessed that he smoked a pipe since
| he was 10 years old OF course the
| anti-tobacco advocates will declare
that he might have lived to be twice
his present age had he abstained
from use of the weed.
Porto Rican affairs are as much IN