The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
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called he would reserve his throw until
the last. then making a cast with no
evident attempt at skill ne would stride
swiftly across the charmed circle and take
up position on the opposite side.
IL was noticed that as a lucky winner
TOOK the pot q troubled expression
would come On his face and he would first
cast his eyes at the players as If count
ing them then at the handful Of small
coin. Finally the last winner walked over
20 he umpire and held whispered con
A-- alton with him then resumed has
B. az the riugsidc
81 as new round had commenced
iomon' arose and delivered himself
thusly-
~Gemmsn. dar Ea- bin sum complaint
by De members o. dis here s'-iety dat al
de money what an throwcd at de crack
amt lifted in the climate way Spicion
pints 20 no one in perticklcr. but it am
de wish Of De s'ciety dat De gemmen what
has tar on his heels will please to alb
squatulste hisself frum dc ring"
Here is story that I believe viii
never die" remarked chief OF division
at the Agricultural Department yesterday.
pointing to an article in a small country
weekly published in western Eansas-his
home paper
The article was a tale Of the youthful
ambition Of the Secretary Of Agriculture
10 be wc-th a million dollars and possess
more than enc pair OF suspenders Il at
frmed that Secretary Wilson had told the
story en- himself during a Cabinet meet
ing. when the executive chiefs had Iapsed
into a Retrospective mood and we're -e-
counting the aspirations Of their youth
The Secretary said that he had never
realized this dream n regard to the sus-
PenGers- He came very near il Christmas
when he was presented with half dozen
pairs Of them, but on looking for pai-
few weeks later he found that they had
all been feloniousiy appropriated by the
male members Of his family
That story was first printed in a Wash
ington paper said the division chief. who
had called attention to Il Then. Of course
II was copied by the OUt-of-toWn papers.
with alterations and amendments Next
Il got into boiler plate and gravitated 70
the inside patent pages OF country week
lies little while after that I saw il in
the alleged humorous column Of a Cana
dian agricultural journal A noted Japan
csc writer found occasion to incorporate
il in a treatise written for his country
men on the wastefuIness Of American
methods Of growing corals It has been
translated into at least four different
languag es. and il wasn't such a cracking
good story in the first place The last
place met the now ancient tale was in
marked copy Of a daily paper sent me By
a friend from Melbourne. Australia
suppose in the course Of time il viii get
into one Of the London comic papers"
DR.. d. F. Salmon. chief OF the Bureau
Of Animal Industry Of the Department Of
Agriculture, is recognized as one OF the
best informed students and writer's on the
subject Of the diseases Of domestic ami
mails in America. A short time ago he
issued a book on tuberculosis in cattle
which attracted worldwide attention
among scientists DR.. Salmon's volume
was in the nature Of REPUTATION OF the
theory Of Dr.. Koch that bovine tubercu-
losis is not transferable to human beings.
The Bureau Of Animal Industry is a
most important branch Of the Government
service. II investigates the dangerous
communicable diseases Of live stock su-
perintends the measures for their eradi-
cation, and recommends means as to their
OF the inspection OF live stock slaughtered
for food; the inspection Of import and ex-
pCrt animals. and the inspection OF yes
sells chartered for the shipment of these
animals. The bureau sU9eryiscs the in
terstate commerce Of animals for food
purposes; inspects the quarantine sta
tions for imported cattle. and makes spe-
ciaI Investigations ana reports in regard
to dairy products
Everybody in the specification division
Of the Government Printing Office knows
Mr.. George E Pittman. To his most inti-
mate friends he is known as Rainy Day
Pit One reason for this nom de plume
is that he is a great sufferer from an af-
Fiction Of the head and in damp weather
becomes very deaf II is not generally
known, however. that Mr.. Pittmau is one
Of the oldest newspaper men that halls
from North Carolina his native state
Mr.. Pittman was editor and proprietor OF
the ''Newberne Daily Nutshell" which
fiourished for nearly a score OF years just
following the ciyil war and was finally
swept away by fire. The Nutshell" was
at one time one CT the very few daily
newspapers published in North Carolina
and enjoyed wide clientele
From certain signs discovered by Agri-
cultural Department agents in Kansas,
Nebraska and Texas the chief entOmolo-
gist. L. o. Howard. has concluded that
the coming summer viii be marked by IN
usual injury from grasshoppers. This is
calculated from the continuance OF Ger
tain climatic conditions known 70 breed
abnOrmally numerous swarms Of the pest.
An expert VIII give all his time to
studying the copditioEs under which
grasshoppers breed. and the chief ento-
mologist viii then endcavOr to find some
preventive which Will oxterminate the
pest before the gnasshoppers become. CAB
able OF injuring the crops.