The evening times., 1902-07-09


Department.. is busfly engaged II ere
atiag some new kinds OF vegetables
and flowers re hopes soon to put out
= variety Of Strawberries bearing six
months in the year and fr0st-Prosf
orange which VIII be a boon to the Gal1
States Prof Galloway took a sort c1
wild strawberry that grows in the parks
about the city and is crossing Il With
the best American varieties This little
wild berry is not good 10 eat but IL
bears from April 10 October II is said
TO be a native o. India. The expert
me1t is promising Prof Galloway is
also developing some new varieties of
violots- It is a notorious fact that OF
this most popular flower there are oaly
about q half-dozen varieties
Prof. Thomas L Taylor, CT Austin.
Tex. who has charge OF the hydro
graphic work Of the Government in that
part Of the State. has reported th5 dis
covcry Of an important fact relating &c
the water supply Of a large portion CT
the country \ peculiar sympathy ex-
lists between the fOw OF rivers rising IN
the great Edwards plateau and the
rainfall n several sections, Expert
ments al san Antonio have shown that
the artesian wells Of that part OF Texas
and the rivers Of the same have com
mon source When the artesian wells
we're let foE for tweuty-four hours the
head lakes Of the rivers were lowered
Mr. J. H. MeeIees. Of the second dI-
vision night force OF the Government
Printing Oce, is an old New York
printer and has had quite a career IN
the business. He used TO work on The
New York Tribune" and knew Horace
Greeley well. He boasts that he secured
enough wood cut OF Greeley's desk &c
frame picture Of the great editor, and
he has the picture and the frame now
EIr. MeeIees has also the original revise
OF Hon. John Hays little Breeches,'
having set q take" Of that famous poem
when It first appeared
Er. Lloyd L Smith. oae Of the bright
young nan employed 1t the Bureau CT
Weights and Measures. a part OF The
Treasury Department. located o. Cap
itol Hill Is G student il the night
school CT Columbian College. Ec is TAX
tlg q course in electrical engineering
Ar- Smith w@s appointed from South
Dakota.
a grave. boaored chief Of Q State De
partment division. inspired by visions Of
the happy times just ahead down AZ the
old home by the sea, fen TO talking the
other day about the departure OF the
Old-tine sailors.
''Tke old-Eashionsd kind CT fisherman
and sailor is not so easy TO be found as
he olce vas" said he. Seine fishing
and the wholesale way they run the
business now have killed hand fishing.
and steam has signed the death warrant
Of the old clippers and bTigs and barks,
and 50 the good old sort Of fisherman a1i
old sea-salt that I used 10 know ara
love IS a boy are becoming almost IS
extinct as some OF the water fowl and
game birds. I generally manage 70 have
one or two IN my employ in ny home
in Massachusetts, just 50 as 10 get good
laugh when 7 feel blue, and every sum
meT. when I slip away 10 the island, is
one continual ha-ha-ha.
"Yes, there's many an original char
acter-old FaTquharsOn. The cid soldier
who is always telling OF the battle Of
AntIetan, for instance. He has the most
accurate memory and wonderfully de-
scrip I've power Of any nan : ever knew
Each little detail OF the fEht-the little
haze IN Q certain corner Of the sky. the
way he wind blew. the cor1Geid here,
the brook there, the rail fence beyond
he describes just as clear IS day, and
al eZcitedly. He'll reach over and jab
his knife deep down In your coffee. with
The clouds Tss just the color Of that
thar coffee. 4 famous hunter he is, too,
a2d in explaining one OF his famous
shots ne graphically describes years AIT
erward Just the number in the facf. the
formation as the birds few. how deep
he was IN water, the cIump OF rushes
here and the boat there, and al so won
derfully life-like that you can smell the
salt and feel the spray tingle on your
cheek And It is all true, for he IS
man Of the sternest ye-acity, 4 thorough
Christian, and won't tolerate even the
shadow OF lie.
There are characters there a-pleuty
and It's all on pleasant little island
where the only paint is whitewash and
al the little cottages are spick and span
and Immediately neat I tell you I love
the place and the sea, and IN going
there every summer until I die"
m Charles E Stanton. Of the fourth
division OF the Government Printing Of
fee. has had q varied and interesting
career Born in Missouri. he moved ar
Al early age to Colorado. He learned
The printing trade at Denver. and soon
after finishing his apprenticeship went
70 Sidney. \. y. where lie was IN The
newspaper business for few years.
Hc vent back 10 Colorado and located at 4
Boulder. where he engaged in truck /
farming Re was appointed 90 the Gov /
eruuent Office about ten months a<o.
Mr. Granville W'-ittfnRtCu. chief clerk (
of the General Land CGlee. IS q fae ola .
Union veteran and man ho is very 4
popular wla-lvaE known. He has a /
heeFy. of3Ce a15 has mastered every de-
tail CE the work Ee was appointed from
Massachusetts lhirty years ago, and Tor (
The last four years has been chief clerk.
Among Government employees there is +
2 serious discussion Of the Presidents
wish 70 have all scientific bureaus trans
tarred 70 the Agricultural Department.
n connection 7rlth this it Is SUGGESTED