The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
GMORE ON PHOTOGRAPHING Wild BIRDS

/ for preserving food. by drying and smok-
ing, and with salt vinegar. alcohol and
sugar. have long been known. Some OF
them are probably as old as civilization
itself and. indeed, are not unknown 10
many tribes Of savagcs. The preserva-
ton OF meat by sailing. drying and smoll-
ing is practiced in Oriental countries by
number Of the M0ngolian tribes. incIud-
ing the Tartars and the Chinese. II is
a matter OF common information that
tHtSe methods are still employed largely
IN civilized countries and not alone by
those in rural districts who preserve
AelT own meat Our large packing houses
hoNe immense quantities Of. meat with
Erkory wood. one establishment in Chi
40 has torty-thTee smoke houses. each
I'd which holds 90 GOO pounds OF ham or
shoulder or 100000 pounds of side meat.
besides eleven houses Of half that capac-
iiy- Meat so preserved is recognized as
Wholesome. To is not always suitable for
me sick room. but its taste is q sure
Indication Of its character and the meth
Cd ~ ITS preparation
me preservation Of meat by freezing
mas always been practiccd and i'm locaIi-
Ties where the temperature favors this
n,.A't nothing else is 20 be desired. IN
,+ recently. however. this method has
-e,esS1illy been ot limited application.
NilAiA q quarter Of century uurueT-
Gus new methods for the preservation OF
food have been introduced and the use of
some already known has been developed.
some or these methods have been wonder
Iuily beneficial, others are Of a question
@1ie nature and value and still others
are open 10 the most weighty objection.
/ The refrigerator has become a household
article; the ice machine has been invent
. ca and perfected. aud cold storage .estab-
Hshed ia packing houses. market car
+ and boat. the antiseptic and toxic prop
f critics Ci chemicals have been studied. and
/ the preparation and sale Of chemical pre-
+ serratlvcs have become distinct indus
/ try"
/ Mr. Pendleton King chief Of the Blu
! reau OF Indexes and Archives. was at one
/ time secretary OF the legation al Con
stantinOplc. to which he was appointed
March 9, 1895. He served as charge DAT
/ fares ad interim at various times and
/ retired June :. 1890. he was given his
/ present office June I. 1894.
.NWilliam H. Wonord is the sentry
\ who stands watch at the west door OF the
/ Treasury Department Building. He was
appointed 10 the Treasury Department in
/ 1893. and since that time he has become
/ acquainted with many influential person
/ ages and has q large circle or friends in
] the newspaper profession.
Mr. Nohord is a veteran Of the war OF
the rebellion. having entered the service
OF the United States as a soldier az the
age Of fourteen from his native state
Kentucky. He enlisted i'm the Seventeenth
Kentucky Cavalry in August 1863. and
was mustered out in October 1865. during
which period he saw service at the bat
ties Of BassOm skirmish AZ Oweusb oro-
Ill
against General Lyons. under Col
Onel Hester. besides many other minor
engagements which occurred in and about
. Kentucky. From the time he was mus
tered out Of the military service until he
received his appointment 10 the Treasury
Department he was a pilot on the Mis-
sissippi. Ohio. Cumberland. and Tennes-
see Rivers.
Geology" said Prof LeConte Of the
Interior Department, 'is one Of the
. youngest Of sciences. Il may also be said
TO have been born OF the past century. It
is true that knowledge concerning the
structure OF earth had been accommodating
ever since the times OF the Greeks and
the Romans, il is true that these ma
terials became more abundant and were
better organized in the eighteenth cen
tury: but this knowledge had not yet
. taken form as a distinct branch Of science
until about the end Of that century.
The fundamental idea" he went on TO
. say. underlying geological thought is the
history Of the earth. Now. until the be-
ginning Of the past century the earth was
not supposed to have any history II was
supposed 20 have been made at once. out
OF hand. about six thousand years ago.
and 20 have remained substantially IN
-Hr1 "a n1 D,
atre of human history.
IL you divide geological causes and
processes into two general kinds as 20
their origin. namely internal or earth de-
rived and external or sun derived, evil
IDENTIFY the former is the original and
fundamental kind These determine earth
forms, while the others only modify them
these determine the great features. the
other only the lesser features; the former
rough hews the earth the latter shapes
it. II is believed that oceanic basins
are permanent as are continental dOmes.
and If oceanic basins and continental
domes constitute the greatest features Of
the carth's face, and are determined by
the most fundamental movements Of the
crust. surely next in importance come
great mountain ranges These are the
glory OF our earth. the eliminating points
OF scenic beauty and grandeur. But they
are so only because they are also the
eliminating points the theatres OF great
est activity. Of all geological forces, both
iCneOus and aqueous.
The earth was once very hot II IS
still very hot within, and still very slowly
cooling"
Mr.. Frederic A. Lucas. OF the United
states National Museum. dev0tes his time
10 the restoration Of extinct animals
Many have been the attempts said he.
ITO recall the life Of the past and get be-
fore as some of the -cmbIauce OF the
animals that long ago walked on the face
OF the earth. and while some Of these
reeonstructions such as those that dis
port themselves through the columns Of
[ some of the weekly papers. have been
/ literally creatures Of the Imagination.
/ others have been the result of long and
| careful studies Of scientific men.
"It is bat natural that we should desire
| 20 know how these strange and mighty
| animals. upon which man never Eazed.
/ looked in life and this desire is ample
. justification for their restoration. and as
. material has accumulated and our Enowl-
. edge of extinct animals has iucrea sed. IL
has become more and more possible 20 de-
. Diet them with some degree OF accuracy.