The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-07
AN EVIDENCE OF PORTO RICAN CWILIZA

made slap at it. AS nothing could ne /
found on the ground afteTward It was /
voted that they would all take one more
around and quit-retiTe while there was
yet time.
Each officer had his whisky glass re- |
filled. As Major O'Brien wanted some !
water on the side. the coIoneIs valet /
turned up the now nearly empty Lithia /
water vessel. As he did So out jumped
six little toad frogs, one of them landing
in Colonel UTeITs whisky. Well, Pink, .
you never saw anything like it in your
life. There was CONSERVATION and
damnation in every breast in that crowd, {
for there was an evil suspicion In every
ones mind that he had too much aboard. !
No one recognized the frogs rs frogs,
but as mysterious appearance and dis
appearance. The colored man was cool.
however, and as he turned the barrel
upside down and whole lot Of dis
colOTed water and sand, together with
another frog and a small nEiunow fish,
came TO view, he quietly remarked:
I done spec dis water amt been
no hther water, but des common creek
water
THE mystery was soon understood IS
70 the appaTitiOns but not as TO where
the water came from. Pink, III never
tell the colonel that He has suffered
enough. He's been buying that crowd
drinks ever since
Mr. John P. Sage. a resident OF the
District Of Columbia. has been appointed
to a position on the watch force of the
Interior Department. Mr.. Sage is ma
tive Of GIens Falls. y Y. and Is well
connected in New York State and in the
city. He has had varied experience
and at one time was in the medical pro
fession-
Mr.. John PesteII. Of Missouri. has been
promoted in the Office Of the Auditor for
/ the War Department.
Mr. VIII E. Burchfeld, of the Rec
/ ord force OF the Government Printing
/ Office, IS a young man OF talent He
| came here from Kansas, but is a native
/ of Illinois. He is z member CT the
/ Burchheld family Of Tennessee.
Among the few men who have been in
lone Of the departments since It's incep-
ton is Mr. James K Kerr, ST, who has
/ been connected with the Agricultural
branch of the Government for forty
| years He has served with all OF the
! Commissioners and Secretaries, com
/ mencing with Isaac Newton, appointed
/ by President Lincoln.
/ Mr.. Kerr IS a gardener, and like so
many Of the Governments faithful ser
wants is a ScotchDan. There are sew
! eraI Scots IN the department and they
gre all at the head Of the clans in their
| respective divisions Mr. Kerr Is well
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/ periments and takes a personal interest
/ IN the workings Of the sections.
! A Government clerk has been barri-
caded in his own house lately. He went
up in the north Of Pennsylvania some
time ago and brought back a large lot
Of real maple sugar, the kind father
used to make. and the kind brother still
makes. up in the big woods. He gave
out few samples and the fame of the
/ real thing has spread so that the orders
| and requests he has for the sugar would
/ swamp a warehouse If flied There IS
/ lots OF difference in maple sugar as
made in the woods and as sold in the
grocery stores, and no one who knows
what the genuine is VIII be surprised
! that the clerk viii keep his great good
/ fortune to himself next time.
Mr.. William C. Carpenter, OF New Jer-
sey. is one Of the clerks recently 2d-
| vanced in the Office Of the Treasurer 0!
the United States He is distinguished
/ for attention to duty and intelligent
handling Of the business Of the Office.
Big Litz'' was given sort Of oYa-
ton al the Government Printing Office
few days ago. He is an employe al
The navy yard row. and his many
| friends are glad he is prospecting, Mr..
/ Iitz had 70 commence the struggle for
livelihood early and took his stand as
/! a newsboy At the printing Office. For
over ten years he held down corner
4 and was we'll patronized by the force
! He followed the business until he be
] came Of age He was known as the
/ giant newsb0y.
/ Mr.. " J. Harris, native OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia, is one of the most
popular men IN the Government Print
ing Office. He is well known IN the city.
! having been for several years the man
aEer Of Harris Theater, a well-remem-
tered play house.
Hon. Thomas P. Guytou, a law clerk
ireceutly returned from Mississippi with
his bride, IS one Of the most promising
men in the department. Mr.. Guyton Is
a graduate Of the Agricultural and Ne
charicaI College Of Mississippi. he was
president and anniycrsaTian Of his So
ciety and the best debater in his class
lie vas captain OF Company 4 II the
military organization lie was gradual
/ Cd before the close OF his senior year in
college to enter the Spanish-AmeTican
war. When the war closed he returned
10 his home AMI was elected by an cnOr-
nous majority to represent his county
in the Legislature Al about the same
tine he received an appointment under
The civil service TO CleTkship- He &C
Iceptcd the clerkshlp and held the posi-
tion until the Legislature met He then
resigned his Government position and
served in the Legislature. When the
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