The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-22

y. Nqsten. chief clerk Al the .
the First Assistant Postmaster .
VINO has been in the depart /
several years. has had abund-
krtunity TO study human nature .
lricd work he has found there .
million varieties o. people
Is many varieties as individuals .
7gIasten has begun telling stories
- his extensive knowledge gained in +
- Postcf7ce business. He says that
everal years ago he was iE Columbia, .
rs. c.. and with Il friend was out IL +
hack seeing the town, of whose beauty
he had heard great deal The coloTed
driver was explaining things, and when
tremendous church was reached the
negro said 1t was the "coIored folkses
cboich-''
What sort Of q church," was asked .
1t was Baptist
What kind OF Baptist-Hardshell?'
asked the visitor. The reply was: NO,
jes' plain brick"
4 colossal specimen of gail was re-
ceived at the National L.-Se;sz;zn the 9th
er day, and the dignifed managers have
been having q lot Of decorous fun. a
man with d name built like Darwin
sent a circular on Application Of the
Law OF Variation in the Evolution OF
Man, and he wanted the best-informed
man in the museum 10 tell him If ii
vas OF value, saying that If il .was Of
value il should not be kept frOEa doing
its vast good TO the human race IN
explaining Why this specimen would De
voted on as q candidate Tor q front seat
IN the ancient history section q curator
said that the explanation OF variation
business had been settled fifty years
ago, and that II really did not make any
difference TO the law. ana the people had
no cause to care. It was further eN-
planned that the document was from
Philadelphia.
Extensive alterations are being made
in the document room Of the Agricul-
tural Department Documents are being
dumped at such rate that enlarge
ment of the room seems inevitable The
rush OF printed matter is unprecedented
Mr.. Nathaniel ShatsweII. CaretaEer Of
the museum of the Agricultural Depart
ment, has to listen TO more Taving than
any Of the museum people There is
larger collection OF rat and bug proof
fruit in his jurisdiction than anywhere
IL TIT WI H. anu q 10 ala EAt3JGElt III
view The wax apples and pears and
things make the people hungry. and they
have Mysteries al every showcase &
lot Of them refuse 10 believe that folks
can tx up things so nice. and regret the
loss Of opportunity 10 tell the people at
home about the fruit grown On the
Washington plantation The collection
OF dummy good things in the AgSicult;I-
raj museum is the best extant. and II
represents hard and faithful work OF eI-
perts for thirty years past.
Mr. Frank H. Hitchcock. the learned
and enterprising chief of the section Of
foreign markets, Department Of AEri-
culture, Is a man often sought By people
representing the business interests OF
the various sections His work is sup
posed to be largely that OF compilation.
but his answering department Is work
ing overtime. L is said that more n
quitfes are now made for the reports Of
foreign trade relations than for any 9th
er agricultural document. The number
OF publications on this line has been
largely increased.
The board en- geographic names has a
tough job in the work OF fixing up the
names Of the acquired foreign posses
sions for home consumption. The Phil
ippines. possess more hcathenish names
than all the African nations and though
the soldiers and OficehCldcrs IN the ISL
aDds use the ouJfandish names with
great gIibness the people AT home refuse
to have any dealings with nomenclature
until the thing is Anglicized-
Mr.. Ashley NJ Gould. United States
District Attorney for the District Of Co
Iurnbia, is known far beyond the con
fines OF Washington as lawyer and
speaker He has a reputation for care
fuI preparation for any task and his
conduct is marked by thorough rcadi-
ness at al points He has frequently
been called TO different States to make
speeches
In June Mr. Gould viii have an op-
portunity to make a speech IN one OF the
best and most peaceful towns in tcc
world He has been selected as the az
nual speaker at the commencement es.-
ercises OF Erslzine College. DUO West
s. c., and he has accepted. This college
Is under the cagis CT the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian Church. sometimes
called the Seceder Church ono o. the
small but powerful denominations. The
secedeTs are mostly confined 10 The
South and 10 Pennsylvania and Ohio. but
No denomination contributes more large
IL 10 good works OF is SO a511aetIv or
ganized- Il is claimed by This church
that II IS not a secession organ zz-f--
bur is the faithful successor Of the
CovenanUers- Erskile College is q