The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-25


positions throughout the country. At the
Worlds Fair nine years ago Air. Wind
sor's work won him two diplomas. and
durinE the Buffalo Exposition he was
sent by the Navy Dep. -tm.ut TO care for
its exhibit there Ma Windsor makes
models OF war vessels aud Othcr boats
employed by the Government and has
exeeuJgt scrle very clever pieces uf work.
he IS Gr present ar WORK ON thr NAVY
Department latest models. which arS
being prepared -or rh. Charleston ENpo-
sl-cc-
MI Charles Nea-mac. a we'll known
clcrk or -,e Pension CHce. has rreeatly
rsla-aea fron a l-l3 TO Ecrcpr. AIr
Ns4--a1 na~ Been cce-eelet wt5h tce
Pension E'lrea1 lcr che past Ten wears.
and ~ls z- one tl-- chic. %. ere roeElcaI
division tic rs also Prominently lsuti-
TED wi-h church circles - tcs District.
aud while In Eurore made q tour OF the
Holy Land Tor The purpose 81 Gathering
data Tor lectures 20 his Bible classes
Without iursrteriEG IN any way with
his official duties. Nr. Yta-mau conducts
the law department CT the Georgetown
University This in itself is work enough
Tor one man TO handle. but Mr. Yeatman
has abundant energy and Is lawyer OF
no mean ability
Mr.. J. Morrill, ChambcrIin. cashier in
The Office of the Collector OF Taxes. stat
cd Saturday that the first bill under the
new 6 per cent Law was received Friday.
These bills come under the act Of Feb
ruary 15, 1891, which provides that all
arrears bills prior TO 1899 can be paid
with per cent interest in lieu OF all
other penalties and costs All persons
owing taxes in arrears can be greatly
benefited by this act. which will remain
in force until December 81, 1902
Major James Albert Clark. Of the Blu
reau OK immigration, Treasury Depart
ment. is noted as a lecturer Of ability.
During several years experience upon the
platform he has on every occasion drawn
large audience Of the intelligent thinkers
OF the day. On Sunday evening last he
delivered before the Pan-Irenic Assocla-
tion most interesting lecture on Per
sian Thought as Expressed by the Ba-
biste." For over an hour Major Clark
held the undivided attention Of a most ap-
preciatiVe audience, covering the ground
in a manner that show, q a most exhaus-
tive research in the ancient wisdom CT the
East.
Major Clark is man OF striking per-
sCnality. having a magnetism that at
tracts to MIN a host OF friends and ad-
mirers in private life as well as in his
capacity as a public speaker.
During the past thirLy-fiye years he has
been a close student OF such writer's as
Max Muller, Ernest HaeckeI Huxley and
Brtnton- Following the paths bIazed b.
these eminent thinkers Major Clark has
become an exponent Of the leading phil
osophical subjects Of the times and in his
search Tor the truth has delved deep into
archaeology and all kindred subjects per
tanning 70 man and his environments.
Captain Isaac B. Thatcher. OF the Ger
tidcate division Of the Pension Office, has
a visitor at his home In the person Of
Mr. J. Newton Thatcher, who attracts
more than ordinary attention as he passes
along the streets.
4 veritable giant is Mr.. Thatcher. ex-
Ceeding In size many OF the So
called prCdigies that have been exhibited
throughout the country during the last
twenty years. He is a trine under seven
feet IN height. weighs 20 pounds ana is
so well proportional that It is hard TO
realize his great size until compared with
person Of average stature, then the con-
trast is startling. Mr.. Thatcher wears q
number eight and a hat hat. a number
fourteen shoe, and his hands are twice
the size Of those Of an ordinary man lie
owner Of the famous North Mountain fruit
farm near Martinsburg. located on what is
known as Apple Pie Ridge" This farm
has been in uninterrupted possession Of
the Thatcher family for 200 years and the
apples grown here are in demand through
the East During the civil war Mr..
Thatcher, then a lad. served as teamster
in the Union army operating in the She
nand0ah Valley, and many are the feats
of prCdigiOus strength recorded by his
comrades. Often wagon heavily loaded
would mire to the hub 10 the badly cut
up roads. when young Thatcher coming TO
the rescue. would put his hands 90
wheel and bodily lift the whole outfit
from the mud as easily as II il had been
a toy.
Within the past week Cupid has claim
cd Two popular lady clerks OF the Gov
eminent Printing ONCE Wednesday last
Public Printer Palmer received the reaig-
nations Of Misses PETER and Chandler,
who are the bTfdes-tO-be.
Miss Mary Daniel. well-kuOwn clerk
Of the Government Printing ONCE, is Sc
riously IN at her home on Z Street north
west. Miss Daniel has been in the Gov