The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-24


head OF the expedition is Dr. c F. Gil
bert, and the men with him are experts
II various lines. They recently put into
port after cruise Of four weeks around
the Laysan Coast, where they not only
inspected the fish supply. but looked into
the possibilities IF harbOrs. They made
investigations OF tbs makeup OF the
bottom Of the oceaI thereab0uts and
sounded the depths all along.
These official fishermen discovered
many strange fish, and viii adopt among
other specimens from the indoIent
waters OF the Laysan q CarIniae-colored
FSh OF great beauty. They also will
bring back q new and strange siIvery
hlsh with tentacles. The men on the
Albatross will have more to tell when
they get hack than any OF the pilgrims
O the season.
When clerks in the departments get
To telling about their States some Gu
rious facts come out. Texans are al
ways allowed to have the floor. but the
smaller States do the Mark TapIev act
and come out strong" sometimes. The
clerks II State Department division
the other day had their breath taken
away recently by an audacIous man
from Rhode Island who unblushingly
declared that his State. no bigger than
Texas township. had Wild regions
sandWiched among TIE cities. In proof
ne produced this description of a neigh
borhood with which he is familiar:
An ambitious relic of expired pros
lcrlty IS road in the township Of Exc
ter, passing almost in a straight line
through the State TO the Connecticut
DoTdeF. Il bears locally the resonant
title Of The Kings Highway and. in
he traditions o. the town. dates back TO
COIonlal days and an order Of one of
The English Georges who fixed the high
way throughout at ten reds Wfde-a tale
WHICH reference to historical authori-
Ties Of the State fails as vet. TO con
hTIn- But the Kings Hiehway-the An
pan road OF the regiCn-besTs traces of /
cid rural grandeur. It's alignment is
stTaighter. along il the relics Of extinct
homes cluster more thiczIy. and here
ana there one can mark al. original ten
roo layout which has resisted encroach- +
ment- For the rest II IS merely a wild I.
country highway, with its roadbed-Iiza I
the others in widest Rhode Island +
-alrly well maintained. and the hard 4
ened and smoother sideway testifyinz to
the parvasive bicycle"
An old employe OF the AGRICULTURAL
Department has many things TO tell of
the happenings there for many years
past Congressman who are vitaIlv in
teTested IN the department at times have
contributed to the amusement Of the
employees as vel as to their trouble and
labor The OLD empioye said that one Of
me most irate Congressman he ever saw
vas member from a North Carolina
statesman got over early one morning
.n election year and told a tale Of woe.
ne mad lot of constituents. he SAID. :
who must have some seeds He was s
ANXIOUS to the point that he feared If
seeds we're not obtained either he or the
people would perish. The trouble was. :
however that he had drawn his quota J
he week before He was green and had {
2esn the victim! CT tho PAGES He had
lI7ed two 20 mail cut the seeds. and
hey had torn Up the list and sold the [
eecs 10 ether Congressman The A-rth =
-aToiInlan got back 10 Congress. but a
vas somewhat wiser ever after {
Ar- O. J. Ricketts,, private secretary ]
C Public Printer Palmer Is printer C
y trade, and IS one Of the NAM. men j:
i the craft who have risen by reason
= worth and an attractive personality.
II hickeJts Is one OF the lights OF the ! o
Illinois contingent in Washington and o
: hailed everywh here as a good fellow ?
'eW men have more intimate relations
; IN the Senators and Representatives
ban does Mr. Ricketts, Il
Mr. George p Chamberlain. Of =
Georgia, who is in the Office Of the Au- 70
ltOr Of the War Department. is q cIe~k q
10 has had rapid rise in the Treas
y He was recently promoted for q
cod work
Facts Of more than usual interest ap- -
ear IN the record Of Gen T J Whit. Of ".
le regular army. recently promoted 10 h
le rank OF bTigadier general Il Illus
'ates the great possibilities OF The T.
Dung man in this county. and tells
striking manner OF the prevalence ~
The standard OF merit IN official life.
General Whit has twice risen from tEc =
INKS n the army CT the United States / =
st N the civil war and then in the 7.
s'llaT army. He was quite young when =.
e war broke cut, and enlisted as mi |
IKE IN a Pennsylvania regiment If -
VARY He was in many battles and y
s conduct came to the notice Of rF7a ~,
hcers- At the end Of The war he y-ae -
lieutenant, having reached the position 80
rough service in every pest r7-7e- -
at Shortly after the war he went -
20 The regular army as q private and
IS oeen n the army since He rose
rough the successive grades until ne =
IS reached the present rank TIa hos az
rived on the frontier and in the phil Te'
pines, and is most thorough sorFie- of
d able officer fCc
Air- Jacob Adams. Of the folding -o,r7 Gel