New-York tribune., 1903-06-15
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES

-l,e action last week Of the State College Oh Io""
-onferrfng the degree OF II. A on Robert D. a. -
.,ronr Assistant Secretary OF the IreasuI9- ei'
,.sgs ~ The story OF this officials success
n ras only few years ago that he was paslHs
-is Eay at the Iowa college by eonoucuhs nv
,oslergzrc experiments. This work is usually o',e
hy bees but Mr. Armstrong got the 9op' "'i,Sn -
him hour. At this lnsutuhto Ss;nc ~ rom
s1r he net with serious accident ll4a5 55,lafoI
distance Of sixty and landing in the
oelar friend yesterday. in speaking IL To-; ~ Cents
t-o-1y abont his college iob which paid him 10 cel
n hour remarked that if he put IN enoeg Isl fbaf
that rate 10 pay his way, y,,T J., ~d Lass a work
Tad meteoric career 81 COLLEGE. replied the GSe As
sant ,s SecrssFS ssior Rhaft I'm fact my was
unprecedented. for went through 'he -
less than twenty seconeS'
WIZ ANYBODY co Ny BAIL?-with frequent
arrests in the Postoffice Department and an ac're
-ae-fzet for bail bonds. the prospects Oh ha'ios0
-~,s-s have become so ailuring that numerous
.ondins companies are engaged IN the most az go
competition and watching pos'oihce ee''iOp
-7euts as closely as the representatives OF the pi
Several Of these companies have 0eUSeo the oet'it
-. ztth circulars setting forth the advantages OF
.l,e;- particular brand Of bonds, and every one o
r,,e Postmaster Genera! down. has recelNeu d -
r5ontial" letter offering to stand by hiih' io' ~
slderaton. in any emergency
ON Thursday some PLAYED cruel JOKE On "
.,,a,a HE ernpIoye from Wisconsin whose ihunacs
with Machen ct al and whose exploitation OF @ tile
stock of various concerns ORGANIZED iol 'Se - -,
eofe their patrons 10 acquire "0o@N-4
-apidIy have rendered him extra cauiioos;i snd
reusnaner men called The elderly clerk an
hnted that Brisow was ar 20 n nGIo he , grsbbed up
, bonding cornpanys circular ana posted on 80 ~
% neoessaTy preiifnnares securing bond for
ssoeo the event of his arrest Few houTs tes
agote5 m and this leaking through the department
sfternoon trying to run down the expected sensa-
tona arrest the rumor growing as tneg wen Tyi Il
i. half the clerks in the big building were NelSiiiS
nervous proSUalo'l
CRAFT. PLACES IN DEMAND.-The daily
evrosuree Of graft in the government service
eliminating as they did recently in the arrest or an
official OF the District of Columbia local admins
traaon for a s75GG0 defalcation- are beginning TO
make government positions bywords in the mouths
,of the tradespeople of the national capital. a
prominent caterer near the Postofice Department
has displayed in large letters on his window this
sign 70 which attention is attracted by 800 bih
rasted on the inside OF the glass: We will give
Posto1ce ~ to f Department or with the District gov
eminent, in which case we agree 10 , go ouI 3I It %
spend entire time in paving afternoon 70 pr pr
viii make overtures to buy out any or the best
newspapers in the country.
FOR LUCRATIVE HONEYMOONING.-Th uni
versal itch for public Office has been made more
acute fhan usual this summer by the advertising
the newspapers have given the opportunities lor get
ting rich quick through the possession OF clerlcal
positions in the postal service. and simple miiueu
persons in large numbers filing applications for
.xnected vacancies The fact that many family
has sen era representatives the government pay
rolls has led newly married couple at Mtcheh'
Kan. 10 devise scheme to corral o1nclal pIuIhs
simultaneously unaware of Uncle Sans rule TO
froxn on the proposition of driving tanoem On
government payrolls The husband has written Mr
Payne follows:
Postmaster General
Sir: If ] and my wife were to pass the ClRli ser
4io,,c for
possible for TO get a position TO work togelhef-
PosToFFICE POLITENESS-A New-York wom-
an has sprung a new issue involving the ethics OF
o45ciaIdom throughout the length and breadth of
the land. She is Nettie E. Knapp-she omits to IN
doate whether she is Miss or Mrs.-and she mas
sent to the Postoffce Department request for
formal ruling on the code Of politeness which
more or less exacting government is supposed TO
impose on its army officials and employees. May a
postmaster-be he hard pressed with the burdens of
official duties be he ensconced in idleness IN a
soft cushioned chair behind row Of postoftice
boxes-get hippant with his patrons and correspond
ents? VIII Uncle Sam tolerate the spectacle of
man who. charged with the duty Of upholding the
dignity of the greatest government on the face of
the earth refuses 10 lock pleasant please" and
play the role of Chesterfield? These the issues
involved in the Knapp letter A few days ago she
wrote TO the postmaster of Greenwich. Conn. ask
ing If a certain party received his mail at that
Office Would like immediate reply" she added.
was laconicaIly SO in the extreme. Fresh from the
Greenwich Office the letter returned TO Hopewel
Junction bearing the Endorsement IN lead pencil
20 X" Miss-or Mrs.-Knapp waxed exceedingly
wrathfui and sent the following Postmaster
General Payne:
Dear Sir: I would like ask you If 20 k is z
proper answer TO give from postmaster on my
asking him simple question you will find in the
Enclosed letter.
POLITICS AND BEANS-Dr. Edward Everett
Hale to Washington year 10 deliver
in the church in which he made his debut
tn the pulpit half century He spent part Of
mis- time during his recent visit here with friends
eminent in :he scientific and literary world. '.Dr
Hale" said Of them, II can give you a piece
of news IN which you. a Bostonian, should take
much interest It is that the worlds demand for
beans has become greater than the supply u
tknew it would some day the celebrated divine
reried "and this fact must be due TO the influence
Boston eXerts the world. We are the pioneer
bean eaters. Perhaps you aware that the
reason IT has taken mankind many centuries to
learn the worth of beans a food for human
beings is that the nations have unconSciously In
herited ancient prejudice against them. The
Fgvptans cultivated this lesllup extensively but
finally set them apart offering their
0eities. Pythagoras warned his disciples against
beans. Some historians declare that he imbbed
his doctrines concerning beans from the Egyptians
whom he haG been educated, but Aristotle
has another expanat ton he calls attention to the
act fflat N their voting the Romans used black
and white bears ballots. the Greeks used
oyster shells, from which get 'ostracize.' and
that Pyrhsgoras. IL CounSelling his followers
merely meaning that they should forsWear pol
tics. IL has taken centuries 10 overcome these
setting the example which has restored this whole
sarle food To its proper place in mans diet. has