The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-15

All cf the S 2 rcfessi ons Represented
BY Employees IN the PEN
sion 9 flee.

sion Office.
sstWAsHINGToN June 15.-That
the different departments Of the
government furnish means Of. employ.
ment$ to hundreds of men who haye
found it3impossible to succeed in
other lines of work for which they
fitted themselves Is shown by stats.
tics gathered by Chief Clerk William
H. Bailey, of the Pension Office. The
figures are highly Interesting and de-.
yelopl some strange facts. There
are 100 clerks in the Pension Blu.
reau, and the canvass was made for
the PURPOSE Of learning the former
occupation Of these employees. By
the canvass It is shown that Of these
i 1900, nearly 400 had prepared them.
selves for the professions OF law,
medicine and theology. In law the
humber Of graduates was 2G7, in med.
lcine 100. and In theology 20. The
literary world also had a fair sprink-
ling OF Pension Office employees. For
tyF clerks were formerly authors, 43
editors, IS editors and publishers, 27
printers, 155 correspondents and re.
porters, 3 proofreaders, SO magazine
writer's. and one lone individual, with
, long hair, acknowledged that he had
once been poet. OF the total mum,
Der of clerks, la are graduates from
either colleges or. universities. Mill
tary titles, are not an uncommon
!. thing In the Office. There are 1 ma
jor general. l adjutant general,
brigadier generals, s colonies Ono
counting those from Kentucky.
lieutenant colonies, IL majors, 4. A
Z captains, so lieutenants, 5 secon,
i lieutenants and an unlimited humble
: Of priyates. Added to this distinc
j. ton, the Pension Office has in Its EN-
!. ploy a number Of men who formerl,
;. belonged to State legislatures, al
+ though they acknowledge It in n
q Boosting way, and rather endeavor t
g hide the fact. Nine men there ar
I former members of the. House of ReI
. resentatives OF different States, an
. 4 ex-State Senator's likewise dra,
Il pay. Eighteen justices of the peace
3 8 county judges, Z probate judges,
i police judges and IL sheriffs help t
i. keep the peace in this government
!. department. In addition to this lis
10 of distinguished men now workin
II under civil service, and sure CT an IL
!. come each month, there are 81 TO
mer surgeons, bankers, G dentist
n and elocutionists. Evidently teacl
q. ing in the public schools Is not a
IN overly profitable occupation, for AZ
!, of the 1900 clerks In the Pensio
y Office were formerly engaged In thu
In profession, which with driving can;
=. boats. has furnished most of o,
presidents. The same percentage
"a regard TO employees who were fitte
J. for the different professions will hol
- good in all Of the other department
- so that whatever objection may |
- urged against the system in vogue,
cannot be denied that educated me
~ and women do good share Of Il
!, work.
err 1a - ~ .r
lat The National Geographic Magazi
1T, recently published some INTEREST,"
on facts in regard to the Island Of Qua
me now owned by the United Stat
la. Speaking of the forest vegetation
I'M, the island, 1t Is stated that amo
,an The trees Is one bearing fr
4 which, when pounded, makes
'ce, paste which has a decidedly into
of eating effect. The natives use
TO fruit of this common tree to stup
usi. fist, and then capture them. I
ess paste pounded from the fruit is
bile closed in bag and kept over mig
aud When the tide is low the bag
ties. pounded fruit is taken out on
on's reef the next morning and sunk i
a deep hole in the reef. This i'm
the diately attracts the fish, who eat
ting paste and become intoxicated or
ton piled, and they soon, appear on
in surface of the water, Some of II
! Of are almost lifeless, others attemr
red swim or struggle In The water '
clfc similar to the manner of a man
also, der the influence of liquor The
tier lives scoop them up in their ha,
in sometimes even diving for tn
/ an The sight of The fish on the surfac,
the the water is most striking, bece
are Eof the congIomeration of stra
heir shapes and bright coIors Of the
TIC Ash around Guam are OF