Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Have you ever listened to the CONVERSE
ton between two people who simply can't
speak one English sentence correctly and
yet were evidently born and brought up in
this country and with every opportunity to
acquire an education?" asked the man who
notices things of an acquaintance on a
street car the other day, Il rode out to a
suburban resort last night to get cool, and
coming in l sat behind a couple. a young
fellow and a girl, whose dialogue was one
continuous stream of misused words and
bad grammar.
""There an't nothing like dancing, Is
they?" quered the gallant.
Nope. but amt stuck on these kind or
public places .. gao.
"'You've got a more heightened disposi-
ton than most girls have got
"Quit you kiddin. 1 amt stuck up just
because | don't care about mlxln with
common bunch
"'Them fellers I introduced you to was
all right. wasn't they?' -r,... -...-...-...
"'Sure. But they wasn't nothin' SWELL
was they?
No they wasn't swell. but there wasn't
nothin' the matter with 'em. is therer
"T amt presuming there was. But they
didn't lust somehow seem right to me. l
like fellers that act like they was gentle
men In any circumstances
'What'd they do that wasn't like
gentleman oughter?'
all One of EN- tried to get soft and begun
to talk about love- and the others wasn't
any too preserved.
''And" continued the observer, II had to
listen to that hash-house dialect all the way
into town. 1t was enough to keep Moan
Webster spinning around in his grave ike
an electric fan.
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hoe
Gently declared that the works of the corps
Of scientists of his department will save for
the people of this country many millions
of dollars" recently said one Of the dis
tingulshed men who labor for the upbuid-
ing of the agricultural interests Of the
nation THE fact Is. the farmers Of the
country do not need to be told Of the great
benefits that this work Is achieving FOR
them They constantly have incidents in
their lives that demonstrate the practical
benefit OF the series of experiments that
have covered many years since this insttu-
ton was founded $780,.
"Some of the results that have been &C
complished are astounding even to the men
who are engaged in the work. 1 recall one
case that occurred some years ago that
illustrates the kind of discoveries that are
made for the benefit of the agrtculturists.
1t was at time when the orange industry
Of California was at Its height, or. at least.
very nearly what 1t has grown to be at
this Tune. Nnat Is KNOWN as inc Huteu
scale appeared in the groves there, and 1t
spread rapidly. Some of the most valuable
of the groves were practically destroyed,
and the whole industry seemed to be
doomed. ., E.
"You can we'll understand the feeling Of
the people who had fortunes in orange
groves when they saw this deadly plant
disease advance. When 1t began to be dis
astrous scientists went to work ear
nestly endeavoring to find a means Of check
ing the spread OF the disease. They were
troubled by finding that in no place In the
world did the f1uted scale become deadly
as in California. They found 1t in Italy.
but there It was not serious enough to do
material damage to the trees After long
and careful examination they traced the
introduction OF the futed scale in Califor-
MIA to some trees that had been imported
from Italy, and then they transferred their
labors to the orange groves Of that country
in order to discover the reason for It's more
deadly nature when developed in California.
'"They were finally rewarded by finding
that certain insect In Italy lives on the
fluted scale and keeps 1t from fourishng
the problem was not difficult. The scale
had been brought to this country without
the parasite. They introduced the parasite
from Italy into the groves Of California.
and from that day the scale was conquered
so far as its deadly effects were concerned
The benefit to California and to the nation
at large by that one discovery saved many
millions OF dollars and paid for the entire
expense Of the Department of Agriculture
from its inception"
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Capt. links OF the horse marines who
fed his horse on pork and beans. is no
longer a mythical creature to be classed
with the centaur and the hfppogrin In
volume XII Of the decisions of the con-
troiler of the treasury, covering the period
from June. 1905 to June, 1893. there an
pears on page 757 the following ruling:
An officer of the United States Marine
Corps is entitled to mounted paw for the
performance of special duty In the office
or the commandment. which required him
to be mounted II the commandment certifles
that such duty required him to be mounted
and he was actually mounted at his own
expense"
This decision was given on a claim of
Capt. X. s. Hooker Y. s. NJ. c., in ac-
cordance with an order issued to him
May l. 1906 beginning, You will report
TO the hrisadier general commandment, u s.
NJ. c.. for special duty In his office This
duty REQUIRES you to be mounted"
The decision does not specify the diet
OF the steed. whether grain and hay or
the traditional pork and beans OF.
4 u y
When an impecunious government clerk
with family to support aspires for years
TO the ownership OF a real Panama hat and
finally. after economizing on the rest of his
summer wardrobe. realizes his ambition, II
surely Is the limit OF hard luck to lose the
long-coveted article the day after its pur-
chase. But such was the stern decree OF