The Forrest City times., 1910-09-30
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cudes some of the greatest scientists of the United States and in it's nonresident member ship. some of the greatest scientists of the world
 There botanists. astronomers, ornithoIo siss. and. in fact scientists of all kinds and de scriptions, to be found nightly in the great. sweeping parlors of the clubs quarters. There is just as much hospitality and jollity in the club to be found in the of any social organization in the woTld-and learning besides there. also. In order to be member of the Cos club you must have something besides money and social standing. It is probable that there are many members of other organizations in Washington, who would be willing to throw their memberships into the deep sea. if the act would buy for them admittance into the club of these scientists.
 The headquarters of the Cosmos club are in the old Dolly Madison" residence It was there that the widow of President Madison lived and held social sway for years after the death of her husband. During the Civil war, for time. Admi- raj Wilkes lived in the Madison house It Wilkes who took Mason and Slidell from the Brit fish steamer Trent and thereby nearly brought on war between the United States and Great Britain at time when such might have insured ultimate victory to the Confederate arms
 The biological survey of the United States government has lost the services of Dr. C. Hart Merriam who for years the surveys chief. and who in the early days worked so hard to make theseryiee what he succeeded in making il, one of the most useful departments of govern ment. pr. Merriam has accepted the direction Of the Hartman Foundation for Geological Re search Mrs. Hartman the widow of l.. II. liar rtman. the great hnancer and railroad man. has carried out the wishes of her husband, and has Set aside a large sum Of money to be used for purposes of geological study. Acting unQueston ably in line with her husbands wishes, Mrs. liar riman requested Dr. Merriam to take charge of the work
 Ii is probable that the former chief of the bio logical survey is the foremost authority in the United States in matters pertaining to certain lines of natural history work. It was Dr. Mer- riam. more than any other man, to whom Thee dore Roosevelt went for advice about the scope of his expected work in Africa. The doctor and the colonel have been friends since bovhood: when In New York state both pursuing brl studies and exchanging letters on general sup 1ects of natural history
 These words about Dr. Merriam and the liar riman Geological Foundation lead to tell a story about the late fnancier, which perhaps will throw some light side of hs life con cerning which most people probably know little One year last winter I went south from Washington, bound for Augusta. Ga. with friend. F. H Harriman's private car was at tached to the train at one of the stations the way It happened that my friend was a close per sonal acquaintance of MT. Hartman. and he invited to dine with the fnancer on his private and told to bring his friend with him. provided the friend would like to come
 There were several men of large affairs at that little dinner party one of the guests being the president of one of the greatest railroad systems fin the world. The conversation natu- rally was about big affairs of the financial world concerning which l knew very little and am free to confess. cared much less, After hearing a good deal about certain things concerning which the discussion more or less uninteIi- gible to me, 1 yentured to break into the conver. sation and to tell MT Hartman that had such of the journals of the Hartman Alaska Expedl- ton. as already had been published, and more over. that had read them
 For the next two hours I had ample evidence that F. II. Hartman cared for something besides railroads. Ten or twelve years before he had