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THE EVEN SG STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897-16 PAGES. Wash. B. Williams, — Furniture, &e 7th and_D Sts. Carpets Way Under Real Worth! We realize that it fs annsual to bay vets at this season of the year—hence sake you buy now It is “gnusual™™’ Tow as evidenced by 55° 65° O0* in onder te 1 Rrnsssels. |. laid and Brussels. and Hned to- ‘Tapestry Tn Brussels. lined to- Rody Body Brossels. prrow for. ° 1 assortment of Rugs, in rich lor effects, at half their real worth. WASH. B. | WILLIAMS, Furniture, etc., 7th & D sts. ' Headquarters for Trunks & Bags And Travelers’ Goods of All Kinds - at LOWEST PRICES. BECKER’S, Fine Trunks, Harness, &c., °9°'Phone 1636. “That Reminds Me in air all day the rippe or cold has it grow we A little 00D WHISKY will ‘break up’ any ff taken in time. RUT PRIVATE WHISKY is a whisky for hom It's pure, old, rich sind mellow." Full quart bottles, only $1. Magruder «Co. Two Stores, & Y. aw and M'st. an ave eee /KEATING ‘BICYCLES are winning fresh laurels — every day. 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Samples of this wonderful new remedy were sent to leading physicians in the United States, and they were requested to test it in their prictice, notably’ with a view of discovering its proper- ties as a cure for that dread dis- ease—CONSUMPTION. During the next seven years over two thousand physicians of standing investigated TERRA- LINE, tested it in their practice and reported over their signa- tures the results of their obser- vations. It was found that TERRA- LINE was a positive and almost unfailing cure for all LUNG TROUBLES, severe COUGHS, COLDS and PNEUMONIA. It was found that it was a wonderful strength- ener and builder up of the s) tem and that in WASTING DISEASES its’ effects ap- proached the marvelous. Sut greatest triumph of ail, it was found that TERRALINE would cure CONSUMPTIC if taken in time, and that the earlier stages of this disease were checked immediately that its use was begun. After this term of probation, during which the best physi- cians were freely offered the opportunity of satisfying them- selves of the extraordinary na- ture of this discovery, and who just as freely availed themselves of it, it was decided to no longer limit the spread of its fame to the practice of physicians, but to make public to the world at large its remarkable qualities. The fact that Terraline is not a patent medicine is very plain. Teraline is a pure product of Mother Earth herself, refined and prepared for use by man, and it comes before the public indorsed and recommended by many of the greatest physicians of the age. 4 ‘Terralinefor Consumption’ It Of Druggists Only. He Didn't Want: Much. From the Atlanta Constitution ot Es “Say, kernel,” he said as he walke@ :nto the editor's office and stamped about: forty pounds of mud off his boots against the legs of the stove, “I sorter thought I'd take yer paper ef you'd do the square thing. “Why, of course, we are always glad to accommodate our subscribers.” “Well, here's a little obituary of Aunt Kalline—hit’s jes’ ten pages o’ foolscap an” won't make much, I reckon.’ “We'll print it.” “An you'll send forty copies of the pa- per to this ‘ere ist 0’ relatives, won't you?” —_— es. ‘An’ nex’ week my.daughter Serilly is goin’ to git married. reckin you'll print a hull lot about that “Of course. That's news.”" “an’, say, I've got one o° the finest young shotes you ever have saw. I want you to cum out some day an’ write up hit.” “I shail be glad to do so.” “You ain’t got a dozen er two ole maga- zines whut you've dun read a layin’ eround hanay, hev you?” “Yes, here's three or four.” “Thanky. Jes’ put me down fer three months, an’ I'll hand you the quarter ‘long this fall some time —__—_- —— Hard to Please. From the New York Tribune. “The weather is very trying for every- body,’ said the physician. “Yes,” replied Mr. Meekton. “I don't see how my wife is gcing to bear up. under it. When the sun doesn’t shine it gives her the blues, and when it does indlage the cageee™ she says it's LINCOLN’S SPECIAL CAR It Was an Ironclad, Made in 1864 at Alex- andria. Bought by T C. Durant for the Union Pacific, It Was for a Time Used by « Track Gang. In an obsture ccrner of the Union Pa- cific car shops in Omaha, in a dilapidated and abandoned condition, stands a truly historic relic, known as the “Lincoln car.” Its sides are cracked and weather-beaten, and the glass in its windows and the brass railings on its platforms are long ago gone. All the compartments ard sumptuous in- terior furnishings and decorations have been removed, and it stands like a barren, decaying hulk of its once proud self. From its former prominent association with Pres- ident Lincoln, both during the later years of his life and then after his death, it would seem the car deserves a better fate than to rot in neglect and obscurity. This car was built specially for Mr. Lincoln in the United States military car shops at Alexandria, Va., in 1864, by B. P. Lam- ason, master car builder, and was certain- ly one of the handsomest private railway coaches in its day. It was used by the President repeatedly in his visits to the Army of the Potomac down in Virginia, and also to New York and Philadelphia. The Lincoln car is forty-two fect long by eight and a half feet wide, and during the time Mr. Lincoln used it was divided in three compartments. It was entered by a door in the corner, which opened into a narrow passageway. extending the entire length of the car along one side. From this passageway doors opened into each one of the three private rooms. The room in one end of the car was considerably larger than the others, and was furnished with a large sofa and reclining chairs. The small rooms were also provided with sofa and reclining chairs, although some- what inferior to those in the large room. This larger compartment constituted Pres- ident Lincoln's office and study, and is where he entertained his guests and trans- acted business with officials of the govern- ment and generals of the army. The sofa is a combination affair, and was made of unusual length to accommodate the elong- ated form of the President. It was used as a sofa or lounge during the day, and at night could be adjusted into a double bed. Peculiarly Built. ‘The car was considered in that day a triumph of the car builder’s art. The walls of each of the compartments were padded with rich corded crimson silk upholstery. reaching half wey to the ceiling, and the frieze of the President's room was deco- rated with painted panels of the coats-of- arms of the different states of the Union. ‘The car was ironclad, armor being set in between the inner and outer walls, rend ne it bullet proof. This added considera- bly to its weight, so much so that its build- ers thought it necessary to mount it on six- wheeled trucks. Just after the close of the war the gov- ernment put a great amount of its railway mategal that had been used in the prose cution of the war into the hands of an auc ticn firm in Cincinnati, and among it w the Lincoln car. Sidney Dillon, who w then at the head of Union Pacific affair: was directly responsible for its purchase. For a long time after its arrival in Omaha the car was a great curiosity, both on ac ecunt of its connection with the mariyr President and also for the reason that it was then considered the fin coach that had ever been and many thousands of people v! shops for the purpose of seeing it. _Late in 1892 a compazy of men from New York sent an agent to Omaha with a view of negotiating a purchase of the ear, in- tending to exhibit it at the world's fai Satisfactory terms with the Union Pacific people could not be made, however, and the project was abandoned. The agent de- sired to have proof of the authenticity of the car from the railway officials. Bought by the Union Pacific. Mr. I. H. Congdon, for many years mas- ter mechanic of the Union Pacific railway, in a lengthy letter on thé subject to Mr. E. L. Lomax, general passenger agent of the road, said: “The femous car was brought to Omaha in 1566, and was purchased for the Union Pacific by T. C. Durant. Sidney Dillon manifested great interest in the car in the early days of the road. I was in charge of the locomotive department of the Great Western railroad of Dlinols, at Springfield, during the war, and was there at the time President Lincoln's remains were brought there. The car had been used as the fu- neral car, and stood in the railroad yards during the time that Lincoin’s body lay in state dt the Capitol building, and we had an opportunity of examining it closely. “I remember identifying it as the same car when it came here in 1866. When first brought to Omaha it was used as a private car by the directors, but on account of its extreme weight and the manner in which it was mounted, it rode so poorly that they soon abandoned ft. I have been over ihe road with Mr. Dillon in the Lincoln car and heard him speak of it as being the one that the President used during the war, and in which his remains were brought to Springfield. Mr. 8. H. H. Clark, now pres- ident of the Union Pacific, stated to me 2 good many years ago that Mr. Dillon de- sired some of the furniture taken out of the car and sent to New York, and I saw that his request was carried out. The ca> was bullt as nearly as possible to suit Mr. Lincoln’s ideas, and waz so peculiar in construction as to give it individual char- acteristics. ‘This famous old car will form the central figure of the transportation exhibit of ‘he trans-Mississippi and international exposi- tion of 1898 at Omaha. For a time the car was used to house a track gang. It shows the wear of hard use, ard unless carefully preserved in the fu- ture will go to pieces before many years. —_—__ SOME LATE NEW THINGS. Recent Inventions Which Have Been Introduced to the Public. From tie Chicago News. ‘The use of a crossed drive chain, running over a driving pulley and an adjustable idler pulley and then around a pair of drums attached to the front and rear axles of the car, to be used instead of toothed gearing in propelling the car, has just been patented. The power used is electricity. An invention which will prove useful to ticket agents or any one having a large pumber of tickets to be disposed of rap- idly ts a case to hold the tickets, in the side of which is a spring slide, which, when pushed toward. the end of the box, brings the tickets-out through a slot 6ne at a time, one side wall of the box being held by springs in order to keep the tickets pressed against the side. One of the most novel excavating ma- chines of recent date has been patented by a North Dakota man and consists of two immense earth augers, attached to a port- able upright frame and operated by power, the augers bringing the earth to the sur- face, where it can be shoveled to one side. When the excavation !s deep enough the machine is moved forward to a rew section of ground. Another style of the same ma- chine has a horizontal auger for boring under street crossings, etc. ‘To prevent corrosion of collar buttons by contact with the neck, a recently patented button fas tke back made of cork. A reversible mail bag receiver and deliv- erer, for use on single track railroads, has an upright rod placed in the center of the ear docrway, which can be turned in either direction by the mail clerk, the upper por- tion having an arm for catching the mail bag and the lower part a projecting hook to deliver a bag to a receiver at the side of the track, the action catching the bag on the upper arm and releasing the bag on the lower arm. coo A Married Man, Himself. From Puck. “I should like to go to my mother-in- Jaw’s funeral this afternoon, sir,” said the beokkeeper to the “old man.” “So should I,” replied the proprietor, as he turned to his desk again. —_~+-«-____. ‘The Proper Method. From the Chicago Record. “Do you lose many valuable books lending them?” 0: “No: L always lend the books that I to want ited the ] CIVIL SERVI§K AND THE NEGRO. Robert H. Ter#€N Tells W Done for the Race. Mr. Robert Hyferrell, the well-known colored lawyer of this city, read a paper Tuesday night before the Bethel Literary Association on “€lvil Service Reform as a Government Polley.” Mr. Terrell gave a most interesting G#storical review of civil service reform, both in this country and England, and ae the system vigor- t It Hi ously and logica}ly. He showed that civil service reform afd good government were inseparable, and laid special stress on the fact that by. the civil service law more bright and capable young colored men had gotten into the ‘public service without po- litical imfluence than could ever have hoped to get in through the old “spoils system” with the support and backing of the poli- ticians. Among other things Mr. Terrell said: “There is no government so difficult as that of a great city, and when the problem cf municipal management is once sclved, it will not be a hard task to find a way to administer properly the govern- mental functions of a great state or coun- try. The corruption in the government of the state of New York ts infinitesimal in comparison with that of its chief city and great metropolis. One may say the same thing of Boston and Massachusetts, of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, of Balti- more and Maryland, and of Chicago and Illinois. As the functions of government grow in extent, importance and complexity, it becomes a matter of prime necessity for men to devise measures to administer them with honesty, with ability and with com- petent knowledge. It is the duty of every citizen who has his country’s welfare at Peart to demand that its public offices, military, naval and civil, should be intrust- ed to persons who are likely to give to the people the best attainable service. To ob- tain dignified place in the military and naval branches of our government, one must give evidence of the fact that he has had mental drill and discipline of the highest order. For entrance into the civil service there ought to be as well some fair and just test of the competency and ability of the person seeking place. The civil ser- vice is the chicf service with us. We should not bestow upon it the minimum of care, when we expect to derive from it the maximum of benefit. “In this country the ‘spoils system’ had its birth in the great state of New York. There it has ‘flourished like the green bay tree,” running riot with the patronage. It has enriched some and pauperized others; it has sent many to the prisons and many to the felon’s grave; it has not elevated the character of the people, nor has it helzed the tone of the community. Indeed, those who have followed events in New York city for the last twenty years know that Tammany Hall has been much like the fabled upas tree, withering and blighting all that came under the influence of its deleterious atmosphere. Civil service re- form has been forced to stand up against all kinds of opposition—an obstinate ignor- nee, a fierce party spirit, and the despot- ism of ‘busses’ intrenched in tradition and prejudice. It has been touched upon and attacked as no other good principle has ever been. The spoilsman, the cynic and the pessimist have met it with acrid epi- thet and contemptuous jeer, admirably cal- culated to bring it into bad repute. But, on the other hand, the substance and intel- ligence of the country, the reformer and the simple, honest expounder of common sense have done all they could to root it deeply in kindly soil. Civil service reform gets badly shaken up sometimes, even in Congress. But ft is natural that some re- action of feeling must appear now and then. The late George William Curtis once said, ‘There are always bats and owls over- taken by the rising sun, but despite their blinking and hooting and fluttering, the sun goes marching On.’ The conservatisms of the past aré deud ideals that cannot thwart the springing ideals of the present The people of this country will never be bidden to the obseaules of civil service re- form as long a& American sentiment re- mains pure enough ;to demand that the public interests be protected from the rav- ages of party spirit, and from the mad tu- muit of party passion that whirls itself over our country once in every four years.” In the audienée were a large number of prominent coloréd nien from all parts of the country, many of whom discussed the pa- per. Among those present were Senator B. K. Bruce, Mrz Jom R. Lynch, Mr. Jud- son Lyons of Georgia, member of the re- publican national. committee; Bishop B. W. Arnett of Ohio, Bishops Gaines and Holsey of Georgia, Préfesscr W. S. Searborough of Willberforca University, Professor R. R. Wright of Georgia, Josiah T. Settle, esq., of Memphis, -Tenn.; J. C. Napier, esq., Nashville, Tenn.; M. W. Lawson, Willis, ‘Texas; Charles Leavell and Robert Harlan, jr., of Cincinnati; Representative Geo. W Murray, Rey. H. C. C. Astwood of Pennsyl- vania, Rev. Hatfield Dickerson, Newark, J.; Mr. Stanley Ruffin, Johnson Ramsey and Dr. Samuel Courtney of Boston, Mas: George Jones of Helena, Ark.; Dr. J. R. Crossland of St. Joseph, Mo., and Dr. Wal- ton of Columbia, S. C. L. M. Hershaw of the land office presided. >— WITHOUT STOP. The Cornwall Express Travels From London to Exeter Without a Pause. From the New York Herald. ‘The longest regular daily run made with- out a stop by any railway train in the world has just been placed on the schedule of the Great Western railway of England. It is made between Paddington station, in London, and Exeter, a distance of 104 miles, in three hours and thirty-six min- utes, by what is knewn as the Cornwall express. It is remarkable not so much owing to the time, as for the fact that not a stop is made from one end of the run to the other. There have been longer runs made without a stop, but they have been made by special and not regular trains. The average speed attained by the Corn- wall express when making this run is 7 miles an hour, although, owing to a pecu- lar construction of the road at Bristol, 118 miles from London, the train is obliged to slow down to a speed of ten miles an hour. This express train is composed of six long coaches, a tender and engine. An American would call it a vestibule train, but the English prefer to call the cars “bogie clerestoried corridor coaches,” bogie being a term applied to the trucks. They are fully as heavy as an ordinary drawing room car, each one weighing about forty- seven thousand pounds, while the train without the engine and tender is eighty- one tons, making the total weight of the train as it rushes along on its long run two hundred and twenty-one tons. 2 During the run it is necessary to take water for the engine twice. This, however, does not necessitate any stop, as it ts taken up from a trench beside the track as the train speeds along at nearly a mile a min- ute. The engine which draws this essentially “through train” {s a curious-looking, pon- derous affair, quite unlike any locomotive LONGEST RUD side a single hugg driving wheel, seven feet eight inches in diameter, while what must by comparison be termed the small wheels of the engine, six in number, known as trailers, are four feet six Inchés in diame- | ter. ‘The water tak of the engine holds 30,000 galions, and when Yianing at full speed there is a steam pressure of 160 pounds to the square inch, whije there is a heating surface of 1,501 jsquare fect. Each day the run is made, the train leay- ing. Paddington station at 10:25 o'clock in the morning, and it never fails to roll into Se Davin station. in Hacter. exactly on time. The tim ed by the schedule for this run a nO allowance for delays of any kind. Efrn t¥e time lost in going over the loop around Bristol and the neces- sity of slowing gown when going through Bath Is not allowed for. i Protect Yourdrif in Time—A Lesson From the Cléveland Inauguration. Who will not remember the severe and stormy weather encountered during the last Inaugural cers menies, and the long lists of deaths following it from grip, pneumonia-and kindred diseases, caussd by the exposure thousands subjected themselves to at that time. eerie, McKinley ceremonies this week Washing. fon entertains a larger number guests tl ev before attended similar events. sie! It is wail that history repeats Itself, and there are many of ua who from past experiences most admit the truth of such. a statement. ‘This season of the year is subject more to sudden chaoyes than is the midst of wintér—hence the absolute neces- of extra precautions against them. , ent persons, therefore, will provide them: elves with a ‘of Benson's Porous Plasters to guard against their ill effects. only porous plasters containing powerful and cura- tive medicinal ingredients, worn as directed rance of a upon the wrapper upon she "tiest symptoms of colds, influenza, etc., a! t Prevention agatnat pneumonia, ‘dhecases, End quicker cure than -any other external retedy: and kindred Benson's have become 2 univ ‘thi thelr reliability ara highly te pow aes ie pon rheumatism, h ‘sciatica, bles, kidney Only: the genuine effective. Price, 20 cents. [ . 3 & seen on American. roads. It has on either | A FIND OF RARE VALUE The Only Astec Manuscript Now in America. Unearthed by a Laborer While Dig- ging a Trench—Story of the Find and Description of the Relic. The archaeological museum at the Ohio State University has been enriched by a find of great rarity and value. A fortunate chance has placed it in possession of an Aztec manuscript, the fifth so far known to be In existence in the entire world, and the only one now in America, the others all be- ing in European museums. On September 2 last a laboring man of Fairfield, Iowa, in the employ of the water works of that city, while engaged in ex- cavating, brought to light what was ap- parently an ordinary chunk of wood, ex- cept that its surface was incrusted with a coating of pitch. The object was found about three feet below the surface, the di- mensions being a foot in length by eignt inches in width and five or six inches in thickness. A stroke with the pick caused it to break open, revealing a space that had been scooped out of the center, in which lay a roll of birch bark, covered on one side with strange-looking hieroglyphics. From the description Prof. Moorehead of the Ohio State University concluded that the find was nothing less than an Aztec manuscript, and with the instinct of the true archaeologist, his fingers itched to get hold of the treasure. The relic was finally forwarded to the Ohio Archaeological So- ciety. The Manuscript. The bark is of extreme thinness and is of the character which was ordinarily em- ployed by the Aztecs in their writings. The hieroglyphics are made with red pigment and remain fresh and distinct. The natural color of the bark is also well preserved. ‘The three pieces into which the manuscript is divided are from three to four inches long and from’ two to three inches wide. A gleam of light is thrown upon the manuscript in question by Prof. Moorehead. It is no doubt of a religious significance. The circle of spots which surrounds the human figure on the center fragment is known to be the sun symbol. The figure is evidently meant to signify a priest of the sun or a chief protected by the sun. On the upper fragment is a house-like figure which denotes a temple. The semi-circle of spots above it shows that it is a templé of the sun. As to the probable age of the manuscript, it cannot be less than 400 years. At the time of the Spanish conquest in 1500 the Aztec civilization in Mexico was stamped out, their records were destroyed by the fanatical priests and no vestige of their nationality allowed to remain. ‘All the lit- erature as far as known except the few fragments of which mention has been made was sacrificed. ‘No writing was done by the Aztecs after they were crushed by the Spanish conquerors. How much the manuscript in question may have ante- dated this event is a matter of conjecture. The wooden case in which the manu- script was inclosed is in a fair state of preservation. It is of hickory and the inside is charred. It had been rudely fashioned with a stone ax.~But for the coating of pitch it must have long since gone to decay and its precious contents with it. Its Aztec origin was speedily de- termined upon examination by Prof. Moorehead, whose extersive researches in archaeology in cornection with the Smith- sonian Institution at Washington, D. C. make him familiar with the signs emplo: ed by this race in their writings. There are but three works extant upon this branch of archaeological science, and the copies are very rare and expensive. Its Significance. Prof. Moorehead will send the manu- script to the Smithsonian and have it passed upon by the archaeological author- ities there. He dces not expect, though, that they will be able to read it, as this feat has not been accomplished in the case of any of the other Aztec manuscripts tn existence. Another question that may be asked 45 as to how the manuscript came to be found as far north as Iowa, when the scene of the old Aztec civilization was no nearer to this spot than the present boundary line of Mexico. This might be accounted for in two ways. It was either carried by an expedition of Aztecs into the present territory of southern Iowa or was cap- tured and borne away by Indian tribes during their war with this semi-civilized nation. In whatever manner it came to the location in which It lay buried for cen- turies it must have been carried a distance of not less than,2,000 miles. The Indians employed picture writing in recording their deeds, using for the purpose buffalo skins, bark and other substances. The Aztec manuscript is not to be confused, however, with this class of relics, as it belongs to a higher civilization, and in the discerning eye of the archaeological scholar has noth- ing in common with the Indian records. —_—_-e-+_____ GIVING OUT THE POTATOES. An Old Soldier's Reminiscences of an Event in Army Life. From the New York Sun. “Sometimes,” sald the old soldier, “we got considerable many potatoes, and then again we wouldn’t have any at all for weeks; very likely nothing but hard bread and coffee and pork, and may be corned beef, and perhaps beans; but whether we got them often or seldom, potatoes were always more or less of a luxury. “It was likely to be known in the com- pany when we had potatoes. When we had something the men didn’t care any- thing about, or something that we had been having right along, it might be that not more than half the men would get into line at the cook's tent or at the fire when the call sounded; there was sure to be enough—there might be some men who wouldn’t want their ration at all; and you would see men straggling across the com- pany street toward the fire singly, later, carrying their tin plates and moving leis- urely. No hurry; they were quite willing to take their place at the end of the line, and, in fact, they didn’t try to get there until the line had been pretty nearly all served, so that they wouldn't have to wait long, and they wouldn’t have cared much if it had been ail gone when they got there. But on days when we had potatoes it “was + different; then the whole company turned out promptly, and formed in line, single file, the right resting on the cook's tent, and the whole line moving forward as the mén got their rations. “When potatoes were issued by the com- missary, when we came to draw our ra- tions, we would of course get a certain quantity, proportionéd tq the number -of men We‘had on duty/in the company. -If we had forty men the potatoes we got, when we came to count.them out, might number sixty. If there were sixty potatoes for forty. men obviously some of them would have to be cut in two, or else they would have to be given out two to some men and one to others, and that is what was done; a man got two small potatves or one big one. For myself I preferred twe. small ones; but of course I took whatever was given to me, and said nothing; but I liked it better to get two potatoes,:so as to not risk everything in one package. I have known a big, handsome potato that a man had carried gravely to his tent, filled with delightful anticipations as he went along, to turn out bad inside. “There was no greater test of a cook's management than the way in which he gave out potatoes, and the - man wMo could do this to the satisfaction of everybody ‘was a good deal of a man. It was impossi- ble to give everybody exactly the same quantity, but an effort to get as near to this as possible, a spirit of fairness, was recognized instantly, and nobody expected more. The potato he got might not be so big by a quarter as the one he saw put on the plate of the man ahead of him, but he said nothing; somebody had got to have the other potato, and it might just as like- ly have come to him, “But something more than fairness was required to give out the potatoes. success- fully; a man had got to keep the run of. wkat he had given out and the number of men supplied, and have some idea of the number of potatoes left and of the number of men to come. He could give himself some margin by issuing the big potatoes generally first; on a pinch, along at the end, he could give out to three or four men a single one of the biggest of the smaller aang instead of two. But he must ow whether there were any men who had not come yet and whether they were = = Length, 6 feet, 8 inches; width, 5 feet. Bradbury Baby Grand. 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More than once I have known him to put the last potato on the last man’s plate. “But he did not always bring things out with that nicety. I have known as many as three men on the end of a line to be left without any potatoes. All gone. Well, now, there was a situation. No potatoes issued for a month before, and none likely to be issued for a month again. Here they were, all the other men in the company eating potatoes at that minute and none for them. You can’t very well describe just how they did feel; but they never said a word. They looked at tht cook and the cook looked at them. It was a miscalcula- tien and that was all there was to it. The cook had given out his own potatoes and had none for himself; and the three men walked down the company street. looking neither to the right nor to the left, and to their tents; and ate hard bread on a day when all around the camp was filled with luxury.” —___+e-+___ What the Fass Was About. From the Cleveland Leader. ‘Bookkeeper—“What's all this fuss about, anyway? Do you suppore the old man suspects me of any crooked work?” Chief Clerk—“Oh, no. He isn’t to blame for it. Count Skeesicks has made arrange- to marry Miss Araminta, and is having experts to go through the books to see that there have been no Z tations regarding her father’s wealth. That's all.” ~ Works Either Way. From the Chicago Eveithg Post. “Is there any infallible sign of great wealth?” asked the pretty maid. “There is,” replied the sarcastic bac ‘What is it?” asked the m: “An old man with a youn swered the bachelor. She laughed and shook her head. “You forget,” she said, “that the old map might have a title,” “In that case,” he returned, “the young wife would surely have the wealth, and the rule would still be good.” She pondered this for, seme time, and the more she pondered the more satisfied she became that there was no answer she could make that would be exactly satisfactory From the Chicago Tribune. “What's the width of your lot?” “Forty feet.” - “Why, it doesn’t look to be more than twenty-five.” “Well, I guess IT: ought-4o know. I've measured it with the snow shovel sixteen times since the ist of January.” Won at the Finish. ~ From the New York Press. “Ah-ha!” bellowed the purple-faced ty- rant, as the wielder of the bamboo paused for breath. “How's that. for music? Eh?” The bastinadoed wretch was still game. “Music?” he repeated. “Ob, It, is simply sole-stirring!” 7 The heavy fall of the tyrant. him that apoplexy had got in its wogke :