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Evening star., 1898-10-15
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Could Not Realize 1t.

A typical specimen of rugged and unlet'
tered rurality, he had managed to make
his way unchallenged to the room where
a number of men were busily engaged in
getting up articles of pith and moment
for great publication. One of them, a
particularly profound and able writer, OBJ
served the intruder. He looked at him
questioningly. The visitor beamed on him
and exclaimed:
Don't mind me. Go right ahead as If
nothin was happenin'."
The abiity-man looked at him disap-
provingly and tried to resume his work;
but the knowledge that the stranger was
standing near with both hands behind his
back and an expression of eager interest in
his face banished inspiration.
Ibid you want to see anybody in particu-
lar%" he inquired.
mo. / jes' happened along. Don't pay
no 'tention to me. l don't get into town
very often. These sights is purity COM
fortin' change from mountain scenery an
/ thought so long as I'd looked at the out
sides o. most of the places along this
street I'd like to take a squint at the in
side. s'pose these is your busy hours. I
Wouldn't Interrupt you fur nothin' in the
world, If you've got work to do"
well, there's no doubt about my having
work to do" was the slightly testy re-
joinder.
well, go right ahead I've been hangin'
around here jes' out O. curiosity to see
you work.
the last fifteen minutes? Haven't you seen
me grabbing great thoughts out and hurl-
ing them at the world? Haven't YOU no.
ticed the way the perspiration has poured
Evening star., 1898-10-15

An Unfamiliar Sound.

An ancient street-car horse was hei
One of the old regime;
veteran. 1t was plain to see.
From many a ha-d-worked team.
He trudged along with ears that swayed
In cadence to his stride.
He neither hurried nor delayed
For those who sought to ride.
Oh, poor unlettered brutei What hopes
Scared high anu sadly fell.
For you, while struggling at the ropes,
Had never learned to spell.
Though angular and far from sleek.
With stern. pathetic stride,
You hurried on, despite the shrek
OF one who fain would ride.
Hi, there," the traveller yelled. Ther
''Ho!'
The old horse would not stay.
But suddenly its pace grew slow.
The hasting one cried Hey"
Evening star., 1898-10-15
z Z
The ColoneIs Logic,

Il only wish 1 had thought of it befo'r'
exclaimed Colonel Stilwell. as he seized
his hat
Where are you going?"
ITO the sto' to buy some fshin' tackle
I've missed a lot OF good spot this sum-
nah, and I've got to hurry and make up
foh lost time. When 1 think of what a
little careessness has cost me 1 am posi-
lively ashamedr'
Why, you can fish at any time"
No. L can't. I can fish at any time in
the future. But l can't call back the
golden hours when I might have been
fishin' at Newpo't News. I'm willin' to
put UP with the Inconvenience of a night
trip in order to get there, sub, and not
waste any mo- time. I'm fishuhman by
nature, sub, and 1 have hitherto imagined
that have done some very fancy angling.
But when think of the hahvest 1 ought to
have been taking care of 1 feel that l
haven't minute to lose. I'm goiu' TO
have go at them even if have to chop a
hole in the ice and sit oVuh it in fur
trimmed ovuhcoat like an Eskimo"
But why Newport News? There's fish
ing elsewhere
so L used to think. All, my boy it's
painful to think of what we miss in this
life because we don't figure things out
properly. Where have most of the ships
been launched lately?'
why, at Newport News, 1 believe"
Exactly And when they launch the
ship what do they dor
why. they break a bottle of champagne
over her bows for one thing"
Precisely. And if l am not mistaken
most of the fish in the Atlantic ocean and
its tributaries have gotten hint of that
fact by this time. They'll be there as
thick stars in the milky way, and all
I'll have to 90 is to drop a lire over and
pull 'em out"
Evening star., 1898-10-15
A MYSTERY,
Location of The Lost Cabin Has Pux-
zied Many Miners

fhe claim recently made in a western
newspaper that the famous Lost Cabin,
gold mine has been found recalls tho fao,
that the mine has been found before " 20
marked an old miner TO a Star rcportar
yesterday. The Lost Cabin mine fs in rho
Bad Lands in Wyoming, near the Lead-
waters of the Big Horn river and about
sixty miles from F0cc Washable. In 1874
HFe men set out from the fort to prospect.
1 was invited to go along with them. but 7
nave always congratulated myself that
dld not accompany them, because a fav-
weeks Iater, when one of the miners With
a fe" small nuggets in his pockets van
defed back TO the fort, his mind wa. com
P4ytely gone. All he could nlu.lnur was
plenty of gold in Lost Cabin.
Expeditions were at once sent cTt but
no trace was found of the mine or the miss
ing men. who, it was supposed. We're killed
Dy Indians In 1884 a cowboy rode into
r orr ashaiie and sand that he had found
the LOST Caoln by accident, and as every
one DeneVed that the Lost Cabin mine W 9
fabulously rich, a crowd OF eager Joinars
were soon ready to start with the disc0v-
erer. They found decav;ng log catip
"lth Tour skeletons in or near it, and a
tunnel sunk in the silside The orc fon,d
in the tunnel was black and heavy mi ~
nrst man who got out with a mDIe Lad
never went back. for :he assay showed no
trace OF gold-nothing but pjurnbae, The
news or the finding of Lost Cabin got out
ana Tor months miners hockel there ou1y
70 be disappointed. After a while the ex
cltement died out and the old mine was do
serted. But still the problem rennairs
"here did the crazy miner get his nuggets
Many prospectOrs think that the crnzv
miner fo1nd his nuggets while AWAY from
MS companions, and lost fis mind, as well
as MS way In trying to return to them.''
Evening star., 1898-10-15
The Useful Banana.
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT

immense fortunes have been made ont of
the banana business. Revenues do not &C.
crue alone from the sale of the fruit. for
the leaves are used for packing the Juice
being strong in tannin. makes an inde!Hble
ink and shoe-blacking ;the wax found on the
under side of the leaves is a valuable ar
ticle OF commerce; manila hemp is made
from the stems, and OF this hemp are made
mats. plated work and lace handkerchisfs
of the finest texture; moreover. the banana
Is ground into banana flour. The fruit 70
be sold for dessert Is ripened by the dry
warmth of ttaring gas-jets in the storage
places In which it is kept, and immense
care has 10 be taken to prevent softening
or oVer-ripening. The Island of Jamaica
yields great crops of this useful and money
making fruit.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

on my brow as my frame shook with III
tanic cerebral spasms?"
No. hain't noticed"
Well, you just watch
writing i''' ''
mister. inquired the stranger. rs he
t"ok MS nat of the top OF his whip. whore
he had hung # on entering lis tbat u,5s.
you call work." '''' "''"'
i should say so"
ne turned In silence and walked 10 the
the man at the desk VA
, Jes sets there an sticks a pen in a hot
tle ana drass 1t over a piece Of paper An.
when the ink runs out. sticks It in ths, hot
sna SlS as ia an men drags it over the paper
some more. An full-growed man ,,aIis
that work! Wei, IN be toggei,''
Evening star., 1898-10-15
ALSO A HERO,
Peace Presents Opportunities No Les.
Than War.


The sharp October air had brought the
crimson to the leaves and had brought
back to the city again the fair maid that
Algernon George Towne had paid court to
at Valentines day ere she had flown to
Old Point, there 20 precn her wings for
northern flight, when summer had come.
He had permitted her to be in town for
two days before he called upon her.
All Mr. Towne," she fiuttered and twit-
tered when he appeared before her; really,
l am delighted to see you
THANK you" he said, with a wild beat
ing at his heart what is delight to you
is an ecstasy, a rh lpsoly, to me-"
How lovely of you to say So Mr. Towne
OF course, you have been heaping up glory
all summer for yourself in the war I do
so wish l were a man, to go forth at nv
country'S call and shed my blood glorious
iy on her affairs. Every person owes it
to his and to do at least that much and
how grandly you must have felt as YOU
swept up the hill at San Juan and drove
the foe to his lair
She would have said more. but he stop
ped her.
Pardon me-" he said, proudly; you are
mistaken in your location. 1 was not at
San Juen HIM.
Not at San Juan?' she exclaimed, in
dismay:
AT Manila. then?"
She could not speak.
No he went on; mo, but 1 lived all
summer in Washington boarding house
and, what is more, / rooted unfalteringly
for the Washington base ball team" AS
he stood before her she realized that there
are things in this life that call for more
courage and self-denial even than war, and
she bowed her head and pleaded for for
giNeneSS
Evening star., 1898-10-15
CONsiderate,


Go to de ant de white folks say.
/ went an foun' her busy;
Arushin' dis an dat-a-way
Enough to make you alZzy.
BY thousans dey was prancin' round
EXcited-like an fiustrous.
L nebber yet see whut dey found
To make 'em so industr' Gus.
l went an watch de honey-bee.
Dey said 'twould be improvin'.
De way it hurried-Goodness me!
De sight was mighty movin'.
l sees mos anywhah / go
OF workfulness some sampler
l specks l was intended foh
A terrible example.
De very trees shakes off dah leaves
In hopes o gittin' better.
Miss Autumn fixes up de sheaves
An l stan by an let 'er.
But sence dey seems to like dis toll
An fin it all so cheerin,
Oar ain no call foh me to spoil
De fun by interferin'.
Evening star., 1898-10-15
The Fish Hnd Had Habits.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Brother Brown. don't you know 1t is a
sin to fish on the Sabbath?"
Il allow it is some, but ev'ybody else
round here does the same"
That is no excuse"
M-no; but it's got the fish into the habit
of bitin' on that day only"
Evening star., 1898-10-15

!, mill and bridge. which took its name from
the mill In those days a market house in
that section was the most remote expecta-
tlon. It's only another surprise to the old
W aShingtOnianS. BY the way, the old folks
| have found that the markets are not al
ways steady as to location. only one of our
city markets being now on it's original site.
The Washington or Center market, alone
is where 1T was first Neutrality-suspicious.
avenue between 1th and 9th streets. The
West market was located originally on the
triangular reservation north of the avenue
and west of 10th street. and besides fur
niShing accommodations for marketing,
provided town hall for the public meet
lnSS OF the West EnderS, sometimes used
as a court room. with a small lookup, and
several society rooms-Hiram Lodge No
10. of MaSOns, Marion Division. No. Z, S.
OF L, and Association No. 3-met there, as
also the Union Fire Company. whose appa-
ratus was kept in a s..ed al the back of the
market building. This market was some
thirty years ago moved to X between 10Th
and 10Th streets. The Branch market dur
ing its existence from the early part of the
century till late in the 4O's remained in the
square south of X between 9TH and 9th
streets southeast.
THE Hill market was located first on New
Jersey avenue south of the Capitol then
on East Capitol between 1st and ID streets,
and next at Sd and streets southeast the
present site of St. Marks Episcopal
Church,. hut declined some forty years
ago when an attempt was made to establish
a market for East Washington at the inter-
section of Pennsylvania and North Carolina
avenues. between 4th and 9th streets south
east. This project failed, the corporation
being unable to procure the assent of the
President to occupy the public streets or
grounds. The two East Washington mar
kets declined and until the erection of the
market house near the Walach building
our eastern population was unsupplied. In
the latter years of the municipal govern
ment private enterprise established the
Riggs market on p between 18th and 10Th
streets. and it is said to have proved a
prosperous affair. Some years since mar
ket was established at ID and II streets
northeast, and on II near the eastern ter
minus there is also a market"
Evening star., 1898-10-15
Inside inform tIon.

From the Yonkers statesman.
Yeast-"This disctssioif about the size of
a whales threat, aotice, is still going on"
Crinsonbeak-''YeS; itIs too bad Jonah
didn't leave some 'neport on the subject
He must have had some inside informa tion
Evening star., 1898-10-15
Ample Time for Jack Pots.

From Puck
Bluchip-"Isn't 1t In Lapfand that the
nights are several months long?'
Blufer-"Yes. Wouldn't it be a great
place for a poker gamer
Evening star., 1898-10-15

1.-The location OF the new market. In the
Riding School building. near the P street
bridge over Rock creek" remarks an old
resident. recalls the days when in the i'm
mediate vicinity were School House Hill,
where the Georgetown and first ward boys
met for stone battles. old Mother Damna-
ble's, an ancient speakeasy, and the paper
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12
BRADsTREETs REVIEW
nd
A Few UmfavOrable Features,
ing Weakness in Some Stal

NEW YORK, March 11.-Bradstree. to-
morrow will say: Continued activity in
nearly all lines of dstributive trade, but
more particularly at the larger cities OF the
West. South and far Northwest, continues
to be the most favorable feature coming
under notice. That the demand for dry
goods, groceries, hardware, iron and steel
and it's various forms and building ma
terial is relatively most active at the west
seems evident from the slight tone of dis
appointment in reports from leading East
ern markets, where business is reported
moving less rapidly than in the interior.
Other favorable features include the heavier
foreign demand for wheat and flour, as in
dicated by increased exports over last week
and last year, and bank clearings heavily
exceeding corresponding periods of previous
years though smaller than in recent weeks.
Less favorable features are few, number
ing chiefly q weaker tone in prices of a few
staples hitherto marked by extreme firm
ness, but chiefly perceptible in quotations
for some makes of coarse cotton goods,
print cloths, raw wool. the demand for
which is reported slower than at any pre-
vious time this year, wheat, which has been
affected by war rumors and the growth of
the impression that the worlds wheat sup
plies at present prices will suffice, coffee
and sugar
The Volume sof business in the iron and
steel trade is reported very large, with rela-
lively best reports coming from the West.
Pig iron production shows a further gain
and stocks a. slight increase. Large sales of
copper are a. feature, and prices are report
ed high for the week, as are also the quo
tations for Indian corn and wheat flour.
The industrial situation seems likely to be
improved by the ending of the New Eng
land cotton mill strikes.
Business is generally active in the West.
Southern and Southwestern buyers are
more active at st. Louis. Kansas City
packing houses report demand one-third
provement in distribution is noted at Chi
cago in many lines of trade. An order for
ten thousands tons of steel rails is fea-
ture of the weeks business at that city.
Trade is of satisfactory volume at the
Northwest. Export business in flour and
wheat from the Pacific coast shows a con-
siderable gain. Boat building is active on
Alaskan account. n good business is doing
at the South.
Business failures in the United States this
week number 247 against 2S2 last week. 227
in the corresponding week of 1897, PSI in 1896,
262 in 1895 and 231 in 1894.
Larger wheat and flour but smaller corn
shipments are a feature of export trade
this week The total exports of wheat.
flour included, from the United States and
Canada this week aggregated 1884 76l BUSH
els against 1882 COB bushels last week 1899
4S2 bushels in 1896, 279l ,160 bushels in 1895
and 3.25S,0J0 bushels in 1884 Corn exports
are smaller. amounting to only 32S5. 05G
bushels, against 5,Oa5.0O0 bushels last week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12
THE REPORTED ALLIANCE.

It is not probable that there is any truth
in the report that triple alliance between
the United States, Great Britain and Japan
sis pending despite the highest author
ity'' quoted for the statement. The United
States has never taken part in any for
eign alliance Under certain conditions
there would be ground for such action. yet
it is not probable that the administration
would become a party to such an alliance,
except, possibly, to make it a subject Of in
formal conference. If Russia should adopt
line of action which would threaten our
large and growing trade in China this gov
eminent should take steps to prevent it's
consummation. 1t is probable that our in
terests could better be protected by treaty
with Russia covering our own commercial
interests than in an alliance which might
involve us in controversies regarding the
control of Chinese cities and harbors. A
few weeks ago Senator Teller was very
anxious to have the government do some
thing to prevent the ports of China falling
into the hands of Russia and Germany. In
some remarks on the subject he favored
the alliance now spoken of. and went on
TO say that II such an alliance could not
be formed with Great Britain the United
States must proceed alone to prevent such
a partition of China as would destroy our
commerce in that quarter or place it at dis
advantage compared with other COMPETE
tors.
The sounding of European governments
to ascertain their attitude toward some ac-
ton having an international bearing may
often be resorted to. In regard to interven-
ton in behalf of Cuba in 1869 General Grant
sounded European governments, but when
Great Britain declined to be party to it
the scheme was not pressed. Such plan
did not involve the making Of formal alli-
ance, such as an agreement of the three
governments named to prevent or enforce
a policy in China would necessitate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12
NOT GUILTY.
Chicago CiviI-Service Commissioners
Acquitted of Violating the Law.

CHICAGO, March u.-At .the conclusion
of the argument of tie states attorney,
without waiting to hear from the counsel
for the defendants, Judges Adams, Water
man and Dunno delivered three separate
opinions, discharging the civil-service COM
missioners, Adolf Kraus, Hampstead Wash
burne and Dudley Winston. All of the
opinions hold that none of the commissions
ers was guilty of a violation. technical or
otherwise, of the civi-service laws. The
court found that there was no basis what
ever to justify the two indictments which
were found by the grand jury last SaTur-
day One charged that the commissioners
had certified to the qualification of twenty
six policemen whose height, the Indictment
alleged, was five feet seven and one~half
inches, or one-half inch less than was fixed
in an old rule passed three years ago. The
other Indictment charged that the commits
siOnerS had neglected TO provide an eligible
list for corporation inspectors.
The commissioners proved that the height
rule as to policemen had been changed by
them so as to enable the reinstatement OF
policemen who had been discharged from
the force by the prior city administration
without trial, without cause and for
further proved that there. was no eligible
list of inspectors and that II was physically
impossible to make one; that all OF the
time of the commissioners had been devoted
TO other examinations, during which they
had brought. in period of less than year,
of the fifteen thousand employees of the city.
The Indictment, trial and final disposition OF
the cases are the quickest on record in the
history CT the courts of this county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12

quality which Thomas expressed in answer
to Rosecrans's inquiry as to what it was
best to do in the words, This is as good
place to fight and die as I know off, The
Thomas response was followed by the Sec
ond days fighting, which was successful.
Probably the answer of Thomas deter
mined Rosecrans to fight it out there. The
accounts of the battle of Chickamauga lead
to the inference that the event was not
only beyond his capacity, but that he
showed that he realized it. With Thomas's
massive purpose he would have won. Gen.
Rosecrans, however, was jealous COM
n.ander. His heart was in the cause, and
he did his utmost at all times to carry out
the plans and desires of his superiors
Since the war he has sometimes said and
done things which led to the suspicion that
he felt that he had been unjustly treated,
but in that he was like many others. 1t
was time when men were judged by what
they did or failed to do. He will be judged
rather by his high purpose to serve the
cause than by any failure to meet expecta-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12
b. r.. Willis and Max BrOclxhaus, Ac-
cused OF killing ID. S. II. Lambert.

COLUMBUS, o., March 11.-Ben r. Willis,
alias Charles Jerome Sharp, was arrested
here to-day by Detective Roach, of the
Pinkerton agency, assisted by local detec-
tives. Willis is wanted for the murder OF
David S. r. Lambert, at Wilton, Conn,
seven miles from South Norwalk, Dec. II,
1897. Willis had confederate in the crime,
Max Broclzhaus, who was arrested several
days ago IN Chicago. After Willis was
locked up in the city Jail note was found
which he had written indicating that he
had intended 20 take his life if possible. The
note was directed to Madame Louise, GAG
West Forty-third street, New York city.
The murder Of Lambert at Wilton, Conn.,,
caused intense excitement, as the murdered
man was prominent in Grand Army circles
in the State. On the night of Dec. II two
masked men entered the Lambert resi-
dence. Mrs. Lambert was alone in the
house. AS the men entered the room each
drew a revolver, pointing it at Mrs. Lam
bert, demanding her money and asked
where Mr. Lambert was. She told them
ne mad gone to South Norwalk, and she
expected him any moment.
One OF the masked men threw Mrs. Lam
bert to the floor. Then they bound, gagged
came to. The men were then coming down
the stairs, when one of them suggested that
they give her another dose" She was
chloroformed again, and when she regained
consciousness later on saw her husband
lying at the other side of the room. She
worked the rope off her hands and feet and
went 10 the house of her son-in-law, a short
distance away. At first it was thought that
Lambert had only been chloroformed. When
the doctors arrived they found six different
wounds on his body. He fingered until Dec
IL. when he died.
When arrested Willis at first denied his
identity, but when put through the sweat
ing process by Assistant Superintendent
Robertson. of the Pinkertson agency, con-
fessed. He said he had been wild young
man, and had run away from home. He
and Brockhaus had entered the house.
bound and gagged the woman, and being
discovered by the husband, both fired upon
Mr.. Lambert and escaped. They wandered
over the country and landed at Chicago,
where Willis has an aunt living There
Willis quarreled with his pal Wilis's aunt
had met lady from Columbus in Chicago,
and when Willis came TO Columbus the aunt
directed him to go to this ladys house. The
Columbus woman knew nothing about the
young man, and did not know his name was
Willis. All mail to Sharp" was directed
to this lady under q separate envelope.
Willis was waiting money to take him to
California when arrested.