Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

Hash. that familiar and much-abused ar
tic,e of diet, will probably be made a tea-
ture of the regulation food of the army
Commissary officers in different parts OF the
country have been instructed to make op-
servations in connection with the use vi
canned hash, composed Of fresh meats, po-
tatoes and onions. This compound mas
been already issued to some of the troops
as an experiment and has proven very
popular and satisfactory. The observations
will cover q period of three days. ana VIII
be MADE at the following posts Forts
Myer Va; Leavenworth and Riley, Ran ;
Thomas. Ky: Sheridan, ILL.,; Siocum, ~ u
Smelling, Mimi: the Preside. Cat; camp
Thomas, Ga. and Madison barracks. N. L..
one of the points to be determined Is the
different ways in which the compound can
be served without much trouble.
X
Quite little story is connected with the
recent discovery of free milling gold quartz
on Poplar creek in the Trout lake district
of British Columbia. 1t seems q prospector
had been grub staked by some of his friends
TO GO into the hills ana prospect for them.
but in the course of a game of cards lost
his money and provisions. Nothing daunt-
ed. he set out ON foot Arriving at Poplar
creek he was overtakeu by that tired feel
ing" and determined to stake a claim on
the nearby hills Just to say he had done
something. To his own surprise he staked
a valuable claim. as he found numerous
small lodges carrying free gold in them.
The prospector's surprise at these small
discoveries was nothing to what it was
when other prospectCrs passing that way
broke piece of rock off a ledge at the foot
of the hill and found that ,ue gold nearly
held the PARTICLES together as in a chain.
This last strike was made on what is now
called the Lucky Jack. Since that date a
tunnel has been driven on the Lucky Jlck
yei1 for about 100 feet. and the ore is i'm
mensely rich in the end of the tunnel. Some
of the ore on the Lucky Jack Is computed
to run al thousands of dollars to the ton.
United States Consular Agent Ohren at
ROssland, b C., who furnishes the details
Of this story to the State Department adds
that he has seen samples of the quartz as
large is a cocosnut broken up. but held to-
gether by the network of gold throughout
the sample.
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"A new one was sprung on me recently
in q lunch room l occasionally patronize
when l have but little time at my disposal
about midday" remarked prominent local
attorney-at-law. II was feeling particu-
larry hungry on the occasion to which 1
refer, and as the court i'll which I was en-
gagged had taken a recess for only a half
hour l thought / would make the best of
the opportunity and endeavored to do so
by ordering a cup of coffee and a Hamburg
steak My breath almost completely
taken away when the waitress. who speak
with q faint 6rogue. explained in tone
sufficiently loud to be heard throughout the
establishment;
I'VE can't give you Hamburg steak but
we ave ham most every other way"
4
Some people treat their friends TO cigars
and other things of a passing nature when
they meet casually on the street. Speaker
Cannon goes beyond that. A few DAYS ago
when the Speaker was walking along Penn
sylvanis avenue In company with Represent
ative Grosvenor on his way to the Capitol
he spied vender of canes. Whether 1t was
The fact that the man wore an old Grad
Army uniform and gave every outward
evidence OF being a genuine veteran of the
war. or whether 1t was the style of the
canes that pleased him. he stopped and in
spected them.
How do those canes strike you. Grosye-
nor?' he asked.
General Grosvenor In the meantime got
into conversation with the veteran and
satisfied himself that he had done good
service for the government in the trying
days of the civil war He accordingly an
proved the canes. They were 50 and that
amount of money was soon transferred to
the Golfers OF the vender for two of them.
and the Speaker and the Ohio representa-
tive sported them in fine style as they re
sumed their trip to the Capitol
\
u was much interested in the comments
made by various persons who. like myself.
had listened to public address" The
speaker was chatting with a group of
friends. and as is apt to be the case. the
conversation became somewhat desultory
Finally something was said about lecture
on rather important subject by a man