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Show An Easy One to Answer. Itcpresentatlv?2 Brownlow and Gibson Gib-son aro tho on'.y Republicans In Congress Con-gress from Tennessee. To relievo their loneliness they lndulgo In a good deal of good-nptured banter. Brown-low Brown-low took great caro In selecting persns In his distrct to stand clvl service examinations for positions, and as luck would havo It not a slnglo ono falW to attain tho required requir-ed grade Gibson was not so lucky, and not a slnglo man from his district dis-trict passed tho examinations. "How Is this, Brownlow?" asked Gibson. "All your men have passed the examinations, while I can't get a single one through In my district?" "Oh, thnt's easy," replied Brownlow. Brown-low. "It there was a single man In your district capable of passing a civil servlco examination you wouldn't be In Congress." |