Dakota Comity Herald
SukKOTA CITT, NEB.
John H. Ream, - Publisher
In Russia yon are entirely rrrw to
tote Just an the government desires.
Any man can tell a lie, hut It take a
Dorn diplomat to Induce people to be
lieve it
The Indon lancet says the Christ
Inas pudding la not Indigestible. Nut
unless you eat It
Besides, the army con take care of
Poult Blgelow If be goes snooping
around tbe Isthmus again.
What tho Northwest needs la an In
Ventlon that will enable snow to be
Hard for boating purpose.
Evidently the people of England re
gard the old plan for a tunnel under
tbe English Channel as a terrible liore
Count Zeppeleln linn spent all hla for
tune trying to nail through the clouds.
All bis palaces are now cast Ion In the
air.
A man named (Jong Ims recently been
married. When hla wife strikes him
for money, the whole town la likely to
near it
Spain's lemon crop hns been ruined;
but we have never had to worrv much
bout the lemons Spain tried to hand
us, any bow.
Aa to the Jamaica earthquake, It la
feared that the worst la vet to come.
Alfred Austin la auld to have written a
poem about It.
A French aclentlat hae discovered
that Insect have no minds, What's
tbe matter with the Insecta? Do they
moke cigarette?
Prominent among those who will not
be present at tbe next distribution of
Carnegie medals for bravery will be
touna toe captain or tbe Larchtnont
Mr. Harrlinan aaya "a successful man
aa no chance these days." Truly, there
oca not aeein to be much of the ele
ment of chance In the little game Mr.
Harrlman plays.
Although there la a possibility of our
getting Into communication with Mara,
It la not likely that we will ever be able
10 Dorrow an occasional hod of coal
from there during a fuel famine.
Health departments throughout tbe
country are warning everybody to look
out for the Influenza germ, although not
ona In a thousand of us would recognize
tne little pest If we were to see it
The Mississippi Supreme Court ima
ruled that a boy baa an Inalienable
ngni to climb a tree. But there la also
tbe father'a Inalienable.
him for tearing hla clothes while doing
Gold win Smith wants to know mhv
If the theory of evolution Is correct, no
mora monkeys are developing into
men. Perhaps It Is because so many of
um sons or men aro cvolutlng the other
way.
We have read of a man who the
other day fell down stairs and broke
his neck while trying to klsa a woman.
It would simply be a waste of apace
to point out the moral to this sud ac
cident The tailors In convention assembled
have decided that the stylca for the
coming season must be different in ev
ery respect from those that have pre
vailed during the pust year. The tail
ors know how to promote their busi
ness. Bays Mrs. Carrie CattJ "A wife must
train her husband and keep him trained
Just aa one tralna a young mule." Far
be It from our Intentions to eay any
thing that would seem like a contradic
tion of Mrs. Catt, but we would like to
ask what the average wife knows ubout
training a mule? ,
In real or supposed Imitation of col
lege youths, still more youthful students
in high schools and preparatory achoola
have adopted strange head-gears. In
stead of the modest boyish cap and the
neat soft or stiff felt hat for "drcs
up," some fantastic boys have topped
thomselves with slouch-hats, variously
distorted In the ahape of the brims
and even decorated with markings and
devices. The prluclpal of oue hlgn
school has asked hla boya to cast off the
crazy bead-coverings. The matter of
decency and simplicity of dress ls real
ly Important. The boy who deliberately
weara something that drawa utteutlon
to himself may be pardoned by any one
with humor enough to understand boy
lah folly. Nevertheless, the habit of
unobtrusive dress ls a good one to cul
tivate early.
Huddersfleld, England, has i,,t..
ly
been tbe scene of a curious and interest
iag experiment made by the Mayor. I
Longwooua poor district of the tow
in.
ice raw or mortality among young
children hud been 122 In the thousand.
Th new Mayor, Mr. Broadbent. a
brother of Sir William Broadbent, the
king's physician, decided when he took
office to do what he could to reduce this
high death rate. The plaut he adopted
was the offer of a guinea to parents lu
certain specified districts for every child
born during his term of office and Uv
Ing at the end of a year. In spite of
the fact that aerloua epidemics of
whooping-cough sud measles prevailed
during the year of tbe tests, and that
the summer of 11MMI waa one of the
deadliest on record. 107 mothers re
ceived the bonus. The mortality was
44 lu the thousuud, aa compared with
tbe previous 122. There Is something
very attractive In a form of Infantile
Insurance which pays, nut upon proof
of death, but upon evidence of contin
ued existence.
' Shall Ji patient he told what all
kim audi what drugs have Uvu pro-
scrtbKt for him or tliall the physician
maintain a dark and mysterious silence
except aa to the niuount of his fee?
This Is the question which was pro
posed by no less a iiersonage than the
President of the American Medical As
sociation the other dav. He did not an
swer his own Interrogatory, but his ob
servations Indicated that he favored a
policy of greater candor upon the part
of the physician. There Is obviously
something to be mid on both sides of
uie question. It Is true that the patient
wants to know what Is wronr with lilm
and at first sight It may lont as !' the
physician ought to satisfy the desire
for Information. But there are good
and substantial reasons why the doctor
does not do so. For one thing, the
chances are that he does not himself
know what alls the sufferer. For an
other thing, It might do the patient
more harm than good to be told of bis
disease. The flnst-named reason In
volves no reflection upon the skill snd
learning of the doctor. Tbe physician
never lived who could unfailingly dlair
nose offhand and from one observation.
Fever, for Instance, marks the onset of
a dozen different diseases and until
distinctive symptoms develon the modi.
cal man cannot tell which one of the
dozen diseases Is In progress. Under
such circumstances 4s obvious course
Is to maintain a dignified reticence un
til be actually knows what Is wrong.
To guess and guess wrong would be dis
astrous. When we come to consider
the matter of Informing the patient
concerning iU9 drugs that have been
prescribed for blra the considerations
favor a negative conclusion. There Is
a psychic as well aa a material force In
a medicine whose constituents srs un
known to the patient Ail doctors know
it i ne bread pill and other "placebos"
prove It. Tell a man that he ls tskln
calomel, for Instance, and he la likely
to protest tnatcalomelalwaysdlsagrees
with him and never did him anv nod.
Give him calomel accompanied by tho
assurance that here Is a most potent
drug whose name he need not know and
nis sense of the marvelous Is excited.
He Is likely to put faith In the drug
for the very reason that ha doe not
know what It Is. That U hair tho w.
tie. Our modern physicians may not
acknowledge It, but they practice faith
cure more and more everr dar. The
power of suggestion helps the calomel
wncn tne patient does not know what
he Is taking. All thlnra
therefore, tbe weight of evidence ls In
ravor or tbe policy of mysterious si
lence on the part of the doctor. Tt not
only aids the patient but It helps the
uocior, ror the less be aays the less he
will have to explain If things go wrong.
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HUNTING. A PANTHER.
Hunting bis- came In India should
be preceded bv some training of the
eye to see things where they are. The
author of "Thirty Years of Shikar"
tens bow be received this training
rather lute In his course. Shikar la the
Kust-Iudlan word for sport, and sport
lu that part of tbe world begins with
pantliers and ends with tigers.
hen I reached the srround the nan-
ther waa still there, and a keen-eyed
native pointed It out to me.
"Hltherward ls its head.' said the
man, "thitherward Its tall. Doesn't
the sahib see it? There, there 1" and
he pointed to a spot about three yards
off.
But I didn't see the nnnther either
Us head or tall or anything that was
lib. I saw only a muss of light and
ehade under a denso overgrowth or
greenery, dead leaves and crass, that
were yellowish where the pencils of
light broke in unon the eloom. and.
otherwise, they were mysterious shad
ow that told nothing to my unaccus
tomed eye.
All that I looked unon lu that green
wood tangle was equally panther. I
could pick out no particular patch as
being any more nantberlsh than the
rest Of head or tall I made out noth
ing where all was eouallv one or the
other and still that native of keeuest
vision besought me to see the panther's
head and tall and right forefoot, and
many other details of Its anatomy.
Then there came a roar out of the
thicket, and a rush which was like the
volcanic upheaval of the ground at
my feet, and, as It seemed, several tons
of upheaved matter hit me on the rhest.
and I was bowled over on to the broad
of my back a yard or two from where
I hud stood.
That upheaval was the nnnther. Tha
brute hud not had the patience to wait
until I saw him, or the modesty to take
lilmseir off peaceably In some other di
rection. Ho had resented my staring
his way. even tbduch I saw him not.
and so had emerged from his lair like
an animal rocket, and lidd knocked tun
down In his flight
As he failed to clow inc. I came off.
scuthclcss; but not so my attendant,
who foolishly embraced the number
with a view to arresting hla flight He
got himself rather badly mauled, and
uid not como out of the hospital for
some weeks.
That was my disastrous comment.
meut with panthers.
When Chloroform Wm New.
Here Is a curious little stor aimnt
Sir James Simpson, tbe man wlu in.
trodueed the use of chloroform
surgery, sud a ierll which he escaped,
as recoruca by won Play fa r. Kimn.
son when busy with bis researches lu
to the subject of anaesthetics called
one day on I'lnyfalr and asked If he
had anything new likely to produce
anaesthesia. I'lnyfalr had Just pre
pared a liquid which seemed worthy of
trial. Simpson, who knew no fear, pre
pared lustautly to test It on himself.
This l'luyfulr refused to allow until It
had first been tried on rabbits. Two
were procured and placed under the et
fects of the anaesthetic. Next day
Simpson proposed to try Jt on himself.
"We might as well see how the rabbits
have fared." said l'luyfulr. They, fouud
both the animals dead.
As we understand It, "sanitary"
couches are those wher bedbugs hav
no place to hide.
Itupld growth of the Auger nails U
a sign of good health.
"TO-DAY IT'S QUINCES."
T frtaent tint fa the Thins; t
Attend tn cmv.
Mrs. Ashley hiiIITimI iim she entered.
"yuliKCK?" kI asked. "You nmsn'l
let me Interrupt If you're preserving;
I call Just as well come tinother tlm
Oh, very well, then. My. my. how good
they do smell! There's no preserve
anywhere' near as rich and trilty to
my mind; and then they always make
me think 'of Mary Glynn.' Mary Glynn's
quinces are a sort of byword In our
family when there s trouble.
"You see, I was the om to break it
to her when that wretched cousin of the
Olynns muddled up his own affairs and
theirs and the linn's, and then bolted.
It seemed likely they'd lose everything :
and I'd about ns lief linve walked up
to a cannon us In to Mary's door to tell
her.
"After nil the other troubles she'd
had there'll been It perfect siege of
sickness for one thing It did seem the
last straw. Just as things had seemed
to be getting comfortable at lust, loo
"I found her putting up quinces, and
I told her. plain and strnlcht. I'm not
one to have patience with feeble sisters,
hut I don't k how's I'd have blamed
Mary, considering all things. If she had
fainted, or had hysterics, or any other
sort of breakdown. I was prepared
"But she was as quiet as unlet Just
sat still a while, with the long toon
n her hand, ami the clock ticking, and
the kitchen all sweet mid hot -and
qulncey. Then she got up nil of a sud
tier,, ii ml says she :
'"Well, anyway, 1 must finish these
quinces.'
"Dear soul! I told her not to bothci
I'd see to 'cm ; she hud enough elpe to
attend to; but:
"'No.' biic would have It. 'You've
your work on hand and I've mine. To
morrow there'll be plenty I'll have to
attend to. but to-day it's nulnces.'
Of course It was only 'the duty next
at hand' 'one tbhig at a time' Just
what we're always being told. But lt'a
one thing to be told and another thing
to see. Many's the time when I've
needed to flght off worry and keep to
work I've remembered thut sweet, hot
kitchen and Mary's queer little brave
smile, and I've told myself." 'Never
mind, to-morrow ; to-day It's quinces.
louth s Companion.
MBS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
Her t hief Interest la Mfe Centers Ik
Iter Horn tarl Chirch.
Rarely does the name of Mrs. John
l). Rockefeller, Sr.. appear lu the pa
pers. The wife of the Standard Oil
king Is essentially a homo lover and
her chief Intercut centers there and In
the church, where she Is an unobtru-
MBS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
sive hut earnest worker Kli lina iln.
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Ind in educl In, l!l 1 Z, 2 T
and ln educating her children and to
her efforts in this latter partlculnr Is
due the grent Interest which her son
John D.. Jr.. takes lu church affairs
He Is the lender of the Bible cluss nt
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New
York. She nnd her son are Interested
In a number of quiet charities. The
Rockcfellers entertain more than Is
generally supposed, but their entertain
ments are quiet and dignified, given for
their own Intimete friends and never
for a lot of mere ncuuulntnnces. fof
whom the family cares nothing
A tturrr terror
- .' viiui i4. 4UUU1IIS, ini
noted advertising exjs-rt of Chicago,
ouce told U Stor.v alsiut two dis-tora In
'11... I.... T nil i l
" ' - -
an address on lldvcl-t IhIiil' I
an address on ndvertlslng
"To Illustrate my iKilnt," he said,
apropos of an advertising error, "I'll
tell you about my friend Bones. Bones
was taken down very bad, and, his
family physician being out of town, a
siHH'lallst was culled lu.
"But the family physician unexect
edly returned, nnd he uud the specialist
entered Bones' dmmler together. They
found the man lu a high fever nnd par
tially unconscious. Kaeh put his hand
under tho bed clothes to feel Ijones'
pulse, and each accidentally got hold
of the other's bund.
"'He has typhoid,' suid the first phy
slclan. " 'Nothing of the kind,' said the otfc
er. 'He's only drunk."
Tha Drama In Ireland.
The drnma flourishes In Iceland. Ths
oue theater' Is in tho town of Reikjuvlk,
of which the imputation Is approilnute
ly 3,000. This theater receives a sub
sidy of about $000 from tho city and as
much from the Icelandic 1'urllanicut
From October to April there are per
formances three times a week. An un
common success Is a run of seven
nights. Tho dramas given are those of
Ibaeu, and other Danish writers of high
repute. The salaries of the actors av
erage about $2 apiece for each per
formance. Their most esteemed actor
Is Christian Thorugrlmlson.
Bald Karta.
Mr. Crluisoiiheuk You will remem
ber thut 1 did not begin to lose my
hair until after I was murrledT
Mrs. Crlmsonlieak Well, your broth
er, who Is a bachelor, has less hulr tliaa
you have.
Thut's right. It ouly shows that ha
ought to liuv married, so he'd bad
some excuse for losing his hulr."--Yon-kera
Statesman.
It's a KMir lawyer who can't coav
true a law lu more ways than ou.
MYTHICAL P2IZS 0? A MXLLXOS
Old Yarn Ahonl n Korlan OffrrH
for onrrllllaltl Iloflla.
The conversation among a number ol
druggists and cx-drugglsts the othei
day turned on the non-rcfllluhle Isjttle
In Koine way." said one of the talkers
no oue knows how tlm myth started
there certainly was no foundation foi
It -Inventors nil over the laud have got
it into their heads that there Is some
where, offered by some mysterloui
somelxMly, ft.tmo.ooo for the genius whi
will devise a bottle that, once emptied
cannot again ls filled.
Kvery now and then you pick ud t
newspaper and lend that somelsidy hai
invented ii iiou-reflllnhle bottle, and hl
lingers arc almost touching thnt II.-
000,0f M). in recent years InnumerabU
geuulses hnve wasted no end of time
and time, we are told. Is mouev In
pursuit of this Ignus fatuu. They an
as keen lu their chase as the old astrol
ogers were after the philosopher's stout
which was to transmute dull base met
tils to glittering gold, or the later in
vcHtlgators who unavalllngly sought foi
u machine with erietual motion.
Kvery now and then there hnve beet
such ciikcr In Indiana. Home backwodt
druggist, would get lu touch with a cor-
nwiiundcut and the public would be In
formed that the discovery had been
made, and Hint John Jones would gel
u million or more.
"Now. I hnve Iwcn. keening 'tub foi
some time on the iion-refillnble bottlt
biiKlneK.. For live weeks, week aftei
week. I have scanned the pages of
New York publication devoted to pat-
cnts'Miid trade (narks. In all thnt tlm
i io not iM'iieve a week has passed thnt
I have not found one or more patenti
lsaued to inventors of these bottles."-.
IndlanaiKiIls News.
MZM0SIE3 OF THE FARM.
Yes. thel- Hill) "i-,. t.. mill" ..-,. K..l.
- - -' anaj i '. a : .,...... ivfin t i iin i"oiiceru uns
yonder, the grain In n bng and the boy ' been lost to the memory of the prcs
on n rnzor-hnck horse. Odd, but down eut generation, although it did an enor
011 the farm there Is always one horse oious business, especially In the South.
....ii i niM'-i'uit.- ihick ami siuinuling
hoofs, and the heaves and a flue assort-
lUCllt c.f rlnifhonett Hint imnvin. A4
- - .-,' ... llu
they keep the unlmul for "the boys" to
....... .. .
........ uihi, ..mi iviKi wuu
tire not satlstled with a six-cylinder 00 -
III Ifamu Wl-rt . .1 l l.ltt.
in,-. 1 unlit til Illlir. villi rnilfa ur in
horsejvower unto, and then ask, "Why
do the boys leave the fnrm?" Bush
"ell, In Cincinnati I'ost. '
SALESMAN TRIPLES THE SALE.
Ilonr u Man Sold Uooda and I'lraaetf
111. M . i
"Dropping Into n shoe store the othei
day," begun the observer. "I saw a
salesman do something that aroused my ' tnnt 1,11 Prlzps would bo paid without
udmlrntioii. As I sat down to get fitted .uIhbIe to the holders of "lucky nuni
I noticed n inuu close bv with what Dt'r8-" IIe knew thnt the concern could
seemed to lie n dozen pairs of shoes
Hcnttered mound him. He had beeu lu-1
. .... i. 1 . . I . . .
specting and 'trying them on.' nnd al-1
' "cn Satisfactorily fitted
. ,. , , , :
several time he was unable to make a
choice. 'I can't decide which pair to !
take,' he suid to the salesman who I
U'nu nltiimlltt. Ytlin I
The salesmuu picked un a nnlr of 1
Bluchers, n pair of button shoes and a
JNl . t? ' VU1 tUm ,D
'nt of, the "titwu',- ! !AH of
oiiim in Jim, nuu iii yvu wen.
fr n .1 .. I I .1 . . . . x.
My advice Is thnt you take all thres
pnlrs.'
" 'But I cumo In to get ouly one pulr.'
protested the customer,
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"'Tbnt la iinriumnri fnv tmt olln oil
. .... .......... .... .M.i inning in,
.tin... -. 1 1 . ,, ... . .
.i uK-iu, ii-MHiiitipii me seiier. iiy iua
Iiia .ln.ui. .1..... i.
nig ineso uiree puirs you will save
money, yon will he able to alternate
and IllllkA tlietll lilut lilfifrn in.1
' ....... ...... .vi.w, .11114 jvu
will nt nit tlmn. !,... i. .in.... ... 1.
..... ... ..I, innii. imiu .iiu 1 iniai. l iuu
that conies from having comfortable
shot's on your feet.'
' 'Well,' said the convinced customer.
'I never did such 11 thing before in my
life, but 1 11 tuke your advice and do
It now. Wrap them up.'
"A few moments later the man who
enme lu for one pair of shoos walked
out of the store with three pairs. That's
what aroused my admiration nnd open
ed my eyes to the fact that there art
salesmen and salesmen." Pittsburg
Telegraph.
A IHaguated Mnalclaa.
Conductor ttcrlcke, knowu as tbi
"huiiiuu metronome," had beeu giving a
Wagner program. After the concert 011s
of tho trombone players was heard to
say to a fellow musician, "Well, I am
going to quit." "Are you daffy?" said
his friend. "What's the matter?" "Well,
It's Just tills: In that 'Tristan and
Isolde' uumlier I momentarily forgot
tho technics of niy instrument got uis
thuslustic, filled my lungs for that mag
iiiQccut passage for the brass, when up
goes that fatal left hand, so I had to
swallow my enthusiasm and wind too.
If I don't quit 1 am cither going U
hurst or die of tuberculosis."
Ilrarwrd Troable.
The heud of the gout household cams
home with lugging stops uud a droop
lug beard.
' What's the trouble, William?" cried
Mrs. O.
"Trouble enough." was the mournful
answer. "There's another crusada
against the billboards. "Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
When a man becomes noted for
meanness. It Is pretty apt to be reoaU.
ed that as a lioy he drowned a kitten.
or cut on a cap" m pure wautoav
Of a cat '(
Veen
ti
:uuii.ilv
UCHS.
A lucky :iiuu.iluays jkiiuta
with
pride to his good Judguieut
nSD&in of ihe
m 'Jb 1' ru M . . ,. --t J i L7 I,
Tbe Honduras National Iittorv Com
pany, better known tinder Its nrielnal
name of the Louisiana State Lottery,
has been forced out of business by the
Federal government. Twenty of the
officers and employes of the concern
are under Indictment. The death knell
of this biggest lottery company In the
world has been sounded.
Bigger than the "Mississippi bubble."
potent In State and national affairs,
known In every civilised land, the Hon
duras company has made probably not
less than $25,000,000 for its owners
dnrlng Its existence of more thnn
thirty years. With Its operations have
been associated some of the great men
of Civil War times, and throughout its
life the names of some of the proud
est of the New Orleans Creole families
have been linked with It without effort
at concealment In the place of its
birth, New Orleans, the lottery com
pany was an Institution. As a law
breaker Its place In the nntlon has
been unique and its history of absorb
ing Interest
The forerunner of the old Louisiana
State Lottery was thnt
! Alghnm. I,.!.. rrt.i- .
,u e ouys ronowing the Civil War.
The charter of the Louisiana company
ffave tt n mnnittuilv nnf .9 .1...
('"'j' " . 1 1 1 J ut IUC IUI-
tery business but of the "policy" busl-
, , . . .
ut?HH III W 1 p pan. -I'lila nn a i..l
uucauB, iuib policy July-
1 Hege was of enormous value, hut In
I X ll t , . . . .
the end proved the undoing of the lot
tery company.
In formulating his original plan,
the shrewd Dr. Dauphin had consid
ered well the fact that the lottery
company uniHt depend for Its ultimate
success on a belief on the part of the
Publlc tun the drawings of the com
pnny were- ln faPt' P"re chance, and
Pru"lr onIy U9 the public had confl-
dence " it. Dr. Dauphin hit on the
lllllll 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' I T 1 H. T IIA llil !! II r.n . 1
plan of Plat,1"S the drawings under the
I-rviSion of men whose very name,
w-oiibi ho n r,.,,rnnfn t ..,.u,.
Mould be a guarantee to the nubile
that the lottery was as honestly con
ducted as was possible.
It was in this way thnt Generals
, ... ,u. Yi,.jr iuai ucneruis
Beauregurd nnd Enriy were limmrht
mto the scheme. The former lived ln
T7 " mt"r ln V,r-
Kin a. Both were men of much popu-
, "iw.iu i ijr in me ,-ourn, wnero
, 1. .. , f . ,
they were popular Idols. Their Aim.
tingulshed services for the Confederacy
In the Civil War placed the:.. In rvna!.
tloiis In tbo public mind but little be-
- , .j . . i. .ii 1 1 1 uul nine oe-
low tht ulili'li hurt Imon
- - u ... . .. i' 1 v iijii tni ity
l?nnA.nl T 1 . . . 1 . ...
vvu- uwii tu. iee. f inancially
Kntk fit li..,n ,lt..,l. . ...
DOlI 01 ""?se Ulstlngulshed soldiers
'ere In straitened circumstances. The
TiOlltstjlllfl rlttprv ft,ifinn.. v .
... 1 uiiijiauj UUtTlHl
enrh mm nt ilmm (inniin . .
" v- ..n ui i")u, .u u i.-iir ill n,ir
"-umiuinaiifiin jur iue company nnd
to supervise tho drawings. This was
as far as the connection of either with
the company went. Not more than two
days' work ciich month was required
of them, nnd for these two days they
tneh received $2,o00.
tiprclavular Drairlnica.
In the early days of the lottery the
public monthly drawings were held ln
the various New Orleans theaters, but
later the coinpnny erected a building
for administrative purposes in st
Charles street, and In this building a
ball for the drawings was provided.
General Beauregard nnd Knrly were
ln complete charge of the drawings.
Tbe plan of the drawing wus this:
On 100,000 slips of piiper an Inch
wide and six Indies long were printed
that muny numbers. The numbers
were In large tyie. Knch of these 100,
000 slips was rolled tightly with the
nu iiber on the inside, anil the roll was
Inserted ln a case consisting of a sec
tion of small rubber hose about an
inch long. These 100.000 tulies were
then dumped In a hollow wheel about
five feet In diameter and two feet
thick.
The wheel was mnde of two glass
discs Joined at the periphery with a
thin wooden band as wide as the wheel.
In this band was arranged a slide
which could be ojH-ned and a hand In
sorted Into the hollow wheel. On the
stage near this "number wheel" stood
a slmllurly constructed wheel one-third
ths size. In all the scheme called for
the giving of 3,434 prizes at each draw
ing; and the smaller, or "prize w heel,"
contained that many of the small rub
ber tubes minus the number of "ter
oilnal" and "approximation" prizes.
Iu each of these tubes was a slip of
paper containing figures representing
each prize.
Thus equipped, the commissioners
' were ready to begin the drawing. For
spectacular effect two boys from tho
local asylum for the blind were chosen
to draw the tubes from the wheels.
A robust negro turned tbe cranks, mix
lug the rubber tubes In the wheels
thoroughly. Then one of the blind
boys drew a tube from the bl wheel
A man selected by the commissioners
ror tne purpose extracted the rolled
slip from the tube, held It up before
tbe audience and announced the sum
her. At the same time the other blind
boy drew a tube from the "prize
wheel" and the announcer called out
the sum called for by this slip. This
prize, then, was drawn by the number
drawn from the other wheel at the
same time. The drawing required hours
and usually was lamely attended.
So thoroughly were advertised the
reaiures proviucu ror the Insuring of
an honest drawing that the public soon
became convinced that there was no
chance for Jugglery, and so long as the
company existed the buvera of tickets
purchased In tho utmost confidence
tnat ir tbey did not win it was not
because of unfair drawings.
During the late '80s the feellmr
ngalnst the policy part of the scheme
had grown strong In New Orleans.
Policy gambling had run riot for years.
It had taken such a hold on tbe ser
vant and poorer classes that thev could
not be trusted with either their own
or other people's money. A maid sent
to the store for supplies stormed on
I w r v ilu mi money
i given her by her mistress. The city
I n n n 1lnmnMnllm.1l T . 4.
the way to play policy with the money
was demoralized. It was at this tima
under the Howard administration, that
the lottery got Into politics. The "lot
tery" and "anti-lottery" parties sprang
Into being. The leader of the lntter
was United States District Attorney
ranange, a christian gentleman to
whom the evils of policy appenled
most strongly.
Death Blow to the I.otterr.
The Issue was whether the charter
of the company was to be renewed by
the Stute of Louisiana. The scandals
of this flght the charges of bribery
and other muck-throwing are still
fresh In the niluds of many. It was at
this time that the company came Into'
malodor throughout the nation. When
the smoke cleared away It was fouud
that the "nntl-lottery" party hnd won.
The finish of this fight compelled the
Louisiana company to find a new base
of operation. Experienced lottery men
declare that Mexico would have beeu
the logical location, for there lottery
was looked upon as legitimate, and the
government accepted from the lottery
companies a tax on gross receipts. But
Honduras, Instead of Mexico, was
chosen. This was fifteen years ago,
since which time the concern has been
known as the Honduras National Lot
tery. Its legal residence abroad, however,
did not change tho fact that most of
Its sales were In the United States.
Tho enactment of the Federal law
prohibiting the transmission of lottery
matter through the malls was n severe
blow to the business, but not as serious
as was stipiiosod nt the time, as the
express companies promptly began the
work of currying the contraband mat
ter. As tho government fight grew
fiercer even the express companies de-
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Ill with diphtheria. Is here pictured mounted on the white and iSZZ
whU-h now U'lon:s to his smaller brother, Qucutln. V
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the People man
the 'Mississippi
bubple'dnd wfiicn,
Unck &m far jwf
clined to handle the tickets and llsta,
and the company was forced to iliv
tribute them by n.essenger.
The profits of the Louisiana lottery
crowd during the yenrs of Its exlstenc
can be approximated from known fig"
urea. For Instance, the largest month';
business ever done by the couipany
was tbe Inst month before the removal'
to Honduras, when $2,400,000 waa
taken In by tbe lottery. It Is probable;
that the profits from the lottery have
not been less than $25,000,000, all told.
Tbe plan of operation called for tho
distribution each month of 55 per cent
of all money taken in for prizes
Agents' commissions averaged 20 pep
cent, administrative and miscellaneous
:u per
ineous
which,
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expenses averaged 5 per cent,
left 20 Per cent of net profit
gross income of tbe company figured'
on this basis must then, have been at
least $125,000,000 during Its life.
Before the government began Ita
fight on the Louisiana company a win1
ning ticket was known to be as good?
as a certified check and express com-
panles and many banks cashed thecn
It ls not only likely, but almost-cer-
tain, that had the Louisiana comonuy;
not debauched the State with pollen
It would have secured a twenty-five
year extension of Its charter. But th
policy game forced It Into a flght la
which It was compelled to buy Con
gressmen and government officials. Tho
secret pay roll of this company would'
be a most Interesting and sensational
document. Chicago Record-HerahL
Eqnal to the Emersear,
"So you break our engagement.
Gwendolen!" he exclaimed, bitterly.
"Then In vour presence let me eml thn
life which you have bllehted."
Drawing forth a vial marked "nol
sou," he put It to bis lips, and drained
it to the last drop. As he sank back;
uncousclous, did the beautiful girj
fling herself upon his breast In an.
agony of remorse and burst forth into
frenzied sobs? Scarcely I
Hastily quitting the room, she re
turned presently, her lovely face trasrlc.
yet composed. Kneeling beside tha
young man, she forced between his lips
the following: (1) One cup of turpen
tine; (2) one pint of milk: f3) a howl
of warm soapsuds; (4) a small bottle
of aromatic ammonia; (5) a cup ofL,-,
black coffee; (C) a glass of mustard
water; (7) a gill of vinegar: t8 Juice-
of a lemon; (0) the beaten whites ofj
six eggs; (10) one cup of flour and
water.
'Algernon," she observed, coldly, as
he began to revive, "It Is evident you,
did not know that I am a graduate
of a correspondence course in first aid
to th Injured. My one regret Is that,
since It was Impossible for me to ascer
tain whether the poison you took wad
an acid or an alkali. I was compelled1
to administer all the antidotes of whlchj
wo had learned." Womnn's Home
Companion.
A Loat Opportunity.
Towne I had the worst luck wltt
thnt old umbrella of mine last evening1
at the concert I put it in the stun
with the others
Browne And when you went to set:
it it was gone, eh?
Towue No, bong it! It was the oniw
one left I didn't get a shot at tha'
others. Philadelphia Press. 1
The Traveling Need.
The Social Philosopher was revtowj'
lug the situation.
"We don't want overbold rniimuiT!
employes," he said, "but we do
wreckless schedules." Baltimore Amer
ican.
Unpleasant truths ahvavs nlenxa a
lot of people whom they do not couV
cern.
