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Judge Kelly Returns from the Realms of
Queen Li
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Al Iclle1cntH Clnmol for Anncxnton ,
Dele'IIK that I " 'otll Give
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Judge ' , V. R. Kely has returned from the .
, Sandwich Islands , where he spent bls stint-
, mer vacation , and In speaking of the home
; of the dethroned Queen LI , he said : ,
f' I am glad to give you some Impressions
ot my recent visit to lIonolulti. I could not
describe the trip or the place without appear-
. Ing to be enthusiastic. The voyage ot 2.100
" . ' miles from San Francisco to 10noluiu takes
rancseo
i 'mlea
. ' six days , and , after palng beyond the
, rough sea adjee to the California coast , It
Is one of absolute enjoyment and pleasure.
; The return voyage requlrel seven days. This
' Is because the trade winds arc meeting u !
Instead of blowing with us , as on the out-
' r ward voyage , and because of the currents
r' p which set toward the southwest.
r Ionolulu lice 2,100 miles nearly soutHwest .
wet from San Francisco , and about twenty-
one degrees north of the equator. The Hat -
t walan Islands lie In the track ot the trade
. vlnds , which blow from the northeast to the
southwest during almost every mohth of the
year. There are eight Inhablt.mt Islands ,
the total area being something near 7,000
square miles . Honolulu . the capital , 13 rIt
, uatell on the Island of Oahu. The largest of
the Islands Is hawaii , upwards of 200 mIles
distant from Honolulu Kawai lies about
100 mies distant from honolulu and 1 said
to ba the most beautiful , as well al the most
produetvo of the Islands. The population of
the group Is something over 100,000 people ,
about 40.000 0 [ whom arc natives , and about
f 30,000 Chinese and Japanese , anti the re-
malnder are Europeans and American . The
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r Chinese and Japanese are largely engaged
as laborers upon the sugar and rice planta-
tiona. The Americans anti Europeans con-
tltute the energetic business element of the
stute energetc
Island , anti are largely engaged In sugar
. raising and coffee planting . and In the gen-
oral commercial business of the Islands , prin-
cipaly conducted at Honolulu . The natives
are large land owners and raisers of stock.
. ' Tley arc a good looking body of people : they
are Intelhwnt Ienerous and hosoitable. No
d \lbt-t-le-yrl \ have all the vices uf ' civilization ,
but they also have many of Its most comfort-
- able virtues. I Is claimed that 95 per cent
, of the natives of the Island can read and
: write well In their own language and that
. . almost as large 1 percentage of them can
i also read and write In our language. The
r . English language Is the legal ant common
language of the Islands.
\ ' AHE ALL FOR ANNEXATION.
. My stay at five days at Honolulu did not
give mo time enough to form opinions In respect -
spect tQ the government of any of the polt-
cal affairs of the Island. The Impressions , how-
: , ever , which I gained from what I saw and
from what I heard led me to believe that the
, ,
" almost universal hope of the people of the
. Ulands Is for annexation to the United States
I under's 'omo form of government. The peo-
t , pie are devoted to the Islands anti to their
government. but they are also Intensely
! . . American In sentiment . They believe that
the material Interests of the Islands would
1 . .
- be gronty subserved by annexation , or some
, relations with the United States which would
L . Insure a certain and stable government. They
? also believe , with much geed reason , that the
: United States Itself would be as much bene-
t fted as the Islands would be
, . The government under the queen consisted
t of royal institutions , supported by two legls-
- latve houses and a judicial system much
1- like that of the United States The republic
I ; ' bas preserved the two legislative houses and
. ' . the judicial system as It found it. A fine
I J. , . system ot public Instruction Is maintained ,
. numerous schools of high class are main-
I ? tamed 'on tht Islands , quite a number of
them under the direct auspices at various
c' ' religious denominations. The small percent-
' age ot Illiteracy on the Islands Indicates sub-
L Btantaly the efciency of the system.
, Honolulu has about 25,000 people Is the
; i : seat of government , Is the principal city of
; the Islands. A number of educational Inst-
I , tutons are located there , as well as hospl-
i tals for the t . isaac , for the sick. and the
< state prison . The home for the aged and Indigent -
' digent people founded by King Luanlo Is
, located there. The city Is well lighted by
" - electricity , Is supplied with excellent telephone -
phone service , its streets are well pave : , kept
- In splendid condition , I has good water
t service , best 0' order Is maintained by the
' ' strong and sufficient police force , seconded
, and strengthened , by the military force of
, the Islands. The army Is not strong In point
ot numbers , but seems to b sufficient to
" , , maintain order and good government , eVen
p' during ' the present supposedly troublous times.
; The Tvol In January 1895 , was not felt
"anywhere. on the islands except at Honolulu.
It was promptly put down by the present
- government and a number of the leaders , Including -
eluding the ex-queen , were tried , convicted
and' hav been Imprisoned . During the last
few months quite a number of persons con-
. victed have imen released by absolute par-
I r don , some few were banished. and It Is reported -
ported and currently belle\Gd that the ex-
S queen II about to' be lberated ,
The general sentiment seems to be there
- that the present government Is sufficiently
strong to maintain Iselt ,
ALL ONE OARDENOF FLOWERS
, Honolulu Is an Idealybeautul town. Its
? streets and the grounds ottho residences are
filled with most beautiful trees , . plants , shrubs
, , and more kinds of flowers than I can de-
' 4. Bcrlbe. The royal date , the sago , the cocoa-
Jt nut , the Pride of India , the umbrella tree ,
oleander trees and fern trees are'ln endlcss '
profusion. Everybody there loves flowers and
everybody wears them. Ordinarily be na-
lIves decorate themselves on the street anti
t everywhere _ else with wreaths and garlands
. . of flowers at all times ot the day. On the
streets the native women fewer sellers offer
to the people strands of all sorts of beautiful
S fewer at the rate of about 10 cents a yard ,
c They call these strands leis. Tourists always
F buy them The only one offered that I knew
In this country was the tube rose. Many
- other kinds , however were to my eye more
t - beautiful and certainly more fragrant than
F _ the tube rose. The city Is an Immense ear-
; , den. The lesldercel gimeraly sit well back
j from the street In the midst of spacious
grounds , and great care has been taken that
I. all available space shall be decorated wIth
? Bore beautiful plant , tree or shrub There
T are but few brick buildings In the city . The
: , Impression Is given one that many of the In.
habitants are wealthy , a very great number
t' , In moderately comfortajle circumstances and
, that the Doorer people are so comfortably and
beautifully located In their homes that they
' cannot feel the privations of their poverty
, Pearl harbor , In which the United States
has some Interest ds a coaling staten , Is a
. magnificent harbor , lying about ten miles
'from Honolulu on the line ot the Oahu Railway -
, , way and Land company's railroatL This
r' . magnifcent harbor I sumelent to float the
' : navies of the world. I Is land locked , easy
, of access. its mouth Is not obstructed by
, any bar. The reef which surrounds the
, Island Is from hal a mile to a mile away
j from the shore and the opening throlgh It
. leaves the deep water entrance Into the harbor -
, bor almost unobtructe . I Is claimed that .
' the onlY obstructions to this harbor are a few
hundred feet of cora rock which could easily
be blown out , 10 a to give thirty feet of
water at the lowest tides.
, . The principal prolluctons of the Islands
are sugar , rice , coffee , bananas , all of which
: are exported In very considerable amounts
The growing of coree Is comparatively a new
Industry on the islands : extensive plantations
, are now being opened and the quality of the
. coffee raised Is very fne , Many fields of
, , pineapple are cultivated , the quality of
which I superior to anything we have ever
had In our markets here. This Industry I
comparatively a new one . too. That product
can' be marktted In this market wlthotfl
. difculy , a. they will stand transportation
, , for three or four weeks without any appreciable -
able danger.
A plant hu been put up near one of the
. pineapple districts for the canning of this
, product and this plant Is now In operation .
CONSIERADL1 SWEETNESS.
; , Limes , lemons and oranges are successfully
raised They do not grow pears , apples ,
t peaches or prune Watermelons , cantaloupes
. ; and muskmelons grow profusely and are of
great excellence. The mango , alligator pear ,
bread fruit and cocoanuts are very plentiful.
, The taro root from which II made the poi , U
: , 1&rIy , used by the natives , grows In g eat
,
abundance . ThIs 'ro l furnIshes an excellent
breakfast food anti the four from It makes
most delIcious waffles anti ! grIddle cakes.
The sugar growlnglnthiistry I the principal
Industry on the islands . There are about
sixty sugar 1llntatonl on the Islands . several
ot which , are , owned by Ciaul Sprackeis , the
California sugar king , but It Is a mistake
to suppose that he has a monopoly of the
sugar raising Industry on the Islands . The
total product ot sugar on the Islands Is
something like 1GO.000 tons feI unnuln.
I I said that the land will produce about
eight tons o ( sugar to the acre. From the
first planting I takes about eighteen months
to fully mature the sugar cane and the
planted crop Is succeeded by two other crops
of volunteer cane : which In like manner
produces bountiful returns , less , however , In
amount than the original planting. The cane
fields require irrIgation. On some of the
Jslanlls this Irrigation Is supplied by means
ot streams from the mountain. On Oahu the
present cane fields are supple with water
Cram artcslan wells ; which furnish a con-
tnuous and bountlul supply. The rice and
banana plantations are Illgely worked by
Chinese labor , anti prolluct bountifully . The
climate Is very even : always warm The
record shows that the temperature ranges
from about CG to 85 degrees the whol year.
Tranlportaton facilities 'on many of the
Islands are very complete There IR a system
of InterIsland transportation by small
steamers , which makes traveling from one
Island to the other very easy , and I heard
no complaint about ratcs
On Oahu there Is a railroad completed for
about thirty-five miles from honolulu to
Walanae. This Is a first class narrow
guago railroad , well equipped and well oper-
ated ; .I runs through two large sugar planta-
tons and several rice plantations : It Is pro-
jcctel , and Is expect soon to bt corn-
pleted several miles further , thus reaching
still other plantations of sugar and rice
lands. The products along the line ot road ,
of sugar , rice , bananas anti pineapples , fur-
nish enough bustness to justify the construc-
ton of a good railroad , and the revenues
of the road have been sufficient to justify
the managers , and they seem to have the
profoundest faith In the permanence and continuance -
tnuance of the Industries which they seek
to serve.
The tourist who desires to find a pleasant
and delightful place In whIch to spend the
winter can find bls ever wish gratified at
Honolulu . The hotels are sufcient and com-
fortable The roads and drives about the
Island are beautiful and pleasant. In the
city streets cars reach every place of interest -
terest and hacks and conveyances are more
plentiful than In any city of Its size In the
world The Ilavlng Is unsurpassed : the roads
arc good : the climate warm and every day
can be made one of pleasure ; and , like all
other persons who have visited the IslanM ,
either for a brief or a long period I can
only say that my every recollection of I Is
pleasant and agreeable.
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ENGLISh XGIXgS FAIL .
They Cnnnot )0 the leorl. . on
Aiiierlcitn .
Itnhlroz4M
Amellenn HnllonelM.
The recent remarkable runs made on
English railroads , In one of which the unprecedented -
precedented feat was accomplished of cover-
Ing 540 miles In 512 minutes , have revived
the never-ending dispute ns to the speed
of English and American trains , and of the
comparative efficiency at the different types
of engines used In the two countries. American -
can locomotives have never been tried la
England where
, would
they doubtless do as
well on the splendid roadbed and easy
grades that prevail there , but English engines
have been tested In this country and have
proved decided failures.
The latest experiment of this kind , says
the Phiadelphia Record , was with an English
Englsh
locomotive , which was exhibited at the
'Vorld's Fall and was afterwards tried on
trie
the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad ,
with unsatisfactory resuls , Previous to
that the Pennsylvania railroad tried an
English engine , and many Phiadelphins
well remember the curious-looking machine
that formerly came roolng Into the Broad
Street station . hauling a New York train.
I was never looked upon as a success and
doubtless before long will be reduced ( ,
the humble duty of pulling a gravel trainer
or switching In some yard
It was with a view to adopting the compound -
pound theory In Iccomotves and developing
It In this country that the PennsYlvania raU-
road In 1889 purchased of Dyroq & Peacock
of Manchrster , England , a compound engine
of the Webb type and had It shipped to this
coun1ry , This engine was built after de-
signs furnished by the Lonon & Northwest-
era railroad , one of the English roads en-
gaged In the recent long-distance. speed runs '
She was a typical English engine , devoId ct
either cab or bell , and the accJmpanylng picture -
Lure Is an exact IllustratIon
iustration of the engine as
sbe appeared when taken from the steamer
and placed In service onthe "Penn v's" New
York division . Everything about iler was
English , even the men who operated her , an
English engineer and fIreman acompanylng
her to AmerIca for the purpose of operating
her and demonstrating the qualtes operatng .
English compound. The weight of the engine I.
In working order Is about 100,000 pounds , :
which Is distributed about equally over the
trucks and the first and second pall of
drivers , which are '
seventy-e'ght Inches In
diameter. The tender , loaded and with coal
capacity of about four tons , and a water capacity -
paciy of 2,200 gallons , weighs 58,000 pounds ,
making the total weight of he engine 1800
pounds , or about 25 p.'r cent less than the
weIght ot the big Amrlcan engines .
A few trials donstrated the fact that
the engine was not adapted for service on
American railroads by reason of the heavier
grades and the greater weight of the trains
The principal trouble appeared to be In the
starting of the trains and getting under head-
way , as she appeared to make good speed
after once under way. After several months'
trial the engine was taken to the shops and
partly Aniercanlzed : a cab and bell were
placed upon. her and several other minor
changes made . but without apparently ! ts-
factory results. The engine was continued
In the service on the New York divIsion ,
drawing .lght passenger trais until a few
months ago , when she was transferred to the
Amboy division to draw the paper train from
New York to Long Branch and Is still In
service on that division The experience
gained with the English compound engine
was not sufficient to warrant the Pennsyl-
vania railroad In duplicating their order , and
In the light ot recent experience of their own
and other American locomotive builders tn
the construction of compound and other
types of enllnes It Is not likely that In the
near future managers of American railways
will look to England.tor their motive power
or that they will adopt the Ideas or designs I
vogue tbere. _
LILY LLAYES
That . " 11 EUMUSUMlnin the " Vcightt
of 1 1lun.
Gardener James Guernoy , who has charge
of Sbaw's garden , and ale of the monstrous-
leaved water lily known as the Victoria
Regia , now .m exhibition In Tower Grove
park , has been telling some wonderful st
Ills about the power of these leaves , which
rest upon the surface of the water , to hold
up large weights. .
At first people laughed at him when he
sahl they would sustain tie weight of a 10.
year-old child , says the st Louis Republic ,
but he soon < olvln ell the public that this
was a fact , and finally made the statement
that fame of the leaves would sustain the
weight of a full-grown man , and would an-
swer as a raft In case one wished to be fer-
ned over some cheep pool Yesterday afternoon -
noon and last evening he prayed his assertion -
tion , ,
ton _ . :
nurlng the afternoon he rigged lp several I
of the monstrous 1y , pads , frt placing upon
them a thin quilt to protect the leaves , and I
on top of this a light wooden frame work seas
a to distribute the weight over the entire
leaf . At frt h& placed on the pods chl-
drln , whose weigh was abut fifty or sixty
pounds each , anti after showing off these ,
lie invited Mr. H , 0. , larstck , whom he
knew , from hong experience with . the river ,
was not afraid of any craft afloat , to step
on board. Mr. laartok did BO , and floated
about for several ' ni'tntmtes.
severa' tln\tes.
Last night Mr , Gurney gave another exhi-
bltion . which' was witnessed by at least 400
persool. After fxqg ! UP the pods he placed
on the first one a little girl , 1 years old ,
who weighed teventy-two pounds. On the
other he placed two lads , who weighed a
little over fifty pounds each and on the
third be stationed a reporter for the Repub
hic . a light weight , but who weighs en a reliable -
liable scale 16 pund , . Is. weight had no
perceptible effect on the leaf , which carried
the leWljJper man 8 safely a the Btaunch.
eat craft ou the MisaislppI.
lr , Guerney Intended to place a real heavy
weight on the biggest of the pOdsbut some I
small boy threw a stone through It late yel- ,
terdlY afternoon , al tbs trial could not be I
niatle , 1
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MYSTC NATIONAL - GAil
Mor , You Think Yoi Know About Poker
YO\
the Less You Know ,
ABOUT AS UNSOLVABLE AS A WOMAN
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Ane1 10th 01 Thcm Are So l n"cllntnJ
- . \ I'en IlntH Ahnnt the Game ,
hut The ) ; Leave Ineh Yet
to lie 1.lulnll.
Theo Is a , urious unanimity ot mojesty
about poker , especially among those who
know something about its fascinations. I
never saw an old poker player who claimed
to bo familiar with the game , says a wrier
In the New York Herald. Poker Is
something like a woman-the longer you
know her the less you understand her.
That Is to say , familiarity with poker , instead .
stead ot breeding contempt , InspIre that
res'pect which waits upon \ \mcertalnty'
attends the unknowable. The best poker
players are married men. The often . r a
man , Is married the more modest he Is
about' "sizing up" womankInd. lie loses
confidence In his own judgment of human
nature. lie becomes wary. He lies In
walt , never thoroughly satisfied In his own
mind as to what will turn up next-ne\er
absolutely certain whether over aginat
him Is an ace hIgh or royal fiush-"bluft" or
"a dead , lead pipe cinch "
I hope no lady , especially a married lady ,
will read thl ! I Is no desire of mine to
raise the ante on their possibilities. ThIs
out of sincere regard for my sex.
I Is only the young and Inexperienced who
know all about women : It Is only the tresh
young amateur who knows all about p9ker.
And , like the man who staggers up against
a roulette - wheel for time first time . this , sort
of daring not infrequently wins , where riper I
experience and caution quit the loser. Every- I
body has heard of the Innocent who steps '
up and plants n dollar or so on the winning '
double 00 and calls the turn on the last
cards out of the box on the first deal-while
the expert , with or without system , Is con-
tent with odd or even , plays the seven open
and unostentatiously coppers the ace. So the
same Inexperienced player will sit down at
poker and for a time baffle the wit of the
keenest carl sharp. Ills very Ignorance of
the rules of the game protects him. .
I The great American- game has wonderful
ahra'ct ns for statesmen and politicIans at
the national capital. The United States senate -
ate Is now and has been for sC'eral years
virtually dominated by a little poker clique .
composed ot members of both great political
parties. In anything In which any particular
one of this convivial crew Is personally Interested -
terested the senate may be counted on to
act favorably. Upon all ot the leading Issues ,
even , the poker influences have been plainly
and unmistakably exhibited. With a slender
majority , of two or three votes , or less , at
times , I : was easy for a senatorial poker
party to make jackpots of legislation and
decide grave Issues by a draw . Enough has
been told oC Washington poker stories to fill
yolumes. Some of these stories are true.
About the best poker story floating about
the capital Is related by the veteran Colonel
Ike ll , deputy sergeant-at-arms of the house
of representatives for many years. There
was a cal of the house late one night , and
Colonel Hi was sent out to gather In ab-
sentees. The colonel knows the haunts of
every member He knows just who Is likely
to be at home In bed and who Is abol't town.
Kindly soul that he Is , he preferred on such
an occasIon to gather In the latter and leave
the former undisturbed. So he knocked on
the door of a certain club room shortly , after -
mldmiighL
"Who's there ? " Inquired a voice from
wltbln.
"The house of representatives , " gravely
replied Colonel 11111. "You are under Arrest ,
gentlemen , and must accompany me to the
capitol at once. "
"All right , Ike , " was the reply : "walt a
few minutes , or we'l let you In I you will
promise not to meddle until we play out this
hand Will you do It ? " . .
"Why certainly , " said , Hill.
The door was opened , and the official
emissary of the house saw four members
sitting around the table In their shirt
sleeves , while sundry bottles and cigar stups
decorated time sideboard. There' were stuJs
stiff hands out , and a good bit ot cash
was accumulating In the center ot the'
table. The bets went across In calm ,
methodical manner , the men cultivating
that Impassive countenance and Impenetrable - ,
trable demeanor that characterize the vet- :
eran poker player Presently one member-
.a well known Kentuckian , sInce cal d to a
higher placegot short of money. He didn't
care to lie down
"I say , Colonel"-adllresslng the deputy of
the house-"lend me $50 , will you ? "
"Haven't got it . " said Hill. .
"Well , Il draw an order on you for sal-
any account and you accept It. "
" 'tll right " said HI ; "If you want to
41 the United States Into thIs game of
poker , go ahead "
The blank order was fled out and O. K'd
by Colonel Hill and transferred to the pot
But before putting his name on the paper
the colonel looked at the hand-fo aces
"I knew the government was good for It , "
exihained the colonel afterward , "and the
extlalned old wheat. " .
hand was as good as
Poker has been defined by a cynic as a
game at which one friend sis down to rob
another. For the man of wisdom not a
gambler will not : ashly engage with strangers
or tempt fickle fortune with professional
players. He must , therefore , confine his
speculation to his known acquaintances and
friends. ' Notwihstanding the apparent
solidity of this definition , It Is not very dif-
cult to find men willing to be robbed , so they
enjoy the oppottunly of holding up the
other fellow. What Is commonly known
as the "gentleman's game" Is usually made
up of amateur sports and a sly expert or
two worked In to leaven the lump Men
who make a hiving by cards affect the "gen-
theman's game" abut the hotels and club
rooms , the real gentlemen being their lambs
for the shearing. The professional game ,
strictly as such , Is almost unknown. In thse
times of antHamblng laws everY hotel In
the city has become a gambling house , poker
being the ruling game Go through any
down-town hotel 'durlng the summer when
doors are ajar and you will find scores of
games In full blast and running without
concealment. ,
On every through train cards are popular
and poker between strangers for god
stakes Is common All the suburban trains
out of New York are the daily scenes of I
gambling-and some are especially provided
with car fitted up for that purpose. Thou-
sands of persons , women as well as men ,
play poker for amusement-penny ante and
I cents and 10 cents limit . I Is very
easily learned , so far as the technical use of
the cards goes-never really mastered In
other respects. The best poker player In the
world Is but an approximation.
There are three things of Importance be-
sides knowing the gamecards , courage anti
JUdgment of human nature. The last Is the
greatest of all . The ability to reati the
human countenance-to cast the probable
value of a flutter ot an eyelid , to detect the
slightest tremor of a muscle , to accurately
gauge the intonation of a voicethese are
acquirements ; and to be able , to do all of
these with each and every new opponent
would be perfection. Men are very different .
and no two men al pOker can be measured
by the same standard. I to study man Is
the proper study of mankind , poker Is the
greatest school ever Invented.
Theoretically four aces beat any lesser
hInd held against tlmem Aa an interesting
fact , perfectly familiar to every layer of the
game no hand at all II necessarily a winner ,
the outcome largely depending upon the nerve
and judgment of the player. A pair ot
deuces anti a royal flush of nerve have been
known to work wonders. There Is where the
fun comes in You can count safely on noth- I
lng-except . , of course . that the other fellow i
will ' 'do" you I he gets a opening Just '
keep your eyes on htm. I you have an eye
In the back part of your head , too It M'il be
of great aulstance.
Never presume on human honesty In a
game at poker. I will save hard feelings ,
_ I not money The man who Is the soul of
Integrity In ordinary business will turn you
down In a here trade and do you up- at
poker without twtngo of conschmce. The
essence ot poker skUI leS In deceit-and the
more deceitful you are the more likely you
will be to come out ahead.
Women make god poker players , but
leer pi. any game with money In I wit
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a woman Rho can't help cheating , and whom '
you catch her at It you sn't lunch [ her In
the nose or kick he ouL
When a lan Mn law one card , with
tours In hand , wIth ' exactly the Bare In-
passive countenance or expression of Ilf
denee he will Wear In drawing to a bob-
tailed fUlh , he will hue almost mastered
time art of poker . Thee II but one hlghor
step , and that Is to t b able to read such a
fac correctly ,
A popular form 'ot poker out west 1
known as "freezo-outj" It Is a duel to the
death-that Is , the players agree In the beginning -
ginning to play Until one man his all the
money. This sort of ' 1 game sometimes only
lasts an hour or soometmes for two hays
and nights. I originated probably In the
disgust always manifested ! arouml the table
when a winner quits ahead. Such a man Is
called "n quitter. " As soon as he gets ahead
on some lucky turn he gets up and leaves ,
giving the rest no chance of getting their
money back. I Is better not to begin than
to bo "a quitter. " Some men are so sensi-
tve about this that they frequently miss
church on Sunday morning. They don't like
to be conslderM quiter !
Another plan to obviate this Is to fix an
hour for closing the gamcsay 12 o'clock
sharpwin or lese This not only clrcum- .
vents the quitter , but relieves the stayer and
keeps limo peace at home. I II sometmes
better to be a quitter than have your wife
playing freeze-out with you for the next week.
A quitter may become popular with poker
players only when ho begins to put up paper
Instead of cashm
In poker , checks or any other Promises
don't go ; I Is c. o. n-eashm ems the nail ,
Nobody of experience In the game will trust
anybody who plays I. That Is another beauty
ot the Instuton , You jlst shako off all moral
obligations anti meet every man on the dead
level ot a corman hiumnanity. A man's checker
or word of honor may go for thousands on
Wall street and be no good at poker. Cash
Is a necessary rule of the game I you
haven't cash and cash to spare , you'l better
stay out of it. Better to stay out anyhow.
There I ! to be a poker convention shortly.
I don't know whether It Is to be of delegates
elected In the conventional style known t
politicians or wliether It Is to be a cut and
dried affair made up of poker sharps I appears -
pears that there arc some people not wholly
satisfied wltlm the It Is played In
satsfed wih Iame , as I r
various sectons of the country and they
want to harmonize things. We get along with \
diverse divorce laws incidental to fort-four !
dlrefent kinds of legislative bodies , after a !
fashion , but poker Is mora Important among !
its devotees than the marriage tic , This i
poker deal will end In an appeal to congress ,
possibly-and congress must settle all drer- : !
ences. . I would probably do to by amending I
the Interstate commercial act That Is the I
way the parental hand ot the general govI I
eminent Is usually extended to her chiltiren . '
Dy tacking a set of poker rules on time end
'I
of the Interstate commerce law the goven-
meat would at once Introduce universality
of national \ forlocal custom antI heal l
many vexatious differences , but the party
that dd ! so would get the poker vote In the
next presidential election. The Interlate
commerce law has been generously construed
and utilized , and has taken the place of the
timne-worn phrase ot the constitution , "the
general welfare , " under the protection of
which , according to some statesmen , redheaded -
headed women and , white horses might be
regulate and everything set right There
sems to be no reason In the world Why
congress shouldn't dOal poker for the country
general ) ' , with the same spirit of fairness
and acute judgment Its members display
across the committee table. Therefore this
convention .
conventon. .
LAGGEU ) 1\1'.1 lEn SKIlL'S' .
Not the Trnelton' . SLed , hut I Saved
the' 'l'rnin.
Miss , Martha 11 Gurpee has been employed
on the New Jersey & : New York railroad as
staten agent at Mount Ivy for a number of
years , says the New York Sun Miss Gure3
and her 11-year-old brother were alone In the
staten about 3:30 o'clock the other after-
noon , when tbeyrdlscovered that It bad been
act on fire by sparks from the engine of a
freight train which had passe a few moments -
ments before.
The staten Is ! situated In a lonely place
: among'the' foothfllw of' tiie'-Ilaverstraw moun-
tains : No assistance was near. Miss Guree
and her brother saw that the little staten
was doomed , and set to work with a will to
remQve whatever they could from It
Th'hy first removed the ticket case and other
furniture , and after a hard struggle sue-
ceelle(1 In removing a large , new stove , which
bad been placed In the staten last winter.
They were hardly through with this task
Iwhen they saw that the root of the freight
house close by was on fire. Miss Gurnee remembered -
membered that' there were several barrels of
kerosene oil In the freight house , and call-
lag to her brother to follow her , she rushed
Into the burning building and began to rollout
out the oil. They succeeded In getting It to
a place ot safety.
Miss Gurnee dill not forget that Conductor
Johnson's eastbound passenger train was
about due and that the track were covered
with wreckage from the burning buildings.
She had neglected . however , to remove her
signal fag from the burning staten and they
bad been consumed. Her woman's wit did
not forsake her.
She slipped off her white . petticoat , and
handing It to her brother , started him oft on a
run up the toad to war limb approaching
train ot danger. The train was brought to
a standstill by the boy's waving of his sis-
ter's petticoat. The train crew and the pas-
sengers crowded around him , and when they
heard the story of the fire they were loud In
their expressions ot admiration and of gratitude -
tude toward the pair.
e
'VES''EnN l'ENSIONS.
Veterans of , ( lie Rebellion Resimeon-
herei b5'-thie Geiaerzil Gaverimmejit.
WASHINGTON Sept. 16.-Special.-Pen-
slons granted , lssuq oC August 29 , 189 : , were :
Nebraska : Additional-Lemuel P. Drhack ,
Dodge Dodges Increase-George W. De
Wolf , Geneva , Fillmore , RetsueThomas
C. DlzPer Nemaha : James W. Thomp
sn , Omaha , Douglas. Original wldow-
Edith Pointer Ashland , Saunders.
Iowa : Original-Riley Niles Van Allen .
Epworth , Dubuque. IncreaseGeorge H.
Adams , Drakeyle , Davis. ReissueLouis
C. TaYlor , Fort Madison : Martin V. Peter ,
Marne Cass : Julius Halnvle , Everly , Clay :
, Parker Ireton SIoux
Frederick 0 , , : John
E. Conenhoven Iowa Falls . Hardln : Noah
M. Davis , Floris , Davis ; Thomas C. Verls.
Crocker Polk. OI'lglnal witlow-Surrihia
Kenworthy Red Oak Montgomery.
South Dakota : IncreaseDenJamln Nison ,
Lewiston , Sully. Reissue-Joseph Drown ,
Aberdeen Brown '
Colorado : Original-Henry C Davis Green ,
EI Puso. HelslcGeorge W. Gammon
Lyons , Boulder.
Issue oJ August . .30 : _ _ . _ _ _
Nebraska : urlgmal-onn w. uarner ,
Petersburg , Boone : Clark V. ' . Eaton , Beat-
rice Gage Increase-Edwin F. Woodward I
Republican City Harlan Helsueeorge
S. Kilgore . Hast nis. Adnms. I
Iowa : Original-John Kitomiller . Conrad
Grove , Grundy. Origin\ wldow-Rosan
Tryon , Avoca Pottawattamle. :
South Daltt ; : IncreaselUcajah Doty ,
Artesian Sanborn. .
Colorado : OrIginal-William Murhy :
Eagle Las Anlmas..Jamel L. Coffee , Den-
ver Arapahoe.
Ztontana : Original-DennIs Hereron , DIvide -
vide , Silver Bow. InerealEdward !
Chase , Elkhorn . Jerterson .
Isue oC August , 311
Nebraska : Oniginial-Eleazer Moore , Pal-
mer Merrick. Reissue-Thomas Sears Hay
Springs , Sherldan henry Feusner . Huntey ,
Harlan : William \VtlgensellerOmiha ,
Douglas : John W. Honz ( deceased ) , Omaha ,
Dougla
Iowa : Original-John D. Garrison Logan ,
Harrison HelsueSamu(1 Asbury Griffin ,
alas Samuel Abury. Milo 'Varren. Orig-
Inal widow supplemental-.larglret L. Ge-
rard Beacon Alahaska.
South Dakota : 'Original-John ' W. Sweat ,
Edgemont , Fan River. HelslueDavld S.
Darling , Henry , Codington.
Colorado : Original widow-Melvina Marsh ,
Denver , Arnpahoe .
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LEAI'ED ' 10 DECOIE A FJLEAI ( .
Junlctl flom lIrookl'n lrelK" t' Secure -
cure ii UIDI" 1hleelll J oh.
Mrs. Clara McArthur , the young woman
who attempted to Jump from the Brooklyn
bridge several weeks ago , but who was prevented -
vented by the police , dropped off the bridge
quietly at 3:30 : o'clock on the morning of the
7th. She was taken later to the Hudson
Street hospItal a prisoner under the formal
charge of trying to commit Bulclde. When
she was picked up she was unconscious , but
she Iron recovered
The latest bridge jumper , says the New
York Tribune , seems tQ have been moved by
a wish to ear a living for her husband , whC
Is a railroad man out of work and for her
child . The family has been living In pov-
erty She thought she could ear $00 a
week by jumping from the Brooklyn bridge
and afterward appearing In a dime museum.
Mrs. McArthur was carrie on the bridge
In a furniture van from the Drookl'n end.
She was dressed In man's clothIng , con-
1
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THE GREATEST OF ALL SALESj -j
The Mammoth Bankrupt Sale
. of the S. P. Morse Dry Goods Co. \
16th Rnd Farnam Sts. f
Has captured Omaha and vicinity. The . people are wild about this sale. It's the , 1 \
acme of Bargain Giving. Economical bargain seekers deHghted. Prices on high- ( ,
cass merchfndise are cut unmercifully. Values totally disregarded \
. It's only once In 1 lctlne thnl n chnnce l1CHentR Itself . to get big bar- \
gains lit just whnt 'ou wnnt. You ' ' ( hid ' ' '
, Inlns II you Jcnel'nly elm Inl everything chenll ex-
Open . cellt thc lrni'ticuhnr' artIcle you are looking COl' IN TillS G1 ' 1' BANK-
HUP1' SAI.N It Is tllrm'cnt. . '
evenings . ll'I't , 3.011 JI\l n slllmllhl ) ( ' assorted stock or only the fncst cnss or f
goods , covering aa tlelltrtlents , mimI I t'Vo elnnot Ilet 'OI' rellh'lclts ( ,
both n ! to "eleeHol" timid . prices , you need look 10 fut'tlmet' , for 3'01 wou't lu ( J
I elscwherc lu Omaha. . . . J fJ 4
I-Ieadqt'iarters for State Fair Visitors Parcels and satchels checked free of chargc
S. E. OLSON 00.
CLOAK AND SUIT DEP'T ' Dr. Jaeger's
NEW GOODS GONG AT ANKIWPT SALE PRICES
" , I
SAN
SANITARY
Elegant and nobby 1
nesstlo
I . . JACKETS WehmaUNDERWEAR 1
" '
Wehma ye a big assortment of this best of
. , . , like cut I full man oal Sanitary hygenlc Underwear principles . on The which well they knowl are
un I slc han
,
vcs -
sleqyos itmn-
, Ino la- constructed arc world wide anti need no fur-
, . tennIs fit amid fnish titer Introllucton , II order to make short
clect , quot I as 0 work of our big stock we will orcr nu.
, m'eat bl'go n by JAEGEU'S SANITARY UNnERWEAI AT
' othcl' store at $9.00. 14 of list li'icCS.
/ Bankrupt sale plca This Is a most exceptional opportunity and
. ' . I only should be embrced by all who apprecato !
- fine underwear
. - - ; . ' NOTE-The ae ! of Di' Jaeger's Ullerwear
, 9 8 In this city Is confined exclusively to this
't . storl ,
$ 4.98Boy's , 4 '
0 _ _ _ , Boy's Clothing
_ _ _
" _ _ _ _ 015 quality Nol DOYS' ShIRT WAISTS , Celebrate,1 brand
Mohair Boucle Cloth regular $1.00 quality , bankrupt sale price
Jackets. Baiiki'upt DOYS' SUITS , of all wool che\os : and
_ _ _ _ \ sale pt'lco cassinmeres , weil male : and perfect fitting ,
former ,
price up to 8.0O sale price
' . ' 't t _ , , . 4' ' $7.00 S2:5 : O
Whie Shaker Flannel , Lndles' Pure , , Silk Pun- . 1 lot ladlcs' lhmn qunhity
10e values , uanln'ullt sale . 31 e telasaluo :0 pair , sale $2 67 silk l'lnited Ine . In ncw-
Price , 3'flrtl 2 1l'Ico est Hhates , worth $1 pall 4 9' , I
Stuntur Dress Calcos , . bnnki'upt sale price vah e ( , j
Morse price was 5c yard , 20 ' 1 lot or large size , ' . 'I )
1 lot of Chtildrcn'g Cash-
' ' ' , ' a -
sale yartl
uaula'upt price Chltren 1mavy Ct'ochet Qulith \j 1
3'art mei'e Hose , lhilVk anti col- hea\ , , Quit ! ' "
' Im'e blae ant ' : ilumu I $ l.5 ! , snlc 'I'
100 pieces Faticy Print- sa 0 puce .
:1 75
10 alC Prnt- OI'S , all sizes , choice pair : o i : , : e
al clolce 25 ' .
'iilIe
what " they I.lst :
etl Plisse Cloth , . just \oi'thj double e "hle . _
you : wnnl for pt'L'tt3' house ! Ieachet Huc Towels ,
wnnperu \ou , Iorsc's i'lce size 10x11 . yalue 15e , sale
: tOxl.
'rapers , , 1(0 8e
was B 13'urd. , bankrupt 22C 1 lot 30 to 4lnch all f Iwlce ) , each
' ' ' Wool Novelty Dl'ess OAHPg'l' ' .
DEPT
. sale price ' yard NO\elr Second
. Gootig worth to $ 1.25 ' . ' .
'I ' ' up $1 : : , fOOI' Faram at entl'lmmce
100 11lkO ! , Ptell1 11Jlt : , ! , 100' w- 3'art , ualkrultsalc price , 4 ge Inll door mats , size ,
ing sIlk , best qtiaitty " " . " , " . ' ' 'l , " , . . . 50
trd
ymtrd spools I , sel ; ' e\ery- " 11" . . ' "Ox''r ! . 2.5O value I , sale $ 1.5O , (
' . i 4'
' ut lOc , bank- 5. , , .
wliel'e Spool ulnl
WhC'C I er spool - C T.ADIES HOSE ' - 500 All our fine , Iliac 1.lnole-
a rtipt sale price per HOSE'o
rUj SI " ) , voi'tii l ) to OOc
dozen full regular macit ) 111 wOth up
' I' regulll De 450
Black Cul
One lot Iadle ' fat black Imose mate yard , tulc price , yard
Ilcl Henls- p1ee "
Silk Plaited llotte . opera , : . dot'f ! 'e"aluo 2c uank- ' Ls'ers'thiiumg In : ' '
Sik . , .27 dO.r tlyevahue 2ie uank25 E\'el'JthlnJ Ca'lels :
2 pair
, value 1. e
lemigthis . - $1.27 timid '
lUpt sale price 2 pair ) for fnd Dl'lllerles It ank-
sale price _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lU\t : sale Ilrlces. )
- 1 fl All our fine Crockery , Glassware and Lamps is being closed out
REMEMBER at one-third off from already reduced 1 ries.
Its the opportunity of a life time
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DOCTOR
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Searles & Searles
U16 Fnrun" St.
SPECIALIST5
All Cormq of Blood and
- U , Shin Dleases , ayimuielis ,
cured for \fo and time 1101-
'
\ , son thoroughly cleansed
: . Irom the sVbtOtmL
, ; ' , . , ' : LADIES given careful
!
2ewc'rI.i \ and attemmtioil for all
special nteltun 1\
) \thIeir illany iecullur all-
'l'I ' ' : tletr . lany IJCcular alI
I /\lilentS. /
, '
!
sax ' ' : : , CAT A R R H. Oee t ,
* . ? , " " y I , Iiytlroccle , Gun-
e' " j' ' 4\orrhiooa. 1 Lost Manhuod
' \ , ' ' cured ' by. a special treat-
a \ i" 1s\ lent ,
{ VITALITY WEAl )
WEAK MEN
made so by too close ap-
pllcatloa to business or studY severe mental
strain or grief SEXUAL EXCESSES In
mIddle lte or horn the effects of youthful .
follies. all yield readily to our new treat-
rn'nt for loss of vital power
WRITE mlnt Your troubles If out of the city.
Thousands cured at home by cor-
respondence. CONSULTATION FHEE.
1416 J'arnam 't" ,
Dr Searles & Snarles
, t I Olhl , Neb .
, WOD
,1E
( HEW 4
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UM t11T3 ,
OjJtr
DR.
' McCREW
IS TIn : ONLY
. SPECIALIST
. Wile TnCATI ALL
PRIVATE DISEASES ,
' Weakness and ccret
1isordoaot
MEN ONLY
Eyr , cur , uarantoed .
- 20 8 : : : . . 'I in erpermence. ( \ ntaha.
hook Free.
10t
- , 14Ih.\ I'ur.u" . Hta. ,
0).14. NEi.
slating of a pair of trousers , blue woolen
sweater , covered with a common blue jumper ,
stockings and heavy shoes The stockings
were much too large for her and were fled
with sand In order to give the necessary
weights to her feet and prevent her from
turning over In the air Round her waist
and outside the jumper she were an American -
can lag , and attached to the walit held by
short strings were two ordinary bladders intended .
tended to serve time Imo purpose as a para-
chute .
On reaching the middle of the brIdge the
woman slipped quietly off the wagon , In
which she bad been concealed , and , climbing
the fence which separates the north roadway
tram the ralrcad track . dropped feet foremost -
mOlt through the space between the girders
She was noticed only by a bridge plceman ,
who a he afterward reported to his sergeant -
geant , merely saw a dark form on the road-
way , which dlEppeared Immediately under
the railroad tracks near the New York tower
Time jumper was picked up by two men
with a boat who were employed to watch for
her and pick her up ,
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THE
Palace Office B . jldiIg !
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' ROT A DARK
. INCANDESCENt
DAR _ _ _ _ _ , ' .
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OFFICE '
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m ANY PARE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ YENTlL lO'
OFTIIB - Ii
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TIE . _ _ _ NIGHT AIm DA :
BUILD1NG . , ' - . ; ' ELEVATOR
The Bee Building. SBRYCI [
DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS.
BASEMEN T FLOOR ,
I3EI BUILDING BARBER SHOP , Fred I H. W , cowDuaOY , Buttet.
] 3uelow , proprietor. n. CAMI'UELL , Court Rotunda , C
FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY . , and Tobacco.
Loans. THE OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING
WYCKOFF , SEAMANS & BENEDICT , I ASSOCIATION , o. z. Nattingcr , Secre.
Remtnton Tewriters anti Supplies. tary ,
FOuRS LA\ CEMETERY MU'rUAr LOAN AND BUILDING
nON , CIATION.
'I FIRST FLOOII.
BEE BUSINESS OFFICE. y , 'y CIIIIISTIAN ASSOCIATION , '
AMERICAN WATERWOIIKS COMPANY. LADIES' TUIIICISII BATh ILOOMS ,
BUP1IRINTENDINT lIRE BUILDING , a T. PARDEE , Agent Fort Wayne L1e
WESTERN UNiON TELEGRAPh trio Company ,
F1CB
I SECOND FLOOR ,
DR. REBEITh Dli. CIIAI1LES ROSE\VATrTC ,
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE IN-i IIARTMAN & ROHhlINS ,
SURANCIO COMPANY. C. IIAILTMAN Inspector Fire Insurane
C EL.OVTTEhi. Law Office EQUITAULL LIu's , INSUItANC1m ) LiOf
cii ISTLA SQIENCE ItEADuNG ROOMS. CIETY , , .
J. W. SQUIRELoan5. RlIAD & BECKEr , Attornefs. '
. Attorney-at- ' . NT1t0 Fresco
GEOI1G E. IJRKINGTON. ainter1
Law. , I ' A. tIC. DETVILI4llt ,
DR. KINSLER , Nose and Throat. Dli. KEOGH ,
THIRD FLOOR.
w , A. WEBSTER , Real Estate. EqUITY COURT , R2om No , 6. " . ,
IIUH MUJCPIIY , Contractor , f JO uI A. VAKIF1F.hDLumber , '
It. . PA RICK. Law 0111cc. PROVIDENT SAVING UFIO AS
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M. . TRATJERMAN , Attorney. I SLAG LITIUC COMPAN
EQ ITY COU' Itooms No. . 6 and 7 , PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COAZE
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Otflcies. Agent ,
V1A'I COMPANY. I
T'OURTII FLOOR ,
NASON & NASON , Dentists. A. Ti. TO\VLH , Agent Southern Californl
C. Id. ALLEN Alpima Council No , lIWood- Imnlmrovemneiit Company.
men of the * oriti I OMAHA COAL EX 'hiANOE I
PACIFIC MUTUAl , LIFE AND ACCIIlt. . I1ANCIIET.
IENP INSURANCE COMPANY. DEXTEIt I , 'ruloMAs Real Estate , m
'WEIISTEIl , IIOWA1ID & CO , , Fire Inlit. i . lmlAl\ . iAVili % , liamneoptith. ' '
surance. i'ENN MiJ'L'1TA11 LlFi lNSti1t NCE Co. )
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