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LATTSMOUTH, NKllilASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOHKR 21, 1887.
tut.' HATI A' TTVT? A T.TV 1
f CANNOT BE BEATEN.
EXPERIENCE WITH A NOTED AND
SUCCESSFUL GAMBLER.
A Tiilk About "Strnl;ht" Games anl
'Crfhil" li)lInn n Country mmi.
AViilei-f ill 3IiinlulutIu of C'lircl A
I"uro llox for "Skin" Gambling.
I I : i 1 nn extraordinary exorI.-nce u fuw
ilay.H n;; with ni) of I ho most Holed unil suc-ri-v-,rul
riiiibli.-rs in America. Wo occupi!
mlj'iiiihi rliair coining from lliihiuV-ljihia,
nml wo lulkcil uboul gambling in Tiovv York
on tlio wi.y.
"I have lu-anl u rxxl many HlorK-M," I tnd,
"of liijli jilnyliix uj town within tlio paittwo
wwk.-i. Is it really C
"J li.ivo Ix't-n in JSVw York twcnty-llvo
years,'" saM tin; xamhlir nuietly, "und 1 havo
iieviT l.nowii tliem to roll as high ns they arc
rolling now. Tliero is h combination of four
Jews i lio lire playing faro in a funliion that
won ill iiiuki the. oM M is-i-jsijij)i aioblera hoM
I heir breath. Kvery ln-t id four figures, unJ
tliey have ri-ijjlel I 's bank to the tuno
of .'M,iMJ in ihreo nights. Jt is u curious
thin;.', by tho way, that nearly ull Hebrews
will bet ree!Je.-;!y on ennN, though they uro
no cautious in l.usiin-ss matters. 'J'Jjey nro in
Komi: n.-sjiii'ts the hest, gambler 1 over plnyed
ii;;ainst. If a Jew wjch a clianeo of fretting
back a clollar by taking u rhik, he will take
the l i.sk every timo."
"Am most e;amej straight now iu Now
Yorlff
' I 1. n't know fi crooke.l gnmo in tlio wholo
fit. Tho fac-l is that RainhVi-s have learned
lit. last thai, it is just as easy to run straight as
etookir-l. Tho jiereentngu in favor of the
liouse is i-nonli to maku any man rich if ho
v.tieks to tho name. It is exactly like any
ether biwines. A merchant who is straight
will sin-ce. !, anil a iiiercliaut w ho is crooked
Mill fail in tho Ion"; run. There arc a lot of
I'a.-sli iir.i.-hrootn e.st abli-hineiits aloiij; llroad
v.uy wiiieli show up in pivat shajjo for a year
i.r two aiel then go uinler. Tnry can't last if
tliey a iv crooked. Tdo straight douses como
out .el.''
1 ii.eii'iioiicil thu iiaiiio a few moments later
f if a. will known actor, who das a predilection
for high play, and tho gambler said, wild a
t'lilK'Lle:
'Thai particular actor made $1,005 in tdo
cotir e of an ho.ir a few iiighLj ago."
"iiov.
"A friend of hid, a gambler in very hard
luck, went to tho uct.n and Haid lio Lad a
frieii 1 from out of town who was anxious to
j-ia v rigainst tin- bank, mid do suggested tdttt
tint actor anil tho ol lur should go in and
lhtrco him at faro. Tliey went to a skin gam
bler on iSixili ;:ve:iif ami got hiiutoopjna
faro bank ui:h s.tael.ed cards, and about 11
o'clock at night ido actor and tho country
Man came in logetder. Tliey had agreed to
pool their isM'.e.i, and the actor put up J,0U.
urainst a similur amount by the countryman.
They then took their j;J,olo and tho uctor
figree.l to do the playing. Within half an
I:o;ir the money was :ill go::(, tho lights wero
turned out, and the countryman was sent on
Lis way. Then the gambler went up to tho
uctor lo get his half of the money, bat do got
nothing. Tho actor took tho c'l,0U5, gave rho
dealer i'' for his trouble, and left town the
following ti:i3' ahead. Tdo busted sport
v lio engineered tho w holo thing has got bis
revenge by telling everybody aliout it."
If 1 were to give tho naiiio of tho actor who
indulged in this transaction it would cause mi
immciiso amount of astonishment, as his
newspaper interviews are invariably full of
Litter and heartfelt woo at the prevalence of
ambiing in .America.
It occurred to me a little later that it was a
pood opportunity to introduce n man w ho had
a system for beating games of chance to tho
gambler. 1 told hint about my friend, and he
taid that no system was ever in vented that
could play successfully against luck.
"Well," said I, "the man whom I havo in
view I. as been sending me letters and tele
grams aliout his particular discovery, and I
would like to have you look at it."
"1 wid e-vatniuo it with great pleasure,"
said tin! gambler, heartily, "if yon will boti
eor.it? around to my hotel this afternoon, but
I tell you lieforehand that you will go away
convinced that no system can play against a
game in which chance figures as an iaiporlaut
factor. I have been iu this business a great
many years, and 1 have made and lot many
fortunes, so that I speak by tho card."
At 5 o'clock that afternoon I telegraphed a
man that had a now system (he is a colonel of
militia), and wo went together to tho hotel.
"Wo wero met by tho sallow faced man of
ihaiico, and ho wandered up to his room
ahead of us. Ho opened a little leather
saekel, took out a faro box, put it on the ta
ble, ar.d then brought out a number of cards
with the seals still unbroken. I ought to statu
that tht? colonel's system had been tested
with extraordinary success by all the devices
that we could call to mind, and that he had
contii.uaiiy and persistently come out ahead.
Tho ga:nb!er ran his slim lingers over the
faro box and said:
Do yon think Ilcrrman, Goldberg or Keller
knew anything about cards? Because if you
do I v.ill prove to you that they are shoe
makers." lie then ask.nl me to select a package of
cards and shuido them. I did so. ".Now," ho
said, '-name any card you please and you will
lind it U twctn my leg and tho chair."'
-.-i:y one of tho Ih'ty-two cards.'"
-Any one"
'The eight of spadt s."
lie shuiilcd the pack twice and then asked
ine to loftk tn the chair. I did so and took
the eight of shades from Wiiea'th his leg. lie
Lad found it and abstracted it from tho pack
v.hilo s'mie.'ing them a-.vi placed it there with
out our being able to detect him. lie then
auiusid and astonished us by forcing four
kings or four aces to como to tho top of the
paeli whenever he wanted them, although we
Fhuf.k'd the cards, and later he did what 1 con
sider tilt? mo.-t extraordinary trick that can bo
performed in this world. lie would take
it fresh pack of cards and deal them rapidly
in the regular way, except that he would
deal us three bands precisely as wo called
for ttiem. To do this ho was obliged to
read tho backs of the cards and extract them
from difTcrent places in the pack with such
marvelous ipuickuefis that, tho eye could not
follow him. After ho had thus proved that
nn man could play with a professional gam
bler who Lad any desire to le crooked, he
took his faro lay out and began to knock the
colonel's S3stem to splinters. Before he Lad
operated tfvo minutes the colonel slammed
his tli.t on the table and said emphatically:
I havo seen enough to make me decide
right here that I will never play another
game of faro as long as I live."
Tho gt.mbler could at will I y touching cer
tain springs in Lis box force all low cards or
high card. to come up in turn, and, in fact,
had a-s much command over the box as though
that little silver devico was human. Every
card he called for came at his will, and men
letting against him wero entirely and utterly
at his morcy. And yet tho whole thing was
so thoroughly innocent looking that it defied
detection. I could not help wondering after
ward v. bother there was more than one mean
lii Ai lh9 emphasis ho laid on tho statement
that ail the gambling nowadays in Nevr York
is fctrictly honest and straight.. rittbsurg
Dispatch. . . . . ;
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A HOSTESS' CORDIAL GREETING.
'orel Krcrptlon of w tHranicer Culiu'
If oupltull ty A SuKgcutlon.
lira. Y. is a brilliurit Boston woman o)
abundant executive ubility, ehrewd wit, and
delightful hospitality. The exigencies of her
Lusband's business led to the keeping up of
an establishment iu thw west, whero Mrs. Y.
passes somo months or the year, and where
she entertains u great many jieoplo. One day
tiiero was brought to Mrs. Y. tho card of an
l'nglish gentleman, accompanied by a loiter
of introduction from friends of tho Y's abroad.
Tho hostess went down stair and greeted tdo
gueht cordially.
"Wo uro so accustomed to travelers Lore,"
ulie baid, ' that we know just what to do with
them. Wo expect everybody to arrive travel
btaiin d ami exhausted; and wo let everybody
t.ikoabath tho lirst thing. I sjioko to tho
wrv.nit before I eumo down, and everything
is nil ready."
"But," stammered the stranger, "I cannot
think of putt ingyou to so much trouble. I"
"(Jh, 1 know just how you feci," interrupt.. d
Mrs. Y. "A bath is tho only thing that re
stores mo to my normal condition when l'u
lx-en traveling, und you havo como right
through from lio.-.ton."
Tho guest ik Inline. 1, but Mc Y. was loo
executive and too truly hospitable) to allow
his scruples to prevent tho carrying out of
her kindly intent. Tho Englishman was
shown u tairs to tho bathroom, where it is
to bo presumed ho ennibinoil with tho progress
of Lis toilet reflections upon tdo originality
and practicality of Ameii'-an hospitality.
In due timo tho guest descended again to
tho parlor, w here Mrs. Y. awaited him.
"I Iiojhj you found everything to your
mind,'' she said.
"Oh, yes," he replied, "I havo ha la delight
ful bath, and now I must bid you g:;od al tor
noon, as 1 have to catch a train."'
"What!" cried tho hostess aghast. "You
are not going!"
'Unfortunately, 1 must. I only stopped
over a train to call on you."
'Mercy!'' sho exclaimed in dismay. "I
thought you had como to remain. You cor.
tainly can't go away now when 1 haven't soju
you at nil."
"I ready must," wastko reply. "buf I assuro
3-ou I have had a most refreshing b.th, and I
always shall tvmctuhci with sincero plcasijco
your unique hospitality."
Tho story was too good to keep, nnd Miss. Y.
told it at her own expanse, greatly to tho en
tertainment of her friends, who declared that
this fashion of entertaining callers was ono
which deserved to lo widely introduced, us it
would solve many a perplexing cpiestio:i of
tho proper method of disposing of guests who
w re not easy to aaiuso. Boston Cor. l'io i
de'ice Journal.
A Fatal Hal. It of .Speech.
I hoard on fcStalc street tho other day an
authentic story of detective acuteness. 1'veiy
ldy is familiar with tho trick that many
men Lavo of cappin;j whatever they hear
said, when they do not dissent, with somo
favorite expression. Thus ono man says
"precisely,"' another "exactly," and thero is a
considerable faction for whom tho words
"just so" or "to bo sui-h" scum to fill tho re
quired need. Kot long ago a Boston man
st o a largo sum of money from his employ
ers and lied to tho west. A description of him
was sent to detectives and polico suieriiitciKl
ents generally, and about a month after his
escape a Minnesota officer telegraphed that
ho thought ho had his eyo ujxm tho person
wanted. His apjiearancf, however, was very
ditferent from that described iu tho circular.
Toe situation was a pressing one; if tho sup
posed criminal was such hi fact he might at
any moment fly to Canada; on tho other
hand, to arrest an innocent person would
cause a good deal of trouble.
The object was to identify tho man if pos
sible w ithin a few hours. In this emergency
tho Boston detective in cdargo of tho caso ex
amined and oross examined the thief's em
ployers as to his peculiarities. They could hie
uion nothing distinctive till finally tho de
tective inquired iu a moment of inspiration if
ho had any particular way of expressing him
self. "Yes," was tho reply; "I never knew
tdo fellow to talk three minutes without say
ing. 'I believe you.'" In half an hour tho ir
formation was telegraphed to tho west;
within four hours tho Minnesota detective
Lad a long chat with his man, and beforo
night tho thief was arrested. Boston Post.
Kiuorsnn ns u Lecturer.
His lecturing was forced upon him mmx
and more. His family was increasing, lie
kept open house, lie had to buy more land
to protect his view.
For the filling of Lis purso tho only means
Lo could invent was lecturing. As his tkir.M
grew more widely known to tho managers of
tho country lyceums iu Now England ai:d
then at the west, ho could, with much travel
ing, collect fees enough to fill tho ever yawn
ing gap betwixt income and outtro, thougii
never much mora than lill it. His fees in
those days worn small; not so large, perhaps,
as more skilful management might hare
made them, lio writes to Mr. Alexander
Ireland in 117 that tho most ho ever re
ceived was $570 for ten lectures; in Boston,
foil; iu the country lyceums, 10 and travel
ing expenses. Then, from tho liberal stylo of
his housekeeping, ho passed with his neigh
lxts for a weil to do man, and paid, Lis
friends thought, more than a fair proportion
of tbo town taxes. Wo it canio about that all
these years in tho forties wero years of uu-
remitted watchfulness and some imcs anxiety
to keep out of debt. Cabot's Memoir cf
Emerson.
rrosperity of tlie Hebrews.
''Nothing Las impressed me so much," said
cno of tho prominent dry goods merchants
liio other day, "as the way in which tho He
brews have multiplied and prospered in this
country. Not further back than llo there
were only 50,000 Hebrews hero. Today there
nro nearly 750,000. So you will seo that whila
the iopulatioii of tho country has ' increased
threefold in forty years it was 20,000,000 hi
lsio the Hebrew population has increased in
a very much larger proportion. Of course
there are more Hebrews In Russia, Austria
and Germany than thero are in America, but
we como next. If tho figures which I Lavo
given may bo taken as a basis for estimating
the future growth of the race, it will not be
long beforo this country is iu tho lead." I
asked my friend to what he attributed tho
pin-cess of the Hebrew, and ho said: '"His
thrift is proverbial, but I havo jet to meet a
man who will deny tiiat ho is public spirited
nnd generous iu tho support cf benevolent and
worthy institutions generally. Certainly he
is law abiding." "Rambler in Brooklyn
Eagle.
Ancient Climate of America.
Goldsmith's Geography, published in 1S24,
describing tho Unitbd States, says: "People
become old in America sooner than in Eu
i rope. Ujioii females the influence of the cli
mate is fctiil more sensible. When young tho
w. :nen are generally leautiful, particularly
in Philadelphia, but after 0 they begin to
lose their fresh color and teeth, and at tha
ago of 25 many of them would pass for Eurxv
peans at 40." What funny things those old
geographies were, to be sure. New York
Tribuue. -
Kansas mines yield annually about 6,000,000
tons of coal . .
LITTLE BOY JOCKEY.
Too
I.te at tlio Htartlfttr olo rioclc,
Kurritr and Skill Win nt l.unt.
One of the most interesting features of tho
day was the conduct of a pretty little loy
wdo appeared as a Jockey. He was gaudily
dressed nnd his suit was evidently new. His
name, as scrawled on tho judge's slate, looked
like Ossber. Ho Lad amount iu tho second
race, and did littlo figuring iu trying to se
cure n start. Nevertheless Lo looked "up to
snuir," and many bet on his horse, believing
that the littlo fellow know all about riding.
Wore than a dozen faltse starts wero inf.de.
I'mally, with his dorse at tho ixile, tho starter
dropped tho red flag and away went all but
littlo Osalier. He was evideutly confused.
Tho starter lnpKsl the iolo with his llagstair
and yell.sl "Uo!" frantically in the jockey's
ears, but tho horso moved not. It was too
Into and thu little fellow rodo blowly to tho
paddock entrance, where ho dismounted and
burst into a storm of sobs.
Not a sjieetator laughed. Those who Lad
l)ct on Lim sworo a little, but the child's grief
Wits too genuine to cxeito anything but pity.
Ho Lad another mount in tho fourth race,
and many were the expressions of symputhy
as ho cantered by tho grand btand iu a warm
ing up heat before the call to tho post. Tlio
time for tho start came, and tho littlo fwllw's
lips wero that c!oo together as ho held his
horso with a stiir rein and furtively watched
tho rival jockeys. Thero wero four starters.
After several trials they got away all in a
bunch. So closely wero they bunched that
when they came to the lirst turn, which was
almost immediately, tho four horses wero
wedg'.d against each other, their sid; and
flanks steaming with tho sudden and hot
friction. Tho outside jockey was nearly
thrown in tho confusion. Ossber had Lis
Lorso next but ono to the pole, a;id wiu badly
squeezed by his rivals. With energy and
skill that were really admirable, ho pressed
tho spurs into his horso, and, leaning away
forward, seemed to be helping her out of tho
ruck by main strength.
Stride by stride tho animal pushed her nose
to tho fore, and when they were all past tho
turn, O.vibcr was ahead at tho much desired
polo. But ho was hut pressed, and as ho
went Hying past the grandstand on the lirst
round his teeth wero slid shut closely to
gether, and his face had an anxious I-iok.
The next time around ho had opened the dis
tance between him and tho second horso, and
was suro of victory. His lips opened wide as
ho spurred his horso to farther endoavor, and
underneath his long vizor tho spectator could
see the happiest expression that ever lit up a
boy's eyes. Not satisfied with winning, he
made his horso distance a!l tho others, an ex
cusable error under tho circumstances. Tho
crowd cheered heartily, and tdo losers iu this
event could not; restrain a smiio of sympathy
at tho bov's proud strut as ho carried tho
bridle at tho t-ulo of tho full grown stable boy
who bore tho heavier burden of tho snd.il.)
from tho paddock. -Herald.
'Uhc'.o Bill" iu Chicago
Creole aialdcn in Society.
Three or four years spent iu the convent,
and mademoiselle La Creole is free. Perhaps
before making her debut sho studies under
masters of music, languages, literature, and
drawing for a year or more. Then sho is per
mitted a formal entrance into society; she
Las crossed the llowery borders' of girlhoo'd,
and has developed Into a lovely young wo
man. There is fascination slumbering in her
dark liquid eyes, as her fringed lids drooping
over them soften but do not diminish their
brilliancy. Hor complexion has either an
ivorine pallor, or is of creamy w Idleness abso
lutely dazzling, and of satiny texture, with
hair black as tho raven's wing. Her face has
not much color save iu her lips.
Sho is usually small, but rarely angular.
Her limbs, however slender, are rounded,
with peculiarly supplo joints. Her gait is an
undulating glide, duo, say tho anatomists, to
tho modifications climate has produced in tho
osseous formation of the Creoles. No wo
man of her race can ever be seen walking, as
so many American women walk, as if they
w ere continually ascending stairs. As a rule,
she will have magnificent hair. One wonders,
in marking tho luxuriance of these tresses,
how tho little heads contrive to carry such a
weight. Yery rarely indeed is a blonde seen
among them, but they themselves fairly adore
the Saxon type. Yv'ith ad her heart and soul
the debutante enjoys tho gayety into which
sho has plunged. Of dancing sho never tires,
and when Lent arrives it finds tho ardor of
her enthusiasm for balls, parties and muti
caks not ono w hit abated. Harper's Bazar.
The Top of Washington Monument.
Tho construction of a s'uitablo apex called
forth, much discussion and a number of plans.
It was first suggested to roof over tho struc
ture with a framework of iron and glass; but
it was thought that the chemical action of
tho weather on tho metal would discolor the
face of tho walls. Tho design for a marble
pyramiilion fifty-five feet in height, sub
mitted by Mr. Bernard R. Green, civil engi
neer, was finally adopted. Twelve stone ribs
a foot thick, three on each side of tho well,
began to grow out from tho face of tho walls
470 feet from the base. As these are carried
upward, t-ho ribs nearest tho angle of the
shaft meet in the hips of tho pyramidion,
while those iu tho center of each face are con
nected still higher up by voussoir sl.-::s,
forming tw o arches intersecting ca ;h '. lu r at
right angles. Tho thrust of each corner rib
is transmitted to its opposite by tho use of
horizontal stones lietween their upper ex
tremities. Tho buttresses support the roof
covering of marble siabs, about seven inches
thick.
The capstono is tipped with an aluminum
pyramid, which is connected by a copper red
v. ith four lightning rods passing to the upper
extremities of tho iron cohnuns of the ele
vator shaft, and tho bottoms of these columns
are grounded in tho well in the center of tho
foundation. Oscar Footo in American Maga
zine. Long Summer1 Pays in England.
The extreme brevity of tho English sum
mer nights always interests tho stranger. It
is not fully dark until nearly 11 o'clock, and
reading is possiblo on a clear night up to
nearly 10. Tho gray dawn begins to glim
mer at about in tho morning, and by 3 it is
ouito light again. This doesn't seem to give
tne creatines rn.it, Bo lo ut-u mit.j, up u..
-!. cii.i piifinch for t"er 1 ha i-rwicteea !
aud such fowls have a worn and sleepless
look, and evidently suffer from insomnia.
These brief nights, of course, are accompa
nied by a corresponding extraordinary '
length of daj's. We are accustomed to ex- j
pect this sort of thing by hearsay in Norway,
Sweden and Russia, but it seems at first novel (
and unfair to find an English speaking eoun- i
try blessed with such an extra quantity of J
daylight. London Letter.
Frank D. Sherman's Augrust Cherries.
Frank D. Sherman has a poem on "August"'
ia St, Nicholas, in which appear the lines:
August, month when sleepy cowa
Seek the shade of spreading boughs,
Where the robin quirks Lis head.
Contemplating cherries red.
An August cherry must be a canned cherry
or the robbin must be fooling Mr. Sherman.
San Francisco Alta.
But wild cherries ripen in August, as any
couutry schoolboy knows. The poet stands
acquitted. 4..t 4.,VajVV i
A
DECADENCE OF THE DIAMOND.
Why Jt Crown Store Marked A Itatlgs
. of Vulgarity No Longer l'iiliie.
The decadence of tho diamond daily gr.iv.p
more marked. It has long lx-en a badge of
vulgarity when worn by men, and its indis
criminate use by their own sex Las bri !;!. t
it into disi ei lie w ith wotnen w do are iva:!y
fastidious. With an thing else vxw pt an ob
ject which confers distinct ion on its posscft-or,
tho greater its popularity, the greater its
triumph, but tho diamond Oi: -o tho most
princely of gems, arid the po-' svion of whi h
was almost tho uniqii'i pri viiej'e ofr.y.'ilt .
Las lost ifs asond"ney thrdugh its vi ry pop
ularity an article of adornment. In our
day it is m no koii.-v, unique, nor uiro its asso
ciates such as to cdvc it distraction. It
thrusts its glitter oti the eyo iu tho street, in
tho railroad car, in every public aixl unsuit
able place, an I usually with a background of
fatness ami ugliness which it only serves t )
bring into uuplea-sant promiuciuv.
When a human being makes one thing an
ambition and turns ev ry effort to the real
ization of that ambition ifci.s pirtty certain f
accomplishment. With many w;4nien th-
po-vM.,iou of a pair of solilairoadiamouils is
tho ono thing iu lifedi sired and to le secured.
The realization of tie wiinl.it im may come
late, but youiigor old, tho woman who bus
compassed her object is so proud In that fai t
that sho docs hot propose to Lido the light of
her diamonds under a hjshel wilh tho result
that? sho brings discredit on heiscir and on
what sho considers her most valuable pos
session. Tdo lovo of tho om itscif, although savor
ir.g of oliildishitfss and of tho barbarous1
tastes which still survive in civilized human
ity, is one thing; tho ItJvo of displaying tho
diamond in public, another. There arc wo
men, and nu n, too, who havo a mania for
diamonds almost like that of the mis;- for
goi'L They love tho glitter and sparkle and
delight to f.jast their sight and touch on the
precious baubles. But theso are not tho
people who flaunt their treasures in tho ga;:
of tho public. It is tho better l.lf of tho
lucky speculator, io matrimonially pro
moted shop girl, the gambler's "lady" and the
obeso wife of tho retired pawnbroker, who
never feel ent irely clothed unless soiiuva here
on their person -se-intiil.tes tho ever p.vsent
diamond. Tho wearer may bo somewhat
down at the heel anil out at elbow, and a
thorough acquaintance with soap and water
may never havo been included iu her experi
ence, but tho diamond atones for all. In our
timo the burden of vulgarity is too great for
tho queen of gems, and in cultured cstima
tion sho sinks beneath tho weight. Now
'York. Commercial Advertiser, t
Soup in a
Ono day fcoino
1'iiMio Itestaurant.
years ago 1 tried to tin a
waiter. I failed. Ho declined to accept tho
tip with an air so courteous and so dignified
that I feared I had unintentionally succeeded
in wounding tho feelings of d foreign noble
man in disguise, lie may not Lavo bomo a
title, but I was not at. all surpw'srd when ho
told mo a few weeks later that he was about
to leave tho restaurant forever, as ho had re
ceived somo money from abroad. Ono day
last week I again met my old friend. Oi
course I remembered him. No ono cotdd for
get the face of a waiter who would not stoop
to take a tip. Ho had the dress and beariiig
of a well bred man of the world. Ho hau
been in Europe, ho said, 'und was now in this
country on a visit. Beyond that ho vouch
safed no information concerning himself, but
in the course of our talk ho did say something
which not only interested but startled me.
".My dear sir,"' he said, "take tho advice of
n man who knows, and never cat soup in v.
public restaurant. There is not a hotel or
restaurant in all Brooklyn w here I could bo
Induced to eat soup. If you but knew what,
I was compelled to carry to you in the old
days when you ordered soup from mo you
would never widi to look upon my face
again." 'This was said quietly and mourn
fully. I have enough confidence in tho man
who said it to believe it w as said honest !y.
The place hi which deserved was a restaurant
of considerable pretension, w here st iif pri v
and good service were the rule, and I now
lookback to ' the dainty soups they served
there with anything but a pleasant feeiing.
Hereafter soap to mo shall rank with the
"woalpio," which the younger Mr. Weiler
immortalized when ho said, "It is worry rood
wen you know too lady as
'Rambler'' iu Brooklvn Eagle.
mal.es it."
Didn't Object at All.
But there's an old man in Mxioo who very
genially deplores the decadence of the age-iu
matters generally considered reprehensibh
He is 100 years old, he says. This is prol.ably
n lit, but he is old enough to bo excused for
lying about Lis ago. He speaks of the good
old times of Lis youth, and relates with lively
satisfaction his part in several exciting mur
ders, for which it does not seem to occur to
him he ought to Lave lieen hung. . But tho
adventure ho is fondest of relating is how he
obtained his wife. Ho may, perhaps, b;
believed when ho stales that the mot her of
tho seiiorita he loved objected to him as a son-in-law.
It was natural if Lis methods cf
amusing himself wero I nil v stated. She ab-
I golutely forbade the marriage.
j "But," said tho old .Mian genially, "wu re
moved her objections. '
-Howr
"Very simply. She was taking a siestn one
tlay'and I stole up behind her and dropped a
big rock on her hea l, and she never objected
ut
ill.''
"1 should say n
ji.-ct! I t-u pi ose."'
"Ah, it w;is fun.
the funeral on the
t. She was t..o late to ob-
Wo bad the weddin;
ind
ame day."'
And tho v. ickid old man chuckled. The
story was confirmed by ot her people, too.
San Francisco t'hr n;.-o "Ui'd- rtoiies."'
The 'lost I'avore.l r.Torlal.
Of all classes of musicians the singer is the
most favored, and the mortal w ho is gifted
w ith a fine voi'-e is a luckier individual than
the ono who possesses the higher faculties of
intelligence. The composer w ho Las labored
for months, perhaps years, to complete an
oi-era is not paid as much for his whole work
aj the prima don:ia w..o sings the principal
role during a single representation, ll'issini,
for example, received only jd.'-'OO for the
i.Tf'-i r.f lw "Ttivl iee r.f St.eil!.. " iv1-.;i t-1
- donnas receive of,,.n f.,Lulous sums for
. . . .
hinging it once. Music aud Drama.
Our College Presidents.
All eminent writer, showing what an excel
lent thing is a college education, cites tho
fact that thero have been seventeen presidents
of tho United States, and eleven of the seven
teen were college men, sixty-five per cent.
"Well, that's so. But let's weigh these presi
dents on the liner scales as long as we're going
into statistics. Who were the presidents who"
never went to college at all, end precious little
to any school? Washington, Jackson, Lincoln
oh, well; the college may have tho other
fourteen; it's hardly worth while counting
any further. New York Star.
An Oil Cit3", Pa., man claims the prize for
sunflowers, having one in his garden that
measures fifty-four inches in circumference.
All that was bid for a lion ondf our lionesses
at a sale in Leamington was 30). Tha show
busin&a is poor.
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