"THE AMERICAN.
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POKER IN THf0'.
tttrrtftf ... mm Were alleeleelae
Mirw MmbM.
A allff g in of poker ' o
nt mlht on a MWoipt'l river ateara
kt la the oo4 J5 1 of the aOa. To
twa ut all BUht, but lurk lo
om and toaard the oiinf from the
flrC The lucky man aa watched
cloarty by more thaa one In th room
ho knew him for a profnanlonal gam
fcto. aavs the St. lxuU llrpubllc
The other man lut youniater. He
tHKl to keop froa ahawlug hie airtu
Beat, but roultln't bU altogether.
He kwt or r f S.fKM before ho came to
the Mid of bit money, but aflrr a tlm
he called for a how. putting a $:00 bill
On the table and taring: "Tbat'a all I
have."
Th young fellow whe had played bit
Ut stake got up and turned to go. Pale
a be waa he turned paler when ha
fared the man who etood behind hla
Chair. Tula waa a ttro -looking geulle
man of 0.
"Why, father," exclaimed the young
er man, "I didn't know you were on
board."
"Don't go away," aald the father,
(ternly. taking the vacant rhalr with a
(lollte question to the other players aa
to whether he waa welcome In the
The game went on, but not In the old
war. The gambler waa more cautious
and yet b began to loae. The play
grew higher when all the others had
dropped out except the gambler and the
tern old father. Suddenly the climax
came.
"Pon't move, Jim Balnley, or I'll blow
your bralna out"
The gambler waa pale to the teeth.
The elder man reached over with bis
left band and snatched the five cards
(he gambler had dealt to himself. There
were three anna among them. With
another quick motion he spread out the
pack and three more a cog were shown.
"Take that money,! Harry!"
The son did so and everybody waited
breathlctinly. Just as the gambler made
ft lurch at the older man's heart the
latter caught hla right hand with his
own left and seized htm by the throat
with hla right. There was a short
struggle, but without shifting his hold
the planter lifted the gambler as If he
vers a child, carried him out of the ea
loon and threw htm over the low guard
fall Into the river.
. Nothing was ever done to the planter.
It waa a fair fight and they didn't
bother a gentleman for anything like
that In those days.
lire IN JOHANNESBURG.
Me-
Whtn Meerarhaam Cornea From,
There U a very general Impression
In the nil nils of smokers that the
meerschaum part of the pipe, which
they treasure eo carefully and take bo
much pride and satisfaction In "color
ing." Is compresod sea foam. Such,
fcowev ., Is not the caso. The Oerman
word meerschaum moans In English
foam of the sea, but Its formation has
nothing to do with the sea. It Is a
' kind of clay, comes out of mines like
coal, and la found only In Turkey. The
artist who carves meerschaum Is re
quired to pass through as severe a
school of apprenticeship, lasting from
three to ten years, as though the work
were In marble.
A llrnmur Yarn
A drummer entered a store In San
Antonio and naked of the proprietor:
"Have you any of Husenberry's Mnglo
Sio Transit suspenders?"
"No, I don't keep them."
"I am sorry you haven't got any. I
never use any other."
"Shall I onlor some for you?"
"If you please. Yon se, I am travel
ling for the Arm. Allow mo to show
you my samples." And before he left
he took a large order.
Mere ml lalwwl ( (he
InfXH ml Ik Tveaaaeel,
The Transvaal and Its wonderful cos
mopolitan center, Johannesburg, are
Juat now of greater Interest than ever.
Kmlgratlon there from all enterprising
civHUod nations U stilt on the Increase,
says the Home Journal.
The railway journey from Cape
Town te Johannesburg of about three
days la thrug a eamingly endless,
eandy country, with range succeeding
rsnge of distant mountains, all alike,
and strikes a greater sense of fastness
and desolation than an expanse of
naked ocean Itself. First and second
class hsve sleeping' accommodation,
the third being kept for blacks and the
lowest cliuaj Dutch. Well, we reach
Johannesburg, which has not even yet,
with all Its weslth.acovered-ln-rallway
station; while, by way of contrast In
the progress of the place. Just across
the rosd Is a huge club, with tennis,
cricket, footlwll and cycling grounds,
gymnasium, military band, balls for
dancing, operas, oratorios, etc., which
will bear comparison with any you
please. Its members sre mllllonlares
and clerks, lodgers and their lodging
house keepers, sll equal there; for we
have left behind caste, cliques anil
cathedral cities and are cosmopolitan,
or. In a word, colonial. An Institution
like this gives us the stste of society
there in a nutshell, for, as wages are
very high, any one In anything like lu
crative employment can belong to It;
and the grades In society are deter
mined by money and money only.
Johannesburg, the Ixmdon of South
Africa, which was nine years ago bar
ren veldt, eight years ago a miners'
camp. Is now the center of some 100,
000 Inhabitants and Increasing about
as fast as bricks and mortar can be ob
tained. It Is situated directly on top
of the gold and, on looking down from
the high ground above. It looks to an
English eye like a huge, long-drawn-out
mass of tin sheds, with Its painted Iron
mine chimneys running In a straight
line all along the quarts gold reef as
far as you can see In either direction.
The largest or main reef runs for thir
ty miles uninterruptedly, gold-bearing
and honeycombed with mines through
out This, even were It alone, could
apeak for the stability and contlnusd
prosperity of the Transvaal gold trade.
On a mall steamer arriving only a few
days ago from the Cape was said to be
between 1300,000 and 400,000 worth of
gold and the newspapers show that
usually about 100,000 worth Is con
signed by each mall boat.
To young fellows going out with a
few hundreds to try their luck, the old
Australian's advice, I think, holds good
for Africa namely, to put your money
Into safety for a year and not go Into
business or speculating until you know
your country. Johannesburg business
morality is certainly not London busi
ness morality and leading business
men at the former place will tell you
themselves that honesty is not expected
there. For those who go there to earn
their livelihood or to make money I
would say do not go out without a fixed
trade or handicraft, or money to start
upon or a good Introduction to some
friend already there. But remember
that the Transvaal la a veritable para
dise for the worklngman who knows
his business. AH the heavy part of the
labor Is put out; the Kaffirs do It, di
rected by him In a few Kaffir words and
generally many English expletives.
Wages arc paid monthly. Miners make
thoro 25 to 30 a month, if first rate,
and the blacks drill their holes for
blasting where and as tl ey order them.
Carpenters, blacksmiths, masons can
get about the same and whenever a bil
let is lost or cannot be obtained a short
tramp along the mines generally brings
fuccess.
U4
HANDED HIMSELF.
mxmry
mm I la
Trmalc Kaaias;.
New Tork Journal: la til last week
Franko bad been kept la a cags at Cles
Island with a number of monkeys. In
cluding a female, to whom be was de
rote. Acordlng to the standard of her
people, she possesses great personal
charms. Certainly she held undisputed
way over Franko's heart. His best
tricks were done for her. When a crowd
of people gathered round his rsge and
Hatched bis diverting antics, they
thought his sole object was to amuss
them. They were mistaken, for Franko
was trying to entertain the fair one.
The two shared every meal together.
It was a pretty and touching sight to
ee Franko and his mate munching the
tame apple. He would put his left arm
affectionately round her neck, and hold
the apple to her mouth. She would
bite at It, and If she ate nearly all, not
a word of complaint came from
Franko's llpa. Whatever was left he
would accept thankfully. They shared
all their meals, Joys and sorrows. But
a day came when this romance was
ruthlessly destroyed by ths hand of
man. Ignorant of the bonds which tied
these two fond simian hearts together,
the keeper put Franko Into a cage away
from his beloved. At once he showed
himself a different monkey. No longer
did he swing by the tall and make
faces at the visitors. He would even
let a girl with a yellow feather In her
hat pass by without attempting to pull
It out He sat In a corner and wept,
and would not be consoled. For a day
this state of affairs lasted. It was long
enough for the keeper to guess the
cause of the trouble.
"He Is pining for bis mate," said the
man. and it waa AoMdoA that Kranka
should be put back Into hla old cage on j
the following day.
But this humane design was reached
too late. In the morning they went to
Franko's cage and there they found
him dead and cold. He had hanged
himself with a small rope from one of
the bars of ths cage. Unable to en
dure life apart from hla former com
panion, he bad suddenly and violently
left It
No one at Glen Island doubts that
Franko committed suicide because of
his enforced separation from his mate.
effort nf ilia Heat.
"Why don't the car go faster?" com
plained the portly woman sitting on the
sunny end of the seat and fanning her
self vigorously. "I could walk as fast
as you're traveling?" "We can't help
It, ma'am," responded the conductor.
"The cable is sweating so the grip
can't get hold of It, ma'am."
Thla Country.
"This country," writes Mr. Casey to
bis cousin In Ireland, "is the greatest
on earth. It Is a country where a man
who earns his own living Is as good as
any other man and If he don't have to
earn It he Is a dora sight better." In
dianapolis Journal.
' Sweet Girl.
"Accept my hand, Augueta?" And
the maiden looked at the hand, which
was something smaller than an aver
age-sized salt fish, hesitated a moment
and then said sweetly:
"Isn't there something ofT when you
take so large an order?" Texas Sifter.
Dotting- Un.
Mrs. Motherby "How are you get
ting on with your singing lessons,
Kate?" Miss Screecher "Well, I think
I must be Improving. I notice, any
way, that when I practice now the
neighbors don't come and ring the door
bell to protest." Somervllle Journal.
Virtue and Tire.
The supreme object of preaching Is to
ehow that we can be both righteous
and busy; that we can live heavenly
lives while standing down upon the
pound among things that are earthly.
Rev. D. Colville.
literary lllllvllle.
Colonel Jones has just finished his
"History of the War." Nobody knows
that he was never In It
The Billville Literary club captured
a moonlight distillery last week, and
no business has been transacted since.
The members of the Billville Liter
ary association are now attending
night school, and they will soon be
able to give the titles of the books on
band.
We pay the highest market prices
for poetry, by the ton, and always
weigh It on standard scales.
Our wife says that our new book on
the "Home Life of a Married Man" will
not be published as announced. Sub
scribers can get their money back If
they call before It Is spent Atlanta
Constitution.
THE FATAL bMfc
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Awfal Trace la
There was a hard look In John War
slrk's eyes, but It was slso a look of
triumph, says the Cleveland leader.
He bent over his desk and worked
tradlly for an hour without saying a
word to any of hla associates.
Finally one or the boys asked blm
what bad happened.
"Oh. It's only a little domestic flare
up." he said, "but I guesa It will turn
out all right."
I'pon being pressed to relate the
aature of the trouble. Warwick said:
"My wife got a pair of bloomers last
reek. Intending to go oot to-day for a
fifty-mile ride. Now, I have always de
clared that I would not permit my wife
to be seen In public with a rig of that
kind upon her person, snd I proceeded
early this morning to show that I waa
a man of my word. 1 got hold of those
bloomers and locked them In my trunk.
Here," he concluded, defiantly slapping
his hip pocket. "Is the key!" Kvery
man In the office congratulated blm
upon the stand he had taken. His
employer, a crusty old fellow who sel
dom spoke to the young men In the
service, came around and told him In
an undertone that his salary would be
raised at once, as It was evident that
he was a person of sterling worth.
When the day's work was ended John
Warwick went home with a light heart
The announcement of hlB prosperity, he
reckoned, would patch up friendly re
lations with his wife, and visions of
future happiness floated before him.
But, alas! the door was locked and the
place seemed to be deserted! He sat
down upon the porch and waited for
an hour, but the woman he loved did
not return. Then he thought he would
put on his old blue overalls and dig
around In his little garden. He felt
that he needed exercise. The key to
the kitchen door was under the mat,
and he was soon rummaging the clothes
closet In search of the overalls. They
could not be found. At last he entered
his wife's sewing room, and there, upon
the floor, lay the southern extremities
of the suit that had In days gone by
served him so well and faithfully. They
had been cut off at the knees! John
Warwick burled his face In his hands
and wept in wild despair.
She Made It Clear.
They were two little Dutch boys-
brothers In an Episcopal Mission
school and their names were Julius and
Arthur. The teacher was trying to
make them remember the names of the
patriarchs, Moses and Aaron,
"Now, Julius." she said, "who was
the brother of Moses?"
Aaron." be answered. But when she
reversed the question and asked: "Who
was the brother of Aaron?" he could
not, to save his white head and little
flat nose, have told. The teacher, In
desporation, and remembering that ex
ample Is better than precept, said:
"Well, take the case of yourself and
Arthur. Who labour brother?" ,',
"Arthur."
"And who Is the brother of Arthur?"
A flash of Intelligence lighted his
moony, suburned face and he eagerly
cried:
"Moses!" New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat.
A Cantlona Financier,
During a winter visit to Florida An
drew Carnegie attended service In a lit
tle negro church. When the contribu
tion plate came around Mr. Carnegie
dropped a $3 bill upon it. After the
contents of the plate had been counted
the clergyman arose and announced:
Bretheren and elsteren, the collection
this evening seems to figure up $6.44
and If the $5 bill contributed by the
gentleman from the north Is genuine
the repairs on the sanctuary will begin
Immediately." Argonaut
sum
I WORK FOR FALL AMD CCRISTUAS KOLIDAYS.
Wi will (Its rjno.00 to anyone who wilt sell within the next
three monlha Jul) ruplee of -Talk to t'hlldran About Jeeue." On of
the luoat popular Uuoka aver puaiubaa. t'ver lou.ua) xipla already
eold. Anonuarll from 10 to la coptee a day. Heavulinilly llloaireted.
Prelrht paid and credit (Ivan. Complete canvaaaluf outfit and full
luuriuaUoa K cents.
0100.00 BICYCLE GIVEN
to anrone who will sell 7S eoplsa In two monlha. We will (Wi an
KaTkV OHUAS. retail price traoa, to anyone who will aall HO
eoptee In tbrMmoDlba, splendid oppnrtunlty for a Charrh or Society
toeeeure so organ. A OOLO WATCH, retail prlca SV1UO (lven to
anyone who will aall tiOeoDlea la SO day a. Thla premium la In addi
tion to the regular eonimlMion. Agents wbo do not aorare aoy 01
the prlxaa, are given liberal rommlaaKin lor any numtwr eoia. Laal
fall, we paid to agenu over fi.0u0 In coinmtaatona. A large Dumber
mad aver tlOO.OO per aaaath. Write na Immediately and eerure
an agency. It will pay you. No time to loae, aomeoue will get ahead
of you. We alHO oner moat liberal lndurementa on other booka and
rllblea for Kail and Holiday Trad. A new book. Ferlir leara la
t'hlaa." K-1U rapidly. Aiienta often average 10 ordera a day. rame
termaand premiuma a on "Tallin to Children." We give eitraordin-1
ary terma for selling Marion Harland'a pew book, u Mean mt the
Bible." fjuaoo given roraelllng llOoopIra In 1 monlha.ortlW.OUblry
ele fur selling (Uoopiea In one Bonih. Send 75c. for outfit. Vt rite at once.
R. H. WOODWArtD COMPANY, BALTIMORE. MO.
Knew flit Iluilneae,
"I don't know why you should have
selected this particular site for a sum
mer hotel," said a newly arrived guest
to the landlord, who was an old ac
quaintance. "It 8trikee me as a very
warm place."
"That may be," replied the landlord,
"but you will find the proper tempera
ture has been obtained. The waiters
are all girls from the Boston colleges."
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
George Ueuld'e Yachting Trip.
The first stop George J. Gould and
his family, who sailed Monday on ths
steam yacht Atalanta for a long cruise
to the maritime provinces of Canada,
will make will be at Portland, Me.,
where the yacht will take supplies.
I-Vom there her course will be up Into
the Bay of Fundy. The Atalanta will
visit all the small towns on the Bay
of Fundy and especially will explore
the region made famous by Longfel
low's "Evangeline," In which Mrs.
Gould now takes an absorbing Interest.
The Atalanta, which draws nearly 12
feet, will go Into the basin of Mlnas
and see the remarkable rise and fall of
the tides there.
i Leaving the basin of Mlnas the yacht
will coaet along the southern coast of
Nova Scotia and will arrive In Halifax
eventually. After Halifax Mr. Gould's
Itinerary Is not definite, but If the
weather proves propitious he will start
up through the gut of Canso to the
Bras d'Or lakes, returning to Pictou.
On the excursion Mr. Gould will take
not only his wife and family, but Mrs.
Klngdon, his mother-in-law, and one
of Mrs. Klngdon s sisters. After Pictou
is reached Mr. Gould will take an Ice
pilot and go to the shores of Labrador.
The ladies of the party will leave the
yacht at Halifax or St. John, into
whichever port the Atalanta may first
put. It will depend entirely upon the
reports of the Ice pilots at the maritime
ports whether Mr. Gould pursues his
course further northward and goes to
Greenland.
If a long stay be not made in the
Bay of Fundy It Is thought that the
vessel may have an opportunity to
reach Cape Sabine, as Mr. Gould much
desires to do. At any rate, the Ata
lanta's crulee may extend to Arctic
explorations or be merely a pleasant
summer trip to the maritime provinces
of Canada. Chicago Chronicle.
Different.
"Sir," said the citizen, "the car I rode
home on last night was so crowded
that people, myself among them, had
to hang on by their eyelids, so to
speak."
The etreet railway magnate went on
writing.
"So crowded, In fact, that the conduc
tor was unable to collect all the fares."
The magnate's pen dropped to the
floor. "What was the number of that
car?" he aeked eagerly. Chicago Post
Woman'! Voice.
A well-known aeronaut has noticed
that the voice of a woman is audible
in a balloon at the height of about
two miles, while Chat 'of a man has
pever reached higher than a mile.
Hit a Tender Spot.
"You grievously offended Mabel
Gray's father last night"
"How?"
"By making that pun about the
alum-entary canal."
"I don't see how that could offend
him."
"Don't you? He's a manufacturer of
baking powder." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Graduation.
He 'Tin going to graduate in his
tory, geometry, algebra, rhetorlo and
Latin; what are you going to graduats.
In?'" She "Corn-colored silk."
Tan Thla fie True?
Gus DeSmlth lives next door to Mr.
Manygirls. Gus Is very much annoyed
by the excessive piano playing of one
of them, so be said to old Manygirls:
"Say, neighbor, can't you make your
daughter quit playing so much on the
piano?"
"Look here, yolmg man, if you want
that music stopped, just marry her. She
will quit right off then. That's what
she la doing it for."
What He Waa Doing.
Deacon Goodman "My boy, do you
know that this is the sabbath? I hope
you are not going a-flshing with that
hook and line?" Boy "No, sir; I'm
only going to see if there are any wick
ed sabbath-breaking fish in that
stream over yonder. If there should
happen to be, I suppose it wouldn't be
wrong to punleh them by pulling them
out. would it?" Boston Transcript
A Beat Daughter of tha ReTOlutlon.
Enrolled among the members of the
Wadsworth chapter of the D. A. R. is
one "real" daughter of the American
revolution, Mrs. Mary McLean Wyllys,
living In East Glastonbury at the age
of 92 years. Her father, James Mc
Lean, was a member of the Putnum
guards, fought at Bunker Hill and was
twice a prisoner. He died In 1846,
aged 91 years. Mrs. Wyllys Is living
in a house built before the revolution
ary war and bought by her father some
years after his marriage. Hartford
Courant
The Divine life.
Christ showed that the divine life
can be lived anywhere in city, coun
try, hovel, palace; in the midst of be
setments and temptations, poverties or
riches wherever the method of Christ
Is followed. Rev. Dr. Webb.
'The trades"unlbns"of Virginia have
formed a state federation.
A Cantlona Financier. (
During a winter visit to Florida An
drew Carnegie attended service in a lit
tle negro church. When the contribu
tion plate came around Mr. Carnegie
dropped a $3 bill upon it. After the
contents of the plate had been counted
the clergyman arose and announced:
"Bretheren and sisteren, the collection
this evening seems to figure up $6.44,
and if the $5 bill contributed by the
gentleman from the north Is genuine,
the repairs on the sanctuary will begin
Immediately." Argonaut
Nothing to Kirk About.
The heroine tore her hair.
"Oh, that I should come to this," she
moaned.
"Well, you didn't have to pay to
come," hissed the villain, with a mean
ing glance in the direction of the audi
ence. Detroit Tribune.
Lake View Consolidated
Gold and Silver Hiriing Co.,
Located in Beaver Head County, Montana, offers
a portion of its
Treasury Stock at a Low Price
to secure money todevelop its property and put
in a mill.
This company owns FOURTEEN CLAIMS
of twenty acres each, all well prospected,
and have been examined by competent experts
and practical miners. The Ore assays from $12
to $300 in gold per ton. It offers the
Best Chance for a
fflreTaBTaataTaTaTaTaTaTaTsTtTeBBTM
Paying Investment
in the West. The Stock is non-assessable, and
its development will greatly enhance it value.
This Company has all of the preliminary
work done, and is supplied with tools, tool
houses, blacksmith shops, and stables, all com
pleted, and is only twenty-eight miles from a
Railway station. There is also plenty of Timber,
Water and Free milling Gold Ore. For partic
ulars, address the undersigned for circulars
and other information.
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Omaha, Neb.
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