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NORFOLK FAMILY ATTRACTS AT
TENTION IN KANSAS.
HOME TRAINING COUNTS WELL
The Atehlson Globe , the Paper Down
In Kanflan That Can See a Thing or
Two , Saw Fine Children From Nor
folk and Said So.
It InKoH Norfolk fiunlllOH to pronto
the right Ulml of Impressions nwny
from homo. 'Hint's becnUHo they Imvo
such good ( mining lioro In town Anil
another Norfolk family IIIIH made n
"lilt" away down In KIIIIHIIH.
Ed Howe ovwyb'idy known who I'M
HIIWO IH. Ho ! , i ' ! ! t ir of the AtchlHon
Globe nl AtchlHon. Kan. , ami ho writes
alt the ( Hobo SlfihtH that people laugh
iihont nil over the country. It IUIH long
boon admitted ( lint the AtclilHon Clloho
can HOO n thltiK or two.
In this Instance It fmw four four
line children. And It Hiild HO. They
were the four children of Mr. nntl Mrs.
F. 10. Davenport and thlH In what the
Olobo Hiild nhont Ihom :
Mrs. Davenport of Norfolk , Nob. , nr-
rlvod hiHt night to vlHlt her fiUhor ,
lloyd Mnrtln. An Atehlwin womnn
who wan a passenger on the mime train
says MTM. Davonport'H four chlldron
nro not only particularly pretty hut
nro the host hohnvod lot who ever Haw
In her llfo. They loft homo at 5
o'clock yesterday morning , arriving
hero nftor 7 p. in. , but never once for
got tholr good hohavlor.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
Mnmlu Ward wont to I'lorco
yoHtonlay noon to visit frlomlH.
Mantor Cilon Studman of Omaha IH
visiting his father , W. M. Stodmnn.thls
wcok.
Mr. and Mrs. 10. L. Lonckn returned
from Inman yoHtordny where they
Hpont ClirlHtniiiH.
Mrs. Mary Mills and MHH ! Uuby
Mncy go to Stanton tomorrow to visit
Mrs. Agnes Hamilton.
A. 11. Winder , who Hpont Chrlstmaa
with his family In Uouldor , Colo. , will
arrive In Norfolk today.
Miss Ilattlo Mnnsko of Plorco was
In the city on a visit with frlondH. She
wont on to Stanton at noon.
Miss Kathryn Hammond , who spent
Christmas with Mlns Grneo Matrau ,
will lenvo for Stunrt tomorrow to resume -
sumo her duties.
James Rosoboronuh has returned
from a business trip to Tlldun. Ills
schedule for sales Is being rapidly
filled for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whlto nnd fam
ily , who Imvo boon spending the holi
days with Mrs. LnFnrgo , loft for their
homo In Fremont Thursday.
Word has boon received from Miss
Harriet Wood that HIO ! has moved from
Marysvlllo to St. Anthony. Idaho , to
assume her duties as county superin
tendent.
Albert Bailey of Omaha Is visiting
in the city.
Paul Karo and family spent Christ-
In
Ed Clark of Crelghton Is vialtlng his
brother , W. 11. Chirk.
Chandler Owen has so far recovered
as to bo able to he down town in a
wheel chnlr.
James Qnlgloy of Carroll , Iowa , Is
spending the holidays with his sister.
Mrs. J. A. Koloher.
Will Hut/ was homo from Omaha to
spend Chrlstmns. Ho returned
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. N. D. Hall and son Roily loft
yesterday for St. Joe. Mo. , to visit
Mrs. Hall's mother until nftor Now
Years.
G. F. Durland nnd family returned
to Plnlnvlow at noon. Mlas 13dnn nnd
Miss Lul Durlntul will remain at homo
until after Now Years.
Win. Dean has postponed his trip to
Idaho nnd reported for work this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Shlplco of Battle Crook
nro hero visiting with tholr daughter ,
Mrs. Elmer Cummins.
Miss Bnrtys of Crolghton Is visiting
nt the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan.
Miss Marguerite Lund and Miss Jo
sephine Hodman of Battle Creek are
hero visiting with Miss Lund's mint ,
Mrs. W. M. Beck.
Miss Lorcttn Masters Is homo from
Omaha , where she has boon going to
school.
Miss Gertrude Nollson Is homo from
the university at Lincoln , to spend
the holidays with her parents.
A party of young folks gathered to-
gcthor and charlvnrled Mr. and Mrs.
Walling , but It happened they were
not at home so they will have to try
their luck again.
Frank and Chas. Lnbke of Foster
are visiting their sister , Mrs. Win.
Christian.
Fred Koeruer ana win. uowinna re
turned to Bonosteol yesterday , where
they are putting up the telegraph Hue
on the extension.
Attorneys J. J. Harrington nnd R.
Johnson of O'Neill were nt the Junc
tion on legal business yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Craft and two children
returned homo yesterday morning
from Pierce where they spent the hol
idays.
O. P. Masters Is In Omaha visiting
with relatives this week.
Grandpa Purvlnnco Is In Knox coun
ty visiting this week with his son and
other relatives.
Whllo Warren Rouse was driving
Ijls horse to the depot Wednesday
evening the horse stumbled nnd fell
in front of M. Moollck's residence
breaking the thills nnd part of the
harness.
FIve adjusters nro In the city to
ijimt the Edwards & Bradford lumber
lire IOHH.
The ICngKiH will hold a noclal HOH | OII
Krldny evening. All Eagles are cor
dially Invited.
The Womniifi Homo Mlrmlotmry so
ciety of the M. 10. church will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. I. G. Wnfl-
torvoll.
Engineer 12 , W , Bates has goiio to
Ulmdi'on to make his homo. Ho has
icon running out of Norfolk for years
uid IIIIH ninny frlondH In Norfolk who
regret his dopnrturo from here. Ho
IIIH accepted the rim on trains 1 nnd
J between Long Pine nnd Chndron.
The grip has tnken n grip on north-
irn NolmiHkn people thlH week which
I refuses to release , nnd many are
coughing until their chests are Horc.
Christinas overeating , together with
hn epidemic that was In the nlr , have
formed a combine nunliiHt humanity
mil man IH the sufferer.
A grand Christ man celebration was
told at the homo of Steven Storks on
rural route ! . There were pro.iont
sixty children nnd grandchildren and
i liapplor family could not bo found
i liapplor family could not have been
found anywhere. This lu nil annual
event at the Storks home , where each
year the whole family comes together
'or the ChrlHlmnB dinner.
The Norfolk lodge of ICngles have
limt Issued a largo number of badges
with which to boom tholr annual ball
which Is to lie hold-next Monday night ,
Mow Year's eve , In Mnrquiirdt hull.
The railway men had so ninny people
in the floor that. It wan n real genuine
crush , and the Engles hope for juslnH
nniiy at their dance. They have al
ways enjoyed Hplendld crowds at their
mi-tics and signs Indicate that this
year will bo no exception to the rule.
Allen Hopkins of Clonrwator wau In
Norfolk during the day attending to
lUBlnoss connected with a comblna-
Ion sale of Rod Polled cattle which
10 , together with Oliver Chambers , Is
to hold at the Chambers farm flvt
ulles south of Savage on January lo.
Mr. Hopkins , while In Norfolk , visited
) ld time friends. Ho has the dlstlnc-
Ion of having been the flrst home-
itoador In Antelope county , to which
ilaco ho wont In 18C8. Frank Hughes ,
10 Bays , came up to where Nollgb
low stands , looked It ever , returned
o West Point nnd then came back to
Jattlo Creek. The Hughes families In
lint territory are of that descent. Mr.
ilopkhiH says ho could have homesteaded -
steaded the ground upon which now
stands the business portion of Nor-
oik , ns there was nobody hero at that
line anil nobody thought of this over
growing Into the metropolis of north
ern Nobraskn. Mr. Hopkins has boon
ilghly successful In Antelope county.
Mr. Hopkins told of one trip ho made
from his homestead to the mill nt
West Point. The trip took eight days
ind when he returned to Antelope
comity ho found that the settlement
was out of matches , flour , soda and
other of life's necessities and one of
the family hnd boon compelled to got
on a horse and drlvo to Norfolk to bor
row things until he should come home.
PROGRAM FOR DENTISTS
Tooth Carpenters of Northeast Nebras
ka Coming Once More.
Dentists of northeast Nebraska who
are to moot In Norfolk next Thursday ,
will listen to an Interesting program ,
which has been arranged as follows :
Table Clinics.
Gold Inley , C. E. Hrown , Emerson.
Demonstrating Morgan attachment ,
II. J. Cole , Norfolk.
Gold Inlay , T. II. Heckort , Wayne.
Demonstrating use of Steole's Inter
changeable facings , J. F. Daly , Wisnor.
Demonstrating Browster loose pin
crown and hollow gold Inlay , P. T.
Barber , Omaha.
Demonstrating use of Brcwster
bridge teeth , C. S. Parker , Norfolk.
Papers.
1. "Observations of a Quarter of a
Century In Dental Practice , " H J.
Cole , Norfolk. Discussion opened by
G. 13. Bnlrd , Fremont.
2 . Subject to bo announced , G. E.
Hartman , Randolph. Discussion opened
by G. M. Mullen , Crclghton.
3. "A New Method of Filling Root
Canals , " W. M. Condon , Humphrey.
Discussion opened by C. S. Parker ,
Norfolk.
An Interesting exhibit will bo on
display. Olllcers are :
T. B. Heckort , Wayne , president ;
G. M. Mullen , Crclghton , vice presi
dent ; J. F. Daly , Wlsner. treasurer ;
C. S. Parker , Norfolk , secretary.
CHURCH CHRISTMAS TREES.
Gifts Were Made to Sunday School
Children in Many Places.
Christmas services were hold In
most of the churches on Monday even
ing , consisting of programs by the lit
tle folks. One of the best Christmas
programs ever ulven In the Conuroua-
tlonal church was that on Monday
night. The children all took their
parts well and the musical part was
much appreciated by all. The church
was decorated In green and two trees
lilted the platform. Santa Clans was
there with presents for each child ,
The program given at the Methodist
church was well rendered , most of It
being given by the younger children.
Two choruses , one by the boys nnd
another by the girls , were very good.
A star drill by seven little girls was a
pleasing feature. One largo tree 1111-
Ing the entire choir loft was filled with
presents.
A Christmas service was hold In the
Episcopal church followed by a tree
for the Sunday school.
Trees were features at the Baptist
and Presbyterian churches and also at
the Lutheran churches , Santa Clans
kept busy at all of them.
THAT MANY VARIETIES INVOLVED
IN LATEST SCHEME.
HARD ON STAMP COLLECTORS
The Names of Six Thousand Postofflccs
Will be Printed or Engraved on New
losuc of Stamps , With Fifteen Kinds
for Each Office ,
Stamp collectors arc discussing what
course to pursue If the present plans
relating to United States postage
stamps are carried out.
It IH proponed to place the * name of
the state and city of Issue on nil the
United Million noHlnirn nlninim noli ! nt
the principal postollleos. There are
Homo 0,000 of tliOHo postodlcos. Twen
ty-six of them will have the name en
graved on all the different denomina
tions , while the other 5,974 olllccs will
liave thu name printed across the face
of tholr stamps after they have boon
engraved.
There are now Issued stamps of the
denominations of l , 2 , 3 , ! , 5 , G , 7 , 8
10 , l.'l , 15 i-ml 50 cents and $1 , $2 and
$5 , and n 10-cont special delivery
stamp. Multiply these fifteen by 0,000 ,
and there Is the total of 90,000 vari
eties. The proposition that confronts
collectors can bo understood when 25-
000 stamps are supposed to represent
all the different varieties previously
ssued In the whole world.
CollcctorH arc by no means over-
loyed at this prospective flood of
Htamps , to collect which will try not
only tholr patience , but also their nock-
otbooks.
Flattening of Pocketbook.
Whllo the majority of the specialists
will begin with the accumulation of
used stamps , bearing the different
mines , which , being fairly plentiful ,
will not represent so much of an out-
ay , the advanced collector will want
unused copies In his albums as well ,
and right hero the flattening of the
pocketbook will begin.
The face value of the present de
nominations Is Just $9.27. Thus , to
get a complete set of unused stamps
> f all varieties , and that will undoubt
edly bo the aim of certain collectors ,
will represent an outlay of $55.620.
This Is a good deal of money to
sink In a set of postage stamps , but
Lhoro will be collectors who will make
: ho expenditure , Judging by what they
liavo done In the past. There have
licon collectors who have gathered
nothing but postmarks that Is , orig
inal letters with the hnndstamped post
marks of the thousands of different
postollleos. Collectors In Germany for
a number of years have collected
stamps of old Germany nnd Wurtem-
burg , which bear the names of the
different towns nntl cities. But the
German issues show only about 500
varieties.
If a person carefully thought out a
[ ilnn to give stamp collectors trouble ,
it could hardly be more successful than
this new scheme of Uncle Sam's. As
has been the case not a few times bo-
fore , the United States government
should ninko a tremendous profit out
of the now stamps.
Dealers to Lay In Stock.
Thousands of dealers nil over the
world will lay In a stock of the new
stamps in unused condition to supply
their customers. Expert stamp col
lectors now say that no matter what
action Is taken In regard to the printed
stamps , they will at flrst certainly take
up the engraved stamps of the twenty-
six cities. Each collector , In order to
got a full sot of those stamps , will bo
forced to turn over to the government
$211.02.
It Is estimated that In France , Eng
land and Germany there are over 2-
000,000 collectors , and there nro sup
posed to be a half million in this coun
try. One can see , therefore , .that this
plan will bo a very profitable one for
Uncle Sam , oven If the purposes for
which the stamps are Issued are not
fuinilod.
After the collector has completed
his flrst twenty-six series of these
stamps , then ho will yearn for more
varieties , and , naturally enough , will
tnko up the stamps bearing the print
ed names. And hero again ho will
also want the unused as well as the
used Issues , which ho will proceed to
buy to the limit of his resources.
The ordinary postage stamps are
supposed to cost the government Jess
than 55 cents a thousand , while the
special delivery stamps cost loss than
10 cents a thousand. From these fig
ures the profit to the government from
the sale of stamps to collectors may
he estimated.
What Collectors Will Do.
A man who has collected stamps
for thirty-three years snld , In speaking
of the problem before him , that he
will undoubtedly got each one of the
stamps Issued by the twentv-slx Im
portant postofllces that Is , those with
the name engraved upon thorn nnd
ho thinks this will be the course fol
lowed by all the collectors at flrst.
Ho does not think much Interest will
bo taken In the stamps with the print
ed names , at least not In the begin
ning.
In the course of time , however , ho
would not bo surprised If the gather
ing of all the varieties were taken up
not only In this country , but In others ,
for It Is n matter of record that almost
as'lnucli Interest Is taken In American
stamps by foreign collectors as by
those In this country. One English
collector , for example , the Earl of
Crawford , possesses the finest sot of
United States Stamps In existence.
Other collectors say that , as In the
case of the prccanceled stamps , there
will bo an association composed exclu
sively of collectors who gather Presi
dential posto/llco / varieties. Procnn-
celed stamps , Indeed , nro similar to
the contemplated Issues. These are
regular United States potsago stamps
surcharged with the name of the city
In which they nro Issued.
Those stamps are printed In order to
Have the poBtolllco double work In
Hondlng largo quantities of mall from
one particular | IOIIHO > Say that a
business house wants to send out sev
eral thousand circulars. An order Is
given to the postmaster for 10,000 or
more precnnceled stamps an order
for loss than 10,000 Is not accepted
Then shoots of stamps are placed on
the presses at Washington , and the
nnmo of the city Is printed In black
across the face of each stamp.
IS THERE A SANTA GLAUS ?
Little Virginia O'Hanlon Gets Her
Answer.
Ten years ago , at about Christmas
time , a certain noted college president
publicly expressed his disapproval of
the foolish habit of lending the chil
dren to bcllovo that there IB n white-
whiskered old man who comes down
the chimney some time between
Chrlstmns eve nnd Christmas morning
and leaves In the parlor those delight
ful things that gladden the children's
hearts. In all the discussion that fol
lowed the heartless proposal to bury
Santa Clans , It came to bo talked of In
many households , and llnnlly one little
Now York girl , brighter than the av
erage , heard of It. She didn't say a
word to any one , but wrote a letter to
the family newspaper on the sly.
The very next morning nftor the
letter reached the oillco this was the
load I ntr editorial :
"We take pleasure In answering at
once nnd thus prominently the commu
nication below , expressing at the same
time our great gratification that Its
faithful author Is numbered among the
friends of the Sun :
'Dear Editor : I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there Is
no Santa Claus. , Papa says : 'If you
see it in the Sun It's so. " Please tell
mo the truth ; Is there a Santa Claus ?
'Virginia O'Hanlon. "
"Virginia , your little friends are
wrong. They have boon affected by
the skepticisms of a skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensible to their little
minds. All minds , Virginia , whether
they be men's or children's , nre little.
In this great universe of ours man Is
a mere Insect , an ant , In his intellect ,
ns compared with the boundless world
about him , ns measured by the Intelli
gence capable of grasping the whole
of truth and knowledge.
"Yes , Vliglnln , there Is a Santa Claus.
Ho exists as certainly as love and gen-
oroslty exist , and you know that they
abound and give to our life its highest
joy nnd beauty. Alas ! how dreary
would the world be If there were no
Santa Claus. It would bo as dreary ns
If there were no Virginias. There
would ho no childlike faith then , no
poetry , no romance , to make tolerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment , except In sense nnd sight
and the eternal Hunt with which child
hood fills the world would bo extin
guished.
"Not believe In Santa Clans ! You
might ns well not believe In fairies !
Yon might get your papa to hire men
to watch all the chimneys on Chrlst
mns eve to catch Santa Clans , but even
If they did not see Santa Clans com
ing down , what would that prove ? No
body sees Santa Clans , but that Is no
sign there Is no Santa Claus. The
most real things In the iworld are
those that neither chlldron nor men
see. Did you over see fairies dancing
on the lawn ? Of course not , but that's
no proof that they are not there. No
body can conceive or imagine all the
wonders there are unseen and unsee
able In the world. .
"You may tear apart the baby 's rattle
and see what makes the noise Inside ,
but there Is a veil covering the unseen
world which not the strongest man ,
nor even the united strength of nil the
stronirost men that ever Hvpd. pnnld
tear apart. Only faith , fancy , poetry ,
love , romance , can push aside the cur
tain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is It all
real ? Ah , Virginia , In all this world
there Is nothing else real and abiding.
"No Santa Claus ! Thank God ! he
lives and he lives forever. A thousand
years from now , Virginia , nay , ton
thousand years from , ho will continue
to make glad the heart of childhood. "
Virginia's letter and the Sun man's
reassuring reply were reprinted In
that paper In the past few months ,
when regret was expressed In its ed
itorial columns ever the death of Fran-
els P. Church , who had boon one of Its
writers for a third of a century , In
those lines :
"At this time , when the sense of
our personal loss Is strong upon ns ,
wo know of no better or briefer way
to make the friends of the Snn feel
that they too have lost n friend than
to violate custom by Indicating him as
the author of the beautiful and often
ropubllshed editorial article affirming
the existence of Santa Clnus In reply
to the question of n little girl. "
ECLIPSED FORMER EFFORTS.
Seventeenth Annual Ball of Nellgh Fire
Department.
Nollgh , Neb. , Dec. 20. The seven
teenth annual ball of the Nellgh lire
department held last evening In Gle-
seker's hall eclipsed any former gath
ering of the same nature over held In
this city. It was a jolly crowd from
beginning to end , and the usual un
pleasant conduct by a certain few was
not noticeable nt this time. The fire
boys are more than pleased with the
receipts of the ball , nnd express themselves -
solves entirely satisfied , in every re
spect.
BANKS MILLS SHOWS EVIDENCE
OF HOLD UP.
SAYS WAS ATTACKED AT NIGHT
Story of Tllden Man Is That a Strang
er Shot Him Through the Arm When
He Was on the Street Early Sunday
Morning Mysterious Affair.
Tllden , Nob. , Dec. 21. Special to
The News : A bullet hole through the
arm Is the evidence presented by
Banks Mills , well known In this part
of the county , that ho was hold up
early Sunday morning. Mills' story
of the affair Is that ho mot a stranger
on the street near the depot at about
I o'clock Sunday morning , nnd that In
the scutllo which followed a demand
on the part of the footpad for his
money , the stranger shot him through
the muscles of the left arm. A sur
geon was called and Mills' wound was
dressed. Mills was heavily under the
Influence of narcotics nt the time nnd
bore the pnln of having the wound
attended to without the use of anaes
thetics and never uttered n murmur.
Mills holds the reputation of having
been attacked by robbers , foot pads
and night hawks more times than any
other man In Nebraska , but this time
the exhibition of a wounded arm seems
to warrant the statement that ho has
boon against the real thing.
Mills does not give a very accurate
description of the strantror who nt.
tacked him , and no one has been seen
who anywhere near approaches the de
scription given. Under the circum
stances some people of Tllden are un
charitable enough to bellovo that there
was no hold up. In answer to this
Mills holds up his wounded orm.
SPORTS
HERMAN BETTING ON SELF.
Chicago Lad Will be Broke if He Loses
to Cans.
Tonopah , Nov. , Dec. 27. Kid Her
man is strong on his coming fight with
.loo Gnns , that If he loses he will leave
Tonopah with not much more than his
railroad fare. Ills training , according
to estimates furnished by Nate Lewis ,
will cost him $ f,000. ! He loft with the
poolrooms here $2,500 to bet on him
self. If he wins he will leave with a
bunch of coin. If he loses bingo. "I
have simply got to win this tight , " said
Herman today. "If I don't this trip
to Nevada will have netted me nothing
but presents of minus stock. "
Cans' work of reducing was aided
considerably yesterday by the weath
er. Tonopah had what might bo called
a spring day. The air , while a bit
frosty , was mellowed by a warm sun ,
which worked wonders with the light
weight champion's good nature. Cans
is not having nearly as easy a time as
he did at Goldfleld last August , but ho
Is doinc enoiich work to make un for
it. Yesterday ho boxed twenty rounds.
Ten were with Low Powell , who meets
Adam Ryan in the preliminary and ten
were with Willie Keefe , his trainer.
JEFFRIES AND SQUIRES TO MEET
Champion is Pleased With $50,000 Of
fer and Talks Nothing But Fight.
Los Angeles , Cal. , Dec. 27. Bill
Squires , champion heavyweight of
Australia , Is to be the first man to
cross arms with Jeffries In a finished
battle for championship of the world
for n purse of $50,000. The match be
tween Jeffries and the Australian will
bo arranged today. Terms for the
light have been dickered upon for
some time.
F. C. Skinner , the fight promoter of
Rhyollte , Nevada , backed by Taylor ,
a millionaire mine owner , Is arranging
the contest , and has agreed to put up
the purre of $50,000 which has Inter
ested JeCfrles. As soon as articles for
the light are signed and forfeits posted
Squires will leave his homo In New
Castle , Australia , for this country.
Skinner wants the flght to take place
In May or June , and there seems to
be no reason why it should not take
place ubout that time.
Jeffries Is said to bo ready to flght
at any time. The only thing he Insists
on is that the $50,000 be put up , and
will not stand for any stage money.
Now that he has decided finally to get
back Into harness , Jeffries Is willing to
talk nothing but flght. He looks at
A friend of the ho mi
A foe of the Trust
Calumet
Compllon with the Pure Food Lawn
of oil GtntiH.
Squires as pretty easy money for him. < * '
SQUIRES IN SHABBY BATTLE.
Jeffries' Probable Antagonist From
Australia Makes Poor Showing.
Snn 'Francisco , Dec. 27. Bill Squires
who Is discussed as n antagonist to
bring Jeffries out of retirement ,
knocked Peter Kllng out In three
rounds near Melbourne recently. The
fight was In an open-air ring nt Ascot
racetrack. A shower fell Just before
the fight , making the ring slippery.
Summing the tight , from n spectacu
lar standpoint , It was u wretched one.
Not only was there little or no science
displayed by either man , but there was
very little hitting of any sort. The
blows delivered were slow , and gener
ally had little weight behind them , ow
ing to the Impossibility of gaining n
foothold.
il
Although Kllng was down no fewer
than seventeen times , only two falls
were due to clean hits. The light was
In nowise a one-sided affair. In fact ,
at one period Squires seemed dazed 4 !
nt flntllnir Ills mvn mr > tlini1
against him , and , taking the fight as
n whole , he never fought so badly be
fore , although his blows carried twice
the weight of those of his opponent.
POKER GAME FOR A WEEK.
Unique Event Planned by New Or
leans Sports.
New Orleans , Dec. 27. A monster
poker game , which Is to run for a week
or ten days , Is being planned for this
city for some time right after the hol
idays. For years' , "Bob" Tucker , "Bil
ly" Odell , Alphonse Fontlleu , "Sol"
Llchtenstoin and other big stake gam
blers have gathered here at some pe
riod In the lour winter for a sloco of
faro and draw. The "lid" is off hero
this winter , and some staggering poker
is being played nightly at every one
of the large down-town hotels and
chibs ; In fact poker , like roller skat
ing , Is seeing a great revival. Two
local clubs , which could not accommo
date the faro play last winter , are now
catering exclusively to poker devotees. /J
Thousands of dollars change hands
weekly in the big games now running.
But the real great tourney being ar
ranged will be a corker from all ac
counts , for a number of the biggest
and most darinj ; poker players In the
country will participate. "Jack" Standish -
dish , who conducted the no-llmlt mil
lionaires' game at Palm Beach , Fla. ,
last winter , Is promoting the Idea.
Late this week he received a letter
from "Pon" Westcott. from whoso
game at Saratoga last August , "Bob"
Tucker took down $30,000 In two
nights' sitting , saying he would be on
hand anxious to have a comeback at
Tucker. Harry Stover will come all
the way from 'Frisco for the week's
play. Other prospective participants
are "Cap" Bradley of St. Paul , Minn. ;
Theodore Barrett of New York , and
"Jake" Sanders of Toronto , Can. , fa
mous on two continents for tholr abil
ity with the deck. It Is thought Stan-
dish's idea of a high stake poker car
nival for the foremost professionals
of the country Is unique.
It has never been done before. The
last real smart gambling New Orleans
saw was two winters ago when Llch-
tensteln , the Now York bookmaker ,
tossed off over $30,000 In a couple of
sittings playing bank In one of the ex
clusive downtown clubs. "Dike" Danaher -
aher , old-time pal of Jere Dunn , and
nnfi nf rhn fmv of fhn fninniis
slppl river professional cardplaylng
brigade of twenty years ago , Is here
on the Job. According to the gossip
of the St. Charles hotel corridors , he
enjoyed a fine break at the Dlxlana
club last Tuesday night , when he beat
the bank for a small fortune. Never
before In the history of winter racing
in this city have so many celebrated
gamblers rendezvoused In town as Is
now the case.
The man who "never believed much
In advertising" never tried much of It ,
either. ' -.J
December Rate Attr&ciioas
VIA THE BURLINGTON
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sunshine and bracing atmosphere ,
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that your ticket reads nt least one way over the Burlington Route , either via
Denver , scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City , or one way via the Burlington-
Northern Pacific through , direct northwest line between Missouri Valley ,
Puget Sound and Portland.
HOMESEEKER8' AND SETTLERS RATES : First nnd third Tuesdays ,
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ver , North Platte Valley , Big Horn Basin , Eastern Colorado.
LAND FOLDERS : Write me for free folders on Irrigated districts , "Dry
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braska nnd Colorado.
Write mo and describe your trip , and Jet me advlso you the best way to
make It at the least cost , sending you folders desired , etc.
L. W. WAKELEY ,
Builinfoti General Passenger Agent.
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