THE OMAHA DAILY JU3E ; &llTUKDAY , JFJOBRTJATIY 20 , 1SOG. - J
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MI.NOII .i
Try Moore & Mils' "Sultana" 10 , ' . cigar.
The Ileo omce , No. ifi North M.tlii itrect.
The Oiand hotel , Council n'.iiffs. High
class In tr/cry respect. Hales , $2.t > 0 per day
and upward , n. F. Clarke , proprietor ,
J3d TlaylP , arreslod fcY being Intoxicated
polled $10 for hu pii'-ar.ince , but falllnt ,
to come to lime , lil * inoiicy was forteltei1.
A large nud ( imlultini'tlc ' mocllnr ; wjs heh
last evening In t'nn tmulifrn * part of the
city. A number ol I IIP republican candidate
were prcwnl an I r.ia-Jo nddrcR-e * .
Joe Proctor , chared with b lng a fugitive
from Justice , was takrn to Omaha yesterday
Proctnr Is wonted for simplicity In robbing
some fre'.ght raw near Cut-Off Islanl.
People who have neglected to register , o
llio'o who have changed their residence fron
ono ward to another nnco ! the elrctlon las
fall , tnuH register today or lore their voles
The city dork wa.i fitrnls-hc'l with the
usual quota of simple ballots yeitrrday. They
nro a bright yellow , and wherever ported
up suggest a smallpox or scarlet fever warn
Ing.
Ing.A change of vrnuc has been taken In the
casa of II. P. Kerns , charged with assaultIng -
Ing Jesslo Pierce , to .Itutlco Cook's court.
Ho will havea hearing this morning nt 9
o'clock.
Lloyd niackmorp , recently ! > entcnced to a
Jail term of fifteen days , was released on
the promt that ho would leave the city.
" FalliiR to do w , he was locked up , and IB
now scrvlnc out his time.
Chicken thieve * were operating In the
vicinity of Manowa Thursday night. Yes
tcrday morning Dave Line dlsco\cred that
largo nmnlcr of liU finest buff cochins wen
miming. The thieves hail emptied the cnop
that happened to contain his most valuable
fowl * .
There were no viicanl wals at the new
Dohanoy last night and standing room was
again at a premium. Tonight thn bill wll
bo "Pawn Ticket No. 210 , " the play that
made little Lottlo famous. At the matlnsa
this afternoon "The Midnight Wnlch" will
be repeated.
J. J. Fralney haw returned to the city after
an extended trip throughout the Plato giving
Shakespearean rccllalsi. Mr. Fralney will
leave next Turs.lay. appe.irlnK nt Horning
March I. Ho has dnlui until April 10 , when
ho will f-peak at Webster City under the
auspices of the Rlko. He sajs ho came home
to vote.
Stella Thompson , the woman arrested for
her linguistic accomplishments , which sha
cxorcleed upon the otllccrs who arrested .Too
Proctor at Cut Off , was given a fine of $15
by Judge McOco yesterday. The charge
ogatn.it the woman for vagrancy. She could
not control her tongue or her temper when
arraigned In the pollca court , and the re
marks made nt the tlmo helped to Increase
her punishment.
The bootlegger who never reads and never
learni wa. In hla customary trouble with
the federal revenue officers yesterday. There
were two of thorn before Commissioner
Stoadman during tbo afternoon. One was
Cass Townscnd of Hamburg , and the other
was George Dynl of Atlantic. Dyrd was
released under n nominal bond , but Town-
rend wao shown to be a Berlous violator of
the revenue laws and was held under $200
bondo , after waiving examination.
Moore & nills' "Corner , " best Be cigar.
Wonted , good farm loans In western Iowa
at lowebt rates. Money loaned for local In
vestors on best ot security netting 0 per cent.
Fire Insurance written In reliable companies.
Lof gee & Tcwlc , 235 Pearl street.
Corporate
The fc-ult of John Tobln against the town
of Lake Manawa ws called In the superior
court yesterday and continued by agreement
until this morning.
In thla action Tob'.n ' socles to have the
Incorporation of the town of Lake Manawa
pel au.de and declared mill and void on the
ground that the law was not compiled with
In the steps necessary to Incorporate the
town. '
Whllo the question of the town's right
to a name Is In litigation the inhabitants
thereof are going right along with big
preparations for the hottest kind of nn
election , that Is booked for next Monday.
The two factions that have been at swords'
points slnco the place was Incorporated are
going to have another fight , and It promises
to 'be to a finish this time. Kach side
accuses the other of trying to colonize voters
mid there Is a chance that further litiga
tion may como of the deal before ths pres
ent ease Is settled by the tedious process of
the courts.
I.iivt Wci-lt ! ! FrnincH nt Half Price.
Only a few dayp left In whlnh to buy your
frames at half price. Sole closes March 1 ,
II. L. Smith & Co.
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Dr. Cleaver's office moved to GOO Broadway.
I'otlcr'N HIM.
Representative Potter of Pottawattamle
county Is the father of a bill which has
been recommended by the house committee
Jor passage , placing the cxprew companies
under the control of the State Hanking
board. The bill la conceded to be an out
growth of an attempt on the part of the
country bankers of the state to punish the
express companies for their action two
months ago In advancing the rates for the
transmission of currency between different
points. The bill , as It will bo reported from
the committee. , provides that the express
companies shall bo tmbject In all respects to
the laws governing banks and bankers , and
shall bo required to keep and maintain at
torno point In each county of the state an
amount of capital equal to at least $5,000 ,
which shall be subject to taxation.
Only two weeks more remain of the great
furniture cnle of the Durfee Furniture com
pany. All of Hio stock of the Council Bluffs
Furniture company must be closed out by
March 1.
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Davis , only drug store with registered clerk.
Si-linnl llojH Give n I ) 1 1 > HIT.
A very oleasant social event occurred at
the Grand hotel last evening. A number of
tlio members of the High school gave a
class dinner , to which on equal number of
the High school girls were Invited. The
dinner was served In a private dining room
In the usual faultless manner of Landlord
Clark. Prof. Gcllenbcck's Banjo club cf
Omaha furnished the music. The affair was
agreeably new and Interesting. Toasts were
proposed and responded to after the last
courses were served , and the healths of the
young women were pledged In glasses of
strong lemonade.
Stcphan Bros , for plumbing and hsatlng ;
Uo fins line of gis fixtures.
of Jiilin Mcli-alf ,
The funeral of the late John K. Metcalf
took place yesterday afternoon under the
auspices of the Grand army men and the
members ot the. . Union Veteran Legion. Bth
organizations tuft nt the upper end of Broad
way and maiched to the residence In a body ,
The funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Mr. Simpson , rector of Grace Episcopal
church. The body was burled In Walnut
Hill cemetery. The funeral cortece was n
long cue. The body was burled with mili
tary honors. _
Have you seen the new gaa heating stoves
at the company's office ?
1'oiir of n. Klnil ,
Four foreclosure suits were commenced In
the district court yesterday. The parties In
terested are : W. 8. Oalo against C. W. White
nud other ; $4,275 ; Omaha Loan & Trust com
pany against F. 0 , IVeymuller , $1,5G2.SO ;
John Rick against Ruth and J. W. Rick ,
ll.CCC ; K. a Hart Ob-alnrt Q. L. Martin ,
$100. _
Columbia bicycles. Highest of all high
grades , Cul | and see them at Cole & Cole.
H' Coiivuutlon Coni'linlnl ,
OBDAR RAPIDS , Ftb. 28. The big con
vention of the buttcrmakers of America was
practically brought to a close this after
noon. Papers were read during the day's
eeeslon. Many of the members have de
parted for their homes , and tomorrow will
see the last ot them go.
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I. U. O , V.
While Iloso ledge No. 2S4. I ) , cf 11. . will
give a grand musical prcerim thU evening
In U O. O. P. hall. All frleuds luvlted. AU-
julnaiou , 10 cenUt
GET ANOTHER BOY FIRE BUf
Police Ailtl a Second Ackennan to the Col
lection Under Arrest ,
OPERATIONS Of THE GANG EXPLAINED
lMlllHT.M Give Dl'tllllM Of ( tlP M
of KntcrliiH anil KlrliiK HIUIICH
ninl Then Milking Tlivlr
A fifth boy wai Implicated with the gang
of four young firebugs arrested Thursda ;
night for burning a dwelling' house on Flttl
avenue. The boy Is Albert Ackcrmati , an
older brother of Harry Ackermsn. He wis
otrostcd yesterday upon an Information
porn to by Chief Tcmplelon of tbo lire de
partmcnt , charging him with settlrc nro tea
a vacant duelling at 2131 Fifth avenue 01
the night of January 30. Tbo older Acker
man boy Is about IS years of age , a few
months younger thin the Betliers boy. The
police officers and Chief Templeton felt sat
Isflcd that the building was fired by some
ot these bays , but no positive evidence was
secured until yeUerday , when the younger
Ackorman boy confessed that his brother
and Jake Bothers had set the building afire
by procuring oil waste from car axle boxes
aid putting It back ot the lath In a closet
nftcr kicking off the plastering. The boys
said It generally took About fifteen minutes
for the lire to show from the outside after
they applied the match , when they were care
ful to close ths coct ! door. This wouh
give them ample time to get cut of the
house nt'd amy from the neighborhood before -
fore thp tin , \nuM ba noticed.
All flv < ot the boys , Jake Betliers. Harrj
and Albert Ackermnn , Fred Truax and George
BrasKo. were arraigned beforb Judge McGea
yesterday morning. They wcrfr questioned
by the Jude.o at sime length. Each was
ready and willing to cnnfces for the other
liny-i and taught to phlft the responsibility
for dropping the lighted mctch Into the
wisps of hay , but all admitted parrying the
hay and helping to phre It back of the plas
tering. After getting n portion of their
stories the further hearing of the cases was
postponed until today
Chief Templeton thinks that the two
houses which the boys have , admitted they
have burned ware not the only ones , and that
Bethcrs was the real leader in all of the
crimes. At almost every fire In that portion
of the town where these boys live , where
the origin of the flnmcs was such a mystcry-
thnt It pointed to incendiarism , young Beth
crs wns always the first person to meet the
chief at the scene and was always ready
with a story abrut steins somebody run
from the building a few minutes before the
fire broke out. It may be Impossible to con
nect the boys with any other acts of Incen
diarism , but the belief Is atrong that there
are rcvcral other cases. Several months ago
a dwelling house belonging to Mrs. Noack
and occupied by her at the time caught fire
In a closet. Jake Bothers was on hand : \lth
a lot of Information which he cheerfully
gave the chlof , which , In the light of the
present revelations , creates a strong sus
picion that Bcthers did the work by getting
Into the house without attracting attention.
GIIOWS OUT OP THE 1IIG FIIIR.
IiMT < - . Wells .t Co. Flic n Suit
the MllttmiUri ? Hallway Company.
The petitions were filed In the United
Stnlos district court yesterday by Deere ,
Wells & Co. in the threatened big damage
suit against the Chicago , Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway company for the destruction of
their t > Ig Implement warehouse by fire last
December. The amount sued for reaches
the handsome sum of $125,129.38 , and I ? the
total loss sustained by the Implement people
at the time of the fire.
The petition recites that the defendant
railway company , after negligently permit
ting the weeds and grass to grow upon Its
right of way , which caused the destruction
of the Implement building and Its contents
liy permitting Its employes to set fire to
some papers and other litter which It was
desired to destroy , and that the fire was
built on the property of the railroad com
pany , which approaches very close to the
warehouses of the plaintiff , and that through
the negligence of the employes the fire was
nermltteil in irnt hpvnml Iliplr control and
tie communicated to the buildings , which
were totally destroyed on December 13.
Thrro are two counts in the petition and
3olh recite the foregoing facts. In both the
presumption Is that the fire was first com-
nunlcated to the warehouse and factory of
: he Combination Fence company , located on
the west side of the street , and that the
lamw reached the Deere , Wells & Co. bulld-
ng by crossing the street.
Hut IK-il Snail.
Wo have 1,000 hot bed sash which wo are
; olng to , clc.se out. They won't last long.
flow many do you want ? Wo will make you
a price that can't be duplicated. C. B.
faint. Oil and Glass company , Masonic Tem
ple , Council Bluffs.
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For PolU IV o I IN' 1'tirilon.
The IIOUM committee on pardons has unan-
mously voted to recommend the pardon of
Polk Wells , who Is serving a llfo Esntenee
n the penitentiary at Fort Madison for the
murder of Fitzgerald , a guard.
Wells was orglnally n member of tbo Jesse
James gang and way captured In Wisconsin
n 1883 by Dan Ferrell , then sheriff of Mills
: ounty. He was convicted on tbo charge of
nnk robbery and was sentenced to twelve
. oara In the penitentiary. Just after tile
.erm of Imprisonment began ho made hla es
cape with other convictr , and In doing so
hlcroformol Guard Fitzgerald , who died from
the effects of the poloon. Wells was re
captured and t'sntenced ' to llfo In the pcn-
tentlary. Since his recapture ho has been
an exemplary prisoner and the application for
ila pardon has met with the approval of all
he prliian oHlclnlv.
Friends of Polk Wells have promised that
f ho la pardoned he will not write a book
and will not go on the lecture platform , but
Ull pettlo down nt Fort Madison , where he
ms a sister living , and will spend the rest
ot his days In that town.
Don't miss our special calo of aluminum
ware for the next ten days. Cole & Cole.
H 'Ciif < % il Tlirlr Final I'IIIMTH.
Judge McGee held a rpeclal session of the
superior court last nlfrht for the purpose of
ssulng final naturalization papers to tmch
applicants as could establish their claims to
hem. The follow Ing persons were given
final papers and are now full-fledgej citizens
and entitled to vote at the election on Mon-
lay : Jacc. ' > C. Jensen , J. C. Jensen , Andrew
C , Christiansen. Louis Knglund , Peter Nel
son , John C , Nelson , Chris Johnson , An-
row Droderx , Lars NelUon , Louis Fcblo-
vltz. John Wallace , Richard Wallace , Pete
Walllnc. Eric Erlckson , Carl Gustav Ander
son , S. Matscn , J. H. S-havcr.
Wo offer you only clean , crisp , snow white
aundry work and b-st delivery service at
laudry , 721 Uradway. Telephone 157.
l n SorlallHt Si'i'lliin.
"Gonera ! " Kelly and a number ot speakers
from Omaha latt night concluded the series
ot meetings that have been held at Danne-
ire hall during the week. At the clopa of
c meeting a socialistic section was orgulzed
vlth n iiu'inbertlilp of sixty ,
"General" Kelly will meet Dr , Ferrln
next Wednesday night In a debate on the
ubjcct of Eocl.illsm against populism , and
n Sunday night , March 8 , Mr. and Mm.
( clly will speak at the DeLang mission.
Ulrctrli ; lllltcrM.
Electric Bitters U a medicine suited for any
scacon , but perhaps more generally needed In
the t < prlngwhen the languid exhausted feel-
ins prevail ! , when the liver la torpid and
sluKglfh and the need of a tonic and altera-
Ivo U felt , A prompt "re ot thla medicine
ms often averted long and perhaps fatal
blllouj fevers. Ko medicine will act more
urely In counteracting and freeing the
yrtem from the malarial poison. Headache ,
ndlgeMlon. constipation , dlzzlnew yield to
Jlectrlo Dlttera. Only fifty cents per bottle
at Kuho & Co.'a drug ilore ,
Yoitic's M\V iiiuuoii
Itnlnr * I\CMC 1IIII Will Hnftllr 1'nnn
4 lir Semite.
ALBANY , Feb. 28. In a senate repub
lican caucus tt was shown that the Itnlncs
excise bill nns sure of thirty-two votes In
the senate , which Insures Us passage by
that body today. The principal features
of the measure arc !
Abolition of alt local excise boards on
April 30 , 1S96.
Termination of all excise licenses Juno 30 ,
next.
Ctcatlon of n state excise commissioner nt
a salary of $5,000 , deputy at $1,000 ; three
special Inspectors at $4,000 , | 3,000 nntl $2- ,
000 ; lxty Inspectors' nt largo nt $1,200 and
expenses for all.
A bureau at Albany with clerical help.
First class license for saloons , clubs and
hotels , at $800 In NcW York , $6BO In Ilrook-
lyn , $500 In Buffalo and second class cities ,
and graded according to population In
others.
Olvcs one-third of the net revenues col
lected to the state and \\o-Uilrds to the
counties.
Allows county treasurers except In counties
containing cities of the first class , fees
ranging from 1 per cent to 3 per cent , the
latter In country districts.
Prohibits nll-nlglit licenses and the sale
of liquor on Sunday , except In hotels With
meals. This prohibition extends to clubs.
Fine for violation of law la flxcd at not less
than twice the amount of license.
Alloua local option In towns only and not
In cltlc3.
Compels posting of liquor licenses In windows
dews of saloons.
Prohibits saloons within ZOO feet of a
church or school.
Allows com Is to review applications for
llcfrse , also petitions for rcvccatlon of
licenses.
SHUT IN I'L.von m ? HIS KUIEND.
Sory from MlHwourl that Sinnoli * of
lie Iiiittrnlialilr.
CHICAGO. Feb. 28. A .tpeclal dlapatoh
from EprltiEflsld , Mo. , soys : President Horr.or
T. Fuller of Drury college announces that
ho has received a singular proposition from
a wealthy Massachusetts man , whose Identity
ho would not disclose. The man offers
Drury a large sum of money If he will verify
the truth of a war Incident which Is allcgoJ
to have laUen place In Missouri , and which ,
If true , the Massachusetts man thinks equals
the story of Damon and Pythias. The presi
dent announced that the college would ac
cept the offer , and ho requests the students
to help him secure positive evidence If such
a thing really did occur.
The story Is that In the early part of the
war a detachment of confederate troops In
Missouri took about 400 union prisoners.
Twelve of these prisoners were lined up and
shot without provocation by the confederate
oIMccrs. Upon hearing of this act the com
mander of the federal regiment drafted
twelve confederate prisoners to bs shot In
retaliation. As the line was being formed , a
young man , named William Lear , stepped
forward and asked permission to take the
place of one of the condemned men , who was
his friend. The request was granted , and
Lear was shot In place of his friend.
11 AX AWAY WITH HIS GIUL COUSIX.
llnnU Itolilior Lynched In Texan Had
nn IIiiHiivory Ilccnril.
NEOSHO , Mo. , Feb. 28. The news of the
bank robbery at Wichita Falls , Tex. , In
which Elmer Lett Is , formerly of this place ,
as Implicated and for which he was lynched ,
has Just reached this city. Lswls was a
son of James Lewis , and had always lived
hero until about a year ago when ho went
to the territory. Later he returned and left
last fall , taking wltn him his cousin , Miss
Lula Hunter. He was never known to be
engaged in lawlessness of any consequence ,
but always wanted to convey the idea pf
being a bad man , and the nens caused no
great surprise. The father Is master me
chanic In the Neosho founury at this place
and for a number of years has been leading
a quiet life , although he was implicated In
a highway robbery In this county a number
of years ago , for which ho served a sentence
In the penitentiary. The authorities of Wich
ita Falls have been authorized by the father
to give htm a decent burial , stating that he
would pay all expenses. Nothing Is known
of the whereabouts of the young woman he
took from here with him.
NO PARADE OP 11LUE AND GRAY.
Prominent Grnuil Army Lcnilci-H On-
IIOHCII to the Iilea.
WILMINGTON , Del. . Feb. 28. National
Commander Walker , who attended the ses
sion of the Grand Army of the Republic at
Newark , thlo state , has freely expressed him
self on the proposed meeting of the blue and
the gray In New York. He aald : "Thero
ID not a loyal union soldier who would ap
prove of such a thing. Loyalty deserves Its
reward and treason and treachery should al
ways be punished. There is a broad distinc
tion between union soldiers and confederates
and eo long an I am the head of the Grand
Army of the Republic this distinction shall
be observed no far as this organization la con
cerned. I would not for a minute favor any
suggestion that would offer to place union
and confederate soldiers sldo by side In
parade , wearing blue and gray uniforms , oven
hough they both marched under the flag ot
the United States. "
Not a few who read what Mr. Robert Rowls ,
of Hollands , Va. , has to say below , will re
member their own experience under like cir
cumstance : : "Last winter I had la grippe
which left me In a lew state of health. I
tried numerous remedies , none of which did
mo any good , until I was Induced to try a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
llrst bottle of It so far relieved me that I
was enabled to attend to my work , and the
second bottle effected a cure. " For sale al
25 and CO cents per bottle bv druggists.
AWKUL HEATH OP A MECIIAMC.
Sioux City Man Cauprlit In ShnftliiK
mid Torn to I'lrem.
SIOUX CITY , Feb. 28. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Amos Wymans , head carpenter hero
or the Cudahy Packing company , caught his
coat this morning In the shafting near thereof
roof cf the cutting room In the company's
Sioux City plant wh'.lo ' making repairs upon
he machinery and was whipped around the
teel shaft at the rate of 120 revolutions per
minute , until life was beaten from his body.
Jcforo the machinery could bo stopped , Wy-
nans was completely denuded of clothing ,
both legs below the knees and ono hand
orn off and nearly every bono in his body
> roken. The room was absolutely drenched
vlth h's ' blood , and fragments of bono and
flesh were found at a distance of fifty feet
rom the spot where the accident occurred.
Miiilcal Evi-iit nt MlNHnnrl Valley.
MISSOURI VALLEY , la ; , Feb. 28. ( Spe-
lal. ) The Frank Harris benefit entertain-
ncnt was a brilliant social and musical
event , having been planned as a manlfcsta-
lon cf his friends' approval of his detcrmlna
Ion to excel as a pianist , and In honor of
its return from Germany , where for the
last two years he has been a student of
lerr Prof , Jedllcsky of Berlin. Mr. Harris
\as assisted by Mesdamea Hill and McKay ,
lies niakcalae and Meojrs. Mlddleton. The
irogram wan composed of popular class'cs
rom Uhppin , Schuman , Itubcnsteln and
then masters. To say that Mr. Harris' per-
ormances surprised and delighted his friends
3 stating It mildly. He will return to Qer-
nany after a brief vacation.
Iiiillctfil a Him It CiiHlili'r.
SIOUX CITY , Feb. 28. ( Special Tele-
rnm. ) Four Indictments , charging fraudu
lent banking and the exhibition of falsa as
sets to the bank examiner , were returned
today against Cashier A. K. Thompson cf the
cfuncl Maurice State bank. Some time be
fore the bank's failure the examiner listed
7,500 of notes , which failed to show up
when the receiver took charge. In their
ilace was Thompson's personal note for a
ke amount. It Is charged that the original
idea were forgeries , and that when failure
ecamo Imminent Thompson destroyed them
and snbstltucd bin own.
Many merchants are aware that their CUB-
omers arc their best friends and take pleas
ure in supplying them with the best goods ob-
ulnable. As an Instance we ment'on Perry
i Cameron , prominent drugg uU ot Flushing ,
Michigan , They Eay ; "We have no heslta-
Ion In recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to our customers , as It U the bust
cough medicine wo have ever cold , and always
gives tatlefuctlon , " For gale at 25 and 60
cents a bottle by druggists.
l'OI < tl.STOHIES.
Scvcrnl Itininii H' ' mrn of tlip I'cr-
fruit le1'of l.nok.
"Poker ? I've play pi poker all my life. "
cald a gamester fo A reporter of the New
York Recorder. ' , *
"I've gone Into a game with a $3 slack
and cashed In Ufa. ,1'vo , gone In with $100
and bavo left the table without cashing In
anything. I've , Jhiavie phenomenal draws ;
been beat out on four kings ; I've stocd paten
on a pair of Jackg ant ) 1'vo stood pal on four
ot n kind. ,
"l'\o been flu h and been broke , but the
worst move of my , life was when I caught
ono of the best poker players In Syracuse.
" 1 rolled Into Syracuse frem Rochester
after a most unsatisfactory week at the table.
I am a professional , of course. 1 don't make
any bones about It. I make. my
living by It , and I have to take my
chances against the best men In the business.
"They did me In Rochester , hans 'em ;
took my heart , almost. But , heart ! That's
everything In poker. The man without heart
or nerve , whatever you like t call It , Is no
use In a poker game.
"I had my heart when I landed In Syra
cuse , and about CO cents. I went to the
hotel , got a meal and a cocktail , and as I
leaned up against the clerk's desk wondering
how soon It wouiri e before I would got
hungry again , a drummer appeared who had
known mo In Rochester.
"He cave me the glad hand , and after he
had registered asked mo If there was any
chance to get In a game at night.
"I said , 'Of course , ' and he said that If I
could get one man ho had two salesmen ac
quaintances who wanted to play a little
while , and If wo could meet privately In lib
room at 8 o'clock , we might spend the even
ing pleasantly. I agreed , but where I was
going to get my wherewith was a quandary.
"I had about made tip my mind to strike
the clerk for a loan 'until my firm should
tend a check , ' when my eye lighted on a
paper weight which lay on the desk. It was
a sample tram a steel house , and It was
made in Imitation ct a pile of halt dollars ,
making in all a stack that looked like $20.
"There ! I was heeled.
"When the clerk wasn't looking I captured
It. I procured a pleco ot paper from the
clerk's pad , and , going Into the coat room ,
t wrapped up Mr. Paperweight until ho
looked so natural that any bank clerk that
ever i'vcd would have bought It for $18 and
smiled at his bargain.
"At 8 o'clock I was on hand. There was a
fellow I supposed was a young drummer In
the party , who paid ho was nuking his first
trip out. My drummer friend had brought
him along ao a 'snap. '
"Ho didn't know me , but I supposed , of
course , that ho was all right , or his friend
would not have Invited him In the game.
So when we were seated about a little round
table ho said , 'Let Lew , ' meaning me , 'bo
banker. '
"No one erer kicks against a suggestion
of that kind , and I was made banker.
"I set up niy roll of steel and took $20
worth of chips , and everybody else took $10.
I put their money , and my roll on a chair
and wo began playing.
"I lost on every hand I played , and my
$20 worth was soon gone. I took another
stack , and remarked that the clerk would
make mo good. 'Then ' luck changed I won.
The green drummer was the only other
lucky man In the'party. . He was a hard man
for me to buck .against. . Ho beat me every
time.
"Finally , I stood to" win $50 If I cashed In ,
s'.eol roll and all , anil I was Inclined to com
plain of cold feet ai\d quit , but I took one
more hand.
"Four sevcnsl'Sevens ! The very hand that
a man told meoncoMo play until I died. "
"He that Rllm , green uninitiated drum
mer , took one card. , , He. raised it a dollar ,
when I bet a chip , and all that' other gang
stayed out. We : banged away at on ? an
other for some time. I looked at him closely ,
and somehow lib seamed to have changed.
"Ho didn't look like , the weak-backed drum
mer. Ho had the steely eye , thei marble
heart of a professional.
"I said , exasperated : 'I'd like to bet a
little more than Jhe llnlt. ; '
" 'Well , ' raid ( ic , and I thought be trem
bled , ( I might take one. bis bet ; ' H. .
"I reached over and picked up a $20 bill
which lay on the'ctialr. . 'I'll bet this. '
"Blast him , he went down In his sock and
raised me $20. There was Just $40 left on ths
chair and my roll of steel.
" Til raise you $20 , ' said I.
" 'I'll raise you1 ; said ho.
"He wasn't scared. I could see that , and
my four sevens were small. I felt confident
that he had made a full house , and the
money was mine , and I called him , simply
because there were no more paper-weights In
eight.
" 'I've got a small two pair , ' said he.
"I knew he had two pairs of one kind , and
I remarked : 'Minn are sevens. '
" 'Four eights , ' said he.
" 'I'm broke , gentlemen , ' raid I , and I
picked up my overcoat and left before ho
could open the roll of steel.
"I went downstairs and told the clerk that
I was going out to make a borrow. I got
out of town on the 'cannot ball' at 1 o'clock ,
and I got off at Onelda because that was the
first stop , and the * conductor rather Insisted
on It. "
This may pound a little fishy , but every
poker player In Syracuse knows of It. It In
on the fame plan as the famous "Charley"
Perkins' story.
Perkins was a Rochester man. Ho played
poker In Denver or In New York wherever
he was. Ono occasion found him aboard a
Mississippi steamer loaded with corn. There
was a party playing poker with corn red
corn ; there wao no white corn In the west
at that time.
Perkins tat In and wont broke. Ho ex
cused himself for a , moment and wont out
went down Into the hold and felt among the
cars In the dark. He got ono and shelled
a lot of kernels.
When ho came back bo found a jack-pot
had Just etarted. Ho remarked that ho
would " 6tay. " Ho throw In some kernels ,
and blest If they were not nil white.
Ho was called down "for fair , " as the boys
say , and ho had to quit.
The next morning he went down In the
hold and looked around , and there was not
another white car of corn In the whole 10,000
bushels stored there.
TOWING A 'MILE-LONG ' HAFT.
TIic I'liNHiifrc from Xorlli Carolina ( o
IMillailclnliln .Ifiulu In Six WeoliN.
A raft of COO yellow pine logs for use as
piling In the construction of some of the now
Delaware river piers , says the Philadelphia
Record , has Just arrived hero from the coast
of North Carolina and the transportation of
this huga , unwieldy mass of timber through
waters exposed to storms was no iimall feat ,
This la said to bo.iii , ( | drat raft ever brought
from North CaroHfm to Philadelphia , and the
logs arc the largest. sticks of timber ever
seen In this market , ! Some of the plies are
ninety-five feet lon , ( and the average length
for the whole Jota \ eighty-two feet. The
utlcks meayuro from twelve to twenty-two
Inches In diameter 'at the cutt and eight
Inches and upward _ a the email end.
It required foun .tugboats to tow this raft
from the starting point to this port. It was
very tedious work towing a long raft through
the rlveru and canals In North Carolina , and
required six weeks' ' * 'time to get It to this
city. The raft rvaput up In chains , each
pllo having two Iron : rafting dogs to hold It In
the chains , Flffccri ' pllea were placed tide
by ede ! and fastened together , making one
action , of which there wore forty-two in the
raft. When them forty-two tedious of tim
ber were fastened1 " "together they reached
nearly a mlle lii.Jiofeth.
'
On the way up' the Chesapeake bay a storm
came up and the logn and raft bad to put
Into harbor until the storm was over. TowIng -
Ing the raft over the North Carolina wunds
wag risky work. There eounds are very
broad , uhallow bodies of water , and when
any wina mows u KICKS up a cnoppy vca
which would tear a raft to pieces In a short' '
time. The dangers In towing rafta are such
that It U Impossible to have a raft Insured
In any reliable Insurance company at the
present time.
This b'g raft was brought hero by .Charles
Frarcr , who has had considerable experience
In handling piling. He was present when the
first trio \vaw cut for this raft and remained
on the ground until the whole lot wan rafted.
Then ho came up with It on'the tug , and It
proved a very pleasant trip ,
Several dealers In timber and piling were
doubtful about the success of the attempt to
handle such a masi of logs , especially at a
time of the year when high winds and florins
are cf frequent occurrence , but the tafo ar
rival of the great raft has demonstrated the
complete practicability of tbo scheme.
TRUE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE.
PHOM WASHIXGTO.V.
In bpcaklng of Iho many sudden deaths
that have lately taken place In public life ,
Congressman Daniel Lock wood said : "Our
gtondfathcrs had family remedies which
seemed to preserve health and prolong life ,
and It would appear as If some modern
scientific preparation should bo found that
v.tu'ld answer the same purpose. Now , I
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tainly Is Warner's Safe Cure. 1 know ot a
great many people who use It constantly ,
and I have In mind one gentleman connected
with the Government Printing Office hero
who , together with his wife , has had occa
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use of Warner's Safe Cure. "
Similar opinions arc being constantly given
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Trlil to Sulclil ; In .lull ,
NEW YORK , Keb. 28. John Mackln , tlio
murderer of bis wlfo and motlier-ln-law ,
tried to kill lilmeelt In ( lie jail In Jcrufy City
today. In eearclilng Mini at the station lat-t
night the police bad overlooked a razor
which Mackln had concealed somewhere
about hlu permit. With tlile weapon he cut
his throat , and would have noon bled to death
had not a jail attendant hoard a gurgllnc
Hound proceeding from the murderer's cull.
Mackln was removed to the hospital , Hlu
recovery U doubtful. Morris Connors , the
father of Mrs. .Mackln , whom Mackln shot
when he killed hU wife and Mrs. Connors ,
Is very low. The bullet la lodged In the
throat of the old man In tmch a way that It
Is almost Impossible to rcmovu It without
causing the putlent'a deatU.
TAKE noon \micK.
Hero nro the words of Mrs. II. 1 * . (1.
Cnrr.ps , ono nt the ln'st Utiown ladles In
ntitlcr , Pa. , which arc given for the benefit
of all Indies. "For eight years I wan n con-
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Iho most nKRMvated form , .Medicine did
mo no good , nud nt time * I full Dial death
would bo n welcome rsllcf. Hut Warner's
Safe Cure was recommended lo me by my
druggist and I was persuade 1 lo Iry It. I
wns astonished nt Ihc marvelous chatigo it
made , even before I hull flnlRh < nl ono bottle.
I am now feeling well and strong Ami am
able to attend lo all my domestic duties. "
This Is only one case nmong thousands ,
bul It Is sufllclcnl to prove thai this grt'tt
remedy can always bo relied upon lo relieve
nml cure. That Is why It Is so universally
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iii'i\ni\i TIIH KI.ACJ.
Sonic Interesting facts regarding the Naval
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years ago I .received an Injury to the kid
neys. At the tlmo I .wait barely able to
get about , suffered great pain , and at tlmca
passed blood with my urine. I got better ,
but for three or four yenrM I. had trouble at
litres.Vhcnecr 1 took cold 1 felt too
trouble , and very often I suffered sevcrolyi
and was troubled In passlns water. I was
fit ally persuaded to try Warner's Safe Cure ,
which effected u complete cure , and slnco
that time I have had no trouble or weakness
whatever In the region of the kidneys. I
am n well , sound man today. "
This great remedy has never ones failed ]
In fighting these complaints. Ha effect *
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