AN ENEMY TO ELECTRICITY.
The Way n New England Old .Maid Was Converted to the Use of
Electric Cars.
X
y SUSAN HHOWN UOIHUNS.
If Miss Fcllrm Cm'nnns hail Unuwn lust n
llltlo more about the company their tracks
never would Imvc crossed her land.
When there was a rumor that the elec
tric * were coming through Hrookton she
dlsapproTcd very strongly.Vhon the
rumor was confirmed , and the additional In
formation given that the cars were to run
by her house , Mtsn Scltna wag Indignant
end a llttlo alarmed. She wondered If It
would bo safe.
Hut when the company wrote and wanted
1o know If they might buy n strip of hur
land along the river , about two acres In
all , on which to lay their tracks , thereby
avoiding the building of two bridges and
n half mlle or moro of unnecessary track ,
she was decidedly and unmistakably angry.
Soil her land for an electric line , forsooth -
sooth ! She -wouldn't have tha horrid
thlngn within sight or sound of tier If she
could help it. What If It wasn't anything
but eandy pasture land , growing up to
huckleberry and baybcrry bushes. They
shouldn't have It. It was nothing to her
If they had to build a dozen bridges and
go twenty miles out of tliclr way.
ftio thought of the scathing replies she
might make t . them , repudiating their pro-
poiTa ) . Then a happy thought etruck her.
Sbo got tier pen and wrolo on the bottom
of the company's Irttcr :
"You might have the land for $500 an
acre. Yours truly , Scllna Kmmons. "
She smiled when Bho had ilono this. How
they would feel when they got that answer !
Five hundred dollars an acre ! Wtiy. eho
wanted to sell the whole ten acres for $100 ,
nnd that had been thought too much. For
a day or two she smiled whenever Bho
thought of her answer , nnd ehe wletied she
could bavo seen the faces of the company
when they opened It.
Then came the shock of Olscovorlng that
her offer had been accepted. The company
had her statement In black and white , with
her name signed to It , so there- was no
possible escape for her.
This was In the fall and work on the
electric road would not begin till spring.
Miss Scllna felt thankful that the ovll day
wna BO far off. Perhaps there was a chance
yet that this road would not go through.
Nevertheless she worried and fretted over
It all winter and It was the worry , the
doctor said , that brought on the spell of
sickness In March. She was not seriously
111 and by the 1st of April , when work on
I f the road 'began , she was around doing her
work as usual.
"I'm not going to have folks say I got
sick on account of that company , " she said.
"Anyway , dt won't do any good to worry.
Let 'em come , but if they expect mo to
patronize them they nro mistaken , that is
all. I wouldn't ride on ono of these cars ,
not If Queen Victoria or the president of
the United States told mo to. If other
folks want to risk tholr lives they can. "
The thought of the $1,000 was a great
comfort. It seemed llko a fortune to her
and eho planned what eho would do with
the Interest money. She would have a new
carpet for the parlor the very first thing
nnd have the room papered and painted.
By the middle ot April the workmen
cnmo in sight of the house and for a day
or two Miss Sellna watched them with n
hcetllo eye. Then In spite of herself she
began to bo Interested In the work nnd ns
It came nearer she spent moro nnd moro
of her time at the windows. When the
men wanted to eat their dinners out under
her chestnut tree nnd got water from the
pump In the yard she gave n willing con
tent. "They are not to blame for what the
company docs , " she said.
Ono of the men carried In a pall ot
water for her ono day , and got to talking
with , her. Ho found out that she wanted
her llttlo garden spaded up , and the next
day the men shortened their nooning and
did the work In a llttlo while. The day
after that Miss Scllna carried out to them
a huge dlshpan full of hot doughnuts , which
melteil away like snow before the eun.
When the rails were nil laid by the house
nnd the work was. no longer In sight Miss
Sellna felt very lonesomo. Still she could
see. the men go by nt night nnd morning , nnd
( ho young man who had carried the water
for her always smiled nnd waved his hand.
* The first of Juno the cars were running ,
and Miss Sollna saw them go by crowded.
It was amazing. "I didn't know there were
so many reckless folks In the world , " she
( aid. She had to admit that there was a
certain companionship in seeing all these
people.
On warm days the motormen and conduc
tors would stop nearly every trip and got
a drink of water nt her pump , and she took
nrldo In the coolness of the water and In
having the tumbler out there clean ana
bright. Utter a tlmo these men , seeing her
always at the window , would speak to her ,
wish her good morning , or comment on the
weather. There was one young motorman
who was her espoclnl favorite , nnd ho was
the first ono to discover her aversion to
risking her life on the cars.
"Any tlmo you want to try It , " ho told
her , "Just come along on my car , and I'll bo
extra careful of you , "
Miss Scllna laughed and told him that
she would go on his car when she wont , but
that ehe didn't think either ono of them
would live tons enough to BOO the day.
In August ho told her ono day : "You'd
better go with mo tomorrow. It's my last
day on this line. I'vei been transferred. "
"I'm very sorry , Mr , Bally , " said Sellna.
"fio am I , " ho answered.
On his last trip In the afternoon ho Bald ;
"Bo ready nt 7 sharp , " then laughed and
swung onto bis car and clattered away. Miss
Bcltna watched it across the pasture. Then
she took a long breath , straightened up and
eald : "I will do it. "
6ho looked about her. "It's as good a
tlmo as any. I've got the washing and Iron-
intr and sweeping done for the week , and
everything Is In good , order. And botldes , I
have faith in that young Bally , and It'll bo
my last chance to go on his car. "
The next morning at 7:15 : she was all
ready , her work done and the door locked
behind her as she sat on the step waiting.
Bally could hardly bellovo his eyes when
ho saw her.
"Going ! " he called. "Well , that's good.
Sit on the front seat here , then you can
tee and get the air. " He noticed that her
hands shook and that Bho was a little pale.
I have been tiling OARCABKTS for
luiomnlu. wllli ulilch I have been nnllctcrt forever
over twenty yours , and I can Gay that Cuscarcts
bavo Klren tno more relief than nay other reme
dy I hire ever tried. I shall certainly recom
mend tbem to my friends at being all they are
represented. " Tuos. aiu im , KlKln , Jit
nPI Dt. rtUUblg. Potent , T ito Good. IXl
flood , N rSlctgo.Vc i u. tF Gtlrc.lW.2ic.it .
. . . OURfc CONSTIPATION. . . .
UlU lB i > lj < ? , Ctltm , B .lr. l. ( r Y . rk. ill
A mlle further on ho looked around at her.
"Llko It ? " ho asked.
She nodded. Her eyes were very bright ,
On their return they had to wait at a
turnout for another car , and Dally sat down
beside her. Her hair was blown about her
fac , and her expression' was animated.
"Sho must have been pretty when she was
young , " ho thought. '
"Do you usually go faster ? " she asked.
"Oh , Just about the same , I guess. "
"I was going to say you needn't go any
slower on my account. H doesn't scare me
a bit. I llko to go fast. "
When ho stopped at her house she sat
motionless. "I guess I won't get out yet , "
she said. "I think I will ride a llttlo moro. "
The next time there was ft watt she seemed
abstracted. She was busy with a problem In
mental arithmetic , namolyt How many car
rides can bo got out of the Interest on Jl.OOO ?
The solution seemed to please her.
"I can get along without the carpet , " she
said to herself , "nnd the paint and paper
don't look very bad , anyway. "
KOIIHSTS OF TII13 IMlILII'l'IMSS.
i\ ( -n ( , Vurli-tx anil Quality of the
Timber.
But It.Is to the forests of the Philippines
that wo nro wholly unabto to do Justice ,
says a writer In Self-Culture. TImfbcr exists
In great variety and of most excellent quality.
There are to bo found kinds otwood suitable
to every purpose. ( Many are of dense and
tough flbro susceptible of the highest polish.
Four kinds are so heavy that water will not
float them , nor can they bo cut with ordi
nary saws. Ono variety la of a bright
emerald grccti , and another rich yellow , and
they retain these colors when polished. An
other , "narra , " perhaps the prettiest , nnd
much used In flno furniture , varies In color
from light straw -to deep red. It Is strong
and hard and takes a high polish. Perhaps
the best known Is "molavo , " a very heavy
dark-brown wood , used for finishing In the
Interior of the Jcoult church at Manila ,
where It Is said the carvings are by master
hands nnd ot surpassing beauty. Ebony Is
abundant. There are the cacao tree , the
cocoanut palm , and the banVboo. all invalu
able to the natives , and also a trco which
yields a kind of cotton.
A pitcher-plant Is found with receptacles
that hold as much as a quart of water.
There Is a very curious plant with long
pendant feelers .that . hang near the ground
and have remarkable prehensile properties ,
taking the strongest hold on anything that
happens to touch them. It Is with the
grcltcst difficulty that a passer-by can cxtrl-
cato himself from ono "of these many-
fingered , hanging hands.
1VUV T1113 1IL1IUOU IS LIKED.
lie IN n Good Cniiiimiilou and la Loynl
to the IJcntli.
A real lover of dogs Is apt to have n
preference as to type , but ho Is apt also to
bo fond of all good dogs , no matter -what the
class or their special purposes In the world ,
says the Criterion. The dog lover Is very
llko In this regard the truly gallant man
ho may prefer blue eyes and fair hair or the
oposlte , but his heart goes out to all women
who are good because they are women and
because they are good. To the uninitiated
an . .erection for a bulldog seems a perversion
of taste , for the bulldog Is not symmetrical ,
Is not graceful and sometimes appears to
lack Intelligence. About his Intelligence ,
however , there Is more than one opinion ;
about his affection and his loyalty there
can 'bo ' no doubt whatever. His affection
knows neither hesitation , waverlnir nor
change and ho Is a rare comrade. Ho Is not
noisy , ho Is not nervous and he Is not given
to demonstration. iHe fills the requirements
that Emerson formulated as to perfect com
panionship. Ho docs not need to speak to
show his sympathy. Ho can tell you what
ho wishes to say with his llttlo eyes and
ho can bo eloquent with the wagglngs ot his
stumpy tall. This kind of a companion is
not such as commends himself to all per
sons , for there are these In the world who
llko chatterers nnd consider the unending
small talk of the drawing room the highest
and most pleasurable expression of human
wit. For such as these the bulldog Is not
likely to have the greatest attractions. Let
such have a frolicsome dog or a kitten that
will chase Its tall. Uut the hulfdog is a
good companion for a quiet man of a
thoughtful and philosophic cast of mind.
The bulldog will not disturb the musings ,
the bulldog will not say the wrong thing
at a tlmo when sllcnco Is precious , lor the
bulldog rarely speaks. When ho does ho is
short , though not sharp , in the communica
tions and very much to the purpose.
SALMON AVILI. ( FIGHT II'AnD. '
This KliiK of .riHli . IH Xot
Caiiulit , KVOH When Hooked.
"A salmon doesn't take the fly as a trout
does nnd it never rises to ono while it is
passing up or down stream , " eald an ex
perienced angler to a Washington Star man.
"H is only while the salmon Is lying at
rest In pools , the reposing water nt the foot ,
of some rapids , or the silent starting place
of such a rapid , that it will respond to the
fisherman's.
"Salmon may ( bo moving along by the
thousand in the deep stretches of a stream
that extends perhaps for a mlle between
rapids , but the angler might drop his files
above them for a month if It were possible
without oven being rewarded by a slnglo
rise , The pool is the place to whip and the
tlmo early morning or late In the afternoon
If the epicurean denizen of the pool Is so
Inclined there Is sport ahead for the angler
Ho drops his fly lightly on the water am
then the salmon In the humor will rise to 1
and eelzo it at once. Then the excitement
begins. It is divided ( between the fish and
the angler. The moro the salmon tries to
got out of trouble the deeper he gets the
fisherman in. The fish no sooner feels the
hook In hla Jaw than he Booms to realize
that he has got to get it out as soon as
passible. Then things 'begin to boll. The
first thing tho-fisherman knows 100 feet o
line have been spun from tils reel and ho
thinks he is In for a long chase down stream
when suddenly the salmon doubles am
dashes straight back toward the boat. Then
there is work for the angler if he expects
to reel in the slack of the line and get 1
taut again In good time.
"No sooner is the line taut once more
than the salmon feels its tension through
the hook in Its jaw and the chances ar
that he will shoot upward and out of th
water his entire length and more. Taking
hla header he dashes madly down into th
drptlia again' , tearing this way and tha
way , darting around and around and raak
ing lively work for the fisherman and th
handler of his boat. After an exciting se
rles ot maneuvers such as this the mat
fish may take it into his head to start down
Bt'ream like a steam engine , putting the
guide ot his beet to keep the boat near
him. The salmon may lead a chase of a
mlle in this way , then Ptop suddenly and
resume Its leaping nnd doubling tactics ,
"Tbo fight may last an hour and more ,
and If the angler is skillful and cool and
his guide or galfman dexteiroua and watchl j )
the content should have bit r'na ending and
eventually the glittering prize will be
stretched at the bottom ot the canoo. If
tbo angler Is not skillful and cool the
fight will also have but one ending. The
glittering fish will not "be " stretched at the
bottom of the canoe , Jjut in a very short
time will l > o in the bottom .of this pool , no
doubt congratulating himself that his to * ,
man was not -worthy ot hla steel. "
WHEN IT IS TIME TO QUIT
Difficulty Experienced by Gamblers in
Withstanding Prosperity !
WHY MOST OF THEM DIE POOR
Story of One Who Took Ailvnntnnc ot
Intuition nml Ilotlreil III eh
Cniea of Cold Feet nt
the IllKht Time.
An old man whoso mind is still alert and
the movements of whoso tall , somewhat
stooped -body are as frco and spry as these
ot many a man fifty years his junior , is Cole
Martin , once the most famous faro dealer in
this country. Ho slipped the cards out ot
the "box , relates the New York Sun , for the
statesmen with a penchant tor gaming who
came to Washington fifty , forty and thirty
years ago , when It was deemed no disgrace
for the strong men of the load to try an
occasional buck at the tiger , openly and
above board. Martin is now verging upon 80
years of ago , and even to the present genera
tion of Washlngtontans his whlto-bcarded
countenance Is very familiar. His ago docs
not tell upon him , and his commerce among
men Is about as wldo now , ho says , as it was
back in the ' 50s. Ho had a great deal of
money at ono tlmo In his career , but most of
It went by the board. He had the caution to
purchase an annuity for himself n good many
years ago , and upon this ho lives comforta
bly. Ho has passed most of his life In Wash
ington , but before nnd after the war of the
rebellion ho 'had adventures In many parts
of the United States where gaming was at Its
height. Ho is a mine of curious , first-hand
Information about the statesmen-gamesters
who wore great figures in the national lite
of the country before the war , and the local
newspapers have published many of his re
miniscences of this sort. He is not
garrulous , but once ho gets Into his stride
nnd the company is congenial ho talks well
and entertainingly. Ho was speaking the
other afternoon of the case of the welt known
young American turf plunger who , after hav
ing .beaten the English racing game to the
tune of $160,000 a few weeks ago , waded In
so recklessly that , only a short time later , ho
quit 190,000 to the bad.
"Another example of the chance taker who
has not mastered the fine science of quitting"
was his way of summing 11 up. "That seems
o bo the most difficult point In the gambling
business to know just the right time to quit.
Few men master It. I never did , myself. I
wish I hod. Any fool can go en playing
when ho Is away ahead ofhis game , but it
akes a man of unusual strength of character ,
perception and foresight to knock oft when ,
after riding a high tide , ho notices that It
begins to ebb. The scientists , I believe , talk
of a 'psychological moment. ' I don't know
of any business in Hfo In which the
psychological moment plays a greater
mrt than it does In gambling ,
.lost . ot this country's old-time game-
tors have died , us you know , -very poor , or ,
worse , poverty-stricken. I never hear of the
; eath of one of them leaving not enough
money behind to have his body put into the
ground that I don't re-coll the tlmo when ho
iad tens or hundreds of thousands. The
; nmbler by profession has many a psycholog-
cal moment In the course of his career , but
10 rarely takes advantage of them. He goes
n dabbling at a percentage that his common
enso tells him 4s against him. and that hems
ms only temporarily ibenton , nnd after
awhile he finds himself broke ; then ho asks
itmself remorsefully why ho didn't break
off when he was on top of the wave. I have
cnown a few professional gamblers who
enow Just when to quit. Some of thom are
till alive , old men llko myself , and they
are -well fixed. Those of them -who are dead
oft good sums of money behind them.
Touch of Cold Feet.
"I once saw Oeorse Plantngonet , ono of
he best known of the New Orleans gamblers
> oforo the war , win $60,000 in an afternoon's
ilay at faro. This was In Memphis. Ho
ashed in and left the ( bank. After supper ho
returned with all of the money and he began
0 'buck ' the klnc. Ho played it open every
Irao and the king lost eight straight times
n .two donls. Tha cost Flantagenet $20,000
of -winnings. . The lid had been taken off
ho game for ihlm. When the dealer pulled
out the eighth straight losing king Plantag-
enet cashed In. lie was frank enough to ad
mit that he had cold feet.
" 'While freely acknowledging that I nm
moro or less of a d d fool , ' he sold coolly ,
1 strive for the reputation ot knowing when
'vc got enough , oven of a good thing. I quit.
This Is just my tlmo tl quit. If the box were
only 'depleting me gradually but surely I
don't doubt that I'd go until I was all up.
3ut I can see legible handwriting on the wall
'rom ' ns considerable a distance as my neigh-
sore , nnd when I'm on top , as I am now ,
well and comfortably , and eight straight
kings range themselves against me on the
left-hand sldo of the layout , that's the kind
of n signal I'm waiting for , nnd I pass. I'll
bet any man on the eldo. Just for a flyer ,
| 5,000 that the next king out of the box wins ,
but no moro faro. '
"Frank Wooton , the proprietor of the lay
out , was standing by when Plantagcne-t made
this llttlo talk.
" 'You wise in
are your generation ,
George , ' said ho. 'Now it is about a 10 to 1
phot agnlnat the king losing agnln. Consequently
quently , you can afford to gtvo ma at least
2 to 1 on that proposition. I'll bet you
$2,500 to $5,000 that the king docs lose next
tlmo out. '
" 'Taken , ' ild Plantagcnct , covering
Wcoton's money , and the crowd gathered
Around towatch the dealer rime the cards.
The box -was fully half out before a king
showed nnd It showed on the losing side-
dim ) straight. Wooton pulled down the side
bet.
" 'Which I may remark , ' eald PMntagenet
with the greatest coolness , 'that this ninth
consecutive lese of the king simply confirms
nnd makes good the hunch I had to quit
when it lost the eighth time. Dut I will go
a bit further to provo that my Inspiration
to quit is a proper and sensible one. I wilt
bet you $1,000 that I can buck your bank
now with dummy chips representing- of
my winnings and tbo roll I originally
started with , nnd that , although I shall play
as carefully and ns cautiously and as earn
estly as I would did the dummy chips really
represent money , I shall lese every stack
within two hours. '
"Plantagenet nnd Wooton were old friends
nnd the latter knew that Plantagenet would
try to win with the dummy chips oven
though ho would bo $1,000 loser it ho did ,
" 'Go ahead and provo your cose , ' said
Wooton , and a dealer who was off duty was
called upon to deal , Plantagenet kept cases
himself and played his own particular sys
tem with all manner ot care and effort.
Wooton stood by and saw that Flnntagonot
was playing his regular game. Plantagenet's
luck had deserted him nnd he lost two bets
out of every three. It seemed Impossible
for him to set down right and ho lost stead
ily. Ho had played In his last stack In an
hour and forty minutes and Wooton handed
him the $1,000.
" 'That's the way it would hive been had
I been playing with money , ' said Plantage
net , and Wooton agreed with him. Plan-
tagenct was ono of the men who knew when
to quit , and when ho died , with his grand
children around him , In the early ' 70s , ho
left moro than $500,000 to bo distributed
among his heirs.
Curled Up nnd Canned In.
"Edmund Daker of Louisville , tvho was
not a professional gambler , but who outdid
most of the famous professional gamblers
of the south In the late ' 50s In the heaviness
ot his play when ho felt in a winning hu
mor , was another man who knew when to
quit. I saw him win $32,000 in one night
at bank In the rooms of the old Crescent
City'club. Then he curled up all of a sud
den nnd cashed in. Ho wasn't a quitter In
the ungenerous sense , but ho used to say
that the IKtlo angel , supposed by the sailors
to sit aloft and watch out for Jack Tar , had
a habit of informing him , when lie was
bucking another man's game , Just the
proper tlmo to pass it up and quit. It was
a matter of pure 'hunch with him. On this
occasion Joe Randolph , a heavy player from
Virginia , twitted Daker a bit for not press
ing his luck for quitting when ho seemed
to bo winning four bets out of five.
" 'All right , Randolph , ' said Baker after
ho had cashed In. 'I'll lot you make flvo
$10 bets In my behalf on the dear now run
ning and I'll bet you an even $2,000 that I
( or you ) lese four out of the five ; this , Just
to show yea that my intuition about the
proper tlmo to lay off is good. '
"Randolph took , that bet , which was a
good ono , with moro than an even chance in
"
his favor , and he lost , for every ono of the
flvo bets lost. Baker would quit when he
was loser Just ns suddenly as he would when
ho was away ahead of the gamo. I saw him
IOBO over $3,000 In a four-handed poker game
with friends In one of the parlors of the old
St. Charles hotel between the hours of 6 and
9 o'clock ono evening. Ho had practically
an unlimited amount , ' of .money at his dis
posal , considering the 'sfzo of the game $200
Ilmltbut ho yawnetftand pished his' chair
back with the simple * statement that'll
wasn't 'his ' night. The 'next night ho lost
$2,000 more to the same three friends , and
again he lesumed his seat. On the follow
ing night ho was $4,000 loser after four
hours' play , but he gave no sign of quitting.
" 'Is-n'it it pretty near time for you to
stretch your arms and forsake us again ,
Baker ? ' asked one of his friends in the game ,
Jokingly.
" 'No , , said Baker , 'I'm goln ? to stay along
tonight. I'll begin to win soon , and then
you can all stand by. '
TaUliigDexiicratc Chance * .
"Ho .began to win on the very next deal
and at 2 o'clock in the morning he had not
only retrieved his losses on the week's piny ,
but ho had all the money in the crowd.
Baker was possessed of a species of Intui
tion. I never saw him take a daring chance
that ho did not win out on it chances thai
no professional gambler would dream ol
taking , and diametrically opposed to all of
the rules of percentage In games of hazard.
Ono night bo walked into 'Don * Haskell'E
Madrid club In St. Louis this was In the
fall of ' 59 and stood and watched a few
deals out of the box at the $500 limit faro
tabTe. Then he reached over and bought
flve yellow $100 chips from the dealer. He
put them all on the ace and coppered Uio
card. The ace lost and the dealer put flve
yellow chips on the top of the original flvo
on the ace and waited for Baker to haul
them down. Baker absent-mindedly made
no inovo to take the chips until the dealer
reminded him of them.
" 'Lot them stand , with the ace coppered , '
said Baker.
" 'But it's $500 limit , Mr. Baker,1 snld the
dealer.
" 'Let it stand , Jack , ' said 'Don' Haskcll ,
coming up behind nnd addressing : the denier.
'Lot It stand ns long ns Mr. Baker wants to
raako ploy with the ace coppered and we'll
see If we can't commit assault and battery
on hln "Intuition. " '
"Baker nodded good-naturedly to Haskcll
and then waited for the turns on the cc.
The ace was only halt a dozen cards below
and it lost. The dealer ranged ten more
yellows beslilo Baker's pile.
" 'Let them stand , ace coppered , ' said
Baker , scanning the cases for a few deals
back carelessly.
" 'Don' Haskelt nodded In the amrmatlvo
to the dealer and the other players at the
table neglected to put any bets down in
their Interest in Baker's peculiar piny.
There was only ono more ace loft In the box
and it came out a loser. The dealer stacked
up twenty moro yellows beside Baker's
pile $4.000 and he nnd the proprietor
waited for Baker to haul them down. Baker
loaned back and lit a cigar , leaving /ho
$4,000 in yellows to stand.
" 'I'll leave them there , with the nco cop
pered , If you're willing , uon , no sam
quietly to Haskcll.
" The longer the better , ' eald Haskcll , nnd
the dealer began to slip them out. The first
nco was way down In the center of the box
and Hnskell looked a bit chagrined when it
came out A loser.
" 'Eight thousand , eh ? ' ho said , looking
over the stack of yellows on the coppered
ace. 'Ono moro whirl at it , Baker that'll
bo about all I can stand tonight if you take
it down' '
"Tho ace came out on the losing sldo again
a thing that no professional gambler
would have bet on had he been offered 5 to
1 on the proposition and Baker cashed In
$10,000. He would have let It run again
had Haskcll been able to stand it , but the
'Don * had enough. Baker stood by and
watched the ace come out a loser twice
again and then ho put $500 on it to win. It
won , and ho took the .boat for Now Orleans
with $10,500 of Haskell's money. Three
months later , when Frank Caxton , Ned
Rlpley and Monk Tcrhune , a well known
New Orleans trio of tiger buckers , broke the
Madrid club's bank roll wldo open , to the
tune of $100,000 , Baker was the man who
staked Haskoll in business again.
A Fool nnd III * Money.
"When I was dealing heavy games myself I
used often to have a sudden feeling that It
was tlmo for some strong bucker on the other
sldo of the table to cash In and quit , but of
course it was no Dart of my business to
make any such suggestions. I was dealing
a game once in Washington , in the winter of
' 66 , when the outcast son of a rich tobacco
man of Richmond came along and whacked
my 'box ' for $12.000 in a single night's play
at $200 limit , I know the young fellow pretty
well , and I know that slnco his father had
run him out of Richmond ho had had more
than his share of hard luck. In fact , he had
often been hungry , and I had often given
'him a $5 or $10 bill , ibolng pretty flush my
self just then. Ho had started in on my box
with a shoestring where ho got it I don't
know and , as I say , he got me to the tune
of $12,000 Ibcforo I turned the box on him Xor
the night. The man In whoso interest I was
dealing was very wealthy nnd a generous
man. Ho know the younjc bhnp's father.
Ho came to mo after the young man had
left with Ills winnings and said :
" 'You'd bettor hunt up that iboy and tell
him that ho'd better not play any more. He's
I had his run of luck , and he's got enough to
glvo himself a start. I don't want the
money back. If ho handles it right It'll do
him moro good than it would me. Just try
to pound a Iblt of sense into the lad's head. '
"That was a pretty square talk to come
from the throat of a man whoso bank had
been raided. I hunted the young fellow up
that morning and told him about it. Ho
was full of hlfalutln talk about wanting to
glvo the proprietor 'of tha bank a chance and
all that eort of thing.
" 'Ho can take care of himself , ' said I to
the boy. 'He knows your father , and I dare
say he's clipped your father's bank roll for a
good deal moro than $12,000 on occasions
when your dad has visited Washlneton and
gone against the bank. Better array yourself
in purple and fine linen , keep sober and go
back to the governor la Richmond with a
high head and a proper countenance. That'll
be better than .walking into Richmond in
need of a Russian bath. '
"Tho fever was on the boy , though , nnd ho
couldn't keep his promise to mo to stop.
He came in that night and in halt an hour's
play he ran his $12,000 up Into $15,000. I
kicked him under the table then , aa a sort
of final warning. He paid no attention to
me , though. Then he began to lose , and In
three hours ho was flat broke. Ho went out
with a wild light in his eye , and the next
morning he was found dead in his little
boarding house room , with a bullet in his
brain.
"It may be true , in the ordinary sense ,
that Providence nates a quitter , but that
doesn't apply to gambling. The knowledge of
when to get cold feet , and the gentle art of
doing the same , are valuable assets for any
man who tries to buck another's game. "
Stcnnicr Flonia at High Tide.
BOSTON , July 12. A dispatch to the
Chamber of Commerce from Woodsholl says :
The steamer Horntlo Hnll. New York for
Portland , is ashore in Vineyard sound. A
later dispatch states the steamer floated on
the rising tide and resumed lie passage cast-
ward apparently uninjured.
BEATING AROUND THE BUS H.
The Boy We mus'n't take any of 'em , cause dat's stcalin1 an' Bteajjn' ' is a tin ,
* Thc GirlrrWelL yoLtakeSQine an' I'H.prav fob vo.
SIUVXT .MI8X 01' COMUinSS.
Three ot tlip
ISovor Mmle nOne
Ono of the ablest men who have been In
congress during this generation , says n
Washington letter , Is John K. Cowcn of
Maryland. Ho Is the president of the Bnltl-
inoro & Ohio railroad nnd ono ot the ablest
men In all -America. Ho was n member of
the Kitty-fourth congress nnd ho never made
a speech , long or short , during his term.
Jlo never said "Mr. Speaker ; " never said
"Mr. Chairman. " And yet there was not a
member of the house who could make n
hotter speech than ho. Ho looks the superior
man nnd his career shows thnt U. Is not In
the walks of statesmanship , but In the walks
of business , thnt wo flnd our'grcnt men.
I never heard Mr. Cowcn speak , but I once
read n speech ho made In Baltimore nnd It
was one of the finest I ever read. I pat In
the gallery day after day during the Ufa ot
the Fifty-fourth congress hoping that ho
would Address the house , but was always
disappointed. H ho had loved to speak as
do lion. Sulzcr , Hon. ( lalnes nnd Hon. Leutz
ho Congressional Hecord of the Kitty-fourth
congress would afford some good rending.
lAnothcr ellcnt congressman Is John K.
Ketchaui of New York. There Is but ono
member of the house who was hero before
ilm nnd that Is Father Grow , who was hero
nearly fltty years ago. Mr. Kctcham first
come to congress In 1S65 nnd has been n
member of the house most of the tlmo since.
Ho is almost totally dent nud how ho man
ages to vote on n roll call Is a mystery ,
but ho nlways votes when present. Ho has
served In thirteen congresses nnd so far ns
I know has never made a speech. Ho Is said
to bo n very superior business man nnd It
Is altogether probable that ho Is hero to
protect some Now York Interests. Ho Is
Irom Dutchess county and I guess Uutchess
ioa an Iron or so In the flrc- .
Yet another silent member Is James
Jerome Bclden of Syracuse "Uncle Jimmy , "
ns they call him nt home. H would not bo
extravagant to say that "Undo Jimmy"
made James A. Clarfleld president of the
United States. It was not "Old Salt" ns
they called Alvord It was not Uobcrtson ; It
was not Lo Sessions , who collared Hoscoo
Colliding in the convention of 1880 nnd tore
from him these nineteen votes , thereby de
feating Grant. It wns Belden. 'Ho ' looks
nil the strong character ho Is. Ho looks
llko I Imagine a country gentleman in ono
of Colly Gibber's plays looked. Ho looks
ust llko Squlro "Western would have looked
when sober , if ho over was sober. Ho Is
reputed to bo enormously wealthy and
comes to congress just because It Is his
whim to take a whirl in politics , now nud
then.
They tell a good story on the old fellow.
Ho had n candidate for mayor of Syracuse ,
and ho got licked thoroughly nnd completely
nt the spring elections. "Undo Jimmy , "
the day after the defeat , appeared In his
scat In the house. His cotlcagues sur
rounded him , nnd they vindicated that
French gentleman who eald wo can get
some satisfaction out of the misfortune of
our best friends. There were Jim Sher
man and Jim Wadsworth and Lorn Qulgg
nnd Amos Cummlngs nnd Charlie Chlckor-
Ing and others around the old man. "How
did It happen , Uncle Jimmy ? " they all ex
claimed. "D d If I know , " ho answered.
"I gave them nil the money they asked for. "
THIS I.IAII ABROAD.
Au Amcrlcnii'a Ilolnml for the l < * or-
elKiicr'ft OllvOr.
"One encounters some astonishingly able-
bodied liars in traveling , " said n New Or
leans lawyer who was abroad last season.
"Whl7o I was at 'Marseilles ' , during my first
visit to Franco I was seated one evening In
the Cafe RIche , in the heart of the city ,
when my attention was attracted by the loud
talk of black-hoarded man nt the adjoin
ing table. He appeared to be a Hungarian ,
and was telling some French officers of an
ndvcnturo nt Now Orleans. Ot course , I
pricked up my cars and heard his whole
story , which was substantially this : Ho was
taking dinner at the principal hotel , ho said ,
when a negro waiter spilled a plate of soup
on a lady's dress. Instantly the guests de
cided that the culprit should bo lynched , but
the landlord begged the 'director' of the
party think of a director of n lynching
bee ! to defer the ceremony until after the
meal , as ho was very short of help. This
was courteously agreed to , and the prospec
tive victim assisted in serving the repast ,
praying eloquently between courses. After
coffee he was taken out and strung up to a
stately trco on the boulevard In front of the
hotel , the lady whose gown had suffered giv
ing the word from the gallery.
"This astonishing balderdash was told
seriously , and was Interrupted by frequent
exclamations of horror. 'What brutes ! '
WhM plg-dcpfi" 'What monster * ! ' I could
hnr.lly believe my cars.
" Tnrden mo. monsieur , ' I sold , In Krrndi ,
'but In what yonr did the Incident \UilcS
you Imvc narrated occur ! '
" 'Ust year , ' ho replied calmly , 'when 1
wns on n visit to the stnte * . '
"I wnntpit ti > toll him ho wns nil kinds o (
n llnr , but I didn't. To begin with 1 wouMn'l
have boon believed , nnd , moreover , I would
probably have got Into n serious row. So I
Mlil nothing nnd ? m\cil wood. Next day 1
wns Introduced to ono of the same Fruich
olllrcr ? , and as n visitor from Now Orleans
" 'Ah ! ' ho cxclnlmml , 'and did you wltnesi
the hanging of tli.it negro who spilled souj
on n lady's dress last yonr ? '
" 'No , sir , ' 1 replied , ' 1 was Imsy killing
the French chef nt the tlmo for puttlui
tnustnrd In the blnuc mnngo. '
"His oyca stuck out of his head.
" 'What nu extraordinary countryl' In
gasped. "
A.VV.Vl , IIATTUi OX A IllVKlt.
IltMV KiMlrrnl unit ConfoilirndVIortA
Mot lU-furo Mciuitliln In ISttU.
Just thirty-seven ycnm ngo , rclnlos tin
Memphis Scimitar , this city heard the boom
ot cannon nnd the shriek of chrlt nnd mnnj
tMemphlnns enw thnt which uns never soon
before or since , a naval battle right nl tlm
foot of our blulT.
It wns on Juno C , In the ypnr 1SG2 , thnt a
confcdcrnto fleet of seven shell-like steam
boats umlor Commodore Montgomery en
gaged In buttle the federal lluet of sixteen
mortar boatf. four rams and four armor-
dads under Commodore Davis. The light
AVBS n vicious ono and the confederate Hoot
was almost entirely demolished.
The federal llect was composed of tha
nrmurclada Dcnton , Louisville , Cnrondelol
and Cairo , the rams Queen ot tie ! West ,
Monarch , Lancaster nnd Switzerland , ten
mortar boats nml n number of tugs nml
transports. Commodore Davis \\ns In com
mand nnd Commodore Ellett hnd churgo ot
the rnmo.
The confedcrnto llect wns composed of tha
Etonmors General Ucauregnrd , General Ster
ling Trice , Genornl Bragg , Genural Thomp
son , General Lovcll , Sumtcr and I.tttle Hone ! .
Bales of cotton piled on the ducks of the
steamers furnished protection to the gunners.
The entire llect could muster only fourteen
guns , whllo the federals hnd eighty-four.
On the evening ot Juno H the federal licet
was sighted nbovo Memphis. It tied up nt
lloppflcld for the nl&M. On the morning of
thu Cth Commodore Montgomery signalled
to the shells under his command to move up
the river nnd ongngo the enemy , nnd with
stout hearts the crows nnd oIllcerH stood
ready for the frny , while the populace
watched from the bluffs.
The federals , noting the approach of tha
enemy , steamed down the river to meet
them , nnd soon the buttle wns on , beginning
at the bond just nbovo the city.
Owing to the nnrrowness of the river nt
the point where the battle took plnco most
of ttio lighting was done by ramming. The
diet boat to bo sunk was the confedornto
steamer Genornl Lovcll , which was lending
the battle line. The fculernl ram Queen of
the West bore down on her with grcnt force ,
crushing through nnd sinking her. The
confederate stcnmcr Bonuregnrd rammed nt
the Queen of the West , but missed her nnd
crashed Into the confedcrnto Genornl Prlco
and sunk her. The battle lasted until the
confederates' bonta had nil been sunk or dis
abled.
The facts of the matter nro simply these :
After the iuiv.il battle n skiff In .charge of
Lieutenant Kllctl came to the city under u
flag ot truco. Ellctt had a union flag tightly
wrapped nround a stntt nnd , consulting with
the mayor , ho wont to the postofllco nccom-
panlod by some policemen nnd hoisted the
flag. When ho came out on the roof Of the
building to hoist the ling a nortdorn-born
man , but a southern sympathizer , George H ,
Crook by namo.'fired ftpistol shot nt him.
After the flag wns run up a number of
Mcmphlans started up to the roof to tear
It down , but the policemen who accompanied
Kllett stood on the trup door which opened
on the roof , and those who would hnvo torn
down the flag were thwarted. This Is the
story of the greatest naval battle over
fought on western waters. Nowadays things
would bo different should u buttlo occur on
the river.
For Violating Civil Hcrvliie J.UWH.
CONCORD , N. H. , July 12. The hearing in
connection with charges of violating civil
service laws against Senntor Jncob H. Gnl-
llngcr , preferred by Former Governor
Charles A. Buslel , was continued today.
Only two witnesses responded to the Invita
tion of the commissioner to be present at
today's session. They were Postmasters
Henry Ilobliison of Concord nnd H. A.
Spauldlng of Nnshun. Their testimony wns
to the effect that campaign circulars nsklng
for nssessments for campaign purposes had
been sent out as alleged in the charges.
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