THE O At AHA DAILY 3EE : SATURDAY , JTLY t-'O , 1800. Extraordinary Reductions SECOND WEEK OF OUR GREAT SALE Extra Special Bargain Sale OF THE-STOCK OF THE nnd Final f Clearing Sale ' I" BASEMENT Ladies' Fine Establishment ( of Men's and Boys' Outfitting From Sixth Avenue , New York City. 10,000 yds. fancy corded 40-in , plaiti lawns , ' Crash Suits On account of retiring from business , this magnificent stock in the extreme in Crash ( up-to-date every ed lawn , the lOc kind worth 25c , ery respect ) was sold to us at a tremendous sacrifice. , TODAY , SATURDAY , WE PLAGE ON SALE THE jnd Light Weight Wool Ladies' Summer Dresses , Separate Skirts and Waists. Ynrd- Yard , Do Your Trading Early , ' Because We Don't Forget , Gome Early , CLOSE AT SIX O'CLOCK Wo Close at Six O'clock SATURDAY EVENING , Saturday Evening. 'S $12.50 ladies' while open $25.00 Saturday is Bargain Day in the Basement. work lawn suits , skirt ruffled Tailor-made cloth LINEN CRASH SUITS 7c fled and trimmed with ribbon Suits for $5.98 36-inch ! i50 men's lotion Crash Suits , , Cotton In plnln crush rough Covert 10-ynrd Calico homespun covert cloth and fancy pin Id and striped bon , waist elaborately ribbon All of them the coining Light and Dark crashes all " . and sizes the whole suit for "Re. bon trim season's styles , made of Bicycle Cloth Dress Pattern Percale med all worth 16c , overt cloth and broadcloth Per sizes sale , at on waist silk lined through 8c yd Pattern 5c yd out , skirts lined with fine worth 15c. percaline , all dark color Large Hemmed Fancy $10.00 white pique suits , ings , on sale at $5.98. Curtain 5-Foot Poles Turkish Spnchtel plain and braided , exceptional Wash Rags Tidies tional fine quality of pique nny color of wood $1.00 Men's also linen crash suits , 2C Each Ic each Ic each Crash Pants 25c that sold in New York City up to $10.00 , en- _ , _ . Big lot of men's s „ All Linen tire suit for $1.50 iJJ1 W I Cotton 36-inch Long and crash plain plaid Roller pants in tan and ulato Roller Turkish Towels colors all sizes Thousands of highest grade , Toweling Men's $5.00 $7.50 . white pique , pure linen crash Toweling , , $10.00 5c each All Wool Suits for $2.90 skirts $2.50 , , on every bale one at worth up to From this immense purchase 2c yard 3c yd To reduce our immense stock of men's Summer We have placed on sale thousands of shirt Suits wo will cell Saturday ( ono thousand ) 1,000 Drapery Tissue Paper ALL , WOOL SUITS , including plain and fancy cas- waistb and they in two lots at 39c and Checked ' slmcro suits , nil wool checks , plaids and fancy mixtures Ladies' separate skirts made of good quality go Corduroy Napkins tures , In Scotch chovlots , all made up In the very 50c. These in Towels the finest of latest styles , thoroughly well bowed and bought to ity figured brilliantine - come quality and Plush handsomely printed EC ! ! for $5 , $7.50 and $10 a suit c tine lined and inter madras cloth , white India linen trimmed with fringe worth 76o Your lined , sold in New with embroidery and in 2C 39c 5c Per Choice York City for $1.50 , sertion , in fact many yd Hundred on sale at Today other imported materials Best Grade New York Mills Table day all made in the latest at Limit- One Suit style , go at Oil Cloth Embroidery all colors Silk Spool Cotton to Each Customer. a AC a spool $20 MEN'S SUITS $9.88 Your choice Saturday of all our silk and $5 silk briUiantine Eatln lined flno worsted suits , casslmcro suits , satin lined blue skirts , very flno quality , icrges and fancy worsted suits. Thcso are as fine ready-to-wear beautiful floral dcsipns , light suits as ono can buy tomorrow go at weave for suminor wear , on and Fancy 1,000 yards $15 MEN'S SUITS $7.50 Your choice. Saturday ot over 1,000 men's sale at Bone Hair Pins All Silk oil wool blue serges , clay worsted suits , light colored all wool cas- $7.50 at5e all kinds slmero suits and very stylish cheviot suits for Ribbon $14.00 MEN'S SUITS $5.00 Your choice Saturday of any of our $10.00 , $12.00 and $14.00 Men's Suits , In all wool gray , clays and $5.00 1C Each worth up to 15c , go at yard serges , elegant plain and fancy casslmeres and chovlots for HOT FIGHTS WITH GRIZZLIES Ono of Them Calmly Welcomes a Mill with Throe Mountain Lions. A SECOND ROUTED BY A BURRO Lively Hustle to Cntcli a Third Ilrnr AUrc E cnpc of the Animal and the Timely Dtvrrnlon Mmlc by a Railroad Train. "As a corporal , " said a man from the west , chinning a Now York Sun reporter , "I had charge of flvo privates who were cutting telegraph poles in the foothills on the west ern Bldo ot a Nevada mountain. The poles were for a military telegraph and wo had an abundance of timber to select from. Ono day , while out after fresh meat for our camp , I suddenly found myself on the edge of an nl- tnoat circular basin of about an acre In ex tent. This basin -was fifty feet below my level , with a afopo down into it almost opposite me. There .was just ono tree In the basin , with a thick carpet of grass on the ground , and I was wondering over the freak of nature when aTialf-grown mountain lion sprang Into vlow from the slope I have epoken of. Ho came out of tbo bushes with every appearance of toeing rattled , and after [ a backward look and a snarl ho galloped across the gross and Bought shelter exactly 'beneath ' one , probably in a cave. I could have put a bullet Into him easily enough , but us It was summer Ills fur was no good. "Ho was hardly out of sight when I heard a snorting and coughing and crashing over the slope , and half a mlnuto rater a > blg grizzly tumbled into vlow. If in pursuit of the lion , he bad taken things' oasy. Ho etood and looked around < for a minute , and there was no doubt in my mind that ho located the lion's den both by sight and smell. He didn't head for it , however , but ambled along to the tree and began a circus performance. For ten minutes ho raked the bark with his claws and tumbled around , and I was getting ready to tire n. 'bullet ' into him us a scare when visitors appeared. Prom out of the den below mo crept three llorm male and female and the cub I bad seen. Perhaps they were mad over the way the cub had 'been ' driven homo and perhaps oM Ephralm had .been daring them to como out nd settle matters. At any rate they were out nd it needed only a look to prove they meant 'business. The grizzly welcomed them -with * a. low growl and then stood still while the lions separated to attack him from three different sides at once. The old fellow knew bo couldn't face but one and be simply gave the old male lion all his attention. SUort 11 ml Furloim. "I know that the lions would go In with a rush when they got ready and I used my eyes for all they were worth , Each beast advanced as you have seen a cat steal upon a bird , and the cub lion took the grizzly's rear. Tbe fcraals planned to como up on Ephralm's left side , pretty welt back , and the male made a direct advance , All four animals kept up a low growling , and now and then ono of the lions would spit llko a cat. There was no signal and yet the three made tbelr springs simultaneously. I think the distance covered was about ten feet. The thing was done so qulcklv that my eyes wore boaten. One instant the three lions were lying halt crouched on the grass and the next there was a .big ball ot bear and lions rolling about on the grass. "The struggle on the grass lasted about a minute , and the growls and snarls and yelps made by hair stand up. When the ball un rolled Itself the cub was out ot the fight. He limped off on three legs , with bis tall drag ging , but ( he others simply retreated a few jards to get breath. This time It was ( ha lionets nho ekulkcd around to take old f Kphralm in the rear. I presume ho watched hi-r out of the tall of his eye , but 'his at tention was central on the mnle in front. The breathing , spell lasted , about ftvo min utes and then the lions sprang In together. This time the grizzly did not go down and the trio wont round and round the tree fighting in desperation. Now and then one of the lions was rolled over and over by a blow , only to como bock again , and twice the big bear was fairly down and held for a minute. It was tbo hottest kind of fight ing for several minutes , and then the lions suddenly drew off. I had a fieldglass with me , and iby Its help I saw that a good deal of damage had Tjecn dono. The bear seemed to have had ono eye clawed out and to bo raked bis full length , and tbo lions were limping and covered with blood. I looked for the fight to go on , but after watching each other for a quarter of an hour the combatants decided on making the alfair a draw. The lioness began creeping slowly away and she was soon followed by the male , and though the grizzly held the battle field he uttered no growls of defiance at the retreating foe. Ho acted llko a bear who was willing to let well enough alone , and soon after having the field to himself bo lumbered across tbo grass and disappeared on the < bush-covered slope. | "There is no other 'Wild ' beast on the face of the earth so ready to fight at the drop i ot tbo hat as the grizzly bear. He Is klug , over everything and h < j realizes It and will i not bo disputed. Just after a full meal he ' mlgbt not rush forward to attatk a man unless challenged , but at the same time ho would not retreat. I have talked with In dians In California , Nevada , Idaho and Mon tana who had hunted the grizzly for years j and encountered him under all clrcum- , stances and none of them could say they had ever seen him rattled. On tbo contrary , j all were agreed that there was no tmch thing as scare in his composition. And yet flvo of us once saw old Ephralrn BO fright ened that a prnlrlo wolf could have kept him on the run. PlKlit of the Iliirro. "Wo had camped on a level spot on a mountain side In Montana and though we had occupied it for five days and hunted far and near , no signs of grizzly had been I seen. The sixth morning was rainy and after j breaikfast we sat about and gave our traps' ! an overhauling. Wo had three mules aud one burro in the pack train. The mules were hobbled out , but the burro had his freedom. How It happened that be was on the cast aide ot the camp by himself , while the mules wcro together on the west , I can't nay , but such was the situation. The burro had eaten his fill and stood bcsldo a bush about 200 foot from tbo tents and his atti tude was so rsulky and dejected that it had been remarked. Of a sudden wo werq startled by a choking sort of noise from the little beast and as wo looked up ho stood almcst HOBO to nose with a grizzly. The bear bad come down a gully beyond the bush , having doubtless located our , camp , and bio Intention was to walk right in on us without any introduction. Ho didn't get sight of the burro till ho turned tbo bush. "Tbo eight came to ua so suddenly that no man could ralso a hand. Dear and burro stood there lor what seemed a full minute , though ten second WAS probably the limit , and then dashed forward. All of ua believed that be cither bit the bwir or bit him with u boot , r , tbo grizzly staggered about. Whether ho did or not , It was probably the sudden meeting and the awful bray that up set bruin's nerves. He uttered a loud 'woof ! ' and wheeled to tbo left , but In his fright he ran agalnet a rock , wns knocked down and rolled over , Tbe burro ad vanced on him , braying at the top of his voice and bounding up and down with legs as stiff as Iron aud an the bear got on bis feet again be hadn't the courage of a rab bit. He dodged the rock and disappeared oyor tbo edge of the level and by this time wo were nil on our feet. We saw him rolling over and over down the slope for u distance of 300 feet. Then he caught his legs and got Into a shallow ravine to the right. He wont down that llko a steam plow until liu reached a bank of earth and rock thirty feet high. Ho could have got out of the ravine to the right or left , but ho charged straight ahead at the bank. We didn't think ho could make it , but he did. Ho went up that bank llko a cat going up a roof , but as bo reached the top bo set a landslide in motion which brought down a dozen carloads of dirt. That-was the last we saw of him and three bullets fired prob ably added to his scare. "It wasn't the bravery of our burro which saved us from an attack , but bin fear. Ho did just tbo right thing at the right time , but ho deserved no credit. When the bear bad disappeared wo turned to find the burro lying on the ground and as wet with sweat as if palls of water had been poured over him. It was three hours before be could stagger around and he didn't get bis appetite back for several days. Wo could trace the bear back from the bush to where be bad first looked down on our camp. He had stood for a while to make up bla mind about us , and bad then descended with the de termination to pick a fight. Had bo not run upon the burro as bo turned tbo bush ho would certainly have made things lively lu camp. Hunt for 11 Live Ilrnr. "Tho London Hoyal Zoo wanted a fun- grown grizzly , and through agents In New York offered a cash prize which started out n. dozen different parties on the trail. There were six of us In the Idaho party and every man In It knew something of the habits of the animal ho hoped to capture. To kill a grizzly bear , even by a pot shot , is some thing to ibrag of , but to icajolo him Into a trap Is a feat which has not been ac- | compliance ! half a dozen times since America was discovered. It Is a well known saying of the Indians that you can outwit a fox , ' fool a lion , trap a wildcat or poison a wolf , | but when you pit yourself against the > grizzly you'lf get left. Wo started out I realizing that the only way to capture old' Kphralm was to outwit him , and a score of conspiracies were cooked up before the ex- | pedltlon bad made a day's journey Into the mountains , "Tho first move was to find our bear. The grizzly Is a puzzle to naturalists. Sometimes bo roams over a largo area of country ami sometimes he sticks for months within a mile of bis den. Sometimes ho shows ua only after dark , and again ho will roam all day and sleep all night. As a rule ho Is always j tncountered at unexpected times. When we had penetrated Into the bear country we made camp and began to prospect. At the end of three days Uhe lair of a grizzly was discovered about two miles away. It was In a shallow ravine about half a mile long. The west end ot this ra no began at a cliff and the cast debouched into another aud larger ravine. The den was at the cast end and the bear bad worn a regular path In coming and going. It was Joe , the half- breed , who discovered the runway and tbo den , and bo bung about for three hours to get sight of the game. Old Kphrlam finally came In from a promenade and Joe came to camp and reported : " 'Well , I have found him , and bo Is the biggest bear over born In Idaho , ' "As I said , we had Invented various plans for capturing our bear when he should have been marked down. One of the cute dodges was to doctor a piece of meat with morphine , A doctor bad recommended this and esti mated tbo proportions and it was at the head of our program. We dosed a haunch of ven ison and bung it u ? near the ravine , but Joe , who was In hiding , saw a lion pull It down and bear it away , Wo tried a second piece and abig - wolf got U. Then we turned to our boar trap , We had brought with us the biggest , stoutest trap ever made by man and it was generally agreed that It would hold on elephant. This trap was set fair on the path , with its heavy chain fastened tea a tree , and things were covered up so deftly that a fox would have trotted right onto the pan. The old bear wasn't to be fooled , however. Ho made a halt circuit around the trap am ] after a day aud a night a wolf walked into It and was almost cut In two i as the jaws closed. Then we made a spring trap 'by ' 'bending ' down a , stout spruce and i using a loop of horsehair lariat , but the bear ' turned aside and avoided It and wo caught a mangy wolf. Wo then constructed a dead fall at the mouth of the ravine , meaning j that a heavy log should hold the bear pris oner until wo could otherwise secure him , but though we baited it with cholco meat he was too sharp for us. KlxIiiK a Trap. "When It became certain that Ephralm know of our presence and was chuckling over our defeats , the half-breed suggested a very simple dodge. Half way down the | ravine was a smaller ono cosilnc In at rlgMt cugles. Fortunately for us the soil was coft and deep , and one forenoon we dup ; a pit flvo feet wl'l9 , ten feet long and about ten feet deep. The mouth was covorcJ with light poles and over the poles we spread bunch- grass and dirt. When our work was finished the sharpest eye could detect no trace. So far as wo could judge the bear did most ot his roaming by day. When the pit was ready we withdrew and did not go near he ravine again until the third day. Then we made a circuit along the mountainside to reach the lateral without leaving a trail , and at 9 o'clock dn the forenoon all of us were well hidden except Joe. Ho sat out in tbo open on a rock , just beyond the pit , and with a stick he kept up a pretty constant tapplns on the rock. The sound was ono to excite the curiosity of any animal and was plainly to bp heard at the -bear's dea. It was a fu'l ' boil ) , however , 'before ' the grizzly cirao down to ECO what the nolsa ° Ignlncd. At tbo junction of tbo ravine , which wne about fifty feet from our position , tbo old f : row eat down to slza up the situation. All ho could see was a half-breed pounding nt a reck. He sniffed and growlal , but didn't seem to be looking for trouble. Jo < t gut down from his perch and began to dnnco and sing , but the bear didn't fire up. Then iho man began throwing stones , and It was only after 'bruin ' had been hit the third time that ho got mad and made a ruab. With blood In his eyes and bis tejth showing llko gravestones ho came on , but as he struck the pit ho turned end-over-end and disap peared from sight. "Wo had our bear at last , but hardly had our shouts of exultation died away when we began to wonder if be hadn't got us as well. Wo hadn't figured on a bear In a pit. Had bo fallen on his 'back ' wo might have noosed his legs , but ho fell on his feet and gave us to understand that there was lots of trouble ahead. Wo designed to throw a noose over his head and choke him , but he ducked and dodged like a prizefighter. When wo had worked away all day ho was still ahead of the game and wo were very much discouraged. It was finally decided to send a man over to Hamilton's for chloroform and sponges , and the messenger left next morn ing at daybreak. During the two days bo was absent we cut long , slim stakes and drove them into the soil at the bottom of the pit , so as to contract the space , and wo finally had the bear in close quarters. Ho didn't allow the work to go on without ob jections. He tore out many of Uio stakes and chewed them to matchwood , and toward the last ho got so mad that ho bad a. sort of fit , rnttliiK Him to Sleep , "The messenger returned with enough chloroform to put four 'bulls to sleep. We tied the sponges to the ends of poles , and when all was ready we saturated them and attacked all together , Ephralm was gamete to the last , but ho finally gave up , and Joe descended Into the pit and tied his legs together and fastened a hauling rope around his body , Dy means of skids and one of the horses and hauling altogether wo got the big bulk out of the pit , but It was two hours' bard work and wo bad to use chloro form tbrlce over. When bruin was out wo resccUrcd his legs and bound him fast on a travels. Only one horse out of the six could bo got near him , and It looked as If tbo bear would have to bo dragged forty miles over a rough country by man power. It was about noon when wo got him out of the nit. The effects of the chloroform made our captive stupidly good-natured all the after noon , and before wo went into camp for the night wo had dragged him seven miles. Soon after dark he began to file objections. Ho growled , coughed , snorted and strained , but he could not 'break ' loose. Ho would have kept everybody awake all night , but wo had some of the chloroform left and we used it to quiet him down. It took a day and a half longer to get him down to the railroad station , and then we found wo must turn to and make a cage to ship him In. Dy this time ho was also suffering for food and drink. "Wo got six turns of a lasso around the bear's .body . and to these wo fastened two chains and secured the other ends to trees. Then we cut his lashings and got out of the way. The first thing ho did was to lap up about two gallons of water , the next waste to devour the freshly Id I fed carcass of a calf. Then ho drew a long breath and was ready for business. The cowboy w'lo had bossed the tylng-up Job warranted tbo lasso and chains to bold a herd of steers , but un fortunately bo had never figured on bear power. Of a sudden the grizzly inadn a lunge and snapped one chain as If It bad been a cotton string. Heave strain snap ! went the other , ten seconds Inter , and ho wan free. Wo tumbled over ourselves to gfit cut ot his way , and I bellovo Ephralm fully In tended to make things red-hot for the crowd , but an incident occurred to scare him off. Ho < was making for the railroad tool house , on the roof of which three men had taken refuge , when a passenger train came rushing up. Ho hadn't seen anything of the sort before , and the hiss of steam and the shriek of the whistle started htm for the hill's. Ho went off with forty feet of lariat for a belt and a good length ot chain dragging on each side , 'but ' ho had secured his liberty and could take bis time about getting rid of tbo ornaments. " AX EVEIVTFUK YRAH. HuipcnliiRH of nrcat Number and of IllviTMllIed Intercut. "In looking over 'the evcnta that have happened during the years of my life , " eald an old resident to a Washington Star re porter "I think the year 1831 produced the greatest number and tbo happenings were of greater dlvemlty of Interest , Jenny Llnd came to this country that year under her { 50,000 contract with Darnum and sang her songs with wonderful sweetness and equally wonderful profits > to Mr. Oarnura. John 0. Hccnan , the Dcnlcia boy , whipped Tom Sayera and turned the eyes of civiliza tion toward him. It was England against America , and , as all the world knows , Amor- lea won , with bare knuckles , too , for the prizefighters of that era did not wear gloves , The fight was under royal manage ment and thcro was more royalty at the ringside than anywhere else on that day in all the rest of England. The ( loop Amer ica won the cup for the fastest sailing , defeating the world , and the old ship still exists and can hold its own even against tbo modern boats with tbelr ex tensive keels. Louis Kosiutb vlsltej America in 1851 and gave a great Impetus to national and international politics , "The first world's fair , the Crystal Palace , at London , was held In 1651 , and , though It was a long time ago , It is not forgotten , and has not 'been surpassed by the world's fairs which have followed. It Wiui at the Crystal Palace that tbo ( American mechanic- showed that he stood second ( o none In the world , Hobbs challenged Chubbs , and Hobb.i , the American mechanic , carried oft the first prlzo as a lockmaker , Hobbs represented an American manufacturer of Iron bank safes. He placed bis safe on exhibition and tied tbo key to the combination lock on the outside , Inside the safe was placed 250 , or $1,250 , and the free offer was made to the mechan ics of the world that If they opened the safe , the money contained therein could betaken taken for their success. The safe wa8 never opened. At that time Chubbs was famous all over England and In Europe as a lockmaker. Tbo Bank of England Indorsed Chubbs and used bis locks exclusively. Hobbs examined the workmanship of the locks and offered not only to en.ter the outer doors of the Dank of England , but to open also the seven doors leading to the treasure safes inside of two hours If permission was given. This was too much for the Britishers to stand , and they gave the necessary consent. "Hobbi was on hand two hours before the time for opening the doors of the bank arrived , and announced himself ready to go to work. All the tools he had ho carried In his vest pocket , consisting of about twenty picks. Ho opened the front door in seven minutes and entered the bank triumphantly. Ho next approached the outer door of the treasure safe. In six minutes the door opened , and before ono hour had passed , half of the time ho asked for , ho bad his hands In the treasure ot the bank , much to the amazement of the directors of the bank , and to tbo Intense disgust of Chubbs , who , besides being a lockmaker , was a knight or duke or something similar as a side line , and a man of Influence and wealth. Ho took bis defeat gamely , however , and soon set to work to Improve his leeks. Tills ho did by taking Hobbs Into bla employ as an advisor. For the time , however , I think the Dank of England put American locks on their safes , for everybody recognized the fact that Chubbs was no moro a match for Hobbs than Bayers was for Heenan. We won great races on tbo English turf that year and did other tblngtt equally proud. An American artist painted the finest picture on exhibition In the Crystal Palace , while Henry Ward Deccher cut-preached 6purgeon in his Lon don tabernacle. SHISS WITH HIS SOSK AM ) KUIST. \Vlilrh Served in Pilot a Illlnil Man Around Town. There Is a 'blind ' man living in the heart of the old quarter who walks nearly every day to a little- restaurant near Canal street , i elates the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The distance each way is from sixteen to twenty blocks , according to bis route , and to see 'him ' sauntering carelessly along ono would never suspect his Infirmity. Talking yesterday -with nn Inquisitive re porter , ho declared that be saw with his nose and his feet and this wan the wny he explained it : "Wfljen a uian ibas his sight , " he said , "the smalls of the street are all mixed up , but when lie's blind he learns to separate them. Tbe smells of the shops are almost e < plain to me now us the signs used to bo over tbo doors. Some of them you would hardly suppose to exist. Tuko a dry goods store , for Instance , it smells of cloth , and cloth has a very peculiar odor , Iron and tin havn smells of their own and I can tell a ( hardware store Immediately , I paw two Ibook stalls nearly every day and I eccnt them yards off by the old books. Then there are a great many Inde scribable odors iby which I know this place and that. Of course , ray feet are my prin cipal guide and I've 'been ' over the same P round so otten that I have learned every little Inequality by heart , but I couldn't get along with either nose or feet alone. They work together and where one falls the other liclps out. Detwecn them they make very good eyes , The nesret ot my stepping out Is this : I've learned bow to ( Hop. I'eopla who can eeo hurl thenmclves forward llko locomotives , That's why the shock Is ah ways so unexpectedly violent when you col lide with another person. I put no extra power whatever In my movements and if the toe of my boot touches some unknown obstacle 'I ' stop Block Btlll instantly. " Tbl clever blind man leads a very tran quil l.fo. Ho ban a small Income and llvrn witb d granddaughter. iA servant li hlr d especially to read ito him every afternoon. Many of these -who know him are unaware of bis blindness. THEN TIII3 TOllXAUO OAMR. Interruption to n I'oUer Ranie When the Drummer Held Four Jaekn. "I was reading a newspaper on the veranda of a Texas hotel ono Sunday afternoon , " said the dry goods drummer to the New York Sun man , "when I wns aakcd If I didn't want to take a hand in a poker game. Very wicked to play poker on Sunday , I admit , but I went upstairs and made ono of four at a table. For the first hour things went slow. It was 5 cents ante and 10 cents limit , and no one lost or won much. I think I was the ono who suggested a dollar ante , and on the very first hand out I scooped In $25. $ For a tlmo I was away ahead ot tbo game , but then I lost steadily. The cards got to running against mo , and It was seldom I got oven a pair of tens. I was $50 out w'len ' a colored man entered the room and sa'd ' : ' ' 'Mighty Busplshus lookln" jloud rollln' up In do sou'wes' , and everybody dun says wo'i gwlne to hob a cyclone. ' " 'That's all right , Jim , ' replied ono of the men , and we kept right on. My luck began to change after that. I got a straight and a flush and a full house and raked In the pott , but before I was even with my losses Jim returned to say : " 'Dat cloud's lookln' mighty ugly , genti , an' Mars Taylor bo 'lows dat we all better look out fur a cyclone. ' "Ho was told to go away with bis zephyr , and on the next deal I got four jacks. It was the bat hand yet dealt , and I bad to shut ray eyes to keep from turning pale. We had $20 on the board , and much to my sur prise ovcry man stayed in when I opened th pot for another $5. After the draw I bet $10. and ono after another raised U till wo had $300 In the pot. I had just got my mouth open to make another raise when there -wa * a roar and a scream , and oft wont the roof aboVu us and down came tbo dust and plas ter. Tbe greenbacks went out of sight In a wink and wo tumbled over each other to get down stairs. The hotel was unrooted , but not wrecked. It was all over while you could count ten , Dy and by the four of us got together again , and all began lamenting the interruption ot the game. ' 'What did you hold ? ' I asked ono. ' 'Four queens , ' ho replied , "And youj' ' Tour aces. ' ' 'And you ? ' ' 'A straight flu h. ' 'As I told you , I bad four jacks , " smiled the drummer , "nnd I had $260 down in my bind pocket. Every dollar ot it would have gone on my fours , and I would have been ncooped. How the others got their big hands didn't puzzle mo for a minute , It was a put up job * to soak mo , and It that cyclone HOn't come booming along as It did I shouldn't have had enough money left to pay my hotel bill. " Severn Toit of l < 'rlenilnlilp. That there may bo such a thing as carryIng - Ing Insurance too far Is Indicated by the , cuse of Mr. Mulcahy and Mr , Mulhooly , two , Irish gentlemen. Though tby were known to be great friends , they were ono day observed to pan each other In the street without a greeting1 , cays the London Tld- Dlts. Dlts."Why "Why , Mulcahy , " a frleud asked , In as tonishment , "have you and Mulhooly quarreled ? " "That wo have not ! " uald Mr , Mulcaby with earnestness , "There seemed to bo a coolness between you when you paiied juet now , " "That's the Insurance of our friendship , " "I don't understand. " "Wboy , tbln , it's this way , Mulhooly and . I are that devoted to wan another that wo I ' can't bear tbo idea of a quarrel , an' as wa are both molgbty quick-tempered , we've resolved not to tbpalto to wan another at olll" Ono Mlnuto Cough Cure quickly cure * obI - I stlnato summer coughs and colds. "I con- i elder It a most wonderful medicine quick gnfl safe. " W. W , Merton , Maybew , WU.