Newspaper Page Text
card games
, r nOTES OP THE TABLE OP
A';^: N - C E to be remembered.
who Marked Carda-Lord
* .t.-'s jorah-Even Death Filed
y. cp a Gime in Which a Corpse
Use ci for a Dummy-Tricks Ex-
‘ From Ike Botton Qlobi.
social gathering a few evenings ago,
A . venation turning upon luck, a gen
ttr L ’- remarked: “ All this talk about thir
ae ®r“ 1g an unlucky number is sheer non*
tee=l \ V iiatt for instance, is luckier than
thirteen trumps at whist F
••Hu°nph!” replied another gentleman. “I
u .thirteen trump hand once and didn’t
Z e more than one trick with it"
“Ho* c° ul( * >e ’ 1
-ffell yo“ see, my part ner was sorae
f hot-tempered, and when I tramped
be jumped up aud fired me out of
-Qfljn,"
‘ h Lord de Ros was once said to be
"57be best whist players m England.
ooe !L,„*ntlv however.it was discovered
was in’the habit of aiding his skill
PV.-krig with his nail the high honors
Knack, so that he might observe to
C they were dealt.
„ the scandal that followed this
. £^‘ n * a fop, who had never been ad
d‘wtohls acquaintance, drawled out:
Sfimild leave my card at his house, but I
fear be would mark it.”
‘■That would depend,” remarked a gentle
man present, "on whether he considered it
1 hah honor.”
* ros did not long survive the disgrace
. ,rT looiU ie, and Theodore Hook is said to
bar,-embalmed bis memory in the follow
mi punning epitaph: _ . .
■ Heie lies the premier baron of England,
patienUr waiting the last trump.”
LOED LYTTON AT WHIST.
Lord Lytton was extremely fond of
whist and belonged to the well-known Port
land club in which there were many cele
brant [layers. One n ember of the club
was a very Harmless, inoffensive man of the
name of Townsend, for whom Lyoton en
tertained a peculiar apathy, and would
Zvr clay while that gentleman was in
the room He firml y believed that Town
send brought him bad luck.
Ore afternoon when Lord Lytton was
cloving and had enjoyed an uninterrupted
run of luck, it suddenly turned, upon
which he exclaimed: “I am sure that Mr.
Townsend has couie into the club.”
Two minutes later in walked his unlucky
cersonage. Lord Lytton left the table as
sain as the rubber was over, and did not
renew the play. .
Swift alludes to whist as a favorite pas
time for clergymen, and Hayward says
tint about the beginning of the century
there was, in a country town in Somerset
shire a whist club, composed mostly of
clergymen, that met for play every H n
day evening in the back parlor of a barber.
On one occasion, when four members of
this club were acting as pall-bearers at the
funeral of a reverend i retber, some delay
oceuri ed from the g ave not being ready,
and the coffin was et down in tne chancel.
Bv way of whiling away the time one of
them produced a pack of cards from his
pocket and proposed a rubber. The rest
gladiy assented, and they were deep in t e
game, using the coffin as a table, when the
sexton came to announce that everything
was ready.
Goldsmith somewhere tells of an old
lady ho, lying sick unto death, played
cards - ith the curate to pass away the time,
and, after winning all his money, had just
proposed to play for her funeral expenses,
when she expired.
Mazarin also played cards on his death
bed and while he was so weak that he had
to have someone hold his cards for him.
When favour sat down to his first game
of double dummy he lost a large sum to a
member of the Paris club. He paid the
money with the best grace imaginable, and
merely remarked that he thought he saw
througii tne game, and that it might not be
sucb a bad investment after all. The next
night be met the same antagonist, played
high and steadily for several hours, and
rose from the table a richer man by $154,000.
A 810 WINNING.
Still larger were the warnings of Espar
tero from his foe, Marota, if the trutn is
told about them, ihe story runs that they
agreed to meet nrivuteiy at a lone farm
house at Bergai a to arrange a truce bet. eeu
theii respective forces. No sooner did Es
partero enter the room than the Carlist
chief challenged him to a ga ne of tressilio,
a challenge the Cbristiuo commander ac
cepted with alacrity. Espartero first won
an Jlarota’.s money, then his own conditions
for a truce, article by article, and finally
the entire submission of the Carlist aruiv.
Within twenty-four hours Marota had paid
the debt, and the first Carlist war was at an
end.
_ When Lord Thnnet was imprisoned in the
Toner for the O’Connor riot three of his
friends—the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of
Laval and Capt. Smith —were admitted to
play whist with him and remain till the
lock ip hour of 11.
Ea ly in the sitting Capt. Smith fell back
in a fii of ap plexy, and one of the party
rose to call or help.
“Stop!” cried another, “we shall be turned
out if you make a noise; let our friend alone
until 11; we can play dummy and he’ll be
none the worse, for I can read death in his
face.”
Shortly after the close of the secession
war Gen. Forrest and his wife stopped at a
hotel in Memphis, aud, after examining
their purses, found that the sum total of
their weal h amounted to-|7 30. The gen
eral, 1 eu:g due that evening at a house
whoi e he knew poker was sure to be played,
proposed that fie should tempt fortune to
the full extent of his means, and asked his
wife to pray for his success. Here is the
story as he told it:
“They had tables—one was a quarter-dol-
Jar table, one a half, and one a dollar and a
half, i warned to make my $7 last us long
&s I could, so I sat down at the quarter
tabie. By dinner time I had won enough
> do be ter, and after we had eaten sat
down to the dtdlar and a half table. Some
times I won and then again I’d lose, until
•ugh upo U midnight, when I had better
hunt. I knew Mary was sitting up anxious,
uua it had mad- me cool.
’1 placed my hat upon the floor and every
time I non I’a drop the money in the hat. I
®‘ !ilere until day broke, and then I took
®- v hat up in both hands aud smashed it on
“' bead, and went ho e.
• ," Len 1 got to mv room there sat Mary
u her gown. She eemed tired and wor
led, and taough she looked mighty hard at
ri e f sh ” didn’t say a word. I walked right
dp to her, and emptied ray hat right into the
•P other gown, and then we counted it.
■UBt *1,501) even, and.that gave me a start."
A CONJURER AT CARDS.
Happening to drop into a continental
ino one day, Robert Houdin observed a
rreek reaping a rich harvest at eca to, and
Sf, so ®u a a seat beca ne vacant he took it.
ne Greek de ding dexterously turned a
i™ the b ttom of the pack. When
came to Houdin he observed:
W hen I turn tings from the bottom of
*>® pack I always do it with one
■and ms ead of two; it is quite as effective
anu much more elegant, dee! here comes
of diamonds,” and up came the
Ihe oheat stared at the conjurer for a
_... r ™ ea *. ar| d then rushed from the plaoe
lttmut waiting to possess himself of his
net, coat or winnings.
Another of tbo light-fingered fraternity,
sin r wln,,in .Z 1611 K aa:es at ecarte in succe -
°u, tried his fortune against a few oppo
nent and continued to win. He had rondo
arnf v J K ' uots ’ ant L dealing, turned up a king
My luck i s something wonderful,” he
remarked.
® s .” said his adversary, "and all the
nf °r® wonderful since I have tne four kings
. P®vk in my p cket,” and the profes
ror legerdemain laid them on the table.
Am using Answers of Witnesses.
Fi on Cattell'. Saturday Jourrai.
It has sometimes happened that a lawyer
has, 111 the language of the street, "given
himself away” to a smart adversary. Har
row did this once when examining a wit
ness in the Court of Queen’s Bencu.
“Are you a fortune teller I” he asked.
“I am"not,” replied the man, “but I can
tel! yours.”
The shrewd counsel tripped, and was
worsted.
“What is that to bef” said he.
“Why, sir,” was the sly response, “as
you made your first speech at the Old Bailey,
so you will make your last there.”
In Uke{ nann.-r, arguing bef re a jury of
judges, an over-smart counsel stopp and short
in his pleading. He was confident of ob
taining a successful result, and Lord Newton
vexed him by seeming to be in deep slumber.
Addressing the other lords on the bench, he
said:
“My lords, it is unnecessary to go on, as
Lord Newton is fast asleep.”
What was his consternation when an
answer came:
“Ay, ay,” cried the angry judge, “you
will have proof of that by and by.”
And to the astonishment and chagrin of
the young advocate and the intense interest
of othen. Newton luminously reviewed ihe
case, aud gave a decided judgment against
the too sanguine cou sel.
Even the cleverest lawyers have been
“set down” m open court by equally ready
witueses.
“Did you see this tree that has been men
tioned by the roadside!” an advocate in
quired.
“Yes, sir; I saw it very plainly.”
“It was conspicuous, then?”
The witness seemed puzzled by the new
word. He repeated his former assertion.
Sneered the lawyer:
“What is the difference between plain
and conspicuous?”
But he was hoist with his own petard.
The witness smoothly aud innocently an
swered:
"I can see you plainly, sir, amongst the
other lawyers, though you are not a bit con
spicuous.”
In another comical instance the attack
was directed against the character of the
witnoss. But it recoiled.
"You were in the companv of these peo
ple?” '
"Of two friends, sir.”
“Friends! two thieves, I suppose you
mean."
“That may be so,” was the dry retort,
“they are both lawyers.”
Tne blow that destroys the effect of an
adverse examination is occasionally more
accident than conscious effort. In a trial
not long ago a very simple witness was in
the box, and, after going thr ugh his ordeal,
was ready to retire. One question re
mained.
“Now, Mr. , has not an attempt been
made to induce you to tell the court a dif
ferent story?”
“A different story to what I have told,
sir?”
“Yes; is it not so?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Upon your oath I demand to know who
the persons are who have attempted this?”
“Well, sir, you’ve tried as hard as any of
’em,” was the unexpected answer.
It ended the examination.
BAKER’S COCOA.
GOLD MEDAL, PABIS, IS7S.
S Baker & Co.’s
Breakfast
Cocoa
om which the excess of
oil has been removed, is
Absolutely Pure
nd it is Soluble.
No Chemicals
are used in its preparation. It has
more than three times the strength of
Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot
or Sugar, and is therefore far more
economical, costing less than one cent
a cup. It is delicious, nourishing,
strengthening, easily digested,
and admirably adapted for invalids
as well as for persons in health.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
MEDICAL.
BYRAFUCE,
SURE CURE FOR !'
I -lir n
KhilissfevEß.
PUMB AGUE & MALARIA:
LIPI’MAN BBOS., Wholesale Druggists,
Sole Proprietors, Llppmaa’s Block, Savannah, Ga.
[HOME CURE FOR MENJ
md - -J
Men who are lacking in vital force and vigor,
or are weak and nervous from any cause, send at
once for sealed information. FREE, of the New
Common Sense Home Cure. No electric non
sense. No stomach drugging. Certain cure for ail
Weaknesses of men. Address
Albion Pharmacy Cos.. Box 04, Albion,Mich,
COTTON TIES.
ARROW COTTOITIES
FOR SALE BY
C. M. Gilbert & Cos.,
IMPORTERS.
PLUMBER AJI> GAS FITTER.
Gas Fixtures and Globes
A FINE LINE NOW ON HAND.
JOHN NICOLSON, Manager.
* LEATHEK (brOODfe.*
TtEIDLINGER & RABUN,
-sole agent, for—
HOYT’S LEATHER BELTING, REVERE RUB
BER CO.’S GIANT STICHED BELT,
LACING, RIVETS and BELT HOOKS.
154 St. Julian and 15! Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
PLUMBER.
FINE LINE OF 1
GAS FIXTURES_AfiD GLOBES
L. A. MCCARTHY’S.
4.6 DRAYTON ST.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1891.
van norm's cocoa.
THE STANDARD COCOA OF THE WORLD.
1 1 The Standard Cocoa of the World.
; > A Substitute for Tea and Coffee.
j! Van Houten’s has fifty per cent more of the flesh-forming ![
11 elements of cocoa than is obtained by the best processes of j 1
]! other manufacturers. ! 1
Van Houten’s Cocoa
\\ “BEST & GOES FARTHEST.”
! Doctors and analysts of the highest standing all over the i>
!| world, certify to this immense saving, and by Van Hou- !|
j; ten’s special process only can this be attained. 1 [
! Houten’s Cocoa (**onc tried, 1 way* usd”) possesses the great advantage of <>
leaving no injurious effects on the nervous system. No woader, therefore, that in all parts \ *
1 1 of the world, this inventor's Cocoa is recommended by medical men. Instead of tea * >
i | and coffee or other cocoas or chocolates, for dally use by children or adults, ! \
J 1 hale and sick, rich and poor. Ask for Van HOCTEN’S and take no other. 51 j
CLOTHING*
FREE! FREE!
Webster’s Encyclopaedia of Useful In
formation and World’s Atlas.
A universal assistant and treasure house of information on
every conceivable subject, from the household to the manu
factory. In short, gives information about every tiling, is abso
lutely indispensable to every one in all walks of life.
123 lit 1.43 J.UO 3.J 1 .OO 1.30 3.00 25 25 25 25
THIS CARD IS WORTH SS 00 TO YOU
Always Bring This Card that we may puch from it the amount you buy. When
your cash purenases amount to $23.00 we will make you a p o'sent of the enormous
volume described on the back of this card, entitled ••WEBSTER’S OF
USEFUL INFORMATION AND WORLD’S ATLAS.
THESE BOOKS ARE ON EXHIBITION IN OUK STOKE.
No. 140 DRYFUS BROS.,
dotes, Gents’ MMm nil Sloe Dealers-
Reliable Goods at Lowest prices will continue to be our rule.
Good until July Ist, 1891. 181, 181 and 183 Congress St. Cor. Jefferson, Savannah, Ga.
25 l.Ott 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 AO 75 30 75 25
We issue a card like the above to each purchasher. The
amounts on top and bottom will be punched as you purchase,
and when the full amount has been punched we present a
volume of this useful work free of charge. If $25 is spent at
once we present the book at once.
overcoats!! Overcoats!!
SUITS! SUITS! SUITS!
AT ASTONISHING PRIDES.
Patronize our SHOE DEPRTMENT if you want
desirable good3 in style, fit and price.
DRYFIS BROS.,
181,1811-2 and 183 Congress St j Cor. Jefferson.
PINEORA LOTS FOR SALE.
P I N E O R A.
LOTS HR SAL! BYTES PIBOMINVESMENT (Will.
HIGH! JDJRiri HEALTHYI
Among the Pines, at the Junction of the Central and Macon and
Atlantic .Railroads, only 27 miles from Savannah.
Elevation over 40 feet greater than Savannah or any Intermediate Point.
ATTRACTIVELY LAID OUT, WITH NATURAL PARKS
AND ARTIFICIAL LAKES.
HOTEL, MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES AND ARTESIAN WELL.
Projected and to be pushed to early completion.
Unquestionably the most desirable location for Residence or
Business Purposes. Special terms to those purchasing before
February Ist. Apply to
W. L. GIGNILLIAT, President, Guyton, Ga.,
Or J. F. CANN, Secretary, 110 By an, Savannah.
UKI GOODS.
GREAT SLAUGHTERSALE
Prior to Annual Inventory
CLOSING OUT ALLWINTER GOODS
Without Regard to Cost.
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS
Cloaks, Dress Goods, Flannels, Blankets,
Comforts, Ladies’, Children’s and Gents’
Woolen Underwear and Boys’ Clothing.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
US’
Ladies’ Muslin Underwear
New SILK GREN A.DINES in White, Cream, Pink, Nile, Lav
ender, Heliotrope, Yellow and Cardinal, suitable for Evening
Wear.
300 pieces TORCHON LACES, at 5c and Bc, worth 10c & 15c.
MORRISON. FOYE & CO.
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria*
MEDICAL.
-• - '
PPP
r.r.r.
.
CURES SYPHILIS
M 4 prfKrtW h with gr*mi *#iLf#tUoo for lb enn #f
gf__y.r!T n V! r Rocoa<lrv nn.l Tertis rw
/' ’P* P• Pi '&.
vURES S CRO FU LA
Fyphilu,
Botm Glemiular Swelling*, Rb*nm*U.m. Malaria. old
> ail Ireatp.ant. C#;arth,
ODD CURES
Kr.r.MPoisiH
corlal Poitou, Tetiar, Scald H*r and, *c., tc.
and au •rorlltot appothwr,
I P P. P. ‘ „
Cures rheumatism
bulld'oß up th* ytri:i rapidiy^
Ladl who*# tvlnit ar* poisoned and who## blood I# In
mcwttmai lrr#l*ritlc *r
liOi^ CURES
T.r.r.MALARIA
r^*^^‘>^^i‘T™T™w! l !i!olrTur"tonlc^and""Nor!r
cleMtiug proper tun of P. P. p., Prickly Ah. Poka Hoot
, wd roiastfum.
/* J * ,# .
CuresdyspepsiA
LIPPHAN BROS., Proprietor*,
Druggist*, Lippman 1 * Block, BAVANHAH, OA.
FORTUNA
Cures Neuralgia, Nervous Headache, Toothache
and all other nervous troubles.
FORTUNA
Will relieve any of the above complaints in a
few minutes.
FORTUNA
Contains 1? doses to the bottle.
RELIEF FREE OF CHARGE.
Four hundred and sixty-three have been given
relief. Testimonials on view, and relief free of
charge, at O. DAVIS & SON’S,
178 and 180 Bay Street.
Sold by all druggist*.
CLOTHING.
-THE APPLE 6f riij
Our artist knew juat what he was doing
when he drew this eye. What oan be more
• pleasing to the eye than a perfectly flttiug,
stylish suit? How can you invest in any
thing that will pay you better? If you
won't look at the matter from an artistic
point of view, look at it from a business
standpoint. How can you make a good
impression on the men you have business
dealings with if your clothes look as though
they were made for somebody else? We
are especially careful about the matter of
insuring a good fit, and if you think that
we cannot fit your pocketbook look at these
prices:
S2O SUITS OR OVERCOATS FOR sl6.
sls SUITS OR OVERCOATS FOR sl2.
$lO SUITS OR OVERCOATS FOR SB.
$6 TROUSERS FOR $4 80.
$5 TROUSERS FOR $4 00.
$5 BOY’S SUIT OR OVERCOAT FOR $1 00.
We want the money for the goods,
and offer this great reduction to cash
buyers.
“THE FAMOUS”
CLOTHING- HOUSE,
148 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
JKWICLRi.
A. L. DESBOUILLONS,
THE JEWELER,
21 Bull Street.
IF you want a fine Gold Watch, my line of
Ladies' and Ge ts’ Watches is complete,
and of the best Quality. I have also a choice
selection of Clocks, either Onyx, Black Marble
or Imitations v at lowest figures.
STERLING SILVERWARE
In elegant eases—just the thing for a Wedding
Present.
Diamond Jewelry, Farrings. Pins, Finger
Rings, Canes, Umbrellas, etc., alwsys on hand.
BARGAINS IN OPERA GLASSES.
A. L. Desbouillons,
Bull Street.
BHOK&Hs.
F. C. WYLLY,
STOCK, BOND and REAL ESTATE BROKER,
OFFERS a full line of desirable securitise,
vis: Georgia Southern and Florida firm
6s, Savannah and Western ss, Savannah Bank
and Truat Company stock, eta. eta
A. L. HART RIDGE.
BBC UR ITT BROKER,
BUYS and sells on commission all classes of
Stocks and Bonds.
Negotiates loans on marketable sec irrties.
New York quotations furnished by private
ticker every fifteen minutes.
TV KNITV RE. KTC.
Nowhere in This City
JLIST>
Nowhere in This State
Can economical purchasers get better, more, and even aa
much value for their money as at our house. We care not
what article you may want to buy in the Furniture or
Carpet line, we guarantee to save money for you on the
purchase at our house.
Furniture and Carpets
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Don't spend money for Furniture or Carpets until you
have seen our eight floors filled with the newest, hand
somest and best goods ever shown in this city.
EMIL A. SCHWARZ,
125 and 127 BROUGHTON ST.
NOX 'EM ALL OUT ]
Prices, Quality and Variety.
We are hack at our old quarters, and have on exhibition in our mammoth 99x90 (Mow
room a full and complete liue of Fine Medium *nd Cheep Furniture, Carpet*, Hatting,
Shades, Lace Curtains, Rugs, Heed and Rattan Goods, Fancy Rocker* in Tapestry and
Flush.
30 pattern* of Bed Room Suit* of OUR OWN MAKE, from OUR FACTORY oa Lum
ber street.
We odor for tho next thirty day* Wholesale Prlo** to Retail purchaser*.
M. BOLEY & SON,
186,188.190 Broughton street.
FACTORY. LUMBER AND CANAL STREETS
INSURANCE.
1794. insxj i§ a^ltl& any 1891 .
HARTFORD
Fire Insurance Company,
HARTFORD, CONN.
TOTAL ASSETS $6,570,010 13.
CAPITAL STOCK $ 1.350,000 00
NET SURPLUS. OVER CAPITAL STOCK AND ALL LIABILITIES 2,613,830 80
MARKET VALUE STOCK 340 00
Liberal Setileiaats. From Payments.
GEO. L. CHASE, Pres. P. C. ROYCE, Sec’y.
HAINES & DANIEL, Resident Agents,
SAVANNAH, OA.
clothing.
MONEY TTcMTtT
C LO T~H IN G
DOWN,
DOWN,
WAY DOWN LOW,
WITHIN REACH OF EVERYBODY'S POCKET, AT
COLLAT’S,
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
Money is Scarce,
Therefore, Call at
LINDSAY k MORGAN’S
165 and 167 Broughton Street,
Fur Bargains ii Him aid Carpels.
VEGETABLES FRU ITS. ETC.
SEED POTATOES
ARISTOOK AND HOLTON,
EARLY ROSE,
KANSAS R. P. SEED OATS FLOR
IDA ORANGES, MESSINA
LEMONS,
Nuts, Raisuis, Turnips,Cabbage
B. E. PEAS and COW PEAS.
FI AY. G-K, .IN AND F’XClfilJ.
W. D. SIMKINSi
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE,
BAR, BAM AND HOOP IRON,
Wagon Material,
NAVAL STORE SUPPLIES
FOR SALE BY
Edward Lovell’s Sons,
155 BROUGHTON AND 138-140
STATE STREET.
5
