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JEAN valjean.
n P ad Past of Lionel Stagge Be-
Tie turns to Haunt Him.
From Portland (Ore.) Dispatch.
' QO m an can escape from his past if
anything criminal in it, has just
here. The man with
L n .,i record in this instance is one
the ‘ r ' , 0 j high in the community, and
w-' I rational bank examiner. When
who •“ ,w hispered about that Lionel
itwtran t ■ , ortrer a ud an ex-convict,
knew him would not for a
tbose tielieve it. However, an investi
n':'1 ’ 1 '- 111 . nved that there was much fouu
rltlo“ ,he report, and eventually the
da , llo J l i facts were discovered:
(oiioiving y a y oUn>f man much given
who gave the name of A. L.
''" 'o - e was arrested in this city for
" u fraudulent checks, both here and
P 3 catiuvnia The First National Bank
„ f san Francisco was his victim in Cali
-01 ~ au .... c i le ck on the bank was for
fornia. iven the United States
in Marysville, Cal. The check.
. .. hich caused his immediate ar
b°T vis drawn on the First National
C •- f Chicago and was hypothecated
bal iT Railev. proprietor of the Gilman
*° s ' ; ‘ ihis city, in liquidation of a
S bill The check called for *35.
wverbouse represented himself to be the
r ized agent and traveling eorre
* . iengo newspaper. Thia
Jftsed the police to believe he was Harry
i Knvce whom the paper had recently
msed This Waterhouse denied, but
Admitted he was acquainted with Royce,
Javing met him in the east.
Among the prisoner's effects were found
t number of cards bearing the name of
Waterhouse, but there was nothing to
Uni ifv him with Royce. Waterhouse,
however claimed he had done some work
for the Chicago paper. He also said he
had written a great deal for other papers
while raveling in Europe, Mexico and
the south Two days after his arrest.
tw hi tie was arraigned in the police
court charged with larceny by Bailey.
He waived examination and was held in
the sum of *SOO to answer before the
srand jury. The next day another check
came to sight signed by Waterhouse. This
was uttered in Salem, Ore., and when pro
duced for payment here was declared
fraudulent On Dee. 10 Waterhouse
pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, and the fol
lowing dav. Ltec. IT, vvas sentenced to one
year in the state penitentiary at Salem.
He'ore the sentence was passed the pris
onerasked that he might serve his term
in the county jaii. saying his professional
career, that of a journalist, would be
jeopardized by a penitentiary term. Dur
ing the trial many other checks came to
light, his victims being principally hotel
keepers in Caliiornia.
After serving his term, Waterhouse
disappeared, and for a year afterward his
doings are unknown. In the summer of
jvpi, a young man of pleasing appearance
and agreeable mariners arrived in Port
land. giving the name of Lionel Stagge,
and soon secured the position of advertis
ing solicitor for the Oregonian. In the lat
ter part of ISUC he married into one of the
nicest families here. His father-in-law
assisted Stagge in establishing in Feb
ruary, 1893. tlie Pacific Banker and Inves
tor. u financial journal. Through this
magazine Stagge obtained a reputation
for financial ability among the bankers in
the northwest. Last summer he sought
and obtained the position of national
bank examiner. His work was affective,
and gave entire satisfaction to all con
cerned. He first examined the affairs of
the Dallas bank in this state, which was
speedily reopened. He was soon after
wards sent to Siokane, Wash., to investi
gate the failure of the First National
bank there, whi h was soon reopened.
When the Oregon National bank, of this
city, the depository of the county funds,
on Dec. 9. was closed the second time by
the iniii. n. ntof its officials. Mr. Stagge
was ealieu io Washington and vvas ap
pointed receiver for the bank. He was
maxing good pro toss toward the settlo
ffiintof is a.tairs, and then began omi
nous wh.sperings.
When Stagge was first informed of
these rumors he vvas visibly affected. His
manner showed that there was truth in
the charges, and he said:
"I admit that I have been guilty of
questionable transactions, but they were
committed fur the purpose of assisting
others.'’
Asked if this was intended as a tacit
admission of the truthfulness of the
rumors, he said:
“des Imay as well admit it. lam
if aterhouse, and I was found guilty of
forgery and served a year in the peniten
tiary. The only thing I can offer in ex
t mixtion is that others were the bene
ficiaries of my crime.”
I Ins afternoon Stagge, alias Water
house, alias itoyce, et al., sent in his res
ignation as receiver of the ()recon Na
tional There is no charge against him
ottu-r than that of an ex-eonvlct, as his
life here since his release from Salem has
been above reproach.
GLASGOW’S MUNICIPAL SOCIAL-
ISM.
Curious Origin of a Number of Suc
cessful City Enterprises.
i rom tbs Buffalo Courier.
Glasgow is usually regarded as an ex
sn,|ile of extreme municipal socialism.
us city corporation manufactures and
s '.‘ > gas. supplies the citizens with elec
tr*' owns the street car lines, and
if. ,l ;"' ut , 10 assume their management.
, ill < s for the poor, owns and
’ aj.rts todgine houses, and will soon
, 1 ! 1 .manufacturers with hydraulic
p u’. has constructed many hundreds
neal ents—which it lots to working-
i n ,® n thl ' site of old rookeries which it
-at ana tore down, and is about to
.' ’; !uct ;l lodging house for widows and
1! Asa consequence, it has be
tn ill . custom °f the British socialists
ti <.■- 10 1 ' l:lscow as an embodiment of
; ' principles. A recent newspaper ar
' ii.airuains that these undertakings
jc,„ i'!, ‘i ,v :,re not illustrations of social
municipalism; that the Glas
thi.m ?i ' ll , who have successfully put
ti,,. 1 “'rough are not socialists, and that
- ■ nut believe in carrying municipal
t ..... tn a point at which they will in-
,’ Wl th private enterprise.
1 w wav in-.vhieh Glasgow chanced to
i, “ c some of these undertakings is
n". I 1: ' About 20 years ago there
; 'f' ‘ -o re gion iu th • hoartof thetdwn
h ; ‘"‘foatened the physical and moral
o: ' ‘ lll e community, in the exercise
ti., Y , v l"’wer the corporation bought
d en ,„ ;. ,m which the worst and most
exu r'l, lro,ltred rookeries stood, in the
rif ■<, ~‘ l 10 , n °f selling it again to some
h.u wou ld improve it; but as it
a : , 1 10 , be a bad time for building
th l‘ uri 'haser appeared, the city au
(l, I ", e .a virtue of necessity, pulled
ti,,.’,.... oi| i buildings and erected in
tow * mall hats which could be let
di i . ‘“ffinen at a moderate rent. They
in it.. US m l^e expectation that
low „ enterprise would fol
other i„7i ?/■ example by erecting
Hi i JI dm -' s for workingmen which
hcc".;. *; as 00d - as cheap, and as well
it , i ‘ , ' f,!)' 1 this expectation has been
a- ,‘ J , fhesame tning has happened
it.tr , 1 l,s lodging houses, and the lodg
even oreeted by individuals are
am . !tlau those owned by the city
ce,ri,orr, t 'i .'„°, mril ercially pro ti table. The
k- ••••*"n lias from the first owned the
paiq , "' s 11 leased them to a com
ti,. ‘ ua cfoviso that at the expira
h. ,f ’ h-ase it should have the privi
bvs..'-uau og the management of the
at,. ~ 7 ‘hu purchasing the equipment,
it a;, tp ff° under the impression that
tor , 1 ; s ,o tter preserve the facilities
vih.-.n,,. 1 oaon for the community to
streets belong.
IhiK'cur'i llits . ' lcen ut)le 10 carry on
operative experiments with suc
cess because of the first-rate quality of
her officials. The leaders of what may
be styled the municipalists in the city
government are Robert Crawford, a mem
ber of the town council and chairman of
the health committee, and John Ure Prim
rose. a baillie or alderman and a magis
trate. Mr. Crawford is the managing
proprietor of a large wholesale business,
a j t” 1 "', I’rimrose is an extensive miller,
and both have been connected with mu
nicipal matters for many years. There is
no politics about the local affairs of Glas
gow. A m.tn s political convictions have
no more to do with his acquirement of mu
nicipal office than has the color of his
c lr ' is popularly understood that
the local government is a business
matter, and the men elected to office
are business men who have proved their
capacity in private affairs and have ac
quired reputations for high character and
integrity. There is. to be sure, iu the
town council a division into two sections,
a section that advocates the new munici
pal enterprises and a section that opposes
them, but the division is not on party
lines, the municipalists, or young party,
as they are called, including in their
ranks conservatives, liberals and radicals.
They are not, however, young in vears or
experience in municipal affairs, and they
have no party organization. Jobbery is
unknown in municipal affairs, the admin
istration of public business is clean and
efficient, and the men who direct it do so
from disinterested motives.
A CURIOUS KANAKA CHARACTER
Bill Ragsdale, the Hawaiian Parlia
mentary Interpreter.
From the New'York Sun.
During the early years of Kalakaua s
reign and for some years preceding, a
half white called “Bill” Ragsdale, was
the official interpreter in the elective
branch of the Hawaiian parliament.
Ragsdale had a great natural aptitude
for acquiring languages, and it was told
that when he visited a French man-of
war the officers would not believe he had
not been educated in Paris, and that the
German navy officers wanted to bet that
he had been educated from infancy in
Berlin. He was quick-witted, eloquent, a
fop in dress, and as a citizen a good-for
naught. His official duties required him
to interpret the speeches of the natives
into English and the speeches of the for
eigners into Hawaiian. The latter was
necessary, as many of the native members
from districts remote from Honolulu
and Hilo had little knoweledgeof any lan
guage but their own. The former duty,
turning the natives’ speeches into En
glish, was seldom necessary, as the for
eign members were, naturally, men who
had been on the islands long enough to
master the simple and easily acquired na
tive language. But it was a duty Rags
dale loved, and its performance was a
source of constant delight to the foreign
members and spectators. His method
was to interpret every two or three sen
tences, and he wouid sometimos suavely
interrupt a native struggling in an im
passable labyrinth of gutturals and leave
him there, in speechless amazement,
while he launched into an eloquent ad
dress on the beauties of the moonlight,
rainbow or some other equally unrelated
subject. Or a gray-haired member from
Waikipoo might arise in his place aud
exploit a few gutturals which were to
the effect that one of his oxen had been
drowned in the Ulupelakua ford, aud he
wanted to know when the government
proposed to bridge that creek. Ragsdale
would rise, bow to the member, and pro
ceed dramatically in some such manner
as this.
“The distinguished and eloquent mem
her from Waikipoo desires to direct the
attention of the honorable members to
what he aptly characterizes as their la
mentable lapse from their high sense of
duty which most distinguishes the pa
triot from the politician. Not since the
: regretted days of Kamehameha I. of glo
rious memory, whose war club was as
the thunderbolt, and whose canoes shim
mered o’er the waters like the mysterious
lights which beacon the spray as it
Blushes across the coral reef: not since
the enemies of the great Kamehameha
tied in affright up the valley of JNuuanu,
and—fearing death less than the wrath
of their pursuer. Hung themselves over
the Pali, where their bones in fantastic
disarray strew the cruel rocks even now;
not since the juice of the ava first made
the sailors of Capt. Cook delirions with
joy: not since then has there been on all
these islands a Kanaka so mad as was
the honorable gentleman from Waikipoa
when his off ox sank in the treacherous
sands where purl the waters of the
Ulupelakua.” .
Then the member, delighted to hear
that so little Hawaiian would make so
much English, would utter a few more
sentences.
Ragsdale, in pretending to interpret
this, would attribute to the member the
latest good story the interpreter had
probably heard on board some foreign
man-of-war. When he had finished his
story he would inform the member that
he was out of order, as the river and
harbor improvement bill was not before
tne house; that the only bill before the
house was Bill Ragsdale. He had many
foppish eccentricities in dress, so no par
ticular notice was taken when Ragsdale
began wearing one glove constantly, even
while interpreting.
He furnished an explanation of that
when he gave himself up to the authori
ties as a leper and asked to be transported
to Molokai. The fatal disease was mani
fest onlV on that hand he had kept
gloved. Through that hand a knife might
have been run without Ragsdale feeling
it. ,
He went to Molokai, where he lived
several years, dying before Father
Damien. That good priest gave testimony
that Ragsdale's example in voluntarily
going to Molokai did much to allay the
discontent of others there, and that he
was a cheerful, intelligent, and industri
ous aid to the priest in governing and car
ing for their unfortunate companions.
Thoy Loved Not Wisely.
“The strangest test or will power and endur
an e ever made.’’ said L. D. Gonsauls of the
Cuv of Mexico to a St. Louis Globe Democrat
man. -was in Mexico, the characters being a
Mexican woman and an American man.
‘ They were lovers, and the girl’s p *rents re
fused their consent to the union, insisting that
she should marry a wealthy Mexican suitor.
“At the suggestion of the girl they agreed
to die together, and to test the strength and
endurance of each other s love they chose a
means of suicide unnke any ever dreamed of
before
"i-ooil and fruit were placed on a table in
the center of the room, occupied by both, the
Kiri havimr escaped from her home, but being
unwilling to elope with her lover. It was
ag: e and that they should starve to death with
plenty efore them, and should either suc
cumb to nature and partake, of the food, both
were released from the bond of death, but
there should be an everlasting separation.
••£ or twelve days they endured the pangs of
hunger without a murmur or a thought of
wavering from their purpose to die together.
The twelfth day the father of the girl discov
ered hoc whereabouts, and. breaking the door,
they were carried out, too faint to stand
al,< Tt tools them several days to recover their
strength and when they did they were mar
ried. .
"This is a true statement, and the Ameri
can is living With his Mexican wife to-day.
Peckham’a Case Postponed.
Washington. Jan. 29.-Mr. Peckham's
nomination has been postponed b> th
Senate judiciary committee for one week.
It appears that friends of Mr. I eckharn
said they were not ready to take action
at this meeting.
Balance of The Treasury.
Washington, Jan 2®. —The treasury
balance to-day stands:
currency. less *r. 861,279 paid
on*"interest and bonds. These hgures
show a loss in gold during this mouth of
| SH,&OU,OUU.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1894.
HIS FATE TOLD BY HIS WATCH.
The Mystery of an Unaccountable Dis
appearance Strangely Cleared Up.
From the Washington Post.
There was a sad and peculiar romance
that has just come to light through the
medium of the late dead letter auction in
Washington. There was in the jewelery
schedule of the auction catalogue one
package marked “No. 140. Gold watch.
H. T. C Brandt.” When this number
was reached the bidding was lively, one
of the intended purchasers being a lady in
black, who finally secured the package for
*ls. Nothing vvas said at the time of the
sale, but it afterward appeared that the
wqtch was the key to a mystery of almost
three years' standing. The lady was Mrs.
James T. Monroe, who registered at the
Arlington as from New York, where she
had recently moved. Her original home,
however, had been in Trapperstown,
Minn., from whicn town, after her mar
riage a few months ago, she had moved to
New York. Being in Washington on a
visit, she had accidentally picked up one
of the catalogues of the dead letter office
sale that was knocking about the
hotel, and in looking over the list
of articles had been struck with the
name of “Brandt” attached to the gold
watch that was for sale. Three years ago
Mra. Monroe was living at Trappers
town. She had not yet become Mrs.
Monroe, and indeed was more than likely
to become Mrs. Brandt. Henry T. C.
Brandt, a young man of Trapperstown.
was then engaged to her. On account of
ill health he was ordered by his physi
cian to to take a trip south for the win
ter. He went as far as New Orleans,
where for some time he corresponded with
his fiance, but after announcing his inten
tion of trying Florida for a change the
letters suddenly ceased, ana, although
his relatives in Milwaukee, for he had
none in the town where he had been liv
ing. put the usual means of inquiry into
operation, nothing more could be learned
of him than that he had left New Orleans
with the avowed intention of going to
Florida, though to what part of the state
he had not said. His baggage was fin
ally traced to the Ponce de Leon, at St.
Angustine, but the owner of the trunk
had never come, and there search, per
force, was dropped. Miss Caldwell, after
some years of fruitless waiting, had ac
cepted the attentions of a wealthy New
York man and had become Mrs. Monroe.
At this doint the story turns back to the
clew that was furnished by the reclaimed
watch.
The old timepiece, though somewhat
ti e worse for hard wear, was in fair con
dition, and wps easily recognized by Mrs.
Monroe as the property of young Brandt.
His friends were communicated with,
and from the clew furnished by a jewel
er’s label on the inside of the case the
travels of the watch were retraced.
Frank Locraft. the jeweler in Fernan
dina, Fla., through whose hands the
wateh had passed, stated that it had
been given to him for repair by its owner,
who was on his way down the coast on a
fishing trip, and that after putting it in
order he had forwarded it to Talaeosa, a
little town on the coast, where Brandt
had informed him that he would stop be
foregoing down so Key West. Inquiry at
Key West failed to show that Brandt
had ever reached there, but in
Talaeosa it was found that Brandt
had come there with a fisherman named
Cattin, on his way down the coast in a
small sailboat. Near Jupiter Inlet the
boat had been wreckod in a
squall and Brandt was drowned,
but Cattin had reached the
shore and afterward recovered
the body of his companion. Brandt had
told his guide nothing of his antecedents,
except that he lived at w>.at his compan
ion had understood to be Trapper’s Sta
tion, Alinn., and that he was taking a trip
for pleasure down the coast before going
back to St. Augustine, where he would
spend the winter. In the meantime he
had taken a trip down the coast and lost
his life, and there was nothing in his
effects by which to trace him, so the
watch was sent to “Trapper’s Station,”
Minnesota, which was the address sup
posed to be Brandt’s home, and a letter
was sent at the same time, stating the
facts in the case. As there was no such
place the package naturally went to the
dead letter office. Here tlie package, lay
unclaimed until the accumulation of time
had forced a sale of the property, and by
mere chance the watch, falling into the
hands of Mrs. Monroe, served to make
plain the fate of the man she might have
married, although at the time it added
something of sadness to her southern
wedding trip.
STOCK EXCHANGE JARGON.
Not of Modern Origin, but in Use as
far Back as 1720.
From the Stock Exchange.
’Change Alley, in London, became the
center of stock-jobbing operations in the
year 1698, during the reign of William 111,
or about one hundred years prior to the
forming of an exchange in New York for
dealing in securities. Local traders have
assumed that most of the terms in uss on
’Change here are of American parentage,
but few of them are aware that most of
the more important ante-date by many
years the original assemblage of New
York brokers under the old pear tree,
which traditions has assigned as their
first place of meeting.
While there is no record that definitely
’ocates the modern jargon of stock trading
as early as 1700. yet there is evidence of
its existence about that time.
in that interesting compendium entitled
“Old and New London” attention is
called to extracts from Cibber’s play of
"The Refusal; or The Ladies Philoso
phy.” produced in 1720. One of the char
acters in the comedy is a sea director,
Wrangle by name, who says to Witling,
on the latter's boasting of his gain:
• And all this out of ’Change Alley?”
Witling replies. “Every shilling, sir. All
out of stocks, puts, bulls, shams, bears
and bubbles.” Furthermore, the expres
sions “haggling for an eighth,” “making
up differences,” “selling refusals,” occur
in the same play. “Lame ducks waddliug”
was in use abroad as early as ITSO, and
also "shorts” to denote, as now, sales for
future delivery.
Many other instances might be cited.
In almost every case the words and
phrases originally coined retain their
early signification. All this roes to prove
that there is nothing new under the sun,
even in that arena of surprises, the stock
exchange.
' Harry—l have half a mind never to speak
to you again.
Henrietta—l always believe just half what
you say, Harry, and I'm willing to admit what
you say about half a mind —Boston Tran
script.
Briggs—l i orrowed a cigar from you yester
day. and I want to return It.
Griggs—You dou t mean to return it. You
mean to replace it, don t your
Briggs Not much: It's the same cigar.—
New York Herald.
dEWAfttTaTGRIP
Dr. Edson fears another epidemic,
and sounds the alarm.
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hoarseness and pneumonia, no other
external remedy affords prompt preven
tion and quicker cure than
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Indorsed by over 6,000 Physicians and
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Benson ’s, may be had from all druggists.
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GOOD POKER STORIES.
Some Great Draws to Poor Hands
Made in the Old Days.
A California Expert Relates How
Fours Were Drawn to Ten High -The
Lonesome Ace That Founds Its Fel
lows-Five Aces in a Square Game.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
“Billy” Hurt, the noted poker shark,
drifted into a reminiscent mood the other
evening in San Francisco when someone
told him that in a local card room a straight
flush was held in each of two games
simultaneously in progress. Mr. Hunt
proceeded to tell of some extraordinary
hands and wonderful draws that he had
seen in his experience, which reached
from the rudest mining camps of the
west to the most luxurious clubs of Lon
don.
“When I speak about great draws and
big hands 1 refer, of course, to square
games,” he remarked. “Nothing is
strange in a crooked game. Every man
around a table would hold five aces if
you dealt them to him, but there would
be nothing remarkable aJxuit th&t; but,
speaking of five aces. I ktiew-of five aces
being held in a square game.
"In New Orleans, you know, there is
big poker going on every night and there
are only gentlemen in the game. At the
beginning of the game each one takes *SOO
worth of chips. No money ever passes at
the table. The game is unlimited. Well,
it has a limit—*s.9oo, but *5,000 is about
the same as no limit. They always play
with two decks of cards, and while one is
dealt the other is sh uffled rend.V for the
next deal. About two years ago four
gentlemen were playing in the game. One
had a straight flush pat and another held
three aces before the draw. They soon
exhausted their little *SOO worth of chips
and then bet their thousands. Finally
the man with three aces called for
the draw. In the draw he got two
more aces, making five aces in Jjis hand.
He showed his hand right away, say
ing there was evidently a’ mistake in the
deck. The man with the straight flush
claimed the money. Theu the two left
the decision to the other gentlemen about
the table and the referees decided the
bets off. By a mistake the extra aice had
been shifted from onedeek into theother.
Now, perhaps it wasn’t very remarkable
that one card should get into the wrong
deck, but think of that ace being next
another ace, aud that these two aces
should be dealt to a man who already had
three aces in hi* hand. All ever the
south that hand:is: famous.
SOME HOOD UANI)S BEATE.N.
“Once I was playing in a game in the
Russ house in this city,” continued Mr.
Hurt. “I borrowed S6OO to get into the
game, by the way. One time when I was
dealing a man across the table had aces
up and I held a king full on queens. I
Knew what he had aud I knew there was
another ace right at the bottom of tile
pack.”
“I thought you were telling us only
about square games. Billy,” interrupted
an Enquirer reporter.
“Well, the draw was square,” answered
Hurt. “I knew what he had "before the
draw and I knew where a third ace lay in
the deck. I did not know what card I
gave him when he railed for one. Now
you know a man might play a hundred
years and not hand out that lonesome
fourth ace right from the top of the pack.
Well, that was where the fourth are lay,
and tha fellow with his ace full, of course,
broke me with ray king fulk That was
as remarkable a draw as ever occurred. I
knew the position of three of- the aces
and the card he drew was the fourth, to
which I had paid no attention, because
the chance that he would not get it was
sufficient for me to bet against. Do you
knovy. the man who loaned me that SSOO
thought I purposely played away ti is
money and then divided with the other
fellow. I guess he thinks so to this day,
but I tell you. boys, I was a good deal
more surprised than he was when I saw
that ace full spread out on the table.
“I held four tens pat ih a game I was
playing in at Sioux City,” continued Mr.
Hurt, as someone asked him his highest
hand that ever was beaten. “One of the
men playing was very dr|tijk. He had
been plunging all the time, betting high
whether he had anything or not. I was
waiting for a big hand, because 1 knew
that as soon as it came I could break him.
My four tens came just at the right time.
There was a jackpot and I had the first
say. I opened it gently, say for $25, be
cause I knew the drunken fellow would
come back at me. He did with a big raise.
I just called him, because I wanted more
play after the draw, and tie yeas sure to
bet everything he had.- I looked over my
hand slowly as though in deep thought,
and then called for one card. ‘l’ll draw
to the strength of my hand; gi’ me three,’
said the other fellow. Then I made a
heavy bet and he came at mo harder. We
kept at each other back and forth uptil
all his money was on the table. I showed
down my four tens. He skinned out four
queens! He had drawn two more queens
to his pair.
AN HONEST BAND BEATS A SKIN DEAL.
“I saw a square hand win in a crooked
game in a clubhouse in Butte City, Mont.,
if you insist upon something about crooked
games when 1 went to tell you about
square games. There were five men play
ing. Two of them were in together to do
up another two, but they did'not want to
take anything from the fifth fellow, who
was a kind of friend of Mjeirs, though he
did not know there was anything wrong
about the game. One of the two who
were doing the crooked work rung in a
cold deck and he dealt great hands to the
two fellows that were to lie skinned.
One was four nines, I think, and the
ot her a jack full. He was careful to give
no pair to the man he wanted to be
friend and he dealt his partner the
winning hand. He thought it was the
winning hand. Well, to the surprise of
the men who had put up the cold deck,
the fifth fellow with no pair stayed right
in and saw every raise. They didn’t dure
kick him Or wink at hijp. ep be piled his
money in with the rest. In the draw he
took a card and then he was raising more
than anybody else around the" table.
There was id,BOO in the pot at, tfio show
down and the fellow that had no pair
won it all. The man that fixed the deck
had paid no attention to suits; he was
looking out only for pairs and threes and
fours. He dealt the fifth man a four
straight of clubs and the one card he drew
made a straight flush.
“The best draw I ever saw was in
Olympia, during a session of the Wash
ington legislature. One 'senator there
was wild about poker. He wanted to
take the bridle off every hand. To win a
hundred on a bluff was worth to
him. One time ih the senator’s club
there was heavy betting before the draw.
The plunger was in artd raised until all
his money was up. so, of course, there
could be no betting after the draw. He
put down his cards and I never saw a
worse hand. He had no pair, not even a
face card. He was going to throw away
the bunch and call for five cards when
he noticed that he held the nine and ten
of clubs. ‘l’ll draw to a straight flush ;
give me three,” said he, and, do you
know, the three cards that came to
him were all nines. Of course he then
had four nines and ho drew in the pot.
One man had a pat jack full and another
had three kings.
RAILROAD SHARPERS SCRPRISED.
“I made a rather good draw myself one
day on the train coming from Fresno.
Three of the gamblers who worked the
i'ullmaua tried to get me to play cards. I
know their business as soon as I saw
them, but they did not know me Two of
them were dressed as countrymen and
the third did the gentleman play. He
looked as much like a gentleman as a
bull dog. They started in the stale old
way, suggesting a game of euchre. One
would remark that he would like to bet
his euchre hand in a poker game and
another would agree with him. Well, I
consented to play euchre with them, but
first I looked carelessly at theircards. and
then I went to my grip. I had a couple of
packs of cards in my bag—not for poker, I
never gambled on the trains. That kind of
game was too raw. Sometimes 1 made the
acquaintance of gentlemen on the trains
and afterward played with them in their
clubs or hotels, but on the trains J played
nothing except an occasional game of
whist. I could not resist, though, at
tending to the case of those three train
gamblers. I happened to have a pack
just like the cards with which they were
playing. 1 took from it an ace. Then I
joined in the game and bided my time.
Then one of them said he'd like to bet his
hand in poker, and the others said they’d
agree to change tho game, holding the
hands dealt to them in euchro. I con
sented also, and wo bet our money. They
bet all they had, including a roll of bogus
bills, called ‘spiels.’ used for that sort of
work. Then I showed down four aces
and Docketed all the money.
"You should hear them" roar when I
took the money At I saw a
hotel-runner I used to know. I pointed
out to him the gamblers and then I
handed him the roll of spiels,’ and 1
says to him give them back to those fel
lows, but I kept the good money.”
“ 'Great Lord,’ saiil the hotel-runner,
‘did those fellows try to skin you?’
“ ‘They did,’ I answered softly.
“ ‘The fools,’ said he. 'I put half the
money to stake ’em to make a winning on
the train and they played it off against
Billy Hurt, taking him for a dude.’ ”
WATTERBON ON CLEVELAND.
The Colonel Says the President Is a
Good Fellow When You Know Him
Well.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep ).
Wilkes Barre, Jan. 26.—C01. Henry
Watterson delivered a lecture here the
other night and afterward met a number
of gentlemen at the Westmoreland Club.
Speaking of the coming presidential cam
paign he said:
“So far as the next democratic nominee
for the presidency is concerned I think
more than likely that some man unknown
now to a single gentleman in this room,
myself included, will be named. History
shows that the man for the place quickly
materializes. Polk wasn’t thought of
until within six weeks of the convention.
Mr. Taylor was a year beforo he filled
the chair called Zac Taylor ami was not
known scarcely beyond the limits of his
town.
“Pierce had no national reputation and
was not named for the place until within
a short time before his nomination. Bu
chanan, in honorable exile, was lost to
view when his name carried the conven
tion of ’56. Lincoln, Hayes. Arthur, Gar
field, Harrison and Cleveland were un
known in a national sense two years be
fore they were elected.
“It is three years before another Presi
dent will be chosen and three years in
politics is a generation. As I say, tho
mau who will be named by the democrats
is quite likely to be dwelling in obscurity
to-day. I think, however, McKinley will
be the republican standard hearer.”
Asked what he thought of Mr. Cleve
land personally Mr. Watterson said. “I
want to say that Grover, personally, is a
good fellow. He is good company when
you know him well, plays a fair game of
poker, takes his whisky straight and tem
perately and all that. But ho seems to
lack foresight, He won tbe advised. He
is bull-headed, he runs away from his
party, in short, Mr. Cleveland is fatal to
his friends.”
Spill ii i life.
On account of the bad
weather we will continue
our
Silver
Churn
Butterine
Display
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
MX
West’s China Palace,
133 BROUGHTON STREET.
Samples and Cook Book FREE.
Armour Packing Cos.,
Kansas City, U. S. A.
Chlchfftter'ft Fn*llh Diamond Brand.
Pennyroyal * pills.
STS' v Original ond Only (■irmilne. A
sgre. iilway* reliable. UOiuml /iL\
fc, 4C Druggist tr Chic Setter $ Mn(/lihJff\\
P Diamond Brand in Ited and Id \\Mr
metallic bn*e*. sealed with blue rib- Vjjp
Th vWf' oD Take no other. Htfut* v
j'l At' darujtrou* lubititutioni and iMitalloia
I Jar At Druggist*. or sand le. iu stamps ft*
l particulars. t<-*tiim>niaU and “ Itelief
IT for Lodlea,” in letter, br return MulL
1 10,000 Tutimoolali. A ’amt Taper.
Chleheater Ckciiiloal Cos., MadloHi Hsjuaro,
Sold Lj all bocal Or C"- .'hllitdo.. Po.
JEWtLKY.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Great Inducements in Diamonds.
Solitaire Diamond Earrings $25, S2B, S3O. $35
to $250 a pair.
Solitaire Diamond Kings $5, $lO, sls, $lB, S2O,
$25, up to S4OO each.
All warranted Genuine Fine Diamonds.
Solid Gold Watches at most reasonable
prices. Gold Filled Watches from $lO up
immense.stock of Silver Novelties. Hat Pins.
Hair Pins Match Boxes and hundreds of
other things, too numerous to mention. Solid
Gold Pearl Handle Pens. In cases, for $1.50
Call and examine Before Buying.
Also finest line of Silverware, at
DESBOUILLQNS’,
INo. 31 fcltJll Street.
FOK
Colton Seed Hulls lor Sole
BY
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL GO.
PRICE AT NULL.
ror lifloss Hulls 15c per 100
For Baled Hulls 20c per 100
For Mixed Feed 45c per 100
Dray age for 1.000 pounds or less, 60c to any
part of the city.
Telephone 237. Tortus cash.
OLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 25 cents, at
Business Office Morning Newts
DRY GOODS.
EC KSTEIN'S
7505. LAST WEEK 75 os.
OF OUR GREAT SALE OF
75 Cents SILKS. 75 Cents.
Gustave Eckstein & Cos. Have the Largest Stock of
Fine Embroideries ever brought to Savannah. For Nice
Materials, New Patterns and Low Prices Our Stock
Cannot be Beaten.
Best Embroideries at 5 cts.
Best Embroideries at 10 cts.
Best Embroideries at 15 cts.
Best Embroideries at 25 cts.
The Blizzard is Coming ! The Balance of Our Warm
Winter Goods Will be Sacrificed at Great Reductions.
Great Bargains in Blankets and Comforters.
New Styles Outings Now Open.
New Hercules Braids Received.
New Percales and Ginghams.
60c Ladies'Black Hose at 35c.
All Cloaks at Cost. Best Shirtings, sc. Dress Goods at Cost.
All Skirts at Cost. Fast Percales, sc. Black Goods at Cost.
All Shawls at Cost. Checked Ginghams, sc. All Flannels at Cost.
GDSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
Columbia Catalogues.
Are you interested in BICYCLES? If so,
come and get one of those interesting catalogues sent
out by the Columbia people.
-They are marvels of beauty, and so are their
wheels.
Wc have still a few more of those cheap Boys’
Wheels. Pneumatic Tires, $35; former price SSO. Cush
ion Tires, $18; regular price $25.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
NOVELTY IRON WURKS.
ETX * JOHN ROL’RKE &
QuqjA Novelty Iron Works,
V~S?SSlron and Brass Poundara and
machinist*, Ulacksmltlis at Dollarmaksrs. ‘'"Sfyar
THE SAMSON SUGAR MILLS AND PANS.
DEALERS IN
STEAM ENGINES, INJECTORS, STEAM AND WATER FITTING*
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED—ESTIMATES GIVEN.
Mm. 2, * and O Bay and I, 2,3, 4, B and 6 River SttMY%
SMVftMNrtH, OA,
hotels/
HOTEL PONCE DE LEON,
ST. AUCUSTiNE, FLA., '
Casiuo, Russian and Turkish Baths now open.
O. D. SEAVEY, Manager.
IRON FOUNDERS. ’ *
McDonough & ballantyne,
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Blacksmiths & Boiler Makers.
Alao manufacturer* of Stationary and Portable Engine*. Vertical and Top-running Com
Mill*. Sugar Mill* and Pan* Have alao on hand and for eale i-heap one lO horso Power
Portable t nglne; also, one 33, one 40 and one lUO-hor&e Power Stationary Engine. AU order#
promptly attended to.
MACHINERY. CASTINGS. ETC.
KEHOES IRON WORKSq
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAK
EP.S. ENGINES, BOILERS AND MACHINERY. SHAFTING. PULLEYS, ETC
Special attention lo Repair Work. Estimate* promptly furnished. slraa
from Reynolds to Randolph streets. Telephone 268.
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