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OF THE WHEELS*
Colombo Beat* Zimmerman-Verheyen
L win* by Suspicious Tactics. ,
XeW York. Nov. 28.—The third
0 f the international bicycle
to ornament proved to be the most in
torestmg of the series thus far. A fair
attendance greeted the novice races in the
morning; still more viewed the afternoon
' nts and an Immense crowd waxed en
.hii-'ia'tic over to-night’s performance.
Tlie principal event of the afternoon cen
.J m the class B and professional
“ nts . Charlie Murphy and Nat Butler
rinding ,he honors in the former series.
“ hile little Tom Butler took everything in
...ht for the pure amateurs.
There was a surprise in one of the pro
i;. o nal trials, when Colombo, the Italian
rhampton. beat the great Zimmerman out
l qualification, and there was excite
ment to spare in the 2-mile profession
al , vent. when Verheyen, the Ger
“ n 1,1 at Harry Wheeler. Edwards, and
Colombo by the use of suspicious tactics,
, l]nst which he had been previously cau
r'ned I’.eferee Prial rightly disqualified
Verheyen, but a great tumult of iltsap
roval arose from the crowd. Referee
j, ria i resigned before the night races, and
Theodore .Merserles officiated as the even
ly referee. Verheyen got first money by
Wheeler's consent.
in the class B, 2-mlle scratch, Charlie
Murphy lowered the 2-mile indoor record
from 3:19 to 4:58 4-5.
The evening session was stimulated by
the most enthusiastic crowd of the meet,
and the largest. Charlie Murphy and
Mon t* * Scott fought bitterly for the class
{.'voile race, Murphy winning by a wheel.
Zimmerman took the 2-mile professional.
Martin tan just ahead of Wheeler for
second place.
Summaries follow:
Two Mile Scratch (Class B)—Won by
p >i Murphy! Time 4:58 4-5.
One Mile Professional—Won by A. A.
Zimmerman. Time 2:34.
Five Mile Indoor-Championship (Class
Ai-\Von by Tom Butler, Cambrldgeport.
Time 14:27.
Two Mile Handicap (Class B)—Won by
Tom Butler, 30 yards. Time 4:44 4-5.
Two Mile Professional—Won by Alex
Verheyen. Time 5:14.
One Mile 3:00 class (Class A)—Won by
\V c. Rome, Jersey City. Time 2:31.
Mile Championship (Class A)—Won by
t\ A Barbeau, New York. Time 2:30 2-5.
One Mile Championship (Class B)—Won
by c. M. Murphy. Time 2:27.
Five Mile Scratch (Class B)—Won by C.
M Murphy. Time 13:12.
Two Mile Professional—Won by A. A.
Zimmerman. Time 5:10 1-5. e
Two Mile Handicap (Class A)—Won by
F Hodgson, Lyndhurst, N. J„ 90 yards.
Time 5:04.
Twenty-five Mile Scratch, Professional
_tt'on by William Mart'n, with Flurry
3vheeler second and Aie;; Verheyen third.
Time 1:08:31. This is anew world's record.
WAITE TO LECTURE.
He Thinks all the Discontented Element
Will Join the Populists.
St. Louis, Nov. 29.—Gov. Waite of Colo
rado. who is here attending the silver con
lerenre stated to-day that when hts term
of office expired he will enter the lecture
field. “I don’t know,” said he, “Just what
I'll talk about, but I won't find it difficult
lu secure material."
branching into politics he said that pop
ulism was simply sleeping and that the
Democratic party was as good as dead,
lie insisted that both the old parties were
Dow controlled by Wall street and that all
shades of discontent would unite with the
NORTH CAROLINA’S VOTE.
the Canvassing Board Meets but Ad
journs Until To-day.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 29.—The state can -
i dug board met here to-day, but in def
r,i. o to the holiday adjourned till to
morrow. when the election returns from
tie various districts will be taken up and
!:• results re-read. The board is composed
f the government attorney general, secre
:’ of state and two state secretaries,
'he contest for the solicitorshlp of the
‘hird district was to have come up to-day.
'h-gli Woodard, dem., was elected
n the face of the returns, but
Sernard, the fusion candidate, claims
hat the returns are irregular and that
allots thrown out should have been
ounted.
SLOW WORK BY UNCLE SAM.
■ecretary Morton’s Report for 1893
Just Out in Bound Form.
Washington, \'ov. 29.—An Illustration of
he great delay found in the printing of
ournment publications is witnessed in
h' annual report of the secretary of ag-
Nliuiv, for 1893 which, in bound columns,
■ issued yesterday, just one year from
' time it was first made public, and on
u ' Very day when the report for the our
: year was given to the press. The
"'md volume, which is thus put in circu
’>°n for the first time, covers the period
mi March 7, 1893, when Secretary Mor
-1,1 ieek hold of his department, down to
ov. 20, lsaj.
ROBBERS IN A BANK.
hey Blow Open the Safe and Secure
SIO,OOO in Cash.
Lamcnja, la., Nov. 29.—The Commercial
ank at this place was entered and the
f blown open by three or four experts
111 early hour this morning. An en
" , was forced through the rear door.
"i"s w ere drilled Into the safe above the
miliination and a charge of powder
lr ""' 'he floor across the room. The rob
' 1 ired besides over SIO,OOO In money,
lns iderabl e jewelry, diamonds and
“b'hes. .
COOK’3 GANG RAIDS A DEPOT.
hey Carry Off Everything Movable.
The Agent Resigns.
1 ’ Hock, Ark., Nov. 2y.—The Illinois
a,ion the Coffeyville branch of the
ish.j jr i j ’a* iflo railroad in the Indian
': was looted by the Cook gung last
ami everything movable carried off.
' N rohhed the station agent, who at
‘ Kiaphed his resignation to head
' '' l * left on the next train for St.
• U took charge of the office two
t*ut said times were too warm
territory Just now’ for him.
, Cl veland Growing Better.
in ßton, Nov. 29.—Secretary Thur
" l*’ to report still further im
“' r,,s in President Cleveland's
1 *o-day, and Huya he would not be
I to see hint come tp the white
’••-morrow. If President Is
orn*- in tltere will probably be a
1 meeting.
K; * Ul by a Wronged Husband.
''k’un, Nov. 29.—A |*rial from
1 T.*nn, ruys (hat Dr. J A. Hn
, '* Prominent pbysli lan. was shot
“1 in (os house si Nevlervlll. till.
~ '* '*> W. H Gass, a Irsdlng busl
,. "• iii" town. Hctidvrson had
with Mrs. (Jasa.
k'i -at Kiras In Taanassaa.
1 *’*■ . Nov. *9 - Eight llvn hava
i . “ ,1 1 I t oparty aiaounttug to 11.-
>*d by foraat flr*a tn lh>
. < i • i.inaa<- Th Or*. ar<- *UU
THEATRICAL HIGH ART.
The Christian Temperance Union Cru
sade On in New York
New Tork, Nov. 29.-As a result of the
crusade of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union against the living pic
tures, policemen visited the various thea
ters to-night where the pictures are ex
posed. They went there upon the order
of Superintendent Byrnes. The women,
u appears, appealed to the superintendent
to suppress the pictures on the ground of
morality. He said he would look into the
matter and give his decision at a later
period. The policemen detailed for the
.duty declined to state to-night what they
thought of the exhibition from a moral
standpoint. They will make their re
ports to-morrow. If they are favorable
the living pictures will continue to live
otherwise they will die.
The theater managers are bitter in their
denunciation of Lady Henry Somerset,
who, they claim, is at the bottom of the
whole business.
NEWSPAPER BLACKMAIL.
A Serious Charge Made Against Mem
bers of the French Press.
Paris, Nov. 29. —In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day M. Habert interpellated the
government in regard to the immunity
in the matter of blackmailing infiuential
persons which the members of the press
appear to enjoy. He declared, in the
course of his remarks, that the list of per
sons subsidized by the ministry of the in
terior tallied with the list of principal
blackmailers on the press.
Premier Dupuy, replying, said the gov
ernment was firmly determined to repress
blackmail, no matter who the culprit
might be.
M. Girard, manager of the Dtx-Neu
vleme Siecle, has been arrested. He is re
ported to be implicated in a case of black
mail which came to light several days ago.
ITALY’S EARTHQUAKE.
The Inhabitants Slowly Recovering
From Their Panic.
Rome, Nov. 29.—The inhabitants of the
districts shaken by the recent earth
quakes are recovering slowly from their
panic. In Calabra and Northern Sicily
temporary barracks are being built for
the homeless. The public officials transact
business in sheds and light temporary
houses which could not be shaken to
pieces by any ordinary shocks.
By royal decree the payment of taxes
was suspended to-day in the provinces of
Reggio and Catanzanrlo.
At the American thanksgiving service
to-day 500 francs were collected for the
sufferers, and this evening the money
was handed by the Rev. Mr. Nevin. to
Baron Blanc, minister of foreign affairs.
GEN. BOOTH TO THE CZAR.
Greeting Sent to the New Ruler in Be
half of the Salvation Army.
London, Nov. 29.—The following dispatch
was wired to the Czar of Russia on Tues
day:
The Salvation Army throughout the
world greets your majesty, expresses its
sympathy in your recent bereavement, and
offers up fervent prayers that your ma
jesty may have a happy and holy union
and a long reign of usefulness and be
nevolence. William Booth.
On Wednesday Gen. Booth received a
reply as follows: "I am deeply touched by
your kind greeting and good wishes.
Nicholas.
SARDINIA’S BRIGANDS.
Policemen a Priest, a Judge and an Ex-
Army Officer Implicated.
Rome, Nov. 29.—Thirty-six arrests have
been made in Toroli, Sardinia, owing to the
recent raid by brigands on the town.
Among the prisoners are several police
men, an ex-offleer of the army, a priest, a
judge and two land owners. All are sus
pected of complicity with the brigands.
Two Negroes May Be Lynched.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 29. —Will Burton
and Bob White, negroes, were placed in
jail here yesterday for the murder of
Dick Cloud, another negro, whom .they
called at a dance that was in progress in
the suburbs of Jackson three years ago,
Christmas night. The murder was atro
ciously brutal. Since their capture the old
feeling against them has been revived,
and there is a strong feeling on the part of
the negroes in favor of lynching them.
A New Silver Party Uncertain.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 29.—Opinions were
obtained to-day from leading members
of the late silver conference, upon the
creation of anew national party. While
all were agreed on the freer unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of 1G to 1,
there was a difference of opinion as to
whether the birth of anew silver party
should be announced.
A Train Wrecked Near St. Joe.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 29.—A Chicago
Great Western passenger train was
wrecked six miles from here this after
noon by a broken axle. The train was
full of passengers and every coach left
the track, but no one was hurt. The track
was torn up for 200 yeards and the
coaches badly damaged.
Quebec's Ministry Defeated.
Brisbane, Que., Nov. 29.—The ministry
was defeated to-day by a vote of 32 to
28 for refusing to Include in the appropria
tion an item for the Increase of the sala
ries of the members. The cabinet met
after the adjournment of the assembly.
Its decision as to resigning will be made
known to-morrow.
Tramps Mangled by a Train.
San Francisco, Nov. 29.—Four unknown
men supposed to be tramps, were asleep
on the track and were run over by a train
yesterday at Eltnira, between this city and
Sacramento. Three were instantly killed,
and the fourth so frightfully mangled that
he cannot live.
Loyal to the King.
Buda-Pesth, Nov. 29.~The municipal
council of Debrezln, where Francis Kos
suth's reception was made an excuse for a
disloyal demonstration, have passed a reso
lution deploring the whole affair and de
claring their full loyalty to the king.
A Bank Building Burned.
Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 92.-The Mer
chants' Hank at Grenada Miss
was destroyed by fire this morning at 5
o'clock. The loss on the building i SIO,OOO,
with no Insurance. There Is lIU.OUO In the
safe, but It Is thought to be secure.
Miss Stevenson Improving.
Asheville, N <\ Nov. 29.-Miss Steven
son continues to improve and both the
vi,-.. President and her physicians feel
h cm erased Vice President Hleven
"on is therefore . ertaln to leave here Bat
urday for Washington.
Berlin T-P phones Vienna.
Berlin. Nov. 29 A numlav of Journalists
of Berlin and Vienna to-day mad* a trial
O, the telephone between the tWO cities,
snd a conversation a euix essfully maln
talncd The line will I* formally opened
for us* on In* I.
A Candle Factory Burned
aj, lV it mu early hour
thit* morning* ttr. •-*U‘**-f* >'< **£
SMfc £-
ground, the loss Is UUmt-
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1894.
CHATHAM COUNTY ROADS.
The Folly of Repairing Them as is Now
Done.
Editor Morning 1 News: Having been
the first member to urge the Truckmen’s
Association to father the agitation for the
perfect drainage of the county and for
improved roads, but having been prevent
ed by sickness from attending the two sub
sequent meetings, at which action was
taken, I feel constrained to address you
upon the subject. I am especially led to
do so, because remarks w r ere made at the
meeting of the county commissioners
Oct. 31 reflecting upon the board of
road commissioners, as if it were in some
w’ay responsible for the deplorable con
dition of the public roads. Several of
the gentlemen seemed to doubt whether
the road commissioners had exacted full
day’s work of each laborer, or had in the
aggregate compelled faithful service of
all those liable to perform road duty.
Generally daily work is from sunrise to
sunset, with one hour’s recess for dinner
at midday. No person is liable for more
than five days at one time, or for more
than ten days in one year unless in an
emergency. The common wear and tear
of a road into deep ruts, to which it is
liable immediately after having been
’’worked,” does not constitute an emer
gency. The laborer may commute his
services by the payment of $1 for each
day of duty and the delinquent may be
fined $2 for each day’s absence, or may be
imprisoned in the county jail two days
for each dollar of the fine. These fines are
rarely paid. In neither case of punish
ment by fine or imprisonment is the road
directly benefited. The salary of the
secretary of the board of road commis
sioners, of SSO per annum, is partly paid
by the county commissioners, but the
other half has to be derived from fines
collected from members for absence from
meetings of the board. A fine of $5 having
been remitted after its payment, the
amount was never in the treas
ury, and the member died before it could
be refunded. The road commissioners are,
thus, without any funds wherewith im
provements in the condition of the public
roads might have been gradually under
taken.
The grand jury of March, 1892, did ap
propriate $5,000 for road improvement.
The cout|iy commissioners were request
ed to provide themselves “with a perfect
road outfit, consisting of mules, carts, im
plements” etc. The balance was to be ex
pended upon the Ogeechee, Augusta and
Louisville roads, and also upon the pro
jected road from Isle of Hope. In refer
ing to the three former the grand jurors
said: "We consider these roads of great
importance to the commercial interests of
the city.” 1 do not presume to criticise
the county commissioners for apparently
ignoring the recommendations of the
grand jury, for I believe the money would
have been wasted in so far as any perma
nent improvement could have been ex
pected from the expenditure. The entire
system of working the roads is a relic of
feudal times and should be abolished in
this era of progress. The labor being
often unwillingly performed the commis
sioners and overseers are frequently sub
ject to insolence, for which there seems
neither remedy nor redress, and their offi
ces become onerous and thankless.
None of them are expert road builders,
but if each and every commissioner and
overseer were an experienced road engi
neer, not the least permanent improve
ment in the condition of any of the public
roads would be possible under existing
circumstances, because the indisponstble
means and material are beyond their con
trol. I happen to be the member longer
on the board than any other, having
served, with an interval of two years,
since 1857, and I can certify that during the
long period of 37 years not a single stroke
of labor on any of the public roads has
been of any permanent benefit. The work
has been simply that of repair and not of
improvement. It consists of replacing
such material as has been washed
and blown from the road bed. of
leveling it, and of deepening the ditches
along its borders in the low’ grounds. As
it has been beyond the power of the road
commissioners to follow the water to its
outlet, its “drainage?” operations have,
therefore, in some instances, merely con
sisted in construc ting receptacles for stag
nant water. With the passage of time the
vegetable matter and loam of the roadbed
have gradually disappeared, the material
has become less cohesive, or more re
fractory, hence the sandy roads were
more heavy. Thus a few’ years after the
roads were opened by Oglethorpe they
offered greater facilities for transporta
tion than at any time subsequently, while
the requirements have increased. On the
Augusta road, for instance, traffic has
perhaps increased ten-fold in the last ten
years. Before the advent of truck farming,
which has certainly promoted the pros
perity of this entire community more than
any other industry, and, therefore, is en
titled to encouragement. Its entire indus
trial carriage, beyond the brickyards, was
nearly confined to the two-w’heeled*crack
er carts.
At the meeting of the board of county
commissioners above alluded to, letters
we re read from Judge Ives of Augusta and
Mr. George Parsons of Kennebunk, Me.,
mentioning the fact that they had been
used successfully’ at these two places to
improve sandy roads, and the chairman
advocated its use here as all that would
be requisite. While It is not denied that
if it were possible to mix clay and sand
in such proportions with the sand of our
roads to a sufficient depth as to secure
the exactly necessary permeability to
water, efficient drainage of the roadbed
being promised, a certain degree of im
provement might be attainable, yet it
could not be done without considerable ex
penditure through an issue of bonds. In so
far as the attainment of the four main
requirements of a good road, durability,
smoothness, hardness and inelasticity, are
concerned, the money would be worse than
wasted. Mr. Parsons wrote me under date
of 23d Inst, referring to above letter: “It
was an experiment, not developed into
any f rule. On a sandy road I would put
six Inches of clay and on top of that one
or two Inches of sand. After that add a
little clay or sand as seemed best.” To
make an application of an impermeable
clay’ on our sandy roads, in our generally
more humid climate, and subject to much
greater precipitation, jis shown below,
would be equivalent to Impede carriage
In wet weather in direct proportion to the
quantity applied.
Precipitation-Savannah: Greatest an
nual, 73.94 Inches, in 1885; greatest month
ly. 18.79 inches, June, 1876; greatest in
twenty-four hours, 8.57 Inches, Aug. 5, 1872.
Precipitation-—Kennebunk: Greatest an
nual, 59.24 Inches, in 1888; greatest month
ly, 8.22 Inches, September, 1888; greatest
In twenty-four hours, 3.93 Inches, Oct. 7,
1873.
Precipitation—Augusta: Greatest an
nual, 57.19 Inches, in 1874, greatest month
ly, 11.88 Inches, March. 1175; greatest in
twenty-four hours, 4.94 Inches, Kept. 17,
1881-
The publl< began to appreciate the ne
cessity of Improving the roads as early
us 1852, when a charter was grunted to
Anthony Porter, Hr. James P. Hcreven,
<V A L. Lamar and others Incorporating
the Ogeechee Plank Hoad C ompany, with
a capital of Whereas the original
crust of the Rot nun roads In muny parts
of Europe is not yet entirely worn away,
after the lapse of 1 ,11001 years and longer
still In Italy, not vastlgs of the Ogee
< he# road, being built of destruetlble n<a
Uriah now remains, showing that the
cheapest to • reate may In point of fact
Is* the most c-ostjy The Mkldmore shell
road was hull* in and the White lilutt
shell road In Itf*. the longer part of the
latter by myself under < Prior Ur
Its eg is ten ■ e four hours were required Ut
haul a load and two and one-half hoars
to drive i buggy from Savannah i White
Hi off, while during tire war cannon and
heavy army* wagons were conveyed over
these roads, much to their detriment, in
a rapid galop. It is true that citizens
tributary to these roads ariTl the
people generally who use them would
rather pay a higher toll than return to
the primitive time of slow and heavy
draft through the deep sand, yet equity
will in time require their acquisition by
the county in order that they may be
thrown open to the public free of charge.
It must be borne in mind that the amount
of load that can be calculated upon to be
drawn over a road is only r as much as
can be drawn over its worst part. No
exact figures can of course be given, be
cause the condition of roads differ, but in
asmuch as ours are probably as poor as
any elsewhere, those given below may as
well apply to Chatham county as to Mas
sachusetts. Prof. Ely says “poor roads
cost the farmers an average of at least
sls per horse.” In referring to the “Smith
field Pike” north from Providence, Prof.
Stone says “the loss on wagons and
horse flesh and harness is more than $1.65
per day per mile,' and yet that sum rep
resents 4 per cent, on $7,5(8), which is what I
estimate a mile of good macadam road
would cost: SIOO per year per mile as a
sinking fund, and S2OO per year per mile
for repairs.”
Clemens Herschel says: “The English
horse employed in the streets of a city, or
on the roads of the country, does twice
as much w’ork as the American horse sim
ilarly employed in America This is the
patent undeniable fact.
The simple explanation of this is that
the Englishman has invested in perfect
and permanent reads what the American
expends in perishable horses thut require
to be fed.
From a table compiled from the Engin
eering and Building Record by Rudolph
Herring it appears that “it requires twelve
and a half horses to haul the same load
over a sand road that can be hauled by
13-7 horses over a good Telford or ma
cadam road.” It is self-evident, therefore,
that if one horse can haul 8 3-4 times as
much over a good road as over a bad one,
when we have good roads in Chatham the
truck farmer may transport his crop from
the extreme limits of the county to the
steamship wharves, with the same facility
as if his farm were located within two
miles of the limits of the city. As good
roads exert the same progressive, develop
ing influence as railroads now too distant
to be usefull will be brought under culti
vation, he enhanced in value and tend to
reduce the general rate of taxation and
contribute to the general prosperity.
The advocates of efficient drainage and
of improved roads are in favor of the issue
of bonds because they believe it to be the
only fair and equitable way of providing
the means to realize these essentials to the
future welfare of the city and county.
The beneficial effects of drainage, though
only partial, upon the sanitary condition
of the population have been before the
public for three quarters of a century.
From the committee of council on dry
culture dated Jan. 29, 1824, and signed by
W. C. Daniel, F. S. Fell and! Moses Her
bert, is extracted the astounding results
shown below from a copy of the Savannah
Republican of May 4, 1824 (kindly fur
pished by Col. John Screven). These
figures refer to the white population
MORTUARY REPORT.
Wet culture—lßls, one in every 15; 1816,
one in every 18; 1817, one in every 9 2-3.
Dry culture—lß2l, one in every 37; 1822,
one in every 33 4-5; 1823, one in every 32 1-3.
It has been only after the recent drain
age operations that truck farmers and
their families have been enabled to reside
during the entire year on the lands west
of the city. Drainage is also a prerequi
site of good roads. 1 consider the matter
paramount importance to the future pros*
of such paramount importance to
the future prosperity of the com
munity that 1 am not in favor
of submitting the question of bonds
to the public under any unpropitious cir
cumstances. If bonds are issued I coin
cide with a previous eontributoi that the
work should be entrusted to a board
of xjublic works simply because the
county commissioners could not give it
such personal supervision as would in
sure efficient and inexpensive construc
tion.
I would favor the expenditure of only
a part of the funds at first on a part of
the roads, and then await .the results, and
and this might be made a condition of the
issue.
While advocating generally the use of
the best material for the “metal,” or
superficial covering, which is “syenite,”
the hard hornblende here displacing the
softer mica of common granite, a small
section of chert, or other material might
be tried for future guidance.
A. Oemler.
Not Guilty of Lib-1.
Chicago, Nov. 29.—The grand jury has
disposed of the libel charge brought by
Mayor Hopkins against John R. Tanner,
chairman of the republican state central
committee, by returning “no bill.”
Sparred Ten Rounds.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 29.—George Sld
dons of New York and Wlliaiq Gaffney
of Detroit spurred ten rounds at the
Michigan Athletic Association rooms here
to-night. There was no decision.
A New School Bill in Russia.
Berlin. Nov. 29.—1 t is reported that at the
czar’s instance a bill to introduce ele
mentary public education throughout Rus
sia is preparing.
Germany’s Anti-Socialist Bill.
Berlin. Nov. 29.—The federal council has
approved the government’s anti-socialist
bill.
HARRY GREER IS CHICAGO.
The Game He and Some Fellow Gam
blers Are Playing in the Windy City.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Do you know how to play poker? If
you do and chance to meet an old man who
looks like a stockman from Montana, with
money to burn, just looking for a good
time—don’t. If you do you will l>e worry.
A well known business man, who at one
time kept a furniture store on State street
and has retired from business, paid $1,400
for his experience with the Montana
stockman. It happened Thursday night,
and all the consolation he has is that he
lost his money on a good hand. He held
four aces that were; as large as ever were
dealt out of a “cold deck.”
As every one knows the furniture man,
he may as well be called Hmith. Mr.
Smith, since be is not actively engaged In
business, has been spending a share of his
time In a down-town bucket shop every
day. There he took a flyer in wheat, corn,
or stocks, and occasionally made sno or SIUO
or lost hh much, just for pastime, you
know. Thursday morning, while Mr.
Smith was watching the market and lis
tening to the voice of the calh r, a stranger
who “happened” to sit near him engaged
him In conversation.
“Wheat Is dull to-day, Isn’t UT' said the
stranger.
“Yes," drawled Mr. Smith.
The Ice had be* ft broken, and the
stranger, whose appears roe indh-afed that
ho was a westerner, became < omnium at
ive. He told Mr. Smith he bad just come
In from Montana, and was taking a little
rest ||e declared he bad enough money
to hsv*om* fun, and pulled a Mg roll of
ftftiea and one hundreds out of his pocket
to prove It
“My gosh, I will have a good time, arid If
I don t M won't ba no fault of ftMSe,” aid
the Montana man as ha got up to take a
walk #iout the loom
Mr, Smith pat# IMtla attention to tfe* n,
<iden( until a man who had just entered
and was leaning agsinaf the waif, and
who load wci th# * a man display hie
moo* >, stepped up to him H* aea*d Mr
Smith if he knew the “old fellow.'* Mr.
Smith saiii he did not, but the man had
told him he was from Montana and had a
good deal of money.
"Yes, I saw it,” said stranger No. 2.
“And do you know. I think I could get
some of it if We could g*j44nm into a poker
game?”
After considerable persuasion Mr. Smith
condescended to ask the stockman if
he would play a little poker.
"Well, I don’t mind," said the stockman,
and arrangements were made to play in
a down-town hotel in the evening.
In the meantime the stranger had a quiet
talk with Mr. Smith. He told him he was
a professional gambler, and knew how’ to
"fix” the cards. They were to get the
old mans money and divide the spoils.
The plan was as follows: A deck was to
be fixed up in which were two hands. Mr.
Smith was to get four aces and the stock
man four kings. The hands were to be
sprung in the stockman’s own ileal.
Stranger No. 2 fixed the cards, and said:
"Now, you keep the cards on your lap,
and when it is the granger’s deal I will
attract his attention when he gives the
cards to you to cut, and at that moment
you substitute this deck for (he one he
hands you. Rut we must have another
man, we can’t play three-handed. Do you
know any one?”
Mr. Smith knew a great many men, he
said, but they were all business men, and
all of them were too busy to play. At
the stranger’s suggestion they started out
together to look for the fourth man. They
dropped into the Saratoga hotel, and
Stranger No. 2 saw’ a man who appeared
much bored sitting near the window.
“Perhaps he w’ill play; shall I ask him?"
“Go ahead,” said Mr. Smith.
Stranger No. 3 said he played poker for
amusement, but not for money or with
strangers.
No. 2 produced the card of an lowa firm.
“That’s my card,” said he.
“You’re all right, then," said the stran
ger.
Mr. Smith then said: “I am Mr. Smith,
and every one around here knows me.”
The stranger was still a little shy, but
finally yielded to Mr. Smith’s persuusions,
and agreed to sit in the game. The stock
man was found in the barroom of the ho
tel. The quartette w r ent around the cor
ner to a Monroe street hotel, and the
game began.
The game dragged along for awhile
without incident. After an hour or so it
came the stockman's deal. He shuffled
the cards clumsily, and handed them to
Mr. Smith to cut. At that moment the
stockman was seizeil with a fit of “sneez
ing,” and stranger No. 2 gave Mr. Smith
a signal to run in the “cold deck.” He did
it successfully. In the deal Mr. Smith got
four aces, according to programme. He
made a good bet, and the stockman, as
he expected, raised him handsomely. But
to Mr. Smith’s surprise and gratification
the Suratoga hotel stranger also stayed.
No. 2 dropped out, of course. Mr. Smith
thought his four aces were a "cinch;”
they looker as big as the Masonic temple.
He bet with confidence and so did the
stockman. Ami to Mr. Smith's continued
delight the stranger kept coming In. He
didn't raise any bets, but just stayed.
The betting was lively and lasted until
Mr. Smith came to the end of his pile
ami hail $1,400 on the table. He was kick
ing because he didn’t have more, but had
to call for a show.
“Well, I’m sorry for you. my friend,”
said the stockman, “but I have four big
kings," ami he started to rake in the
pot.
“You needn’t feel sorry, old man,” ex
eSr7tried Mr 1 . Smith, triumphantly, \“I
have four ares. The money i mine.
Did you think I was blufflny?” and he
started to Krab the money and cheeks.
“Hold on, hold on!” spoke up No. 3.
“Ain't I in this? I've got a straight
flush.’
It was like a voice from the tombs to
Mr Sniilh. and the game broke up.
An adjournment was taken to the bar,
but the straight flush man and the stock
man got away as quickly as possible,
leaving Mr. Smith and his friend. His
friend proceeded to give Mr. Smith a
terrible roasting.
“Confound you,” said he,“l thought you
said you knew how to play poker. Here
we are broke, and the makeshift that we
picked up gets all the money. We might
Just as well have had all the stockman’s
money and the other fellow’s too.”
Mr Smith’s friend talked in this strain
until Mr. Smith was convinced that he
was a double-distilled idiot, and knew
nothing about the noble American game.
Then Mr. Smith’s friend bade him a sor
rowful and Indignant good-night and left,
leaving him to wonder how the outsider
got the straight flush.
If Mr. Smith had only known that the
stockman was Harry Green, one of the
smoothest confidence men and gamblers
in the world, all would have been differ
ent. He has played that same kind of a
game for twenty years, and in that time
has caught many a fish. Stranger No. 2
was his Baltimore partner, Fred Porter.
He and Harry Green made barrels of
money years ago on the big Atlantic
liners. And Stranger No. 3 was a well
known Chicago gambler, who came In
for a share of the "dlvy.”
If Mr. Smith still wonders how that
straight flush got into the game it is
likely that Fred Porter could enlighten
him.
TOOK ITS MASTER A BONE.
Feltch’s Dog Proved Its Faithfulness
When He Was Locked in Jail.
From the New York Herald.
It was a common little yellow dog, but
It was faithful. It belonged to Moritz
Feitch, a German contractor, of No. 75
Prospect street, Flatbush, who was be
fore Justice Alfred E. Steers yesterday
morning on a charge of Intoxication.
Feitch was found on Thursday afternoon
by a policeman of the Flatbush precinct,
lie was almost helplessly drunk, and was
on his back in the dirt with his dog stand
ing guard over him. When the policeman
tried to get Feitch to his feet the little
dog took hold of bis master’s coat and
tried to hold him down.
The dog found that It could not protect
Its master from arrest, and it followed
him to the station house, when the sta
tion house door closed upon Feitch the dog
set up a howl. For several hours it stood
guard at the door of the station house,
awaiting its master's appearance. Then it
went on a tour of inspection around the
tow n hall. The cells of the Flatbush town
hall are so arranged that the top portion
of the windows look out upon the court
yard.
The dog peered through every window
and stopped at one. Just at that moment
the sunlight streamed through the win
dow and reflected the dog's shadow on
the cell floor. Feitch had become nearly
sober, and, looking up, saw his dog. He
signaled It and the dog barked with Joy.
Suddenly the dog disappeared for an hour.
Then It reappeared at the door of the
station house with a big bone In its
mouth and awaited the opening of the
station house door.
It was opened by a poll' * man, and In
stantly the dog darted past him and down
Into the basement to his master s cell,
where It pushed the bone through the
bars. It slept In front of the cell until yes
terdMy morning, when a policeman chased
It sway
Fe|t h had not arrested before, and
sentence was yorpended. When h< bft
the court room he found his faithful dog
awaiting him on the steps
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