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COLD FEET IN POKER.
embarrassing moments that
WILL COMB IN GAME OF DRAW.
Session In Idaho The Sherlock
Holmes Way Out The Bride
groom's Flea—An Imperative En
gagement.
EYom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"Some rainy afternoon, when I’ve got
nothing to do but sit Indoors and wait for
people to come and hand me money, I’m
going to write a treatise entitled ’Poker
Cold Feet, From a Pathological and Psy
chological Point of View," said “Doc”
kajd of the Cherokee nation, at a Chi
cago hotel the other night. "Not that I
cherish the belief that the grisly symp
toms of cold feet in poker are not fully
apprehended by the whole community of
poker players; but it seems to me that
the nature and character of cold feet in
poker, together with some general tips as
to how and when to get the same, and
perhaps 1 a map of the United States show
ing by shaded sections those parts of the
country where it Isn’t healthful for a man
who’s a bl ft winner suddenly to acquire
a case of frigid pedals In a game of draw,
would be a good thing, and that it ought
to sell pretty well. We’re ull subject to
sudden attacks of frappe underpinnings
when we’re to the good in a game of
draw, but all of us don’t Just exactly know
how to get away with the proposition.
The work of some of us when we get that
way Is pretty coarse; we’re not convinc
ing enough to make it stick; and it occur
sionally happens that we have real diffi
culty, or embarrassment at the last. In
breaking out into the open with the goods
on us. That’s why I think a brochure on
the subject ought to make a hit.
"I once sat in a game with three sheep
men out In Idaho. I didn’t know any of
them very well. From the beginning or
the soiree I couldn't lose. I was due to
take the midnight train on the Union Pa
cific for a town in Oregon, but I hadn’t
sild anything about that before sitting in
the game. And when I went right out
and got their money in gobs, I didn’t feel
that it w-ould be exactly dead wise on my
part to mention It. At 11 o’clock, after
three hours’ play, I had $1,860 of their
money, and still going easy, yanking down
three pots out of five. In another hour I
had to make that train, and I knew that
I could never do It with all that gilt of
those sheep men on me. Said I to myself,
'Five hundred’s a good enough winner;
so I’ll Just slough off all but SSOO of this
bunch, and by that time it’ll be midnight,
and I can do a sudden cash-ln, and maybe
they’ll let me go away with it.”
"So I began to bluff them out of their
bools. I raised It before the draw and
stood pat on king high, and they cussed
and laid down; I drew out a dead one to
a pair, and it seemed to be simply impossi
ble for me to push any portion of that
$1,850 over to them.
Didn’t Want to Be Porous,
"Op tlje contrary, inside of another ha’f
hour I was S6OO more td the good cf ihem,
making me $2,450 winner. I knew that l
couldn’t get away with all that—not with
sheep men. on the other side of the table;,
and I didn’t want 'em to render me porous
and leaky with the forty-fives that they
had strapped in plain view around their
waists. Neither did I want to do any
backing and filling and crawfishing. I’d
got theib money on the level, and it was
mine; and If I couldn't lose it hack to them
decently and In order at the same game
at which I’d got It away from (hem, then
it was up to me to do something else. The
tempers of the three sheep men werv
pretty crpggy by this time, and I didn't
know wnat to expect of them; but 't.n
minutes before the train was due Just aft r
I’d hauled in another Jackpot worth $l5O,
I pushed back my chair, stretched my
arms, yawned quite cavernously and got
up.
" ‘My friends,’ said I, hangirg on light
so as not to permit my voice to tremble,
‘this concludes my portion of the enter
tainment.’
"They all leaned back in their chairs
and looked up at me, and they looked
darned ugly, at that.
“ ’The devil you say!' said one of them.
" ’Yes.’ said I, still fighting that ten
dency of my voice to wabble on critical
occasions, ‘this is where I pass out. I'm
going to '
“ 'Feel a draft on your feet, hey?' said
the ugliest of the sheep men, surveying
me sardonically. ‘Subject of chilblain’,
are you? Look a-here, podner, that may
go all right down in the Cherokee-countiy.
but up thia-a-Wey such conduct Is viewed
with disfavor, If not with suspicion; and,
anyhow, you're not well acquainted
enough around this neck o’ sage bush to
do a Jack rabbit scramble of that s.rt.
You’ve got to know ’
"I cleared my throat, loudly, to;-k a gilp
on the back of my chair, and cut in right
there.
"’l’m up against it. ill a way;’ I slid,
end I don’t think there was a quiver in
my pipes then, ‘on account of my neglect
fulness. I neglected to state, when I sat
into this game, that I’m booked lor thr
westliound train that creeps in here at
midnight; consequently, in accordance
with the poker code that’s lived up io in
this section, it’s probably not up to ire
to make that announcement now, when
I’m way to the good and expect io htk
with my winnings. It’s coming to ne to
state, however, that I’m a square man,
and that I got this bunch In strictly on
the-level play. But the business that 1m
embarking on this midnight train for is
of a whole lot more importance to me than
any poker winnings; and I’m not trying
to butt the hinges off any unwritten polter
rules or notions that may prevail up this
way. Therefore, for the sake of beltg
agreeable. I’ll Just cash In the SIOO wortn
of chips that I bought when I sat in, and
you gentlemen may m ike whatever divis
ion of my winnings that best suits you.’
"Tlie three sheep men listened attentive
ly to that spiel. It was the only way T
knew to get out of the predicament. As I
tell it now, It may look as If I showed the
milk-white plume; but they were thre 1
against one, and I never wort a-huntlns:
for that kind of bother. When I g t
through they looked at each other. Then
they all got up.
Looked Oof for Shooting.
‘ ’Cosh in your hundred, nothing,’ said
tlie ugliest of the three, looking me
straight in the eye, and right then I fig
ured that when the shootink began it
would be best for me to drop suddenly
to the lloor and try to cruwl to one of
the windows. ’You don’t cash In no hun
dred here. Y'ou cash In every damned
chip In your- stack, and you get away
wiih it, too. We ain’t no hogs out thlo
a-way ,and we don’t do the baby act
when the game doesn’t run our way—
not out here in Idaho, we don’t; and when
a man hands me, for one, a proper talk
like that one you’ve Just put up, ho gets
all that’s a-comlng to him, and no trou
!k‘ to follow. You cash in, and you
take a drink with us, and we’ll put you
on the train, and If you ever happen hack
thls-a-way, Just dig us up, and give ns
another hack at you; If you don’t hap
pen back thls-a-way It’s all right any
how. That’s me.’
“ ’Same here,’ said the other two In
chorus.
"That’s how I got out of Idaho with
$2,500 of three sheep men’s money, when
the best I was looking for was a chance
to Jump out of the window and take the
sash along with me. rßut I was Just
lucky enough to be up against three
square men, and I’ve seen an exactly
similar situation come out altogether dif
ferently. This happened io Tucson, about
Dr. Hathaway’s Practice.
Nearly Double in 1800 That of Any
Previous Year.
tFor more than
practiced med
icine and sur
gery as a spec
treatment of all
lc diseases of
men and wom
,well known fact
1 mat tor more
than ten years
I M ♦ u M n his practice has
J. Newton Hathaway,M.D been far great-
The Longest Established er than that of
of any Specialist in the anv other spec-
Treatment of Chronic ialist in the
Diseasein the South. wor ,Jj
Year by year his practice has extended
both In number of patients and in the ter
ritory which they represent. He is treat
ing to-day patienfs in every state and
territory In the Union, in Mexico and In
Canada.
During the year Just passed. Dr. Hath
away treated In his office and by corres
pondence nearly twice as many patients
as in any previous year, and it is safe to
say that he has treated and cured more
patients than any ten other specialists in
the country combined.
While It Is true that his record of cures
is as great among those whom he has
treated entirely by correspondence as
among those who have called at his office
still it Is a great personal gratification <o
him to see a patient change from a weak
dispirited wreck of humanity to a strong!
robust man or woman, and this is ope rea
son why he is so anxious to have all hts
patients, whenever it Is possible for them
to do so, call at his office.
Dr. Hathaway makes no charge for con
sultation or advice either at his office or
by mail. His new Book, "M.nllness,
Vigor, Health,” will be sent free, post
paid, In plain wrapper, to' any address.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M-D
Dr. Hathaway A Cos.,
25A Bryan street. Savannah, Qa.
Office hours; 9 to 12 m., 2 to 5 and 7 to
Sp. m. Sundays 10 a. m. to Ip. m.
eight years ago. George McAlpin, an
ex-soldier of the cavalry, regular army,
was the man who got the cold feet. Mc-
Alpin had cleaned up all the money drawn
from the government by three troops of
cavalry during hts five-iyear enlistment,
and when he got his discharge he was
several thousand dollars to the good, so
that he didn’t want any more soldiering in
his’n. He played cards around Arizona
and New- Mexico, played square when the
people on the other side of the table
were doing the same, and phony when he
knew that he was in that kind of a game.
On this occasion, McAlpin, who was a
big, sinewy, courageous man, got into
a game In a small room over a Tucson
saloon with three California prospectors
who had struck a silver lode in Old Mex
ico, and who were in Tucson enjoying
•themselves. I looked on at the game,
along with four or five other chaps who
didn’t feel like playing. McAlpin knew
that he was playing with men that didn’t
manipulate the deck themselves nor stand
for anybody else doing' it, and he played
fair. But the way he got the money of
those silver men was a caution. He
didn’t have to bluff. He got the cards.
He was over $3,000 ahead of the game af
ter two hours’ play, and still winning.
He shoved over all but one stack of
chips then, saying to the banker:
" ’Just turn some of this Junk into gilt.
It obstructs my view.’
"The hanker cashed the checks, and
then McAlpin shoved the remaining stack
in front of him Into a jackpot, and lost,
he got up.
“ 'l’ve got a date with myself at a hon
katonk down the way a bit,’ he said.
“The three prospectors became fierce all
together. They knew that McAlpin was
a professional gambler, and they weren’t
altogether sure that he had got their
money on the square. At any rate, th-y
didn't intend to permit him to get a sud
den ease of the polar props when he was
Into them over a thousand each, and the
shank of the evening not yet arrived, and
their hands went right straight back to
where their guns protruded.
"Then McAlpin did precisely what th's
detective fellow Sherlock Holmes does in
the pjay when he's collared In the grew
some gas cellar. He had his hand on the
back of his chair. The light was furnish
ed by a ooal-01l iamp in the middle of the
poker table. McAlpin gave the chair a
lightning swing, and down it came on the
lamp. After the crash the room was
black dark, end It's a miracle that some of
us weren't punctured In the shooting that
followed. McAlpin was wise. The three
prospectors figured that he’d take the door,
and they shot in that direction. But he
took the window for his. dropped fifteen
fec< to the ground, and was off and away
before a match could he struck. It was
sudden work, but McAlpin was a sudden
man. When Tucson heard the story. Tn --
son notified the three spectators that the
town didn't feel like extending hospitaliiv
to people who couldn’t stand for little
poker losses without gun plays that put
the place In Jeopardy of heing burnt up.
and they took themselves back to their
lode In Old Mexico.
"t have also known of some occasions
when the desire of a man who tvas a good
winner to quit the game wns improperlv
diagnosed by the other players as a case
of cold feet. I sat Into n four-handed
game In a hotel room in Denver one night
a few years ago. I knew two of the play
ers, but the other one was a stranger
to all three of tis. We'd been Introduced
to him hy somebody or other in the cor
ridor of the hotel, and when we said we
were going upstairs to have a littie draw
fun. he asked to he allowed to butt in. He
was a guileless sort of a young fellow, and
was the manager of n big wholesale gro
cery in Denver. For all that young man’s
guilelcssness, he was an almighty goes!
poker player, and he had us all on the
run from the first Jump. He went right
out in the lead and won steadily. We
hadn’t started the game until after mid
night. and before we knew It the light of
dawn began to sneak In at the window,
and the young man who managed the
wholesale grocery had struck us each up
for something like SSOO. When we saw
the daylight creeping In he announced
that it was pretty near all off os far as
he was concerned, hut we jollied him out
of that notion, and he played on, win
ning right along. At 9 o’clock In the
morning he gave a quick look at his watch,
pushed back his chair, and said that he
guessed he'd cash.
"Quite without justification, we oil three
set up the cold-fee* wall.
” ‘You won’t do,’ we said to him. ‘You’re
a quarter-horse, and you can't go the dis
tance. Can’t you Interview your chirop
odist about those cold feet later in the
day? Here U Is Just ’
“The young man gazed at us helplessly,
and then he broke out with;
“ ‘Damn It (til. I'm going to bo married
ot 11 o’clock this morning, rind I've got to
go home and Jump Into my duds, haven’t
I?”
"Of course wc had to apologize for ac
cusing him of being a victim of frozen
lower extrem’ties, qr.J J hp started
to housekeeping ~wiih that $1,501 he took
iway from us.
The itensoil dim Unit.
"On another occasion I felt resentment
in my soul over the desire of a man to
quit a wltolgsa e winner and was Just
ahout to suggest the hoi-water cure for
his pe lals when I was tipped off as to
Ihe situation in the nick of time. I got
Into a game with a Sheriff I knew in a
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE (>, 1!)00.
little town in Southwestern Colorado, and
after we were well under way a dark
skinned chap, with a lot of Mexican in
h m. stuck his head tn at the door of the
sheriff's office, inside the jail, where we
were playing.
“ 'Come on in, Jim,” said the sheriff.
"Want to break into this?’
"The man the sheriff addressed as Jim
didn’t mind, and he went out for a min
ute and returned with a sizeable sack
filled with gold coins. He bought $1(X)
worth, and the cards began to filter his
way from the go-off. I was sorry the
sheriff had invited the chap in before an
heur was over, i or he had more than S2OO
of my pieces of eight, and it didn't look
like Jim knew how to lose at poker, any
way he or we played it. He got into the
sheriff just as hard as he, did me, and
the longer we p ayed the more he won.
A1 ng ab ut 2 o’clock In the morning Jim
looked up at the clock and said that he
guessed he’d pass out —that he had a few
letters to write. I felt like being real rude
to Jim, and I was just about to tell him
that 2 o’clock was a pretty untoward hour
for a man to pry himself loose from a
game in which he was such a big winner,
when the sheriff gave me a kick on the
leg under the table. So I didn’t say any
thing while Jim casfffd in* and when he
took me by the hand and bade me good
by with quite a whole lot more fervor
than seemed to be called for under the
circumstances. I wrndered a heap Just
what kind of a proposition Jim was, any
how. He packed his winnings into the bag
he'd brought into the room and went out
“ ’Huh!’ said I to my friend the sheriff,
‘you took that good and easy, pal, didn’t
you? It’s a wonder you wouldn't let out
one roar, anyhow, over that fellow's hik
ing away with so much of your good
dough in his gunnysack.’
“My friend the sheriff spat at the stove
and grinned dreamily.
” 'Well, maybe I would ha’,’ said he,
‘on'y I'm goin’ to hang Jim at 7:30 this
mornln’, and I guess he wants to get
r ady for his little parade across the bor
der.'
“Jim was hanged on schedule time, all
right, and as he swung Into the circum
ambient I couldn't help but feel sort o’
guilty for thinking that he'd had sold
feet when he drew out of that game.”
THE BOXES OF BUDDHA.
Their Proposed Heinoval to Japan
Probably Only n Money liaising
Plan.
From the New York Tribune.
A report to tne effect that the bones
of Buddha will t* sent from Siam to Ja
pan, that extensive preparations are
making for their reception, and that an
elaborate structure will be erected for
their permanent housing, has been wide
ly circulated and has caused much com
ment.
The Japanese consul-general when ask
ed regarding the matter said that he had
no official knowledge of the contemplat
ed transfer, but he thought It might pos
sibly be a scheme on the part of some
of the Buddhist priests in Japan to raise
money.
“There are many Buddhists in Japan,”
he-said, “and these are divided into many
sects, just as is divided into
sects and churches. The Buddhists belong
for the most part to the lower or work
ing classes, and may easily be imposed
upon with bones and similar religious rel
ics. Their priests, having priests in other
countries in mind, have probably decided
on the scheme for mercenary motives. I
have no doubt they will collect much
money.” ' •
David Banks Sickels, who lived in Siam
a number of years, speaking of the trans
portation of the bones of Buddha with
ceremonial pomp fiom Slam to Japan,
uaid:
"This remarkable statement will sur
prise many Oriental studtnts who are fa
miliar with the history and traditions of
the Buddhistic or^er.
"In order that 6nV‘ tliay fully appre
ciate the absurdity of the statement con
tained in the article referred to it should
b= known that the bones of Buddha never
were interred in Siam, and, even if they
had been, the Siamese are such profound
believers in the ancient faith of the Great
Enlightener, as Sir Edwin Arnold has en
titled him, that they would never con
sent to their removal to any other coun
try, and they are so conscientious in their
devotion to their rel gious faith and to
a 1 of its sacr and trodi ions that they could
not be induced by any consideration to
dispose of such precious relics, even if
they existed. But the bores of Buddha
do not exist anywhere to-day, and in all
probability were consumed soon after his
death, according to the ancient records,
as contained in the Thibetan annals:
”Whm the Blissed One expired the
mighty earth was shaken;, thunderbolts
did fall, and the gods in the sky did
shriek, and when the earth quaked Ra
jagriba thought what might be the rea
son, and he saw that the Blessed One had
passed away. Then Mallas asked that
seven days be allowed thtm to get every
thing ready for the funeral. On the sev
enth day, having prepared a golden bier
and got together all the perfumes, gar
lands and musical instrum nts, they went
out of tfown to the Sala Tree grove,
nnd tarried his body to the western
gate of the c.ty, and, having replaced the
cover of the coffin, the fire burst forth
from 1h pie and consumed the body.
When the Buddha had ben consumed the
Mallas jut out the fire with milk and put
th remains in an Indian vase, and they
p aced it on the golden bier, anti, having
honored it with perfumes and the sound
of music, they took It to Kusinara.’
"it is the consensus of opinion among
Oriental scholars and the highest author
ities in Buddh.silc 1 re, as well as the tes
timony contain- and in the records among
the Blame e and Cingalese, that Sakya
murl Gan aroa Buddha died a natural
death Wi en he was about 80 years of age,
and thfit this event occurred during the
teign of -Viazathat. According to Sir Ed
win Arnold, Buddha was horn about 620
years B. C., and died in 512; but Prof.
Max Mu 1 r, who may be regarded as the
most trustworthy authority in such mat
ters, maintains that the time of Buddha’s
birth was 553 years B. C. There seems to
be considerable diversity of opinion
among Oil ntal ftudeiits upon this sub
ject, but I thii k they gen rally agree that
ne was horn some time between 550 and
G 0 years before the birth of our Saviour.
"Accoidlng to the legends of the Buddha
as derived from the Pali and Sanscrit
texts, as well as from the sacred books
of Ihe order, especially those found In
the royal library of the King of Slam at
Bangkok, it would appear to be a well
established f lift that Buddha was Itorn
in the 11'tie Vi lege of Kapolavastu, where
he was known as Sakyamuni the Wise.
His father was a Rajah of Mahadha and
a the cf ore of the Aryan tribes.
"Accord rg to th* Siam's* version of
the life of Buddha, which Is doubtless the
ccmmlngl ng cf uncertain historical re
cords wiih ane'ent legend-, it was pre
eicted by the Brahmins that ho would
prove a ble-ing to the world and enjoy
great piosperlty. During his early boy
hood lc is sated that he visited a sacred
t mple to wort hip. and th“re. it is al
leged, he astonished tl)e most learned
doctors by his understanding and his an
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swers. Subsequently he was baptized with
water and afterward with fire, thereby
becoming entirely cleansed from earthly
impurity.
"During his early manhood he was led
by a spirit, according to the Siamese ver
sion, Into the wilderness, where he was
subjected to great temptations. Subse
quently he wandered from town to town
throughout India, proclaiming his won
drous doctrines of peace to the people, and
pet forming numerous miracles wherever
he went. It is a remarkable fact that,
with the exception of the crucifixion, al
most every prominent incident in the life
of Jesus Christ is to be found narrated
in the traditions of the life of Buddha.
"Buddha was undoubtedly the joy of
India. His prophetic words were messages
of peace arid his mission whs that of lctrw,
never undertaken befos by any of the
world's great reformers, and only sur
passed by Him who proclaimed ‘Peace on
earth, and good will to men.’
“During his early ministry he began
preaching in Benares. Thence he journey
ed to ether cities and villages in the val
ley of Ihe Ganget—a prince, yet a home
less mendicant, clothed in tattered gar
ments. btgging his daily food at the doors
of the lowly bungalows, and everywhere
proclaiming the principles of a higher
life, and commanding Ills disciples, ‘Go
ye likewise and preach the most excellent
law to every creature.’
"Iu a short time the fame of this im
pressive preacher and his marvellous doc
trines extended to remote sections of In
dia. His zeal, his complete self-reuncia
ticn, commingled with the intellect, gen
tleness and benignity of his character, his
godlike wisdom, his resistless eloquence
and his manly bearing, together with hts
personal beauty, added a peculiar force
to the doctrines that he taught, and filled
the hearts of all who beheld him and lis
tened to his matchless utterances.
"Immense crowds followed him in his
wanderings, and were delighted to hear
the swvet and soothing words that fell
from his magic lips. Thousands upon thou
sands in every district became his faith
ful and loving followtrs. What Raphael
and Michael Angelo did for art during the
eia of the Renaissance: what Savonarola
achieved in his heroic efforts to establish
a Christian commonwealth: what Martin
Luther secured by sundering the Icy fet
ters of ecclesiastical authority, Buddha*
accomplished for humanity five centuries
before the birth of Christ.
“Where Buddha died has never been
definitely determined, but it is an estab
lished fact that no Oriental student would
deny, that his body was cremated and the
ashes scattered to the winds or cast into
the Gunga's sacred waters—the modern
'Ganges.
"According to the T/alita Vistara, which
abounds in poetic flet ons of the most
transcendental character in honor of
Btiddha. it is maintained that his ashes
were scattered by the winds to all parts
of the earth, and will prove to be thC'
seed of purity, morality and virtue.
"Numerous authorities might be cited
to establish the fact that the bones of
Budaha do ncl exist in Flam or any
where else, and that the paragraph in
question was the conception of some in
genious imposter, without the slightest
foundation in fact.”
LORD ROBERTS. THE MAN.
Gentle, Sympathetic, Never Gay o
Merry, Srltlom Stern.
London, May 23—Since Lord Robert
assumed control of Biitish destiny ir
South Africa there have been many t
tempts to de'lneate, for the benefit of th
public, his personal characteristics an
his doings at the front. None has so pleas
el the British people as the brllllan
sketch of the field marshal which Julia
Ralph contributes to ihe Daily Mall. Ft,
a picturesque description of the mu
whose actions dally rivet ihe world's at
tei li n it Is unequaled. And, while th
gifted American correspondent frankj
idmlts that he has fallen under the ma
vetic spell of the little man who conlro
the greates uimy Eng and ever had. h
also manages to explain and partly dt.
sect that magnetism with such fascine
•ion as well nigh effaces trac s of the gle
mour under which the sketch was wrl
tan. 1 "
Like n Mountain.
"To me his face suggests the front <
a g.anl’c mountain,” -ayt Mr, Ralp!
‘‘seamed, llntd, battered by stnrm, stru
anti racking change. It records acqualt
ance with every trial to which morta
arc put, all suffer 'd in the solitude of u
divided responsibility. Care, worry, sic
rets, ilaugt r, utc asirg reflection, nil I
lef. lit lr marks 'he e. yet all were w
ten across a gentte, sympathetic countv..
anoe, never gty or merry, yet seldom
stem, and wholly ignorant of passion. I
have known many grcat hut that
of Lord Roberts is a face apart.
"He dresses in serge khaki, which, plain
as that always must be, he renders the
more plain by riddirg it of all orders and
decorations. There are men on his staff
who wear a line and a half of ribbons. But
the chief, who Is entitled to perhaps four
lines, appears every day, fer every duty
and function, with a tunic as bare of
decorations as that of any civilian. He is
quick and nervous in his movements and
hi* constant habit is to thrust cither one
or both hands under h’s belt. He is in
stantaneous and direct in conversation
and goes as straight to the point In view
as a w 11-aimed bullet to a target.
A MotluNt tßnn.
"The field marshal works cautiously,
and to do so has to be free from inter
ruption; therefore visitors meet him only
at lunch or dinner. In Bloemfontein,
where he was living between walls, his
table was a small one standing a few feet
from the head of the* large, long table at
which silt his staff of distinguished men
of the aristocracy. You dined with ‘Bobs’
in khaki, of course, at his small table—
If you were highly honored; or you may
dine with his staff and be presented to
him after the meal for*a long or brief in
terview' as he pleases.
"Lord Roberts never smokes tobacco,
and with drink he has little to do. A glass
of wine with two of tho three meals suf
fices for him. He preaches temi>erance
to his soldiers, and they all know that he
shows no patience with those who drink
to exetess. He presides at meetings of the
Army Temperance Association and extols
sobriety, but. like all broad-minded men,
he refrains from advocating the impossi
ble—one form of which is total abstinence.
He has never been known to use an oath,
and, indeed, there must bo comparatively
few men whoso religion influences them
so deeply as does his in every affair of
life.
His Many Trait*. *
"I have asked many of his friends how
he can be both sorts of men at once—
how' he can possess traits which we im
agine must war with one another.
“ ‘He does possess them, that’s all,’ is
the best answer that I got. ‘I don’t know
how, but he does.’
" ‘He is all things to all men, in the best
sense of the phrase,’ said one who knows
him well. ‘He has the royal gift of re
membering everybody, the human quality
of flawless tact, the superior, almost su
perhuman gift of justice. Good men like
hirti because he is good; kindly men find a
responsive chord in his nature; and those
who are stern feel that he, too, Is stern
upon occasion.
"He has complimented a ‘Tommy’ on
his soldierllness in such a. way as to win
the man’s loyalty to the end and surren
der of his life, and on the very same
day he has ordered home a general,
knowing tha* the order carried with 14
the disgrace of a man who meant as well
as himself, but had not the capacity to
realize his ambition. His army will do'
anything for him—march longer, starve
harder, go without tents, blankets and
rum more days and weeks, and die in
greater numbers for him than for any
other man alive.
Soldiers* Idol.
"It was the so-called ‘London pets’—the
Guards—who broke all European records
In a three-days’ march into the Free
State. Instead of grumbling they made
it a matter for boasting. Whenever other
privates would damn another leader, Rob
erts’ men would say simply, ‘Bobs knows
what ‘e’s about;’ ‘Bobs will do the Job.’
It suffices the majority merely to sum up
Lord Roberts with this phrase, * ’E is a
man.’ He can make no mistake that his
army will recognize. Whatever he orders
or does is regarded as the reflection of
superhuman inspiration.
"When he visited Modder river he found
Lord Methuen established in the hotel,
and that General had been at the pains
to clear out a part of the- building and
appoint It for the Field Marshal’s lodg
ings. But Lord Roberts, thanking him,
remarked that he had ordered his tent
to be set on the veldt, and that there he
meant to stay. When his army is in mo
tion, marching and fighting, he travels
with a covered wagon and tent, the first
being his house and the second his work
room. The wagon is a light four-wheeled
contrivance, whose top is a roomy and
complete inclosure "and defense against
rain and cold wind. On the sideboard is
painted. ‘F. M. Lord Roberts,’ so that we
may all know it when it comes along."
IS DEATH TO MAN AND BEAST,
One of the Most Dnngrrona of
Known Quicksand* In Texas.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
One of the worst quicksand streams in
all the Southwest is the Canadian river,
and In consequence it Is a constant source
of loss and vexation to the cattlemen
who have animals anywhere along the
400 miles of its course.
Thousands of cattle are lost in Its bogs
every year and thousands of dollars spent
in frying to keep the losses down. At
certain seasons even the men who know
it thoroughly fear to attempt crossing
at the safest fords, for when there is
water in it from one bank Io the other
any man who risks crossing it has one
chance In ten of getting out to the other
bank, because the water Is not likely io
be more than belly deep to his horse and
It is so swift Ihe animal can scarcely
keep hi* feet. Besides, the bed of the
ford, saturated with the flood, rises nnd
fulls like the water, but sinks under hts
weight and sometimes, culling away be
neath him, forces him to swim In a Cur
rent that has a velocity of twenty miles
an hour.
Occasionally it Is necessary to get
across with a wagon when the flood is
rising; as where a trial outfit have cattle
to deliver nnd cannot wait for the water
to run down. In this event the herd Is
driven across and if there is 1,000 head
or more, they will piaok the sand solidly
enough to make the passage of the wagon
safe, provided, of course, the water Is not
too deep, but in any event as soon as the
herd is on the other side the cowboys
all hurry back to the wagon and, tying
ihetr ropes either to it or to the teams
hitched to it, give the word to the team
ster and dash in t;4 a run, yelling and
shooting to frighten their horses, while
he whoops and whips at his mules and
‘he big wagon bounds along, now near
ly upsetting over the uneven places In the,
hannel, now sinking to ihe bed In the
water and swinging downward with the
lurrent, but always moving rapidly over
the course the cattle made for it.
If a mule goes down In the harness
here Is no help for him, for It would be
'oily to stop the wagon. It would sink
o the axles in half a minute and In an
i-her the box would be washed away. If
he animal can get to his feet, good
nough, but If he cannot there are his
hree fellows to pul! him and the wagon,
/ithout counting the dozen or more traln
d ropie horses that are each capable of
tilling and are pulling 500 or GOO pounds
piece.
The floods, howeveer, are never of long
nrailon, rarely lasting for more than two
r three days, for in that time so great
• the fall in the channel of the river that
very hit of it runs off, flooding the low
tnds along till Red river.
CASTOR IA
For Infauts and Children.
ie Kind You Have Always Bought
ABBO'S
Very
Curious
New
Heat
Cure
for
Gout,
Rheu
matism,
and
Other
Diseases
Which is
Now
Being
Taken
by
High
Livers,
New Hot Air Apparatus.
This new treatment simply carries na
ture's suggestion a step further. It has
been found that even at a temperature of
400 degrees, which is the temperature of a
hot baker’s oven, the skin has the power
of throwing off perspiration so rapidly
as to prevent h-nn from coining to the
patient. When the oven has reached thltf
degree of heat the metallic outside is hot
enough to burn the skin at the merest
touch. The only reason that the patient
is not burnt is that the body is not al
lowed to come In contact with any of the,
metallic parts of the apparatus. Under
this Intense heat the streams of water
from the loaded with uric acid
and other debris, which an Insufficient ex
cretory system has left in the blood* to
cause suffering. The pains in knees
get less or are gone, the knees get limber,
nnd the fingers are supple. During the
short stay in the hot air the body temper
ature goes up 3 or 4 degree? from the ab
sorption of heat. Food in the stomach is
rapidly digested, every organ is flushed
out with the hot blood, the brain cleared
of accumulated broken-down tissue. Then
the patient Is. placed on the table for a
massage, followed by sea salt bath, given
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THE DADDY OF ’M ALL.
HUNDREDS OF CURES EFFECTED WHERE ALL OTHER REMEDIES
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Ail coupons good until June 15th.
Messrs. LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Wholesale Druggists, Distributing Agents
for Savannah and vicinity.
What is this Alan Qmkl For?
(Dippman's Great Remedy) overcomes at once the acute symptoms of
•very form of Nervous Derangement, and soon make* the patient robust
and ambitions. P. P. P. is the best combination of green roots and
barks that was ever pnt together for the core of weakness, General
Debility and Nervousness. It is a good tonic and the best Blood Purifier
In the world. P. P. P. is Nature's specific for Rheumatism, Dyspepsia,
Catarrh, Malaria and all forms of Blood Poison and Scrofula, whether
la adults or children.
aP.P.P. Is sold by sll druggists—Si a bottle; sin bottles, ss* * i
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WALSH & MLYLR,
1A- Broughton, West.
LADIES* FURNISHINGS.
JOYFUL SURPRISES TO TUB SWEET GIRL GRADUATES IN OUR
WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Wash Chiffon, Chiffon Organdy, Paris Muslins, Batiste Claire, Persian
1-awns and Mulls, Plain and Embroidered Swisses.
Laces to trim Commencement Dresses. French Vais., Antique Vats., Round
Thread Vais., Point d’E>prlt, Point de Paris, Mechlin, Appliques.
Just received anew supply of Wash Chiffon, which we are selling at 50c.
GRADUATING GlFTS.—Paresoji, Fans, Handkerchiefs, Card Cases, Fancy
Belts, Novelties in Neckwear, Perfumery. Latest effects in Ribbons, Silk
Waists, Silk Petticoats. Sliver Novelties.
Cut sale of Ladles’ Tailor-made Shirt Waists. This sale Includes many
novelties* in Silk Waist*.
C\ -*Y£ n e The Ribbon Leader
la.V*.V*w U East Browbtoi St.
Ribbons—the latent, beat and cheapest.
All Silk, Heavy Satin and Taffeta, abort
ed color a. Write for samples and price*.
No. 1 Baby Ribbon lc yard; 48c spool.
No. 2 Ribbon. 44-u-. 244 c yd; 2c bolt.
No. 4 Ribbon, 4t-ln., at 4e yd; 38c bolt.
No. 5 Ribbon. 1-In., 6c yd; 45c bolt.
No. 7 Ribbon, lV 4 -ln., 6c yd; 50c bolt.
No. 9 Ribbon, 144-ln., 8c yd; 76c bolt.
No. 12 Ribbon, 2-In., 10c yd; 90c bolt.
No. 16 Ribbon, 244 in„ 1244 c yd; *l.lO bolt.
No. 22 Ribbon. 244-In.. 15c yd; *1.85 bolt.
No. 40 Ribbon, 3'4-tn., 1744 c yd; *I.BO bolt.
No. S3 Ribbon, 4-ln., 20c yd; *1.85 bolt.
No. 100 Ribbon, 5-ln„ 25c yd; *2.25 bolt.
All above run 10 yards to the bolt. A
lot Fancy Plaid and Striped Ribbon, 3 and
4 Inches, at 1744 c to 25c yard.
hot, and at> alcohol rub. He has lost prob
ably half an Inch of the superfluous fat
over tho abdomen nd it* ready to go out
in any kind of weather feeling like he
could win a foot race.
Senator Mark Hanna and many other
prominent men are taking this same bak
ing cure in Washington Under Dr. J. E 5.
Clemens, one of Washington’s eminent
physicians, the Hon. John R. McLean Is
going through tho same process as SenaV>r
Hanna. Oapt. E. G. Simms, auditor of the
state and other departments, astonished
his tailor by having his waistband reduced
three times In a month, six inches in all,
due to tho hot air. The baking cure has
become a fad in Washington, where so
mAny are afflicted with rheumatism and
gout, the result of high living and excite
ment. But, besides these ills, the hoi
air treatment has been- found, and is being
successfully used in the treatment of all
nervous diseases, pericarditis, heart dis
ease. solati a, all forms of rheumatism,
neuralgia, gout, dbesky, chronic ulcers,
hip Joint disease, stiff Joints; blood, ma
laria, and liver complaints, jaundice, drop
sy, and even Bright’s disease, by Dr. J. D.
Prosser, medloal director of the Abbo In
stitute, 24 Liberty street, west.
10,000 boxes Fine Paper and Envelopes 4c,
10c and 16c box; 40c, 90c and *1.20 dozen.
10,000 line assorted Ink Tablets, worth 10c,
at 4c each, or 40c dozen.
100 reams Fine Note Paper 40c ream.
Envelopes, large and small, heavy stock,
2 packs for sc. or 90c thousand.
Fine line Lead Pencils tc each.
Fine line I>ead Pencils lc each, and Better
Pencils 2 for sc, or BSe, *1.15 and *2.26 gras.
Beats All Pen Points 4 for lc, or 25c gross.
Nice line Pen Holtdrs 244 c. to 3c each.
The finest line Perfumed Toilet Soap at 2o
to 4c cake; 18c to 37V*c dozen.
Sweet Bye and llye Cologne 16c bottle.
Tuppan s Face Powder* 3c to 8c box.
Fine line Ladles’ Host! 10c and 1244 c pair.
Fine line Men’s Hoee 744 c to 124 c palt.
J. &, P. Coat’s Spool Thread 50c dozen.
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