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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. 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Bar-Ben is sold by all live druggists, or I will be mailed, sealea, upon! receipt of price. Address Drs I Burton and lieu son. 100 Bar-Beul Block. Cleveland, O. % BILLS 1 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 Si |J U TONIC AND H iP'Blood Purifier THE DADDY OF ’M ALL. HUNDREDS OF CURES EFFECTED WHERE ALL OTHER REMEDIES HAVE FAILED. WE OFFER SIUO FOR ANY CASE OF ERYSIPELAS, ECZE MA, SCROFULA, SYPHILIS, OLD SORES, or BLOOD POISON OF ANY KIND WH CANNOT CURE. A purely vegetable specific lor ull diseases of the blood, ■ml for menstrual irregularities it has no equal. FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! TO ALL DBUOOISTS! March loth, 1900. I In order to obtain the name and ad -mm For thirty days from date you are au- dress of each purchaser of H. H. H. J 1 I „ thorized to accept this coupon in pav- Blood Purifier for 30 days we present / n S l i en j °o % ou *?A h rSf/ 1 * each one with the accompanying cou £■ 0 apply n each bottle, and only when the I * Jn ' for . c f nt ® at any d . r .’ l f ,Turcsiof The puichater U urUlen on epace/deHgnated toralf your druggist is not supplied below. with it call his attention to this ad.. Name I or send coupon with 75c to us, and H. H. H. COMPANY, A we will send you a bottle prepaid. MarEhallville, Ga. Addrea, Write for booklet. < aapane to Home Office,far Payment, H _ H H Co _ MarshallvUle. Oa. 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 Lipnman Brothers, Savannah. GaJ 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. 7