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•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•♦•*•*•*•* | Toy Kingdom of Monte Carlo | Where Tragedy, Farce and Melodrama Hold the Boards edlv tlie funniest thing- In Europe. like many Euro pean funny things, it moves .the alien spectator as near ly ko tears as to laughter. It possesses a sort of Iron ical patfhos underlying its patent absurdity. Its at mosphere Is so Intensely civilized and cloaks such appalling barbarism! Be neath its eternal smile—its courtly, high class, demi monde smile—it is smoothly cruel. The unileeling observer cannot but per ceive 'that Monte Carlo as phenomenon of latter day "civilization” is the most ludicrous • of spectacles. He who feels— well .lie who feels had toeeter disregard Monte Carlo altogether or he will suffer. The humors of Monte Carlo are not so fa.r loisee. MuNaoo seems to have prided itself on being a jest among the. nations —atgrim jek;—over since It had a history. PLAN OF THE BOBBERS. Its«founder, the first of the Grimaldis, •bougSit It from the sea. power of Genoa and. then calmly levied' toll on every pass ing vessel which came within range of its swift galleys. When it is realized that the mnjority of his victims were Genoese ships file excellence of 'his joke will int- iredia'tlely be apparent. Grimaldi's strong hold—a nice, comfortable, little sheltered little laarbor for his galleys at Its foot— earned the nickname locally of "Spelu- gues.” This wns In the fourteenth century,. The spot is still the Speluguee. Speitigues means "The .Plain of the Robbers” and the site of Grimaldi's pirate retreat is at tills moment the site of the Monte Carlo Casino. Passing ships have no in- teros for Grimakilts successor, the prince of Monaco, but passing tourists present him gratis, and for nothing, with a com fortable salary of 1170.000 per annum, an impost w'liioh his ancestor would have thought- unreasonable and excessive. ROULETTE WHEEL INVENTOR. Grimaldi, like most of the pirates of his nge, was exceedingly religious. The very name of ids territory, Monaco, derives from the. IjaltJn word monachus, a monk; and, following up the idea, we And that I'.e emblazoned two monks upon his coat of arms. Where they still Idandly pose. Observe, now, the.consistency of the Gri- traWian, tendency to jokes. Nine-tenths ol' the -wealth of the present prince is extracted from a monkish invention—the roulette wheel. Pascal devised the gam bling cylinder exactly as it is now used in the Salles *le Jen during a sTx months' "retreat” for meditation and prayer in a monastery. The roulette wheel has built for Monaco -the finest cathedral on the Riviera, lias paid for Innumerable and lesser chuchas, has founded several! or phanages and nunneries and pays the sala ries of a bisleop and Innumerable priests, lmt before gatmiiling wa» introduced Into Monaco that benighted state could af ford only one small church. Within the prince's palace, it may be added, a naive inscription in a prominent position on one of the walls is proudly pointed out by •he cicerone of every tourist. It runs: “The man Who .pretends to know God and does not keep .His: commandments is a liar.” Precisely what this may be apropos of is not explained. Plenty of charming things are not explained—at Monte Carlo. MILLIONS IN PROFIT. One of the many charming things which sere not explained at .Monte Cario is the animal balance sheet .of the Casino Company, or why the said company, which exists solely for and by gambling, should <\ill itseLl tin, Societe Anonyme des Bains do Mer et Cercle des Etrangers itiie Sea Mathlng and Strangers' Club Company). The one tiling which nobody ei or does during the winter season—the .profitable season—at Monte Carlo is to bathe in the sea. Nevertheless this Sea Bathing Company, which provides sea bathing, mysteriously announces that its profits for the year 1904-5 amounted to .£ 1.440.800. It omits to mention why visitors who liaive never dipped so much as a toe in the tideless gulf should be willing to pay so heavily for the .priv ilege of not doing so, and it also omits, perhaps discreetly, to give more than the very sketchiest details of the Items of the balance sheet. The shareholders are incurious, perhaps they realize that silence, like their dividend, is golden. “WHITE ALWAYS WINS.” The founder of the Sea Bathing Com pany was a humorist of ttie first water. Ilaging been invited to leave Homburg lie placidly wantiered into Monaco one morning in the year I860 and cast a critical eye upon, the puny Casino which was then rising out of rubbish heaps on the edge of the (promontory. Seemingly this M. Blanc—whose .snowy surname subsequently gave rise to the proverb “Rouge perd, noire perd; Ida no gagne toujours"—owned that priceless virtue of the business instinct, imagina tion. 1-Ie saw money in the rubbish heaps and possibilities in the ugly skeleton of the Casino. He paid a brief call upon the ownei-s of the concession and b— one of those strokes of luck which occur only to Individuals able to' appreciate their significance, found these gentry in finan cial difficulties. He offered them £68,o6o down for the concession. "I am going to lunch,” he said, "and when I nave lunched shall receive your decision.” He lunched (a rite omitted by no great financier) and received the decision. That very day, March 31, I860, lie became sole owner of the Monte Carlo Casino and a thirty years’ gaming concession from the prince. Seventeen years later he died worth £2,400,000. ENTERTAINMENTS ARE FREE. Three times since I860 the Casino has been enlarged, and there is no reason to doubt that it will require enlarging again, seeing that this year's net profits exceed those of last year by no less than &80.000 and a fresh lease of fifty years' duration has only recently been .granted, with the most agreeably stimulating effect on the Sea Bathing Company’s share quotations. •Francois Blanc, it would seem, is still very much alive and his joke is still active. A inillion-pound-a-year joke is difficult to kill. The gist of Mr. Blanc's joke was that lie should propose to turn a ruobish heap into a gold mine by "chance." Roulette, it will 'be observed, is a game of chance. It is a pure chance if the players lose £1.000.000 a >ear. a pure chance that the bank lias thirty-seven odds In Its favor to the opponent^ thirty-six, a pure chance that the Casino company can provide Its patrons with the finest orchestra, the finest gardens, the linest roads and bridges and police force and fetes and pigeon shooting in Europe for nothing. <'hance—blindfolded Chance, but surely with the bandage slightly hitched off from the eye which beams In the Blanc direction. NO TAXES ARE LEVIED. i What a pleasant tiling it must lie to live in a realm ruled over by the Iiign priests of Chance! Land in Monaco was at tlie time of tho Blanc invasion worth half a franc per square yard; the val ue of the same trifling foothold is now quoted at a figure which soars frequent ly above a hundred francs. Where there were two modest hostelries there are now fifty sumptuous hotels. What was a 'barren rock sprinkled with a few meager olive trees and nourishing—with pains—a semipauper population of 4.000 souls, is now confessed by every traveler to be the most cultivated, the health iest, the best drained and the best gov erned stretch of coast on the Mediter ranean. and it is the most thickly pop ulated state on earth, supporting no less Ilian 600 persons to the square kilome ter—to be exact, 12,600 in all. Monaco is only throe miles long by half a mile broad, remember, but it is so wealthy that it can afford to dispense with rates and taxes, although it enjoys the luxury of a standing army. By a strange irony of fate. too. it is morally the most pro gressive nation in Europe, in one re spect at any rate; it forbids gambling by its inhabitants on any excuse what soever. Yes, Monaco knows too much about gambling to allow Its sons and daugh ters to Indulge in that expensive relaxa tion. No Monegasque is allowed to put his nose within the Casino doors. . ne temple of chance is reserved for the strangers who come hither for—sea bathing. It is said—hut perhaps the statement is an envious libel circulated by the less prosperous citizens of surrounding na tions—that there are not merely more rich people to the square kilometer in Monaco than elsewhere but more needy people, too. Certain It is that M. Blanc In Ills day had to deal with an extra ordinarily large number of persons who endeavored to turn Ills game of “chance" Into a game of "certainties” for their own tienefit. They did not worry M. Blanc. If they had anything to teach him he was willing to pay for his new wisdom. Usually lie learned nothing that he did not already know, and paid nothing, but now and then some fresh genius discovered a weak point in his armor and M. Blanc had to defray the cost of strengthening it. LIGHTS OUT AND ROBBED. The firm of swell mobsmen, for in stance. who playfully inserted a bomb into the cellar where the Casino gas me ters were fixed taught him that electric light was a surer illumtnant for his ta bles, and the gentleman who succeeded In switching off the electric light and during the confusion which followed grabbing sonje thousands of francs preached to him a salutary, sermon on tlie merits of oil. Oil lamps of enormous dimensions, as a matter of fact, now hang over eacli green cloth, and elec tricity, brought, it Is said, fro quite two separate generating stations, adds to the pitiless glare of the Salles des .Ten. Another lession which M. Illnnc paid dearly for was that hard cash Is a more satisfactory if more blatant medium of play than counters. When the present Casino wa s first organized players were compelled to purchase counters, priced at 2 francs apiece, from the administra tion and stake with these tallies alone At the close of the day's play the count ers would -be redeemed at the guichet at their face value. But In 'practice they were not always redeemed and by degrees got into circulation in Monaco outside the Casino’s doors. So admirable was M Blanc's credit that iiis counters were accepted everywhere by shopkeepers and hotelers in lien of cash. COUNTERS ARE DUPLICATED. Two hundred thousand of them In all were Issued. This satisfactory state of affairs continued well Into the .70s until one fine day M. Blanc decided to recall his counters and issued a mandate an nouncing that they must be immediately redeemed on pain of repudiation. The effect of ills announcement must have given him considerable food for thought. Ills 200.000 counters had mysterious! y grown and multiplied into 400,000. The shock would have irritated a smaller mind than M. Blanc's. He shrugged h's shoulders and paid out the 2 francs apiece for each of the counters. Bpt from that day to tills the rule of the tables lias been: "No credit and money down.” At the sannf date as the abolishing of the tally system the minimum stake was raised from 2 francs a t roulette to the 5 francs at which it now stands and 20 francs 'was fixed a 3 the minimum for the game of trente et quarante. M. Hlano had no use for the small specula tor who played often and lost little, espe cially when the Bmail speculator was not even playing with genuine counters. MECHANIC’S AMAZING SUCCESS. The polite Belgian who happened h>- evil lqck to lose a roulette of "gold coins” which turned out, when its sealed paper wrapping was removed, to be noth ing but a brass tube of the correct diam eter, taught M. Blanc that rouleaux must never be permlted on the table unopened. This was a cheaply bought .piece of wis dom, however, compered with that which was purchased at the price of £80,000 from Mr. daggers, the Yorkshire mechan ic. Jaggers. with an infinitude of pa tience and aided by eight assistants, tab ulated the roulette results for several months without playing and, «s he hai anticipated, discovered that one of ths wheels had a distinct bias toward a cer tain set of numbers. Staking with a knowledge of this bias. Jaggers and his men netted £120,000 before the officials guess'd the 03use of their amazing suc cess. After this the wheels were made to be movable from table to table, and were changed nightly. Jaggers, still bet- 2o™£ar Guaranteed Watch for*3= The beet, handsomest and moat perfect genuine American 14 karat gold plated watch aver offered for eale. Doable hunting caee, rich eolid gold pattern of engraving, aaaortad de- algna. Fitted with the very beat eeven jeweled American movement, stem wind and atem • aet. absolutely guaranteed to keep perfect time for 20 YEARS. Positively the great* eat bargain on the face of the earth. SEE INC IS RELIEVING. Cut this out and send it to u a with your nine, poet office and expreee office addreee and wa will send the watch and a beautiful chain complete to your ospreee office for examination. You examine them at your express office and if as represantad pay exprass agant our sale prica 93 75 and sxpreta charges and they are jours. Mantion In your latter whether you want a Ladles' Watch or a Gentleman*• Watch, we h®ve it in both sixes. Order to-day as this advertisement will not appear again. Addraae R. E. CHALMERS & CO.. 356 DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO. ILL. Something’s Going to Happen-Has Happened SOMETHING STRANGE! UNEXPECTED! STARTLING! WONDERFUL! MYSTERIOUS! ting, as lie supposed, on the same wheel, Ret £40,000 in a few days. He wiselv stopped and quitted Monte Cailo, as we said, £80,000 to the good. TAMPERS WITH THE ROULETTE WHEEL. He was succeeded by an individual who. contriving to gain an entrance to the Salles des Jen during the hours of dark, bent the metal divisions of the roule'te wheel with a pair of pincers, making certain of them 'narrower and certain of lliem wider than they normally ought to have been. He was soon found out. a id nowadays the wheels are not merely made interchangeable from table to tabla, but the number divisions are interchange able also, so that any variation In their size would instantly be detected. The mechanism of the wheels is also exam ined every twenty-four hours, and their horizontally tested with spirit levels. The most carping critic of the Casino o:- fleials’ methods could not accuse them of any dishonesty either In the players’ favor or in their own ns far as the man. Hgemont of the roulettes is concerned. The game of trente et quarante for somr unknown renson seems to have at- tiacted the notice of the brainy swindler less than that of roulette. Nevertheless. It was at a trente et quarante table that the most famous drama of Monte Carlo sharping which has ever taken place oc curred. The Incident is known ns tha Ardisson case, so called from the name of its hero. BIG CARD SWINDLE. Ardisson was an adventurer of the most distinguished type. For years he had lived by his wits In tlie spas and pleasure re sorts of Germany and Austria and final ly he cast covetous eyes on the wealtli of tlie Monte Carlo bank. Having. In a modest disguise, made a careful study of s. 11 tlie aspects of play, he eventually laid the train for a truly magnificent at"ack on the trente e't quarante, which, being played with cards, probably appealed to him more than the lifeless and maenine- llke procedure of the roulette. At the height of the season, then, w® 'behold M. Ardisson, accompanied by a friend and two charmingly attired ladies, enter thje casino and repair idly to one of the trente-et-quarante tables. A series of games having Just concluded, the cioupier is shufflng his six packs of cards' preparatory to dealing them ou 1- . afresh, and we may suppose that the gamblers already present are taking the opportu nity afforded by the momentary lull to compute their losses and gains or exam ine their scoring cards. Immediately on arriving at the fable the Ardisson quartet arrange themselves two on each sjde of it, and one of the ladies contrives to enter into conversation with tlie chef de partle (umpire or referee of tlie game) and asks him a number of innocent questions as 'lo the method* of play. These lie politely answers, and meanwhile, on the opposite side of the table the other fair creature has begged tlie second umpire to be so good as to furnish her with gold change for a bank note. At tlie very instant when file croupier has shuffled his cards and is ready to re commence, the lady who wanted change for her bank note receives it, and. by an unfortunate slip, lets the w'hole of it" fall upon the ground. There (s corvslderable confusion as the gold pieces roll hither and thither, and for a fraction of a sec ond tlie umpire's attention is distracted from the table. Attendants, hovlVer, hurry forward, gather together the coins and hand them back to their charming owner, who is, of course, covered with confusion at tlie disturbance she has cre ated in this unusually serene and hushed atmosphere. The game begins. WIN FORTUNE AND DECAMP. And what a game! The umpires’ face* blanch as they behold sequence after se quence turning up in the Ardisson group's favor. Ardisson and his three companions do not condescend to stake anything lower than maximums—and the maximum at trente et quarante is 12.000 francs. Four times 12.000 francs on tlie table at each coup and four times 12.000 francs winning at each coup is enough to turn the hair gray of even the stoniest croupier. Eight times did the Ardisson rang stake and eight times they won. Then they strolled off In a body, taking with them 300,000 odd francs, a swift carriage waiting at the casino door whirled them away across the French frontier, to he seen no more. Horrible suspicions entered the bemused brains of the chefs de parties as they behold ihcir 300.000 francs vanish, and they ordered tlie cards to be examined. There were eighty-four too many of them in tlie pack. Georges, the croupier, had accepted a princely bribe from Ardisson to substitute a previously arranged pack among his cards and had contrived to do so at tlie moment when the eyes of every one—umpires and bystanders included— were diverted by the fallen coins. The rest was easy. WINNERS NOT ALL ROGUES. Ardisson and Ills accomplices bet upon what they knew must be the sequences and inevitably won. As for Georges, lie spent a couple of months in prison and issued thence to enjoy his share of the Ardisson fortune. The majority of tlie stories of for tunes made at Monte Carlo, nevertheless, center round ordinary straightforward players and not mere rogues such as Ardisson. Few, however, fall to possess the element of Jest which seems insepa rable from everything Monte Carlian. One of the most popular among the British and American permanent resi dents Is an English peer, who having attended divine worship at the Episcopal church, repaired (let us hope absent- mindedly) direct thence to the gambling rooms. As he paused for a few minutes beside one of the roulette tables a win ning number announced by the presiding croupier struck upon his car as being strangely familia \ It was the number 36—the number of the last hymn which had been given out as he was quitting the sacred edifice. LUCKY HYMN NUMBER. Prompted by the curious inward voice which whispers "an omen” to even the most mntter of fact and conservative, he hastily placed a louis on 36 square. Thir ty-six won again, though the balance of chances in favor of the recurrence of a single number is excessively remote, and our peer wandered forth into the Sab bath stillness of the gardens 700 francs richer than he had been when he dodged the collection plate of the church by escaping from it while the lucky hymn was being sung. Of course, the tale leaked out and of course the church was crowded on the following Sunday by gamblers eager to repeat the peer's ex periment. Never before had the local chaplain beheld from his pulpit such a sea of eager faces; never before had the pews emptied with such astonishment rapidity on the announcement of the collection hymn. The congregation in a body made a bee line for the casino aad fought for places at the famous roulette board, whereon to fling piles of notes and gold backing the hymn's number. The trifling faci that the n;|nber in question obstinately declined to appear did not dissuade them and for several Sundays tlie church continued to be crammed with folks intent on hearing the Some have said, “ I told you so,’* others speechless from astonish ment, goodness knows whai you will sav. The woman in tlie case was Rve, she'started the trouble—the in ventor finished wliat Eve start; d, or was it the inventor’s offspring ? Readers, gather around, draw close, listen sharp, don’t miss this. catch every word—boat thing ever happened-hundreds of years coming but here at las*, full grown, life size —so startling you won t believe at first — will say it’s impossible — miracles cu>n t happen now days, but wait, don’t get frightmed, danger’s over. Ladies, your prayers are answered. THERE’S NO MORE WASH DAY-SLORY HALLELUJAH!-IT’S DEAD-THE CORPSE LAID AWAY BURIED DEEP WITHOUT TEARS NO MOURNERS, NO FRIENDS, DIED ALONE, FORSAKEN, DEAD FOR ALL TIME-DON’T EXIST-WIPED OUT ENTIRELY! All the world has been waiting for the man who would cut wash day In two. that man lives -he's taken mere than half—took nearly all, left only minutes —cut oil so much that wash day don't exist any more—that’s all over, changed, forgotten—there's a new way of cleaning clothes—different from anything known lo our readers —new principles, new Ideas, new methods, new everything. tt Wonderful, but true, women can now hate the family washing cleaned In thirty, forty or fifty minutes—no more wo: k than getting a simple meal — no rubbing, squeezing, pounding, packing, pressing, no injury to clothes—no drudgery—that's all wiped out. ... Good-by to wash boards and so-called washing machines, their day is passed, throw them away, over the fence out of sight— FAREWELL TO WASH DAY TROUBLES-THE “EASY WAY" IS HERE TO BLESS OUR DEAR WOMEN. Women everywhere have prayed for the death of washday—for the timo of clean clothes with out rubbing their life away—ruining health and looks—when they could do a family washing— r mt house in order—get dinner, call on their riends or indulge In some pleasant recreation without fatigue—when a woman thought no more of washing clothes than of getting a sim ple meal. Readers, that glorious day has comet Kvcry woman knows to her sorrow how far the washboard conies from making an easy wash day—takes out the dirt, His ti tie—give it credit for that—just a question of rubbing long enough, but it’s a shame to risk her health and looks hvoverexertion, by breathing foul vapors. A whale swallowed Jonah—the washing macnine swallowed washboard, tub.and all — the v/omau barely escaped. Many kinds—different names— different prices—yet just the washboard idea on legs—more costly— crank or lever power where it has been hand [ —you furnish the power as of old. Some are hu;e affairs, take lots of room, hard to k« ep clean. They all rub, * squeeze,pull, JVAl'O'tf] ‘Irnff, pack, pound, press, wear and tear the clothes — ^same injury, and the same hardship. laundries do the best they can. vet there are bad objections—high prices, and wot se, clothes rotted by bleaching with lime, and other chem icals—thrown with clothes of sports and bums, all washed in one batch, exposed to filth, dis- ease^germs—may come back clean, but torn— buttons off. Our readers know this to be true. Yes, indeed, the world’s full of washboards and so-called washing machines, yet wash dnv same now as ever—no easier, no shorter—a day that all women dread to see or think about — sorry when it comes, glad when it’s gone. Dif ferent things have been tried to make washing easier—in spite of all still the long, dreary day —no easier, no shorter, no better. Use wash board or washing machine, or both—it’s drudg ery, long hours, hard work, sighs, graans, dis order everywhere—work, work, work, a day no woman forgets. Washing begins the day be lore—worry and dread felt—she knows what’s coming— what drudgery, liow it was the last time —no wonder 6h e does a mental washing be fore real washing be- f ins. Lucky o sleep under the strain, can’t an alarm clock—up at five, soaks clothes, starts fire, then water next — drags out tubs, wash board or washing machine—washing starts on its tedious journey. Half hour, first clothes boiled—taken out—to tub or machine—rubbing begins, keeps going—boiled over—rubbed more —then rinsed, wrung out and dried. Boils an other batch, treats same way — more rubbing, rinsing, hanging out —many trips back, and forth—noon comes—tak-s a bite—plods along— back aches, muscles sore—still clothes to wash —night coming—can’t stop—risks her health and looks, breathing foul vapors—overworked, overheated, clothes soaked—floor wet—hands drawn, eaten by strong suds, someskiu mingled vrfth dirt—don’t mind—tub holds it all. House demoralized, rooms in disorder—no time for anything but washing. Finally cleans up the mess — cleans tubs or machine, mops floor- then exhausted crawls to bed hoping sleep will make her a woman again. These facts remind our readers of troubles best forgotten, things known to be true—now for something they don’t know—never thought to see—considered impossible—now for THE THING THAT KILLED WASHDAY! Our representative upon calling at the factory expected to see something large—big as a tub anyhow, for man or beast to run — was aston ished to see only a small article—very small— not quite so little but what it could be seen—a little too big for a witch charm —so different in every way from anything used in the past for cleaning clothes that any description must sound ridiculous. I It is not called a machine — power’s inside, concealed — not human, no legs, no head, no hands, no ribs. If it had life Tt would have a stomach. It is claimed a stomach has millions of small nerve tissues, each with a kind of suc tion—a crawling moving mass—given food ex tracts nutriment—no food hunger is felt. Now, I won’t any this apparatus has a stomach, yet there’s things inside, things that move and things that don’t—there’s a peculiar clotb.es supporting shield—place for cfirt, never seems to get enough, has an awful appetite for dirt, appetite increases more it gets^—one garment or twenty, just the same — goes alter all the dirt in all the clothes at the same time—little, but O my! how inightv—silent, butO my ! how powerful—v.liat an affinity it has for dirt—uses no spirits, yet works in darkness—writer could not see into it when in operation, but somehow you know its working. OPERATION: Set on stove, a little water in side— Uicn soap—then clothes—move knoli oc casional !y if you want to Uurtyor get playful gently if at all—can now almost hear dirt let ting go a* hot wider, suds, .raiding steam — clothing and working pa: ts begin their pecu liar movements and the little wonder stm ts on its first meal—after 8 or 10 minutes take clothes out, rinse suds out, let dry—THAT’S ALL. Next hatch same way—don't change water—same op eration—same time for each batch— thirty, forty or fifty minutes all the family wash clean—ap paratus now very hungry, apjietite worse than ever—manufacturers aay show your gratitude by cleaning dirtiest dollies last. Scarcely any thing to do except wait between batches — a child can do it. It’s then set away on shelf— simply rinse as you would a dish or pan—that's all—no more attention —all steel and iron con struction. no wood, sanitary, always readv— nothing to get out of order—should last a life time—takes but little room—very light—easy to handle—kept indoors, or out—no itijurv. It's a caution the way it goes nfter dirt— gently, but thoroughly—surprises all who see —sounds strange, is strange, hard to believe, but listen, the writer saw it demonstrated—it’s all true, these are facts, not idle talk—it’s all the manufacturer's claim—no experiment, it’s being done, going on every day — our readers can do it—nothing you can’t do—very simple— THEY GUARANTEE.hack it up, know their goods, what they do, prove everything—are responsi ble, reliable, old house, established for yeais, cnpital $100,000.00—known world over for square dealing. Don't this solve the washday problem—could anything be nearer perfection — is there any thing lacking? So entirely different from old methods that it's just like learning all over again, only there's ■**»— nothing to learn. Washday is dead, sure enough—wash boards and washing machines a nuisance to be abandoned— laundries no iouger needed — and the wiiterafter making this investigation fi.x-Vj saidfarewelltowash 'll.En lilt saidfarewelltowash _ day. in the words of Shakespeare: “Ava unt and quit my sight I *’ Thy u washboards are useless—thy ff<\ washing machines no better. 4 ; N*"Tlii* invention is named the “EASYWAY”—gets name naturally, it’s entitled to name -people named It—name tells the whole story. It’s so easy to use—easy on clot he*—tlie only easy way—easy to keep clean—easy to handle —easy taken care of—easy on the women—makes washingan easy ia.sk—-makes llfennd happiness easy- easy to buy—easy to sell—really ami truly the EASY WAY. While at the factory In Cincinnati the writer was shown many letters from actual users of this Grand Invention, proving it is no experi ment, but a positive success and giving splen did satisfaction — the following extracts may Interest our readers. Mrs-G.C.Hedden. Ohio, writes: Where washing: formerly took six hours, with Easy Way pet bet ter results in little more than an hour. Fine lacot and ordinary piece*, allowing 15 minutes each batch, rome out beautifully white and clean. Am delighted. Mrs. M.Fritter. Norwood, writes: With Easy Way I clean a batch of clothes in about ten minutes or a week’s washing in less than an hour without rubbing and clean ae a laundry. My four year old gill works It. Cleans fine laces, lace cur tains. fine good* without injury. Beats wash- boa* ds and washing machines, and there’s no drudgery. Neighbors excited. Nothing equals Easy Wav in saving time, labor, drudgery, clothes. W. L. Brown, Ohio, writes: Washing now does itself. Wash day now wash hour as Easy Wav does the work, cleamug everything from bea ding to fine laces with perfect success. Nothing torn or injured. No rubbing, saves money, work, worry, annoyance, etc. Most inventions are for m^n — not much at tention given to woman’s needs, but their tune has finally couie. Alter enduring the greatest - drudgery c!d AeL waphday comes to J&Pfi an end — the in- ventorsettledthat —his invent ion for women, their joy, their satisfaction. We understand that the women throughout the world who know the value of this remarkable ijivrn tiott arc blessing the inventor, and it seems to us that no man deserves it more, for what inven tion saves 50 much hard drudgery, so much time, so much in clothes and fuel and health. V- ri?v, the "EASY WAY ” is woman’s best friend and benefactor. Truly, that invention must be wonderful, res a God-setid, a blessing for women, which re- JBIcssing the Inventor. ’M0.5A.i0 A CHILD CWDWSirr jury in about one-tenth the time, without 1 rubbing, squeezing, packing, Dressing — without lime, acid or other chemicals to injure fibre in goods. Among our readers we c!o not believe there is one of moderate means who could not well af ford $!00.00 for an invention which saved 62 days drudgery yearly divided washday by ten, one hour or less for cleaning family wash—to so change the day that only a fraction of it* time given to washing, making woman’s hard est work an easy, if not the easiest of house hold duties — saves wear and tear on clothes, labor, fuel, your health and looks, live better, live cheaper, and be happier. .'If our readers but understood what it save* in time, drudgery, fuel, clothes, health and happiness we believe they would sell their bed if need be to possess it. We are glad to say that the price is not 1100.00 —nor $50.00—not even $10.00—It 1$ only $6.00— that is all the manufacturers a^k, everybody caiiaffoid that. With their immense facilities they make.the price so low that anyone can reach it. Wonderful how they do it, but they take care of that. Certainly no other invention saves so much time and labor for so little cost. Our renders can see where it will save its cost many times a j'car and in many ways. We don’t believe their is a man living who will allow his wife to keen up the old slavery on washday I when the " EASY WAY 99 costs so little. UnW Tfl CCT nME-It*Snot sold in stores. nUff IUulI UliE Write to ihe HARRISON MANUFACTURING CO. 3! Harrison B’ld’g Cincin nati, Ohio, the only manufacturers of this great invention, they will send full description and convincing evidence, or better still, order one. They ship promptly to any address and all over the worla upon receipt of only $5.00, all com plete, ready for anyone to use, then it’s all over with washday. You won’t be disappointed, as the makers fully guarantee and will refund your money if not as represented. They are re liable, responsible, backed by cnpital of $100, 000.00, and will do just as they agree—been in business many years, and their goods sen to all parts of the world. Don’t fail to send your ad dress by letter cr card anyhow, and receive full description of this marvelous invention and much valuable information. Certainly none of our readers will fail to in vestigate at once this invention, whicn means so much good to them personally, so much to their family and the glory of cleaning clothes, without drudgery, remembering always that it costs nothing to investigate. EXCITING BUSINESS for AGENTS The firm offers splendid inducements to men or women, and we advise tho.-c of our renders who have spare time, and out of employment, or not making much money, to write the firm at once and se cure an agency for the most pop ular selling article in the land. A wonderful wave of excitement has swept over the country and the factory is already rushed with orders, so that our readers will do well to get iu early for choice of location. (Abort firm la thoroughly reliable and do just es they agree. The “ Easy War " te jusi as represented, and after inr i we consider it the be: rd of.J—Editor. number of the last hymn and subsequent ly backing that number in thi^ casino. WINS BACK LOSINGS. The chaiglain put a stop to the seanda 1 anil incidentally reduced tlie size of his flock to its usual somewhat meager level by a simple expedient. Tlie final hymn was from that Cime onward selected from that portion of the hymn book wherein numbers ran above thirty-six. As the numbers on tlie roulette wheel themselves run no higher than thirty- six. It was obvious that the hymn coul i thenceforward give no c'.ew to tlie omen- seeking gamester. Another similar adventure which oc curred to a well-known English plunger is eque’iy authentic. Having lost every cent of his ready money, lie wired a pathetic appeal for help to a friend in England. Two days iater lie received a letter addressed in the friend’s hand writing, which on 'being opened revealed a £5 note. Without pausing to read tlie letter our plunger hastened to Giro's, the famous restaurant in the Gu'.cri Charles III, and changed his fiver into French money. From Giro’s he went straight into the casino, where, experi encing an extraordinary run of luck, lie not merely retrieved all li is previous losses, but gained a substantial increase Into the bargain. Weary of play, he retired with a few cronies to Giro's again to celebrate the occasion with a hottle of champagne. The usually genial M. Giro met him at the door of his establishment with a flood of reproaches and upbraidings. Tlie £5 note was bad! He waved it angrily in the plunger’s face—mais oul. It was false, this £5 note! Tlie plunger tok the guilty fiver andN scrutinized it carefully. It was one of the sham bank notes issued by the late Sir Augustus Harris and bearing on fheir face an advertisement of the Drury Lane pantomime. Tlie English friend, himsell as “broke" as the Monte Carlo plunger, had posted him the flagrantly worthless fiver as a joke—a joke which, hail tlie plunger taken the trouble to examine the fiver or read its covering letter, he would have seen only too clearly for himself. It was fortunate that he did not do so. He merely paid Ciro his £5 and. inviting the pacified -restaurateur to share in the champagne, pretended that the whole affair was an intentional witticism on his own part. WAS FORTUNATE MISTAKE. The conceit of- a croupier, who fondly imagined that he understood the Eng lish language, wa s instrumental in pre senting another and far less experienced Britisher with the not-to-be-sneered-at sum of 1.000 francs. Thi% gentleman, handing a 1.000-franc bill to the croupie: - in question asked for plaques in exchange for it ■ Plaques are the large 5-lou'n gold pieces peculiar \o Monaco. The croupier, fancying that the player had said “black” and wa s requesting him- to ■place the note on the "black” compart ment of tlie cloth, did so unobserved. Eiack duly turned up and the croupier politely handed 2.000 francs to the sur prised Britisher. Probably once, and once only, lias a player at Monte Garlo won unwillingly. The incident alluded to came under tlie notice of the writer and he can vouch for its truth. An elderly lady who was conducting a party of nephews and nieces along the Riviera was 'persuaded by tlie young people to take them to the Gas- ino. Aunt Maria, as we may convenient ly call her, inwardly resolved to give her proteges a lesson in the futility of gam bling. LESSON THAT FAILED. Having made a private examination of the odds against the player in the rou lette game, she decided, shrewdly and accurately enough, that to place a coin on a single number was to court almost certain loss. When, therefore, she took her party into the Salles de Jou she ex horted them to note how impossible it was to make money by play and to point her moral placed a 5-franc piece on the single number 25. Bv rights 25 should have lost, tlie chances being 37 to I against it. Blit "the best-laid plans"— 25 won, to Aunt Maria's discomfiture, and a delighted nephew gathered up from the cloth her winnings—175 francs—com plimenting her upon her good fortune and judgment. Aunt Maria will not rely again on object lessons to illustrate her lectures on the futility of gambling. Lieutenant Colonel Newnham-Davis, the well knofn journalist of The London Sporting Times, states that an Ameri can friend of his once won £20.000 in a single sitting at Monte Garlo and was uniquely sensible enough to take, it home with him intact. But the number of people who are genuinely fortunate at Monte Garlo and whose luck continues till the day of their departure is exceed ingly small. Decave, whici) in slang simply means "stone broke,” is a word whose use is pitifully common at Monte Garlo. BIG VIATICUM ITEM. The vaticum item on tlie Casino bal ance sheet—that is, the money paid for railway fares for the ruined players' return to their homes—amounted in tlie 1896-97 season to no less than £12,000. and it is significant that Monaco is now the only state in Europe where usurious interest is charged by money lenders with the sanction of the iaw. The "breaking of the bank” stories which persistently crop up in the French news papers during the Monte Carlo season are traceable not so much to a founda tion on fact as to a foundation on the "press subvention” fund of the casino company—a fund which in 1901 amount ed to no Jess than £20,000, and to which may also be ascribed the strange silence on the suicidt® question in the same journals. That peculiar weekly, Roug? et Noip (the Organe de Defense des . Joueurs de Roulette et Trente-et- Quarante—probably the only magazine devoted solely to the interests of gam blers ever pub'isbed), states that the number of suicides per annum at Mortte Carlo averages 400. or one per* week ter table. This, it may be asserted safely, is a gross exaggeration of the truth, but that suicides are sadly fre quent no one who knows the Riviera would dare to deny. The curious have only to climb the stony and almost path less hillside behind Monaco town to find proof. SUICIDES’ CEMETERY. Here, surrounded by a high wall, is the suicides' cemetery, a melancholy and neg'eoted little inclosure thick with rank grass and betraying its nature solely by a few wooden stakes bearing numbers and decorated with bedraggled wreaths and torn visiting cards. The sun beats pitilessly upon its nameless graves, butterflies flit to and fro over its flower ing weeds and the leaves of its wreaths stir lazily in the breeze. Outwardly, at least, it is perhaps the least picturesque and most uninteresting cemetery in the length and breadth of France, but to him who knows its secret it is fu 1 of meaning. For these uncared-for mounds represent more than the mere resting places of madmen or fools who have pitted themselves against tlie immuta ble laws of mathematics; they are in themselves a monument—an everlasting monument—to the genius of a man who. with tlie eye of faith, behold a gold mine in a rubbish heap: a monument to the creator of Monte Garlo—Francois Blanc. Some day. when Europe gets the true prospective of things, it will he said of Francois Blanc, not that he founded the Monte Garlo casino, not that he 'brought stability and wealth to the throne of the princes of Monaco, not that lie built the Monaco cathedral, but that he made necessary this suicides’ graveyard. And when that day comes the grisly jest of Monte Garlo will cease to exist.—Chambers Journal.', ONLY DO-NOTHINGS CAN BE EX CLUSIVE. E. S. Martin in Harper's .Magazine. A high degree of exclusiveness is only possible to nothings, and is only prized by know nothings. The people who value it seem to think that the crowd contam inates and vulgarizes; that such virtue as they may contain is diluted and weak ened by large acquaintance with ordi nary people; that the only people to have easy relations with are the "nice peo ple, the people of social position who have something advantageous to confer the people who are best to dine with and out of whom something can be made. That is a mistaken notion, and the mis take is one of spiail minds. The people —the great mass of the pei pie—arc the fountain of hoonor and the main source of most advantageous. The wise course is to get in touch with as many of them as is reasonably convenient. There are a thousand relations In life hedises din ner-giving relations that are worth while; there are a thousand phases of friend ship that are wotrit cultivating besides the kind that flourishes between persons of equal social condition.