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THE T' ijfiORAPit AND MEfrSKXG'■ H: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1885.
MAY AND JUNF.
Jnue eomplele*tt
J.tlUscro* nr d the Na^-queen t
Or the roja
I.UUscroa,
Juno haa roica iu her l
Jane haa honer hearted cli*rerH
That the heea hlaa o'er and over.
June ba. Joy wlnzi ot the aoutb.
— IIarrlet Bme.d In the Chuaca Currc. L
WHAT MAN SHOULD EAT.
The Human Anetomr Arinns'd for Ani
mal Food—Beef and Mi k Good.
From the Chlcsgo Nona.
“Stuff and nonsense," said an expe
rienced physician, laying down an
English illustrated treatise on vciQta-
rianism. "Why, the entire human
anatomy would have to undergo a
change," he continued, “to mako a
man, unless affected very especially by
disease or some idiosyncracy duo to
disarrangements, a herbivorous ani
mal. The digestive apparatus ot the
vegetable feeders is tar more complex
an arrangement than that of carnivor
ous creatures orofhumanbeings. The
Stomach of a cow, for instance, is ar
ranged in four parts—four stomachs, in
fact—through each of which I he food
must pass before rcturningtothe mouth
to be still further masticated before it
can be digested. Flesh-eating animals
have but asingie stomach, like a hollow
sack. One killed three or four hours
after it has eaten a full meal will be
land to have an empty Btomach,while
in on ox or sheep killed the same length
of time after eating the process of di
gestion will bo found to bavo hardly
finished its first stage. It is apparent
from this, if from no other evidence,
that human stomachs, especially if
weak or belonging to nervous persons,
should be saved the labor of converting
vegetable eubstance into a form fit for
assimulation so long ns they can l>e
spared the task by being supplied with
animal food.
“I am disposed to exclude vegeta
bles, with the exception of cereals and
a little fruit, entirely from the dietary
of nervous persons. Why? First, be
cause animal food is more nutritious to
tho nervous system and to the body
generally than vegetable. It has all
the essential elements lor the forma-
(ton ot the tissues of the body, and is
easily digested. It appears to be the
natural sustenance for human beings.
It seems possible for man to exist on it
alone and in any climate, and continue
in a normal condition. The first food
taken by humanity—milk—is strictly
an animal eubstance. It contains all
the elements necessary to tho growth
of tho human body and to its mainte
nance in a state of health. This can
not bo said of any one article of vege
table food. Then the nervous system
consists largely of fat, and this sub
stance must be supplied in some form
or other in order that the brain and
other nerve structures shall be properly
nourished. If a person uses up his
brain faster than he makes it he soon
becomes irratable and nervous. And
it he does not assimilate enough food
to supply its demands his mind soon is
sure to become weak. The healthiest
and strongest Individuals, even, should
eat a far greater proportion of meat
than of vegetable food. Beef should
be taken as the standard meat. It
answers every purpose of the system
when not cooked too much. Veal and
potk are not as easily digested. Fork,
so far as its composition goes, is an ex
cellent food for nervous persons, but it
in not readily digested. Yes, in the
army wo used to think nothing better
tor wounded men than bacon. But,
ns a rule, salt meat is not adapted to
the requirements of the nervous indi
vidual. The nutrtcious juices, to a
great extent, go into the brine.
"The flesh of young animals digests
quicker than that of mature ones. This
is true, also, ot the flesh of wild birds,
which is more tender than that of
domeeticated ones. This is accounted
for by tho greater amount of exercise
. tbsytake, thereby renewing their flesh
jnore rapidly, and making it younger
than that of birds which live a mors
quiet life. This la a hint that might be
of benefit to ladies ot sedentary habits
who aro desirous of prolonging an ap
pearance of youth. Fish ofall kinds is
good food for nervous people. Baw
eggs, contrary to the general opinion,
are not so digetible as those which have
been cooked. They should belioiled
just enough to harden the white. Some
persons digest hard-boiled eggs better
thnn those cooked rare. Neither fried
eggs nor anything else fried should be
eaten by nervous people.”
“l)o not most persons injure their
digestion by eating too much?"
“No; the great majority, especially
in this country of abundant food, don't
catenough. I am quite sure of it. There
are more people killed tiy not getting
sufficient to cat than by overloading
their stomachs. Many of those who
do eat a sufficient quantity are prevent
ed by some direasc fr. m digesting
enough for the economy of their s»s-
toms. Tho very first thing for any one
who has exhausted himself by mental
work, or one who bas been bora weak
and irritable, is to furnish hi* brain
with sufficient food to either repair the
.1 It 1 A *S fIJ lA
we should havo fewer broken-down,
nervous wreck* and far moro vigorous
intellects. The present human species
cannot eliminate flesh from its food and
amount to a row of pins. The
notion that nothing but vegeta
bles should be eaten is one that
is apt to overtake persons some
where in life, but it usually passes
away, and is due, as I said before, to
roino disorganisation. The fancy is
more apt to assail the young than the
middle-aged, and females more fre
quently than males. A nervous, sick
ly girl ot 21 was put under my care
about eight months ago. I found out
that she had imbibed that notion, and
had practiced it for about a year. 1
limited her diet to so much per meal
and a small quantitv ot bread and fruit,
with a pint of milk. You wouldn’t
know she was the same girl if you had
seen her then and saw her now. All
of that absurdity has left her with her
growth of strength and nerve power.
No, meat is the food of humanity, and
man must stick to it.”
THE 01D COMMODORE'S BRIDE.
A Cousin of the Brilliant William H. Craw
ford of Osorala.
N\ V. Sun.
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderbilt, the wid
ow of Commodore Cornelius Vander
bilt, who died of pneumonia Monday
morning, came of a Virginia family,
and was distantly related to the Van
derbilts through the Hand family.
Her father was a lawyer and cotton
planter, and was a cousin of William
H. Crawford of Georgia,at one time a
candidate for the presidency. Mr.
Crawford moved to Alabama and had
his plantation near Mobile, and there
Sirs. Vanderbilt was horn in 1846.
She was married early to a Mr.
Elliott and went with nim to New
Orleans. She obtained a divorce, with
permission to resume her maiden
name. 81ic returned to her family in
Mobile, and there her father died dur
ing the war. On a visit with her
mother to New York in 1868, she met
the Commodore, who was then mourn
ing the death of his first wife. Miss
Crawford was tall and slender, with
fair complexion and black hair. Thu
old Commodore, forty-five years older
than herself, became infntuated with
her. On May 20,1869, an ante-nuptial
contract was drawn up, in which lie
agreed to bequeath to her in liis will
(600,000 in first mortgage bonds of the
New York and Harlem railroad at par.
She would not consent to an imme
diate marriage. She was at Saratoga
that summer with her mother, and tho
Commodore was there also. Ho
pressed his suit with all the ardor of a
young suitor, and finally induced he>
to agree to a marriage in Canada, to
avoid neighboihood gossip. They went
to London, Canada, and were there
married on August 21 by a Wesleyan
minister. Augustus Schell went along
as the commodore’s best man. This
was fifty-five years after the date of the
commodore’s first marriage. The
couple returned at once to Saratoga,
where their appearance as bride and
groom in Congress Hall created a sen
sation.
Coramodoro Vanderbilt died on Jan
uary 4, 1877. He bequeathed to his
wife (600,000 in five per cent, govern
ment bonds and 2,000 shares of New
York Central stock, and gave her the
use of his house and furniture, 10
Washington place, for life. She had
remained there ever since, with her
mother and her brother, iiobert L.
Crawford, and his family. She passed
her summers in Kuropo or in Saratoga.
Lately she bought a cottage at Sea-
bright, >'. J., and she received the
deeds for it on Saturday. The house
now goes to William II. Vanderbilt,
and tho furniture and statuary to Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was a regular at
tendant at the Church of the strangers
and was a directiess of the Bis
ters of the Stranger. The fu
neral will be on Thursday morning at
10 o’clock. I'r. Deems and his son
will conduct it. Bishop McTyeire, of
the Methodist Church of Nashville,
Team, is expected to assist also. Mrs.
Vanderbilt will be burird bedside the
Commodore, in his vault In the old
Moro van lan Cemetery at New Drop.
It Is only a few days since Mrs. Van
derbilt attended the interment of Miss
Phu>be Vanderbilt there, and caught
the cold which led to htr death.
W. H. Vanderbilt will havo a niche
beside that of the Commodore reserved
for Mr*. Vanderbilt in the new mauso
leum.
TIIE GERMAN KAISER.
The Great Mar-arch Lllt.ir to Pass Away
Siforw th. Cod or tha Yea-.
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald.
Before another year is out a great, if
not the greatest figure of this century,
will probably have disappeared, ft may
be that tho Emperor William, of Ger
many, only remains alive and erect
through the strength ot his indomita
ble energy, or that he survives to fulfil
the prophecy of thel’rotcstant Rhenish
clergyman who long ago fo.etold that
William the First would reach the age
of ninety. The worthy pastor founded
his horoscope on an abstruse calcula
tion of certain dates in the Emperor’e
life coupled wi'h verses of the Apoca
lypse ; and whatever credence was at
tho time given the prophecy, it is cer
tain that of late years both sovereign
and subjects have a superstitious faith
in its accomplishment, and that his
Majesty at each successive birthday
drinks/’to his ninetieth anniversary."
lie has just celebrated the eighty-
ninth, and, in spite of the gaps made
by time and death in the aged mon
arch’s circle, he still stands surrounded
by a goodly snil numerous family. He
sat at the festive board between his
sister, a dowager of 82, and the Em
press, now already 74, and so fur re
covered from her accident as to have
been able, for the first time since it oc
curred, to walk past the line of ladies
at the gala reception, leaning on her
husband’s arm. Around the imperial
couple were grouped four generations
of children and grandchildren—four
generations of kings or lieir-apparents
to some of the proudest thrones of
Europe. Besides, William I. is related
to all the reigning families of Germany
and to most foreign courts, and re
ceives from each member loving hom
age and respect.
Not less sincere and more touching is
the veneration of the whole notion for
the old sovereign. The relations be
tween him and his subjects are aimest
patriarchal. A delicate pretence of ig
norance, a guarded silence is preserved
by ail classes when one or the other of
the customs and habits ot the Emperor
has to be quietly relinquished or tem
porarily abandoned. All know how
sensitive lie is about the iins®iiis ad
vances of infirmity, and how manfully
he struggles against any semblance of
invalidism. By common consent tlic
secret of these solemn warnings is re
ligiously kept,and when tho well-known
martial figure appears again, after a
short disappearance, at the corner
window of the residence, stilt called
the Regent’s Palace, which the Etn-
>eror always inhabits, the;discreet sat-
sfacllon ol the crowd is only expressed
by its swelling numbers, and is ac
knowledged by the short, quick wave
of the hand and a pleased smile under
the heavy, snowy moustache.
The Emperor and his three brothers
were all tall, well-built, military-look
ing men. The Berlin population, fond
(d a certain analytic demonstration,
onco described them thus: “The
King.” they said, meaning tho then
reigning Frederick William, “is witty
And Imndunmn • Pri iru William ’*
lie also prohibited some indecorous
vagaries, attompted only as trials of
power, such ascompelling her husband
to give her bis arm while visiting on
foot, late at night, the booths of the
Christmas fair on the Castle square at
Berlin.
damage it boa sustained or to Imlld it
np into a strong, healthy condition.
"Such persons usually >>uffer from
nervous dyspepsia. Their stomachs
are inadequate to the task of digesting
the food put into them. Owing to the
deficient nerve-power of the individual
it lies there unacted upon hv the gas
tric jtl e because there is cither none
or an inaufileient quantitv to have any
power. The food instead of helping to
renew the body and the nervous sys
tem with the rest, undergoes fer
mentation, and the liody it should
nourish starves. The )ieraon is in a
worse state than if the food had not
been eaten, for the fermentation de
velop* acids and gaaea.
"Nervous people may get all the fat
they need ont of rngar and starch, but
it U better for those whose digestive
organa are very weak or whose nerves
arc In a highly sensitive condition to
get it from Uie animal kingdom Ilian
to compel their enfeebled stomachs, in
testines and pancreas to create it oat of
starch and augsr. Good bread with
plenty of sweet butter la an excellent
food for the nerves.
“People troubled with insomnia, ner
vous starting from sleep, and sensations
of falling, can often be cured by limit
ing themselves to a diet of milk alone
for a time. I mean milk and nothing
else. An adult requires about three
pints or two quarts daily, taking a pint
for a meal.
"People with weak nerves require
usually a larger quantity of water than
those whose brains and nerve* are
strong. It aid* in the digestion of
1*1 by making it soluble, and aeema
to have a direct tonic effect. A quart
or two ol water—not iced—may lie
drank in twenty-four hours in cold
weather and in summer twice as much.
Hot water should never be taken in the I
STONEWALL JACKSON'S DAUCHTER.
Somethin* About th* Man 8h*laloonto
Mairr
The approaching mhrriago of Mist
Julia Jackson, daughter ot Stonewall
Jackson, bas already been announced
in the TsLxoKArn, but the following
concerning the event from the Balti
more 1 American will interest Miss
Jackson’s friends in Georgia: “Rich'
mond society la deeply interested in
the announcement juat now ot the em
gagement of Miss Julia Jackson, tha
only daughter of General Stonewall
Jackson, to Mr. William E. Chris
tian. The marriage will take place
Juno 2d, at the Second Presby
terian Church, and the ceremony he
B rformed by the pastor, the Rev. Dr.
oaea D. Huge, who was a dear friend
of the Confederate soldier, and con
ducted his funeral services from the
same cljurch in which Mias Jackson is
to be wedded. The lady iaaa well
known in Baltimore ax in Richmond
She is universally jiopular. Mr.
Christian is about 28 yean of age, and
one ol the moat popular and success-
one of the moat popular and success
ful bu»ineen men of Richmond. After
a service of leveral yean in a large
hanking bouse of this city, ho be
gan business last fall on hia own
account, aa the general Southern rep
resentative of McDermid A Co., of
Chicago, a firm of which Mr. C. W.
Smith, general manager ot tha Cheaa-
peake and Ohio railway system, is a
prominent member. While actively
engaged in badness, Mr. Christian is
distinguished for bis broad culture and
great polish of manner, having received
the advantages of a course at tha Uni
versity of \ irginia, and afterwards at
one ot the German universities."
Tha Smith FamUv Bottled.
“How is that old family feud of
yours with tha Smith family coming
on?” asked one Kentucky citizen o'
and handsome; Pri.icu William, 1
the present Euperor, “is hand
some, but not witty; Prince
Charles is witty but not handsome,
and Prince Albert is neither witty nor
handsome.” This appreciation Is neith
er absolutely correct nor absolutely the
reverse; but if William I.is not pre
cisely witty in the sparkling senae of
the word, he Is endowed with the royal
quality ot tact, and a genial, courtly
manner which enables him to say the
right thing to the right person on every
occasion. Ho is gentle, almost tender,
witli women, fond of their society, leni
ent to their frailties. He can con
verse with the same kindly ease
either with young debutantes, fash
ionable ambassadresses, stern, wrin
kled excellenzen, or the
princesses of the stage and opera, for
whom he always had a great partial
ity. Meadamcs Lucca, Artnt, TreboHi
and many other stars are fully appre
ciated by him in thsir private capacity,
and at tne court concerts where they
appeared lie baa never tailed to rxpres*
his gratification* at their efforts in a
few well-chosen words. He was and is
passionately fond ot the opera, and goes
there as often as bis other engagements
will allow, It only for an hour; but, ex
cept on rare slate occasions, ho leaves
the grand central brilliantly-lit imperial
box to the ofllcers and ladies ol his
household, and undress uniform, with
a single aide-de-camp, occupies a stage
box, whence be nods affectionately to
the people he knows In the house,
twisting the while his moustache with
hia whito-gloved maimed forefinger.
When a baby he was dropped by tho
nurse from a window in the palace of
bia'mother,Queen Louise, into a flower
bed, suffering no other injury than the
crushing of tha small finger, which,
either from amputation or withering,
never recovered, and haa always in-
terlerred with the Emperor's facility
and ability ol penmanship.
But devoted as William I. la to the
opera, he never goes without ascer
taining the intentions ol the Empress
Augusta, and if she requires him for
any other plan or disposition of the
evening hours he invariably accedes to
her wish. He has for his wife all the
attentive politeness and tender solici
tude of a younger husband, and in the
domestic circle addresses her in the
familiar second person singular, tho
homely German du, but both in public
and private trcala her with tho great
est deference. Unwilling to own to
any lack ot strength, the Emperor re
fuses to nse the lilt which nnitca hia
apartments on the ground floor to
those of the Empress on the first
story, yet he painfully ascends once a
day the narrow, winding, intcriorstair-
caae to visit her, and only leaves her if
hia presence is not required.
The soothing, paternal influence of
the home life at the Court of Berlin
had a softening and beneficial effect on
the Princes* Itoyal of England when
she came as a bride of seventeen to
marry the heir to the throne. She ar
rived imbued with the tyrannical selfish
exclusiveness of her mother, ready for
absolute conjugal despotism, and with
a British unwillingness to adapt her
self to any habits ami customs not her
own. The Emperor petted and in
dulged her, but curbed' her temper
and resisted her exactions. At
gats concert given in honor of the n<
ly married Queen of Portugal, the Prin
cess Victoria, for the first lime, bad to
relinquish her post of honor on the
sovereign's right. Unable to bide her
vexation, she wrenched her long train
from the hands of the pages in attend
ance. who were about to lay it across
the back of her seat according to eti
quette, and flong it with a crashing
■weep of velvet and gold embroidery,
around her bet. Her father-in-law
held up a reproving finger, and
shook his head at the petolant
woman, but with ao benevolent a
look that he coaxed heck a smile to the
SCOTIUH CLERICAL LIFE.
Scmanf n o Annoyanoss to Which Min
iate,* ur. SubJ.ct-a I* the
"si»w Land."
Sca'llib Review.
A not uncommon sud perhaps little
suspected cause of clerical worry and
annoyance, sometimes even of peril,
lies in the vagaries of people who are
mentally unsound. Religious mania
ia a very frequent form of such un-
sounduess, and this often leads to the
clergy being objects of attention far
more marked than agreeable. Extrav
agant devotion to, or equally extrava
gant detestation of some special clergy
man isverycummon. The formeroncein
our own experience, gave rise to what,
considering all the accidental circum
stances and surroundings, was prolia-
blv tiie most ludicrous scene ever wit
nessed in a church. In a city boasting
tiie possession of oneof the finest cath
edrals iu England there lived a spin
ster lady somewhat weak in intellect,
one whose state, however, did not ren
der any further supervision necessary
than the constant altendanceof a trust
worthy companion. The rector of the
larish in which she lived was the oh-
ect of her most ardent devotion. To
ier great despair he resigned hia liv
ing and went abroad. Somi few years
later, on returning to England, he bap-
>ened to be in the neighborhood, and
laving been intimately acquainted
with many ot tho chapter, lie wont
one afternoon to the cathedral in order
to aee some of them. The service was
just over, and he was standing in tiie
nave, to which there were always
many visitors in tho afternoon, waiting
to greet liis old friends when they
should have disrobed.
Just at tiiis moment, when choristers
and clergy were coming in procession
down the nave, tho poor little woman
entered at the west uoor. She instant
ly espied her former rector, aud before
her companion could interfere, rushed
toward him. Slio was extremely
small; he a very tall man. Fearing
that iu her excitement her greeting
would bo rather more noisy than was
seemly under the circumstances, be
bent down, as she drew near, to
speak to her in a whis
per. Rash man! In a mo
ment alie clasped him around the neck
with both arms and bestowed upon
him a painfully audible apostolic salu
tation. The magnificent cathedral
nave echoed to strange sounds that af
ternoon. Not even the portentous sol
emnity of a cathedral verger, in tho
preseuce of the canons in residence,
was proof against the trial; and the
white-robeil procession disappeared
from the sacred precinta with a most
indecorous rapidity. Tho victim of
this astounding reception, a man pos
sessed of remarkable power over the
muscles of his face, was the only per
son in the cathedral who preserved an
unmoved gravity of deportment.
A very common form of religious
craze is a desire to argue out privutely
with a clergyman some question lie
lms touched upon in preaching. We
onco beard a clergyman preach on the
text: “All scripture ia given by inspi
ration of God, and bo, chanced to
make soxe remarks upon the occasion
al value of apparently unimportant
xirtions of tho scriptures. For some
ime afterward he was sorely besieged
by a hearer who wished to insist on
having proved to him the importance
of verse 0, chapter Hi., Song of Solo
mon, “King Solomon made himself a
chariot of the wood of Lebanon."
Fortunately, the clergyman In question
had only been officiating for a friend.
Had he been vicar of the parish, liable
to be buttonholed as ho walked about
the streets, his fate would have licen
tillable. Worst of all, and often abso-
utely dangerous to the clergy, is the
crazo of a mission, either to milat up
on or prevent the promulgation of some
particular doctrine. Wo remember,
some year* since, seeing tho vicar of a
largo London parish olliciating for sev
eral Sundays under protection of the
rallce. Ono of these craxy enthusiasts
mil taken it into hia head that he was
to prevent some part of the service be
ing performed. and hail chosen that
particular church as tho field ol hia op
erations. Hia threat* against the
vicar were sufficiently vehement ns to
cause it to bo deemed advisable, pend
ing measures for some restraint being
■laced upon the man, that a policeman
n plain clothes abouid b* on duty in
tiie chancel during the service*. Tho
poesibility that tho church might be
come at any moment the scene ot a
sudden struggle between a stalwart po
liceman and an excited lunatic could
not lie held one likely to aid a calm,
devotional spirit on the part of either
the vicar or those of the congregation
who were aware of the circumstances
A CENIUS IN CL»V.
I Uncut*
“It’s all going our way. I’m left,
you see, and part of brother Jim la
Mill on earth, but it goes about on
cratches. 1 athar, you know, petered
out over three weeks ago with a bole in
his heart, and Uncle Robert la up at
the hospital, doing aa well as can be
expected for a man who hasn’t got si
none. Where have yon been lately ?'
“Out of town. And the Smiths?"
Well,I don’t want to brag about arch considered public duty, such as
Tha Arilsno Ptrformano-stf s
tur.*d Africa" Youth.
Lawrence, Kan., Special.
It is claimed that a genius in clay lias
been discovered here, that what Blind
Tom accomplished in music n negro
boy by the name of Abram Hanson
aged 18 years, baa the genius to create
n sculpture if opportunity is aflbrdeil
him. He was bom in Leavenworth
Kan. He haa had only three montbi'
schooling, but can read and write fairly
well. Ilia genei al intelligence ouly
seems to be the average of colored boyi
of hia ago. His genius liea in his abll'
ity to pick up a piece of clay ami
model it in a lew minntaa to almost
almost any form that suggests itself to
hia mind with a life-likeness truly as
tounding. He haa bean at work down
by the river bank for some days, and
from the common red clay there found
in abundance, without tools of auy
kind, without any models or
design*, be forma hia atatnea of
men and hia models of horses,
dogs, cMtie, men on horseback, ne
groes with pipes in their months, and
other creations that suggest tbamsely-s
to his imagination, with a wonderful
reality and no inconsiderable artistic
talent. These little model* h* sella at
from 10 cents to 26 cents apiece, and
the boy ia making a lair hying from
hia art already. Ilia creatious-euggent
wonderful possibilities, if properly
trained and developed.
Tha Effect of Culture,
New Turk Times.
Boston girl (to Uncle James, a farm
er)—Do you Uke living on a farm, Un
cle James ?
Uncle Janies—Yee, I like it very
CAMGLEUS' TRICKS.
cans br Which Profe-signal Cnmeatera
Pluck Their Victims.
Philadelphia Times
No ono looks upon a professional
gambler aa a shining example of hon
esty, but only few people know
what crooked sharpers most profes
sional gamblers are or the ingenious
mechanical contrivances which they
employ to aid them in "winning” the
dollars of their victims. The man who
makes gaming a pretension rarely or
never depends upon "luck” (or his ex
istence. In faro, roulette, monte,
hazard and in all other games known to
the gentlemen of the green cloth, there
isacertaiu well understood “percent
age” in favor of the proprietors. This
is understood by all who play, but it is
so trifling that they are willing to pay
it for the privilege of hnzardiug their
money. There is another “percent
age” in ail of those games as played at
many places that is only understood by
tho professional dealers and is never
suspected by the players.
In the game of faro the known per
centage is very small. When two cards
of the same denomination conio out of
the silver-plated dealing box together
the deater takes one halt of the beta
which happen to be on that card on the
lay-out. Sometimes an entire deal is
played without this occurring, and it
rarely happens more than twice in a
deal, so that the visible percentage is
quite Bmall; so trifling, in fact, that if
a faro game ia dealt fair it must have
an almost unlimited capital or eventu
ally become bankrupt.
CHEATING AT FABO.
It is to guard against this mishap
and to make the game a profitable one
that the unknown per centago is intro
duced. To accomplish his purpose tiie
:ambler has both the cards and deal-
ng-box "fixed.” This “fixing” pro
cess of the cards is done aa follows: A
new pack ia used and one in which ev
ery card is of exactly the same size, to
a hair’s breadth. There is an almost
imperceptible difference in the sizes of
the cards in nearly all cheap packs, so
that tho gambler buys for his purpose
expensive cards that have been "squar
ed” especially for faro. The first step
in “fixing” is to separate the low and
high cards, or to put in separate piles
all ranging from the ace to tho six and
from tho eight to the king. The seven
being neither high nor low is equally
divided, two sevens being put with the
high and the two with tho low cards.
Then with a sharp shears, mace es
pecially for this purpose, the gambler
clips a thin slip from the edge of each
card. The high cards aro clipped in
this way from the upper right-hand
corner to a point on the lower edge
atjout the thirty-second part of an inch
from tho lower right-hand comer.
The law cards are clipped in the same
way, except that tbo gambler com
mences at the lower right-hand corner
and clips to a point on the upper edge
near the right corner. The cards
now are wider at ono end than at
the other, but the difference in width is
so slight as to be almost imperceptible,
except to the touch. The cards are
then shuffled, care being taken to keep
the wide ends of the high cards and
the wide ends of the low cards at op
posite ends of the pock. It ia an easy
matter for an expert manipulator lo
catch tho wide ends of the cards be
tween hia thumb and forefingers and
so draw all of the higli cards into one
hand and tho low ones into tho other.
When the game ia in progress the
dealer shuffles the cards thoroughly
and then in this way separates the
high from the low. Next lio so shuf
fles them as to “sandwich” each low
and high card, and when tho pack la
in tiie dealing box they should come
out alternately.
FRAUD IN THE DKALING-BOX.
This wonidn’t suit tiie dealer at mil,
at ho muet not only know juat how the
cards aro arranged but at tho same
time have perfect control over them.
In order that he fnay havo this power
a specially-arranged dealing-box u pro
vided. The ordinary dealing-boxes
havo a slit In tho side just wide enough
to admit of one card pawing through
at a time; the special boxes have a
■lit wide enough to allow two cards to
paaa easily through them. Armed
with these slmplo contrivances, all
tiie dealer has to do la to watch
where the beta are and
win every time by either shoving out
one card or two, aa the occasion re
quires. It a player beta that t high
card will win, the dealer can very easily
make it lose, or vice versa. Ol course,
the game keeper la a confederate, and
at a sign from the dealer can tell how
to arrange tho “cases" to that they
will tally with the cards that are out.
This ia what is called a "brace game,”
probably because it can only be suc
cessfully worked by a “brace” ot
rogues. Thousands of faro players
who thiuk that luck ia always again-t
them are simply victims ot a “brace
game.”
CHEATING MADX EASY,
Dealing-boxes and cards prepared in
this way can bo procured from a Chi
cago firm, which issue* private cata
logues to gamblers containing samples
of marked cards, with directions for
reading the backs. Tho firm alio sella
roulette wheels ao arranged aa to make
the red invariably win if the wheel ia
turned in one direction and the block
win if turned in the other. These are
known among gamblers as “right and
left” wheels, and are used with great
success in many places.
Wheels of forluue witli cunningly
arranged brakes ao that they can be
stopped at the will of the dealer or
"turner,” are successfully used
throughout the West. With these aids
ami with tiie dexterity and legerde-
main which all expert gamblers know
how to use, it ia little wonder that
they should succeed in fleecing the un
suspecting lambs who are enticed into
their dens. A gambler who under
stands his bitainess can arrange the
ra Ha while hia opponent is looking at
•hem in inch a way as to deal what
hands he pleases, without the least
suspicion that anything unfair is being
He can “shift the cut,” “pat
pouting lips. He also pot a stop to mneh.
certain exigencies of the young wife Boston Girl—I (appose it fa nice
•t/imach, for nothing is mom relaxing myselfand my relations. You j art go telegraphing to ib* l’rtnca'Royal to
With proper eating and drinking I 2ft?" fM ' Te, * rd turn to t£e hurry Uk from raviawoc manmuvre
at Potsdam, becaaae she wanted him.
enoogb in the glad summer time, bat
to go oat in tha cold and enow to gath
er winter apple* and harvest winter
wheat I imagine might be an j thing bat
pleAA&nt.
UUIICi IIO LRII ■HUfe lUv lUL pUK
up a hand,” nr “ring in n cold deck’’
with a dexterity of manipulation and
innocence of expression that would fool
any but the inflated.
SPIRIT HANDS m-A—ED HIS FACE.
Haw Jnmss Pendr'ck was Rrauktd far
Laughing In a Haunted House.
Ralelfb IN. C.) SpeclaL
Wilmington, in this State, haa a
haonted boose, occupied by James
Peadrick, whose family consists of him
self, wife, five children and two listers
of bis wife, the eldest sister being
about sixteen yean old. To the latter
the apparition was first made manifest.
She says that it ia the ghost of her
mother, Mre. Kinyon Carroll, who died
three years ago, near White Uke,
Bladen county, whence the two sisters
aune. The other sister is named Mat-
tie and is skews *n»rs old. Thursday
night last Peadrick camo homo and
found his family wild with excite
ment. Mattio called to Peadrick to
come into the room, ns her mother was
there. She said that the pillows were
thrown all over the room, and thattbo
same unseen hand had a little while be
fore turned out the keroseno lamp
which was burning on a chair. Peail-
rick was inclined to laugh at Mattie’s
statement, when he felt a sharp blow-
on his face from an unseen hand, tho
room being at that time well lighted.
Mattie then called out that she conld
,, K 8 and bear ller “oilier. Aa she
said tills a pillow was thrown from tho
bed and fell across tho room. Pead
rick a son, 10 years old, said that lie
could see and hear his grandmother.
Neither the lad nor Blattie showed any
fear, but tho other member* of the
family became nervous.
All night pillows were thrown about
and strange noises were heard. Friday
night the same state of affairs existed.
Once a pillow was thrown from
bed In a brightly lighted
rooni directly in IVadrick’a faco
Sunday night people went to tho
house in numbers to lend aid in fer
reting out tiie mystery. Several ol
them on seeing the pillows fly
and hearing noises became alarmed
and some ladies tainted. The eldest
Miss Carroll has been afflicted with
dropsy. She spoke witli perfect free
dom about the matter. She is unedu
cated, but seems to be honest in all
she says, and is corroborated in her
statements by Mrs. Peadrick and oth
ers who were present. She had seen
her mother once before since her death
and that was in Bladen county. A.
number of persona are nightly at her
house, and an effort will be made to
unravel the mystery. There is noth
ing aliont the house or surroundings,
or any ol the members ol the family,
which would suggest trickery or fraud.
WEBSTER’S CARELESSNESS.
Tha Mannar In Whloh Ha Spant and Dis
tributed His Monoy.
Boston Budget.
On another occasion Mr. Webstor
had invited some friends to dinner. As
he left home in the morning ho re
quested liis wife to send John down to
tho office about 10 o’clock to go to
market with him. John came down
accordingly. Mr. Webster was busy
writing. Ho asked John if ho had any
money. John replied in the negative.
“Then,” said Mr. Webster, “go down
to Mr. Burritt and aak him to lend me
(5.” (Burritt was a stationer in tho
lower story.) John came back and
stated that Mr. Burritt had not
(5, hut sent him (10, which Web
ster took and pnt in his waistcoat
pocket. Pretty soon a poor woman
came in on an alms-asking errand.
Snid Webster, still writing, “I know
all about it; you’ve lost your husband
and havo five small children and noth
ing to cat. Take this 1” and be gave
her tiie ten-dollar note which John had
borrowed from Mr. Burritt. By and
by he finished hia work nnd remarked
to his servant: “Now, John, we’ll go
down to market.” Down they went
through Court and Washington streets
and Dock Square to tho Quincey Mar
ket, before Fanucil Hall. Mr. Web
ster bought of tho butchers at tho
south end ot tho market what suited
him, but made no payments, as
ho had accounts with them. At
last they reached a vege
table dealer, of whom Web
ster also made a a purchase and was
about to paaa on aa before when the
faithful Juhn arrested him with the re
mark: "Mr. Webster,' this man ia a
stranger to ui; we never had dealings
with him.” “True,” said the great
lawyer, “very true;” and put his hand
in hia pocket (or the money to pay the
amount. Finding none, he saia to his
servant: "John, I thought you gave
me some money ju*t now.” r 'SoIdid,
air,” said John, “but you gave it to
that poor woman that came into tiie
office.” “Ah!” said Webster, “ao I
did, but 1 had forgotten all about it.
Well, John, you must borrow some,
more money and come down ami pay
these people; and now wo will go
home.”
The Catfish and Hsr Kittens.
Ilsrro da One* Republican.
A Mr. Hubbard, a bay fisherman,
aaya that lata In the spring you will
often see a school of about fifty catfish,
not moro than a quarter of an Inch In
length, very near tho shore, and 11 yon
look ten or twelve feet furtheront yon
will see tho mother cat 11 a noise is
made alie will make a sign that the lit-
tlo “cats” understand as well si chick
en* do the cluck ol an oh! hen when a
hawk is in the neighborhood, and
tun into tho open mouth ol tho old cat
fish, who will then tnrn and swim
off In safety with her young. Mr.
Thomas Davis of this city some time
ago told ua that he had noticed this
care ol a mother catfish for her young.
He said that he haa often seen the
young fish swimming about in the shal
low water, while the old fish would not
be far off. If danger threatened, the
old “catty” wonld rath in among her
S oung, and by a vigorous motion of her
n stir np the mnd until tho water be
came discolored and the young fish
conld no longer be seen. When the
water would become clear again neither
old nor young fish would bo visible.
Mormons In North Cnrollnn.
The Mormons have effected a lodge
ment in Katherfonl county, N. C., and
are doing a missionary work in Surrey
county. They hare quite a following
in the latter county, and have been
holding a conference at their church
near Pilot mountain. Tho president
of the council, aa it is called, ia only
10 yeara old, and ia a moat eloquen'
preacher. There were fifteen dii
ten present at the conference. Ther
are about two hundred attendants a,
this church. It was announced that
any person desirous of joining the M
■non Church, and who desired to
move to Utah, would be assisted „j
the church to mako that journey
Toere have been no plural marring'-
aa yet in Surrey.
F —e..*..
Henry Irv
him (150,1
dsiits as
in one
PEOPLE AND COSSIP,
English
- Papers announce t
. -,JC0* trl P'° Auie.-ie
^.dDndiy Field thinks*
; Charles Longfellow, thei
tfSSri£ ,tart u ' o; ‘ *
Levi I*. Morton will,,
hastatastaN., York.
poet. Is
around
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—H°n. Levi P. s
the braking builneaj
return from g,,.,.
■Senator
want to d<
Gorernor
—Cornelius
hopeful
paper, c
j -Mr,
dian,fa
alon in
3 , r Evarta says ho doe,
of New Ymk. C “ n ca '' d "*:«
Vanderbilt lias
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:a?led The Comet m3Dth1 '
new Pac
liou to
?'• w m. J. Florence the
lari.**
fe 10 ' Stanford is engine,,
—Mrs
•overnor Hill, of New York
to succeed himself,
ie favored oindidate of Mr. Ti 1 -:
. ", • ,l1 ' r I iarl.M, ,,[ |;
■iPted.hespp',intent to in- "|
tile fourth circuit ol North c5|
has returned
Somb.gr ‘
, -Mrs,
James
home i ...,
—Governor i
desires Ic
to be the
—Col. w
"•••“epted
•hip of E '
lina.
on parchment and sigm a by
—xnoi
divorce In
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seaside cot tsg?° ti a* S
1 *’ ’• 11 y hi** <UuKhtPr Mi,i Cor|, “ i
bi in a tried »t her f after”tfe 1
and not at Newport, aj ff K Bo8lon l
nounced. * ’ ai “ 8S b <*n an-1
says _
tended
without
thim i
clear i
w«s O’,
enjoy i
poa—
tho
forth i
but
need. y ’ naa teon an- 1
led hia lecture an, ‘l* , .?5*t.'»*>0 A,.
the line „( s;,„ ... , fA'l I
two boors Irom tasauterirt in
. voice imagined th«uhiX-mI,„ r f’
over eighty yenrs ol ac ,..
eujjy at this parted of life , u , i, r l l *
possession ol .11 the'r phytic,
•*-historian ol Loulli/n. ^'S^
h a. a type, not only ol the fotsUasSS
leCrrofe?. yS “ 1 viKOt,nd ‘““Eerllyc!
vvT i,e ’ one ot tbe d “ghte~
[ Louis XV, b-Cfune a nun.and nMm3
'bo afterward vieite.l her Inquired If ,”1
..id not find Ilie rule* of th» aletarhan
very hard, aller a life hitherto pStfS
roysl luxury. The princes conhWjite
one thing hjd been a irUl lober. Thl
austerities of tco life were as nothing to
her. but one change was serlous-sbe wu
-uwJeh ,1< ’ ,Cfn ', 1 by . ,he lack *tslrS
without tbe arm ol n footman I 'I,. -.j.
lime she attempted this fast she wept .nj
aha was obliged to close her eyes befi re ,he
could make up h.r mind to afemmit.
humiliating tapk. F
It Will Do It.
Food will lodge In the ioteritlces between
the teeth, imd it becomes a eou ce of (W
decay, fiondontwill dislodge euchdepoi-
ite, end prevent tho mischief. All purnti
shonld provide 8oaoornt, and thus sectm
the health of their children’s teeth.
till
IT CUltra WHET 3 action. It la •
ALL OTHER MEDI.
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A Sound Slecn.r or a 81s Llnr.
Dublin Times.
One Andalusian said to another:
aay, mate, I must have dropped oil ._
sleep all ol a sudden last night, for
when I awoke tliismorning I found my
band on my forehead just os I left i
when signing the cross on lyin
down *’ "Why, man that’s nothing
I’ll tell you wltat onceliapiLen'-.I to im
One morning aa I awoke, I found m\
self resting with my hands on the K-
and my body atretchingout in tlx- air.
“What?” “I must have gone to alec
in the act of jamping into hod.”
Csttlng Batan B«hlnd H«r.
ArkaoMv Traveler.
Little Minnie’s modMr had drant
times spanked htr for going out into
thestreet. Theotlu-r dav, aatbe gr,,-
a rman was leaving the fa, KhN*S
oil to 1dm and said:
“Ti me hai k an’ shut the gale.”
"Why?”
"So I can't get ouL”
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