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8- OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY MAY 13, 1893. CHEATED AT rOKER. AJPAGE FROM THE UNWRITTEN HIS TORY OF A UNIVERSITY. aTnnlnhnient Meted Ont to Dlshoneet I fcludtint by Society and th. Furnltj A 1 Tounc Mao WUo Uept Step With II U ! i Hot l)rillnt Auteeedentt. I "Talking about poker," en hi mid- j tie ntHi niau to a cotui io at ChuuiW-. n's, "rvujiuda me of something tbnt cnrred about 90 year ago at the Uui Tersity of Virginia. That was about the liveliest epoch In the history of the Diversity since the war, or for that ! waiter of thut before it, when the life ! Vd by the studcuts is takeu iuto con-' U Jertion. There wan a big crowd of I 4pvil may care young nieu thoro, most cf them with plenty of moury, and 1 taey made CbarlottesTille aud sur Sfmndiiig Albemarle fairly bum. These kindred spirits furuied a society which took the Dame of 'Eli Bananas.' " Here tha epes fT smiled at evidently tvninsing remiuibceuces. "There is no Clling what tbe 'Eli Bananas' didn't 4a. For tbe quintessence of mischief fid devilment they took the laurels. Tberowni nothing downright bad about lieni, but their antics were awful. Fun tistio were the tricks they played and grotesque their jokes. Betweeu freaks wo Eliswere prone to poker, and it was nstomary down there for the players to assemble at this or that student's com. That brings me to my story. One fterie. of poker players comprised sous t some of the best known and wealthi est men in tbe south, and into it was tutrodnced a young Virginian wbo was lifted with many attractive traits appar ently, Lot wbote antecedents were not urticulirly brilliant I '11 call him Dick Lnrk, but that wasn't his uaine, "Most of tbe other fellows in the co terie had roommates who were boning p for the final examinations. It was Veil along in tbe spring, and Lnrk had garters to himself on East Lawn. Con tinently tbe poker began to be played iclnsively in his room. When tbe earning seemed propitious, the word nuld be passed around at supper that Cbree Kentuck' would be in order, and ct 8 o'clock or thereabout tbe players would assemble at Lurk's. Lnrk's luck was stupendous. He won steadily, and a) tbe game was pretty stiff his win !ngs were substantial It was noticed after awhile tbi be always passed ont when somebody had a particularly big iaud on somebody else's deal, but tfaat id always btld a top band when there were big ones out against each other on Sis own deal Then somebody noticed Ctiat the seals were always broken on the half dozen new decks of cards pro Tided each night before the game began Qd that Ltrrk in dealing always closely scrutinized tbe cards as he gave them at. "At last one night the son of a fa jDons Confederate general who now Sve is Baltimore became convinced lat Lnrk was cheating. Picking up the feck that Lark bad just dealt and out J which be had got a band with four queens against an ace full held by a Xoang Kentuokian the young man said faietly: " 'Someone is cheating at this game, jumI, Lnrk, I think it's yon.' "Mow, at the University of Virginia atfeb a declaration, if improved, meant .Ciut-budy's death to a certainty, aud in -sn) instant tbe party was on its feet. "'Just wait a minute, gentlemen,' 3d the accuser quietly. 'I've been watching this man. Let some one exam Le the backs of these cards with this Aiaguifyiug glass.' "Tbe Kentuvkian took tbe glass and 3ily scanned the geometrical designs A. the backs of the cards. " 'By Caesar!' he ejaculated. 'Every j)urt card is distinctly marked I' Exam fcation by the other players quickly jroved the truth of this. "There was a consultation over wbat should be done with Lurk, wbo stood itb head hung down, overwhelmed ith the proof against him. It was de fied that be was not worth calling out, art be was not a gentleman, and tbe ver Vet was that be should make restitu tion of all the money he had won since lb participation in the game aud suffer tracisni in tbe university. He was compelled to sit down and write out a cfieck for all the money he bad won, lye memorandum books of the other layers showing the amounts they bad iibt at various times, and he was kept mZtiet surveillance until the Charlottes xflle bank, in which he kept a heavy account, opened next morning. One of tbe P&Tty rode down to Charlottesville said cashed tbe check, and then tbe sen tence of ostracism went into effect. 'That fellow bad the unheard of ef frontery to remain at the university un til tbe finals were completed. He was Cere six weeks. No student or professor ff servant or townsman, no man or wo a? in, white or black, spoke to him or tvok any notice of him. He attended tbe iial balls, and no one recoguized bin). Zo was not quizzed in a lecture room or ndureesed by a professor, bull be re K u'ned until the university closed for Lr season, but be might as well bave fi'U in tbe middle of the Sahara desert 4 far eb intercourse with people was f : cerned. " Washington btar. Imported. "Ah," said the Jacksonville man, as fc rat in bis luxurious library, "there's uing like a good Havana cigarl" v. And over in Havana tbe wealthy Cu vu wbo was smoking turned to a friend SI remarked ecstatically: "Tbis is at I call a good oigar. It's a Florida ffodnot I import it myself." Pbila akjphla North American. Cn nearly every block in Japanese files Is at pnblio oven, where, for a anfmll fee, housewives may bave their fliners and suppers cooked for them. "'It's hand," said Uncle Eben, "fob f sian ter excuse a boy fob bein aa ir-'ish at 18 yeahg ob age as he will ttimt't at 15." Exchange. Sy The Popular Pol Terrier, All terriers are good. Tbey are as shrewd, game, loyal small ohaps as ever stood upou cauiue foot or gased at their owner with soulful, loviug eyes, aud of them all I prefer the fox terrier, either wire haired or smooth coated, These aristocratic, diminutive geutlemeo un questionably are today tbe most popular dogs in the wide, wide world, and there are many excel lout reasons why this should be so. From the palace to the cottage these dogs have proved their sterling qualities to tbe satisfaction of all concerned, aud tbey are especially well suited to tbe conditions which govern in crowded centers. When th big St Bernard, mastiff, Daue or other heavy breed is panting in the contracted back yard, howling on chain, piuiug for exercise aud freedom, tbe terrier is merely having fun, bury ing himself about the house, warning off doubtful intruders and generally at tending to everything which appears to require supervision. Clever, alert and stout hearted, he never relaxes his guard, and be fears nothing. His clever ness as a rule is a safeguard against bis making mistakes regnrdiug tbe desir ability of visiting strangers. He seems instinctively to recoguize persons wbo are not wanted about tbe premises, and woe to tberu if their mission be evil and their desire a stealthy invasiou. He protests promptly and vigorously, and be will not cease until some oue of bis household baa appeared and takon cbargo of the matter. Ed W. Sandys in Outing. The Lion of Keoa, There are lions aud lions, but the lion of lout is the lion of Hellas, says Professor J. Irving Mounatt in Tbe At lantic, The lious ou guard above the gate of MycenaD may be older, but tbey hare lost their beads aud therewith their main majesty. Tbe lion sentinel over Leonidas' grave at Thermopylae disappeared ages ago, though we still possess tbe inscription written for it by Simonides: Of beanta the bravest L of mortal he. Upon this mound uf (tone now watched by me. The lion of Cbssroneia commemorates a great and definite event, but he has been broken to pieces. Better luck baa atteued tbe liou of Keoa Couched here on bis flank iu tbe liviug rock, with re verted bead, 28 feet from tip to tail, every feature perfect, full of life and majesty, one can hardly think of him as a mere image made with hands. He looks rather as if in some prehistoric age tbe colossus of bis kind be might have lain down here alive and turned to stone, possibly after clearing the island of its first occupants, for there is a myth handed down to us by an old writer that Keos was originally inhabit ed by the nymphs until they were soared away by a lion aud fled to Karystot, leaving to tbe "jumping off plaoe" tha name of Lion point. At all events tbe monument and tbe myth make a perfect fit. Our lion is the very beast to strike terror into nymphs or any other unwel come neighbors. Horace Greeley Eeoeetrle Idea. Even his eccentric ideas were made plausible by bis treatment. I heard him say once that what was then thought to be tbe Great American desert ought to be planted with Canada thistles so as to give nature some sort of a green start, when other vegetation might be made to follow. But the trouble is Canada thistles, like any otber thing inspired by "pure ensredness, " will only grow and thrive where tbey ought not to. Find a place where tboir presence would do some good, and, as in tbe Humpty Dnmpty case, "all tbe king's bones and all tbe king's men" could not fasten them there. This perverseness suggests in a certain way the small boys' con ception of good and bad his enchiridion of nature and life. "What's fun," be said, "is always wicked; wbat we don't want to do is pious." Mr. Greeley would cut down bis alders in tbe spring. When I mildly sug gested to biin that our agricnltnral au thorities preferred tbe autumn for that work, when nature could not so well aid their struggle for existence, he thought tbis reason was a mere excuse for not outting them at all. Joel Ben ton in Harper's Magazine. Lafayette Io Maine. "It was during tbe administration of Governor Albion K. Parris'says tbe Kennebec (Me.) Journal, "that General Lafayette made his memorable tour of the United States and paid his visit to Maine. It was on a Sunday that the general concluded that visit and pro posed leaving the state from Portland. Governor Parris remonstrated with him for taking his departure on that day and said, 'If you will postpone your trip until Monday, I will myself escort you to tbe state line with all tbe military honors.' Bat Lafayette, accustomed to the continental Sabbath, insisted on not altering bis plans and left Maine on Sunday, while the Sabbath honoring governor of a God fearing state attended his church service as was his babit." HI Pointer. An eminent jndgo, being asked bow be could turn with sucb facility from one catte to another, replied : "I lftrnd that from what I saw at a colored Laptism when I was a boy. Tbe weather was very cold, so that to im merse it was necessary to out away the ice. When one of tbe female candidates was dipped back in the water, tbe cold made ber S'luirm so that she slipped from tbe minister's bands and went down tbe stream under tbe ice. Look ing up with perfect calmness at the throng on tbe bank, tbe minister said: " ' Brethren, this sister bath departed. Hand me down another. ' "Brooklyn Citizen. Cm. of Lag-gage. "Isn't it possible to travel abroad with less luggagK?" " Wbat would yon do? You can't get tbem to paste the labels in a scrapbook. " Detroit Journal. A WORD WITH HUSBANDS. Give Your Wife m Little FraUe Once la Awhile and rVe Hew It Work. "If husbands only kne w, or, if know-i Ing, only cared, how very much thoir words and manners affect tbe tempera ture of the home world, they would never by word or deed leave it en shrouded iu gloom," argues Mrs. A. M. Marriott iu au article eutitUd "Praise Your Wife" in Woman's llouio Companiou. "To most wives the bus band is tho sua around which every thought revolves. There Is sonivoly an instant in which bis presence is not felt as she goes about ber work or even wbeu at rest. It she is preparing tbe meals, tbe way John likes this or that or some remark be has made about some article) of food is rivalled to mind. If she looks about her, sho fees his bats and coitfa baugiug ou the hooks, and tbe bats in variably wear tbe same expression John's face wore when be left in the morniug a jolly, good humored look if ho wont away pleasant; if augry, a gruff, defiuut, attend to yonr owu busi ness air takes the placo of the so lately ' geutle pliable shapes in felt and fairly bristle with wrath over some trifle, but . still enough to obscure the sun iu the ! little world for mauy a weary day, per chance, ere it is seemingly forgotten. "There is no true wouiau but will re pay her husband over aud over aguin for kind, thoughtful treatment. Ho is ready to call ber childish, aud she may seem so ta him ; but oue thing is sure , a woman never forgets. "All little deeds of love or tbonglit fulness sown by bis baud yield a certain and abundant harvest. She nnv love her borne better than auy other spot ou -earth, yet she sometimes gets so weary of the daily routine- of never ending duties that fall to ber lot that she ouu not belp an occasional fecliug of envy for those who bave more time for recre ation, for going abroad, for all tbe little things dear to tbe heart of every woman, , but wbicb tbe stern band of duty most i effectually debars her front enjoying. Still, for all that, she would not fur the whole world exchange places, even if she could, with any other woman, leav ing home and John dear old John as tbe prico of ber freedom from care. "If your wife bus been a faithful and true wife to yon, tell ber so. Do not think it lowers your mauliuesa any to let ber know that Fhe still has a place in your affections. She has toiled early j and lata for you and your children, through sickness aud health, and self deuial has grown to be ber motto. It takes but little from ber loved ouei to make her happy, so do not begrudge bor ' a word of praise now aud tben as her i just reward, and of fur more value to her starving heart than gold. There are some things which money can never buy, and wounds wbicb it cannot heal, but love levels all obstacles, overcomes all difficulties and immeasurably sweet ens life." Tha Baal of Credit. A man's past record, with but few exceptions, should determine the ques tion of bis eligibility for credit in the future. If be baa been slow pay in the past, he will probably be slow pay in his next purchases. If be baa been prompt and satisfactory, he will likely be tbe same again. As an instance I might mention a case which recently came under my notice. A trader wbo had gradually got to be slow and unsat isfactory was compelled to assign. His failure was not due to any misfortune, such as fire or flood, but seemed tbe natural consequence of bis incompetence and lack of management A wholesale bouse which had been supplying bira lost heavily, but compromised, and as he continued tbey still sold bim, but on 30 days' time. For awhile be promptly attended to bis payments, but after a time he got slower and slower, and as he was a liberal buyer and bis purchases were allowed to accumulate be soon owed a hill far larger than bis means would warrant. As this dragged along for some years a compromise was grant ed upon tbis indebtedness also. Still be clung to bis old creditor aud again or dered goods, promising to send the money within DO days. But his past record was too much even for so lenient a creditor. He was told plainly that ho would get no more goods on credit and that if be ordered anything cash must accompany tbe order in every rase. Now, a man of this stamp is a positive detriment to a man who pays bis bills. After thus being refused credit by the old bouse he will try and got it else where and no doubt will succeed. Hut if bis record is known it should be a final answer to tbe question of granting him credit. Hardware. A Great Pol yclot. Solomon Caesar Malan habitually conversed with his children iu Latin, but on bis deathbed, when Solomon, bis son, began to recite a psalm in the familiar Vulgate of his youtb, tbe dy ing man, scholar to tbe lust, muttered, "Hou ita, non ital Hebruice;" so the son repeated it in Hebrew. He could, for tbat matter, just as well bave said it in Coptio or Chinese, for to bim all tongues came naturally. t 18 he could write in 13 languages, oriental and European, and among his published works we find translations from the Arabic, Persian, Syriao, Etbi opic, Hebrew, Coptio, Armenian, Geor gian, Mongol, Chinese, Korcun, Japa nese, Greek, Kussian, Welsh aud Goth ic. He is said to have learned to speak . : a .M 1 i I rtriilBiiiun uueimjr iu a lortlllunt. ana he preached iu Georgian to a Georgian congregation in the cathedral of KutuiH. -Saturday Beview. An Undesirable Dog. "What do you think of tbe dog?" asked tbe owner. Tbe dog fancier merely glanced at him and then shook bis head. "He might do pretty well in tbe couutry somewhere or pretty far ont in tbe suburbs," he said, "but be isn't homely enough to ever bring much of a price among the dog owners of the fashionable world." Chicago Post. THE LETTER. Tlie loiter tnv Mj wrt to m 1 would you eonlil we the HiimI TUoro' llitvor of orniiKe blomoms Ami tmil of joMwiiilii vIiim. Oh, tho li'tliT hit Iml wrote to niol 1 nit In hit room nnd o TU wills ou tho hl4 and hr red, sweet Um In thu lot ter wrote to me, Cli, the loll it my Imly wrote to mo I llrni ta 111" word tntwod, And hore U (lie word that wiu nover beard Ou ilia line hr ll have klmtnL And the lttor my My wrote to uie Cloa to my hourt shall I Till the JuiUim'Ut dny, whuu 1 drift away, Lite ot uiy llto, from theol Atlanta Constitution. BURNS AND SCALDS. Remedies That Should lie l ed Wrfure the IOoetor Arrive. A bum may result from excessive ' heat applied iu any way hot air or hot ! water, steam, flame or electricity or ' evuu from extreme cold. Tho injury ro ! Bulling from ooutact with hot water or ' steam is usually culled a scald, but is practicully thu same iu its results as a burn. i Burgoous speak of different degrees of a burn, according to the amount of : tissue destroyed by it Thu a burn of tbe first degree is one that simply red deusaud irritates the skiu; a burn of the second degree is oue thut causes actual iuflummutiou ot tbe skiu with tho formation ot blisters, while a burn ' of the third degree destroys the skin and more or loss of the flesh beneath it, or even chars aud kills all the tissues, including the bone itself. Tho effects of a burn depeud partly upon its degree, but not entirely, for a buru even of the first degree may cause deuth if it involves a very largo portion of the surface of tbe body. This it does by interfering with the necessary ex cretion of waste matter wbicb is con stantly taking place through tbe skin. A curious effect of a severe buru in any port of tbe body is ulceration of tbe bowels following very intense con gestion of tbe entire digestive canal. The broucbiul tubes aud the lungs are sometimes injured by the inhalation of steam or very hot air, but even apart from such au accident a person wbo has been burned about the chest or back is very liable to have an attack of bron chitis or pneumonia in oousoqueuoe. Tbe first thing to be douo in the case ot a burn of any deiiree is to stop tbe pain. Tbis should be doiio not ouly from tbe natural impulse to relieve suffering, bnt because the shock resulting from tbe injury may be so greatly increased by tbe agony as to cause the death of tbe patiout, even when tbe burns in themselves would not do so. Covering tbe part with any bland nbstance, sucb as olive oil, vaseline, sweet butter or flour paste, to keep off tbe air will often afford great relief, and in burns of tbe first degree notbiug more may be needed. Carron oil, the name given to a mixture of equal quan tities of linseed oil and limewatur, was formerly and is still in many workshops tbe favorite application for a buru. Better still is bicarbonate of soda (cook, ing soda) or calcined magnesia, made into an ointment with vaseline or lard or dusted thickly over tbe skin. Another application which is often exceedingly grateful is a solution of nitrate of potash (nitre). Hunters often make a paste of gunpowder for tbis pur. pose. Oue or other of those applications will usually suffice in mild cases, and in severe burns will belp to reduce the pain for tbe time until tbe doctor comes. Yontb's Companion. An Hoaeet Man. "Now look here, Thompson," re marked Brown. "It has been six months since you borrowed that $5 from me. " "Seven," corrected Thompson grave ly. "Well, then, sevon months," snorted Brown, "and you promised to give it back to me in a week promised faith fully, you did, to return me it in seven days instead of months." "I know it," answered Thompson sadly, drawing a memorandum book from bis pocket. "Tbat bill was series F, No. 672,929, issue of 1887. I made the note, and tben I spent tbe money. Since tben I've been trying to recover it" "But." howled Brown, "uny other would do as well." "No," responded Thompson, shaking bis head. "I'm a man of my word. When you gave me the bill, I said 'I will return this to you, 'and I meant it. Brown, old man, just as soon as I come across No. 072,929, series F, issue of 1887, I'll see tbat you get it, for I am not tbe one to go back ou my promise. " "Editor's Drawer" in Harper's Mag azine. No Beaton to flurry. A pleasant looking, stylishly dressed old lady was boarding a Sixth avenue car, aud tbe "smart Alex" conductor shouted in her ear: "Hurry up there! Stop lively I Be quick I" He looked as if be were on the point of pushing her bodily inside the car, when, to his greut surprise, she stopped short, aud, looking bim full in tbe face, said: "Young man, it is not worth while to be in such a hurry. You'll get to holl soon enough." New York Sun. The Precedent. She It seems to me that the earliest I recorus uruve umi nuuiuu um uiwure 1 been aheaU ot man, He How so? She Why, oue of tbe first things tbat Adam said to Eve was, "After yuu." Brooklyn Life. An eastern statistician estimates tbat 100,000 people own half of this coun try's wealth, and that 4 por cent of the people possess 70 per cent of tbe entire property of the country. It is an interesting fact that tbe cent was first proposed by Robert Morris and named by Thomas Jefferson. "IRONING MADE EASY" iHBIi 1 I fJ" '1M. A J W " 1 ' ' - I I II I IIMI1IWI " .V fir Air IN s DFrtitiDFC mo rrvrwi vr. ' f VJ MAKES COLLARS AND CUFFS STIFF AND NICE o .. AS WHEN flHST BOUGHT WEW-. t ONE POUND OF THIS STARCH WILL CO AS FAR AS A POUND AND A. HALF OF ANY OTHER STARCH. LCHUBINGERBROSC? KeokukJowa. NewHaven,Conn? I Tlili (larrb U prepared im olootlflo prinrlpli hi men who hive bad jntj nrarl Ira! eiprrloiire In uwjr lauuderiua-. It ntn old linen and fummnr draem Ui llielr natural hltriii auil Imparl beautiful ni laalliis fluUo. ll la III Miljr larrb BinnufnrttiriHi tlial la perfectly hurtnloee. ruulaiulna' neither anwnle, alula or auf Dthoc ulUiuc Injurious lo lluvo ami can be uaed evno tot t baby poenler, For sale by all wholesale and retail grocers. WHEN YOU BUY, ALWAYS GET THE BEST This applies to real estato as well as other cotnotlitios. Every family in need of a homo desires tho lost loca tion. SOUTH OREGON CITY Has the greatest number of advantages to its credit, of any of tho suburbs of Oregon City. It will pay you to investigate this property. Good clear lots at reasonable prices on easy instalments. Call on or address T. L. CHARMAN, Trustee. Charmari Bro's. Block, PORTLAND TO THE DALLES By the fast and com modious steamer Regulator Leaves Portland daily except Sunday at 7 a. m. This is the Great Scenic Route. All tourist admit that the scenery on the Middle Columhia is not ex celled for beauty and grandeur in the United States. Full informa tion by addressing or calling on J. N. HARNEY, Agent, Tel. 914. Portland, Or., Office and wharf, foot of Oak St. A. W. PHILLIPS, EXPRESS AND DELIVERY Prompt attention to hauling to any part of Oregon City. Moving attended to promptly and carefully. Special rates given on hauling to and from Gladstone and Park-place. Repw Lit pi r- . i, Orogon City -jELLOH ? 1800 miles of long dis tance telephone wire in Oregon and Washington now in operation by the Oregon Telephone ana Tel egraph company, Portland, Seattlo, Spo kane, Tacoma, Salem, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and DC othor towns in the two states on the line. Quick, accurate, cheap. All the satisfaction of a personal communication. Distance no efToct to a clear understanding. Spo kane as easily hoard at Portland. Oregon City office at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - - - Oregon. i:tlllali'd 103. CI PIONEER Mfa& and Ejrjfe, Freight and parcels delivered to all parts of the city. RATE8 - REASONABLE. P Green
