The Oregon daily journal., January 22, 1905, Image 35

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TITII CCC:i SPKPAlV ' JOUHIIAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORHlNOj : JANUARY 22,
Tne True Story of the Lally-
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Vjiooler
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ID I ever tU you my justly
celebrated poker - sloryx
uM Major Waters, glano
Inc. at aha aoorta Bitting
about th store. l-
'' Times have tMn hr, far .'from gay
-wrlth the - major- -and - bfa', friend -since
Sheriff Word began his raids; but there
ina, been no. .ihsding. Ja iBecoiQxt
.hla raiment, op diminution. In the else
t os am jowcia. ixm bum wears a bum
, ', double breasted collar., held la place by
a a ' big ' diamond - button hla doubts
. , V breasted Aacot la the Meeting .place of a
""huge . black ; pearLj " On bla ., double
. breasted vaet double Breasted watch
-chiia hangs, nugget laden, and hla ner
'"' veus bands glisten with first water
'. ' 'atones. The major may be .down, but
-he (isn't out ',. r -. -
"I was indulging my fancy for the
great American, came .In Albuquerque
" at a time when- the clever card player
. .was the beat gentleman - continued the
'7 mj"V end there was a rather savage
'tooe to hla voice. -A tnen -who didn't
' play , poker couldn't have been .sleeted
, to the office of flea catcher Ire the pub-
. llo pound of Albuquerque. .This
' i Word but I'll tall ta story. ,.-.,..
1 "On -day young bellow- dropped
t art oa bis way from Chicago' to 'jrrisoo.
I - file was of the bulging pocket and In
growing bead verity. If he hadn't had
plenty mere where his r,t supply
of money came from some of ua would
have bean reluctant to take" it,'. He
throbbed with the desire to play poker;
didn't iwant -anybody In the game, but
1 1 - i, juii ua aina Din os Aiuuuiwqm
I "That 'Jeeted you, major,"! said one of
--nla auditor '.there- was a suspicion 01
: i r... aeroasm in hi vole. -. -r, .
. ; - " "Borne one must havi toUtifow.'
'' . Constant raids spoil the best tempers;
-. . . and continued:! , .' 1
was chosen, and 'we began. The
. . pilgrim suggested that we leave the lid
.off the limit, ana X. said .1 was suiteo.
' WelL that partner had the luck of
beginner and a. fool )-t ha hands he held
'V ' "lyrTf a sight to see. . lia bad me milk;'
ing the bank' inalda ot 10 minutes, ani
- then- Z' winked, at M.--H) .
- 'Hare 1' eried Doc Lahey, s You're
-.' . . going , t tell that PhoeoH story that
J raa4 la the New Tom Bun le years
aso. !'' . i ' r-- '
- ' r "Am ir asked the major. "If you
" . had oalled It something else and added
.... our . rMra to tnmi time.,, you might
. bave'had a full hand." . . . .
- "WelL anyway,- said the Doo "the
Story goes like this: Ton. borrowed an
other thousand from the bank, -and to
r , allay' fear and. soften axger. let the
stranger deal, after you had; shuffled;
" When he loakad at his hand, he' breathed
.' hard, and whan ' you looked at yours
you didn't breathe at alL Than he tried
- to take five chips ff nts stack., but
his hand trembled so that the stack (ell.
'and there wasa, burat of blues in the
X " He says,-W ell, teC, 'era all go.'
and swallowed so dep he bit a side out
V of his Adam's apple. You carefully
- oountad the beW studied your hand, and
- made believe you were out to scoop the
-1 pot on a bluff. He doubled your bet
.' and . 1 o " ' . :. r
" "Wowf yeiled 4'Nlbsy-leTyrthat,s
- the Xxxxloo poker story, - printed In- the
Vt, Louis . Republic 1 yaara ago.",
- The major -and the Doe, guessed ot;
1-Klbeyr Inelet ad nn; tailing It,
w-WBtralghta and Tlushes were barred,''
, he said.- 'You hesitated for a minute,
didn't, imuf "and then " alowlv shoveN
ii: I ln..oupl-of hundred with tfte-reraartc
'"'-that ydu didn't g-te hurt anybody but
If the track : wasn't clear,-the -sweeper
- l wouldn't be able to find ther pieces. AjM
t "'"-that got the tourist hot,' and ha. tame
i:back with a bunch of airy persiflage
. and a flatful-of ahlpa. AneV-thaa-yeu
said you'd Just call him for all ha bad
' in front of him. and he shoved in his
'pile, gave a ' laugh that , showed the
; strain he had been under, and started
to rake In the pot -x
- , j-"-Ierr you cried; "what you doing r
- ;"..'. Ing to apeak auletly. i '- ,
:. wnat you talcing it m onr you asked.
.Four aceai na cnaa, ana gaveva
rfen of Joy. .' 'Four aces, "and that's Abe
. ' top 'hand,,. with straights and flusbas
-. - jMrrad." ,i i..; - -
.J.. ..""You pore man, you said. Is that
all you know -about the garnet - Tm
ashamed of myself for playing with you.
I've got you skinned like a willow wand.
From Harperg 'vVeekly. '
WAS elected by a comfortable ma-
it
lority.c I ant not a proug man nor
vain man. but I must confess
that when I first began to be ad
dressed as "Congressman" I -had a sen-
sat Ion- about the head that Very much
resembled - an enlargement of - the
crarilum.. , I became at 'once the leading
, man In. my own town. - Everybody In--etlnetlvely
deferred to me. All of-the
.. letters that ' I received were addressed
- to the "Hon. John Smith" Smith Is
not- my name, but- It will answer all
purposes In the narrative that I am.
about to telh
; I went to Washington en the eve of
1 the' opening pf congress and was treated
to a rude awakening. Atvhome every-
Jhody!. regarded me a a man of lm-
- portanee. -At The national capital no
one thought it worth hla while to pay
any attention to me. The tension be
neath the leather of my hat disappeared
"and the" proud-feoHng-evepomtedMnto
thin air. - - '- . , . ' -v..-.-. .
I reached the door of the house of
t representatives and was abbut to step
It' when the doorkeeper took me by the
arm and ssld: .' ' ' " ' ; '.
'Pardon ma, but you can't to 'n there,
xou n have to go up in the gaiiery. -t
"Whyr I inquired.
E1NRICH . KNOTR the tenor
Ith the Metropolitan opera-
TTouireojrnbany in New li
earn ... by his voles A salary
-equivalent to the Interest on a million
dollars. .
'" ''.One holiday Helnrlch Knot and his
-brother wars walking -along 'the shore
-of Lake Sternberg. On the opposite
sUbre stood the castle of tha mad iking.
' I.udwlg I, patron of mualo and friend of
i Rlahard jWagnsrr - Tha morning - was
cool and 'crisp, and tha month was Oc
tober, full of rich autumnal color. In
tha exuberance of youth and. health
I Helnrlch Knote, a boy of It, suddenly
stopped, threw back hla head and poured
; forth an old folk-lore melody. -
: Said his brother- "Helnrlch, you are
: a great singer. Some dsy you will sing
In the Royal opera-house, 'In grand op
era. . Ws must go to Munich at once and
see the director.". ' - ?"
So" the two 'boys made their way to
he capital ot Bavaria. The 'director
t aSn''J"M !ilr5S.lisZf'k
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FA'TTUNf
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What've X gotf Why, Tver loo-loo.'
"And. the young fellow looked dased
ad asked yeu what-a loo-loo
"What's a' loo-loor ; you cried.. 'Oh.
motherVpnly child, don't yu know what
a loo-loo lT Well, juet lok behind yon
and you'll And out' Arid the young
fallow turned and right ever hi head
was this -notice In big black type:
A Iioo-Loo Beats
' ANT .SAND -. "
: j " In the pmck. - : '
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'"Because" this Is for members only."
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'I am a member.", X said, with 'gomtealled out In stentorian tones
-'"WU." was' the reply, "then you will
hv to be idenUfled." - V;- -- - -j----.
CTha -chief clerk -ef - the-heuseteame
out and Identified ma. and th door
keeper, apologizing for his scepticism,
admitted me. After ' that t had no
trouble in getting into the house. 1 But
I must say that I felt rather cheap a;nd
ruffled over the .incident It - really
looked as If I. did not. have the appear'
anoe of a congressman. T felt rather
lonesome for some days -the feeitng is
difficult to describe, buf it WeJ more
like good old-fashioned homestckneee
than anything I can think of at present
One morning a measure that af footed
some of the people ia 'ray district came
up or consideration; and I jumped to
my feat and called:. " ' .
"Mr. Bpeaker.'Mr. Speaker!' "
" ut the speaker paid no attention to
me whatever. Instead, he looked, on the
other, side of , the, house, snd pointing
to a man who Was not claiming recogni
tion4 at ell. -said r. - ;
"Mr. Brown hes the floor."
l Once. Again. X Attsmpted to- gU-reoog-nltlon,
but waa Ignored in the same
manner. .. .The , third time I arose, and
heard -the- youth sing, snd broke Into
oxprssaione oi praise over tne quality
woa or attartr-aniT trie t
perfect mastery, of the art of breathing.
A few weeks later, when the boy had
had Only a soors of lessons , and had
spent not over I loe dollars on his entire
musical education, he was sent for to
sing a- minor part Id grand opera, -
- One night while in the drasalng-room
df the opera-house a card was brought
to tbs boy asking him if h could come
to the hotel to meet a gentleman.. The
name waa that of the director of one of
the greatest opera-houses of- Europe:
An hour later this" director told the boy
that he had a great voice, and that In
stead of receiving T.I0O mark a' a year ha
would offer him a contract for Ave years
at tha rate of 10.000 marka a year. .
. From that hour he went up. on and
on. until he haa sung the Wagnerian
roles In all the greateet opera-houses of
Europe, snd has been engaged for ten
years, ending In 1011. ss the tenor of
the Royal Opera company la Munich.,
. ,
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was , r, i.V - W- .i-- ' ' I
- I n Ta, w r ' 1 ? ' S s . . .- ' . - - - f '( '
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When the Lboloo Bloomed.
"That almost broke his heaH; but he
was a brave beggaiy and-H .'..,
- "Just a minute," broke In Sure-Thing
Jones:-"I remember that story myself.
It wad published first la the New Orleans
then some wag in the seat behind me
"Mr. Speaksr. I rise to a question ef
Information. t it-- ' f ,, , :
Although this man wai immediately
back of. me, the speaker recognised
htm af6nce. and turning to ma for- the
flrat time, said:- - ' , -
"Will the gentleman yield -to a ques
tion of Information!"
' "I will," I said, surprised but curious.
"Then, Mr. Speaker." said the man 'be
hind me. "I desire to ask if the gentle
man Is a member of this bodr.
-eThe roars - of I laughter that greeted
thl - sally completely demoralised, me
and made it impossible to continue my
remarks. It wss a long while after that
before I attempted to address. tla chair
again. V . . . '''.-' , .
.. Before I had been In Washington a
week I found it neceeaary to obtain an
audience with the postmaster general.
There were quite: a number .of met in
my-dtstrlct olemorlng - for fourth-rate
posttnsstershlpSk and I had a, long 11V
of applications' in -my possaaalon. - I
asked . the . postmaster general . If he
.had half an hour- to spare in -order to
go Over these' lists. He smiled as fes
lialdJL-is-. t -' '
"You are. asking a good deal of time.
Tou remind me of n Incident that oc
curred when "Oeneral Arthur waa preal-
dent. - The poetiaaator general at that
time dropped In i on the prealdent and
naked him If h oould have a half
hour of his time. ..The president replied:
"Half en hour -Why, ray deer fel
low, dyoaatlea have been overturned in
three-minutes. You I will, have -to cut
your remarks short'
Xow, r-my dear 1 congressman." he
mM ,Urmi' t m.. "thi fo. of hi.
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don't want to -hurry- you. but you will
hava to get through In five minutes, for
I ; have, a- number or very - Important
engagements that I -must keep."
I solved the problem by leaving the
names of the applicants with him and
promising to csll some ether dsy to
learn his . decision, '. After- leaving tha
poetof rice department I - strolled' over
to the stste department, and when I
reached the entrance met a gentleman
6f medium height neatly dreaeed.-carrying
a leather portfolio.'. Addressing
him. I said: ' v-
."Pardon me, but could you-. direct me
to the office of the secretary of stats T"
Certainly." he replied, "If - you will
continue down this corridor you will
find the place you are seeking."
I did tm; but before going tntd the
room ef one of the assistant secretaries
I said to the ushers - , ,
-1 . -j
Piceayune when T wan there at .a raca
meeting In. the '80s. . The young fellow
want outside and thought It over; then
he came back and asked what they woulu
give him on his clothes and railroad
"Who - Is that courteous ' gentleman
who- directed me down this hallway T"
U looked through hla. glasses' at the
disappearing figure and saldt
. ."Why, .that la John Hay the secre
tary of state." - ;
And so it was.. It dawned on "tne all
of a suddeit that the prime minister
of the. president looked' very much like
his portraits. I waa very much Im
pressed that time, as I have been ever
ence. at tne axtreme courtesy .-or .an
the state -department officials. ? That
Is more than can be sahj for some ot
the men who are In public life In
Washington. ' I was In ons of ths other
departments not many days after this,
and waa trying to impress the head of
a certain bureau with the merits ef ons
ef my office-seeking constituents.
"This man,". I said. "1 especially
fitted for the poaltlon to which I have
recommended him. He la an expert and
understands his business thoroughly.
He is a graduate of the University of
Iowa."' ;, , j . .-,'".:
The bureau' chief looked at ma qulstly
for a moment and then a smile begsn
to Turk about the corners of his mouth.
He leaned over and said .In a soft tone.
freighted With sarcasm:
Is therein university lit Iowa
What wad the. use of trying to talk
business with a' man of that kind? : My
friend did not gt ths appointment and
I Am. df raid he never wilt
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LJrTVATBZBS OF AJTOCAI.S.
! From thr PhlladelDhia Bulletin;
Smoking the clay pipe, tbe circus actor
tt In- -.the-wmter -training quarters.
Under his supervision a thin-boy i was
learning to ride erect Oh a' quiet horso
with a 'broad, flat back. i .
- In some towns they ' won't let us
show." said the man. "unteas we have
no camels wtth us. Cunels are m sort'
ous UrawMck to shows, ' Horses are su
much afraid of them that lots oa towns
'A. horse won't go nedr a piece pf
ground a camel haa stood on. The very
smell of a camel in the air will make a
horse tremble and sweat And this
fear isn't only found occasionally in a
horse, here and there. - It Is found in
every horee all over the world. - Queer,
lin t ItT J often wonder why It la .Cat
tle' hat dogs in the same way,, and cate
nate dogs so too. i Here, though, we can
aocount for the hatred. Dogs in prim
Hive times fad on. catta. no doubt and
even today, here and .there, they kill
and feed on kittens.- ' ,
Horses love 'dogs, k'm sure I don't
know why. Dogs fear no animals but
pumas and leopards. Tou ran' take a
dog up to a lion's or a tlgsr's esgs. and
hs will show- no fear, but lake him up
to the cage of a puma or a leopard and
he will tremble snd moan, and slink
away Out of sight, i . '-. -.
' "All very pussllngv Isn't ttf -.-.j,
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ticket. He got 80, cartwheels for the iut
.0t and 'sat in again, and, -just as (the
major said, ha had luck to best the bank.
Finally he cot a hand that he seamed to
like.. Ha played It as U-the scalier at
the race track had rung the bell, end
yelled 'Jtll rlrhtf But the man who
was hltahed tip against him didn't show
any trepidation. They bet. until- the.
wanderer's last - chip was mingling In
T
DENIZENS of the spirit world that
- have k fine contempt for mun
dane spelling end quote scrtp--"
tune as it is -never seen In the
Klne1 Hemes -verslen of the .Bible have
hounded George A. Bonvllle into quitting
hls-occupatlon-of teleetrK-la The -ob
ject which, they, hsvs . sought to so
oomplUh. he says, is t have, ths only
true religion? . expounded ffr the -re-generation
of a Wicked World.
Mr.-'BonVUIe himself le authority for
this statement In proor or nis con-
Itentidn-that the world haa for thou-
tends of years been struggling along in
the dark, he takes a pencil snd writes
k,t th anlrlta dictate. He seems per
fectly sincere In word sni deed.' snd the
natural assumption axtet reauing wnat
la written is that the spirits who have
been hounding him ars rather egotistical.
They have Informed him. for -instance,
that ell otlfeT spirits- ha v not yet
reached 'their Intelilectual plane making
them safe guardians of mortals. .. For
them alone has been reserved the wis
dom of infinity, placing them In a
position " to give - proper rellgloua In
struction rs-r ; : r-
Until three weeks ago Mr'.; "Bonvttle
was In the Industrial field as an also
i . h,tn tita workahnn at 8t
Johna: He eayi these Sptrfts have been
hounding him for several years. At last
he . could endure - their Isshings : no
longer, and yielded himself to them.
Obeying their dictates, he Quit' his em
ployment and took an office . In the
Ooodnough building.. There the crea
tures of the ghostly realm have under
taken hid education. - V
He waa forced, he sayk. t take a
pnfillndre things for heberie
flt of a akeptical worli Their first
essay wss- en -'Watsran4 Eleotrlolty.'-'
His ' spiritual . preceptors deduce that
water IS water, bectuae It is a fluid, and
that electricity Is a manifestation of ths
holy ' spirit becsuas It waa .the riaan
which stunned the guardlsns of the
tomb of the Savior. At first the writing
waa nothina- but a succession of wsvy
lines that-would give-a eourt 'etenog-
rspher heart disease. - in time, however,
they pissed ths hieroglyphic stags and
used ordinary English. -,
They spell "explain "explsne" Snd de
part radically from other- forms' that
hava made a hit with Webster. They
lesn towsrd the phonetlo generally, and
their e ret em would doubtless reeelve the
Indorsement of the American Spelling
Reform eaeoclatlon. ' - . .
- A regard their quotations from
scripture, it Is spparent that they would
either come la conflict with the higher
ZIS Braiidep ' Religion : via tpmtlkiicl : '
1
the bubbling pot Then he isked li he
oould bet bla watch. . ' f .-r-
" 'I'll play one - bhia, one red and ' one
white against that sun regulator.', said
the - man. xwhlch- was liberal In the ex
treme, the ultramarines being 'ofa cash
value of $20 land - the . wniakyvfotoreu
discs bringing $10 at any drat-cUaa house
In town. Then the maverick aked how
much, bs could' bat on, hU' cuffbuttons.
eritlce - or .. convince them that Injl the'
authorised versions of tbe Bible' nany
grave -error have been .committed by
'the translators. Tor Instance, every
person' wh has attended Sunday school
hits been taught that jesus ssld,"8uffer
the little children to come unto me, for
of such is the kingdom of heaven."1 As
the spirits who have the key to the "only
true religion use It, : however, it reads,
"Suffer hot llttls children to oome unto
me,- for wss It not Moses thst drew
water from the rock In the wilderness?
Ths Interrogation point is used In order
to make tha meaning clear to the lay
reader, not in touch with -the Bonvlllo
spirits; it is omitted In the original
document as written by Bonvllle qnder
their direction.
: "I have to write things I would never
say," declared Bonvllle. "The spirits
houbd me constantly, and Y have to do
their bidding1. Tea. they misspell words
snd misquote scripture, but their knowl
edge Is so much more extensive thsn
that ' of the finite man thst It seems
preposterous ss well ss sacrilegious tq
pay any attention to such minor details.
They care nothing -f or Vie outer
wrappings or trammeling-of an Idea
From the New Tbrk World.
PPLE The fruit of a rosaceous
- tree. Pyrue malua, a natlva
'.- probably of central Asia.
4f
Pyru cydonaL .Ot I pear-shaped, or
sometimes weighing a pound; of a
golden yellow color When ripe, and very
fragrant - Ths quince wsi known to
the ancients, and it nas oeen argueo
thst the golden eppleu of ths Hesperldes
wsrahSaTk oillAagi. . Tha. nAlaln of tha auincc
Is not clearly known.lbut It occurs ai-
multsneoualy rrom nonnwestern imiia.
viioiril 1 throusn - to ' Medltarraaeao
rr : ' -, . ' : . .." 1
,g :.rJrtVr:-i--'ferfWry m i ",'-ys?r
Not an Apple It Was a Qu'mce , j
baln:"-Centurjr Dictionary- V"
. Kvs never sts the apple.
' 1 Receuss there is no Indication in
the Bible that Kve did sat It -
t No apples have ever been known
to grow In thst region.
I If she did, it wss probably a
qulnr. ' v - - - - - - t
- Mrs. t.lllis Devereaux Blake thiw
nfcatlv dlapnaes of the earliest scsndal.
And Mr. Hlake, being a daughter many
times removed of ths famous lsdy In
::-;',; 1 ;';
but ar Oils his va-vaa got nad and
tM . i k. .... 1
. m raswnrvar, PUi a -
pokar-playar. -.' . -
r'And.' he ssld, if yeu haven't any
more money you'd better oalL, sad ya
an at your-auffbtittoaa l tke Mm
tag.' f i -v.;. . - ., -- .,rj -
" Two got you baaten, said the tender- ,
toot. 'Tpi .rejegakejtac!gat. eiul'iL
take in the pot now and watch you
weep. ' - - t-, --
t " 'Whkl' have you? aakerf his foe.-' "
'I've a loo-loo P ertod mother's darling, -'and
a loo-loo beats any band In the
deck!. ; . - - i - -"
"HS atarted to harvest the pot, but his -opposite
told him to . linger a moment
. "What for? asked the wayfarer.
"Well, -eo'a you'll learn , something.-. I'
hatea to take, your money;' but above all -I
hteato taka your timepiece.. But It's
tbs rule of- war. ' ' -
" I've got a loo-loo; though,' howled
the pathnjnder. - - . i .-'.- . '
"'WeU. 'you want to observe the rules
of the game before you sit In. '. The main--"
rule la Just behind you.' ' -
t "The paaeangar turned and . there, ra '
big. b.laok tetters, tras the'algnt' i
Atoo-Loo May
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PLATED BUT ONCS
--.IB rjYVfiina-
" I . . ."
' -"And-that j' Sure Thing said, 'is ' the .
story as It appeared the -first tune."
v But It .wasn't; the .Story, : which has -been
reprinted oftener and under more' '
names than' any other poker yarn. lp
peered originally. In the Wave, about'
1I0, a. Ban Franclaco' weekly, now ds-.j
ceased. It grew in the Preea club, when"
the rooms- ware. on Pine Street' , At Its
birth were "Kd " Phillips, traveler boa
vlvant. and companion, of the wealthy
Sam Swing. 4robably , the beat-known
retired reported. ' excepting Bismarck.''
the old Chicago Trtbuna'a man. In. the
country; l)r. J. Franklin Brown, , hyp-T
note, soclat-sntertalner, and friartd ef the
than. Prlnoa flLWalaa. whom, he hypno
tised Into orderlng-hls name put on the :
list of guests tQ a house party, at Which
the "Doo" waa unable to be present.be-
cause ef a too heavy celebration of the
prospective - honor; v and there .ware
others; - Phlljipe was engaged in a splr- '
itad and laudablf effort to convince the
table; that, he had a world-beaUr, and
euooeeded with - alt -but - Owing, . whose
well-known poker curiosity was at. Once
the. admiration and nrlnclnal visible
'tneans of support of soma of his friend a.
J "You're blufflng." he said ; "you knowv
If, and I'm going to prove it by Warm-
Ing this pot to the boiling point- The
limit is none too much for me.
"Look out Sara: don't be careless.
I'm guing at some, thing snnrvelows..
the hand of the-century; an irresistible
force la a poker-game; don't fool with ..
it " It's a e4lt'S a lajljr-cooler !"
. The name, ita sarioua Import and' the
foroeful method of Ita enunciation over -came
E wing's curiosUy-; . he bad not
taken his fingers from hfa ctrlpa, and
slowly withdraw them. y ''v --: - r
"It sounds good, Ed." .hi said; .Jt "
surely pounds. - goodlt - lirf- good.". .
Phillips threw hie hand7 In to-the die -card,
lovingly drew thoypot toward him; -and
sighed, heavily.. .. - -"Truly,
now." ali I)6o TSrownr""wnai
did you have T; Whrt Is a lally-cooler.T
'"Weill" drawled Phillipa"it. nust i 1
hava been a marVel; It beat any -hand
In the deck, thar time.,, "' ?
"Itlgbt you eta.1" said one at the play
era. "but youcan play-Jt but' once in as
evening in tAls garnet"!'
- Next week it appeared In the Wave. V
with a lor of othar good things; it gained -'
vogue by publication; In the New York
tun. A year later It appeared again In
the Sun, as original, and-for some time '
traveled among the newspapers under
that honorable credit, and with a ragu-. '
larlty that Is pleasing -to lovers of poker
tales It has- appeared about every six
months In that paper and. others, eome
tUnea -credited to one paper and some
times to another, and under more names ,
than would serve Mormon family. ,
- Bella o she's enguged at mat? Bhe
seems likely to beat ua all In the tnatrt
monlal race. ., '- 1 . . . ..,'
Stella Yes: she is on her ' last lsp
thin time. : -; - "'
their fore sums concentrated on the
thought on the essence of ths spiritual.''
the vital In. the universe of thought
and action." '.. ' . - .-. v
From the Chicago. Intdr" Ocean, . .
A lady newly-arrived in Washington, -of
great wealth, ' waa at dinner, a few
nights ago, and" amased everybody by
telling' the brand and. vintage of a rare
wine without -seeing the bottle or label.
"How do-you do it" she whs asked.
"Oh.'' she replied. "I was born In New
Orleans, you know, and wss raised there.
When I was -a slip ot a girl ray father
Used to take me down to hie great wine '
cellar under the house and show me the
dusty bottles. He taught m all about
wines down In those gloomy. caves."
After dinner the hoeteea said to her
kusbandi ! - "' ( t - '
"Wasn't It interesting to hear Mrs, "v
end-Bo tslt about hsr father's wine cel
lars r . ' -'
"Great!" replied the trrutal husband. .
"Absolutely great! It was simply fine!
Tou know ther Isn't a cellar in New Or- -leans.".
..." ': . .-; .. - - ' ' ,' .
question, hss doubtless as Intimate 0
knowledge of thd fact as any authority
extant , She mads ths . assertion in sll
confidence at the meeting of the Leg la-,
and created a flutter In jhe dovecote
which no argument for woman's rights
hss eauied. ... - . .'- " "r ; """ "
Mrs. Blake wss cembatlBg the state-.,
ment - mad - hy Mrs. f-Johnson, - In
speaksr of ths day, wh In proof rt wo
man's' Importance, "said:' .
"There la on fact often quoted wbleb
still remains undisputed. Eve ats the
rWhereupon Mrs.' Blake strtlghtwjjr
Mtrsw the qulnc at her. Every woman
In the room vis very much shocked,
greatly relieved and a trifle disappoint'!
They are still wondering If Km d
not eat the apple what. the serpent hei
t do with the esse,
Mr. Blah haa vouchsafed no Inf. -mailon
on that head...
. The feoat popular seceotsnce" '
location ef ths Oardan of f..lea I
In westsra Asts. near ths so-- i
Tigris snd Eupnraie
l7. -.. '. . V