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A BANKRUPT TKIBE. Tbelr Unbroken Bun of HI Luck at a Gam of Onanoe. How the Black RIvr Indians wero , Cloaaod Oat by tb Pnyallaps to -tho Groat Twnty-8lx Dmj 'ttef Gamblo" Near Iirnik Capt. J ack had to walk from the Puy allnp reservation way over to the Black River reservation, Ears the Taeoma cor respondent oil the San Francisco Exam iner. He had nothing with him except his clothes and histemper.both of which were very much worn, from the results of the recent protracted "sing gamble." The "sing gamble" is the great contest between two tribes of the Puget Sound Indians for the trophies of the year and for such blankets, wearing apparel, ve hicles and horses as can be spared to be used for stakes, and sometimes more than should be spared. This year the "pot" at the beginning of the gamble consisted of twelve Winchester rifles of , i . i 1 . i i me latest paiwjrn, eleven buuou nurses, seven buggies, one hundred blankets, . forty-three shawls, an 'uncounted pile of mats, clothing, for men and women. some badly worn and some in good con dition, but mostly worn, and forty-nine dollars in money. This year the "sing gamble" was held in the barn of Jake Tai-ugh, com' monly known as Charley Jacobs, whose place is four miles from Tacoma. At the beginning o the "sing gamble" sixty-seven old men and women, many of them wrinkled, many of them gray' headed, gathered at Jake's big barn, which had been cleared of all hay, grain and other stores. Un the ground, which serves as a floor, were laid two mats woven from straw and weeds and flags. Each of these mats was three feet wide and six feet long. Between the mats was the space of about three feet. Around these squatted the serious gamblers of the ancient races, many of them wear ing brilliant colored blankets, others arrayed in combination costumes picked up at the reservation or in the town. . As a necessary preparation to the game, the drummers, one for each tribe, took positions in front of their drums, made of horse hide drawn over one end of a stout frame two feet and six inches deep. Beating heavily on these drums with sticks, the sound is similar to that from a bass drum, save that it is more sonorous and is readily heard a distance of hal a mile. As the drums beat the Indians begin their chants or wails, the men shouting: "lli-ah, hi-ah, hi-ah," and the women moaning an accompani ment between the shouts of their braves, sounding something like this: ar ..t. ..i. , . ..i. it '...M U, 1MU. UU '. The players gather around the mats, seven being permitted on each side. One mat is for the Puyallups, the other for the Black Rivers. The dealer for each side sits at the head of his mat, fingering deftly ten wooden chips about two inches in diameter and a quarter of an inch thick. Nine of thene are of the same color, but the tenth is different in color, though similar in shape and dimensions. The shuffler handles the chips rapidly, like an ex- periencea iaro acuier piuyuitf vo a Dig I - . M . 1 1 i A . ' . to another, hides them under a pile of uliavlntra mnnA frflm t.na jwrint hu.tir growing close to the sap, resembling much the product called excelsior. lie divides the chips into two piles of five ' each, and conceals each pile under the shavings. Mysteriously he waves his hands forward and backward, cross wise and over and over, making passes like the manipulations of a three-card monte dealer. The drum keeps up. its constant beat, the Indians at the mats ll.t.. . . . u.U1i I... ......... clap their hands and stamp and chant in time to the drum. Now is the time for the Indian as signed to guess to point to one of the two piles. The game is entirely one of chance, there being no possible means for the closest observer to detect in which pile the dealer places the odd colored chip. It is the custom of the game, however, for the gftessman to ponder for boidc time before decid ing which pile to select. This adds in terest and excitement to the specula tion. Finally he decides, and with his finger points to one of the piles. The dealer rolls the chips across the mat to the farther end. If the guess is right the side for which the guesser is acting scores one point. If the guess is wrong the tribe to which the dealer belongs scores a point, and the other side takes the innings that is to say, the deal. John Towallis was captain of the Puyallup team, and now is the most popular man in the tribe on account of the remarkable victory of his sido after the session of nearly a month, and also on account of the quantity and value of the pot, Capt. Jack, the leader of the unsuccessful Black River team, proved a thorough sport, for, in addition to his contribution to the stake of his tribe, he staked and lost his greatest treas-! ure, a big knife, his principal decora-! tion, shiny brass rings, all his money (sixty dollars), his watch, his rifle and his harness, his buggy and his horse. lie advised his companions on the team to uet everyinmg iney nad except their canoes. Ho insisted that they should keep those, in order that they might have some way to get home. lie was not so careful of himself as of them, for lie had to walk when the time cavne. Home of the men and the squaws who paddled home in their canoes felt the sharpness of the weather, for shirts and troujscrs were exceedingly scarce when the sixtieth stick "had gone to the Puyallup end of the board. , At the last part of the gamble the Black Rivers plunged wildly. The run of luck of the Puyallups had been eon Ktnnt, and Capt. Jack announced to his followers that this could not continue. Luck must turn, and here was a chance for them to get every movable thing, fxeept that which belongs to the gov ernment, transferred from the Puyallup reservation over to the BlackRiver res ervation. II is men were quick to follow his Suggestion, and the result is that poverty is intense this year at Black River, and the Puyallups are having a boom. - -- - ' ' ' Ift III Fortuun to Melenee. Count Victor Boworowsky, an eccen tric' Polish nobleman, has left his en tire estate to be administrated by trustees in the interest f sckmce, urt and literature. The estate U described as amouting at present to "wvenil mil lion florins," but as it is to accumulate until the total amounts to twenty mil lions, the count had evidently soim fear that the government of Galic-is would refuse to act; in which case the entire property will pass to the British museum. The count had been afflicted with blindness for many ' years, and a fortnight ago committed suicide at Lcmburg. - Lightning Draws m Pletaro. Another one of those rare instances in which the "forked fury" has drawn a photograph upon glass is reported from the observatory situated on Mount Arie, near the summer resort of West Baden. One of the astronomers of that institution on making an ex amination of the object glass of one of the telescopes was surprised to find a perfect photograph of a flower upon both lenses of the instrument. It is be lieved that the photograph was drawn by lightning, the glass having been left exposed during a storm on one of the upper platforms of the observatory. POOR BQB "WHITE. A Plea for the Sby Gam Bird When tho Weather Is Had. When snow covers the ground and sleet envelops trees and shrubs many birds of varions kinds seek the farm house and its vicinity. They seem to know that in their extremity man is their friend. Their confidence is not misplaced; they are liberally fed by dif- ierent members ol the household Until the emergency has passed and they are again atjlo to make their own living, These birds come to man's abode for protection as well as for food, and aflv.r the cravings of hunger are appeased they stay aronnd the dwelling, feling that the predatory ha'ivk, fox, owl and the heartless, murderous gunner of this season will not recklessly' venture to assail thein. Frequently these birds return saajwn after season to the same home$4-.ftd8. By reason of their appeal to mankind birds of this class seldom die from the effects of hard winters, snys the Baltimore Sun. That the great game bird, the part ridge, excessively wild and timid, docs not, when privation comes, seek man's homestead like the birds mentioned above, though in extremes of weather a covey of partridges may be seen about the strawyai ds where cattle- are housed and fed. Their presence about such places is proof of their sufferings, for they only leave their accustomed haunts and fastnesses when sorely pressed for want of food. These birds have been found dead in severe weath er, poisoned from eating laurel to sat isfy their hunger. ' Clothed in beauti ful plumage of hues in accord .with the ground, they escape fairly well from the li:nvk in ordinary times, but they stand out in bold relief on the snow and fall tin easy prey to the tireless, in satiate hawk, as well as the fox and owl. It is against the law to cither shoot or trap this noble bird at this season, and farmers and others should see that no marauding in this line is done. .In addition to preserving this gallinaceous bird tho agriculturist knows that tho partridge it; tho farm er's friend, and that he destroy!! myri ads of injurious insects, thus protect ing tho grain crops and the fruit from much injury. Everyone, whether resi dent of tho city or country, loves to hear tho call "Bob White," on bright MimuK r dityi through harvest time and early in tho fall, when the young ones nro nearly grown, ' and to watch tho mala partridgo perched on the fence as ho gives out the note. It is impossible to look at him then with out feeling lovo and admiration stir the heart, lie is in trouble now. Let everyo-no who Can help him. Bait the hu-unta of tho patridges iu your viein ity daily with corn and wheat.. 'Use your gun on tho hawks and owls and put your pack of hounds on the foxes. A BRAVE. GIRL. Heroism ot a WaltrcM In a Burning Motel. . It docs not require either matut-e years or an exalted position in life to uevcjoo mo qualities that make a hero or heroine. One of the bravest and most resolute deeds that wo have ever read of was performed only recent ly by a girl of sixteen who was serving as a diuiug-room girl in a hotel at Har per, Kan., says Youth's Companion. . At four o'clock on the morning of tho 10th of November a tiro broke out at this hotel. In its rooms slept thirty seven guests. A strong wind was blowing, and the Arc (spread rapidly. In one of tho rooms two dining-room girls w.ero asleep. One of thein, whoso name is Maud Schermerhorn, woke holf suffoeatnd by smoke. Her companion was insensible; and Maud, though herself half-suffoeated, helped the other out of the window, and herself leujv.l out, cutting her flesh badly on the j;lss us she did so. She dragged her companion to a place where she would be safe. Then she saw that the flames were enveloping the house, und that the guesth had not been ularnied. The t;u.k if doing this the took upon herself. Breaking through a fastened lower window, and again e.ittii'g her self .'severely, she crept back into tho hotel, the halls of which w, re thick with eho';:i!g smoko. Kli.j c mlii not Walk upright against the sivohe; but gutting down on her hand and knees, her faee to the floor, she crept through tho corridors, from room to room, alarming oil in the house. Everywhere she left a trail of blood bi-hifd her from her bleeding l'esh. When tho Inst guest hud oiet;ed the door of his room- in response to her call, he found -her lying, helpless in a p ! of Jut ovii blood. : Thonrli In-liiin;i-lf whh 1ml f-Kinotli-ored, Hi's j-ei-st picked up the -. ind, groping l: way, reached tUe street with Iut i-i wifely.- jfo life was lost lu the lire; b.t. i , Is sai l that s-wiul peo ple would undoubtedly h.iw perished but for this heroic girl's efforts. 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