I-
TROPICAL TITBITS.
tioms of the Native Dishes That Are
Served In Jamaica.
MALE VISITORS.
Girls Should Bo Caroful Boforo Invit­
ing Men to Call.
It almost goes without aayiug that lu I
In Jamaica, ns everywhere else,
the
matter of rctvlvlng calls from |
there are two ways to do things. There
U the beaten track of the tourist to young men »cry young girls must be I
follow, with its hotels of varying ex­ guided entirely by the »viali«'« of their
cellence, conventional drives and ail parent«. Girl.» going to aclu>>) are not
supposed to revel»«- any «pedal atteu
IIS RAPID ROAD TO WEALTH. that sort of thing. To know the Island tlon from either men or boys and ar»'
and the allurements of its ingratiating
tropical beauty, however, to appreciate not usually permitte«! by their parent«
to receive calls from their boy friends I
~h« Winnings of the “Gentleman Gam­ the double Interest of British resident
In the evanlug uuless perhaps upon I
bler" at White’s. In London. In the customs, together with the quaint oddi­
the night preceding the school holiday. I
ties
of
the
uegro
native
life
"next
to
Eighteenth Century Exceeded $5.000,-
the earth," one must travel a different • wbeu they may see several of their
000—Fox's Reckless Play.
young friends, girls and boys together,!
course. Courtesy to visitors to the is­
Of all the gentlemen gamblers at the land is everywhere mauifest. There but rarely a boy alone.
For older girls there are really no set ;
ose of the eighteenth century in Eng- are native dishes that no hotel on the
nd a single one is noted for the im- Island can make to taste so good. rules as to how un.l wheu they may i
.ensity and’ the regularity of his win- There I learned the indescribable de­ Invite men to call upon them. Much
ngs. This was John Scott who. ba­ liciousness of a properly deviled Ja­ depends upon th«« manner and place of
nning as a penniless captain, wound maica black crab. There were served meeting. A girl «hx-s not usually ask ■
p his career as a millionaire general, curries that would make a habitue of a man whom she meets casually for
n the subject of the canqialgns be Ik'ltuonlco’s sit up and take notice­ th«' first time to call upon her. she
inducted history is sileut, but cou- turtle. real turtle, prepared with a del­ lluds It a better and safer plan to
■mporary Ixmdon was full of talk of icacy to delight au epicure, and native wait until sh«* has met him several
s marvelous luck with dice aud cards, oysters thnt Jamaicans facetiously say times, knows him a bit better and lias
id the marital misfortunes of his later “grow on trees.” Tropical fruits in dll decided whether or not she would cart'
fe gave more material for the gossips. their fragrance and juicy prime gave to include him among her frleuda. She
Writing to Richard Bentley from Ar- an intimation of the productive invisi­ thus avoids the possibility of placing
ngton street on Feb. 25, 1755. Horace bilities of the Island. The green tiuted herself In au awkward position later
by being oblige«i to discontinue bls ac­
' «'alpole says:
Jamaica orange, thin of skin and richly l
“The great event Is the catastrophe juicy, grape fruit of superior quality, quaintance. Giving pain lu any way
* Sir John Bland, who has flirted the avocada pear, oily in composition is always to tie avoided as bad form
■ray his whole fortune at hazard. lie and nutty in flavor; pineapples—in Ja­ and showing lack of nice feeling.
On the other hand. If «he meets a
other night lost in reckless play an maica they cut them in half horizontal­
nmense sum to a Captain ScotL who ly and eat them with a spoon—man­ man at the home of some well kuown
t present has nothing but a few debts goes, akee, breadfruit, ochra, choeo, friend« aud he* shows her sp«-cial cour- I
tesy, such, for lnstauee, ax accompany- I
ad his commission."
yams, and more yams, were there to Ing her to her home after th«* enter- I
Mir John Bland, to conclude here the tempt the inexperienced palate.—Trav­
talnment, and she realiz«-s by his man- I
’ iafory of tfl« luckless dicer, shot I el Magazine.
ner and apparent lnter«-st that he I
tnself dead, after losing the last of
i
would
like to continue her acquaint- I
a fortune, in Kippax park.
ance, she may. If she finds him agree- I
THE ARKANSAS HOG.
Qaptaln John Scott was of that
able. Invite him to call upon ber or I
<nch of the numerous Scott family
aay when she is thanking him for bl« I
’ which Sir Waiter was a member, it Can Outrun a Greyhound and Whip
attention that she hopes to see him
a Wolf or a Boar.
id bis ancestor in the thirteenth cen-
again.
If he really wishes to call upon I
An
esteemed
contemporary
guv*
’ ry was that famous chemist Michael
ber
he
will undoubtedly then say so. I
•ott, who won the name of wizard. A space to the following communication
ter Scott distinguished himself in the from a subscriber on “Tbe American and if be asks when she will lie at home
she may tell him wheu ?he 1« usually
ooe of Cbarlee II. by marrying, when Hog:”
was himself only fourteen years
"Arkansas has a greater variety of at horn« or designate. If he wishes it. a
d, a lady who was three years his hogs and less pork and lard than any certain time. In the instance of a man
nlor. The bride was Mary, countess state in the Union. An average hog In ■nd girl being Introduced by mutual
Buccleuch. in her own right the Arkansas weighs about fourteen friends who have specially arranged
chest heiress in Scotland. The mar- pounds dressed with its bead on and the meeting through compliment alone
igo was a secret one, aud none of the about six pounds and a half with Its to this man and girl, tin- girl shouid
¡ends and few of her family were in- head off. It can outrun a greyhound, invite the man to call upon her.
Men usually call between S and 0
rmed of it until the day after. The jump a rail fence, climb like a parrot
mthfuf bridegroom did not profit and live on grass roots aud rabbit o’clock when they are making even­
eatly by this match, for bis bride died tracks. It hasn't much tail or bristle, ing calls and should never remain later
thirteen. Her sister Anne, who suc- but plenty of gall. It will lick a wolf than 10 o’clock or. nt very latest, half
eded to her titles and estates, made or a bear in a fair S^ht It is called past 10.—Pittsburg Pre««.
marriage with the pet son of Charles razorback because It is shaped like a
, Monmouth, and bad a numerous sunfish. In bunting a razorback It
A oedspread with thè worn )>ortions
Is always shot at sideways, for there
’. mlly.
It was sixty years later, or about 1730, is not a ghost of a show to hit it cut out and thè gxxi trinimeli Iute
at young Scott, son of the laird of Otherwise, any more than to shoot at shape and hemmed makes excellent
•ott’a Tarvet, entered King George’s a split shingle. It can drink milk out towels for the children’s use in the
my. Two years later be was lu Lon- of a quart jar on account of its long, bathroom.
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>n and in the midst of the most reck- thin head. This type of razorback is
It
Is
important
to
call
In medical help
known
as
the
stone
bog
because
its
sa set of spendthrifts, rakes and
■mesters that English society has ever head is so heavy and its no«e so long If the child appear« stunned for a few
lown. Sir John Blanu was only one that it balances up Lchiud. The owner minutes after a fall.
a thousand rich young Englishmen of tiiis type of hogs usually ties a stone
If women would take more milk and
bo threw away fortunes over the to its tail to keep It from overbalanc-
.rnlng table at White's. The one bis- lug and breaking its neck while run­ less meat, their skins would grow ve I-
ric loser of that era was Charles ning if the stone is too heavy. It will retv.
imes Fox, Pitt's rival. Fox gambled puli the skin over its eyes, and It will
I
vay, all told, no less than $5,000.000. go blind.”
ott was the very antipodes of Fox.
Switzerland a Modern Babel.
hen he died, at a ripe old age, he left
Switzerland, with its mixture of
fortune as great as that with which
x bad begun, and every penny of it races and tougues. is a sort of modern
- 1 been won at the gaming table. Babid, a fact which causes much trou­
;X was a ripe scholar. Scott was al- ble In particular to the military au­
ost illiterate. Fox said that losing thorities. At Wallenstadt the other
as the next greatest pleasure to wiu- day at the recruiting station there was
.ng. Scott never lost or so rarely that a guard composed of five men. The
did not affect the serenity of lus ca- chief was a lieutenant who spoke Ger­
er as a winner. Fox would go home man only, the second a sergeant who
i the morning after a night in which spoke Italian only, the third a cor­
»
i bad gambled away £10.000 or £20,- poral who could speak French and
1 ■0 and immediately lose himself in a
Spanish, the fourth a private who could
udy of Sophocles or ^Eschylus. Scott, speak French and German, and the
I xe the sensible fellow be was, would
fifth a private who could speak French
Jtton bls coat over the portemonnaie I and Italian, When the lieutenant had
i which he carried away winnings of to transmit an order to the sergeant
a equal or even greater amount and be had to get the last named man
■ < □mediately go to bed so as to be fresh
to interpret for him. When be want-
1 ■r play In the evening.
ed to communicate with the corpora)
When Scott found himself In London be had to requisition the fourth man.
id amid the wild young men of his ■nd so on. great delay and confusion
► a, be determined that gaming was being thus occasioned.—London News.
only chance of getting money,
■’hen he engaged himself to throw a
Shelley ae a Boy.
•ries of mains with Sir John Bland,
Here is a glimpse of Shelley offered
' » bad, as Horace Walpole puts It by Andrew Lang: "It seems almost In­
jtblng “but a few debts and bis com­ credible. but it is true, that I once
ission." His shrewdness taught him knew a man who was at Eton with
iat there was nothing In dicing, at Shelley, who left in 1810. This was
hlch a stupid man has as go<xl n Mr. Hammond, a senior fellow of Mcr-
lance as a bright one. and so he I ton college when I was an inquiring
■eedlly gave up hazard and applied junior. About 1870 he told me all that
mself to whist at which game for­ I could extract from him about the
me fights on the side of the skillful I poet. ’Shelley was not a clever boy: be
ayer. Never in the history of play never was sent up for good.’ which
d men gamble for such high stakes means, I conceive, that be never did
• Scott and Ills victims did at White's 3 remarkable exercise in Latin verse.
■tween 1733 cud 1780. Scott’s system Mr. Hammond added that Shelley had
as an exceedingly simple one. He a habit when be was walking alone of
ive himself the best of it in every suddenly breaking into a sprint at a
isslble way. He never went to the I hundred yards pace. That was all ”
■ruing table unless bis bead aud bis
.omach were in the very best order.
She Didn't Do It.
e never lost his composure or Ills
The family Jar waxed fiercer.
>od nature for an instant He played
“Von talk about my being to blame
pertectiy fair and honorable game,
for
our marrying!” shrilly exclaimed
id at first he made it a rule never to
ay for more than a fixed sum. which Mr». Vick-Senn. “John Henry, did I
• could afford to lose. He won so hunt you out and make love to you?"
".Vo!" he snorted. “But you could
eadily that it wasn’t long before he
is prepared to risk any sum which have given me the glassy eye and aent
• en the wealthiest or the most reck- me about my business, and you didn’t
is of his adversaries would venture do It. madam—you didn’t do It!”—Chi­
cago Tribune.
■ propose.
V story which Illustrates capitally
The Gentleman.
ott’s patience in the face of hard
• *S:ipjc><il:-.' I «•<•.•;.’.• 1 I t y->’l have
■k has been preserved. One night
allo lie was at the card table news the niom-y. low <!■■ I know t int I sliiil
is brought to him thnt his wife, the get It back at »!>«• time you mention?”
’t Mrs. Scott, had given birth to a a«’:'-.f Brown.
”1 promise It. my toy, on the word
1.
’Ah,” he said, "I shall have to doff- of a gentleman.” r.'plied Moore.
“All! In tl.:t <
■ J
w think better
• my stakes to make a fortune for
of it. Conic ai-.c.i 11 this evening ar.d
is young lady.”
But In a few hours lie was £8£00 to brliu him with you.”
e bad. Retaining his Invariable se
None Left.
ulty, he said he was sure of bls hick
“A college odt'c.-itlon.” do'dare-l tue
•turning, and at 7 n. m. he went home
e winner of £15,000. That’s the sort enthusiastic nintlier, "brings out ali
/ play that went on at White’s night th it l i good' III a boy."
"Yes." rdoatet William's father,
’ter night during the years that John
•ott was winning the largest fortune "mul in I’.iil's i -e I wbh a little ot It
er accumulati-d by a gentleman gam- Coull li'tve stayed in.’—Cleveh’.u I
Pre s.
uler.
Amazing Skill of Captain John
Scott at Whist,
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1
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farining center o f
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