The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

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OhlDas sbsse. gsh' e 81 biai Ea9 ,sfsofssai
Aaay aapda nsny . tins aftsrwsrds dit
sQ@a Qf his, frieqgde sgst a tfsst, ont 1ef .pY
honorable worthy, 90 bfibe TO keep theil
tongue still when they would talk of tha
live Yankee. .sMd4 rlaiaig zTe# sEst
Kind reader that's hos Judge R. 60
slecseaa' ea 9lg.aa IA LEa .zso5oa .ail 90
/, bqa sbsTHR GREEN CLOTH."a noaE
In Bella Union, or the California Exchang,
aristocratieally pitched on the Plaza, ths
style Of conversation across the green cloth
10 case Of "dficulty," was different, being
more debonair, not 50 broad: - 7si's ~
ga moment, IL you please" uiesiy 70.
marks IN almost beardless idesparado, cor.
sring bis pile with ., firm hand. and fixing
dangerous eyes on the burly dealer Of monte
whom he addresses, "you can't Stop there.''
"Wcll, sirSs' slp;sseqmi fsH z IS
"WeA excuse me, but-7I think you drew
two cards % 5.t,.. - 80.
l. a believe not. III tax, your pile, il You
please; the keerwaiy o takes in 80 eF'lh ss9@t
'sTwo cards!'' j nHh tGa eFfaf4aosk
'sYour moneyp', hns aid no s.it-a bis
And ip each case the words are accom-.
panied by quick but quiet movement which
disclose o revolver. With the appearance
Of these two new disputants- polished,
curt, of brief but sharp and downright
ispeech-there is q quick but fussless stir
among the spectators around the table. In q
moment clear space is formed, in the
midst of still circle Of flashing eyes, com-
pressed lips and clenched hands. You may
count twenty, deliberately, ere you hear q
breath drawn, or see the slightest move
ment. ft7 ~ ~tt7it'9 sftf' 1sfFN'= = - "a
"Well, sir2~ asst zee 5ssv za4r biz 81 /,
"Wel" btsaa ias * ,isalg .ssss
y s'Your moneyH' .szef : ,s,r.,.l,
- ssYour cards 70
a Up steps a bystander- some cool, steady
veteran, expert in the game, and 'versed in
the law Of dificulties-a man of awful
nerve, whose tympanum, accustomed to the
crack, no pistol shot alarms.
/; ssGentlemen," says he, stry arbitration
= Another quick exchange of iuquiring and
responsive glances between the disputants.
Not a word, but the eyes Of each plainly
sny, "Agreed." Both throw themselves
back in their chairs and Withdraw their
hands from the table,, with the air of men
inviting examination, and resolute to abide
the rtsal. The veteran calls up two Broth
ers Of the Green Cloth competent to act as
umpirss, and three minutes, fraught with
moral danger, are passed in deliberately
counting the cards as they lie on the cloth,
and naming them slowly-like tolling . bell,
Or the measured pronunciation Of death
sentence. Except that, there has been no
noise but tho simultaneous clicking of two
pistol-locks. The dealer and his young Wis,
avis are seeminiy strangely unconcerned
for the event. i5f ,i9sssst Gss2ff Ht' vas
"You are wrong, my friend, !" says Vete-
ran, "no card was drawn here. Mistakes
will happen to the most careful gentleman ,,
Z From that decision thsre is no appeal
His fingers on the trigger after that, would
haYe cost the young fellow bis life. So pis-
tolls 90 back to their slceeping places, hands
are shak en- across the table, drinks for the
company at the expense Of the 'sbucker''-
as he who plays against the bank is called ;
and the game proceeds with better under.
standing. ft * .,sg gr#T 4
Frt-a the N Y. Tribune. sgiS g
A vER1fABLE MER MAID ON ITS WAY TO
aeS THE UNITEbSTATEs.
Francis Hall, late Mayo, Of Elm;ra. !,
now travelling in Japan. Win. he va.
waiting at Hong Kong for the vessel {. mi
on which he had taken passage for Shanghe
he embraced the opportunity Of writing let
ter, from which We are permitted to take th'
following description Of a mermaid. whicl
he had Just seen. We had supposed tn
animal wes a s'mytb," /" and had no existenc
outside of Barpum's Museum. Mr.. Hal
says it is averity. arefr
80 I Hone Kokc, Sept. 26, 1859.
ssI had m opportunity. by our delay, o
seeing mermaid, direct from Jypan. Their
is something exceedingly curious and inter
,esting about this nondescript animal.
never saw Barnum's Feejee mermaid, which
it is said came from Holland, to which plac
it had been imported from Japan. fIiidrsth
in his history of Japan, speaks of the m er
maid ss one Of the Japanese manufactures
giving Japan as the origin Of Barnum'
mermaid. The mermaid which saw las
week was brought quite recently from Japal
by Afr. King, Of Hong Kong, 10 whose pos
session sswfit 1t was in glass case, tia
enabled me to see it with the greatest clear
ness, though could mot handle it, Thi
mermaidis eighteen or twenty inches long
/ 1uC QJtt Yots Va suo OOuy 10 0Ovob tuo pTV
portion Of trout that would MEASURE tina
length. It has . .dorsai, lateral, md yentra
ffn-two Of the latter; and the tail is 0
size and shape like any Of our common vel
known fsh. Joining to the deb body listi
back Of where the gills are usually situased
L is the animal portion Of the body, bein,
relatively one third the whole length. Thi
animal third consists OF. d head, ia shape
size, formation Of eyes and nose,g humber
form and position Of teeth, like monkeys
Of a long, slender neck; Of chest having
sternum and several distinct pairs Of ribs
flt has long, ape-l like arms, terminating /
Eve fingers, Of which the middle one is th
longest and largest. On the head and body
above the fshy portion, are here and ther
spots Of fur remaining, like the fur Of
monkey 10 length and texture, Of a brow
color. The closest scrutiny dthat can b
given, fails to reveal any traces of the ;unio
Of the animal and ishy parts.
| Psychologists tell us that such a 4 union /
impossible and Of The medical and othe
experts, who hAvs examined this mi oasteI
some, bafaed TO discovsrs BY ! eys-s,ght 40
deception, simply rest OF. this distum, an
others admit that nothing but dissection ca
really settle whether this be 1 most ingenion
Efrapd or ~ 4lssssss nstslre.F Forny own par|
III must coDfsss ! can see no tsisk, though
may be one. il 10 Q perfect staggerer, :.
should have said in addition, that thi
1mermaid 10 shortly togo the United State,
fThe Japanese say that it came frsm q lad
Fin the interior. This, is new - - the
1loeaility. During my stay At Japan aba
make this assubject Of special inquiry, %
iprbcare one Or two spceinsns, Il possible
tne. ao.o ssRnss SIT .cpsaslraSte IS ssasssi
u .nt
II t. wheni Dutch maid servant wishe
Ito 60 to dance, and hassn swain Of III
teypi shs; hiressa shsvelisr for the oeoasios
Ifa bean With IN unbrellA receives doab
|ipay. y, .,F ~,
p u A eiefk Is ! music music store was iate;
\ fovsrpowsred 6ya fastidious young lady VI
twansed 10 purdhass, ssMrs Thouas Hoodss.
Is-A song Of ths-a-gsntlsnss,s ande
i garment p The clerk i still sliye. 4, I.
II "a The orator Who carrisd xwiy his u
dispcs i asscti onsssly and hunansly, !