, 1874-12-21

yoa'r,o, the bggeBt, Il, h1 Of fool t<' think you
this thing cnr through, and through, .nnl I'll bot
my mat, in Nebraska lin win oycry tinle. Its
dono thiB-n-wny."
Tho speaker Strengthened l,imsolf out. gigging
oil tho timo 1tlo u ha1f-idiot, au,o.o tiled tho
ErcNsy cont oyor his knacn, afd, preh 1'cing tho
thrco cnrda, uftcr thorough nearall through
half dozen pockote, aa though thoy " GRO lost.
commenced awkwarJly Hhuilling them. 4 nm
joritY Of tho pnEuengoss gathotoa ars ound, I'LL
Guiding both drovors md tho oigar-inail.~
tl,is-a.waS. I dou't wunt to bot With ;7ou. /
,sant to gct oven with him. "llero, yo. ,ng fol-
low" addressing tho rigar-inai, 'tpic |: up
Roard."
lle did so, and 1t VIA Quoen..
"Now. put 1t bnck faco down"
Moro awAward aluflling ,yaa indnlgod IN. and
by betting that oven "Cauerlcr Bill co uldn't
pick out tho lndy-kcartl."
All lailds were si1ont. 1t Looked simple. tho
| card referred to having ono end plalnly ttn ncd M
up, altloag! apparently unnotice1 By tue de- lor:
"lmo betting n 910 noto cat, pick 1t I'll It,"
Tho cignr-y youth was tho speaker, and tho mtnloy
was put up. Tho Queen was promptly tu1I1
"WcIl. bo dogonl." half whispered tho n u,n-
| ipulator, ..bnt you can't DO It a!ain, =" mud El'o
cards were once more Bhui1led. the toll.tno tx'r~
| nor being again plainly in sight.
! Tho nun with the whielers llad boon oviden tay
unoasy for aomo time. and Mt last retnarkcd Il UT
, he Gould vim ut tho enme.
You think you can. think yon cant. Ter
| tLat skunk Cnucrdor ILL.,"
The hot waa wnte, nevertheless, and whiske, ~
won. Elatod With SUCCESS, lo wanted to bot
$50, was accommodated, mud lost. Tried il
atl wiiinor loft THO dcalor ~ waa chagrnod,
but had still fow hundred dollars to lono OH lfia
Gnmo. All llantss wanted come Of his money,
$ttny JI1jrn 14fktt In
| could no more bo locnted, md tho old dcalor
ehue]ilod loudly, ut tho sainc time kon1,'nE up
tho conversation as he broko each ono of Lis ol~
poucntH in tu,n.
Having scen all l,c desired, tho reporter wont
back to tho slocpinE-car, aua was followed IN Il
fow moments ay the old card sharper. Aa hn
PASSED nong tho aislc With Int draw, down and
col1ar turned up, Whispering could 10 seen goiug
on OIL all siucs, md us no loaped from the rom
platform Of Tho t1al1l. which was going ut tho
yase Of 90 miles MI Aour, the portcr's ejacula-
tion,
str,1Ar's CANADA BILL"
| oxplninoa Tho htato Of affnits.
Tho succcaa Of this monte man cur bc looked
upon III almost wonderful, and while his n,lnler-
OTIS arBiatants havo bocomo wealthy through tho
talents Of thoir ioatfer t,o iat.or hnB bccn kept
| aEain lie las stnxtod from st. JoScph, Knnsna
City, mud Olnnha, takon lialf n dozen ''big
tricks " in day, returned to tho nearest town.
md p'nyod every aofiar awny nEainst fnro. lie
MisseNr. Riycr town. aH ono OF thor own
officials. but ia seldom intErferod with by them,
hts misdemcauors being Invariably committed OIL
some tran xunnng tMrouEh county oatsde o.! Of
this artisE III the Missouri Valley, however.
occurred 80 frequently, and complaints
against him wcro 90 humorous ag to cat1ho
lis being o,,tiawed from tat section Of tho
country which acconnfs for his prcaonco iu Chi
cago. Since coming hero Bill hna worry seldom
worried nny OF tho railroad trans, having found
any number of fools hero willing to bs atcered
aeainet the gamo ~ saloons Or ga1nbling-housos.
10 accumulate wealth, Canada Bill has no ldes
oi tue s&lue OF money, lnd ls
LIBERAL 70 4 FAULT.
His donations to charitable purposes In Kansas
City during htu stay the1o amounted to very
arso slim, md ho wnB in tho habit Of stalking
'oyery broken, gambler who canlo to him. It it
, told Ut him that Peel, who Mas hil'eu in Mon
tana, onco applied to Bill for $1,000. Tho
produce tho Sum III twenty-folr hours. TT
started out tho next morning, ind before moor
bent pnrty Of successful miners out Of more
than triple that amount. thus keeping lis word
As stated before tho stories that l.ave been rub
liAhoa about this nnn would fill volume. Twt
detectives wcro once sent from ka1'sas City tt
airent him, and hc knew it.. They wero payiul
it very f,lc, but l,o beat them. Before the1
could arrest him ho Ind nil their money md i
! gold watch. They dare not "aqueal," aud ho go
nmny at the time, hut wRs subsequently arrcslua
just us long as cnslnda Bill remains in tht:
city slree-cAra monte will continue to titurish n
it docs HON, and noyer did befoYo, Until Blu
advent.
The lso.ss.anco OF Aaans von Ezuiosv.
a Munich correspondent Of tho New Iorl
Times giyes tho following particulars Of lIan
yon DulOw's lilo:
1t was Hszt WHO persuaded the youthful I1ans vol
Bnow to rcnonco tho seales of tusso for tlo gan1'
Of the ptano-rorte, mil te greatest Ilak Of moerl
TIMES gaso him nut Ouy !esHons Wkrh he refused T.
nsa7y all srIlesnts. lut h,s @ @da.,gl;er, %lo,n
though ~ TACT ho gave her afterwards to anotler
Llaz and pnlow were lo1A maa1.l!e on!y q,;c;s,t!o
ncr. hltno- Won uulow, I'll the other hand, uko 8
many persons Of good saEsc, held Wagncrs music ii
fher and ep hs1au S roueo thss @ MAJ
9ns g % Tat
conversation With her, and n,ads upon rs that POM
whsh he ~ ksa M Sssry
ssAvsf.at,oa. Mne: xon 1nlow, at M m i syents M 4
.onversatiot. ] hat % sho consented 10 sceome is vic
The daughter of Mezt-new tho Abbo Iszt--al4 .
Wagner, OH tho other hand, III Iroestantunlcicntl
Viz . in p ot W rasto1 sit
vou nu1ow, then ~ leaving her husband, alandoi!u
81 e9 eoa S afa ean n %s
to hor aa Lutheran u,l " l.ltlscran church s
iEuow tho wl.ole truth of auels 1nyseroua Alairs
int undsr-sanl III tho 1at.cr II how List could ,as
aysted at tho u9rsiago. ~ le td; and, further. lo
] psrent enhnsasn @ liz masio q l,ss ~ aaa sven i
Wagner 1lluEelf Il IL 10 natural not to lilo wagner
,nnEic even when Wagner has not run AWAY with vol
wife But tuse who hayc undergone Wagnrrs iaaesn
si, scsns 10 a'low him qssry sort Of liberty, music
Wittlcs saad ksecr.