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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-11
A GAMBLERS COFESSION.
Methods of Protecting the Bank
and Fleeing Innocent
Players.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette,

Pittsburg Commercial Gazette,
What are the chances against
player in square game of faro the
reporter asked of an old gambler
who stood on Smithfield street lamen-
ting the restrictions that we're placed
ON his business by the Pittsburg po-
lice.
Against q sucker-a producer, l
--ear ? inquired the gambler.
mean the clerk or merchant that
drops in to tackle the game, said the
reporter.
Well, that's what We call the pro-
ducer, the sport explained, and then
went on. That's the class that pro-
duces the wealth that makes gambling
business. 1t is the producers
money than keeps the game going,
The chances he has Of winning. with
nothing against him. and if he hasn't
get system, and, isn't betting high.
are abort one out of two, or, maybe,
two out of five-that is he will lose in
two out of three. or in thrce out OF
FIVE plays against the bank, and no
ma ter how often he wins he is sure
to he dead loser i'm the end. If he
plays big and has system the dealer
gets on 10 =. Ifhe is struck on a card
or plays three on a side or odd and
even. or both ends against the middle.
it will take the dealer no time IL find
| it out. and as it is his duty to protect
the nix, he will shuttle the cards 80
as to lay the player on, cod. The
olay"r generally sticks to his system
and has no chance. If there are d
number of persons playing, of course
it is difficult for the dealer 10 handle
the cards in this way. but often the
numerous players seen at a table are
staked players, who are playing with
the banks money, and of whom the
deoler takes no notice. as it makes nc
difference whether they win or not
30 his whole attention can be giver
to the producer. Il nearly every
bank they have q lot Of cappers hang
ing around, and when Q producer
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"A TREASURE
The Excellence of Marsh's Golden
Blood & Liver Tonic is Ac-
knowledged by All.

Your GOLDEN BLOOD IL LIVER Tonic
is = treasure, and worthy of all praise: 1
rave u~.d it in NV fsmitv frequently, for
billiuusness. costiv.ness, msiaris, ETC., and
esteem il highly" John +. Allen, Kan
sas City, Mo.
81 have had oceasion to use MARSH S
GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER Tonic and must
acknowledge its excellence" 1T. w
Jones, Independence. No
al recommend MARsH's GOLDEN BLooD
& LIVER Tonic, for Blood, Liver, and
Kidney disease, whenever | have chance.
/ have never heard Of n single case wnere
it failed to give satisfaction. Thos
Kelly, Wichit4, Kans.
MARsH's G ,LDEN BLOOD & LIVER Ton.
&c, and MARsH's GoDLEN BAIsAM for the
Throat and Lungs, are for sale at Thos- j
Fletcher's Gem drug store, Sedalia-
Large bottles so cents and 81. Tria
size 10 cents.
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A SAD WORK.
Referring to That Done by an Ami
NAL Whose Company il
Always Known.

Peek's sun
| saw skunk back OF the house !
right 10y the outside cellar door. and
told Try chum that IL would serve
them right to drive the skunk down |
cellar and shut the door. Then We
went into the hous~ and whispered to
ma, and asked her If she didn't think |
the deacon had some cider, and ma
she hogan to hint that she hadn't had
a good drink of cider since last win
ter. So pa said he and the deacon
would 60 down AMI draw the cider,
and the deacon's wife asked ma to 20
down, too, aud look at the fruits and
berries she had canned for winter, and
they all went down cellar. Pa carried
al old tin lantern with hole, in it, to
light the deacon to the cider barrel,
and the deaciu's wife had a taller can
die to show I'D the canned fruit. /
tried to get ma to GO. bu: she said she
guessed she knew her business. When
anybody says they guess they know
their own business, tat stetles it with
me, and / don't try to argue with
them. Well. my chum and me sat
there in the kitchen, and l stuffed a
piece Of red table cloth in my mouth
10 keep from l. ughing, and my chum
held his nose with his finger and
thumo TO keep from snorting right
out. We could lear the cider run in
to the pitcher, and then it stopped,
and the deacon drank out of the
pitcher and then pa did. and then
they drawed some more cider, and ma
and the deacon's wife were talking
: about how much sugar it took to can
fruit, and the deacon told pa to help
himself out Of crock of fried cakes,
and heard the cover on the crock
rattle on the brick floor of the cellar,
and the deacon sad, merciful good
5 ness aud pa said, Pm stabbed! and
ma yelled, goodness, sakes alive. and
then there was lot of dishpans on
: the stairs that begun to fall, and oh
my! what frowy smell came up tt
, the kitchen fir, m tina cellar. 1t wa:
enough 10 kill anybody Pa was the
5 first to get to the head of the stairs, auC
, ne stuck his head into the kitchen
! and took a long breath and said
: wboosh /! Hennery. your pa is {
e mighty sick man. Tie deacon cam,
t up next, and he run his head into /:
hanging shelf and br' Ike glass jar o
r huckleberries, aud they were all owe
him. and he said, give me air. TheI
Y ma and the deacon's wife came up OF
gailop, and they looked tired. p
' began to peel off his coat and vest AM
e said h was going out to bury them
Y and ma said he could bury her. too
II and asked the deacon if he didn'
notice faint odor If sewer gas On
J. ing from the cellar, and my chur
e said it smelled more to him as thong
e something had crawled in the celia
y and died Well, you never saw
/ sicker crowd. They finally got til
u house aired. and my chum and m
g slept on the hay in tie barn, after v
- had opened the outside cellar door &
r the animal could get out.
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was addicted to no Bad habits, was
sober, honest industrious, and many
thought that Kitty JOHNSON rev
prize when she captured the peddler.
But be never prospered and there was
ever something between him and sue
cess. After failure as farmer he
opened little tin shop In town and
barely managed to make living at
that business. Twice year he Wis
tied Philadelphia t. purchase stock
Of tinuiate and Othe. material.
In the spring OF 1857 he left on his
semi-annual visit by vessel from Mil.
ton. After the lapse OF a couple OF
weeks lite vessel reached Milton on the
return trip, but Spaulds was not on
board. The Captain came to George
town and told the anxious wife that ne
had landed her husband safe in Phil
adelphia and that he had spent two
nights ON shipboard, but nothing had
been seen or heard of him since.
T rough weary days the patient
woman watched and through long
nights laid awak, listening for the
footsteps of her missing spouse. Weeks
heightened into months and months
into years and still no tidings Came to
the lonely and deserted wife. Ten
years rolled by and Kitty Spaulds
grew weary Of watching. She be-
lieved that her husband was dead and
the scenes of her early life became
distasteful to her. In 1857, in the
spring, the same season of the year
that her husband disappeared, Kitty
started West with her two children.
They settled in Illinois and lived con'-
fortably and happily until three years
ago, when her heartache ended and
she was laid to rest, faithful to him
who had won her early love.
Towards evening on one Of the hot
days Of last week there paused at the
gate IF house on the outskirts of tit
town an old weather-beaten, broker
hulk of man, who said that this wa
his former home and that he had com,
for assistance. He told how he haG
walked many mile, footsn'e and il
hunger, and that few had cOmpa- siol
on him. In this case his age attracted
sympathy ana he was kindly caret
for. The kindness touched the ole
mans heart and with tears in his eve
he told the farm folk that Lis nam
,, was William Spaulds and tnat he ha'
wandered back here to take one las
> look at his wife The simple counrr
folk eat short his story by telling hin
az the removal and death of Kilt
: Spauids and that his two childre
!. g wer, supposed to be still living in tn
/ W.. The old man did not seer
surp, ised. but wept bitterly. and .
: lently gathering his little bundle
passed out the gate without word
a The sands of the old man's life or
wei nigh run and he can wander bu
= little longer.
); What became of Spaulds?" FRI
quent topic among the old residents
J. has at last 5een partially answered
: ! How or why he disappeared and wis
" will become of him still remains
. mystery.
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comes in they are staked to start the

game.
The dealer has another tick, the
sport continued. that We call taking
the cark by the ear. If the PLAYER is
high roiler-'hat il, big better.
and has a favOrite card it NAV lose
for him all the time. In that c Sc the
dealer puts i, on It's proper pile, but
if the player is winning. the dealer
will throw this card down carelesslv.
so that it doesn't lay squarely on the
pile. Pretending to straighten them
up. ne will slip the card under the
pile, and then shuttle them so that
in the next deal the players chances
are to lose if the PLAYER wins again
the dealer will again take the card 10y
the ear. These things can not be
done where there are number OF
genuine players. for in that case it
makes little difference to the ] ok
who wins or loses, the PLAYERS pa ing
each others money sud u.e bark IL v
ing the benefit of the splits.
And this is what you call a square
game
Why. OF course all this is done to
protect tie bank which NEST have
some protection. In brace game
the PLAYER stands nO more show of
winning than he does of swallowing a
liehtning-rod. In a square game q ere
is some show for him. But every
PLAYER has his system, with which he
expects to break the bank, and ne
finds out i'm the end the truth of the
saving that there never was a system
the dealer could not beat. These
things are necessary, as said. to pro
tect the bank. tits often subject tC
losses by shoe-string players, who
being deeply in debt, manage to ge'
hold of few dollars, and. haviDs
nothing much to lose. conclude to try
!, their luck. Sometimes a fellow win
$500 or 800 IF shoe-string, as w
|, calI smali stake, goes out an d pay
, his debts, and that's the last thu
bank sees of the money. The chance
, are if he has SIS or SO left he'll CONF
, Jack. and. iflucks is still with him
NAV win a few more hundred. Bu
talk about it as you may, faro is tn
fairest and squarest game, and II
; man must gamble I'd advise him t
E tackle nothing else.
Cart faro he beaten.
t No, unless you play lin tiles gam
= and have mint of money % do
, with. Ifa hank has 80 O0o you Cal
= let 50 900 on a faro. and i it win
|, he .ank is busted and there's an en-
e If it If you lose you have 70 kee
II IN doubling your rs until y"u VIII
J. when, of course. the dssired end
}, accomplished. Brit every uank ha
. its lia,i:. and wheu you set 30 it youv
@ got to stay there. The fee that fe'
|, gamblers have li.ailce SIS whic
way the wind blows It's rare on
: dies rich. The banks made t,
}. money the producer furnishes, an
|. the professional sport kind of hans
Il i'm between the two until >wome n {
a whisky bring him to his grave.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-11
HOOKING BIRDS.
Where They Come From and The
Prices They Bring.

81 have been buying and selling
birds for the last ten years." said a
dealer to a Louisville Courier Journal
reporter. 81 buy EN- in New Orleans
from the dealers there, and bring
them up here ard to other northern
cities. I only hIy mockihg birds. as
good can;ries are wO-th mOse there
than thew are here. These which you
see have l snapped my birds for,
and am taking them back to sell Oh
my next trip. will get So or "a for
them here, while up here they are
worth about half as much"
How much do the others cost
your
''The Knockers cost me 80 cents
apiece in New Orleans when l buy
from the bird merchants. They are
creoles who buy them from the BOYS
who make business of catching the
Young ones before they leave the nest
When buv from these boys only
have to pay 10 or Is cents apiece,
8 but it is not often have chance, as
: I don't stay long and must get up a
lot as soon as possible"
"Who catches the birds and where
! do they find themy
"The boys, back and white, who
. live out on the plantations and the
coast. They make a regular business
o of this. aid when they catch enough
: they bring them to che city and sci
, them to the street bird merchants
: 1t is against the law now TO take
/, them from the plantations, and most
of them come from the seacoast."
Where do the old ones build theil
! nests?"
Everywhere, almost, but generally
o in wild rose bushes. old fences
I and low trees. They are not yer,
;, particular about their nests. and max
: 'em out of few sticks, which the,
;. lay together and fix them so they vii
Just hold the eggs They Ia!
four or five, and every one matches
= When left to themselves they rails
e onlv two b Gods. but when they ar
6. taken out 3y the catchers they la.
ard hatch three or four. The busi
:. ness is a much larger one than 20
4 might think, as thousands of yOun
~ birds are bought and sold every day.
:" Where d d you get your pal
rots? ?"
,r 81 bought them of the Me-
n Orleans dealers, too. They get 'en
= of boats which are sent out to cate
. 'em on the island and the coast
as They are not real parrots, and can
At talk. but they sell we'll, as lots of pet
a pie like them They cost 81 or s. dow
10 there, and here we get 81 or 8
a: depends mostly on the customer
ar Where do you sell your stocks
sOh, most everywhere. briu
ia. 'em here and take 'en to lots of mort
n. ern cities. People in northern towl
n pay the best prices. but they like G.
~ naries better than mOckers."
id What sort of people buy tt
~ most ?"
e.. "Working people. Since l hay
of been here l have sold only two
N three to rich customers. 1t seems iii
,a they had rather have dogs than birds
no Here cOntemptuous expresslt
no passed over the dealers face.
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Forty deaths from Yellow fever 40
Havana, last week.
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The English navy has made IN
other haul Of slave dllOWs.

The English navy has made an
other haul Of slave dllOws.
There are seventy-0Ue convtcts In
the l,e,,ilemtiary ut DEER lAnle-the
Largest nunl,er that has ever been
confined there ut ore time.
The wave Of depression and the
closing Of manufactures, and the cOil-
ssx,l,ent loss If employment Of opera
tives has struck Pennsylvania.
The defense In the Dickson star
rO,lie C1xe i,nlwachesj BOwen, pro.
scouting witness, ~ one Whose
character was had-a fraud aud .
cheat.
David Ferg,Is.,n, under Indictment
at Louisville in connection with the
late discovery of steals from the city
treasury, has made . full confession.
He duplicates hinss~lf anil s'es'vxe
Levy, aud exOneFates other parties
who were indicted bv the Grand Jur: .
The statement comes from Waah-
iuGt0u that Central American Re
public Of GuoAJe .ale = about to ask
aslmissjoalnDnns ofthe United Ststes,
and that II 0ent Barriops visited
Washington to ascertain the feelings
Of the Administrator and 0i the Op-
position lesalers.
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Ti0hting Window.

Cm,cAoO, Jan. GA st. Paul
special says: The campaign Of Hand
In the Senatorial contest, took . new
phase last night. A package of s9l-
davits was received from COl0rsdO
refutimg tho recent attacks on Sena-
tar Winlls.m for bis WESTERN mining
tr~n.sctiOns, etc. One affidavit by
VIM. Wolfe. of DurangO, Colo,
shows that he Was approached at the
instance, - was asserted, of Gov.
Wiikins1,u, Of Wiuona, with prop
osition to bIackmaii Window out of
tluN1OOO tn saNl. N. J. McCIos-
key, Windows agent in Dursngo,
(Slo., tezlities that Winliosll's piOl'-
erty there Is only about 4, ,OUD, in.
stead Of the fabulous amounts
claimed, and Rol,ert Dickey, super
iutendent Of the Tempest mine, ter
titles that Wilkinson told him he
wss going tU make It hot for Win
don, aud bust him for Senator II II
cost S1N, ,annl.
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saved by q Little Girl.

Not long since the Jefferson City
passenger train on the Mi,~sOuri Pa
s:iiic railroad was rushed ut full speed
through the cut on the road between
Glendale aud Webster sta: ions, when
the engineer noticed . little girl ON
the track waving her apron wildly
aud making other gestures, signify
that that the train should stop. The
e,,xineer was undecided for y moment
l,..iieving that the child was ut play.
He locked again amd saw the little
maid still holding her position
aud still waving alO(t her sjgnsl VI
distre4~. The engine WAS reversed
and the steam brakes applied, tile
train coming to- halt almost IN the
middle of the curve. Looking down
the ruad \ piece the trainnlen were
h0rriiixL IL see the Washington ex-
press coming down upon 1t aud
the little one still on the track waving
her apron. TIE engineer Of the In.
coming train saw the cllild's signal,
and the engine was stopped within
one hundred feet Of the jefferson city
train. Both trains were On the same
track.
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PARIS, 6.-The car to l'e used In
Gambetta's burial coFtege n especial-
" designed by Rastien I.epage, the
painter. 1t moves on how black wheels
streaked with silver. On It will be
placed the catafalque ~ It now
stands. Wreaths viii be deposited
1t the base of the cataialque. At the
four corners will be burning per-
fumes shrouLinx the eollin IN vaI,or.
Several cars will follow containing
wreath }, the number Of which h. mo.
n,entarily increasing. 1t has been
proposed to bear Antoine Narceres'
statue ''gloria victis," now In the
Place de Lafayette, on IN artillery
wagon before the coffin, ~ IN alIu'
sion to Gsnlbetta's services In 1870;
but objections are raised by the au-
thorities. A. early - day6reak the
aspect Of the street WIS animated.
Flags drape.l with Grape were every
where displayed, end truops are
marching between the ExpIanaale der
Invxlides aud Iala:s Bourbon.
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Obssructiu3 Cleveland.

NEW YORK. Jan. IA Times esli-
torial -ays: There are many indtca-
ti0nx that The. Democratic politicians
and organs ARE not vel! pleased Will!
the course the (iOvern0r 10 altsp0sed
tO take. lie has mot yet made known
his purposes very clearly, hut such
official uttcranses ~ he has made
are not r@,,><urimg /" ll,Oss. VIII" have
an eye to the distribution "f spoiIs.
lie favOrx reduction In the num!'er
of offices. and restricting enoI!'-
u,eni.. He /. not a)isp0s-etl tO make
offices ior ye"rni,'g a,pirants, and
when l,c makes appointments H. In
climeti 10 select men lest qualified for
them. There ARE grim n.uttertn9s
that he will come In conflict with the
SENATE " hen he comes to asking TOR
con utirmat hon uf his appOintments
and there ARE threats that he Will nne1
himself f,ul 0f harmony with hts
Marty In the Legislature.
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a new and valuable Invention In
illu,ni mating gas hes been made by =
New Zealand tradevnlan. 1t h cOsll-
p0sesl Of air. wat.r amal heat, or y new
combination of oxygen, hydrogen
and carbon. 4 company ha. been
formed to work the patent, and .O'lle
Australian capitalists are eilsleavOr-
ing to purchase oil the rights for their
colonies. but have only secured one
seveuty.second part, f0r which they
paid s ON. The invention h said to
have been suggested In . very
hOs,,ely manner, rrcalling the (uven-
lie Watts and his stcamling kettle.
It seems the inventor was watching
. frying chop one evening, and .
dron Of water accidentally fell into
the pan. A puff and speek of flame
ensuell from the chemical dec0nlpO-
sitiOu 0f the water In the bot fat, and
from the scientific application Of thi"
trivial circumstance the observer h
about to reap y handsome fortune.
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The New Mayors Decision.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-lhe
United States ship Alaska has been
ordered to Honolulu tO be there ut
the :time Ut kalakua CorOnOeun.
The IIackaWann2 now at Honolulu
win remain tl,ere and It IL expected
that the Wachusetts will be ordered
there. The principal naval powers
will send war ships to Honolulu.
The avOwed object IL to pay proper
courtesies, but it, understood that the
real object Is to protect foreign inter-
ests In case Of trouble which may
arise from opposition to the extravs.
CANT arrangements for eOrOnatiOn.
A rum0r il circulated Of u l'oestble
revolution. II. w. Severance. Ifaw-
allan Consul in this city, places no
faith in such rumOrs. which he says.
are the talk OF = lot Of disappointed
ofIlce SEEKERS. j. ID. Spreckl, who has
extensive interests in the islands,
says he fear no trouble.
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Wholly uncalIsd t6r-A dead letter.
Justice being blind, . Missouri
Judge b holding court at night.
st. Louis has . Jersey Lily Club.
1t h made up chiefly Of son iowers.
The window Of the soul h not
name In the stomach.
From all reports Il r. supposed that
those who know Herr Most love him
least.
Whisky and tobacco are both
strong enough to carry tax.
De man what neber make = sac-
rilice nebsr raised good crap.
A New York jury hss awarded
81 800 damages to woman who had
her aager cut o6 Ia factory.
When . man cheats himself he is
one 0f the wosst victims Of misplaced
oon0ljeUce.
The tr,deoqpau who skins his Gus
TONERS ean afford to sealskin hts
wife.
Tho king of Burmah has four
Queens, and General 6chenck c7u-
sidess him on the rood to prosperity.
The President has . new plauO.
His recoucillatiOn with Mr.. Schurz
c0unOt be lhr oil.
One Of The Yale students accused of
iutOxication at . ilreslan's ball sent
challenge to the newspaper who gave
the thing away.
Mean men are the best ut guessing
c0nuudrums. This came from the
lact that they hate to give anything
up. 90.
A money. order Office would I've a
great convenience IN every small
town II the people cs'uld order all the
money they want.
Red-head student to PrDfsssor-
Professor, why In 1t that yOu never
seem to recognize me on the street ~
Pr0fe~sDr-''Well, Mr. ~, the truth
IL a,n slightly colOr-l,limtl."
A young man at Tuskegee, Ala.
went to zee his lady-lOve the other
night and stayed % late that he girls
mother brought In dozen egks and
asked him tO hatch them fOr her. He
lett, aud declares that he will never
call again.
An ANTl.cDRIsrAAs VIEW.
Christmas In OVER:
Thank lhe 1-Onl Tor ~!
Noisy ami drunken day;
1IOsI. We abA'H 10
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BOsTOx, Jan. 5.-Dutler's inaugural
and his outline Uf executive action
creates the liveliest discussion here.
The journals are full Of it. The He :
ait last night overtlOwed with four
columns in criticism. While agreeing
with many Of his recommendations
Il complains Of his tedious prOltxtty
and levity resembling u stump speech.
hut he il undeceitful, says the Herald.
and that which shows most clearly
the barbaric instincts Ut the new Gov.
ernOr is the attack on the normal
schools.
The Trureller says: The address
viii enjoy unique fame. NJ it ps'sse:
for the most part to the minute and
microscorir:ally scanned trivia'ities
Of our lOs:s.l cOnctr,,s. II he intends.
~ he says. tn serve the State only one.
wear. he has taken tn large 4 cont ract
On his hands. lie WAS elected tO fiiaI
fault with the administration II the
state and has gone over ITS affairs
with u iiue-tCx,th cOlnl,. The yield Is
not very alarming.
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Clipper Freight Market.

NEw YOKx, Jan. 1.-THE clipper
freight market Ts.allmins much the
ss,sle ~ nOtesi ut the Glove Of the
year. 1t II true there I,as lSen some
inuuiry frOu, merchants who have
cont tracts with railroads. hut ~ far ~
known nsNhing haas yet come os
them. and ships have t. depend upon
shiprers who cannot he induced to
l,atrOuixe rxilrOaajx.