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Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11
The Big Gambling House..

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Speaking Of the re-
fusal of the proprietors of the big eastern
gambling houses to allow players with s,ars
''systems" to play at the tables, an old fire.
quenter of such places says:
Therein lies the entire philosophy Of the
gambling house. They are open for win
nings and not for losses When the enor-
nous sums Of money which pass to and fro in
the larger establishments are considered in
connection with the sure percentages which
have been given, some faint idea of the great
profits of this species of public vice can be OBJ
tained. The sums which cross the table in a
single night in such establishments as the
Pennsy ylvania club house and John Days at
Long Branch, the Casino at Saratoga, and the
many well known places in New York, are
almost fabulous.
Phil Daly-who, by the way, is no relative,
but bitter opponent Of John DAILY, upon
whom mental blight has fallen since his
shooting atfray with badger thieves last win
ter-put aside last season as his profits during
the two months in which the Pennsylvania
club house was opened, a trile more than
$4,000. Where this sum comes from can
readily he understood when it is stated that
it is not an infrequent sight to see about the
tables of the Pennsylvania club house on
SeAAAAAASA . SsSAAAAA6 SuOSUdutAtal UuSlueSS men
whose aggregate wealth is not less than
500, 100000. Such group frequently con-
tains some one bearing the name of an Astor
or a Belmont, but Gould ora Vanderbilt
has never been known to figure in these gath
erings.
Whether or not these large gambling estab-
lishments even though the percentage is so
largely in their favor, resort to dishonest
practices, will remain mooted question. It
is widely whispered fact that Phil DAILY has
beneath his breast breathed the accusation
that when he took charge of the Pennsylvania
club house he found that the roulette wheels
had been tampered with in manner which
would permit the dealer to send the ball
where he pleased. 1t is also an undeniable
fact that man who has been spinning the
marble at Long Branch for twenty five years
has, in the early spring when repairs were in
progress, taken curious minded young boys
into a well known gambling resort at the sea
side and has there for their amusement shown
them how marble could be whirled in a
manner to drop into any designated COM
partment. Suggestions such as these are
bound to leave suspicious in the public mind
far greater than any doubt created by the
questionable wall Of any man such as the
Baron de Pardonnet; but the tiger need not
be like Caesars wife, and therefore, no mat
ter now grave the suspicion, dupes will still
flock around the green cloth and make sacri-.
ace before the well paid high priests Of the
tickle goddess s ~ t2F ri
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11
Meteorites,.

From an exhaustive study Of the large col
lection OF meteorites at Harvard college, the
conclusion has been arrived at that many of
the masses Of meteoric iron now known are are
cleavage crystals, broken Of, probably, sby
the impact 4 the mass against the stnos.
phere It is found that these masses shov
5cleavings parallel to the planes Of all the
three fundamental forms Of the isometric a
regular system. From all that appears tha
theory has come to be entertained that tha
masses OF meteorites were thrown OF from 4
gun among the fixed starr, and that they WeEo
slowly cooled while revolving in aens of in-
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11
Getting Even With an Advertiser.

BUFFALO, Sept. S0.-An advertiser in
Canadian city used to delight in keeping So
licitors waiting while he would read their
papers His method was not to rebuff the
expectant advertising man by clustering out
the words 'don't-w'tn'ing, but to cordially
enter into the matter, and, after receiving
sample copy Of whatever publication was
under discussion, to tilt himself back in his
chair, as If to carefully inspect its make up,
tone and general merits. Presuming that
such marked attention would mean con-
tract, the newspaper representative invari-
ably waited with anxious expectation. Then
the Hamilton man would appear to be deeply
interested in some article, and from it to be
carried on to the next sensation, and SO on
until he would peruse the greater part of the
paper.
Then, suddenly remembering that he had
some letters needing his immediate attention,
he would invite the solicitor to call again.
It so happened that a gentleman who is now
located in New York and well known among
national advertisers happened to call on him
and received the treatment SO familiar to
oanvassers who have tried to secure his con-
tracts. The usual plan was adopted and an
hour of the solicitors time wasted, after
which he was kindly invited to call again, as
it would be impossible to 60 into the merits
Of the case that day. Not to be outdone by
a"Kanuck," q !" he determined to give him an
other sitting on the following day, and about
IL o'clock dropped in and stated that he had
called for his ad.
q Again the request for copy of his paper
was made, and, after obtaining it, the adver-
tising man assumed an easy position in his
chair and allowed the young man to wait.
Noon came, and still the Hamilton man had
not finished reading, but appeared to be en-
crossed in the paper. Then restaurant
waiter came in with q dinner, and placed it
before the newspaper man, who straightway
set to work to enjoy himself on his meal.
Something seemed to perplex the reader, and
he looked at the date Of the paper. It was
the 2Sd, and that was the day of the month
on which he was reading, but still things
seemed to be familiar to him. he turned to
the young man, and was thunderstruck to
see him in the act of putting away good
meal, instead Of wearing look Of detection,
as was expected.
.tDo you take this for hotel7" remarked
the merchant.
''No, only waiting room, !" replied the
ad. man, as he continued eating, .and as you
have no lunch counter had little some
thing sent in; come and join me-"
.Well! will you enlighten me on the reason
for your paper having SO much stale mat
tera' queried the reader.
''stale date, !" replied the solicitor; 'sjust
month old today. This is Aug. 23; that sheet
was run out July 2S Singular coincidence,
isn't itf'
: "sold!" returned the big man. You have
done me up this time, SO will take some Of
your lunch first and your advertising space
afterwards. .7-.s5s,.I
The lunch was followed by q one hundred
and forty dollar contract, and since then the
Hamilton man has not devoted so much time
to reading sample copies.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11
HOPE. FAITH. CHARITY.
ose Standish. Elder Brewster. Mrs: White.

HOPE. = FAITH. CHARITY. 40
Rose standish. Elder Brewster. Mrs: White.
one that commended itself to his line Of exc
cution. He preferred to have his work dec
crate drawing rooms and galleries rather
than exterior architecture. Mr.. Brown fin
ished a small design of about one-seventh
size, representing the goddess of liberty as
central figure and at the wings various phases
of slave labor. In the condition of affairs re-
lating to slavery at that time it was apparent
that many northerners would not approve of
the design. The secretary Of war, Mr.. Floyd,
was charged with the execution Of the work,
and the details of the arrangements had been
assigned to Capt. Meigs, now a general in the
army. Capt. Meigs rejected the design Of
Mr.. Brown. in the first place because it was
very similar to that Of the Crawford design,
already executed; and, in the second place,
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11
HISTORY OF A 8PEDIMENT. IN /,
HOW SUCCESSIVE SECRETARIES oe-
JEcTE0 TO VARIOUS DESIGNS.
The Pedimsnt in the senate wing Of tho
Washington Capitol and That in the
House wins-Tho Unused Model Is in
ALBANY, n, Y. 3
Especial Correspondence,l

ALBANY, Sept. 81. Visitors to Washington
have noticed that the tympanum in the pedt-
ment Of the senate wing Of the Capitol has
been filed with sculptured figures designed
BY Thomas Crawford. They have also no
ticed that the tympanum in the wing occu-
pied by the house Of representatives is va
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-11

In our system q representative in Congress
is not only a law maker, but sort of agent
Sor attorney at the seat Of government for all
the people of his district who may have need
OF his services. It is held by many that dis
tricts should be made smaller instead of
larger, that representatives may be kept in
closer touch with their constituents. The
congressman being the only man in the three
great department of ofgovernment-
legislative and judicial-who is elected by
direct vote Of the people without the inter-
vention of state legislature or electoral col
lege, it is argued that voters should know
congressman personally, and that constitu-
encies should be kept within such limits as
admit OF actual familiarity between voters
and their chosen representative On the
other hand, any further enlargement Of the
house Of representatives will make necessary
radical change in the methods Of that body.
Now the great hall, the finest legislative
hall in the world, is used as an Office by nearly
$50 men, as we'll as place Of discussion and
parliamentary procedure. Each congressman
has desk and chair, at whichahe sits more
or less Of the time during the sessions writing
letters OF course, the desks and the neces-
sary spaces between them take up nearly all
the room, for the floor, which under the
present arrangement is none too large for $50
men, measures 81 by lis feet. Without the
desks the same number Of men could be easily
seated in one-third the space. or even less.
The house Of representatives is distress
ingly noisy place during sessions. Members
will talk, laugh, rattle books and papers, and
in divers ways maintain most distressing
din. Only on occasions Of SURPRISING i'm
portance or interest is anything like good
oroer naantalned. only one speaker in q
uoztSn .zA can s.. command gne attentlon OF the
nouse. mere are no rules ana no commands
" ", oy Wnich man can pc made to
,-en " g.9, = slecn wnlcn % ne does not want 70
near; .a; snen zen tne noor Is taken by speaker
Z ~ Wno,u Sne majority OF members nave no
=. cney 1urn % 5nelr letter wrltlng, 70
tneif conversation, tnelr laughter, their rat
lung OF E DOCKS Ok ana papers, their shuHing OF
iee1. i = Hunoreus c OF tmes IN e Day the Presid-
u 1ng omcer mas ~ necessary TO rap Tor order
WIN nus gaVel, OF appeal 70 the members
WIN words LOT silence. Legislation IS inter-
!ered WIN y tne ne iack OF order, and congress
IS required e 70 at tWlce as long TO 40 Its work
as u Woula % compelled to SIT II Its hall ar ar
rangemenps y were s1cn - as 20 secure peace and
quiet i a 5.5. "a
Among ~. tne many plans proposed for I'M
proving tne condltaons under Which tho
mouse does lts WORK is one which may be
1ound feasible. !e ~ Is 70 leave the hall as at
present. ior az sessions g OF the house with the
speaKer ~ tine tne cnalr, giving the members the.
advantages OF desk room on the floor, but to
arrange rising and falling partitions extend
ing, Wnen joined, from noor to ceiling, and
ancioslng IN y temporary minor hall all that
Par1t OF tne present nall IN front OF the third
concentrlc @ semicircular aisle for the use OF
rnn1n1GfAQ ~ & 80 /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03
DRIVEN DESPERATE By MOVING.

A Connecticut dispatch under date of the last
day of September tells of man who committed
suicide while his furniture was being packed pre-
paratory TO being transferred to another house.
lie explained before shooting himself that he
preferred il to moving The writer of the dis
patch, who we take il, has never moved thinks he
finds evidences that the man was demented, but
there are many among the ranks of those who
have moved who will discover nothing in the
circumstances TO disprove that the man was pos
sessed of clear and vigorous mind and re-
marllably nice discrimination
UnmstalIabiy this man had moved before. lie
was no novice for the first time consignng his
household goods into the care of the van-driver
Of the devastating touch and the free and I'M
trammelled profanity. lie had before stood at the
front door and seen his piano crash down the stone
steps and lie helpless on the unyielding sidewalk
He had his stove pipe fall his bric-a-brac
and bound out the front window-he had seen the
stove itself fall off the truck and explode on the
pavement stones and the wheels pass over his
sack of -four. lie had seen the head-board of
bedstead which had once gone up the stairs re-
fuse 10 come down-aye, or 40 back up again
either; and he had moved away and left it for the
next tenant 10 blast out with dynamite; he had
found that the head-board Of another bedstead
would only go in the kitchen OF the new house.
where it has stayed, like the Vicar Of Wal1eield's
picture, while he has slept on the floor. He had
known what it was TO have the moving men come
at o'clock in the morning and begin taking the
things ont OF the basement before
he was up: he had risen TO find
the hired girl gone and man with a gas bill
sitting on the front steps He had taken out
carpet taclls with fork; he had seen the dark.
gloomy frown on the brow Of his wife; he had
had the van man ask him il he had not got his
sideboard secondhand; he had moved away and
forgotten the door.mat and his winter overcoat in
the attic: he had carried the clock and two lamps
and the cat in a basket a mile TO the new house
in his arms, and when he got there smelled
sewer.gas in the dining room and found a man
waiting for him with the unpaid water-rent bill
of the tenant who had just gone. No, this UNI
the legs of his extension table had been fastened
on with glue since the last time he moved; there
were holes in his oil paintings, and the limbs
of his statuary were attached by strings
The case of this man is certainly sad one; ;
great as were his burdens he should have lived
and borne them. But there arc thousands who
will heave q sympathetic sigh when they read of
his fate-especially among the many who have
lust fitted from fat 10 fat He, rather than
scores of Others, took this rash step not much
because the idea was original with him. as be.
cause he was braver-or not so brave. according
TO the point Of vew-than the others. The man
who can smile, and SMILE and watch the van men
load his bookcase, is greater than princes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-Much destruction has been caused oy
4 cyclone on the coast Of mpeche. - len per-
sons were killed and fifty injured in the railroad
accident near Stuttgart. - Thirty-two million
marks il to be expended by the German Govern
ment for new men-of-war THE steamer
Canopus went ashore neal Quebec. - Negotia-
tions for compromise between the strikers and
employers in Rotterdam were successful
Domestic.-The Republicans claim the State
officers, Congressman and Legislators in Montana;
North and South Dakota give substantial Repub-
hcans najorities, and in Washington the Repub-
licans have from 5000 TO lo'ooo
majority. The Massachusetts, Democrats nomi-
mated Ex-Governor Russell, Of Cambridge, for Gov.
ernor of the State. - The State Board of Rail
road Commissioners has granted the application
of the Third Avenue Railroad Company TO change
its motive power from horses TO cable. - CLARK
University was dedicated and Michigan University
onen.d r. Indian contract schools were dis
cnssed at the conference at Lake Mohonk. -
The Three Americas Congress organized; the del
sUates were received by the President, and IN the
evening were entertained at dinner by Secretary
blaine. - The Civil Service Reform League
adopted resolutions and re elected George William
Curtis president
Oity and Suburbsns-The thirty-ffth triennial
meeting OF tho General Convention of the Protes-
fant EpscopsI Church began It's sessions the
Rev. DR.. Dix was elected president of the House
of Clerical and Lay Deputies. - young
man killed himself sn Brooklyn after reading
the xtory Of ms oourtship and clandestine mar
s3ags tn q newspaper. e A husband fatally
shor hs WIFE and himself after guarrelling over
prupertys - loose electric wire paraiyzed
ths leg ufres fsoorer sn the Bowery, and knocked
Soyvn |. team Of horses - Richmond County
Country Club huntsmen held their opening fox
huus tnees. g. Winners at Jerome Park:
Volunteer, Kern, Cyclone Colt Longstreet. Grena-
der ana Bordeiaise: at Westchestert Geraldine,
stephanis, 81 Rio Reys Tenny, Bessie K. and
Romn =z== Stocks dull, small fluctuations with
adverse rnsndpulation. closing strong.
The Wsaeher.-Forecast for to.daYs Fair! tol-
lowed hy cloudsnessa growing mildere Temperature
yesterdays H1ghest. "a degreess lowest AS;
average, sS9s&
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03

President Cleveland had behaved, or would
keep in Office the political tools selected by
Mr.. Cleveland in his deliberate prostitution OF
the service to partisan ends But now Mr.
Curtis charges the party and the candidate with
infidelity to pledges which. before the cleo
ton, he insisted the party and the candidates
had never made, according 70 his understand
ing of Civil Service Reform, and never meant
to make.
1t is the business of Mr.. Curtis to show, first,
that the candidate and the Republican party
meant by their prediction declarations what
he then assumed they did not mean. Until he
does. the charge Of bad faith recoils upon him.
self. Take the case of the railway mail clerks,
for illustration. Republicans universally re-
sented the prostitution Of that service to par
tisan uses and declared constantly and in the
most open manner, during the campaign, that
reform would mean removal Of the political
bummers who had been put into Office under
Mr. Cleveland in place of trained and efficient
men. The service had been demoralized by
these partisan changes, and reform necessarily
meant improvement of the service by the
restoration Of trained and competent men as
far as possible. But now the tenor Of Mr. CurtiSs
argument is that the removal of these incom-
petent clerks and political tools is violation
of pledges.
Mr. Curtis and those who stand with him
destroyed their influence with the vast ma
jority of sincere friends of Civil Service Re-
form by unfolding President Cleveland in
spite of his hypocrisy and his prostitution of
the service to political and personal ends After
that test of his sincerity, true friends of reform
concluded that they wanted no more Of the
kind of reform Mr.. Curtis approved 1t is a
satisfaction TO them to know that the so-caled
Reformers who Endorsed President Cleveland
are not at all inclined to indorse President
Harrison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03
TWO Kinds OF "REFORM.r

Mr.. Curtis, in his address at Philadelphia,
arraignS the Administration because it has not
adopted exactly his understanding of Civil
Service Reform. First assuming that the Adj
miniStIation and its party were pledged to Civil
Service Reform, as he intends il, Mr.. Curtis
arraigns both for breaking pledges. Can he
reconcile this charge with his own ideas of
personal honesty?
Before the election Mr. Curtis refused to SUD-
port President Harrison and the Republican
party because he did not believe that the cam
ddate or the party meant in its pledges the
kind Of Civil Service Reform that he wanted.
lie placed before the public what he considered
conclusive reasons for that belief He did not
pretend that General Harrison and other we'll
known Republicans were not as honest and
truthful men as himself, but declared that they
did not mean by Civil Service Reform what he
meant. That appeared TO be true, for what
he meant was practically illustrated by the
conduct Of Mr.. Cleveland and his Admnista
ton. which Mr.. Curtis commended and sus.
tanned, and it is the fact that Republicans did
not intend or promise to follow in his footsteps.
Not single human being in all this country
supposed or expected that President Harrison,
il elected, would behave in this matter a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03

in the control Of the naval service. 1t is
singular fact that during the civil war, when
the business of the Department was overwhelm-
ing in bulk, the Secretary personally supenn-
tended the detailing of officers, and exercised
all the important functions which since 1860
have gradually been allotted TO the Chief oil
the Bureau Of Navigation. He had an assist
ant secretary, who shared the burden OF issuing
naval orders and making assignments to duty {;
but civilian control over the Department was
absolutely established during the exciting
period when the work of the Department was
heaviest. 1t has long been our deliberate opin-
ion that the welfare of the service would be
promoted by return to the system OF civilian
supremacy, either with or without an assistant
secretary, and by the re- establishment OF the
coordinate relations of the various heads OF
bureaus. We trust that Secretary Tracy, with
that clear, practical intelligence already dis
played by him in the administration OF the
Department, will take immediate steps in this
direction, and thereby remove fruitful source
of jealousy and decentralization in the service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-03
Hr1DS MONUMENTAL BLUNDERs.

H. is one thing to rush " Slate' through
convention and quite another thing TO get IL
ratified at the polls. Whiskey's Governor had
very little trouble with the Syracuse ConVen-
ton: his will was the delegates law But he
will find it impossible to rally majority OF
the voters to the support of the tainted ticket
which he dictated BY securing the renom-
ination of Controller Wemple and Attorney
General Tabor he placed premium upon I'M
trustwolthineSs and ineffciency. These two
officials have made a reputation in the public
service which attestS the prOpriety of dismiss
ing them at the end Of their present term. The
Controllershp is the chief fiscal Office of the
State. TO give it to a man who is weak, in
competent or careless in the discharge OF ms
important duties is to threaten the public well
fare at a vital point. Nevertheless, IN dlsre-
gard of the interests of the taxpayers Hill In
sisted upon the denomination OF Wemple.
Wemple has written himself down as unfit to
be Controller by his connection with the AS
sembly ceiling scandal 1t was Controller
Wemple who instead Of proving himself
yeritable watchdog of the Treasury, overpaid
Ceiling Contractor Snaith some S14 900. The
AtTorney-G Generals Office is another place OF
question in regard to the stuff Of which the
legal arm Of the State is made. Is Tabor made
of the right stuff Not in the opinion Of the
general public; not in the opinion of large
number Of the delegates TO the Syracuse Con-
yention. If he had been in league with the
ceiling scoundrels he could hardly have done
better by them. Instead of promptly proceed
ing against them as soon as their conspiracy
for public plumber was laid bare, he pursued
do-nothing policy until the eXigencies Of his
canvass forced him for purely selfish reasons
to make show Of activity. Nevertheless, Hill
placed Tabors name on his slate alongside OF
WempIe's, and precious pair they are.
This was an offence against good morals.
Hills other great convention blunder, his boy
colt of Mr.. Cleveland's friends, was uncom-
monty bad politics. The ex-President polled
over 900, 900 votes in this State last fall, and
it is safe to conclude that good many thou
sands of those who supported him then will
resent at the November ballOt-box the studied
insult which the Governor, with an eye 10 his
own boom for '92, puts upon him now. No
fighter ever added 10 his own popularity by
striking an adversary when he was down.
Cleveland is down. and Hill embraces the OPP
portunity TO jump upon him. BY 80 doing he
has not only injured his own political pros
poets, but prepared the way for good deal OF
cordial knitting of the Syracuse ticket.
| In the circumstances the Republicans may
well take most hopeful view Of their own
prospects. The tide is certainly with them
Hard work from now on until the close OF the
campaign will give them the victory. TO be-
lieve that such candidates as Wemple and
Tabor can carry Newly orlx is to insult the in
telligence and upfightness OF the people.