, 1889-12-12
GAMING AT OLYMPIA.
Professionals Are Flowing There
In Great Numbers, and
Are Happy.
Some Of the Legislators, However,
Are Good Match for
the sports"


with aspiring statesmen and law.
gamblers" was the answer of rising
young republican politician to query
piled him as to his whereabouts during
the past ten days by a Journal reporter
yesterday afternoon.
"Pleasan people, no doubtP" observed
the reporter.
"Oh, yes. Outside of universal
swelling of the cabeza among the states
men and would.be lawmakers, they
were all right from u social point Of
view. The gamblers are always open
hearted fellows when they are in clover,
and they are certainly in that sort OF
grass, SO TO speak, in Olympia nova
"Gambling prospering at tae capital,
eh?"
We'll, should say so. Everybody is
at II. There is more gambling OF every
description going on in Olympia now
than in any other place IN the state, and
] guess IL is the best sporting town to-
day on the ooust. The gamblers have
Hooked IN there from all over the coun-
try, and there are at ieust fifty eS.Seat.
tic sports living in clover there now.
Talk about gambling, why you'd think
you were at Long Branch in the summer
season. 1ney arc all high rollers up
that way, ! tell you. Fully $500 must
have changed hands there over the green
cloth dunng ny sojourn.'
II suppose the legislative solons alb
stain from the sport2"
"Iou do, do you? Well, of course,
good men never tell tales. But so up
there and you will find out that the
ingredients that 20 to make up what j.
known as decoction of bob-tail fush
can be mixed as accurately by the aver
aye Nashll!gt ton siutC tCsnian AS any body
else you know of. The professionals
have found no noyices up there. Its
nip and tuck with them TO keep afioat.
Why, one OF our best known local gam
blers Is 5000 loser because of visit he
paid TO the gallery OF the legislature,
up there lew days ago."
Gallery OF the legislature !" CIRCULATED
why, yes; that Olympic for the
poker table, etc. While, Of course, the
legislature is paying that strict utten-
ton to the wants OF the people that it in
duty bound to pay, has to have some
recreation. As II body of brainy men / {
gets tired of discussing flags for school
houses, clocks for senate halls and mile
age for members. The only recreation
afforded II is a whack at hotel bcclsteak,
or lick at the fashionable American
game. OF the two, the most keenly en-
joyed is the latter. But, to tell the
truth, Olympia is the throne of the gam
bling king now. Everybody gamblps,
ana It could be appropriately drsignaled
Washington's Monaco"
PETRIYIED MAN.
Mr.. Joseph Sweshenger. who resides
near Stanford, writes to the River Press
particulars of a wonderful discovery he
recently made in an unfrequented mount
ain near his residence. The discovery
consists of q petriticd man, with all his
limbs in perfect state of preservation.
The body stands against a massive
bouldcr of which it seems to have be-
come a part and can not be removed
without much labor and considerable
expense, A tiny stream OF water flow
ing from spring above falls directly
upon the head of the body and afler
rounding rock. The body measures
six feet and nine inches from the
crown of the head TO the socs of the feet,
and is well pruportioncd, the chest and
limbs being of pOndcrouS width and
size. The features are of the severe
Roman type, surmountcd by a broad
high forehead and n luxurious growth of
hair. which is as firm as rock itself a
beard reaching to the waist completes u
pict ire which inspires feeling of awe
and reverence to the heholder. Certain
are cut upon the rock, "a
true copy of which Mr.. Swesheugcr
promises TO send us. Thus far he has
kept his discovery a secret, but will in
due time divulge its locality. 1t will
doubtless attract the savants of thc day,
and large sum may be realized from IL.
il Is indeed II wonderful diYcovcry, in
dicHungi AS IT does, that tho trst in
habItants oil this great country were
giants