The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
non take out his handkercliaf

mon take out his handkerchief %
him a look Of agony; he only smi ill.,
One by one, asl increased the sta lSaa'
the players dropped out. had ows,.
$4,000 staked in front Of me. ana nl
the money was not mine. II was
Parthenia's fathers. "' '
"Ill raise you five thousand, mis-
ter" said Colonel Jackpotts, in hn1
low voice, as he took the very last ~ -
his bank notes from his great DocLatl
book.
'"Ten thousand dollars better" /
cried, with affected calmness,
II guess I'll write you check for
ten thousand, mister, and then Ill
see yon," blurted out the Colonel, his
eyes almost starting from his head
you'd better post the money .
said Mr.. Persimmon, blandly.
"You don't object, mister, I take
it?" said the Colonel, to me, piteons.
ly.
~ object to everything" l replied
'"The laws of poker, like those OF The
Modes and Persians, alter not,"I
quoted, appealing to the we'll known
American diplomatist.
'"That is SO" remarked that GENTLE
man, sententiously.
Colonel Jackpotts saw that it was
no use making scene. He gave one
vindictiye look at Mr.. Persimmon.
and then the Colonel saw that that
gentleman's hand was in what in
America is termed the "sly pocket OF
his pants" In America, when gen
tleman's hand is in this position it is
generally grasping revolver.)
;'Then, darn me blue" said the
colonel, ''if you amt busted me be-
tween you; cuss you!' Then. in his
rage, he swallowed his quid, and his
language became unprintable. g.
l carefully packed up all the money
on the table in the note case OF Party's
pepper.
are only five cards in my hand" re-
marked triumphantly. 1 exhibited
my five worthless cards face upward.
l had "bluffed" Colonel Jabez Jack
potts. ..-% ..-
There is no more to tell. married
Parthenia. Party's pepper is a very
wealthy man. I am not anxious to
meet Colonel Jackpotts.-St. James
Gazette.
ATHUNDERBoLT MAKES GLASS.
How the Tube Known as Fulgurite
Is Manufactured .
''Did you ever see the diameter of a
lightning-fash measured?" asked a
geologist recently. WE'LL here is the
case which once inclosed q flash of
fitting it exactly, so that
you can just see how big it was. This
is called a 'fulgurite' or lightning hole,
and the material it is made OF is glass,
l will tell you how it was manufact-
ured, though it took only fraction
of a second to turn it out. -.. FL
"When a bolt OF lightning strikes a
bed Of sand it plunges downward into
the sand for a distance less or greater,
Transforming simultaneously into
glass the SILICA in the material
through which it passes. Thus, by it's
great heat, it forms at once q glass
tube OF precisely it's own size. Now
and then such tube, known as a
'fulgurite,' is found and dug up.
Fulgurites have been followed into the
sand by excavation for nearly thirty
feet. They vary in interior diameter
from the size of a quill to three inches
or more, according to the bore of the
flash. g.
"But fulgurites are not alone pro-
duced in sand; they are found also in
solid rock, though very naturally of
slight depth and frequently existing
merely as a thin, coating on the sur
face. Such fulgurites occur in aston
ishing abundance on the summit of
Little Ararat, in Armenia. The rock
is soft and SO porous that blocks a
foot long can be obtained, perforated
IN all directions. by little tubes filled
with bottle-green glass formed from
the fused rock. There is a small
specimen in the National Museum
which has the appearance of having
been bored by the teredo, the holes
made by the worm subsequently filled
with glass. So.
Some wonderful fulgurites were
found by Humboldt on the high
Nevada de Toluca in Mexico. Masses
OF the rock were covered with a thin
layer of green glass. It's peculiar
simmer in the sun led Humb oldt to
ascend the precipitous peak at the
risk OF his life. IN. Y. Journal.
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for the purpose OF nomi,-atinga can
didate for an important Office.
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