The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-04

was ready TO tackle a game or a drink on
almost any occasion. He was in the stock
business in connection with several parties,
and he took number of carloads OF stock
one fall to Chicago to sell. He had sold his
STOCK and got $25 900 for the cattle, and
then in some way or other he got into bad
company and began TO buck the tiger. l
| found him the night after he had made his
sale in one Of the gambling houses of
| Chicago He was sitting at q table with
lot Of sharpers. He had been drinking
heavily and could see that he was in no
| condition to play. The sharpers were cheat
ing him at every hand and he was losing
his money very fast.
II tried to get him away from the table,
but be would NOS go, and then in order to
protect him | told him that | would take a
hand myself and asked him to lend me some
| money to start with. He handed me over
$1,000 in chips. I cashed these and sat
down to the table, but did not play. l
watched the game closely and the shsrpers
| did not dare to cheat him while was look
ing on, and he began TO win. From time
to time | would borrow more money of
| him, telling him had lost what he had
given me, and we went on In this way until
he had won back nearly all the money he
| had lost, and had in my pocket as the re-
suit of my borrowings about $50, 900 belong
ing to him.
Then he began to lose again, and at last
he had nothing left but q $1,000 check on
one of the banks Of Chicago. AS he pub
this on the table l warned the sharpers not
to play against it, and said: Gentlemen, l
advise you not to put up any money against
that check. This man is not responsible
for what he does, and If you win the check
l will stop it's payment at the bank in the
morning.
THE SEARPERs BEATEN.
"The sharpers said they would risk IT,
They put up their money and Palmer lost.
He then had no money left and l was able
to get him home. The next day l was at
the bank at 9 o'clock and shortly after l
had stopped the payment OF the check the
gambler who held it arrived l saw him as
he came out Of the bank with the check
still in his hand and l said to him, my
man, you had better give me that check ;"
He replied that he would not do so, and l
thereupon told him that IL he did not
would have his gambling place shut up for
six months at least and would charge him
with having robbed my friend, and I knew
l could shut him up. He finally decided
that would do as l said and handed me the
check.
when got back to my room found
Palmer awake. He was fesling terribly.
He had forgotten all about my being pres
ent the night before and be told me that he
bad lost all his money. | said nothing to
him about the affair, and that night we
started back home together. He was wor-
ried during the whole trip and was trying
to borrow money of me to square up ao-
counts with his partners. just before we
reached home / pulled out the $780, 900 he
had given me and handed it over to him
with the check. l then told him the cir
cumstances Of my getting it, and he was for
time the hRppiest man in the territory.
He had all his money except 81, 900, and his
gratitude to me for saving this and his repu-
tation was so great that he would do any,
thing for me. l don't think it at ali wonder
full that he was anxious to see me elected,
for he is a good fellow and we have O way
OF trying to even up such affairs with one
another In the northwest
HORSES AND HoRsEMEN.
The summer days are filling the country
drives about Washington with spanking
teams. aud among the curious sights have
seen this week was Postmaster General
Wanamaker and the President in piano
box buggy behind the Postmaster Generals
fast Kentucky roadster. On the Presidents
knee was little Baby Mckee, and Baby
Mckee was driving the buckle 1t formed
pretty sight, and the President and the
Postmaster General seemed more interested
in young Mckee than in anything else.
The President himself has fairly good
horses and ID fond of driving. | see him
now and then with the reins IN his hands,
and saw him the other day in a landau
with Russell sitting on the front seat be-
side the driver and the President and Mrs.
Dimmick riding behind. His favorite drive
seems TO be to the Soldiers home, and he
often drives out on the hill and takes a spin
along the Columbia road, hardly looking to
the right or left as he goes, but generally
tipping his hat when ne is spoken TO. He
seldom rides on horseback and he seems 60
prefer the buggy to the saddle.
President Cleveland rode little In the
saddle. He was too heavy to cut good
figure on horseback and he knew il.
President Arthur rode q great deal by
the order OF his doctor during the last years
of his life and he kept very fine horses.
Nearly all of our Presidents have been
good horssment aud President Harrison's
grandfather, "Old Tippecanoe," was almost
a crank on horseback riding, and when he
was inaugurated as President he insisted on
riding on horseback to his inauguration,
though a carriage had been bought for him,
and he rode out to the capitol on his white
war horse. .r
Thomas Jefferson rode on horseback to
his inauguration, and the finest horses any
President ever had were those of Washing
ton. He had a great many fine steeds, aud
he made the hostlers wash the teeth OF his
coach horses every morning and clean them
out with toothpicks before he would take
them out to drive. He had a coach which
was the wonder OF the revolutionary times
and his livery was more swell than any
thing we have to-day.
sTANFoRD'S BIG PAIR.
Senator Stanford, though he has some Of
the best horses In Washington, never rides
them. He prefers to drive and his two
black coach horses, Major and George, are
the biggest of the kind that have ever been
in Washington. The horses are over seven
teen hands high, and they weigh together
just about ton and half. They are high
steppers, and you could not buy them for
S25. 900 apiece. They are the property OF
Mrs Stanford-at least she drives them In
her big landau and she has coachmsn
and footmnn who are dressed ia black and
who have black rosettes on their nigh silk
hats, and the whole is kind of symphony
in black. Senator 5tanford's stable is one
of the inest in the city, but it is not OK
travagant in the way of furnishing
With all his wealth Senator Stanford
wastes no money foolishly and the contrast
between this stable and that Of the rich
Baron ROthsohild Of Vienna is striking.
doubt whether Rothsohlld is worth any
more than Senator Stanford, but he has one
box stall that cost $4,000 to build. His
stable has marble floors, and here and there
the walls are set in costly tiles painted by
distinguished artists There are rings,
oh aims and drain trapg of silver. The walls