The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-28

tho way. TnAy Travelled on, Trusting to
iuck however. Indians were hostile at
the time and they started in TO NOV
the gold hunters. they picked on one az
Tor another with their bullets. A score
ware thus taken on Then fever struck
the party, and eleven more went the way
OF death.
| my iris time the nineteen survivors
were crazy with rage. They had been
fourteen DAYS out and were travelling In
| the most arid country. Food was growing
less and less, and death faced everybody
! on the afternoon of the fourteenth day
| the leader. who had caused so much
| misery was given three days more 10
| ma h,s eolc "And." II he was not sue
| cessful by that time he was 10 hang.
.'v',l, the three days had almost
pasged. and still there was no SEN Of the
| find. The last hour was almost up IL
! seemed that the man must hang There
were only FIVE minutes more now TWO
! minutes. now one minute, now hat
mInute-then came his luck. Just as the
time was up for the hanging that man
dropped dead"
81 don't see how he was lucky put
in the gambler who had told the hrst
story ~,
"Whv" said the business man, ne
would have been hanged
Another gambler told how n few days
ago a green Swede. who knew nothing
aho,t the game. but determined to try
his luck. had won nearly 5000. tie mao
hoen 81 on-looker once or twice, ana
seen big winnings. He went 10 the rou-
Iotte wheel with twenty dollars, ana IN
a few hours he won out $500. 1t seemed
that no matter what number ne put
cbIDs on-and he played reckiessly' as
all new players dot came up every
time. That was pure luck ne ma"
,toved no combinations or arrange
,,onts" because he was as green as
e.rass and knew nothing about the
game -, .bo
81 have a friend" spoke mp one OF the
,,-o,,n who is connected with the clly
government. "who by the mcrest iuch
,oado a discovery that is netting MN
muIions. His name is Perkins ana
fow years ago, back in Minnesota nc
made his discovery. He was a t rANeii,.s
man for a grocery firm. ana Wnie van
ing TO a train 30 go from one CouI"S
town 10 another one day ne "ni'''eU "
stick. TRIANGLE
,hane ON the train the idea struck MIN |
maj the shape would be just what was
wanted for railroad spikes. inc square
enil<es In vogue were not the right tilhs |
because they split the grain OF the green
ties when driven into them, ana Wheh
dry the wood shrank away from 'heih.
The triangle-shaped spike would not sp'l'
the grain and subsequent shrlnkage |
wouId be done away with. Perkins sub
mitted his discovery 10 Pullman ana |
now the spikes are being made by NH
ions at Pullman. H.. making mllliohs lor |
Perkins and Pullman. 10
Another gambler here chimed IN WIN |
the statement that during the past week |
a gambler from Seattle had won $500 al |
faro at Tacoma rooms In two situnes. |
Both sittings occupied thirteen hours, ana
the first sitting resulted in the winning OF /
81 900. and the second $1,000. During the |
latter game the man was out nearly the |
whole ST 800 he had won at sitting NO. l,
but he picked up and won big money |
81 suppose he's gone back TO Seattle with |
his dough-" said the gambler. "as have
not seen him for some days
THE luckiest winning that has been
made in this city for some time was made
by the two men who entered the Warwick
and with their pistols, won all that was
I'm sight" said one Of the group. 1T took
only a moment, too, and there was no OPP
position. Do you know that the men sus-
pected of that job are in town? But
there is nothing to prove it against them,
so there'u be no arrests. Tacoma News.