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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Der unterf6ieo 3tpifdsen Wusfels
fetfda uub Stdrfe.

giele mustuloie Wdnnsr erIieeen gnitrsn
suugen, uslds BON 9suten. bic an pbphiher
Sraft ibueu nett uudfeben. NIT 9eidti9teit er.
trasen msrb,n. Wusteln bsbeutsn nidt INNER
8ratt. 80 1T in Der Shat nidt idusr, nadsu.
rueien. oab atbletsn nidt 70 LANCE lsben ODER
fh 70 gutter Gsfunbbsit e~rfreuen itpie Der trdf.
iiss 0urhidnitismsnid. tusnn osfsn 8sroauuns
uuo S6iat uu8etott fno, penn oehen Rerueu.
ipftem ein rubiges 1T uno wsnn er feline or9a.
ntide Srantbel'sanIa9e bat. 9isfe Grforoer.
niffe Der iorpstlihen 6dbisteit srplrbt man fd
AUDI bel uripriingIid idwadsm Sorper. oosr
uadoem oerielbe cine abJebrenoe Srantbsit
onrdssmadt bat, our& ben psritdmois.n Sc.
brauh bon Soitetter's Wassnbitters. bee betann.
ten. bon ben 9suifsnbafteften aer5ten empfob.
Isnsn Stimllan jmiitels Sc fbaff Sbnsn 3uar
feline Wusfeln a Ia gorbett absr 20 curdoriugi
Den Sorpsr nit neuer 9ebenstraft uno foteert
Die &ssslmdbteteit unb 3utrnglihfsit oler for.
perliden gsIridtunssn. Sc perbutet uno fnrirt
maIariide uno 9ierenlsioen. uno beleitist Dps.
pspfe, SartIeibisfeit, asbsrleioen uno RerDotldt-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Sans unb Spf.
Die beften 8nhe.

Slnfsis 2sute unb rs 8ibs tbatsn
pdbrenb Der @orlb's Sair ibr beiiss, um
au seigen, tpelde Sub unb tpslbe &aHe
bon, 8lben bel elmer 9rlfuns auf MiI6.
Butter unb 8die ben sr5bten @epinn
brinst. Seriep. @uerniep unb Stort.
born ~itanoen i'm @ettitreit. Die &dbs
Uurosn bon ben .Gaitle Clubs" Nmss
rifas iorsfdltis ausseiudt, uno iuno
iebe &afe unter einem Superintenben.
ten. Der BON ben 8eiiBern Der 3biers ees
tpdblt mar, UNI ieoe Seerbe Su iber.
MAIDEN, unb bic art unb Msnss bas ~
reidenben Suffers au beit mmen. Seos
Sub tpuroe nit benz bon ibr tdglih bers
sebrten Sutter beIaitet unb ibr Der Gins
tbeiI an Der bon Der son3en Seerbe er'
ssusten 8aie.. 8uttsr', Molfs., abss.
robmten Milds uno 8uttermense tdeIid
eutasihrieben. Die DetaiIs 9rifuneen
unb oas tdelide Wdsen bss Suffers uni
Der Wild ieoer Sub oblasen einem Spe.
sial. Committee. Die Seriep seipannsr
bic 80 Gage bauernoe 9rifuns unb er.
ssusten 1l3 9funo msbr Butter oils BIZ
@uernieps uno 175 gfo. mebr alS BIZ
S%boribornS. Die beiten fiinf 9ibe bel
Der ~30.tdsisen Briifuns tparen bic Ser
feps .8rown Bette" uno .Merrp 0tai.
BEN. bic SbOribornS .,aitip Slap Alb.
bic Seriep ..StOfe 9osiS 8esina" unit
bic @usrniep .8uritp''. Die better
fiinf Seriep aabe tparen 8rown 8eiiie.
Msrrp Maiben, Stofe 9oeiS Resina.
Sba WarisOlo uno Sbeba 8sr; BIZ
beften finf @uerniep 8abe tparen
8uritp, Gareno, 8elta's Salenttne.
Stpeet Nba unb Waterna f; bic better
fiinf Sbotbprn &ibe tparen &itip Glat
4tb. 9aibfuI 2no. 8itip Slap 30, Wa'
terIoo Daiip unb Rora.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Xurnbrnberlihe8.

Gin Invertebrates Streifi6t auf bas
8sieaiduftlide 8abdltniB bes dltersn
uno iiinsersn burners lisfert Der S6Iub
oes 8eobadtunss. Observation-Disclosures iiber
oas Iebte 8unbesturnfelt unb ss lobnt
ii6 idon Der Wiibe, ettpas LANCER babel
3u pertpeiIsn, ba bic furs a~nseoeutstsn
UfiBItdnoe nidt u aQein bel einem
1urnfeite su Gage treten, ionbsrn Elm
bereits einsetpurseIter llebeIitanb i'm gan.
ien 8unoe au fem idsinsn. IS besiebt
fi& oieies auf bas eieentbimlids 8srbal.
ten Der iln8eren turner sesen bic Glteren,
ooer aud seeen chamber, tpenn fe niHt
seraoe purd ensere 8ereinsbanbe naber
matchmaker betannt finb. Dieies fi6
aufdlis 3eissnoe 8erbalten 1T melt oa.
o snlfernt, elm entsesenfommenoss se,
nannt su tperben, unb bat tpenig ober
nidts bon Der alien in 2ieoern sefeierten
Iurnbrdberlidfeit an iid. Bel Se.
ipreduns Ter 8etbeilieuns Der Turnsr.
pionisre an Sem Ssft ipridt fi6 Der
8eridt folsenoermaben iiber ben @esen.
Itano aus:
.,@enn an unb fir ii1 fdon bic srobs
4niabI Der am Seits tbsilnebmsnosn
Bioniers freubis ftimmte, 70 that bisiss
mebr nod bas bersli&e uno freunbidafts
lide @inpsrnebmen, ipel1es ii6 aasnt.
baIben unter ibnen funb CAB, unb bas
re8e Snterefe, tpeIdes iie an allen Set.
porfommnifen nabmen. 98as ben jun,
eeren Turnern INNER nod ;u manseln
i&eint. bas frsunbidaftIi6e, briibsrlids
@ntseseniommen. peldes ii& ielbit ba
duBert, mo cine perIbnli1e 8sfannti1aft
nod ni4t ita~ttsrfunben bat, 1T unter ben
YIonieren rei4lih porbanben unb bilbet
einen berportedenben Gbaraeter3us be,
Turner frtberer Sabre. Sol bieiss
@efibI Der 3uiammenseb6risfsit, Der
Sreunbi6aflidfeit unb Der Gnbdnslidfeit
nit ibnen petidninben ? Das mare elm
8srIuf, ben feline Grrunssniaaft Der
nsueren Belt srfssen t5nnte. tlnseiudt
BADEN bic Bioniere Der Sueeno Elm nads
abmunsspiroisss 8eiipieI turnbriiber.
lider Geinnuns eessben, tpeI6es nidt
unbeadtet bleiben ioate!
60 tpeit, 10 gut. Wirb bieier Mabns
ruff ettpus niibsn2 SIN ni1t minbsr mt.
idisbener Deiis tpurbe idon Dor bier
Sabren, mad benz Gineinnatier 8unbss.
t~urnfeft auf oieien Nibftanb binsspisisn,
aber bas lebte Self bat betpieien, oab
Der Bortpnrf feinen glnbrud ma4te, unp
oas 1T aud nur natirliH. Das ilnssrs
Clement 1T in ieinsn Anidauunssn unD
IN isinsr Dentpeife sansll& bon benz
6lteren perfdiepen; bic alien iurneriidsn
Iraoitionen iinb ibm fremb, unb tpenn
es baS Gnteesenfommen Der 6lteren
Turner aud gerne entse8en nimmt, 10
feblt ibm bod bas beutihe @emitb, oisiss
@ntse8snfommen nit Ssrslidfeit Su ere
pioern. Damn trifft eS iid eben, bab
bel sinem 8unossturnfeite Der iunse
3urnersmann ftumm uno pbns @rub an
einem aneersn 1urner porlbergsbt, tpsnn
,bm bisier 3ufdlie nod nibt pOrseftslt
iporosn 1T. benn baB nan einsn 6eitess
noflen einfa4 oesbalb srlbt, ipsil er
elm lol4er 1T, i6eint Der beuti6samsri.
taniiden Surniueenb iberbaupt ni6t
einsuleu6ten. unb bab bic 1urnsrpionisrs
oieien Wibitanb tief e~mpfinbsn unb nit
BEN 0ssfaa bes 3u,nererubss aud ben
Beefaa Innerlider Site bsflaeen, ipsr
polte 60 ibnen p%erbenfen
Dab stpii6en alter uno neuer AniHaus
uns cine 2luft llest, bic ni4t bur@
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16

Sc 1T zines Der eritsn unb brinsenbiten
@ebote sur Grbaltuns Der @eiunpbsit,
nur trodene. eutselaftete Saden am
9eibe au truesn. 8on iebr pieIen iunsen
2euten unb bel pielen SduItinbern ip,rn
absr biss @sbot fort unb fort psrna6.
ldHlst. Die bon SdpeiB ooer 8essn
fsud;en Saden, beionbers aud bic nn'
terileiber (Semeen. StrGmpfe, nnter'
bsinfleiber u. |. 10 tperoen Ibenos aui
chamber selsst uno morseas feudt rie.
Der ansssosen -setpiB in faltsr, nafei
SabresSeit, pber nod einem unseniisen.
ben Sblais fat INNER nit einem sc,
iibl bes nnbebasenS. Sa. Bel pielen
ipirb bas auslIften Der feudten 2leioei
nur bsspssen unisrlaHen. neil oaS Nuf
bdnsen herielben -am beiten auf cine,
im 3immer, 8oriaaI obsr in Der 8ite
sesoeenen seine, ibre Gussn tort -benn
piels Nenidsn iino Narren elmer faIi6en
9prteQuns bon gleeanS.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Soa man ipdbreub bes GfenS
trtnfen

Bel Der MubIseit faItss @aFsr trims
fen. III, fast bic .@eiunobeit", ibdbIi6,
neil es ben Maaen su iebr abfdbIt unb
baburd bic 8erbauuns p%erbinoert. Der
Nasen beburf sur 8eroauuns elmer
@drme bon 81 Grab 8eaumur. Inter
einem %eerinservn @%drmeeraoe peroaut
er nibtS. DEFENDERS tpsrben bic fetten
Stofe unlbsIid semudt. Trinft nan
faltes @aHer bon unsefdbr 3 bis 7 @rab
8eaumur, 70 1T Der Wasen baburh pl5b'
LID in cine 10 nieorise Tempsrutur Der.
feet, bab er nidt 10 leidt feline resel.
m6bise a9Grme bon 81 Grab 8eaumur
pleber su erlaneen permae. Die Seer.
ben tperoeu momentum se!dbmt ooer au
frampfbafter 3uiammensiebuns beran
laBt, unb bic A%bionoeruns beS Waeen.
iaftes, iotpis bic 8etpeeune bss WaeenS
bbren auf. SIN GROCER Mense senofen.
perbinnt bas @afer ben Waseniaft su
iebr uno madt Jpn untpirfiam fur bic
Speiisn. Sc 1T baber ansuraten, nidt
pdbrenb beS gfens, ~ionoern cine babe
ober cine 8iertelitunbe Dor Der Mablseit
Elm @las WuHer gu senieBen, mas Der
8~eroauuns Der Spsiien nur fbrberli6
1T. Die @enebe beS WaeenS tperben in
parmer ooer trOdener SabresSeit anss'
feubtet. baber elaitii6er unb Der Wasens
iaf t fieBt reidlider. Die Sliiiistsit
pirb aumeiit bis sur DtublSeit aufsefosen
unb bic reselmdbiee Marine ipieper Der.
seitsat. Wer ~iberbuust baS 8spiirfnis
bat, sur MatIseit su %trinfen, Der beob'
udte bic &esel, cine baIbe Stunbe Dor.
Der su t%rinfen. Cine Stunbe mad Der
Wablseit barf ebenfaas setrunten iper.
ben, neil bann bic 8erbauuns 70 melt
porseidritten 1T, baB cine Strung ni6t
bs,beisefibrt tpiro, psnn nidt au fall
unb au etobs Mensen setrunfen tperben.
@as bier BON WaHsr seiast piro. gilt
aud bonn Bier, pdbreno Der @enuB ses
ringer Nuantttdten bon @ein pGbrenr
Der MobIseit ieinen iddblIbsn gmfIuB
auf bic 8eroauunestbdtietelt ausIbt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
@eafeite Mn3eigem.
@efferm OreFeb Beet.

anbsr ben tiuei earlaounsen jussridta.,
6leli@, oas mir Rontas un6 9onnertaa CT.
ealten. empfan9sn mir tdslid friid seidlat.
tsfes 6lsti9 pom eanoe, ftifde unb Salt.Gier,
Snffsr' Safs uno eanoprobutts ibrrbaupi.
Gir baben ferner einen 8orratb Der better
Bologna Wurt. frifds unb ssiaI3ene S&uI
tern. Wippen. ebuds, @nnbfhide etc. Infer
bolosnauurft ibertrifi ale aubsre.
Gale & 6 o,
AIS Rorb Note Strobe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Gampf. unS gS lTerr6breufitt.

SoIsenbsr 8itt bat nad benz .,@bem.
tedn. Gentr. Nns." ii6 fir bic &6bren'
p%erbinouns sesen flliiisen Druid in Der
8ruris gut bepdbrt: 5 Bfunb Barrier
DeIb, 5 8funO DER, 10 Bfuno 8lei'
sIdtte, 5 Bfuno Menniee uno 4 8funb
idparseS Waneanorpo meroen gut ee'
miidt unb bann cine @snisfeit Asbeit
uno fobenbeS Del sussiebt. Der 8itt
pirb beinabe 70 felt, mis bas Giien ielbIt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
sdlitttdube Dor Mott ,u f6neen.

Solen Sdlitti 6ube nidt rotten. 70
idubere man iie mad iebem @ebraut
pom anbaftenben Sdnee, reibe iie gu
Sauie troden ab uno bdnse iie bunn in
Der Ndbe zines OfenS ODER Serbes 10
LANCE aui Bis iie politdnois trOfen iino ;
seisen ii6 benno6 &ohfleden an beniel'
ben, 10 beitrsibe man iis sund&it nit
Petroleum, unb reibe iie alsoann nit
eincm rauben leinenen 2appen ooer, mas
nod better, 1T, nit @las. ooer Sano'
papier tidtis nab.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Snrre @annnHe

Isst man in iebenbes 0afer, fist lie
mad Der Wsnee cine ooer mebrers Sdnbe
pol SaIs binsu unb ld5t iie einen balben
Gag iteben. Sic befommen burd bieieS
8erfabren nidt nur ibren frii6en @ss
idmud pisbsr, fonoern Iaiisn ii8 aud
piebsr i@dlsn.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16

- Sic @ebddtnibt Seier fir ben fir;'
LID in 8bilaoelpbia peritorbenen Or
Ostpalo Seloeniider finbet ON Sonntas,
ben 25. Sebruur, Radmittaes 2 lbr. in
Der Gale Der Deutiden @eieQidaft,
Rorbtpsft' Ode Maribaa unb Spring.
GARDEN Strabe, fat. grbfnst ipirb bic
5sier Sur& ben Seians psrfdisbsnsr
Wdnner4brs.
No. 8eftelt bas ,@oHenbIatt".
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Grant Stetter,
SOtel un0 SGGcrci
Watnftraee, 9pDe Narf.

Barms unb faIte Speifsn fno su ieosr Ia.
9ss5elt Ju baden. 6rifdss Eager ftets o.
sap, lotpis Beine. 9iquore unb Gigarren.
Ote NIT meinem Sotel perbunbene Bdderel
ltsfert Elm por5islides Badwtri nnb ueroep
aue Beftelunsen prompt uuo biais beiorgt.
6rant o tetter
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16

Sudt' une Aeeissn,'Dru6er.
Grsb. ". W Q Drudarbsit tsber grt
tn snsliltsr uns psuti&sr Sprats, 5fi eada.
mamma @psnus, ssssniibsr BEN tinlsy Stprt.
Groceries uns p~rppiaonen.
8t&tptb, Srantpp & Co., Grad.
fOlssr BON 8saSls & Stsa), 1t6 penn aps.
Gbwtn g. Seal "a Padapanua ape.
has btriibmts Wbite Sponse Ntbl.
8rsb. 8. 0tbmaytr DtIifateFen
$50 eadaipanna 2penue.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16
Orig O1rr's
unten
NefaurattDn 4 galaa
ala 2adapanna Apenus.

Die Reclamation uirb ftsts nit ben feinfer
Selitatefen Der Sabresseit psriebsn fem.
An Setrdnfen balte I'D neben Dem porsiia,
liben q. 3obinionfden Biere, nur Die bette
Belne uno aiquore, unb 60 piro mein Be.
tfeben fem. ourd prompte uno rsele Bebten
uns Die Snnbsn ,ufrieosn 3u fte[sn
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
4 Wood-Duck.s Tomb.

At the farm of G. W. Hutchins, seven miles from Marysville, bee tree was found near the east bank of Feather river, which was cut to obtain the honey. After the tree was cut down to the ground an investigation was instituted and the honey located in a hollow halfway be tween where it was cut and the top. On cutting open the body of the tree they secured about eighty pounds of honey, eleven duck eggs and a dead duck. It appears that awood-duck had formed cavity through a hole that was originally large enough to admit her body. After laying eleven eggs she had commenced setting to hatch them and while doing so the bees had filled the hole with comb, so that she could not get out and she died on the nest.-Red Bluff (Cal.) Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
HIGH-PITcHE0 VOICES.
One Result Of Incessant Din on the Streets
 of the French Capital.

|
 Have you ever noticed how sonorous
 and high-pitched are the tones of voice of the average Parisian? asks a corre- spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat. It is apparently impossible for them to modulate it, and even when they impart secrets to you they do so in a whisper 50 loud that, like the so- called stage whisper, it reaches the ear not only of the person to whom the confidence is addressed but also of hundreds of people besides. This is attributable to the fact that Paris is probably the noisiest city of the old world, and that the people here are obliged to talk and whisper in an ex- ceptionally loud tone in order to make themselves heard at all. The noises are bcwildcring in their variety, and the din is unceasing. To begin with, the omnibus traffic of Paris is very large, and the Paris omnibus is some thing that must be seen and heard in order to appreciate it's ponderous size and weight. It is very much as if one cf he big New York surface cars were p,recd on ordinary wheels and pro- vilcd with double row of seats on the roof, with a couple of ample starr cases leading up thereto. Imagine this numbering along, heavily laden, behind three big Percheron horses, harnessed abreast, with occasionally a fourth Zen fleche,' over the old cobblestone road ways that are still the rule and not the exception in Parisian streets. Beside the din made by these omnibuses and their drivers, who seem to consider it absolutely necessary to crack their whips as loudly as possible at least ten times in every minute, there are all kinds of other atrocious noises to which the police have hitherto affected to turn deaf ear. From early morning until late at night the streets are par aded by itinerant noise-makers of every species of trade, each of whom has his own particular cry, and it is not an un- common thing for a dozen of these screamers to pass given point in one hour, each yelling at the top of his voice. There are the window-menders, the umbrella tinkers. the knife-grinder with his bell, the chairmenders with their shrill hrass horns, the beer and wine-tap vendors, who play an exas- perating, ear-piercing tune on m in- strument of their own invention fash toned out of tap; there is the sten- torian-voiced purchaser of old wine casks, who intones the awful word '"Tonneaux!" in such a manner as to render it audible for half a mile or more, and numerous other cries of the same nature which it would take too long to enumerate here. The new pre- feet of police has determined, under stand, to put stop to all these trade cries, except in cases where licenses have been obtained and heavily paid for.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
A Strange Sight,

One of the most amusing spectacles of the Columbian exposition was seen in front of the California building on the day of the state celebration. A tfree distribution of fruit had been widely advertised, and carloads of fruit had been sent-great luscious peaches, plums, pears, nectarines and half-yard punches of white Muscat grapes and flaming Tokays. Great booths were erected outside the build ing, and dozen fine young California men, her best products, handed out fruit to a vociferous, struggling, eager crowd for seven long hours. It was a sight to be remembered. Sometimes the air was full of the larger fruits, which were tossed out among the crowd and promptly caught, but the punches of grapes had to be treated more tenderly. Hats, hands and bas- kets reached out for the generous punches, and hundreds came away bearing their well-fought-for burden to share with friends. On this occasion many had come from distant parts of the grounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
INVITED To HeR sulclpE.
A Chinese Woman Calls in Her Friends
 to Witness Her Adieu.

A Chinese Woman Calls in Her Friends to Witness Her Adieu.
 Mr. Medhurst, for many years British consul at Shanghai, tells of a singular ''card of invitation" which, says the Million, he once received in China. 1t was from lady, intimating her inten- tion to commit suicide at a specified date. She was very young and attrac- tive. and belonged to a wealthy family; but the Chinese gentleman to whom she had been affianced from childhood, having died just before the date fixed upon for their nuptials, she gave out that she deemed it her duty to render her widowhood irrevocable by dying with her betrothed. So she sent cards around to the local gentry giving no- tice of her purpose.
 No attempt was made by her rela- lives or the local authorities to frus- trate her design, though Mir. Medhurst appealed to the mandarins, the gefl- @ral opinion beng that she was about to perform meritorioUs act. Eventu- ally. on the day named, the woman did deliberately sacrifice her life in the presence or thousands of spectators. A stage was erected in the open fields, with tented frame over it, from which was suspended a slip of scarlet crepe. One end of this slip she fastened round her neck, and then, embracing little boy presented by one of the bystanders, she mounted chair and resolutely jumped off, ''her little clasped hands saluting the assem blaze as her body twirled round with the tightening cord"
 The woman was not bounded on by a frantic mob, as was the practice at suttees in India, but immolation ap- peared to be an entirely voluntary act. Sacrifices of this kind, according to Mr. Medhurst, aresnot uncommon in certain districts of China, and, strange to say, they are rewarded with monu- ments, sometimes erected by order of the emperor.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
Crime and Immortality.

The international pickpocket art is, in Europe at least, almost entirely car ried on by Roumanians, Serv:ans, Bull garians, Russians and Galicians. They outrank in cleverness by far the once world-famous English and American professionals in that line. The in crease in all civilized lands of crimes against morality, religion, public peace and the government is mostly due to the socialistic wave which permeates all classes. While crimes and crim- inals will always exist as long as the world lasts, the next few centuries in their onward march of education and civilization will bring about marked decrease, and the criminal statistics and annals of the present time will read like fables to the people of that remote future.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
DASHING A DUDE.
A Masher Who Could Not Stand Girl
 with Sketch Book.

A Masher Who Could Not Stand a Girl
 with Sketch Book.
 Three decidedly attractive girls got on Sixth avenue elevated train and immediately a score of masculine eyes were leveled at them, says the New York Advertiser. The girls found seats together and tried to appear uncon- cerned and quite Oblivious to the pro- nounced advances for filtration from two young swells who sat opposite. But all their efforts to appear at ease were unavailing. The young men per sisted and the girls blushed and looked uncomfortable.
 Finally one of the girls opened a small sketch book on her lap, and then raising her eyes she gazed straight at her admirer opposite. He petted his mustache and smiled. She made few strokes with her pencil in the sketch book, but did not smile. When she raised her eyes again he realized that she was sketching him. The other two girls watched the progress of the sketch and giggled. This, with the smiles of the other passengers, was more than the subject of the sketch could endure. He crossed and re- crossed his legs, pulled his hat down until it touched his nose, and at last rushed desperately into the next car. When he had gone the girls closed the unsettled pages of the sketch book and laughingly threw away the bit of pen cil, which, when picked up by another, proved to be quite devoid of lead.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-03-01
RuNe IN A GOLD DECK.
How Gambler ia Mexico SwindIed Ea-
 tive NJ Onte Dealer.

''The coolest gamblers on earth are the Mexicans," said traveller from the land of the tamala to writer for the Washington Post. Twin or lose, they never display the slightest chagrin or joy. They won't raise a TOW, as our American gamblers do when they are beaten. was sitting one evening at the monte table in the great gambling resort of Mexico, situated in a suburb of the City of Mexico. There were two Americans whom I had seen around the table on several occasions. One was a railroad man and the other was the most expert short-card manipula- tor l ever saw. They played for very small stakes for several days. Then one day the railroad man came in, sat down and began to play. The short card man followed him in about half an hour and took seat five or six chairs away. 1 saw him take large silk handkerchief from his pocket and spread it over his knees. In Mexican monte the dealer allows each player to cut the cards when he mal1esa bet. The short-card man brought with him a deck of cards exactly similar to those used in the game. Fact is, the backs of these cards are all alike. When he was given the cards to cut he substi- tuted another pack on the top of which was card, a king, which would make him win. He had put down eighteen hundred dollars on the king on the board. He cut, the dealer turned and of course he won. The pack that the dealer had handed him to cut lay in the silk handkerchief spread over his knees. He gathered the handkerchief together, put it in his pocket, took his thirty-six hundred dollars and left His confederate played on for few minutes, making small bets, and then cashed in. As he turned to go the dealer, who knew he had been robbed but could not quite comprehend how it had been done, said very quietly:
 "'Very well done, signor.'
 An American gambler would have raised a row and pulled his gun and de- manded his money. They watch Amer jeans very closely in that game now"