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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-08-11

about newsboys, You know that 1T
tie fellow who can accumulate enough
money TO gamble for quarters Is quite
man in his station of life. The same
thing. however. happens to the lucky
newsboy which happens to the grown
up gambler. That is, in the long run
he becomes a pauper with no visible
means OF support and no disposition 70
obtain living through the fields OF
honest labor.
This game Of craps, which is perme-
ating the national capital and invading
all the cities on the Atlantic coast. Is
not confined 10 the newsboys and little
people by any means. II IS played bv
grown men, particularly Of the cOlored
race. and while the policemen do not
care 20 interfere with the bows and
children in the alleys who are gambling
for small sums Of money. they are dill
gent IN following the grown-up peo-
pie who indulge IN this game Of chance.
OF oil the cOlored mC,a who play craps
IN this city. Liver Lip Jack Is the mos.
expert: and II Is because OF mis- Uniform
luck in throwing the bones tha. be is
recognized a. the king Of bone throw
eTS.
Il you coul6 once see him dressed Ia
his Sunday clothes you would recog-
rize hin as one q the most dc
t!nFuished men IN the capital OF the
nation The coat Of many cOlors which
vas once worn BY Joseph. the cele-
b-ated Hebrew who turned Is bacl.
upon the wife q Potiphzr, would have
paled into iIsignifcauce in com parisoa
with the coat and vest cf E1rlisa
goods, Of very decided stripe, which
are worn o. Liver Lip Jack. IN his
trousers there are also stripes Of the
very loudest quality, and careful Oh
server can discover every color Of the
rainbow n then The red neektie,
which 1oats over = percAie shirt front.
gives J21nty at- 10 the king Cf tks
tone throFe-s. and The plug hat which
l. set upon one SIDE Of his head aai
balanced upon his large and generous
Ear. completes the unvVTistsa story
;aa+ he = tie p7oudest man IN the VI
>inity when he jumps OF # TIE train
yvaich cros=es tse long bridge and steps
urou tLe pu b.ic reservat-op where tbs
game q craps = most ia3ElEec IN upon
S1rdav afternoon II ais loud aud en-
phztic costume shoEld prove iI-sss ElcSea.
10 command tie homage Of ali q rs
trlioFe=s II -. vic-3iz- L.-ss Ls
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4. b. IfI5o1eybu,s inIu .so1o on DIS
stage he would have made his fortuna.
Gentlemen" said Lawyer Bird
whistle, advancing with the judge
own cane, in an old umbrella cover,
behind his back, I'VE have in our midst
@ patriot whose efforts in behalf of re-
form have excited shrieks of admira-
ton from his most bitter, personal and
political enemies"
Here he paused, and the judge gazed
around in amazement, with his mouth
open and a genuine innocent baby
stare. What could all this mean?
Gentlemen, 1 but feebly voice the
sentiments of every patriot present
here to-day" continued the Chauncey
Depew, Of Harlem, when l say that in
houcring this noblest Roman of
them all we simply honor ourselves.
Judge Boleybug, viii you kindly step
forward?"
''Wh-wh-what," gasped the judge
with Quivering chin. as Birlwhistle
tenderly took the precious cane out Of
the umbrella cover and handed it with
some more glittering remarks. 1t was
a solemn and impressive moment.
''Whin am Oh to be paid for the
loonch? l want that question sittled
before the eoortain goes oop on the
next act"
1t was the voice of Durfey. I viii
not explain at length how once more
the resourcefuI BirdwListle, by his elo-
quence, allayed the unjust suspicious
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any games IN the

of cards or a dice box could not be car
ried without discovery. Inasmuch as
necessity is the mother of invention, Of
bad things as well as good, and there
seemed to be necessity for gambling,
even among the poor, lowly and Hitter
ate, game was invented by means Of
which some amusement could be had,
and the gambling mania coddled, with
out discovery by master or overseer
The game of craps, played with only
two dice, and those dice thrown from
the hand, instead of from a box, was
invented under these circumstances.
The war came, the negroes fled TO
freedom; all were ultimately emanci-
pated; later on they were enfranchised;
finally they became full-fedged citi-
zens. with a realization Of a greatness
which was thus thrust upon them: but
they stuck to craps The surviving
negroes of slavery days. the veterans
of the plantation, their sons and grand
sons, are playing craps to-day Just as
their ancestors play cd in cotton field
and canebreal1 beneath the sunny
southern skies But nowadays they
play for money, whereas in that elder
day they played for pins, buttons and
and tobacco Before the war tho
stakes for which they gambled ware
put up lust for fun" In a monkey
like imitation of their owners. Today
they are eaInblers. pure and simple,
with the gaming instinct fully dcvcl
oped. They throw the bones foe
money, and will use the raZors for dead
ly purpose to defend their winnings
Therefore they are Anathema before
the law, and the blue-coated gentlemen
from ireland who patrol this city are
after them day and night.
The illustration of game in Tincup
alley is taken from life. Only one
block away is famous Pennsylvania
avenue. -Four blocks eastward is the
capitol building But these little fell
lows have no horizon beyond the bat
tered tenements, with their paneless
windows and doorless doorsills The
pavement Of the aueV is Of cobblc-
stones, but the sOles of their feet are
SO callous that they suffer no pain a.
they dance about the bones One lit
tie fellow carries his unsoid papers IN
der his arm. II he wins at craps he
need not try TO sell them. If he loses, he
will have 10 tell his gin-soallcd black
father that ''Papes wouldn' sell Z
day" The little angel in black skin
who is throwing the bones has
dropped his blaclKiag box and dropped
all ideas of business with it. lie Is tha
only urchin who has earned any money
to-day. The others have either stolen
or borrowed their pennies They ara
so intent on the game that they do not
zee the big policeman approaching.
However, they are too small % arrest
The bluecOat seares them and they
vanish The grown-up colored men
grow intensely interested In theig game,
just the same way, and when they are
discovered the guardians Of the peace
approach from several points at once,
and not only scare them, bat arrest
them. The magistrate in the police
court fines or imprisons them But
when they get Ont they play craps
again, Just the same SIXTH u. FKT.
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comes very hard during the d-y sea-
son This j. especially t-ue ii tas
prairie districts, and here the te-2litc
takes the part Of the plovver. From
the depths Of the earth il brings the
material for the construction Of the
hills and hollow passsgeways- II turns
the ground over end over carrying ths
esrth even 70 the treetops, from here
the summer rains wash II down again
The Importance of this work =
brought home % Us when we remeI-
ber the millions OF ter1nite hills which
are scattered over large part Of Cen
t-al Africa. The particles az earth
which the termites bring 70 light are
being washed away bv transforms ard
deposited by the brooks and rivers n
the valleys. and thus the fertile low
lands are TO a large extent creation
Of the nuch-tesrei and much-hatcd
white ants OF the dark continent.
\ kGAUsz
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sometimes in the grounds the state
room, the abode of the queen The
ants form a kingdom, the citizens OF
which are divided into various ranks.
There are winged males and females
constituting the royal couples. How
ever there is bat one queen suffered in
each hill, and the superfuous' ones fly
away to found new kingdoms. The
pregnant queen changes to cylinder
shaped being OF more than an inch in
length, whose head only betrays its
termite extraction. She is carefully
fed and watched by her vassals and
rewards their efforts by laying thou
sands of eggs every day for months.
The warriors are remarkable through
their big. square heads which are
armed with mighty pinchers. They do
not work or build, but are ever ready
70 defend the fortress against invasion
by enemies. The labOrers have small,
round heads and are the most in
dustrious members Of the realm. They
feed the young ones and take care of
the nymphs in such a way that they
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SEVEN COME 'LEVEN
The Game of Craps Is Very Pop
ular in. Washington.
All the Newsboys of the National CAPITAL
Are Addicted to It-Liver Lip Jack.
the Famous King of the
Bone ThroHcrs.
Especial washington Let.er.l

In every avocation of life, in every
aggregation of human beings, there is
a superior man who IS called the boss,
the chief, the king, or the emperor as
designation OF the general recogni-
ton of his superiority. 1t is narrated
of King Saul, in the Scriptural history,
that he was head and shoulders above
his brethren: that is to say, that he
was 4 very large man physically. In
all the Scriptural descriptions of the
Philistines there is one man who stands
out most prominently, and that is Co
Hath of Gath, and he receives particu-
lar mention because of his immense
stature.
In the baseball world of the present
day there is a player who is called the
king, and there is also king of chess
men, q king of checker players, and in
the big capitol building there is king
of guides. Likewise in this city, among
the colored people. there is man
called Liver Lip Jack" or King of
the Bone Throwers." It is necessary
to explain that the bone throwers are
the people who play craps" game
which has become an American institu-
ton, pure and simple. The game is
especially adapted to the people of
the present generation, where every
thing is expected to go with a rush,
and the fastest of all gambling games
is the game of craps. In playing poker,
or other games with cards, great deal
OF time is consumed in putting up the
money. in dealing and shuffiing the
cards, drawing and discarding, in study
ing hands and in deliberation as to
what to do in order to win or deceive
an opponent.
In the game of craps, however,
which is a fascinating game to the
lower elements of sporting society, all
IS chance and everything is done with
hop, skip and jump. 1t makes no
difference what the stakes may be,
whether penny or dollar, it is all
the same with the crap players. News
boys, bootblacks, beggars and all
classes of people who are able to raise
enough money to make q bet, play
craps. The game can be played upon
the pavement, or in the dust of the al
ley, as well as it could be played upon
the green cloth of billiard or faro
table.
Although there are number of crap
players, particularly of the cOlored
race, who indulge in the game of craps
in this city and vicinity. the most in
veterate gamblers are the colored
newsboys Of the morning and evening
papers. A great many of them are
adept in throwing the bones, and they
win considerable money from each
other; but the harvest time is on Sun
day afternoons when they take stran-
gers into the game in the alleys, the
highways, the by-ways and the hedges
which are not thoroughly patrolled and
examined by the agents of Him who
instructed his followers To 60 out into
the world and preach the gospel unto
every creature.
The stakes for which these little fell
lows play are sometimes remarkably
large for such little bits of humanity.
They not only play for pennies and nick
els, but very often they play for quar-
ter dollars; and, if you know anything
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WORK Or HEELERS
Naunching OF the Boom OF a Well
Known Politician.
Nudge Bolcybug's Political Csreer-A
siiyer-Tongued L2~ye- and His Work
-Hou a CateIer Was DUped-
Eloquent Speech by Lawyer
Bird1 whistle.
rsnecia1 New YORK; r.etter.l

Mr.. Michael D1r5'ey, the genial pro-
prictor of a Harlem cafe, asserts, from
sad personal experience, that honesty
In upper New York IS becoming scarcer
every dav. So much of it las been
withdrawn from circulation that he IS
thinking seriously of moving down
town.
Durfey imagined that he was mp TO
all the devices by which q saloon
keeper could be vlIGled. bat the other
aav he struck 4 new wrinkle that had
not been cataIogued- OF. rather, the de-
Vice struck him ana left him mourn
ful financial wreck This latest device
is patented by Judge Bolivar Boleybug
and Ben Bir6whiscle,- who persuaded
Durfey to put up z keg Of beer and
lunch, which they and their friends
promptly put down, and which IS not
q. paid for as yet.
Durfev imagined they were response
bic for the payment, but when he tried
to collect there was no response, hence
there is quite a commotion among Dur
ley, so to SPEAK.
Judge Boleybug is man Of such
versatile convictions that he may be
said to belong to both great political
parties. In fact, he has topped so
Jften that he really does not know
himself to which party he belongs. lie
boasts that no party can flop rs quick
ss he can. But ii is the wise mug who
knows how to wunp; and Boleybug
was otherwise, for when he ran for
sffice at the last election ne topped
The wrong way. When the vote was
counted he realized how wrong it was
to look upon the pie when 1t was
nailed down He was like the man
Eho sold himself for mess of Pottage
and spilled the pOttage.
He was badly defeated and ever since.
be has been resigned to live on hope
and what money he can borrow; but
lately Satan, in the shape Of the per-
suasive Ben Birdwhistle, a Harlem
lawyer, persuaded him TO take his little
boomlet out of the cellar, where it has
been covered up with straw during the
past winter, and launch it once more
Dn the stormy sea Of political life.
At first Boleybug heSitated. He real I
he'd that this great future was mostly .
behind him, instead Of before him, bat
the tenpter said:
'SNonsenseI Let it be known that /
Fudge B0Ieybng is,iD the field, and the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-08-11
ANTS BUILD HILLS
Characteristic Marks Of a Central
African Landscape.
Termite Habitations Twenty Feet In Height
Life History of Peculiar insect
Its Castles Used by Eu-
ropean Settlers.
Especial Letter.l


Max Buchner. the German explorer,
gives the following graphic directions
how to picture TO the imagination the
Central African prairie: Scatter as
far as the surface is brick red several
millions of gigantic ant-hills of the
same color. at least five to the nectar.
Then take four times as many trees and
plant TO every nectar about twenty,
more or less. Do the same with a like
number of various bushes. Then fill
the intermediate space with high,
coarse grass, taking care to leave some
of the red surface round the big
bunches of grass visible, and you have
the Central African prairie before
you"
Thus the terInite or white ant hills
appear as the characteristic mark of
the Central African landscape. They
attract the first attention of the trav-
eler. Sometimes they are low, and
scattered in countless numbers over
the plain, giving il the aspect of vast
churchyard. Then again they loom up
ghostlike from tie grass in She shape
OF obelisBs, looking gruesome in the
evening dusk or in noonlit nights.
The builders of these hills are small
insects with yellowish-white, thick
bodies and elongated, comparatively
large chests of greasy brown color. IN
reality they are not ants, but belong to
q far lower class Of insects. They are
ugly-lool1ing little fends, and the
natives as well as the travellers, hate
them worse than any other insect.
''One can really say" writes ono
traveller, that there are places in Af-
rica where one can go to sleep in the
evening with wooden leg and see il
changed in the morning to sawdust."
Such is the destructive work of the
white ants. They gnaw through every
timber of houses, tables,
chairs and beds, and strong wooden
chest may be eaten through in one
night. Books, leather, cloth, every
thing is their spoil with the exception
of sheet-iron, and-as Franz Leuschner
avers-the European pine and frewood,
which are being imported into Africa
for building purposes The traces of de-
struction can be found everywhere, but
the destroyers themselves are rarely
visible. The terInites go about their
work in sly and treacherouS manner.
They are blind; only the king and
queen have eyes. With the exception Of
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PACK could readily AMI ti---sIIclSIy proGace-
from his capacious trousers pocket a
long and keen razor blade with which
the king would as lief carve 3 man as
carve a Possum.
The game is played with dice. which
are supposed TO be made OF ivory. but
which are generally made OF bones:
and this fact accounts for the common
designation of the game. as bono
throwing" Although it is supposed 20
be purely game of chance, there is
considerable opportunity for cheating
in it, as indeed there is in all games in
which professional gamblers indulge.
This game of craps was invented by
some plantation negro slave; but his
name has never been inscribed upon
the walls OF the temple of fame. In the
coed old slavery days the negroes were
not allowed To gamble, nor indulge n
any games In the cotto1 felds. i rac2
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bfice will chase the man; and. as Ma
Than said unto David: Thou art the
man"
''How shall succeed in bringing that
fact within the range Of the public
bomPrebension?" asked the hesitating
Boley
Easiest thing in The world Let
your friends present you with q gold
headed cane. 1t VIII get into the pa
pers, and the Boleybug boom is sfoat
On the raging deep
Not much" said Judge Boleybug,
fondiing i lonesome silver quarter in his
eest pocket, as sa~burnt-child-d
IRE expression crawled over the ahlet
of his thoughts. Il had to pay for the
last gold-headed testimonial out of nav
own pocket"
Have you got It yet?" asked Blrd-
whistle, eagerly.
I've got the pawn ticket, It's in for
n dollar. That's all I could get on it
after the gold head was tested with
acids"
'Saved." cried Birdwhistle. Wen
get 1t cut OF pawn 10y private subscrip-
fion and present it to y0u over again
with imposing ceremonies, The public
will never know that it is the same old
brass-moUntcd souvenir. Bat" added
Birdwhistle, growing serious, 1.-The
aommittee wiz -xrcct you TO rafresh
them with = substantial lunch"
THAT settles it," exclsiuls Bolevbug,
waving his hands 50 excitedly that they
looked like the governor balls of a
steam engine. I'm not going to fur
nish the grateful recipient. the gilt
edged testimonial ana pay for the
lunch besides"
"Great henvensi has the Bolevbug
boom struck q snaS already?" sighed
Birdwhistlo. y know that the lunches
of last years campaign can not be used
over again, ike q golJ-headed cane. but
viii persuade Durfcv not to insist on
cash IN advance. If I can do that we
viii stand him of, and the financial
question can 6e settled by the courts"
''In that ease replied the Judge,
with hauteur. i ara il the hands OF my
friends
One day last week, q number Of sus-
picious looking characters coagulated,
as Ii were, IN Durfey's cafe. They cora
posed the reception committee. Chair
man Birawhistic was present Judge
Roleybug strclled IL. and gazing
around with mild surprise, asked pleas
antly:
What's up. gentlemen? Arc we TO
have little game of pool or Is some
thing to be raziled ct this marnipT2'
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that the cane would be left on exhibi-
tion with the popular caterer until the
bill was iquidated. There is some
truth in the general impression that
Birdwhistle is gifted with hypnotic
powers.
However, he only inperfectly hypno-
tized the caterer. for when, few min
utes later, the scene at the lunch table
resembled the storm center of a college
football game, Durfey's suspicious that
he was being buncoed returned with
increased vehemence-
When Judge Boleybug courteously
asked Durfey to ''have one with him,
he pushed back the reformer and said,
il an agonized tone of voice:
''G'way wild yez! It's no tonne for
jollin', whin me substance is disappear
ing before me own eyes. o, my 0,
n.yl Look at Noonan! It's not liss
than two pounds of chase he has put
out of sight, at twinty cints a pound,
not counting the Franl1furters. An
do yez notice the movement Of Gilhoo-
ly's lower jaw goia' cop an down like
the walkin' bame of steamboat? o,
my! o, my! And the beer keg is
more'n half Imply already"
The exasperated Boniface even shook
his finger under The BOleybug nose and
said, excitedly:
There's no wallkin' off wild gould
headed canes Do yez moind that
noyy?"
He calmed down, however, when the
magnetic Birdwhistle made him be-
Iieve thet the crowds of pilgrims that
would throng 20 bis cafe to view the
precious relic would necessitate excur-
sion trains on the elevated roads and
policemen to keep the crowd in line.
Ais well that ends well, but when
Guggenheimer, the Harlem Tiffany,
explained to Durfey that the cane,
which was pledged as security for SGT
lunch, was only gilt-edged glittering
fraud, not worth more than a dollar
and a quarter, the Durfey Will broke
out fresh and drew tears from the eyes
of bin collector, who happened to be
there at the time.
That's why Durfey says that honesty
has fed from Harlem, and he is going
to move downtown and where ii is kept
on tap, SO to speak. He says now that
the spontaneous ova Non to Judge Boley,
bug, aud the launching boom, were or
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EanIzed for no other purpose than tt
obtain free lunch at his ,Durfey's} en
pense- He does not hesitate u express
the candid opinion that the rumors OF
political corruption have a solid basis
Of fact. and he is thinking seriously OF
calling the attention of the Lexow in,
vestingating committee to this new
field.
In this connection. the impartie,
reader Will be grGtified to know that
despite the imposing ceremonies tha.
marked the presentation Of the gold
headed cane, the BoIeybuE boom faileI
u nateri2lize. and l. . dead loss TO il
self and its owner. AIEy SwErr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-08-11
No FnSa.ycneUx

Son with fervo~--Ach. fader. I visl
you could see dot Miss Spanglehaum
Pearly teeth. a silvery laugh. colder
hair. feathers Ike a royal cameo. unc
eyes-oA. her eyes are twin diamond.
set in Sapphires,
Father underestimate: Und 7 sub
bose she's god Al alabastcr neck u1C
china ears: but We are dealing il ole
clothes, Sammy, nod br.c-a-b-ac.-
Judge.
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Summer Conures. OF Ciric..

The Columb bian College Of Citizenship,
with headquarters at Chicago, VIII
hold a ten days meeting and eneamp-
Inent at Lake Bluff, popular resort
and assembly ground thirty miles
north Of Chicago, from August u to q.
4 very interesting programme has
been prepared By the committee, each
day having a programme devoted to
particular subjects relating % citizen.
snip After opening day follows GOV.
ernmcnt, taxation political party, Cd
ueation and teachers. TUung peep =,
labor and agriculture, eitzeaaAsy sEi
suffrage days On TIE t-o sznGsys
embraced II the convention e--1rs.st
AID popular dlvines and ctheTs VII ~.
dress the assembly UPSa -=eh s-lh.eets
as the relation Of ctvreh 70 s.ats.
Christian cltIzenk.lIP, e..s- John E.a-
lase, 1907 Chsnber q Co---a-cs. Glib
caFo, As the secretary of tie orgsDaEs
ton
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Embroidered Tsse and e-nhro,dered
silk muslin are % take tae place Of ru.-
pure lsoe IN the fr.li-ls@c style of sn-
ishisg waists Tnsv z-s more easily
arranged into the fzilzess
Worth has .nt-oSUcee 4 ue- orna-
rnent IN ge7velry v.s.-cA oi4s tz.r % -
fay0rits. u = a diamond trsanv.s-
With flower or MONOGRAM in the cen
tsr. and may Be- worn a. = buckle, .
b-ooch OF q decoration for the hair
Glaoe zlovea- heavily stitched aa4 q
toar-oution leDRth- are st.lI the eo-r-ct
.hlEy :or street wesr White. with
the black stitch jn2. are worn f9r 1-essy
oseeassons = tie dag time. and any 1>l-
icate tF-t y suede = the proper glove
.oE evea.ny xeaE
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When she was Child, she cried for Ca5teo-i,s.
When shs became Hiss, she chung TO CaStoria
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Foggs-Is It true YOU expect 70 be
oar next assemblyman?
EoEr>-I-I am N the hands ~ nv
friends, and-and l have tyvo-thirds Of
the delegates pat--N. y. World
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-ne n6ze-r zouave, or Eton fzcset-
reaches - the waist and Is fastened n
'front.' with three bat;onS : silk blouse
Is worn x;.n this. ard often appears
seLew he csst n fril-