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The sun., 1895-05-26
FIsHERMEN's sUFERsTITIoys.
Light ON Some OF the Mysteries OF the In.
habitants of the Deep.

Iron, the Fiahino Gazette
The legends. quaint customs, and supersti
tiors connected with fish and fishing are many
and curious. Ask Scandinavian why salmon
are red and have such fine tails. You will be
told that the ruddy color Of the flesh is due tc
thrcw the flames into the water and the salmon
swnilowed them. The delicacy Of the salmon's
tai s5plainsa by the story that Lok whe9
had not caught him BY the tail. Saimons have ave-
W WIZ Sse ana etEs etEer ssh
on olS SIDE and white us the othery The 4 Arabs
sssih Il ss aa1 hh hsy
q ttsh-Ye all know the Jews are fond OF fried
eyer, had only cooked his fish on ono side, when
the the fire vent 3nt. and 80 ho angrily threw the
brotled Il came to life again, and its descend
ants the fiatfsh-have preserved to-day the
ces,or being white on one side and brown @ on the the
:, Wny do heddocks carry those peculiar black
finger marks" near the mead I Some tell US
Ps!ers ringers When he Went @ n0 shinr for 81. the s
the devil once determined to hu!li a bridge at
ffiey. His Satanic Majesty did not start the
the DESTRUCTION Of ships aud saiars e and a' tHs IHs
!ns od NisE HsHstH d4oppsa @ LIS LIS
caught u hnddock, and all haddocks carry the
imprint of his black fingers to this day.
f1shermei! have queer customs. A few years
ago tne nshcrmen OF Preston, Lancashire, used
actually 10 go fishing on Sunday. 1t seems in
town used to preach against this sabbath desc
Grafton. and pray that they might catch no fish,
And they did not. But they found out how to
make his prayers of no avail. The fishermen
used TO make little effgy Of tho purson in rags,
When his reverence was slowly smoked and
consumed the fish bit-lke anything.
The fishermen of the Isle of Man always feel
safe from storm and disaster II they have a dead
wren on board They have a tradition that at one
time an evil sea spirit always haunted the herring
spirit assumed na.!y forms. At last II took the
shape OF II wren and flew away. II the fisher
mon have dead wren with them they are Ger
tam ttRt al Will he safe and snug,
On the Norfolk coast they think that heas and
cromer was heard to say: Times Is that you
might look In my flannel shirt and see scarce a
hea-and then there amt but u VERY few her
rings; hut times there are when my shirts alive
with EN-, and Then there's sartin 10 be u sight o
shocking IT Is to be compelled to state that
many nshing superstit!ons are ungallantly di-
rected against the ladies. Over against lt0ss
there Is the island OF Lewis. sixty miles in
length. In this Isle there Is but one fresh river
" Fish abound there in plenty" but only let a
NIL be seen there for at least twelve months.
There Is u song about "Elizn's T0otsiear int
the Immortal lyric does not explain why they
should friRhten the fish. | believe the ladies
deny the allegation in toto. In the south OF Ire-
will have no luck II no Is asked where he is
going To. II he sees magpie, or II he is SO up-
fortunate as TO meet woman"
The sun., 1895-05-26
THE FOREST STR4yGLER.
1t Would He Comparatively Iinrniess but
for the Birds.
from The Guiana forest.

JrOni the Guiana Ibyesi.
Woo betidc the forest giant when he falls into
the clutches Of the clusin, or fg Its seeds being
provided with pulp which is very pleasant "a
the taste OF great number OF birds, arc carried
from tree IN treo and deposited on tho branches
Here 1t terminates, the leafy stem rising up.
ward and tho roots flowing. as 10 were, down the
trunk until they reach tho soil. AT first these
aer;al roots are soft and DELICATE, with appar-
cnlly hu more Dower for evtl thdn 10 many
streams OF pitch, which they resemble in their
slowly flowing motion downward. Here and
there they branch especially i an obstruction
course or divides TO right ana left.
Msanwhile lraiy branches have been devel-
optd which push themselves through the can
oiy above and get into the Hight, Where their
growth ~ enormously accelerated. As this tax Oh
place the roots have generally reached the
low 10 strengthen the whole plant, Tnen comes
wonderful DEVELOPMENT The hitherto soft
aerial roots begin 10 harden gnd spread wider
now Into and amalgamate with each other until
the whole tree trunk IL bound In a geries OF ir-
regular Living hoqps
WORK, The forest giant. like all exogens, must
have ronm 10 increase In girlh. and here he Is
pound oy cords when are stronger than iron
bands. Like an athlete. he tries To expand aud
must succeed. ,:,. Tho bark Suissss be- be-
tween every interlaelna- hulges out, and even
tries 10 overlap, hut the monster has tax on every
precaution against this by making its bands
very numerous and wide.
o., ths tree becomes weaker It's leaves begin to
iaii, and this gives iaore room for its foe. soon
the stranger expands itselt intos great bush al
moht MOI a. large as the mass OF branches and foil
around US We SEQ examples OF entire oblitera.
tlon-a clnsia. or fig, standing on ils reticulated
hollow pillar. with only heap Of brown hpmus
that spot
The sun., 1895-05-26
HAKkINs,s SQUARE GAME.
The Last or y Chieane UaubiiuE Irour,
that Yves Known Far epd Near.

| tNor, TIE chtcdgo TSsvcs Herald
| Two big trucks backed m IN front OF l31
Clark street yesterday afternoon and In n few
minutes men In ovornlls began to carry tables
and chairs out Of George v. Hankns's old
gambling house and load them into tho vehicles
ut the curb Tho street soon became almost i'm
| passable with curious onlookers, and the police
had to make passagcway through which the
mon could carry tho gambling paraphernalia
to the wagons, Among the spectators were
gamblers who had been employed In tho house
or years and others who had been regular GUS
toners" of tho place. The house had been
closed since Mayor Hopkins put q stop to gam
bling last December. All the implements
had since been stored on tho fourth floor of the
building, and they were hauled away yester-
day because tho structure Is tn be torn down
soon to make way for u skyscraper.
The destruction Of the building removes one
Of the most widely known ssmblps houses ss in In
George " Honkins,, and those who claim to
know ay ot thnt it Cleared for s owner more
the plses he Bought Il TT rom % gap VITO Rounds,
VIII, was running what gamblers term 9 shot
played for Rounds occupied only ono room
on tho second hoor, but when Hankins took
Il soss hsnSs hS sbs s s soo to- start the
house, and part of this he was Obliged to bor-
row row. ,ln In less than mon,h mont he had Iaid back
years tho ayeraSc daily winnings above ex-
After tho place had been running about n
year Hankins introduced n novel md profitable
feature. At D O'Clock every day he spread a
free luncheon for his customers, which O0nsist-
ed OF the best cdibles in the market. Han
would go to dinner between . and O'clock
evolved the idea of free luncheon.
The luncheon became so popular that Han
kins rented the floor above his gambling house
and turned 1t into u restaurant He had cooks
and walters galore. and the patrons OF the
house were served handsomely. All this
was free, and the fame OF Hankins spread from
New York to san Francisco. Restaurant keep
ers in the hnghborhood lost many customers,
PEELED him to discontinue the feature. Scores
Of clerks who worked down town would
chancc 20 or 40 cents at some game Just for the
sakG OF getting 1j-cent meal. Many amusing
1 to scheme TO got dinner for nothing. Two
the faro table. One would play $5 one way
on card and the other would "copper"" his bet.
by this play one would win 81 and the other
would lose So. Then they would go up stairs
to the restaurant and eat 50 worth of pro-
vendrr.
After tho restaurant was discontinued Ham
kins put gambling tables on this floor. He
five OF these being faro For years the house
admitted on an average 5000 players u day.
One OF the rules of the house was that no Grip
pies wore allowed inside OF 1t. Another WIS
that no employee could advance money to a
was in fun blast it employed fifty men. Ev-
cry sunday in the year the house closed at 3
O'CLOCK in the morning and did not open until 4
o'clock the following day. Gamblers all say
that 1t was square game and II an en-
ployee was caught cheating he was instantly
discharged q
The sun., 1895-05-26
GEN. MILES'S POKER STORY.
The Figures Were High hut the Game
Was HARMLESS AL the siamc.

From an Unidentified Source.
II don't play poker MYSELF said Major.
Gen. Miles: - in fact / am glad to say that
the game has rather gone out In the army, but
1 think l can claim to have been witness of
the biggest game MS to stakes that was ever
Tell us about 1t, General" said Col. ochil-
tree have some pretty good poker stories
..,, And so haye /" said Henry Watterson.
n"r infi.anre II nee Joe Blackburn IS about the game
with n table made of the bodies of the comrades
We'll" said John w. Mackay, "as to stakes,
played in the good old days in Nevada. when
The boys had the Comstock lode to draw upon
lit was in the spring @ Just thirty years
ago thts week, when ! come to think Of it
@ Mss" rv hSs Sna xess ses 'f rs s
Richmond toward Danvillc and we were press
on org so 5 he e1s sy Of ha 81
~ was there" said Col. Ochiltree: 1T was
overhauled and captured Confederate wagon
boys. that several Of tho " wesors ;' were Ioaded
with Confederate bonds and counterfeit bonds,
and Confederate money In transit from the
Confederate treasury department in Pi"hmond
might make its last stand The soldiers sin. sim.
money, and the officers did not cure to deprive
them Of the spoils to which they were richly
entitled. At II ight VIC knocked Oft work for sup
per and a few hours of rest and sleep. had
occasion to ride along the line, and found, great
~ to my atn,isement poker game going
around almost every camp ire stopping to
watch one OF the games, this is what heard:
How much Is the anter'
4 thousand dollars
And how much to fill =
- Five thousand
Well, here goes | raise 1t ton thousand
Good | see you and go you ten thousand
better. Twenty-Five Thousand to draw cards.'
Then cards We're drawn, and presently II bet
was made Of fifty thousand. Some one went a
hundred thousand dollars better. but was ruled
down. Fifty thousand was the limit. However,
there was five hundred thousand dollars in the
pot when 1t WAS hauled down by the winner,
who had three treys and pair OF Jacks. ex-
pressed my surprise at the sizc OF The game,
and told the boys that they had better go slow
or their funds would run out.
Neve: fear, General replied one of them.
We VIII keep within our means. You ought
to have heeS here Just now. Why, we had
think You will agree with me-" continued
Gen. Miles. hat no bigger poker game than
thst th was ] ever played, and FOR my part am sure
purpose than to amuse those Union soldiers in
Campaigns.h
The sun., 1895-05-26
BLACKBURN MAKES REPLY.
NOT AFRAID OF CIRJIsEE OR
TIE ENTIRE LDMINIsTRATION.

Ths Ksss.ess Ss-esss AsssssFs she seer-.
tnry ana Denies the Truth Of tho Lat.
ter.s Ae-ertieps on theT snvet I,sue.
LAwREScEBuno, KY. May &c. Senator J. G.
Blackburn, who was advertised to answer
Secretary Carlisle here to-day, was greeted by q
large audience. He said:
"They were not satisfied 70 let Mr.. McC Creary.
Mr.. Buckner, Mr.. Bsown. and myself fight this
battle on its merits, bnt they imported n man
who is greater than John the Baptist to drive
back this silver craze, as they call It,.
do not mean to complain Of Mr.. Car
Isle for coming here 70 his own State TO speak.
He has the right to como, l have the right to
answer him. II may DO called sncrilego Tor mo
TO reply to so great n man. but / would reply TO
the Presidents should he come down here and
:sS s SEh What II s%n
csr.g .s sSssgh n Q, IN Is Mr.
sI,i.r SiIl; %SISlS, a., ~ ycSa a ali H. Rnor,
on 70 pas. kH AND I Of 2n @ ySs
eecdincs OF the Forty fifth Congress-. bonk num-
S SfS yss A tfS s sg ala
that s%efmSn msdo then now T Inow u you opeSfiii viii
gay gay showing his Inconsistency does not answer
hi: irFf"%sns ,hSnsns when tho mighty Carlisle cam.
ne was RoihR ~ throw now nSht on Inns SUB
teot. but he did not. He did not advance n
single new idea. First he makes the Insertion
that Il yon have free coinage of ell
yer you will put the country on silver
basis ard would drive all the. gold out Of tho
country. This IL not true. We have tried 1t
once. and when we ouft we had three dollars to
every one dollar in gold more than when we be-
gun. He said this country would bo the dump
ing ground for all silver bullion. He is Oft
there. for ours Is the only nation under the sun
that has silver bullion.
=" am greatly handicapped. but lot Messrs
a nj "a fha
stnmp and will win this raco in spite Of tho
whole com bination,"
The sun., 1895-05-26

She Went Away Fearing that Hs Might
| Say D-n A9nIn II lie Felt Like II.

fron, Hollands Letter In the Philadelphia Press.
Her manner was that Of great refinement.
When Mr.. Strong granted her the interview
that she asked, she said to him: Mayor
Strong, have been among your most ardent
admirers. for your faithfulness In the dis
charge OF your duty"
Hero the Mayor bowed politely, looked search
ingly Mt the woman, and asked himself whether
the subscription which she was going TO beg
of him would be one which would cost him less
than ten or more than twenty dollars. He has
certain rule OF limit for the subscriptions
which he makes.
But" continued tho lady, there has been
one thing which you are reported to have done
which Cs has given me great pain, and have
Mayor had not had before, Surely, a person
who was going to reproach him was not going
thing as Mayor wich could have ss given sene Wo
You a What ys
We'll, Mr.. strong, It was reported in the
that you had used Ss profape and
you, ask YOU II it was SO, and beg Of you, If the
untrue am not in the habit or OF using SIM % profans 70
prns and sbat Pevsr SS any accusation in
said ba It a ns rss IN the that
thing or other"
We'll, now, it is possible that might have
said that. l can't say that l did or that
"Oh, we'll then. you must have said the word,
because they would not dare to report 1t IL you
did not, and wanted to beg Of you not to use
profanity any more"
"Wiliam.'' said the Mayor. speaking up to
nm attendant, won't you bring me the Biblel'
and when he had the Bible he opened it. placed
1t In the lady's lap, and said, Madam, IL you
will find anywhere in that book any authority
for your assert ion that the word to which you
refer is profanity ! shall consider myself to
have sinncd, and shall regret it."
oh. hut of course tho Bible does not men
tiOn the word" she said, but there IL the COM
mandment against profane swearing"
That commandment havo not broken"
well, but you have profanity in your heart
when you use that bad word"
Madam; there is scriptural injunction in
this BOOK which try very hard not to break
while am sitting here and following my du-
ties, and that Il the Injunction, Judge not that
ye be not Judged II should say what wac
IN tho heart OF any man whom I meet here, at
least II should Judge that there was evil In
his heart when he mndo suggestions to me,
! SHOULD feel that had disoboyed this injunc-
Then, with few gracious, courteous words,
Tor he saw that the woman was sincere, he dis
missed her, and she went out OF the Mayors
office wondering, apparently, whether her
mission nau Dccn success or not.
The sun., 1895-05-26
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRApH.

The cylinder of centrifugal machine In the work 8
OF the hatteASan Misunderstanding Company, In Mat.
teawan bYrat YESTERDAY while making 5000 revolu.
SionA q minute. FrAgments struck twO workmun,
Frank Wiley and Patrick Mecann. Wiley had one
leg and his collar bone fractured and face lace
rated. hcCanns lsa was broken, his head was cut
and his body was bruised They Will Tscover.
Connolly steam yacht Trilby used by the city OF
Buffalo ~ convey aeroAs tho creek AT the
foot OF kchigan street Sncs the bridge ~ that point
;ps jus. after isnSns ,hs dS;k: s6' was osdsd 70
tom The laborers who did not swim ashore were
The sun., 1895-05-26
Albany Day Line Steamboats,,

Tho Day Line steamers New York and Albany begin
their regular trips for the Tuesday May as
Tor Albany and intermedato landings, leaving Dee
brosses street, N. r.. at s,4O A. NJ aud West TWENTY
second street at o daily, Sundays exeeatod, Annex
boat leaves Fulton strost, brooklyn. al A. NJ Sara
VIII furnish music each mornins and afterPoon.
by taking tho morning boat TO West Point, Nswburrh
or PouRhkeepsie, returning hy the down boat In the
afternoon. ' ''' NfS
The sun., 1895-05-26
A Truck Load OF Furniture Wrecked hy q
Trolley Car In bergen Point,

Bnyonne trolley car 1a4, in charge of Moter-
man William Dunn, while going at high rate
Of speed in Bergen Point at $3.50 o'clock last
ture and driven by Philip Koplan OF ira
Division street this city. The furniture be-
IIonged to LYMAN kroman. koplan's brother-in
men wore thrown to the ground and badly in
tured. They were taken to Bayonne Hospital
The wagon was demolished.
The sun., 1895-05-26
Not a MoAkey Ranch.
Iron hs HanJord Journal

6'V" '"V HIIVUId JOuFEuL
I. =. Eddie OF this city was out riding rs.
cehtN' Wnen, several miles Out of town n nut
came on the running gear OF The buggy and IL
wa. Ssss sssS,ssrS ca,as nr no halt fS repqr Ports
asked him II lie had u monkey wrsnch N'n, nnu us
IN. man aeeosted roarsd back: '-''
~ w n.s nat & tor yon insulta meI NO keep .
The sun., 1895-05-26
Tossed by . Cable Cur.

Patrick Mcnamara, go years old. Of 2os East
106th street. was struck by q cable car OF the
Third Avenue road while crossing the tracks at
1Oeth street last night, He was thrown twenty
sible fracture of the skull. He was sent to Har-
lem Hospital.
The sun., 1895-05-26
Mr.. Freedman Offers 5000 for Burke n
and MeKeRn OF the CIeycIands

CLEVELAND. May a5.-Before leaving for New
York to-day President Freedman of the New
York Baseball Club, who has been here during
the series of the games. offered President Robi-
son OF the Cleveland Club 700 for the release
of Loft Fielder Burkett and Short Stop Mexican
Mr.; freedman says he wants to strengthen his
club at short stop and In tho outheld. 1t Is not
likely that Mr Robson will accept the offer, as
both men are big drawing cards.
The sun., 1895-05-26
BEAUTY is POWER.
Is YOUR FACE DISPIGUBrD ?

ias Inlr ietl MS marks on brow and ch"cl.. ,rb
Ss,nn Ta,hsa ~ birth CT Is your facr pit,j Ft'l
sim. Don ~ you VIII hccyr tho Uvidtr.C, u' .,.t
""rnsy eyrs, ~ Sal az tho iean,y Emi qrun" .5l
,n W,nvt ~ so3h h!i ana see MhaI Niue. JUN Nay
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i"putauie persons IL yon are skrptlcAl. II IsGuuD
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The sun., 1895-05-26
ESSENCE OF SIMPLICITY.
The Mgild Power Cures.

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The sun., 1895-05-26

From the Philadelphia Public ledger
Two young women In Steubcnviile, o., are
vigorously pulling their sleeves. they fell from
carriage recently. and say they only eacaped
sleeves
The sun., 1895-05-26

Where Yestevday's Fires Were.
A.M.-7;t0. i%i Sullivan street, joseph Rev, dam.
agssib.
P.M,-l2:9O, ole Tenth avenue j. r. Lynch. DAMAGE
slight; sibo ~ Seventh avenue, Thomas Jenneii
The sun., 1895-05-26
FIorldn LegIslntors for Free t,,l,er.

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. May 25.--The House to-
day passed a resolution favoring the free coin.
age OF silver ut q ratio Of l6 to !.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
NOVELTIES.

We have three cabinet
makers working day and
night unpacking and set
ting up the finest line Of
Novelties it has ever been
our good fortune to dis
play. Rockers, Chairs,
Tables, Bullets, Cabi-
nets, Desks, Stools, ETC.,
etc., in all the various fin
ishes. Stop in and see
the new Flemish Finish.
Some people admire it,
others don't. We would
like to have your opinion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
THREE MORE BIG GUSHERS
Drilled in Yesterday in the SI8tedsville
Field.

They are all Over in the Dog Skin
District and the Aggregate Pro
ductiOn of the Three Wells VIII
Amount to About 50 Barrels an
Hour Several Smaller Wells
Drilled in During the Day-Gen-
eral Oil News.