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New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
GARRETT PLAYED POKER WITH KING.
From The Chicago Record.

From The Chicago Record.
The newspaper biographies Of the late Robert Gsf.
enjoyed the distinction of playing the great American
game-not baseball. but poker. Of course-with rssl
Some time in the year 1855 ne determined Journey
Mexico in search OF the health which he had lost u
altered after the trip was begun and hnaly
extended TO the Sandwich Islands and thence china
and Japan. He was accompanied by his wife ana
sister and number OF other relatives ani friends
Mr. Carrots party had scarcely been auarsrea s.n N
OF the Hawaiian monarch called upon them and salc
that King Kalakaua would he Pleased TO have tne
gentlemen take dinner with him. hut prior 10 ina,
begged them 10 witness boa, race that DAY between
a Hawaiian crew ard one from an American mari-of-
Mr. Garrett was surprised 10 find the black King
courteous gentleman. speaking English luently ara
reminding him much Of Chester A. Arthur. His grse'
Ing was decidedly funny.
Mr.. Garrett. he said, i am pleased 10 meet you
We have bond Of union You have jus, trsd d. e O0r'
row s5,0Oo0o0. and have JUST borrowed S.o".eo
After dinner the King sa.d: ,n,ue.
in game OF poker. with little limit OF IS is sns'
Mr. Garrett and few other members OF the party
determined to have go at the Hawaiian treasury, "A
The company was seated in an immense hall anc
when the cards had been shufled there appeared q!
one end Of the apartment eight natives with na!ps,
In front Of these. eight mandolin players: fhrd TOW
made up of eight chorsters. Che melodies we.s
American and consisted large.y OF improvsatons on
the names OF the various members OF the party ~
certainly was rather alarming 10 hear one oi 's ~.
solosts in a parody on THE Coloret Dude grave"
sing: ,,.,.,.,,.o ,ude"
This advertisement was almost too mucn JOY ~ ~,
Garretts calmness OF mind. and as result NJ on $50
found himself several hundred dollars poorer s,, r~
when he entered the place. The Hawaiian treasury
appeared very far away. /. .,,rd
But just then during large jackpot he t0Sno Sss.
three kings In his hand. and, after considerane Ss,,
ting all the payers except Kalakaua laid down. ts. r
hands He had three queens. He dalisd Win witninns ur
re,t until the pot was up 10 handsome pfopo''''"'
and then called ,,,, .af
had Won I'm my hand I would. with what nave ="
possessed of four very handsome kings . n.
His Majesty was quick TO see the poin'' a"' "
well. that beats three queens and ne a. nsS onsS
wrote out due bill for 800 beneatn wn'ch hc ''e
"Ka.akaua, Rex. .,, rsry
Garrett looked dlsmayed but said nothing East IT
next morning however. while he was al presanisn
with the ladies OF the party. the royal cnam,r's a..
appeared before him. bowed and presented '"e "
tonIshed American with $500. ,< A.. Iadej
II required all his diplomacy 10 satisfy the al
curiosity as to why he had such early nnahe's wv
ings with the Hawaiian Government
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
4 JOKE ON THE WIZARD.

From The Chicago Timos-Herad.
4 few years ago the late Bill Nye and Hermann,
the magician. met for the first time in a small
Ohio town. Each knew the other very we'll by
rnputation and from personal characteristics, but
thav never had been introduced. BY chance they
stopped AT the same hotel on the occasion referred
10 and were given At the same table In the
dnnE-room , .,,, 49,. ... .
weather each believing that the other did not rec
ognizc his vis-a-vis . 49, -
Iust ns Nye raised his knife and fork 10 cut a
dl.h OF lettuce salad Hermann uttered cry OF
protest and surprise. Nye stopped In astonish-
mcnt. go. ,, 49,, ,, ..., r
thought saw something queer '"e'o l" So" 'e'
The humorist carefully looked over the salad leaf
by loaf but found nothing. and again raised HIS
knif. Ia cut IT, Again ne stopped by n sharp
cry from Hermann who added. apoogetically: Il
HOG = thousand pardons. but ! surely could not
more Excuse me'--and he pointed to n large let
tucs loaf raised II and disclosed underneath a
magnificent diamond cluster ring worth several
Nvc slowly picked up the ring. and. without the
slirhtest manifestation Of surprise. drawled out:
.'rLis sort of thing has gone Just far enough. m
ily shedding diamonds wherever 30. Day
boyora ve.terday | lost a solitaire In sugar-bowl
I'm pittsburg and in Cleveland this morning the
chambcrmald. In sweeping my room. found three
or foir more II Is positively giving me brain iag
70 keep track Of these things and I'm going to give
II up as bad job. ,,, 4, =, ,,.
" "Isrncaoning 10 u waitress he slipped Herrmann's
r,ny intn hcr hand and said: Here's trife for
vo, Keen /, to remember me by; It's yours
recover IT, and 1t cost him several bottles after
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
UNDER THE RED FLAG.
THE NETWORK ANARCHIST AND HIS
WAYS.
WIS rsrA1. uAuNrs AND THEIR CHARACTER
IsTrcs-THE BRCDERsCHAFT OF
THE BIER sTUBE.


The New-York Anarchist. when seen through
the medium of the sensational newspaper item'
- in many respects unlike the real article ana
esose contact with him In his home and haunts
:obs him Of his Importance. dvests him OF his
political strength and shows him TO be an insig-
niacant factor in the community and OF much ''''-
portance only to himself.
A peep into the meeting-room OF an Aha'ehs'
assembly will show that tits. above ALL un-Atner'
can. There are Germans who speak all Dialects
Ravarians Hanoverians Pomeranians and Prus-
sians are drawn into close compact by the RED
sentiments and their French fellow-Anarchists
fraternize with them though there had never
been p Sedan or q confiscated Alsace. There are
Austrians OF all kinds from the Viennese with MS
musical and unconquerable dialect TO the buriy
and uncouth Slav, who looks and feels out OF
p,ace IN his store clothes. There are Poles and
Russians and an occasional Italian, but there are
no Americans The men and women who attend
the meetings do not represent any particular
calling, and one Is likely to find among the pro-
fessional idlers and ne'er-do-wells mechanics,
clerks artists, writer's musicians teachers, law
yers and physicians. They are destructionists
because they own nothing which could be de-
stroyed and they come together and preach rev.
olution and violence and reach the pinnacle OF
their enthusiasm when they shout. behind closed
doors: "Hoch lebe die Anarchie-hoch"'
There are men in the ranks Of the Anarchists
who have been driven there by chain OF cir
cumstances which has shattered their belief In
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
EMIy PACHA'S PARROT DEAD.

Buffalo correspondence Of The Pitsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Dr. f. L. Snow, OF Batavia. is mourning the loss
of the most remarkable parrot that has been
brought TO this part of the country for long time.
II was known as Emin Pachas parrot and had an
Interesting history. When the doctor was In Egypt
in the days Of Emln Pacha, he made the acqualnt-
ance of that potentate. and on leaving for home
said he would like to take with him one or the
small gray parrots that are peculiar to the Nile
country especially on account OF their inteliecnce
So the Viceroy sent out an attendant. who soon re.
turned with one IT was called Pacha. In honor OF
Emn. and was all that has been ieputed OF us spe
cies . ,-u $1,000 l.. .L.
best Arabic and though he soon learned English
enough 10 hold conversation ne never learned 10
swear in English. When any one was TO be gone
over IN the birds best style OF vituperation was
the language of the Nile that was adopted for that
purpose. Pacha liked America and lived here M
teen years The bird was a good friend when ac-
nuaintancc was once formed, but casual visitor
Wa his snecini aversion and ne made use Of the
strongest notes OF disapproval when subjected to TO
any intrusion. Hts vocabulary was large. ana ne
knew how to use IT, But he was so unfortunate az
TO take into closo friendship n man who had con-
aumptjop and caught the disease from him. A vio-
lent hemorrhage ended Pachas life.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01

and the young men watched the nsn SLOWLY o'S"P
pear inside It's rapacious captoT. -, -,
An alligator. attracted by the COMMUNION; aiSo t,
watched the operation as ne lay In the weeds his
bead-ke eyes sparkling with anticipation Sudlen. M
the young noticed Mr. Gator. ana decided 10 Sc. sc"
the fun ana make a capture II possible Tns gd'GGi
crawled slowly and silently upon the snake anu III NJ
victim, the latter by this time giving oniy an occa-
siona spasmodic witch while his snaKeship was uoo
busy notice the approach OF his naturai onT;
When the gator got within Two ieei OF me siian n
the latter him. and tried 10 disgoTee tIlr III,
Finding this impossible he tried 10 swallow II guich.'
Not being built that way. the snake failed IN oo'h III
stances ,, -.,i
The gator" 10y this time ready Tor ms r'Ta'. T
and his upper jaw few open like trapio9i u. y,
snake. finding escape impossible. struck Nioen.l! a.
his enemy while the fish, seeming 10 realize i's uou,s
danger. wrigged iis tail. Into the cavernous mou,.
went the snakes head and snap came the upper Jaw
OF the gator" decapitating the snake ana se'""e
the fish stimuli ltaneOusly ,, ,.
but were unable to catch the alligator. Inc ueoap,
ita:ed snakes body was secured however OH"
skinned as a trophy of the aquatic battle.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
SUyVCSS PAST AND PRESENT.
THE OLD sTyLE.


p,,co-Anvwhere. Charlottesville and She Time
iIe-Forglve me for addressing You. but believe
No r,rc in,roducod 20 one another by your parents
She Yes with the sanction OF my grdnImOther
He-so you will pardon me for taking seat next
you. 49,. -, =. 40. ..
pcciay a. you have secured me esteem OF my 'cd-
,vss NV uncle John holds you IN great regard
He--I am delighted 10 hear you say so; but. hisre-
osrding YOUR uncle John twih nnn'te respecD,
am most anxious TO obtain your own GOODWIN.
am sure you will give II 10 me.
She-I am afraid that our acquaini 7nce mas peen
years. r,-., -, -, =,
He--But surely that is sunlcien'ly long period
10 get some idea OF my character. Pray answer me-
She-I so shy.
Ue-1'hen permit me 10 give You few moments
for reflection May ! light cigarette?
~ THE NEW STYLE
Place--The same. Charac;crsrhe same. Time
To-day.
Hc-I say. We don't want an introduction. ~h?
She-Why. no. Fancy. too. we have met before
He-Dare say Guvnor and Mater know an odd
She-So does my grandmother.
IIe-C;o, room for beside you?
She-Ra;her. Hate 20 a man looking Ike a
goldfish as Uncle Jack says.
He-Boiher Uncle Jack. Want you 10 think vel.
she-Thlnk well OF you. Why. 1 scarcely know
He-Nonsense. You have been chatting with me
for a, east five minutes. Come. out with IL.
He-Then viii give you pause FOR reflection.
She-Music would far sooner join you In a cigar.
-iPunch
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
JOHANN MOST.

they have been failures IN their professions and
are looked upon by their neighbors. who are not
Anarchists. as having wheels There are vio
lent men and women in the various organizations
who advocate death and destruction at the
slightest provocation. but beyond ranting and
brandlshing imaginary frebrands they are harm
less and fear the law which they would seem to
defy. -
There was a characteristic meeting Of Anar~
chists at Clarendon Hall recently. 1t was called
for the purpose Of debating the silver question
and the hall was filled with the best types OF the
class. Low -browed. b!ack-haired Bohemians ell
bowed haxen-haired Germans. and men with
high brows and the faces OF students were scat
tered among those Of the lowest type. whose
looks end actions marked them as untutored and
vulgar. Young women-most OF them wearing
glasses-mingled with the throng in free-and-
easy manner which betokened extreme self-re-
iiance. There were men bent with age and boys
with the down just sproutng on their chins.
Clerks who occupied positions Of Importance ap-
plauded when the speakers made sneering re-
marks about the rich employers and men who
were receiving pay from corporations Kissed when
the word corporation was mentioned.
John Turner. the professional English Anar-
wha; he said a. TO the financial problem might
have been condensed into "a plague on both
your houses" He cared nothing for the financial
policy, although his audience strongly in
clined toward silver-he wanted the workingman
20 take matters In his own hands and teach the
rich. the oppressivey wealthy. the unwilng-to-
divide his money witt -the-der plutocrat. that
the workman could run affairs better than his
employer
That was a telling talk. and Turner has prob
ably told his friends In England by this time that
tho people Of New-York are ripe for action be-
cause this particular audience applauded him
violently. This apostle nf disorder destruction
and division. whose speeches sound so terri
Bile, illustrates In his personality the false and
magnihed estimate which 10 frequently put
upon the party class which he represents.
He II . small man. with nothing In his looks
or demsanor which would attract attention.
He talks nuentiy. with . decided cockney ac-
cent, and In action and speech shows that he
u one Of those men who mistake bravado for
courage. and who cannot draw the line between
vuiGartty and wit
The meeting IL referred to because two other
stars IN the Anarchist armament shore upon
the audience. They were stars Of the first mag.
nitude. each having number Of satellites. Both
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01


iSt
One picture. highly colored. represents the as
sassinaton Of the Car Alexander: another the
shooting Of the Archbishop Of Paris by the COM
mune. Then there is n group of the chicago
bomb -throwers and similar cheerful pictures
There are portraits of Garibaldi, Louise Michcl
and Robert Blum and number OF caricatures-
on the tables where there is no card playing
may be found COPIES of newspapers in German
and Russian The saloons are unlike others.
because one rarely hears laughter there. and
the men are always. ever. in their cups. serious.
To be in good standing and TO command the
respect Of his fellow Anarchist man must,
above ALL be free to religion In other
words he plust look down upon those who attend
church. and must lose no opportunity To show
that in his opinion churches are unnecessary. and
that those who attend them are fools. A slur al
the Church, sneering remark as to a Church
dignitary or rdicule Of some ancient ana sacred
religious custom will always be applauded in an
Anarchist assembly. and il there is an occa-
sional sign OF hilarity in the Anarchists kneipe
II IL safe to say that 1t is provoked al the ex-
pense OF religion. This Is true of Protestants,
Roman Catholics and Jews. When they enter
the ranks of the Anarchists they leave their re-
lgon behind and when death ends his career the
Anarchist is borne away to his last resting place
without religious rite. Many fond wife or dot
ing mother has been pushed aside " her she has
asked that prayer might be said for him who
had been her lover or her baby. Religion Is for
women and for fools" they tell her. Then a
friend OF the dead man delivers an address. glee
club sings and the mourners return to their
kneipe and drink TO the memory Of their brother
and to destruction.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
SWITCHING EXTRAORDINARY.
THE vERACTOrs ACCOUNT or THE loss or a
NUMBER OF CHINESE THUMBS
From The Norwood CN. " News

From The Norwood (N. " News.
the ST. Lawrence River by means OF a rope stretched
from Iroquois Hogansburg. thus gaining an en-
trance the hand of the free and the home OF the
brave, in spite OF the law. IL hcnG widely crcula ted
The lack OF particulars has ed people 10 think that
II is trick dill for the almondeyed celestial to
do the rope passage but people VINO are acquainted
with the Old ST. Lawrence know that IL takes lots OF
nerve hang 10 rope and be dragged from
Iroguois TO 1iogansburS In the witchng hours OF
night.
The strong current OF the river makes II impossible
pull straight across consequently Hogansburg Is
somewhat down the river from lrOuuos and in order
keep the rope place Il has to through several
guide pueys anchored shoalng points These
pu.leys source OF annoyance TO the passenger.
and as Is impossible to them In the night. their
position is known Until thumb or finger is Gu,
of 1t was the finding Of these fingers and thumbs
in the stomachs OF FISH caught along the river that
fish caught in Louisville Bay had two right hand
thumbs In its stomach.
The great wonder is how any Ch.naman could
make the trip and have any fingers left. After eav-
ing IroQJois o the Canadian side the course leads
down through the rapids above Morrsburg and the
first guide pulley Is anchored off the foot OF
Ogden's Island, about four miles down. The next
pulley is near Ferrans Point. some fourteen miles
further down. The next at the head OF the Long
head of this island the passenger enters the Long
Sault rapids, where after twelve or fourteen miles
of swift water he lands at the mouth OF the ST. Regis
River iust below Hosansburg. Here the half
drowned Oriental has the water wrung out or his
mig tail the stubs OF his missing thumbs and fingers
handaged up and proceeds TO find place where he
can washee Mclean Man shirtee.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
THE "LINCOLN TREE" BLOWN DOWN.
From The Washington Star


.One OF the sad features OF the storm" said one
OF the White House gardeners. as ne was engaged
in trimming UP the trees was the destruction OF
the Lincoln tree. which stood nearest the steps
leading from the War. State and Navy depart
ments to the Executive Mansion. IL the end
tree Of a row nearly all OF which have been planted
by Presidents. The Lincoln tree was planted few
months after President Lincoln entered the White
House, and 1t soon was larger than other trees
many years older.
1T was its size that brought about its destruc-
ton now for IL the only in the Presidents
which was blown down. though mere was sad
havoc with the other trees. There were
Der OF persons who asked for limbs Of the tree and
as far az could Obliged them. Though
maple does not make good cane a number OF
those who secured limbs said they intended having
canes made for presentation TO those who would
cherish a souvenir from Washington. and especially
a cane from the tree planted by Lincoln himself
II have been In the gardens of and on since
Lincolns days. and am sure there wns more dam
age done by the storm to the trees there that
night than In all OF the thirty years combined
we will keep the stump Of the tree. and may be In
time for II is strongly rooted II viii branch out
again In the mean time we VIII grow japanese
ivy the trunk
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
AMONG THE GODS.
THE ROYS WHO FILL THE GALLhHi'

soNr NOTES on A CRITICAL AND ENIh' S'A'ii|
PART OF THE THEArRE-GolNG PUBLIC.
Did some one say that the gods were gone ''o"
the gallery? Certainly decadent theatre-goer was
heard TO say something not long ago that sounoeu
like that But II that WAS indeed his meaning anu
he believed what he said. then 1t is he VINO mas scc
from the gods. not the gods from the sa'ier'' Doss
anvbody suppose because the gods do not care ~,
..Tbe Froth of the Fringe OF the Crust OF society
or "The Notorious Adventures OF the Second Mrs
Rrownsmith" that there are no gods any "'o''
1t is either theatrical Ignorance or thea'''c"'
heresy -.
n YOU attend only the abandoned plays OF 'he
Broadway stage you cannot expect 10 hhu '"e
gods They know where to go to satisfy '"e,' "
brst oldfashioned tastes. Just as we'll you know
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
WHAT THE GALLERY LIKES.

When YOU have seen the exhibition outside tho
theatre and still wish To hav" your faith I'm tho
gods strengthened. go inside the theatre. Go Into
the gallery, II YOU want 10 see and hear actually
everything Eut II you are sensitive 10 the heat
and ovcrenrichcd atmosphere Of that part of the
house nnd a place lower down and listen To the
sounds that come from the gallery.
You will md that the play is very closely
watched from there. Nothing that Is done in it
cscapes notice and there Is little that escapes com
mcni. Tho gallery does not argue out delicate
points OF the action their relations and bcaringr
II secs and recognizes It's judgments are quick.
confident and 10 the point. The gallery wants its
play hot sweet strong ard plenty OF 1t. There
is another adjunct Of modern lifc which IS properly
made according the same recipe. The gallery
loves virtue and hates vice. But tho virtu. and
the vice must be decided Tho gallery does
care to trouble Itself with problems II is not in
to be attached to tho character Of a person who
has both virtues and vices In any sort OF puzzng
mixture The gallery has learned 10 look with
compassion and sympathy on one wronged woman
with red hair and plain black gown In each play.
only she must not be set IN as tho heroine OF
tho play. For the rest. the villain cannot be too
bad and the hero and the heroine cannot be
good please the gallery.
II Is found too. that the sympathy OF spec
tator I'm the gallery has nothing TO do with his own
private character. The bad people In the gallery
are lust as uncompromsing for the right as tho
good ones 1t happened few years ago that the
detectives were hunting for man who had com
miitcd q. brutal robbery. They got his track
found out where he had been from time to
time and at last learned that he had gone to a
Bowcry theatre. They followed him there and
found him sitting in the front row in the gallery
To get him ont from there would make confusion
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01

had served in prison for their Anarchistic utter
ances and both have been heard to say that they
were proud Of their experiences in that direction.
They were Emma Goldman and Johann Most.
Emma Goldman mounted the platform when
Turner had finished his harangue and asked FOR
contributions for a fund with which TO defray the
expenses connected with the celebration of No
vember H. "On that day we Will celebrate the
anniversary of the murder of our brethren in Chi
cago." she said, land that is Of more importance
than anything connected with the financial ques-
ton" Then the second star made his appear
ance. Most sprang from a remote corner OF the
room and abused his sister in Anarchy in terms
which were more pointedly personal than parlia-
mentary.
That is our cause for congratulation. SAID
a citizen who had gone to the meeting TO see how
the Anarchists looked. These people must fight
and as they know il to be useless 10 fight against
the powers they fight among themselves.
THE ANARCHISTS HAUNTS.
But the Anarchist is not at his best in meet
ing hall nor in a parade. He shines out in his
full glory in the bier stube. the kneipe or the
East Side coffee-house. There saloons which
are owned and managed by known Anarchists
which are the congregating places of the reds
and there over games of chess or cards, under
the influence OF drinks Of more or less potency
and in an atmosphere thick with bad tobacco
fumes, the grievances Of the oppressed lower
classes" are discussed and remedies are sug-
gested.
The first thing that will strike the visitor to
these places as strange is that most of the people
whom he sees address one another as Du IN
token of the brotherly intimacy between them
This "Briiderschaft" does not exist among the
men only but the women who are known 10 be
Anarchists are also addressed in this manner
and they use the same term when speaking 10
the men. In one of the popular resorts OF this
kind a red flag is stretched behind the counter
and the walls are decorated with cheap prints
New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
THE LATEST KITCHEN REQUIREAh-''
From The Gentlewoman.

From The GcntIeW0nHH ,.-..cte
As an illustration of the latter;day Iatep she
Of servants correspondent sends r,isement ns for
has inst received in answer to an an ex-
an upper parlormaid The applicant WITH one Or
ceent hand, and expresses herself sell indeed she
would 10 be valuable se9u's'.SDs ,Sas she quite
househSu. lake the head Of dinner Ssve
She. however has bicycle which ,s w0"" 0%"onld re-
to be carefully housed for her ana rda s -startns
aurSs aWSes one presumes in tights from tesmperste sns
door My correspondent. who Seems ,hi. letter beyond
rcma rting that. as she keeps eignt thew ~ rode
wants. It would be rather awkward I" wv
.hic Ycles."