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and a consideration for personal appear
ance. You would be considered vain, in
fact. You will have domestic difficulties
in your married life, which will be a brief
one.
MASTER A. B. c., Fort Bragg-This
young man will be a famed child Of for
tune. He will inherit money from two
different sources, once at q and again at
28
CHIQUITA-This is an easy going per-
son, fond Of social life, but with a keen
appreciation of evil. One who will never
know trouble and will have long life.
MISS FLORENCE GADSBY-Yours is
seen good deal of the world and will see
much more.
MISS ARABELLA SCOTT-Your life
has been more fortunate than the aver
age. You married advantageously, and
see no heavy sorrow impending for you.
MAY DAY, Benicia-You will have
very eventful life, which will have many
lights and shadows Unless you live more
carefully it will not be long life. You
are careless of your health in many ways.
FLORENCE JONES, Sonoma County
Your life has been wrecked by your un-
fortunate disposition. You will not marry
young but you will inherit money at 23
L. B., Palo Alto-You are a natural born
f1irt and care very little for your con-
quests. You have little pity for others
sufferings but time will make you kinder.
MISS PRUDENCE r. V-You are very
impulsive and highly imaginative. You
will be married early in life and happily.
P. L. A. F.-You are natural born
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GIVES IMPRESSIONS OF
SAN FRANCISCO

painter, is one of Mr.. Standings closest
friends, and without in the least Inter
fering with his original and forceful
style has helped to direct and give 1t
adequate expression.
While Mr.. Standing has done some
extremely creditable and forceful work
in oils, his water colors have distfnc-
tive charm, a warmth of tone, a truth
and a depth of suggestion rarely met
with in this class of work. In black
and white, particularly with the fiat
and rapid drying Missini colors recent
ly brought into notice by Julian Xix
and Robert Reed, he has been strik-
ingly successful, and. his yachting ar
ticles, illustrated by himself, have been
interesting features in both Engl1Sh
and American magazines.
Mr.. Standing considers San Fran
cisco a very paradise for an artist. He
spends hours in sketching on the water
front and admiring the stately ships
gathered in our harbor, and finds de-
light in the semi-tropical greenery and
picturesque scenery of our park and Its
environs, and the stretch of sand
dunes along the ocean shore.
There is he says, inspiration in
every ripple of the water, In every bit
of green, in every changing light and
shadow. Nature has been more than
kind to California, and a visitor who
has the artistic faculty, combined with
a true appreciation of what IS best
here, must carry away a treasure Of
suggestive memories and wonder lilly
beautiful impressions"
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AND FORTUNE

been stated-over $4,000 on certain
race out of New York.
'Why, no." he replied. laughing. II
couldn't. There's not that much money
in the town."
What is the largest sum you ever
stood to lose on a horse?"
After a moments pause for reflection
Grammar replied: well, I think $25,-
900 1 laid against DR.. Hasbrouck. and
he won, too I lost $20,000 over Dob
bins in the same way, and those were
the two biggest losses I ever made. It
seems as if there is a limit set to the
amount I shall win. I've often got up
to a certain point, and then 1 always
begin to lose. Whenever I begin to bet
very big that's the time my luck falls
me-"
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RILEY GRAMMAR

bling transactions has not been pre-
served.
To induce Grammar to talk to you of
his betting. if you approach him in the
right spirit, is not difficult, for there
is absolutely nothing of the "nouveau
richie" about the man. But it is i'm
possible to record all he tells you. His
ups and downs have been as the sands
of the sea. To him life seems to hold
no rest from the perpetual unquiet Of
the betting ring and the feverish ex-
element of the gambler. Beneath the
native shyness and reticence of the man
this spirit crops out, and he is aware Of
1t himself.
ST like to gamble" is phrase be uses
repeatedly, as if seeking some Self-jus-
tification.
A friend says of him: "He seems to
wish to impress one that he must bet;
that it is second nature to him, and
that he is to be no more blamed for
risking his money than he is for eating.
But-and there cannot be too big q B to
his 'but'-there is huge difference be-
tween him and the ordinary book
maker and betting man. He believes in
the honesty of racing. He does not see
a fraud in every race, and this is the
foundation of his speculatiOns. He
backs horses on his own opinions. An
owner may-frequently does-tel him
that his horse is not fit. If Riley Gran
nan tnlnRS tndI morse cdii Win lie pdchS
him. in spite Of what the owner or
trainer has said.'
Details might be given Of many indi-
vidual bets which Riley Grammar has
made. He lost 900 on Cleaning one
day and $4,000 on steeplechase the
same day. Pepper brought $4,000 into
his Golfers; The Commoner won him
$4,000. He also won $4,000 the day
following.
An authority on the track says: 'He
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periments than he could have done
from the best masters. A birthday
present from his father of a box Of
paints turned his attention to the pos
sibilities of color, and the attention Of
the family also, since he painted any
thing and everything that came in his
way from the family bible to the front
door so long as the pigments lasted.
Designed for the navy by his parents,
fate willed otherwise, and young Stan
ding instead entered the theatrical pro-
fession at the age Of Is. Being of
nautical turn of mind, however, he was
never truly happy until fortune smiled
upon him kindly enough to warrant
him in investing some of his spare
funds in the sole ownership Of a trim
built and altogether charming yacht,
the cabin of which he has had fitted up
as an ideal studio.
On this yacht, with a congenial
friend or so, Mr.. Standing spends all Of
the time that he is not made a prisoner
on shore by the eXactions OF his dra-
matte work; and there he finds opportu-
nifty to transfer to canvas the impress
sions received by his artistic soul.
Charles Dickson, the eminent marine
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has stood to win 100000 on a days
racing, has actually come out $4,000
ahead after losing $4,000 on one race
and nearly $40, 900 on another. In few
words he looks upon a bet of $1,000 .as a
mere expression of his opinion that
horse has a Sood chance. He very sell
dom bets on a horse at odds on, and
says that his loss of $4,000 on a horse
last week was the first money he had
lost this way in g. very long time.
Grammar is a young man who does
credit to the great gambling fraternity.
He is a modern evolution of the old
time, high-class gambler. Such a man
stimulates business in a ring instead Of
damaging it, He maintains the prices
and makes the public bet, and with him
booking other pencilers will handle
more money on a race than they would
without him. He may die poor-mCSt
great gamblers have-but even if he
does, no one will be able to truthfully
say that he ever Won money by other
than square gambling.
'It is calculated to make the ordinary
mortal gasp to talk to this tall fellow.
There is no inclination to blow his own
trumpet, even when one is seeking to
draw him out upon what for lack of a
better word must be called his exploits.
He mentions the loss or gain of sums
that would make a Wall-Street million
aire vince with as perfect placidity as
the average bettor narrates the come
and go of his tens or twenties."
Needless to say, his transactions have
been vastly exaggerated. They are
every day, and will be so long as he
continues to do business on his present
scale. Hundreds have been exagger-
ated into thousands, and thousands In
to tens Of thousands. Talking to him
the other day, / asked whether he had
ever taken in as much money as has
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"a N very few Of US mortals mas rate
bestowed the precious gifts nee
essary to the making of true
~ artist IN any one line. On fewer
yet have been bestowed those
gifts which make persons true artists in
more than one. A man or woman may
be fine poet or q fine musician, but
NAV very rarely - almost never-be
both. So 1t is that to be a really good
actor. and yet attain excellence in an
other line of an entirely dissimilar ma
ture is a distinction SO rarely met with
as to be looked upon, when the COM
bination is discovered, as partaking of
the nature of a surprise.
Guy Standing, the well-knowr actor
now playing with the Henry Miller
Company at the Columbia, gives this
surprise to all who are privileged to
meet him in private life as we'll as see
him in the exercise of what is osten-
sibly his chosen profession.
- On the stage Mr.. Standing delineates
character and personality in order to
procure the loaves and fishes and the
few other things that are necessary to
the existence Of a gentleman of refined
tastes and generous ideas. In his leis-
ure hours he paints nature in her vari-
Gus moods and such Of the handiwork
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GUY STANDING OF
THE MILLER COMPANY

of mortals as appeals to his sense OF
the picturesque and the beautiful; and
he paints for sheer love Of art, and not
for profit or prizes or the praise OF
men; and, moreover, he paints well.
1t is only during the past three
or four years that Mr.. Standing has
done really seri is work, though from
childhood he has used pencil and brush
cleverly, without pursuing any special
method or having any special object in
view except the amusement Of the mo-
ment.
He has, however, exhibited pictures
both in England and Australia. and
has thus become we'll and favorably
known to the artistic world Of both
those countries. AS a child, though the
despair of the drawing teacher whose
duty it was to instruct him and his
schoolmates in the mysteries of draw
ing lines and circles and cubes and par
allelograms and the like, he was
continually endeavoring with his un-
skilled little fingers to reproduce on
paper such objects and scenes as i'm
pressed his childish fancy; and he de-
clares now that he really learned more
through his failures and persistent ex-
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LN|0TR1.
PANSN. PALM

marry at 90 You would succeed as a
school teacher.
P. r. H, San Luis Obispo-You have
some dramatic power. You Will marry
happily, but it will not be an early mar
riage.
LOUIS B. D., San Luis Obispo-You are
too easily influenced by your associates;
You are apt to go TO extremes, and should
try to practice self-reliance.
PLEASURE OF THE BOTTLE-You
are very bohemian in your. tastes and
care little for the opinion Of others, too
little, perhaps, for your own good.
VALLEY OF THE BLEST, No. 4l-You
have a worrying, nervous temperament,
and YOU have had two great sorrows.
Your future holds happiness.
J. H. Petaluma, No 52-You have
plenty Of daring and determination. You
came near losing your life when a young
man A piece of good fortune is In store
for you.
MRS. EVA L., Los Angeles-Your life
has trials and disappointments, but you
will be better circumstanced In the near
ROBERT L. JoNES-You are man OF
strong likes and dislikes. You have
made enemies, but you have, also, made
friends.
L NJ A-You are most visionary young
lady. You will marry early and will ex-
perience many changes.
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T which has probably been spent in
Il gathering together the scattered
remnants of a shattered fortune,
Riley Grammar returns to the track and
wins fame again-and another fortune.
Those of our readers who follow the
sporting columns, first heard Of him
this season in Europe when he won
sensational amounts in pounds sterling.
Then he came back, mOdestly told all
about 1t, showed his roll of something
under a million and settled down to bet
again
Settled down! Let the term stand.
It best describes Grannan's long, easy
loping attitude, his boyish lounge on
settee or In chair, his stride Of the
seat when, in interested moments, he
tells you how he did 1t!
Riley Grammar, with a rollicking
Irish name as his only introduction,
came north from Paris, Kentucky.
when he was only u years old; and, as
he himself expressed it, has been
knocking about with horses" nearly
ever since. His first regular start to-
ward his present position was when
Botay, who is well known, especially
in the West, as a man who ran
shoestring up into a bank roll" gave
him a position, and when he was 90
years old, or nine years ago, he
branched out as a full-fedged book
maker, bent on mission of enlighten-
ing the racing world.
And enlighten 1t he didl He made
bets with every one who had a dollar to
put UP and he was as cordial to the 50
bettor as to M. F. Dwyer in the latter's
big days. A full account Of his gam
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where the Compass Came From.

The earliest references 10 the use or the
mariners compass are to be found in
Chinese history, from which we learn how
in the sixty-fourth year of the reign OF
Hoang-ti (2634 B. Co. the Emperor at
tackled Tchi-yeon, on the plans of Tchou-
lou, and, finding his army embarrassed
bv a thick fog raised by the enemy, con-
structed an instrument for indicating the
south. so as to distinguish the four car
dinaI points and was thus enabled to pur-
sre his adversary and capture him.
The power of the loadstone to cornmuni-
.cata polarfty to iron is said to be for the
frst time explicitly mentioned in Chi
nese dictionary, finished A. D. 121, where
the loadstone is defined as "a stone with
which an attraction can be given TO the
The Chinese appear to have once nay1-
gated as far as India by the aid OF the
compass.
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Madame Neergaard. pupil OF st. German,
scientific palmist; reading, by mail, 81; office
hours l to p. m. GIG Geary ST.. above Jones;
classes.
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The Fourth to celebrate with fun
A pistol seemed the besti
He bought one for his little son,
And Willie did the rest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Southern Railway,

This great system is one of the most
noted railways of this country, reach
ing from the Mississippi river to the
Potomac.
The superior facilities of the South
ern railway are especially conspicuous,
operating solid vestibuled trains, su-
perior dining cars, with fast schedules
over stone ballasted road bed, with. Pull
man vestibnled sleeping cars from
both New Orleans and Memphis to
Washington and New York without
change.
From New Orleans to Washington
only "a hours, and 40 hours to New
York.
From Memphis to Washington only
33 hours and 80 hours to New York.
A stop over of ten days is allowed at
Washington city on New York tickets.
J. @. ANDREWS,
S. w P. Agent,
Houston, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

uation just where it was before the re-
quest was made-the suspended riders
foreign country until they are reinstat-
ed by the L. A. w. The action of the
L. Q. A. did not deter the N. G. A
leader from sending out a statement
that there was a grain of hope for him
in the action. for he int:mated that be
had received "sccret" advices that he
would win later on AS
the /. G. A. does not meet again for sew
eral mon hs the falsity of the state
ment is shown. At the meeting it was
shown that the resolut'o on of the G. w.
A. was not statement of fact, mas
much as it said that the L. A. w. con-
trolls only six professionals, whereas
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

men and the N. G. A. were awaiting
with expectancy the reports from the
meeting of the International Cyclists
association held at Paris. At this
meeting. says the Denver Post, action
was taken upon the request of the Ca
padian Wheelmen's association that
the L. A. ". be required to prove it
had control OF all professional riders in
this country by July 1, or that the
suspended riders be allowed to ride in
the worlds championships at Montreal
next August. When the request was
cabled to Paris. officials of the L. A
W. main tanned that it would be re-
fused, and their knowledge of I. G. A.
affair." has proven their judgment
correct. It was unanimously de-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

the N. G. A. controls ninety Accord
ing to the official records of the riders
there are sos professionals loyal to the
L. A. w. and ifty-six have cast til cir
lot with the N. G. A. This record is
taken from the registrations and is
therefore official. The league has con-
troll of $4,000 amateurs, and the N. C..
A. does not even pretend to cater to
them. It was also shown that the L.
A. w. has lost but three tracks out of q
total of very nearly 1000. and yet the
N. @. A. had nerve enough to claim
from unbiased authori-
tics
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
EGYPTIAN STATUES UNEARTHED
One Represents the Theban God AM
mon and Is Eighteen Feet High.

A Cairo dispatch says: Two of the
most remarkable statues ever found
have just been unearthed by M.
Georges Legrain, French Egyptolo-
gist, from the ruins of the temple at
Karnak, on the Upper Nile. One of
these is in alabaster and represents the
great Theban god, Ammon. This ala
bsster god is 1S feet high and was
originally made from one solid block of
stone, the largest alabaster statue in
the world. 1t was found in three
pieces, which were easily put togeth-
er. The artistic finish is perfect.
The second statue is one that was
set up by King Usertesen L, in honor
of his father, back in the days of
Abraham. On the lap of this sfigy
is slab, upon which are carved In
scriptions, proving the antiquity of the
work. Accompanying M. Legrain
when he made the discovery, was
Charles N. Crewdson, corresponding
secretary of the Chicago society Of
Egyptian Research. who is touring
Egypt in the interest of the society he
represents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
cided at the meeting to refuse
the request, and with the
decision was coupled the

decision was coupled the
statement that the l. G. A.
would recognize only one governing or
gsnizstion in this country, and that the
L. A. W. 1t is q rule of the interna-
tionsl association to recognize and to
affiliate with only an organization
which has proof of ascendencyi cycle
racing government for the country
represented, and change can be made
only where proof is forthcoming that
such organization has lost it's power.
The L. G. A. is thus composed of the
governing associations in all the coun-
tries, and each recog nizes and carries
out the edicts of all the others. When
a rider is suspended by any one of the
countries he Is not allowed to compete
in any of the others. TIA. is where
the shoe is pinching the OUTLAWS"
for they desire to ride in the
worlds championships, the greatest
meet of the year; and not alone that,
but had the 1. G. A. granted them rec
ognition for the championships. it
would have allowed the "outlaws" to
ride in Canada and other countries in
any meets promoted. It was this pre-
eumptuous plan the I. G. A. refused,
and most emphaticaliy. the vote being
unanimous. The action leaves the sit
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

shall leave the ring when time is call
ed, and any advice given is at the dis
oretion of the referee.
4. In all contests q referee and a
time keeper shall be appointed by the
committee The referee shall award
q maximum number OF five marks to
one contestant at the end of each round
and proportionste number to the
other. If q contestant is knocked
down he must get up unassisted within
ten seconds. his opponent meanwhile
retiring out of striking distance A
contestant failing to resume the con-
test at the expiration of ten seconds
shall be considered defeated. In all
contests the decision shall be given in
favor of the contestant who obtains
the greatest number of points. The
points shall be for ATTACK" direct,
clean hits with knuckle part of the
glove of either hand on any part of the
front or sides of the head or body above
the belt: aud for defense" guarding.
slipping, ducking or getting away.
Where points are otherwise equal, the
preference to be given to the contest
ant who does most of the leading of or
who displays the best style.
Both sides In the controversy be-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
in THE FIELD OF SPORT.
[Continud from 9th page.l

simply talk" on the part of trades
men. Everywhere there is stir and
hustle and an unmistakable spirit OF
optimism such as has not been notice
able in a couple of years. There is q
spirit of cheerfulness, confidence and
venture that is like the years before
the plague of competition and price
cutting visited the trade. The dealers
feel that the uncertainty is over, and
there is as much satisfaction on the
part of buyers as of sellers. Those
seeking wheels accept the prices with
out pickering about them and without
making unreasonable requests for
lamps. bells and cyclometefs. Facto-
ries are running overtime and ship
ments are behind orders. Reports
from a mum Der of retailers state that
so per cent Of their orders are for
chainless wheels; others report very
little demand for them. More wheels
of the highest grade are being de-
msnded than was expected, but the
call for cheap wheels lie also large.
The Marquis of Queensberry rules
governing glove contests have been
revised and also formally adopted by
the National Sporting club of England
and the Lenox and Broadway clubs of
New York. The work was done by T..
w. Angie, Lno OIuCl6l roIeTce VI GuS
National club, who received valuable
assistance from Billy Madden and
"Psrson" Davies. The revised code is
as follows:
1. All contests to be decided in a
roped ring not less than twelve feet or
more than twenty four feet square.
2. Contestants to box in light boots
or shoes without spikes), or in socks,
and to weigh on the day of the con-
test
3. In all contests the number of
rounds shall be specified. The limit to
the number of rounds shall be either
twenty or twenty-five, each Of three
minutes. The intervals between the
rounds shall be one minute. The gloves
to be of a minimum weight Of five
ounces each.
f. A contestant shall be entitled to
the assistance of three seconds, whose
shall be submitted to the com-
mittee for approval. The seconds
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

May 9th and 10th the Santa Fe route
will cell tickets Ell Paso to Louisville,
KY, and return account Southern Bap-
fist convention, at rate of one fare for
the round trip, $41. S5, good for return
fifteen days from date of sale. Return
limit may be extended at Louisville by
payment of fifty cents to the joint
agent. This will extend tickets so
that they will be good for return leav-
ing Louisville as late as June 10.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
FOR SALE
A Rare Business Opportunity.

Hotel, Is rooms, business house 6S by
by 20 feet. Fire proof cellar SO by Sc
feet. Ware house, stable for twenty
horses, carriage house. Adobe powder
magazine, lumber sheds and three ex-
ira buildings. A complete equipment
for carrying ONT general merchandise
ing business together with hotel
Livery teaming and transfer business.
Will sell on reasonable terms for real
property, and cost and carriage on
merchandise and miners supplies.
Situated in Arizona. Apply to Lorion
Miller at LindelI otel, for further par
ticulars.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
I consider it not only a pleasure bu

/ consider it not only a pleasure but
a duty l owe to my neighbors to tell
about the wonderful cure effected in
my case by the timely use of Chamber
lsin's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoa
Remedy. l was taken very badly with
hux and procured a bottle of remedy.
"a few doses of it effected permanent
cure. [ take pleasure in recommending
it to others suffering from that dread
full disease. W. Lynch, Dorr, W.
Va. This remedy is sold by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Mexican Mineral Belt

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Casas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1928 daily except Sundays.
J. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agent