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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-09
Christian Science and Frs Lddy's
Book.
By MARK TWAIN.

~ is the first time since tho dcwn-
a5 Of Creation that . Voice has zone
hing through snaee with such placid
@3 comDIaccnt confidence and command"
THIS last summer. when I was on my
rev lacl, TO Vienna from the Appetite
Tx. in the mountains. I fell over q elf
in The twilight ard broke some arms ard
a and one thing or another, ana by
goal luek was found }y some peasants
Who had lost an ass, and the- carried NE
-a ting aearcst habitatior. which was one
1s those large, low, tlatch-ro2fed farm
houses with aparttaCnts n the GaIret for
.s. family, and q cunning littIc porch
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art -s.ac Of the house. the manura-pile.
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ta.t an acquiring that sort Of mastery
c'tNa art and spirit Of tie language which
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Of Newark. Mich. in the CiYu War. It
caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment
helTcd for 70 years. Then EJck1en'4
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Rruises, burns, Boiis. Felons. Corre.
skin Eruptions. Pest Pile cure on Garth
p Gets a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by all druggists.
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The Coconino sun., 1900-08-11
Santa Fe Changes.

The following Santa Fe changes were effective on Wednesday, August l.: James Dun, for numbe of years chief engineer of the Santa Fe proper, be- comes consulting engineer of the entire Santa Fe system.
 w. B. Storey, chief engineer of the San Francisco x San Joaquin Valley road, will succeed Mr. Dun as chief engineer of the Santa Fe.
 R. B. Burns will become chief engi- neer of of the San Joaquin Valley road. in addition to the Santa Fe Pacific and Southern California lines.
 George B. Gallon. special travelling accountant on the Santa Fe, will assume the position of auditor of the Gulf. Beaumont X Kansas City, the short Texas line recently acquired by the Gulf, Colorado X Santa Fe.
 J. R. Ferris of the auditor of dis bursement'S office in Los Angeles will succeed Mir. Gallon as special travel ing accountant.
The Coconino sun., 1900-08-11
Your Face

Shows the state Of your feelings and the stale of your face as well. Impure blood makes itself apparent in a pale and sallow complexion. pimples and skin eruptions. If you are feeling weak and worn out and do not have d healthy appearance you should try Acker's Blood Elixir. IL cures all blood diseases where cheap sarsaparilas and so-called purifiers fail. Knowing this, we sell every bottle on positive guarantee w. R. Edwards. druggist
 Acting Governor Akers granted d pardon to Charles Graf, who was serv- ing an eight-year sentence at Yuma from Gila county for killing his part ner, Preston Ellie, at Globe, year ago
 The MethOdists will erect hand some church in Bisbee.
The Coconino sun., 1900-08-11
For Sale by w. R. Edwards.
CALL FOR WARRANTS.
OFFICE TOWN TREASURER,

OFFICE TOWN TREASURER.
 Flagstaff, July 26, 1900 The following warrants on the General Fund will be paid on presentations No. l33, February 5. 1896 Jones & Jones, s2i; No. 204, December i6, ls96, Hall Lithorraph Co S3O30: No. 224 December l6, ls96 Hugh Bunch. Sl; No. 268 July l6 ls57 Hall Lithograph Co.,. S2J; No 267 July Is. 1897, A. l.. & T. Co.,, Slll.2O
 L. W. QUINLAN, Treasurer.
The Coconino sun., 1900-08-11

anyone has cough, cold or throat and lung trouble. "l always recommend Ackers s Eng fish Remedy, becau.c know just what 1t will do. It has cured every case where 1 have seen it tried. It is the best expectorant and tonic l ever handled in my l4 years experience. will give just one instance of a gentleman who had been troubled for years with nasty, hacking cough. 1 ad- vised Ackers English Remedy. He tried 2 sample bottle, and was cured before he had taken half of it, at no cost whatever. This Is an exceptional case, however, us it usually takes two or three bottles
 (Signed) A. B. Cook, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
 Sold at 25c.. soc, and Sl bottle, throurh- out the United States and Canada; and in England, at Is. 2d., 2s. 3d., 4s. Gd If yru are not satisfied after buying, return tie bottle to your druggist, and get your money back.
 Be duth0ri=e he dborc onnrantee.
 Y. II. HOOKER ( O. '" York;
 EOr Sale hv w Edwards
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

perfect. TIE compartments. 0, s, ~,
II. Is, II, q, % and 81 were the merest
triflle larger than they should have
been, and the edges OF at least few
OF the divisions were declared to have
been the merest trihe higher than the
others. Was the roulette imperfect by
accident? TO imagine anything else
would be to doubt the good faith OF
an honorable German manufacturing
optician, Herr Schwilge, of Stras-
bourg to whom the Casino authorities
pay 1000 francs apiece for the ma
chimes. Schwilge's roulettes have
European reputation for the most per-
feet precision. Turned with force,
their cylinders continue to revolve for
twelve minutes. Had an employe of
Herr Schwilge been bribed to Fix"
that particular machine? 1t is diff
cult to believe it. But it is still more
difficult to imagine how an accom-
plice in the employ of the Casino peo-
pie could have done it. The thing re-
mains mystery. Only ever since then
the sixteen roulette wheels Of Monte
Carlo have been changed about from
table to table nightly. The thing is
done in secret, by special employees.
Each cylinder is examined for
scratches and other private marks
that might betray its identity; and
they keep fifty reserve cylinders on
hand.
If one listens to the wonderful stories
of the Monte Carlo croupiers' skill in
throwing the ball and pushing the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

cylinder that are current in the bars
and smoking rooms Of Nice and Monte
Carlo hotels and pensions one begins
to wonder that conspiracies against
the bank are not more common.
Marvellous Hand of the Croupier.
Even the best friends OF the bank,
who can see nothing crooked" about
the operations and nothing mysterious
in its luck, admit willingly that The
hand" of the croupier plays an I'M
portant role in the bringing shout OF
the roulette results. One croupier Will
be more likely to bring low numbers,
in spite Of the fact that the numbers,
high and low, are scattered all over
the cylinder. Another has a tendency
to make high numbers come OUT
And a third will bring the neigh
bors'-i. e., numbers of the cylinder
adjoining those which have just won.
All this, they say. is done unconscious
ly, without the will or power of tho
croupier. 1t is simply habit OF hand
that, in the long run, produces certain
results.
There are others, however, who SEQ
in the hand of the croupier a real oc-
cult power. please remember" willy
old habitue was saying only last night
at Ciros, that the postulant croupior
at Monte Carlo is obliged to do two
years apprenticeship before he is al
lowed to turn the public During
these two years he is Obliged to prac-
tice five hours a day at all the functions
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

sums and looking differently on phe-
nomenal runs of luck, the banks pro-
tectors began worrying. Night after
night they were bringing back no
profits to the general cashier. Often
they brought him heavy losses. They
themselves asked to be changed from
Table No. 2 which they declared to be
hoodooed. A new set of croupier5 and
watchers was put in their place Still
Table No. continued losing money.
In two months it had cost the admin
istration over 100000 francs, or $4,000
francs day.
The Italians had been observed by
this time. They were known to be the
guilty winners. Had they found sure
winning system? The administration
laughed at the ideas 1t was remarked,
nevertheless, that the Italians always
played at the same table, and always
ON the single numbers en- pIein or
cheval. This awakened the suspicious
of the administrator, M Bouart, and
caused him, late in the day, to do what
would be done after a weeks bad luck
at present. He ordered the unlucky
roulette cylinder to be put aside. An
other was substituted; and they sat
down to watch the result.
The next morning the Italians en-
tered with business like briskness.
They had come to collect their income,
as usual. Seating themselves at Table
No. 2, they prepared to play. All at
once it was noticed that they heSitatei.
They exchanged chances. They begin
consulting. They 1e-examined the rou-
lette cylinder with furtive glances.
Then they packed away their gold and
bank notes. got up and strolled away,
conversing earnestly. 1t was equiva-
lent to a confession. The syndicate
was surprised into committing an ec-
ror IT ought to have continued play
ing.
The next morning, however, it was
NJ. Bculant's turn TO be surprised. En-
tering the salons a few hours after
their opening, he found the Italians at
their accustomed places, playing-and
winE.ng-as If nothing had happened.
He was more than surprised moment
after, when, ON careful examination, he
discovered that the unlucky cylinder
had been brought back. VINO had re-
placed It? It mattered little and the
traitor in the camp was never discov-
cred. An order was issued for the
guilty machine to be broken up into
kindling wood, the syndicate ceased
betting on its chosen numbers, and the
bank ceased losing $4,000 francs a day
at Table No. 2.
The Method Mystery.
The secret of the matter was never
discovered. Had the Italians merely
observed that the particular roulette
was imperfect? It certainly was i'm
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in prison-'but he had won 10000
francs. The others, escaping with the
spoil, remained faithful to him; and
it is said that, though still in prison,
he is in enjoyment of all kinds of IA
vors. Others pretend that he is not
in prison, that he was secretly let go
because it was feared that he might
talk after serving his term.
The Night of the bomb.
THE evening of the bomb" will re-
main historic in the annals of Monte
Carlo. Four high class confidence
operators, of whom two were said to
be English or American, conceived the
idea of getting away with one of the
trente-et-quarante tables stack of l.
000-francs notes. The play at this
game is much higher than at roulette,
not only because of its lower rake-off,
but because of its higher maximum,
1900 francs ($1,240), and the fact
weighty with those who believe in
such things-that, once the six packs
are shuffled and cut, no chance event,
like that of gold piece falling into
roulette cylinder or the Jumping" of
roulette ball, can risk breaking the
series" Inc tenacity with which
many poker players hold to drawing
their right cards" in case of a turn
up arises from just such a considefa-
ton.
Well. these four conspirators thought
that they might get at the $4,000
francs in big notes that each trente-et-
quarante table is pretty sure to have in
bank along toward 10 o'clock at night
Each table starts with this sum in gold
and notes, and winning it, with its ac-
cumulations or less its diminutions,
constitutes breaking the bank" Con-
structing a bomb, principally of loose
powder enveloped in caoutchouc. they
furnished it with a concealed spiral fuse
and introduced it into the large gaming
hall hidden in the high silk hat of one
of the conspirators. The others sought
places near the principal croupier at a
prosperous trent-et-quarante table, con-
venient to the bank pool and gave the
signal. He of the bomb and plug hat,
watching his opportunity, deposited the
hat, with the bomb in it, On the large
mantelpiece in the centre of the hall,
lit it with cigar that he had kept
palmed for the purpose, and coolly
strolled away.
1t was 10 p. m. The concert had
finished. The gaming hall was filed
with the overflow, and all was ANNA
ton. Suddenly a formidable eAplo-
sion filled the Casino with clouds of
thick smoke and Undesirable alarm.
The Anarchists had not then been for
gotten, and it had been predicted that
the Monte Carlo Casino, filled with the
rich and idle, ought to be considered
by the Anarchists an ideal sport for
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their propaganda. The thick smoke
covered a good-sized panic. Several
persons, slightly wounded in the face
and hands by flying pieces Of broken
glass, looked through the smoky mist
as if they might be badly wounded.
In their haste to set away many jump
ed from windows. At the central door
the monumental form of Caroline H
of the demi-monde laid the foundation
for a human barricade. She had fall
en- PROSTATE, and after her came others
Hats were smashed, coats torn, gowns
ripped, and gas brackets loosened. The
four conspirators had calculated that,
besides creating great clouds of smoke,
the explosion would put out the light.
Happily for the bank, the gas only
went out The petroleum lamps, which
are retained for double safety, despite
the march Of improvement, continued
feebly to light the scene. They made
light enough for the cool-headed
croupiers, who, faithful to their trust,
stood on the alert to guard the bank
roll. There was dash made-and
TWO of the c0nspirators were taken
into custody. Then they tore away
the next moment and escaped is only
a detail. The next day visitors to the
Casino observed that all the mantle
pieces had been taken down. and that
a rule had been posted forbidding hats
or packages to be deposed on chairs,
on tables, sofas or the floor. You
must now hold your hat in your hand
or leave it at the vestaire.
Italians Won Heavily.
The band of eighteen Italians who,
a few years ago, won 100000 francs in
one month from the bank owed their
good fortune not so much to active as
to passive fraud. They bet on the
physical defects of a particular roul-
cite. Was it a fraud? The Casino peo-
pie thought so, though they could not
see their way to prosecuting the Of
tenders. Perhaps it would be best to
call it an indelicacy.
In any case, these Italian geniuses
began by observing that the roulette
machine at Table No had a manifest
tendency to repeat frequently the
same numbers: 0, s, II, IA, Is, II, "a,
%, and 81. This discovery led them
to experiment a cheval on the num-
bers 12-15, 14-17 and 2S-31, which
happen to be neighbors on the LAY
out" and en- plein on the single
squares of 0, and "a. Divided into
several groups, relieving each other
every two hours. they began betting
heavily from the opening of the sa-
looms till their closing. At the begin
ming the chef de partie, the eroupiers,
the lookouts, spies and detectives who
are banded around each able to pro-
tect it paid no attention to them.
After several days, however, habituat-
ed though they were to pay out big
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
MANY WAYS TO BREAK
THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO.
Conspiracies With the Croupiers-- Out and Out
Thefts--Clever Systems Which Sometimes Win.

Special Correspondence IF the Register.
MONTE CARLO, November 28-A
little before Christmas last year when
Nice and Monte Carlo had filed up
with their sporting cosmopolitan win
ter populations, one Of the trusted en-
ployes of the bank called croupiers
made combination with nine other
Chrlstmas-money-seekers to defraud
his own trente-et-quarante table.
1t is a curious fact that scarcely one
in ten of those who play against the
game through a Monte Carlo season
understands how trente-et-quarante is
operated. They see the croupier or
tailleur, deal the cards into two little
piles; they hear him count the points,
and they perceive that red or black
has won-but why or how they seldom
take the trouble to ask.
This game, sometimes called rouge
et-noir, or red and black, preferred by
serious players to roulette because of
its smaller pecentage against them, is
operated with six packs of 81 cards
each. The picture cards count 10 each.
the others count their points. In trente-
et-quarante, meaning thirty-and-forty
the winner Of each deal is the color
whose little pile of cards, SURPRISING
30, comes the nearer to 80. The
tailleur deals first for black. Suppose
the cards come: King of clubs (10),
seven Of clubs CD, two Of hearts (2),
ace of diamonds a., three of spades
90, six of diamonds (6), and three
of hearts (3). Total, 80. The employee
announces simply Two" and begins
to deal for red. Suppose they come;
Five of diamonds (5), three of clubs
90, jack of hearts 10), two of spades
t2),>nine of hearts (9), and six of clubs
(6). Total, 50. The employee announces
Five" and adds, Red loses"
1t is this Red loses!" that the aver
age player goes by. He does not know
that each packet must add up more
than 80 and less than 40, and that the
winer is the weakest total, nearest to
80. Thirty-one is the lowest total pos
sible, and 40 the highest The word
black is never pronounced. Suppose
black adds up 80 and red Sc. The tail
leur calls ''Two-six. Red loses!" Sup
pose black adds up 81 and red 81, he
calls: "Seven-one, Red wins!" When
both count the same total, say sc, he
calls: mo play" A tie means mo
play" except in one case, when both
colors count q" This makes the re-
fat, the banks commission, CORE
spending to the zero" or roulette AS
with the money bet on the even
chances at roulette, the refait puts all
the money on red and black Sin pris-
on The next deal decides whether
the money on red er that on black
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

is to be irrevocably lost. The non
loser simply gets his stake back.
Even imagining the average player
to get this far he is most unlikely to
master the intricacies o. couleur and
inverse, and the manner of calling
them. Couleur is blacks first card,
i. e., the first card Of the first rangee,
Couleur wins when it is the same as
the winning color at trente-et-quar-
lit is confusing. Suppose the first
card be black, suppose blacks total
comes to be SO and reds a. The tail
Ieur announces the coup: "Six-four;
red wins and color loses" If the first
card had been red (the winning color
at the simple game) he would have
said: "Six-four; red wins and color"
When color loses inverse wins but
the word is never pronounced.
Beating the Bank.
To return to the unfaithful croupier
and his combination. The syndicate
was made up Of an ex-croupier, at the
time operating a clandestine roulette at
Nice; a man without profession, his
woman friend, an employe of the ex-
croupier and five other individuals OF
the same morality, who got away. The
$4,000 francs capital of the syndicate
was divided equally among the nine,
who stationed themselves around their
partners table. When it came his turn
to take the bank they made ready. He
gave the signal. Immediately three or
four of his associates demanded gold
for 1000 franc notes from the three
other croupiers of the table. AT the
same instant, the lady, who had re-
manned standing let fall to the floor a
handful of gold 20,franc pieces. It
stopped the game, because many of the
players had to make room for the SER
wants to pick up the coins.-
At the moment when the attention Of
all was distracted, one of the syndicate
slipped into the unfaithful tailleurs
hand, on top of the other cards he held,
several similar cards arranged to make
red win eight times in succession. The
game started up again. The syndicate
bet on red and, in the space of few
minutes, relieved the Monte Carlo bank
of 100000 francs, or $4,000.
But Monte Carlo is well served on
the whole. The chief de partie, who
had noticed that all the heavy betting
remained faithful to red, even after
it had won five, six. seven times in
succession, counted the cards later on,
and found thirty too many. The I'M
faithful croupier was conducted to the
director, and, after being passed
through the third degree, arrested.
Brought up before the Monaco tribunal
he was condemned to eighteen months
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thrown away as useless-but the skill
ed Boer armorer repaired and rehtted
it, and it has since made several good
reports for Itself in the hands OF Do
Wet
1t is safe to say that. notwithstat1>
ing the long pursuits he has LED the
British troops and the sharp and ter
rible fights he has occasionally given
them. there is no more popular CONF
mander on the Boer side than Gen.
eral De Wet, and IL he were taken
his reception would be far different
from that OF Others. He has shown
himself a foeman worthy OF his steel,
and that is the kind soldier adnlKsa
and appreciates.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

II all the Boer commanders had
made as hard fight and persistently
offered so many obstacles to the Brit
ish advance In South Africa as Gen
eral Christian De Wet, the famous
guerrilla leader, there would now be
NO talk of bringing home the crack
regiments aid leaving only a corpo-
rails guard on duty there. The portrait
which is presented here shows him
as wearing a pair of breeches appro-
priated at Rhenoster river and hold
ing a rife which had been previously
taken from the Beers and then recap
tured. The lock was injured and the
barrel bent-in fact. the arm was
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-06-19
Italian Cabinet Resigns.

Rome, June 1S-The Cabinet has re-
signed owing to vote opposing the
governments proceedings.