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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

finer feelin's is hogwash, an is never
heerd on, 'ceptin' I'm losers.
1.-THE trouble with folks as don't under
stand poker is that most Of EN- mixes
it up with gambIin', an fails to get on
to the reel hardness O. the game. I
amt sayin' that gamblin' is moral The
Scripters tells better than that FeIers
has asst me why I didn't get a faro lay
out fer the back room, but never seed
no good reason for investin' money in
immoral schemes O. that nature, when
poker has been provided by Providence
as a means of improvin' the human race
without expense or risk to the proprie-
.asor of the place.
THAT ere hard'nin O. the heart talk
though, makes me sick. Just because a
man takes money as has come to him,
honest an natural, in the course of a
. game, havin' won it proper, by his su-
Nperior knowledge O. human natur' an
the principles O poker, or, maybe, by
bein' capable enough to handle the cards
so slick that the other players don't see
what he's dom, other folks that amt
as capable as he is heave dornicks at
him, an call him a monster O. greed.
To hear EN- talk you d think a man that
knowed enough to win at poker was in
capable c. dom manly or a charitable
act.
whenever I hear SIGH rot" and here
the old man stopped for moment and
glared at Ben McAllister, who had been
complaining rather bitterly that after
noon of his i'll luck the night before, Il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

gave Whittridge a pair O. queens in the
draw an took three cards himself, know
in that Whittridge would bet all he had
on an ace full against a three-card draw.
There amt many men that wouldn' t
thout they suspected. the dealer an
sam mad KEEP up to the game all the time
sos Whittridge wouldn't suspect any
thIng. 1t was very capable play.
course, It were Sans first bet, an
lie put UP $1,000, caTlatin' that Whittridge
would raise him $1,000, which he did
That gave Sam his chance, an he raised
1T 5000 more, maxim Wfittrdge call for
a show for his pile or else lay down
Just naturally he called for show, put
tin up the last cent he had, which Sam
raked in as cool as could be, shown
down four kings. ~
Wh1ttridge turned as white as cotton
an sort O gasped as if he'd been stab
ped, but ne never squealed. He sat for
minute Iookin' at the cards an then
Drawn long breath he got up an
after him with sort O. CLEAN in his
eye, but he didn't say nothjn'. Then he
put his money IN his pocket, an turnfn
to me he said: S'posfn we have bot
tie O. Wine.
THE bar was closed, for it was near 2
game for an hour or So kind O. loekin
Tor somethIn' to happen, KNOWN what I
did ABOUT the two men, but o. course I
was WllIln TO open up again for custo-
mer like Wilson, so we goss TO the bar
together an opens a bottle O cham
many time before While We was a
slppln' the SECOND glass there was pis-
tol Shot on the deck an I started an
looked at Sam. / knoWed what he was
thlnkin Of well enough, an I was think
III the same thing, but he never moved a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

always think O. Sam Wilson that ulster
travel the river pretty steady about
thirty Years ago. He were one O. the
best players 1 ever knowed, an man,
every inch of, him. You never herd
him whimper if he lost, though don't
remember ever seem him lose more n
once or twice when he had sense enough
to see .he was stacked up against a COM
bination O. three players an stood no
show. so just naturally he cashed in an
quit.
Wilson was the quickest man with his
weapons I ever saw, but he never drawed
'em 'thout it were REILLY necessary. 1
never knowed him to kill man but once,
an that We're a case where he had to
do it to save himself This Teller drawed
a knife on him an Sam shot him i'll the
wrist, same as he usually did in such
cases, but the Teller was good grit as I
ever see, an stead O. givin' up as a
man gen'ally does when he's dropped
his knife an has his hand disabled, he
cussed a little, but stopped an picked
up his knife with his left hand, an
jumped at Wilson as quick as a cat, not
losin no time with his cussin. Just nat
UraIly Wilson had to shoot again, an
this time he couldn't stop to aim for the
wrist, an so he plunked him through the
heart.
HE was awful sorry, Sam was, an
it was over he talked it over with me.
I hate to kill man, says he, because
there's always more or less talk about
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

vantage of it. If he'd ha' won too much
On his own deal he'd ha been likely to
get in trouble, an Sam never looked for
trouble. He was one that was satisfied
with the percentage when it was en- his
size, an didn't try to get everything in
enc mOuthful.
well, just naturally, after about TWEEN
ty-four hours play, them New Orleans
fellers had all either gone broke or had
got enough. Whittridge had made sew
eral thousand, an Sam had got the rest
There must h been ever thirty thousand
change hands in the game up to that
point, an You might ha' thought them
two would ha been satisfied to quit but
that was just what neither of END do
w hen the last OF the suckers hey had
was tired out an got up to leave the
game, them TWO KEEP right on playin'
without word, an 1 see it was likely
TO be all day with WhittTidge before they
got through. He was sore to think Will
son had got so much more O. the money
than he had, an Wilson was lust as
Whlin to win his money as anybody
else s. even II he WaTn't a Ieetle more
He. didn't make no quick play of it,
though. Sam Wilson We're an artist for
sure. He knowed we'll enough that if
Wmttridge was to get suspicious it
W0uldnt take long for him to tell stories
that would hurt his reputation, an Sam
had the name O playin' as straight a
game as was played. There warn't many
DIS hnON6Q MIN the way knOWed him
an /, for one, knowed enough to say
nothin'. 1 wouldn't be tellin' this about
him now if he warnt dead
SO he played along for morn an hour,
Fettn Whitt1idge win pretty often an
even lettin' him get a couple O. thou
sand ahead once. There couldn't nobody
accuse man of crooked play that did
that But all the time he knowed every
card he give Whittridge afore Whittridge
seed EN- himself, an Whittridge hadT' t
no more show than a baby. 1t were only
question o how much Wilson proposed
to take.
Finally it pears he intended to take
1t all, for after the cards had run pretty
small fer ten minutes or so he give Whit
ridge three aces afore the draw They
was plaYin' a SO ante, an Whfttridge
had his SO up, o. course Wilson looked
at his cards for a minute an said: Sun
pose we make it $780, shown uD his
money as he spoke. That made a $40
raise, o course, an Whittridge was
pleased enough. Make it $780, he saws
putin up a century an pullin' down his
$40, Two hundred. if you like, says Sam,
careless like, KNOWN that Whittridge
would keep on. 'S'pose we say $500 saws
Whittridge. "A thousand saws Wilson
Two says Whittridge- All right, says
sam They'd both been putin Up the
SUN as they talked, 50 there was $4,000 on
the table when they drew cards.
w hittrldge had about s., Geo moro with
him, an Sam kl1ewed it an was caIcu
latin to take it or this hand So he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

muscle. 4 was curious to see whether
ned smile, but he didn't. He just went
on sippln' his wine if he hadn't heer'd
r Lli5 which L knowed he'd herd it as
I didn't say nothin' neither, waitin' to
hear What he would say when he got
ready ready to say ANYTHING, but while we stood
tnere, drlnkfn' in walks Whittridge
just naturally. you could ha knocked
NE down with a cotton ball, for ! was
tnlnkln' O. him Just then as a corpse
elIner ON the deck or in the water, for
fellers gener'ly gets outside the rail to
shoot themselves, which is good thing,
Tor it saves a lot O. trouble on the boat
L looked a Wilson, but he never culver
ed. He set down his glass an said sOpen
another bottle. will you? I think Mr.
Whittridge will join US
But Whittridge shook his head an
said, kind o. hoarse like: No, [ don't
want to drink, but / want to ask a IA
vor of you, Wilson,
Sans face kind Q, hardened a bit as
If he thought that Wilson was goin' to
ask for a show to win back his money
on wind, an he told me afterward that
that's Just what he was thinkin', in
when case nee ha' had to say no, that
he just says What is it?
want you to lend ne your gun
says Whittridge. 4 dropped mine on
deck just now as I was talzin' It out. an
it went off when it struck the deck an
fell overheard.
Sam looked at him harder n ever
Z,
I did. that Whittridge was up to some
game an was goin' to shoot him with his
own gun if he give it to him, but one
look satisfied him. Certainly he said as
pleasant as custard pie.
With that he put both hands behind
him an pulls out two guns, one in each
hand. Reachin' his left hand out he Of
fers Whittridge the one in that hand. AT
the same time keepin' the one in his right
pointed, kind o careless like at Whit
ridge. An the pistol he gave him he
gave with the muzzle toward Whfttridee-
so, if he was goin' to be funny he'd
have to tumble with it for a minute
which would give Sam all the time nee
essary.
But that wasn't Whittridge's game
He just says Thank you,' an walked out
again. Sam looked at me kind o curious
an walks out after him. Just naturally
l locks up my door and walks out after
both of EN-.
when I got out on deck I see Whit
ridge climbin' over the rail just for'ard
of the paddle wheel with the. gun in his
hand an Sam about thirty feet off look
n at him Just as Whittridge was raisin'
his gun to shoot himself the mate comes
Fushin' up an yellin' at him. but VIII
Son stepped for'ard an says, Very o11iat
None O. that. Don't you know better
than to interfere with a gentleman He
took care to let the mate see as he spoke
that he had a gun in his hand. toe, an
the mate he naturally stopped just be-
fore reachin' Whittridge.
Whittridge, he seen it ALL an he turns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
AMERICAN CADETS FENCE.
a Team Defeats 0me of the Visiting
WarshiDs of France
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
When the French Warships which re-
Gently visited this country arrived at
Annapolis the cadets of the naval academy
sent a challenge to the cadets on board
the visiting vessels for q contest. The
challenge was promptly accepted. and the
contest took place in the naval academy
gymnasium, and was conducted accord
ing to the international fencing reguld-
tons. The french team included En-
signs Roy and FTanquet, from the Ce-
ellie and Ensign Pertus. from the Suchet
On the American team we're Naval
Cadets Adolphus Andrews, OF Texas:
Lewis B. Mcbride, of Pennsylvania, and
Sidney II. Henry, Of New York.
There were nine bouts, of which the
Americans won seven. In points tn
Americans scored thirty-two and the Wis
itors eighteen. The naval cadets felt
confident before the contest began that
they would win. and were anxious TO
have the American pubic know that they
are able to cope successfully win
Frenchmen in the art which has its high
est development in France.
The pleasing feature Of the contest was
the friendly spirit which prevailed.
From beginning to end both parties were
generous and courteous rivals. TIE
Frenchmen took their defeat with French
politeness, and the Americans did nor
glcat over their victory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
NEAR VIEW OF DIR. HOLMES.
Attracted Everybody, but None Grew
Familiar with Hin.

Physically, says Rebecca Harding Dav-
is, writing in Scribner's Of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, he was a very small man,
holding himself stiff1y erect-his face as
insignificant as his figure, except for a
long, obstinate upper lip cleft to me-"
t-granGnother"), and eyes full Of a
wonderful fire and sympathy. No enc on
whom DR.. Holmes had once looked with
interest ever forgot the Iook-or him.
He attracts all kinds of people as a
brilliant, eXcitabfe child would attract
them. But nobody, I suspect, ever sue
ceeded in being familiar with him.
Americans at that time seldom talked
Of distinction Of class or descent. You
We're only truly patriotic if you had a
laborer for "a grandfather and We're glad
of it, But the autocrat was natrician-
CROUCH to represent the descsnt of a
-Daimio, with 1900 years Of ancestry be-
hind him. He was the finest fruit Of that
Brahnnin order of New England which
he first had classified and christened He
had too keen an appreciation Of genius
not to recognize his own. He enjoyed his
work as much as his most fervent ad-
nlirers, and openly enjoyed. too their ap-
plause. / remember one evening that he
quoted one Of his poems, and I was
forced stupidity to acknowledge that I
did not know it. He fairly jumped to the
book case, took out the volume and read
the verses, standing in the middle Of
the room, his voice trembling, his whole
body thrilling with their meaning.
''Therer he cried a the end his eyes
flashing, could anybody have said that
better? Ah-hI' with long. drawn
breath Of delight as he put the book back.
He had the fe1vor, the irritabilIty, the
tenderness Of woman. and her whimsf-
cal fancies, too. He was, unlike women.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
TIE MORALITY OF POKER
MAN WHO HAS SEEN MUCH OF 1T
DEFENDS HIS FAVORITE
GAME
PAY ON TIE MISSISSIPPI
After Which the Loser BORROWED q
Gua From the winner and
= Made His Exit Under
the PaddIewheels.

Folks often says that playin' poker is
immoral, an tends toward a hardenin'
OF the heart" said old man Greenhut
one afternoon when business was slack,
but that sort Of talk is on'y hot air.
Fellers lose, an not bein' game they
squeal when the other teller takes the
money. am 90 yawpin' round tellin'
how faint Christian to get money that
way. I've always noticed when them
same fellers wins they haint nothin' to
say about immortality, nor yet them finer
feelin's as ought to keep a man I'm OBJ
sorbin' other folks money Them same
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

to Sam. an says, Thank you, Wilson,
An with that he shoots an falls square
in front O. the paddle wheel.
That was all the proof I ever wanted
man of his natural goodness O. disDosf-
ton if he has any, but Sam Wilson gave
even better proof than that. Two months
afterward he married the wilder"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

eager to help you out with your unreal
sonable wnins. One day / happened 10
confess to a liking for old graveyards and
the strange bits of human history to he
found or guessed at in them. The result
was that he became my cicerone the next
day to Mount Auburn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

The two best Tourist car lines are op-
Grated by the Minneapolis & st. Louis R.
r.. Tuesday via the Santa Re Route,
only S1A days to Los Angeles. No change
Of cars. Thursdays. the Scenic Line, viz
Denver and Salt Lake. Berth rate in new
IS section vestibu}ed Pullman tourist cars
only $500 through
For full Information cal on r. D. Ruth
erford, City Ticket agent. No. 3s3 Rob
ert street
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The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
From Nome City.

Under date of December 8, 1899, Rob-
ert Neil writes his family in Dickinson
The letter was written at Nome City
mailed at Skagway, Alaska, Feb. IS and
received in Dickinson the 9Th of this
month. MI. Mel states that it will be
his last chance to send out a letter and
that the price for sending letters is 81
each.
MI, Neil writes that he had made all
necessary arrangements to return home
in October, having saved up $500, but
that some parties broke into his cabin and
stole all of his money. He was pretty
blue. He says work is plenty and wages
good. The country is very rich in gold
and when the water will permit the peo-
pie make great quantities of money.
sEAt the time Mr.. Neil wrote they had
about 4hours of daylight out of "a. The
first boat, he wrote, would leave Seattle
next May and reach Nome in June; and
they were looking for a great rush of gold
seekers. Mr.. Neil said that he should
take hold in the spring with good heart
and do his best to get wealth and whether
rich or poor would return to Dickinson
next fall.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
Nn,H---

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, unlike
President Cleveland, is not going
to have congress on his hands.
The modification of his position
with regard to the Puerto Rican
tariff, much as it is to be regret
ted, is to be attributed no doubt
to his determination that it shall
not be said of him that he has at
tempted to dictate to the country
what policy it shall pursue with
respect to the new territories.
Mr.. Mckinley has always taken
counsel of the people when it was
possible for him to do So. He
did not take the counsel of the
people in days before the Spanish
American war. when, for the pre-
cipitation of hostilities, there was
such popular clamor; but he knew
the conditions, and, as everyone
now admits, wisely postponed the
war until preparations could be
made to carry it on.-Journal.
At the time the Spanish-Amer-
lean war clouds were gathering
the Minneapolis Journal was one
of those papers which went with
the impulsive people in denounc-
ing the president for not precipi-
Eating hostilities sooner, and it is
pleasing to note in the closing
sentence of the above paragraph
that the Journal is now willing to
admit that the presidents position
then was right.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
SENATOR LITTLE of Bismarck
announces that the census will
show North Dakota to have a
population of 100000.

A MANDAN doctor by the name
of Goeschel made a snowy speech
last week before the Morton Co..
board of commissioners and
wound up by asking the board to
adopt a set of Boer sympathy
resolutions. The board concluded
that they we're not elected to
manage the affairs of nations, and
DR.. Goeschel went away much
offended. One of the local pa
pers speaks of the doctor as being
very gentlemanly in appearance,
which may be true, but in our
opinion no doctor is very gentle
manly in act who will not at
tempt to pay a small advertising
bill of 81 or So.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
Still More Counterfeiting.

The Secret Service has unearthed an
other D~nd OF counterfeiters and secured
a large number of bogus bills, which are
so ~cleverly executed that the average
person would never suspect them of be-
ing spurious. Things of great value are
always selected by counterfeiters for
imitation, notably the celebrated Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which has many
imitators but no equals for indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness and
general debility. The Bitters sets things
right in the stomach, and when the stom-
ach is in good order it makes good blood
and plenty of it. In this the
Bitters get at the seat of strength and
vitality, and restore vigor to the weak
and debilitated. Beware of counterfeits
when buying.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
Bio Cattle Shippers.

Geo. E. Lennon, manager of the
Shiedley Cattle company and a partner
in the Lake, Toomb & Co. outfit of
South Dakota and Montana, was here
this week from Sturgis, South Dakota.
Mr.. Lennon came recently from Belle
Fourche and says the weather vas as
fine there for range stock as could be.
He was here on BUSINESS and to confer
with their resident foreman, Chas. de
Grafenried. This big cattle company
has secured extensive ranges on the
north side of the Yellowstone in this
county and are about to stock the same
with their herds from Texas and South
Dakota. Mr.. Lennon who is an ex-
perienced cattleman, expects to make
Miles his headquarters later on.-Miles
City Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10

Our village trustees have taken
the necessary steps to procure tor
the town a modern fire equip
ment. The expense is most rea-
sonable for what they arc getting
and the payments are so arranged
that no one will feel any burden of
taxation. Dickinson is fortunate
in having a board of good bust
ness men. The board does not
try to please every individual tax
payer, and could not if they
would, but they try to do that
which is best for the greatest
good of the greatest number.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
Remarkable Cures Of Rheumatism.

From the Vindicator, Rutherfordton,
N. c.
The editor of the indicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm twice with the most re-
markable results in each case. First,
with rheumatism in the shoulder from
which he suffered excruciating pain tor
ten days, which was relieved with two
applications of Pain Balm, rubbing the
parts afflicted and realizing instant bene-
fit and entire relief in a very short time.
Second, in rheumatism in thigh joint, al
most Frustrating him with severe pain,
which was relieved by two applications,
rubbing with the liniment on retiring at
night, and getting up free from pain.
For sale by all druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1900-03-10
Fire Equipment.

The village trustees have contracted
with the Watrous Engine Works of St.
Paul for a frst-class steam fire engine
and a hook and ladder truck with chem
ical attachment. They are also to have
$50 feet of hose, making, with what the
town already has. 1900 feet. The equip
ment is to be delivered in about 80 days
from now, when it is to be thoroughly
tested and if found satisfactory to be ac-
cepted by the board for the contract
price of s2545, the first payment of $500
to be made in 1901, an equal amount a
year later and 50 on until 1905 when the
last payment of s545 is to be made, pro-
viding the village does not wish to take
up the warrants at an earlier date, the
paper being made payable on or before"
with interest annually at the rate Of 7
per cent.
Dickinson is undoubtedly getting ex-
cellent fire protection and at a moderate
cost. The engine has a capacity of 400
gallons per minute and is capable of
throwing three powerful streams at n
time. At the end of ooo feet of hose
the engine will throw n 1-inch stream
I4o feet, and it will do good work at the
end of 1900 feet of hose.
The hook and ladder truck carries the
chemical attachment. The tanks carry
"a gallons which will easily control any
ordinary fire in its first stages. Fire sta
tistics show that when this amount Of
| chemicals will not put out a fire it is use.
less to use more and water is necessary
Such a fire as the town had a few
weeks ago when the DIR. Perkins resi-
| dence burned would have been easily ex'
| tinguished with such a chemical attach
mcnt as the town is getting, and there
would have been no damage to property
by water.
The plan of the board is to sink large
wells in parts of the town where watc1
can be had at not too great a depth anc
it is likely that a few cisterns will be put
in, and there will be the railroad supply
of water as in the past. This will give
the whole town irst-class protection
something that it needs very much.
Figuring on the present valuation o
Dickinson, which is increasing ever,
year, the necessary tax levy to pay off tn
fire apparatus expenditure, covering owe
a period Of five years, would be ~ mill:
or a yearly tax of $3.50 on a $4,000 valu
alton, and there are few residents havin,
an assessed valuation of this amount
more $1,000 and less. So that there vii
be no burden placed upon the people il
the purchase OF this apparatus; AM
what is best OF all, no bonded indebted
ness. Further than this, if after a fe,
years the town should decide to put in
system of water works, the present Out
lay would not be lost, as a steamer is on
of the requirements of all first-clas
towns and the hook and ladder true
and chemical attachment is also required
Dickinson is to be congratulated O
having finally taken the necessary step
to procure adequate fire protection. TIL
board of trustees have acted wisely i
this connection and every body will sa,
so as soon as they see the equipment an
} realize what it is capable of doing.