Evening star., 1901-02-25

and names which are peculiar" said a
| drummer in a downtown hotel 81 saw a
sign on one of Washington's principal thor
| oughfares which will cause a smile on the
races of the lovers of the appropriate. 1t
read thus:
| q" To the barber shop and boot-blackng
| parlor'
/ Boots are not backed In parlors though
men are shaved in shops. but the polishing
| of shoes is subordinate to shaving 1t
| should read like this:
! To the palace of tonsorial art and the
drawing room of pedal embellishments
| 'one Washington tailor fourshes under
| the appropriate name of Needle and an
| other is A. Tryon In London, near the
/ Bank of England there IS tailor who
does business under the title Of Mr. As"
Mr.. Emile Quarre. mayor Of Eagle City.
, Alaska, is at the Shoreham. Mr.. Quarre
| said:
Il have just returned from Paris, where
l went to try and interest French capital IN
various mining properties owned by me in
the vicinity of Eagle City. Our city is as
you probably already know, the most
northern one in the Union, being little
more than a hundred miles north Of Daw-
| son. A few years back 1t was trading
| post, with one store. 1t has now grown
into city of over fourteen thousand in
| habitants, well laid out, with principal
| streets, on which every mercantile industry
| is well represented.
| Concerning the outlook for the coming
season in the Eagle City district, l think
it better than ever before. The miners in
our district have been uniformly successful
in getting gold in paying quantities though
no startling finds have been reported. 1
| have with me now samples of gold from
over forty creeks in our territory, and
| hAC AN-ArN of
| Alaska We expect our output this year
| to far exceed that Of any previous season.
| Great quantities Of machinery went in dur
| ing the last open season, and with the
working facilities thus greatly improved,
the output cannot but be correspondingly
| greater. While it is generally understood
| that the open season covers but five
months, a matter of fact miners in our
| district can and do work seven months. L
| shall leave in a few days for San Fran
cisco and all take the first steamer going
| in, reaching Eagle City about June l.
| DR.. W. T. Congdon of Cincinnati was at
| the Raleigh on his way home from the
| sounds of North Carolina. He said con-
| corning the hunting there:
| Il have for some years taken this way
| of spending my vacation. l find II rests
me more than would trip to the seashore.
and 1 do not undergo the fatigue due to
| the heat of summer. l think the sport on
| the sounds is finer this year than l have
| ever seen it. l spent over month in
| various localities within radius of a hum
| dred miles. Duck, geese and brant swarm
| on the waters there in thousands. L ire
| quently shot duck until my arm was rem
dered almost useless by the weight of the
| gun and Its recoi l supplied my friends
| at home with all they cared to have, and
| ate them myself in camp until even salt
| pork was a welcome change. The flavor of
the birds in this section is simply delicious.
| They feed on the grasses and Wild celery
! along shore. and L presume this has some
thing to do with imparting this high-class
| flavor. l did most of my shooting from
| blinds. When the birds are disturbed by
shot the noise they make is sometimes
| almost deafening. l noticed one feature
| this year which | had not observed before,
| and that is the use by pot hunters OF
! boats with swivel guns. These guns have
| a long range and throw tremendous
| charge. The discharge of this arm INTO d
| flock of birds means death to hundreds anu
| the Gripping of many more. II Is mercy d
| question of a few seasons more, II TINS
| practice is not stopped, when the present
| paradise of sportsmen will be ruined. Inc
| state should take some acton Oh the su"
| ject.''
Speaking of queer hands held in poker
games" said Elmer NJ. Schorr of Chicago
| at the Metropolitan, Il think L saw the
aueerest of the queer things which happen
| 80 -
game on the train between Chicago and this
| CITY. Four of us were playing. We had
| plugged along with varying luck until we
| were beginning to tire of the game, when
| the deal was made which developed the
| most peculiar set of hands l ever saw or
| heard Of 1t my deal. When 1t came
| to the draw, the man on the left OF me drew
three cards, holding up a king and queen;
the man next to him drew four, holding
| queen The third man drew three, holding
| a king aud tenspot, the latter because he
| hat>a Qlleer superstition about always hold-
| ing a. ten: and | drew four cards, holding
| a queen. A bet of % cents was made, and
| raised a quarter The raise was called all
| around When the hands were laid down
| side by side on the table it developed that
| each player held a sequence of king, queen,
| jack and ten. OF course. this made the
| fifth card the deciding one The man on
the left held a fivespot, the next one sew
| en- the third q nine and myself deuce 80
| you see there were four hands alike, neither
| of any value, and the fifth card deciding the
| winner l had often seen the side card de-
! eide between two hands, each holding
pair but l never heard of the winning hand
| among four players being run out TO the
| last card
Mr.. w. T. Bevans of New York said at
| the Ebbitt concerning the present blizzard
| in that city:
! THE cold snap in New York calls to my
mind a somewhat amusing incident which
| happened during the blizzard there in 1888.
| 1t had showed steadily until the drifts in
| some of the streets had entirely obstructod
| traffic. This condition, of course, called for
| quick relief, and men and teams were ad-
| vertised for to cart the snow to the river.
| Thousands of men and teams were employ
| ed and the snow began to disappear ana
| traffic to be resumed. After a day or so OF
| labor some of the more crafty of the team
| sters began to report SO many loads OF snow
| hauled and dumped that the inspectors and
| bosses grew suspicious. In some cases three
| times as many loads were reported hauled
| the third day as had been reported the sec
| ond An investigation was commenced and
| II was discovered that many of the team
| sters simply drove four or five blocks away
| on some smaller street and dumped their
| loads by the shovelful so that 1t would not
| be noticed piling up In great heaps. OF
| course this discovery put an end TO the
| dishonesty that was being practiced, hut 1t
| cost the city many dollar before the fraud
| was exposed
| The Other Side.