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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-13

ness a Il d grace; the ball should be; thrown overland n o t underhand, the various atti- t;udes that have to be assumed before it can be caught " h e n returned adding to quick ness and lightness of movement.
 The g e II II i n c court curtsy is a most graceful ex- ercise if done with the proper sweep and bend; it, more over, should not only bring grace. but strength and balance a t t Il e Sanon time
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-13
SHE BURIED HER PRIDE.
Aged Woman Sees a Prcaehee's Btufs and Relieves Him of a siI-
 yer Dollar.

1t cost William R. Newell, Chi- cago preacher, one dollar to preach 8 sermon on pride the other night. Mir. Newell, speaking in the Moody church, was endeavoring to show that too much pride was a bad thing, but that most of us are afflicted that way.
 Here is dollar" he said, land am going to give it to any one of you who can bury, your pride long enough to admit that you need the money"
 He paused moment, and then con- tinued, triumphantly:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-13
. Her Mistake.

Mrs. Newbride See here! When I gave you that pie, you promised to saw some wood.
 Hungry Hank-Well, you oughtn't to've gave me the pie first lady.
 Mrs. Newbride The idea! Of all the impudence l.
 Hungry Hank-Dat ain't impotence, lady. mean just ruined de saw tryin' to cut de pie.-Atlanta Constitu- tion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-13
Everybody Can't Do Everything

We can't paint a picture. or carve ! statr1e or make a coat, but we can wash clothes to perfection. We can do 1t because we do nothing else have done nothing else for a good while -b ! cause we have studied 1t. and thought sbout it, and worked hard as any nainter ever did. It requires as much hard work, and practice, and talent, to make good laundry as to make a good picture. Everybody can't paint pie fectlv. We want you to give us a fair rial. and allow us to prove our word.
 Davis Steam Laundry
 Iz CANAL STREET
 Branch office. e Grand street
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

due to ruin at the gaming ia BILE. This
plan worked we'll for time, until some
one got wind of the strategem and
quickly extracted the>money from the
suicides pocket after it had been
placed there by NJ. Blanc's servant.
Then watchers were placed in the
thickets-to guard the s'loaded" corpses,
and it worked we'll until one day sup
posed dead body was found and its
pockets filled with money, when it
raised up and softly made off, and later,
when neither corpse nor money could
be found, M. Blanc concluded his
scheme did not pay.
The attendants at Monte Carlo are
| instructed to always keep the smooth
and shiny surface uppermost and any
thing that threatens to ruff1e the at
mosphere of the gaming room is avoid
ed. If possible, and the ingenious meth
DDS which are sometimes resorted to
to get rid of an Objectionable or trou-
bIesome fellow are well-nigh infinite.
1t is no uncommon thing for the clean
out gamester to have his hotel bill paid
and a return ticket thrust into his
hand.
Tt is said that NJ. Blanc was neither
miser nor a spendthrift. The mil
lions which he laid out in making the
charming place in Monaco the most
beautiful in the world is proof of the
former claim. And he knew that the
professional gamble did not need such
surroundings to draw him to the gam
ing table. He gagged the temper of the
gambler well enough when he said that
he, the gambler, would play in barn.
% Monte Carlo to-day is a perpetual
reminder of the fact that M. Blanc was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
THE CASINO AT MONTE CARLO.

not miser, but it is said that he made
a note of every penny spent and had
many battle royal with his women
folks when they wanted an extra dress
or other finery.
But when one considers how NJ.
Blanc's daughters have married he
might say with Byron,
His game was empires, and his stakes
were thrones;
His table earth, his dice were human
bones,"
for one became the wife of Prince Ro-
land Bonaparte and the other the wife
of Prince Radziwill. While the fair
offspring of the greatest gambler the
world has ever seen did not quite gain
empires or ascend thrones, still their
vast wealth has given them a place
amid the titled of Europe. And, while
verify human bones have been the dice
that N. Blanc dared to use to shake
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

palace and its exquisite gardens on
Spe1ugues hill in the little principally
of Monaco, lives on. In the beginning
of the sixties NJ. Blanc had his banks
(they called them banks, suppose,
because they had sure thing on the
money!, established at Homburg and
Baden-Baden. But if Bismarck dis
cerned the shaping of the German en-
pire, NJ. Blanc was equally astute, and
in 1863 he is said to have remarked:
1.-The German empire is as good as an
accomplished fact to-day, the best
thing 1 can do is to find shop else
where" And the Frenchman eventual
ly Game into possession of the conces-
sions of Monaco which had been grant
ed originally in 1856 to Langlois and
Aukert and later transferred to Lee
febre and then to NJ. Blanc in 1872.
AS we have said, NJ. Blanc is dead, but
joint stock company. the "Societe
Anonyme,'' holds the concession which
NJ. Blanc gained and which runs to
1913, and the ghost of the great genius
of the gaming table continues to hover
over the garden spot. in the center of
which is the famous hall where for
tunes change hands daily and where
the bank is the sure winner, of the
stakes in the end. In proof of this last
statement we have but to turn to the
available figures, which are in a meas
ure reliable. In spite of the expenses
of $4,000 yearly for the concession
and s 100000 yearly for running ex-
penses, besides the expenses of the mu-
nicipality, which the company have to
defray, there are over $4,000 900 francs
GEAR profit. %
In speaking of the expenses of main
tanning Monte Carlo we should not fail
to mention the big sums which are paid
as hush money to many newspapers,
principally Partisan, to suppress hos
tile criticisms. unpleasant facts. sui
cides, etc. The policy of the managers
to avoid all unpleasant scenes and
cover alp all distressing incidents is
only a continuatio of NJ Blanc's
methods The story is told that at
Homburg when the playing was pretty
fieree and the suicides a perfect cpl
demic, N. Blanc resorted to a novel
scheme to preventive papers from de-
cIaring that the victims of self-de-
struction had killed themselves because
OF having lost all their money at his
establishment. A picturesque bit of
forest near the town afforded an inVit-
dng spot for these despondenteones TO
cut short their. careers, andafter many
penniless fellows had been found cold
in death NJ. Blanc stationed watch
man in the thicket to report to him any
dad bodies that might be found in the
woods. Then before the authorities
discovered them NJ. Blanc would have
a roll of bank ootes stuffed In the
empty pockets. and, of course. the
newspapers when reporting the case
could not charge that, tn suicide was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
BIG sTENoGRApHIc FEAT.
Remarkable. work OF Three Men
gnking Testimony before the
Coal Strike Comn,ission.

Three stenographers, and sometimes
only two, in two weeks time took
down almost 600 newspaper columns
of the proceedings of the anthracite
strike commission. All told, there
were 100000 words uttered during
the session of the commissioners, re-
ports the Chicago Tribune.
The shorthand report of all these
proceedings, the testimony of coal
operators, miners, railroad men, boys.
and women of a dozen different ma
tionalities. and score of dialects, all
went into the official reports of the
proceedings, and together with the
wrangling, examining, cross question
ing, and arguments of two score or
more lawyers, never less than %, and
the questions and comments of the
seven mem bers of the commission,
kept the official stenographers busy
every second of the day and far into
the night. Yet every morning each
of the commissioners, lawyers. and
chief witnesses were handed full and
complete typewriter report of the
proceedings OF the day previous.
The stenographers began work TAX
ing down notes at ten o'clock in the
morning. The first reporter began
by taking shorthand notes for 80 min
utes. Then another stenographer
took seat at the table, and as soon
as he began taking down the proceed
ing the first man beat a hasty retreat
to small room in the rear of the hall,
where he dictated his notes to type
writer operator. The second steno-
grapher would take notes for As min
utes, when he would be relieved by
the third man. By the time the third
man had taken notes for 80 or 40 min
utes the first stenographer had fin
ished TRANSFERRING his notes and was
ready to come back to the firing line.
During the noon hour, when the
commission and the lawyers and wit
nesses were out RECALLING themselves
at luncheon the 'stenographers would
be wrestling with their pothooks and
talking away briskly to the typewriter
operators. Just before two they
would take few minutes to swallow
a sandwich and cup of milk, and then
begin work for the afternoon. After
the court had adjourned at 4:30 the
stenographers would find themselves
possessed of enough material to keep
them debating until we'll on towards
midnight. Then they would have to
read the copy made by the typewriters,
compare it with their notes, and cor
rect all errors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

4 GREAT many remedies to
II temporarily relieve catarrh
a have been devised from time to
time, such as sprays, snuffs, creams and
other local applications, but, as a rule,
the medical profession has little or no
enthusiasm in the trea tment of catarh.
It is generally pronounced by them
to be incurable.
It therefore created a great sensa-
ton in medical circles when DR.. Hart
man announced that he had devised a
compound which would cure catarrh
permanently.
The remedy was named Peruna and
in short time became known to thou
sands of catarrh sufferers north, south
east and west.
Letters testifying to the fact that Pc
runa is radical cure for catarrh began
to pour in from all directions.
Thousands of such letters are on file
in the Office of The Peruna Medicine Co.
Rev. E. Stubenvoll, Pella, Wis,
writes: 81 feel obliged to extend you
my personal thanks for my complete
restoration. All through the winter
suffered from throat and lung trouble,
but recovered my entire health by the
use of your excellent remedy. Peruna."
The following letter from prom
inent gentleman of Los Angeles, is a
case in point:
Mr.. j. W. Fuller, President Of the
jewelers. Association of Los Angeles.
Cal. has been in business in that city
for seventeen years out of he fort y-five
that he has been engaged in business.
Concerning his experience with Peruna
he saws:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
"Liberty" Losing Popularity.

The statue of Liberty which "en-
lightens the world" from a small is
land in the upper New York bay, is
not so popular as she was in the days
of her youth. A dozen years ago S.
600 visitors made use of the small
steam ferryboat that plies between
the Battery and her resting place.
while the past year saw but 10000.
The men in charge of the statue and
the boat-a private corporation-have
become weary of their task and have
requested the war department to take
it over. Secretary Root has taken the
matter into consideration. The gov
eminent will doubtless take care here
after of this lady from France, while
the excursion line will be run by
some private concern.-Washingt
Star.
There is no reliable method of pre-
serving rubber except by keeping ii
In a damp place, and away from the
air. Exposure to the air and dry
atmosphere ain kill the best of rub
Der In limo. Oil of any kind is Its
deadly enemy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

fortune into his lap, yet nowadays it il
not a question as to how the fortune
was made, but is there fortune? The
yellow gold is what does the talking.
and the stream that is constantly flow
ing from the pockets of the countless
thousands through the bank at Monte
Carlo into the private accounts Of the
members of NJ. Blanc'sfamily is only
conclusive proof of what Sir Hiram
Maxim says after a thorough study OF
the games at Monte Carlo. Instead o:
the chances of 81 to 60, as stated by the
guide book, it is found that it is only
ten to one. That is. the bank of Monte
Carlo has ten chances to only one fol
the optimistic punter. The man Will
a system who expects to break the
bank. and the one who has'no system
but plays happy-go-lucky game. gee
lots of excitement and experience. bus
depart almost invariably yith light
ened pocket-books. scETT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
OYSTER AS MICRoBE BREEDER.
tary Precautions in Our SeIec-
lions of Eatables.

In these days of dietetic and bac,
THEOLOGICAL research the public is
not unprepared for any announce
ments concerning the poisonous char
acter of foods upon which the human
family has subsisted for centuries.
Neither can the sleuths that search
the human anatomy for new kinds OF
bacteria startle us with photographs
of new microbes, says the Chicago
Record-Herald.
The lover Of the "succulent bivalven
may be excused, therefore, if he does
not evince surprise over the announce.
ment of DR.. Sir James Crichton Fl
Brown, of London, that the oyster is
''a potential torpedo in the bowels
Having eaten the bivalves all his life
without an explosion, the average man
will continue to plant his abdominal
regions with these potential torpedoes
in spite of the warnings of the learned
scientist.
At the same time there is much di
etetic sense and wisdom in what DR.
Brown in his London lecture saic
with reference to the greater need OF
sanitary precautions in our eating
In dilating upon "the decay in the
digestive faculties of civilized man.
he showed that our modern, hurried
methods of living make people less
able to resist disease, and hence the
human body becomes an easier prey
for bacteria. Referring to the recent
outbreaks of typhoid fever in West
chester and Southampton he said the
disease could be traced to oysters.
- That oyster beds are often prolific
breeding grounds for typhoid bacteris
has been a matter of scientific knowl.
edge for years. The warning of DR.
Brown is of especial interest at this
time, however, because of the recent
announcement of DIR. Ferguson. an
other English scientist, that lemon
juice will destroy the vitality OF
typhoid and colon bacilli The prac-
tice of squeezing lemon juice upon q
raw oyster is therefore to be com
mended as in accord with bacteria
logical science and as wise sanitary
precaution.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

"f was troubled with cafsrrh Of the
head for many years. II affected my
sense Of smell, hearing and sight.
spent lots Of money with doctors and
fhe use Of local applications to relieve
me but to no purpose, until my affen-
ton was called to fhe wonderful effects
of Peruna.
"I must say that met with most
surprising and satisfactory results.
Peruna took hold of the complaint and
drove it entirely out Of my system.
"Affhough well along toward the
allotted span OF mans life am
pleased as child over fire results, and
feeIHke q young man again. ~ w.
Fuller.
Such letters as the above are not used
for publication except by the written
permission of the writer.
A pamphlet filed with such letters
will be sent to any address free. This
book should be read by all who doubt
the durability of catarrh.
If you do not receive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa write ut once TO DIR. Hartman. Civ
ing full statement of your case. and
he will he pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus O
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

q father of mischief" We do
Iot wish to raise any question as to the
accuracy of this definition. Round up
the army of gamblers to be found III
every corner of the globe, and avarice,
iniquity and mischief. g if not black
crime, would be found to be the bugle
calls to which they yielded eager aud
ready response. But NJ. Francois
Blanc, the king of roulette and trente-
et-quarapte, and the founder of Monte
Carlo, stands in class by himself, and
this day he at least would have had to
add that gambling was, if not the pro-
genitor, then the incubator, ola genius
that has dazzled and held certain
section of the worlds society" which
loves to linger over the green cloth and
hear the click of the ivory ball. 1t was
not Monte Carlo which gave to the
sporting world NJ. Blanc, but it was NJ.
Blanc, the keen reader of the
human heart, the foreseer of hu-
man events and the skillful gen
sral who could apply his knowl-
edge to his own profit by cater
ing for the amusement of the so-called
better classes, who discovered Monte
Carlo. and made it the polite and fasci-
mating gambling center of the universe,
NJ. Blanc has been dead these many
years, but the genius, shall we not say
evil genius (although there be those
who would even defend Monte Carlo),
which planted this unique gambling
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
wall OF the Pessimist.

When you dig my little gravelet pray
you dig it deep and tuck me in quite snugly
for my long and snoreless sleep. For I
would be free forever from the guys who
want to know if I think twill rain to-mor-
row or if thereu be more snow. I'm not
afraid of bunko men, of turf or mining
sharks, but plant me deep beyond the reach
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
Practical knowledge.

What. asked the party with the conun-
avenue and a street,"
ooh, about $50 on q months rent" re-
piled the man who knew whereof he spoke.
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

1t is pity that we do not give more heed
to the still small voice, but it must be ad-
nitted that Conscience Is far from being q
delightful conversationalist.-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

this and Billion Dollar
Grass are the eEo most
wonderful grasses Of the
century. BROMU6 pro-
duces s tons and EHlau O
Grass IL tons or hay and
lots anu lots OF p3ss1rage
besides, Per acre Grows
wherever soil g found.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

tOCarAe8
So so and Up q barrel.
l,oSo. 90 bus eieGanfese6
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

Victoria Rape
makes &c possible to grow
hogA sheep and cattle &C
. cost OF but lc alb Mar
vSlcusly prolific, dos veil
eF~Where- That Payl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

Greg>est cereal focd O
eSrta-@ bus grain and q
tons magnificent hay pr
acre That PEyA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

o LESS a person than the
immortal George Washing
ton declared that gaming
is ting child of avarice, the
brother Of iniquity and the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

We wish you 60 S cur
Sgreat farm seeds, hence
oder to send 10 farm SD
49, eHnpleS. NacArou1 wheat,
Teostnte, Rape. Giant
. Clover. Spelez. etc, (wcrth
80 TO get q ssartl With our
grSatcsealog,fo for 1oc postage
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

W9c6roni HRSGS-
Greatest wheat On earth
for arid. dry, hos eoIkz-
yields s. bus per acre. In
froduced BY Us Dep& or
Agriculture It's sNSn1cx.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13

Golden Gate Corn
fSewSee bushels per ACRE;
truly &Wonderfulvarie<y.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-12

year. II the proposition made to the
Attorney Generals department is bona
hde, four banking houses of Honolulu
are reused to a realization that their
financial calculations don't balance
within several rows of apple trees; that
there is more money in this town than
they know anything about and four
gambling huis really control the flnan-
clal situation with several hundred
thousands of mythical capital drawn
from the limitless boards of dream.
land and coined in the mint of human
invention.
The sensational detail of the bribery
experience of the Attorney Generals
department, when put through the
sieve Of common sense is a good deal
l&e the condition of the Attorney Cen
eral after his long vigil in a close,
musty wardrobe with his press agent
half baked
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-12
OUTSIDE TALENT

Besides the talent actually furnished
by the antlered members of the min
strelsy troupe which gives its enter
tainments on Thursday and Saturday
evenings, the Elks have been rein
forced by much OF the best amateur tai
ent of the city. Among these ARE
Messrs. Elston. Charlock. Macintosh,
Waterman, Harrison, Herzer and
Dougherty, who appear as end men.
soloists and actors.
Sam Johnson. a member Of the order,
brings a corp of trained volunteers in
the bayonet drill, Vierra and All Sing
give an exhibition of laundry work and
the Tuxedo Quartette also appear. The
rest of the program is furnished by
Elks themselves.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-12

enthusiastic session was held, lasting
until nearly II o'clock.
The Finance Committee reported the
secretary's books for the fiscal year
had been audited and he was re-elect.
ed for another year. They also report
ed the Exchange to be in position
now to reduce the dues nearly one.half.
An amendment to the bylaws placing
the initiation fee at S. as long as the
membership is within the 100 limit,
was recommended to the Exchange.
The system by which members can use
the influence Of the Exchange in quiet
and friendly but very effective way
IN the collection of accounts within
ten days from filing with the secretary
was extended to include accounts OF
members against outsiders.
The outlook for the Exchange for the
new fiscal year the Board considers
most favorable both as to membership
and usefulness in and to the city OF
Honolulu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-12
'TiSer'S Love Tap
STORY
Does Not Pan Out

Sonny" Cunha stated this morning
that the condition Of his brother
"Toots," who was beaten yesterday by
his schoolmates, was much worse this
morning. Yesterday he did not suffer
to any extent from his beating. This
morning young Cunha was very sore
all over his body. His lower ribs
ached from the ropes with which he
had been bound. His spine had been
injured from the force with which he
was thrown down on the base. DR..
Galbraith was summoned to attend to
his injuries
When seen this morning, the doctor
stated to a Bulletin reporter that he
had attended to young Cunha. He
found that his spine had sustained an
injury which, although he did not think
II would be permanent, was liable to
give him trouble for some time
"SonnyNfurther- stated that S. Z.
Damon, a trustee of the college, and
he had been out to the institution yes
terday afternoon to investigate the af-
fair. He understood that a meeting of
the trustees OF the college would be
called. Should this not give any sat
lsfaction in the shape of an explanation
or an apology, the Cunhas intend to
prosecute the offenders.