The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-26

"The cat produces fiddle strings
The fish produces glue:
l grew up on food and things
J. don't care. do your"
Sir Hiram Maxim's Monte Carlo"
just published is not only a book in
which the mathematician will revel
and the moralist find subjects for
many sermons, but storehouse of
strange stories, says Leslie's Weekly.
Sir Hiram mentions a player who ad-
mitted a loss of $425 900 in sixteen
years In other words, he must have
staked $25, 1000, 000-according to average
play-or more than forty tons of gold.
Sir Hiram has much that is inter-
esting to say of the famous system"
by which Lord Rosslyn and the late
Sam Lewis broke the bank-or at
least the authorities pretended the
bank was broken. The two players
went to a rante-et-quarante table
and each staked a maximum of $4,000
francs upon black. Black came up and
they were paid $4,000 francs. Again
they staked the maximum and won.
When they had scored seven consecu-
tive wins the bank was again broken.
bell was rung and much ceremony
was observed before more money was
delivered and then play went on. The
bank was again declared broken and
with more ceremony more money was
sent for. Hundreds of people had
gathered around and everybody staked
on black, which came up seventeen
times. The eighteenth coup was red
and Lord Rosslyn and Mr.. Lewis lost
1000 francs each. Sir Hiram was
skeptical as to the bank being broken
81 did not believe for a moment that
the bank had actually been broken. I
knew that there had been a great deal
of play that day and that the winnings
of this particular table, must have
been heavy, indeed, therefore remain
ed to see the money taken from the
table, when l found that it was exact
ly as 1 had expected-there was at
least peck of large bank notes. II
had not been necessary for the bank to
send for money at all; this had only
been done for effect and a valuable ad-
vertisement had been obtained"
Helen Keller's graduation from Rad
cliffe College the 2Sth of this month is
the significant fact in contemporaneous
literary biography. The girl who can
neither see nor hear completes at the
age of "a the educational career which
has astonished the world since it began
seventeen years ago under the guidance
of her teacher, Miss Sullivan. A wear
ago last spring Miss Keller published
THE Story of My Life" which is the
narrative of her unique experiences
to the beginning of her third year In
college. Since then she has written
and published several articles and an
essay on Optimism" which is her life
philosophy. In the meantime she has
made public addresses in the interests
of the deaf and the blind, and has car
ried on her work in college through
many difficultues which no other deaf
person in the world-not to sneak Of
those who are both deaf and blind-has
ever equalled. She graduates with ais
tlnction, and the college records show
that in diversity of subjects, Htera-
ture, philosophy, economics. she has
done excellent work Except for the
last few months of her college work.
which have been substantially like the
hrst-her autobiography explains with
charming simplicity and beauttc,i
qualities of style how this deaf Mind
girl has won the degree OF bachelor M
arts. To the commencement eTerelsss
have been invited many Of her distin.
guisheo friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Law.
renee Hutton, Dr. ana Mrs. Alexa nSe,
Graham Bell. Mr.. William WADE NJ
Joseph Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs H~0vy
~. Rogers. Mr. and Mrs.. j Pierno,,
MORAN, Dr. David a. Greer. Dr. ~.
Mare Everett Hale, Max TwhlDs. 80
Mr. w. D. HoWelis.