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The Dickinson press., 1905-12-30
FEMININE GAMBLERS
WOMEN WHO HAVE WON ,AME Nv
THEIR RECKLESS WAGERs.

France Has FurnishedS the Greater
Number Of These Furioas Plunrer..
Nell Gwynn's Daring Play-The
sArts Of Lonna Paquita. ss'
From time to times throughout the
world gambling among women has
fiourish,d and declined. The pages Of
history tell over and over. again, the
story. Of great women: gamblers.
France has furnished the greater NUM-
Der Of these, but England has not been
far behind, while America. hasgsput
forth manly whose fame has BECOME In.
Eternational. Is
There seems to be something in the
blood. Of French women that makes
them gamblers of. a high order. Nine.
de Montespan won SO much at bassuet,
her favorite game, that Louis ". was
delighted and borrowed some; of her
winnings. but she lost a great deaf at
times; and her play grew. so furious
that i'm 1852 Louis abolished the game.
1t is recorded Of madame that she, one
night, while the king looked on at play,
risked q sum equal to 100000 on a sin
gle card and that the king grumbled
when no one could be found to- cover
the bet. But madame also lost, one
New Year: night, 100000 crowns at
hoca and on another night almost
100000 at the same game.
Nine. du, Barry was the most famous
woman gambler Of the time of. Louis
XIV, but with her it was only a pas
time. But that. other favorite. Nine. de
.Pompadour. went in with the sole OBJ
ject Of winning, il she could. 1T As re.
corded that her winnings were, enor.
mouss@and that in a single night she
eased the pockets Of the king Of q, 600
louis dor.
Queen Marie Antoinette, according to
history, was a gambler who liked to be
surrounded by gamblers. Faro was the
popular game. but the stakes got to be
SO great that manyza noblelnan had hts
entire estates wiped out in a single
night. Scandal rose high, and the game
was forbidden. Nevertheless, in q short
time it was being carried on again not
only in the apartments Of the queen,
but at the house Of the Princess de
Lamballe. At first. the. queen and those
who desired to play. with her, went to
the apartments of Nine. de Guemene.
whose house is credited with having
been the scene of the highest continued
play of any in France. But matters got
SO bad before the end came. that noble
men would no longer play with, the
queen, and she admitted to her table
many. common gamblers. Then the
scandal broke in full force, for some
were caught cheating, and n was
even arrested f9r picking a pocket. !
Gk1 history was MI Wi
Gwynn,st the actress who was SO great
a ;favQrite with Charles II. In, that
reign the manners were much. the. same
ashley were al. the. French court. Nell
GWynn lost $4,000 Ito her rival, the
Duchess Of Cleveland, and in, one year
lost upward of 100000, which the king
paid. There had never been, kn6wnsso
much gambling among women as wa
The Dickinson press., 1905-12-30

Department of the Interior. United States
Land Office at Dickinson, Nd, November g.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
Russia's Pecuniary Loss.
BOARD IS OUST6D.
Canal Commissioners Quit at Request
of the President.

President Roosevelt has asked for and
received the designations of all of the
members of the isthmian canal commits,
sion. He is now at liberty to reorganize
the commission upon any basis that the
exigencies of the work to be performed
upon the isthmus may seem to require
and the announcement IS made that the
President has selected as the head OF
the new commission Theodore L. Shonts
president of the Toledo, st. Louis and
Western Railway, which is more widely
known as the Glover Leaf line.
Whether he will reappoint any of the
members of the existing board Will de-
pend upon themselves and circumstances.
He would be glad to have MesSrs. VIII
liam Barclay Parsons, William II. Burr,
BENJAMIN NJ Harrod and Carl Ewald
Grunsky, who are civil engineers OF high
attainment, resume their old positions
with the understanding that instead OF
devoting themselves to the executive and
financial details of the enterprise they
shall proceed to the isthmus of Panama
forthwith and assume personal superyls-
ion of certain sections of the canal.
which are to be created hereafter. This
will involve a complete surrender OF their
present authority as commissioners and
submission to Chief Engineer Wallace.
who is to be member of the reorgan-
lied board.
1t is understood that Messrs. Parsons,
Burr and Grunsky already have signi-
fed willingness to accept reappolnt-
ment under terms which the President
will dictate, and that hereafter they will
be prepared to take up their several res
personally look after the engineering de-
tails of the work of constructing the
canal
The selection of Mr. Shonts Goes not
imply that he is 100000 man. a Wash
ington correspondent says. His salary
will be $4,000 per year, the same as
that of Chief Engineer Wallace. The
fiction about the President seeking to
employ as chief executive of the canal
enterprise a man of sufficient executive
talent and experience to justify payment
to him Of salary of 100000 per year
was not conceived by the President. He
never said that he would pay any man
so large salary, but on the contrary,
has concluded negotiations for the ser
vices of several eX-railway presidents
upon the theory that they would be will
ing to work for $4,000 per year. 1t is
no violation Of confidence to state that
the President could have employed any
one of dozen successful railway men
| for that salary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
"a NE - Side
( S(Gs,{S ~;
The News ~
~~~~~~~~~~~

1t Is about time to name some good
race horse after Kuropatkin.
President Roosevelt doesn't find it nee
essary to throw the big stick into the
plum tree.
And yet, only year or so ago, Presi-
dent Castro was hiding under Uncle
Sans coattails.
How many of the 100000 Russians
saved from Mukden broke the worlds
running record?
Those French bankers might lend Rus
STA the money if it could get Japan to
go ON the note.
According to report Russian warship
Is patrolling the Red Sea. Sne may be
looking for blood.
Maybe the idea is that the Japanese
will be too chivalrous to fight an army
led by a grand duke.
It is to be hoped that that Denver reli-
gious revival will boil over into Utah
before it SINNERS down.
There are liars, worse liars, statisti-
clans, circulation managers and the
Weather Bureau experts.
Labor leaders note that the President
gets salary of $4,000 a year, but has
to have a Union to do It,
"Santo Domingo" means "Holy Sab
bath" Live up to your name, SANITY.
and give us a day of rest.
Judging from Hoch's portraits, it was
an exceptionally smooth and persuasive
tongue that did the business.
The Kansas Legislature has adjourn
ed, but the beef trust and the Standard
Oil are still in executive session.
The tobacco trust has no need to wor-
~. Until the beef trust is made to toe
the mark il may rest perfectly easy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
Interesting News Items.

A passenger train on the F., w & B.
railroad was wrecked near Northeast,
Nd. Three persons were injured.
The steamer Spartan, bound from
Providence for Philadelphia, ran aground
on Block Island in fog and is a COM
plete wreck.
1t is said that the President has de-
cided to offer Edward Addcks a foreign
berth so as to enable the Delaware Leg
islature to elect United States Sena-
tor.
A carriage occupied by the Empress
of Germany struck a 6-year-old boy in
Berlin and the Empress personally ex-
tended first aid to the injured and then
summoned the court physician.
The Common Pleas Court at Column
bus, Ohio, recognized the Jewish Sab
bath as within the meaning of the stat
ute relating to Sunday observance.
Henry III. Rogers of the Standard Oil
Company presented high school build
ing to Fair Haven, Mass, the town Of
his birth. This makes total of So, OO0,-
600 given to Fair Haven by Mr. Rogers.
Miss Rebecca Jones, who was sent to
jail in New York twenty years ago be-
cause she refused to answer the judges
questions in the Gordon Hammersley big
will contest, won by the present Lady
Beresford, 10 dead
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
The Special Correspondent
CHAPTER xIv.-(Continued.>

As soon as the train pulls up, dozen
travellers, of whom | am one, get out on
60 fhe track By the light of the lantern
"a is easy to see that the breakage IS
a0t due to malevoence. But it is none
ate less true that the two last vans, the
aoFtuary van and the rear van occupied
Hy the goods guard, are missing. how
Gar are they? Nobody knows.
You should have heard the shouts OF
the Persian guards engaged in escortlng
eie remains of Yen Lou, for which they
were responsible! The travellers in their
van, like themselves, had not noticed
when the coupling broke. 1t might be
Al hour. two hours, since the accident.
What ought to be done was clear
enough. The train must be run back
ward and pick up the lost vans.
Nothing could be more simple. But
and this surprised me-the behavior OF
nay lord Faruskiar seemed very strange.
He insisted in the most pressing manner
that not a moment should be lost. lie
spoke to Popof, to the driver, to the
stoker. and for the first time l discov-
cred that he spoke Russian remarkably
well.
Tue train began to run back as soon
m,an baron attempted to complain, but
Faruskiar gave him such look that
ne did not care to get another, and stow
81 himself away in the corner.
Dawn appeared in the east when the
t10 wagons We're found a kilometer off,
and the train gently slowed up to them
after an hours run.
t'aruskiar and Changer went to help IN
eGapIing on the vans, which was done
rs firmly as possible. Major Noltitz and
4 noticed that they exchanged few
words with the other Mongols. After
ali, there was nothing astonishing In
shat. for they were countrymen of theirs.
We resume our seats in the train, and
she engineer tries to make up for lost
sine.
Nevertheless. the train does not arrive
at Kachgar without long delay, and II
e half past four in the morning when
we enter the capital of Chinese Turkes-
GRR.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07

John D. Rockefeller, the donor of
100000 to the American Board of For
eign Missions of the Congregational
church. is shown at the left OF the pic
lures to the right is the Rev. Washing
ton GLADDEN. of Columbus, Ohio, who OPP
poses the acceptance of the donation on
the ground that the money was illegally
extorted from the people. Rockefeller's
gift has aroused a storm of protests,
coupled with denunciations of the bit
terest kind, from the Congregational cler-
gy Below are two of these singing al
lusons to the Standard Oil magnate:
Rev. DR.. GLADDEN., pastor of the lead
ing Congregational church of Columbus,
Ohio, says:
''The money proffered to our Board
of Missions comes out of a colossal es-
tate, whose foundations were laid in the
most relentless rapacity known to mod
ern commercial history. The United
States government is now engaged in
strenuous attempt to ferret out and pun
ish this injustice. And the people OF the
United States have tremendous battle
on their hands with the corporate greed,
which has intrenched itself in this strong
hold and has learned to use the railways
for the oppression and spoliation of the
people, And now, on the eve of this bat
tie, they are asked to accept great
gift of money from the man who more
completely than any other represents the
system they have summoned to tight. L
hope Congregationaists are not mean
enough to take his money and then turn
around and fight him. l hope they are
not so faithless to their obligations as
to take his money and shut their mouths
or become his apologists.
eve do not want this mans money.
To accept it will be to earn the contempt
Of millions of honest men; to reject it
will strengthen our churches in the affec-
ton and respect of millions who are in
clined to doubt whether the churches
love God more than mammon. Our mis-
sions will be richer and stronger without
it than with it, and we shall lose moth
ing by our loyalty to the things unseen
and eternal"
In Brookiine, Mass. Rev. Fl. G. Hale,
pastor of the Congregational church,
says: "Mr. Rockefeller stands to-day UNI
der arraignment by the American people.
He stands for q system which is among
the most pernicious influences in our
American life He is teaching the young
men of the nation the doctrine of sue
cess at any cost by methods of competi-
ton which shoot to kill. This is the
grossest materialism. In the nature Of
the case all money given cannot be in
vestigated. This is case of unusual
transparency. My conscience is arrayed
irreyocably on the side of the protest. l
believe that the church has a rare oppor-
tunity to array itself ON the side of dis
interested Righteousness"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
THERE'S MONEY INIT.
Why American Consulships Are Sc
Eagerly Sought.

Eagerly Sought.
Never before at the beginning Of an
administra ton bias there been such a
rush Of applicants for diplomatic and con-
sular places as at present, and never be-
fore have so few of these places been
available, owing partly to the fact that
the President has already promised many
Of them to personal friends and part
ly to the policy of retaining in Office in
cumbents with good records. Ordinarily
it is said there are from ten to a dozen
applicants for each foreign appointment
at the beginning of an administration
At present there are twenty applicants
for each job.
These positions, especially in the con-
sular service, are rendered attractive by
tn fees for administering oaths, for ac-
knowledging deeds, etc. These fees at
some posts amount to far more than the
salary. Il. Clay Evans, our consul gem
eral to London, receives a salary of 3d.
900 per annum; but in 1903 his ''nota-
riaf' fees amounted to $1O,36S. Thus he
received a total of more than $4,000.
Consul General Gowdy, at Paris, realiz-
ed, all told, $13,976, $1,000 of which was
salary. Consul Boyle. at Liverpool, re-
ceived $6,S4S in unofficial fees.
Men of wealth among the applicants
are many though they are not looking
for the money. The occupancy of an off,
cial post, even in the consular service,
gives a social standing abroad it is diff
cult to obtain otherwise 1t is for this
reason that Americans with social ambi-
ton and wealth to back it up are SO
eager to get these appointments
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
In a Fishing Village.

It would be difficult to find through
out England a finer looking and health
Ter set of women than those in a York
shire fishing village, clcar-skinned and
bright-eyed, with slender, upright fig
ures. and usually with three or four
splendid sturdy children clinging round
their skirts. They are living proofs
that work, and extremely hard work,
does not affect the health. Every
evening at sunset during the summer
the fishing boats go out, and the Wo-
men come down and help launch the
boats. No easy task this; it is very
picturesque. but to do it every muscle
must be strained and every sense be
alert. and when some forty boats have
to be helped out every night it means
considerable addition to the day S
work. which includ es-besides the or
binary household tasks-bringing up
the nets, spreading them out to dry
every day, and boiling them in Il solu-
ton of tar every week or so in order
to preserve them.
Then. as the days shorten. the fish
ING times change, and during the cold
est part of the year every wife comes
out with lighted lantern between
two and three in the morning to speed
hen lord on his way or, should the
tide be low, to dig for bait. \ hard
life, one would say, and yet these wo-
men are happy and contented, living
only for husband and children.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07

A typewriter for the pocket is one Of
the latest bits of American ingenuity.
specially designed to meet the require
ments of journalists and authors who
need to take notes under conditions
where a pencil and paper would not
be convenient. 1t may be worked
without removing the hands from the
pocket. It is four inches long by three
inches wide
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
Where the Pain Came In.

"'Painless dentistry.' snorted old
Hunks, who had just had Il tooth eX
tracted and was opening his pocket
book with extreme reluctance. Pain
less. H'mph. You don't seem to think
it hurts to have to pay s. for two
minutes work" '-Chicago Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
Who Owns tho r.,

n. T. Newcomb, Of tba
Columbia bar, has comniIoa
showing that 5,1.4,71S ' de,
savings banks of six East3
are directly interested in
ownership of SAP .354 OsG
railroad securities, that ins,,l
panies doing business in
sets hold SS45, ~ |
road stocks and bonds ana
tional institutions denend :.
327 invested in similar Seer.
portion Of their income, \
ciary institutions own eno,d
securities to bring such boIS
more than a billion and . Id
about one-sixth of the entj
invested in railroad properi
investments represent the !
the masses, there being twa1
holders Of life insurance mold
country. as many more Of
ance policies, and an evo
number of depositors in ha,
trust institutions, where n
are largely in railroad seen
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
CHAPTER XVI.

Among the travellers l noticed an
-8merican clergyman bound to Pekin
Tsss was the Rev. Nathaniel Morse of
Rsaston, one of those honest Bible dis
tgsbators, Yankee missionary. in the
wAEb OF merchant, and very keen in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
CHATTER XVII.

We are off on a Chinese railway, sim
gle line. the train drawn by Chinese
engine driven by Chinese driver. Let
us hope we shall not be telescoped on
the road. for among the passengers is one
of the chief functionaries of the COM
pany, In the person of Faruskiar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
Magic IN Art.

There is a magic in the word that
makes men, even when they are so
cross and ignorant that they don't
know the meaning of it. profess love
for art.-Chicago - cord-HeraId.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07

Clay modelling 10 schools is con-
demned by doctors as being worse
than states for transmitting infectious
disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
A Brutal Hushan.l

Mrs. Naggs-The commit,
quested me to make a dozen /
charity bazaar.
Naggs-What is the obipct
zaar, my dear?
Mrs. Naggs-To raise additi
for the charity hospital.
Naggs-Isn't the hospital al,
crowded?
Mrs. Naggs-Yes, l believe
Naggs-Then, for goodness
make matters worse by dopot
your own make,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-07
WAR LOSSES IN The
eMANCnURiAN ADVENTURE

Appended are the appalling figures OF
the fighting from the Shakhe river 10
Tie pass, the outcome of which was the
capture of Mukden by the japanese, the
resignation of Kuropatkin, and the ac-
cession of Linevtch to the position OF
commander-in-chief. Incidentally the
battle showed the utter inability of Rus
STA to stem the tide of defeat:
Number Of days occupied in battles
around Mukden Japanese attacked
Haba Pass Feb. 10 and the heelng 90
Russians reach Tie Pass March ID x
Russians killed In the fighting ....- 81 90
Russians wounded in battle ......-.. Sa'OOO
Russians taken prisoners ........'.. oo'oo"
Japanese Spells.
1,,o,d Guns conturod 100
Pieos Suns - $1,000
Ammunition wagons ............. so o00
Cha1is go, 600
Small arm ammunition, rounds. %, 600 000 COG
Cereals bushels . 10000
Value of Russian Store Lost, 81 ,7oO.Ooo
Light railway materials, miles SO 80
Light railway wagons ......... o o 20
Innth;or fCthinaSa cartloadsl 1000
Bread ratiOnS d'0 - ~
unrsa poIInwonces bushels $4,000
Hay, POUNDS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "'0o0'ooo
Japanese Losses.
u,uoa 10000
Wnnnde6 80, 600
Russia's Pecuniary Loss.
The Son of the Fatherland, RUSSIAN
newspaper. recently declared that what
it called the "Manchurian adventure
had cost the nation as follows:
Chinese Eastern Railroad .,... $3.50, OOo, O00
Port Arthur and Dalny ....... 2Fo'o ooo'UoU
Cost coO,OOO'Ooo
The paper added that if this total OF
81 600. 900, 900 had been expended at
home for schools, sanitation and light
ing, it would have given to each province
approximately $1O,00OOOO.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-18
GOING AND COMING.

An international league for the ex-
termination of rats has been formed in
Denmark. In Berlin the municipal au-
thorities are offering penny for every
rats tail delivered.
An English newspaper comments on
the difference between the Russian gen.
erals Great Gar. forgive" and the
English generals Il regret to report"
In announcing q disaster.
A dramatic paper gives the names and
addresses of 118 circuses and other road
shows which have gone into winter
quarters. OF these 18 made their homes
In Pennsylvania, Il in Maryland, II in
Missouri and 10 in Indiana, these being
the most popular states as winter quar-
tiers.
AS shown by the inventories CT forts
ships. supplies and guns and powder.
1t was not lack of ammunition that
caused the fall of Port Arthur. Gen.
Stoessel himself ascribed the surrender
to the japanese 11-inch guns. After
their arrival further resistance simply
meant slaughter.