davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30

pa Goteborg seglande examinerade
styrman. Vidare skall f0reningen bl.
a. soka bereda anstallning at medlem-
mar, hvilka sakna sadan, anordna kur-
ser 1 sprak m. m. Fragan ON bildan-
det AT sjuk- och begrafningskassa upp-
skots tills yidare.
Donationer till GStebores hoeskoIa.
Grosshandlaren Erik Wiki har d. 1
Mars 0fverlemnat till G6teborgs hog
skolas ~pensionsfond en- summa af U.s.
900 ! Bergslagsbanans intressenters O.
bligationer.
AT onamnd har H6gskolan Stamina
dag fatt mottaga 1000 kr. till stipendier
och premier.
Grosshandlaren WiIks 7o-arsdag. Ut
ON ofvan omnamnda donation pa U.s.
600 kr. till Goteborgs h0gskola har
grosshandlaren Erik Wiki pa sin 10
arsdag d. l Mars skankt 10, 0 kr. till
Observation-Disclosures byggnadsfond.
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BONUS LAM. St0rande upptrsde |
kyrka. Midi under Diet katekesf0rh6r,
som efter ~h0gmessan ~sondagen d. 25
Febr. hollis 1 Lyse kyrka, tog sig en-
hemmansabo 1 Lycke for att med an
ledning af talet ON skadliga becker
utropa: En- sadan box dr. Rodhes Ia
sebok, som lases 1 skolan. Den ar
skadlig fran b0rjan till slut. Ska bar
e lefva pa rattor och moss?" Pa
storm svarade: "Rodhes lasebok ar en-
liten babe nyttig och fortrafflig box,
atminstone ar har int platsen att kri-
tisera dem. "Det ar logn', blef man.
mems h0gljudda svar. Och p~astorns:
"Kom tillika med kyrkorAdet in l sa-
kristian efter k~ungorelsernas uppla-
sande. sa skola vi talas vid med anled-
ming af delta storande upptrade". Och
/ sanning var upptradet st0rande. Men
anmarkas Dor, att vid sammantradet
| sakristian, der manner undfick fore
stallning och warming for slit lika raa
som b~esynnerliga upptradande, han
tedde sig sa, att Diet syntes uppenbart
att han Ell var fullt normal.
sjeIfmord az en- ung fIIcka. En- fro
ken Weimann, anstalld pa kontor hos
firman Hebbel & Co. i Uddevalla, be-
rofvade sig d. 4 Mars lifvet models EFT
revolyerskott genom hjertat. Anled-
ningen till sjelfmordet ar okand. Fro
ken w. har pa sista tiden varit myc-
ket nerves. Hon var omkring 20 ar
gammal.
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NoRRBoTTENs Ian. Posten r6f.

~ ~N'H ASl-
vad och postforarne mordade. Post
skjutsen fran Haparanda till Nederka-
lix afgick d. l Mars kl. $50 e. m, ford
af postiljonen Zakarias Abrahamson
och skjutsad af gastgifvaresonen l.
Harrioja / Saivits. l poster funnos
penningforsandelser, uppgaende till go
a 20 tusen kronor. Vid 12-tiden pa nat
ten passerade en akare Backstrom fran
Haparanda Saivits gard, och l KIN.
derifran fam han postskjutsen med
forspand hast staende pa landsvagen.
Backstr0m antog da, att postiljonen,
som satt framatlutad / sladen, fallit /
somn, men yid narmare understanding
fam han, att postiljonen blifvit NOR
dad genom EFT Stag 6fyer hufvudet,
hvarvid EFT stort krossar uppstatt.
Tjufven eller tjufvarna hade tagit
nycklarna till postsladen ur postiljo-
mems ficka, last upp sladen och tagit
ifran j~ernstangen SAINT t~illegnat sig al
la observation-disclosures, hvaremot los
BRET, paket och tidningar lemnats oror-
da. Efter st0lden hade sladen blifvit
tillast och nycklarna lagda tillbaka pa
sin plats. Omkring 7 KIN. langre fran
fam Backstrom ~skjutspojken ligga l.
hjelslagen pa wagon. Abrahamson.
som flera ar fort posten pa denna LIME,
var gift och hade flera barn. Harrio-
ia var II a Is ar.
Senare meddelas: SAsom misstankt
for mordet har d. 2 Mars af kronolans-
man Bergstrom haktats en- brefbarare
Aberg I Haparanda. Vid pa aftonen
ballet f0rhor infor lansmannen och
kronofogden har Aberg bekant sig
gen.
AT neutrality-suspicious. framgar
~foljande: Aberg hade rest efter post
skjutsen och hallit sig en- half KIN.
fran densamma. Ungefar IL KIM.
fran staden hade han fort sin egen
hast in pa en- afvag och gait for att
mota postskjutsen. Vid sammantraffan-
Diet med denna helsade han pa postii-
jonen, SADIE slit MANN och bad att ia
aka med till Harrioja. Han flick l0fte
dertill och tog plats pa p%ostkuren SAINT
bj0d p%ostiljonen och skjutsgossen pa
applen.
Medan de alto tog han fran en- yxa,
som han hade gomd under 0~fverrocken.
och slog med den f0rst p%ostiljonen och
sedan sk~jutspojken / hufvudet. Deref-
ter tog han revOlvern och sk0t bAda
iva genom tinningen SAINT plundrade
poster. Pa morgonen kl. half 6 in
stallde han sig till tj~enstg0ring cch
gjorde som vanligt sin brefbaringstur.
Efter aterkomsten till pCsten besag
han den mordade postiljonens Xix och
yttrade dervid sin afsky Oliver dadet.
UpptaCkten skedde pa Diet satt. att a.
karen, hvars hast och slade han lanai,
anmalde att blodflackar furnos pa sla,
den.
Pa vinden till Abergs bostad har
man patraffat $500 kroror i kontan-
ter. Bland de funna assurerade for
sandelserna marktes EFT assureradt
BRET a 10000 kr. fran Haparanda till
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sLEkIneE LxN. Motarbetandet at

bLEklNGE Ian. Motarbetandet az
danska kasslotterlet. Magistraten
Karlshamn har inkommit till k. befall-
n~ingshafvande med yttrande / anled-
ming af svenska generarkonsulns / K0-
penhamn skrifvelse angaende motar-
betandet af f0rsaljning / Sverige af lot
ter till dansA klasslotteriet.
Magistraten yttrar bland annat, att
| Karlshamn, liksom nog ofverallt an
n~orstades | sodra Sverige, spelas myc-
ket pa utlandska lotterier, h~ufvudsak-
lfgast pa danska klasslotteriet, men
afven pa tyska och ungerska lotterier.
Att genom lagstiftning forhindra all
manheten att spela pa Diet danska
klasslotteriet torde vara om0jligt. bet
enda ~yerksamma satt att f0rebygga
~penningarnas utstrommande ur Ian
Diet | fold af spell pa utlandska lotte-
rier ar, enligt magistratens f0rmenan-
de, inrattande af EFT svenskt statslot-
teri, helst i sodra Sverige. Derigenom
skulle penningarna STAMINA inom Ian
Diet och den lotterispelande allmanhe-
ten komma / en- battre stallning genom
mera effektiv kontroll och st0rre vinst-
chanser. z
Kvsfd af en- kottbit. ForestAndaren
for Vedeby fattiggard j.. Dahlqvist in
tog d.. 6 Mars tillsammans med en- van
supe a Frimurarekallaren / Karlskro-
ma. Just mar maltiden holl pa att stu
ia, satte han en- k0ttbit | halsen och
kvafdes. Genast tillkallad Iakare kun
de utan svarighet- borttaga k0ttbiten,
men ala upplifningsf0rsok, som pa
gingo under en- timmes It'd, voro frukt-
losa.
Den sa hastigt och ovantadt bort
ryckte var en- 40-ars man och series af
maka och barn, af hvilka EFT par, en-
gosse och en- flicka, studera vid Karls-
krona laroverk.
Dod pa gatan. AdIunkten vid karIs-
krona hGgre allmanna laroverk fill. DIR.
o. E. Bjorling. som pa grund af sjuk-
dom atnjutit t~jenstledighet sedan 1884,
fanns natten till d. Z Mars Iiggande
dod pa gatan. Han hade traffats af
EFT slaganfall. Bjorling var Todd 1S45.
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MALMoHus Lam. s.udentschism

! Lund? | 0ppet bref / Skanes Nyhe-
ter till Lunds frisinnade s%tudentkAr To-
reslar I'll. kand. Yngve Won Schmidten,
att de frisinnade studenterna / Lund
skulle 1 %anledning af de senaste till
dragelserna / studentkaren skilja sig
fran karen och pa bred basis bilda en-
frisinnad studentforening med Stu
dentersamfundet / K0penhamn som
monster.
Mordforsoket | kIemmestorp. FORE
slaktardrangen N. J. Palsson fran One
stad d0mdes d. Z Mars af Frosta ha-
radsratt for ran och mordfors0k hos
arrendatorn ions Jonsson 1 Klemmes-
torp natten till d. l Dec. till 10 ars
straffarbete och 10 ars vanfrejd derut-
Oliver.
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oEFLEeoRcs L1N. Der red

GEFLEBoRGs Lam. Den nedbrun-
ma kyrkan ateruppbygges. Pa anso-
kan af Ockelbo forsamling har arki-
tekten Ernst Ameen uppgjort ritnin-
g och misunderstanding till uppforan-
Diet af ny kyrka inom f0rsamlingen i
stallet for den gamla, vackra kyrka,
hvilken som bekant f~orst0rdes af vad-
cid.
Observation-Disclosures har nu god
kant dessa r%itningar, sedan de gran
skats och kompletterats | enlighet med
forsamlingens 6nskan. Den berakna-
de kostnaden for kyrkobygget uppgar
till 49, 900 kr.
utslag ON BjurAkersmordet. Efter d.
2 Mars hallen slutransakning med for
dubbelmordet / Spangmyra / Bjuraker
haktade acknowledgement p. Fr0jd och
FORE hemmansegaren Mork resolve
rade ratten betraffande M0rk, att, ehu-
ru han blifvit betradd med osanna och
otillforlitliga uppgifter, hade ingen be-
Wishing f0rekommit mot honom, hvar-
for han f%rikandes, och betraffande
Fr0jd, att ehuru bindande omstandig-
heter och liknelser forekommit mot
honom, kunde han dock mot slit nekan-
de ej fallas till ansvar, utan skulle han
omedelbart frigifvas. De af Mork och
Frojd gjorda neutrality-suspicious. O.
gillades. .
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HALLANDs LAM. stort eqendom

kop. Doktor Gunnar Frisell pa Kulla-
gard har for 10000 kronor inkopt egen-
domen Kalfhult vid Viskan och for
25,500 kronor de ofvanfor Kalfhult be-
lagna s. k. Telnebackafallen i Viskan.
Genom delta k6p ar DIR. Frisell egare
till hela den betydande vattenkraften
vid Kullagard.
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eoTEsoRe. ~e0tebores styrmans-

G6TE5oRG. G~0tebores styrmans-
f~orenlng constituencies har d. l Mars.
bet ~utarbetade stadgef0rslaget god
kandes 1 hufvudsak. Derefter f0rrat-
tades styrelseval, hvarvid till ordfoa
rande utsags styrmannen J. Norm
Den ~nystartade foreningens andamal
ar enligt stadgarna att astadkomma
en- sammanslutning meIlan ALA till
Goteborgs handelsflotta horande och
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30
STocKHoLMS Lam. Spanaa kyr-

kas restauration ar nu fu%llbordad, och
med anledning deraf hollis s0ndagen d.
4 Mars 1 Diet aldriga templet en- mer
an vanligt hogtidlig g%udstjenst, dervid
erkebiskop Ekman predikade Oliver da-
gems hogmessotext. Kyrkan var ma
stan till trangsel fylld.
De 300-ariga malningarna i kyrkan
ha ~renoverats af artisten Eldh. | slit
nya skick torde Spanga kyrka kunna
CORA ansprak pa att raknas till de-
vackraste af svenska landskyrkor.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30

ELFS6oRGS Ian. Hktenskaps-
skilnad. Arbetaren Tcodor Johansson
hade till d. 5 Mars uttagit staining
till Boras' radhusratt a sin hustru Cla-
r Matilda med yrkande pa "skilnad
till sang och safe" under EFT ar. Pa
ret hade forut af pastor och kyrkorad
fatt mottaga warming utan resultat.
Emellertid hade %sokanden inte ansett
n6digt att skaffa prestbeyis pa att 70.
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kRISTIANSTADS Ian.

KRIS TIANSTADS Ian. Uppseen-
devsckande sIelfmord. Den 3 Mars vid
middagstiden fam mar / EFT resande-
rum pa Hotel Thor / Engelholm liket
af en- okand nan med gen%omskjutet
hufvud. Pa EFT paper hade han skrif,
Wit en- anhallan till kallarmastaren, att
han matte underratta den d0des / Hell
singborg boende hustru. Skrifvelsen
var undertecknad: faltintendenten Ru-
din.
Den dode har sedermera befunnlts
vara Observation-Disclosures E. Rubin.
Anledningen till sjelfmordet al an.
MI ej kand, men Diet antages hafva
skett 1 EFT hastigt pakommet anfall af
sinnesforvirring. Att nagon brist skull
lie f0refinnas / de af Rubin f0rvaltade
kassorna f0rnekas bestamdt. Rudins
familjelif var Diet lyckligaste. Han var
Todd 1910.
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skARAeoRes Lam. Ban~vakternss

Ionefraga. Vid ballet banvaktsm0te 1
Falk0ping for d~ryftande af l0nefragan
besl0ts ~enhalligt att till k. loneregle-
ringskomiten CORA framstallning I'M
en- minimil0n af 720 kr. pa ar med fyra
loneforhojningar a 12O kr., sd att ma
ximilonen efter 10 ar utgjorde 1900 kr,
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30
JoNkoPINGs LAM. En- he'll GARD ill

skosspark. Ingenioren Gustaf Nilsson
1 Forsheda har az sterbhusdeIegarne
efter aflidne Lars Peterson 1 B0ke till
handlat sig lie mantal B0ke i Tor
skinge socken for EFT pris af 1900 kr.
Hr Nilsson amman a hemmanet endast
plantera skog och omhagna Diet till
skogspark.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30

UPsALA Ian. Donation till veten-
skapIigt sallskap. Vetenskapssociete-
ten / Upsala har fran en- person, hyil-
ken varmt intresserar sig for densam-
ma, men onskar vara Okand. med an
ledning af doss ON 1 ar f0~restaende
2OO-arsfest erhal'it en- donation AZ To-
600 kr
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30
KALMAR LxN. ~eorsshoIms sIotts-

kALMAH Ian. Boresholms slotts-
ruin. Observation-Disclosures har nu
utfardat forslag till konserverande af
Borgholm slottsruin, hvartill fjolarets
lagtima riksdag anvisade 10000 kr.
Enligt embetets f0rslag, hvilket under
stallts regeringens p~rofning. komma
arbetena att fordelas pa fyra ar.
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KRoNoBERGS LAM. AfIiden a.
airing. Harlunda forsamllngs aldste
medlem ions Carlson i Haradsbeck,
Svenska monitoren., 1906-03-30

koPPARBERGS Ian. Asked. Kro-
nofogden / Vesterbergslags fogderi E
rik Wilhelm Sundberg har hos k. MT
anhallit ON asked med pension.
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renamnda Clara Mathilda var hans ak
ia halft, hvarfor han erh0ll uppskof for
att astadkomma sadant.
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rotting.

Fire destroyed large part of the
stables belonging to the Mason City
tIowa) Driving club About twenty
valuable horses were in the barn, and
all were saved but six. Golden Oak
was so badly burned that recovery is
doubtful. Among those burned were
Leaflet, owned by Hickok, and Bessie
Lee. by Merrill.
The organization of the new Eastern
Illinois Speed association has been
completed, with DIR. J. #. Montgomery
of Charleston as president and w. W.
Lindley of Urbana as secretary. It is
designed to have sixteen races with
purses of $1,000 each. The races will
be 2:30 trot. 1921 trot, 1928 pace
and a 2:16 pace. In addition. there
will be the usual number of $500 purse
events. Champaign, Charleston, Kan
kakee and Paris are members.
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Central Leauue.

Billy Regain, a crack Toledo player,
has signed with the Springfield team.
Buck" Connors, the star first base
man of the South Bend team, has been
sold to st. Paul.
The Wheeling magnates say that
the report that Lefty" Miller the
Cleveland boy, had jumped to the out
law league, is false.
Miller Robertson and Doyle have
signed to pitch again for the Wheel
ing club next season.
Springfield has traded Shortstop Nc
Grew for Pitcher Alberts of the Can
ton team This was about the only
trade registered at the recent Central
league meeting.
Jack Boyle, first baseman of the To
ledo club last season, has been signed
as manager of the Terre Haute team
for next season. This was the posi-
ton Ed Mexican had been mentioned
/ for.
Springfield announces 1t is certain to
have city park for weekday games
while the Sunday games are to be
played at Hill Top, the country
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Late News by Wire.

Farmer Burns won decisive vic
tory over Charles Hackenschmidt at
Kansas City Jan. "a. Hackenschmidt
won the first fall Graeco-Roman style
Burns won the next two.
The Americans won from the Cana
dians at the San Pedro, Mexico, golf
links ny fourteen strokes. Percy Bar.
rett and three local amateurs defend
ed Canada. Bernard Nichols and
three local amateurs defended Amer
lea.
The American golfers defeated the
Britishers in the international golf
match at Mexico City. by the aggre-
gate score of c up The match was
divided into two rounds of eighteen
holes, one being played in pairs, one
with two foursomes and one pair
match having been increased to five
players per side.
At the annual indoor meet OF the
Columbia University Athletic associa.
ton in Madison Square garden, New
York, Melville Sheppard, a schoolboy
from Brown Preparatory school, Phil.
"uSsPhius iuhHinE WITH NHt COlOTS VI
the Irish-American Athletic club, es-
tablished new indoor running record
of 5:25 Is for the mile.
S. r. Guggenheim, one of the hon
orary vice presidents Of the Ameri-
can committee Of the Olympic games,
which are to be held at Athens this
spring, has forwarded to Julian w.
Curtiss, chairman of the finance com
mittee. contribution OF $500 toward
defraying the expenses of the team
that will represent America.
All existing official bowling records
for team average were broken at Chi.
cago last week when the Ansons rolled
scores of 1,052. 1,02S and LOO against
the Hofmanns for an average of ,063
fiat. The former record on the hooks
of the American Bowling congress
was 061 1-3, made last February by
| the Bensingers of the Chicago league
In a tournament for the Illinois state
championship outside of Chicago be.
| tween Peoria and Bradford teams
| Clarence Brayshaw Of the Peoria team
| broke all records, Brayshaw rolled
| thirty straight strikes, completing two
consecutive 300 games, one in the
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2lgS{g R4zybIb

situation toward Manager McGrew to
the effect that Bill Clarke would be
welcome there II New York turns him
down. As yet NOISY Bilrs" sentence
Tor next season has not been fixed
Otis Clymer the Pirate outfielder.
declares he has started gymnasium
work and expects to be in fine shape
when the season opens. Clymer states
that poor health at times last year
prevented him doing what he is capa-
BILE Of
Manager McGraw of the world
champions says he would not give a
snap of his finger for indoor work and
Is not in favor of walks or runs. He
wants the practice on the field where
he can see II and, while It need not be
long, 1t must be lively while 1t lasts
He says 1t would be difficult to i'm
prove upon the game as 1t stands to-
day, only he would like to have the
toul-strike abolished.
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ton or New York American, or Pitts
burg National teams.
National LEAGUE News.


Inielder Miller Higgins has signed
Cincinnati contract.
Catcher Pete Noonan of st. Paul
has sent in his signed Chicago con-
tract.
pitcher Cecil Ferguson, New York S
Louisville recruit, is said to be ambi.
dextrous.
The Cincinnati club has asked for
waivers on Pitcher Vowinkle and
Catcher Street.
The Nationals leading batsman,
ICY" Seymour. has resigned with Gin
cinnati for 1906.
Second Baseman Henry Pattee.
drafted from Jersey City, has signed
a Brooklyn contract.
REPORTS from Chattanooga are to the
effect that Brooklyn's clever outfield-
err Johnny Dobbs, is going blind.
Pat Donovan Is trying to land Catch
err Jack Ryan of the Columbus team,
for the Brooklyns Pat had Ryan over
in St. Louis some years ago.
Catcher George Gibson has resigned
with Pittsburg. That makes sixteen
cut of seventeen contracts sent out
by Pittsburg returned signed,
Two former noted National League
PLAYERS Jim Keenan, and Jake Stencil,
will manage a team in the K. of p,
league of Cincinnati next summer.
The deal for Jim Delehanty still
hangs fire. Fred Tenney now wants
Bridwell and pitcher in exchange
for James and Hanlon declines to see
it that way.
The Pennsylvania outlaws are after
Looie Ritter, the clever catcher of the
Brooklyn team. Looie is resident
of Pennsylvania, his father owning a
ferryboat that plies the raging Susque-
hanna.
Manager McCloskey denies the re-
mark attributed to him that he sis
able TO decide the ability OF a young
player after seeing him work in one
game" He wouldn't be guilty of such
a foolish break
Toledo Is said TO have tossed an in
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;AMBLER GAVE BACK FORTUNE

!. a well authenticated story
4 rone Davis. London dandy OF
4 dred wears ago, an inveterate
H. but also q man of talent, a
man and wit. One night he
rtroduced to Il young man named
nos who had inherited a colos-
,rtune much of which he had
In gambled away. They com
III TO play hazard, Hastings re-
s,rg at the same time that he
4 soon cut out that sort of fun,
j was about to marry and settle
4 one was in great luck. Main af-
4 n he won, and as often wished
i SO play, but Hastings, who con-
IA TO pour glass after glass of
Bnagne down his parched throat,
4 nallid with excitement, and in
mon a chance to retrieve his
no The excitement became gen
Il other players left their own ia
d TO crowd around the duellists.
i after time Hastings threw crabs,
Il Davis followed with the nick.
|, rattle of the dice and the cease
flow of wines went on all night
Mar into the next day. Hastings
n mad with excitement. Every
h and every security he possessed
mild think of he pledged and lost.
&st like the gamester who staked
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LAZINESS LEADS TO LVNAC|

Young men who inherit fortunes
and devote their time to spending
them fall ready victims to this under
mining of the brain, Tragedies of the
kind are constantly occurring. Many
women and girls who belong to the
leisured class are saved from like
fate by their devotion to dress and
bridge. The Jealous pursuit of those
pastimes requires at least some meas
ure of mental exercise. Perhaps that
is the best tat can be said of them.
1T is dangerous for man who has
led busy l'fe to abandon brain ex-
ertion. Medical science has prolong-
ed the span of human existence, and
yet retirement is now forced upon
men at much earlier age than hith-
erto The only hope for these nen
is to cultivate some engrossing
hobby"
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his wife upon a cas-; of the dice ord
lost. he would have risked the welfare
Oh the girl to whom he was engaged ~
.he other would have accented that
KIND OF security. But he would NOT
ihen Hastings hurled dice and box
across the saloon, smashing splen.
uiu mirror, and, throwing himself ex.
hausted upon a soft chair. burst into
tears, eHclaiming. 81 can play no
more, have lost everything in the
world. l am beggar!"
Davis stood still. calm. unmoved
watching him. Then he said; "Mr
Hastings, listen to me. | will foreso
everything | have won tonight on one
condition and that is. that YOU will
take a solemn oath never to touch
cards or dice again" The ruined
gambler fell on his knees to thank
his benefactor and to take the oath
The latter Immediately restored every.
thing he had won, and, oddly enough,
Hastings kept his vow and lived a
wealthy and prosperous man.
But the medal has a sordid reverse.
When In after years Scrope Davis, re.
duced to great poverty. ventured to
ask him for some slight assistance.
the hound wrote him a curt, formal re-
ply, in the third person, regretting
that Mr.. Hastings was unable to offer
Mr.. Scrope Davis any assistance.
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and the wealth of this family Is esti-
mated at $1,000. 100000, sum so huge
That the human mind quite fails to
grasp 1t, a sum so huge that IL at the
birth of Christ Rockefeller had been
making dollar minute and had let
all these dollars accumulate day and
night for all these centuries, he would
not yet, 1906. have amassed $1,000.
100000. And if Rockefeller should
to-day turn his wealth into gold coin
and take 1t out of the country, say
into Canada, he would carry across
the border three times as much gold
as would then remain in the United
States. Nor would he carry 1t him
self, for the weight of it would be
1,750 tons. And il he loaded 1t on the
backs of porters, each man bearing
his own weight in solid gold (say $50
pounds), it would require $4,000 men
to move it. And If they walked ten
feet apart the line of them would
reach forty-four miles and would &C.
cupy fifteen hours in passing o given
point. None of which takes any ac.
count of the daily interest on this for
tune, which interest, if paid In gold,
would require the strength Of seven
men to carry 1t, for 1t would weigh
1000 pounds. Such are the riches OF
a single family.