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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02

Of u under the guns and Winterbottom,
sitting next. raised IL $40, Bassett laid
down and 90 did Kenney and Blaisdell, but
more,
Dutton studied his hand a while, hut pros
emily made good without raising. Winter
bottom cav Pearsall's raise, going no fur
On the draw Dutton took two cards,
Wlnterbottom three and Pearsall two.
Dutton threw In q white chip and Winter
bottom showed 80 forward. At this
lPearsall dropped and Dutton u~nhesitating-
Y three, down his cards; He had three
three aces, he said. ooolly.
How ID you know I had three aoesf'
asked W~interbottom, Us he rake. In the
well. 1 reckoned you wouldn't "a raised
three, cards. Then, you wouldn't "a
raised ag'ip two two Gard draws 'thouten
you'd caught annitheE.s
.shucks!' sad 'Winterbotton. admir-
ald'able Z we was to play with you in the
Dutton seemed pleased by the aattery.
He did not realize, however, that Blaisdell
Tss the post accomplished dealer in the
closely. He eafd nothing, but in some
way his friends seemed to know what he
thought Of the dealing, and n after an
other they all threw down their hands,
until The dealer and Winterbottom, who
had made the ante, were alone.
Dutton looked q little surprised, but he
one. opponent. winterbottom, however,
pushed the blind over to him, saying Il
reckon III jack you. amt stuck on
playin' ag'in one So a jack 1t a
The pot was sweetened on the three sue
ceeding deals, and then Blaisdell dealt
After what he had seen Dutton do he had no
conscientious soruples. Consequently there
were some choice hands held.
PeersaH opened. seeing that tt was hardly
possible 70 do less on a flush, and Dutton
raised 1t S2A. Thereupon Winterbottom
del stayed and Peareall made it SIS more.
Dutton pushed his whole stack forward.
Az this Kenney dropped, BlRisdell carried
the bet n Pearsall folded
How many oardsP' said Blaisdell. but
Dutton said, Help yourself and Blaisdell
put the deck aside, leaving nothing to be
lone bat q showdown, buttons was a
straight lush. nine high. and Blaisdell's
was q straight flush, ten high.
rMebbe ] hain't learned all there Is TO,
know about draw poker, ' said the victim. as
he rose TO go. 'but | know enough not to
play any more with this crowd. Iain't sayin'
nothin' agin. your manner @ dealin,' but
you're too all fired lucky fr me-" And he
went away.
you was sayin' this here man d get come
up viii some time. Greenhut," said Joe
Baesett. mooldngly. How about itP D'you
reckon losin' a hundred is bein' come
And when Greenhut shook his head Win
terbottom said: i reckon mebbe he knows
more'n be thinks he does. had a pair o.
kings that time he sized me fr three aces.
] didn't better
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tho horse up, under forty wraps, as 'hey
say, Immediately after tho start, BIZ the
tightly wrapped reins pressed the die ond
ring into the flesh of the Jockeys Third
niger causing him excruciating pain. Not
only that. but Fuller was worried lest the
wrapped reins would warp the ring out Of
shape and loosen the stone, and he was
AFRAID he might lose the rock. 50 he was
unable TO do himself justice,
In order to stop the pain and 90 flag
the chance he thought hS lad OF loainR his
hunk Of Ice he loosened the wraps and gave
the morse his head at he beginning OF the
backstretch. The result wa that the
horse that should have been saved for
the finish. shot his bolt before the top Of
the stretch was reached and was disgrace
FULLY beaten at the end. .
When asked why he hadn't obeyed
Instructions and saved the horRe. Fuller
told about the way the ring hurt him and
OF his fear that the rock might drop OF
OF re setting. and the story reached the ears
particular pains to And out whether q jockey
carrying his coin Ia wearing a ring 70 the
Hes fond OF Jockey Waiter Millst, and
often plays his mounts, but never when he
nut diamond ring. ia Miller wearing
the fool thing to-day. I heard him ask
one OF his betting commissioners one after
noon not long ago.
Inc commissioner hustled out to the
paddock TO take an observation Of Miller
as the Jockey weighed in. He returned
70 MIR. Gates with the information that
Miller wasn't sporting his rock that after
noon, and Mr.. Gates got down a boulder
bet on Miller's mount in the next race.
Miller's horse finished a bad fourth.
But that hasn't changed Mr.. Gates's
idea with respect to the Jockeys ring dope.
He probably argued it out in his mind that
Miller's horse would have finished Last
in the field Of fourteen il the hoy had been
wearing his rock
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~CHUR0HILLS DEBUT
First speech In Parliament HIT the Mark I'm
Spite Of Faults OF Delivery.
From BiGekvood's MopaSine.

The first time | noticed Lord Randolph
Churchill In the House OF Commons was on
q May day In 1873. Sir Charles Dixie had
been making merry at the expense OF Wood
stock, then represented by one known In
the Parliamentary arena simply as a cadet
OF the duoal house Of Marlborough.
From the third bench benin that on which
Ministers ought to have been sitting. rose
o well groomed young man, with protuberant
eyes. pale face and q ponderous mustache.
with which as he spoke he nervouslY toyed.
Members asking each other, who's thisf'
learned that 1t was the member for Wood
stock rising 10 defend the corporation Of the
borough that sent him TO Parliament.
Though assisted by notes. on which the
speech was fully written out, the young men,
Der was 90 nervous, his voice so badly pitched,
his delivery 40 faulty that there Was difficulty
In following his argument. But here and
there flashed forth q scathing sentence that
made II worth while TO attempt to oGtoh the
rest. When he sat down Lord Randolph
had made his mark. had established himself
ss an personality In an assembly in which
within ten years he was predominant.
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THE KING OF THE CROSSING.
All Sorts OF People Helped Over by the
broadway Policeman.

broadway Policeman.
Women are not the only persons whom
the policeman escorts across Broadway; he
looks out for the cripples, for the halt ant
the lame and the blind, and for the timiG
foreigners, newly landed, from strange
back country regions, who come in quaint
attire and carrying odd looking bags and
valises and stand on the bank Of the roaring
stream Of traffic, waiting for the man In
blue to pilot them safely over.
All eorts Of people. indeed, who need his
help he guards across, and old and young
women not In silks and satins alone, but
women poorly dressed and carrying on their
heads great bundles OF clothing, cut out,
and which they are now carrying home 10
make up, or great bundles Of clothing fin
ished and which they are now taking back
to the factory; and women carrying on their
heads great bundles OF wood which they
have gathered to carry home for frewood,
and small children carrying such bundles
Of wood as best they can. ,
Here, for instance, comes a small boy with
lot Of wood, not very great in quantity, but
too big for him to carry in any way, for he isl
very small boy; he Is dragging II along by a
cord. He has picked up an empty G case
somewhere, and he has got that packed full
Of broken wood OF INT sort and another. and
now he is dragging this lot Of wood along
the sidewalk making for home, &c reach
which he must cross Broadway.
But small as he is. and hampered as he is,
he Is in no danger Of being run down 1
crossing over II he will but wait for the
friendly policeman, upon whom experience
-. Ao.,.kN hira w. a Nolv c. AAts $3.50 n
boy pauses on the curb and presently he
sees the big mai standing in the middle Of
the street waiting for him. Then the small
boy drags his box down from the curb to
the street and starts over, the big police
mar meeting him.
As they meet, and the policeman turns
to move in the same direction with him, the
big man In uniform rests his fingers gently
on the small boys shoulder; he has to
straighten his arm out to get his fingertips
there, for he il big and the boy small; and 30
they cross over, the small boy working his
legs quickly while the big policeman, with
his far longer stride, must tax very slow
and deliberate steps 30 as not TO get ahead
Of him.
But he takes such steps and takes them
calmly; he neither hurres the boy nor Is he
himself at all disturbed at being called upon
for such pilot duty, but rather does he seem
10 fancy inns JOB Oh nelplhR tue small boy
over, for he keeps his fingertips resting
. gently and protectingly on the small boys
shoulder all the way across, until the little
chap has stepped up on the curb on the other
side and turned TO drag up his load: and
then the big policeman turns and walks
calmly back 10 his post in the middle OF the
turbulent thoroughfare, waiting there for
whatever may urn up next,
SO there he stands again now a king, TO
be sure, with full power within the limits
OF his realm but still with kindness In his
heart for all his subjects.
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CAVE JEWELLERS OF CELEBES
4 people, JUST EMERGED FROM
THE STONE AGE.

Among the Most Primitive Of the ~
RAee-ExplOFers Record the Results
Of q study OF n Tribe In the RtaEesOf
Transition From Cave TO Hut Life.
Paul and Fritz Sarasin nave been known
for years as the men who have contributed
more h any other explorers to our knowl-
edge Of the great island of Celebes, During
their three years journey In the unknown
interior, ending in 1896, they sent TO Germany
q letter about the Toala tribe, which was
rather esnsationally printed under the title.
Discovery OF Wild Woodmen in Celebes."
The article was criticised by scientific
writer's. and when the Sarasins went back
to Celebes in 1902 they decided to make a
careful study Of these people, who they
thought were especially worthy Of in
vestieation as a primitive type Of the human
race living In caves.
On December Q. 1902. they started inland
from the seaport of Macassar to the middle
Of the southwestern p~rolongation Of the
island, and in a few days they were again
among the limestone mountains OF Lamont
jong. Here the Toala cave men live in what
may be called an island Of forest, perched
high on the hills above the surrounding
woodless plains.
The explorers spent more than q month
studying this primitive tribe, whose anoes-
tors probably for many centuries inhabited
limestone caverns followed out OF the
steep slopes by the same natural agencies
that fashioned the Kentucky caves.
The world Is greatly interested In learning
all IL can about the prehistoric ave jewellers.
An~thropologists have been able to establish
with certainty a considerable number Of
facts relating to these primitive peoples
by the study Of such traces of them as can
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JIque wood for Rallroad Ties.
From he Chicago Record HsrOld,

from me thfcdpO RECORD heTotd,
Mahogany Is often used for ties by the
railroads In Cuba ~ well as In other tropical
countries. but Sir William Van HONE has
forbidden Il on his road. He considers u a
crime TO out small mahogany trees, and there
is plenty Of other timber In the forests suitable
{ OF construction purposes.
Jique pronounced hickey. Acana, lucaro
eGro. all hard woods which do not grow
large and cannot be utilized for cabinet work,
are just as good as mahogany for ties and
will outlast steel rails In this climate, because
Nueyitas and Camaguey. the oldest In Cuba.
which, was built In. 1888, are jique ties that
them have been talk en- out and used for fence
posts after thirty years In the railroad bed
There Is a trRmway az Camaguey with rails
Of jique wood over which the cars have been
running for more than q quarter OF a century,
and they do not show wear any more than
steel after the same service. Much OF the
wood q 20 hard aud heavy that Il viii sink
10 water
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why He Was q Partisan.

FROM Me hoHAde Cttp btoT.
John Sharp Williams once ran afoul Of
Tom Reed. This is the way he tells the
story himself: Il met Mr.. Reed coming out
OF the cloSkroom, and he said 10 me In that
peculiar drawl OF his; Wilt ms. whatever
makes you such q bitter phrtisHnT We'll,
from you. isn't itf' I replied. Never mind
me- he replied. But why are you such a
bitter pHrtlsani'
" Well, III tell you, I said. You know ]
never saw n Republican until / was 50 years
old, and ! can't ret used 10 them. somehow.
He looked at me ~reproachfully and walked
away without another word"
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CAVE DWELLING ON ISLAND OF cElEBEs.

Thus the Toalas illustrate the human
race on one Of the lowest rungs Of the ladder
who are gradually making a little progress,
chiefly through contact with neighbors
who have climbed q little higher, though still
primitive themselves.
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picks up a piece Of accidental overweight
10 a race Is one to be looked out for INT
PLAYED IL the dope gives him any kline Of
chance in the world. l won't nay that
out in actual practice during . period ex-
tending over 2O6 years, for he isn't quite
that old, although IL il commonly said that
q remembers the o ron by Eagle,
The great Virginia Thoroughbred, shortly
after the war Of 1917 But Mr.. Gideon can
weight dope and show how It has copped
the change In g remarkable number Of In
stances.
There's come sound sense back Of this
bug. st that, for the horse that picks up the
pieoe OF overweight gets his ride by . jockey
T!cight, and when an owner In willing that
bs horse shall take up some additional
pounds in order TO permit q certain boy 20
noe, the in ference H. reasonable enough
mat the owner knows that he's got a pretty
Chicago O'Brien, the heap big whanger,
Nip pLyn EN- all pm the limb. taking as
ORi as ! 10 8 third II he thinks it'a In, has
got the superstition that II his horse kcka
another horse at the post it's all over and
here,s no chance.
John W. Gates's bug IL that q jockey
Who wears q diamond finger ring while
rn'ng can't get a horse home In front.
ms is a bug based upon experience.
One DAY, several years ago, Mr.. Gates
packed a horse ridden by that master
horeeman-for a little while, when he was
pehaying-Grover Cleveland Fuller. He
oet $4,000 on this mount Of Fuller's and
Sood TO win Sl2S,0Oo II the boy brought the
morse home.
Fuller wore a big solitaire diamond ring
plI Gay. The horse was a hard headed
ornte ana needed 70 be restrained under
NIaPs for the final sprint 70 the tape that
NaS his characteristic.
Fuller followed Instructions and took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28

Do you think you'd like to learn to be storekeeper1 If you do here's the place for you. I've got no children and my wife-as motherly a soul as there Is in the world-will jump at the chance to take you and teach you to be a Christian and good, honest boy. What do you say7"
 ''It's a soft snap, and I'll take it." said Jappie, talking in the way he had been trained. And now I'd like to do some work so l can have a bite of breakfast. I'm as hungry ns our Hons always are."
 Well, I've come to get something for breakfast now" said the man. You may eat first and work afterwards. It's only 6 o'clock. My store Isn't open for trade till seven. So you've an hour to eat and get acquainted with my wife, who'll take you to her bosom as her own. She loves children In general and is daffy on the subject of Japs. She will be too happy to mention when she finds you are to live with us."
 Then the grocer-who proved to be a good and honest man-fllled several paper bags with provisions and led Jappie from the store. You see, yesterday being circus day my wife forgot to get what she needed for breakfast. Now that we are to have circus performer living with us, I reckon she'll forget all the time"
 '"rhen I'll learn to think of those things for her." said Japple. trotting along be- side his new father towards the pretty house shaded by trees that was to be hls future home.
 And so 1t was that Japple, the acrobat became JapaDard, the scholar of Berton and the pride and joy of the good grocer and his loving wife, for he was sent to school regularly and allowed to work ln the store only during his vacations.
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Queens of England.

negotiations came to naught. and 1t was not till IT years later that marriage between the infanta and the Prince of Wales was arranged. There was much opposition in England to the King taking q Roman Catholic queen, and he had some difficulty in bringing about a mar riage with the Portugal Princess and helress.
 But Catherine was the one who called for pity Her union with Charles brought great unhappiness into her life. He was monster of infldellty and heaped wrongs insults and humility upon her helpless shoulders She bore her wrongs and gross neglect with wonderful patience. only re- monstrating when the load became no longer bearable. With wanton prodigality Charles squandered her dover on his fa vorites, pauperizing not only her but himself. His extravaganza knew no bounds till at last 1t put him so deeply in debt-and disgrace with the trades men-that he was denied credit.
 During the 22 years of her queenhood as wife to Charles II. Catharine knew not one day of unalloyed happiness. As the years went on she became-in measure--so accustomed to her royal hus- bands neglect that she tried to assume indifference to 1t, but all the while her wrongs left their incurable stlngs How ever, she proved to be of a most noble disposition, forgiying Charles on his death bed end truly mourning him, for in spite of his neglect of her she loved him as q mother loves an errlng child.
 After Charles death Catharlne returned to her beloved country, sunny Portugal. where she spent the remainder of her Q sudden attack of collie on the night of December 31, 17O5.
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short time after planting, for the ground was so warm and damp. Then up would shoot little green sprouts, which would in course of time become beautiful vege- tables At to eat.
 But as the afternoon wore away and no green sprouts showed above the newly broken earth Lissa's and Joe's enthusi- asm began to wane. Lissa thought of her dollies that needed attention. Joe saw two of his young friends going to- ward the creek with fishing poles over their shoulders. He rose and went off without SO much as an excuse. only say Ing as he ran toward the fence: There goes Tom and Pennv' Then he was over the barrier at a bound, calling after his chums to wait for him.
 Lissa, with a sigh of relief, got up and went to her playroom and told her dolls all about the pretty garden she-with Joe smiths help--was making that within a few days the pretty white onions and red radishes would be ready to eat.
 The next morning, and the next, and the next, Lissa and Joe visited their part nership garden to ind not a green sprout At last half discouraged. they dug their fingers down into the pea bed to see if the seeds were still there. To their great joy they beheId the seeds swollen and
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their way and sat enjoying themselves as only boys can who have enjoyed the distinction of paying for their admission.
 The band started up and everybody clapped their hands, and those whose mouths were not too full of popcorn or peanuts shouted their approval of the music and things in general Old grand fathers and mothers were there with the little folk, gnnning and mumhlns their pleasure. Sweethearts in their teens were there eating candy hearts and drinking pink lemonade that was passed about by a red-headed boy in soiled linen clothes Fans were buzzlng furiously, TOT every woman, young, old and interme- dlate, had brought her palm leaf 10 create breeze.
 The grand parade was something to remember so long ns life should last. The elephant led the procession, couple of midgets on his back. The camel fol- lowed, carrying huge-headed clown that made people split their sides with laugh ter, bis jokes just sultng them. Then came the beautiful horses, spotted, snow white, black and ereamcolored. They were ridden by the bareback performers in spangles and tights Then monkeys, grinning, Jabbering, came In on the backs of trained dogs. Ohl when had anyone ever seen such show? Never In Bertou DefOre.
 But the wonders came when the per formers entered the rings-for there were two of them. And of all that the boys of Benton saw that day in the circus a little Jap, who did acrobatic feats. pleased them most. He was about 10 years old. and people maryeled at his performance. He was truly wonderful.
 After the circus there was concert, to which few of the boys remained; 1; those who had so much as a dime left after having paid a quarter to get in and i've cents for peanuts and the same sum for pink lemonade, could afford to stay
 Then they ran home to supper and re- turned to watch the tents lowered, for the circus must travel that night to reach a larger town 20 miles away, where performance would be given the next day.
 But just as the circus train was about to start there was a cry that the little Jap acrobat was missing Search was made for him about the grounds and throughout the town. Everybody became excited and the men and boys of Der ton turned out to assist in the hunt. But to no avail-the missing Jap seemed to have sunk into the earth.
 After three hours of fruitless search the circus manager, his temper in danger ous mood, declared that the circus should move on, but that If he ever laid eyes on that 'devillsh Jap he'd ''skin him alive and make shoe leather of his hide" This awful threat made severals boys, who had that day made up their minds to run away with the. circus, tremble till their teeth chattered. They decided that home was a safer place than cir GUS with such terrible boss to obey.
 Long after midnight, and while every