The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-16

flIVE million dollars is the larg-
iR est sum there is any record
of having been won in a SIN
lH gle sitting at cards. Inc
story of its winning is told
by Frank Nevi1l in his new
history of gambling. Light Come
knew very little about cards was in
duced to join in a game with TWO
strangers whom he had offered to en-
terrain for the night in his hut IN
tanned upon the agreement that as soon
as any one Of the three should nave
exhausted what money they mad IN
their pockets at the time the Would
was good and soon the cash of the
travellers was gone. They, however,
persuaded him to continue a niue
longer, offering to wager solled
game. 1t was worth, they considered,
fifty dollars. The host won this, too,
and the next morning his visitors ue-
parted without it. Investigation show
ed the document to be clear title
to one of the richest mines in the coun-
try, worth very close to $5,OOO,OOO-
Mr.. Nevill then adds that the English
man afterwards provided very hand
sOmely for tine men from whom ne
had won.
IAN Army Mule new story by
Charles Miner Thompson, author OF
by Houghton-A Iiff1in Co. on April %.
The title of it is suggested by the
blind and reckless obstinacy OF the ora
soldier who is its principal character
His mulishness involves him and those
about him in a succession of the most
mystifying and distressing compllca-
lions.
James Huneker's new book, PRONE
nades of an Tmpressionist," has just
been published by Scribner's. There
is no one who writes like Mr.. Huneker'
and few men writes like Mr.. Huneker,
knowledge of the latest theories. move
ments, and man in art and literature,
throughout the civilized world, which
he possesses and can so brilliantly eX-
press. Not that his knowledge is con-
fined or his sympathies restricted to
the present, or rather the future, Tor
in his new book he writes as brilliantly
of Velsaquez as of Sorolla, and with
even more understanding of Goya
than of Gauguin, but in the bringing
viVidIy before US new men and things
he is peculiarly successful. NO more
stimulating and refreshing book than
this has appeared in years. In these
essays he is ar remarkable for his cpl
grammatic formulation of the new as
for his fidelity in revivifying the old.
"Some Musical Recc1lections of FIT
ty Years." by Richard Hoffman, will
be one of the important publications
of this month. Another new book is
''Our Garden Flowers: A Study OF
Their Native Lands Their Life HIS
tions,'' by Harriet L. Keeler, the Au-
thor of "Our Native Trees" and "Our
Northern Shrubs" A new volume OF
the international Critical Common
tary," dealing with Chronicles, by the
Rev. E. L. Curtis, D. D., and The
History of Ethics Within Organized
Christianity by Thomas Cunning
Hall. D. D.. will also be brought out in
April 1.-THE Black Bear" by William
H. Wright, the author of 1.-THE Griz-
zly Bear will be published some time
this month, as We'll as Auctlon
of Bridge Advanced Bridge" and
practical Bridge
1.-THE engineer of the train that
crawls across Siberia is as much a
car, in his way.as the other car is
in his Winter Palace" writes Fred
eric S. IshaIn, author of Half a
Chance" who spent some time In the
big bleak land 1.-The train stops Of
wander aside and pluck the many
colored flowers of the steppe. When
the car at the throttle gets ready to
go on, he goes on. without warming:
He doesn't even look back to see IL
YOU are on. lie doesn't care He gets
under as full speed as he can as soon
as he can. And if you shouldn't hap
pen to get, scramble o. fall aboard,
he won't go DaCk. NOlnlIlS NO0AO ia
duce him to- Big, black bearded, he
makes you feel he is master of your
destiny; a car who would abandon
YOU to the endless wastes with all the
apathy and unconcern of his imperial
prototype"
DYING to order is one of the most sa-
cred customs of the American Indian.
Thirty years ago Standing Elk came
to Major James Mclaughlin, the au-
thor of MY Friend the Indian"
(Houghton Mifflin Coz and said:
Father, my wife will die today and
she wants coffin from you" The
major asked him what the ailment was
and he replied: Just nothing but that
she has heard the ghosts calling and
must CO., Somebody had told her, it
turned out. that she was sick, SO she
had painted for DEATH and all her
relatives had gathered about to be-
moan her-and incidentally divide her
property as soon as she was dead.
There was no use in the Majors ar
guing about it. so he had the coffin
made In many cases those painted
for death are actually bullied into