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The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

No good" said George briefly. as he
threw four sevens ON the table and
reached for the pot. Then in the same
even voice he had used before he went
on: If you uns wants fight reckon yo'
en- have it. But If yo' want to play
poker We en- fight later on, and he
leaned back in his chair.
IF that's the understanding. i reckon
we -mought as well play along little %
said the one-eyed man. "A fight en- be
had most any time, but this kind of q
game don't come none too frequent
Pears like I'd be better suited il I was
to break even"
AS George was the only winner at the
table and he had no wish to stop. there
was no argument, and the game went on
though they all realized that a clash was
almost inevitable.
Nothing Of importance developed on
the pilots deal, nor sQn One Eyes, but
when Killer Lindsay threw out the cards
there was another contest. Frank had
made the usual ante and George came
In. The pilot0elso came in, and One Eye
raised 1t. Lindsay saw the raise and
Frank reraised. George looked a little
doubtful. but after some hesitation he
tTailed
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found an evidence of Christianity. He
was mistaken; the cross was the symbol
of the fourth degree of the Midewiwin,
or Secret Medicine Society Of the Ojib-
was. which had an active existence until
a few years ago.
The Midewiwin cross, as described by
later writer's, is a Latin cross made of
saplings, the upright pole reaching the
height Of four to six feet, the transverse
arms being somewhat shorter, each be-
ing the same length as that part of the
pole between the arms and the top. The
upper parts are painted white or smeared
with white clay, over which are spread
small spots of red. the latter suggesting
the sacred shell or Megis, the symbol of
the order The lower arm or pole is
squared, the surface toward the east
being painted white. to denote the source
of light or warmth, the face on the
south is green, denoting the source Of
the thunder bird which brings rains and
causes the appearance of vegetation; the
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see. at that point he shifted in his chair
a little while Jim was putting on a little
fresh lather and the brush slipped into
his mouth.
ITS no easy job shaving a man that's
talking steadily. and the only wonder to
me is that Jim got through as he did
without cutting him. But Mr.. Grillk got
the lather out OF his mouth, more or less
mixed with hair. and then he went on
from just where he'd left of. and we
will start them forward promptly. Await
ing your further orders, We beg to re-
main and SO forth, with no let up.
Sometimes Jim would just simply grab
his jaw and close his mouth. He had to
do this at some points Of the shaving.
and then Mr.. Grillk's voice would be
more or less muffled. but he kept right
on debating. and kept right on cutting.
and Jim kept right on shaving. And in
about eight minutes Mr.. Grillk broke in
on a letter he was debating long enough
to say, without looking up. to his book
keeper. is everything ready?' And the
bookkeeper says, Yes. SIR and sure
enough there was his overcoat and his
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The pilot then, dropped and One Eye
raised again. after which Killer trailed,
and they all looked at Frank.
That player gave no intimation Of his
real strength by his expression. but
threw in 800 more than 1t took to see the
last raise and then, to the considerable
surprise of the others, George made it
500 more. Il reckon my luck holds
again. he said
One Eye. an exceptionally wary player,
abandoned the struggle. but the Killer
deliberately counted out $1,000 in bills
and laid them In the pot.
1t looked to Frank like ,1lher blur or
a not unnatural attempt to outplay
George, and though he felt hardly strong
enough to raise again, he trailed, where
upon George closed the pot.
On the draw Frank stood pat. Then
George said. "YO' mought give me the
ten of spades. / on'y want one"
Killer threw him a card. and before
looking at it himself ne turned 1t over. 50
that they could all see it. 1t was the ten
Of spades.
Utterly unmoved to all appearance, the
Killer declared himself pat. and George
slowly counted out another 81 Dob from a
huge roll which he drew from an inside
pocket and laid ii in the pot.
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to break a channel. and VIC shall dyna-
mite the ice, if necessary. to get the
schooner out We are still firmly Of the
belief that We shall land the castings at
your place at the appointed time and
so on
But. of course. long before he'd got
that far was cutting his hair. begin
ming on his back hair first down by his
neck, so as to get that cleared away be-
fore Jim wanted him to tilt his head
back on the chair to Shave him, and
while I was cutting away at the back
hair jim was over at the wash basin
mixing the lather. and then by the time
Jim had the lather on his face and had
begun shaving him and had got down
around his chin, where he wanted to tip
his head back. had got higher up on
his head. so that tipping his head back
made no difference with me.
las I cut and Jim shaved Mr. Grillk
kept on debating. 'Absolon l.. Ribstock.
Esq he'd say 'Kenosha. Wis: We have
this day forwarded to you by express
samples of the bolts you require-for
heavens sake. jim, Don't do thatn You
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hat on a chair near. and when / glanced
up l saw standing in the street in front
of the door a taxicab with a door open
and the chauffeur on the box, all keyed
up and ready. and then I clipped faster
and Jim worked the razor, and-'we are
quite prepared to fill all orders prompt
ly,' said Mr.. Grillk. We have the goods
now ip stock. and should you honor US
with your order you will find that these
Or any other goods that you may require
We can supply at most favorable prices
and on the best possible terms, and We
can deliver them on the dot
That's ALL he says to the stenog
rapher. and Pull the cloth. Bill he says
to me, the time being then $50
And l snatched the cloth of him and
Jim gave his face one swab with a towel
and Mr.. Grillk, with his own work fin
ished and with our work on him all done.
stood up as cool as a cucumber and easy
as an old shoe, and the bookkeeper was
ready. holding up his overcoat for him
to get into, and five seconds later he was
stepping into the taxicab. just saying to
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You remember" said the boss barber,
1.-The story about the barber shop out
West where they put eight people to
work on customer at once? They had
one man cutting his hair. another shaw
ing him, and a manicure on each hand,
and bootblack on each shoe. and one
boy brushing his hat, and another brush
ing his coat No doubt that was going
some, though / never could understand
why they didn't take his shoes off to
black 'em and put chiropodist to work
on each foot, which would have given
them ten people working on him instead
of Il measly eight.
The supposed object of all this bust
ness. of course, was to get the man
through all complete in short time; but
really this was a sort of wild Western
job. just spectacular. with no real saving
at all. If you want to see real barbering
you still have to come to New York,
where we really do things: where we put
men through while they are keeping
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he knew perfectly well how near the
danger line he went. And the others
looked their appreciation. George. how
ever. was undisturbed.
''All s yO' got to do" he said quietly
as he riffled the deck, :'is to give It a
name. I'm backin' my guards when
get EN-"
Jim Eaton. who put up the next ante.
had been a river pilot before taking up
poker for living and had been known
to laugh while his boat was burning No
peril was great enough to sober him, and
as he put up his two chips, call five, he
said quizzically. "Mebbe we uns won't
call it luck il yo' fill flush on yo' own
deal like yo' did last time, George"
'That'H be about all, I reckon said
George, though he still spoke coolly.
There's been enough mouth play"
Il Dunno drawled the one-eyed man.
when 1 play poker I reckon on talkin'
if feel like it. TIL amt no house rule
agin it. is there?''
Depends on how yo' talk" replied
George, and as the deal was now COM
pleted the players gave their attention to
their cards. For the moment at least
there was truce.
One Eye cast single glance at his
hand and put up his five chips promptly.
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Christendom has for SO long regarded
the cross as exclusively Christian SYM
Dol that, except to a few ethnologists
and scholars, the knowledge that the
cross in its different forms was a COM
mon symbol among the redmen of Amer
lea when the white man came with his
ships and his religion. and. indeed, that
the cross has been shown to have been
sign to that ancient race which we are
pleased to call the Mound Builders"
will come as something of a surprise.
When, in 1870 the Spanish coronado
reachedothe Pueblo city of Cibola, the
Pueblos made the cross as a sign of
peace, and later when Father Marquette
reached an Indian village on the Bay
of Puans'' Green Bay. Wis.,, he found
"a great CROSS set up in the middle of
the village adorned with several white
skins. red girdles, bows and arrows, and
the pious father concluded that he had
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Debating letters to his stenograp her.
he was going like this, - the fish
plates went forward by fast freight on
Monday last and they should reach you
not later than Saturday. but in case
they should not appear kindly advise US
by telegraph and we will send out a
tracer. The rest of your order will be
promptly filled and forwarded in due time
III, accordance with your valued instruc-
tons. 1 beg to remain yours very truly,
Oliver Grillk.'
He was sitting at his desk in a high
back chair that would give a rest for his
head when he tilted that back.
Now, Bill he says to me. you and
Jim have got seventeen minutes for this
job and no more He was looking all
the time at his stenographer. and he
kept right along talking without a break:
-. j. MacWhillike, Esq. West Skin
.nyattules Junction. N Y: Dear Sir he
said. The gray castings which you or
Gered of us were finished on time, but
unfortunately the schooner on which
they were loaded was frozen in at the
foundry wharf We have sent I'D a tug
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no loss Of time at all
We had case like that only just last
week. A regular customer Of ours. a
very busy man. telephoned one morning
az half past 9. saying that he had to
catch a train for Chicago at 10 o'clock
and he was very busy and hadn't had his
hair cut in a month and hadn't been
shaved in three days. and he couldn't so
looking as he was. and he wanted me to
come right over and cut his hair and
bring along a man with me to shave
him. Said We could get over there in
three minutes and he'd give us just sew
erteen minutes for the job
We'll. / threw a couple of pairs of
shears and couple of towels and a cloth
into bag and Jim here grabbed a cou-
pie of razorS and some towels and
shaving mug and brush and we started
his Office is right near here. and We
landed there. 1 guess. in less than three
minutes, and we found him busy sure
enough.
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II never heard o. no rule ag'fn press
in yo'. luck as long S it lasts in draw
poker observed the man with a big
mustache. IF Their IS. faint no house
rule, an poker'I be played 'cordin' to
house rules here IS long s I run the
house,
He spoke very quietly and deliberately,
but there was an undertone of menace in
his voice, and for moment there was no
reply. 1t was not to be supposed that
any of the four others at the table would
have shirked the issues Of a fight if one
had been started. for they were all pro-
fessionals and were obliged to be pre-
pared at all times
Moreover, there was not a man at the
table who had not a record. Men fought
at a word in their time on the Mississippi
River, and these were e-nphatically men
Of their time. For some reason, how
ever. No one seemed quite ready to pre-
cipitate the trouble
That's right enough. George said
one, who was known among his associ-
ites as Killer Lindsay, after the slight
pause. I'VE uns don't find no fault with
ye' all TO pressin' yo' luck. What amt
clear is whether it's luck
He spoke as evenly as the other, though
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amazed at the illusion. The CORE
spondence between the photograph and
the movement and gesture Of the pic
lures was exact.
The apparatus will not be put on the
market. and will therefore not become
public property. until M. Gaumont can
obtain the patents guaranteeing the pro-
lection of his invention.
The cinematograph talking machine
has many times been promised. and many
times the announcement has been made
that IT had been perfected. The prob
lem. however. Of keeping the photograph
from running ahead of or behind the
moving pictures has until now proved
an insurmountable one. And this con-
cordance Of the dual work OF the instru-
ment was not only nor even the great
est diniculty.
After 1t was found that the phono-
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GERMAN AND IRISH RECRUITS PRINCIPALS IN WAR YARl

per minute. while Wallschaeger raised
his feet about foot from the ground
and STROBE with elephantine elaboration,
and somehow Thomas always managed to
kick him on the ankles when he missed
step:
." Squad. forward, march: left, left
Gunner and bitten.
Thomas. get step
LEFT. left kick.
'Shwinekoup.'
Silence in the ranks; left, left kick.
kick.
"'Py golly. noch-a-mahl. du spitzpoop.
Thomas. get the step: left left, right.
left. kick kick.
For dumle aisel. Ich. wulIen schlagen
du Won de koup.
"'How tine divil kin l kape step whia
We don't march right
Silence in the ranks: left left Kick.
kick. kick. kick.
'Dunnerwasser'
Halt. 'front.', and Wallschlaeger made
a grab for ThomasNto 'smize him awie.
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FIRST. the arrests for the years 1905
1903. and 191O-lO.OS5, 6,01s. and 7.1s5. re-
espectively-totaled exactly 3,2sS, an
average of 1852 for each year. This
average number of arrests for the three
years mentioned is decrease of 22,656,
or "A per cent. when compared with the
number of arrests for the year 1907. in
which year the large number of 80, AS
arrests was made in this city. In paSS-
ing. it might be we'll to draw your atten-
ton to the fact that during the year
1907. and previous to that time, this de-
partment, as other departments, was still
laboring with the Old-time and anti
quated method of carelessly throwing
people into prison.
I'm this total of 3O,41S arrests for 1907,
We had but 93S arrests for felonies, which
is approximately 3 per cent of the total.
while during the years 1908. 1903. and 1910
We averaged approximately $50 arrests
each year for felonies, which is a per-
centage of Il compared with the aver
age number of arrests for the three years.
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promptly with the left foot at the COM
mand march, l inquired if they under
stood what I had just explained to them.
WIS 'yaw,' was the answer.
Squad. forward, march"
Thomas started off with the right foot
and Wallschlaeger with the left. and the
result was that Wallschlaeger's No. 10
shoe raked Thomas from the calf of his
leg down to his heel
"'Howly Noses he'll take the heel av
me- said Thomas
Another explanation to step off with
the left foot at the word march. another
'yis' and 'yaw' and again the command
forward, march.
LEFT. left Scrape goes No. 10.
Bloody murther.
Silence in the ranks; left, left
Scrape with the No. 10.
\ Bad luck to ye.'
Silence in the ranks; left. left, right,
left Scrape with the government.
.HoWly murther.'
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And during this time crime and vice
greatly decreased.
These figures" he continues, I'VE base
upon hard facts. and when you take into
consideration the large and steady in
crease in our population, as we'll as added
territory, it is convincing that former
methods OF placing people in prison are
entirely wrong, as so much time is given
to the arrest and detention and prosecu-
ton of minor violators that the more
serious and habitual offenders do not
receive the proper surveillance and are
practically allowed to operate without
detection.
Formerly it was charged that it was
the police who made those who had once
had a police court record think there
was no use in trying to go straight, after
getting out of prison. No man or wo-
man ever appreciates square deal more
than these unfortunates, who may have
been shown their error by our policy.
A person is never anything but what his
outside influences have made him. They
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heart: it is the east wind, coming from
the seat Of life and love. The foot is
the melting. burning south wind. The
right arm it the gentle west wind. blow
ing from the spirit land. covering the
lungs, from which the breath at last
goes out. but into unknown night. And
in general among the Indian tribes this
form of cross Is regarded as relating to
the four winds. 1t is painted by the
Apache warriors on their mocasins when
going through a strange district to keep
them from getting on wrong trail.
With all the prairie tribes the morn
ing star was held in great reverence and
was the subject Of much Psychological
belief and ceremony. 1t Is universally
represented in their Photographs as q
cross, usually Of the Maltese pattern.
In this form it was pictured frequently
on the ghost shirts.
Among the Moki Indians the Maltese
Cross is the emblem OF maidenhood. 1t
is a conventional development Of more
common emblem Of maidenhood In which
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graph and cinematograph could be made
to synchronize it was discovered that
there were two other problems. One
was that when a picture subject with its
sound accompaniment was being record
ed the monograph could not Zeceive the
sound clearly at the distance from 1t at
which 1t was necessary to set the picture
machine in order to take the views. The
other puzzle has been to produce the
necessary increase in the volume Of
sound to be given out by the phono-
graph. as that instrument. until the APP
pearance Of NJ. Gaumont's invention. has
not had sufficient carrying power to make
1t satisfactory and completely Ineligible
in q large auditorium.
The new apparatus recently presented
before the academy solves the problem
Of synchrohism by Q special system Of
connections, which conveys through the
two dynamos that control the action 4
speed which q absolutely the same. II
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Lindsay counted his own roll with
equal deliberations. but finding only $500
remaining, he said: II call yo' TO- what 4
got. I can't go no further.
Then Frank studied a long time. His
flush seemed hardly worth a call. but the
others had played at each other SO heav-
ily before that 1t seemed likely they
might be doing IL on weaker hands than
his. Finally he called. showing down his
hand,
George and the Killer. however, showed
each a royal flush, and the monstrous
improbability of the deal upset the loser
completely.
Drawing a gun in each hand. heSswore
mighty oath. Il don't mind playin'
ag'in luck" he said. but that's the
worst swindle-'' And he got no further
1T was the funniest fight ever SEEM.
said the pilot when he told the story of
1t years afterward. There was One Eye
an me. We both on US drawed, o c'ose,
an neither one on us want no ways
slow. But TO either one on US knowed
rightly what fed oughter do there WIS
three dead men on the flo. an then We
set gapin' at each other; We hadn't no
quart betwixt US. so we grabbed what
we could often the table afo' anybody
come in
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On the first of the year. Fred kohler'
chief of the police of Cleveland, Ohio,
who established what has come to be
known as the Golden Rule system,
made his annual report to the mayor Of
that city. He shows that his system has
had notable results. He begins:
The total number of arrests for the
year 191o-the third full year that this
department has been operated under the
common-sense or so-called golden-rule
policy of making or not making arrests
You will note is 7,1S5, an increase of 10
per cent compared with the previous
year-l909-when the total arrests were
60lS
With the end of this year, as before
stated, We have completed three years
under this policy, and call to your atten-
ton briefly the good results attained,
which stand abreast with all good work
that has been accomplished by a police
force
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surface toward the west is covered with
vermilion. and relates to the land Of the
Setting Sun, the abode Of the dead. The
north is painted black. as that faces the
direction from which comes cold and
hunger.
The same disposition Of straight lines
which is called the Latin cross was and
is used by the Dakota to signify the
mosquito-hawk, more commonly called
the dragon-fy. The Susbeca or mosquito
hawk is a supernatural being. He is
gifted with speech. He warns men Of
danger. He approaches the ear of the
man moving carelessly or unconcernedly
through the deep grass Of the meadow
or marsh-approaches his ear silently and
at right angles, and says to MIN. ''Tcf'-
.'Tci''-'Tci''-which is an intersection
equivalent to Look out"
The use Of this symbol antedates the
discovery Of America and Is carried far
back in tradition and myth.
When missionary first asked Da-
kota the name Of this figure, which he
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Men who traffic and live upon the pro-
ceeds of womans shame-are now I'M
known here: the farce of a city sharing
in the wages Of a wOman's shame by
eXacting tribute from unfortunate women
by a regular or systematic filming system
or license system, is not permitted, no
such thing as any girl being lured to a
house of i'll repute under pretense of
obtaining employment and afterward kept
in bondage. nor such thing as emigrant
girls, ignorant Of the language. held in
slavery by brutal masters, is known here.
This policy has no opposition among
the law-abiding citizens, nor among the
mothers whose sons and daughters have
been saved from disgrace. But there Is
opposition among the professional! bonds
men-police court sharks-who waxed fat
on swollen fees extorted from poor men
and women. There is opposition among
politicians who formerly used their al
legged influence to get votes-politicians
who existed by catering to the lowest
elements in the city.
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mo talking on drill: left. left Scrape
goes the 10.
Sargent, hold on a mint till hit that
agit.'
Thomas. you'll get into the guard
house if you don't be still: left. left
Scrape.
oh, phwy did liver come to Amer.
ky? And when poor Thomas patience
was entirely gone the command was
given, Right about. march, One turned
one way and the other another way
until they faced each other. and Thomas
Immediately wanted to strike him, but
was prevented. and faced to the front,
and they were again instructed in left
face and fhe principles of the direct
step in quick time. Thomas all the
while muttering in an undertone. what
he'd do the 6cmmed Dutchman' when
ne got into camp.
Left face. and now Wallschacger was
in front. Thomas walked pigeontoed
with a mincing, choppy step of about 150
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by any accident the two should diverge,
9 small crank operated by hand can re-
establish the synchronism by advancing
or retarding the displacement Of the film.
which always is subordinate to the &C
ton Of the. photographic disk.
Just what the details Of the workman
ship In this extraordinary machine are
cannot as yet be explained. because of
the great secrecy which Is at present
guarding from imftators the unpatented
device.
In experimenting with the second DIM
Guilty, that Of making the original rec
ords at the distance from the speaker or
singer which was necessary for the
cinematograph. n. Gaumont hit upon a
clever scheme which has proved at least
q partial. though probably not COM
plete, solution OF the problem. What he
has added to the scheme which makes
the illusion perfect - not to be divulged
until later.