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80. We went TO watch tho French
game" says IVES six were playing
ana they used 81 ff,y-two-carti deck
for a Wonder, 50 I thought that |
might have some chance there. It
ought to upset their judgment. they're
50 used to playing with thirty-six.
thirty-two or forty card deck and
shutting M the discard. \ party was
Just cleaned out. It's your next. ser
gesnt,' SAID the waiter who had snatch
ell our chips, and husky boy sat
down and handed an envelope 10 the
banker. Orders from the general, he
says, 300 new horses. He meant 800
francs worth of chips. there being $50
You buy just once in the chalons
freeze When YOU lose you get out
and make room for better man
Each table had list OF names.
scratched like 4 racing card on wet
day, II YOU want to play you put your
name down. tip the waiter and he no
tifes you.
Il meditated that I'd get into that
game. it looked so homelike. There
were stacks and stacks of purple, lilac.
ba blue and white chips. and some
green aud assorted pastel tlnS. -Four
men had 'em. The two others piked
along despairing but hopeful. What's
the limit I ask All the chips you've
got sa.s one and he hoists them $50.
That's the tiger of IL. You can only
buy 500 worth of chips 10 start with ::
vel there's men who'll raise you $50,
It's accumulated money. in the hands
of winners Nobody can sell chips or
cash in part of his velvet while he's
PLAYING 1t looked good but where
would be w4h my SIP? | could put
IL up and have a sight for my money
II amt poker, ! said. il is roulette
They risk more than their money
they risk their chance to play and win
il back. Tonight they return to the
plking along at the value of their
hands: then, all at once, a buffer will
break loose and dare them. And an
other and Notwithstanding glory and
the valua BILE antes. Surely. the buffer
gets caught often. but. meanwhile, The
poor man shiyers at the thought o.
being pushed out of it.
ANY Of them is a poor man IL his
stack OF chips is low down. says
Wes He may have $1,000 in his
pocket: it's no use. he can't buy any
more chips. once cleaned out. he goes
upon tine waiting list-and il may be a
week till he gets back to Chalons.'
What decided the Cripple Creek boy
aud friend to pool their cash and
let Yves take try with 80 was the
straddle idiom. Four straddIes are
obi gatory. but YOU don't need to make
good if you don't like the looks of
the hand dealt YOU. They get il from
"A little handbook. says Yves.
The sergeant who bought $50 worth
of chips put up an ante Of 20 cents.
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raised him a pink chip, and he came
back at him with three puppies. Take
the pot, I've only got three ten spots,
said the one -card draw man, who'd
held a kicker--they all hold kickers.
The pat man haw hawed and laid
down straight. L bluffed YOU he
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men came in-$l2.S0 ante money. And
they don't allow a raise before the
draw. It's raise enough. One man
stood pat, two asked for two cards
each and the fourth drew one card
The first bet a baby-blue chip, the two
card draws fell out, the one-card draw
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ana catch Judith with the sideburns;
but ] understand that Judith is a iady's
name What have | GOT
As ne uttered the words the waiter
came up and saw money on the table.
Pardon. he said. "one play not the
pocker for the money; it is all defend
ed. mllitariiy- It's not poker. don I
worry, said the man from Georgia.
Thousand regrets" replied the waiter.
1t must that take the throwers." And
he laid hands on the chips, which they
call 'Jetons.
Yet there were two French tables. at
that very moment watched by admir-
ing throngs ana notoriously pla ylne
poker for big money, but they did not
show it
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of the right size for the can. and this
in such way that each can gets it's
own share of the several parts of the
fish. 1t must have some from the back
and some from the belly in order to
supply the streak of lean and the
streak of fat. which, like bacon, is
necessary to make the can of salmon
just right The machine puts in just
sixteen ounces. which fills the can to
the top. AS the cans move onward
they pass through automatic
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The man next him straddled it. 40
cents. The man next straddled him, 80
cents. And so on, to $500 to draw
cards.
There seemed To be room for judg-
ment in a game like that, and knowl-
edge of the value of hand. Four
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said. And all of them aw-hawed
That's right. Three of kind beats a
straight-they're so used to playing
thirty siX-card poker that it's second
nature to them. That's why they hold
kickers-secohd nature. So ! put nv
name down and got into the game at
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AS far as its fisheries are concerned,
western Alaska is next in importance
to southeastern Alaska. 1t has some
thing like s1i000.0O0 invested in the
industry. and the men employed are
more than seven thousand. The region
has twenty-three canneries for salmon.
and the number of fish caught last sea-
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chalOr~. close behind the trenches
become an exclusively military city.
busting and recAIcss resembles very
much Al oId-time western mining
town. \ twc-doilar bottle Of perfum-
cry costs 80 and q rwo-dolIar restau-
rant meal 81. There are music halls
and cafes galore.
> when W. Americans heard poker
E mentioned II Was Ike the Watchdog :
honest bark 10 us says Yves. AT
Chalons four Of Us went To cafe to pla y
among ourselves and get the hang OF
the thirty-si&-car deck We met Jul
dith"
That is TO say. the waiter brought a
French pack, without indicators in the
corners. and basket OF chips, square,
round. oblonG aud mostly pink. mauve.
aquamarine and purple. only one of
the Americans was familiar with the
French pack. While essentially like
any other. lit has its idioms. SO he
took the first five pots and converse
tion started
Hang IT," said George. Il thought |
had filed. DO YOU mean TO say this
Argine with the whisherS is a queen"
The jacks look like ladies. which in
creases the confusion. What have
got here inquired the possessor of z
straight, David. Pallas. lancelot and
two hearts" lie spread them out. by
the time look at the fourth card
forget the frst." All the picture cards
have names, ito help you remember
them The kings are Alexander. Da-
vid. Charles and Caesar The queens
are Rachel Judith. Pallas and Argine
= The jacks are I.ancelot. Lahire, Hog lei
and Hester I know girl in Atlanta
by tie name OF Hester said the
Georgian. DO Rachel, Hester. David
: and pair of mines beat jacks up? To
. Judge by their names, you'd think so
To go by their looks, l discard David
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THE Its Peculiar Characters and Markings Results
Ceek-A
S-udh Ws That Turned Quito Be TACK
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copyrighted. 1916. by Frank g. Carpenter
PETERSEN RG, Alaska
IN '%~' ,; a; ' %sn5 ': q the s;s :sn5
III III centers of southeastern Alaska.
- | have already written of the
weekly shipments of halibut, which
are growing so rapidly that they prom
Use to make that fish the most common
upon our dinner tables. and have visited
many Of the cauueries where they are
putting uD salmon for shipment 10 all
parts of the world. There are forty
-four such canneries in southeastern
Alaska alone. and more than eighty
in the whole territory. | have also
gone through the cold storage plants
at Ketchkan and elsewhere. where
they are freezing salmon for export.
and have seem the various processes of
mild-curinS and smoking and picking
the fish for the market. The extent of
the industry is surprising an. it is
rapidly growing.
But few people appreciate what Uucle
Sam is now getting out of the waters
of this territory. SO far the seas nave
proved almost as Valuab bic the iard.
We have realized more than S21o,0O0.-
Geo from them. but this includes S52,-
600. 600 which has come from III" skins
of the fur seal The seal l. really a
water animal Ii spenus The most Of
Its life in the ocean and is caught only
during the short season NIeu il comes
to the Pribilof Islands in Boring sea
to breed.
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Cape Prince of Wales at Boring strait
We have also an island in the middle
of the strait about which some fishing
is done.
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Upon the arrival at the station the
whale is hauled out on a platform and
the blubber is chopped with axes and
then stripped off by means of steam
winch. The whale is then cut up and
cooked to get out the oil, and the resi-
due is used for fertilizer.
The best oil comes from the sperm
whale. which has a cavity in its head
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The balance is the II ,pry received
from the fisheries alone. 1t has Already
amounted TO more than s2eJ,do0. 300 and
it is being increased 1T the rate of
sa0,c00,000 d year In oth"r words we
are now getting almost three times as
much annually from Alaskan fish
the sum We paid for the whole terri
tory. when we bought il %: tire Rus
slams. and we have received thirty
times that amount since thu purchase
was made. The product of FISH last
year amounted to s2l 100000 and if the
Industry is properly prot. cfed and fos-
tered it should produce that much or
more for all time to coma.
Indeed. the waters of Alaska have to
De reckoned among the chief sources of
<dreds of millions of pounds of food
every year, and the canned salmon
alone is enough to give ten meals to
every family in the United States. avid
still leave some for expor,. The fresh
salmon shipped last year weighed very
close 10 100000 pounds. and nat
cured. picked and smoked weighed be-
tween three and four millions The
nallnut exported in 1914 amounted 20
about 100000 pounds. and the COZ
nsh to fifteen million more In adj
dition TO this there are many other
Kinds OF fish in these waters that will
eventually be caught and shipped so
tnat IN some respects the industry is
at its beginning
" so Tar | have seen only some of the
nsherIes of southeastern Alaska This
IS known as hshing district number one
IN the water divisions which the
nlted States fish commission has made
% OF the territory. There are altogether
four great fishing provinces South
eastern Alaska begins al the Portland
canal, on the International boundary. and
runs along the coast and in and OUT
through the hundreds of islands. 500
or 500 miles, to Yakutat bay. ending
some distance east of Mount St Elias.
This district has great halibut banks
9. off the islands. and il is the seat of the
fresh fish industry of Alaska The
fishing Investments there amount 10
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pounds to the car the train required to
carry them would fill three lines of
track reaching from New York to San
Francisco. Such train would be
more than 5000 miles long. or a thou
sand miles longer than the distance
through the earth at the center.
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The value Of the salmon taken that
year was almost twenty million dol
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Special Correspon,lence 81 Inc slar

sI'I'WIFTIF-E VI " s~VdF-
PARIS, January %, 1916.
LII poker games are risky"
says Yves Supplee, "and all
draw poker, games are
DANGEROUS. But there's
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one that's fatal ! refer 70 the French
% army game at Chaions."
Yves is a Cripple Creek boy of the
Foreign Legion. who wrote from the
front to the American relief clearing
house, IN Paris. for 4 ''marraine,' or
godn,otheT. You know how the
FrenCnwomen are periodically adopt
ing" soldiers they have never seen
. no have no family TO cheer them with
letters Well, Yves wanted an Ameri-
can one. got her, came to call upon
her on permission and she commits
stoned US to show him around Paris
TIL" lone cripple Creek boy turned out
naturally sunny and q JOY to those
v.io net him.
You know that pOetrf--'N soldier of
I. the Legion lay for liars in Anglers
They ~ more so ~ Chalors Many run
. but few receive the crown. I run.
Cleaned out. nettOye. to cleanse. 70
-scour, to wipe, to purge. to unoIl when
oiled. to humidity and relieve by means
of artillery No American can get used
TO judith aud Argine. Here's the
. proposition. \ crowd OF French bust
mes men With money when they're at
. home have to fight ia muddy clothes
like common soldiers and no chance
p =" spend ihcir bank rolls urtH they get
30 Chal"rs and blow themselves"
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machine. and if any are Of
light weight the machine drops them
ra,if
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copyrighted 1916. by Frank g. Carpenter
PETERSEN RG, Alaska.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
Might be Useful as Law Makina Body.

The TT PaSo Times think H. up to
congrc~, to say whether cor not the prcei-
dent III running ihc government all ~ him
SELF. The Register suggested some timc
ne" that We ~ecmcd to have reached that
point where congrc~- . nothing more than
Hn lntumaton. hence, why not abolish that
branch Of the government and save the per
oicm aud mileage We are now paving The
boys Gainesville Register.
From y financial standpoint, there migl,t
bc q saving ~ aboll~hing congress. But
congress i~ = very necessary institution.
II i~ ihc legislative branch of the govern
mcni. and when 1t finally decides te attend
Il" legislative duties and stop Interfering
with ih' executive department. there viii
to- no more ot such conflict a~ that which
ha~ been raging 20 Washington during the
past week. Brentwood Bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
TODAY IN HISTORY

l96l-Briti-h parliament imposed heavy
duties on imports into American colo
nieS.
lsl0-Marriagc bv proxy Of Napoleon
Bonapartc and Mary Loui-. arch
duchess ~ iu~tria
ls6l-Confcdcracv adopted a permanent
constitution aside from slavery pro
visions. ii wa~ admitted bv northern
statesmen Ia be superior in some feat
urce to the federal constitution.
ls64-Mexican emperor Informed Corfad-
crate agent at Paris that ~ would not
enter into diplomatic relations with
the Confedcracv.
ls>s-Four hundred lives lost III blizzard
on east coast of the United States.
l900-Lord Salisbury rejected peace over
lures Of the BoerS.
l9l3-Rus~ia and Austria agreed 70 de-
mobilize their armies on the Russo
Austrian frontier. Balkan states
agreed to conditional mediation ~ the
powers.
l915-The War. British capture mile and
a bali Ut German trenches near Neuve
Chapelie. Russians concentrate Their
attack on Przemy~l. IN Poland.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
SATURDAY. MARCH n. 1916.
CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE CON
GRATULATED.

The victory IT prohibition in Nucce9
coun,v ba- brrr y nntiblr one. Notable
1. .d sobt
ihai ""s wager l"i "''A
Chn-ti, and because ~ INC strong "pT"-
sifion that wa made DO the anti--aloon
;e.u. - that citv n i- rcrrcttablc that
..I n. -,id ,lnrir- ill.,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
Anglican Church Emphasizes War Lesson

MONTREAL. March ii FolIowir.,
Ihe example IF the 'hurch Of England in
Britain the bishops If "a ia.a have
asked that parish missions he hel,i
throughout The dominion Ia bring h,apc
I" The people the spiritual II, ~. of
the q Montreal viii have series of
missions. beginning tomorrow. 4 circu
lar declares TINT we. too. ~ ell ~
'crmanN. are serving against Him. We
tihd m these Christian lands ~in9ifcrrncc
!" God, slackneSs Of living bibles nm
read. >abbaihs desecrated. RELIGION a
formality. family religion largely ex.
ttnct. the love ~ pleasure AMI ,xt.te
ment dominant. luxurious. selfish and
e~Ntravagant expenditure. iltemperaaca.
profanity. racr suiciae. greet tor gold
graft in high places and III low. .~,ril,cry
and corruption, infidciitv and nateiief.''
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
BIRTHDAYSTODAY

Baron Sidney Sonnino, ltaly'~ minister
of foreign affairs who, with Premier Salan-
dra. j. plotting modern Italy through the
great war. j. go years old today. The
baron'> father was wealthy, and his moth
or was an Engli~hwoman. and they ave
him every opportunity. When the Germans
and Austrians declared he was pro-Brti~h.
there was 4 reason. His mother inspired
him with English ideals and habits Of
thought. Young Sonnino entered the Uni
versity of Pisa. now 500 years old. where
Liallileo was once 4 teacher of mathc-
matic~. Ii was III Pisa that Sonnlno was
born on March II. 1917. He was an IL. ID.
at ~. and after completing his studies he
entered the diplomatic corps. lie was at
tachcd to the legations al Madrid. Vienna,
Berlin and Paris. After the Franco-Prus-
sian war he went home and became one Of
the pioneers IN studying the problems of
poverty and it, remedies. lie and his
friend Franchctti joined \illari il this
study. which was scientific and practical.
The report of their work appeared IN hook
form and created profound interest. And
ti'N idAN ~ lNRltAaitiitn ANl III I'm Italy
which has been steadily rising among the
modern world powers. lie published the
italian Journal. ! daily paper that was well
received by the Vatican, the Quirinal, the
political leaders and the people. Sonnino
~as~ailcd the corrupt government without
fear, and LATER was premier during two i'm
portant periods. He j. a quiet man. and
holds hi own counsel, hut D. charming to
meet. lie D. \ fluent %lingui~t and con
verses on all subjects well.
Eben f.. Olcoti. noted mining engineer.
% years old today.
Thomas Hastings. famous New York
architect. 81 wears old today.
Colonel Walter n. Chatfcld. rmtc,
States army. who j. retired today. 81 years
old Today.
Mayor General Sir John Srvcn~ Cowan-.
duartcrma>tcr general ~ The British ARMY.
81 wears old today.
! Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark. L.
years Old today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
English as She is Spoken.

The following replies to questions are
quoted by "A life insurance examiner:
"oMfher died in infancy"
Father went to bed feeling well and
the next morning he woke up dead"
~"Grandfather died suddenly at 10I.
Up 10 this time he bid fair to reach a
ripe old age
Applicant does not know cause Of
mothers death. but states that she full
- recovered from her Last Illness"
Applicant has ncyAr been fatally
sick"
Father died suddeHiy: nothing >cri
GUS
Grandmother died from cunsilot
wound. caused BY an arrow shot by an
Indian"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
Folks In Our Town
(BY WALT MASON.)

had "A bonfire inside. No matter now
long | hang onto this life, that chance
remark will always be n good comfort 10
me. When i have the rheumatism. or
when somebody has stolen my chickens.
and l am inclined I q repine. III recall
the words of the landlord 20 the urbane
stranger and they will be Il solacp a. me.
To know that people hold such an cpin-
ion of YOU makes life distinctly worth
living.
II am glad | have always paid my
bills, just because il causes people to
talk that way Of me. 80 YOU see whore
the >elfiShncss comes i'm.
IF | had always been like Zcb Blin-
ker. no distinguished stranger would
have spoken 10 the landlord III such
terms. He might have said. Who is thta
sinking old rcprobatc. who seems on the
point Of lodging into an alley. or down
Il coalhole?'
And the landlord would have replied
lie is the darkest rcproach 10 our beau
tiful village. He IN up bills wherever
and whenever he can, and he'd rather
have 4 leg cut of with a rusty saw than
pay Il debt Then the stranger would
have hunted for Il brick 10 throw mt me
and the brick would have hit me in the
small Of the back.
"Zeb owed money at all the grocery
stores when he died and we'll have to
pay his bills for him. The groccrS don I
intend to lose the money and they will
raise the price of dessicated goldfish and
predigested pruncs until they have
squared up the deficit"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
IN DEBT.

We'll. Zebulon Blinker has paid the
debt of nature at last observed the
druggist, alphabetically
YES, and it's the only debt he ever did
paw" commented the village patriarch.
lie owed everybody in town and a good
many people in the surrounding country.
l was talking with the undertaken this
corporal ! guard M the funeral and the
few people who did 90 through the mo
tions Of mourning seemed anxious to Get
done with il and hurry back to town.
II often wonder why people allow
themselves 10 get i'm debt. | am not 90
ing TO work of any rlltitudes such as
you find in the ropybuoks. hut ~ "A mere
matter of selfishness a L-.l2 should be
honest and pay his DEUS.
Il suppose ] am a vain old man. but ]
like Ia feel wen | come downtown that
! stack as high as any other citizen. As
| was passing the hotel this evening. a
stranger was standing on the porch with
the landlord.
Who il that Notwithstanding old
~delegatee" inquired the stranger, refer
ring 10 me-. OF course, he supposed |
couldn't hear him. but | have long-dis-
tance ears when people are discussing
me.
That said the landlord Is one Of our
most useful and prominent citizens. He
is ii retired hay dealer and his word has
always been az good as his bond
II confess that my chest swelled up
and ] falt warm all over rs though |
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11

: OTHER PAPERS OPINIONS. =



" Is not me poncs OF the Associated
rress 10 indulge IN poas's- instead this
great news gathering association allows lis
"orh 20 speak TOT li-eit It's accuracy i
f"'",' ~" VIZ A" S'"'eAneh' =
~ " .%h II
= ~ '"i9 ''"f -
=, !" in9 "~es NPeeu-
p" 'oNe :" :" icFeb' hoiaon
"'Aih'ehfh7 : worthy - note
When LIndley VI. Garrison resigned "a
secretary 81 war, the Associated Press
carried the story nearly m hour before IL
wa handled by any other news gathering
organization or special correspondent. The
same had been true a the resignation a
NIiiiaIn Jennings Bryan a. secretary OF
state
One ~ the most notable achievements If
the European war, - far n newspaper
the A~'orlated freSN earned December 2
MH" Nl"- '"".''h'ihc - uI'eee' ~ "hicl
Ming '"h9l''h'lhe MADE 4 aireet appeal Ia
'HF -AH"ei''"h pe"Ih'-
Ahead of All other press organizations,
the Associated Press gave the afternoon
paper- the first news OF the murder of six
teen Americans IN Chihuahua.
When Governor Hammond Of Minnesota
died ut Clinton. La. Associated Press dis
patches for afternoon papers carried the
news forty minutes ahead Of all other
sources. and Associated Press papers in
Minnesota made p wonderful showing with
their extra editions because they had the
news first.
The London office If the As-oc;atcd
p,r- III III. Art ,.c,,,n, ~ ~. -inLino
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
THE FFLlN nttZ FIA~CO

Those papers that madc scare lcad- eft
the alleged Felix Da1 invasion "A Mexico
should NOW have The grace tn Hpuio.izc tn
their readers. Ear from being ia the satc
of Vera Cruz at the head "a au army "f
thirty thousand rrhyl~. fhr general XIV uoN
sand IA ~ living III rrtir,wrul VI New Or
leans. There were g number oi American
papcr~ winch prcdi,utcd lengthy editorials
upon the nlaz report. ~cttW. forth ihr al
legged danger la the con~t nationalist gov
eminent. crtici-iug Carrlula. and pre-
dieting confidently ihr early downfall IT.
the Carranza REGIME iu NeNiro. Those
paper should have thr caudor now io ac
knowlcdyc chat tlrt were mi-lci hN fake
reports. Eut wlll thc, Not likely. Vet
the holder ot cou~utuilouall-t money lost
heavily on account ,i tht living report
spread broadcast hN certain new accur.c-.
And me- doubt. d wa largely Tor The OK
pres purpose oi further depressing the
value M tarrnza palvr that tins report
wa started.