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THE . SCRANTON TEIBTJKE SATURDAY HOBOING, APRIL It, 1890.
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THE WONDERS OF ALASKA
From the Land of Geysers to That
' " of Glaciers.
WHERE FROST REIGNS ALWAYS
Urat Day'e Viowaand Reflection! During
- a Beautiful and Instructive Journey
" to I'nclo Sam'a Too Little Appre
slated Polar Province.
Written for The Tribune. t
Here beglnneth another chapter of
our Journey through wonderland. From
Yellowstone the land of geysers to
Alaska-Hhe land of glaciers as seen
with American eyes.
John Ruskln says, In the Sunday
School Times, "the greatest thing that
u human soul ever does In this world
is to see something and tell what It
sees In. a plain way." What applies
to Sunday school teacher may ap
ply; equally well to a traveler.
To visit these greatest of "God's won
ders" tins been my dream for many
years. I have read all within my
reach that has been written about
Alaska, and the more I read and the
more I heard the more I hoped and
the more anxious I became, until at
last my fond hope has been fully real
ised. American people are awakening to
the realization that there is some
thing tp,be seen in their own country.
Htm few, comparatively, have ever
. seen the , glories and grandeurs, the
beauties and sublimities of their own
matchless land? How many of them
know or ever dream that their own
our own is Incomparably the
grandest continent on all the globe?
The more one sees of our glorious con-
tlnental American republic "our ma
jestic half-world" the less patience he
can have with those absurd peoplo,
who .every year flock by tens of thou
sands to other lands and spend mil
lions of their money, while they have
Been virtually nothing and know com
paratively nothing of their own coun
try. Knrth has no other land like ours
and "Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean," Is peerless. I would know my
own native land first and then seek a
foreign country. Tho folly of Ameri
cans who travel abroad, before they,
have seen their own country thorough
ly.ls well Illustrated by the gcrantonlan
whose home Is within a stone's throw
of The Tribune ofllce. He Is now trav
eling in the northwest, and we under
Htand has ureceded us on our Alaskan
voyage. He says, in substance: "I
went abroad for both pleasure and
business, Intending to remain for some
time. I was proud of my country and
did not fail to let It be known that I
was an American. But I was asked by
foreigners so many questions concern
ing places that 1 have never seen and
could not answer, that I cut short my
trip and just returned home, vowing
1 would know and see and study the
geography of my country and not be
enlightened by foreigners."
MODERN ALASKA.
From New England's Icy mountains,
to Alaska's Icy domains Is many thou
sand miles. The geography In our boy
hood days told of a certain Russian
America seemingly away out of the
world like Greenland, where the-Inhabitants
were Indians,- polar bears,
seals and Icebergs. But time has
wrought wonders and changes, and
Russian America Is not found on the
maps today. . Russian America has
Kone to stay and Alaska has come to
stay. This change was brought about
by the astute statesmanship of the late
Secretary William H. Seward In May,
1867, at a cost to the United States of
17,200,000 In gold not silver or green
backs, but gold and this "great white
elephant, a so-called land of ice and
snow, was added to our national do
main, for less than one-half a cent an
ere. ...
COTTOLENE is
Genuine has
Made omy Dy , t
:T::mittmmi:!i.init;rtt
INLAND
Time has proved the wisdom of his
diplomacy. As a paying Investment,
Dr. Ball says: "Alaska returned a
clear net profit of 8 per cent, upon the
first cost for the first five years. The
two tiny Seal Islands paid 4 per cent,
on the original $7,20u,'ooo, and In their
first lease returned a sum equal to the
purchase money to the United States
treasury. The gold mines have since
added an equal sum to the wealth of
the world, and the salmon Industry
yielded !7,r00.000 in six years, from 1884
to 1890." Not only was It a protltable
bargain to us from the point of view of
the seal fisheries and Immense mineral
wealth, but its possession gives to our
country the most magnificent Iceland
In the world, so far as Is yet known.
Mr. Wheeler says: "Swltierland, with
her Alps and Mont Blanc and the Mat
terhorn, has been compelled to yield
precedence to the American North
land." . More and more each year does
the tide of tourist travel turn towards
Alaska to see and learn of the wonders
of the Almighty..
AN EMPIRE BY ITSELF.
Where Is Alaska? What of our great
possessions? What Is there in this so
called "kingdom of Ice and snow" to
admire? Well, let us see., A hundred
pages cannot fully describe this Amer
ican wonderland, as the sequel will
show.
. The aboriginal name Is Al-ak-shak,
and means a great country and truly
Is a great country, and much of It yet
unexplored. It comprises nearly 600.T
000 square miles of Ice, snow, earth,
rocks, rivers, mountains nnd forests,
also a few stunted Indians, an area
equal to one-fourth of all the rest of
the United States. It Is the most
sparsely Inhabited part of the United
States, averaging only one inhabitant
to nineteen square miles. It is an em
pire of Itself. It Is larger than twelve
states the size of New York and nine
times the size of New England. Its
extreme length Is ovei 2,000 miles, and
its width 1,400 miles more. Its shore
line Is computed at between two and
three times the coast line of the Unit
ed St&tes 'on the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, exclusive of Alaska itself. "The
sun never sets i"i Amerlan soil. When
It 8 p. m. at Atto Island, Alaska, it is
9.38 a. m. the next day on the coast of
Maine."
The possession of Alaska, as before
stated, completes the variety of scen
ery found within the bounds of the
United States. To have Niagara Falls,
the Grand Canyon of Colorado, Royal
Gorge, Black Canyon, the Yosemlte
Valley and YellowstgnePark all with
in the domains of our own country Is
in Itself glory enough, but add to this
the grandest glaciers Ice scenery of
the worldj then we have a category of
sights that ought to draw not only our
own countrymen, but the wealth, the
culture and refined of earth Itself to our
shores to see them.
The -Alaskan tour Is pronounced by
those who are the great travelers of
the world to be the grandest trip under
the sun. The reader Who desires to
take this trip, "as It were by proxy,"
we Invite to follow us-jeach day in our
meandering through this inland sea, to
the land of the midnight sun,
UP PUGET SOUND. ..;
The steamship Queen with Captain
James Carroll commander, starts from
Tacoma Aug. 11, at 6 o'clock in the
morning, for the far and mysterious
Northland, a voyage of over 2,400 miles,
within the narrow limit of fourteen
days. Her sister boats, the City of
Topeka and Mexico, who carry freight,
aa well- as passengers, make the trip
In from nineteen to twenty-one days.
This tour extends to within six degrees
of the Arctic circle and embraces the
greatest of the wonders of that land of
Icebergs and glaciers.
We board the steamer at nine o'clock
at Seattle. After a long blow of the
whistle, a fifteen minutes warning, an
other short whistle, the call "All ashore
that's, not going," the adieux are said,
the whistle blows again, a signal to the
engine room; there is a turn of the
wheel, a command from Captain Car
roll "cost off the bow line," "throw off
the breast line," "hold fast stern," "let
her go," Captain Carroll waves his hat,
the people cheer, and off we go sailing
sold everywhere in one,
trade-marks "Cottokne" and steeds head in cotton-plant wreath on every tin.
- w . u. fauuank company, eweago, . Mewvoik,
PASSAGE! TO
up the picturesque waters of Puget
sound for Alaska.
The early part of our voyage Is
through these waters. Before us lies
the broad expanse of the finest harbor
and inland sea In the world, the docks
lined with shipping at rest, for this Is
the Puritan Sabbath. The waters are
all dimpled and smiling in the beautiful
sunlight as we sit on the deck of our
noble Queen, admiring the glories of
nature and drawing from the fresh
morning air new lll'e at every breath.
On the left are the snow-capped serrat
ed Olympic range, from 6.000 to s.OUO
feet high, and the Cascade range on the
right with the eternal Bnow peaks of
Mounts Tacoma nnd Baker looming up
against the sky In regal majesty, the
former to nearly three miles above the
sound.
THE FIRST PAUSE.
This three hours' sail of forty miles
to Port Townsend wus enjoyable in the
extreme. When the Queen left Seattle
she had nearly her full complement of
passengers, but the purser, Mr. 11. M.
Rogers, informed us there was another
batch to be taken on at Port Town
send and also Victoria. At Fort Town
send we found, the steamer Umatilla
direct from San Francisco, awaiting
us. We remain here two hours. 'Which
gives the tourist an opportunity to take
In the town. Favored by nature In
many ways. Port Townsend has the
finest roadstead and the best anchorage
grounds In these waters. The city Is
ploturesquely located on a gently slop
ing bluff facing the harbor. It is called
not Inaptly, the Gate or Key City of the
Hound. It Is the port of entry for the
Puget sound customs district and the
last American port touched at before
entering British waters. More Ameri
can tonnage is registered In Port Town
Bend than In any other port except New
York. The United States government
has a custom house costing $22i),M'0,
and Is about to erect fortifications near
the light house at a cost of $500,000.
The business portion of the town lies
principally along the water' front while
the residences occupy a level plateau
fifty feet or more above, affording a
charming view of the sound and the
Straight of San Juan do Fuca, the out
let to the Pacific. The population is
4,553. Its many tine public and private
buildings presented an Impressive ap
pearance from the steamer, especially
Its churches, with their glistening
spires pointing heavenward.
IN BRITISH WATERS.
Leaving Port Townsend. the steamer
crosses the strait to Victoria, a dis
tance of thirty-five miles. We soon
sight the heavily timbered British Is
land of Vancouver, and as we draw
nearer to the north the British (lag
can be seen from the English naval
station of the North Pacific. Here is
experienced a choppy Bea and the lady
passengers, as a rule, "retire to. the
seclusion that the cabin grants." With
Mt. Tacoma receding from view, or
growing more cloud-like against the
Intense sky, and Mt. Baker gradually
brightening we reach the English
Metropolis.
Victoria Is picturesque In every de
tail. It Is located on the southeast ex
tremity of Vancouver Island, the larg
est one In the Pacific const of North
America, overlooking the strait of Fuca.
This strait is twelve miles wide and
across It are the beautiful Olympic
mountains, on American soli. The city
Is situated In a rock-bound and land
protected bay, with the sea on three
sides, bordered by picturesque shores
and grassy hills, and backed by a
Btretch of dense forests. It Is built
on the site of Old Fort Victoria, a
Hudson Bay company trading post
that great British monopoly that held
nearly all British America under Its
control for two hundred years.
Victoria as a city Is quaint and calm,
staid and conservative, and thoroughly
English, but presents many Interest
ing features to the tourist. Its beauties
do not command they implore atten
tion. By permission of Captain Carroll
we disembark and are allowed four
hours on English soil. Taking a bar
rouche we commence to Inspect the
town. Cities, like individuals, have
their hobbles, and the municipal hobby
of Victoria is her macadamized roads,
not only through the city, but leading
is
three and five pound tins. Beware of imitations;
1 """TTiifintimtttmmiMitiMipniitl
ALASKA.
far into- the suburbs and around the
shores of the bays. She has no super
ior on that point on either the Pacific
or Atlantic coast, even on the contin
ent. The system comprises about one hun
dred miles of beautiful drives, and
many of them are lined with very
handsome suburban residences, sur
rounded with Inwns. and parks, en
closed by high fences in which are
luxuriant tropical flowers. The air wus
full of floral perfume wherever we went
and the eye was satisfied with the
wealth of roses, among the most gor
geous we have ever seen. Such nicely
trimmed hedges, such neatly painted
garden gates, "all so English, you
know," were truly delightful to be
hold. Cabs are cheap and the drives
about the city are as much famed for
the picturesque scenes they lead to, as
they are for the perfect road-beds.
The business avenues have a sub
stantial appearance and all the Btreets
are wide and evidently well kept. The
city has many public buildings and
large commercial houses that carry on
an extensive trade. The government
buildings, five in number, overlooking
James bay, are built In Swiss style, and
occupy a prettily adorned public
square. In front of them is a granite
Bhaft erected to the memory of Sir
James Douglas, the first governor of
the colony. The Ivy-covered cottages
for the workmen and the stately church
edifices also were notable features of
the city. There is, too, 'a populous
Chinatown, said to number 10,000, alse
many Songhish Indians. There is a
reservation of this tribe near the city.
The Chinese quarters are always In
teresting to visitors; their little quaint
and smoke-stained, and dingy looking
stores, and curiosity Bhops, crowded
with relics to tempt the tourist, were
inevery nook and street corner.
BRITISH FORETHOUGHT.
An electric railway syBtem of fifteen
miles, connects the outside wharf with
the business part of the city and sub
urbs and a branch line reaches Esqui
mau, the British naval station three
miles north of the city. Here Is a fine
harbor with several iron-clads sta
tioned In It, also an extensive
dry-dock, hewn out of the solid
rock and capacious enough to
receive the largest vessels. It Is 400
feet long, 65 feet wide and 26 feet deep,
with an entrance of 90 feet, and cost
$250,000. This dock is a piece of mason
ry worth the admiration and attention
of an American who, too seldom sees
such things so well executed In his own
country. Extensive fortifications are
projected by the imperial and dominion
governments and are to be defended
by heavy armament at a cost of over
$1,000,000. The shore is granite bound
with frowning head lands and very pic
turesque coves, heavily wooded. ,
The city limits embrace an area of
eight square miles. The population In
1891 was 32,981 and there Is probably no
more self-contained city of Its size In
the world, for It has Its own orchards
and pastures, forests and coal fields,
while Its numerous manufactories are
as varied as those of many cities many
times Its size. The salmon furnishes
one of the material sources of Its finan
cial growth. 370.000 cases of salmon
have been shipped In one year (1889)
from the Frazer river alone. The hand
some public buildings and fine resi
dences with their well kept gardens,
are evidence of the wealth and prosper
ity of the citizens, and also the richness
of the soil. The scenery is grand. All the
upper end of the sound and Fura straits
are dominated by Mount Baker, an
extinct volcano, with its ever snow-clud
top conspicuous In the distance, rising
to the height of 10,810 feet. Victoria is
noted for its delightful climate, in sum
mer always cool and pleasant. In win
ter the mercury rarely falls below 16
degrees above zero. Victoria Is pleas
ant, though quaint, nnd we shall stop
here on our return trip to learn more
of Its characteristics.
SAILING NORTHWARD.
At Victoria our complement of pas
sengers was augmented by some; of the
moHt eminent of American citizens,
Captain Carroll says, "probably the
mo3t distinguished company the Queen
has ever taken to the Glacier fields of
Alaska." Among " them were Vice
President Stevenson and family, Judge
This
It
?
This is COTTOLENE
-that is fast banishing
lard from the kitchens of
the world. This is the
newshortening that house
keepers say is so much
more economical and de
licious than lard. This
is the product that physi
cians say is destined to
make dyspepsia a disease
of the past. It's the great
est step of modern science
toward pure food, better
. cooking, perfect health.
; Judge for yourself whether
: it's time you let lard go
the way of the candle "
and the spinniner-wheel.
Pblladclpbia, Pittsburgh.
By permiaslon of Evang.lUi
Jenkins and Receiver Payne of the
Northern Pacific railway, with their
families; Vice-President W. G. Purdy
and party, of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Iaclllc railway; C. J. Ives and fam
ily, ot B. C. It. and N. railway, besides
several American congressmen and
Judges and noted travelers from abroad,
also several clergymen, among them
Rev. Dr. D. C. Chllds. of Washington,
D. C, and Rev. Dr. Warren F. Day, of
Los Angeles, Cal., with their families.
' At early evening we again set sail
and steam through Haro strait. We
bid guod-by to telegraph, to railroad,
to telephone, to postman and all the
rush and fever of the world of business.
All we have to do from this time forth
is to see and enjoy the sights; to eat
drink and be merry, for we sull now,
as It were, to a veritable unknown
land, through cold northern waters,and
this is the last point where friend or foe
can reach us by mall or telegram. As
the Queen gets under way, we begin to
feel as though our voyage had at last
begun In good earnest. Before reach
ing any broad expanse of open water
our steamer passes through a pictur
esque archipelago, a group of pretty
Islands like theThousand Islands of the
St. Lawrence, only on. a greatly mag
nified scale. When we come to the
Gulf of Mexico, one of the widest por
tions of the inland passage, a momen
tary Interest is here excited by our
passing on the right, the Island of San
Juan, concerning the possession of
which the United States and Great
Britain came very near coming to na
tional blows, and which was finally
awarded to us In 1872, by the emperor
of Germany. The British post Is on one
end of the Island, with an American
post on the other. Having passed
through these Islands we come to the
greatest expanse of water to be met
with on our entire Inland trip, the Gulf
of Georgia, save when now and
then we look out on - the open
Pacific, and during the n'.aht
we sail through this great gulf,
leaving the highest point (Point Rob
ert) of the United States off to our right
In the distance, on the forty-ninth par
allel. .
Thus endeth our first day on the Alas
kan Itinerary. -
J. E. Richmond.
THE VOTING MOTHER.
Published toy Request of the American
woman eunruge Association.
The right of suffrage for women has
neen claimed with unanswerable argu
minis, and is being slowly granted. The
benefit of woman suffrage to the com
munity has been enlarged upon theso
many years, and it is In many respects
unquestionable. The right of the mother
to vote for the protection of her child Is
also a point storngly made, and one diffi
culty to combat, but that the woman her
self and esiieclally the mother will be tho
moat benefited. Is not often claimed. It
la, however, one of tho strongest grounds
uiui ran oe laxen.
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Government by universal suffrage Is
most valuable, not (or the preeminent ex
cellence of Its official forms, but because
u mases oeuer men. The governed man,
the voiceless, voteless, powerless man. Is
less valuable as a citizen than 'he who
forms his mind and uses It in the free
atmosphere of a fully representative aov
ernnient. Suffrage as a social function is
educational and elevating to those who
exercise it. A non-voting class, living
with a voting class, Is at a perpetual Uls-
au.vo.mage; ana, wnere nair the communl
ty vote and the other half do not, the
vastness of their numbers Inno wav alters
their relation, which Is that of governor
anu governed. A class which is governed
has not the same knowledge of, Interest
In, or sense of responsibility to the coun
try they live In, or the wise and Just ad
ministration of its affairs; it Is politically
Inferior, not only in the expression of
Judgment and will, but in 1he possession of
juuKinem anu will wnicn conies only Dy
mien irmiom or expression, wnen thii
voteless, governed, and. "therefore, molltl
rally Inferior class, are persons of such
immense racial importance as the mothers
of the community, it becomes a serious
matter.
II II II
So long as the inferiority of the non
voting class can be confined to a certain
proportion or the community, and per
haps exploited by the voting portion to
some common service. It Is not so hope
lessly bad: but, wheu the Inferiority of
ine non-voiing class in transmitted by
heredity, driven In by education, and
steadily supplied by association In tho
dally living of all the inhabitants, it
means a great racial . drawback. Tho
growth of true democracy with all that
it means In mental and moral power and
clarity. Is incessantly -thwarted by the
political condition of our mothers. They
do not live in a democracy at nil, but
in a despotism. We do not live In our
government, but under archaic forms long
since passed away irom tfte man s world
Our sons, our voting citizens, are all
born of and reared by non-voting citizens
who cannot possibly be capable of trans
mitting the enlightened Ideas, the breadth
of vision, the iiower of cnlm Judglmr,
which come with the exercise of this so
cial function In a free government. The
government by women In the family itself
is too often but a despotism, mild, af
fectionate, full of privilege and "mater-
nausm, Dut not rree and not Just.
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Tims we nave a constant succession of
young citizens growing up to assume the
duties of representative government, en
tering upon the large social-responsibility
where the good of the whole and the
rignts or each must -always be held In
mind: yet each with his own mind In-
nerue-i irom a million subject mothers,
trained carefully bv the loving dominnnr-e
of her Who rules all Die more riesiiotli-nllv
In the little world of home because she
has no range In the larger one, nnd full
to the brim of the inordinate pressure of
close personal interest. Thus It Is that
our politics lack so much of -the laro-e
statesmanship which enn legislate with
far-seeing wisdom for nil men and all time
nnd remains so larc-ely a grab-ng where
each man tries continually to turn thinvs
his way that he may better provide for
his own local, personal and family inter-
'I II II
When all our women vote thn( win mi
that all our mothers will he full trartl-
iiik i-mzeiis. v nen tney nnve practise
i-iiiBeiir-iui! n wn'ie, inv win earn to e
more, patient with Inrjre, slow naMnr
evils, and not hone to do them up like
week's wash. They will be more matlcnt
with the mighty criminals of our time
who nre often as helpless a product of elr
cumstiwces as any pail per, arid will not
Imagine that such erlrenols rnn he spanked
nnd forgiven like the bahy. They will
learn to understand soclnl life and Its
processes as they do not now: nlso to un
derstand men nnd their professes nnd be
more lntellltrnt frleuls with them: nlso
to rnider-tmitl home life In relation to the
world's llfe-nnd that means much. When
we have votlns- .mothers, we shall have
wlse.r sons,- better, government and hap
pier -homes.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
Got His Voncv's Worth.
Frizzly Frazr-"Vot ye bin doln in Ao
biirlifr shon. Willie?".
Willie "Bin glttln' n bay rum shave! '
Frizzly Krazer "Wot?, Say,. you must
have money ter burn."
Willie "Nawl I pot mo money's wort',
fer when -he wasn't lookln' I drunk de bay
rum." Truth.
. Showed It.
Dr. Probe "Three of my patients died
this -week."
Dastmway "I thought you looked tu If.
you had been working hard." Truth.
COLDiGAKOiilE WP.L0
Descriptlot of That Sumptions
Temple of Ounce, the Casino.
JUST HOW THC GAME IS FLAYED
It la a Fair Gams, bat tfca Maaagemeat
Maaages to Get Three Par Ccat. of
'All Stake-"Breaking tha
Baak" a Mlaaotaer.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune. '
Monte Carlo, March 15. Whatever
opinion the -visitor to Monte Carlo may
have In regard to the gaming tables,
which have made the name of the town
known the world over, he can have only
one opinion as to the beauty of its sit
uation. The consensus of opinion
among people who have seen all the
ritlea and sights of Europe Is that
Monte Carlo, and with It Monaco, for
the two are virtually one town, for
plcturesquenesa and beauty, easily
bears off the palm.
It nestles at the foot of the moun
tains, which have almost run Into the
Bea, there being only enough room for
the town .at their base, and is, built
around a charming little circular bay.
On one of the promontories forming
this bay stands the Casino, and on the
other the little walled town of Monaco.
When to Its wonderful naturul scenery
Is added all that money can do to make
the place beautiful, .the total result
attains nearly to perfection. If It were
not for the gaming tables the place
would be the leading winter resort of
the Riviera, aa a great many peoplo
say that the only thing that keeps
them from going there now Is that they
do not care, to have their letters ad
dressed Monte Carlo. Well patronized
as tho Casino Is, It Is a cheering sign
that the vast majority of the people
along the Riviera would like to see it
abolished. . .
SUPPORTED BY GAMBLING.
The principality of Monaco, which the
French government allows to exist
merely to satisfy what little conscience
it may have In regard to gambling. Is
a trifle over two miles long, and varies
In width from two hundred feet to
half a mile. Its reigning princes of the
house of Grlmaldl derive their sole in
come from the company which runs the
Casino, the Cercle I'Etrangers, or an
glicised Foreigners' club,- of Monaco,
for the custom house and postal ser
vice are In the hands of France, and
the Inhabitants of the principality pay
no taxes. The sum which the company
pays the prince is said to be $250,000 per
years, and with it he Is enabled to
maintain a diminutive army and keep
up a sumptuous palace.
The town of Monaco, his capital. Is
well built and clean, and contains a
very fine cathedral, which he has built
to satisfy his, or rather his wife's,
scruples as to the source of his In
Come. Monte Carlo Is about a mile from
Monaco. The approach to the Casino
Is through magnificent - gardens, - In
which are growing palms and other
tropical trees, and which receive an
amount of attention that makes them
perhaps the most beautiful In Europe,
The Casino Itself, a handsome build
ing designed by Charles Gamier some
what in the French renaissance style,
is approached by a broad flight of steps.
Entrance to it is free, tickets being ob
tained on presentation of a visiting
card and the visitor giving the name of
his hotel. He must,- however, be over
21 years of age, and a foreignerfor no
Inhabitant of the principality of Mon
aco is allowed to visit the rooms. The
managers of the club know very well
that If the people of Monaco were given
the opportunity of losing their money
at the tables their popularity would
cease, and they take good care that
such an event shall not occur.
INSIDE THE CASINO.
After obtaining your ticket at the
office, you enter through a fine hallway,
a large, mosaic paved promenade hall,
the roof of which is supported by col
ored marble pillars. Sitting in the
chairs and sofas at the sides, or wan
dering up and down the hall, are a
crowd of very well dressed men and
women, chatting and comparing their
losings or winnings. To the right Is a
buffet. Immediately In front of the con
cert hall, and to the left the'Salles de
Jeu, or gambling rooms. These latter
rooms. In fact all the bulldlnix, are
decorated with great magnificence. Im
mediately before you on entering Is the
first table. A Utile further on, to the
right nnd left, are two more, then an
other immediately behind the first, and
in a room behind this are another pair
of tables. At these tables the game of
roulette is played exclusively.
Clustered ns-ound each table Is a
crowd of people, all intently watching
the spinning wheels, and a great many,
though by no menus all, staking their
money. The tables are somewhat
larger than a billiard table and the
wheel Is situated In the center of each
one. In front of the wheel, on each
side of the table, sits a croupier, and
before him are piled up bank notes,
gold and silver. The two ends of the
table are ruled off into oblongs and
squares on which the gamhlers place
their money. The center of each end
Is occupied by thirty-seven small
squares, thirty-six of which bear num
bers and one a cipher. These little
squares are arranged in three rows,
twelve in each row, and at their sides
are larger spaces on which money can
be waged for red or black, odd or
even, or above or below.
The wheel, . which is of very fine
workmanship and is set level with the
table, has thirty-seven little compart
ments numbered to correspond with
the little squares on the table. Eigh
teen of these compartments are pulut
ed red, and eighteen black, and one,
the one bearing the cipher, green. This
cipher represents the bank's percent
age of gain, which is one In thirty
six. .......
THE CROUPIER'S WORK.
Above the wheel with these compart
ments is a shallow groove running all
the way around It In which runs a
little wooden bnll. At Pearly regular
Intervals, when the bystanders have
placed their money on the table, the
croupier takes this bull, and by a deft
motion, sends it whirling around the
groove, at the snme time giving the
wheel a twirl In the opposite direction.
These two motions prevent any possi
bility of the croupier ever becoming so
dextrous as to send the ball to any
given number and It Is a very mistaken
notion to suppose that money Is lost
at Monte Carlo through an unfairness
of the play. The bank makes, in the
long run, three per cent, of all the
money wagered, and is content with
that, which in the aggregate Is a
princely sum.
When the wheel stops, and the mar
ble, lenving the groove, llnnlly settles
Into one of the compartments the
croupier calls out the number anil the
color of that compartment., as for In
stance, "Seventeen, Red," und the peo
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ple who have wavered oa the red are
paid the amount of their stake, while
those whose money was oa black lose.
If any one has placed his money on
the number seventeen he Is paid thirty-six
times the amount he watered.
There are many different ways of plac
ing the money. It mar he put on a
space at the foot ot any tier of twelve
numbers. In which case a person is paid
three times hla "stake It any one ot
those numbers Is called. Or he may
place it on the dividing line ot tour
numbers. In which case his winnings
are nine times his stake. Most of the
play, however. Is made aim ply red or
black, as In this way a given sum will
last longer and thus give the gamblers
more time at the tables, but which
ever way he plays he Is certain In the
long run to lose, and for this reason,
whenever the ball falls Into the com
partment bearing the cipher, which
'11 naturally happen once in thlrty-
the money placed on the board. It Is
this seemingly small percentage In
their favor which enables the company
to maintain the superb room. to pay
the expenses of the principality of
Monaco, and to declare large dividends
to their stock holders. For them It la
a very safe business for they stake
practically no risk.
BREAKING THE BANK.
The man who broke the. bank at
Monte Carlo does not exist. What la
known as breaking the bank la this;.
At the beginning of each day's play a
certain sum Is placed on each table.
It sometimes happens that by an ex-
traordinary run of luck, a player wins
all of this sum, and. of course, what
the bank has won from other players
at that table, during the day. In case
such a thing happens, which It very
rarely does, that table Is simply closed
for the day, but the play goes on at
all the other tallies Just the some. It
rarely haptens, however, that the man
who has succeeded In this peeuda
"breaking the bank," has the resolution
to keep away from the tables, and tha
next day Is usually the bank's turn.
The highest sum that ran be wagered
In one stake at the roulette tables Is
six thousand francs, the lowest, five
francs. In another room, however, are
two tables known as the gold tables,
where only gold or bank-bills may be
wagered, and at which the stake may
run as high as twelve thousand francs.
The game at these tables Is trente-et-quarante,
but It is not aa popular aa
roulette, which is the game at which
most of the people play,
WATCHING THE PLAYERS.
. It is very Interesting to watch the
fact's, of the players. Most of them
keep a record of the winning numbers
on little cards printed especially for
that purpose, under the delusion that In
that Way they are able to tell what
numbers are likely to come afterwards.
Of course the fact of a number having
won once can have no bearing on the
probability of Its winning again, but It
is hard to convince these people ot
that fact.
We hear a great deal of the terrible
faces one -sees at the tables of Monte
Carlo, but truth compeils us to admit
that as a usual thing the losers take
their losses philosophically. In fact,
the most of them have the appearance
of being able to afford it, and a great
many of the people who frequent the
place know perfectly well that the
chances are against thm, and only
take a certain sum with. them each day
and If that sum Is lost, play no longer.
Not every one has the will power to do
this, however, and in that lies the evil
of the place, for the largest fortune Is
sure to melt away in time if its posses
sor stays long enough at the table.
In addition to watching the tables
the visitor can hear an excellent con
cert, given by one of the best orches
tras In the magnificent concert hall.
This Is all absolutely free to him, and
it la probnble that a great many peo
plo are led to make their first play at
the table with the feeling that they
would like to pay something for the
concert, which Is such a one as we
would pay. a couple of dollars to hear
in America. If they lose they are safe,
but if they win it will take all their
will power to prevent them going on
playing such is the fascination of the
game.
TO CHARGE ADMISSION. .
Next year It Is proposed to abolish,
the free entrance plan, and to sell sea
son tickets for one hundred francs. If
this is done it will be an excellent thing
for the mun who would pay one hun
dred francs, or twenty dollars, for the
privilege of gambling there would be
very likely to be able to stand the losses.
The most terrible thing now about the
place Is that the facilities for entrnncu
being so easy, a great many people of
moderate means -are lend to start on
a course- which usually ends In their
utter ruin, too often giving them a
place In that little plot of ground which
in the best argument against Monte
Carlo, the suicide's cemetery.
Winford J. Northup.
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eases, or drains upon the system,
excesses, or abuses, bad habits, or
early vices, are treated through cor
respondence at their homes, with
uniform success, by the Specialists
of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, of BuiTalo, N. Y. A book
of 136 large pages, devoted to the
consideration of the maladies above
hinted at, may be had, mailed se
curely scaled f 1 out observation, in a
plain envelope, by sending 10 cents
in one-cent stamps (for postage on
Book), to the World's Dispensary
Medical Association, at the' above
mentioned Hotel. For more than
a quarter of a century, physicians
connected with this widely cele
brated Institution, have made the
treatment of the delicate diseases
above referred to, their sole study
and practice. Thousands, have con
sulted them. This vast experience
has naturally resulted, in improved
methods and means of cure.
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Alderman 8th Wait Scrantoa
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