THE SCIJANTON TIUBUHE -WEDNESDAY M.OItNING, OCTOBER '20. 18!)T.
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The" Enigma of
the Fatherlaod,
Striking Pen Pictures of the German Em
peror, His Treatment of His Subjects and
His Policy.
O. W. HtecvciiH, Hip London Dally
Mall correspondent, whose book re
viewing America, "The Land of tlw
Dollar," 'hns been hlKhly appreciated,
Is now Kjvliyr to London render bis
linprcfslons'.of tlormany, the land "tin
der the Iron Heel." TlilM Is his picture
of Kaiser Williams
"A man of middle slz, slttlnir ron
utrulnedly and bolt uptight; a dead
yellow skin, hard-pencilled brows, u
Htralght, masterful nose, lips Jammed
close together under a dark moustache
pointing straight upward to the whites
of his eyes. A face at one? repulsive
and pathetic, so harsh and stony was
It, so grimly solemn. A face Jn which
no individual feature was very dark,
but which altogether was black as
thunder. He raised his gloved hand In
a stiff, mechanical salute, and turned
his head Impassively from left to right;
but there was no t'ourteny In the salute,
no light In the eye. no smlli on the
tight mouth for his loyal subjects. Ho
looked Ilk ai.nlan without joy, without
love, without pity, without hope. Ho
looked llk n man who had never
laughed, like a man who could never
sleep. A man might wear such a face
who felt himself turning slowly Into
Ice.
"He 'n gone again, and the crowd
was flooding the street behind h'lm.
'Ach,' sighed an old lady In crape, 'pity
that he always looks so cross. So dif
ferent from our denr.dear old Kaiser.
And I saw more than one gray head
Fhake as she spoke, not angrily, but
rrpt Tint nil the oliloe men nrr- not
quite so sparing In their condemna
tion. The young I am speaking com
monly of the well-to-do are often ecs
tatic In their admiration; he Is Ger
man through and through, they will
tell you; 'he' means to make Germany
the only nation on eaith. they tell you,
though they.do not tell you how. Even
their elders will own that he is a rous
int; sp Hker. He hits the nail on the
head; his speeches thrill us all through
when wo r.ead them In the newspapers."
Then, perhaps, they will toll you an
anecdote of his readiness. Ope day as
he rode through a by-street he camo
on a score of Socialistic workmen.
High teen took olT their caps reluctant
ly, two remained cover.nl. Whereon
the Kaiser rode 'straight up and saluted
them till'their caps came oft for shame,
if not for loyalty.
"That was well and singly done. But
that Is almost the only action I have
heard of him which might' win his
people's, personal low. The young may
admire him and trust In him, but he Is
not the beloved sovereign his grand
father was not even what his father
was. Th'o'old Kaiser came to his study
w Indow every morning of his life ti
greet his people, the present Kaler
began by huttlng a gate of the royal
palace that had always stood open.
It was n small thing, but It was no
ticed, f ho "Id Knlser and Unser Frit a
had a smile nnd a cheery word for the
meanest of their subjects; this Kaiser
has sonjetlmes a machlne-mada salute,
and always a scrowl. He sjems to de
spise hlfvyoplo, and even, the. .Germans
dlsllko 70-rtl)'vIou a -'show of "scorn,
even In a Kaiser. What has he done?
thej ask. ljls father and grandfather
had done givnt things for Germany;
this man has talked much and done
nothing."
A 1,ATRH VIEW.
And this about a later view of him:
"In the evening of that day I saw
the Kaiser again. There was a state
performance at the opera, for the King
of Siam. and the house was decorated
with a simple good taste which shamed
the luxuriance of Covent Garden on
gala nlghtfe. In the first eight rows of
stalls or so sat only ofllcers; the ladles
had to scramble for the back seats as
they liked;- The whole house, from
floor to upper gallery, shone with or
ders and uniforms. The ballet was to
begin at, 8. and end at 0. Hut 8 o'clock
came, flye jin'st, a quarter past, half
past.and .tue.,royal box was still empty.
If punctuality . be the politeness of
princes, this was an unmannerly prince
Indeed.
"At last a chamberlain, or something,
camo to the front of the royal .box and
topped thrice with his wand. The
whole house rose. Then appeared the
Kalserln plain, plump, not Interesting
on the arm of the little yellow King
of Slam. Hehlnd came the Kaiser.
Stlflly he moved to the front of the
box; stiffly he brought his heels to
gether and drew himself up. He seem
ed to bring himself Into position In
pieces; you could see him squaring his
shoulders; you could see him inflating
his chest. Then, with a llxed unmov
Ing face, he pushed his head forward
perhaps two inches; that was his sa
lute A king who cannot smile Is bad;
a king who cannot bow Is worse.
"He fixed himself very bolt upright
and stared unwinking straight before
him at tjife stage. The curtain went up
and the. pallet began; the Kaiser still
sat wlthoht moving a muscle, a face
nnd a tigure like-that of a statue. Now
nnd again the King of Slam's ques
tions became too Insistent; the Kaiser
bent over for a moment, as If he had
one Joint In the middle of his buck,
and then drew back to the jolntless
graven Imape,,, . Once he turned to
somebody behind him, .and. I hope he
laughed. Laughter on that face would
bo like moist grass In a desert.
"It was over. The Kaiser rose,
squared his shoulders, Inflated his
chest, pecked at his people, and went.
The last I s.aw of him he was giving
his arm to a princess; he looked llko
n colored plate out of a book of eti
quette. I wondered vaguely whether
RED
ROUGH
HANDS
Itching, icaly, bleeding palrai, thapclem nails,
and painful linger eudi, pimple., blackhead.,
oily, motby iltln.dry, tliln, and falling Lair, itch,
log, tcaly acalpi, all yield quickly to warm bath
with Cuticuiu Soar, and gentle anointing!
with Otrricwu (ointment), the great akin care.
(utieura
Ii wld thrnathouttb world. Fottii Dice 1D Com,
Cobp., Hot Wopa., Iloiton. ... .. ' .
J- -How teVroduM Don, WhlU Hindi," fret.
ITCHING HUMORSlayuulV04,.,b
he ever unbends enough to get his
clothes off."
roWKlt AND POLICY.
Mr. Steevens' analysis of the Kaiser's
actual power and policy Is somewhat
startling, but It Is Impossible to ac
cuse him of serious exaggeration. Stu
dents of the Kuropean political situa
tion will do well to consider carefully
what Mr. Steevens says:
"So far his ten years of relcn have
been as completely successful as even
his own Inflated Imagination could de
sire. The desire is notorious. 'My
course Is the light one,' he has In
formed his people, 'and that couise
shall still be steered." 'There Is only
one law,' he observed on another oc
casion, 'and that Is my law.' Hut It
may not be so generally icnllzed that
the notorious desire Is now fully ac
complished. The Kaiser Is fully as ab
solute as the Emperor of Hussla less
so In theory, more In practice. The
only sovereign who can compete with
him In fulness and Irresponsibility of
nuthorlty Is his friend the Sultan; and,
curiously, both have gained their posi
tion In the same way.
"Germany has a constitution; Ger
many has a Parliament; Germany has
almost unlversnl suffrage. Germany,
furthermore, Is discontented from Metz
to Memel, from the Alps to the Helt.
Yet against the will of the Kaiser Ger
many Is quite Impotent. Why'.' He
cause Germany Is hopelessly disunited.
The Kaiser's system Is simple enough,
and It Is as old as tyranny Itself. He
found the Reichstag divided Into at
least six groups; the corollary was
simple enough. Keep It divided. Di
vide It more. A crumb for this frac
tion today, a crumb for that tomor
rowbut no steady countenance for
any. So that today there are eight
main groups, without counting sub
divisions and Independents; after next
year's election there will probably be
more still. The strongest party the
Catholic Centre commands only Just
over n qunrter of the llelchstag. To
day the majority Is made up of this
combination, tomorrow of that. Today
this fraction Is voting with the govern
ment, tomorrow against It.
HIS WILL SUmEME.
"When parliament Is thus weak the
ministry cannot possibly bo strong. I?e
tween the extremes of Agrarian Con
servatives, who want the state to fix
and maintain a high price for wheat,
and Social Democrats, who would like
the state to fix and maintain a low
one, the minister finds no paity, no
fraction which he can call his own. He
may have belonged to a party before he
took ofllce, but he cannot command Its
votes afterward, nnd must pick up his
majority by cajolery and little 'con
cessions, or by threats, wherever he
can find it. A minister in this position
is hardly the man to keep his end up
against his sovereign, oven were he a
strong man at one with his colleagues.
But the Kaiser makes It Ids business
to pick for ministers weak men, and to
s-e that they do not ngree among
themselves. Can you recall off-hand
the-name of a single one of the Kaiser'
ministers? Exceut Prince Hohenlohe,
probably not one. A few of them cam"
Into monetary European repute through
the squalid Von Tausch case, but they
have since lapsed Into obscurity again.
Many of them are worthy men, but in
the qualities required for governing 50,
000,000 people they are conspicuously
lacking. They say in IJerlln and they
ough't to know that one minister or
another is alwnys setting Von Tausches
it his colleagues to backbite and en
snare and vilify them. Of course, as
there Is no party government In Ger
many, the ministers do not go In and
yit in a body. Each owes his place to
the Kaiser's choice. When the Kaiser
has done with him he goes on sick Kive
for a while and then goes outright.
Each naturally tries to keep the Kals
er's favor, and with It his place, as
long as possible. Each works for his
own hand, not for the ministry, there
Is no ministry, only ministers. And
not for the country.
"Even Prince Hohenlohe, the Chan
cellor, Is better known for his high sta
tion than for nny high qualities. Hut
even Prince Hohenlohe 13 too much of
an Independent statesman for the Kai
ser, and his retirement cannot ! long
delayed. Like his predecessor, Count
Caprlvi, he will probably be glad to
lay down an ofllce whose dignity Is
doubtful, whoso troubles are unnum-
beied. Ills successor will probably be
Von Bulow, lute nmlKissador In Home.
Von Bulow Is said to have many fine
qualities. Put he is comparatively
young and comparatively Inexperienc
ed; he belongs to a good but uninllu
cntlal family; he Is not rich'; he com
mands no public support of any kin I
whatever. He must depend for his
career on the Kaiser's grace alone: hu
will be more unquestlonlngly the Kai
ser's mar. than nny of his predeces
sors. PRIVATE ADVISERS.
"A divided, Impotent Paillameiit, a
divided, impotent Ministry but that Is
not all. There has grown up an extra
constitutional, but very powerful, sec
ond ministry, consisting of the Kaiser's
private cabinet and his private friends.
When he asks advice from anybody he
asks It from them. The chief of the
private cabinet Is a Dr. Lukanus, a
man whom nobody appears to love bin
everybody to fear. When the Kaiser'
has anything to communicate to the
llelchstag he communicates it through
a Baron von Stumm, a rich, butnojt,
popular, employer of labor he forbids
his workpeople to marry without his
leave, to drink In beerhouses of. which
he does not approve,' and he Is popu
larly called 'King Stumm'.-who holds
no official position whatever. The mem
bers of this camarilla, who have no
responsibility to anybody In the world
but their master, are the most power
ful men In Germany.
"Yet one more cleavage In the em
pire the Kaiser sedulously widens the
gulf between civil and military. In a
country like ours, where soldiering Is
a profession like the church or tailor
ing, you could understand the ull-lni;
portant distinction; In a country like
Germany, where nil men must take
their turn at soldiering, the army
ought to be the people. The Kaiser
takes care that It Is pot. He loses no
chance of Impressing on the soldiers
that they are his men In some unde
fined special sense In which other cltU
zens are not. As for the officers, he Is
the main bulwark of the belief that
the ofTlcer Is a man of other und finer
stuff than the civilian; that the officer
Is to be upheld and encouraged 1 a
luxurious sense of honor denied to his
fellow men. It would he Btupld to try
to belittle the German officer., either a
a eoldler or as a man; personally he la,
ns a rule, of the very best element of
the country; naturally nlso, for his Is
the best cureqi-,, Hut wjien It comes to
shielding an officer who has stabbed a
defenceless civilian 'from the ordinary
procedure of the law courts, then di
vine right Is going, perhaps, too for.
Reforms were promised by Prince Ho
henlohe that should go some way to
equalize soldier and civilian before the
law. Hut Prlncu Hohenlohe Is going,
nnd, according to all Indications, the
Kaiser Is resolute to refuse reform.
"No united ministry, no united Par
liament, no united people; the Kaiser
stands unmatched and alone. He Is
probably afraid of nothing In the
world, but In any case there Is noth
ing In Germany to be afraid of. Ho
may boast, but his boasts are no wny
empty ones. As near ns any man can
be absolute, he Is absolute lord over
no.ooo.ooo souls."
TRAVELING UNDER
DISADVANTAGES.
Kvperieiice ol a Trip Through the
Yellow I'evcr District.
One who has traveled through the South
during the prevalence of a yellow feu-r
epiuemic is apt to nnvo experience whicli
he will not readily forget, wiyn the .Mil
waukee Sentinel.. I retuln vivid recollec
tions of a trlu I made over the llllnoi
Central railroad from New Orleans to
.Memphis, Tenn., during the awful epi
demic of 1S78, when the fever raged In
every town along tho lino and people
were dying so fast that the disposal of
their bodies was a. trying problem. Traf
fic, of course,. was demoralized, and there
was only one passenger ttaln dully out
from New Orleans. The train moved
along nt the provoking rate or twelve
iriles an hour, being under orders not to
go faster. Mnrks of the devastating epi
demic were to be seen on every hand. At
Intervals of a few miles were found quar
antine camps, where men In their shirt
sleeves and with shot-guns on their shoul
ders paced up and down defined lines,
while a little further on would be a huge
column of smoke arising from uflre fed
on bedding, clothing and other Infected
materials. Our train sped through the
towns without stopping, and In spite of
Intense heat the car windows were lower
ed as wo went through the fever-stricken
communities In order to lessen the danger
of coming In contact with germs.
o
We were to stop at Holly Spring,
where the fever was particularly had, In
tho early morning, and after carrying us
three miles beyond the depot the con
ductor stopped the train and put us oft In
tho woods. We walked back to the city
over, the railroad track. In Holly Springs
we found that about 60 per cent, of tho
population, normally, about O.OOO, nad
fled at the first sound of alarm, the great
er part of those who remained had died
and most of tho others were taking their
meals at the one hotel which remained
open. All business was at a standstill,
shops ond stores of every description had
been deserted, and supplies of food, medi
cine and clothing were distributed dally
by a committee whose duty was to see
that nobody suffered for want of the ne
cessities of life. At the hotel we were
told that we were the only outsiders who
had come Into tho city for .vcrnl weeks.
Tho town at that time was pretty nearly
cut off frcm communications with tho
world. The one telegraph operator who
had stuck to his post heroically day and
night for weeks, was about to succumb,
and It was Impossible to get a man lo
command relieve him. Six operators who
had preceded him during the epidemic
had died one after the' other, and It was
a difficult matter to find volunteers to
face what seemed to be almost certain
death.
o
Arriving In the stricken el(v of Mem
phis, we found the pall of fever covering
a community of about one-third the nor
mal population. All who could do so had
gone Noith at tho,(JrRt.larni,,ana of those
who, remained onliy..a few escaud" the
ravages of the plague. BuMness was sus
pended and business houses were closed.
Thp-suppjies, nejecmry. for the fjlck and
their nurses) Were SenC In from other cit
ies and arrived ly the carload dally.
These supplies were distributed to relief
depots opened In various quarters of tho
city,, and were given out upon requisi
tions signed by physicians and members
of the Belief ei mmlttee. Tho doctors and
nurses sent In from other cities were en
tertained at the expense of the city, and
one could start from the hotel and walk
for miles without meeting any one but a
physician hurrying from patient to pa
tient, or the drivers of express wagons
loaded with corpses In rough pine boxes
being driven to the common burying
ground. This burying gtotmd was an old
cotton patch In the suburbs of the city,
and here tho corpses were deposited In
long trenches dug to a depth of six feet
and covered over without any attempt at
the regulation mound. The Important
object was to get the bodies under ground
as quickly as possible, and delay was of
ten occasioned because, of Inability to se
cure men to dig giaves. The corpse-laden
wagons mado a constant procei-elon from
the fever hospitals, and the cotlln, tm
blematlc of the city's distress, was to bo
encountered at every turn: At one time
during the epidemic there was a meat
famine, and for a- fortnight the' only
meat eaten by guests at the Pea body was
chicken. The demand for quinine, a
staple remedy In fever epidemics, was so
great that the price went up to sixteen
dollars an ounce.
o
Tho publisher of n weekly paper at
Handsboioiigh, Mit-s., when tho fever
was aunoniued In that town, moved his
family, type, press, etc,, to a house about
four miles away In the woods. The son
was stricken down a few days later, und
all the other members of the family were
taken down.very quickly. I wus called in
to dook after the boy, a former school
mate, nnd saw him dlo within twenty
four hours. The next thing was to get a
grave dug, which proved a matter of con
siderable dluieulty, as the men wno usual
ly could bo depended upon to do such
work refused to bo anywhere near a
fever-stricken household, contending that
they would get the fever soon enough
without going to it. Finally after visiting
Handsborough and liiloxl, the services
of two colored men w ere (.poured, one of
whom had hud the fever und wus a pro
fessional nurse. The other man consented
to act as gravedlgger on condition that bo
be permitted to retire to a fafe distance
beforo the corpse was brought to tho
grave, und that the roflln be covered to a
depth of two feet before he be required to
lesume. The grave-diggers did their
work by tho light of lanterns, und about
midnight the body was placed in a pino
'box by the nurse and the writer. Tho
mother crawled from her sickbed in an
adjoining room to take n last look ai her
boy, and sue nerceir was carried to her
grave a few days later. The pine box
was put on a cart and a lantern lighted
tho way to the grave. The old colored
gravedlgger retired teveral hundred yarls
away us the corpse approacned, nnd
when several feet of earth had been
thrown Into tho grave he wus summoned
by n whistle. He got ). for this night's
work. This Is ono of many incident!, of a
smllar character which accompany a
yellow fever epidemic.
BUNCOERS ABROAD : BEWARE !
It Is the trick or the lliyumzed De
mocracy this fall to make lalse
cjiurges against Republican methods,
raise a big dust, hire Republican mal
contents to organize Republican bolts
and then coax Individual Republicans
to desert their party on the represen
tation that "parly ties, needn't count
for anything In an off year." Hy this
trick, If It shall work, tho Brymiltea
will get a foothoM for a hopeful' fight
' in national campaigns, and mako Just
so mdph .more trouble fc)r MbKlnley,
tho ricrubllcan'coi'gi'css an'a tnp tango
of sound money.
You now see through this trick. Arc
you going to let it woikij .
SOME TRUE STORIES
OFMONTE CARLO
The Celebrated Man That Broke the
Hank Never Existed.
COLD FACT SEPARATED FROM FANCV
Instances ol llcmnrknlilo Runs of
Luck, (iood nnd llud--l'at Shocdv's
Valueless System lor .linking Mod
est Day's Wagon Eipluiucd--OtUcr
Recollections of the Great Cnm
tiling Hell.
A writer In the Boston Herald, In
referring to n current report that a,
certain American girl had mndo three
consecutive winnings at Monte Carlo,
says: Of course, JH.CCO Is quite a nice
"little fortune" to pocket nt Monte
Carlo, but what an Insignificant sum
It Is to the over $1SS,000 which some of
us saw an American boy win In two
nfternoons at that same "earthly para
dise" a few years back. Harry Roseii
fleld was from Chicago, and he shares
with a Captain In the English Hus
sars, a British squire by the name of
Blythe, the late Allan Thorndyke Rice,
Mine. Fanny Roberts, a famous demt
mondalne of Paris midnight society,
ond a few others, the "proud honor"
of havlngwon enormous sums of money
at roulette or at trenle et qunrante In
tho principality of Monaco. But Ros
enfleld's fame Is even greater than any
of tho others, for It was of him and
concerning him that the popular song,
"The Man That Broke the Bank at
Monte Carlo," was composed.
The present writer saw all these
"celebrities" make their big winnings
und he knows, moreover, that, with
ono exception, each of them lost It
nil back again, and a great deal of
their own money on top of It. The
single exception was Mr. Rice, but
then ho was not a real "sitort;" he
hadn't the right "kind of backbone"
to be a big player, and he was ono of
the worst losers that ever gambled.
In two successive nfternoons he won
something like $33,000. According to
his own story, It was 81,000 francs one
day and 82,000 francs the next, and he
said he stopped playing because the
excitement of winning so much money
gave him severe headaches. Indeed,
so unstrung were his nerves by these
two days of play that he left Monte
Carlo and went on a visit to Taggla,
beyond San Rcmo, as he wanted to see
tho birthplace of Ruflnl, the author of
"Doctor Antonio" and other novels.
Three .or four .days later ho was back
at Monte Carlo, and wus pointed out
as a man who had won over SO.OOO
francs a day at trente et qunrante
to a reporter for tho Associated Press,
who, having learned his name and the
date of his arrival from Paris, not
Italy, put this and that together by
multiplying eight days by SO.OOO, and
thus produced a. despatch which told
the United States world the wonder
ful news of how the editor-proprietor
of tho North American Review had
broken the bank by winning "more
than a million" at' Jionte Carlo. He
took good care to leave out the word
francs, and naturally American read
ers put In the word dollars, so that a
great sensation was thus produced,
and In which "patriotism"' rushed in
with Its usual boastfulness. It was
''Hili, hlp.hooray!" all over our
country for the clover, American who
had won so much by gambling.
FABULOUS WINNINGS.
"Broke tho bank at Monte Carlo."
Indeed! Why, a person or party would
have to win as much ns $1,500,000 to do
that, as at no time In tho winter sea
son, between Nov. 20 and April 10, Is
there ever less than 7.500,000 francs on
deposit In the Casino vaults. The win
nings of the Casino are so enormous
that they amount to $10,000 on an aver
age for every day In the year. This
gambling day begins precisely at noon
and It ends as precisely at 11 o'clock
p. in. It would be possible, maybe, If
a dozen or so of the thousands of per
sons who crowd Into the place dally
and hastily bet on a game that has
been arranged for them to lose at It
would, perhaps, bo possible, should ten
or twelve players win 4,000 or 5,000 louls
every day during a whole week, for
them to "break the bank," but not
otherwise.
Every winter there are big gamesters
at Monto Carlo, and determined efforts
to win large sums, either by n "sys
tem" or .skilful judgment, have been
going on for the past fifteen or eigh
teen years. But there Is no system,
no cleverness, no good luck that can
possibly beat the bank In the long run.
No kind of play or possible calculation
can cuaranteo success at roulette. It
Is perfectly fair, as the bank never
cheats, but the table and the scale of
payment on winning chances are so
urrdnged as to give the Casino a regu
lar percentage on all the stakes, so
that the bank Is bound to win. This
certain commission to the house
amounts to :i per centum of all money
staked on each spin of the ball at rou
lette, and to l',i per centum of all the
bets made on every deal at trente et
quarante. The Inspectors and croupi
ers will tell you that this Is their list
of odds they openly admit the fact.
They will not let any one play a
minute before midday nor n minute
later than 11 o'clock at night; and, In
deed, you are never asked to play.
You may wander freely about 'the
gambling rooms as a mere lookeron;
you may stroll, without paying any
thing, Into a magnificent hall and hear
a band of musicians, which Is quite
the equal of our own famous Boston
Symphonic orchestra. There Is a read
ing room, where there ure over 60,000
books, ns many as COO newspapers and
magazines, writing paper, envelopes,
etc., all to.be had free and for the
asking, and so long as you behave
yourself you will not be sent away or
refused anything, no matter whether
you enter the "salles des Jeux" or not.
The brilliant surroundings, the sweet
music, the library, will cost you noth
ing, but pass Into the gambling halls,
and every man, be he a royal prince
or a mere plebeian, must oft with his
hat and remain uncovered, and all wo
men, bo they of the best or of the
worst society, fashionable or fast,
moral or immoral, grandes dames or
cocottes, are, during good behavior,
treated precisely alike by "ces mes
sieurs" who preside over und manage
that fool trap of a place called Monte
Carlo, and where "Sa MaJeste l'Ar
gent" Is the generous monarch.
A CHICACIOAN'S LUCK.
Harry Rosenfleld of Chicago wept
down from London to Monaco with a
vast paraphernalia of notes und gold
pieces, and commenced business on a
large scale, with a confident air of sup
erb disdain, as of assured success.
The story c(T tho Hussar ofllceT's
downfall wus not yet forgotten, how
ever, and plonty of persons predict
ed but a short run of this new fox
over the green fields of Edmond-
Blanco's gambling grounds. In 1SS7
the gallant Captain who had a month's
leave of absence from his regiment,
had a great stroke of luck the second
day of his nrrlval. It lasted for eight
or nine days, and In that time hu had
won as much as 1,230.000 francs.
Smith, tho banker, with whom the
young officer deposited his winnings,
told us so at the time. Then the Cap
tain took almost the whole first floor
of the Ornnd Hotel, tin nwfully ex
pensive house, but tho best one In
Europe, nnd "went steady" for a few
days. During the entlte week he never
played once; but he gave some fine
dinners nnd twice had a party of
friends us his guests In to Nice to hear
Pattl.
That life wus too luzy nnd unexcit
ing, and a week had hnrdly elapsed
When ho slipped Into the fool trap
ngnln and tackled trente et quarentc
once more. But alas! within another
week he was done for. The ebb wns ns
sudden as the flow, and Fortunatus
was as other mortals. Aye, he was
worse off than we were, for he had
lost his return railway ticket and was
forced to borrow enough to get home
with on his 1. O. U. ns n British of
ficer. Smith loaned him the money,
and most obligingly charged him on
ly the small commission of what the
Jew called "shent per shent" for this
favor. Smith was a dear old chup,
whom we nil liked amazingly, when
forced to borrow, nnd whom we un
reservedly detested nnd damned when
the bit of paper had to be taken up.
Rosenileld of Chicago and London,
chose No. 17 as his object of attack,
and began to iour gold on nnd about
It as with a ladle, not only "en pleln,"
but "a cheval" and "curtv," and all
three up to the limit. There are
four "chevals" and four "enrres" to
No. 17, and these, . ndded to the one
"en pleln" and multiplied proierIy to
win the maximum, called for a de
posit of 210 louls each time the ball
went spinning. He won occasionally
and lost frequently, but not often'
enough to overcome the enormous gain
of nine mnxlmums when he "hit It,"
ns he did now nnd then, besides which
the "chevnls" and tho "carres" used
to protect him some on other numbers.
But there wns no system whatever In
his play; It was only a fellow trying
to make his gold win the bank's gold,
and yet It was "a dead sure thing" for
the latter In the long run.
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
He was never Ill-tempered, and If
fortune was sulky and lost him all ho
had with him, he went gayly back to
Nice, to return next day with more
money, and to rise to tho proud posi
tion of hero of the hour, to be pointed
at with whispers, and to be spoken to
by celebrated beauties, or world-renowned
songstresses, or English Duch
esses, who, "passing through on their
way south, you know," dropped Into
the fool trap for a little fun, but lost
their money nnd their tempers, and
now wanted to borrow 50 or 100 louls
"just until my maid gets back." Poor
girl, it must have been a weary jog
she went on, for she is not back yet,
and that was four or five years ago.
In course of time the Chlcagoan had
actually won overa million and a half
of francs; that Is 'to say, he was that
much ahead of the hank, nnd as mean
while his "remarkable deeds" were
printed In the newspapers more at
tractively and more frequently than
were any good actlons.no matter where
or by whom performed, the American
became an International as well as a.
roulette hero, not to speak of the pride
which the Windy City patriotically
had for her son,, "the man who broke
the bank at Monte Carlo."
It ended, however, with Harry as It
did with the Captain, only his good
luck lasted longer than did that of the
latter, and, like Roland Reed In the
"Man of Ideas," he was a good loser.
When luck turned and he began to Iosp
heavily, so swiftly, too, that In less
than a week he was "cleaned out"
completely, he "died game," as the
saying goes. The accumulation of a
gambler's season began suddenly to
melt Into space, and when he had lost
It all In what seemed to be an Incred
ibly brief period of time, he smiled,
said "Bon jour" to the croupiers, ,and,
turning, ealmlv went not to "make
an end on't" but straightway to Lon
don, whence he could dnre venture to
cable home for much-needed funds.
There was one "game" which Harry
played this wns before the run of ill
luck set In that I do not think was
ever reported to the press. He had
already ben winning and losing mil
lions of francs, and was something
like $140,000 uhead of the bank, when
he made the latgest single "coup" ever
known at that establishment or else
where, for that matter, at roulette. It
was of an evening In February, 1893,
und after he had been "whacking
away" at 17, when he branched off onto
another number. "Faltes vos Jeu, mes
sieurs," s'ing out the croupiers, and
Harry, whose pockets were well lined,
hurriedly exclaimed In mixed French
and English:
"Maximum on the hull" (8), nnd he
pushed over ft louls. Then he added:
"Dlx-hult louls on each cheval, vlngt
hult on transversal a trois, trente-hult
on eaen can't on huit, cinq bills of
mllle on manque (below IS), meme
chose en pair (even), trols bills de
mllle on premier douzalne "
But he oo'.ild make no more bets, for
the "ren ne vas plus" of the croupiers
was Kard, and he had barely time to
toss Jcv n these stakes and see that
they weie correctly placed when the
ball went spinning around, and soon It
fell Into the receptacle numbered S.
He had won every bet, and the total
wus over $15,450,
SHKEDY'S SYSTEM.
An Irish-American "sport" by the name
of Pat Slieedy, sume time manager for
John L. Sulllvun, und ulways a popular,
good. hearted fellow, once travelled all tho
way from New York to Monte Carlo to
break tho bank with a system. Mr. and
Mrs. Sheedy stopped a while In Palis to
see the city, and then they dropped
down Into the Riviera, he to light the
tiger which Monaco's sovereign Prince
keeps In u box on Mount Charles.
Before leaving the French capital Pat
explained carefully und confidentially his
"dead sure thing" to a few persons, the
present writer being among the number
thus honored. His system wus no more
nor lehs than tho Hamburg martingale,
as It was called before Professor Proc
tor renamed It the "Labouchere," because
It claimed to be truth nnd yet was not
truth. This martingale Is a very simple
application of arithmetical progression to
a system of betting which bets out to
win some given sum. It Is tho least
complicated and the most effective mar
tlugalo that human Ingenuity has ever
effected, and were It not for the fact
that a persistent run of bad luck will
break It down, as It will any system, It
would be perfect.
Tho way that Sheedy explained this
system to us, and as nearly as I can
recollect his words, was thus: "flupposo
that you ure betting that you will cut
a red or a black caid In a pack of fifty
two. The chuuees ugulnst you each time
are ono to one, nnd In ten trluls you
may expect to win five times and lost
five times. Now, by this system, If you
lose six times and gain but four you are
still a winner. See here." und ho took
pencil and paper; "we will t.ct out bo fore
pluy begins to win 20 francs, or a louls,
ris you call a gold plccu over bore.
"You prepare n pngo of your note hook
thus, writing the twenty In tho martin-
Gains.
Martingale.
I Losses,
20
"You then bet any sum, say 20 francs.
Say you lose. Write It down both In tho
martingale column and In that of losses,
und your puge will appear thus:
(Jain.
Martingale.
Losses.
20
20
20
"Next add together the top and bottum
figures of the martingale und bet the re
sult. 20 plus 20, equal 40. Say you lose.
Write the 40 francs In the two columns,
mattlngale and loss and you have:
(lalns.
Mnrtlngalc.
20
20
40
" Lossep.
I " 20
40
"Add tho top and bottom figures as be
fore, 20 plus 40, equal 00, nnd bet the tola!.
Say you win. Write tho CO francs In tho
gain column and scratch out tho two sums
which you added toguther to get tho CO.
There Is one entry left In your inartingalo
column unused; now bet It. Say you lose.
Write tho 20 In tho martingale and loss
accounts and proceed as before. Add tbo
two 20s together; they make 40; bet that.
Say you lose. Write 40 In each proper
place, nnd now add tho ends of your mar
tingale as usual 20 plus 40, equal CO. Bet
that, and vou lose. Enter It properly.
Add again, top and bottom as. before CO
plus 20 equal SO; bet It. You win. Enter
tho SO In tho gain column and cancel tho
GO and the 20. The martingale top and bot
tom llgures aro now 20 and 40; add them
and bet tho CO. Say you lose. Enter prop
el ly and proceed CO plus 20 equal SO. Bet
It. Say you win. Write It under the gains
column and cancel the CO und the 20. There
Is now but ono entry left In tho martin
gale 10; bet It. Bay you win. Wrlto 40
under the gains and cancel It In tho mar
tingale column.
"You have lost six bets nnd won only
four; but you have gained 20 francs
more than you lost, and as It only takes
about three minutes to pluy each turn at
roulette It Is certain one can win W frnncs
every hour by this system. It Is quite
simple, and the only rule to follow Is,
every tlmo you win a. bet you cancel
two sets of figures In tue martlngnle col
umn, and every time you lose you write
one in It. Whenever the number of win
ning events is equal to one-half the
number of losses plus one tho martingale
will bo cleared away, and you will have
won the amount with which you stnrted
It, whether It Is 20 francs, ns In this In
stance, or 0,300 francs, which gains the
maximum. I forgot to say that after
your notebook has been prepared you
do not record anything on It until you
have made a loss, as, under the condi
tions, a loss Is required in order to begin
the system."
IMPRACTICABLE.
We congratulate Sheedy on his "good
thing," nnd that evening he went his
way southward on the "train de luxe."
The struggle nt Monto Carlo was short
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home, he said In Paris, thnt, like Francis
I., he bad "lost all save honor," but he
had learned a useful lesson, one that
would last him the rest of his lifetime.
But It did not. for he went back to
Monte Carlo last February and tried onco
morn to "break the bank."
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