THE CAR PORTER
BY JOHN PK wirr.
If you travel a* you'd oußhter
You will uuet the colored porter,
Who with wiiil® "Pn biß Up
Will expt ct from you a tip.
He is found on every sleeper,
Full of learning, and it's cheaper,
Jf you'd like to learn it all,
Just to tip a silver ball.
If you try to shake this porter,
And refuse a paltry quarter,
When you need him you may call,
But you'd better wait till fall.
If you tip him, lie's a dandy,
Willi 11 pillow that is handy,
And a bottle, cool as ice,
Holding something awful nice.
You w ill find ho in a rusher,
Just the slickest kind of bmslier.
And before you leave the car,
Olil "He'll be dar! il< 11 be dar.*
TULA VELASQUEZ.
1
13Y AD H. GIBSON.
rzZStt friend Leo
Gordon was a
w had sorv
fiture at the termination of the civil
struggle, with its very unexpected re
sult, so much as the spirit of adven
ture, which led Leo to abandon his
plantation 011 the Pearl ltiver and seek
that land of thrilling romance, Mex
ico, then in a belligerent state.
Leo cast his fortune with the army
of Juarez, then lighting bitterly
against Maximilian, and many were
his bravo deeds, which won for him
the respect of his comrades and the
great chief himself. But it is not of
my friend's services in that struggle I
shall write, but of a certain adventure,
rose-hued deeply with romance, that
was far from an ordinary one, in
which Leo played a prominent part.
With several comrades my friend
had gone one night to the luxurious
hacienda of a very wealthy Mexican
ranchero, and begged the savage
kiwed master to let tliom pass the
night there.
Their request was at first refused,
but after much persuasion it was some
what sullenly granted.
The hacienda had a long, partially
furnished wing that was not used by
the ranchero's family; this was as
signed to the accommodation of the
half-dozen Americans who had asked
to pass the night in the hacienda, and
where they should remain wholly to
themselves.
The moon was up and silvering the
brow of a warm, delicious niglit with a
wealth of pellucid splendor. Glauciug
out of one of the long, narrow windows
of the wing, Leo beheld the ample
flower-gardens of his host. The beau
tiful blossoms, with their rich per
fumes wafted to him ever and anon by
the bland south winds, carried the
young Southerner back to his home on
the Vearl, with its flower-decked walks
and balmy nooks. So lost was he in
the memories the lovely scene had
aroused, that ho did not at first oh
serve a young Mexican girl cautiously
approaching the window from which he
leaned.
As she drew near the window the
young soldier caught sight of her. She
raised one hand in warning, and
placed the forefinger over her crimson
lips to enjoin his silence.
"This is mystery personified," said
Leo to himself.
But ho kept silent. He did not even
shift his attitude, as he did not wish to
arouse his companions, who were rest
ing on the couches of the large apart
near by, and lie feared any
movement on* is part might disturb
them. So he watched carefully every
step of the Mexican girl, and waited to
learn the meaning of her strange pro
ceduie.
As she stood with her fingers ovei
her lips, she glanced.quickly over hei
shoulder to make certain that her
movements were not observed by any
other than the American with whom
her business* evidently lay. Assuring
herself that she had not not been
watched or suspected, she glided close
up to the window and whispered in a
hasty but musical voice:
"Look, senor! I place this down
here for you. Got out and read it as
soon as I am gone."
As sho spoke she stooped and placed
a note under a rose-hush. Then,
plucking several blossoms from tlio
bush, to avert suspicion if she was
seen in that quarter, she turned and
left him without vouchsafing another
glance in his direction.
Leo's curiosity was deeply stirred.
Here was promise of romance and ad
venture certainly.
He gazed after the girl until she was
lost to view. He remarked that the
girl was very pretty, but ho was satis
lied she was not of the higher walks of
life. When they had ridden into the
plaza that evening he had noticed, at
the blinds of the easement, several
feminine forms and faces. But they
had so concealed themselves that Leo
and his companions had caught but a
transient glimpse of them.
"I'm ever ready to take part in an
adventure," he uttered to himself,
"and I'll secure that note beneath the
rose if tlio old duenna herself rules the
garden."
Ho walked to the door, opened it,
and passed out. He looked about him.
No one was in sight. With an elastic
spring his strong, well-trained limbs
oarricd him over the fence which shut
in the garden from their quarters.
Once over the fence, Leo sauntered
rather carelessly toward the bush
where the note lay hidden for him.
Feigning to admire the roses, ho
stooped, and with quick grasp pos
essed himself of the mysterious note.
He was walking leisurely bai k to cover,
with tlio delico tely scented note thrust
in his breast, v hen his steps were vast
ly accelerated by a lingo Mexican
bloodhound suddenly materializing
among the bushes at the other end of
the garden, And plunging after him.
Leo felt that the dark orbs of the
fair lady might be following him, and
he would fain have been dignified in
his retreat. But he found it very ex
pedient to change his will in the case,
after jne sweeping glance into the ca
pacious red mouth of the canine mon
ster in hot pursuit, who had been so
speedy to resent an intrusion on his
master's private and beautiful grounds.
L,eo said farewell to dignity for that
time, and vaulted the fence in the face
of liis savage foe. He just made his
escape and no more. He congratulated
himself, as he hastily entered their
part of the hacienda, that the Mexican
dress he wore had no superfluous coat
tails to have suffered an inglorious
diminution in length, as it 110 doubt
would have done.
Safe within the quarters that had
been assigned to him and his compan
ions Leo broke the seal of the dainty
little note, and with eager eyes perused
the following lines:
BENOIIS AMBBICANOS: Tins is written
you by an unfortunate maiden who, believ
ing In your nobleness of soul, implores you
to save her from a cruel fate.
My father, the ranohero. who reluctantly
permits vou to pass the night under bis
roof, is forcing mo this night to wed an
officer of Maximilian's army whom I hate
most vehemently; but ho holds some ereat
power over my father, and lam to bo the
victim. „ ...
The one I truly lovo is El Capitnn Ezual
do. on© ot tho bravest in our chief (Juarez's)
army, and I am very desirous of flying to
his protection. . ,
Tho ceremony is to bo hblu at 10 o clock
to-night, when that detested man. Col.
Henrique Fernandez, will be hero to claim
my unwilling heart and hand. Ho dare not
venture within the lines of Juarez, except
under tho cover of deep night.
The little ohapol. which is opposite tho
wing you now occupy, is where tho mar
riage rites will bo porformod.
In writing this. good, bravo Senors
Americanos. I appeal to you to save mo
from this living death, and ill doing so you
will ever receive tho sincere prayers of
poor, unhappy TULA VELASQUBZ.
p. s.—My trusty maid. Zela. will have
horses ready in tho grove beyond tho gar
den, and we beg to fly under your protec
tion to that of my noble Ezualdo. T. V.
Leo read the note over several times
and then said to himself:
"Of course I'll do all she asks and
more, too, for my friend, Ezualdo.
This is the girl I have heard the young
officer mention with such deep esteem
so often when we were together in
camp. This promises more romance
I linn anything it has been my lot to be
mixed up in for a long time. We may
as well get ourselves ready, I suppose,
and consult each other in the matter."
| So saying, he aroused his sleeping
I comrades and told tliem of Tula
Velasquez's appeal to them for help
from the cruel union her father was
forcing upon her.
The party happened to be composed
of young men of adventurous spirits,
ami most of them knew the handsome,
noble Ezualdo in Juarez's army, and
were willing to engage in any combat
or undertake any enterprise, no matter
how daring, if. in so doing, they served
him or his chief, Juarez.
They accordingly made themselves
ready and waited for the hour of ten to
roll round.
Leo was 011 watch at the narrow
window, and when, at last, ho saw the
bridal ] arty moving swiftly and as
silently as specters towards tbe little
chapel, lie gave the signal to his com
panions to follow him. Very soon the
little party was joined by six uninvited
guests.
The ranchero, who was leading tho
lovely but unwilling Tula, halted
near the door of the chapel and looked
back. Perhaps he had detected the
tread of the Americans, although they
had arrived almost noiselessly. At
the same time a tall, middle-aged Mex
ican officer, Henrique Fernandez, the
would-be bridegroom, who was a litilo
in advance of the bride and her father,
and who was attended by two younger
officers, all dressed in very gorgeous
uniforms, became aware of the attend
ance of the American soldiers. Tho
party stopped. Henrique Fernandez,
in an imperious voice, demanded:
"Don Velasquez, why this intrusion,
and who are the strangers?"
The moon bad lowered herself be
hind a bold range of mountains in the
west ere this, hence only the dim out
lines of the intruders could be made
out. and nothing of faces and dress
could lie distinctly seen.
"It is the Senors Americanos," re
plied the savage voice of Velasquez.
"Why are you here, senors?" he de
manded.
Leo boldly stepped before the ranch
ero as he replied:
"Don Velasquez, you aie cruelly
forcing your child to marry one whom
"POSSESSED HIMSELF OF THE MYSTERI
OUS NOTE."
her soul detests, this night, while her
heart is in the keeping of tho brave
Ezualdo, of Juarez's army. It is to
save Tula Velasquez from the evil fate
you seek to force upon lier that we are
here."
With a glad cry, Tula Velasquez
tore herself from her father's side, and
rushed to the side of Leo just as lie
he struck the revolver, which the Mexi
can officer had leveled in his face, from
his hand.
Quickly leveling his own in the face
of Henrique Fernandez, he said:
"You are my prisoner. Colonel Fer
nandez. Stir from your tracks at your
peril."
The Mexican officer knew he was no
match for the young American, and
one glance had been sufficient to show
liirn that the least disobedience would
invite bis death. But lie had not been
forbidden to use his voice, so he yelled
to Velasquez, who seemed too dazed at
the unexpected attack to move, "DOll
\ elasquez, call upon your servants for
help, and my men without!"
Ihe young officers who had accom
panied Fernandez bad all they could
do in a hand-to-hand struggle with two
robust Americans. But the struggle
was of short duration, for the young
Mexicans soon surrendered.
The ranch ro gave a f ©bio call foi
help, which some of the men-servants
quickly answered.
A sort of melee commenced, that w as
brought 011 110 0110 could tell exactly
how. Pistol shots rang out on the still
night air, by the chapel door, and the
women servants shrieked and fled
through the trees, the priest shouted
to be heard above the din in vain; and
in the height of it all, Leo, with a
severe wound in his left arm, received
lie scarcely know how, cut his way out
with Colonel Fernandez, his prisonei
still. Tula Velasquez and her maid,
/ela, were by his side, and the other
Americans followed fast behind.
"Here, through tbe garden to yon
grove!" whispered Tula Velasquez to
Leo. "\\ e shall find horses there foi
our escape. Go not out at the front
entrance, as Mexican soldiers left 011
the plaza by Colonel Fernandez will
again oppose us."
It did not require much time to reach
the grove pointed out by Tula Velas
quez, and where they found their
w DON VELASQUEZ, WHY THIS INTRUSION ?" j
horses ready lor tn'em, as tne I
maid, had said. They soou mounted |
and rode away, with the shouts of !
Mexican soldiers, trying to find their
route of escape, ringing in their ears.
When at last their trail was discov
ered the Mexicans gave them a hot
cliase for a short distance; but as they
got near Juarez's camp they abandoned
the pursuit. Leo and his comrades
dashed into cam)), where the lovely
Tula was surrendered to her lover,
Ezualdo, and the prisoners to Juarez
himself, who found in Colonel Fer
nandez ft foe lie had long desired to
capture.
My friend's wound was so obstinate
in healing he was compelled to leave |
the service soon after the adventure 1
just narrated. Before lie quit Mexico. !
however, he saw Tula Velasquez and
Ezualdo happily made one.
1). L. MOODY'S LIFE WORK.
It Is to Culminuto ill a Theological School
ill Chicago.
There will soon be opened in Chicago
a theological school that will be unique
among contemporary institutions for
religious training. It is to be called
the Bible Institute and is intended foij
the education and practical training of
evangelists. While in some outward
features it will resemble the theologic
al seminary of the regulation type, as
conducted by all the Protestant denom
inations of the present day, in other
more essential points it will bo anal
ogous to the schools of the prophets as
they are believed to have existed in
()ld Testament time. It will be con
ducted under the auspices of the Chi
cago Evangelization Society. D. L.
Moody, the originator and propagator
of the innovation, is also to be its Presi
dent. Over $250,000 lias been con
tributed by wealthy friends of Mr.
Moody living in Chicago to build and
endow the Bible Institute.
The inception of the project is not
new. For at least fifteen years Mr.
Moody has had the desire to establish
such a school. "Do the work of an
evangelist" has been the working motto
of his life. In his view the evangelist's
work was not less essential or import
ant than that of the settled pastor and
preacher. But there were fewer to
understand it and fewer to make it a
success. Nor was there any school for
educating evangelistic workers, al
though there were many seminaries for
the lifting of young men for the regu
lar ministry. This dam in the Chris
tian lines it became Mr. Moody's am
bition to fill, but not until recently was
he able to interest the people and open
their purses to foward this scheme.
The important distinction between
this Bible institute and the ordinary
theological seminary is in the course of
study. Instead of taking a Greek oi
Hebrew testament for the text-book,
Mr. Moody will take the English
Bible. Polemic theology, except so
much as may be considered essential
in combating assaults of infidels, will
bo as far as possible relegated to the
background. The outline of study is
as follows:
"The doctrinal and practical teach
ings of the Bible will bo the main sub
jects of study, together with its au
thenticity and history. Christian
doctrine, sin, redemption, the person
and oflices of the Redeemer, justitica
tion, faith, etc. English exegesis,
typology, elementary church history,
Christian evidences, and the study of
separate books of the Bible will form
| an important part of the course ot
! study. Some treatise on mental sci
ence will have a placo in the curricu
lum. The method of using the Bible ir
dealing with inquirers will also receive
attention."
, The hill course of study will require
two years. A shorter courso will bi
arranged for one year.
She Obeyed Orders*
Harriet Boeclier Stowo's son, Rev.
Charles E. Stowe, of Hartford, Conn.,
met with an experience the other even
ing which completely nonplused him.
One evening quite recently he dined
with Mrs. J. W. Boardrnan, proprie
tress of the Hotel Woodruff. Visiting
Mrs. Boardrnan is a cute little niece
about live years of age. She is a reg
ular chatterbox and makes many bright
remarks during a day. Fearing lesti
the child would astonish the preacher l
by some outlandish saying her aunb
warned her to keep mum during the
dinner.
The admonition was listened to with
awe, and at the table the little one
scarcely dared look at Mr. Stowe, not
wishing to commit a supposed sin.
While the servant was absent from the
room the little girl noticed there was i
no butter on her small pink dish.
She didn't mind holding her tongue, I
but to cat bread without butter—that
would never do. She took a survey of
the table, and lo and behold ! the but
ter dish was right in front of the
preacher. Wistfully she gazed at both
for a few seconds. Never in her brief
existence did she appear so pensive.
Then gathering all her courage and
clearing her throat, she said: "Dear
pastor, won't you please, for Christ's
sake, pass the butter?"
Rev. Mr. Stowe never received sucli
a shock. He leaned over in his chair
to pick up u napkin, which of course
had not fallen. Mrs. Boardrnan must
at that moment arrange a window cur
tain, and the other guests were sud
denly troubled with a friendly cough.
Little Mabel, self-satisfied that she
liad doue the proper caper, was the
only one at the table who could posi
tively prove that sho was alive. — Chi
cago Times.
JJITTI.E J-.tnci iess tnan tnree years
old, saw a man walking along the street
with his arm in a sling. "Oh, mamma,"
she cried, "there goes a man with his
arm in a hammock!"
LETTER FROM HILL NYE.
THE POLICE OF THE OLl> AND NEW
WORLDS COMPARED.
Different Nations (live to tlo (liiardiun o
the I'eace Peculiar Emblems and Pe
culiar Methods—Hill's Varied Experi
ences While Under Arrest.
f~ WOULD very muoh
liko. with the read
er's permission, to
draw a few compar
isons between the
average policemen
of Now York, l'aris.
and London, writes
Bill Nye in tho Chi
cago Herald. Tho
says: "I don't care
a danir who makes
try. so that I kin
knack all tho nawz
av the men that
wiolates them."
Ho is proud of the position. He would
rather be the proud guardian of a 1 eat than
to bo a foreign ministor with a foreign con
gregation and only two donations per year.
He ulso wears good-fitting clothes and is
proud of his job. The American policeman,
though at times the victim of insomnia,
is tho best-looking spocinion of manhood,
[ think, of tho three. Ido not say this in
order to stand well with the police of my
own country alone, for I llnd that I am
about as likely to be arrested in one country
as another, but truth and justice demand
that I should say honestly that the poliou
of our own country stand at the head of
their profession, also at the head of their
victim, and look better by a large percent
age. This is especially tiu> of our more
thoroughly American policemen from Ger
many and Ireland.
Different nations give to tho policeman
peculiar emblems and peculiar methods.
The New York corner carries a club which
gets heavier as the sun goes down. The
Fronch policeman carries a short stub
knife, with which he is supposed to neatly
scoop out the 80th Thomas works of those
who resist him. hut I am told that there is
110 sword in tho tin scabbard, only a dum
my handle for style—just as B. Wall used
to carry seven or eight different colored
silk umbrella covers in which he would In
sert his cane from time to time, thus ap
parently wearing an umbrella for each hour j
of the day at u great roduction of expense.
'lho London policeman carries a mys
terious weapon which it took me all of one
forenoon to fully understand the principle
of. But I found outa'ter a while. It was u
long, blaek. shiny cylinder, hanging at the
side and looking like a little juvenile
cannon without a breech. Finally I got so
curious I gavo a largo, corned-beef police
man tlnippenee to tell me about it. Ho
I then unrolled the gun and I saw that it was
a kind of mackintosh made of oilcloth to be
worn when it rains, which it sometimes
does in London, especially during what is
called tho rainy season.
Tho English policeman regards his oflloo
with a peculiar veneration, exceeded only
by the awe with which ho regards himself.
His jaw is kept in pluoo by a strong, black
shiny strap which passes under the chin
and prevents the mouth from falling open
in such away as to admit (lies or other in
sects. '1 he London policeman rar< ly speaks
to any one, but tho silent way in which 110
controls the carriages, cabs and pedestri
ans, compelling nervous Americans to
"keep to tho loft." when they have always
been in tho habit of keeping to the right,
challenges the admiration of tho civilized
U LJ U L. ~
j
NYE'S FIFBT A Hit EST.
. world and awakens a feeling of profound
j admiration even in tho calm and padded
bosom|of tho policeman himself.
And yet this same man is in a degree
corrupt. With a shilling one may blunt tho
moral sense of a whole squa I. With a six
penoo you may select tho style of Indignity
which vou would liko to present to one of
them, not for the intrinsic vulue but as a
mark of osteeni.
I was at tho opening of tho trial of Mrs.
Maybriek in Liverpool. The police guarded
the entrance to tho great court house whore
tho pure Juice of Justlco was so soon to be
squeezed from tho ripe knowlodgo of an
average jury instructed by a peculiar judge.
I stood about, hoping to bo drawn | on the
jury myself, but was unsuccessful. I
could not conceal my intelligence, and so
other men were chosen. If I kad been on
the jury I would have been there yet, I
think. As I understood tho case, it was a
trial on tho charge of willful negligence or
adultery. If I am the wife of a man who
eats arsenic betwoon meals for twenty
years and at tho ond of that time I find that
he tails to got up for his breakfast, having
dm ing the' night ascended tho flume, and I
am arrested, and though it is not proved at
all that I gave him tho arsenic, it is shown
that four years ago I neglected to pay my
gas bill or wrote a poem 011 spring, am I to
bo hung for murder or seared to death in
my cell, and then given a life sentence? 1
trust not.
But I was speaking of tho police. I notice
this difference between the methods of po
licemen In the countries named. Whenar-
EXCHANGING CONFIDENCES.
rested in London I was taken in tho tondei
spot just above the elbow. In l'aris the
d'atmo took me politely as one would take
the arm of a ladv who had thieatenudto be
a sister to him. In New Yot k the ilrst time
I was uriosted. it I am not mistaken, tho
policeman took IUO by tho rear of tho coat
collar ami by a dexterous twist of the
wrist asphyxiated mo in a few moments
so that I could see the heavens roll to
gether like a scroll. I lost consciousness .
for a little time, and all was a blank. II 1
I had not accidentally caught a reviving
whiff of the policeman's breath I guess I
would not have boon ro.su at all.
The Parisian policeman, I must say. Is
inlerior in his general appearance. 80 Is
the average French soldier. I used to won
der how France could maintain a large
army while she was so poor and In debt,
but 1 see It ull now. Bhe saves many mill
ions of irancs each year by making the
tails of tho coats of the military shorter as
times get harder and also shortening the
waists of tho same. It has got so now that
the lwo coat-tail buttons and the collar
button behind are almost In a row. Added
to that, tho French soldier Is get ting smaller
every year. If I had to light in a real wur
I would rather bo attacked. I think, by a
French soldior in the short-tail coat and
wide, red-cotton trousers than by any
other adversary I can think of They are
not the kind of soldiers who sustained the
remarkable supremacy of the Emperor.
Tho French policeuiun wears anavv-blue
coat tnai ma nun in a ramming ana aosui- I
tory way. He also wears linen trousers
which should have tatting around the bor- i
dors, but the republic Is at present In such
u chaotic and turbulent state that it is al
most impossible to got the tatting appro- j
priation through. These white linen trou- I
aors, costing, wo will say. two francs f. o.
b.. that is to say. 40 cents free 011 board tho
cars, are tho sole covering of tho l'aris po
liceman's legs. Hence he alwuys has tho
air of a boy who has boon recently chas
tised. He carries, as I say. a short
THE LONDON BOBBY'S MACKINTOSH.
sword or iron stab knife, which adds some
dignity to his otherwise apologetic appear
ance.
Some will say that I am severe to the
French police, but. I reply, not so severe as
he has been on me. Wist right has an olll
cor to arrest me in a language which I do
not protend to understand and herald my
name all through Europe without paying
tho slightest attention to tho remarks
which I made in tho purest English of which
I was master? I say, and I say it in sten
torian tones, that no country except,
America can hope to be groat which
makes up her entire police force of for
eigners.
In Ireland the police are ulso foreigners,
but they speak very good English. I warf
not urrested in Ireland. I bought a sprig
of shamrock, however, and brought it homo
in a little flower-pot. I sat up nights 10
keep It alive, and watered it with my tears
while ill on tho ocean. But thank heaven
it pulled through at last and is alive and
growing on my country seat.
But it is not Shamrock.
It is Clover.
And Mighty poor clover at that!
If the Irish relief fund is not so large
this year as usual, tho public will under-'
stand why it is thus.
Our jaunting car-driver was an Irishman.
Ho was an extremely entertaining one-also.'
Very polite and a good singer. He had the!
stars and stripes tied to his whip, and so*
ho had a good many American dollars atj
the end of the year which ho puts intd
pounds, shillings and pence. Ho told hie
all übout Ireland, so I know more about]
the inattor than I ever did before, I be-;
iiove. 1
Then I tried to get even by tolling him,
about our glorious country. I spoke of thej
marvelous growth and wealth of tho re-i
public: also of our cordiality toward for-j
eignors who desired to come hero and vote
our way as soon as possible.
Then I told him about tho groat agricuU
tural resources of our country and the)
mighty cyclone of tho West, which is ah Id
to pull an artesian well wrong side out likd
the Anger of a glove, and leave it sticking
nine hundred feet up into space like a soia
thumb. I then spoke briefly but foolinghj
Of the far West; the gold and Silver an<{
canned goods, wild animals and despera
does, the high mountains, tho wealth oj
timber, the rarity of the atmosphere!
which enables 0110 to easily see uc oss ait
entire State, and which makes tho bore oj
an ordinary revolver look like tho Hoosad
Tunnel. All these 1 told him about as wo
rode gaylv along in our russet-colored
jaunting-car, with Maud 8. doing the pull-
Maud 8. is abny mare of about mid lie
age. with a green grass stylo of emoonpointi
as we say in Franco, which prevents hoi
attaining a great velocity without training
down a good deal.
After I had told tho driver all I could
think of he yawned a little, I thought, and
said: "Yes. I am always Interested id
Amoriky, and shall be all my loif, for I liveu
in Montany eight years mesilf!"
I then spoke of tho scenery through
which we wore passing. Oeorge W. Floyd
bought a-small flask of Irish whisky while
we were on tho old sod. I drank some of iq
on the way over here. I now see why Ire
land feels that she has boon grievously!
wronged. That is exactly tho way I felt.
We also bought several shillalahs, some
times called tho original Home. They are
made of black thorn, with a protuberance
on tho top, out of tho root of the thorny
This nob robounds from tho head witlj
great elasticity, so as to givo several blown
with only one propulsion, so to speak.
This, combine'l with tho popular beverage,
seems to offer the best facilities in Ireland!
fo spirited and earnest controversies oveij
anything which may present itself. But!
seriously, tho Emerald Islo seems to bd
more hopeful of peace and prosperity than
for many years post, according to tho au-1
thorlty of tho best-read Irishmen, and es-'
peoially of the clergy, among tnem tho vory 1
Rev. James Hegaity. who was a fellow pas-j
sengor, and who talked very cheerfully 01
the Irish situation at prosont, feeling, as ha
said, that it must very Isoon, and without!
serious disturbance, adjust itself to the'
satisfaction of everyone, with tho exception!
of those. 1 erhaps, whose opinions are nod
valuable.
Next to tho policeman, tho railway guard,
of tho old country interests me. Having'
been accustomed to tho clear, rosonunt and
elocutionary elevated railway guard and
his bright, or isp remarks about the stations,
as we pass along. I was ill-proparod to bei
fastened Into a railway carriage by myself.*
with no conductor to convorso with, 110!
brakeman to boie a hole into tho effete at
mosphere with his cork-screw voice, no|
peanuttor to come and lean a whole circu
lating library on my bosom or show 1110 the!
scenery as ho pointed out the beauties of:
our latest and most successful smutty novel'
frosh from the hands of its bright young
schoolgirl author.
That is why I was oarried past my station,
and instead of Liverpool I turned up atj
Scotland Yard once, and at another time, inj
gazing up the Thames. I found myself, after]
a little nap, at a station callod Chester.)
Several times I was curried to tho end of
the road when I hna intended to stop on;
tho way. and I *vould have lost a good deal 1
of time only that one can only go far enough
away from London so that he will bo aide to
get back in ha''' an hour. If one should go
further than that ho would drown.
PITH AND POINT.
PERSPIRATION never rains but it
pores.
VOLTINO into the unknown—Death
by electricity.
A SYNDICATE of cattlemen has a per
fect right to water its stock.
IT'S odd how much food a horse can
go Without and still he 110 faster.
THE waiter girl is different from a
poet. She is not born; she is maid to
order.
THE fly-wheel is tho anarchist of mo
chanics. It is always engaged in revo
lutions.
CHICAGO lias a gigantic leather trust.
The increasing size of the women's
shoes render it necessary.
WHY don't they select sailors as base
ball umpires? A tnr ought to ho a
good judgo how a thing is pitched.
WHEN a married woman goes out to
look after her rights her husband is
usually left at home with liis wrongs.
A WESTERN jeweler, whose store was
attached by a Buffalo (N. Y.) creditor,
posted his notice on the door. "Closed
to meet Buffalo Bill."
QUEEN of Spain—(Good gracious I
The baby king has the stomach-ache.
Lord Chamberlain (excitedly)— Call
the Secretary of the Interior!
OMAHA TEACHER— I would like some
one of tho class to define the meaning
•of vice vei-Ra. Bright hoy—lt's sleep
| ing with your feet towards the head of
the bed.
THEY sal within tho parlor dim
And fretfully she lain to him:
"I wish, dear John, that you'd behavo,
If not, I wish that you would shave."
—Boston Courier
[WICKED MONTE CARLO.
A PLACE WHERE GAMBLING KEINS
KIOT.
• ■
An Entertaining Hl&tory of the Greatest
Sporting Resort in the World— Roulette
and Other Seductive Games Described
—Systematic Players.
f HE greatest gambling
resort in the world is
-Vionto Carlo. Monaco.
It is tho gumbler's
dream of paradiso
fully realized. Monaco
is tliat little rocky
mountainous cornor
of Fiance which juts
into the Gulf of
Gonoa. France is on
one side and Italy t lie
other. Monte Carlo
is on the railway,
about midway between
' Nice and Genoa. The owner, ruler, or
whatever you may call inn, of this little
princpulitv. is Charles gn.. do Grim
aldi, who is known as fi|ggFs3 D r i ~ l c o
Charles 111. of Mona- flHjgss:=3oo. The
kingdom is the smallestprincipal
ity on the face of tho globe. In
fact, the width of the Prince's dominion
does not exceed some 48.) yards. Thu* the
troops—for at the present timo Monaco
: pos sos s e 1 1"." * " Jan army—are com
i polled, whei 7 they want to exercise
i their marks- * * uiansliip. to face tho
sea. Other- wise tho balls would
trespass up- , .on French torritoiy.
Tho to tall—--—'superficies of tho prin
cipality is barely 250 acres, and yet the
Prince coins money bearing his own imugo
and since Jan. 1 issues stamps similarly
impressed with his por- /TV Htrait. He is
grand master of af\ Ikingly or
der, which he distrib-LL .lutes witb
much parsimony. Hoi k--^T^accre d its
umbas.-adors to foreign powers
calls all Europoun sov- eloigns hia
.cousins. and. happier than they
he fears neither ministerial crises
nor revolutions. The etiquette ol
his oourt is of tho most sevore
tyre; his castle is a little wonder, and hia
art collection is one of tho best which could
bo desired, In this country, so blessed by
Providence, the Financo Minister has noth
ing whatever to do, for tho simple lea
son that ail taxes have been abolished.
The Minister of War finds it impossible to
take uctivo action, for his ninety-two in
fantry men are only cognizant of two drills
—thoso of presuming arms to tho Prince
1 and firing at the fishes. The Minister of
| Marino has only one duty, that of seeing
' that tho twelve sailors of the Prince's yacht
are ready to go to sea when needed. Iho
Minister of Public Works has no work to
because the public property is only
composed of a gardon and throe streets.
| Tho busiest oi all ofilcials is the Ministor
; for Foreign Affairs, whose duty it is to as
-1 sure all the powers that the Prince of Mo-
I naco has no intontion of troubling the peaco
| of Europe.
I This littlo rock lias suffered muny vicissl
l tudos, for tho Princes of Monaco have not
always been rolling in wealth. In order to
keep thoir heads above water the Grimaldis
have been compelled in by-gone days to
seek the protection of many sovereigns,
and tho Castle of Monaco has housed in
I turn Spanish. English, French and Pied
moutese garrisons. Over tho citadel vari
ous European flags havo floated until tho
j day whon tho real power of tho state pass-
I ed into the liunds of the gaming authorities.
The French revolution of 1789 h it the then
: ruler in a bad way. and in 1817 Monaco
I passod under the protection of the King of
I Sardinia. In opposition to the. former cus
| torn of the French king. who. while the
1 l'rinco of .Monaco was under tho Proteetor
-1 ate of Franco, had granted largo sums for
hi* support, tho Sardinian king cave
him nothing. Thus tho Prince was
forced to 'ivo upon tho necessities
of his subjocts, ana when, in tie
of I*49*
A couNTEii. rassinents woro
becoming serious whon. in 1850. a public
company solicited Irom him permission to
establish a gaming table at Monaco.
In exchange for this privilege the
i company offered to pay a considera
ble sum. The Prince accoptod this
offer with much eagerness, and the gaming
| tables woro accordingly established. They
I were littlo known, however, and prospered
but poorly, until Monsieur Blanc, who hud
! had considerable experience in tho organ
ization of similar establishments, bought
! up tho concession, built tho Gasino of
1 Monte Carlo, and endowo I the "Soclote do
Bains do Monaco," with tho reputation
which thoy possess at tho present day.
From that time an equilibrium in the
1 Prince's Budget was assured, and the
j Societe do Monaco" pays tho Prince, pays
1 , tho administration, pays the judges, pays
' the clergy, pays tho army—and pays its
slaveholders. "Tho Society of Baths of
Monaco" is, of course, only a specious
medical title usod to cloak tho roal busi
ness of tho company, which is tho conduct
i, of the great gaming establishment of Monto
>1 Carlo.
j "Professors" at Monte Carlo aro abun
■ , dant. One of them is a lady of a certain
tnge. She will point out to
you. of course for a consid
eration, tho tnblo at which
there Is tho best chance of
winning. If necessary, for a
ton-franc piece she will como
early and keep a place for
you. She deals in talismans,
and has always in her pocket
a pioce of the rope with
whioh tho last criminal has
been executed.
J I Tho Casino, or gaming-house, stands out
j amid a muss of verdure, near the railway
i ! station. Tho path
which loads to ths
Casino is delight- V
ful. Tho author!- /
ties havo softened / dBKSy \
the inclines " n( l/ A JfeSr V * Vvu \
sanded tho alb'ysMpß-J orn.l
until it resembles! N§ri JFJyjd]
torrestriul pura-l v Mi j
disc. No one can \ /
I penetrate into tho /
gaming saloon
j a porsonal
admission card; : —^
but tho special TIIK ROULETTE.
I commissioner never refuses an application,
What silenco in tho saloon! Tho room is
j crowded, but no conversation whatever is
heard; one sound alone meets tho curs, the
: chink of golden coins which the oroupie- s
are collecting with
o their rukos. and pil-
I , 2 j ing un In shining
! \ & *s T £"*-ihenps before them.
§ § Pretty "counters"
are standing hoio
ll ami the e. Two of
x- 11 '± 1! illustrations
* it 11 I show tho "roulette"
vi,// 4 au I tho dixislons
~~ ~ of the table on
K. A —' which tho players
r A -j -- A a stake their money.
* y y The mon- y which
11 J '|" visitor- may stako
j* "U ,il one timo l.s Mm.
Jted. tho smallest
sum being about a
THE TABLE. dollar, and the
highest something liko one thousand two
hundred dollars. '"lloulotte." or little
wheel, is purely a game of chance. It is
played on un oblong table covoioJ with
g een cloth, in the center of which is a cav
ity of little more than two feet in diameter
in the shape of a punch-bowl. This cavity,
which has nevorai copper bands round its
sldos. at equal distances from each other,
nus its sides fixed, but the bottom is mov
ublo round an axis placed in the center, tho
handle by whioh motion is communicated
being a species of capstain of copper flxod
on the tipper extremity of the axis. Bound
tiio eircum'orenco of this movable bottom
aro thirty-sev'-n holes, painted in black aud
red alternately, with first thlity-six num
bers and a zero, ns shown in the dia - rams.
These thi.ty-sevon symbols are also figured
at each end of the table in order that the
players may place their stakes on the
<•1 unco they select. Along tho margin of
tho table are painted six words—pair, passe,
HOT, impair, manque, rougo—which will
be of lei ward explained. The game la
usually pi area as rouown: one of tne tatt
leurs, or -bankers." pus the movable bot
tom in motion, by tuning the c oss with
his foreflnge . and at the sime instant
throws into the cavity i n ivory ball in a
direction opposite to tie motion of the
bottom; the bail mukes several revolu
tions, and at last falls into one o> tho
thirty-seven holes above mentioned, tho
nolo into which it falls dete minim?
the gain or loss of the players. A
playor may stake his money on 1. 2. or any
of tho thirty-seven numbers (including tho
zero), and shows what number or numbers
ho selects by plaolng his stake upon them;
if ho has selected a number or zero cor
responding to the one into whioh the ball
falls, he receives from one of the taillorus
thirty-six times his stake—viz., his stake
and thlrty-flvo times more. If he selected
two numbers he only receives eighteen
times, thus only winning half what he
would have done had ho staked tho whole
on one number; if threo numbers twelve
times, etc. This is called "jouor a eheval."
The rectangles at the bottom of each
of tho three columns of numbers figured
on tho table, are for the reception of
tho stnko of that player who selects a
column (twelve numbers) as his chance,
and If the ball enters a hole the numbor of
which is found in his column, he Is paid
three times his stako. Those who prefer
staking their money on any of the ohanoes
BEAUTY AND THE BEABT.
marked on the edge of the table, if they
win. receive double thoi.- stako (their ta<e
and as mucii more). Tin- "puir" wins when
the bull ;alls into a hole marked by an even
number; the "impui i tho hole is marked
odd; tho "manqu if tho bole is numbered
from 1 to lb inclusive; the "passe." if it is
numbered from 19 to 3(5 inclusivo; t.ie
"rou o." ii it Is colored red; una the "noir,"
il it is colored bluck. !• tin- l-ai should ail
into tho hole murk''d with t e zeru, tho
stakes of those players who ventu e upon
tho six cli noes last desciibed aro cither
equally divided between tho > ank and tho
pl iyers, or, as is more coinmonlv the case,
they are "put in prison," as it is call d. and
tho succeeding trial determines whether
they are to bo ro-torod to the players or
gained by the bank.
Glance round at the players who are
seated around tho green oloth. Thore are
men of all ages, of all nationalities, and of
all professions. Noxt to a Bussian sits a
Frenchman; bosido an English man is a
Gorman, a Turk, or a Greek. A prince
elbows a wealthy tradesman; an old magis
trate sits behind a thief. A be.tutiiul young
woman comos bounein ' in with an oily
looking old teilow who is old enough to be
her groat-grand athor,
Pictu o to yourself a splendid saloon
brilliantly lighted by numerous chandeliers.
Tho walls aro magnificently decorated, but
the sole furniture of the room consists of
tables and chairs. On each table may be
seen a roulette wheel, miniature r*kes.
and a locked box. Gradually the crowd en
ters. and the gaming saloon is filled. Vis
itors of tho most varie . types take their
places round the tables, the croup-e s oome
in. open the box. fill it with bank notes, and
pile up Lelor • th< m heaps of gold. The
play begins. Among scores of others, a
young couplo enter. The lady is Frenoh;
the man speaks English, but with a st ong
American accent. Doubtless they are a
nowly married oouple who have come to
Monte Ca. lo for their honexraoon. Both
take thoir places at the tublo and begin to
"Tho 9th of December w is our wed-ling
tlfty," whispers tho woman in her husband's
oar; "suppose we choose tho No. 9; perhaps
It will bring us luck?"
"Just as you like," answers her husband,
and they placed $5 on the No. 9.
Tho ball is thrown, and whirls around the
wheel. The husband, with is hands on
tho table, awaits tho result almost with In
difTeronoe. The ludy. somewhat less 0001.
puts up her glasses to got a better view.
The ball revolves for a long time, but even
tually slackens Its pace, passes by the
numbers 33. 1. 20. 14. 31. and finally stops at
No. 9.
Tho oioupior takes SIBO in gold, and,
noisily sounding the eoinß. places them
before the wifwho Hmilingly takes a
rake, and hoaps up a little monument of
gold.
"If, Instead of $5." says tho husband, "wo
had risked SIOO, we should have gained a
small fortune. $3,(500, and we might have
abandoned tho idoa of living on board our
vossol."
"Let us risk SIOO. as we havo won it It
was on January 17 that, you wore so nearly
drowned at sea with vour father and moth
er; let us put sloo on No. 17."
The SIOO are placed on No. 17. The ball
revolves, and quite gently, as though guided
by an invisible hand. Htops at No. 17.
"Everyone for himself!" exclaims the hus
band, gathering in the huge packet of notes
which tho croupier passes him. "it Is I who
risked the $100; the winnings should belong
to mo."
"I thought that between us all was in oom
mon," said his companion timidly.
"At play—no. I repeat everyone for him
self."
"Our winnings aro considerable." ven
tured the lady. "Let us leave tho room, and
go back to Marseilles, where your vessel
awaits you."
"You are mad; don't you see that I have
a run of luck? I mean to broak tho bank."
In fact, the young American, oxcited by
his extraordinary suocofeß, begins to play
wildly.
lie plays long and disastrously. Luck Is
against him. Ho loses everything, honor
as woll as all of his money. Wild-eyed he
deserts his brldo and his boat. It's tho old
sbry. In a few days his body was washed
ashore. Those incidents are of daily oc
currence. Suicides are numbered by the
score. When a play-r shoots himself,
someone Is reuay to push his body aside
aud take his place.
Her Little <>aine,
Mrs. Gall (in dry goods store) —I
wish, if yon please, that you'd give me
samples of six or seven different pat
terns in surah silks and a few samples
of colored velvet—a friend of mino
would like them; and I'd liko a sam
ple of this green India silk. I want a
dress of some kind, and a sample of
this figured silk, too, please, and one
of this pink satin. Thanks. I'll de
oide soon about the dress.
Mrs. Gall (outside the store) —One,
two, three, five, eight, eleven, fifteen
—nineteen perfectly lovely samples in
all! Six or seven more as large as
these will make a whole block for my
new crazy quilt. I'll go around to
Ribbon & Linnen's and get them be
fore I go home.— Drake's Magazine.
A Real Rude Twaii.
Boston girl—l don't like Uncle Ben
& bit. He may know all about shi£s,
but he doesn't know anything about
etiquette.
Her mamma—What's lie done, Eme
lino V
Boston girl- He told Charley last
night he didn't like the cut of his jib.
And you know, mamma, Charley
doesn't wear jibs.
She Wanted to Re a Capitalist.
Ida—Mamma, don't capitalists have
lots of money ?
Mamma —Yes, my child.
Ida —Isn't Washington the capital?
Mamma—Yes.
Ida—Well I wish papa would move
to the capital, so we would be capital
ists and have lots of money.— Chicago
Ledger*