The Saint Paul globe., February 04, 1900, Image 18

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MJORALSiN POKER
QUALMS AUE Ol'T OP PLACE AVHEX
THE GAME IS FOR HEAL
MONEY
PLAY IS OFTEN OFF COLOR
Gamblers Scheme to Plnek a Victim
I'nsft by an Accidental Glimpse
at n Pnir of Tens—The Best Way
to Feat the Game Is to Let It
Severely Alone—Old Player's) Ad
vice.
"Is It possible for a man to learn to
play poker?" was asked of a veteran
sport the other day.
'OfVourse it is," he snorted. "That is,
it is possible For some people. The man
wilh sporting blood in his veins and with
out too much regard for ethics in his com
position can learn to play poker. This
talk about everything bsing in th.^ cards
you hold is all 1 ot. I have seen a man lay
down three aces to a pair of deuces, and
that certainly demonstrates that th.^re is
more in-playing poker than in the valua
of the hand. Of course such a thing would
not be possible in a game where the limit
was about the size of the pot, but then a
good poker player steers clear of any
such sketches as that. It places the sport
on the same level with the sucker, and
there is no chance for a man to disp ay
his skill or knowledge of th& game.
"Is it right to cheat? Well, you are
getting too personal. I won't admit that
I would do such a thing, but. if there is
any crooked work going on I am going to
have my share of the proceeds or know
the reason why. This talk about a 'gen
tleman's game' is all a dream. If a man
plays poker and keeps at it he is going tj
be a party to something crooked, whether
he plays in a fashionable club cr in the
wine room at the back of a saloon. For
my own part, I prefer to play in a hard
game, where something is liable to be
pulled off, for I know that I have to look
out for myself. Humanity is reduc d tj
a moral level when it comes to gambling,
and while some of these silk stockings
may prate about their honor and all that.
It is only their fear of being found out
that keeps them from being as crooked
as any 'longshoreman, provided, of
course, that they need the money.
"A man can't have too squeamish a re
gard for ethics or conscience if he is go-
Ing to play poker. If I see cheating going
on I merely declare myself in. If I
Bee a dirty card thrown or catch a man
holding out I think my proper course
would be to hum gently to myself and
say, as if I were humming a lullaby, 'I
want a slice of that; I think I will have
a slice of that, for the reason that it Is
too good to pass up.' Then the man who
turned the trick would be pretty apt to
give me -the wink; I would get divvy for
preserving the peace.
BEST WAY TO KEEP QUIET.
"Now, I admit that I could get up and
make a great roar. I could slam my
cards on the table and protest that I was
a Kentucklan and a gentleman, and that,
begad, sah! I would tolerate nothing of
the sort In a game wherein I was sitting.
What would be the result. The gambler
would say I was mistaken, the sucker
would get sore and say he had been
robbed and I would get nothing for my
chare. What would I- do if the sucker
was a friend of mine, whom I had taken
up to the game? Such a case would never
come up, for the reason that I never take
a friend to a poker game. I always go up
alone and come down alone. Poker is no
place for friendship. Damon and Pythias'
would never have been heard of if the
two chums, had ever sat down to a good,
stiff game of draw.
"There are a good many ways of turn
ing a crooked card. The cold deck is
fairly successful, but it has to be done by
an artist, and even then it is dangerous.
Marked cards don't go with sports, for
the decks are changed too often when
the stakes are high. The best methods
are by stacking the cards and holding
out. It takes a good man to do the
former, and there are times when he falls
down and gives his opponent more than
he intends to. Holding out is the easiest,
for the reason that the others always
have to look out for themselves and see
what they hold. A good many sorts of
mechanical devices have been invented
for holding out, and I have seen some
poker players who were really walking
pieces of machinery. The 'bug,' as it Is
called^ is the most frequently used, be
cause it is so simple. It is nothing but an
almost invisible slit at the edge of the
table, where the cards can be slipped In
until they are wanted. It is a dangerous
thing to bump up against, and it can be
run by a good man until further orders
without a show of detection.
TURNING THE TABLES.
"But there are times when the gambler
overreaches himself. I remember an in
stance which is worth relating. There
were several of us In tfce game, just how
msny I have forgotten, but the story
only concerns three, a gambler who was
skillful with the pasteboards, a sucker
and myself. I was pretty good winner
■and had a bad ca?e of cold feet. I had
made up my mind to quit at the first
sign of anything crooked. It came the
gambler's turn to deal and he 'put them
up' in a very suspicious manner. I de
clared mysolf then and there that it
wculd be my last pot and began stacking
up my chips. I was second man from
the dealer, with the sucker between us.
The sucker pickad up a pat straight and
opened the pot with a whirl. I looked
it my cards and found that I had three
aces. So I stayed. I did not raise for
the reason that I was afraid there was
joirg to be trouble and did not want
to get in too deep and sluff off all my
velvet.
"The dealer was sc nervous that I
na%v right away he had been up to some
thing. When we called for cards the
sucker stood pat and I took two. I had
laid my three aces face up, as it was
my last pot, but did not look at my
draw. The gambler forgot to discard
and drew three cards. I got a flash
at them and saw that there were two
tens among them. He then picked up
his hand. I stopped him.
"'That doesn't go,' I said. 'You've
fouled your hand. You ought to have
discarded before picking up your draw.'
LANDED A BIG POT.
"He blustered and bluffed and con
tended that he had not fouled his hand.
I saw there was going to be trouble and
before making any further kick looked
at my draw. I saw that I had pulled in
my fourth ace. It was dollars to dough
r.uts that the gambler was playing for
four tens or he wouldn't be so anxious
to keep his hand and stay in tha game.
He kept Insisting that his hand was good
nnd I spoke up carelessly an;l said:
" 'Oh, all riprht. This is my last hand
and I don't care to make you sore by
brning you out.'
"lie came in with his four tens and tha
sucker led off with the betting. He put
In a nice stack of chips and I merely
trailed and waited for the gambler to do
the raising. .He did it in magnificent
style and the sucker dropped out. I
came back at him with my whole pile.
" 'You were so anxious to play,' I said,
'that I am going to see what it Is you
vere so proud of.'
"He stared at me for a minute and
then he came In with all he had. I laid
down my four aces to his four tens.
He looked at the hands for a minute,
but he never said a word. He had been
beater: at his own game and he knew
that It wouldn't do to make a kick at
me. That play was the standing Joke
of Poker row for months, and the gam*
bier laid for me in an effort to get even,
but I don't believe he ever got re
venge."
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There are scores of places in this coun
try where only one mail oomes every
fourteen days.
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Difference of Opinion Which May Bring the United States
and Germany to Blows.
Germany, says the London Spectator, Is
preparing for a war with the United
States. Such is the warning solemnly
uttered by one of the most conservative
publications in the world. The dire pre
diction has just been made the subject
of what seems an impartial study by this
solemn periodical. This weekly, com
ments the New York Herald, is in more
than one sense the organ of Europe's
mose responsible classes. It stood stanch
ly by this country during the late war
with Spain. In support of its contention
that war betwen Germany and the United
States Is inevitable in the not distant fu
ture, pome pregnant facts are adduced.
The Monroe doctrine is to be the cause
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UNITED STATESj^-GEPMAWY x////^^^§^^^^
rXiA-oo oaqoyA&ooOjO^ many/
of the war predicted between ourselves
and the kaiser. It seems that the kaiser
and his people are two distinct parties In
this business. The German people want
no war with us. But the kaiser feels dif
ferently. He dreams as all the world
knows.of a vast colonial empire. He wants
to expand. The most available field for
this expansion is South America. But the
Monroe doctrine bars the way. The mo
ment the kaiser attempts to annex terri
tory in South America he wTll have to
deal with Uncle Sam.
Brazil is the region In South America
upon which the kaiser is said to have his
longing eyes. Few people In this country
are aware that an immense area in Bra
zil Is now wholly German. An extent of
territory greater than that of the Father
land Is Inhabited almost exclusively by
subjects of the kaiser. The prevailing
language Is German. The religion, Insti
tutions and customs in Brazil are all more
or less under the tutelage of emigration
societies, with headquarters in Hamburg.
This movement began In 1825. The region
embraced within it Is practically the
whole of the Brazilian republic from Rio
de Janeiro on the north to the boundary
line of the country itself on the south, and
from the Atlantic on the east to Uruguay
on the west. Shortly after the overthrow
of Dom Pedro's government, Brazil began
to fear that she would be swamped by the
Influx of Germans. Immigration from
other nations of the European continent
was therefore encourged, and thousands
of Italians made their way to Brazil.
The designs of Germany upon these
colonies are said by the Spectator to be
very definitely formulated. It wishes to
annex the region to the empire and to
govern it through an imperial' commis
sioner appointed by Itself. This is the
way most German colonies are governed.
Unfortunately for Germany the German
subjects in Brazil view such a prospect
.with anything but enthusiasm.
"Land hunger" is alleged by this au
thority to be the disease of the reigning
dynasty in Germany. Far-sighted men
have not hesitated to predict that South
America will constitute the great prize
of the future in the eyes of European
governments. The partition of Africa
would be repeated in South America at
any moment were it not for the Monroe
doctrine. As long as the prestige of the
United States remains what it is today
the powers of continental Europe will
keep their hands off South America.
But the moment it becomes apparent
that this government is not strong enough
to maintain the Monroe doctrine the
rush upon South America will begin.
When the war with Spain began it was
generally admitted in Europe that the
Monroe doctrine was running a risk.
Had Spain developed unexpected strength.
JHJ& ST. rAUIi or,<J**i!,, SUi\UAi, Jb\K«KUAKY 4, lyuu.
had she been able to hold us at bay on
the sea, Germany would have made ac
tive preparations to seize territory 1»
South America. But Spain was crushed
almost instantly. The powers of conti
nental Europe saw that they must be
well prepared before they tried conclu
sions with the United States. The em
peror of Germany immediately outlined
his programme of naval expansion. He
has adhered to It ever since, and he will
risk his throne rather than abandon It.
It is beyond dispute that the kaiser's
naval programme would make him im
measurably our superittr on the sea in
about a decade. If, then, it be true that
his majesty will defy the Monroe doc
trine when his navy is strong enough to
overcome the United States, he may be
expected to annex Southern Brazil to his
empire about 1910 or 1916. The Brazilian
government is not without uneasiness at
the prospect. The recent additions to the
navy of the republic may be intended as
a warning to the world that Brazil will
not submit to dismemberment without
resistance.
Germany has never disavowed the de
signs upon South America which Euro
pean diplomats have attributed to her
for ten years, past. Such a disavowal
would be a distinct negation of the pol
icy of Emperor William. He couM not
repudiate all designs to annex portions
of South America and remain consistent.
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SOUTH AFRICA'S ONLY TREE.
Bine Gam Alone Thrive* in h Coun
try Without a Fore*t.
London Mail.
Although rich in such beautiful flowere
as the arum lily, amaryllls, lxia, and
other choice bulbuous plants, and also in
fruits like the peach and tangerine,
South Africa Is woefully lacking In trees
of a size sufficient to make a respectable
wood or plantation.
The only variety which appears to
thrive in any quantity is the blue gum
THB GRAVE OF CAFT. GRIDU&Y.
THE FOUR GUNS PLACED AROUND THE GRAVE WERJ& CAPTURED BY DEWEY AT MANILA.
There are a number of Imposing: and
coßtly shafts and mausoleums in Lake
side cemetery at Erie, Pa., but none of
them makes so profound an impression
upon the mind of the average visitor as
does the spot where are buried the ashes
of Capt. Charles V. Gridley, the brave
commander of the Olympia in the battle
of Manila bay.
Capt. GTldley, It will be remembered,
was overcome from the heat and shock
of the encounter with the Spanish fleet
and forts, and was invalided home. He
died in Kobe, Japan, June 5, 1898, and
his body was cremated In Yokohama
(Eucalyptus globulus\ which Is found in
large numbers, so much so that many
people are under the impression that it is
a native of the place.
This, however, is a mistake, as the real
home of all the eucalypti was originally
Australia, where, at the present time,
many of the species frequently attain a
height of over 300 feet. It rarely reaches
this altitude 4n South Africa, however, al
though It soon establishes Itself, and then
grows at a tremendous late, rapidly form
ing a fine, handsome tree, with - thick,
glaucous foliage.
In the form of avenues it is a prom'n
ent feature in many towns. The chief
street of the town of Worcester, Caps
Colony, has two fine row of tress.
Eucalyptus globulus Is cultivated to
some extent in the nialarjous distric s of
Italy, and in other countries bordering 0.1
the Mediterranean sea. In this c v try
it is sometimes raised from imported
seed, and used for bidding in a sub-trop
ical garden, or grouping on a lawn, but
It does not stand our climate very well,
and, of course.never reached to any great
height. It Is the variety-that yields the
eucalpytus oil, the antiseptic so much
recommended as a cure for Influenza.
Moreover, its leaves, i rolled Into the form
of cigars and smoked, ar* said to be a
cure for asthma. In Soifth Africa it Is
the principal, and practically the only,
timber tree.
"strange rack
Trial of Speed Between a Homing
Plfreon and it Honey Bee.
Youth's Companion.
The Englishman, and, for that matter,
the American, Is so fond of a "trial ©f
speed" that he will match against each
other almost any two creatures t,hat offer
themselves. A race which;;took place re
cently In Scotland was probably without
a precedent.
Two men "who lived at Wigtown, in that
shire, became- engaged in a controversy
as to whether homing pigeons or honey
bees could fly the faster. Each_one was
so sure of the correctness of his own opin
ion that they resolved' to. ma^te -a. test of.
the matter.
"But how shall be knowthat your fast
bees are the right bees when they come
in?" inquired the man who owned the pi
geons.
"Easily enough—flour 'em," said the
other.
So a number of bees were carefully
taken from the hive near evening, so that
it might be altogether unlikely that they
would loiter by the way, and sprinkled
with fine, white flour, which stuck to
them. Then the bees and one homing p.'
geon were taken to a point a mile away
from the pigeon loft and also a mile from
the beehive, and all were liberated.
The pigeon reached its journey's end
first, having flown the distance in 5:30.
The floured bees came in thirty seconds
later —in exactly 6 minutes.
This result did not'prove a great deal,
so slight was the dfetanxse, and the bee
man thinks height have won on a sec
ond trial. Certainly neither pigeons nor
bees were very swilt. ; Perhanpa they
were slow in getting under way. Any
good horse could trot the mile in less
time.
BANANA PROLIFIC.
Some L.lttle Known FtUitm About the
Lnsclous Southern Fruit.
National Magazine.
A banana stalk yields but one bunch
of fruit and would die if it were not cut
down when the fruit ripens or matures.
One plant will produce from one to three
bunches a year, growing continuously, |
as fast as one sta'/k is cut another taking
its place. A remarkable thing about
this plant Is that if you.cut into a half
grown stalk near the root, or any part
of the stalk, n small blossom, or bunch
of bananas fully formed will soon shoot
through the cut, but if allowed to grow
will never reach any market value.
Many people affirm that the banana
and the plantain are the same fruit, but
this Is Incorrect; although they grow like
the banana an experienced perpon can
readily distinguish the difference by the
color as well as by the size of the small
ribs In the leaf. The plaintain grows in
a bunch, but with only two or three
hands to the bunch, and each finger or
individual plantain is as large again as
the banana* and is more of a crescent
chape. They arc never eaten raw. The
natives cook both the plantain and the
banana, but prefer plantain.
June 9. His ashes wtire brought to this
country and deposited in a massive met
al box, which rests "beneath the sod in
the cemetery at Erie, his old home. The
burial place Is In the center of a lot to
which the name of "Gridley Circle" has
been given, and there the ashes of the
gallant captain will Temaln undisturbed
until a suitable monument is erected to
ills memory.
Four huge Spanish gups, solemn re
minders of Dewey'B furious onslaught at
Manila, and of the immortal command
he gave to his favorite captain: "You
may flre when you are ready, Gridley"—
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—^j^— Trained Now for Service in the ~^m^~
&^^b Red Cross Corps. X^^
Though the success of the Germans
with dogs of war to be used for outpost
and guard duty has not been much better
than tentative, dogs for another form of
military service have done so well that
some are to be sent to the British forces
in Africa. They can be forwarded by the
Gern.-ans without danger of violation of
neutrality laws, for they are Red Cross
dogs.
It is J. Bungartz, the famous animal
painter, who has been Instrumental in
J. BUSGARTZ,
The Painter, and His Pet Collie.
adding this new factor to the medical
corps of the army. For many years he
and his friends in the association founded
by him, the German Association for Life-
Saving Dogs, have been working with
various breeds to select the best dog for
use in finding and succoring wounded men
on the field of battle after the fighting is
done. The association has 600 members,
and counts among its most enthusiastic
supporters and workers Duke Alfred of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The final result of
their experiments has been the selection
of the Scotch collie as the best breed for
the purpose, and now there are several
hundred of these fine animals in the serv
ice. Th-e German public takes much in
terest in the humanitarian objects of the
association and extends a considerable
amount of financial aid. This enables the
keep silent vigil around the gTave. These
guns were captured by the American ad
miral at Cavite, and were sent home by
him, with the special request that they
be placed around the last resting place of
Capt. Gridley.
The guns are made of solid, old-fashion
ed bronze, and each of them weighs up
ward of 6,000 pounds. They bear the
names of "Trajona," '•Teraska," "Hypo
crates" and "Manahem," and inscriptions
on them show that they were cast during
the latter part of the eighteenth century,
two during the reign of Alphonso ILL,
and two during that of Alphonso IV.
association to give a certain number of
trained dogs to the army every year with
out charge.
The collies that are to be trained for
military service are selected carefully
from the best stock. They are taken in
hand before they have been subjected to
training or breaking of any kind, and
their teaching is given to them in the open
country from the very beginning. A lead-
Ing principle of the training is that the
dog's must be taught in such a manner
that they will perform their work for fun
and w.ith real enjoyment. Therefore coer
cion is positively avoided, and even th«
voice is modulated carefully in addressing
the dogs.
It is delightful to see the enthusiasm
and ready intelligence with which the an
imals go about their day's work. They
are up and out in the fields at dawn and
remain hard at it till about noon. While
gentlen-ess is the watchword, firmness is
used also, and each dog must do his task
correctly, even if he has to keep at it for
hours. After the noon hour the collies
troop back to the kennels, where their
grand coats are cleaned and brushed till
they shine. Then comes the feeding hour,
and after that the dogs are permitted to
play or loaf, just as they please.
The first steps in training are to teach
the animals to obey signal or word or
whistle, no matter how faint or low.
Then they learn to report at certain
places that are shown to them. After
they have mastered this, which is a most
difficult task for the puppies,
they learn to guard the packages
which contain the Red Cross out
fits till the surgeon appears. These
duties all being mastered, the great
work of teaching them to find wounded
men begins. At first the work is carried
on in meadows and open fields, without
cover or bushes. As the collies learn,
more and more difficult territory is se-
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lected, until each dog is able to find a
hidden man without fail, no matter how
rough the country or how thick and dif
ficult the cover.
There generally are frcm ten to twenty
dogs steadily in course of training, so
that each year a good number can be
presented to the army.
Each collie carries a little bundle, with
emergency bandages and stimulants. At
night he carries a bell besides, so that
the men can follow him.
During the recent great maneuvers of
the German army the Eighth army corps
tried the dogs under the most difficult
circumstances that could be devised, and
the result was declared to have been mag
nificent. In twenty minutes one band of
dogs found twelve soldiers, who had been
hidden away in the moet inaccessible un
derbrush.
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KNOWN BY FEENCH.
Pronunciation of "Table d'Hote" nn
Alniont Sore Guide to Locality.
Indianapolis News.
"Hanging in the elevator car over at
our place," said a man who lives at one
of the big hotels, "is a card announcing
a table d'hote dinner at a certain hour.
It is almost always subject to Inquiry
on the part of the new guests, and,
j strange as it may seem, it const tutes a
I 'airly reliable indication as to th lr p'acej
j of residence. •
"During the last couple of months I
have made something of a study of the
subject, and have prepared a !i tl ■_-.
schedule showing the pronunciation cur
rent in a few different localities H*re
it is: .
"Chicago, 'tabb'e c!ay hote.'
■"Louisville, tabul dote.'
"Dcs Moints, 'tay-bul de hotey.*
"Omaha, "table dough.'
"Indianapolis,-'table de hote.'
"Grand Rapids, 'tabbel. t'otty/
"Sioux City, 'tabbul de hoo.'
"I don't claim that this ltr. absolutely
accurate, and, of course^ it is mercy the
beginning pit ft much wider classification,
but as far am it goes it may be relied
on in the majority of cases. ■
"For examp-e, when -I; hear a man ask
where the 'tabbel dotty' is served, I feel
fairly safe in Inquiring how thirgr? look
in his part of Michigan. If he sy.-s,
'Where's that tab!e dough?' I mak»
some pleasant remark about Mr. Bryan
or ask whether the Nebraska farmers
are still in line on free silver, and about
five times out of seven he gives me a
stony glare, which shows I have hit it
right, and that he takes me for a buQCJ
steerer.
"I have estimated that there .ire at
least forty different ways of pronouncing
the term 'table d'hote,' each pecu'iar to
some city or section. 'Itis a very fasc I
nating study, and I am thinking ct incor
porating my research* s In my great work,
entitled 'Hints to Hotel men as How to
Size Up Strangers Without Looking at
Them.' "
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"LEFT-HANDED" SHOP.
Bought the Place Before He Dis
covered It Wn« Turned Around.
New York Sun.
"Yes," said E. R. Diven. a barber,
"I expect to have a neat shop here, but of
course everything will have to be turn
ed around. The shop is left-h' nded."
The listener said what ninety-nine out
of every hundred persons would have
said. It wan:
"Left-handed? What do you mean?"
Diven was sharpening a razor on a
stone. He stopped long enough to say:
"Why, it is left-handed from start to
ftrflsh. Everything in it has been arrang
ed for left-handed barbers. I'll show you
what I mean." H e pointed to the shop's
front windows. They faced the east.
Then he called attention to the two
chairs. They faced the north.
"Every right-handed barber stands on
the right of his customer when work
ing.' said Diven. "If I did so with thut
chair I'd stand in my own light. Notice
the shelves for water and bay rum bot
tles. They're all on the left of the chairs,
whereas they should be on my right.
"Now I have to walk all the way around
the chair to get one of them. The 'pedals'
by which the chairs are let up or down,
are for the left foot. This makes another
trip around the customer. I have been
barbering for many years, but this Is the
first time I ever saw a shop that was left
handed all the way through. The man
who owned the shop before me had a man
to run the other chair. He was left-hand
ed, too. Why even the barber pole outside
is left-handed. Its on the left of the door,
and by all the rules of my business it
shculd be on the right of it."
As Diven resumed work on the razor
he was sharpening he said:
"And to think, when I bought the place
I didn't notice it was left-handed. It
would have made a difference in the price.
Why any barber wants to be left-handed
I can't see."