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i rnn ^tltrondach £|ett». f ..'»''* • _ * \ ' ' •>—»^ ' PUtU&HED EVERY SATURDAY I '-AT- pSt. REGIS FALLS, FHANKUN COCNTT, H. T. i HEMS...! 1,00 PEE YEAR, tTBICTLY iy ADVAMtB. ' 41 leUsn aaa c«*ra*nle*Uens iboold »• eaV arts*** to 1.1 ROWELl, Editor and Publisher, ft*. Bewts Falls, ST. T. j* pi «ON DAo ^ -i • Dovotejd to Local News ^B^^3 nnd Home Interests. S VOL. I. ST. REGIS FALLS, K. Y., SATURDAY, JUXE 18,. 1$B7. NO. 15. THE ^dirondartt jjenw i ; • ' . . * —— ALL KINDS OP JOB PRINTING Bucn AS Cards, Let tei*-Heads. Xote-llcads, Bill-Heads, Statements, Envelope; Handbills, Pesters, eye*, . IflATLY A*D PROMrTLT XXBOC7TBB AT THE LOWEST LIVING PEICI8 FOR CAfU. *• •f tba Tho annual losses by fire in the United State* amount to $120,000,000, and tho consumption of cigars, cigarettes and •moking tobacco amounts to $206,000,- 000. Total destruction by fire, $320,000,- 000. HnWHWPW!W— *. Here is a good word for tho womon. An English statistician has discovorcd that tho married men livo longor and live better lives than bachelors. Among every 1,000 bachelors there are thirty- eight criminals; among married men tho ratio is only eightocn per 1,000. \ According to tho miut reports, Cali- fornia has dropped to tho third placo among the States and Territories as a pro- ducer of precious metals. It still,ranks first in the production of gold, bujt is away behind Colorado and Montana in the production of silver and in the total value of the output. , ., •en i.—• \Sportsmen are catching many Ger- man carp at a pond in Litchfield county/' lays the New Haven News. \This tallies with other reports . that tho carp has thrived in almost all .tpe waters of the State, where it has been placed. The carp is not gamesome, but properly pre- pared for tho tablo can bo made quite a delicacy, and promises croj long to be at important addition to our list of food fish.\ - A New York railroad man tells a Mail and Kxpreu reporter that the mile a minute speed is a myth. Occasionally, he says, trains on a stretoh of lovel track with an easy grade make a mile a minute, but the fastest express train in the United States, tho New York and Philadelphia limited, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, averages 48 3-10 miles an hour. The average fast express of the United States reaches 3(4 miles an hour. The fastest train in tho world is tho \Flying Dutch- man,\ which averages 50 1-8 miles an an hour, between London aud Bristol. The .Minneapolis Tribune tolls of a new feature in Baptist merrymakings: The young men distinguished thomsclvos by ' the preparation of a supper at tho church parlors, including ices, ico cream and charlotte russo. It was incumbent upon each young man to mnkt with his own hands a cake, and ns a result nearly thirty specimens of thoso culinary tri- umphs wore sot out before tho throng in attendance Thoy wore in all shapes nnd sizes, and some of thorn wore tear- stained and bore evidonco of many weary hours of deep thought atfct anxloty. The men djuicocLattondarice as waltora ni tho l |Uablot and wore colors, corresponding— orange-yollow, pink and blue. TtieJatost \lions'' of Paris nro nine negro efefofs with unpronounceable namos. They heve been brought from tho African coast by an enterprising contractor.! The object is to show them tho sights of the French capital, and thon to got them to sign an agroomont with M. do Losscps to dngago their tribes to work on the Pana- ma Canal. Thoy aro all horribly tat- toocd and wear ivory bracolots. They poak English. Some of the frlonds of he Panama Canal, by the way, fear that t will go to moot tho ghost of Captain Cad's ship railway. Already over $300,- 00,000 has boon expended on this gor- oous ditch,and a vory dospondont critic Wrltosjthat boforo it is flntshod it' will cost France. as much as the Franco- russijin ^war. , FULFILMENT. Fulfilment mocks at Hope's foreshadowing, On ruined fruits her sullen lips are fed;] Athwart the last-limned dream, tha song last said, She sweeps the leaden shadow of hqr*wing,< A bitter .burden of bare blight to bring, In sudden disenchantment, dull and dead] And so we waken- in our seraph's stead To find a gaping goblin-ehangoling. Sweet Hope is slain; come, lot ns bury her; The dream is done, the labor lost, we say; But oftimos, gazing on tho lifeless clay, The old fire fills our veins, our longings stir; Aud still, to strive anew, we turn away From.yet another dead Hope's sepulchre. —Scribner. A SUCCESSFUL SEAIfOE. lit OARTAN rOSB. F •/ The Now York Timet says that tho dc- uded persons who have been lod to bo- icte that a fortune of $75,OOtf,000 awaits n England tho pleusuro of tho Sands amily in this country may bo interested n a letter sent by Mr. Henry White, Sec- retary of tho United States Legation in London, to Mrs. Sarah M. Caswell, of Aurora, 111., one of tho \heirs who had taken the precaution to ask him for in- formation. Secretary White says: \I eg to inform you that thero is no inch is tat e' as the one yon mention. Vast i umbers of people in our country aro do- i eived and defrauded by designing por* I ons, wl>o represent that groat estates aro l waiting American claimants horc,whoro- i *,*thcre aro none such. Ono of thoso ascals has recently boon sentenced to Ive years'' penal sorvitudo for robbing Americans in this way.\ This, tho Timet Kids, should be conclusive as to tho ox- stonco of the great Hands or Sandys cs- ate in Bngland. It does not, however, >rovo that thore is no such estato in tho moon, but th* ''heirs\ will not care to ietain lawyers for tho prosecution of qlajims in that luminary. . A New Yo;k correspondent of the dladclphia Pre** tells thus how tho ico famous pedestrian Weston llvos: ( fl mot Edward Payson Weston, tho opce famous podostrian, the other day. lie began lifo as a roporter foi tho Sun, apd now ho is again reporting, this time fOr the World. His hair is dashed with ito, but ho is in splendid condition, th a ruby glow on his checks and tho libht of hoalth in his eyos. . Ho still Iks everywhere, no matter ftow fat •long tho streets he may havo to go, be- ci uso he says the street cars aro tcjb slow f< r him. lie invited mo to come up to his cojuntry homo at Highbriclge nnd •wing In a hammock and cat cherries on hb porch. He entertains in a mannct quite hospitable ( and ^unreportorial. Wdestrlanlsm netted him about $30,000 in savings, but ho has done ylth It, bo- cause, he says, it has lost its tone and be- cdme loafpry. Ho mounted the laddoi of that sport to its utmost height, he •ays, When he walked in England for the Church of England Temperance Society, and, realizing that thero was no more gs to ascend, he quitthe turf. Mr. Clithcrs sat in his private office (just a corner partitioned off tho great grain and meal store), in the thriving town of Bellevuo, HI. As he sat at ease in tho armchair, scanning with his keen blue eyes tho choice items of news in his morning paper, ho looked every inch the shrewd business man he was. Socially he and hit* wife stood in the front rank. Ono half-column articlo in the paper seemed to interest him beyond all! It was a brief account of a mind-reading exhibition given in an Eastern city. \Now that is very remarkable,\ com- mented Mr. Clithcrs, mentally. \Thero is no trick about it, cither. I think the exhibition . proved it can bo done. Gracious I what a revolution if every ono could becomo a mind-reader I But I suppose ho must have a gift.\ J ust then somo painful thought seemed to intrudo upon his mind, fur he frowned, and then, throwing the newspaper ande, he rose and-stopped to his desk. After a hasty glance about him, he Hlippcd a key into a drawer and pulled it out. A pile of bills lay in the inside. He shut it again quickly, and locked it. \So it is still there,\ ho muttered. '*By Jove! I'd jriveanything to tind out who's been robbing me lately. I wonder if that mind-reader could tell me, or is it only a guy or trick? I wish I could get a mind-reader to try his skill on this racket; I know it has ballled mo.\ Now it is always well to consider whether wo really want a thing beforo wo express a haphazard desire for it, be- cause sometimos that eternal school- teacher, Fate, takes it into her head to accede at once. At least sho apparently did in this <*wo, for, as Mr. Clithcrs turned aside from his desk, tho door opened, and a tall individual, arrayed in close-buttoned frock coat and soft felt hat, advanced with,a light step, and pro- sen ted his card. ' . Mr. Clithcrs road with a perceptiblo start tho words) , \WILLIAM WILLIS CAHMNALL, ' MIND KRADUH.\ This lattor, with* one comprehensive j glance arotiud tho office, removed his hat, and calmly seated himself, not failing to note, indeed, tho otTect his card had unon Mr. Clithcrs. That gentleman, after staring at tho card some time, at length looked his visitor .over, but got little gratification from Ids inspection. A full board covered tno lower part of Mr. Cnrdinall's faco and tho upper part, showing two high cheek-bones and a peculiar hooked noso, pinohod int tho point, with a pair of very brilliant eyos, gavo hi in a hungry look not at all pro- possessing. ' Ho smiled in a superior way at Mr. ClithorsVscrutiny. / I \Perhaps you wonder why I navo^l called,\ ho remarked, iu a full but low tond. \I will toll you. I propose to glvo a sounco in this town, and I wish to enlist tho aid of tho very Lost pooplo, in order that it may bo a success. Do not mistake me; I am not working for money, I merely wish to test my wondorful power before an audience composed only of tho most intelligent and cultured people of Bollovuc.\ \And you really aro a mind reader?\ 1 \I am only an amateur as yet, sir, but I feci tho power is in me. I have given exhibitions beforo physicians, m n of science and others. I have lotters from presidents of colleges and many literary men. Are you acquainted witti tho President of tho Wconuwkcn fitufo University?\ i i Mr. Clithen confessed that ho was not. j \ , I- \Thero is • letter from him,\ contin- ued the mind-reader, picking it out from A pack a//o drawn from his pocket. Mr. Clithors road it. It seemed satis- factory, and ho did not doubt the man at all. Ho was thinking deeply, though. ,J Now, my dear sir, went on Cardin- al], 'I shall havo to throw myself on your good aturo. I desire to invito to tho scancAonly tho cultured and wealthy f icoplvof this town—all thoso who movo n good society, in fact—nnd I must havo their namos and addresses'.\ \1 have a list of those I invited to a ball recently, if that will . < o,\ said Mr. dithers, who could Hoc, no good treason for refusing, 1 and »It* was perfectly alivo to the social eclat of introducing this Hon to his friend i. \The very thing. I will fix the date for the evening of the day aftor to-mor- row. I am extremely obliged to you for your great kindoss to a perfect stranger, nnd if I could do* anything to •how —\ • , \You can,\said Clithcrs; \by your mind-reading.\ ' \Ahi and how can that be?\ Clithcrs drew his chair closo to his visitor nnd spoko almost in a whisper. „ * \For tho past month I have been miss- ing money fro n that drawer in the desk thore. It is c idently lakou whenover I lcayo the office I have always to keen a certain amoun of money on hand to make change, and I lock it up when I go out. Yot I find that somehow it is opened in my absence and five or ten dollars taken, I haVo watchoxl a*4 mid (nothing shout It, but havo failed even lo suHnect any ono. Now, ran you tell me who stole that money?\ '. Mr. Cardinall seemed uneasy. Ho hitched his chair back, and hemmed and hawed. \Why you ice,\ he finally said, \that is rather, an awkward test. I should havo to read the mind of every employo and friend you have. Then, again, I should have to become acquainted thoroughly with this office, so that I could «ce it plainly in connection with any one else'« mind. I am willing to try.\ '\If you succeed, I will pay you ono hundred dollars;\ «• \I Want no toward, sir; I shall bo only too lvappy to try. And supposing that I begin at onco to convey, the impression of Jhis office to my mindj it will be noees- aary that you go out, sir -even out of the build ing-Tincf I will, as it were, fake possession of the office. Then it will be come fixed on ray mind.\. . Just for one moment Mr.ciitben hesi- tated, but tho man's brilliant eyes were upon him, and he acquiesced. \You need begone only ten minutes,\ was tho gracious remark of Mr. Cardinall as Clithcrs went out. In thirty seconds his retiring foot's tops had died away, nnd quick as a flash tho mind-reader stepped acrosi to an oldr • fashioned safe that stood in tho corner, and bent over it v A grim smilo played over his face. Then noiselessly he turned to the desk, and was just nutting his hand to the money-drawer, wncn a slight rustle came to ljis car. With tho light tread of a panther ho croasqd the room nnd dropped silently into a chair that was behind the door. It opened inward, nnd tho next instant thero Was a louder rustic, aud tho door was pushed open an inch or so. Mr. Cardinally mind was busy. \This is tho thief,\ he said to himself. \Now to try the trick that has never failed.\ The door swung open, and Mrs. Clith- crs, a handsome woman of forty summers, glided into the room and turned to closo the door. At that moment a hand was placed on her shoulder, and a harsh voico cried: \Whero is all thd money you havo stjrfen?\ With distended eyes sho turned to look at her accuser. \Oh my God Thsho cried, \I am iostl #Oh, have mercy, sir—I will never steal another cent. Oh, I shall die — oh —oh!\ and then broke into the most ogoni/.ing sobs. \Stop that,\ snapped the ptdiie mind- reader, \and explain you:>cii. Who are you?\ \Sir I am Mrs. dithers, and I have as much right in this office as my hus* band. I am not afraid that he will arrest me; my fear is of his knowing it. Ojh, sir, is there not Home way of* hiding this from him? I promise solemnly Never to take any more money in this way.\ • \Humph!\ remarked Q'ardinall, look- ing at her composedly; \HO vou are his wife. So you don t want him to know. Very natural, of course; but hard to do. No, I don't want money. Who -do you think I am?\ \A detective, I suppose.\ \No a mind-reader. Don't bo afraid,\ with an amused smilo; \your secrets are safe from me. If you givo mo a little assistance, I shall be mum about this af- fair. In tho first place, I want you to doall in your power to induco your so- ciety friends to attend a mind reading seanco your husband will tell you of. In the second nlact, I want you to send by mail to this]address, to night, if possi- ble, a rough plan, drawn on paper, of your Housq, and als:> indicate tho recepta- cles that hold, say a do/on vnlualno arti- cles, nnd their location-such as jewelrv or silverware, etc. You wonder at such a request? It U in order that I may ap- pear familiar with tho insido of your nousc at tho seance, and thus insure its success. Do this and keep a closo tongue, and I am dumb. Of course you wlllbo sure to be present ^it my exhibi- tion to indorsi tho accuracy of my mind- reading. Is K agreed. It wns evident that sho doubted him. Such nn extraordinary request. But, then, tho shame—the blttor snamo. \I will do it; only don't play mo false.\ [ And ns ho smiled in satisfaction sho •lipped from tho room. Ho looked at his watch; tho ten minutes wns nearly up. .Sohe settled himself In tho chair, and with a dreamy look in his eyes and a mysterious smile, Mr. Clithors found him on his return. \I thank you for your courtesy,\ ho •aid, on inking his leavo. \I have forged the first link of tho mental chain- that will bind your thief. Send that list you spoko\of to my hotel—tho Palace—and don't fail to turn up at my seanco.\ Aud so it happened that, evening that two letters addressed to Mr. Cardinall were sont from Mr. Clithers's house,. Thero was quite a crush on the event- ful evening nt tho Bijou Hall, which tho mind-rcailcr had secured for his seanco. Mrs. Clitfl icrs evidently had not failed to keep her promise Her husband, too, had exerted himself to socuro a largo uU tendance of tho elite of society. Tho ladies' tongues wero busy discussing from every conceivable point of 'view tho new creed of reading tno mind of man. At & o'clock precisely, llr. Cardinall stcp]Tcd on tho platform. Ho hnd mado himself conspicuous aromd tho town since his arrival, so-ho wis protty well known. Aftor a few wordii ot introduc- tion, in which ho humbly Mated that ho ivas as yet but an nmnteur, he begged tho audience to chooso a committep of two to nssist him in his demonstrations. A dozen offered' themselves, but finally, after much discussion, a society youth, feai fully and wonderfully vain and pomp- ous, aud Mr. Clithcrs, wero chosen lo represent the audience. When tho latter was chosen, a grntirh d smile wreathed Mr. Cnrdinall's face, but fit tho sight«of tho dudish youth he appeared almost dis- gusted. \This is r>ally too bad,\ whispered ho to Mr. dithers, when tho committee wero on tho platform; he has no mind; I cannot read a vacuum; do- do \v\ mo use you as a medium. Just make the youth fetch and carry.\ And he winked solemnly at Mr. Clithcrs, who was ovi- d< ntly flattered at this ovidenco that ho had a mind at all. Tho Jlrst test was tho hiding of a gold watcdi by Mr dithers — tho mlnd-rendor nnd yeuth retiring. Now,when they bothcmcrged^Mr. Cnrdi- nnll accmod to change his mind about tho brains of tho youth, for ho asked him if he knew whero the watch was hid. The youth answered Yes, having watched through a small crack in tho door. Then tho mind-reader said: \I will And it through you.\ Immediately both turned their footsteps toward ono of tho win- dow-sills, and stopped at it. Thero was the watch. Hut whothcr tho mind- reader led tho youth, or tho youth tho reader, was moro than tho audience could detei jnine. However, this success elicited the greatest applause. Cardinall then reqHested somo ono in tho audience to hide an article, nnd he would' find it. As he spoke he fixed his eyes on Mrs. Clithcrs. She read that look nt once, nnd conquering her dislike, stood up nnd snid she would hido some- thing. Ho bowed and apologi/.ed, and retired.: Bhq went to the stago nnd laid tho articlo at tho right-hand corner on the floor. It was a common pin. Tho mi|nd-readcr appearod blindfolded, as usual, and stepping down from the stage, took her hand in his. \Whero is it ?\ ho whispered, as he bowed. She told him. After a row man^uvres, indicating uncer- tainty, he rushed to tho spot, nnd picked up the article triumphantly. I The rest of the exhibition consisted en- tirely of a description of the insidaof Mr. (Tit hern's house. Having asked .that gen- tleman tasay to the audience that the mind reader had never been hwidc the house he |>MMc'di-d to make a minute $tiitc:iicnt of the location of nearly every article of value Mr. C lit hers possessed. Tho latter was perfectly astounded. There could be he denying the gift of this, man. He declared that Mr. Clither* was tho best subject ho had over operated on, adding that ho had a remarkable brain coll organism. In fact, ho hnd Mr. Clithcrs blushing with pleasure and the audience in high good humor, when the town-clock struck eleven. Ho wns apol- ogizing for tho lateness of tho r hour,wncn a sudden bustle became mnnifest at the door of tho hall. Somo one Wns trying to force an entrance, th(ushers interpos- ing. A harsh, gruff voico said something in a low tone, nnd then a passage was made. Tho audience turning round to ascertain tho cause, heard a murmur of \law\ and \officers as two burly men advanced toward tho platform. A couple of silly women shrieked. All eyes in stinctivcly turnec) to the platform. Mr. Cardinall had retreated to the rear. A fearful frown was on his Ijrow, and he was biting his nails convulsively. fi Don't bo alarmed,\ said one of the in- truders. \I make no'doubt you've hnd a nice evening of it, he's so very funny\— pointing his finger at tho mind-reader— \when no gets started. But he's a luna- tic, just tho same.\ \A lunatic! crazy 1\ came in a chorus. Somo of tho women rose hastily, and at- tempted to go out. \You'd better all keep still,\continued tho man. \He takes queer notions, and if ho saw you jail going out, he might think there was i-fire and gct.vcry vio- lent, nnd maybe Ik til some one.\ \Come come, angrily remarked Mr. Clithcrs, loath to g»vc up his idol,\ aro you sure you're not making a mistake? Say, Mr. Cardinall, you aro not crazy, are you?\ Whereat both men burst into loud laughter. \Why look at him,\ said tho first spokesman; and indeed he did not appear sane. His eyes were flashing vin- dictively at tho audience, and moving right and left, as though looking for a chance to run. \Oh he'd deceive a smarter man than you,\ continued the keeper, for that is what ho evidently was. \You see he's got mind-reading on tho brain. He's been that way these five years. Ho got away from the 8tate Asylum six wojeks affo, and we've been after him ever since. Hero's our papers.\ But everybody Was sp disgusted at the turn affairs had taken, that no one cared to examine tho papers; they were only anxious that the lunatic should be gpt rid of. Some dropped an anxious 1 word that the keepers migU have difficulty in tak- ing him off. \Never you fear,\ chuckled ono of them. \Wo know our man.\ And so saving, ho walked to tho edge of tho plat- form, and drawing from his pocket a large, luscious* pear, held it up for Mr. Cardinall to see 1 . That worthy glanced at it and turned away his head. Still it dangled there, and do what ho could, his gaze returned to it. Greed sparkled in his eyes. Finally ho shook his head. Tho keeper •aid,\Como?\ Ho shook his head again. 'I*Wn from his other pocket tho keeper drow another pear and held it up also. Tho poor mind-reader fixed his eyes on them. \Both?\ ho cried. , \JJfcs both of 'cm, if you'll como qmotly,\ replied the keefpor. \And can I cat ono now?\ with a comi- cal assumption of shrewdness. \You shall havo them both, now,\ as- sorted tho keeper. Tho victory was com- plete. With a formidable grin, tho luna- tic camo forward, stepped from the nlat- form, nnd calmly left tho hall, demolish- ing his pear, and occasionally looking at his other prlzo in exultation. At tho door of tho hall a carriago stood, loaded with trunks, nnd tho crowd who liad rushed to the door saw two bags lying in the inside of the carriage. Mr. Cardinall nnd his keepers entered, and tho carriago rolled away. It would bo useless to roport the Babo of tongues that then found expression among the audience. It was tho strang- est oxporionco that they had ever met with, and tho unfortunate Mr. Clithcrs encountered many an ill-concealed ro- buko in tho form of the oft-ropcatcd query: . \How could you ever be sp deccivod?'? He didn't know himself. What indeed affected himNiho most was tho fact that tho mystery of tho stolen money was as far from being solved as ever. So they separated finally, each to.his homo; but to many there was no rest tliat night. Most of thorn did not dis- cover it uaitil tho morning; but nil tho next day There wns weeping nnd walling in that pretty town. It was found that while they wero attending tho seance, neatly dvcry house belonging to tho wealthy pooplo had been entered, at the second storv, and ransacked. It wns a perfect niglit of looting. Mr. Clithcrs suffered tho most. Many jewels which he supposed hidden had been taken, and, worst of all, his safe had been blown open, and ail his available cash carried off. He wns ruined, and indeed very many besides himself came near to bankruptcy. Somehow, tho good peo- ple were many hours discussing tho mat- ter before they connectedr tho mind-, reader with tho robberies. Then Mr. Clither's explanation of his safe robbery opened their eyes'fully. It was still a mystery to him how they obtained an ac- quaintance with tho insido of his house, aud it is so Still, for his wife, although sho privately sorrowed over her fault, kept faith with tho mind render. Sho dared not confess about tho money sho had purloined, and Mr. Cardinall kept, his word. Shortly afterward, Mr. dithers re- ceived a note, as follows: \DKAR SIR: You wanted to find out wher your money was gone. I think you hare dis covered by this time who stole it. THJC MIND RKADIR.\ But this insolent noto did not satisfy tho merchant, and to his dying day tho truth washiddon from him.— Frank Let- tuts. A King Among Pineapples. Mr. Joseph Ilahn, of Washington street, has got tho \boss\ pineapple of the season; in fact it is a mass meeting of seven pineapples. From tho baso of ono exceedingly big npplo urow six little ones that aro as sound and healthy an an onion patch. Tho wholo conglomera- tion measures three foot around tho base, is two feet long and weighs twenty-two pounds. It grew in tho West Indies, and did not causo a revolution. Mr. Ilahn is going to keep it for a month and then tako up an offer of $10 for it.— Not York Ucrall. . To Get Plenty of Lelsnre. Fist Merchant—\Warm 1 , isn't it?\ Second Merchant— \ Very sultry. Makes mo think of tho seashore or tho mountains; but I can't get away.\ \I'll tell you how you can get plenty of leisure time.\ \How?\ ' \Take your advertisement out of the paper,\-— Philadetyhiq fall, WILY SHARPERS. HOW GULLIBLE CITIZENS ARE , SWINDLED AT SHOWS. An'Old Hand at tho Business Tells How the Dollars aro flaked In Through .Pretended ' Games of Chance. - \You think I'm fly, don't you?\ M Yc8; very.\ \Werrv? Well, yes; I am werry That's where your head is level, gards.\ Tho old man settled himself back in the big chair with the uncomfortable wooden arms, pushed his heels a littio \further up on the bar-room table, raised his glass of whisky and water with beam- ing courtesy, clinked it against another glass and emptied it at a gulp.. gives big odds, sometimes $20 to $1. But the countryman never gets that money, the player on the secret spring is always around in games like that.\ \Of course you make lots of money?\ \Yes; sometimes as much as $200 a day. But easy come easy go. 1 never knew a faker who ever put imich by. All wo want is an easy life, with good clothes and plenty to cat and drink. In one of tho ocer parks in this town the privilege of setting up wheels is let out to tho highest bidder. A widow has been getting tho privilege every' year. She pays for it $1,500 and makes from $500 to $1,000 every summer. She runs My rS- I a square game, too. We work the North V^pin summer, tho South in winter.\ \Now the shell game*?\ \Tho shells is a great game. It is played general^ with throe half-shells of English walnuts and a little gum-ball about as big as a pea. T)ie ball is made of stuff used in printing-press rollers. I throw out the snells on i tabfe. Place I BRADY FOR TITR 8TORY. \You're asking mo about fakers, ain't you?\ he resumed with an alcoholic mel- lowness in his voice. \That's where you arc level-headed again. If there's any one who knows anything about the sub- ject, I'm the man. I've been a faker, let mo sec, well \ \Ten years, perhaps.\ \Kvery one of them; every one of fif- teen. Worry likely every one of twenty Things is changin'in fakin'as they am in everything else. The, competition is fierce nowadays, I tell yfou, and if yoti want to make anything o.ut of the wheel or the shell or the cards you've got to bo as smart as a bank president.\ \The wheel?\ . \Yes; the wheel is ono of tne favorite games nowadays. The Shells is another, and the cards is a third. And there's fraud in all of them. I la, ha! When I think o' the lots of people as is fooled day after day it do make me giggle.\ The old man giggled so much that he had to have some more whisky and water, especially whisky, to bring his muscles back into 1 their normal state and his thoughts into their ordinary channel. Then he struck a big chunk of philoso- phy. Said he: \If people what gets fooled didn't al- ways think they were a heap smarter than Hie people what fools 'cm they wouldn't get loft so often. Fakers live by making other people believe they are smarter than they themselves aro. Take that idoa out apd thero wouldn't bo any game left.\ \Let's begin with tho wheel.\ \Woll tho wheel then. The wheel h a circlo marked out on a tablo covered with oilcloth. Tho tablo is four or five feet long by three or four feet wldo and divided into parts so it can be folded up easily. The circlo is divided into littio sections painted red, white and blue. In tho middle of tho circle is a brass or steel spear fixed on a pivot so as to swing. Favors follow .fairs and circuses and horse-races most generally, though they go wherever there is a croi of country pooplo. Well, now I set tablec onn thee Lancasterr fuir-groui THE WHEEL. crowd, especially \ \P my taoi o tn Lancaste luir-grounds say. I bet any ono a dollar, or two, or any sum they like, against any of my three colors. Suppose there are cightcca color sections nnd $1 on each. Red wins. I lose six reds, but I can pay it out of the other twelve winnings and be square. But if the game is kept up long enough I get all the money.\ \How?\ ( \Well in my tablo there is a IHtlo ? froove running lrom the edge close to he pivot of the spear. In the.groovo and connected witn a littio spring in the edge is a strong iron rod.\ \Called?\ \Tho pinch. It pinches tho country- man's dollars without their even sus- pecting it. for tho wholo arrangement is all covered with tho oil-cloth.' It ain't often nil tho colors are covered. Thero will bo favorites, and you can bet as much as you like on any color. Well, I havo a partner, don't you know, for I wouldn't DO no good without a partner. He leans over the table wcrry careless one of them over the ballland move them all about. Where is thomlt? Bet any- body he can't tind it. Well, sortie fellow is sure he has followed me in my move- ments. He has seen me put a certain shell over the ball. I took good care that he noticed it. That was tho bait. He bets mo $10, $20.that he can pick out the shell over the ball. I bet. lie picks up the shell that ho had kept his eye on. Well, tho ball is not there. It is under another shell. I win. Now, that's as easy as preachin'. As I move the shell about I manage to press a finger against the ball, which sticks to the finger, and I quietly place it under another shell. So you see Mr. Smarty was sold again. The shells bring in money fast. The bets are big. Wo have to put up liber- ally, though, to people in charge of fairs -| and other such gatherings to be allowed to run. Then special officers have got to, be remembered, too.\ \Don't the people who arc—are \ \Swindled?\ . • . \Don't f>ey ever gtaimble?\ \They do. So it's the business of a faker then to be cool and quick. I've stood unarmed in a crowd of 100 or 200 men, all ready to kill me, and I just laughed away their threats. But if wo are comcrod we must fight our way through, and wc do it. But our aim'is to live in qUict nnd peace. We want to escape attracting any attention. , The shells bring in sometimes $300 in a day. We don't keep the money about us. As fast as wc win wc- let a partner pFftcnd to win it from \»s, so that if wc should be locked up and any victim want his money back nothing is found on us. Sometimes the confederate is a woman.\ \Arc fakers often arrested?\ \No; very rarely. I jknow one—Big Harry, whom you can find round Ninth SHELL O A Ml. lfkc, and gets his finger over the 'spring in the edge.' He keeps |his eye on tho colors, and when tho majoritv of the money is laid on one color he, by gently pressing the spring, stops the spear on another color—the ono on which he has bet. Well, if the crowd gets follerin' him in his bets, why he let's himself loso and wo rnke in tho big pile again.\ \Hut doesn't the crowd suspect him?\ \It would if he stayed ltfag enough. But after he is there awhile he leaves and another plays lf the racket; he goes ^and a third comesj * We travel in crowds of three, or four, or tivo. All the menj-un various games of their own, and after, tho show divide up the nroftts.\ \Of coiirso you always divide fairly V\ \Sometimes wo do and sometimes wo don't. Worry often thero is disputin' and fights, but everything generally ends in peace,, because we can only work well in gangs. Instead of colors on the wheel wu sometimes,huvc a figure, an eagle, or (leuerul Jackson, or something else. The betting is that the point of the spear will stop over ,(116 figure. As there is only one chance out of t lot. the fafter frill CARD OAMB. and Race most any night when he is not away on business—he was arrested last fall in Richmond, Va., for playing tho shells, and. got four months. The pun- ishment surprised nnd told on him so much that he will givo Richmond a wide berth horeaf tor.\ \Now what about cards?\ \That is the three-card monte game. Vou know how that is, worked, of course. You bet you can pick out one of three Certain cards. The trick is to delude tho eye and make tho person confident that ho knows his card. The way it is worjeed is this: Say you have tho king of clubs in your left hand, the ace of hearts and tho king of spades in the other; lyou threw 'cm all down at once and movo them about. Some fellow bets ygu that he can pick out tho aco, and is surprised to find that tho enrd he picks up is tho king of spades. \This is the explanation:. You hold tho aco between the thumb and the third finger and king between tho thumb audi the first finger. In throwing them down you moke the spectator believe that you throw the lower card first, while you really drop the first card. There is lots pf money in the cards, but you've got to work it quick, for tho game's in bad Odor, anyhow, and people will kick quicker for that than any other game. When you get your money out of curds, skip.\ s~ * \Aro Ml fakers full-fledged, then?\ \No;.8oinc's big and s6mc's little, some's great and some's small, generally start out willj some mild—a wheel of fortune, say, pri7es, from worthless trinkets tank-notes and watches. Of course thev have their confederates to win the watches and bank-notes and to prevent other people from winning them. As their confidence nod the brass in their cheeks grows they get into higher busi- ness.\ \ Arc fakers Americans?\ \Not maliy. They are mostly Englishmen who knpw something about tho insides of English prisons. They're smart, I tell you; just as smart as steel traps, Faking is not a business, sir, but it takes a weary .'lot of thought to be always! thinking out novel schemes. Next mil all the games of to-day may bo old, and something all together worse may be the rage. Come around then and if I'm in good humor I may interest you. Don't mention it. Good-night.— ChiMQO Tribune. An Ancient Treatment They thing with up to i Narajo Indian Wearer*. j Tho art of weaving is of high antiquity among the American aborigines, and wai ' brought to*great perfection long befort ! tho advent of the white man. Probablj ! in*no tribe on our continent at the pres- ' cnt time arc better results iu weaving ob- f taincd or ruder means employed thao ( among the Navajo Indians of New Mcx- • ico and Arizona, and among none, per haps, has the craft of the! weaver been ! less affected by European influences. In preparing their wool the Navajos now j use tho hand-card purchased from th« I Americans. Prcvio :R to the introduc j tion of this t>ol a tedious method ol i picking with the fingers and rolling be twecn the palm of the hand was employed *£ H-v K>. NAVAJO INDIAN WOMAN WEAVING. They still spin their wool with the old distaff, consisting of a si an pie rod oi wood thrust through a hole in thd ccntci of a round disk, although their Mexican neighbors on the Rio Grande, with whom they have had constant intercourse foi the past 800 years, use tho spinning- wheel. Their most important native dyes are a dull brownish red, a deep black and a brilliant yellow. TK-MPK RANCH. Tho Gcwpel Temperance Ship. 8<v the wake of lijjht, And ennviu* a* whiU\ As tho foam on the wax «* of t)>e sua! Tho Kwift-sailing ehiy Is making her trip Round the world, and tho wiifl's lOoxrins fre«. TV Hag Is pia le fast , \ ' To the tapering ma«t — 4 Tis the flan that will ron-pier Hm\ stive; The eross and Uu* Hturs, More potent than Mars, Fly with the white-winded ship on the wave. On deck, flfmwid true; Stand Capfoityaud civw. \Stand by the ma*t!\ the commander crfos; And the cam as crowds Like clouds UJM n cloud*. And wind** of heaven t-onie down from UH skies. All hail to the ship That's making her ti ip «te To every land that.tlu' nun Khmes on! Her baniiei-sof ligh$ Will banixh the uight. Many a fight for the right ^Delias won. With Faith at the helm. No xtorm can o'erwhehu Our ship. He who inoKturs the sea .• Winds and wavesol>ey, • AH they did thut day When he calmed the storm-swept Galilee. May fair winds blow The sail* white as snow In the soft\ light of the guiding ntar, And KJKHMI the good xhip ' * That in making her trip To the nutioith nnear nnei. afar! / — (Jcorye W. Buntjaijyin Xadonal Advocate. Labor and the Drink-Habits. In a thoughtful article on \ Drink and La' bor,\ the St. ixmis Central Christum Adto' cafe savs: \ l.abor reformers contend that the des- titution and want of the. j,oor are caused by n «i .u L i , HlSdt»quate wages. The Standing formula by Besides these they have ifyhieh they_ express their chief grievance is: ''Wage workers do not geJt a fair \share of the joint product of capital and labor.\ This means simply that wages are too low\ and U doubtless true. But oi»e cause of low' wages is the drinkiug-habiu of workmen. Hober labor has to conij>cte with the laJbor of drink- ing men, and this not only lowers the general average of wages, but actually maices the tfoges of sober men less than they would be wool in three natural colors, viz., the white of the ordinary sheep, the rusty brown of the so-called black sheep, and the gray wool of the gray sheep. The Mexicans made them acquainted with the use of indigo, and with this, by varj- ing the strength of the solution, they color their wool of different shades oiyj^wr^ioter. A witness l>efo\re thel^n green. In addition they have, another ate Committee testified that 'drinking wor|t- matorial, which has added even more men keep wages down to the rate they them- selves can command. They are obliged,-lo 1 sell their half drunken lal>or at the Jrtwest | flgure,and wh-n pressure come* they have no I reserve s. and so must go into the market Mid accept what they can obtain.' The drink j habit* of working people also lessen wages in i another way: wages dc]iend upon the demand for laU>r, \vhi< h,in turn, depi nds upon the de- than indigo to the beauty of their fab- rics. This is the bright scarlet cloth known as obazeta. The face of this cloth has a long nap; the Indians ravel it and use the. weft. This cloth was origi- nally made in Mexico, but it is prohablc that it is now made in England, if net in the United States. Of late years much American yarn has been brought into the country^ and the finer serapes are ndw largely mado of fc Oermantown wool. To make an ordinary blanket, the •weaver usually proceeds in this way: 8h0 selects two slender, straight trees, about six or eight feet apart, or erects two post about the same distance from one another. To these she lashes two horizontal pole*, ono close to the ground, tho othor at a height of six or eight feet, according to the size of the blanket to be made. This arrange nent serves as the famo to which^tho loom is secured. \With her papoose propprd against a near by tree the Indian woman werks from sunriso .till sunset, while her lord and master is idling in the sunshine, supportc4 by her toil.— Chicago H raid. Behind and Before. If you think these men are friends—- It is stated that the massage treatment, or \laying on of hands/' was much in vogue* during the early Elizabethan period.— Lift. . The Electrical World says thero are twenty-three towns in this country in which electric railways are in actual op- eration. Diphtheria and scarlet fever are much more destructive everywhere than is smallpox, ,' ^ 1 You sre mistaken -l—JW** • Simple, But Interesting. To suspend a bottle from a match laid on tho cage of a table may seem an im- possible feat, but, says &(. Xicholu< ex- periment will prove how easily it may be accomplished. HELD nY A MATCH. Tie a piece of twine securely around the neck of a bottle; then lay a match on the cork, hold it firmlv, bring the .ends of the twine over it, nuh tic a tight k'not, forming a loop. You may remove the match to show that you have simply tied ^a loop. Then insert the match through ,tho loop, rest one end on the cork, and lay the other on the projecting edge of a table where tho bottle will swing clear of any obstruction. If the match is but sn inch in length it will support the bottle quite as readily and make the feat appear ill the more surprising \Don't ask me to go to church with you again,\ said a Minneapolis citizen to his wife;.\it won't do you any good.\ \Why not, John?\ she asked. \Don't you enjoy the sermon?\ | \Eupv th/; *vtmou!\ he repeated. \Why the piLAohci Y e P l ooombiu' St. Paul, an' never said a word about Mia- neapolis.* — ToUilo Commercial. mand for the product* of lal or. which in turn, dejxmdK upon the purchasing jK>wer of the people. The enormous sums wasted by tho poor ill driuk would.if not so sp^nt, be uued by them t(> purchase the pi o.lw-ts of legitimate induMtfv. and would greatly increase the de- mand lor these product*, and t hus the demand for anu price of labor would be increased. The wlste in drink by the rich and well-to do clasHes|il<x« not tend in thi« way to reduce wagenj Ixvaune thev have the means to buy all SheV want of other thincx. But two third** of the IIMKUXXi.ooo drink-bill of thin country; or *»HX),()(K>,o<K>, iftimid by wage-workers, and this is all iv*eded by tlieni to procure f<nnl, clothing, fuel and homes, with whatever i* necessary %o makt* them comfortable and attractive; and the greater part of it would, but for their drink-hab.t*. be *pent for thene purpo en Add to the |uj0.i.(NMi,iam they pay lor driuk a* much more lo*t in time wanted by drinking men, and tliexum, Sl.'Joo.nfruiOo would nt ill lx! below the actual amount annu ally withdrawn from tho purchasing power of the jx>or and from the indiiMtrie* that fur nish labor and wa^os. In the light of the»e factn it is clear that what IK called over-pro- production is largely due to the under-eon- sumption of iieople impoverished by drink. It is ctiually clear that wages are Very ap^ precisbly diminished by this under-consump- Proaperlt y or Maine. Th? opp >nn»tM of lVohlb.Uo.i mnke a great outcry againMt it nn injurious to the goneral IniNineNN iutcrc.'tH of the community. At- lanta, they my, is 4*«ing ruiixsl by it, though by authentic testimony the fact is well at- tested that the pant has l>cen the most pros- peroUM business year in it* hiatory. Maims which, according to the liquor fraternity, has been many time* ruined. al*o up;>euro to l*e in a most proKpenniM condftiun. The LewU- ton (Me.) Juumal in an editorial on the pre*- •ent encouraging bu«ine»w outloDk in that State, entitled \Maine's Faith in Maine.*' say*: \Probably thejv never was a time when Maine people hud more faith in Maine's fu- ture than now. Ask most any man you met t whatarethe proHpcvtH in his vicinity, and nine chance.* to one ho will answer that the outlook in his county never wa* better.*' Again it says: \The fact is, few towns feel poor. Why should theVf In the great ma- jority of canes th? t >wn* debt is steadily de- creasing or has already disappeared entirely, and with money in the treasury, few pau- pers, and a good business pn*|>uct. why should not a town show it*, good circum- stances by its lx'tter apparel f' I % also add>, with much significance: \People no longtr stand back and call for outride capitalist* to ? ;ivetfiem a lift, but they take hold and help hemselvefl.\' There are many localities in anti-Prohibition State* which oould endure that sort of \rubf with gri<at complacency! —National Advocate. How Men Drink Farms. The Plowman, in a characteristic way, tells how men \drink farms:\ My , homeless friend with the chromatic none, While you are stirring up the sugar in that ten cent gins* of gin. let me give you a fact tp wash it down with. You say you have for 5'ears longed for tie free, judep*»nd- life of the fanner, but have never l»ean >ble to get enough money together.to buy a farm. But that is just where %ou arv mistaken. For several years you havebvn drinking a good improved farm at the rate of one hundred square fe t a gulp. If you doubt this ; fate- ment, figure it ont yourself. An acre of lan'l contain Jo;-ty-thrc*' tho'.iHtnd live hundr.id and »i\ty aipmiv feet. .Estimating, for ton- ve'niine*'*sake, the lands at *W.\*<; \n>r acre, 3'ou will sec t'ml 1>Hng» the land to ju«t <'*« mill pers-punv lo»t. one cent for ten squaro feet. Now |«our the fiery dov, and /imagine you are swallowing a strawts^rrv patch, ('all in Ave of your friends and have them l»«lp you gulp d<>wn thai rive hundred foot garden. (Jet on a prolonged spre• wmw d*y, and s«e how J^ng a time it require* to swallow a pasture Targe enough U> feed a cow. Tut down that glass o( gin: there's dirt in It —one hundred square fe< t < f good, rich dirt, worth *4.V>0 per acre. Something About Restrictive Law*, Prohibitionist* do not question the sincerity of thousands of the misguided temperance re- formers who favor lligh LioeusH as an, al- leged ' 'restrictive measure,'' nor is the Prohibi - tion opposition due to any disposition to refuse \half a loaf.\ The simnle ground of the Pro- hibition opposition is this: High License, or any form of ILense, is not restrictive, out positively strengthening to the saloon. Facts indisputably prove this statement. Proof in a nut shell is seen in the tact that since the license system has 'lx-en operative in this country, the consumption of liquors per capita has increased tenfold faster than the population. The reason of t)te increase is that the license fee is on incenfl're to sales, and the higher the foe the greater tlie in- centive. Thr- government tax of ninety cent* per gallon is Hn ex*e*siveiy high fee, but since It* imposition the consilium ion of liquors has increased from al>out four and a half to twelve gallons por capita.— Connecticut Home. An Astounding ftuin. Mr. F. N Barrett, editor of the S'ew York Gritcrr, estimate*, u;>ou ollie.al datji.lhitthe total cost U »consumers of intoxicating liquors drank in the Tinted States anrnint* in STOU,- UUU.OtX) annually. This is an astottiriing sum, equivalent to'Id*J a year for every man. wo- man and child in the country. It is truly ap- palling to contemplate th- evil arising tiQm this state of fact*. \Then what is Minn ? stid what man Kc«it>K thin tuid lisvtng ImniHii fcellof«, ])o«* not hht»h slid liHiig h.» iics/l To rail tilintoif a man! and an America** citiisen coiitetuplatiuK thetn without deep humiliation r' ~Cinciiinati t Co*i | mercuii'(io;rttf.
