Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1895, Page 17

° 4 ones that were in use 100 years ago. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. PLOPRACEPR OE ERER ELS OLEPELL LEER ORE EL EE LLOL OLE SLO OCORELOLOLPPLEVPOPPLE EOL LCPL OL OL PIPPI LOLA PPV EEPE POPE OLLI OD LD VE LPY DIOS SLY FY EUD DL GLO FECESYOVOUEFEEOEEEHS KEKE EEE FORFFD TFS? GS SERA ORERRER SS: Las RR EREREL LEELA CLLR EERE ELL ELLE RRL LEER: SAAS AA eR OPPO RF KOOOFEEEAEEEFEREE ‘OLD THINGS ARE SPotottotte y Gottotnteostrottoss 39 LOS RCEECCCOECECCOCCECOCEOS 17 RECCRELE CCL CEECCCOCEECEROCIECESSEECOES REAAOAEPOECEFECEFCECOAPPORODODAARRAEREEA REEEEE ES Although Pharmacoepia has been very much advanced by the addition of many new remedies, yet it is hard to find any better specifics for certain complaints than the old in a better combination of the same old remedies. bination of old remedies is better than any one or two of the remedies of which it is j composed. and Soda. 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When we say “a specific for a certain disease,” we mean a remedy that is positively known by long experiment to be a never-failing cure for that disease. convince you. Ripans Tabules At All Druggists, 50 Cents — Or by mail if the price (soc. box) is sent to the Ripans Chemical Co., 10 Spruce Street, New York. WHOLESALERS: RF. A. Tschiffely, 475 Pa. Ave., Wash., D. C. Z E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, Alexandria, Va. SAAR RAIA RRR PR Rete Re ote SEES eee eee ES TER OEE: FEPEESERE SESS ESSER CESS apap aap ee Sy eg er Saag eg eg eg ey Seg Sg ger gg gg Ye erring Soetoetonte SSS SSS SETS TES. CXR RERERARRRERERERR EE EEE beg be SoS SS Ripans is a- SPECIFIC for the above complaints. A trial will AN OLD SCHOOL GAMBLER Ho Freely Bot His Life on a Hand of Four Kings. But He Lost in the Deal and Had a Lively Account to Render to the Other Fellow. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ola John West, or “Utica John,” as he was better known in the early days of ‘Texas, is in Fort Worth, Texas, and will reside there in the future. West is eighty years old and one of the oldest cowboys in Texas, having spent the last sixty-three years of his life on the plains of that state and New Mexico. West, in his day, was one of the most widely known all-round sporting men in the west, and delights in telling the story of “how he lost his life.” “J gues,” the old man muttered, “that Ym the only man living that ever lost his life, but I did it, and I'll tell you how it was. It was about thirty years ago and all the big sporting men of the west were emi- grating toward Butte City. A crowd of us cowboys left northwest Texas one day to go up to Butte for a ‘little gambling spree.’ ‘When we got up to Butte and were all settled down we got in with all the gam- pblers, and in less time than it takes to tell about it we were numbered among the toughest set o’ men in the community. He Got His Hand. “Tt was agreed that every man who won game was to pay for the drinks. In those days everybody drank whisky and it naturally came about that we all got drunk before morning. Well, when I start- ed I didn’t have but $16,000, but by 4 o’ciock next morning it was trailing near on to $30,000. Then I lost my trail and be- gan to lose. By 5 o'clock my pile was down to $16,000 again. We were all drunk and making a good deal of noise, and every table in the house closed down to come and see us play. It was poker. Hand after hand came tough and every one came tougher. You might know how tough they were when a pair of jacks took a jack pot of $1,000. It was getting daylight and when I got down to $4,000 I picked up my five cards and what do you think were under them? Four kings. Yes, sir; four kings. Wouldn’t I bet on that? You can bet I would. “There was five of us in the game. The ante was $5, and {t took $5 more to make it good. It was my time to say, and I stayed. ‘The next feller stayed, and so did every- body. A feller named Green said he didn’t have much of a hand, but he thought he'd keep our company. “‘How many cards do you want? said the dealer. “ ‘T’ll take one,’ I said. “The next feller said one, and everybody said one but Green. He wanted two. “Then the time came for betting. It was unlimited game. It was my say, and I bee $500. The next feller saw my $500, and raised it $500 better. The next feller saw him, and so did the rest, till it got to Green, when he raised it $2,000. We all saw that and the third man saw it $500 better again. Then Green came up with another $2,000 better, and everybody dropped out. but me and him. I borrowed $5,000 from a feller who saw my hand, and raised the pot that much. Excitement Ran High. “Then things were getting exciting around that table. It was the biggest pot ever seen in Butte since Tom Owen lost his ranch. Nobody said a word, and the peo- ple around the table were nearly dum- founded. “‘T'll take that $5,000," said Green, ‘and I'll go you my horse better.” “I'll see your horse,” said I, ‘and I'll see you three better.’ Green only had two more horses, so he saw me them, borrowed $800, put $200 against my other horse, and went me the other $100 better. “I didn’t have no more money, so I bet the very clothes on my back, and Green faised it his hat. Somebody yelled out, ‘All bets on the table,’ and we stripped naked, the barkeeper closed the door, and down went our bets on the table. I saw Green’s hat, and then raised him my saddle. He saw this, threw that other $100 on the table, and yelled out: ‘Cover it with something, I don’t care what.’ “This was getting too exciting, and I commenced to study. Glancing to the left I saw the corner of a discarded card, and it was an ace. Then I thought I had a dead- sure thing, and commenced borrowing again. So did Green. I had every earthly possession up when Green raised me . “PN bet my life against that $200," I said, and Green threw the $200 in the pot. “Then tt came to a show-down. Green threw down four aces. ‘Hold on,’ I said, ‘that don’t go, Green.” “The ——it don’t,’ he said, and then he threw his hands down on the money. picked a dagger up from where I had laid it on the floor, and own I shot it through Green’s hands. It nailed them fast, and he couldn’t move. “ ‘What's this?” said Green. “ Robbed,’ I yelled. ‘You worked in cards on me.” ‘It’s a lie,’ Green said. The Other Ace. “Things sorter quieted down, and when I examined the deck I found, too true, that another ace had been worked in. “©Tain’t my fault,’ said Green; TI didn’t put it in.” “And sure enough he didn’t. searched him and every other man. in the house and found three more aces in a fel- For we ler’s pocket who went broke early in the game and fell asleep. Then I saw that. Green was straight and I pulled the dagger out of his hands and apologized. We all took drinks with Green, and after finding that he was $50,000 ahead of the game I went to the hotel across the street—stark naked—and went to bed, and I tell you I was pretty sleepy. “Well, about 11 o'clock that night—I hadn’t got up yet—somebody came up and rapped at my door.’ “ “Who's there?’ I asked. “It’s Green,” came the answer. ‘What do you want?’ I inquired. “I want you.’ “I got up then and went to the door and there found Green. ” said Green ‘come on.” ‘Come on where?” “ ‘Anywhere,’ he said, ‘don’t you belong to me?” “And then I commenced thinking about betting my life in that poker game. “There was a big crowd of cow-boys with Green, and I knew if I refused to let Green take me they would kill me on the spot. I thought about the matter and decided that I had as well let Green take my life as any one else. I dressed myself in a blanket and went with the mob. There was plenty of rope in the crowd, too, young fellow. Good View of the Town. “They took me to a mountain about five miles from the town, and Green came up and talked to me. “Your life belongs to me, don’t it?” said Green. “ Yes,’ I said,‘what do you want with it?” “Why,” said Green, ‘I want to take it. Surely it’s mine; I want it.’ “ Yes,’ I said, ‘take it.” “Then they put a rope around my neck, threw one end over a limb of a tree, and were in the act of pulling it when I yelled, ‘Stop! “What's up?’ said Green. “ ‘Why,’ I said, ‘if my life is yours you can take it, but this crowd can’t; it don’t belong to them.’ “ ‘Well, then,’ said Green, ‘T’ll take it.” “Then he took hold of the rope and began pulling. I could feel the cords in my neck stretching, and I knew well that my time had _ come. “He hoisted me way up in the air, and then yelled from the bottom: ‘You can get a pretty good view of the town from there, can’t you?’ I didn’t answer—didn’t have time to—the rore broke and I fell to the ground, lighting on my feet. “Green got a little sympathetic then, and coming up to me, said: ‘What good’s your life, any way?" “It’s durn little to you,’ I said ‘but it’s a whole lot to me." “Well, then,” said Green, ‘you can keep it, but, young man, don’t you never pin a man’s hands down to a table before you know what you are doing.’ “I was glad to get off like I did, and I left for Texas next day; but I tell you, young man, I’m living, but as sure as you're knee high to a duck, I lost my life once.” WHY WOMEN FEAR MICE Some Theories Expressed by Scientists on a Much Disputed Subject. Repugnance of the Sex to the Little Rodents — Some Grounds on Which It in Baged. Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Why is a woman afraid of a mouse? The sex is getting so advanced nowadays that it is high time this question should be cleared up. If the fact—supposing it to be a fact-is due to an inherent lack of strength of mind or of nerve, that should be determined. So long as it remains un- settled, no argument will be available for the purpose of squelching ill-bred and en- vicus males who are disposed to jeer and cavil at the efforts which lovely woman is making to enlarge her sphere. Accordingly, the writer has propounded the query to a number of the most emi- nent scientists in this country. It is to be hored that a boiling down of their various opinions will result in something satis- factory. In order that the views obtained sheuld have as wide a scope as possible, wise men in many branches of knowledge were addressed on the subject. Dr. D. E. Salmon of the United States Eureau of animal industry says: “Primi- tive human beings lived in caves. Caves are usually infested by swarms of mice. It is easily to be understood that the wo- men of the caverns must have suffered great annoyance from mice, which scamp- ered over them in the night, while they were sleeping with nothing but leaves or the skins of animals to cover them. Thus, at length, they became very nervous on the subject, and this nervousness became rereditary in their sex.” Dr. Stiles, the expert in animal parasites, seys: “A woman, as a rule, is afraid of any small animal. She is more afraid of small animals than of large animals. I bave known women who were afraid of mice and not afraid of rats. No, the fear has no analogy to a man’s fear of a steke. In fact, a man is not afraid of a snake. He does not run away from a snake, but has an impulse to kill it every time he sees one. It is a case of antip- athy.” Prof. Otis T. Mason, the anthropologist, says: “If a man was dressed like a wo- man he would be just as much afraid of a m.ouse as she is. Men are more afraid of a good many things than women are. A iran fears a dead body more than a wo- man does. All over the world a tradition geverns that women must take care of the dead, and so they have got used to it. In the south people of both sexes in the country put grass or cotton in their ears to keep thousand-leggers from walking in.” Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, the authority on stakes, says: “I agree with Prof. Mason. If a woman wore pants she would not be more afraid of a mouse than a man is.” Mr. Frederick W. True, curator of mam- mals in the National Museum, says: “Wo- men fear small animals generally. A mouse is very active and therefore start- ling.” Dr. Thomas A. Taylor, microscopist of the Department of Agriculture, says: “It is largely a matter of education, I believe. Mothers teach their little girls to be afraid of mice. In Germany women carry hods of bricks up ladders. If they see a rat they will throw a brick at it.” Dr. De Schweinitz, bacteriologist, says: “Many men are afraid of mice. I know a man who will jump up in a chair and yell if_he sees one.” Dr. Lamson Scribner, who knows more about grasses than anybody else in this country, says: “The matter has a relation to skirts. There is no telling what the mouse will do. It would be interesting to know if women were afraid of mice before they were skirts.”” Dr. Palmer, ornithologist, says: “Women are not so much afraid of mice as they used to be. They know more about natural history than formerly; they are more athletic and less afraid of being hurt. The woman of today has fewer nerves; it is not so fashionable to have them. She faints and goes irto ‘hysterits less often than her grandmother did.” Prof. Galloway, the authority on fungus diseases of plants, says: “A woman has an inherent antipathy to an animal against which she cannot de- fend herself and from which she cannot get away. A crow is more afraid of a sparrow than of a hawk, because the little |. dicky-bird is so quick in its movements.” Dr. A. K. Fisher, the bird authority, says: “A woman has the same antipathy to a mouse as she has to a snake, because con- tact would be unpleasant. In the year 2000 the females of our species will not be so afraid of mice as they are now, because they will wear trousers. From this point of view the mouse may be regarded as an argument for dress reform.” United States Entomologist L. O. How- ard says: “The notion that a quick-darting, active animal that bites hard may get under one’s clothes is a disagreeable idea to any- iv" Mr. Schwarz, expert in beetles, says: “Women are as much afraid of bats as they are of mice. Many people suppose that bats are nothing more nor less than winged mice, though, of course, the mouse and the bat are not related nearly at all. There {s an old notion to the effect that a bat is likely to fly into a woman's hair, though, presumably, such a thing never oceurred. Why are human beings afraid of snakes? I have no doubt that the idea that these innocent and useful animals are dangerous was derived originally from the Scripture story of a serpent in Paradise. It is only the very rare snake that is poi- sonous.”” Prof. Theodore Gill, the ichthyologist, says: “A woman does not like to feel that she herself is a suitable hiding place for a mouse to run to.” Mr. Charles Richmond, says: “A woman will squeal at a frog about as quickly as at a mouse. Men are easily startled by small animals that are quick of movement, but they are not so highly organized nervously and it never occurs to them to scream. The last thing a man thinks of when he js frightened is to screamg he has other business on hand better worth attending to.” ornithologist, ——— A REMARKABLE MARCH. The Resistiess Progress of the Chey- enne Indians Across the Country. The delegation of Cheyenne and Arapa- hoe Indians that has been in Washington for several days contains quite a number of noted chiefs. The most prominent are Little Chief and Whirlwind. It is claimed that these warriors in their younger days have seen service against the whites, and with serious effect. Both are Cheyennes, a tribe which has been fighters for many years. The most remarkable march ever mage in Indian history was a trip of the Cheyennes. They had been captured by the United States troops in 1877, after hav- ing been in the camp of the hostiles for a few years and having materially assisted Sitting Bull in his campaigns. After their capture they were taken to Indian territory, but they did not like it there very well, or at least a portion of them did not like it. In 1881 a band of 317, with Little Chief at the head, and includ- ing some women and children, picked up a few traps that they needed and swept across the country for their old home in the north, some of them wishing to go to Pine Ridge, in South Dakota, and others wanting to go still farther north to Tongue river, in Montana. This band weut across country, and all the avatlabls force of the United States army was unable to stop them. They went through Kansas and Nebraska and South Dakota, having a few skirmishes, but defeating the few troops they met. During the most of the time they were on the march neither the army nor the gov- ernment officials knew where they were. When they crossed a railroad track or a well-known trail the army could get the scent for a short time, but the large bodies of troops missed them entirely. 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