Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TO PAY AN OLD SCORE. Lively Ending to a Poker Game in Which Luck Had Been Seesawing. "After a man has played poker all over the west," said a red haired sporting man, "he isn't likely to be very much surprised at anything that may happen in a full grown man's game." "Mebbe not," said the bartender, "but I played all night on a Mississippi river boat once and got up winner when the darkies came in to set the table for breakfast. I was a lit. i tie surprised." "You needn't have been," said the other coolly, "unless you were the only tenderfoot in the game, and if you had been it wouldn't have hapm pened, so that bears out what I said. F "You do see queer things, though, * when you are playing or even looking on," he went on hastily, while the bartender was trying to puzzle out his last saying. "And it's only because you get used to seeing almost anything that you don't get surprised. I thought I'd seen pretty near every tiling tnat was naoie to nappen, but there was a guy from New Orleans sprung a new one on me last night right here in New York." "Straight flush against fours?" asked the painfully young fellow with great interest. "I said it was a new one," said the red haired sport somewhat scornfully. "It wasn't a very had game, although there were two or three of the players who are liable to put up all they have on anything that looks good to them. The cards were not running particularly well, though, and I reckon they were all afraid of one another. "Anyhow, the luck seesawed all the time and nobody went broke for a long while, though it was table stakes and they only bought a hundred a piece for a starter. You know the kind of a game that is, just enough to keep you looking on in the hope that somebody will drop out and leave a seat for you, but not enough to get anybody excited. "One thing that made me look for excitement was that Wiley was in the game, and this New Orleans guy was waiting, as I was, for a seat at the T-T rv /kolla Vi J f T\nnviinflp U?Uiv* 11c vauo uiiuoeii jl/uuuiu^ now, but when I first ran across him in the South his name was Foster, and he and Wiley had been sworn foes. "How it was they never came together I don't know, but they had threatened to shoot at sight, and though the shooting didn't happen I knew enough of the original quarrel to believe that no actual peace had been declared. More than that, I had seen the looks they exchanged when they met at Bonfield's last night and though I didn't expect to see any shooting here I felt sure there'd be some fun if they got together across UiQ pu&vi WUiC. "Both had the reputation of being (particuParly slick in handling the cards, but I wasn't looking for any crooked dealing from either of them in that game. There were others at the table as slick as either of them ever dared to be, and Bonfield himself was playing. Nobody is going to try any funny buisness in Bonfield's when he's in the game. I knew that, and there wasn't man in the room that didn't know it. "Well, a poker game may go on a long time, as this one did, without V anything happening that's worth while, especially when every man at the table is an expert. But it won't go on that way forever. The cards will come some time. So I was greatly cheered when after they had made a jackpot and Bonfield himself had dealt, Wiley opened it for the size of It and there was a scramble to get in. A man named Allen had first say after the deal, but he passed blind, and Wiley sat next. "After Wiley opened the next man threw down his cards, hut Hopper came in and Jack Smith trailed. Then the next man dropped and Bonfield trailed. "That made four already in when Allen looked at his cards, and as Wiley had opened for the size of the pot there was $35 in it, so Allen boosted $35. It looked as if he wanted to get the others out, but Wiley looked pleasant and put up his $35, and Hopper, who came next, shoved his pile forward. "It was a little more than any of the four others who had stayed had in front of him, and of course as they were playing table stakes, no one could go any further, but each of the four put up what he had left, and there was nothing to come but the draw and a showdown. "Allen stood Dat. Wiley took two cards. Hopper stood pat and Jack Smith an Bonfield each took two. There were good hands out, all 'round, but Wiley caught a pair to l ? his three aces and scooped the pot. That drove four men to the boneyard and gave promise of excitement to come, for it looked as if the long run of poor cards was broken. "I sat behind Bonfield and Dunning, sat directly opposite me, behind Wiley, so I could see, though Wiley could not, a peculiarly malignant L > gleam in the New Orleans man's eye when he saw Wiley's luck. It didn'l interest me any further than to confirm my thought that there would b( some fun if Dunning should succeed in getting a seat. "But he didn't get one. There was action enough in the game after that but though nearly everybody at the table was forced to buy, so that there | was over $3,000 in sight before the game broke up and I for one was anxiously looking for some one to gei cold feet and give me a show at the pile, nobody quit. "Wiley's luck held. He played a steady and it seemed to me a conservative game, considering that he was in luck, for he passed over several bets that I would have covered anc which I believe he would have won but he showed nerve enough when he thought he had the right cards, and won not very rapidly but steadily. "It looked like pure luck too, for there wasn't man in the game who did not play as well as he, and as 1 said, there wasn't a man there who believed that anybody could play crooked without being detected in that game or that anybody would dare try it in Bonfield's place with him in the game. "Then the lightning struck, and as it happened I saw exactly what was done. "Wiley was dealing and stayed in after a raise from Allen, and then on the second round of bets before the draw stood another raise by Hopper so that there was nearly $50 in the pot before the draw. "He had picked up the deck and served an nanas out nimseit, wn,en Dunning butted in. I can't say I was greatly surprised at his doing it, for I had noticed that his face had grown darker and darker as Wiley kept winning, and he looked as if he was ready to explode, but the trick he played was certainly a new one? new to me, that is?and it sure was clever. "Wiley said he would take two cards, but before he could separate them from the deck Dunning leaned over from behind and passing his right arm around Wiley's neck, caught him in a garotte hold. 1 haven't seen anything like it for forty years, but it was a favorite trick with the strong arm men when I was a kid. "If I hadn't been looking at him at the very instant I wouldn't have seen him pick up a card from the table as he threw his right hand forward, for his movement was quicker than lightning, but I did see it, and I understood it a moment later. "As he seized Wiley with his right arm he passed his own left hand around and caught Wiley's right wrist. Then he stood, holding his man as if in a vise, and said coolly, "Somebody better count the cards in that deck." "Of course Wiley was struggling like a wildcat but he couldn't loosen his right hand caught as it was, and though he dropped the deck and tore at Dunning's strangle hold with his left he was powerless. "The others were astonished, of course, hut Bonfield counted the cards and found fifty-one only. Then Dunning loosened his hold with another lightning-like movement and pulled an ace out of Wiley's left sleeve. At least it looked as if he did. and he threw the ace on the table. It was the missing card. "Wiley staggered to his feet and would have sprung at Dunning but some of the others seized him and Bonfieid said, "That's ugly, I discarded that ace myself." "Well, as I said, it was a new one on me and I wouldn't have believed that Dunning or anybody else could do it if I hadn't seen the whole thing myself, but he played it perfectly, and though Wiley raved like a madman Bonfieid had him thrown out of the house. I was greatly disappointed when the game broke up, as it did immediately, but they played no more." "Didn't you tell what you had seen?" asked the painfully young fellow, and the red haired man looked at him curiously. "l wasn't in the game," he said presently, with a shrug of his shoulders. "And besides, I never liked Wiley myself."?New York Sun. Answered. "Will you allow me to ask you a question?" interrupted a man in the audience. "Certainly, sir," said the lecturer. "You have given us a lot of figures about immigration, increase of wealth, the growth of trusts, and all that," said the man. "Let's see what you know about these figures yourself. How do you find the greatest common divisor?" Slowly and deliberately the orator took a glass of water. Then he pointed his finger straight at the questioner. Lightning flashed from his eyes, and he replied, in a voice that made the gas jets quiver: "Advertise for it, you ignoramus!" The audience cheered and yelled and stamped, and the wretched man who had asked the question crawled out of the hall a total wreck.?TitBits. J FELDER NEED NOT RETURN. L Gov. Brown Refuses Requisition for * Thos. B. Felder. I Atlanta, Ga., June 22.?Gov. Jos. ? M. Brown today refused to honor the ? requisition papers of Gov. Blease of J South Carolina for the extradition of 5 Thomas B. Felder, a prominent AtJ lanta lawyer, charged with attempt5 ing in October, 1904, to bribe H. H. " Evans, a member of the old South - Carolina State dispensary board, and to defraud the State. The governor's 1 refusal was made on the ground that " he thought the papers, as submitted, 5 incomplete and insufficient and not I A ? nnnnnVi in fVlOir pVlflTfTCS bpCCillU CUUUgll U1 jj 1 against Felder. Gov. Brown stated that he had re1 ferred the papers to Hewlett A. Hall, ' attorney general of Georgia, who had " found practically the same defects. Mr. Felder's reply to the charges against him was a flat denial of their 1 truth, and the offering of a counter charge that Gov. Blease is actuated 1 by malice and spite. Based Only on Warrant. 1 The defense was further, that a South Carolina grand jury, which has L ben in session in Newberry county since the requisition was issued, re1 fused to indict Mr. Felder for the of; fense charged, and that the requisition is based solely upon an unsupported warrant. Some weeks ago Gov. Blease an1 nounced that he would honor no more requisitions from Gov. Brown, of ! Georgia, as they were being used simply to enforce the payment of debts. The hearing began with Spencer 1 B. Atkinson, one of the attorneys representing Mr. Felder, introducing Alex King, who presented objections to the requisition papers against Mr. Felder. "Among the prime requisites to the removal of a man to another State for trial," he said, ."is an affidavit setting forth the offense alleged against him. This is necessary for the executive authorizing the requisition to know that the charge that has been made is based on a certain unequivocal allegation. He maintained that the allegation in the warrant against Mr. Felder was too vague to be valid and that the entire charge was based merely on conclusions. P. H. Brewster and J. D. Kilpat' rick also took the stand that the charges were incomplete. The objection was also raised that the requisition papers had not been attested and that there was no proof to show that they were authentic Geo. Johnstone, of Newberry, also appeared in behalf of Mr. Felder, as did 20 prominent Atlanta lawyers, with a committee from the Atlanta Bar association, and many attorneys from various sections of the State appeared. W. A. Holman, of Charleston, appeared as South Carolina's representative. On the demand by Mr. Felder that he tell by whom he was employed, Mr. Holman stated that he was in the service of Gov. Blease, but that he did not know what caused the charges against Mr. Felder. The seal of the State of South Carolina, Mr. Holman maintained, was sufficient to establish the authenticity of the requisition papers and in face of this seal the contentions that the requisition papers were not properly attested were not justified. He in sisted that sufficient affidavits were contained in the papers. Several times he declared that so far as he was concerned there was no personal feeling in the case. In reply to a question from Mr. Atkinson, he answered that since a warrant was sworn out at Newberry the county grand jury has met there and adjourned without indicting Mr. Felder. M. M. Buford, sheriff of Newberry county, also represented South Carolina. Following Gov. Brown's refusal to honor the requisition papers, Mr. Felder stated that he was going to South Carolina in a short while and that then the authorities would have a chance at him. Gov. Brown stated that the seal of South Carolina by no means ratified the papers and that one might as well say that a poultice would cure all pains as maintain that a State seal would make papers complete. "Laying" or "Lying." A young college graduate was , working on a Kansas farm during ? the summer vacation who took a special delight in involving the old farmer in discussions. One day the farmer remarked that one of his hens, pointing her out, showed a desire to nurse some eggs into chicks. The young fellow immediately saw a chance for an argument, and asked the farmer if the hen was "setting" or "sitting" on the eggs. To which ' the farmer replied: "Well, that don't interest me. The only way , that hen interests me is when she cackles. Then I wonder whether she's 'laying' or 'lying.' " Screen wire doors and windows of all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware store. PISH SHOCKS FISHERMEN. And Kills Its Prey or Repels Its Enemies witii Electric Rays. A recent addition to the division of fishes in the new National Museum in Washington has proved one of the most interesting specimens in the entire collection. It is the electric ray, known in the language of the scientist as the Narcine brasiliensis, harmless enough as to name, but capable of repelling its enemies in a manner peculiarly its own. which gives it its common title of the "tor pcuu 11911. The electric ray is of the skate variety, with a broad, flat, nearly oval head and body, and a caudal appendage something like that possessed by ithe majority of well-known fishes. Its mouth is on the under side, and it can only feel the way to it when feeding. But the real curiosity about the Narcine brasiliensis is the fact that it carries its own storage battery with it on all its wanderings, and that it has the power of recharging the thousands of little cells when they become exhausted, using its power over and over again. There are really two batteries. They are located where one would naturally expect to find the breathing apparatus of the fish, to the right and the left of the beady black eyes and back. They are kidney-shaped, occupying, perhaps, one-third of the upper part of the body. When at peace with itself and the rest of the world, the torpedo fish swims around at leisure, or rests in shallow water, burrowing in the sand at ease, but if attacked the battery is discharged, and the enemy is glad to call it a drawn battle if it can swim away. It gets its prey by using its batteries to supply the necessary current to kill, but it must first complete a connection with the object of its attack. Men have speared these torpedoes in shallow waters and have caught them in nets, but on handling them have been very glad to call it off and avoid further shock. Fishermen have been repeatedly knocked down by a contact with them. The species is common along the South Atlantic and Gulf coast, the electric ray in the museum coming from the west coast of Florida. In Bulletin 28 of the American Museum of Natural History, J. Russell Coles says: "They can give a powerful shock, and I have been knocked down many times when experimenting with this fish, yet could make no record of this peculiar form of electricity, as it had no effect on my battery testing needle, and it would not light a little electric lamp that required but two and a half volts." "Several barefooted fishermen have been knocked down by stepping on the electric ray when they were In the water. They remain soft and rubber-like in a formalin solution that hardened other specimens." There is one adult ray and fourteen little ones in the division. The little rays in life are capable of numbing the human hand by contact. Farm on Roof of Hammerstein's. The cow "moo-ed," the- sheep "baa-ed" and the fish said whatever fish say. Then the suffragette farmers farmed the farm on top of Hammerstein's Victoria theatre while a vaudeville show was going on. That is the way the roof garden season of 1911 was opened at the corner of Forty-second street and Broadway last night. All Vio/l nrtmo frt oao tVio farm und All lldrVl V/UJUiV tV kjvv tuv AM rushed to the back of the roof, without waiting to properly applaud the Five Cycling Auroras, who finished the program before intermission. They saw the farm. The farmers, all of them women, wore big straw hats, overalls and silk stockings. One of them could milk a cow, and, for the first time probably, Broadway got a drink of warm milk such as country people are used to. There was a garden about 20 feet square, in which a plant that looked suspiciously like the salad served with Italian table d'hote dinners was growing?but never mind. The ground was real and so were the rakes that the Broadway suffragette farmers raked with. Next came a "Baa-Baa Show," where a lamb was sheared. It was a bad hair cut, but it delighted the visitors. A swimming pool was provided for the anglers, who were allowed to take home all the fish they caught. (However, there were as many fish in the pool at midnight as when the garden opened, despite the fact that many lines were thrown into the water.? New York American. Eletced to Heaven. An African Methodist revival was in progress at Buxton, Iowa. Brother Johnson had "wrastled" long and hard in an effort to get religion. At last the minister rose wearily. "Ladies and gentlemans," he said, "T + V> o + Urn' T nh nein cr'c JL III U V )UU tiiat i-/i v/ uvuuoiug u sins be forgiven him." "I second dat motion," came simultaneously from a dozen dusky throats. And his sins were unanimously forgiven.?Success Magazine. | Let Us & H? Wp bavp been in hiisinps || ber of years, and it is a i II number of our satisfied < || each year. 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