Show i WIH If c COFFEE J + I + O 4O It4 o G + + Street Supervisor Mulloy tells a story of a poker game In Echo canyon in early days which knocks all the romance out of the tales of games with Crocker Tabor Wolcott and the rest of the high rollers There was during the time the Union Pacific was building Into Utah a man with a penchant for cards whose title was Brown Owing to an Impediment In his speech Brown was designated as I Stuttering Brown He played cards for all they were worth and sometimes I bluffed for more than they were I worth but he got there usually I There was a commission composed of I three eminent men who used to come out I and accept each 2 miles of road on be 1 half of the government This commission 010 erT l was composed of poker players They played very stiff hands Sometimes when I they had held up the contractors for more than the usual allowance the games were t heavy Stuttering Brown was always working In the Interest of this section of country in this that he wanted the money kept here and he would bluff on a pair of deuces to accomplish that commendable commend-able purpose One day the commislsoners came out and that evening a poker game was billed Stuttering Brown went to one of the contractors and said Hhhhhh enry yyyvou are gggggoing to ppppay off tommrn mmmorrow aint you Receiving an affirmative reply re-ply Brown continued And yyyyou have ggggot lots of cccurrency Another aflirmative Wwwwwell I www want to bbbborrow I for tttonnn nIght I am gggggoing to sssMt in the ggggame fffor a little www while t Brown got the currency It filled a gunny gun-ny sack even He planted behind a box in the room and the game began Brown brought a boy to sit on the sank and told saJk him to keep awake The crowd from Washington were In a high betting mood The pie em up and piled them up heavy Brown won and lost and won and lost with equal fortitude until finally they made a jack pot A Washingtonian opened the pot for 1000 His partner raised to 3t09 I was too good a chance to lose Bron raised I to J10000 The I Washingtonian was game and had means j He stayed His partner was foolish enough to come inand raise a S1o more Ggg Bggive me the ssssack said Brown to the boy and the boy gave him the sack Brown opened i and dumped the contents con-tents amounting to some G5000 on the table Renrrraise you that mmm uch he said The other fellows quit Brown left his hand exposed when he began loading up the change The Washingtonian Wash-ingtonian got a glance at It There was a nine a seven and eight and a little pair of deuces 0 < > 0 < The bl before con ress relntlvn tn the I VI nI11 lie matter of ticket brokers selling tickets I will not become a law in the judgment of the brokers themselves One of them said yesterday that In the first place there were too many railroad men quietly working for the defeat of the measure and secondly that too many members of congress rode on cheap brokers tickets < I ti > < s > Oh Smith you man with solemn mien Who roometh In the Board of Trade Beneath the small four pronged machine ma-chine Which marks the record winds have made Dost know Oh Smith its cold dn cold That zeros cyphers long been passed Say Smith old man please tell us Oh Please say how long its going to last Say Smith as you your eagle eye Cast oer the country round about Dost see no warm breeze lurking nigh Presaging thaw to help us out Oh Smith the coal bins getting low The housewifes anything but merry And Smith you know there is no show To heat a house with Tom and Jerry For Smith while times up town are warm While rosy glow pervades the place where Hot Scotch reigns Down home its colder than a barn Oh bitter cod too cold to face The madames feet oh Smith are not Conducive to that soft repose Which comes when the forgetmenot Is whispering love tales to the roses And Smith a fat Iron In the bed Mar be alt right when it Is warm But say about well 4 a m Collision with one causes storm Now Smith weve had enough of this Lets have a change turn on the heat And we will pray while breath shall last That all your llfework may be sweet Not Only that oh Smith but when The bugler Death sounds rev land And you your passage take to cross The shimmering shiny crystal sea I praters have weight with that bright band Where gold all the streets are paved with Well see your tickets stamped to land You where Its neer too hot or cold < < Senator Wolcott Implied thit a man 1 i iho would do business with a broker was I Ishonest remarked the broker but I I oiW ten him some tales which would pen his eyes I have bought and sold I tickets for justices of the supreme courts I have purchased mileage of members of congress and senators I have sold tickets to the best class of people To foi Ine the UN dishonest Is an action which Mr Wolcott is Tot warranted in There was 1 delegation of commercial men there to protest against the brokers They claim their fraternity does not travel on brpkqrs tickets I dont know how it I in the east but in this section < J i i d i of the woods the commercial man Is mj 1 t best customer I seil tickets tckets to commercial com-mercial men nearly every day and they are the boys who get away with the bag I gage every time rA What will bo the result when the brokers offices are abolished Nothing I The railroads will cut each others throats a they donow I the railroads were not I perpetually doing business of this kind I the brokers would not stand much show They make ironclad agzreements and hcIdkn I then go out with a kn J two feet long I and cut and carve and so long as the get business i is all right Yes sir I I have To Denver Oh yes In view of the conditions here now can sell you a sel i t ticket to Denver for ill with a 19 rebate I on the other end Unsigned I ticket see I Never been used Witnessed by the sell j me agent and stamped In their office I Either route Makes no difference to us I We are here to help the railroads the 1 public and ourselves Baggage checked Baggge checke for you Get your berth if you want it 11 uhatd i hs ri et l 1 tt AH we have to do Is to send over to the office Thanks 000 Henry l Rya 0 oo > vlse as a serpent when dealing with opponents but Is like a child when in the harfUs of his friends I Henry should ever ran up against the accomplished Chapman and his ancient lock the result would be something fear ful to contemplate This story will show how easy it is for Henry to become the victim of a con job when those in whom he repOSes confidence manipulate I The Ajax King was out early yester day morning working on mining matters mater and the thermomether registered 4 below restered zero On his way to the hotel Henry dropped into the Vienna for a bite to eat While waiting for his order a bril orer bri liant scheme struck him Going to the telephone he called up the Knutsford and In that winning tone for which he is cele brated said This Is Henry Ryan I want you to send up to my room have the steam turned on and make I nice and warm He received a satisfactory reply and returning to his seat smiled In a superior sort of way over his ingenuity Now thats funny remarked one of Henry friends at the counter Why do you suppose a man would want the steam this turned off in his room on a night like thisJust Just what I was trying to understand remarked another Oh Henrys hot blooded chipped in a third No hes getting ready for a trip to I Klondike and Is going into training for arctic weather added another and so he remarks ran along the counter Henry looked a bit puzzled but replied You fellows are mistaken I told him to turn on the steam No you didnt was the answer in a chorus Henry was surprisedvery much surprised sur-prised but still he doubted and took the witnesses up one by one Mac asserted that he ordered the steam turned asserte 1lr Jdsh3IJt V dj tfld Daily and so did every man jack of tem Ijenry was stunned The evidence overwhelmed over-whelmed him and a few remarks about his o > wn stupidity he made another dash for the telephone Hellow That Knutsford This is I Henry Ryan I told you a few minutes I ago to turn off the steam in my What well I thats what I sl Intended to say but I these fellows here buncoed me Its all Is al right then And Henry hung the receiver up amid a perfect howl of laughter Oh you can laugh said Ryan but humanity It only shows how great Is my faith in 0 S |