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T THE SUN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1913.
THE ONE EYED HAN
PfiMEQ DDHDiDDTs mm some aoxiou fo to find out If
VJUIuDO rnDlAIlElll!'0 un as good a gameo poker as
",n aaya. an- bain's 1 knowed c'nsid'able
. 'bout the place I done come along.
for An) CMtlftfVley Tlmt
Might Arrive in Old Man
(irpenlnw'n Saloon.
IEATKN BY OLKVBI THICK
Ami !.( Heard Of in a
Battle
No
the l.i'vrp With
Hoiinp Hull's.
h iit in a. riHTm,
w hen a stranger entered old man
Orson Isw's little saloon tn Arkanaaa City
alone h wsa considered reasonable to
suppose thai he wu driven by a feeling
cef desperate loneliness to Mat distraction
of miM sort, and war recklessly in
. MfT.r. nt a to what might happen. What
ever it might be. there waa email chauoe
of It l'itiR worse than the experience of
rwma iDiiiK Arkansas t if y w ithout
companionship.
When two entered the saloon together
it sat- not so easy to giredirale I he caua
i.l the visit Neither waa there the name
n rtainty of a conaidarable profit accruing
tie proprietor Two might refresh
themselves at the bar without extending
an Int itation to the company present to
oin thani in the indulgence, and yet not
openly defy the etiquette governing such
r casiong whereas the unwritten law waa
rigid in interdiction of drinking alone,
requiring him who desired stimulation
to propoaa a libation to all who might lie
present at the time As it was equally
MbumbMl upon the recipients of the in
vitation to accept it there would be the
price of half s dozen drinks coming to
the old man instead of the measly two
bits that might be forthcoming in the
ease of two ft ranger together
Moreover. ,he entrance of two was
ft'i n'ceetarily indicative of that care
lessness as to any possible occurrence
which is begotten of solitude in Arkansas
. it v surroundings, for it is possible for
two who are acquainted with each other
to avoid 4 he madness of melancholy which
sural) befalls the individual who finds
b." -elf without acquaintance in that
community Wherefbre.it was accounted
far more desirable in many ways by the
Id matt snd those who commonly sat
ith him in his saloon for one stranger
to enter than for two to come together
W hen thr -e or more oame In a body the
I tion as to happenings that might be
sipoctext was much more complicated.
In the first place, no three persons wore
in the leiat degress likely to visit Arkansas
i if v at the samo timeexoepting in further
anoa of some specific purpose and with a
Hed determination to carry out that pur
pose rogardless of consequences And
I Kara were substantial reasons for the
'Id man and his friends to assume that
the character of the purpose was v-scn-:ia!!y
hostile
It was nut, however, considered un-ie-ir,ii,i,
that aay should come oven on
jn errand of enmity The old man was
cciistomod to say: "A public house is a
lilac fo' the entertainnsnt ' man an
eit. an' I aim to p-loaee If a man
aanta a drink ho c'n got it p'vidin he has
the price. An' sini'lar if he s lookin'fo'
lr ii'le he ' liable to be 'oommodatod
All these things being well understood a
sries of emotiona arose in the minds of
the inmates of the saloon when the door
of n was opened from l ha outside one
vent ng
First appeared a man who was indu-
.I'itaiily u stranger, and the sensation of
those who beheld him was distinctly
pleastirablo following him. however,
eume a second, and at sight of him the
interest of the company waned con
ilderably Than when a third man en
tered there was a perceptible stratghten
ir.g up. as if preparatory to action of a
nrt to lie determined by subsequent
proceedings, but when those throo were
fallowed y a fourth and they aaw who
lie was there waa every indication of an
Immodiato serious disturbance tor the
fourth waa the one eyed man.
I he one eyed man waa properly to ha I
considered a stranger in Arkaaaas City
i!i e he did uot dwell in the community
snU had not bean seen there for a long
time Vet he waa not altogether un
known He had made several previous
visits to the old man's saloon, and the
happenings on those occasions had been
uoh as to inspire a fixed determination
'ii the ari of Joe Basset t that he should
be killed on sight, and there was a feeling
ol hvmiiathy with Baseett on the part
uf lii friends.
For the one ayed man waa a redoubtable
'-r. i player, and being also extremely
- ,. ceful in trickery he had repeatedly
bumbled the pride of the Arkanaaa City
Mn, taking large sums of money away
from them by dint of hia great skill at
Ioker. eked out by most reprehensible
irhQcas wholly foreign to the game.
The slaughter of him had been at-
tsmpteii more than qnoe by Baaaett, and
there was no question that hia reappear
ance in Arkanaaa City waa temerarious,
ist he Htood silent and unmoved when
'""' with a roar of rage, sprang
' "ward him with an uplift of two tremen
'i'ms arms that threatened hia existence
He wan even smiling as ha stood, but he
'nii'le no motion toward defend! hi.
even avoiding the onset. His
uipaniona, however, gave instant
llli
f that they were men of action, fully
prepart
t tor emergencies and entirely
ble and willing to oope with tliem.
As the lug Hheriff rushed forward, joy
Vial) Intent upun wreaking hia vengeance
"ii the foe he had sworn to kill, he found
liitiiM ir confronted by the muaalea of three
nsaw cat' bred revolvers, each of which
lied directly at hia head.
. word waa spoken nor did any of
' ' ilio room feel the need of utter -M'lanatory
of 'he situation They
toodlt clearly, and all being men of
xprinoa and sound judgment in
of the sort there waa no differ en on
No
Ikoaa i
Ulll e ,.
indsn
itrge i
iiiatU'i
't Ct'iniiai knuni tham aa to lh nnwMr
"ubie for Bassett to pursue.
None nuest ioned his oourake. On auual
,trn. ho would not hay hesitated to
its.
i he four visitors sing I hauded.
but
urie recnan mad hotter than be
'b' " .. i ,iiuh vara not aaual. Thar hail
on him. and not to have naueed
ould have shown him to be not noura-
I'" bin foolhardy Hia isMvlnua as.
prUni .
in. tin
in similar situations had taught
hi . easily of halting laataatly.
'lingly he halted, and for a mo
- as said, there wae entire silence
"in Then the one eyed man
nth lie even accent of one who is
' perturbed
1 ' ninl how vo' un wa llshl fo'
Aoonj
fesm.a
In ih
tpuki i
whi.i'
"I rsi
to be some het up If I waa to come Into yo'
.niasi again, he said, pleaaantly, "ao l
I done coma n'laul Tl. hoi t..J. .,'
if yo una is the kylnd o' spo ts what
yo' p'tenda to be we c'n have a game,
but If yo' ain't th' ain't no harm did. Wa
una can take a drink an' mosey along."
This speech, specific enough despite the
insolence of its terms, waa heard with
mixed emotion, it was not to be as'
peeled that the stored tip wrath of the
Arkanaaa City men which the audacious
speaker had braved so recklessly would
subside in an instant and it did not.
Rather was it increased by the circum
stances of the visit
Baaaett stood with his hands tn the air
racing one of the revolvers which was still
levelled at him. and his friends after a
quick motion toward drawing their own
weapons had followed hia example, for
the two other pistols in sight threatened
them all. Either Uiutnrhotu.ni. Rlaisdoll
or Pearaall would have been ready enough
to engage in, a general encounter, but
the three bullies who had drawn first
dominated the situation and they had all
the wisdom of well trained gun fighters
Of the entire company only the one eyed
man and old man Oreenlaw found any
thing to aay
The old man had grasped his bung
startar as quickly as Basset t hud leaped
forward at the sight of the fourth intruder.
Imji he had discretion as ample as that of
the others, and though he gripped it
firmly, as if raady for active use, he made
no immediate motion with it His voice,
however, waa firm as he replied to .the
challenge:
"They won't he no poker played nor no
drinks served onto my premim while
thorn there guns is draw -d " he declared,
as on spanking by authority "One '
the house rulaa is how there sha'n't be no
shootin' did inside ' '
"1 ain't got nothin' to say 'bout what's
did outdo's. but that rule is gwine to he
'nfo'ced strick If yo' una is hell-bent
onto a shoo tin' scrape it'll have to be did
some' roe else."
"That's reis'nable. saidthe one eyed
inali. "but if my friends puts up their
guns it'll have to lc onde-stuod how th'
ain't gwine to be no nglitin' did till n'ter
wards Tain t likely I we uns is gwine to
give up no 'dvantuge what w is done got
'thoutan they is a onderstandin'
"An" they won't lie no hoiife rule
'rwerved if anybody make a break We
uns don't p tend to dictate, but wesho' h
p' pa red fo' anythiii' what's p'ferred If
it's poker we'll play If it's fight yo'
uns c'n Login 's goon ' yo' like An' if it's
neither one nor t'other we un is entirely
satisfied
"We o'n take a drink an' go. or we c'n go
'thouten takin' none, hut we'll have it to
aay what we done hacked vo uns down to a
standstill into yo' own place; "
All thia waa said easily, with the same
pleasant tone in which he had spoken
before, but there was 5 malicious grin on
his face while ho spoke, and grim smile
on the faces of bis friends that seemed to
rend Baaaett's very soul with anguish.
He attempted no speech, however. I eing
apparently too choked up for utterance,
and the old man waa still the apakeaman.
"Th' ain't no 'bjections to nobody
takin' a hand at poker in the back room."
he said. "Jong as it. 's a peaceable game,
but they won't be nothin' did while they
is weepins drawed, like I done said
a'ready If they is to be a game it 'II
have to bp played cordin' to the house
-tiled."
"W una is 'greeable iii that if it is
onderstood how th' ain't gwiue tu be no
fight 'till a'ler the game." said the one
eyed man. and after a little discussion
the others, with the exception of Bassett.
agreed to refrain from violence pending
the poker game for which Blaisdell seemed
particularly anxious
As Basset I waa implacable he waa
backed out of the place, no one paying
attention to his unseemly language,
and the door was secured against his
return Then after a sociable drink
which the one eyed man insisted upon a
even handed game of poker waa started,
all weapons being put away readily and
cheerfully.
"Th ain't no hard feolin's felt," ex
plained the one eyed man "We tins
on y showed 'em fo' to let yo' uns know
bow we was p'pared. They won t be
drawed again, pot 'thouten they is any
crooked play did '
Presumably the play waa not crooked
for the home talent was well aware that
the one eyed man wa thoroughly versed
in all the Wicks of the gam and they took
it for granted that hia conqianions were
also skilled players And the visitor
knew that the champion player of the
Mississippi Valley wowld be more than
likely to detect any irregularity that might
be attempted on their part . No one had
ever actually caught Jim Blaisdell cheat
ing, though he had certainly been sus
pected more than once, but hia acknowl
edged skill was such that it waa con
sidered certain that he would see any
deviation from correct procedure. And
no on believed that he would be deterred
by house rules from instant and em
phat ic protest
The game proceeded therefore in
orderly fashion to a brilliant climax.
which Blaisdell explained afterward to
hia friends
"I knowed twa n t no good to try to
stack the cyarda on my deal." he said,
fo' them hollyona wouldn't bet on noth
in' I doled 'eny let alone th one eyed
man is nigh 'bout as clever 'a I be aeeln'
such thing. Bo I don had ahull deck
palmed ready fo' him to use his own
self, an' whan he paaaed me the deck
to cut 1 swapped it fo' the one 't waa up
my sleeve I knowed be wouldn't be
lookiu fo' nothin' like that an' henever
seen It."
It waa therefore on the one eyed man'
own deal that be , and hi friend came
to grief Relying on th cards they re
ceived they bet freely, and Blaisdell led
them on till the major part of their wad
waa in the pot. Then he showed the win
ning hand
It waa then that the one eyed man won
the respect if not the liking of his ene
mies, for he showed himaelf a sport.
Yo' all aho1 is the beat player I ever
seen,' he said to the oomplaieant Blais
dell "I takes off my hat to ye', an' I
reckon we un 'II git alone to'da the boat.
Th' ain't no house rule ag'in' flghtin' on
(he levee, an' mo' 'n lively that there
wild map la waitia' oulaida. ao wa una
ilatart fusl. but If yo' una feels' like
J'lnln' In th' al'n't nothin' to beep yo'
f'm folleriu' along.
Accordingly th visitors departed,
the three Arkanaaa City men following
them closely aa be had expected they
would, and shortly after their departure
obi man Oreeataw heard an Irregular
fusillade outside
Th' ai n't nothin' like havia' th' p'oead
in'a raf'lar, heaoliloauiaed. I hadn't
wouldn't V been no rum'
P0IM8 WORTH READING.
The rhlmaer feat sf Ureeawlrh Villas.
Th rsimnty pot of Urnlih villas.
Mrslhr tky prut up tfiwstil th sk
Bros-n and stiff and qualm. hn hniriplv
Rfflffl of dav (un i.t
Times sr hrn I . all l ham ul lare.
Besilnsl that suard our rsttl
Thss sgsln they're poplar prlmlr
ordsrlst s distant rot
But fall sa hour, st anl.lnl(ht mnatlv.
Wksn th mnnnltaatna spin woof
Of mystery, snd msgir ahados.
Ovtr rhlmnsy. says and roof.
Than lb rhltnnt pot of OrssaWtek
WlSr word of long ago.
Talss of dy S'tasn puff snd powdr
Charm th hie torkcit. hi-avred beau .
Whn ihs ststly shattered msnilon
Opened wide their lofty door.
Asd iserh rolls, snd burnt sf muale
Swept alnng th shining floors.
Then I sss thni bssux snd heauiiee.
mike siscklsg gsshlng while.
Mllvsr Isuehjlsr, whispered wsslsg
In the glrasrlng rssdl light.
ilreensl.s Uvea sgsls hfor m
Wealth end asrth sag ruatsin dssr
runlly rld. sail birth Inked Blhiee
Wei. em hsrthtohs. lordly rhssr.
Th iiiooshsain fsd. and ihn s alisdow
('laud ih eh itn ney. snd the a ere ami
Of ra.Ki.ua taxi madly apacdlsg
hum t. h in from my old Is.-e dream
NaT oi l
t Lev N Trodden Bauad.
I tors no trodden bound.
No Irsmmvlled say:
Rathar the era profound
And the unmeaaure.l .lay :
Helghla, dlatanee an. I drm
Of singing apace
Night swirling etarry atreani.
Dawn' unpertnrlied f.e.
Th ihuniter rnlsh'y wins.
The Itghtnlns'a rod
Th void, the vaai that' bring
On ssrr Oe '
CLIKTOS s. OU.4SO
Th Twlltgbt Wlteb: Mambar tsaag.
The twilight wit. h com wuh her at ere
And strew them through th blu
Then brathee below the auneet ur
A breath of mtldo rue:
Mlie trails her yell arrow th tklee
And mutter to th lra.
And In the wood, wtlh nreflv y.
Mhe wake th mytrl.
Th iwlllgbt wlicb. with elf sag fsy.
I- i oniln .town the alumber way.
sleep, my derl. eleep.
The ttvlllght witch, with crecnt moos.
Hioope on the wooded hill;
She anewcr to the owlet' tun.
And to th whtppoorwtll.
She lean uhove the reedy pool
And wakee the drowiy frog.
And with th toadatoot. dim and cool.
Klma gray the old dead log.
The twilight witch come stealing down
To take you off to slumber town.
Steep, my dearte. sleep.
The twilight witch with windlike tread
II entered tn th room:
She eteel rotind your trundl Led
And whisper tn the gloom.
She : "I brought my atved elonr.
My fery steed of glesme.
To bear you. Ilk s breath of ong.
Into th land or draara.
1 am Ih w itch who tak your hand
And lead you'ott to faryland.
Th far off land of sleep."
If API sos CA
Os a Baaat sf OM Xewapspere.
Vou each were one w1com gut
At some man's breakfast table.
A food tor thought, devoured with tei.
imparling much of lntrel
. Received by poet pr csbl.
Bat when fw- brief hour had aped.
The dav hd scarcely started
The man whom vou ao amply fad
ci you aalde for. once vou re reed
Your glorv l,.i- departed
1 1- time he servea tlioa brother tnn
W in. ahovv tltry ve some Inventl.in.
He aeki their company, bat when
lle'M picked their very brains, ah' then
II trt thm to abstention.
And yet. whn llher caat HSl.le.
Impi no rflctlon grim press
TIs better fr chagrin to hide.
Fur each may know, whate'er beil.le.
He e made, at leaat. hia Impress
(iaoBOK B Moaswoon
Th Helpleee lesr.
She i limb mountain' dtssv std
And awlms torrential etreame
I do not stir but Juat look on.
I.Ike on Inert in dreams.
A villain ek to tk her gold
And threat her prceloue life.
But 1 cannot move hand or foot
For her I'd make my wife.
I see her to the altar led.
Yet though I am her slave,
I do not riae to Interfere
I'm Impotent to av.
It not Indifference ho'ds me Still,
For I pursu my slveel.
Through moving picture Alms, each day.
At least a thousand feet
H I. Haskims.
vol sf thr Mechanics.
Purtri A .VapsfiNr of Vrrtt
Hinted for s moment- he Jester' lay. nd
th piping imies of Fan.
'slid your mallow mul- w high ' 10
elng s song of mu ;
Short be Us phrases, s stiur: our prch
who fnshlon the mill and loom.
If th nurk of our hands not bailor teach
thn giv a men song room.
Whan Ih hummers their thunderous dlu
renew , by the roaring of furn. Sres.
Wa ace th forging of dramn com tru. Ih
ahaplng of long deelr.
Th well of progress wo carry high, though
tallied by crime and blond:
for yuur wondrau huty and Joy w die
O ruining brothtrhood.
Then drink 10 labor an hnneai cap and let
Ita wonh he kuov.li'
The ghoata of the past come i moping up
bearing tha brick and tone:
Dig they the trem he broad uud deep, and
nap ISSHSS1IUHI IIM.S.
Who guu.l th futur yr mgy keep
when coming builder throng.
Th svsg solve fur hi horn, his brood
he fend for hi race, hi his:
Th workman toll for Ih common good
t hs 1 tskas Ihs whole world lu
Nut only for uollera. which mean but bread
and refuge from ruin ssd anus,
inn that aeape nil) pruapar. of war tnid
for Ih mtr willed It so -
workman spread tn hvu wld. a
wurkmsn plsrsd ih un, . ..
A mir worhinan'was tlgd whn the
maker tt. "Wail don. .
Tsk we n sham If a b but tool.
olumiy snd dull ssd worn. .
If ovr us manlt. Juatlct rul lu mould th
sr unborn.
naeaag w -.si.
The lavgr as ih Ma wa
rum is H'sehiNVtes atar
She don not care (or ihreats gf war
Nor dlplouialh InUrcbsng.
Mb haa no sue. tal liking for
Th Mini 1111 legieia.wtfj i
a allay grab with alrlUh gl
Bb alway grab with giriisii gt
Th punucaiion wn varr
Enable hr In touih to hf
With Mr. Plunklon's wll sffsii
abs'soarosly not th rumar glr
Tbst havr round sfstr of suie
'l-iViUtRte5U. .
Th court with csrlss glno shs'll flout.
Hht avr kd tha bVall svora
aj' ssaer to ss avtl staput
ThoTftth thst lir. Ptunktou wor
fl-
laet.
In Kotntny you'll And thst puv"
It mssns "a flid " sd also "is" -
That's smuk win vti airsiy tuna
Bo tl you should, gem tlm Intend
To writ amorous ed to htr
Wham you gt preseat mast STSftr.
And want nam ethsr rhymt for "lovs"
Than "dov." "gbove" and "glove" and "of."
, "la a puv with fiagraat tuv
I'm thinking of yen, au laVi"
ijk Twsrtga W
QUESTIONS 'AND ANSWERS.
Thai I a scientific point which I wish
that Tin. Sr.N might settle for good and
all. It appears that a long standing feud
has existed Detwem Krnest Thompson
Set. hi. the Boy Hcuttt etithiinlnst and wild
nnlmsl man, and llavlil T. Ahercrnmhle.
the ramp man. as In the wster boiling
championship. They fought It out again,
or tried to. at Varna forma Inn up Napu
noch way on Labor May. Th referee win
Dr. I'barle A. Kastnisn, thr Hloux In
dian lecturer snd educator. The con
testants gathered and split kindling, built
a Are and bolls -.vater against time.
What waa the result? I see It snnounced
that Ahencrombia was first In get a
"simmer" and Beton first to get a "boll."
How can this decision stand? Doesn't
water that truly simmers reach 112 de
gress? Is It any hotter when it boils?
An) what la "bulling" ? I It a question
of the alae of thr bubbles" There sre
small bubbles in a "simmer." Kop the
henegt of thr ramp Are club thst are in
the hal.lt of having these wrangle I
wish Ihs question could he settled.
Shouldn't s thermometer he the referee?
c. r. k
There Is here nu scientific point whi.'tt
any one run settle, for In the loose mage
of common speech the problem i pointed
like s hslrptn. Th simmer 1 a gentle
boiling, the water does not twirl M vio
lently ss.wben excess of best Is use I.
Therefore to simmer I really to boll. The
question of bubbles I not a determinant
factor. In fact th rising of sir buobl m
has almost ceased when the simmer is
reached and should be absent when the
ebullition becomes violent The primitive
people whose llfs the camp Are seeks to
reproduce acorn the cultured traveller for
bis reckless waste of Are. The ouutest
should svnld the Impossibility of exact
sstllsment which the us of popular terms
entail : It should tie s rsce to see which
one In rxsrtly mstched containers ran
met bring a Axed amount of water to 212
decrees as registered by compared ther
mometers. IT the Are he made and
screened ss sll savages know how to do,
it may rauae surprise that the result may
he obtalnsd so goon and with o little
ruwl The Australian aboriginals fre
quently hive nothing but leave with
which to boll the pot
Dolores Boron. In your Issue of Sep
tember T. expresses a desire to tie In
formed about and to buy something which
I Iblnk never existed. She writes of a
storv of Columbus's voyage entitled
"ldS." written by John Wilson. Does
not your Inquirer mesn this, aa 1 copy
from th title page of Mo. CJCleV. of
the Minor Drama, published by Hamuel
French :
"Columbus el Kilibuatero. a New snil
audaciously original Htstorleo-Plaglat-Istlc.
Anti-National, I're-Fatrlotlc. snd
iimnl-torsl Confusion of Circumstances
running through Two Acts and Four Cen
turies by John Broughsm. Comedian.''
It was s local skit performed st Bur
ton's Theatre In December. 1857. snd Its
libretto comes up to all that Its sub
title Implies. King Ferdinand of the
play was s hit snd a good one on
the then alsyor Fernando Wood, who is
Introduced as s monarch mightier
"Than Jos Smith or Julius Camar,
Brlgltam Young or Nebuchadnetsar "
Wben the sailors mutiny because "there
nut an egg for nog left In the hatch
way" they "seise the old tar and pitch
him in the seas."
ALBBBT Bl.000 I'NOCB.
Th composition relating the hlatory
of th voyugs -of Columbus inquired for
by Dolores Bacon was published, accord
ing to a copy in my possession, by M
Wltmark Sons, now at 144 WestThlrty
ssventh street. According to my ropy
tha composition Is claimed by on Francis
Bryant. This may be tru ss to the
word : the melody, however, wus uaed
some y.-ars garlivr by the late Sir Arthur
Sullivan to the lyric of W. S. Ullbert
In one of the numbers of the comic
opera "The Uuiidollers." in whhh were
set forth the deeds of that doughty war
rior, "the Duke of I'laia-Toro. ' who
"In enterprise of ev'ry kind when there
waa any Aghtlng
H- led his ranmOBI from behind, he
found it less exciting I
But when away hi regiment ran his
place wss at the fore u." e.
The ssme melod was used in that
Blow Almost Killed Father " .1 J. M
tender heart interest ballad entitled "The
The former note is Interesting as re
viving acquaintancs with the stout bur
lesque of the period before the civil
war The latter note supplies the Infor
mation The production of "1 192" was
timely In respect of the somewhat de
ferred celebration of Colurr.t.u gtsj tke
diacovary of America. The play res lied
its hundredth performance October
lsS. and Juat one night short of a real
later. October 15, 11)4, It was plsye.l for
III Isst lime at the Harden Theatre.
Its vogue continued for at least a vrar
later on taur.
When British law permuted Imprison
ment for debt, such as we reud about In
"Little Dorr it." wa there any particular
provision affecting sailors? I hare read
soniswhsr Aiat the gentlemen of the Be
could run up all the debt they pleased and
were not sent to prison I' N. gt'is.w
Bailors have a phrase which expresses
t ielr csrelessness of debt : It I "to pay with
the inalntopsa.il." But, thst provision was
never included formally In the British
law. In If Mi however, the provision was
msds that seamen were exempt from im
prisonment for debts under 20 This
provision waa utilised for the enlargement
of the multitude of the poorest debtors.
All they hsd to do was to sweur they
were sailors and march free in the charge
of some boatswain into the scarcely less
rigorous Imprisonment of naval service.
Hleaae print His following excerpt nf
an old song with the hope that som- on
may furnlah mi with corrections ami the
remaining lines snd pusslhly sonic In
formation as to the tune:
My grandmother, she.
At th age of eighty-three.
Wsa taken sick one Humiav inoin and
dlsd.
And afttr ahe waa dead
The will of course waa read
By a lawyer aa we atood by his sole.
To my brother It was found
Mh bad left a hundred pound :
To my sister the sams, 1 do declare.
But when It earns to ina.
The lawyer aald "I see
Your grandmother has left to you
her old armchair."
D W B.
I'laas decide dispute my friend
claims thst dipt Mayn Held wa Irish.
1 claim that he waa Brotch-Irlsh. Willed
Is rorrrxt? tl- OSANT ctTgeHgN'S,
Klhnology involving hyphens 1 too
much for gulentiAc determination. Her
are th data, and settlement must he left
to individual judgment. Thomas Mayne
Retd was born at Ballyroney, County
Down, th son of a Presbyterian minister.
Who waa the grat I'rsaldent ur tu
Trench Krpubllc? M H-
Lou la Adolph Thiers, elected August
It, 1171, to gsrv during the continuance
el th session of th National Assembly.
HI Oevsrnmvnt was defeated May 24,
173, and Tatars resign d with hia Minis
try. Marshal MguMahen Wga sleeted la
Ms pise the ssm ffav
I SCHOOL FOR CARD PLATERS.
I Auction l ti hike J. a. say: Z dealt
and A bid one royal. Y sskx Z what his
i hid A hots that Y had no right to
ul the question, a It was calling the
i dealer' attention to the fact that A had
fagde a hid out of turn. Y says he did
not know whether 7. had mad a bid or
not, hut he heard A bid a royal. Can
still demand the penslty for a bid out of
tuin after Y ha culled his attention to it?
The penalty for a hid out of turn Is to
demand a new deal and this may he don
by either partner, v question seems to
be quite In order, because If Z answers
that he has not made any bid, either Y
or K may elect to have a new deal. It
Serins hardly n ssary to call ! stten-
llon to the bid out of turn, as he must be
conscious of It If he has Just dealt th
card. If a new deal I not demanded Y
mut allow A s one royal to stand aa
regular and de lare himaelf.
J. 8. U ak where the correct version
nf the official taws of suction may be ob
tained. They are lepilnted In sll the lat edi
tion of Movies game, but the original
and official code hould Iw obtained from
the Whlsl Club, 1.1 West Tplrtv-alxtlt
street. New Yoik city. The price I 0
rents.
O. I.. K ask what Is (he correct value
fur thr new nullo hid at royal auction.
The majority seem to he In fsvor of
playing them a- minus heart. That Is,
right a trick, but not as good a bid as
the ssene number of tricks in hesrts.
Three nullo will outbid three diamond,
but not three hearts.
K F T says : In dec.lsrlng roygl
spade. I it necessary to hold three
honor In the spade suit, snd If so. on
whst authority?
There I no restriction as to what s
player shall hold to make any declaration.
He need not have a spade In his band
when he hid royals. HI hid Is his own
affair, hut what his partner will Infer
from It or what he will think of It when
he see thr hand I another mstter.
O T. H. asks. If you were ssked to
tell person Just what a nullo was, how
would you explain It aa briefly aa possi
ble, so thst he would know what It
meant to take on a contract for three
nullo. for instance?
A nullo hid name the number of trick
over the hook that you will force the op
ponents to win at no trump. If yeu bid
three nulloa you mean that you will fore
them to win three by cards at no trumps.
If you succeed, you score those three
Hick at eight apiece, or at ten. ss agreed
on for the value of the nullo bid. If you
force them to win four or Ave by cards
you score for four or Ave. If you fsll
they set you Afty points s trick for esch
trick by which you fall, ao that If they
win two by curd only after you have bid
three nullo you are act for a trick
J A. C say : 7. deal and bids s spade.
A say a diamond, which Y and B pass.
7. shift to a royal, which A double and
7. redoubles In her turn. A now goes
bath to the diamonds. 7. says this can
not he done, a A has accepted the roy
als by doubling It.
The redouble reopens th bidding. Just
a any new suit would have done, snd It
Is A' turn to declare herself sfter be
ing redoubled by SC. '
M. C f says: Tfte desler bids no
trump, snd A passes Y holds Avs club
lo the are king, and the king queen of
diamond with two small of that mi it and
of each of the other suits, and passes, the
sore being 18 fo tl tn his favor oti th
t-ubber gam, 7t btg Y should have dc
. lined two oltlba Y say lie cannot ruff
anything slid ha three or four good
tricks to help out the no trumpet'.
Two club is the correct bid. It takes
two tricks :n eitiisr declaration to go
game, and the . lub 1 the safer, a It will
top any mil that may be against th
dsclarattoii. If the no trumper I gen
uine, so much the surer gsme for th
combined hands, but If It Is at all weak
the combination might Just fall to go
gain, especially If a ult wa set up
against It at the stmt
r.
w
: 7. i second hand on a
mull club led. the queen and other being.
tu his dummy. 7. plays mull and re-1
mat La to A, w ho has not yet played, "I
gVjesa the queen will hold that trick,"
Whereupon A draw the named card from
dummy and trumps the trick. 7. In
sist on having the queen put back. A
eel that the queen must be played, aa It
v..- named by 7.
Last 4 certainly say that if the de
clarer names a card that is in the dummy,
SUoh card must he considered a played.
Although this wan Intended, probably, to
.over case In which the deotarer asked
his partner to play certain rards for him,
that limitation is not stated In the law,
so it look a if A Is correct.
Straight Whlsl. I,. II S mm: All the
oara have been dealt and the Dump
turned, when the dealer remembers that
it is not hi turn No card has liven led.
ran an opponent who ha looked at his
hand rightfully demand thai the deal shall
stand?
Law 14. uf the American Whist League
code nay that It is too late to demand a
new deal after the Dump card is turned,
so that It must stand, whether an op
ponent wlvhe It oi not.
Five HuiKlie.l. F. M. V. Igyai A and
H have 420. Y and 7, 4hn A and H bid
so heart and Just made it. which puts
them nou : hut before they act It. Y and Z
uel In n.ie f.iui tricks, liiilllha iheoi tvDA
also. Which w ins snd why ?
Th bidder always ha the Aral count,
ami if tiiat 1 enouuh to put the bidder's
aide out, thuy win. It Ik only ill playing
i nice hand, or each for himself, that the
llrat to reach MIA call out In caae the
bidder .annul so out on the deal.
Poker. A. K It says : A opens a Jack
pot. but is not called. Is he compelled to
show Ave cauls or net"
If no one hn come in tu draw cards
agalnal him he must show all Ave cgrds
face up. If one or more have drawn
card against him he show npensrs only
if his it n.. 1 bet Is not called.
P I. 8. gays I A opens Jack, snd
sl Ih others come III. After Hi draw A
ie-is the Hunt ana no one calls him,
whereupon A show a pair of court cards
and Hirer .unit fare down. Is this
enough T
Yes.
N. Y. 8. K aav : All Jacks. A onens
and B May. All other drop out. A
breathes and B hots the limit, which A
refuses to call. When aaked to show
openers A Ands he waa mistaken In hia
hand, nevertheless H insists on taking th
pot without hIiowIiik whether he had
oMners or not. 0 bets that unless B
hkd us good aa opener he cannot take the
hsii
as ubiiiv . eiiat si aiifipiNeeu lu
he, opener and heat them out. As he dig
not open th pot ho cannot be asked to
show openers. Tha rule is that tha ot
ones opened, even If wrongly, must be
played for if sny on comes In against
the false otiensr. Thi rill annllea tA U
who takes Hi pot, vu if u waa sad I
nln high.
NOfIL POINTS OF THE LAW.
The number of reported esses is ap
proacaine the y ow.oo mark. ssT '"
A'nfe. which suggested thst "seme s
ceplsble method of checking this deluge
msy be conceived, and It would seem thst
a limit should he plsced on the opinions
rendered." It give this solution:
"The rendition of opinions by courts
other than those of Isst resort might be
stopped, and this would tend in a degret
to stem the tide. Also rase Inrnlvlns
Voints well settled or of alight importance
nugni be decided without opinion, which
woulo perhaps be a much greater aid. Cer
tain it Is that the hook are, as lo many aub
lrci of the law, being Ailed with a great
mass or nisterlal worthless because of the
fact that the points under adjudication
are too wed aet tied to admit of doubt . And
such cases have a tendency by force of
number to conoeal the of real value.
Who invent a remedy for thia deplorable
condition of lbs law confers upon the
'era I profession banrAt which will place
his name in a conspicuous place in the
Hall of Fame."
A esse showing the Asgrsnl notion
eepllon of aa attorney of hi duty to his
client is reported from a Massachusetts
police long), In which the client w a ac
cused of violating the motor vehicle la.
The lawyer took his client's plser in the
prisoner's dock, answered to the client h
name, and upon fh failure of the officers
to Identify him as the owner of the car
asked thst th case be dismissed for lack
of evidence I'pon Ilia subsequent sd
tnission that he had deceived the court hi
apology wss accepted and no penalty was
imposed.
The New lersey I.egislsDire in isns
passed nn act for the protection or wood
lands, providing thst wherever woodland
sdjoined the right of way uf s rsilrosd
within less tliao 110 feet of the roadbed a
Are line should be constructed. The law
directed thst st a distance of uot less than
100 feet nor mora than 200 feet from the
outer rsil on each side of the track or tracks
a strip not less than ten feet wide should
be elesrexl of trees, turf and all other com
bustible matter and the bare earth ei
posed, between thi strip and the road
bed sll combustible material must lie re
moved from the ground, th trees must
stand not nearer than aix feet apart and the
branch be trimmed aix feet from the
ground. The queetion ss to the . onstiiu
Uonellty of the law waa raiaed in Yreeland
vs. Forest Park Reservation I'nmmission
before the Court of Krrors sod Appeals.
in which the court ruled thst the ststute
waa a taking of priest property for pub
lic us without compensation.
A judicial ruling as to the wsy in which
a man should wear hia coat collar was
asked In Ibe case of Orsy vs. . K I A
P. Railway before the Supreme Court of
low, where it ws sought to bold the rail
road liable for the desth nf plaint iff in
testate, who had been killed at n creasing
while wearing an overcoat with the collar
turned up. The defendant asked ihe Court
for au instruction that if the decedent
waa wearing an overcoat with the collar
turned up about hia ear so a to Obstruct
his hearing, ordinary re required him
to turn down the colter, snd if he failed to
do so it waa negligence. The trial Judge
refused the request, and in upholding Hit
rilling the Supreme Court of Iowa said:
It ia difficult to conceive sny stale of
facta under whirb tha court is authorized
to aay aa a matter of law how a man should
wear or adjust his cost collar. A
person using the public highway may
properly dress in manner to protect him
self sgsinst the cold, and in this climate ii
often become necessary to audi protection
that he wear a heavy coat and collar. It is
not always ' necessary to the reasonsble
exercise of bis sense of hearing that the
collar be 'turned down.' In many Instance
a mere inclination of Ihe bead lo one nide
will so fsr expose the esr a to remove the
obstruction, if any exiat. Collar are of
different types snd styles, some of which,
even when turned up, msy tint prevent an
efficient use of the nesret s heuring. Ihe
court can no more declare it ihe duly ol a
traveller on the highway to lurn down his
coat collar' a he upiuou.hr a railway
crossing lu order to SPP a leualiuiiiilH-
tion of negligence than it can as a mailer
of law charge him with the duty of re
moving his coal entirely to enable him fo
move more quickly or surely in avoiding
an impending collision."
A decision by the Supreme Court of
Mlnuesota is not supported by many
authorities but is regarded by the .Via-
I or Lair .fournol ss "of much interest
and essentially just " li is Ihe case of the
City of Minneapolis versus Canterbury,
in which it not only applies to an oAh-er
of a niiinli Inel corporation the obligation
of absolute taiih in dealing on beluill of the
city, but similarly, a with antigen' in behalf
nf a private principal, hold him liable in a
direct action to recover the proceed of the
breach of his public trust inuring to hi
public benefit . The court laid down the
rtije that "where a city officer, while sot
Lag in au advisory capacity to a commit leu
of lbs council charged with the selection
nf a site for a building to be used in connec
tion with hi department, purchased certain
Isnd with the view of selling it to the city
for such purpose, snd conveyed ii lo s third
permm. who, pursuant to Ibe plan, sold it
lo the city at an advanced price, the officer
became a trustee for and liable lo the city
to lbs eiteni of the difference between
the price paid hy him and that paid by Ibe
city."
l.uu .Yufta And aiiiiuuiiitioii for a cam
paign uf jury reform in Ihe decision of the
jury in a recent homicide case in Katisa
City where the jury brought iu a verdid
of not guilty, with the added statement
hy the foremsn, speaking to the accused
in btthall of Ihe jury, that "we are all satis
lied you are guilty, but we are going to give
you another olisuce. " The case is similar
o a homicide i rial not many year ago
n which a jury returned a written vcr
...01 of not guilty with Hie sialrliient that
while they were all natiAed with I lie guilt
of the defendant they were of the opinion
thai hi guilt was uot estshlulied beyond
reasonable doubt . To Ibis the trial indue
replied thst lie wss unable to nee how a
jury chosen upon their oath Hist thev had
no opiniuii as to tke guilt of Hie defendant
could say I hey were satisfied of hi guilt
yet that theevldencedid not so suttsf y them
This is a defect iu the law w bloh i Ininfsstl
ble of removal, for lb graining ofa new
I rial on Ih ground thst s verdict of not
guilty is against the weight of evidence
'ia unknown to our system of Juris
prudence.'' The right to remove cemetery fBawgg
involved iu Kathbunvllle Cemetery Asso
ciation against Uetson before Hie Court of
Appeals of New York, iu which it auiieurnU
that the plot owners of the plaintiff were or
different religious denominations, nuh
slantlal number being Seventh Day
Adventists. who originally had four out
of nine trustees, but Anally had their repre
sentation reduced lo one. They become
dissatisfied and bought a new plot ou Ihe
west side of the cemetery and organised a
new corporation. Many of ibe lot owners
on th weat side of the old cemetery being
baptists, they had the cemetery fence re
moved, and their plot fenoed la wllb the
uew cemetery. The court said:
"It Is very unfortunate that animosity
should aria between religious denomina
tions, and that tha appearance of the old
cemetery should be marred hy Irregulari
ties in It boundaries, but th parties under
whose authority the defendant committed
ih eota complained of were wlthla their
rights. Thay owned th land on which
the teao stood, bad owned U prior to the
incorporation and had never parted vitb
aay Utsreet sssWein."
lit Suprstn Court of Nebraska in th
mgttsr of WU katrum holds that a provision
ia th general municipal ordinance regulat
ing tn use oi motor venities, tost u snail
h unlawful for any person operating a
motor eycte lo carry nnier person np
AMVVBMBBTg,
a'vSTD"
Ibe oily )
SUCCESSES.
snhi' J, AMSTERDAM
An.esl.tant KW JWEKS!
rrn State made tl,rr,? "' J''
in hi brief in a cat lie 'VIA It LUESCHER'S
"This appellant wa ' '-wrlarnlar
court below or Isrreny of iUT."Jj ,
which were discovered in a itTnunMrl
ina to her. enclosed by a wire fenrJ
wa ih theory of the derenc whlft""
stony hearted jury refused iosdopt, fa,
these nineteen calves deliberately forso....
their mothers, snd effected an entrance
either under or through Ihe fence for the
purpose of obtaining Ihe alfsira which wsa
growing noon the inside. It is suhiniltetl
that If nineteen calvea are poaaemed of
sufficient intelligence lo worm their way
through or under a liar bed wire fence for
tb purpose of obtaining alfalfa, the same
Intelligence would enable them lo effe. I
an exit, in responne to ihe lamentation of
their bereaved mother and tbeir own it.
clltistinii lo again derive larlesl ustensii.
from the inslernal udder. While It I pes
sihle thst there have been isolated twse
w here a Mil ha penetrated the mi ster
of a barbed wire fence, yet Ihe sped. ..
of nineteen infant bo vines in concert sin -crssfullv
solving the problem would be
one well calculated to sidle the wonder
snd sdiiiiraiinn of god and men."
TALKING ALARM CLOCK.
"tiet I p. Hal I P. I. say Man," Ita
eeel tlefraln.
It has oitN seemed afler Ihe tin
nounieineut oj un Invention to which
the attention of the entire civilized
world ha la-en culled, that the human
mind could scarcely Invent anythlnK
more and fashion It in material form
but the count less dreuma of Inventors:
continue lo la- realized in astounding
number.
Kvery week, every month, ihe trade
Journal adveiiiHe and comment Upon
new things In the lines which they
represent and publish new Ideas which
this material labor saving age seize and
make it own.
An alarm rlock which awakens yon
with the words of a disgusted wife who
bus lireukfiist on Ihe table and a hirire
vessel which curies gubmarlneg over
long distance by means of a "pouch'1
gfa among the newest offerings.
As Hn ever present need, ihe alarm
clock will probably be put into more
gcn nil household use thnb the ship
wuh tin- "pouch" for carrying sub
marine. In th evening before ictirlnn
you eci the clock for 1:10; at t:M yon
will probably get lip, Here is what will
areken ou ;
"Km thirt six thirty, six thirty; time
to get up: get Up, can't you? Qt up JTtHl
miserable, lasy man Gel up, get up,
get up!"
The tit hi clock of this hinil w.is ex
hlblted In moo. but it cost t.'.r.nti to
muhe it Tin- preaent offering costs
if you are awake In the middle of th.-
nlght and Wish to know the lime press
a button and the clock Mill tell you the
nearest quarter hour : Two fifteen."
if it happen tn he J. 13 or l:tl The
phonographic record is on an endless
licit and the groove" in Which the voice
vibrations are reoorCed run lengthwise,
of the belt. The belt continue to give
out sound until shut off when once
storied. So far th,- clocks have bean
supplied with belts which talk in thirty
Ave language
The "kangaroo" vessel in an inven
tion which is Is-ina tried in the Kren.-h
navy It i so culled because the idea
of taking tin' Bubmarlna aboard may
be said to be In Imitation of the way In'
which the female kangaroo carries her
young. The vessel is bulli so tha! her
stern tuny be sunk by water imiltiHt and
the plates, framework mid Isr-ams. ic-
moved from th bow. This manipula
tion reveals a large chamber Into which
the submarine may be driven. The Ism
Is then sunk, eleo by water ballast, Th
submarine slides into its travelling ii
dock and a reverse series of manipula
tion brings the "kangaroo" hack int..
position for g voyage
A uew material bus bean invented
at the Westinghouse works at Rust
Pittsburg, it ts called mlcarta and i
designed to lake the place of hard fibre
mass, porcelain, hard rubber and other
substance which arc used as Insula
tion, gear blanks, conduit for automo
bile wiring and the thousand and one
other uses to which non-conductors nre
put in the handling of electricity. Mi
cartu can he sawed, milled, turned
tapiied or threaded, but it cannot be
punched except in thin sheets. It Is
contended that it will not warp, expand
or shrink with age or exposure.
Not an invention perhaps, Inn quite
Interesting us a novelty are the printed
four-in-hand tics which Knglish hub
eribishers are preparing to put on the
market this full. The prima will rep
resent sports nnd other lines of ac
tivity. One necktie will show an aern-
plunc flying over tt Uittleslilp and an
other will Is-ar the figures of lialh't
dancers. A third stylo shows pictures
nf pheasants und groiisV and la evi
dently Intended to show that the woi.rer
will go bunting bafor long. Still an
other carries the head of a girl and
h thoroughbred rare ln,rse. Indicating a
taste for racing, and so on.
Ruependers which are supplied with
lightweight metal springs lush-ad of
elastic and thus do tiway with the ne
(-easily of knotting the SUapndra
when the rubber threads give out are
being made by nu Knglish manufac
turer. The metal springs are said to
Rive ns readily as the clastic Kinds
Those who buy belting for machin
ery will not have to worry about the
price of leather In the years to c.une
If a certain sort of K-ltlng which I
IsMng manufactured by a firm in Con
necticut proves fo be ti kiiccchn. The
new product is called flexible steel belt
ing and is really a step further than the
(bain and sprocket Idea. The belting I
made ill u complicated series of links
nnd ran K used on all pulleys of from
two inches in diameter to the largest
size. It has been designed especially
for service where atmospheric condi
tions are bad for leather und rubber
belt
CURBS SAN JOSE SCALE.
arall Olsvnvereg That I'lears Or
chard of the Pest.
QgTTTWnMi Ps.. Kept. It II. A. ttnr-
fsee, Htate zoologist, auuoun.es that ho
and ht Inspector have discovered sad
sre propagating n remarkable luturnut
liaraaile of the Han .lose scale that la clean
ing up this drosded horticultural peal
throughout tlio eastern iiusrter uf Penn
aylvanle. 'Ill making tb announcement of the)
discovery, nrouaaation and dissemination
of an effective enemy of Hi Hsu .lose scale.
said rrofessor Hurfsre, I am announcing
by far taa aiost Important, horticultural
event in america lor iu enure year, .
Thi narasite. which la a hvmenooteron.
a very minute waapuaa intact, ha tiles ned
up me strain euurenr in most orrnarwa oi
the aoaln entirely In
aatlas of
r.tr.kj,efnnrl
, ors. VI
wuphln. tail
buitoii, TTuncaa-
tor.
Auok
e. Or
'ia. m
laware.
, Montgomery.
tnesier
d
Orchards thst were bin I
infested
I hv ihe u, I,, a
year ago are paw
entirely free from ft. Entire nurseries that
could not gat Htate certificate a yegr f".
that
tolfi
T Dan inieciion. are nun . -
tuwaft innswotnrst hlV fMMM. Mil
n1 ft living
tl.- in IHn IRW mwmw