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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1914.
PEPPER BUTTS IN I
1 IVJi P.flTR Rlfe.IINi ltxiz:
UU1U U1JUUI41M Bocallfo-nobodyto .pt
' I o tnnnev."
Game of Poker Aro ltmloly
Dispelled.
"Oh. ahucksl" .aid Fcarsa.ll, con
temptuously. "What's; thlrty-fo' dol
lars?'
retorted Unsold
Indignation. Th' lUn't
apeak disrespectful
o' money,
"Well, that amount ain't n button
Dreams of a Fledgling in the V,?' 8!''rt'"
. Til n I Mil nil AVWlontlt. (hint!... It lint tvnrtlt
I Whllo to say anything, Wintertiottoni
apoKo up.
"Did yo nil ever go tlshln'?" he de
manded with n aliow of Impatience.
"Who's taikln' about flshln'7" retorted
the old man uh one who refuses to
change the subject.
"I be," aald fWlnterbottotn, coolly.
"Had to use bait, didn't yo'?"
"O' co'ae," said tho old man, "but I'm
a-tnlkln' 'bout"
"Well, thlrty-fo' dollars ain't no gro't
amount o' bait fo' tj use If yo' 'm
flshln' fo' a wad," aald Wlnterbottom,
Interrupting,
"Oh, very well," aald tho old man,
seeing tho point and showing signs of
molllflcatlon. "If yo' all reckons this
here yap la comln' back with a wad
that's dlff rent, but mebbo It 'd V been
(JHKKXLAW MOURNS A LOSS
And the Use of $:4 ns Bait
Turns Out (o He nn Un
profitable. Investment.
POEMS WORTH READING.
kv fly IIAVfD A. CURTIS.
v. t.ih.i Interior iiiinearnncn of old man
""inlaw's million on tho leveo of Ar-
iinus City did nut differ greatly from 1 1- ,
n of ninny other saloons In many wRh n!m even at thnt A blrd ln lIlo
r omcr towns along the banks of the utn , wortn.two u a tree, a8 tUe
'1 Mississippi uiver. it uumumvu, "-Oood Book says,
Winter Mornlna Ikiwn the Bart The In
perator Make Part,
Out of the reek of the foe breathing ocean,
into th lift of the luminous bay,
Just a atlngle, a.thrnb, with emotion
Kresh from hit chamber! steps forth th
bright day,
Heave th hut monittr, Leviathan, snort
ing. Hlmklng the mists from hit palpitant eld,
Masking In beauty, who lately cavorting
Plunged through a welter of wind and et
tide.
Amber and pearls, the Jewel of dawning.
Shift Into shimmering tlver and blue,
Aa th vat creature come purring and
fawning
Whose mldocean gambol were frightful
to view.
For he ee 'galnat th akylln all Jagged,
uprearlng.
Each mighty land monster eialtlng hi
crest.
Preparing n welcome chaotic, but cheering,
hor ttil marvellous, monstrous, magnifi
cent guest.
Kastow. l'a., December 81. I!. 11. W.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Is Ambrym a new volcano? That Is,
lina It ever been active Wore tlio present
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS. I NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW. f LONG DISTANCE RIDINQ.
.,..ii., it n nka whv the' The New York Court of Appeals Is Horseback riding among the young
Auction Bridge. H. O, asks why tne . . . . b k , journal' a - ?, vn.i. i. ...mi-
lina It ever been act vo before tlio present ommonusf ami ciuos urn cnun .o...k - - - - iiaty for th continuance of
destructive outbreak which ha. killed so , suits "X'Kniler' fhTncw coSnt "MS b" B taSuK St to dooming mora popular each year. Bid
many men? N. R as any other suit under the new count ag ara belnK organJa!cd Djr m.
Ever alrrce Its discovery, and that Is I ' 'in " me'.v ",, L Xvcrs C?! ,?clu,.'!J"t !,.,r .WIV 11 ha.be7. thualasts all over Manhattan. Brooklyn
more than century . th. central -- whH-1: a,r 51 iSiacc latiS-''ai; iSSSSr a The Bronx, and aver, Sunday.
Ambrym has been In constant activity. gn m bftb,e rcsult fronl n H0Un,, dccll4. pui.no health, safety and morality, thero morning groupa of these young athletes
V. u". f V'T c?nvn !!nt fone ration, rive by cards Is, and such a scorn ' PuW'o use In property for Jie gra ill- can be p,i0plnff over the bridle
which to study volcanic action because l,,'mD . ' u.nAm ,, flcatlon of nrtlstlc enlbllltles. Undoubt- . ,,.. ..u. ,rv,u. ,.
It la amatl easy of accese from outside "el(lon1 mdo exccpl on .an . -dly the avcrane standard of good taste P" ot the city a parka. Thta latest
L Zr. m H.b ThJ ml m,ht 1,ave maa a "lam wlt" "ccuratp and the average .rslhetlo demand havo fad among the young dwellers of the
mil r.,!di aiThw wm pln'' Vor tM" rCtt'on ,h8 two htMXs CTOWn slnc0 1,10 c,a.r"!r blllbar(5 AMm city recalls Mine of the long distance
e J! . k . a.lrIy cnsUnt leel A , d wlnnnB mlltlf ,)c. were rendered. It the matter were now h d olhor6countrIe(.
of 600 feet bolow the crater rim and ' . ' ,h, wnnii,,rfut . aaino "va nl Improbable that courts nng " lnls na inr couninea.
frequently la crusted with a vitrified and 'l iSi of doing so wou,', tako tt Amtrcnl vit Pul l.h. "V en' SnlcB ,n 1903 ln order t0 demott
scorlaeeou. covering, as a result of which V. or I tlon ha" cen, 80 ".V,") ?,M,dw SJ.m SI "trat8 l th ft of hla "rement
,. , . ... . . . In the othera clnsses tnem aa losing or i como so firmly settled that one should not ... ., .
It has been possible to prosecute studies ,10n.Batn0 Koing 8ultfl. ! iSpoet tto wirta to chnnira the law. Ob- Tom tho army, C4 yearn, ho was still
at the very edge of the lava. In normal j i vlously a universal aKltatlon should be nctlvo and In good physical condition
nctlvltv thn crater fills nbout onea ln i n ...... ni,. .t..i. v. ,inm uiih ' Inaugurated for arnendment of the con- !...! t..m uiii n t.-A. ti.. .. ji..
. . nnfl. .no ' " ...... " " . mt K . ' i ui.ii . . wit, u . . ,j 1 1 1 iu (. uiif"
three weeks, the eruption la not com- a bid of three hearts. A bids two no stltutlons of all the States. Tlie aouse la ot ninety miles, In nine hours and
monly expulsive, but a portion of the 1 trumps. Y calls attention to the fact that a very naOTant em and seems to be yearly len mnu,cs am, rovlewrd lho iroi)JKi
over, amolc If not luxurious provision
for the comfort of those who sought It
from tlmo to time for the purpose of
relaxation, social Intercourso or Indul
gence In either of tho two forms of
amusement which were most In vogue
In tho community.
For convenience there wero two
rooms In the snloon, one of which was
mulnly utilized for drinking and the
other for pliiylntr onnls. it was con
sidered entirely proper to smoke ln
either room, tlio consumption of to
bacco belns looked upon as a prime
necessity rather than u pleasure.
ln tho front room there were shelves)
for bottles and glasses, a few lumps,
n small bar, a dozen or so of heavy,
substantial chairs, a place for a large
move, which was used ln cold weuther
find taken out In warm. A strong, well
made bungstarter stood In a corner
lohlnd tho bar. Aside from these ar
ticles there was no other fixture but
n elnglo ornament ln tho form of u
nquaro box, which might have been de-
Signed for uso aa a spittoon but was
seldom utilized as such.
The buck room was furnished with
the same completeness and simplicity.
There was u largo round tabic which
had onco been covered with green baize,
n few chairs, u kerosene lamp, which
hung abovu the table and nmiln, one
ornament. This was a framed motto
hanging on the wall.
When the old man bought It from
n travMijg peddler It bore the words
'God Ti i Our Home," but he had ad
ded to il In wide lettering the further
Inscription "No shootln Hloud on the
premises." It was Mimewhat tlyspecked
rind there were a few round holes ln
It, of the size of a 3S bullet, but It was
Mill legible.
No necessity ever having nrlsen for
further equipment, the old m.in had
never provided uny, nor had he ever
leen criticised on that account.
His stock In trade was equally un
pretentious, but II was equal to uny
demand that had ever been maclu uion
it excepting on one or two occasions
when some strutiger with more enthu
siasm than discernment had called for
vine, meaning chumpagne In bottles.
There was u goodly supply of a fluid
locally known as whiskey. There wero
rlgura and tobacco. A new deck of
cards cculd always b had when called
for. and chip1) were kept In constant
i dullness for use. And on the bar
utood always u box of mutches and a
large water pitcher from either of
which a mun could help himself with
out Incurring expense. Tho latter,
however, llko the motto und tho spit
toon, was generally regarded us more
ornamental than useful.
Having Ills place thus furulsln-d ln
readiness for any requirement that was
likely to be mude the old man hud
madu no changes In it since the begin
ullig, excepting to replenish his supply
of perlshublc goods from time to time.
A colored citizen came In at stutetl In
tervals to clean up the place, but aside
from that tho old mun was under no
xienso for help, us he attended to
nil his business matters ln person,
never having been known to absent
himself from the saloon when It was
open UI1U liutct muyiiik uceu nuuwu u
close It at any time when It was to be
expected that business could be done.
Having pursued his business thus
diligently under such satisfactory con
ditions for many years, und being, more
over, extremely prudent In his expendi
tures, It wus generally supposed that
lie wua well to do In money matters.
His supply of the two principal neces
Hitlca of life was obtained without over
head charges from his stock In trade,
und he wus notably frugal In luxuries,
allowing himself no unnecessary Indul
gence ln food or clothing. His expendi
tures being therefore kept within nar
row bounds, and his incomu from the
Uwo rooms mentioned being very con
siderable, though lluctuatlng, tho sup
position was natural.
i ... .....
complain wun great onierness wnen,
on occasions, he would suffer a loss In
connection with the poker game In tho
back room, for, though he seldom or
never took u hand In the game himself,
Ills arrangement with tho actual partici
pants was such that he shared ln tho
prollta which usually accrued to tho
four who played regularly, und when,
lis somotlmes occurred, an outsider
TM utin.aH .Via Int.
It was therefore without surprise that
( these four gentlemen heard him one
livening innuiging venemenuy in lamen
tations concerning hla pecuniary prospects.
"I reckon mo' "it likely my gray hair
will be lining in torrow to the po'
Imuse eventual, as the Good Book Bays,"
ho exclaimed wrathf ully. "Th ain't been
no money took in fr'm poker to apeak
of fo' nigh 'bout a week, an' now they
Is a outsider 'lowed to como In an' get
nuiiy with thlrty-fo' dollars.
"T'earH like yo' una ain't got no sense
o' responsibility, "faln't to bo 'xpected
An Iriah Nona.
Over me lift the neet reek
That pane and drift and ver,
And the wlnd'a uneaey moantnr
t loud about mine ears.
Th wave upon th ehtngl '
They murmur drearily.
And the streamer of the fog wrntlh
Drive In from th open een.
Th mtat hnnga over the paer.
Th mtt hnnga over the moor.
And the eerie cry of the curlew
It quaver and endurea.
And It all H lonely, lonely,
And there' orrow on every face.
Hut the heart of mn need mutt love It,
Tor tho land U mine own placet
CUKTO.V 8COLLMD.
A I'atnted Jumpln' Jack.
(A Tike County Vlere.)
Ilarkln' back to boyhood In my memory,
aort o' like,
ftlckollectln' Joy I uaed to have up tber
In Tike.
Seema to me my happtne wa never quit
eo great.
Hever J 1st niled up th cup and overflowed
the plate,
I.Ike It Jlil at Chrlitmte. when from Kanty
Ctaua'a pack
Plunked down the chtmWr fine a painted
Jumpln' Jack.
Pence T growed to manhood I've been given
Iota o'. thine
Stlppere, handkerchlefa and tie there fit
for relgnln' klngi.
Oncet my mint, t rlrkollect. h cent me by
expreee
'Tox'e Hook o' Martyr," which wa
... I . V. . .- n.f .......
skill rather ln the direction of Increasing Bu, lhey hllV(n.t ,ny of Vm mt J m mk.
his small pile than in tamng u away. track
In consequence It had been made ' y0r to gtt 'em eudden like th painted
plain to him that all he had to do was j jumpln' jack.
to keep on making bets tn order to,
cather in profits, and though the bets , Alay Chrtitmaa mornln when I tumbled
y. ii ,.l iM ill! out o bed
There wan that there Jumpln' Jack, and al
ways painted red.
Ptlckln' Tom my etockln". and for that I
mnile a dive.
Whooptn' like an Injun that'll ikln a man
ii live.
this," suld HIalsdell ln evident illscour- Didn't want the nrance then, nor mnrr
nuement. "Yo' all sno' is a expert. 1 canny c
"I don't reckon I knows," replied
Wlnterbottom, hut though tho old man
asked for further particulars no ono
would tell him anything more.
Meantime the rnw boned youth whoso
dazzling success ln the back room had
so disturbed the old man was on his
way up the levee toward tho boat
landing, exulting In tho case with which
he had swelled the contents of his
pockets nnd glorifying his futurn with
avaricious dreams of the enormous
winnings ho would make when ho
should return with sutllclent capital to
enable him to play a grown man's
game. For he knew whero he could get
the money, and he had vningloriously
lietrayed the knowledge to the astute
gamesters ho had bested so easily.
"My pa won't never give me no grit,"
ho prattled when In tho course of tho
game he had been forced to acknowledge
his inability to see a bet that Ulalsdell
had made, trying to urgo him along.
"But I c'n al'ays git anythtn I wont
f'm ma. Bho's got most o' tho money
anyway, an' she don't think nottiln'
o' lettln' mo havo a thousand to oncet.
1 oln't got nothln' to speak of with me,
but I c'n git it easy."
Thereupon without consultation or
hesitation tho four Arkansas City men
had reconstructed the plan of their play
and for a few hands had exerted their
were small, ho continued doing this till
he had amassed the sum already men
tioned. At this point, however, his op
ponents Judged that ho had gone far
enough.
Th' ain't no use playin- along ime
crater rim arlvea war and allows the lavallwo 18 "ol cnouRii nnu nan n rarrea w
craier rim gives way ana anows tne iava U r(fl no tnimfm whch Y paMe(1. u,er
stream to run down the outside. Thei,he rulM A. pttttner. B. Is barred from
extent of this stream depends upon the I maklne any bid. but he declares llvo dla-
altltudo of thn gap ; If It Is low tho 1 munds, which gives A vnluablo Informa-
flow reaches the
most at the point
dei branch Into a V, the crater of Lopevl not, and If It does not stand It goes back
being the first land mass on tho eastern to A s no trumps.
arm, Ambrym next north of Lopevl for This matter was submitted to tho card
a few miles. Tho New Hebrides Is a'rommlttee of Tho Whlat Club, and they
focus of tho volcanic activity of the west
ern 1'actflc. Thero seems to bo some In
terrelation between tho Ambrym cone and that might be Imposed on a player who
Lopevl, for every overflow at Ambrym nade a bid when prohibited from so no
Is attended by a cessation of activity at ln! therefore tho deal stands. But even
LonoVi. Thn crater has no distinctive, ' or T doubles the five, diamonds.
namo In Ambrym. for the Inhabitant "-"htr A nor It has anything further to
speak of It only as "tho flro" when they "n 11 or overcaua nvc .nnmonos
can be Induced to mention It at all. and ,,ho bl1 nna1' Vna" n" circumstances
there forty minutes later, nnd Col
in ai-.u. v. T,,hn.nn. in the Hunrame Koosovolt rodo nlncty-olght miles In
Court of the United States, it was laid about twenty hours. These feats are
down that thn American doctrine of lm- not to bo compared with records mado
sea. The Island Is ol-l,,on- Cttn Y or 55 demand n new deal? i munlty of JudRcs from suit becauso of by professional or specially trained
th. tr,,i I,aw 6u fem lo llmlt them t0 a cholc" their Judlrlnl acts protects a Justice of rucrg
wnere me .-sew neon- of IotlnK ,hf) illegal declaration stand or the Supreme Court of the I'Ulllpplno Islands .,.. ,., ...,. . rjn,.n
XUrSrZ "Ir despatched ,00 dicers .. a
diction, he entered a Judgment against tho l rldo from Berlin to Vienna, a distance
plaintiff, contrary to an order or tun run hi nines, wiucn was coveren uy mo
' ' . . . . , . ... . n. a... l. fi..i.. .... . . i. .......
have decided that clause a t Sw BO la V0""' anu mauo ''" "'',c; ""i"V". .1 .. . i " ' '
... Ill lll UIMIIIUII U) niliv.ll ill" .w.. lUIja, illlil I IllU llitll 11,1 llfl 11U11HI
eds of
" 1 thn ,.,ttilnn 1,1 whlnh lh f till COlirt ftnva Thlu 1Ia li.i.l llu nn,nr. thn
Buuiiiy cuiiiuwHi, ii u...t.u.i. , r, iiii tho clmnae and nacrtcil In tlin ,-, n,inrnnn nr Hirrpni hr,.,iu
none can be Induced to approach th
cone. The name of the Island has been
l.nilq.l.Ml Kv t h . MAlnniwInn "riaalnn
as Ambrym; In the inchoate speech of 'the !?8",lbl" onP'1!,rhlch w,,u,,,1 n 11 undrr
. . . . . lit.. Atnnn t..M ll.M 1 vf,l,l Illlil HVn
IOIMIIUG1 fc nvM(ii (v,., ttnr mi,,,., ,unil
ran it go back to A's three ho trumps,
although some persons might assume that
tho prohibited bid 'was therefore an "lm-
anything else.
It. It. It. says: The rules stale that If
one player has more or lies than thirteen
curds the deal Is void. Dot this apply to
lummy? htliould not players ln protected
ain't saw nobody play poker like yo' till nad no eye. for nothln' but the painted
does fo' n hellova while. Hut." he con- Jumpln Jack.
tlnued. "if yo' was to set ln with a real
wad 1 wouldn't mind takln' a whirl with
yo'. Tears like 1 can't git my mind sot
onto the game proper 'thouten they Is
mo' money into it."
"I reckon the gent c'n play as goou
fo' real money 's lie does fo'' small
change." said Wlnterbottom Uouotfuuy
ntekolleet exarkly. now, the odor o' th
paint
Always eort o' tmellv nlth a turpentlny
tatnt.
railed the atrtnr and hollered when hi
long and gangly legs
Cut amailn' eapera: they w hinged on
wooden pegi.
He c'n beat me easy enough, an' 'a fur 'Dout the aecond time I pulled, the peg.
'm I'm encerneu, -pears uae in nei
better to nlay along thlsaway nor it
would to set Into n big game with him."
"That's ull right," suld Bassett. "I
reckon If a man c'n win chips he c'n
win 'em whether they stand fo' a dollar
or fo' ten dollars, but I'm like Jim. I
don't see no use wastln' time over n
game like this. If I'm gwino to lose
I'd rather lose quick nor to piddle It out
In pennies. If tho gent nln't got money '
enough fo to make it wuth while 1
don't p'poso fo' to play no longer." And ;
ho rose from the table.
"Well. I wouldn't want to play Into
no big game with a man like him," said .
I'earsall. "Tears like I c'n lose enougn
this away."
But the others derided him for his
lack of sporting blood till ho whs an
gered and declared that he would not
be left out oven If he did know he was
liable to losu ugalnst ho able un antag
bln to crack.
U.tfe tu!f Is mighty like a painted Jumpln'
Jack!)
tlosnircs I.ovr.
Ideals.
One saw a star and said!
"Haw far away you phlne
In heaven's eralelers blue!
Ilnw fnnllah they nlm olalm In ) uu
A guiding light divine!
Kor esrthlv paths nn earthly guide
In such dues truth abide!"
Hut one upon the sea
When wind nnd nave nere wild
And unknown waters round,
Ky that star's rleam trus txarlng found.
And harbor enuly Isled;
And from that nlsht he claimed to see
Proof of that star's dhlnltyl
ARTHt'Tt WALI.AClt PKACn.
A cement or glue with certain attributes
U desired for ths nerfectlmr of an Import
ant Invention. . The purpose of the cement r' "'ciarcr. uKm " '''' """i...
. . , .who played two cards from his own hand
Is to Insure cohesion of parts of porce-' , non( from 1H rtummy, so as to make
lnln or glass, not where broken but on it appear at tho end of tho hind tnat
smooth glased surfaces. It must be there bad been ,a mlttleal?
durable and must resist tho action of Both adversaries can oount dummy's
water and acid and tho highest cllmatlo Cards and van also see that dummy plays
temperatures. It must also be non-pot- to each trick In his turn. If they aro
sonous, therefore ilno and lead must not good players they should bo able to name
enter Into It composition. Inquiry- has dummy's cards and verify the fact that he
been mode of American consulates and . originally had thirteen.
r.t S.....IW. nnnal.ln.na h.p. thn T i a - I "
chusetts institute of Techno,ogyth, I '
professor of applied diemletry there king Jack, but only one trick outside. A
has been consulted as have uch con- bot this Is a double. B bets It Is a two
cerns as Jones. McDuffco & Stratton. ' spade bid. Which is It. and why?
china merchants here, but without satis-1 The double Is a conventional way to
factory results. The glue sold by ths show two stoppers ln the suit, but not
ftreet venders with their mended china more than three cards. The two spade
will not do It does not altogether resist j ! own tho two sure tricks and exactly
water. An encyclopiedla's formula for for In suit. With more than four and
"Turkish" or "Persian cement" Is a pes. i an oUt.-ldo trick the bid would be u royal,
slble solution, but as considerable quan- So ,hat B " oorrfct
tlty Is wanted, that. used, as It 1. by t ,L T gay8J y ,lds R ,l(Mrt A
Jewellers and sucli, would be highly ex- p,,,,,, y says a royal. Fourth hand
ienslve. Can you name any mnnufuc- hulds ace queen Jack small In royals, one
turers of such a cement as described, or small heart, four small diamonds and ace
sugge.t any quarter In which I might ' ,0 fo,lr cll,1,H- What should ho do
profitably Inquire? If so. I shall be J v'"-- Wan never g.i game In royals
deeply obliged. V. H. Belknap. I u"u " " ' "r "";'
BO mat 11 Ci piui-s tiuvk iu inn iicai.o
opinion of the full court in a second suit , Mor,0, ns we1 a8 thcr r(jers. In thu
y, nou, iu w " "I , contest thero wero thoroughbreds, na
thaHtTouMno "''"-'a" '
.ill with full knowledge and Intent to
Injure tho platntlfT. as appears rrom an
Inspection of the opinions and that tlio
plaintiff had to pay the second Judgment
at a sacrifice.
Tho case of Munaey vs. Webb lt'foro
tho Supremo Court of the Vnlted States,
was brought by an administrator for dam
ages for the death of a man who became
iU whllo riding In an elevator and fell
unto the ttoor of a car unguarded by a
door, with the result that he was killed
when his head was cauclit between the
floor of tho cur and one of the floors of
tho building. Tho suit win bund on neg
ligence In leaving the door open and fail
ure by the elevator oiwiator to guaul the
open space with his arm. The court raid
"It Is tnio that It was not to lie antici
pated specltlrully that a man should drop
from Internal causes Into the open door
of tho car. But the possibility and tho
danger that In some nny ono In the car
should get some part of his person outside
thn car while It wus In motion was ob
vious and was shown to have been antici
pated by the door being there."
What was the sin of Kliz.tt-.th Croft
for which she did penance In her shift?
HrjiiiAN Thomas.
There recurs Just tho tag end of a
memory of an old bullad, somewhat Fes
cennlne ln tono. about "bold Betty Croft"
and "shrift In a shift" which utterly re
fuses to come back In consistent order.
Tho story of the lady may be found by
those curious In such matters preserved
Irr Williams's "Lays and Legend of
Gloucestershire." from which county
must lie over him with that suit and will
probably set the heart contract.
K. B. U says: The dealer holds eight
dlumonds to tlio king ten nnd no spale.
He has nothtmr outside and bids to dia
monds. V bets that one was enough.
Which was thu correct bid according to
modern unce?
Neither: the proper call was onef spade.
It will be time enough in bid the diamonds
on the second round.
Tho Appellate Term of the Supreme
Court has held In Valden vs Uaudolph
that a contract to buy furnlturo repre
sented to have Is'en used only by the per
son telling It will be set aside for fraudu
lent representations when It appears that
the pen-on selling the furniture was a
second hand dealer and that the place In
ishlcli It was sold was a second hand shop
and not a private residence. In thu case
Kfore the court the dealer reptesenteu
that she was selling her private furnlturo
because she was obliged to le.ie New
York. When the plaintiff sued to annul a
contract to buy 1100 worth of furniture
for $380 the defendant contended that the
alleged false representations tere not ma
terlnl. In holding that they were the.
court said: "Thu plaintiff might prefer
furniture used only In the manner de
scribed rather than that of which previous
knimleiltre was not obtainable. The plain
t'ff had a right tn contract with any per
son he pleased and If Induced to enter
Into a contract with u second hand dealer
by representations that she was a private
seller ho should not be held to the con
tract."
M It. M. usks tlie exact meaning of an
The f.uir Times says:
"A recent arret of the Court of Cas
tatlon Is nut only ot Interest, but lm
portant to motorists or cyclist visiting
t rance. Several persons were acquitted
by the Jugo de simple police ut Beau
preau on a charge of hulnc no lights on
. th..lt i-.,Mit..a .it it1lt I f th. 1u.
VMIiculwth Croft rnjne to London. Herein .-,..in..i ,iuni..r'd t.i.l nf tie,. kn.nl..i . ..... , 1 ...... ,.
The mdlder.
"Karh man's life
The outcome of hts former living Is."
un t.nphi the nntlnn bv ths summer seaa.
onlst, and tho boy said wltli needles. , mywtte life philosophy a wuof
profanity that hu would show them ut of breath of lod nnd creeping things of
an early dato that he could piny us wen i . enrtn
Of dust and drof. and gleaming threads of
gold.
In u big gamo us In u little one,
Ho found it not easy to arouse any
snow in c..iumn... ........ "'"Th Tunhmln. musing with his eye. down
ine proapeci ui ein.uuuirinih ,. i.. 1. 1 cast
further contest, but the more reluctnnco ,.pnn ,,. mln., of th, m,ny nvs.
they showed the more eager he became, Haw th crystal of the sunlit stream,
and by devilling them nn with taunts Tnpas and atnethyit and Intuit,
US to their cowardice hu llnally sue-1 The shimmering fishes glMIng to and fro,
ccedod In obtaining a promise thut they
would glvo(him another chance to win
their money provided ho brought
enough with him to make tho game in
teresting. Thereupon he exultantly
started for home.
Whllo lie wan still enjoying with un
holy glee tho swats he intended giving to
tho misguided players who would ven
And cried, "Heboid, tn lowly forms like these
Hath dwelt this human suul, ascending
through
Strange shape of bird and beaut, each leav
Ing trace,
While turns the ceaseless wheel. Lo. esch
man's Ufa
The outcome of his former living 1st"
Well hast thou seen. O seeker of the truth.
seems but n mere trifle to demand public What huldluir would Justify It, and what
coiifcfcloii nnd ptnance on a scaffold at does It expect of the partner.
St. raid's, particularly when It Is found It means that the dealer's band Is ready
thnt she was no more than n wench of to Mipport either a royal or a no trumper.
IS In 1534. when It happened. All she did One In any suit but spnden shows tops
was to practise ventriloquy In a house, und two sure tricks in hand. To show It
in Aldersgate, which worried tho citizens, In spades one must bid two tricks, and tn
or. as the old narrative quaintly recites. Justify thu bid ont must have the extra
"throughe the whych the people of tho trick, so that a two spade bid shows two
whole city were wonderfully molested, sure tricks In spade and a sure trick
for that all men mlghte heare the voice . outside. The partner should always take
but not see hlr person." ' it out If the second hand passes with
I royals, no trumps or his long suit.
He good enough to Inform a number i
of your readers as to the oilgln of the jr. l. o. says: The dealer bids one no
name cop and peeler as applied to police, turnip on the tnrt of the rubber game.
u. u. a hold
March last. The Jiikc held that I
us not night at that hour. Tho public
prosecutor, being ilKsatlstled with the d
il'ion, appealed to the Court of Cutsatlon.
and the ch.unbre crlmlnelle of the Su
prenie Court of Franco has decided that
nlKht In law ! the Interval between
tho hour of the sun setting and that of
Its rising. l)n th 1st March the sun
set at I :B5 P.M., that the charge will
now cuiiie anew before another court."
orsea
und ponies from tho Transylvania up
lands. Tho roads over which they rodo,
although over mountainous country,
were perfect. Tho winner rodo on un
average ISC miles a day for threo days.
His mount did not survive tho effects
of tho hard tiding.
'About ten years ugo llvo otllcers of a
crack regiment of Franco rode seventy
two miles In eleven hours, walked twenty-four
miles und after dinner walked
back over the twenty-four miles of road,
then rodo back to their start.ng point.
In nil they covered 192 miles on horse
back und on foot In a period of thirty-
clx hours.
Feats of hard riding by American
cavalrymen are not lacking. It I re
corded that ln 1879 several troopers rode
lit) miles In less than twenty-four hours,
und ln 1891 troopers of tho Eighth Cav
airy rodo with despatches 110 miles In
twenty hours. In 1876 Col. I.awton
with despatches to Gen. Crook rotln
from Red Cloud agency to Sidney Sta
tion, 125 mile, In twenty-six hours.
In the days of the pony express many
wonderful, long rides wero made by
those engaged In carrying the malls
through dangerous country. William
F. Cody, Buffalo Hill, mad.; n round trip
of 384 miles without stops, except to
change horses and to partako of one
meal. It Is recorded that Hubert H.
Haslam, 1'ony Bob, rode 3 Ml miles
at one stretch. When the pony express
ceased to exist Illinium became u Welts,
Fargo messenger, riding 100 mll"i every
twenty-four hours, being ten hours on
tho road, .luck Keetley, n pony ex
press rider, is credited with :it'J
miles in thlrty-oiiu hours, and .llui
Moore, another rider. Is said to have
covered 2S0 miles ill fourteen hours
and furty-t-lx minutes.
Among the professional Leon, I
Mexican, rode f.00 miles In less than
fifty hours. J. l'owcru tuile I mi
miles In Sun FrancHco, in 1 55$, In
six hours and forty-three minute. V.
H. Muwry did 3utl mllef on the San
Francisco nicerriurxe In foul teen huuis
und nine minutes. Some of these pro-foi-diinal
riders changed horss whllo
nt a gallop, Jumping onto thu fresh
hnr.-e from the ground, which tinkei
their teats inure remarkable a exli.bi
tins of endurance.
To go buck to 17l,", Cowper Thorn
hill, a'n innkeeper of Stilton, in line
laud, rode ': miles in twelve hours and
seventeen minutes, tu win a wngt-r of
300 guinea. And In the time of (J ieeil
i:!lzabeth It Is leconled that when Kin
dled Robert fury carried the newe to
her successor, .lames VI. of Scot Inn I.
at Kdlnbitrgh coveting the dlstam e of
100 miles In three days.
"Itcccntly In Texas, It Is reported.
el,'ht convicts were smothered to death
In dark cells, where they had been placed
for discipline In lieu of being whipped."
says 7,ciu .Volet. "A few days later the
guards were on trial before a Justice of
the peace to determine whether they
seven heurts to the ace king . niouiu ne iminu over m me i.raiui jury
RESTOCKING RANGES WITH ELK.
Hem:. Mon., Jan .2 Hui'
aiu watching with cuti-ldi rabli
JVeler Is British u recollection of the queen nine, nothing In tho other suits ami 'gllg. nt homicide. A young attorney
Met ,h.i In I onian ho onrUI con, tabu- " singleton. Should ho bid two hearts . "f town, representing tho guards,
fact that In London the parish constabu- (j QyfrcM np ,,.,, ,leurtH , was wiestllng In vain on cn-M-cxamlna-
lary were replaced by a metropolitan police .,.,,.(,,,. tlat ju, la8 nothing but "L" 1,11 llllllly convict, whose testl-
uhen Kir linhert l'eel una nt the bead .' ' uviiiy was strongly against tho defend-
of the Government. The new police wero Nethc, nP .houia pass. To make a ' .,' ". ?'.?.' .I? :,,rmB"
,, . i. .... ! .Mi. lit, (an; mints nut imu n 1 1 live n nun
ridiculed at first. In respectable qunr- wtll wlch caru(, to llHk the third I W'th the hope of Impeaching his charac
ters regarded as an Invasion of the In- liaud to Jump and to warn the dealer that ! ter. asked the .Uetloii ; 'Well, what are
ullenablo rights of tho subject, promptly I his no tiumper will Iss set. There Is no you In for, anyhow 7' to which Imniedl
dubbed Peelsmcn and Peelers. This m possibility of going gamo In heurts unless ' '!ul' ca,llu tn'' crushing answer: 'Theft
between 1828 and IS39 In the metropolis; ,,, p(ttlm.r C!in wlu thrr0 trU.kH ..,,,. Person. iiMunU wHIi intent to con,,
but the term peeler had been ued some- o( wart. That this Is expecting nn lm- ' sentenced at ilalveston. Texas, to thlnvi
wnai earner, yei mr mo uir itiii pot'siniiuy win no eviueiu wnen ine po
the establishment of thn Iloyal Irlsn con
ture to copo with him he encountered Wf lhou ,Mi 0 ,r nf thing that
an acquaintance on tne ooai in tno ier-
son of ono Mr. Owen Pepper.
"Hello, Pepper; whar yo' gwlne7"
"Oh, I don't know," said Mr. Pepper.
"I reckon mobbo I'll atop off to Helena
un' Bell yo' pa a bill o' goods."
siflns" nt,l tYiu vnlltll. "but don't I
tell him I been plnyln' poker," and ho The na wrnight In all th vanished
proceeded to ten ma Biory wun great
arel
From shape to shape through change mani
fold Our endles live roll on In linked chain
Of deed und eeQuence, evil wrought and
good:
And what we ihall b doth not yet appear.
dramatic effect
"I uho' did learn them fellows bomcpln'
'bout poker," he boasted.
"Oh, I don't know," said Mr. Popper,
"I reckon they understand It tol'able
well 'thouten beln' learned nn mo'."
"Well," Insisted tho youngster, "I
tookened thlrty-fo' dollars uway from
'em. Looks llko I c d play some my own
HClf."
"Oh, 1 don't know," said Mr. Pepper,
"If it 'd 'a' been thlrty-fo' hundred, now."
"It'll be that much next time," con
tinued the other with great confidence,
"I'm gwino back with u wad. Tlioy
can't nothln' git by mo what's as easy
as that."
"Oh, I don't know," said Mr, Pepper,
and being desirous of currying favor
how I'm gwlne to back no slch gamo as with a good customer ho sought out
that. Tears llko I'd a heap sight better
put what little I got Into mogguges an'
git int'rest onto It nor to be puttln'
up fo' a passel o' ongrnteful hoounda
what lets it slip through their fingers
. thutawuy."
But this was stretching the limit. His
bearurs wero indifferent to his up-
braidings, but the use of an epithet an
noyed them.
"Ongrnteful huound comes nigh beln
a flghtin' word," said Joe Bassett with !
ominous calmness. "I reckon yo' all bet
ter tooken thut back. It don't set none
too well on my stomach."
"Mebbo I didn't nughter said lioound,"
admitted tlio old man as one Indifferent
; to the form but insistent on the senti
I ment. "But It alio' Im 'xttaperatln' fo' to
ueo yo' hard earned wlnnln's frittered
away," he continued. "An If yo' uns
1 had any proper spirit It wouldn't 'a' bees
did."
tho young man's father Immediately on
arriving ut Helena. Entirely regardless
of the Injunction of secrecy which had
been laid upon him, he told that citizen
sundry facts which afterward proved
to be a bar to the son's return.
It was never Mr. Pepper's habit to
ask many questions, but he was a good
listener, and on hearing old man Green
law revert to his $34 grievance several
times afterward, when he chanced to be
in Arkansas City, he evinced much In
terest, Gradually he learned the par
ticulars, and when they asked him If
he had seen anything of a simple minded
youth who prattled and played poker
away rrom home, he sold:
"Oh, I don't know. 'Pears like they
was a young feller some like that up to
Helena a spell ugo, but I heerVl hla pa
was some severe with him when he
found It out, an' he ain't travelled muoh
elaoet." . ...
ytars;
Th thoughts w harbored a the moment
sped:
Tilings seen and heard and wondered at
and felt;
Tea, all the life lived from day to day,
Have fashioned us as we behold ourselves.
And tlll w grow and change, and build
acaln
Nw lives from mbr of forgotten day
That passing com no mora; and each man's
life
The outcome of his former living Is,
U, r. PFIIUS.
Crowing.
from Ae Saturday Rnltxe,
When I was but a llttl boy
I knew no more than a llttl ttny Joy,
When I wa young and twenty. Ave.
Thn I wa fearfully alive.
And when I grw and becum a man.
Thn I was th top of croutlon plan;
I melted Into love's desire
I was th ore end I th fir.
And whn I knew that I wa old.
Then I wa minted Into gold.
GlUtKIT CiirgAX.
stabulary, when Peel was S.cretary for
Ireland.
Copper Is American, a characteriza
tion of the wearer by tho buttons he
wore, copper being a popular locution for
brass. From this arose the street verse
of warning:
Cheese It: n cop around the block,
Another ono on the corner.
sltlon of the no trumper Is considered. A
should pass at oncu and be satistled with
setting the unularnied no trumper for SO
or 100. without doubling.
live yeais In the Stale penitentiary, and
asltln no pardon.' This closed tho ex
amination of thu witnesi."
The Supreme Judicial fSnirt of Massa
chuselts decided III Hidden vs. McOilll
cuUdy that wheru iilultittrf whoso auto
mobile collided with defendant's on a
J. J. 11. says: A holds llvo spades,
bl.iir nllniill tmlr tot, tlllil h.lu It 11
a straight flush. B Insists that In straights , ' ' ) "" was operating
tho ace I never ahead of the king. ""registered automobile in violation of
.... ..... a btatuto of Vermont prohibiting Uio
The arn may be either ahead of thel()1lriltUm ()t unregistered automobiles ho
king or below the deuce, at the option of muld not recover for the Injury, since he
the holder, so that If A shows this as a n a mere trespasser, and Ills own vlo
stralght Hush his claim must be ad-1 1",l,,n "r 11 law-, enacted for the particular
. " protection of the travelling public, directly
tnllleci. caused the Injuiy. 'i'lie court said:
. 1 11. I. I... .......... ...I !... .... t
... . ., , I 1 l L la , ',. . I'nl CK'll ,11,1, .in II1..C ll.ll
It Is one of the most consoling methods D, It. V, says: 11 bets that It Is n ' fUM..r cvldemo of the law of Vermont
of sortilege. Take a copy of Virgil, better chance to draw an ace king queen upon till question, Hut applying what
'Oucra omnia." close, tho eyes, open at . JacK or uirrercni suns man n is m uraw regard as the general rules of tho
. - , li.n. 11, u ... lit, i i.. .. j .... .
What Is the origin of the fiortes V. rgl
llanui nnd how aro they to bo consulted?
T. C. T.
.. , Index flnirer on a rage. I ,0 H" ac" alonc- -'an this be decided by common law, we can only conclude, thn
random, put the lndtx linger mi a P age mt.thod of calculation? I thu Vermont statute. Ilk,, our own. wa
men reau tne passugo uius scieciru mm, ..., ., . ., .... . ,.,.,, ,i , i.. . ,. ....u,,.. ,.i..t
I ft) IIU. B lliillV itli W M"l VII VI I tuu - . .... n niiitiiiii t .
ntitklv It to tho nerds of 11 re. It nevr . .... . . tn cumrn th mimitirt ut nit ii.nv.iihy in tii,. maho
falls when rightly Interpreted. Kxam-' ftV'rHS 'no ee care- ; - ,lr, ,u,aV' priltoct o ' warden's departnienl f.
o i: SuZse , m considering a nurvh.se fu c . ny. t, "c9.1n,, ",0 of travellers upon th!, highways, to guard ! . Vcurs ..go elk .nianieil
llUllI'.'.S
Int. r. i
the .ffoits of spoitsu.en throughout tho
State to restock the range with .11.
Oupt. 1. liny Stlveis or till city nn
been particularly active In this ugard
ai.d ha made application thr..iiEh ti.e
game warden's oflle for thiee cars of
elk, thnt Is about U'O head, to stock the
ranges in the vicinity ut I lock frek, is.ir
llonlta mid near Ocoigetown. The wor'i
of distributing the elk ut the latter place
will probably divotvu upon 'leintal
Manager 1 5. I'. Mathewson of the uiu.e
hiii Iter at Anaconda, who ' hlinsi lf an
ar.Unt spoilsman. It Is plii'iind t i.
one c.irloud, about forty -one lif.nl, . at"
Uoiillii, nnd two eals Ileal' lieol ge tow n
Uiter III all pliibablllty fapt Si'..
will malt" an elfort to get some ell. m
stock the range In the vklnlty of .M. ,ie
Creek or north of Untie. Since the elk
can not be trapped until the snow gits
deep. In nil probability no move will he
taken toward stocking the ranges until
January or I'ebrimry. 101k an pro
tected until 1919 by law tn nil the counties
to w Illlil It U proposed to ship Ihem
Since the rullioads are now cariytng ilsh
fry and egg free, It Is very pmbable thnt
some similar concessions will lie in.ol.
with reference to tho shipment ot til..
Colorado gulch and the Klnilnl countr:
west of Helena are to be renin. Led with
elk. Thanks for the restocking an due
Conrad Solilmpf, a clerk in the, I lulls .
hardware store, who tinoittentnlluutly cm
ducted a campaign lor funds ui.tll ho
now has nearly enough moiiej raiei to
I defray the cost of trapping nnd shipping
two carloads. When the small iiaian.-t
remaining I 'ccuied Mr. Schlmpf will
ippllrutlnn through trie gamo
for two earnuilt
I the region ttlllel.
pie. cupposo in '' u"'' V"""-" table of values is to be found In most ,,cm against the dangers that might arise Mr. Scl. f Is desirous of having ic-
of dress goods It 10 important to m ow . r,8 on M)ker Tho avt,rHKt, vuIlll) ot fn,m ,hl, (,,,eraltoii of Improper machines I stocked. There Hill ifinntn a few . Ik
If the color Is fast. Let Mrgll decide. ' driiwn four c,lrdlI t0 H lu,0 )h ft ,mlr tu which the Slate would not grant tho I Though a number of communities m th"
Suppose tho linger rests on tho passage
Camilla cucurrlt over tho plain : obviously
don't buy. Similar sortilege has been
praotlsed with the Bible and the Koran.
A friend commenting upon the freaks
of popular representative bodies observes
that several times legislative bodies have
fixed the pronunciation of names. Whut
warrant is there for the statement?
J. K. 11.
Two Instunccs are of record, there niBy
be more. In March, 1181, tne umierai
Assembly at Little Rock passed a con
The Whisper.
Of all th varloua mode of peoh
Which pollhd art or nstur teach
The whisper play It part th bt
With hint which Ut you u th rest.
That rthr Irlih wary "Whist I"
That rather ancient caution "HUtl"
Th modern "llushl" all warn you ltt
Well, whltper you can gu lb rt,
Pslk ay that It 1 vrr ruda.
It I. wha gnrally rlswtvd.
Htlll, whn a man's a aoclal put
Jut whisper b will guts th rt.
Bores, tattler, gnaalper and such
Who know, or think they do, too much,
If you would stop them I suggest
A wbUptred bint they'll gug tb rest.
....I. O..... .....I... ....I ..I ... ...r I ... .... I. , f...if ....l.lni tlirlf limit.
,if Irrhlu whlln tl.n nVSSlL'ii Vlllle of """ir 1,1 I is' iiiiiniii. ini'i in nil in 11 i iu iwn .vs.... r. .......
of eights, whllo the uvcraso value of th(m mfutM ( redu.M , 4.UM, of jUr- Blms for several years with elk
drawing one card to the aco king queen liy enabling them readily to ascertain trapped in tlio Yellowstone National
Jack of various suits Is on)y a pair of the name and address of the owner of an uk, no action looking toward thut end
fours. This would Indicate that tlio odds nuiomoiiiio ironi which mey iiiikiii suner wu taken here until Mr. rH-hiinpr goi
..nr. tiVin.it .l tn I 1.1 fnviis
... chillO UIHtll
enru uraw o mn uco. huv whloh hiu t.lmclt., foP tho ,,ro
--- - - It (-flldn of Hie ilufriuluiit ami othrrM win
tfiiliriv Tj. M. H. KitVH ! Thrivo iilnviiiLr. i....r,.ii.. ..Hi.,.. ti..k i.mhm
" " , ------ ---r P Mill IU '! I IIIIJ larinn t Hll 1 , V
A litrna 11 Mtiiin nnd l.'iKPM It mi whin i .i.i .i.,i. ir.u ..t.4nl. .ii.tit-l i-'
...... ..... .. .... n nun linn i 11 1111 1101 1 iiiv uu ii'-uj
Tho plalntllf by running his ma- miKj, Under un act pubbed last winter
sin the public, way violated tho ,,y thB Ueglblaturo elk are protected.
1 , among other counties, In lwls and Clark
, 'and thu eastern portion of Powell .intll
both B and C pass. It turns out that caused tho accident.1
C had both bowers and the uco. A bets
that this Is unfair play, us C hud a
suro point by ordering up.
Thero Is no law that compels a player
current resolution establishing tho pro- 0 make n BUr(. l)olnt wnen h(J tMnks he
A West Virginia County Judge hi Keat
icy vs. County Court says:
"In thu Virginias, as elsewhere, tho
court green Is historic and sacred.
I'lie little town of Craig, In Lewis and
Calk county, and Its nearby neighbor.
Cascade, have raised f una tor a carload
of elk each. Lewistown and Hobton, In
I Fergus county, have raised money lo re
stock the ranges with elk.
The guiiie wardens department in
nounclatton or me nam. rnao.aa to . ctanc. to m. twii 1V whw, T" t ,7,nty In sxhu S f"" lM" N""
Ar-kan-saw. j c took the chance that It might be turned fVien I'aclilc for permission to tit up (lire
On April 22, 1S95. the aldermen of duwn and tUm Illtule R red HUlti Tneru Uu. t,OMlnulIlloll of ;,, ,,COple. I'pon Its sfch VMa cia'Clully far thu ship-
Jollet, III., by ordinance prescribed the ( )g notnlng UI,falr about It. green grass, under the shade of Its trees, ment of elk If tlio request Is granted
Jn.ll.et. the vowel In the i our neon e have thus met t me out of me n '"i'i"b "" "
pronunciation
first syllable having the sound or so.
I also remember the whale at Rock
away tn 18781 Not thnt I was there,
but the sun.e whale came ashore at Long
Crlbbage. A. W. H. says: Pour play- mind and rested during the sessions of the . ducea,
Ing. the ca.-d. fall, S, 2. A, 4. Then A courts. Suitors. Jurors, witnesses. In-1
passes and B plays another 2. As four stead of being tied down to benches In the I Kducnled Horse Takrs Cnre of Hself.
cards of the run aro still In sight. 1J hot crowded court room, repair there to , . ... educated
counts IL Is this correct? uwalt the crier's call. There too the' 8inAi.UA, Mo., Jan .. An cuuuue.i
To. fcJcaua. the ca?ds sight have children play. It Is a park for the ,k,oc ' driving taw Wfj VVVald'
Beach In X0J; if It was not that oni It nothing to do with It. the run being do- u,iere gha bo ne(, , ,ne )ot B,miln,.r w, r city, a member of the. boanl
must have beon the on which WlllUm termlned by the order In which tho cards ,10ae Breat meetings of the people In the of managers of the Missomi Tuio ins
narents saw on his second Arctlo voyage fall. As this is a, S. A, t, 2, we como political' canvass to hear tho orators? How School for Hoys a' Ito.nn ille
in IMS or thereabout, and which .' across a duplicate S before wo can get valuable within the experience of all of us l.a. t night a Hm I . Id" 1a.m. h. a
reports to have "stoncke monsterously." . back to the 3. which I. the card necessary u?"0U,mA,ivy "V the oh" TuVt X'lrio HkIh lit I Ihs liable; ihen made It,.
It had not ceased to do so In 1903
V. J. JOHNiTOH
to complete the run, ua thero Is no run
for a.
green.
I away."
Commcrco Is taking even It, way to the gianary unu aie us, nu ui
alfalfa meai.