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ft DELICATE QUESTION
IN POKER DISCUSSED
Uarofulli imil With Acerbity hy
Old Man Greenlaw anil
His Friends.
MAHKKI) CARDS IX AMK
And
a Doubt as to What Course
Should Hp Pursued Tudor
the Circumstances.
Hy li t VIII .. cruris.
"Th' ain't nothln' whnt'. nio' liable to
Curdle the milk o' 'lutnan kindness Into
pot cheese 'n settln' Into a friendly
game among gentlemen nn' belli'
watted onmarclf'l, when he done
reckoned how ho wan gwlnc to skin th'
"n'.lre party," said old man (ilconlnw,
looking around at the varloiiH members
of the little circle, or friends who sat
with him In his saloon In Arkansas
City.
HIh manner was that of one who
challenges contrndittlon of n sclf-evl-dent
proposition, rnd .c paused nfter
making the remark as If to nee If any
of his hearerH would he temerarious
enough to venture tho expression of a
different opinion.
l'or a time no one else spoke. It
might have tieen' supposed by a casual
ohserver, If there, had been nnu there,
that the four experienced looking men
who undoubtedly heard what he said
were daunted hy his determined ex
pression and the grlmncss with which
he awaited the possibility of u reply.
It appeared, however, after an Interval
that the hesitation that was manifest
In the matter of discussion was the re
sult of careful consideration of tho
question and' not of awe.
"I reckon, mebbe, how that there
KDino was draw pok-er,"' said Jake
Vlntcrbottom' after u, period of delibera
tion. It was not as If he had any
doubt on the point, but rather as If ho
wanted It settled licfore committing
himself.
"Sho was." Mild tho old man with a
hade of detlance In his tone. "I ain't
liable fo' to be talkln' n' mtimhlc-tc-yeg
when 1 mentions a friendly game.
Didn't I say what It were a pa'ty o"
gentlemen? O' co'se they was playln"
poker. Heln' real Rents. Just nachully
they wouldn't play nothln' else."
"Then I sh'd say what this here cent
yo' all was mentlonln' p'tlc'lnr mhst a
fce'n n tin-horn." returned Wlntorbot
toni with an air of finality. "They
wouldn't no real spo't make no d'sturh
nnce 'Inns o' heln' did up Into a poker
Rame. not thouten he's playln' with
p'fesslonals.
"O" cose If they Is p'fesslonals settln'
In he'd Just nachully be did up nny
way, hut he c'd do as he liked about
klckln' If he done reckoned he c'd Bit
away with it. Tears like If a man can't
put his milk ' human kylndncss Into
fche .churn o' 'xporienoo 'thouten. It's
i-'irnln' to pot cheese, he'd do a doggone
sight better fo' to fatten his luiwgs
with It."
The old man was about to make a
rejoinder to this when .Mm Hlalsdcll
broke In.
"I fay Jake's rlKht!" he exclaimed.
"I ain't got no 'pinion of a man 'til
put up n holler "Ions ' losln' his wad
Int.) a poker same, not 'thouten he
c'n git It back a iloln' of it.
'O' co'se. If he's right handy with
ehootln' Irons ni he ilrnwH llrst, he c'n
mebbe Bit out hon'aWe enough, 'thouten
losln' of It, but otherwise, If w did up,
he's did up an' he'd ought fo' to be man
enough fo' to take his medicine. 'Pears
like yo' friend was'n't nothln' but a
plain, ornery squealer."
"Did look some that away," admitted
the old man, rather grudgingly, "but
they was clrcumstants what "
"Don't mako no dlff'renro what the
clrcumstants wuh," Interrupted Joe
Itassett. violently. "Jim's right. If a
man gits leat out Into a imker game,
th'uln't on'y two things to do: lie c'n
either put up a 'fight or ho c'n quit
peaceable.
"If ho liken pot cheese, o' co'se he c'n
Kit busy with a churn, like Jake nays;
but he. ain't got no call fo' to vel round
whlmpcrln' llko this yero galoot. 'Pears
like ho wa'n't no kyind of a man."
"Well, he was c'nsld'ble of a man,"
declared old man (Jreenlaw, now fully
roused up. "They was three or fo'
notches onto his gun nfo1 that, If any
body sh'd nrt vo', an' he wouldn't
a thought nothln' o' pullln' it If he'd
reckoned that was the best th.ng to he
did; but as I wan sayln', they was
clrcumstants."
"Well, what una they?'1 demanded
Sam Pcarsall, with great Impatience.
"'Peara like It's isomn trlflln' to git
tiet up over n game, 'thouten anybody
knowln' what was did Into It, All's yo'
eald was how he set In an' got did up,
"Th'aln'.t nothln' In that. Somebody's
got to be dfd up al'ays, but if this ycre
galoot wa'n't drinkln' nothln' but but
termilk, 'pears llko ho must a been a
hell roarln' po' player fo" to lose nut
agin them "t wan tnkln' reg'lar drinks.
Cordln' to the way yo' tell It, 'pears
like ho didn't have no call to kick."
"He reckoned ho had c'nsld'ble of a
call." mild tho old man calmly. "If yo'
uns'd hold yo' horses fo' a spell mebbe
yo' mought rind somepln' to talk about,
'stead o' yawping away over nothln'
like jo' Is doln'."
"Well, go ahead an' tell It then," ex
claimed Jim llhilsdell, "This yero's git
tin' too complicated. If yo' all was to
fay what happened 'stead of arglfyln'
so much mebbe they'd be some sense In
lalkln'. 'Pears llko they ain't none 's
fur 's we've went."
"No, nor they won't be none If yo' um
' keeps a buttln' In llko yo' been doln',"
retorted the old man. "That's the wust
o" tryln' to learn yo' anythln'. Tho
Tilnute a man opens Ills mouth yw' gain
iff half cocked,"
The Injustice of this was so manifest
. that Itassett began to curse bitterly, but
Wlntcrbottom said coolly, "Oh, let him
rvtt, Mebbe he'll coee to of Mnso.lf If
Ttiey iriin't nobody say nothln''.'' And
ihey resumed their consumption of to
bacco as If wholly unconcerned, while
the old mini glared around angrily.
It was evident, however, that t'.-e bur
den on his mind was one that had to be
unloaded sooner or later, anil when ho
had regained his composure he started
again.
"Most gen'ly ' cn'so when a man i-cts
into a friendly game with a pa't n' rtel
gents an' loses out th' ain't o y one game, but lie didn't make no p'tenslon
thing fo' him to do, an' Humid Hopper to p'uy u ii'l'eMdonal game"
wa'n't a man what was liable 1 1' to do' 'Well lie wus a sho' umuli spo't,"
rnithlh' olicAiec.ted, but us I wan a H.iyiu' -,ud Hlaisdell with hourly admiration,
when I was Interrupted, tlu Iicuiu. ( "II- done the tight llnng, an' I tun
wjuits was some p'coollar. tlon we drinks his health."
"First off he knowed the hull pa'ly,
nn' knowed they wa'n't none on 'cm
i fcHMionnls, ho Just nachully hp wa n t ;
liuilitn f, im ,.r,,L.wl titm- Tl.ru nn '
all on 'cm gentlemen, nn' they wouldn't
nury one on 'em a dusted to alack the
cysrdn or hold out a'ces, beln's they
known! they was others at the table
what was llnblo fo' to catch 'etn nt It,
"O' co'bu h; was lookln' fo' to win
out. A man nl"as does when lie sets In
or he wouldn't be fool enough fo' to
play, but they hadn't been playln' a
hcllovn while ufo" Harold Hopper .'een
what somepln' was goln' ng'lu him
strong, nn' 'pen ret! like 'twa'n't alto-,
gether the luck.
"He licit good cyards f'm time to time j
an' he done tol'nblo well In the draw ,
when he stayed In on the clmiist ' bet- j
terln", but either he'd be oiltlielt or they
wouldn't nobody stay In ng'ln him, so I
he didn't malf no wlnnln's to speak of
even when he raked the put. an' wlieii
he didn't he'd lose c'nsld'nbte. Kcp on
that nway till It begin to look mystcr'olls i
to him, till blmeby he come to be mo' 'r
less s'splclous.
"He'il done been wntchln' out sharp,
from tbn time he set In. an' he didn't
splrton no holdln' out, nor no crooked
dealln', beln's he Itnowed they wa'n't ,
nobody at the table what was enough '
of a expert to Mart anythln' o' that j
kv hid. knowln' what Harold Hopper
was liable fo' to blow their halds off
If they was to try It, him bvln' a llghtln"
man, like 1 done s.tld nfo'.
"Hut from the way things was goln'
Into the game peared to him like somc
thln' sho' w.t wrong, an' the mo' he
studied the inn' myster'ous peared like
'twas, till bltuby ho knowed It.
"Como a Jackpot, nn' he set to the
dealer's right, not bavin' no gre't
show 'cordln' to p'sltlou, but he sees
when he picks up his cyards how he's
done got nets up, so Just nachully,
when It's opened afo' It gets to him,
an' they Is only one man In, ho rose
It nn' the dealer stays.
"Then tho opener glvrs It a other
boost, showln' he's got better'n two
pair, heeln' how they Is two a gin him
on the llrst raise, an' Harold Hopper
trails, sayln' to li If self what the chutist
In the draw Is wilt it stayln' fu', an' the
dealer stays along.
"Well, the opener takes two cyards
an' Harold Hopper he takes one, an' the
dealer helps hlsself to two, so Harold
Hopper sees how they both has threes,
hut when he looks nt his draw he sees
how he's done got u ace.
"The opener chips a chip an' Harold
Hopper gives It a gentle boost, hopln'
fo' c'nsld'able profits, but the others
both lays down, the opener Knowln'
three kings fo' his op'nln' hand. 'Pears
like he was siinio keerless, beln's two
was enough, but it sot Harold Hopper
studyln' ng'lu.
"He r-een how they was somepln'
wrong fo' sho', but 1m says to hlsself
how he's hornswoggled If he knows what
'tis, till he happens to look at the cyards
what he's done throwed on the table
face down when he done raked the pot.
"Then he sees what three on 'em has
all got little marks on 'em what's Just
alike, an' he knows o' 'co'sn what them
there was bis three aces, An' ho knows
what they wouldn't neither one 'o the
other.) what was In ha' laid down threes
ag'ln a small rals-e fr'm a one cyard
draw 'thouten they'd a knowed what
he don" had.
"'Way 1 look at It Is what them cir
cumstan,' -ho' was p'coollar. like I dono
said, uti' i he question Is what did ho
otiarht to did? Yo' tins Is all some ex
pert, an' 1 put it to yo' fo' a opinion."
! whs plain from the self-satisfied
air with which hn looked around
at the four men who had listened to
the story with close attention that he
felt assured of having propounded a
puzzling liroblelll. As In th ntlisr. I.
was equally plain that they regarded It
ur a .it-i urn iiwi'suon, nanny io lie
answered off hn nil.
Itassett was the first to speak, though
he deliberated a while llrst.
"I sh'd say," he remarked, "what they
was c'nslderabledependln'on what kylnd
o' men them others was. Ileln's they
was fo' on 'em agin him, the odds was
some heavy, but If he was a sho' 'nough
llghtln' man, like yo' all says. 1 reckon
he mought 'a' got nway with It If he
was to draw with one hand nn' rake
everything they was on the table with
t'other."
"They was all on 'em Mghtln' men,"
said the old man, laconically,
"Then I reckon he mought not 'a'
got away with tho motley," said llassett
regretfully, "but that's what I'd 'a' did,
nnywny. He'd 'o' had a rattlln' good
light fo' his wad, an' a fight's wtith
considerable."
"Not If yo're sho to git licked, 'taint,"
said IVntsall. "I reckon about the best
thing fo' a man to do In a case llkn
that 'd be fo' 10 call fo' a new deck.
He c'd easy make sho' they was reglar
afo' playln' with 'cm, nn' If he kep' his
eye skinned they couldn't nobody
mark 'em while they was playln"
'thouten him gettln' onto It.
"Then If he was any kind of a player,
he'd be II ible to win back what ho dono
lose an' give "em some of a swat fo'
good measure, Hut that," he added
doubtfully, "would d'pend some on how
good ho was. if he didn't feel ek'l to
It, I don't see iiothln' better fo' him
to do, only fo' to cash In what chips
ho has left an' quit the game."
"Harold Hopper wa'n't no quitter,"
observed the old man. Evidently there
wan nothing to bo gained by pushing
this suggestion any further und the
others continued smoking for a time.
"Hn didn't call fo' no new deck,
neither," snld- the old man, after a
pause. They could see that he took a
malicious pleasure in making the prob
lem as difficult as he could.
"Sposln' 'we goes over this careful,"
suggested WJnterbottom. "They'd
ought fo' to be a way outer anythln'
If n man knows enough,
"Yo' all says this here Hopper per
son sot into a game an' lose. Hlmeby
ho M'os what the ijards Is marked. He
don't Mart no tight. Hi. don't call
fo' no fresh deck nor he don't quit the
game. 'Pears like they wa'n't nothln'
else fo' him to do on')' fo' to keep
on playln'.
"Question Is, how much he had left to
play on. Yo' all says he dono losn
c'nsld'able afo' he done seen them
mark."
"He done belt out a hundred when he
sat In," said the old man, "bavin' a
call fo' to use It outside, but 'when he
keen how they was playin' It low down
on him lie done got bet up an' Hashed
Ills hull wad, Hivin' nothln' to nobody,
"I In knowed 's much tiboiu them
mat Us as any on 'cm a'tor he'd done
got bin laniH onto 'em, an' heln' n
tillable good player his o,n self he set
out fo' to do the hull caboodle on 'cm,
An' that, with the help o' Providence
was '.vactly wh.it lie dune done,
"Tliev w.n nilglily lew poker play
ers In Mississippi what c'd git the best
o' Harold ll.ipper In a gentleman's
THE SUN,
POEMS WORTH READING.
Thr ""
u"'"n" "f " " th.e .mln4
Hamlnit the chaneela of our wonted easel
within the tky we read reit auguries.
Ami hear grim portents ihlverlnK down the
wind,
Not aa aforellme do we fondly And
Orchestral note or lulling harmonies
In the long plunge anil murmur of th
fieaa,
Hut discords horrent unto all manKinSI
The fields of Krance sre bright with poppy
flowers;
Along the terraced vineyard by the rthlne
The ripening grapea are crimsoning for
the wine;
lleneath the aun what (nlrer tight to
eel
Hut ere the march nt man' hastening hours,
What will the bloom, what will the vin
tage be?
CUfTrix Prni.t.iKD.
The shadow,
Trailed by the clinging thad It fleea and
fears.
Which mocks In shape each changing
form and face.
Up from th dark through all the creeping
IJf, climbs earth'a aummlts to the high
est place;
And there, aa In tlnd'a Image man appear,
Th glory sweeps his shadow Into apace.
Scar
O Death, Intangible and dread of name,
Deepening In darkness na Itfe'a blaie grew
bright
Along the rugged pathway that we came,
We know thee now nur shadow In the
light.
Cat by the whiteness of clod'a Hlrlan ftama
On aome far planet ahlnlng In the night!
M R. tltnten.
I.lnea nn Hie Heath of a Worthy Shoemaker.
My friend the age. I Cr.'apln'a dead.
Drawn to Ita utmoat ta
Hla thread of life a. under mapped
Knr lack of ltal vax.
A man waa he of gentle parta.
Ileloved of young ami' old.
Though true he ne'er eold half hli gooda.
Vet they were oft half aoled.
Though paradoxical It aeeme,
And of a doubtful eaat,
Vet when unto hla toll he went
III. nrt thought was hla taat.
"All work, no play, makes one but dull."
Worda of the proverb aay,
Thua he waa neer dull becauae
Awl work to htm wa play.
Iloota though hla taik, bootlera It waa
To gather worldly pelf,
So though he kept othera well heeled
He ne'er waa ao hlmaelf.
Peace be hie rt' And when around
The day of Judgment rolla.
Aa free from flaw a may be hla aoul
Aa ever were his solee!
Kn Mott.
, A llroken Dream.
All night I dreamed of peace, and through
deep tales
Wandered where perfumed winds blew
tool nnd free.
Ami saw. Ilk summer swallows, purple eatls
HUnt o'er the darkling sea.
Th gr.iy morn rose nbo the sombre east;
And lot I saw War's cloudy ensign float
Where the huge eannon. like a sart blind
beast.
Ito.ire.1 from Its Iron throit.
Jsurs l Kttos.
If!
from tht Potion nioht.
Suppose 'twere donel
The lanyard pulled on every shotted gun;
tutu the wheeling death clutch sent
K.i.-li million..! armament,
To grapple there
On land, on and under, and In atr!
Suppose nt last 'twere come
Now, while each bourse and shop and mill la
dumb.
And .irsenals and dockyards hum
Now nil inniplete, supreme.
That vast, Satanic dream!
,i,i imnM.
t-'tirh utrentn died, choked.
, .lUdVAmrnV'poV't.''"'1 ,'",'k',',", port
The emetv wave
Made reeling dreadnought's grave-;
Cathedral, cisile, gittery. smoking fell
'Neath bomb and helli"
In deathlike trance
l,y Industrj flinnce;
Two thousand yar
lleiiuesi. nchtement. aavlng, disappears
In blood and leara.
In widowed woe
That slum and palace eo.ua.1 know.
In civilization's suicide
What served threhy. what sitlsfled?
Kor Justice, freedom, right, what wrought?
Naught
Save, after the grat cataclyam, perhap
On the world's shaken map
New lines, more near or f.ir.
Hlndlng In king or czar;
In festering hut
Some newly vassalled state;
And passion, lust un.l pride, made satiate;
Anil Just n trace
I f,t lingering emlle on Satan's face!
HATiTitnf.oMrw F. Omrerv.
Children.
from thr Outlook.
1.
Mother,
Why can't I see the wind?
My mother.
Why?
t see the eky,
t see the stars,
I can see the fire.
And the green ocean
Kar a to the sky:
Why ran't I see tne wn4?
Mi mother,
Why?
oh child.
1 do not know
l)ar child.
The wind li
near. I do not know
Itun now. and play.
It.
Mother.
Why can't I see my thoughts?
My mother, a
Why? I
Mke birds they f y,
I feel them go;
I nm the cage,
They are wild birds
Itenihlng to the sky!
Why can't t aee my thoughts?
My mother,
Why ?
Oh, child.
I do not know
Dear child,
our thoughts are
Dear, I do not know
Itun now. und play,
III.
Mother.
Why can I not see find?
My mother,
Wh ?
I can see j ou.
And fnlher dear;
I ran see people;
Oh, everywhere,
All passing by;
Why cm I not sea God?
Mv mother,
Why?
Oh. child.
I do not know
Dear child.
Ooil liod Is
Dear,
I do not hno
Itun now, und play.
I.ieisr FiM'ii.
Where Are Hie War Tenets?
With splon.lxra f the war
The world la nil nthrlll,
Hut who shall tell the tales?
.Mark, the birds are nil.
Tht re's valor In the sky
Where winged mm do and dare,
Hut who ah til hymn the feats?
The lur.ls are up In air.
There's! iflnty on the ea
Whrie mighty Buns resound,
Hut bards to sing the deed
lleyond their ilepih are found,
There's loutage on the field,
lmtinirt.il thiiit on thrttit.
H,it who shall hurp the tale?
The balds art of th dual,
Mid.tMiaiKiui Wll.luN.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
What prediction did Mm, tie Thebes
make that might have any bearing on tho
present European war? C. M.
These are the pertinent paragraphs of
tli 19U prediction of this popular Delphic
aeerrss.
"Profound cbnngrs, amounting to a po
litical upheaval,, will take place. In Qcr
nia'.iy and the national lite of that nation
will be completely tranaformed.
"Itlota will occur In Austria and there
will be bloodshed In the gtreets of Vienna.
The Auatro-llungarlnn dynasty will tie
sorely tried and will be In grave peril.
"War will continue to menace the world,
as the planet Mnrs will predominate
throughout the year.
"France will be drawn Into war and
emerge victorious. An era of love, peace,
great hopes and great labors will date
from 1914, but first the wars must be
tinted with blood nnd water nnd Are."
For those who Incline to examine Into
modern prophecy It Is proper to call at
tention to the fnrt that these forecasts
were printed In The Kvn on November 30
and December 21, 1013. sufllclently In ad
vance of the current events.
Can you send me any Information, sta
tistical or otherwise, concerning the valori
zation of coffee? (Ii.advs K. Mii.lcii.
The topic now possesses only a his
torical Interrjit. It has been discussed nt
length In several of the magazines with
quite diversity of treatment varying nil
the way from the heated exposure of n
great International crime to the tempera
ate discussion of n device for the preser
vation of the great coffee orchards of lira
ill. In the World's H'orfc for May, 1912.
nnd In Evrrybotly'a nliout the same
period, satisfactory articles on the subject
may be found. At any library the Index
of periodical literature will supply many
more references. The Federal authorities
brought suit to end tho control of the
market by the valorization committee.
The llrnzlllan Government and the coffee
factors In this city tnnde prompt .compli
ance with the demands of the Department
of Justice and, as set forth In Tub Hun,
April 17, 1913. the suit was withdrawn,
Up to that tlmo the authorities of the
State of Sao Paulo had hoarded the
product. In the settlement the State sold Its
accumulations to eighty-eight dealers In
thirty-three cities of twenty-eight ntates
and thus opened the hinrkct to free com
petition. 1 have In my possession a New Tear's
address by tho carriers of jour paper
issued January 1, IS44. It is In good
condition. Has It nny value?
J. W, Wc.vner.
There seems to be no market for occa
sional llteratur of this nature. The
theme might well appeal to collectors of
the nmisunl , probably more attention
would have been given to this very
ephemeral vers If th authors were
known. The custom was general In the
second quarter of th Inst century and
was not finally relinquished until nfter
the civil war. Newspapers at that time
distributed their Issue to local subscribers
at home or shop by their own employees.
When New Year's -was approaching ths
cnrrlets nppenled to some one on the
editorial etaff to write them a poetical
address which might be delivered to sub
scribers on New Year's Day and win some
reward for the carriers' diligence during
the year then past. Tnesi broad sheets
wr highly ornamntd and sometimes
really handsome pieces of typography.
From tho Sun's address of 1S43 this
specimen Is drawn:
"And her we pnus. for why prolong a
partly painful strain?
Since at th clos of Forty-nine. If living
w remain.
The Cnrrlers of the St'N will come with
words of loving cheer
And wish the patrons one nnd all another
bright New Year."
Will you kindly Inform me whether
Itussla hnd one or whether she had more,
nnd If so how many war vessels. In New
York harbor nt the lime of the civil
war? And did Russia send the same to
ass st the Northern States, or was It
merely a coincidence thnt th veesel or
vessels were In New York harbor nt that
time, and what was th dat?
Wtt.t.MM II. Hiiaw.
The question was discuss,! nt length
In this column October 1'fi, 1913. A litis,
slnn fleet under command of Admiral
I-csoffsky lny In this harbor through the
winter of isr,3.4 and nuothr In San
Francisco, The Inner history of the tlma
Is disclosed by Thurlow Wd. wlios
"Life" (Vol. II., 340 Is the sol authority
for the point of International diplomacy.
The presence of the fleets In the two bar-
hors Is undisputed ; th.lr mission Iihb nver
been revealed by our State Department or
by the Imperial Chiiiictllcr) In St. Peters
burg. My nttentlop has been called to n recent
paragraph in your paper nsk.ng Informa
tion regarding my grandfather, Mguor
niltz, Svho died nt his home In I'hllndel
phla In 1S7S. His trained canaries were
kept as pets hy his family, hut nlas! did
not last long, as they seemed to mourn
their old master. My grandfather was, I
believe, on of the best known men of his
day 1n Philadelphia. Much as we begged
him he never betrayed any of th secrets
of his nrt. In fact, he kept his public
life quite apart from his private life.
A. O. OB L.
Tears ago, when 1 was a much younger
man. I cimc across a poem of possibly
four or live verses of which I can recall
only th tlrst verse, ns follows!
"When love Is kind, gentle and fren
Love's sure to find it welcome from me,
Hut when It brings heartaches nnd pangs
Tears and such things, love may go hang."
Can sou or any of jour renders recall
the remaining verses and the name of the
author? I would be very glad to know
them and If obtained please print them,
U. S. S litoqi'ots 1S70.
How mnny railroads received pertnls.
slon to advance tho ratr-s on freight?
A. It. J.
The roads In the Central Freight Asso.
cation territory which are nutholzed ny
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
advance their rnles by 3 per cent
number thirty-eight ; eighteen roads In
Trunk Line and New llngland territory
asked fer th lvance, but It wns denied
them
Who wrote "The White Squall"? "It Is
ii Btury In rhyme of the scenes mi board
ship dining a storm nt sea.
My lecollectlon of it made me think It
was by Kwirt, nut I can t nnd It In my
edition. H. W. II.
It may be found In complete editions of
Thackeray.
Cnn you tell me In your Sunday Issue
tne author of tne poem ".My Heart anri i
fills iii,iv not be the exact title, but the
lefralu running through It Ih "My "tout
nia l,..,.rl ,.,! I" 1 .h,,l,l h .-e,. r.1 wl
old heart and I." I should be very gl id
I' ;'0i could reprint It If not too loin,
J, V. D.
1914.
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS,
Auction Urldge. J. V. H. says! 7. deals
nnd bids a heart. A passes. tins a rpjni
nml Tl txvn dtnmomta When Z and A both
pass Y shifts from his royal to two
hearts. Who plays tho hand? Tho con-.of
tentlon Is that 7. dropped his declaration,
royals nnd diamonds having been bid In
between
As the winning declaration Is hearts
and as Z Is the partner who first named
that suit he plays tho hand. Law 46 In
the latest edition of the code covers this
point thoroughly by the statement that
"no nutter what bids have Intervened"
the one who named tho suit first shnll be
the declarer, even If his partner makes
the final declaration.
U. II. I., says: Hearts nre trumps and
It Is In the lead, but Ids partner, A, leads
the ace of diamonds. Dummy lias six dia
monds, king queen high. Th declarer
calls on M to lead, but does not name any
suit, nt the same time demanding that A
leave the ace df diamonds on the table.
The declarer wins It's lead of a spade Htid
leads trumps, calling for the ace of dia
monds ut every trick until A has no more
trumps. II lets that the declarer cannot
call for the diamond on a heart lead, but
Jan only demand that It be played to the
trick when diamonds nre led, no mlittcr
how small a diamond wouli" take the
trick, A adds to this the contention that
tho declarer calling on H and so correct
ing the lead out of turn exacted all tho
penalty he was entitled to.
On a lead out of turn the declarer Is
entitled to a choice of penalties! to call
the card exposed or to call a suit. Merely
calling attention to the falso lead and In
sisting that It be made from tho proper
hand Is not exacting nny penalty. A card
exposed In payment of a penalty, us A's
ace of diamonds, may be called to any
trick, no matter what suit Is led, and the
call may be repented until the card Is
played, but of eourso tho holder of the
exposed enrd cannot revoke. The moment
lie cannot follow suit ho must play the
exposed card If It Is called for.
M. J. F. says; A leads a spade, on
which dummy puts what Is then the
winning spade. II trumps It with n
heart and 7. follows suit. II tnkns In tin,
trick ami tin ns It down. Ilefore he leads
to the next trick dummy remarks, "Th.i t i
must Im n revoke, ns -V has all the dla-
monds and only four enrds left." While
this Is correct, and II has revoked, that
plajer bets that the revoke Is not estab-1
llshed because when ho corrects the ro
voke i is not the rightful winner of the
trick, and according to law S3 the revoke
Is not established until the rightful winner
of the trick turns It down. There Is quite
a Inrge wjger on this which no local
authorities can agree upon.
On the face of th play. II wns the
rightful winner of the trick, as he
trumped It. Some ono must take In the
tricks nnd tutn theju down, and If every
one refused to touch a trick that was won
by ruffing until It wns decided whether or
not It actually belonged to the player who
trumped It we should have a nice state of
affairs. As fl trumped th trick, took It
In ns his nnd turned It down, the revoke
Is clearly established, although he has not
led or played to t next trick. Ho much
for R's argument. Now comes the other
part, which' h overlooks. Un had no
right to correct th revoke after h had
turned the trick down, his partner not
having asked him In time. Therefore
the trick Is still his.
C. T. says; Playing on nn. oee.ni
steamsr tecently my partner discovered
mat tne rour aces in the puck were not
exactly of the same pattern 'as the rt
of the cards, although it would take a
sharp eye to drtfet the difference. As we
nnd played with the same cards alt
evening, we r-fusei to pay for the nine
ruhberi w had lost, chiefly through, find
ing 100 aces against us .with nstonlshltv
frequency. Our adversaries Insisted that
we could call oft nothing but the deal In
which It wns found that th stward had
given us a defective nnck. Of
they knw nothing about the Imperfections.
However strong the presumption, there
Is no positive evidence that th ivck was
defective In previous deals, nnd In order
to provide ngnlnst the contingency of a
dishonest player's making a pack de
fective when h Is a loser the law Is that
only th deal In which the Imperf) etlnn
Is discovered is void.
Mum. V. J. says: We understand that
the ace counts one only In navment. nmt
can therefore be used only nt the bottom
or a scquoice. such as A3; but sum
mer visitors Insist tbnt the are can be
uesed lo finish out Q K A. Is this cor
rect? Th combinations In rum .being tbn
same ns In poker It Is usual to allow
the nc to be used nt either end of the
suit, but It will not connect n round the
corner straight, so that K A 2 Is not
good.
Hid Whist. J. J. I, says: A bts thnt
the honors count to th players to whom
they are ilenlt. II bets they nre played
for 111 tricks and go to the winners.
II Is right. There are seventeen points
to be played for, nnd catching the adver
saries' honors goes a long way to mak
ing good n hid in many cases.
Skat. C. C. W. asks what Is the high
est possible score on one band to be
made by tho player In American skat.
If by "American" sknt tho modern
gnme of all guckls Is meant tho highest
possible on one hand is 501. This Is a
grand, worth 24, Schwartz nnnounced and
made, with four wenzels, calculated In
this way: 1 for game, 1 for Schneider,
1 for Schwartz, with 4 ; seven times 24,
or 18!, multiplied by 3 for announcing
schwarz, 801. If lost, this game would
cost 1,008.
Pinochle, J, A. snys: A holds the
trump sequence In spades and the other
kings and queens. How Is this counted?
Under the rule that there must be at
least one fresh card from th hand for
each meld, there are only six melds pos
sible with these cards; SO klrgs, to mar
riage, 20 In hearts, 20 In diamonds, tin
queens (with the club queen), nnd IdO
trumps (with the nee, ten, Jack), making
370 in all.
A. H. II. asks If It is compulsory for
the highest bidder to show the three
cards he gets In the widow,
Yes. One of tho other players usu
ally turns them over. This Is to let
those who did not bid see what they
missed nnd encourage them to bid higher
next time.
11, H. I. asks If a player who holds
the Hump stquence In auction nnd an
other king, can meld 190?
The other king Is useless. The two
mi Ids are wnith 190 without It, If the
marriage Is shown llrst for 40 and the
A 10 J added for tho 1&0,
Mrs. II. asks If one can meld 190 when
holding the trump sequence and an extra
king or queen of tiunips, ho as to have a
card from the hand to mid to the 1..0
wld.
The extta king or queen Is of no value,
aa the sequence Itself Is wortli 190 If the
I mrtrilaif Is hIhiu 11 Ural hill If 111 whiil
l ., illu.. .. tlr.. ,hf. , .
I f'lUent0 18 "UW II IUSI IHC !ll.lirUe I!
lest, bec.ture It l.i a meld of lower value ,v, , t-rrwd by the defendant with sand
In the s.tW class, wlchc.i nnd Icn cream.
NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.
Tim rnurt nf f?lvll Anneals of Texas
held In Missouri, Kansas nnd Texas llall-
WAV nealnst Hacker that where photo
graph tracings Indicating tho wcukness
the pulso of tho plaintiff In a personal
I Injury action and also tracings showing
tho Impairment of his vision were proved
in hnvi been taken with scientific ac
curacy such evldenco waa properly re
ceived. The tracing of the heartbeats
was offered In support of evidence that
tho pulsations .Increased from 103,000,
ncrmal, to 132,000 a day, which was ab
nnllial. Tho tracing wii made by at
taching nn Instrument to the wrist of the
patient. Fastened to the Instrument Is
n needle and slip of paper. As the In
strument, a species of clockwork, moves
over the tinner the pulse wave Is pro
duced by the lowering nnd elcvntlng of
tho needle bv the pulsebent.
In dlsvusslng this modern mode of giv
ing scientific proof of tho accuracy of
testimony the court said:
"New ns this process Is, experiments
made by sclentltle men, as shown by this
record, have demonstrated Its power to
reveal to the natural eje tho entire struc
ture of the human laidy, and that Its
vnrlous parts can 1c photographed as Its
exterior surfarc has been and now Is.
And no sound reason was assigned nt
tho bar why n civil' court should not avail
Itself of this Invention, when It was ap
parent that It would serve to throw light
on the matter In controversy. Mnps and
diagrams of the h?us In quo drawn by
band nre often used to alii a Judge or n
Jury' lo an Intelligent conception of the
matters to be determined, and no one
would think of questioning the compe
tency of the testimony of n witness who
stated that he knew the map or dlHgrum
to ho entirely ,aceurate, anil who then
used It to Illustrate or make plain his
statement. The pictorial representation
of thu condition of the broken leg of the
plaintiff gave to the Jury a much more
Intelligent Idea of that particular Injury
than they would have obtained from nny
vei'bal description, of It by a suraeon,
even If he hud used for tho purpose tho
simplest terms of his art."
A suit for iiersnn.il Injuries resulting
from fright was heard by tho Supreme
judicial Court of Massachusetts In Con
ley s. I'nlteil Drug Co., In which thu
Court held that one w;ho by reiuon of
flight caused by an 'explosion fnlnts
and Is Injured by falling may recover
'"r. """ '"Jury resulting, although there
vn lle no recovery for tho fright alone,
Tho court, however, reversed a Juilmncut
against the defendant on the following
g"und ;
11,1,1 I'"" evidence presented shows
Is that the tank at tho moment of the
eplosfon was upon the defendant's prem
ises. Irow It happened to be there,
whuther rightfully or otherwise, and how
long It had lem.ilned there does not np.
pear; nor lj thre any evdencc to show
Hint such tanks or their contents wv.-o
niiinufai lured, used or dealt In bv the
defendant In connection with Its business.
There Is no evidence to show the naturi
of the business the defendant was en
gaged In, nnd nothing to show that It
knew or had any reason to believe that
the lank was on its premises until after
the explosion occurred. I'nder these cir
cumstances there Is no evidence to war
rant n finding thnt the defendant hnd nny
eontto,' over It. or was In any way re
sponsible for lt presence. "
llecanse the panel of special! Jurors w ho
tried lilm was drawn an hour before the
date set In the order providing for the
Jury, William C. Damron, convicted of
grand larceny In the llrst degree, will
have a new ttlil by an order of the
Court of Appfitls reversing his convic
tion. In explaining bow the rights of
tho defendant were prejudiced through
the drawing of the Jury an hour before
the time tlxed, the Court of Appeals said:
"Such a variance, serious as It Is,
doubtless might be disregarded If It had
passeJ unnoticed until nfter conviction
without objection or remonstrance, but
when It Is attacked directly and season
ably hy . proper challenge to the panel It
Is neither technical nor unsubstantial.
To treat It aa such would be virtually to
repeal tbn statutory provision which en
titles the defendant to know hy means of
tho order for the drawing the actual
time when the special Jury Is drawn. Ills
deprivation of this right cannot be sanc
tioned on the assumption that be may
have consented to thu earlier hour or may
not have Intended to be present at tho
drawing In person or by counsel."
.aid .Vote says that If there Is any
thing In a n.inie It must be d.llllcult to
get a new trial before Judge Alfred Hudgo
of tho Fifth District Court of lhaho.
Similarly, lawyers can try their cases
with perfect conlldence before Judge M.
II. Justk'H of th Superior Court of North
Carolina. Hy the same token, the out
come of litigation must be exceedingly
douhtful when Judge A. II. (iamhte of the
Second Circuit ot Al.ibaoia Is on the
bench. Dilatory motions probably find
little favor with Judge James C. Work of
tho orphans Court of Fayctto county.
Pennsylvania. One of the best equipped
men on the bench Is Judge Hen H. Law of
the Ninth Judicial DlstsJol of Montana.
And finally, not to prolong the list un
duly, we ndvlse nttorneys to keep quiet
before Judge Orlen S. Cross of the Michi
gan Circuit Count.
In upholding convictions on circum
stantial evldenco Justice Furmnn of Ok
lahoma snys that "Investigation will show
that n much Inrger percentage of .per
sons have been convicted Improperly upon
direct and positive evidence. Tho Saviour
of mankind was crucified upon direct and
falso testimony which IMate himself
did not believe, but which he acted
upon on nci'Mint of the clamor of the
rabble. Stephen, tho first martyr In be
half of Christianity after the crucifixion
of Christ, was convicted and executed
upon direct and perjured testimony,
"If we are going to reject circumstan
tial evldenco because nt some remote tlmo
nnd In dlftnnt localities some few per
sons may have been unjustly convicted
thereon, we should be consistent, and wo
must also reject nil testimony, because
a gre.it many mora persons have been
unjustly convicted on direct testimony
than have, ever been convicted on cir
cumstantial testimony."
Tho Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Virginia In Raleigh County Rank vs. To
teet holds, with two members dissenting,
thnt "a stipulation in a negotiable promis
sory note for the puymcnt of '5 per cent,
collection fees on the principal thereof,
and In addition thereto (10 attorney fee
In addition to th attorney's fee taxed or
allowed by law,' Is In this State for
bidden by tbn policy of the law nnd void
and unenforclble."
The question has not been passed on In
New York State.
A verdict for punitive damages ngnlnst
n newspaper corporation In favor of a
newsboy for false Imprisonment was sus
tained by th Court of Appeals of Ala
bama In lllrmlnghnm Ledger Company vs.
HuchaiiHti. In which It appeared that the
boy was kept locked up with others In a
room on the premises occupied hy the
newspaper until nn Important extra con
taining news of tho nomination for Presi
dent nt the last Republican national con
vention was off the press. The testimony
showed that about one hundred boys went
to the circulation room of the newspaper
to wait for tho extra. Several hours
elapsed before the extra was ready and
In the meantime tbn bos, Including the
' Plaintiff, tried to leave before the expected
i I .Ml U 41 o irnuni, mui uii M III 1 11 II
! to ilo ho. The (loop nf tht) room whh
I 1,.-.t,,l n.i.l lh.,t ..niil.l rt..t .. Os.
nf , o)lj,.,.lH of ,, for(.Ml) confinement
nf hl) , J , f ,
,)ler mI1 .',,,., ,anl.Ht
r,ontnmoll r rlvill newspaper came
' there to get the hoys out, but ths latter
( Were kept confined where they weie until
the defmilnnt Issued Its "big extra" nfter
9 ,",'(lf,Cli at night. During tllO tlllte tile
boys were assembled there, nnd were
,..n ni l..Bl , hn 11 nut
11
MOVING RATES.
Tho new public cart ordinance has
gone -Into effect nnd for the first time In
the history of the city vehicles of this
class nre amcnablo to the law. A stand- '
nrd scale of rates has been set for vurl-,
ous forms o( work, the public can seek
redress for overcharges, nnd tho owners
of such enrts nre nssttred of recelvfns
proper pay for the use of their ve
hicles. In fact the new ordinance will
undoubtedly better conditions all around.
This ordinance was adopted by the
Aldermen on June 2 of this year and
npproved hy Cho Mayor on June i.
It Is drafted nlonp lines similar to the
taxlcah ordlnnnce, Inasmuch as It regu
lntes the charges and stipulates that the
vehicles must ho Inspected nt all lima
by nuthorlzed Inspectors.
Tho rates for transporting merchan
dise, household or ofllcc furniture, or
other bulky articles, not liicludlnx
pianos, nrn ns follows! A vehicle drawn
hy one horse and having tin Inside floor
surface of at least forty square feet
(Including the driver) will cost $1.25 an .
hour, tiueh.n vehicle must bo propelled
at not less thnn three miles nn hour.
A vehicle drawn by two or more horses,
having an Inside Moor space of at least
seventy square feet (including the
driver) will cost I1.60 nn hour. A
speed ot not less than three miles must
be maintained. A motor driven vehicle
having nn Inside lloor space of at least
seventy square feet (Including the
driver) will cost 11.76 nn hour. The
vehicle must move nt the rate of at
lenrt eight miles tin hour. A motor
driven vehicle havjng nn Inside lloor
space of nt lenst ninety squnrc feet
(Including the driver) will cost $2.50 an
hour. Two vehicle must move ni mi
ratu of nt lenst eight miles nn hour.
The service of each man In addition
to thu driver or operator uf a motor
driven vehicle will cost 50 cents nn
hour. However, the number of men to
be engaged on one Job Is not to exceed "
four, unless especially ngreed upon by'
the person hiring the vehicle. This In
cludes the driver.
Here's u provision of the new ordi
nance the public will be pleased with.
In caso n vehicle breaks down or Is
disabled through any cause while en
gaged In the transportation of sonde,
no charge shall be made by the owner
for the time the vehicle Is nut of ser
vice. Furthermore, all disputes as to
the rate of payment nre to be adjusted
by the police olllcer In charge of the
police station nearest to tho place
where the dispute Is had. On failure t
to abide by th olllcer's decision the "
load or n part of th loud sufllclent o
secure charges shnll be taken to n con
venient storage warehouse nnd a notice
In writing with n brief stntement of'
pnrtlculnts shall be sent nt once by the
public enrtmnn to the Department of
LicensfH.
Hoarding pianos, the new ordinance
specllles thnt when such un instrument is
transported in the same enrt with other
household furniture and Is a part of
tho snme Job, nn additional charge not
to exceed $1.50 may be made. When
n plnnn is transported as a separate
Job nnd the dlstunce travelled Is three
miles or lestf, the charge shall not ex
ceed $3. This Includes the labor and
the use of the vehicle. ICnch additional
mile or part of a mile will cost th
user nf the cart 60 cents additional.
When n piano In cnrrled up or down
one or more flights of stnlrs the cost
will be 50 centB for each flight- If an
elevator Is used for the hoisting or
lowering of the piano It will cost the
patron only $1 nddltlonnl. If It Is neces
sary to use a hoist or tackling or rig
ging In hoist or lower n piano at either
end nf the Job n charge not to exceed
$5 will he permitted.
These nre the legal rntes, hut there
Is nothing to prevent persons hlrlns
carts nnd the owners of the vehicles
from entering into n private agree
ment. Section 311 of the ordinance
says: "The amount to bo charged for
loading and transporting household or
olllce furniture or other bulky articles
may be ngreed upon in advance. The
contract or agreement shnll control nnd
regulate the employment. In every
ense where such nn agreement Pi
entered Into the public enrtmnn mint
furnish the person with whom he con
tracts n written memorandum to be
signed hy Isjth parties or their re
upoiiBlhln representatives setting forth
clearly the terms of the contract. The
memorandum shall be upon blanks ap
proved by tho Department of Licenses."
I'nder the provisions of the new'
ordlnnnco the Department of Licenses,
of which Commissioner Oeorge II. Hell
Is hend. will keep n strict watch on all
public earlmen to see thnt nil pr-
visions of the ordinance arc strictly
adhered to.
Not only will watch be kept on the
ownera nnd drivers of the carts, but the
vehicles too will be properly examined
nnd their condition kept up to tho
stnndnrd set by law. It Is the intention
of the Department of Licenses to rid
the streets of. nil dilapidated vehicles.
This will bo accomplished ns soon m
practical.
To protect tho public the Department
of Licenses will keep a register of thfi
name nnd record of every person own1
Ing and operating r. puWIc enrt under.,
the ordinance, together with the license,
number of the same, n description and;
dimensions of all carts. The record will
be open to the Inspection of the public
nt rensonnble times and shnll be n pub
lic record nnd extracts from It may bei
certlftid hy the Commissioner of
Licenses or his deputy, duly nuthorlzed
for use nn evidence.
Rvery vehicle of whatever construc
tion, drawn hy onliiial power or pro
pelled by motor power, kept for hire'
and used to transport merchandise,
household or office furniture or bulky
articles. In the city for pny will h
deemed n public cart nnd.the owner will
bo deemed a public curtman, Such
owners can ohtnln licenses for their
vehicles hy applying to the Department
of Licenses, where they will receive
hlnnk forms, on these forms they will
plnce their name nnd address nnd other
Informntlon which the License Com
missioner thinks necessary.
When the vehicle Is licensed 'he
owner will be provided with a blaofe
form, together with u plate to no nf-
ached to a conspicuous part of thn ve
hicle. On this pinto will be net forth
the ofllclnl number of the cart with
the words "public cart." The design
and color of the plate will be changed
at the beginning of each license year
i Public carts are divided Into twrV
, classes, motor driven nnd horse drawn
, carts. For the horse diiiwni carts the
city collects n fee of $2. For 'tho motor
I driven carls the city will receive n fee
'of $5. To accord the ownrrs Just treat
imcnt such fees will be In lieu of and
not In addition tetany heretofore cstab.
Ilnhed.