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THE ANACONDA ST AMU HI); BUNJiA V MOIiMMi. .JULY 23, 1M^7.
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VARIETIES
FROM
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WithPressure Boil
ers.
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VARIETIES
FROM
Mto $75.00
OpenCopper Tanks,^Nickel - Plated Family^Ranges.
^^^^^^^^FIFTEEN CARLOADS--TEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY--MAJESTIC RANGES
CarOrdered by the Government
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N957.
N958.
1 Three Varieties of Single Ovens
N953
N960.
N9SI.
TheLargest Variety of Hotel Ranges in the World, From $85.00 to $300.00
LARGESTNUMBER OF STEEL RANGES EVER SHIPPED AT ONE TIME
THEENTIRE TRAIN IS LOADED WITH
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MIeH tin-train lo l li-^ Northern I'.uill. at 11 ^ 111 ti k .M^m tuna, over which railway It trans-^^MMkMllM. ^'urn are blued la Bllllngn, LB im-.-ton. Bnmmm. Hekraa, Butte, viiaconda and Mia-^tant Ti Upokaat. Walia Walla, raroma, Bfattle, North Yakima. Mlcnahurg, N'ew Whatcom ami^in Washington. To I'miIuipI. Tli' i^.iiii^. Baker Cllj and Heppnsr, in Oregon; Boiac City. Idaho;^Clti and San Pranrlero. torn* weeka ago a few dealers wlrrfj: shii' IMMKOI.vtki.Y:
fouratofi aurawould have
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jkstm's. II thry had wulu-d, and Hi ^ rujUM eouM hwvt pulled th.'^^ thai I ruin.
THEDEMAND GROWS EACH DAY FOR THE MAJESTIC
^imm mm wmmm m wmw it
Andrarload shipment! air being i mule m MavtanMUrten' trdtra it ^^ arieohafi hp 'he government above
allothtra bcum, at Ita IlkW tut the ngai to Which it Ik intended, and lb^ uncertainty of n^^ breakage In uses^nr iii transportation, it smut be rolled dowa thf mountain aide, colliding with rocka^II may come in collision^with wreckage uf trains ami it chit ^ ii|^ unbroken, ready for use. It in shipped to the headwaters of the Yu^^kon in Alaaka, Auckland. New Minium1. io lar-nfi' Amtinlia. and to all th vvl-'e world, without crating or^Imixins. and breukag- is unkniiv. :i. It stands alone us an (gpouonl of the btst that can be made.
linicrtainmaitnull be repcahd bv the Majcsfic Pickaninny /ninrfai j.yo p. ///., io-moryo-,', Monday, July 96, /So;, at
AnacondaCopper riming Co.
HARDWAREDEPARTMENT, ANACONDA, MONTANA
Writefor Cook Book, which will be mailed free upon application.
INCONSTANCY.
]hold. Hw.ti In art. l,o\--'s othM MUM
TobB~fuoeustnni \
Forlove cannot la- ..\e Hie ^.tnu.^Nor nevi r sJJaraggn] 1 1
Thesong thai dimmed Ike car lo-il iy.
Therose that pi, .i...-.| the sight,^Are on the morrow ^ .ist a Way:
Theygive no mure delight.
Soloves ^f yesterday gran laaM
iThetods have mad^ ii tall^My love for you h not tin sun^As In the lone uao.
Mylava k not the name. i lay,
Bui.oh, H Mill h mi.^Tin true lo you. and every lap
Ifall In love an, a
taoliday you ili .au grow to me
Thanyou have keaa i^ faf^^And so my love's Inconstancy^Ii that I love you runt,
-Ladles-World.
OldSpreckles' Quagga.
Fromthe London Telegraph.
'Old J^m^h Sprci kb s ^^strsngrr to me I bad never previous^^ly seen or hagJd of akt Ban* even. Bui^when I eapied it conapkuoualy dr-^Played on a hame-tnadi placai I thai^appeared In the arindoH of a beer ahop^In the ^hphhorheod of Lock'a I'm ids.^Wal^orth. it ^aa in connection with^^n Intimation of ^o tini ommon a kind^that I felt it Incumbent op mo to Had^Out something more about bun.
Thewritten antouim i no nt ^as la^the effect that a smoking com , 11 ^, ^:,|^he held in the cfub roeap u pa tain with^the object of founding n fui I for al^^lowing old Jonh spnc kies mow, unfor^^tunately, reduced to th, norkhouae) a^ahllling a \^eek to pro* Ide him \^ itb t,,-^hacco TIcketK. 6 pcnei each.
8oI went maid). and tendering a^ahllling to pay f, i a Kiass ,.i .^quested as , ham;, ., |^ ;,. i b, , .. , ,^4 pem-e. The landlord, an pldi v i^pleaaant bajkinii man, though^apparently n^t-ltatten,^i! nose neemed^gratified that anybody unknown to hint
aaa regular enatatnei siid lab an
tatereetIn the concert, ami ask. i m^^whether I knew old Bprecklen; and, on^my evasively replying ^not Intlmati \^remarked that I might ha,, knowed .i^wuaa one. for a more atraightforad ai^giinple-mlnde^l old Hi, k i apart from^bualneae. of routs,.' le add, d pat, n^thetically. and In tones la tokening that^the aald auallnratlon went without^aaylng) never walked on two legs
Butwhy of course' apart from busl-^aeM.^ 1 aaked.
Well,did you ever know a show -
goal).'the landlord n.j .m|,
amlie to whoh his aoae contributed^gaauaU breadth, ^who. as such, uasn t^^rtful^ Specially a travelin' one. whose^line la freaka o nature, and outlaml.sli^wonderment!. That was Josh s line. I^remember hla smart little caravan tlv^ -^and-thlrty yean ago. when mon, ^ ,^to be made at the game, and when it^waa aa eaay for him to lay hla hand on^A tanner aa It would be for you or me^to ajaajbah our heads. Rather' I recol-^Ipct when l^ng Bill, hla racket!]^that waa, got into trouble with Sam^Chuffney s gal. and Sprerkles paid C3*^dawn to buy him off, on oinditlon that^Jpt married Polly, Josh himself pur-^aharfng them a home.
Thatwaa a kind-hearted thing to^4o. It aeema a pity that auch a good^fellow ahould be brought so low. How^waa it brought about T^^4 ^Edjukaahun. air.' responded the^Maidlarg aewenptly 'It waa that and^nothing eiae that bunniked poor Josh ^^^But I can't acarcely believe that.
a
IIwould r.iotn more lilo ly that i diti a-
tlonmust lead ||^b b^ bike grealer
nit'rci t. among other things, in lb^^wonders of creation aueh as those .Mr.
Spfeeklr . I olplMise. exhibited '
Vis bin don t | on sc. it baa made^boys ami xatH so awfully knowing ihat
whatv as easily swaII'led bv Ihelr par-
taliwhan thap arara yaaaujrateri fablua^ei i attires, unicorns and nieiinalds, and^that sort the inert at silniol klla now^^adays laugh at.
.losnhas had aBgM UMAgdl 'ajga, ba^.^^continued ihi' Inndlord. Ikhling bia^pipe, and foktlatg bis nuns on ti c metal^^'on,ler ^There was his gorilla from
th.dark (areata of Africa, a rare draw
bewaa. I knowed Mat as well as I
kaawaagq own heather. RattlbV good
bandal lllhliage ha Waa, I've played^many a game v. h h hlgt
What,with Hie gorilla from tin-^A frlcan for, sis'.1
Well,of course, lhal was bow be^was. ailed purfeahnally, ion in real life^lo waa a in hman Joah aagM .o:.,*s^him on the Hatfield road, tramping
alongwilh his wife; and such was bis^build and the cut of his .lib lhal the^slghl of It. as l ie benra Josh sa^.^seoonied to . all out to aim, Here i
ehaaeefor you. DaatM mkaj H t tr^him in hahfl tights gad ahaVI o^r Mia^apt blows, ami ibaln him up in a ^ age,^ami than I pWaT wild man of lhe wihhU^^ ompb le and perfect.
So^prachlei stopped his Httta enra-^vaa aaa htm and I ha Irkth coaipia went
andbad a pint togeth. r. and Josh he^made know* big bright Id, a. They^hadn't la-en married so wiy |,,ug. anil^at llrst the young woman was Inelinni^to nde maty at such a thing lalng pro^l ev. : i^n when it was pagntad out by^Josh lo the husband that, if It turned^cut a aujoceaa It imam .'.^, shillings a^wtsk and rations for ihe pair of cm.^I he) lathed it over and an agreement^was ecana to.
Andit was a hit. It was Just at^the lime v h^ u some outlandish bunting^cove bad for the llrst time cagaa at I Bag^gorillas, and s, at one to Kngland,^atnffedj. Josh went to wo It. anil took^ins pane, i, fr it nigh aa he eonM.
lb spu'.t a lot of money iii .he b. st
hairy^akin, tight-ntting suit thai could
bemad,. and Ihe iorehcad and face,^with tin .vis nose and mouth which^was a wide tin couldn't la- Improved^on. Josh tiavtletl with him ull around^th' reentry, ami did so wail that the^contract w.nt on lor more than three^yearn, ami would have kept on longer^only for a act kb nt.
'Al Croydon that was Of rottrs^,^thfo were other attractions to the^show that was pitched In the stable^yard, next a public bouse, but 'Crunch-^cm. which was th. nam. He gorilla^answci.-t la, agfj the great draw. It^was a longish chain he was fastened^with, and he used m n t u cm of hi*^^ as. when lol.l to do so. and do a bit^of a dame along with J..si: Ami it^unluckily happen, d thai on^ ot ^ lie |^h:-^pit in Ihe front row had a vicious little^tag terrier with film, ami aa i'rum hem^vvas waltiln round along with Joah.^his tail tiii kid the .log aereaa the aaaA^and in an instant It went for the got II- '^la. who turned alsiut. ami was bolt.ng^Into his cage when the tenier g it a^gup on his hub1, and tor. auch a 'arge
pi..t ot n t hat .i.t ,, ,,,,, i i .r of
ayard of the blue-strip, ^| cotton shirt^worn next his skin was plainly .Islble,^and having a fairer chanct then, the^aavage beaat went for him again, and^th,- gorilla roans out. Tarnation' hould^bun off me. or I'll bt nun,bred gfa*^tolrely:'
Naturally,tin y all began to laugh^at atght of the Maa-atrlped shirt, but^that capped it. and th. i , v, as sm h a^precious kh k-up that if Juab and Mike^Mnlkiy^tho gorilla that waa^hadn't^taken refuge in the publii houae there^in no tellln' what might have happened.
AndHull wasn't Hie .. olst of II. The^damage don, lo the skin suit wasn't go
gnatbut that it might have been re^^paired i in the Irlahman bad gol aucb^a ftrtfhl he awajhta'l gat Into [l again.^(', rt'n.v it was a nasty bit,.
Tiedog bit Mag, then'.1 '
Itdid so. and will Josh know, d it,^lor some .-harp lawyer chap, be took^up lIn liishinaiis case (or htM and
auedBprarklea for damage, ami. though^Jeeh'i mwyar tried to make out tb.it^it a a all In luded la the contract ami^lhat Mike took on tlv job with all^i isks. lha Jury dlda'l ate II In lhal light
andJo. li got cast for EH, which sun:,^by tin lime Hie lawyers Wag paid
mountedup to gba, which waa a hard^knock for aim, ami mi^ thai be never
rerov,rt ,1 from.
Itwas I ii i k v for his son. I.ong Bill,^that it did i | hanm n Jual b^ (bra he bad
10be baUghl oUl. bill 11 bell, six i'lolllIlM
after.Not but it would have been lat^^ter lor gprarhlia if he bad allowed nu^to stop in th, jinny.
Ihaaa in- didn't prove angratefujl^to his faihei, who had so befriended^him.
Thatwas what everybody s;iid. but^whether it was lb.it hbi^ and I'olly^Chuffney ,hat was dktn'l pull well to^^gether after thai was apHaag, but Hill^ever after, stead of showing himself^mui b obliged to the oM man. acted] as^though he owed Ii I ti i a grudge to be^paid off a bit ut a lime, a hi n In found^the op|m^riunity. LaOh at tin trick MM^played bis father over that bleaaod^i|iiagmire^'
Iiii'Vit In aid of i. What did be^do ' 1'iish him into it .^'
Howeo'ild be^ Kul p'raps 1 a'n't^gaMa right In Hie uanat, is a iiuay.-'^mire a animal'.'
'N'o. a quagmire Is a muddy Mvvunip.
Ah.Unit I am wrong. Hut there Is^a animal whose name has got a i|it;ig'^In If.'
Aquagga you nnno, perhapv^
Thats the Joker. It took old Josh a^good tlni, to get over that g o Ilia Job.^Ho couldn't ibid a wonaarininl tu his^famy to take its place. So |i|||, (he^mi an wagaoou. found one for him. He^Wgg BWa of the hard-up sort, and a^scheming curd, who would lather spend^a vvei k over a doifg, that world faring^him In Pi shillings, than work le anal^for three days for ,l,^ul,|, as much.^Somehow he got to know v.hat a rum-
11nking thing a quagga was, ^,,ni lung^like a donkey In build, but jailer, with^black stripes all over It; so he ai i l la^a out-o'-work scene painting chap be
wgjgin the habit or playing aklttlea
with, and they mixes it up Is tw, , n^'cm. Hill goes to a man al ParfclUUa^who let out donkevs hp Ihe wiik. and^plefaj out n good-looking one, ami thi re,
ina sheii .ii the I,,,, k gunb n. It u iqier-^atad on. and made into a quaaga: and^then BUI g^es to dls (atht ' and i Itt m I^blm a v am about it.
Hemakes out that that same morn^^ing he ha I quit, bv , ban, i . met w itb a^chap w hosi broth-r vvas caotain of a^small trading weasel sailing BMBtty to^unknot, n foreign parts, and. hi lug on^a voyage out Arabia way. and going^,'Shore for fresh water, he i A lilt* ;|i r..ss^ii native riding on a slngku looking^cri'ture, as Pig as a pony, but x oiler,^ami rlped with black like as if It was^drcssi ii t^i a footliall match.
AndIhls captain, the last time lie^was in Kngland. had promised ins i. i-^tlon to send him a foielgu present. so^he awaps with the native for tin ani^^mal, and. money not rachaajtpjgj In Hum^parts, gives him a double handful of^colored glasa bead* and a butclc ; s^knife for It. Well^ao the man told^Bill, ami Hill tells his father the cap^^tain he ships the creature b^ another^xi ssel coming to tie. London ,1m k- ai^xvrites to his brother to letch it from^there. And he had htiheg it. bin it^bting no mortal good to him. and
Jmarket al lalingti^^ i d him not to. and
lime'iug nothing about Ita ^a^* and
bahita, I:,nt selling II, cud that
verymorning when urn met him he^was going in take it to th. donkey^^niy inn i^raoad-^i.ii.i him thai ha^I knew aoanebody who would lake H aft
Inshands at a lair price.
HillSpeckles, he telb: his old man^all this, and. init ially, he was iixlous
jI^ have a look at II The noent painter^I uns r ai anger to Joah, nn^! tills him
tin-Bggw tab- when Hill takts hlM to^i him. OM Josh caught on tin minute
goM t eyes an the animal, and after^j being asked tin for il. vvas tolly Well
jpleased ^'.tii in - bargala when m ;^t^It for si v eil pun leu. He didn't BataM
ia atari at ^ic e with It lie wai having^| his caravan palated nn, ami n wouldn't^i be Kniahed in leaa than a fortnight,^j ataanwhllei he thought it best lo keep^, his quagga a aerrat Iron* rvtrybedy,
sohe look It home ut night time cov^^I end wllb sai ha, and slabled It III a hit
ofa outhouse In Ihe yard it: the back^| of where he lived, and bought a lo w
padlockto ki op th door fast
Weil.Long Hill was the arena paint^^er divided Ihe seven pun ten between^^ in and 1'ill didn't tell his wile u wold^ahOUl It. or give Inr a sixpence of the^plumb r. but goes Ik nixing ami skittling^with bis pal, uml in less than I week It^v. as all gone. Five shillings a week In'^had agreed to pay I'm tile donkey, but^tun having a oat left, he went and^asked ihe man to wait till tbc weak^l ib^, when be would pay two waaha^instead of one. The man said he^wouldn't wait ami told Bill Hint if ht^didn't settle up or bring the ajonKey^back he would have fill-1 up lad ore the^magistrate. Si Hill haves a talk with^the arena painter about the iix they^were in. and the painter he laughed ami^tipped BUI i lie wink.
I looked farad,' he sea, to some^^thing ef Hi^ sort happening, and acted
accordln'.It wasn't He roigura i did
baex r with, but with the sort ilia; can^be ^ leaned at^ a it ti parnflb1. and ail you
havegol to do is In such' away with^the quagga from 'our old man's preiu-^Ists and bring It here, and I'll UUd ,-^take t ^ turn It bach agnln into a don^^key in a couple of hours or so. Then^p*U can return it to the chap you bor^^rowed It of. ^^nil your old man will le^in for a rare old game of hot blled^l^ ins If he ij..es quagga hunting.^ All^right.' Bill ns; father gins to his club^to ninirer night, and I'll nave the way^to mdng it beforehand.^ So next even^lag Hill cads home permisku* like and^waits till his lather la ready to go to^his elub. Itlll first he goes to the out^^house io sea thai the quagga Is nil^right, and Hill g^c. with him ami helps^he^, father ic.tke the animal comfortable^and 'hen tl ^ ^ ..mo out of i Is stabb^^Hill Inst. Tin- he] was on the padlm k.
andafter pretswdtag to lock it he gave
oldJosh the key.
N.xt morning-an. of course, you tire^npecthkg to l^- told -the quagga had^vanish.d. The stabts Baor was wide^apag when Bgei I kles went to give It Its^feed and tin i wasn't so much as a^goaf gaVh to shew which way it had^gone. Josh's 'n-a id,a, nal rally, whs^that seer t.oily in his ow n line^tin re^xvas a good many show tin n llvln' here-^alsiuts a: that time^land stolen It or^took It b^ way of a lark, but he could^find no trace or tidings of It. Bill^loehad In. as he werry often il'd. Just^about dinner time, ami the old nan^told him alx'iit it. and his advbv v in^^to have some reward bills printed off. t-^lng a aovrreiKti to get It back.
11'Don't put It as ntean,' says Hill, 'say^strayed. No doubt somebody has^prigged It. but being the only quagga^in Kngland cept one other nt the i^w-^loglcal gardens. If th^y tried to sell it^they would b. -ute to be bowled out.^so when they sie the offer thev ', !^.^glad to take advantage of it ard you
will have your quagga iclurnetl to
you.
But,^f ruUlan, the money paid for^printing ^us wasted and all the neigh^^borhood ana talkin' about the mys^^terious disappearance' and about the^roomer that had. somehow, gut put^about it was i.ong Bill's own doing,^most likely -about a old woman who^livid hard by Josh Spi^i kles' place and
who. being unable to sleep with rheu*^matin, was looking out o* winder about^I o'clock in the morning when she son
Ioi fnl fkfUre With herns ami u pitch*
fork,mounted on ;i dying horse, flame-
colored,with black hoops, and w hizzin'
tiiioiighthe air like ;i skyrocket, Not
beinga SBUpcrstitchUI man. Josh didn't^ggy attl ntloa to any nonsense Hill he^vviis verv much down in bis luck,^though, and he continued for a whole
forin t. when, nate day, BUI'a wife weal^to him In a agitated state, and aha sea,^^Mai ^..n seen William, father^' 'No.
ibaln'l set ryes on him lunge two days.
Whydo you ask. I'olly.'1 'HeoBUSS,'^she s.^:-. he s lieni away from home
sincepaaterdg) nsornln1 and there's^I^ en a BUM in our lodgin's kicking up^a row on account, so he SB] . of Hill^ruining his donkey.1 Tin- old ehap
^pi Bed Ms eyi s at thiit. 'How turns^Hill with his donkey lo ruin It1.^ he sen.^I cen t make it out at all.^ si s I'olly.^'WhatI lha men says is. thai Hill hol^^lowed il ofl of him lime weeks ago at^.^, shillings :i weak and look il back tin
daysafterward, smalfhV that strong
thatth^ man asked him v.hat In'd been^doing wiih it And Hill told him that^he though) i^ make a living with the
itik ami a barrel^, hawking paraffin,
buti; dktn'l Banner, and bt supposed
thatsome of the 'tuff must have^splaslv d OtttO lit^ animal's back and^kiga. Bui now the man makes out that^He- poor i t- aior is that asahed and^latteruttd w ith parallln thai In dar n''^go nigh it by candle light for fear of^milking a boulire. And. what's more.^Its coat se, n,s changing color as though^It was going to have yullcr fever.
oil Joah didn't aak fief ajiy mere^questions. Hist heart was lo. full at^discovering how shamefully he had^be n Balii The only remark ha made^wan:
'You tell Bill from BM that I ved.nie^with bint, gad that if he got what he
lest rv. s a would b- tied onto that^there aatteratad donkey's back uithits^tail art light to.'
Andit would have haaa a good^lam:: far tin old ch..n if he had kept in^the same mind and had BO more to do^with him. Hut Bill ^;^t nnmd him^somehow, and was always g leech on^him an lone is he bad a pi und to call^Ills ow n. and now b, has gone into the^workhouse. Hill, who ha;; got to be a^bit la^tter sff, won't have him come^mill his i la, e fur fear of his disgra.-^hag him with hit pauper clothes.
Itwas very hard aa the poor old^showman, bat the best I could 4a for^him was to take four more tickets for^hln '^agora lieneflt.^ making half a^^ row n s worth. Which so delighted the^Link's Fields landlord that. Uniting I^wait lirm in my refusal of his offer la^stand me anything I llknl to drink, he^Innlsbd en my accepting one of his
VIIcllppsr hOJtH two-penny cigars.^^which one of these days, when ! have^a di sin lo punish myself for some par^^ticular heinous sin committed, I Intend^lo smoke to the last whiff.
Xll.snt.
Fromthe Cleveland l.eadi r.
HusbandI', I you give anything to^that tramp who just left hen .'
WifeTramp'' Why. that wan m^^CISC*) Henry, who is no very rich and^has no children of hln own.
HusbandI horrified)^I'.rrat havens!^Anil I told him that unless ht gol out of^the neighborhood Inside ..f tlv, .alliutu I^I'd telephone fot a polic-muii! j
CROQUET AGAIN IN FASHION.
for Mime tears It II - Iteen Looked^I poll as Out ot BBtOi
Thegams of croquet has again^achi. v td prominence. Far man) roan^j it has been looked upon ;:s ag Bt the^amusements of kang ag^. NOW, how-^ever, it has. (Of BOOBS unknown reason.^. lis a high in popular favor, and, in^I fuel, pioniises to \;:iim a position which
.ii never before ai sieved.
Modemrroejuef is a game requiring
'not only a deal Ot sk'll and know ledge.^; bin also calm Judgment, and aboVl all I
;ihings. an Imperturbable temper. At
iMivciv i moment one player In s the
Imoat complete command of the bails. ,^j and th other has to submit to k ttg
di^i Ivad of all rhi I ^f making prog-
Iless. Hln turn may come If his oppo- |^1 nent makes a misiak^. or If ho run j^I succeed in Ihe a| pai'etilly hop less ,^. lusk of hilling a single biHI at tin- oth- i^! er ^ml of the urounib^. inor ^ than mi^I yards aw ay, and even this SBSgagV I
,chance aaay not oftin he aCardad,
'Clack players nre car. ful tu w ire un^adversary for vv hose long shota they^entertain any respect, finishing iui Ii^bleak by placing each ball liable to b
]pb ked off under the shelter of otic Or
|mm ^ hoops. A juiiiciotis antaajankjt,^when he nan Htablajhad ii bad, will^i lake lha utmost cur- not bt lose II by^I risking brilliant strokes or by weakly
'showing mi try la hi - rival, in Banking
'ulong break-In other words, making^I several hoops In the same turn^the
skillof th - b. .-t plovers Is chleily^I show n In the oilmlr^bb- ladies em-^, ployed la k t p on. ball under due con-
troland another waiting la I central^I position lo be used when required.
Instriking Ihls srctiml bull g.eat pre-^: ^ islon Is i xhibitcd in l'rst getting audi^! a position mar It that It can bt forced^' towards, the hoop which Is next made^I (^roquet this ^ihi^ is played both upon
lawnsanil ggati sanded Melds. For^I some reasons the tirnt is the most^i pleasant, but when It eafMg t^ actual
skinin playing the sanded fatal should^^ have supreme y. Thtlt Is grtater op^^portunity 'or clever shot,:, th re are no^obstacles in the way of concealed twigs^j and il heeoir. s a game win re seie .-.^^and brains ov. rasatck ignornnce and^i lack of rklllfulm ss un tat lawn acci^^dent sometimes favors th^ aaar player.^On the send, provided the He'd In in I^I good condition, the player must depend^I altogether upon his Judgment and his^j clevenn m In handling the mallet.
Atnther fad thai Is making crot!u'1t |^| again popular is lhat none of the ex-
nlmplereason that In Ihe long run it il^the better able to hold the interest be^^cause it really requites Infinitely morn^skill gad si n-nee.
Noone can say at what lime thin^year rrnajuat forced Itself upon the^thoughts of people. Perhaps the Hist^Intimation of Ibis was ihe formation^of i roquet clubs. The lirst amused,^the setond caused Inquiry, Ihe third^resulted in investigation Now It hap^^pens that ^ roquet dung are being^I'mI right and left and DaBM Fash^^ion hirsdf has set the seal of approval^upon Ihe revival of the old-time so-
cMyamusement, it la a fact Ural if^sertety often waasttra after strange^pans it iBvariahiy returns aeaaer st^later to the best thai is offered to it.
Noone familiar With the two games^^^an deny that croqual Is ai scientific as^bltllarda. BIHksrda have been and pre*^rumabiy always will be a favoritt i^as-^time. The revival af ^ roquet indicab's^thai hdealtit^ it will be iiinsbbred In^the same ciitegory.
Verymany persons have la some way^gained lha Imuiuaalnw that since cro^^quet has comparatively ceased to be a^national amusement, it in nothing at
all. Far from this bting true, there is
anational croqui i sneoctttkM which
BMMtlin Norwich, Conn., ihls year on^lha Monday lending tht third Tues^^day in August.
Thereare no better ground in the^., iintr] than those to ha found In Fair-
moumPark, where ihart is room for
l.undredsof sets. The up-to-date cro-^enj t player must tenon.inr that tho^game should lie played on a ground as^nearly level aa possible a;ul ordinarily^g^ fact by T.' feet in size. In every in^^stance trie ground should be well rolled^and sand light!) sprinkled over it. this^latter being la bold tha bails and pre^^vent then from slipping and sliding.
andthus give unintentional advantage
ioi^ shots. Tht dm Una of lawns in
thefavor of persons who best under^^stand the game of croquet Is fully^si.own by th. fad lhal all national or^tournament game- are played on what^is called dlri grounds. If there Is one
thingajarc than another which could
Bscalled tin OtUtra] principle of Ihe^gnUM of croquet, It is a, curacy, and^t)ii- |s at much easier on the plain dirt^ground thU tht lawn lhat the inm-^i arisen sh^ws the ividtsl possible dif^^fer, nee.
Themom fashionable coquet tour^^nament of modern society is known an^the eight-mall. I gam., meaning, of^i.,iiis. that .ight players engage there-^l \s a rule, four aic on a side and^m ii is considered, furnishes the bent
i %oytMrtty.h -1 ^ ^^ ^
tennisIs ^aused by R, Tht ortlinary^dress for croqui t Is that w hich every I^one weat s. N'eith : liiilck Tlioeixers '^nor shirt skirls aro necessary. One
Iocs not ha' e lo wear a ^ ap. BOtthOT is
!he obliged to provide l::n: If arttk j^sticks or oilier equipment. The host or^hosli ^^ is bound to . rovlde th. bills^and t iaP is for the guests and this re-^UttJUg them of an infinite lot ^f bother, j^It Is not the rule In ^ roquci as in ether
gaaaagthat on - baa a fhvorRa nrahht
^r a favorite bail, line may prof r a
ertnln weight matt^silcctcd Just i:. ii n,-,a y,h,, goes Into a^billiard hall lo phi . a game of billiards^selects his cue of a certain eight.
itIn the general optnkMi al peruana^who are fami'lar with cr'*iuet lhat^there are two rsaseas for lawn tent-is^havhag galnetl supremacy over It. One^is lhat grounds havt lann c.^|a-cially^pn parexl for t.-nnli The seoaad is that^lentahl was aamethlng new. Now. ho^-
ver. tennis baa beta phapud far a suf-
litlent length a^ time that the supre^^macy of the I Wo games may lie atcidod^uiMin the merits . f rarh. In the minds^of mest p.-ople thu, .^ small question^that croquet has ti,, t^ ^; claim, for the
,d of anv combination of plapetg, Kx-^porta b' l.l that there It more tcleuce^displayed In an eight-mallot game of^, ro.met than In a dozen lawn tennis
gamta. in no olhar ^^P^rt is^^ here greater aeoeaUty tar what is^I , ^^go.Hi eye.^ Ts a pernor,^I . i : a . lately Judge distance^croquet in aa inn- sslbllity. so far as^, , , an,. rned. V;e.thrr requlre-^meni is that the slayer must thoi-
ounhlyunderstand the degrees of fonc^In striking a bull.
Oiven
'iheret^ro requlslt' - and a player is al-^mosl certain of g ncral success. With^^out them he mlirht as ^ell cease at-^mnpttog to piav the game.
It.hi.olline^. Bark.
Krm the Iv-trolt Jourml.
.1.,tl..- m^ati thing.'.11 she sl;hed^^ lint re don- behind a person's hut.'1
SI., might have been thlntlnr of I ho^thinrs that nwnklml drc ^. In d.t ell.^But there sre oth^rs.^M ^: Mp, h^r .-kin and h^r shirt-waist^^ ^ren t doing ^ thini. rouihly ^pvaking,^but eomliii- apar: tround there.
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