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ANOTHER YARN ABOUT OLD MAN GREENLAW Inception of the LaHapalooser is Explained for First Time in True Story. By David A. Curtta. They'a done been a heap o' talk, first an' lust, 'bout lallapaloosers," said old man Greenlaw one day when Mr. Owen Popper had spoken dis paragingly of the particular poker hand, known by that peculiar name, "but they ain't but a few knows what they Is," he continued, "much less how they come to be interjuced Into the game, an' who done it." They had questioned Mr. Pepper when he camo into the old man's lit tle saloon in Arkansas City concern ing the qualifications of a myster ious gamester from somewhere In the North, who had recently appear ed on the Mississippi river and who, while travelling up and down in var ious boat's had sat in an a stranger with the professionals who played poker Tegularly on those boats. Hu mors had reached Arkansas City which credited him with having had amazing success in u number of games, and the old man and his friends were keenly Interested. Strangers seldom won from the pro fessionals at that period. "Must be a holy terror fo' to git nway with the best players thoy is en the boats," said old man Green law, as if awed by some tale of the supernatural. "Some says he done, win offen the one-eyed man, but that doan't sound reas'nable." "Oh, I don't know," said Mr. Pep per. "I reckon he ain't no such hell ( roarin' terror. Tears like he plays] Borne dlff'rent f'in the reg'lar gamp,; but that ain't to say what he plays no better on'y what he interjuces new Idees. I reckon when the oth ers gits f'millar with 'em they'll skin him alive, but" 's long 's they'a nov elties he gits away with 'em." "What new Idees c'n he put into r poker game?" demanded the old man, greatly mystified, "Oh. I don't know," said Mr. Pep per. "Mebbe they ain't all on 'em 'xactly new, but he plays 'em like they was. He plays big dog an' lit tle dog' and jumpers, an' 'round the corner, an' skeeters, an* sich. I wouldn't be none s'prlsed if he was to ring in a lallapalooser afo' he gitt through." "Oh shucks!" said the old man ! "They ain't none o' them things new. NO YOUNG IN i GUN BEAT THIS And A. T. Keener's New Health and Strength Came Straight from Nerv-Worth. This resident of No. 310 Buckhan non street gives the very best of rea tona for the Ner\'-Worth faith that is in him. This is what he signs his name to: Burke's Drug Store: ? You have :\ great medicine. It ha.?? done wonders for me. My condition was bad. I was com pletely broken down. I could not sleep at all or eat. Was tired all the time and felt miesrable. I have taken different kinds of medicine, but none of them have done me any pood to speak of. I weighed 165 to 170 pounds, but I have taken two bottles of Nerv Worth and I weigh 100 pounds now and I ne\er felt any belter in my life. Never get tired and can do as good a day's work as a young man. A. T. KEENER. 310 Buckhannoa street. Dollar back at Burke's Drug Store if Nerv-Worth does not help you.? Advertisement. on'y skeatera. I never heer'd o them afo'. What be they?" . ''?V don,t know," said Mr. Pep. own .?1. n.0Vnr, "eon 'em P'fiyod my !!Z, i . ' ,l U"y "a>f ItB a nl?*. live und douce o dlff'ront Bults, with two in ni\ bel1,'t'en- Thfiy Plays 'cm Awn^'Vl"" Jthpy bPUt" three ???.?' y don'' n?hody in these Paru know nothln' 'bout 'em. on'y Ju"' naol,u?y that gives him 1 i? .. Pf " vantage, knowln' ; all the modern 'mprovements if he c n git away with "em," nald the old man, but 'pears like he'd have some iroublo a doln't of It. "Oh I don't know." aald Mr. Top ??. . , . ^uln t hucl no trouble, not yet, belli h a that quick with a gun. j Tboy a dono been aome argyment but "JITV!8 t0 got "w"y w|t It, so fur." ? ell, 1 don't hold with none o' I I ?! ?.",W ldoan ,n p"kor' "it as n fcen 1 thing, I dont," said the old ; man, "tut they ao' la 'mpo'tant Into mi Ke"?y-, ' <"'ay? 'Poaed to 'em , til Illaladell nvented the lallapaloo? i er, Hi time o' neod an' 1 aeon how It workod. Th' ain't no question but hat was a atroke o' genius." An' then the old man mnde the remark 'tory Ut beginning of the Then he Ilghtud a fresh cigar, or vi hat was left of a cigar after he had aten one end of It; and went on to tell about the lallapalooser. ?.?,W J come to Arkanaaa City ti ? aald, "I done aeen what they waa a long felt want Into the tended"* What h<"In'' n"vor been tended to proper. They waa a heap o Poker played when two or three fathered Into together as the Good |>?t 'twa'nt did onto a . .'fln. IUO' 'r less P'mlscous, mi outsldes beln' 's liable fo' to win cut as the citizonR wan. ". ? c?'sc that was all wrong. They couldn t nobody 'jcpect the town to p ahead non<* 'r long '? croRsronrlfi gamblers an' p'feaslonala f'ni ofTen the boats was comln' hyar fm time to time an' gittin away with big chunks outen the floatln' capital o' the e mmunity. Thing to do was to organize, an' I dono organized. "I begin plckln' out the best plav. ers they was In town an' gittin' 'ein together with the idee o' makln' a team what 'd be pow'ful enough fo' to get away with the strangers. In union they is strength, as the Good Itoolcs says, an' 1 showed 'em liow if they d play fo' the common wel fare, they'd do a heap hotter fo' their-1 selfs, an build up the town b'sldes. J hat s whar the real prosperity o' Arkansas City begin. j "Just nachully they was some dlf- j Acuities fust off. The'd be Strang, i ?.et,ln, occasional, what was mo' talented n usual, an' they'd put a crimp into the house wad afo' yo'rl know whar yo' was, so we tins dono systematized tho business a lectio mo an' I done got In a bungatartor tw ill"8 'xtrcmo cases, on' a'ter litre wE." ,,Un "lon? m?' reg'lnr like. Afo that they waa difficulties I ? time to time, like 1 dono said. One of 'oni was I'eto Orosjean. Ho cone p tonded what ho wero a Croulo, i out I nl aya 'fiplcloned he dono comn \ Horn th' Ozarlta, on'y he wan't much 1 ?.v rn ,root Wsh' an' he was mo': chlllzed like 'n Ozarkera gen'ly In. ! Hut anyway he nho* wan a Rllck play or. I reckon If he'd 'a' boon HJitlo-1 fieri to a settle in Arkansas City un'I jine forces with tho homo talent, he'd lieen rich an' rospocatblo afo' now, I nstead of what he dono pr'ferroil roamia' round reekln' whom ho c'd devour somebody. "That wns afo' Bassett lined In with the locnl Improvement party, an' afo' I done laid in my bungstarter. ?o nachul enough. Blalsdoll nnd YVin terbettom wa'n't doln' 'a well's they does nowadays, not havln' the same moral f po t what they c'n genlv relv cnto now case of a 'mergency. They done the best they could, but Pete Grosjean was night 'bout a3 good with the cyard's as Illalsdell hlsself, an' he sho' done had the devil's own SPRING Showing! We have never displayed a finer line of Walk-Over Shoes for both men and women than we arc showing now. New patterns, new models and a large variety of leathers in all the sizes and widths to properly fit your feet. We will welcome the chance to show you how nice a high or low Shoe can look, how well they fit and how long the ywill wear when they are fitted right. If you want the latest style in foot wear, visit our store. $4, $4.50 and $5 , "a Highland Bros. & Gore 3rd bt. exclusive shoes luck, bo he done got away with the combination repeated, an' I was Kwine to bar him outen the game. But Blalgdell Bays no. " 'That pirate o* hell,' he says, ' Is got mo' money n'a 'b good fo* his health, an* he eho' does play a inao ; terly game, but I'm gwine to And a way to beat him out or bunt.' "Well, he done bellyached over It | fo' a c'Bld'able while, and one day he come to me aft* he aaya, "Greenlaw, j we una 1b got to havo a new hou-ie rule, an' I've done wrote It down, ho they can't be no d'a pute.' "Well, I aat him what 't was an' he perjuced a piece o' paper. He wrote onto It : Lallapaloosers beata fo'a : j "Well, I Bays, That's all right, Jim, an' we'll make It the rule If yo' all aaya bo, but what's a lallapa iooBor?' j "Ho grinned a little, an' he says, ' I dunno yet, but I'm gwlne to hold j It the first time Peto Grosjean puts : enough In the pot to make It wuth , while. Yo' all better stick it up on : the wall aome'rea where we won't be liable to notice it till It's plated out to him.' "Well, I seen a gre't white light when ho Bald that, an* I pasted the fa per up. Then he gives me another paper an' tells me to paste that up too, but not til after he'd played the hand onc't. That un read: : LallapalooBera can't be : : played But onc't of : a aettln'. : I "Then I seen mo' yet of a light, an* ( I dont put that in the cash drawer. |eo's 't wouldnt git loosed, an' the very next night Pete Grosjean done come In fo' a game. "Wlnterbottom didn't want to play, him bein' mo' 'r less c'nserva j tlve them day's an' not knowin' what the new house rule was. 'long o' Dlaisdell beln' d'sirous o' springing on It as a kylnd o' s'prise like. Jake '(l done lose out repeated again Groa jean an' he says what he ain't no! hawg fo' punishment an' he knows when he got enough o' that if hej -.va'nt easy satisfied when things was gwlne hia way. An' Pearsall was over ! to Greenville co'tln the gal lie mar-! ried later on, so it looked like they wa'n't nobody but Jim to set in with Grosjean, but I reasoned with Wln terbottom fo' a spell, handin' him a stake, an' ho says very well, what ho ain't no 'bjectiona to lose a nothor man's money If it comes to that, bo they was a three-handed gnmo, "I seen what 'd bo better fo' to hnve mo' 'n two Into it, case of a nrgyment, fo' WInt'orbottom oho' la rt'pendable when it cornea to baclcln', up t,he house, He ol'ays cornea to the help o' the Lawd ag'ln the Al mighty, as the Good liook aaya, "Well the game begin like it most j pcti'ly done when Pete Bet in, He didn't 'pear to had no gre't luck when Dlaisdell doled the cyards, but' he nho done win amazln onto his own | deal, an' hia hick helt with the hands he got f'm Wlnterbottom, bo he was glttln' ahead rapid, wheu Jim llona caught his lallapalooser. "Stand to roason he wouldn't 'a' got It If Grosj?an 'd 'a knowed what 'twas, it beln' his deal, an' him reck nin' on having the best hand his ownselflike he gen'ly had, being' a I excellent dealer. Hut him not know In' nothing 'bout it. It done come ! by act o' Providence. "Well, it was Wlnterbottom's age, | an' when Blaisdell seen his cyards ho i done bet out. Pete had fo's all right. Fo' sevens they was If I remember light, an' just nachully he rose ?t, j an' Wlnterbottom folded. "Jim went back at him with a ; l unclred mo' an' I 'splcloned whnt was com in' but o' co'so p*?te didn't had no twinklln* of It an' he done | rose it agin. They done kep* it up till they was quite a pot an' Jim' closcd it. He said later on what he didn't aim to bust Grosjoan this time, on'y to git him mad, so'st he'd put up his pile when ho sh'd got a lallapalooser his own self, like hu'dj most likely do. "Then they both stood pat an': lllaisdell bet a other hundred. 'Pears like Giosjean must a s'plcioned some- ! pin' fo' he never rose it, but on'y called, havin't his fo' sevens. "Hut lllaisdell says, "I win,' an' reached fo' the pot, an* Grosjoan says, 'Yo* all 'pears to be some drunk. \o' ain't got nothinV "Oh. yes I has,' said Blaisdell. 'I, *?ot a lallapalooser.' "Can't you se fo' yo'self?' says I lllaisdell. 'They's all fo' suits an' the ! fifth cyard Is a dimond. That ties a straight flush.' "Just nachul, Grosjoan draws a gun. If I hadn't knocked it outen his hand with a bungstarter they mought' 'a' been a disturbance; Dut when we showed him the sign "and 'xplalnod what it was the house rule, ho ca'mod Mssolf some, an' played alone like j he wa3 mo'or less 'xasporated an' reckoned fo' to git even. "So I dono went outside an' got that other sign an* como back in the back room an' stuck it up on the wall when ho wa'nt looking. 'Peared like ho was too busy lookln' fo' a Mlapalooser of his own fo' to pay 'lontion to what was goln' on, what's al'ays a mistake fo' a man to do v.hon he's playln' poker, no matter i what ho's got into his flat, But any~ ways, that what ho done done, "Just nachul he didn't had no such of a wad as>ie done had when h?? set In, 'fo Jim done hit him tol ; 'able hard the first time, but h? had ! c'nsldorable left an' he aho' had the i courage o' his convlctlouB, whatever I 'Jwas he'd done been c'nvioted of, We i una never knowed nothin' 'bout that, him not beln* a reaidenter, but I i reckon It muHt'a* been somepln' per-, ! 'ous, "Well, blmeby it come Dlaladell's | deal, an' I will say fo' Jim what the cyards Is liable to lay the way he i wants 'em to a'ter he's dono gave 'em out, an' I spicloned fr'ra the way I f^roajean looked what he must 'a' 1 caught a lallapalooser hla own self. Judge Ira E. Robinson Will Make Some Speeches in That County Soon. May 13?Some of iXdL R?Jm 8 Ue?,ubIlp?n? will ^ i " county on u spoak v /?. dur'ng the next few days Ex-Governor Albert 1J. White spoke ?! ? - o'clock this afternoon and at Pennsboro this evening at 8 ocloclc. On .Monday. May 15, the ex. governor will address the voters at Auburn at lo o'clock In the morning. "'at able Jurlsi and popu lar candidate for the governorship, the Hon. Ira E. Uobiriaon, of Taylor county, will discuss the issues of the day at Cairo, on Friday night. May l'J. Vt Harrisville on Saturday af ternoon. May 20. and at Pennsboro on the evening of the twentieth. This will b-) a rure opportunity for the Republicans to hear the political Questions ably discussed by the gen tleman who will moat likely preside RH our^ chief executive after March ?1. 1917, and a large crowd is expect ed to greet the distinguished guest', who ?a Immense popular with the masses in this section. To Tak? Up Pipe. The Reserve Gas Company is pre paring to take up tho Dressor patent pipe, used in the big gas mains through the incorporation, replacing It with screw pipe as an extra pre caution of fiafety. Acquires Lease* The Deffenbaugh Oil and Gas Com pany, a new concern, lias acquired the George Blackburn lease, near the Jtamsey pool on the Harrisville road, ftbout three miles south of Ellen'joro, and are tearing down the rig on the Lenz Smith farm and will drill for oil as soon as possible. Kinehart and Gore are the contractors. Meservie Seriously III. W. It. Meservie, former county clerk and now a candidate for the state senate from the Third district on the Republican ticket Is seriously ill with ptomaine poisoning and has been removed from his home In Har-I nsville to the city hospital at Par-, kerspurg. where he la being treated by Dr. H. M. Campbell. Many Hurt. Several serious accident's befell residents of Harrisville within the last few days. Captain Thomas Ehert, conductor on tho Harrisvlllo Southern railroad, fell from a box car ut tho depot and broke his left log, Paul Prlbblo, son of Ule Prlb blo, fell from tho wash house roof and ouatained a fracture of the left arm; .J, L, Lamm, an Ico plant' work er, mashed hiH hand badly ? and Boyd Firtler waa curiously cut while scuf fling with a pair of large shears, Mooalou Epidemic, MoaaIoa arc tUH epidemic In this community, movo than seventy cases being reported ill thin immediate vi cinity, but fortunately few fatalities havo reaultod. In Serious Condition. The little son of Andrew Cunning ham, of near League, is in a serious condition from an ailment of the bones. Dr. Emmett A. Corbin took the little sufferer to Clarksburg last week, whore an X-ray examination was made, and his condition is re garded a3 very serious. Buy Property. Henneghan and Hanlon. the Sls tersville oil and gasoline producers, who control the gasoline production o! this section, have bought the prop erty owned by the Ban leers Oil Jom fany, of Grafton, who have gone out ot business, also the gas from the Uarrv Gore wells on the Harry Myers and Clemrn Owens' farms, and will install another large compressor near the headwaters of Whiskey run to manufacture gasoline from the product of the leases. (iocs to Arkansas. Harry Gore, junior partner of the successful oil contracting and pro ducing firm of Rinehart and Gore, of Cairo, left last woek for Arkansas, where the Arm has secured several thousand acres of likely oil leases near the towns of Hope and Fort Smith, and will do extensive drilling during the coming summer. Charles E. Sarber, of Parkersburg, Is a part ner In the western enterprise, and has been located In Arkansas for several monthi. Called to Washington. John W. M. Riuger, the efficient agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Ellenboro, was called to Washington, D. C., last woek on ac count of a serious accident to his aged father, who had the misfortune Jim didn't have no gre't of a hand, him not havln' no call fo' to. Three tens 'twas, if I rec'lect. "Well Grosjean done bet out, man ful. I will say fo' him what ho sbo* was a spunky played. Ho wouldn't stop at nothln' 'e long's he had mon ey to put up If ho had a who' thing, and o' co'se he reckoned ho sho' had It that time. An' Jim knowed that 's well *s I did. "So they wa'n't no gre't d'lay 'bout [ glttln' the remains'o* Grosjean's wad in the pot, 'an' he showed down an* reached fo* tho money, I never soon nobody that flabborgasted what he i was when Jim called his 'tention to t'other house rule. He sho' was tit to be tied, "Right there was when Winterbot I torn done took a hand. I dunno *s 1 I'd 'a' got a fair swipe at him, even i with a bungstarter, if Jake hadn't grabbed him from the rear an' helt him fo' a moment. But er'rythln' j passed off peaceable, an' a'ter Gros jean got strong enough to travel I bought him a boat ticket to Vicks ' burg an' he never come back to Ar . kansas City no uio.' " to fall In a passage-way at his home. | sustaining a serious fracture of the hip. Mr. Ringer, who Is 78 years of age, Is In a critical condition, but latest reports is that he la renting easy. Business Meeting. The girl scouts of Cairo held an Important business meeting at the home of Miss I'earl Hatfield re cently. After the meeting dain ty refreshments were served. Those present were Miss Leoia Moats, Gladys Robinson, Margaret and Ca milla Greene, liuena Atkinson, Vir ginia Fleming, Margaret Terrell, I.oui.se, Nelll and Pearl Hatfield and Margaret James. It Puys To Advertise. The new Methodist Episcopal church at Pullman will be dedlcatodi on Sunday. June 11. 1916. The pas tor, the Rev. J. W. King, Is endeav oring io secure the services of Bish op ellrry to preach the dedicatory ; termon. I'iunis up Wagons. Judg Boehin, proprietor of the Wonderland Show, has painted up his wagons In fine style, and is pre paring to start on the road for the 1HI6 season, with high claBs moving pictures and refined vaudeville. He ".'ill travel through the country for the present. We're All Pulled Pp. Through an ad Inserted In the Clarksburg Telegram a few days ago, Joseph Mihlbauer, the prosperous Highland farmer, has sold a fine iarm ! on upper IJond creek to a Mr. Nutter, nnd praises the efficiency of the Telo gram's classified page. Personals. Walter Dutcher and wife, who have been sojourning at the homo of Theo dore Butcher, on Bond creek, since last July, departed on Thursday for Lancaster. 0., where Mr. Butcher will be employed in the Ohio oil fields. Miss Donna Creel, registered ni.rse, of I'arkersburg, Is engaged here pro fessionally at the home of Robert El der, In the West end. Clyde Williamson, of Marietta, O., ?. former resident of Ritchie county, was here this week, a guest of his un. cle, H. B. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Arnold and "-on, Roy, of Liverpool, Jackson county, who have been guests of W. F. Arnold and family, have returned to their homo. They were accompanied by Miss Wilma Arnold, who will visit them for a couple of weeks. Jnmcs Barker, the woll-known health and accident Insurance agent, of Parkersburg, was a business visi tor In this section this woek. Mrs. Sarah Adams, of Lost Creek, It visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. W. While, near Harrlsville. James D. Hill, of Clarksburg, con nected with the right-of-way depart ment of the Hope C.ns Company, was n business visitor In the town on Thursday, James Moaloy, the drug drummer, of Flatwoods, was calling on the merchants here Wednesday. Thomas O. Rtrlcklcr, of the Penns horo Grocery Company, attended tho | Btate grocers' convention at Parkers burg this week. Will A. Strickler, who Is In Mor guntown, attending the state Sunday school convention. Is expected to ar rive home tills evening. The Hon. W. F.. White, of Par kersburg, who has Important oil In terests on Whiskey run, was a visi tor in town this week, alBO E. E. Pope, of the producing firm of B. S. and E. E. Pope, who owns valuable ioascs near Lcaguo. II Oil BUI Welsh Town Crier's Defense When Censured for Ac tions at Funeral. LLANRWST, Wales, May 13.? William Williams, Llanrwst's town frier, accused ot being Inebriated at the obsequies of a local soldier, made this defense before the Llanrwst board of guardians: "I am innocent of the grave and serious charge brought against me.1 The funeral referred to, when tho1 vicious tongue of gossip spread Its poisonous rumor that I had Indulged in potent fluid, was a military ln termont' and ns such appealed to the latent militarism I had Inhaled while ? In tho police force, but since sub- ? dued. Complicated for Melody, "On this occasion I was excessive ly sober, when through my reputation fii STYLB H $150 KlSPHt>/*P>SOLD?l Opera is Wonderful on the AEOLIAN VOCALION Take a rccord from Tristan and Isolde. Play it some evening for your music-loving friends. With the first notes of the orchestra you will notice a new tone to the music. You arc hearing real music for the first time from a phonograph. Stand at the far end of the room and see how each note of the intricate melody reaches you perfectly. and take the your hand. 1 Step up Graduola in Soften the tone a little?a simple move of your hand will do it. Then increase the tone until it brings out the full force of those mag nificent high notes. That's what we mean when we say you can play the Aeolian-Vocalion. Thisisa pleasure that you have never had with the old mechanical, unchangeable phonograph. But you can never appre ciate how beautiful the Aeolian - Vocalion souads until you actually hear it A half hour's demonstration will be a revelation to you. Come in and let us p'r. for you your favorite sele> tions. You can play the instrument yourself if you wish. No obligation will be incurred by a visit. PRICE $35 UP MORRISON MUSIC CO. Pianos and Players Sold on Easy Terms. 120 Second St. Opp. Gas Office tvrrrr Copyright, 1015, The AeoHan Company as a musician, I was asked to lead the singing by the graveside. I wasj consequently complimented on the manner I conducted the singing and on the beauty of the melody I emitted. "Yet some vicious, soulless im postor declared the melody was in spired by over-indulgence in whis. key?a statement 1 dismiss with the contempt the mighty lion hath for the crawling slug. Had Seen Strange Places. "I have traveled thousand.* of miles and visited strange places, mingling with weird people; yet no finger of scorn has ever been direct-, ed at me." At this point a board n/ember in terrupted: "But the question, were you drunk at' the funeral?" "No, sir," answered William; "I was merely devout." NEW CALENDAR. PEKING, May 3 3.?I)y govern ment mandate the imperial or Hun? Hsien calendar, which was instituted on January 1, has been abolished the secretary of state has decreed that the year 19 3 6 shall be known as the fifth year of Min Kuo. or the Republic. Colorado uses more than 2,000,000 electrical horse-power every day to ran Its Industries. Of Holland-American Steam ship Line More Than Treble in a Single Year. ROTTERDAM. May in.?The Hoi. land-Anierika Line, which maintains the trans-Atlantic service between New York and Rotterdam, more than trebled its gross profits in 1915, as an indirect result of the war, earning $0,136,613, as against $2,901,522 !n 1014, out* of which a dividend of fifty per cent is pnid, as compared with seventeen in the preceding year. According to the annual report, which has just been issued, the com pany lost the steamer Eeiudyk on a mine, while three other vessels were badly damaged by mines and the Ityn dam was in collision off the Amcfricau coast; but despite the perils of the seas, 137 voyages were made with the company's own passenger and cargo vessels and another seventy seven with chartered ships. Japan is planning to adopt an al phabet of forty-seven letters, in cluding most of the Roman charac ters, some Russian and the rest original symbols. CEMENT BLOCKS. Lime, plaster, cement, sand, sewer pipe, etc. Prices right, quality and service our specialty. Doth phonet. G. M. WEST. Feed Supply Stor?. Bankrupt Sale!! Entire High Grade Stock of - The Globe Dept. Store 327 W. Main St. Clarksburg, W. Va. Purchased From the United States District Court Will Go On Sale Friday, May 19 THE PHILADELPHIA SYNDICATE