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Declarations More Complicated Than It Appears.
One of the peenliarities of auction
bridge and ale° one of its chief at.
tractione is the feet that just abent
the time you think yoll know it all
yon find that you don't know as much
about ea you. thonght yea. did.
Telt any bridge player that all he
to figure out how many
trieite no trunks he eau take with a
eertain suit of trumps, or no trumps,
and then to bid that number, and the
proposition looks easy. But at the
card table he is confronted with an.
other proposition, the bidding a the
other players, espeeially his adveraar.
ies„
The dealer, who is compelled to
make the first..cleelaration, has always
two thinge to vonaider. In the first
Place ha must give his partner some
idea of what he holds by making a
deelaration which promiees favorable
results from his own cards, so that
his partner may assist him in one
of two ways—in making a better
deelaration. In the eecond place, he
inust If poseible prevent the adversar.
les from giving information to etioli
other of which they would avail theta -
selves in the play of the hand in
ease they do not get the declaration.
It must never be forgotten that the
game minuet be won except by the
side that actually names the trunip,
and not even then unless every trick
that is lete,„ is inade. Those who play
against t declaring side cannot score
anYthing but honors and penaltim
and. Cannot, advance their score a
single point toward game, not even if
they make a grand slam,
If the dealer has no particular
choice as to a trump be is foeced to
bid one in spades; but if he has a
:good declaration of any kind, either
in no trumps or in red. be should
hid .hila hand up to its full value hn-
mediately. That is, he shordd bid as
much as he can reasonably expecb to
make If he finds average assistanee
in, the .dumrny,
As an example, let us suppose that
ithe dealer finds in his hand five dia-
monds to the ace, king, queen, and
the king, queen 0 spades, with other
,cards. If he bids one in diamonde.
'worth six points only, he leaves the
way open for the next bidder, sitting
on his left, to declare one in hearts
or in no trumps, or two in clubs.
While it is true that the dealer's
partner or the dealer hiniseif may
;afterward outbid any of these pro-
positions there is one thing they can -
loot do and. that is make the other ad-
versary forget the suit his partner
named, The declaration of one in
atearta or two in clubs is not made
by the second bidder with any idea
of getting the play, but simply in
erder 'inform his partner that lie
As strong in hearts or in clubs, as the
lease may be. He names his best suit;
the suit which he can best uae as a
weapon of attack or defence„ whether
iit is a trump suit or not.
With such cards as those named the
dealer should try to6prevent this in-
lormation giving by declining two in
diamonds immediately. His cards
are worth it.% Such a bid will com-
pel the second bidder to make a de-
elerathea of each value that he may
hesitate to offer it for feai o being
told to go ahead and play it.
If his. suit is clubs, for instance, he
will think a long time about bidding
three in clubs unless ae is pretty sure
he can get there, because he knows
he will mast likely be doubled and
fiad several hundred points • penalty
piled up against him. His partner
cannot come to his rescue to pull
him out of the hole, if he is doubled,
without rutaning the risk of getting
.into a still deeper hole himself.
It is often very important to shut out
sthis giving of information by one
'partner to the other by means of
what might be called straw bids, es-
pecially if it is your intention eventually
to declare no trumps if pushed to it; be-
cause the information that you have al -
!lowed to pass between the adversaries
will. enable them to pick the right suit
for their attack at the opening lead.
Take this case: The dealer, Z, care-
Ilessly bid one in hearts when he could
just as safely have said two. The second
lbidder, A, offered two in dubs. The
(dealer's partner, Y, having the clubs
*topped, shifted to no trumps, -which was
add up to two tricks, and as a no trump -
ter the hand was played.
Y having been the first to name no
trumps, played the combined hands. B,
-who was A's partner, led his top club
and took out Y's stopper in the suit at
(once, This eventually resulted in B's
egetting in again andalldwing A to make
live club tricks, defeating the declare-
Stiora
Had the dealer bid two in hearts in
the first place he would have shut out
ek's informatpry declaration of strength
en clubs and 13 would have led :mother
tsuit, enabling Y to clear up his own suit
lbefore losing control of the dangerous
club suit in A's hand.
,Observe that if a player hes had a
cehance to name a suit and the Wd is
afterward changed to no trumps by his
opponents, it is almost a certainty that
they have the named Ault stopped. Take
this eita4:
The dealer, Z, begins with two in die -
monde. A, holding among other things
six hearts to the kieg, queen, jack, offers
two irt hearts and V' bids three in dia-
'monde. II passes and Z shifts to two in
ITIO trumps.
'This marks Z with the ace of hearts
;beyond questiori, beettuee Z knows that
if he plays the hand A will have ,the
lead and will lead hearts. This knowl-
edge that the aeo of his sait is ageleat
lune may prevent A front going on to
three in heaets and may else prompt him
to let Z try his no trimmer. Of eounse,
there are playere with terse eitough to
make 4 WW1 of this kind in VA position,
hoping to induce A to overbid himself,
DM, they aro rare,
A difficult.point in the, inferences frmn
the bidding is to distiuguish bids whieh
are made for the pierpoee giviug in-
hale:Woo and those whieh ere made for
the purpose of savipg the game. Suppose
the dealer's aide le eighteen up. when he
bide two la diamonde, It its oie ants that
if'the dealer is allowed to play it he will
probably go out,
la order ta prevent this and keep the
game in for another deal either A or his
partner will have ta overbid the dealer
Z. Suppose A says two in hearts .tils
partner will not get much information
out of it, as it does not neceasarily mean
that bas a big heart hand, but amply
that he canuot let the diamond make go
through, and thinks there is lese al loss
in penalties in a heart than in anything
eleei
The penalty for the failure- of the de-
claration being fifty points a trick, re-
gardless of the suit named, it would
seem to .the beginner Anigh Simpler to bid
no trumps whenever it was necessary to
save the game by overbidding„ because_
of the fewer number of tricke neeessery.
But this may ee a serious error, al-
though it le true that the less Wake
you bid the mailer the number by
which you nuty fail,
Seppose V, starts with the odd in
spades awl A. passes, Y bidsbearts, and
/3 bids two•in clubs, prompting•Z to in-
crease his partner's aid to tWo
learta, just to show that he has a trick
or two in his hand.
A has eathing 'and passes again,. It
is now up to 13 to save the game, and it
might appeu cheaper for hint to bid
two in no trumps than four in elubs,
because the bidder has to pay for every
ttick by -wheel he falls short.
But at no trumps B might easily lose
three' or four by earas, costing hint four
or five trieks penalty, perbape doubled;
whereas he cannot reasonably lose the
odd trick even at dabs, Which would
restrict his penalties to three tricks,.
even if he bid four by cards,
Probably the most difficult thing in
the game is to decide on the probability
of the declarers making what they bid.
If it is likely that the decoration will
'succeed. it must be overbid in order
to save the game. If it is very unlikely
to slimed it may be let stand or doubl-
ed. Doubling, it smut not be forgotten,
opens the way for chenging the bid and
so escaping the double penalty.
Let us suppose such a cese as the fol.
lowing: The dealer offers one in. spades.
A says two in diamonds, so as to be high
enough to shut out Y from making an
informatory bid too *cheaply. Y looks
over his hand and finds 'there are no
diamonds in it, and that his only five
card suit Is spades, king high. besides
which he has a single honor hearts
and the ace -queen of clubs.
The dealer's bid may have uteant
weakness, or it may have been foreed,
waiting for developments. Y cannot
risk three in clubs to outbid A's two
in diamonds, so he says two in hearts.
This forces A or A's parteer to go on
to three in diamonds at the risk of
undertaking more titan they can accom-
plish, and it also opens the way for the
dealer to declare himself if his origittal
declaration was simply forced. Even if
Y -Z are allowed to play the heart de-
claration and go down on it they Itave
the satisfaction of knowing that A-11
cannot win the game on that deel, and
while there ie life there is hope,
The most dangerous declaration's at
auction bridge are no trunmers, ehlefly
because the adversaries make no mis-
takes about what to lead if there has
been any previous bidding, If the spit
named by a player is not led by him it
le a sure sign that he wants his parther
to come through with it and give him a
finesse. In sue); a position it is very
nice to know from the bids just what
suit that partner t...an probably get, in op,
One of the first things that experience
will teach the player is the great dif-
ference between playing a. no trutnper
himself and playing agalust one. Sup-
pose a player to hold eight spades with
the four top honors, nothing else. If no
trumps is deektred on his eighe bis
policy will be to keep still because be
Will have the lead and can defeat the
declaration,
If no trumps is tleelared on his /eft
he cannot deelare spades without bid-
ding six by cards, but if the pla3•ee 04
his left makes any deelaration
will admit of such a bid as three in
spades, or even four, the bid should be
made, so hat if the declaration is even-
tually a no trumper on either side
epades will be led against it.
But -with such a suit a player could
never go no trumps himself unless the
situation were desperate, because he
couid not get the suit led.
Doubling, which is usually the con-
cluding phrase of the bidding emoug
good. players, is seldom resorted to un-
less it is practically a certainty that the
declaretion cannot succeed. Your putter
has big diamonds, outbid by, two in
clubs, and your pertner has increased
his diamond offer until tite edverearies
Ave been compelled to shift to hearts,
bidding three trielcs, You hold three
honor:is to four hearts and some dia.
maids, making it evident to you that
your heart deelaration is simply to save
the genie,
Two coursee ere open to you—to help
your partner along by offering four in
diamonds or to .double the adverse heatt
declaration, The first is risky beettueo
they may let yon try it and beat you.
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The wood is absolutely safe, becautte
it is practically impoesible for them to
nteke what they bid Against your heart*
and your partner's diamond strength,
Befember that hearts was art after.
thought with them
Of couree there is a good deal of bluff
in the bidding epee oveesion. A sharp
player' will often take Miventage of his
inference that tne oppouents are bidding
to teve the game end not to Will it, and
will ineretthe his trick offer without
ehanging the. suit, just to emke them
bid a little higher so that he may. get
a little more penalty out of them. This,
like leuffieg in another genie with which
most persons are fateilier, is a danger -
one experiment egainst good players, be-
cause the very trap you hiy for them
may be preparing for you,
Teke it all in Ale auction bringe
a umber of surprisea In store for
Mate who try it for the first time, not
the least of which will be the unpleas-
Ant way in which penalty some pile up
against you in two principel easee.
These you will find to be when you are
too anxious; to win the game on your
own neelaraiion, aid when you are too
melt afraid net the other fellows will
win it on theire,
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te it cure for cold' and gripe,
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its to a throne, and there abide.
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A lite at happiness to lead;
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Tin naleigh found this wondrOUs weed.
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A nretty lass my boort ensnares,
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"rebate° ell this negate. operas.
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But for awhile, as maidens do;
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invieible spring. When once it k on it
tannot be removed except by a small
l' needle speehilly manufrtethred to toilet)
the aprleg in a tiny hole whieh i s left
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THE CORN' CORNER GIRL.
cv JAWS L. FORD. In New York Herald,
Sho was a rtetialefaced, tiliunp pulite, that it had come to me by way of a de.
ereatttre of tveenty-orle, tins Casey Cor. partment Store rob it of one iota. of Its
ner Uhl with a nose eligittly eurited up, eltarme. My heart stirred violently eiths
deep blue eyes that coact, sviten oecasion in me and I teought that I wet in love,
arose, look Into other eyee with eatnest But now 1 know thee it W44 tile lifit
pleading---00044i0it generelly did Arise atmospheric' gealite• of the ona,ty runlet'
wiien their owner +vented 81)1110.11111g— 19 width this peerless L,oung girl sat Pu-
tted a fignre witoee eoft, round, mower: shrined that had rev 1... Ini of ul,Y
were alluringly. shown by a dress that
fitted like the traditional paper on the
walls and whose short sloevea dieplayed b
eeen dominated by the love ot persoett
plump arms, *leader wriats and dunpled comfort or the etroett appeal 01 Frelle
hands, that, glistened with inntimeealest cookery,
ringa .aud brattelete, "Awful piettered to see_ you. Sorry tit
Thitt 1 fell in love with Ode paragoa .screent tvits out whevutt rang, Cum
Almost the first, time that 1 • sae' her up here and sit down!'
goes without saying, for at this time of It was the voice et the flat develle
DIY young' life What 1 mistoolc for love epeakittg front beneath the striped cut
waft in reality merely a. state of lanai, tains eta the crowd speers, throng
and in her ease thie sentiliiental eondi- the runlets of the burning pilule stick.
tion Wits brought ebout by seelog her but it did not bring me to my sense
seated in a cosey corner, On the coutrary, it added to my uttox
Never since then have I seen a, cesey eittion.
corner—Fla-eh Is not se much an article "I hope you don't think rill ilYrtl
of furnillue Rs a *tate of epholetevy-- bold , jost ebeeeuse I aleoke eigarettee,
without wondering how many engage- the said, as .1 clambered to a plan b
meets end blissful courtships, Ana hew side ber on the hintivey divan "Ma mad
few nterriagee, it tete been reapolitiltle a foetal' knic at Brat, hut welly all tit
for setae ee first appearance, as an ita- Mineola girls smoke teal that'e a Ver
rortant factor in the social life of the Wily little club, That's tile *titre 0
-°`VV"Tilitere"e aver a law of Cod or man Most of the girls are juet met, alma
. the preeldent over there, on the ease
runs emelt of fifty-threee sang Kipling, him. I wee out teking a little wet.
referrieg to 'the latitude of tbe Harlem with hint just Wane yoU eeete. Do yu
River; ene the. sentimentel demoralize, think he's handsome?" '
tiOn that has long charaeterized the 1 left tny perch tO inne a eaVertit ex
great region that lies to the north of amiaittion of the crayon drawieg, wide
that tributary may be traecel directly tn gotta in a etinspiettons piece, emulate
the introduction of tbe cote, corner. on a gilt easel. 1 notieed that the eye
The one that aeryea es a settia„o* for my were large and dark, the nose straigh
Eiweetlieart's charms was, I. believe, the and the mouetache eavefelly trinune
very filet ever known above One Hun- and eerled.
died aud Twenty-fifth etreet. "He has a weak mouth, witielt de
I had met the Cosey Corner Giirl once notes a leek of cheriteter, but the iippe
or twice in certain rather ordinary part of his faee Is not bad," 1 remarke
grooves of life which 1 frequented at as 1 re-entered the eastern itutele thi
thie time, and had admired her exeeed- time sliding a little nearer to the centre
ingly; but it was not until my first eall "You horrid thing!" site exclaimed
on her one Sunday eveuing at her Hare "Every Mall I know has made his 0411
lent home tha 1 she made the powerful cism. of that pieture, hutyou're the firs
appeal 'to my ieuses and imagination one who said lie looked as lf he dials'
that provoked what I call ne "love af- 'ewe any eliersteter. Ile's got a gee
fair." I celled on ber that eight quite deal, I can tell you.' ft be hadn't e
unexpectedly—a fart that may account wouldn't be at the head of the fur de
for the long moments of irritating delay partment. There's brain got to go wit.'
that followed my ringing of the bell in tItTatiojorboilly'Teallin:a.t,,Ipiiikeiattletealtiibuiveteett:eaei'ld la
the .4stfottle—Of rite apartmaat he:T...0,-
and the further delay th.at ensued when am hour or two we babblea -On—we' VW
a small:girl, having carefully scrutinized young lunocents together—about the ae
the card that I offeree and lookea me tors we had seen and liked, the play
up and down as if estimating tbe eost of then current in New York and the lot
my apparel, took me up three flights of est novel. She sidestepped literatur
stairs and left me waiting oetside while teiji.atibt onillaile.ali. lskioil:1,..ittla jiltIsstbsee angtrEtiediltitslt(iiiownil
shsettavnednitnign itllo tsiel ea idf ahrekr laaitsithevrayw els
ellolnld, her beet; every time and that the poetry
distiectly hear through the closed door Tinla"114dtaAnstiaeray07 I'v'Tasheirtetatistoaanoselhraeertlariafr
the sound of shuffling feet, moving fur-
niture and hurried, low voiced commends anything,
which usually accompany the makieg of Looking back to it now from the sane
a hhety toilet in a Ihnitea space of time eminence of middle life, it seems incom
and floor. Then came sounde as of the preltensible to me that I should have
rolling, Wielding and final slamming of m been so powerfully attracted by the
pair of fordinea doors, and a moment Coaey Career Girl. ••letit the truth Is
later I was ad -tatted by the little girl, that With all her fooliehnees site bad a
who wore her hair in a very short pig- sweet disposition an innocent nand and
tail and had the precocious look of a a pereenal charm—especially whet). you
eshered into the front parlor, which beteh—that male
particularly sharp young weasel, and Were sitting nextyatiol flioerrgetitille:islizedt
seemed to serve other parposes es well, feetions of speech and certain crude
for 'there were a collar and pair of cafe ideas of personal adornment. 'It always
ea tee top allot of the corner "whatnot" seemed, to me when I saw her in the
and I noted the corner of a sheet coyly elear sunlight a 1 tiehitailitaaati 1, mil: ciogutt italisOiriettaavareb egbiraeeleevnat
protruding from the bookcase. . Prom many things,
latkeheinfdailltenatiiagalitalyi heluorsreieddfoplideipnagradtoioonrss
alsetintru'ricieta tali: ttlbiee
reached. my ears as I waited. Then, Is89,10.1:1a:dteeeajesa3to:flb:e:talatdetst:pdBpiltivguefnatipC1, cueolont•t:ionheeetlicsie. se
through another door, there came a trilltyAingtefsetsivdt:Ldmrcenaeolkitss °Ica tteitonru,n0a9 litoirie )0ecavaitisinrf al
slight, faded little womau of middle age,
me, as I thought, in the let= aeodrnaerz
with watery blue eyes and a weak emlie
that revealed poreelain teeth of great
figure moving in the shadows, while
tl ahnfteet dreenai ignedreledt
regularity, who sae she was very pleas -
me of a bare
ed that I had calied and offerea me a
human. hand I had once seen at a spirit-
edblintieat8hi::
hand that was still warm and steatpy
ualistie seance flashed through space.
damp froin household work. Site men-
wIlia is my friend, .Mr. Wrigley,"
tioned in an apologetite way that it
said the Cosey Corner Girl, and the
was the servant's night out, and. :mid.
president of the pleasure coterie slipped
that her daughter would be ready in a
bh;ntlhese down front the divan, said he >vas very
few moments. I had realized by thia
pleased to meet ine and immediately
itntinwehitelhaittlite Ndvia•esssiin1 gmbeellaistil•lunsg°
spell of my
caller hineself from the yeetibule, and as
eninutter.thekes. leirw(lititehictill I noticed that
I had already waited a quarter of an
his hair did not lie (mite as smoothly
departed, leaving me to faIl once more
hour I wondered what splendors of toilet
on his head as in the picture on the gilt
were in course of preparation behind . easel,
and that he wore a long-tailed
those folding doors. Meanwhile the mo-
ther babbled on,
frock coat of a style that followed the
minutes ago from the park, where she's
toi?eitY, bduntilgsilitetelOtsilya jlattlecolarotee iwnitah flekewr
been driving with one ot her geritailinan school house follows the flag to our
cosey corner to Harlem, even as the
Meads. You live way down town, don't fuLtIsheisttplteasy tsaessriatatt.r close questioning
on my pare I learned that Mr. Wrigley
rrei:etpktaiotnyaolfl traheet trafiiynelollaerli'lleeaatt,r1;
you? Yes? Then mebbe it was to the
ieerae°'sten- was "stepping with ns for a few weeks,"
lot of grand gennulinen belongs to that, anti then I suddenly remembered that I
and I told my daughter to go tight had heard it said of fiats that there
ahead when she asked me about join- was never one so stnall thht did net
lug. The only ehing Pin afraid of is that contain at least one boarder.
scent on 'ent'll persuade her to go an' "In that ease," I said to myttelf, "it
get married, sane as most of her young.
tmleausttIllenal bae:ronssitoinse cdlaify18, ratildinucsotllia)er
friends is doin' just now."
he who Sleeps in the parlor bookcase!
suIre"Cdotletervieerbhefeoarred,
not like to hear of the attractive gen- spare time right here, with her, in this
obfattle:atalienkeao‘lva, Ilelcei iari•
In all probability he spends most of his
tlemen who belonged to that soled social cosey corner,"
organizaion and went about perstiadin
creek eoat enjoying such privileges as
g The thought of this ruffian in the
members of the other sex to marry theme
these killed every desire in iny soul,
I thought ilie old lady a simple-minded,
save one, and that was to win this
babbling,fool, but now I know that there
was art in her rounded, ' pulsating bit of feminity for
the only fool in the room. I was about myself alone. If we had been seated in
silly talk, and that I watt
to reply with told dignity that I had an ordinary parlor I never would have
never heard of the Mineola when the said it in the world, hut the allure of
littIe pig -tailed girl, who had been stage the East had laid its powerful thrall
nutnagitag the exhibition, stuldetily opon me, The red light of the Iamp
sharp eeream of 'Sister says will you inceese was in my uosttils and beside
threw Open the folding doors ated with a shone down upon us, the fumes of the
please step in," effacedherself from the me Was the Casey Corner 'GM herself,
scene. At the sante moment the mother eee bane ede lightly on my ahn, am.
rose from her chair and noiselessly melt- her deep blue eyes and reel lips were
ea away behind. me.
- Never to my dying daY shall 1 forget Almost before I knew It r had spoken
turned temptingly toward me,
the seeue that met my gaze as I made the impassioned wee& whiqh I hoped
iny way into the dintly lighted bnek par. would make ne one. It sewed to me
lor or the emotions that were stireed in thet the lamp grew dim and the punk
Ity yoting heare as I gazed npon this
Casey Corner Girl, Seated at the far 0401 a reply. She said nothing for a itionient,
sticks ceased to burn while I waited for
of the room in a :pert of hutch formed of thee lifted her right hand, an whieh
striped Bagdad curteins, hung tentwiee gleamed a jewel that I had never seen
over a great bulgittg divan and support- there befote.
ea by two drOdaed spears, The hut& "It's too Tate" she I -immure& softly',
was further ornamented with a papier and, It sterneete me, in a tone of re -
'macho shield, coveted with silver mom wet, "He was just putting it there
Ite shadowy depths were lighted by it when, yon came ht. Ite brought it with
wrought iron lamp of Oriental design, hint in caae—in Pate—it might be naeftli.
gay with panels of red glees, surrounded I Wes jitat ngoing to %toffee it," •
by irideseent jeweie of the sante mtAor-
lat. At the side Of the hutch :deed a
low stool, which I soon twilled to call a
telsourette, made of Wood, Wald with
mother of pearl, end serving as a repo-
itory for a cigarette tray, Ana tut ash re-
Nivel% The ilinaion of Orieutelism was
further carriee out by burning ineanae
etieks stuek itt various. creviees of the
woodtvork and bienging foreibly to mind
the eort of life described in the 'Malden
Nights," Seated la the very teette of
tide exotic bower was my Cowl Corner
Girl, a lighted eigarette gleaming be-
tween her lipa, her white arms showing
in the reystie eolored light, her benglee
tutd Irriteelete tattling la elle moved, null
her feet, tantastieally elan in high heel -
ea, sharp pointed tilippera of seatiet le:t-
itter, halving clown testae her.
/1 Was ttitt fil'et 'tribe hl 111c• life tie t T
'4,e bet the feu wIteaery or iii,„ ip,,,. efteuo for a fire. By the goo sits old .
East, Ivith its learning &up. gat drftp• "Tom," the stable eat, lookieg like tett.
cries And coloreit lightSi 'LA' *Ill flu+, ?an fort and shedding oranfort an around,
15111081 jUst fla pro/ tone tables o
what i thought with th,r heart I ita
014 "Tom" is binged all along his beek
from oteying water the stove too long
after the the gete goluss good, but
"Tom" does uot eemo to eaett a cent
about the dromege to his looks, Against
the ivalls on three elites of the room ate
lmg benehes where we hit on a Sunday
mereille aud- tells and smoke end chew
yr keep silent and ruminate. Oct the
walla aro adeeitiseetente of be -gone
country fairs, ttook medleinee and Peels,
and picture of Dan POO.. Should one
wish to. read, on a ehelf there is an old
Look of some 00Q pages, showing how
every event le the history of the world
has been in stria eecord with the pro-
pheciee in the books of the Piaphet
Isaiah and others ha the Bible.
f We think wok in oar tow» of the
livery eleble end the men who run it.
s,
e-
4
•
The Country Town Livety Stable,
Ou Sunday limey ef tit would be sadly
inconvoilmiced were it aot for our liv-
ery otelde, The ordinary downtoWe meets
ing plates of eititees on week day— the
etores, the 'barber shop, the blacksmith
shop end the neWemiper office —Are -doe-
ed, and on Sundays daring cettain hourit
we would be lost without the livery
etable, It is open on Stinditys.
The 8181)10 office is te, big rotati, tight.
le settled and roofed, so that wind anti
rein eannot -enter. le its tentto
lig, Iong ohisfaehicmed Franklin stove
itt a sand -filled inelosum Like befere
the alter of the (-toddess Vesta, the fire
in the atabie Istove never goes out da4
or bight during the meson Whim cold
is a good horse home in a country
where people underetaud awl love haws.
eaLetter Keneas City Star.
IRISH OHOST STORY.
Youne Men's Adventure With, an Ape
parition Nino Feet High.
The Town a Gahm, Irelend, is much
agitated by the story of a strange ap-
petition witieh is said to have been seeu
by some young men on two recea
vitas, On aetureay, afto: (111511, two.
3,01tug fellows who wete weleiug etto the
them, along the reilway line, were sud-
dotty confronted by. the strange tjsitor
takatenlize thae1ir
eembliog a unto, hitt Moe feet in
height." it approttehed them quickly,
and wItee almost upon them, euddenly
vanished, t.n terror they ran toward
the tewn, but short dastance further
the ghostly visitor again stoott before
them, and' egain meateriously vanished.
On rettelting Galway they relat-ed their
strange adventure, wet a uunther of
their companions arraeged te salty
forth ou Sunday evening end "lay" the.
ghost, Aecordingly, a party of young
fellows lete.the towe after dttek,, armed
with shotguns, pistols and revolvers.
Blank certridge only wee carriea, so
that if the ghost tented out to be some-
thingmore material be might suffer en
pereanal Injory. They bel in a bank
neer the line at the place where the up -
petition was. firei; seen and welted.
Their vigil was brief, for they had
seareely settled down ween in the dis-
tance the ;tall form watt seen approach,
ing in the dusk., On reaching the place
where they lay, the visitor stood and
gazed at them, whereupon on3 young
fellow bolder than his eompamiona,
Tripqd :to his feet and presented his re-
volver AireqplitpaWYrup$11114,...o.0
shot mune from it, aud his arm fell pow-
erlessly bY his side. His companiens„ be-
eomiug alernieds juteued to his aseist-
ance. and there was much confusion, in
the midst of whieb the ghost vanished.
The party without delay made their
way back to the telni, Where it IS Said
Medieal aid had lo be summoned
to. the youthful hero of the revolver.
By this time the story had been cireu-
Wed all over the neighborhood, and on
Monday might another hand,•
whotri were some student, tinned Witri
big Aides, cautiously' stree to the hid -
'sing 'place. but though they -waited and
watehea for home, -the gitoet failed to.
a.ppear, and they boa to return tura
midnight, without having had the satis-
faetion of "laying" it: Others in the
town who state that they, too,had seen
the strange visitor before Saturda2;. de-
scribe him as "of a grayish color, eight
feet high, Red tapering towards the
top," Some of them credit hint with
jumping from the railway bridge into the
Corrill,• where he diseentettrea into the we-
ters. That he was not drowned is proved
by the fact 'that he wits seen by the
yoeths Saturday eight tied by their
Mende on Sunday.—Correamondeat, Lon-
don Standard, December.
• -es •
THIS AMELETE OF
FIFTY-TWO YEARS
Says lie Owes Ills Wonderful
Energy to Podd's Kidney
Pills.
Six Nations, Ont., ,Tan.
—Fifty-two years of age, but still young
enough to eaptain the Inerosee team,
Jobe Silyhrsmith, of this place, ean
truly be looked upon as a wonderful
athlete. One would naturally think he
was all his titan, healthy man. • But it
was far otherwise, and be unhesitatingly
states that his wonderful energy and vi-
tality are due to Dodd's Kidney Pine.
"I suffered from Rheumatism for
over seven ,years," Mr. Silversmith says,
in telling Ins story, "and it finally made
complete cripple of me. My back
was bent nearly double and when I
tried to walk I had to use crutehes.
Latterly I could not get around at all
aid I suffered excruciating pain.
'Two, boxes of Doad's Kidney Pills
gave me relief; sixteea boxee cured me
e°11;loPided'tseiriiidney Pills alvinys cure
Rheumatism, because Rheumatism is
caused by disordered Kidneys and
Dodd's Kianey Pills always cure diger-
dered Kidneys- •
4 -4
•Epileptics.
(London Pree Press).
'Whets defendene who to the lay
reled commits arx offe»ee•surroutideci as
wee that of Moir with so much appear-
ance of Set purpose to kill any one who
might interfere with him may evade res,
ponsibility upon the ground that dur-
ing his lifetime ha has had epilepsy, then
it follows that other epilepties may kill
and aIso escape. And if this be true, it
is due to the public that epileptics be
placed where they may not do Wee.
LA GRIPPE'S VICTIMS
Left Weak, Mieerable anti a Prey
to Diseme in Many Form,
Orippe starts with ai sneeZe—alla
palls with *V complieation of troubles,
It lays the stroog man on. his huh.; it
tortures him. with fevers anti ehillit,
headaches and haekachea. it leaves him
a prey to peettmonia, Inonchithe con-
enmption and other deadly tliseases. You
ean avoid. La Grippe entirely by ke,ping
your blood rich and red by the tete-
eional Ilse of Dr. Williams' Pink Ella
if ynu Mere not done this, and the dis-
ease lays you low, you eau hartimit ell
its evil after effeets with this swe
great Mood -building, nerve restoring
medicine. Here le proof of the wonder-
ful power of Dr. Williams' Pink lilts
over disease.
Mr. Pt E. Patilip,-Colleetor of 1:1ustome
et Carminet, says: "In t'ae winter
of 1007 I bad a very Revere attar* of Ia
grippe, which broke Ine down entirely,
had to take to bed tor eeverel weeks.
During thet time I employee. a deeter,
but without benefit, fact seemed to be
getting worse and worse, I did net
sleep; suffered front night sweats, and
lied no appetite. I was really a physie
-wreek. On a fernier treettsion I had
used Dr. Williatne' Pink Pilli for gen-
eral debility, with great benefit, so 1 de-
eided to again try them. I sent for holt
a dozen boxee end began to ese teem at
o»ee, When taking the second box I
began. to feel quite a change in my cote
tittle», was ahle to walk about the
hottee and my appetite WaS improviog,
From 0141 on I gained strength every
day, and before the six boxes were done
1 was able to retura to the office and
attend to my work. Now enjoy the
hest et Iteettle and elthongh 03 yeare
old, am feeling quite yuung. think Dr.
\Miele? Pink Pills a, splendid medicine
for .troubIes of this kind.'
Dr. "Willianse' Pink Pills are a blond -
making, eerve-restoring tonic. In thia
way they cure anaemia, indigestion,
rheumetism, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance
and partial paralysis. They are- the
best_ medicine in the worla for the ail-
ments of girlhood Ana womanhood, Sole
by medieine dealers or by mail at 50
cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from'
vtlitiele,Dor.nNtrIllams? Medicine Co., .firoch-
I SAW LIFE.
I saw life in his sculptor's studio,
Modelling souls to deck eternity,
His studio was Time, and round Ian low
Lay the tunnoulded clay, Humanity.
ATI,. some. of this the Lutist left to
- s.
In sunshine, UR ei.gTeeentel but gyew
:the while
So stoney hard, that when the mouider's
hand
Retouched the uncouth lines with
sharp -edged trials,
It fell apart In shapeless ruiny,
But where the sculptor took the shape-
less elay
From dark recesses of obscurity,
Softened with teara and melting drew
away
Its dross with burning griefs, he found
that he •
Had formed a masterpiece thee would
endure,
'Whose beauty grew tvith every °Meet
beat,
And stied ea halo 'round width beamed
So pure,
Thet others ie Ile glimmer grew more
sweet.
Even so, we see the auburn autumn
breathe
O'er the bronze fields, and. suneet
woods aglow
With softened gold and crimson
Wank a wreath
Of purple haze; and wonder-wrapt, we
know
That all its charm and glory would be
I os t
But for the lonely night and stinging
frost,
—Ethel Chapman in the Globe Magazine.
4* •
A Funny Famlly.
"What makes your nair snap sof"
asked the child who was watching Ms
mother comb her hair.
"Electricity," his znother cried.
"We are a fttrtny remarked
the OW, after a few moments Of
thought," The other day you said papa
had wheels in his head and now you've
got eleetricity ia your hair. 11 you put
your heads together you might make
an -electric motor, mightn't youl"—New
York Times,
* • •
Under No Obligation.
"Senator, you surely will vote for
this mea.suree'
"Why should II"
"It's for the benefit of poaterity."
"Posterity may go hang! I know al-
ready what petaterity will say about me,
and I'm going to get even ,with it be-
forehand, I shall vote against tee
just to spite posterity."
TIICROIIGHLY TRA.CTABLS.
Ills Wife—Willis, what wotild you like to
11 EMI me buy you for a Christmas present!
Mr. Wellbroke—O, I'm not partioular, A
new rug tor the back parlor, a set of furs,'
or somethink of that kind will suit me as well
RS SRYthiaR.
Prompting Him,
"In my inemory,' slowly- auswered the
reluctant witness, "serves ene eightly—"
"One moment," interrupted the cross-
examining lawyer, "please remember,
'Mr. Slick, that your memory is under
-oath."
se-*
0, Come, Nowt
Rivers—When it comes to marrying
sporting men that blonde Mks Granstan
takes the palm.
Brooks—Takes the palm? t shouid
say. Her latest husband is baseball
fan.
WHY Stig
GOT•ANORY,
Brunette --They sew that there are more marriages of blondes Ilia:
of .brunettes, 'Why i4 it, I wonder?
Mr, Bangs—Wm! Naturally, the Head:leaded. ones go fir8t.
.
Uncle Allem.
"Hy,e0 „Ay.; eottlidenre re.
refl•tie't .111elt Silarlut
'an 1 1 knotta-q. it is, lott 1 notiee. that
the Matintaettire f welt registere, Atilt
14,1,-ps a whale town. busy,"
,„
'Too Hasty.
Elea; ih.areat, wit.'it shell I get the
marriage liren.01.
Mit • Not Until .1 hare wern for fpw
months the engagement ling you are
going to laiy for Hai,
Under Tett.
Kuleltere Do you look. for a peaceful
four ;viers?
flyeker -Yes, the only dog of war will
be a lattableptippy.
Trouble on the River,
Charon was f labliergaM ed.
"Tinit sliaevo wanted. in take the ho t
tor a joy ride," lie creel.
Plainly there is no limit.
Infallible Recipe,
Kukker \Vita is the seeret• of sue -
et -is?
Beaker lie the fellow your wife eould
have inarritd if it hadn't liven fur Yen.
In the Art Gallery.
Oel Lady 1 leven't yilu got any more
figures itt marbie
A t e mien t N o, unulant; thtee ere all.
Is lhore partiettlar you are
looking for?
0111 VeR, 1 Want the statue of
line tat kens l're rity talk.
e.4) nineh 419,4141.
Another Name.
.nalea, (to plaintiff in 411're:rec. sent --
Yoe i4ty you in:trek:I the defendant on
impulse, mid you vett't get al,o1,9? 'Ma t.
you tvislt you hadn't tuarriisi her? A
tnettallialtee, (et?"
Plaint if Well r - (to ; 31154
Smi t
Not for Him.
"Sir," said the youth, as he entered
the private office of the buiy merchant,
"1 am looking for a situation?'
"Nothing doing, young man," replied
the h. m. "Had yea \meted 3ob
might have been able to do smething
for you, hut 1 have too many people on
the poy roll now who oeenpy sitna- •
tions."
An Age Limit,
eseny juipetiarier trho. coupon„
is entitled to ,Ce,000 at any age over 14,
if he is fatally killed by himself in. ltis
own inotor-car."--The Publisher's Mett-
ler,
People wan are fatally killed by
themselves at the age of thirteen should
therefore watt for a year before claim-
ing the inoney.—Punch.
DOtBTECL COMPLIA ENT.
Tall Clerk—I don't think tbe boss
truste me much.
Fleet Clerk—Why, he said you were
as honest as the days were long,
Tali Clerk—Yes, but he always says
that when the days are sbort.—Chicago
News.
Keeping His Word.
"It's real mean!" the young woman
"What's the matter?" her mother in -
"'Before I married Herbert I =delete
promiSe to pass every evening at home •
with me, and now he says he's sorry,
but be can't take me to .the theetre
without breaking his word."—Philadel-
•phia Inquirer. •
Might Have Been Worse.
Mr. Meek—Did you turn my tteef
Mt% M. ---Yes. What of it?
arr. M.—N-nothing, my dear. PM glad
it was you. If one of our opponents
had done it, we'd have levet the trick.—
Cie vela nd. Leader.
Hard to Please.
"I told o»e of her friends that alle
looked young for her age and she got
angry."
"Couldn't you fix it up?"
"1 triod to; I told another of her
friends that she not as old as she
looke, and now she doesn't even speak
to itte."---Housten Post,
A Job for the Tailor.
Little Joe—Oh, mamma! Look at the
poor little dog without a tail! The peo-
ple who own him ought to attend to it.
elantnet—But what could they do?
Little Joe ----Why, they could take him
to a tailor and have a new tail made.—
Chicago News.
ST—stem.
Victim (disposed to grumble)—You've
robbed Ine before I've been in town half
an hour.
Pootpad--Yes; this is a pay -as -you -
enter town.
In the Puture Skyscraper.
Something had gone wrong with the
machinery In the basement, and one of
the elevators WAS stuck lutlf way be-
tween the 157th and 158th floors.
"Make yourselves perfectly easy, leaks
and patentee," said the elevator roe-
thietor. "In n, compartment under tho
floor of the ear We Iteve water and pro.
Vit31011S for tWO days, end we'll eerlainly
be running again by that titne."
No Cause for Complaint.
"Landlord," said the boarder at the
summer resort hotel, "you advertiasel
that you had 'good fishing' here. I'ye
fished every dm and all I've caught is
hitif a &wen carp and three or fonr bull-
heade,"
"Didn't some of the nett you hooked
Act melte?" asked the proprietov.
"Of mune."
"Well, those are the good fish we tut-
vertise. What ere you kickieg about?"
By the Man in the Local gloom.
One eweetly aolemn thought
l'ontes to me o'er end ti'er- -
'there's ft land of rest whew Ill never
lwar;
"Ileile: Say, what'e the seewel"
--
LOcatioet.
ILeiter rarrier .1. iiiIV hoe ie familiar,
led I tan"' peep yeti,
'I he Other elan \eine. done it may e
lime. 1 lite (et lewitatitiel iterate
... ,
itit4MttliNrVi.
Meit. Ithmer—ihmte intutel y..11, you
titital have a latvott tity at. p.litrtt
Mr. liantir—Allit new 1 Iowa./ a slitrt to
out a tauten ea.
Alo---Watl Willie's Ault nay
Iv Water in the acceleatl
Ittnete---VeA. 11%try oat, tho lahels have
tiff.--Vveta the J,.,etiol, Intea-
lea