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KEK FAIUY TAIE THE 8URaLftR ’ 3 BIBLE -
CLIMAX 6F THE-WIND
GK POT OF THE GAME.
UP
lie Said That tte W«nld CM It Oack
Atfulai aud He Did.
Senator John C; Spooner of XVlscon-
ElU tv Lett A young m«u Wns attorney,
for t\Vo men charged with stealing.
There had been UikeU front I he men a
well worn Bible and a small drawer.
Displayed tVoinlerful Povr*r*
rctptlon mul Aufllj'iiii -tVoil
not nnd Saved His Opponent j ()„ t bc* tly leaf of the Bible was the In-
u 11 itt ol the Lnnl Raise.
yy was one of the best poker
‘1’ ever saw. He was n good
and a good loser. lie played
Is all the time for everything
:e worth and then some more,
played a game that was sliuply
,onrd of trade maD leaned back
heir and smiled reminiscently,
xy not only had Hoyle down so
could recite the poker rules
:tl and way 'sir' after each
nr he rose to the higher science
'me. He made a careful study
man around the board, ar.d ht
layed a card but what he darted
sweeping glance at every play
drew his ccuch'.sions as to wlia-
■re About to do. If a player had
le tricks cr habits that asserted
Ives In spite of efforts to repress
le.nxy knew them by heart.
11 never forget the night he took
Into camp. Carter was a good
■»rvy player too. lie was nu oh'
and possessed splendid Jndg
One night we had been play lug
hours, and as It was getting to
nyllght we agreed to have one
ouch of jack pots anil then g<
We had our round of jack pots
•f which Carter won. and the)
1 on one last consolation Jack
bis no limit lint the roof and $:
e In. Carter raised the come it
and everybody dropped out ox
Jlanxy and one other plnyvi
culled for three cards, showing
had only one pair cr nothing at
■ other uitin took two cards, bid!
that he must have threes of .-
r else lie wouldn't have paid $2.
privilege of playing any longer
tier stood put.
looked (tad. Carter had novel
•nitwit to stand pat on anything
metbing that was worth while
nst have had something pretty
raise the come It. to $20. and
riding pat argued that he elthet
nits or else a straight or a Bush
d Iretrayed a nervous start when
'•st picked up his hand, and It
Vl that he had seen something nw
oil Now. Mituxy had seen tin
•at Carter gave and knew hh
if play will enough to Argue that
had seen something even bettei
straight or ji flush, and that iva-
Uglit flush, something that come.
In a great, long while 111 a pallet
In fact, Munxy came to tin
‘isloti that Carter had a stralgb
ami the ftiet of the matter war
a straight flush In spades, king
was jo t exactly what Carter lm<!
iti tils five i arils when lie picked
nsy deliberated a long time be
he entile lo with his $20. lint hi
ut $7r, or $ I DO on the game, and
was the last pot lie determined to
1 a good bit of money 111 the hopes
tug n recoup. He drew to a pair
s and caught one tuoiv. ftianxy
eil the betting with a $10 bill Till
mail dropped out. and Carter saw
Id and raised ?2."i. Tliat looked as
gh Matixy's surmise about tbe
gitt flush which be thought Carter
bolding was good. He deliberated
ome time. Then he said:
'aner. I iliitik and everybody
nil here thinks you've got some
better than lours. 1 was playing
for that But now I’ll tell you
what I'm.going to do. I’ve no
d that your eyesight Is bad and that
smoke when It Is right Itrfron
your face always Interferes for a
ment or two with your vision Just
you picked up your cards I noticed
you puffed a great cloud of smoke
of your mouth and thai the cloud
moke was In your eyes when you
■ed nt your cards. Now. I believe
you think you have a straight
h. tiut 1 don’t believe that you read
r cards correctly. I am going to do
Killing that may seem to lie awfully
poker, considering the hand I have.
I am going to play yon for your
r eyesight. I see your bet of $27>
raise It $27* more on tbe ground
your eyes deceived you. You'd
“or study your cards tiefore you see
lise.'
Ye nil waited In breathless silence
moment, then Carter quietly
bis cards face upward on tbe
You’re right.’ tie said quietly. T
tight I had a spade straight flush.
; high, in my hand. What 1 thought
ft nine of spades was a Blue of
1 lose.’ ’’—Chicago Tribune.
Scrlption, "To My Darling Boy, From
Mother."
The trial was held the next day, and
the future seuntor made a brilliant
speech to the Jury. Ue exhibited the
Bible and pointed to tbe inscription.
anti without leaving their seats the
Jury returned a verdict of “Not guilty.'
After the trial the young tnen gave
the lawyer $.'0.
"Hoys." said Mr. Spooner as they
were about to separate, “1 ant curious
to know why you carry that Bible and
the empty drawer." Then the senntoi
listened with astonishment to the hb
torjf of bis clients.
"tVe are professional safe blower-
and liave been for live years. Tills Bi
ble has a double cover and opens lik.
this” (here the self confessed crlutinn
pressed a hidden spring In the thick
cover and disclosed n hollow In wide!
there ley two steel flies nnd a stuali
saw), “anil this old drawer has u score-
bottom, where we keep our tools.”
Tbe future senator confiscated tie
Bible and the drawer.
Cue of tbe thieves shouted angrily
’’WeTl got those things hack yet, you
mark my words!"
Several years passed, nnd then tie
incident was brought back to Mr
Spooner’s recollection In the following
manner: One evening he mill Ills famllr
attended an entertainment, and no on
was loft nt the house. When they re
turned at n lute hour, they found thn'
the house had bnn entered by bur
glars and rnnsneked, but that nothin--
apparently was missing. The nox.
day's innll brought n letter which read
Dear Fir—Please excuse the way we came ti
lost ni;;ht, but the floor was locked. We nev«
did think you treated ua square by swiping ou
outfit, and so we came buck after It and foun>'
you were not at home. We always keep out
word. Yours truly. Jack anu Jim.
—Saturday Evening Post.
THE BARGAIN CRAZE.
Men, It Is Aliened. Are ns Mneb In*
fecteit ns tbe Women.
“This perennial Joke about the love
of women for bargains wearies me,"
said a bright business woman the othei
day. “With most presumptuous stipe
rlorlt.v men charge our sex with an ex
travagaut seal for bargains, but I set
enough of business men to assure me
that they are Just as eager as women
are lo get Ht: article at a few cents less
than the usual price.
“Mr. A— Is generally extravagant
In his personal expenditures, but he I.-
keeu after bargains The other day b*
came Into our otHce wearing nil air ot
great satisfaction, and his Jubilation
bail no other foundation tlmn the ills
covery of n street stand where ’sec
o’.nls' In lead pencils were sold at St
cents each.
"Mf yon know a good pencil when
you see It.' he explained, ’you can runt
mage In the |>ile and pick out r> aui) 10
cent peuctls at Si cents each or three
for 5.
•“And that reminds me of another
bargain. You know the 10 cent cigars
I smoke? Well, there Is a little shop
down near the ferry where you can
get them four for a quarter. ) Just
heard of the place and ran down there
at lunchtime ami filled my pockets
fit-oat bargain’
“And would yon believe It. that man.
whose transactions run Into the mil
lions, went on telling tny employer Of
bargains In clothes, stationery, etc.
and Mr. B- * stop]>ed In tbe midst of
bis estimates on a big contract to note
addresses nnd to tell Mr A— of bar
gains he liml discovered In neckwear
and shoes and household supplies.
“Yet women are said to monopolize
the bargain bunting disease.”—Net,
York Press.
bs.
A Promotion.
nshai.d (going to Ills rich uncle’s
ernli— Put a couple of large hand-
chiefs into my pocket, dear. The
g> nth-man promised to leave me
•bOo. and I shall waut to shed some
roprlate tears.
'ife—But suppose when the will Is
d you feud be hasn’t left you any-
tg?
ushand— In that case you bad bet-
put In three.—London Fun.
CokI of n t-.ondon For.
A London fog Is nn expensive visita
tion. A day of It. cottntlng.the day nt
eight hours. Is estimated to cost any
thing from f.TO.tmo to £1110.000 lu hard
easli No small proportion of this goes
to tin* gas aud electric light companies
which have to supply about a third
more power than usual But there are
also the railways Fog signaling Is
expensive. At t’hipliHm Junction alon*
£50 lias luvn spent by a single railway
company during n day’s fog in extra
pay to tlie plate layers When the red
light cannot he seen at n distance of a
hundred yards, the plate layers become
fog signalers, and for this they aft* paid
a shilling n day In addition to their
regular wages and fourpence per horn
overtime, providing the overtime does
not run Into a second shilling. - l^ondon
Chronicle.
When Mr. (Hailstone was olive, he
was once discussing with some friends
at Hawardeti castle the greatest day in
the world’s history. Each member o
the group was asked to say on which
day he. In the past or the future. wfeMld
prefer to live. It being supposed that ho
should have Ids present knowledge at.
afterward return to tils present cxis'
cnee. Mr. <Hailstone chose n day '<
Creeve when Athens was at Its highest
glory. _ _
1
Cltlnoae Method of Monanrlno:,
Many travelers returning front China
have comuiciltetl lipob the apparently
si tgulftr hick of khoVrkdflo 0/ the d.s*
In bees acroso their country or between
their toWhs that exists among the Chi
nese, If nt one town you Ibqulre the
diidnUct* to the next, Jeon tufty be told
tlir.t It is UP It (one-third of a utile), but
upon arriving ut the town you will be
surprised to fifed the distance back to
the town from which you have just
come la 21 11 and that the eoRt of Jour
neying hack again Is correspondingly
greater than the cost to go to It.
The Chinese measure distance not by
rule, hut by the amount of physical en
ergy required to traverse them. Their
Wage Is based on a unit of energy, the
flmobht that It takes tbi at to carry a
given toad, one picul otto li, on level
ground. If the road from A to I! Is
down hill, the distance Is regnhlrd ns
less than the actual linear distance be
muse It Is supposed to take less energy
to travel In (hat direction, or. ns the
Chinese say. "the 11 are short.” It nat
urally follows that In traveling In the
other direction, from B back to A. the
road being a gradual ascent, a greater
expenditure of energy Is necessary.
’’The II are long." and In order to got n
fnlr compensation for their work the
carriers must see that the distance nnd
(he charges are Correspondingly In
creased. With this explanation what
has often appeared ns a vagary of the
Chinese heroines simple aud reasona
ble.—Leslie's Weekly.
Can be properly run without being
Advertised,
Olives.
The olive tree In Its wild state Is n
thorny shrub or small tree, but when
cultivated becomes a tree 20 to 40 feet
high, with no thorns. It lives to a good
ago. The loaves- resemble those of a
willow, the flowers -are stnnll and white
and grow In clusters as grapes do, nnd
the fruit Is greenish, whitish, violet
or even lilaek In color nnd generally
ova! In shape. It Is produced in great
profusion, so that nn old olive tree be
comes very rnlunble to Its owner.-
Among the Oreelts the olive wns
sacred to Minerva, the goddess of wis
dom. It wns also the emblem of p: -
rity. A crown of olive twigs wmj tl •
highest honor that could be bestowe-l
upon n (Jreeli citizen. Au olive branch
wns also the symbol of peace, and
the vanquished who came to beg for
peace bore olive branches in their
hands.
The American olive Is remarkable
for the tm.’dncss of Its wood. It Is
found as fat- north as Virginia. Its
fruit Is tit for use. aud its flowers in
fra grant.
The fragrant olive of China and Ja
pan has extremely fragrant flowers,
which are used for flavoring tea.
Polite Brie Commuter*.
A stranger who had an appointment
to meet a friend In the Chambers stmt
ferry house, which Is used by Erlr
commuters, was greatly puzzled tb(
otber afternoon by the actions of tin
men who passed the ticket taker’s win
dow. Nearly Ihree-fourths of them
took their hats off to the ticket tukcr In
the most polite style.
The stranger thought that possibly
the ticket taker's wife wns lu the box
with him. anil he went hack to look
again. There wns no one In the box
save the ticket taker, who looked good
uottired. but not Imposing When hi.-'
friend arrived, Ihe stranger said:
"Is that the president of the Erl
road In that box?"
"Certainly not. Y.'hy do you (tab such
a questionV”
"Why, every man who posses him
takes Ids hat off. gives him a u»urchtii£
salute and w alks on.”
The frleud smiled pityingly nt tbi
stranger’s iruoronre and said It wns n
trick of the Erie commuters to carry
their tickets lit till* crown of their hats.
They took their hats off so that the
agent might see tbe ticket.—New York
SUU ‘ ’-
” A Historic Thretie.
The biggest episcopal throue lu Eu
rope is at the Exeter cathedral. Com
posed of the very best ouk. wl'.h mag
nlfli-eut carving executed by the most
expert designers of the day. the throue
soars upward In beautiful tapering pin
nacles. which rise up to tin* lofty roof
of the saci-J edifice. The throne Is
not only the biggest, but one of the
oldest. It was saved from destruction
by the I’urt .us by the Ingenuity of the
(.'avallcM. who when the Roundhead<
marched ou Exeter pulled down th"
throne and divided It Into Sir* pieces,
one for every day of the year The
pieces were snfely secured In- many
hiding plat-* k. nnd when peace was re
stored the pieces were put togctlier-
aguln without the aid of a single nalL
Lacky-.
Blinks—Lucky man, that fellow
Jones.
Winks—I don’t see how you make It.
Blinks—\\ by, he took out a life In
surance policy for £1.(100 nnd died b!x
days before tbe company failed.—Ex
change.
Ami no advertising pays better than
newspaper advert.sing. Tito news,
paper goes into the homes of the
people and is read through, if bar
gains are offered, they make a note
of it.
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Roberta—Have you heard anything
abort Thompson's atTalrs since the fail
ure? When does he expect to resume?
Peters—.Just ns soon ns the creditors
become reconciled to the fret that they
won’t get a cent.—Hurleiu Life.
As it is read by the people very
generally in this county and by
many in adjoining counties-.
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printing line, write to ns nr see u*
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