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..... ... w ■ 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. TIE SEARCH-LIGHT a first-class advertising medium* Lcttlnsr 'Em Don n Easy. 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-. PUT AN AD. IN And work up your business to $ payin point, Our book am) job office is busy I tim ing out first-class -job work all the time, and we propose to gives itts* faction at reasonable prices. * If yon need anything in the. job printing line, write to ns nr see u* before placing your order. It will, pay you. RESFEOmn-I^ THE SEARCH-LIGHT.