Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-10-13

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there, and go away as fast as you can ;
yonr business shall be attended TO- The
devil made a large fortune By this petty
trick
BILIARDs-A Fer Easy Ra7es for Nee
Begiuncrs.-A small piece of chalk glued
to the end Of the cue, will save time and,
you will be sure Of having your cue al
WAYS cbalked.
Square balls should be used, as they
present a plain surface, and there will be
consequently, less liability Of . miss.
1t would be well to have the balls
cushioned asst would counteFact any i'm
projections in the cushion Of the table,
and likewise protect the table from lnju-
ry, which it might sustain from being fre-
quently punched off the table.
Cover that portion of the left hand
which comes in contact with the cue in
making a bridge with sole leather it
viii protect the flesh, which, from con
slant saving might become blistered.
Hhen making a shot, bring the body,
if possible, on q level with the table,
stretching the legs IS far backward as
You can. This will enable you to make
an easy and graceful appearance while
playing.
After making a shot, and before it is
decided whether you will count, it there
is the least doubt, stroke the air gently
with your cue, above the table, aud in the
direction you wish the ball to go. BY SO
doing you will influence the direction OF
The ball, and make q count.
If, by a brilliant shot, you should make
fifteen or sixteen, be generous, and tell
the marker to count yen only ten.
Don't play more than t~hirty-dye or for
ty games a day.
By observing these hints, young play
ers will be able in a short time to chal
Ienge Plelan, Tieman, Mons. Carme or
Foley, and to play for the champion cue.
How TO BECOME INyIsrBLE.-The Wash
ington Star says the gift iavisibility was
ormerly believed to be procurable by
means Of fern-seed but no peculiar pow
er Of rendering people Invisible resides
specially in the seeds of fern. Put on
any very seedy suit of clothes. and walk
about in the streets. You will very soon
find that your acquaintance viii pass
you without seeing you.
SNORING AS A KEY TO CH4RAcTER.-A
correspondent of the Boston Post is wri-
ting letters from the eamp-meeting of
Martha's Vineyard. He d~evotes the fol
loving paragraph to the s~norists
The ladies occupy one side Of the tent,
and the men the other, and the row Of
heads, now in nightcap and now without,
that lie along against the wall, revealing
the individuality Of the owner, all the
lines Of passion softened into hclplesness,
with the outlines Of character and Gus
tom showing their impress, are a curious
study. But the lorg lasbes of some
meek devotee mag rise ard tie blue eyes
catch you peeping- 1t is best to sink
down under your blanket, aud sport your
fancy for a while listening to the sounds
By which unromantic sleep asserts her
powers over the Discrimination Of human
kind. Youder man, in the corner, who
fed so hungrily on his thin wife's lunche-
on, snores in ftful grunts. That hasty
pie lies heavy on him.
That heavy man, with a crest Of hair
combed bolt upright of his narrow fore
head, tunes his nose to a loud solo of con-
oeit. Yonder long nosed deacon tex
horts" even in his sleep, aud that timid
little man breathes family, as though his
lungs p~artook Of his bashfulness. A fat
man next to me snored like suppressed
laughter and he did mock himself. The
ladies-but to say they snored, what en-
ormity-let me take wings, and flee to the
uttermost parts of the earth, ere such a
thing be said. Their fair bosoms heayed
quietly and regularly, undisturbed by the
unseemly and coarse passions that reveal.
ed themselves through the ~nostrils of the
men and if their soft limbs stirred be.
heath their coverings, it was not with
the founce and toss with which their
brothers shifted their position in their lair.
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