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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
Baccarat The Latest Fashion In Card
Gambling.

In certain circles in New York baccarat has
20 extent taken tho place VI great national
game poker BsccaTat Is the farest game that be
played az aInst bank There aud double zero
rou cite, nor IL there the "sphts OF faro Ihe
banker has absolutely nothing his favor except the
guessing Which his autussmn' las 10 constantly per
form lh,s General belief that II IL impussbls to
cheat at baccara. but this is quite m'tuE although
in clubs and anbhng pisces the possibility OF cheating
reduced " minimum bN the use OF cards with
grams upon them BucCAfat Is played IN New York clubs
pseas OF cards aud before dealing packs
are carefuy shuaisd b! .he dealer When play BE-.
gins The anker gives one card TO the night, the
eft and 10 h,ns,!t, OF heu he repeats the opera
ton court cards and ,ens count zero and II in his
he get nine he wins all the stakes placed
upon the cards Civ 10 the players the night and left
The cheating banker puts all the pAcks before him.
with their backi ~ himself and their faces 10 the play
suppose that there Is three iscng the payers;
tile confederate notes this As the banker to
tile top vi tile packs and appears the
bottom of the pack The confederate makes sgn to The
banker" who al moves II ~ the top Of the packs
taking plsre two cards between aud the three
and two cards above IL when lie deals, his own two
cards consequently six and three making nine lie
thus arauges series OF consecutive which he 10
certain win The cards then handed he cut and
By trick which consists of pIuchins cards and
slipping Others, which, although impossible to explain,
Is not dncult IN practice he annus The cut leaving his
series nj the top Of the PACK where hr had placed IT, An
airuit cheat can arrange series without any very
lengthy Shuirlng.
The player cheats the banker in this way He puts a
nine up his sleeves when he ID given cards
the chance Of one of thon being ten or court card
Surprising That hs gets ten aud three he takes The
cards up throws the three up bis sleeve and brings from
1t the nlne then he exhibits ten and nine aud thus
wins, Any with very small practice a conIurer
can do thus Without fear Of detection
Quite recently oG.cer Of the British army de.
teced in Oh 'at,ng at baccarat n the Roast club lie
WAS IN the habit 0 putting nys pound nos Just out.
side the line which the stakes placed 1t his card
lost hs withdrew the note; II II won, he pushed the
within tho line THIS club expelled him did another
club of which he was member and lie Killed himself
His losses NJ lgggArA had bsan cuuSids Abla
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16

Practically. neither the lowest nor the high
wear 6 and and G in this country. and have heard
Of IL six months old baby that required Gn. so
that the figuring on basis OF Ok for adults Is
prepostcrous ia point Of fact. though some
times small 6s are marked down in that way
Our fashionable young men have Just as pig
hends Ns any other class. though some may not
have much in them"
downtown dealer. who. twenty-five years
ago, was manufacturers. ana since then mas
hats to men OF all nationalities represented IA
this city, and Of all industries, occupations.
and professions, corroborated the uptown hat
ter. lie said: Every retail halter. in order;
ing goods. gets them in dozens, 81 assorted
SzSs 70 eae thov bsvs bssn
fury. The ordinary dozen contains one hat
and one ~ Then halter who knows that
among his REGULAR customers are n4m
S %u Of is a @en an Soasn
Y t $Ss,s5 $E E AK 'S Sss: sSss
not not DEFEND at ali upon the nstionaiity Of his
customers OF the class in life to which they
The people who. as the saying is. wear No II
boots and No. 6 hats are very rare If. indeed.
@ m h AS head and he bonss the
other members and body, but sometimes il
happens that you will see small men with big
many hats to professors doctors, lawyers. and
merchants who had very small heads. and TO
(cHHlStefS, HDOreTs, anu InecHdhlyS VIII hdu
very large ones and vice versa. The posses
sion of head like Daniel Webster proves
nothing beyond the fact that it will require
big hat to fit it. The only difference in heads
which matters are able to even approximately
formulate is not in size, but in shape, Germans
have round heads, but not always Frenchmen
have pear-shaped heads. but not always; Eng
lishmeu and Americans have oval heads. but
not always; and Irshmen long heads. but not
always. thing that puzzles me is that the
American born children of round headed Ger
man parents have oval Amer can heads"
The hat trade is almost wholly confined TO
central line. bounded by the Bowery on the east
and Eighth avenue on the west There are out
side those limits small shops, generally kept
by Jews in which small stocks OF hats are in
Guided in the business. with many other things:
The matters of the Bowery; Sixth avenue. and
presented, One OF them said: This talk
about heads becoming smaller Is all nonsense.
just as much us that any race or nationality
or small. Pc 2ple did wear bigger hats CEN
fury ago, that's true, and why2 Because they
wore wigs. and were less particular about
having exact fits than they now are 1t was
deemed then the proper thing to buy o big hat
and stuff, it until t,would stick on the head;
But the heads are the same now as then. and
will be Isuppose. No. Jews don't have smaller
heads than Christians OF equal physical devel-
Opment otherwise"
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DRAINING OKECHOREE.
A JerSeymnn's Experience In the Lower
Hair Of the PenInsnla of Florida.

Hair Of the Peninsula of Florida.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-!Sir: have
Just returned from Florida. | snw something
OF the attempt 10 drain Lake Okcchcbce and
the Everglades. bought sloup in Ecy West
about the lst O; January. and crusct along
the Keys - the main land, | found a delight.
ful climate. not subject to the many eNtreme
changes Of tho northern part Of the State. 1t
is a little too dry. perhaps. for lLa profitable
raising OF early vegetables for market, without
irrigation. Tho soil. however. IS excellent.
Tho Inhabitants are mainly Daramians. en-
gagged n nshinE. wrecklnG. spousinG and rails
ing tropical fruits. We havo had splnn-
did sport, l7hias and huu,in, Tho chan
ncl5 are sh0a and crooked. AMI tho
water l. clear. ~ we rounded each
point water fowl would mount .ha air by thou
sands. Armies Of tAem would frequently pa
rade On the sand banks allowing Us u get near
enough f. q shot. In the deeper channels the
water was 50 clear ,hat we could see the war
like snwash and man-eatinE shark lurking at
the bottom and boxing for prey. Sometimes
our anchor caught under tho limestone rock on
the bottom aud our Conk had 10 dive down 20
loosen it, The fear If getting too close 10 no
maneatars would cause him to be very lively
willie Underwater, Every time he came up to
breathe lac would look around to see how near
god luoEaul," With sdn 4At harp Iyn ia
hanl we stood guard,
On reaching IN" main land at Cape Sable wc
GrulNeu "I'1E shpI", 'hl'iIhE IN" ''al i.''r,
they were rom One-Iunr-rr To ono half uIIa
W.i"6Mi' H. ~ '%,',+h GHITt,I" lr'I "i eye !''in
than q foot nigh, From IA" u,p- ..lJ. .1Elns
OYER m mango trees along the nHane J irI an
with nm occasional small c,nmp Of bu. he anil
a. a., iminens' GHani,Y "i water Carried OH iE
i9'ONSAhRlrnnn to It's source l'I'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
JEU,ELLED GdRTERS.
Artisticaliy Woven and Trimmed with Ex-
pensIve Lace-Monogram Clasps.

pensiVo 1<hcc-hOnO3rhm
The fashion for wearing jewelled garter,
has spread 50 rapidly that jewellers all keer
the article in stock. They are very expensive
4 member OF conspicuous firm explains;
" The rage Is recent. but none the less strong
and it promises to spread indefinitely as the
range is as unlimited as the purse. All the
prominent society women and many who are
not in society wear them. You see. women
eonsttutionally delight in pretty things and
their adornment is OF more interest and en-
JOyment to them than anything else. II you
Will come down stairs I'll show you the stock"
There was n show case full of them each pair
mounted in velvet box. The pattern was the
same in all a. far as the band was concerned.
The band was full inch wide made of tne
elastic and covered with beautifully woven sill;
of every conceivable shade. ,psle blues and
warm reds prcdominuting. They are designed
In Que case two eart-shaped clasps Of coioled
gold, lnlaid with cross bars Of torquoises and
little fri rs Of silk along the edges. The price was
500. pair with two oval clasps OF hammered
gold. perhaps an inch in length. could bs
plain gold clasps was s46.
:. us a curious fact, said the, jeweller
that the cheap ones won't sell. When Gus
toner want, nnelegani snrter he-l mean. She
4 pair that cost 1925 had two shields with
the edges. Another pair was expensive
lhro%.i, " dst.eate iaGe which vas atra,ng}sd
Z .
c.asping in tho centre.
AtauOther estabi shment the jeweller said:
Tn majority OF them are made TO order,
Your Visit IL opportune. rs 1 have Just finished
tho mo I expensive par that ever left my FAC
tory. Tn" price IS 81 zoo In this the ace
and pparl-culored silk band was joined by
an elaborate clasp. On on" side was the lady5
monogram in pear ;; on the other the coat-oi,
irus with frOsfcd Storks' heads. a crest Of
de.icUtely carved cold, aud a motto set in CHI
dpMond. twas Il pre- sent from mother ~
her daughter. who l. to be married soon.
Has the donna nj Tor SuCll glrtprS luCrBA9eug'
" II = 81 hundred per cont greater than last
year and grows constantly"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16

From the 50. louis Post Dispatch.
Whereas on sunIry boughs and sprays,
Now divers birds are heard TO sing
And sundry flowers their heads upraise-
Hail TO the coming on OF spring
The songp OF the said birds arouse
The memory OF our youthful hours,
A. young and green as the said boughh,
As fresh and fair a. the sall flowers.
Tie birds aforesaid. happy pairs
Love midst the aforesaid bouRhs enshrtnea
In household nests, themselves, their heirs,
Administrator, and assignS
Oh busiest term OF Cupids COURT
When tender plaintiffs actions bring;
Season of frolic ami Ue sport,
Hall as Aforesaid, coming springl
WILLIAM II. EvARTs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16

In l5HJ Kansas adopted constitutional
amend nr" prohibiting IN" manufacture and sale Of 10
'N. H'n- irihks II was carried by small majority
-N""'A' voting 'or H. ani Si'i against In MAJ.
''' stringent Ia" was passed Tor the enforcement oil
Ga. Nn,hinrnt Severe penalties were provided, drug
stores were made to v" bonds not t. se spirits ave on
,ri'fa' PRESCRIPTION and every physician was required
tome An "Nia'it ina, e Would nos violate the Letter OF
N3fi"' tIr pr""btoTy law ~ h' practice So Tar as
legal enb in"h' could 20 the prohibition was complete
As mater OF fact declared that there arc no fewes
saloons 'Al m irs' irunH'nuesi IN the large towns
t4n there were before In small places saloons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
Prom the Atlantic Monthly.

From ths Atlantic Monthly.
In yon wooded hermitage
Dwell q poet and a sage;
Peaceful inmates. mark them well.
Room enough within their cell,
Room enough for courteous foes.
In or out each singly goes:
Never yet tile twain were seen
Walking IN tho forest green:
Or beneath the roof we're met,
Though the time were cold aud wet
Co there as the poets gucPt,
Shnrr his Feast and share his rest,
Drinking many = jocund bout;
STAY until the stars come out,
Az until next mornings sun.
You II not see that other one,
Him OF Keen and rarroweye,
Lily austere aud discourse high
Go there ~ the sage's guest.
He will serve you with his best;
Spend the white December days
BY his cracking serv wood blaze;
Listening What the wind harp sings
When the north sweeps DER its stringa
leu may come, and come again,
Or In sunshine snow, or rain,
But YOU may not ever meet,
AZ the door the ingle seat
Him whose thought goes llehter shod
Than the plunsd errand god.
Read the legend as you run:
Sage and poet urr but one:
He you seek IL found within
sage aud poet know their kin
EpiTR NJ. TnoxAS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
Our RailrOa ds.
From the Dramatic Time


He stood in the station; she at his side
JShe is q fair. young, biushng bride).
On their honeymoon they re starting now;
II always follows the marriage vow.
he looks NJ the daring railroad maps,
At the train of cars and his bassasc traps,
And whispers, Petite, how shall we go
BY the kGnkakse or the kokoDof
fRsrs' s the Z T. q q and GS the R. \ T..
And this one says your lies at stake
On any road but the SKY Blue Lake.
The y. E. r. L =. Y. j.
Have sleepers on the entire way;
But I've heard tliese trains are much more slow
Than the kaukakee or the kokoino."
She murmured, sweetis, I've heard % say
What a Nm. old road il the P O. K;
s saa n nr !sl. ~, iSe Y Il dtsasrss'
Thi. Shsrr says. baby, The view. are me
On the reNas COWBOY Mustang line:
But still, perhaps, wed better 20
On the kanAakee or the hukono.'
A conductor CHANGED 10 pass themby.
And the bridegroom caught his gentle eye;
lie said, Oh, man with the cap of blue.
Inform me quick, inform Inc true,
which road il best for n blushinR. pure,
Young, tmd bride on her wedding tour'
And te | Us quickly what you know
OF the kankakee and the kokomo."
The conductor, eyes gave savage CLEAN.
These words rolled out In limpid stream:
" There's the A. X. J. ID. V. r. a.
Sn%sS; Ms the Ky
Iha, road YOU named is e!oeksd by snow.
" The Pennsylvania PittsburGh Through
Connects with the Oshkosh Kalamazoo,
With smok,u ear all the afternoon,
just the thing for n honeymoon;
And the Central scalp Tooth. Bungvilleswiteh
Goes through Nine-clad country rich
OF tn, road You named nothing know,
The kanRAkve and The hoSomo."
The bride said: Baby. It's best, by far.
Like the dollar We return to pa.
THAT'S pun heard while on a train
On the |. H. y. u. jersey main"
The conductor smiled; his eye.teeth showed;
lie had spoiled the trade Of riv al road.
He knew in his heart there was no snow
On the kaukakee or the kokomo.
And The bride and groom returned 10 pa,
Who heard II all unt then said " Pshaw
II YOU found you couldn't w that way,
Wis didut you 20 on the Crosseyed.Bayf"
The bridegroom gave a howl OF pain,
The railroad names hal turnsl hIs brain,
He raves insane for ever more;
In mad house, CHAINED uuto the Eoor,
lie giOters, "TVotsls shsl, We 20
BY The KRnlakee VI tho kUkonow
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CONCERNING HEADS.
Only Two slight Exceptions TO Regular Lirh-
itntions OF Size Among All Nationalttiss.

Only Two Slight Exceptions to Regular Lin.
itntions OF Size Among All Nationaiftiss.
The controversy over the question OF
whether mems heads are smaller now than
they were a hundred years ago suggests an
other. the inquiry whether there is any note
worthy difference in the size OF heads at tho
present time. here in New York. among tho
representatives of various races nationalities.
and social conditions. Careful inquiry among
the matters fails to develop the existence Of any
such difference to such an extent or with
such regularity of application that 1t can be
formulated or stated a. even approximating to
n tact. A celebrated uptown halter said. when
questioned on the subject: with the excep-
ton of Spanish Americans. who seem to have
generally small heads. l know OF no people
whose heads do not average. In point OF $40.
just about the same as any other peoples
heads. Cuban and South American heads are
frequently US small as Gte. and seldom run
over ~. But then 1t must be remembered that
they are generally rather understood people.
with small bony structures. Where you SQne
across a big one among them. his head is likely
to be, in proportion, equally as exceptional as
his body. The Scotch arc. as n rule. biK-bonod
people. and they have big heads. running very
generally from IA UP to AZ. and In some In
rare even among the Scotch. Leave out those
natonaities OF extremes, and all the rest are
Just about equal. The relation Of our technical
siyAs a np cirpu of head is FOLLOWS.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
n. W. LonRfeilow-rn Ntersorium.
From the AthsnGum.

Nee turpem s,peettn
peEere, nee cithGrA carsnten-
Not to be tuneless In old agei
All surely blest his pilgrimage,
Who, In hia winters snow,
Still sings with note as sweet and clear
Al In the morning NJ the year
When the FIRST vi0leis bowl
Rlest but more blcst. whom summers heat,
Whom springs inipulsive stir md beat,
Have taught nU fcverish lure;
Whose Muse. benixnant and serene,
Still Keeps his autumn clapIet green
Because his verse Ia purel
Lilo calm, o white and laureate headi
Lie calm, q Dead, that are not dead,
Since from the NOiceless grave,
Thy voice shall speak 10 old and young
while song yet speaks All English tongue
BY Charles or ThAinis wave
AosrN DoBsor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
How '

How shall ! WOO her,
This lltI!e InailGn'
VIII rhymes, love Laden.
Be pie asing TO hers
low MAJ / win herr
VA! VOWS, low spoken,
Reveal some token
Otlove within herr
oh, puzzled lover
When language fails me-
No verse nvRils me
VIII silence move herr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16
The Philosophy Of n Persian Poet.



All, make the most OF what we yet may spend,
Before too into the dust descend:
Dust into Duet and under Dust to lie,
Sans wine sans Song sans Singer, and--sans Endl
Alike for those who for To-day prepare,
And those that after some roinorrow stare
Muekzn from he Tower of Darkness cries,
" Fools yoar reward Is neither Here nor There"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-16

We are no other than moving row
or Magic SHADOW. shapes that come and go
Roumd with the sun iumined Lantern held
In midnight by the Master of the Showi
But helpless Pieces OF the Game He plays
Upon tins checker board Of nights and days;
Hther and ththcr moves. and checks, and Stays,
And one by one lack In the Closet LAYS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-04-12


We learn from the Call, that Rus.
col Quarter, son of Hon. W. A..
Voarr'er was run over by the cars at
"alden' on the Sth inst, but it was
unable to give the full particulars of
the accident, or the extent of the
young mans injuries.
Mr.. VIM. Duncan has just com.
ple'ed u fine job of painting for Mrs.
romeroy, in this place. 1t is said to
W The finest work of the kind in the
CITY, Mr.. Duncan is no "botc h, rand
II our readers want good honest work
o0ne' they should give hin trial.
Dr. WILL S. HOY, Physician, Sur.
geon and De:matologist. Tenders his
professional services to the public; at.
lends to all calls, day or night; can
!, found in his Office, n. c. corner of
Main and Market sts., when not pro.
loss'onally engaged. Telephone com,
munlcations from office to residence
attended nc to at all hours, night or day,
by Office boy. mar.s-'s2-ly,
The Acme Baking Powder, is nc,
kMMo"Iedgcd to be the purest, cheap.
'and best Baking Powder now in
s VI. market For sale by james B.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-04-12

HARTFORD Cry ITEMs.-Items be-
ing distressingly scarce, we will
make a remark concerning the
weather.
How tricky is our precarious eli
mate; when we commenced to write
these items, "Gentle Spring" seemed
to be upon us, clothing our dismal
earth in her dress Of verdant beauty,
but before we can close the curtain
drops, and in an instant we have an
encore from old hoary winter, and
Monday is as dark, damp, drizzly,
drowsy, dreary, dull, disagreeable
day as any for the past three months.
But We will not complain, hoping
that the seen" will be as suddenly
changed back toe; season offlowers
Town election Thursday, 18th inst.
don't forget the day.
Mr.. Emil Guenther of Cincinnati.
is visiting friends at this place, this
week.
Miss Aurora Thompson, of Middle.
port is visiting Mrs. Congrove this
week.
Mr.. Mat Balm of Ravenswood,
spent a day in this place.
Rev. Miles of Racine, Ohio, filled
the pulpit at the NJ. L. Church, Sun.
day.
Mr.. Jacob Stone, one of our best
young men, left for Wheeling, where
he expects to remain for u while.
Mr.. John Hornor, jr., left for Pitts
bi.urgh, where he expects to remain
II the Smoky City" agrees with him.
Mr.. VIM. Juhling has gone to Mays
Willie, KY, on business trip.
Mr.. c. l.. Harpold has just return
ed from an extended trip to the far
West, and reports Everything lovely
and the goose hanging high"
Mr.. John O'Neil an aged man died
the 9Th inst.
@NIrs. McCown of Missouri is visit.
ing her brother, Mr.. Thos. Burgess
of this place.
Mr., Joseph Mckee has returned
home, and reports very pleasant
season teaching school on the Kama.
wha.
Several Of our men have gone Rail
Reading.
A very severe hail storm passed
over this place the 2nd inst, doing u
great deal Of damage to the fruit.
CHIRus.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-04-12

LETARr NEws.-owing to the dis.
ability Of the mail boat we did not
receive the Register until Saturday
morning.
g. W. sayre's new ware room is
completed, and it adds much to the
appearance Of cur t0wn.
There istalk of a Millinery shop
in our town, next week, by two
young ladies' who know their busi-
ness, who will please all who will
patronize them.
The Summer school, in charge of
Miss Alama Jones, is in progress.
Mrs. Mark sayre, of Great Bend,
O., formerly of this place, is quite ill.
Daniel Sayre and Benny yarian
have arrived home from Cincinnati,
where they had been with railroad
ties.
Business quite lively about town
now, and we hope it will continue so
through the season.
Mr.. Ball, wife and son, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, is visiting at W. T.
Hayman's.
d. P. Gist made a flying business
trip to Point Pleasant last Wednes-
day on the mail boat.
Montican Blake is on the sick list,
also Thomas Knopp and Lonnie
Rives.
W. T. Hayman has resumed work
in his boat yard.
VIM. starkley is now a resident of
our town, having moved here last
week.
Several of this vicinity summoned
on the Petit Jury, at the May term
Of court. yiyE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-04-12


GRAHAM BorToE 1TEMs.-The mu-
steal voice of the plowman is now
heard in the land, and field and hill.
side begin to look green. The trees
are putting forth their bloom, and all
nature tells us that Spring is here.
The spelling-match conducted by
Mr.. +. M. Roush, Of the Mt. Vernon
school, was well attended and was
composed Of the best spoilers Of this
section, butthe Beech Growers were
too much for them. The test was
closed near midnight with Messrs P.
L, Roush and the champion speller
Lowess A. Bowles, the victors.
Mr.. Philip Jones has sold his yalu.
able farm in this bottom, to Mr.. John
somerville, who intends moving on
it Immediately. We regret losing
our friend, Mr.SJones, who intends
moving to the segrist bottom, but
we are glad to get so. enterprising a
young man in his stead as Mr.. Som
erville.
Misses Alama and Anamal Jones
have finished their term Of sciioolat
Carleton College, and after spending
a few days at home, departed for theil
respective schools, which they had
slyengaged. They have been
fitting themselves ITO teach the
young idea how to shoot" and We
presume will make successful teach.
ers.
We will say to the many friends Of
the late Henry Richard, that his fu.
neral will be preached on theirs,
Sunday in May, in the Graham Sta.
ton Baptist Church, by the Rev. M
Owens.
We learn that Mr.. P. l.. Roush i,
contemplating the study of medicine
Go on Pete, we believe you woule
make good NJ. D.
PEr-oF-THE MINE.