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siren. a and Health.

II you are not feeling strong and healty,
try Electric Bitiers. II "La.Grippe" has.lefl
you weak and weary. use Electric Biiters
THIS remedy acts directly on Liver, Sioin-
ach and Kidneys, gently aiding those
organs To perform their functions II
Won are afflicted with Sick Headache, you
will find speedy and permanent relief by
taking Electric Bitters. One trial will
convince you that this is the remedy you
need. Large bottles only Soc al r. d.
Cottingham & Cos. Drugstore.
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Buck len'S Arnica SalXe.

The hest salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rhcum. Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns. and all SKIN Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles Or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction,
or money refundeu Price p cents per
box For sale by 7. ID Coiiingham & Go
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A Little Girls Experience in "a
Lighthouse.

Mr.. aud Mrs. Loren Trcscoit are keep
ers of the Government Lighthouse at
Sand Beach. Mich. aud are blessed with
a daughter four years old Las, year sue
was iaken down with measles followed
With dreadful cough aud turning into a
fever. Doctors at home and at Detroit
treated her, but in vain, she grew worse
rapidly, until she was a mere handful of
boues.'-Then she tried DIR. Kings New
Discovery and after the use of two and a
half bottles, was completely cured. They
say DIR. Kings New Discovery is worth
its weight in gold. yet you may get trial
bottle free al +. ID. Coitingbam & Co.'s
Drugstore
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For Over Fifty Years.

Mas. wISsLows SOOTHING SYlsUP has cen
used for over nifty years 10y millions Of moth
crs for their children while iccihing with per
feet success. II soothes the child. softcus the
gums. allays all pain. cures wind collie. aud is
the hest remedy for Diarrhpa. n will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold hy
Druggists In every part ~ the world. Tween
ty-nve cents n bottle. BE- sure and ask for
Mrs. wiDslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind.
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A correspondent in Hoard's Dairyinan
offers the following plan for a moisture
indicator:
Take pine stick thirty-six inches
long, one-fourth inch by one-half inch
at one end. tapered nicely almost to a
point at the other end Screw Il com
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-03-05

He has farm of 40 acres. price $3.50
One of 900 acres for $li00
Other Sea side and Truck Farms of 10
To 600 acres, prices s., $40, to S2j per
acre. Very cheap and desirable
Three hotels, prices $4,000, $500 and
$4,000
Clustering outfit of & dwellings, store.
43 vacant lots. Blacksmith shop. floats.
, monitors. , scows, oyster house. 100
feet water front, price $500, big bar
gains.
Two stocks of good, which invoice 81.
200 and $1,000, worth investigating.
Subscribe to the Real Estate Journal
il gives son all the real estate and farm
ing news. Fine advertising medium. try
us. DIR. :. X. MARSHALL.
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EAGLE Mills.
POCOMOKE CITY, MD.
r. NJ. STEVENSON, PRor'R.

We pay CASH FOR GRAIN and man
ufacture and sell best brand of Roller
Flour Eagle lIominy, Corn Meal and all
kinds of feed. etc
Correspondence solicited with cash
buyers.
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new GOODS.

We have them in Stock of Dress Goods which we are
ready offer the ladies remarkably low prices and we
extend to every reader OF this advertisement invitation
call and see the
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Great Bargains.

We carry all the leading shades in Cashmeres Henri
cttas. Gnghams, Outings, Flannels, Zephyrs etc.
We have, also new line Of Notions. Ladies Hosiery
Gloves Corsets Edgings. Trimmings, Buttons, etc
Call and see US and we will give you satisfaction. Don't
forget that we are headquarters for all kinds of Groceries,
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era in celery
growing. Here
tofore the pro-
duction Of fairly
well blanched
stalks was sup
posed TO be de-
pendent on great
skill. particular
conditions of soil
and SO much hard
work that COM
paratively few
gardeners have
under taken &c
grow their own
home supply, aud
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-os,sss. ssls zss
stARh%, CARDEN
f'MsSssE
THE NEW CELERY CULTURE.

The white Plane Proionss the season.
How 1" Have Celery by Middle "f July.
The introduction of White Plume eel
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the tall tower: with +" SSs,;sysd: f1 IL is.;.,
ma is fright anil cheerful IN G TShinj
u trough. that suggests, to- the couptrymnn
tho farm, 1t Is half inll Of water. and u hun.
noses are floating about. The young woman
viii provide hook and line and allow the VIE
tim to catch n ish for ten cents. AZ, he raises
it aioft al,o takes 1t from tho hook. turns n
small. Nm to uno side. md annoNnces that n
certain number Ia beneath. Thcn slio drops
tn. nsh into tho water quickly.
Neatly arranged OF shelves behind tho girl
is n quantity of tMubles. with some prizes TINT
seem to I've valuable, such MS silver %tenrot1.
among its fellows ahe turns TO the shelves and
selects the prizn the number calls for. Save
on certain occasions. the player gets n toy
wort, from u cent to ilye cents at retail I'M
Third avenue store. The cnrpers Invariably
get tho siiyerwnre and the girl offers to. buy
back tho priAe for two or three dollars.
and her offer Is accented. Tho IN Is
simple enough. Tho young WNman. being
familiar with the numhers OF the rrizcs. sim.
ply calls out whatever number slio chooses to
1T to the player. Tito plnyer does not see the
number under tho lin. although she turns It
toward him ~ she announces II. A reporter
who watched her make y n1mter of rlays was
unable To distinguish the nnmhors. although
IA near to the girl as anv ono ana gifted with
good eyes. Tho numbers were indistinctly
painted and the motions o. tho girls hands
very rapid. 1t was u plain snno Of bun on
tho pnrt OF tho girl.
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Among the latter docs IL q game open ed
IN Q booth on y sideroet over = week aGo.
Triangular holes went In the bottoms OF
three soap boxes. WI were placed at All
anglo on the floor at tkear OF tho booth. say
eight feet from the ting. This done. tho
passing people we're uh by three impuIcnt
and vociferous cappor$ throw secondhand
1aseballs at the holes.b cappers promising
that II one ball out ohreo passed into tho
hole the thrower shoulhvea good cigar for
bis ten cents ante. whito throw three balls
through In successions to win fifty cents.
Or ono could put up q liar under o promise
OF winning i've.
Neither booth nor bo3as decorated. The
holes had been made via keyhole saw and
were ~ ragged rs the pie outfit was bar
ron. On tho face OF its game seemed to
have NO special cheatintnture. The chances
we're OF course about teb ono in favor OF the
fakirs. for the holes we1 snug 1T about tho
balls. but 81 close ~obvation 1t appeared
that only tho fakirs cou get more thu two
balls to pass through nni tho holes In sue
cession. The sucker whad enough skill to
hit q hole fairly three tin In succession saw
the ball bound out on ! third throw Just
about As It did when unsEllly thrown. except
that tho noise made whets ball landed was
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it. on. leE ola tripod. SO that, the rlaycr canno.

win save At the pleasure Of tho insir.
fr sns sSaT ssaS S,EnsoI s.m to hat 4 GENUINE as BEEN s,ai
uinyed u, Coney Islnn,i was a form Of bags-
,sl's; IS sd IN =, the "yr9W cn a"s III the '4 aIsSIny wa" NJ
ttiass, n" rIay began ''S as aS1iotHtcTrss' invest.
imen,. 10 fnSt. and then developed into simple
secured to Zach S,Lsr as, tho I'D OF an open
irunk 4. secured to. tho main ,ratt,, Thu
a a" ssgs t isasE '. stands. up Wits ii 'i What ia ms ~
be, called tho tor tray OF The trunk
Il nG ,na, 3. !. r .,.S.; n ,r ,hS IN S =, It, i, 3 game ,ns
s ShSst" after rs'S Witch ' Il pciIs sT "na drops sl@s BY S0 a ae ).
TOM :" d fi thc board oaiSn i r @. a"s y. r. and 0 th.n 1T i rolls oil,
e emit" 0n #. Of / row must & p s.sfs T T%ss 'H HSt s SGi
or wood, however. .%heiore, it enters tile
rosks, where Il i in ,l,in sight. Each
spending COMPARTMENT in the. tray before
tho board AMI there is n prize In zach com;
clnnrr 1t IL IL fnir game 81 chance. The marble
t,in Iies irom pint . yin. first one way amt then
TACT the course is ali by chance down through
a.. rin.; AnI yet III, w,heawsks PLAYER
The fraud is TO be ionnd IL a very simple
sheet, Of metal Tint fot u moment ~concsnIs the
marble from the eys OF tho PLAYER. This de.
VICE ID a gate extending clear across the hOnrd.
which slides from side to side. 1t Is o~peratsd
~ a lever. one end OF which Is ut the hand Of
tho gate. ny sliding the gate to tho right tho
way to one set ~ pockets ia oren. sliding It Ia
the left ppeis another set and closesthe FIRST LOT.
Bv placing big prizes opposite one sot Of pock-
cts and worthless stun opposite the other. tho
dealer can sl,unt tho marble to win or lose.
The. successful operation. OF this. as OF all
the other knmes. requires tho MD OF several
cappers. Commonly three aro employed. They
the dealer calls loudly to tho passing thronC.
are IN sight and. that no blank can I've found.
And It costs only ten cents to try yer luck"
When the victim stops to gaze at the ma
chine the cappers gather about him and felgn
interest IL and Ignorance OF the game. II the
victim hesitntes he Ia asked to roll the
3 !. rI ssis: iSy. ,..SSI,,. q .ni i: SiS%pliss$in IN, 1 ri,
. s'm no. nlI and fT Il. t ans' victim, eli ut" stfil M%esHss
out OF tho game the marble wins again. Then
tho capper says 1t L. three. times and out In
that game. and he'll hack tho victim once
more. 1t Is on odd duck who does not by this
time tRks = hand In. but II hs hesitntes the
dealer works n species OF fim.iiam. He makes
a variety u offers to the vietim in such q way
e; ss s # sSH ,Es st s'%; a nss .a mH's & f9 tHs ssro 0tas' is |:
roll the marble. and TO akree that; II either
81 shall! be paid for the ton cents ante.
There Is no longer any talk about
the. hrass rings and other merchandise
in the tray. 1t IL a cash business. In almost
every case whore a man rolls tho marble for
fun lie Is induced to try 1t for ten cents. Ton
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Akin to this. In that tho victim never knew
what number no had really drawn. was a card
game played by q man. He had baubles and
silvorware at ten cents q chance. md the prize
wns located by means Of n lot OF. cards. each OF
asked to select eight cards. The sum OF tho
numbers on the eight cards Is ostensibly the
number OF the prize won. However. the fakir
runs over the. cards at lightning speed. pre-
tending to add the numbers as he does SO. and
thon announces whatever sum he pleases. A
reporter who watched him heard him announce
~ when the actual sum OF the eight numbers
was AZ. OF course the cappers got good prizes
At fEequsnt intervals and the victims got prac-
At this writing the most popular game on
the island IL a spot and disk contrivance. A
table has a. score or more OF red spots six
inches In diameter painted on its top. The
player is provided with Ave brass plates five
Inches in diameter for ten cents. II he covers
ono Of the spots out Of sight by pitching the
plates. quot fashion. on 1t. he Is to receive
81. There Is no offer Of merchandise in this
.gams: 1t Is II plain bet Of 20 to l that the player
cannot cover the spot. The bet Is safe as to
tho ordinary visitor at the island. Not one In
a thousand could do 1t at first trial. This Is SO
obvious after a trial that very few could he IN,
presence and assistance Of the cappers. The
skill necessary to tho task. They play and
win. and when q victim comes along
The dealer announces that il. five will
all put up and play at once. he will pay each
Of them 81 in case any one covers o spot, A
fakir will cover Il spot all over save for a tiny
segment on ono side. and then the fakir Offers
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the island. and he rather enjoys the idea Of be-
Reecislly as he is playing in luck ana appears
likely n1tI to get good money for ko1I the eh trifs e mi, SO h.
SeSs *! h h'u 0a tie '' 81. bt p.a1ss the the " dealer 1h has
shuntsd 4 elsewhere; However. he does net
.e s's:s l g .ss 5 Psskffst t aill 's ss.s s ;aa' 50 cont. to
Then he explains that because that %p.rtieu-
tho pot With the dioSllsr and The next seli made
h fss s SSs Of Is .h ai.d Dt te tes 81. % g eents sad HF.f put
1 ssfe POI os iof tho e 'f fsk hes 4 lS hs VI Sie sssal! ssus a. :
Ruts up the the % ~ c tSH and rolls again; " 80 soq ire
;!|i%s II ~ iSisHfd; =. x xhIIst IL ls,i isk tSs p = ! ~ g i ISS
d dSabi.a Dc . n1tS r.. T 'aG now pot ha. lh SO 't nueh a is
tSs R Ss e saHs h III x 1SsRs I'll Fl be Ss'p PEEPS ess at ID
i ssf' s hsYi IN 0s s.s i aasx s1a IS T Rss 1 NJ an a. an Hss q
he wes told no had forfeited. and was coDdoled
When i he " was 81" 50 V sure 81 winning ing Il he iep ta on.
they would say. when. Of course. he had no ra-
XAmodfacstion Of tie bagatelle board was
made s9meHhat like a wire fly trap, The pins
.S,ssd d. svs9o tnsS q T ESs nins cong fb wn mn9b z wire wire
dropped into q hole 10 the apex. and fell down
S SnMa,s , the Di WS, to land nldc at lest e. behind. behind q ne, metal !
pocket. where there was a row clear around
the base Of the cone. The gate was operated
here as In the other game. and save for tho
shane Of the machine it was tho same game.
One OF the most ingenious swindling ma
chimes ever Invented may be called the gal
lows game. Between two upright posts Is q
block that rises. easily In grooves on the inner
size ofthe pair; One ofthese groovesis provided
on the block which permit the block to rise.
but prevent Its return. A series OF figures Is
painted on one OF the standards. and the
movable block 10 provided with o pointer.
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to bot long odds that the remaining. part Of
Sometimes he bets that no one Of the five can
The I victim i'm n is; in about bout, all cases:
moro than his original ante Of ten. cents. In
cases where a victim in making his first bet
oners a. 2 on ~ or q s e%in G o, G e1,t1 ter value aha IT than ten en-
a moment. but the gameg goes on. and the vic
tim soon learns that he has lost the ten cents
Still another game is worked with photo
graphs, , a ! large :, nImbsr Of photographs In 2
the the back? S"ofs y some .! them. The fIs ' istir sa Ss
more. He. shows the bill. on the backs Of the
Raottesr ons. s as' OF some wsll aRn q HsG nam. t thae
epce by means q a pointer and the faklr
tators. Then he says to the victim: wv
'"Tlii giys You Your dollar back for the pic.
q tsi0 bill on tho back Of it he refuses.
"Ill give you two says tho fakir.
AAYfffiin m tns o { th rs s%'q Il. Says.
There Is another refusal. whereat the fakir
s mS1. h ,sa is s 81 tor b pla hs p S"nost atIo W'ts to Pa a
that it has nothinE on the back. The prize OF
s moy has IL in q s salsk WAY %yyti si's 81 tSs Hand i =. IS t re-,
photograph Is taken from its place and
course there are cappers who get prizes.
The detection OF the capper Is usually much
easier than tho detection Of the swindline de-
teen minutes to see that certain young men,
one Of whom is commonly we'll dressed and
one poorly, are the winners. A sensible per
son ought to be able to distinguish them by
their talk to the victim. but Of course those
who expect to beat these swindlers and get
something for nothing nre scarcely bright
enough for that.
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Tho game Y easily worked. The victim 10
IN ylted to strike q lever with a mallet The
blGw thE 5Ioy ths block up between ths posts ct
hut a short distance up. As the impulse ceases
thu, catches on the block take hold Of the coRs
At least that is the theor,y" Of a ffsir game. and
the player wins the prize that goes with. the
numbor covered iy the pointer on the block.
Bnt; a ~ IN enc ams6 6'i ,sm Ga me ths olg pf tbst sbs
faIir must ineyita bly, be ruined were the play
ers to have a fair chance. The block must
10 sheet this certain eoss Which are beneath
the numbers representing the large prizes are
50 fitted that By pressing q button In the frame
destination and, the pointer on the, block in;
dicates the next number below the one It
would nFtulaliy yva h9ys eoy ssre When ths
sets the cog back In place.
But this is not enough control to suit the
fakir. for he must force the player to win whom
cause the rogs olro to the worthless prizes
to disnrrenr. leaving only tho valuable prizes
eSuosei H. tn" catci. OF the block.
IN This game. as in the other. the fakir tells
his victim the Jack. pot story after the first
play. and SO works him. for dollars where only
II ten-centllpy was AT !rst contemplated,
~ thus ganlv Is 10 make the pointer ON the
block movable, but tho fakir is more easily
detected In moving The point than in pressing
n luton ut the uasr 81 the gallows, and the
movable coga are therefore much. more popu.
lar. Pressing the hutton pushes IN tho end OF
n lever. The opposite, end .! this lever Is con:
ntcttd with n vertical plate, on the edge OF
which are the roEs to DO removed. As tho
lower end OF tho lever goes. in the upprr end
goes out, and thr cog edged Plate goes with ii.
While these are al the game played openly
at this wr'tinE ~ which mechanical devices
are used I" dslraua there are several other
esting. For instancc. there IL the Ash pond
anu Opv can Ds found to the southeast Of
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different But for this fact ) crude appear
anoe Of the whole outfit wsuch as to i'm
press every spectator with tidea that there
was at least one sousre gam
just how the fskir mana to throw the
ball out could not be determd with certain.
t. BY Watching the play frome street. but II
o sti6 black net were stretch beneath Just
% the ball was arriving It wa have had the
desired effect. and vet it Won have been In
visible to the player. The pdem Of getting
the net across the hole was nple. Place It
on re bo1 epd Of = lever e!thine from the
10 stood behind tho bar Counter. Tho
pressure Of his foot would she tho net be:
meath the hole. and . sprinavould draw 1t
back Is soon as the foot was moved.
vice q his KIDD should be nted IN i. ton.
snug 1t for the ball, the chenf were ten to
one or more. against an ordiFy player. but
the play for ton cents was onl} small part Of
the. game, Every player; c9eYr or sucker.
hsd much larger stakes oherehim, whenever
two balls were thrown throu4he hole.
% o x91 n more nov snd dAs WIN R1' sa. f sRir'R Wou ia
say. "or you can put up 81 AMIN So, The
oappsre would put up the NOR and win and
the sucker would follow suit 1 lose.
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T,as H.. I"'iaunp Ms Jau nal.

The reformed gambler had gone into legiti-
mate business and Ind made iailur. NJ 1t.
was G,inG over the ho"ss. how cane you 10
get ont 30 many worthless N,rounts: You
must hsyr Known tally twp,tnirdS, Of these
Yes admitted the "business man."
that's SO. But iust think Of the excitement
! had IN wondeTing WHISTLER I would ever get
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A feature OF the particularly unpleas-
who play them. The nsh nndthr arrow games
are especially well patroniled By boys. mAnT
Of whom are manifrstly ma moro than ten
years old. one "lton secs, too. adn'ts who ar
plainly people OF small means ilnyin. their
last coins on games where - iinio,sinlr I"
viii and the! gUlEg way - tears. There
seem Ia be no he,p Tor this condition o'
Affairs, Tor the re"Il" Wa rilr at tAc open
A laIir w!io was ask-i al'li the expenses
o'thn games said u wril-lU"rted 10th rental
for - 900 for tirer months. rho "n'''t iii
pers We're employed at from 50 to 50 y day. IN
most cases. however, the game, were run, ho
SAID, by three or four mon III biitnrrship.
Any one wishing to see how he various ma
chimes arc worked can usually SEQ til" 'akirs
cleaning and setting them up at about noon.
pieces ut that time the other day that 1t mii:ht
be cleaned and oiled. The crowd has not then
arrived. but 10 soop expected.
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A1ONTEZx1
but . gentle pressursIof uthe sive lets the
Arrow travel around at any spee desired By

but . gentle. pressurslof uthe sive let's the
arrow travel around at nj spec desired By
che operator. To work the AFRO yproperly. so
that It shall stop in the right plaiwithout .cx-
citing the, suspicion Of the llasr, requires
considerable skill. yet so shcriigNtea and
foolish are tho great majority 4 patrons OF
tic. game that the arrow. Is oltc stopped. so
suddenly as to lrakcthe flexible 1nttremble.
without any oic deserving the svld!c.
The raising y! the s'eesr + !di.ly accom-
piis,ieu by means of jrNer-, WIZ. tlruG-h
4 leY of tho tripod ara II w-dg. ulrr the bas.
81 the sleeve. Another methoGf stopping
tho Arrow IL by means Of - snlit rot. These
machines. howstsr. cannot b" tam arart in
tue presence %. tsis PLAYERS. becas tho COZ
dillon -! tho rivct coLll :heu becrn. The
A!oovs Is ~entir.ly tonc.aicG. becap when the
srrow j. removed i seems tope. u mere
shoulder Of metal ut the base .! III pivot.
St,,i anothe: methct g! maxim tho arrow
u%'Sch'ns IA to forge tho arrow antiv"t in one
UirfS. The plTot T. thrust tEruug u hole in
-" top Of the tripod that support il and III"
lever .ni Icsts .i = rlftc %. :. co, anil !s IN
The bearing or CO. lar Just below tharrow that
10 controlled w the operator throEh . lover
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COMFY IASD swINDLEs.
GAMES At nin INF pLArhK mas
NO once 1T H.

VITA the Ala okrp-rr tho 1nsocent IL
Wh-edtrd tntV- 1.oss ~r NJ. Dollars
How Some osI Frnud - DBne.
In their efforts hvo,d tho law that rro.
hibits the use OF Il old. fashioned gambling
machinos rs the lictte wheel. the wheel OF
fortune. and the b box. the blackiogs Of
Coney Island hnvSducsd and operated u
number OF d~evice\r swindling tho nvarl.
olous that are rcm&blc from several points
'oi Wow. They aranarkable in some cases
for tho case with TIL tho swindle may DO
discovered. In otk they arc worth study
for tho skill disned In conceslinC the
methods Of coatrnAich the operators have
over them. In stiil St,er class thcy arc re-
Variable for tia inAial used.
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A machine that has been our common on
the island. but has recently bSme scarce. is
The revolving arrow. An arrowlth flexible
point-it 10 usually q metal srK with q card
board tipI,revolyes on a pivot tlet the flexible
Of about two INCHES around circle marked
out on . table. Between the ms are PRICES
kiils: n ali from forty to siItPrizes viii be
displayed, according to the lmeter Of the
6.rcls. and 30 the players chae Of winning
Any one prize is one In forty otxty whom the
game Is run fairly. But the pbortion OF val
liable prizes Is so great that nrpne can see at
AElance that the losses Of the Sler would far
outSalsnce his receipts did depend On
prize. A casual e~xAminatiopt tho pivot
shows . sharp steel point on och the arrow
rests and. revolyes. One canearce believe
that a brake can be applied ,toae arrow. be-
eause the pivot seems to be solid sharp
ness oithe machine is incIeas,by the iakir.
e md the pivot with . cloth. ye base OF the
pivot rest on !. coin. ostentpusly placed
there. Nevertheless u .bral is applied
s6ectually.. BY means OF anetAl sleeve
around the pivot bar. laising the
30 stops the revolutions. II lift clear OF the
point the arrow Is stopped alnst instantly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-04

Icy + waverc!a uaiystfcdl'll.
That is the kind VI Il girl John Sontag's
swcrthcar t is.
And John John is away off in the noun
tains somewhere. keeping out 81 the way Of
~trailers and avengers. posses and squads with
the steady. blond bearded man who studied
for the priesthood IN Canada