The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-15
Threw Dice For a Gold Nine.

Samuel /. Silverman and Dick sherwood
each owned a half interest I'm a valuable
gold mine in Okanogan county. They
decided on Saturday night that there
wasn't room enough for two in it's man
agement, and hit upon true western
expedent for settling their business DIM
cuties. But they didn't call for pistols
for two with coffee for one, or 30 out
on the open greensWard behind the motel
and fight with bowie knives. There was
a quicker way than that and IL was
much safer. Sherwood and Silverman
called for a dice = OK, and the regulation
number Of dice instead.
How shall it be?' asked Silverman
with a e-your-weapon expression on
his face.
Three shakes horses" Sherwood re-
piled. and as every one knew what that
meant there were no further prelimin-
aries.
Both men were IS calm and col
lected as if an immense fortune had not
been al stake. Slverman shook first
He got two pairs. tours and treys, IN
three series Of hopes and fears. Sher-
wood was sure he could beat that, ana
he did with three aces, the first rattle
out of the box.
Follow your hands" said Sllverman
stin unmoved. Sherwood shook and 80
did Silvermau. The latter won. That
made it horse and horse
Silverman ratified the bones long, but
gently, with n short. circular motion sus-
gestive Of deep thought. Then two pairs
relied ont. f0urs and trCys. lie tried
10 'nn' ana failed once. Again he at
tempted the same feat Then, with Il
glad smile. he laid the box aside. The
lucky bone had come a four SHERWOOD
a..
bore M heroically In one shake he had
n pair OF aces. In another there We're
three aces. He puffed a breath into the
box gently and rolled out another Then
Manager $. r. Arthus, who had been
silent witness. supported a man on
each arm and a trip was made TO the
refreshment room.
The claim will be called the Monte
Carlo by its owner. Mr.. Sherwood. IL
was bonded some time ago by payment
q $1,000. but the bond lapsed. Mining
men regard it as IL good prospect. as the
country within "A circle Of a few miles
contains thousands Of ounces Of the pre-
clous yellow metal.-Spokane Review.
TyndaIl's Religious Attitude.
He was much more conscious than
physicists usually are. that every physi-
cal inquiry, pursued TO the end. brings
face 10 face with an insoluble problem.
Sundry propositions which physicists in
clude as lying within their domain, do
not belong to physics at all, but are CON
cerncd with our cognitions OF matter
and force; a fact clearly shown by the
controversy at present going on about the
fundamentals Of dynamics. But in him
the consciousness that there here exists
door, which, though open. science
cannot pass through. II not always
present. was ever ready TO emerge. Not
improbably his early familiarity with
theological questions. given him by the
controversy between Catholicism and
Professionalism. which occupied his mind
much during youth may have had TO do
with this. But whatever its cause. the
fact as proved by various spoken and
written words. was a belief that the
known is surrounded by an unknown.
which he recognized as something more
than negation. Men OF science may
be divided into two classes, Of which the
one, we'll exemplifed, in Faraday. keep
Ing their science .-ad their religion abso-
lutely separate. are untroubed by any
inccngruities between them: and the
other of which, occupying themselves
exclusively with the facts OF science.
never ask what implications they have.
Be IL trilobite or be 1t doubIe-star. their
thought about IL is much like the thought
Of Peter Bell about the primrose. Tyn-
dali did not belong TO either class; and
Of the last l have heard him speak
with implied scorn.-F'rom an article by
Herbert Spencer. on Tyndall, in Nc
Clure's Magazine for March.