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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

copyright, 1891, by Madge Robertson.1
There had been the usual run of
stories about the campfire, when the
lawyer spoke. 1t was late fall camp.
Hunters yarns had run riot. Inventions
mad become exhausted.
l am no sportsman" he observed,
but | have had some fun occasionally,
when Twas younger"
In second he had the usual close at
tention accorded to the quiet man who
unexpectedly becomes talkative. After
moment, some ones pipe went out
and stayed out.
1T was back twenty years ago.
was practicing in c., in northern
Ontario, where clients were scarce and
poor as myself, and where law prac-
lice took one out collecting rents from
farphouses ten miles apart, by roads
terrlhcally rough = one wheel up q
bowlder, the other down in a rut.
"The county towns adjacent are
Owen Sound and Barrie. Several times
a year went to both places on circuit
Owen Sound was pretty wild place IN
those days; plenty of young English
men spending the quarterly allowance
they got from home the first week it
arrived, and plenty of young fellows in
banks and law offices trying to keep up
their end with much less money.
Shrieber Bolton, of Barrie, and myself
usually went.every three months or so
to the Sound together We knew all
the men about town and always count
ed ona fairly. good time while court
was ifisession, r.
lon one occasion we reached Owen
Sound pretty well played out. We had
had to stage it from Meaford, twenty
four miles. So, when the first days
work was over, we refused all invita-
tions and settled down after dinner to
quiet smoke at our hotel
However, about nine o'clock some
chaps came along and fairly routed us
out. There were Merrill, teller in one
of the banks, and Arnold the son of a
wealthy brewer, both well-known
young fellows in the place, and whom
we had met frequently before. They
would not take any refusal Go to
Dinny Dinoon's we must, before the
night was over; we were only there
once in three month, and so on.
Dinny kept saloon with cardrooms
and billiards in decent enough part
of the town, and we: had been at Din
ny's before.
There were drinks of course, and
billiards, think. Presently some one
said cards. We tried to get out of the
game Bolton played very little and
never for money, and ! did not care to
play that night even for small stakes.
But it was no use, and the upshot was
that we soon found ourselves in a
small upstairs room, with bottle or
two, and the prospects of nights play
before us. A chap named Hooking, a
law student had joined us at the bar,
and there were five of us in the game.
was hideously sleepy, but when some
one suggested loo, l jumped. AS some
of YOU know, unlimited loo is the
thievingest game going, and I,retained
lively recollections of the wickedness
thereof.
wears before, when line of boats
played between c. and Chicago, the
captains found themselves in c. two
or three days out of each week; there
was tall playing, and loo was the
game. Well, in those days l had played
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

q little some one bent card accident.
ally, and a new pack was called for.
Dinny brought in the fresh cards still
in their unopened wrapper. Well, the
minute l laid eyes on the cards a horri-
BILE suspicion seized me-horrible when
you consider that we were NIL friends
playing together and. as opportunity
offered, l carefully exami ned my cards.
"a long time before had found il
necessary, during lawsuit, to study
thoroughly the systems of marking
cards. There are several of these, and
when you have mastered them it is an
easy matter to spot marked cards any.
where. So ! knew for dead certainty
that could detect the cheat, If there
was one, and somehow, in spite ofre.
pugnance to believe it, felt suspicious
OF the new pack. So l waited mo.
ment until l got two kings together and
compared them. There was no doubt
of it, the cards were markell
Naturally l was very angry; and my
first impulse was to dash down the
cards and denounce the players. When
/ thought of the situation, we two
young chaps decoyed in there to be,
cheated out of the little money we had
by young fellows like ourselves, whom
we met socially and frequently, whom
we had entertained in our own towns
/ almost boiled over. Such dastardly
bit of businessl / am furious vet when
think of it.
However, I took few minutes to
think over the matter, and presently
a beautiful scheme of vengeance
dawned upon me. l set out to find out
the system on which this particular
pack was marked. IT was obviously a
yer y simple one, and knew that the
minute got on to it could tell every
card in the pack The two kings had
each petal off the rose in the left
hand corner on the back. AS soon as
got two queens together examined
them and found that each had two
petals off the same rose. Then was
dead on to the system and there prom
ised to be some fun ahead l knew
every card in the pack and the Others
were of course ignorant of my knowl'
edge,
'The situa ton was pregnant. Here
was Bolton, who was gently keeping
out of it, and to whom, therefore. il
was unnecessary to convey any warn
ing; here were three young rascals de-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
WATER COLOR SkETCHlNG.
Directions to the Amateur How to Prepare
for Work

Directions to the Amateur How to Prepare
for Work.
The sketch for water color should
be light and made with hard pencil.
A soft pencil leaves black dust which
will darhen the washes. To avoid this
silver pencil is sometimes used; the
soft gray mark is easily covered. Any
erasures may be made with small par
ticles of bread. Do not use a Mlbber,
as it will either glaze or roughen the
paper and thus prevent the washes from
flowing evenly.
Flower studies will be the most in
teresting and.the most easily managed
for the first attempts. 1t is good
plan to arrange a few flowers which
are to be sketched in small-necked
bottle filed with fresh water
A small piece of charcoal dropped
into the water will keep the
flowers fresh for several days,
giving ample time to study them. Frail
blossoms, that are apt to drop their pc
tails if disturbed, may be made to last
for several days by applying little
liquid glue to the base of the flower
with small, soft brush.
When a sketch of flowers has been
made, and carefully corrected until
satisfactory, give the surface of the pa
per light wash of clean water, being
careful to exactly follow the penciled
outline, for the color, when applied
will extend over the same surface as
the wash. AS one can not always con-
troll the washes until after great deal
of practice it will be best not to at
tempt a background at first. For
flower studies the backgrounds are
often mere shadow suggestions, yet
they add much to the effect-N. Y. Re-
| rordar
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
A Curious California Weed.

In Santa Clara county, Cal, there
grows weed called the rattlesnake
weed. 1t is so named from the story
that when rattlesnahes get to fighting
and bite. each other, this weed, il
eaten by them, will prevent death. 1t
grows about six inches tall, has red
stalk and slender leaves. On the top
of the stalk comes head of flowers,
and the seeds of these flowers are said
to be very annoying to one in passing
through mass of them, as they are
furnished with sharp barbs, commonly
called stickers. The early settlers
who had heyds of sheep always made
their herdsmen keep with them bot
tie Of strong tea made of rattlesnake
weed, and when any of the shesp were
bitten they were drenched with this
tea, which always saved them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

n good deal for a youngster, but had
~ the time of which speak, forgotten
the game entirely, As for Bolton as
he subsequently told me, the only thing
he knew of loo at all was aprovidential
hit of advice he got years before from
an old uncle, to the effect that there
was only two ways to play loo. One
was to take the missy THAT is, girls,
tbe two or three cards left over which
.ho nerson next the dealer has the
rriviIege of substituting for his own
band) every time, and the other was to
leave it every time. So Bolton left it
alone every time and played along
TRANQUILITY, standing, to be not much
ont or in when the game was over
81 saw that low limit was fixed, a
forty-hve cent one and we started it.
Alter bit it all came back to me, but
/ lost and gained about evenly After
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
One Dollar Per Year.
A REMARKABLE DOG.
This Strange story IL Said TO Be Truo In
Every Particular.

This Strange Story IL Said TO Be Truo In
Every Particular.
My grandfather once owned dog
that was cross between mastiH and
Newfoundland. lie was large in size
us the largest-mcntioned breed, and in
color that of an African lion, and
strange to say, had name like one.
His eyes, Also had the intelligent look
of that animal.
Mars was his name He was noted
for his almost human intelligence. He
never was known to bark as dogs are
wont to do, but, when angry, ratified his
teeth by shaking his head violently, so
that they could be heard ut n distance.
This he never did except as warning,
and woe unto the intruder that passed
unheeding, His disposition was mild
and even playful with those of the
household, but friend or foe never APP
preached the house unchallenged at
night. Mars had deep, sonorous
voice, when he chose to let it out,
which was very seldom; then it was
more akin to lions roar than to any
thing else earthly. He seemed to know
instinctively what was his duty, and
when and where his vigilance was
needed,
Our grandfather, who was clergy
man, was recommended to reside in
the country on account of feeble
health; hence the family retired for
several years to beautiful farm in
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
CORONATION.

,aHng garden rare ard sweet
xv urned amazed its wealth 10 meet
An atn color glory all ablaze,.
' SOIL unts lighting hidden sprays.
, hence came this miracle OF grace
u mere only barrenness had placer
MN wv no wrought this wonder from the ground.
whose guerdon lavished It aroundP
1 rho gardener is woman frail,
trer arm is weak, her face is pale
. nne spake' uplifting thoughtful eyes;
- or'ngs to me, as you surprise, ..'
tSaught had that was rich or fine.
TSly The drudgery was mine,
me weary toiling in the mold,
'An wet and dry, In heat and cold
' Ten sent the rest, no work is lost;
Mousn drought or flood, or fire or frost,
nv I'M midnight gloom or dreary day
,,, tne crown divine shall speed its way."'
H Pon'.a A Blood, in Springfield Mass
|..t
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

liberately laying themselves out and
setting up game to fleece two limo.
cent comrades; and here was l, know
ing the whole trick beforehand, and
fully prepared with the biggest sort OF
| revenge.
1.-THE point was this: Whenever they
dealt. they knew of course every card
| in my hand and in the missy and SO
did lin their hands and in the missy
but what they did not know was, that
l knew. So when had the best hand
went in, and when one of them could
beat me / simply stayed out There
were always two of them in, of course,
one to dec oy me; so stood to win every
time.
"And when l dealt took care that
they should see neither my hand nor
the missy Consequently knew all
their cards and they only knew each
others and the game was entirely in
my own hands. l had a dead sure
thing. If you had seen those men look
at each otherl was not 20 be bluffed
out or lured in unless the cards war
ranted it and won straight along OF
course. had them hard and fast; they
were helpless and could not unders Uand
it at all. Side-glances of inquiry be-
came open astonishment and length
ened, with their faces, into pure dis
may. They were the most sold men l
ever saw, yet not daring to stop, and
uncertainty fearful of me. Rats in a
trap were enfranchised citizens COM
pared to them. They could do abso-
lutely nothing but play on and lose
their money IL was their suggestion,
you see, their cards and their own set
up game 1t was fun, tell you.
well, along about midnight, Arnold
was strapped, and borrowed of Hook
ing, and by four in the morning they
were all cleaned out and had Merrilrs
]I;O.U for forty dollars.
Next morning l woke up Bolton
early and told him. He was in bed
and rolled off in helpless paroxysms OF
laughter about the floor. He had seen
the whole thing of course far bet
| Ter Judu ndu dhu iiC supply luohCu
back to Barrie to tell the story. He
was capital story teller and for years
afterward my appearance in Barrie was
the signal among certain set for pro-
longed laughter.
Bolton would not share up and took
only his own money back. Merrill
came around the next morning and
paid up the forty dollars. left Owen
Sound that night and never saw any OF
the three again"
"You don't mean to say you never
told themm exclaimed the lawyers
daughter
Not much! far better joke as il
was"
"Oh good gracious!' she CALCULATED
gaspingly Think of keeping it!''
Her father laughed.
81 expect they are like the man who
was killed by lightning, still wonder
ing what struck them" he said.
The fire burned low as one pipe after
another was slipped into the pockets o.
rough serge coats and soon candle:
glimmered out of the tent cracks.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHEN IT'S GOLD.

Then needles are In your fingers and toes;
When iclcles hang from tho snow-mnn's nose;
When the frost on the pane makes suSary trees,
And wagon.wheels over tho hard ground
whecze
When tho toughened old farmer filings round
his arms
As II he'd throw them across two farms;
When ears are rubbed md noses are red,
And sheets are like leo In tho sparo-room bed;
When water.pipes burst and wells freeze up,
And the tea isn't hot when It leaves tho cup;
When stray dogs coming along the street
Never stand for second on oil four feet;
When little boys cry II they have TO be out,
And are heard for a full half-mllc II they shout;
When tho day is as clear as tho thoughts tina
fed
Out into the world from Shakespeare's head;
When the dir about seems as still MS rock,
And q sudden noise Is o sudden shock
And the earth seems deserted, lonely, and old
You are pretty sure that it's pretty coldl
81 Hicholna
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
PARACHUTE JOE"
How He Climbed the Stecple of Rushden
Church In England.

How He Climbed the stecplo of Rushden
Church In England.
We give here some sketches of a
daring feat just performed at Rushdcn,
Northamptonshire, says the West
minister Budget. A man named in
gram, known as parachute joe hav-
ing obtained possession of the keys of
the parish church, was soon after
wards seen on the battlcmcnts and
speedily commenced to climb to the
top of the lofty spiro by means of the
stone crotchets A crowd of spectators
gathered in the street below. Having
reached the weather-cock, which he
swung round several times, he pulled
off his neclstie and threw it to the
ground. He then turned round, and,
placing his back to the masonry,
waved both his arms to his Mortified
audience below. lie succeeded in re-
turning safely to the ground, to the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
relief of all who witnessed the dan
gerous exploit.

relief of all who witnessed the dan
gerous exploit.
Parachute Joe" has written the fol-
lowing description of the adventure:
ION Monday, about two o'clock, In
gram made catlike ascent up the
Rushden church spire. He climbed to
the very top, where he balanced himself
on one foot, holding the other in his
hand. He then took a desirable view
of his surroundings from the lofty posi-
ton. Being apparently satisfied he
commenced the descent, and having
reached the topmost crotchets, to the
horror of the crowd below he deliber-
ately turned his back to the steeple
and stood motionless with extended
arms, his feet alone resting on the
slight projection of the crotchets
Fancy man standing with his back
to rock resting on a narrow ledge
inches in width, with a yawning
chasm close on 200 feet deep,
into which he might plunge head
long at any moment, and you feel
Migrants positionl A horrible still
ness reigned below throughout the
crowd, who every moment expected to
see Ingram plunge headlong down
through the awful space. To the sur
prise of all Ingram swiftly turned
round again, catching hold of the stee-
pie by one hand, and began making the
descent in a swinging cat-like action,
to the relief of all onlookers. Ingram
warns any persons from initiating his
action up this special spire, as the
crotchets are nearly worn through by
the action of the weather. Ingram
says he never intends ascending an
other spire only for the purpose Cd
working thereon, Rushden being the
last of many spires he has assembled"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
Extraordinary Punishment.

Frenchman was teaching in @
large school, where he had reputa-
tion among the pupils for making some
queer mistakes One day he was teach
ing a class which was rather disorder
ly With the heat and the trouble
some boys he was very snappish. Hav-
ing punished several boys and sent one
to the bottom he at last shouted out in
q passion: ne whole class go to 20
bottom!"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

A Second avenue lady sent her seven
year-old boy four or five blocks up
street to tell a friend of hers to come
in and see her on business. A few min
utes after the boys return the lady
drove up in a cart.
Mamma inquired the boy, sis that
jiffy Mrs. Blank is riding in?"
"A jiffy," exclaimed the mother. 81
never heard of such thing. What's a
jiffy?"
81 don't know" replied the child
earnestly; 'she told me when l told
her you wanted her that she would be
here in jiffy."-Detroit Free Press,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
An Expensive Drug.

Angry Man-That prescription You
gave me to have filed for my wife cost
me pretty sum. My dog ate it.
Physician-It certainly will not cost
you much to have it reflled
Angry Man-That is not the point.
The dog died; and he cost me q hun.
dred dollars Puck
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
DISQUALIFIED.

To be great historian one must be
endowed with what is known as tho
"historic imagination" but he must
also be on his guard against abusing it.
John" said the teacher, Sin your
essay upon George Washington you
say that he was not fond of fishing.
What is your authority for that asser-
tion?"
why" answered Johnny, 1--WE have
always been told that he could not tell
a liz ~
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

DIR. Trusler, two centuries ago,
was the first vender of printed SER
mons He manufactured them from
the works of celebrated divines, throw
ingin here and there little poetry, a
few quotations from ancient orators,
philosophers and historians, and sold
them to clergymen who read them as
their own.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
Her Reasoning.

"John," exclaimed the nervous
woman, do you think there is bur,
glar in the house?"
Certainly not. Why, l haven't
heard sound all night"
That's just what alarms me. Any
burglar who wasn't foolish would keep
perfectly quiet so as not to excite our
suspicious. Indeed, John, do so wish
you would get up and look through
the Observation-Disclosures Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

Denmark is said to have 149 Young
Mems Christian associations, the eldest
dating from 1880. The Copenhagen
branch has 400 members Two other
branches have over 100 each, while the
smallest is said to have Ave members
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
AS a principle, pride is the parer

AS principle, pride is the parent
of almost every virtue and every vice
everything that pleases and displeases
in mankind; and as the effects are so
very different, nothing is more easy
than to discover, even to ourselves,
whether the pride that produces thew
Is virtpous or vicious.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
Stacking Vulga-lty.

Aunt Maria-And how were the Ia
dies dressed, Carrie?
Carrie-Why, aunt, I'm astonishedl
Ladies are gowned, not dressed. The
word dressed" is only used in good So
ciety in reference to food.-Bostor
Transcript.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
Tho Wrong Shnn.

PenelOpe-Well, what's the latest
gossip?
Perdita-Dear me, the latest gossip
always comes from you, and It's just
what ] came here to find out Truth
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
perllaDs.

81 have just been thinking about
George Washington, said Mr. Cumso.
what about him?" asked his wife.
81 was wondering if Martha ever
asked him if her hat was on straight
Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08
The Comic Valentine.

Saint Valentinel They call him saint
Yet when you get daub OF paint,
or horrid shape and frightful face,
With verses set to suit your case,
You minglo with your wild complaint
The question why they call him saint
Detroit Free presa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

--Gray-'Dillington dresses pretty
we'll Wonder if he earns much money!"
Black-"No; but he has big salary, :"
Boston Transcript,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-08

Did Maud ever settle the score she
had against Mr.. FlimseyP" Eyes; she
promised to marry him and then let
him know she'd lost her entire for
tune Inter Ocean.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

motion uf Calderon Carlisle, Miss Pol
lard's counsel. The action Of the
court was merely one OF form, Ounse
for Breckenridge having failed to fol-
low up the notice of appeal by further
proceedings within the time provided
by law. This ends the asc with u
judgment for $4,000 standing in Miss
.POllard's favor against Breckenridge.
Though the Judgment stands on record
in court here. the general opinion Is
that Miss Pollard will be unable to
collect. as Col. Breckenridge
is not known to have any prop
crty which can be attached to satisfy
it.
NEW YORK special: Rev. Madison
G.. Peters, the rather sensational d.
vine of this .ity, learned Il day or
two ago that he is about $4,000
weather. than he knew. Some time
ago Robert Owens, Il wealthy real es-
tate owner Of Duchess County while
visiting in this city heard Mr.. Peters
preach and was highly pleased with
Europe about two months ago Mr..
Owens died. When his will was read
it vas found that he had left one
lIllih VI MS iCoi tut ~ 80
at about $500, 900, to Rev. Mr.. Peters,
who said that a lawyer called on nm
and notified him of the legacy. he
will stick TO the church.
PHILADELPHIA special; The three
masted schooner John ID. Williams.
Captain =. Longstreet. which sailed
from this port for Providence on Oct.
6 last. has not since been heard FROM.
and is thought to have %fOundered oil
the Jersey Coast during the hurricane
of the 10th inst. The missing schooner
was manned by a crew of eight men.
No tidings have been heard from the
missing British steamship Falcon,
Captain Bartlett. bound from Phila-
delphia to st. Johns. y. Is. Her
agents here have given her up As lost.
with all hands.
LOWELL, Mass, special: Delegates
from all sections of the country at
tended the opening services OF the
forty-cighth annual meeting OF the
American Missionary Association
here.
NEW YORK special: EX-Gov.
Joseph ID. Becdle of New Jersey died
in ST. Luke's Hospital as the result Of
an operation.