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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

James Hill, Register Of the Land
Office at Jackson, has been appointed
custodian Of the government building
at that place, which has heretofore
been filed by the postmaster.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The ex.prevailing fever at Biloxi
touched lightly Capt. John II. Mil
Ter, editor of Biloxi Herald, before it
let 60. However, We are glad to learn
he is up again.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Those who wish to impeach the
Governor should remember the words
OF our Savior to those who wanted to
stone the fallen woman: 'Let him
that is guiltless cast the first stone."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The first regular message Of Presl'
dent Mckinley was transmitted to
Congress last Monday. 1t is a volum.
nous document, and in discussing the
affairs of State could have said what
lie did say in fewer words.
In our opinion it is rather a weak
State paper, and does not appear TO
eminate from a man having decided
opinions, but shows Il vaScilating and
indeciSive spirit and entirely devoid
of that drmness which should charac.
terize a mar at the head Of a great
nation in dealing with questions OF
great moment.
He alludeS to the tariff very briefly,
and says it has not been a law long
enough to prove its beneficial results.
In discussing the financial question
he clearly sees that the government
will have to issue gold bonds in order
to replenish the gold reserve. He says
he hopes something will be done for
bimetallism. This is, however, mere
bosh. He does not hope or wish to see
anything of the kind. He treats the
Cuban question at some length, but
advances no hope that the present ad-
ministralion will give the struggling
patriots relief from Spanish tyranny.
The Hawaiian annexation scheme is
approved by the President because
the Republican party favors it.
The other questions treated in the
message are of minor Importance and
of no interest to the people here
abOuts, and to review all would con-
sumo too much of our time and space.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Mr.. A. G. Stratton, editor of the
Liberty Herald, has gone to Washing
ton to act as private secretary to Hon.
VIM. +. Love.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The cotton growing farmers Of this
State are claiming that it don't pay to
raise scent cotton. Why don't they
raise more hog and harmony and less
cotton, then?
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

When our State Legislature meets
again, there will be six new members
in both houses two in the Senate and
four In the House.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Taxpayers Of Pascagoula read.the
noticeoi A. D. Krebs, tax collector In
this paper.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

There has been IL frost throughout
the South and it is about time that
government officials who were afraid
OF yellow fever. and lodging from one
place to another, went back TO their
original headquarters. This applies
especially to the collector Of customs
at Pascagoula, Miss, who had his
office removed to Scranton, a few
miles up the creek, in consequence Of
there being several cases of fever at
PascagOula where the custom house
was located and properly belongs. We
understand that the collector of the
Port of Pascagoula is at Washington
eXerting his influence to keep the
custom house inland at Scranton,
much to the Inconvenience of shipping
and all interested in the Port of Pas
goula, with the exception of a few
property holders and trades people
who want the custom house in this
little interior village. 1t is believed
That the Secretary of the Treasury
Will send this presunlptive collector
back to Scranton with instructions to
move his Office to Pascag0ula, Miss.
where it properly belongs.-New York
Marine Journal, Dec. 4th.
The writer of the foregoing article
is of his (?)base. Scranton is the
center of commerce of the Port Of
P~aScagOuln The reason for removing
the custom house from the village of
PaScagoula was on accoAnt OF the
Threatened shot gun quarantine, and
not from any fear Of yellow fever.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The Carthagenian endorses DR.,
Keiger's letter and thinks that the
capital question should be settled
once for all.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The late campaign in Ohio is said
to have cost Mr.. Mark Hanna $500 900.
In the language Of the race track, he
got Il mighty poor run for his money!
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The Greenwood Flag invites its
Hill Billy friends over to Lefore
county to take a peep at a section
saved by levees.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The Memphis shirt factor has cut
wages from 81 per dozen to rs cents.
The girls employed struck against
such starvation wages.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Philadelphia has a compulsory edu-
cation law. Thirty officers have been
appinted to hunt up the 'truants'
and force them to attend school.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The Georgia Legislature has passed
a law prohibiting the playing Of foot
ball In that State.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Ex-United States Senator Patrick
Walsh has been elected mayor of Au-
gusta, Ga.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The governor of Alaska advises all
who are contemplating going to
Alaska not to so. This is good ad-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

According to the government re-
ports the cotton crop is 1925 $50 bales.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Six thousand barrels of whisky were
burned in st. Louis the other day.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Germany warns the United States
to keep its hands off Of Hayti,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Shippers observe the notice Of the
steamer Capt. Fritz, in the DEMO.
cRAT-STAR to-day.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

ID. O'Guynn, Of Quitman, assigned
Wednesday. Assets $1,000, liabilities
$4,000.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

New York is no longer considered
a pivotal State in a political sense.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

The Sheriff OF New York gets $50, 900
a year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
sv'esC s4dUeTliSeose1a iS.
STATEMENT
Showing the condition OF the
SCRANTON STATE BANK.

OF scranton. Miss, on Nov. n, 1897.
Published by direction of CHAPTER IA, OF
Annotated Code of 1892.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Read notice wanted In advertising
column.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
RESOURCES.

], .Hasen N. plunmer, Cashier Scranton State
Bank Of Scranton. Mississippi, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Is a true. full AMI exact state.
!ncnt Of the Assets and Liabilities Of said Bank an
the day and date named therein, ~ shown by thu
books Of same. ""'
H. N. PLUMMER, Cashier,
Scranton State Bank.
Sworn to aud subscribed before me. chance
~ clerk, In and for tho county Of Jackson.
Mississippi, this, the lltb dry Of December
1877. h. n. LEWIS, Clerk,
lBy l. r. Delmas, b. q.
49, W. j. HOLDER, Auditor.
DecemDer ", iovd lJ-lt
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10

Ordered, That the bill OF q. d.
Moore as itemized and filed for the
sum OF $4,000 for guards and main
tanning quarantine as ordered by this
Board at their September Term, 1897,
be and the same is hereby allowed
payable out of general county fund.
Officers and members allowed their
per diem and Board adjourned until
term in course.
o. RANDALL, President.
f. II. LEWIS, Clerk.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
LAND NOTICE.
LAND Orrcr 9t JACKSON, Miss.
November II, 1897.

Book aud Job Printing Of every de-
cor ption neatly exscnfed Mt this "n'cT'
Send ysnr orders 10 atou0s.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
THIS PAPER IS ALL HOME PRINT

Scranton. Mississippi:
FRIDAY DECEMBER 10, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
all ALONG THE DOCKS
MhIlPOSA ARRIVES FROM THE
COAST.
NaIaleale and he Au Hou Bring in
o9gar-Naniwa Takes in Coal-The
Lolisiana Sails Tomorrow.

Tht lclani discharged coal oil to-
day.
The MaripoSa took 800 tons of coal
at this port.
Two hundred tons of coal were TAX
en- by the Naniwa this morning.
The Alden Besse has moved down to
Sorenson's wharf, where she will dis
charge.
The bark Albert will likely sail on
Monday, July IL. She will wait for
a full load of sugar.
The Transit finished discharging her
bricks this morning and will begin
taking sugar at once.
The ship louisiana will get away
tomorrow morning for Port Towns,
end. She goes in ballast.
Capt. Harry Evans picked up three
deserters from the ship Louisiana this
morning and returned them aboard
ship.
The Kilauea Hou will sail at 4 this
afternoon for Hawaii ports. Among
her shipments is big lot Of lead pip
| ing for Kawaihae.
Having taken sugar at the Nuuanu
Nuuanu wharf, the Aryan moved into
the stream this morning to await fur
Their arrivals from the plantations.
Tho Waialeale arrived early this
morning from Lahaina with $500 bags
of Pioneer mill sugar to II. Hackfeld
q Co. She will sail again tomorrow
afternoon for Kauai ports.
The Ike Au Hou arrived this morn
ing from Hamakua with 394O bags of
Honokaa sugar for F. A. Schaefer Il
Co. She will probably be returned on
the same route tomorrow.
The o. S. S. Mariposa, Capt. Hay
ward, arrived at 7:45 this morning.
She sailed from San Francisco at 2 d.
m. of the Gath, and had pleasant
weather all the way down. She sailed
at . p. IN.
Arrivals at San Francisco from the
Hawaiian islands: r. p. Ritihet, June
Is, Honolulu, 81 days; Annie johnson
June II, Hilo, Is days; John D
! Sprcckels, June II, Mahukona, 1877
days. The S. C. Allen sailed from Sal
Francisco on the 18th, and the s. Y
Castle on the 10th, both for Honolulu
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

Holders of water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purposes
are from to o'clock a. m, and from
to 6 O'CLOCK p. m.
II. Holders of water privileges on
the slopes of Punchbowl above Green
street, and in Nuuanu Valley above
School street, are hereby notified that
they will not be restricted to the irri-
cation hours of 6 to a. m. and 4 to G
p. m, but will be allowed to irrigate
whenever sufficient water is available
provided that they do not use the
water for irrigation purposes for more
than four hours in every twenty-four
ANDREW BROWN,
Sup't. Honolulu Water Works.
Approved:
j. A. KING,
Minister o. the Interior.
Honolulu, FL. l., June II, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.


From San Francisco, per Mariposa,
July l: A. c. Aiken and wife, p. j.
Aiken, A. d. Baldwin, F. F. Baldwin,
Miss H. S. Billings, Prof. E. E. Brown
and wife, p. Caldwell, DR.. A. B. Carter,
wife, four children and two servants,
Henry Carter, Thos. Carter, VIM. Car
ter, S. Castle, Miss Eloise Castle, Miss
G. Clark, Mrs. H. C. Coleman, Thomas
Ena, DR.. NJ. E. Grossman, Mrs. F. j.
Haslacher, Miss Haslacher, Lee Chew,
G. Leon, Robt. Levers, Miss F. Man
son, j. Marsden, Mrs. Mcdonald, G. III.
Mead, wife and son, c. F. Merrifield,
Miss I. r. Robinson, Miss d. Sheehy,
E. Stopp, A. T. Swing and wife, F. D.
Van Buren,, w. P. Whitley, Miss NJ. p.
Winnie.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
"For three years we have never been

'For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house."
says A. H. Patter, with E. C Atkins &
Co., indianapolis, Ind, "and my wife
would as soon be without -four as a
bottle of this Remedy in the summer
season. We have use it with all three
of UT children and it has never failed
to cure--not simply stop pain, but alb
solutely cure. 1t is all right, and any
one who tries it will find it So" For
sale by all druggists and dealers.
Benson, Smith G. Co. wholesale agents
for the Hawaiian islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
BY AUTHORITY.
NOTICE TO IMPORTERS.

Importers placing goods in bond are
privileged to overhaul the same, with
drawing ullaged or empty packages,
prior to making first withdrawal for
consumption; and all goods now in
bond may be overhauled in like man.
ner. No rebates will be allowed other
than as above.
To take effect on and after July 81,
1897.
(Signed) F. B. McSTOCKER,
Deputy Collector General of Customs.
Approved:
HENRY E. COOPER,
Minister of Finance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

A capital anecdote is told of the late sui
tan.
He was very fond of gossip, and sent for
the banker, Abraham Beg, to learn the
small talk of Pera and Stamboul AS
Abraham was being conducted to the sui
tan's residence by the master of the horse,
that functionary begged him, should the
sultan question him on the subject to say
that the funds were at 80, his majesty hav-
ing been so informed by his ministers.
Poor Abraham consented.
He had not been long with Abdul viz
when he was questioned as to the funds,
and replied as he had promised.
To the horror of the banker the sultan
expressed himself delighted, and handed
Abraham large bundle of bonds to sell
for him.
Abraham sold at ~ and paid Abdul
Aziz 80. The sultan had originated that
little coke"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
WAMPOLE'S
PREPARATION,

Of the nutritive properties of Pure
Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from
fresh cod livers, we have the rose
Without the thorn; the Udludble drug
minus its tile taste. Add to this the
Syrup of Hypophosphites Compound
for making bone, and the Extracts Of
Malt and Wild Cherry for equally
excellent purposes, and we have a
remedy indeed; one as pleasing to the
palateand stomach as it is potent and
successful in banishing disease III obi
or young and making life worth hav-
ing. You cannot be disappointed in
it. 1t is not like the old things; it
supersedes them. 1t is good--as it 10
famous. Every dose effective. Soil
by chemists throughout the world.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
DEPARTURES.

P. NJ. S. S. City of Picking, Smith,
for San Francisco.
o. S. S. Mariposa, Hayward, for the
Colonies, via Samoa.
Stmr. Kileau Hou, Freeman, for
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
THE LOCK AND THE KEY.

You can operate a lock only with
the key that fits it. Very well. SO
you can cure a disease only with the
medicine that goes down to the cause
Of it. Now, many so-called diseases
are in truth only forms of one disease,
branches of one tree, as we may say.
For example, if we can nourish the
body and enrich the blood, we speedily
get rid of many of our troubles,
such as Anemia, Fevers, Rheumatism,
Scrofula and Blood Disorders, and so
on-all proofs that the body lacks
vitality and force. Nothing is SO
effective a body builder as cod liver
oil; but, alas, how many are nau-
seated at the very thought Of it. In
WAMDnI E,c
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

"Does advertising pay?" was ques-
ton often asked by the business man
who never advertised. The mer-
chant who does advertise never need
ed to ask that question. Results told
the story
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Clara-She is very thoughtful girl.
Tom Barry-IndeedY
Clara-Yes. Why, she has trimmed her
new theater hat with pair Of opera glasses
for the use of the gentleman who sits be-
hind er.-Philadelphia Press
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
For SAN FRANCISCO:

Steamers of the above Companies
will cal lat Honolulu on their way
from Hongkong and Yokohama to the
above port on or about the following
dutes:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Chicago sets up the claim that from 1886
to 1889 more Browning books and more
hogs were sold than in any other city in
the world.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
For Yokohama, HOngkOng, Kobe,
Nagasaki, and Shanghai.

Steamers of the above Companies will
call at Honolulu on their way to the
above ports on or about the following
dates:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Blind Pig" is the name given to a
'npeak easy" or unlicensed saloon, in
some parts of Michigan. =
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Corneille could not write poetry until
he fell in love. Then he could not write
enough.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
ARRIVALS.

o. S. S. Mariposa, Hayward, from
San Francisco.
Stmr. Waialeale, Gregory, from La.
haina.
Stmr. Ke Au Hou, Thompson, from
Honckaa.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
EVERY LADY VOTER,

if the opportunity would present it's
elf, would vote that
RAINIER BEER
contained the most health giving
properties of any bottled beer sold in
Honolulu. Phone 1888.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01
TlGDayV eCel6lrate
.THE GLORIOUS PDyRIH!!

J. M. WEBB received per S. S.
Australia, a full line of Silk, Blunt
ing and Muslin American Flags
and Shields, and Hawaiian Flags
made TO order from the official
copy-colors perfect - and Ha-
waiian Shields, all new and beau"
tiful colors.
Large Autographs of George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
General U. S. Grant, General
James A. Garfield, and President
William Mckinley, Jr.
Red, White and Blue Festooning
Papers, just the thing for decorat-
ing.
Prices within the reach of every
body,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Rates Of Passage are as Follows;
TO YoKo- TO HONG
HAMA. KONG.
OdDln-- -$l0U.UU $lI0.UU
Cabin, round trip,
months -225.00 1852. 80
Cabin, round trip, 10
months. 1926 316.25
European Storage $500 10000
~ Passengers paying full fare will be
allowed 10 per cent. off return fare if
returning within twelve months
For Freight and Passage apply to
n. Hackfeld Il Co.,
AGENTS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-01

Like the flash of a search 'i"ht.
properly constructed adj
the vision of the reader.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-15
BERNHARDT IN SULLIVAN.
First and Last Appearance of Sarah
in an Indiana Village.


Did you ever head about the first. last
and only appearance of Sarah Bernhartt
in Sullivan, Ind?" asked a thea tricaI
manager the other day. Several of his
friends who were chatting with the man
ager said they hadn't and asked for the
story.
well. it happened a number of years
ago" began the stOry-teller. Sarah and
her company were going from Indian
apOliS to some other city. Some way or
other they missed connection and mad to
stay all night a Sullivan. The manager
cussed and swore, but didn't succeed in
deViSing any way TO get to the city where
they were to play that night. The man
ager swore that the company would play
right there in Sullivan. Sarah shouldn {
be lost entirely. and at that they TUNED
and raved, but there was no help for it:
She was under contract to play every
night.
town and fixed up the stage of the little
town hall as best they could. Little
dodgers were printed and scattered over
the country. vt was announced on those
little bills that the divine Sarah would
appear in Sullivan for one night only.
making her first and last appearance.
That night the hall was packed TO the
doors. People with their hair too long and
their trousers too short We're sitting on
the backs of benches and standing in the
aisles by o'clock. AT s O'Clock Sarah
entrance. Stepping to the curtain she
pulled one corner aside and peeped out
at the crowd. As she caught sight of the
audiance she dropped the corner of the
curtain like a hot potato eXclaiming:
My -, look al the Indians
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-15

The Democrat of Baker City, Ore, in
making mention of the recent dis
covery Of rich gold ore in the Pyx mine,
says:
The report Of the recent rich strike
in that valuable producer Of the yellow
metal, has proven to be the plain
truth aud there was in no sense an
over-estimation, colored by the fancy
of any one whose vision was made er-
ratio by the sight of so much good
stuff obtained from n small amount Of
quartz.
Superintendent Albert Geiser is now
mining out ten sacks OF ere daily, the
precious rock being worth $500 to the
sack. The ore is fun Of wire sold, anG,
while Mr.. Geiser is naturally one OF our
coolest and most skilled mine owners
and operators. even he must be some
what on a golden string OF expectancy
by such wonderful good luck.
However, it is not simply good for
tune that the Pyx is thus yielding like
a treasure vault in Il realistic fairy
cave. Given The three condiuons-a
richly stocked district an uncovered
lode and a man Of brains and expert
ence as an operator-it is a natural
consequence that something good viii
happen in the line Of wealth output
The Pyx is certainly . great mine
and the men who are pushing the work
of delving after fair earth's treasures
are Of that stamp who carve out sue
cess by sheer force of Intelligent and
energetic labor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-15

ing cards of the trump suit have no
greater value than those Of the other
suits. In playing out the hands it is
necessary, first, to follow suit; secondly,
II the player has not the suit led he
must, not may but must trump. 1t
follows therefore that a player can only
throw off, or Slough that being the
technical term, an embarrassing card
when he has neither the suit led nor a
trump. This rule greatly tightens the
lines of play and works in favor of the
single player and against mis- two cut
throat adversaries.
Such is solo, the game from out the
west that is running a victorious course
IN the east. In Washington it is al
ready played by statesmen, bankers.
Journalists, brokers, newspaper men,
business men-in short by pretty
nearly everybody, while the rest are
learning.
Solo comes from out the west. yet it
did not originate there any more than
cards themselves originated in the card
factories of the east. All games of
cards are perhaps simply variations of
the first card game ever played, even as
cards themselves were derived from an
old east Indian game variation of chess
known as the four kings Thus whist
found its immediate parent in the old
English game ruff and hOnOrs. while
poker Is traced BACK TO an old french
game called gilet, and that in turn to
the Italian game of primero. In like
manner solo is derived from the cele-
brated German national game of skat.
This game. wherever its origin. and it
is believed to be variation of or evolu-
ton from the Wendishgame of schapsk.
which OVerran Germany during the
first half of the present century. So
great was the interest excited by the
game among that metaphysical people
that several slIat congresses were held
to settle variations in the details of the
play in different parts of Germany.
Skat is a highly complicated game. ar
bitrary values being given to the suits
and to certain cards. the purpose appa-
rently being to arrive through sheer
cOmplexity a high count.
"Skat is superior to whist" say it's
admirers. Solo beats poker all hol-
low" say the admirers of the American
evolution of skat. In these compari-
sons the characteristics of the German
and the American minds are summar-
lied