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Trick " does not cover, as both ace
and king are beyond him. and even IL
both are with b he will hardly pass the
up. AS the cards lay the deep finesse
would have been lucky, although unsound
unless Bs trump holding were stronger
Trick why should b pay off the
command of the suit which A has warn
ed him TO protect? Simply because his
idea of whist doesn't extend beyond the
attempt to force his partner whenever he
leads a short suit. But it happens that
the wrong man gets the force.
!. Trick 81 starts his only foUr-card suit
poor as II is. being better than the
three-card suit OF spades. Some would
lead trumps at this point on the chance
that has the established hearts, but 4 8
play was sounder we'll more fortu-
nate in this particular instance. natu-
rally illnesses. and US lone king makes
Trick with his partner showing the
diamonds. and having a sure entry in
spades. properly starts trumps in the
hops of making his great suit of hearts
Trick 81 must put I'm for another
lead through the king of trumps now de-
clared in BIS hand. The remaining play is
simple.
The play at table .:
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Commercial Base Ball League.

The Commercial Base Ball League. af-
ter one of the most successful seasons
last year OF any league launched
for the first time. is reorganizing and
hopes to have one of the strongest
leagues In the District
Owing 70 the fact that several of the
teams have withdrawn this year, leav-
ing vacancies. applications for entrance
into the league from teams representing
commercial or business houses are desir-
ed. Applica tions should be made 10 III.
r. Senestack, care OF Richs shoe store,
10th and r streets northwest as soon as
possible. so they can be considered at a
meeting OF the league which will be held
Soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Rowing on the Coast.

SEATTLE. Wash. March Golf the
University of Washington eight-oared
varsity crew should win the intercol-
| legiate rowing championship Of the Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

well cared for In the distance runs. hur-
dies and pole vault and also has two good
quarter milers in Merrihew and De Seld-
Ing. Harvard has lost fewer veterans
than any of her big rivals. and with the
games on her own field is certain to be a
contender all the way.
Pennsylvania strength consists in Minds
and Hough, sprinters: Hartranft, the hur-
dler; PAUL. Beck and Quigley. distance
runners: Parker and Pickles, pole vaulters.
Newberry and Hunt. high jumpers. and
Pike shot putter. These men apparently
have excellent capabilities. and with Mike
Murphy to train them are bound to make
better showing than their records would
Indicate
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THE TAxI-TYPEWRiTER.
Drop Dime in the Slot and You
May Use it for 80 Minutes.

The next taXi-typewriter scheme has
all sorts OF possibilities. Ii man
happens to be lazy, he can have the
machine wheeled up into his room
in the hOtel-these pay-as-you-begln
typewriters are to be found chiefly IN
hctels-and then he can go TO work
doing up his correspondence at his
leisure.
There are many men who do not
care to dictate to hotel stenograpne"s
and they would ever SO much rather
write their own letters, but hltherto
they have been unable to get the use
of writing machine conveniently.
Not all of them can make use OF the
ingenious scheme of the pennlless
young human who got his start as
a secretary by getting man to die
tate letters to him and then making
the rounds of the typewriter company
offices pretending that he wanted to
buy a machine and writing out let
ter in each Office as a test OF the
machine he was supposed to be try
ing out
The thing makes it appeal too, to
authors and writer's who haven't the
price of a typewriter. Of course at
thirty minutes for 10 cents 1t is not
so cheap as hiring a machine at "a
a month, but then it can be put aside
when not wanted and is not costing
money when it isn't in use.
One hotel corridor the other day
was enlivened by the sight OF young
man gravely copying off the written
manuscript of some story that APP
parently soon was to start the rounds.
The presence of the taxi-typewrlter
in the hotel corridor has much the
same effect as the various shows at
Coney Island. Just because it's there
folks are tempted to spend money on
it.
A young woman and a young woman
were walking through hotel the oth'
err day and they saw one of these de-
vices.
Can you write on typewriter?' she
asked, and the young man replied
proudly that he could.
So he spent 10 cents to prove to the
young woman that he could. OF course
all of the typewriter clientele isn't
like that. Mostly they are hard mead
ed persons who hire the machines be-
cause they really have business cor
respondence they want to get off.-New
York Sun.
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Quaintest Oath in Use.

What is regarded as the quaintest
oath still in use is that taken by tho
high court judges in the Isle of Man,
the terms Of which are as follows: by
this book and the contents thereof.
and by the wonderful works that
God hath miraculously wrought in the
heaven above and the earth beneath,
in six days and six nights, do swear
that I will, without respect Or favor
or friendship, loss or gain, consan-
guinity or affinity, envy or malice, ex-
ecute the laws of this isle justly, be-
tween party and party, as indifferently
as the herring backbone doth lie IN
the midst of the fish. So help me God
and the contents Of this book.
Angeles Herald.
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Spinsters Hatred Of Men.

Miss Harriet Evans, an elderly
spinster on whom an Inquest was
held at Hackney yesterday, was said
to have been a confirmed man hatar.
"She was so much against men that
she would not have coin with the
Kings head on it," her landlady said.
IF one was given to her she would
throw it into the fire. She would
only deal in money bearing Queen
Victoria's head"
Miss Evans went to the Office Of a
local newspaper some time ago. but
refused to enter it until a woman
was sent to transact business with
her. An advertisement for apart.
ments which she published stipulated
that there should be no man in the
house. She even declined to receive
letters because the stamps bore the
Kings head.-Pau Maui Gazetta
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THE NEsTLEss COWBIRD.
How One of Them Was Circumvented
BY a Pair of Chipping Sparrows.


Determined to rear their own young
only, and equally determined to do so
in the place of their choice, a pair
of chipping sparrows have erected four
nests, one above the other, IN >usn
on Harold M. Springer's lawn. In each
of the three lower nests Is a cowbird's
egg !
Mr.. Springer first noticed the little
pair of songsters at work on their
domicile about three weeks ago. Go
ing to visit the place the morning after
it was completed he saw that the nest
had been invaded by a cowbird which
had deposited its egg and then left.
Mr. Springer was curious to learn
the sequel, and he was not kept long
in suspense. The sparrows discovered
the egg also and without moments
hesitation proceeded to bridge the
strange egg over and erect another
nest above it.
Within the next two weeks this OPP
GRAFTON was repeated twice until the
chippies' home presented a rather top
heavy appearance. The mother chip
pie then laid four eggs and she has
been sitting on them for several days.
In the ordinary course of nature they
will be incubated in few days more.
Mr.. Springer, who is close observ-
er of wild life in the woods and fields
near his home. said that as rule
when cowbird lays its egg in the
nest of one of the smaller woodland
neighbors the bird whose nest is in
vaded lays her eggs and proceeds to
incubate all in the nest. When this
occurs the stranger demands the fos-
ter mothers entire attention, the result
being that her own offspring usually
, die.
According to Mr.. Springer, it is only
birds who have once Matched a cow
birds egg that ever try to get rid OF
the intruder. This they do sometimes
by rolling the strange esq from the
nest, sometimes by abandoning the
original domicile and building else
where and sometimes by building over
the Objectionable egg as in this case.
Mr.. Springer said further that this was
the first time he had ever known or
heard of small birl's persistence go
ing so far as to build four nests.
The cowbird, a grayish black bird
somewhat smaller than the robin, is
the only native American bird that
never builds a nest but leaves its egg
in the nests of other birds for incuba-
| tion-Caldwell IN. j. correspondence
of New York Sun.
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Refer the Question.

A fresh young lawyer had the In
sane idea that bulldozing a witness
brought about the best results. He
was the defendants attorney In an
important case, and naturally was
anxious to win. One of the witnesses
for the plaintiff was youngster OF
perhaps 16 years Of age, redheaded,
had a pugnacious hang to his jaw,
and as he gazed about the rourt room
as if he felt perfectly at home. Then
the young lawyer got at him.
whats your name?" beloved the
exponent of Blackstone.
BILL was the quiet response.
Bill what?'
"Bill Watt" repeated the boy.
Nov, see here, young man, don't
get new. want your name-and
quick, too. Again, what is it?'
bill Watt-Watt-W
that is it. Do you want me to whistle
it," saucily replied the youngster.
"Oh, l see-your name is Watt
Watt, eh?" said the lawyer as the
audience grinned.
YOU'RE on" spoke the boy.
"Now, Bill Watt, pay strict atten'
ton! Isn't it true that you have some
times been called a prevaricator?"
We'll, l guess I'm not one OF those
prevaricator things-not by a long
shot. You've got the wrong child, old
scout" saucily remarked the redhead.
VERY WE'LL" replied the lawyer,
1--WE will let that pass. But now. isn't
it true that your father never brought
you up in a proper manner; isn't it
true that he is rather shiftless, new
er works, and makes your mother
take in washing, and
Say, 'you-you''-Th boy tried
hard to get the words in.
"And isn't it true" continued the
lawyer that he Is in fact a sort of
a loafer, and a.
Hold on! Hold ON, there!" cried
the boy, this time so everybody could
hear him. whats the use of askin'
me them questions. Why don't you
ask Pop hisself-he's sittin' over there
on tn jury!"-Washington Post.
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BELIEFS OF SAILORS.
Supersiit;ons Of These Who Follow the Sea.

afford to lose day on account CT
superstition.
There are some creatures met with
at sea toward which sailors have
fixed dislike. They detest sharks,
which follow ship for days. and it
is thought that some one on board
is doomed to die shortly when one or
more of these creatures dog d vessel.
The little Mother Carey's chickens
which fly so far from land that they
sometimes perch upon the rigging in
order to rest themselves are believed
to be the messengers of storm, and
for this reason they are often called
tempest birds Dolphins or porpoises
are unfayorable if seen during calm.
Il have known sailors to hang the
end of a rope over the side OF a ship
upon leaving port The belief is that
absent friends or wives draw upon this
rope, causing the vessel to come safe
ly back to home port. l have known
men who believed that a ship has 4
voice, and many who think that
ship makes her moan just as hui
man being before she is about to break
up. Tales of speaking ships are COM
mon, and | have known one old cap
tain who used to talk to the mlzZen-
mast of his vessel. "-Washington
Post
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A Clock With Twenty DlaIs.

San Diego, Ca, has a wonderful
clock with twenty dials, which tell ST.
multaneously the time in all parts of
the world, also the days Of the week
and the date and month. It stands
twenty-one feet high and four of its
dials are each four feet in diameter.
The master clock is inclosed in plate
glass, so that every action can be seen
and the whole is Illuminated every
night. It Is jeweled with tourmaline,
topaz, agate and jade, and took fif-
teen months to build. The motive
power is a 200-pound weight, which
winds itself automatically. The cost
OF the clock was 3,000.-Popular Me-
chanics.
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An Anomalous Position.

ut seems my daughter has
beau"
"A father hardly knows what atti-
tude to assume when the young men
begin to call"
'That right He can't be jocose
without sort of losing dignity, and
vet he hates to stand off and be con-
sidered an old crouch" louisville
Courier-Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20
Just, but Not Generous.


usfefoot boy had carefully
: als fishing pole across his knee
seo 1t into the stream.
s the trouble?" asked the
e stranger.
nshin' all afternoon. Didn't
we. II I could have brought
mess o fish I might have
y Ior shakin' that boss an
NV did you break the fishing
NUN to take what's comm
lister. but l don't see why I
ave dad the trouble of cuttin'
. sWitch.-Washington Star.
"A ~ izs
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20

continental area OF the
ates. including Alaska. is
- 70 that Of all Europa
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20
The Different Kinds
of Children
By Eleanor E. Cutler

many as twenty olHereHt hhos VI pop-''
them think well OF what tne n..e
when lady expressed surprise at Tue
sending his public school; she askeo
all sorts of boys there and ne repleo
short boys and good boys ana PAD
and any other kind of boys"
Thsassfcaton heartily for girls, should say
silly girls and girls with sense ana
girls Even this simple analysis however
associations to winch
public schools the time when they are nrst OUT
their places the
cnsm training directed with reference to
world is organized at the
Washington GLADDEN. in speaking on
be fitted become social integers
chers trained somebody with strong personal
of able maintain himself in the ug
Morally much part OF society as pnvs
he of child learns adapt
the social that with his fellows
repudiae successfully the community
live in present evolutionary stage
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E Yet be
absorb 40 of sunlight
beyond
atmosphere vaporaden evening night air. The
the ndistnct the outline of
object and lights.
e professor astronomy happily suggests black cloth laid in
a black cloth be
the will be above the horizon only in the
Marian will look at the dark side OF
cloth these circum
would be like black chasing black cat in dark eel
Suh originated with astronomer
fo Nouton 327 When Mars
the Mars and invisible from that d.
earth Mars
Imaginable fooshness The language strong but
% some to be justified.
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~vt"~2r0sc
Signaling to Mars
By L,iliidn, C. Peckhan1. of 4deiphi College.
BROOKLYN, ". r.

HE proposition to signal to Mars made by an astronomer
connected with one famous observaories has
attention from the daily press and many OF
those not with astronomy 1t to the writer
things have been overlooked which would render
the experiment difficult if not impossible. Since Mars will
opposition above the horizon of place only in the
night it will necessary provide artificial light for the
fash in be under.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20

In Honduras even the meanest
houses are built Of mahogany.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20

First cousins can marry in New
York -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-20

merry
harvard giddy fand change opinion pro-
f knew in
the she could sit out under
knockkneed professor
Like Likes Be Loved
vr.d senior he mex really almost a-startng.
girl worth the fr and does n
one of the things they live for.
RIO one of those little
will talk Schopenhauer and
n Won till the sudden CLEAN OF
little shnyhaired junior with loud socks and
uee pn happens along.
Sn ggse just easily beyond simple frac
See she doesn't
rg professor It's matter of tempera'
can't born rt with all the colleges that eve
" curriculum
q gad OF it, Aren't you?-New Journal
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"n~>~'>-~"~>"a1fs>
Philosophy and Fzirts I
BY UiniJsed Black ~
kAh,s1rs ~0~Afp~Ah%saykV}
BY UinitSed Black

STAD college professor has arisen in Mortified community
and declares that thing that the matter with a-
ward students is that they don't iirt enough
That, says the staid professor, with Oh such roy
uish twinkle in his licked little lis the reason the
Vassar girl isn't just right-she doesn't frt enough
Go with you, professor; arrah now, it's Joking We
are, and not Of be fooled by it.
Aarua I'd hoy 20 OF
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of liquor from which he could drink
several times every day without low
ering the contents. 1t always re-
NAMED just so full day after day and
week after week. There are also men
of some other nations who are thought
to have more than ordinary powers
"Some of the older sailors believe
that it is possible to buy wind" as
they call it, and by this is meant get
ting the favor of certain persons who
have control over the elements. There
are not many sailors now alive who
put much faith in this, although
have heard Of a Commodore in the
British navy who not over twenty
wears ago said that he knew where
he could buy a wind if he needed one.
This belief is fast dying out among
younger men.
Sunday has always been thought a
fortunate day to commence voyage,
and Friday an unlucy one. This is
q belief that is firmly fixed in the
mind of the average sailor and there
are captains who would hesitate to
leave port on Friday on account OF
the objections the men would be
sure to make. On the other hand the
changes from sails to steam are alter
ing this rapidly and in these days
there are many vessels that cannot
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-10-07
son division" which will continue
the festivities for a week to come.
Homesteaders, Take Warning

A decision of great importance to
the people of the state has been
rendered by the United States su-
preme court. The court holds that
a homestead title does not pass I'M
til patent is issued and that the sale
Of homestead as soon as the receiv-
er's receipt was issued, is null and
void; is in effect REIMBURSEMENT to
the government of the homestead.
1t has always been understood that
title passed when the receivers re-
celpt was issued and many sales of
homesteads have been made as soon
as receipts were received, but in the
future this will not be allowed. The
decision does not affect desert land
or other claims, on which the gov
eminent recognizes assignment Of
title.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-10-07
BRIEF AND BREEZY

Mr.. Ballinger may be right, but
what the people want to know is,
will the grafters get the coal lands
in Alaska?
Mr.. Taft is criticising disfranchise-
ment Of negroes, but it was this Mr..
Taft who fixed the law so that two
thirds of the colored citizens could not
vote in the Philippines.
Who said that T. R. is next going
to twist the tail Of Halley's comet.
Tt is generally conceded that there
are four Express reasons why a
parcels post law will not be enacted
by Congress. They are ~ Adams Elk
press Co., ~ The Southern Express
Co., (3) Wells Fargo Express Co.
and az The United States Express
Co.
'HUncle Joe" Cannon says he be-
lieves in DR.. Cook. This would seem
to put it up to the Cookies to get
Mr.. Aldrich to come out for Peary,
and thus even up the handicaps.
From Beantown to the Golden West
and back through |possum land.
Here's hoping, Mr.. President.
''Who owns the Pole?' inquiries
the Boston Herald. Commander Peary
appears to think he does exclusively.
Mayor Tom johnson. Of Cleveland,
is reported to be working out from
under the ruin which overlook his
financial fortune q year or SO ago.
Cannon says that this is govern
ment by the people. Many Of those
Cong ressmen wonder if he really does
think SO.
It will not be long before Theodore
Roosevelt is on the ground to contri-
butte some valuable hints on that
much discussed question, What shall
we do with our ex-Presidents %
One solution Of the difficulty would
be to rope off a ring around the north
pole and provide explorers with
gloves.
Washington First in war, first in
peace, but last il the base ball race.
A chicken has no real friends until
after the cook gets through with It.
A Judge in Washington, D. G., has
decided that the use Of the word
t'hell'' does not constitute profanity.
Another evil result Of the influence Of
Speaker Cannon.
Ex-Governor Glenn, Of North Caro-
lima, wants Atlantic City n. =,
arrested and put in jail. Don't be
too severe Governor.
E. Fl. Hartman weighed more to
the pound thar any other little man
in the country, including 4. Carnegie.
Esq.
President Taft has gone On couple
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
Taft plsapprovsd RoossveIes Praise.

The following extract from a letter of the president-elect shows not oniy the spirit in which Judge Taft prose cuted his work in the Philippines but the imperturbability with which he re- garded criticism:
 You may perhaps have seen Roose- velt's speech at Harvard in which he fiatters Root and Wood and me- confess that, while 1 value the good feeling and generous spirit he mani fests toward me in saying such things. for once in my life I agree with the Evening in deprecating the representation that we are sacrificing ourselves when we ought to be reioic- ing on the opportunities we have for such interesting work. I am not a martyr nor am I sacrificing anything. count myself very fortunate to be where hard work may do some good. If the thing were put to Roosevelt in this way, I know he would agree; but he was led away by what he regards as the unjust criticisms and lack of appreciation of us. No one ever did work in a public way which accom- plished anything that he did not en- counter the opposition of good con- scientious men, as well as that Of the politician and the scalawag; and it is useless, in my judgment, to pay much attention to such opposition. though 1t appears in respectable tournals."- March Century.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-12
How eovernor stubbs Met HIs Fate.


 When Governor Stubbs was 2s years old he went out with boxcar hotel, and a contract to provide food for the construction gangs working on the Mulvane branch of the Santa Fe. Null vane was his headquarters. Mulvane was then, and Is still prosperous village in the extreme northeast cor ner of Sumner county, and is but a few miles from Wichita. There was no mail delivery system in Mulvane, and young Stubbs went to the postof- flee along with the rest of the po2u-- lace to get whatever mail there might be. That he should receive his checks and drafts and letters and so on from the hands of Miss Stella Hostettler, the pretty daughter of the postmaster, was inevitable, and it wasn't long after he thus received his first letter that he had made it in- evitable that he should also receive the hand. Their courtship was short, and they were soon married. That was in 1S86. You will not have to talk with MT. Stubbs very long to find that he dates his real prosperity and business success from the date on which he took In a partner for life Kansas City Journal.
 Please do not say anything more about ROosevelt,p is the very hard re- Guest we have received from one of our dearest friends. But she evidently does not understand the situation. As well talk about not breathing the air. not sitting in the sunshine, not observ- ing Lent, not playing bridge, not at tending the baseball games or the Country club teas, or not talking about our ancestors, as to shut up" about Roosevelt. He is a part of American life. He won't shut up himself.