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Wars or SOME TREES.
How Hsns Make Hedges and Berry Trees
Get themselves Planted.
Prorn The !Spccfrfor.


Trees which have their own individual
methods OF reproduction are interesting.
The way Of the elm il one Of the most
remarkable. because the elm actually
makes hedges. or rather IL f's in with
our English methods Of bordering our
trees and roads with hedges, and in a very
accommodating way help NJ with ma
trrial
The habit % the elm u TO send out its
roots in every direction and then TO push
up suckers from its spreading roots
when an elm seeds itself OF is planted in
a hedgerow and becomes established
there il sends out its roots and pushes
up its suckers on all sides Of it. but except
on two sides the young suckers get killed;
they are trodden down In the path or cut
up by the plough or gnawed down by
grazing animal.
But they flourish on each side Of the
elm ia the direction IN which the hedge
runs. and they Kill out the other trees in
the hedge, till AZ last possibly the hedge
- all elm. Then II the hedge Is not cut
or only partly cut IN" strongest suckers
grow up and become trees themselves
ana carry on the process.
Other trees instead Of being killed
down by animals get helped and planted
squirrels carrying of hazelnuts and
burying them for private consumption
later. frequently forget where they have
pI; them. and 80 plant countless hazels
every year.
Trees with berries such as hollies. wild
roses. elders and yews have their seeds
swallowed and carried about in different
directions hy birds and from the trees
point Of view there must be good and
lsad Seasons a. regards the sowing or
planting Last winter for instance must
have been "A poor season for holly plant
ing Birds 10 not really like holly her
ries and will not eat them when they can
yet other berries or when the weather
II warm and open sO that in a mild win
ter like the last comparatively few holly
berries can have been eaten and sown
But the tree which occasionally gets
itself propagated in the most interesting
way 10 the elder W r. Hudson
IN his book. -Afoot in England has a
delightful passage giving the life story
Wiltshire down. There was n small
burrows and local farmer told him
how they came there.
FIRST, the rabbits, finding that the hill
had softer chalk at that spot had made
hurrows Then some wheatears came
and nestled in and lived about the bar
rows The wheatears fed on the berries
Of an elder growing higher up on the
down and ~ brought the seeds to the
burrows where they rooted in tho aof,
ground and soon established a hou ri-hing
fhiCket
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wHAr Is WHISKY

Some curious answers were received
to tins question One correspondent
says Water weighs two pounds TO the
quart. while the specific gravity Of alcohol
~ Tsl, or So 20 the quart m Y state
Law Monro A Jameson. authority for
th" = q The first mixture contains S
quartS=lO his water ? , ist In alcohol
n 1874 lbs ~ mixture
Ten lh~ water . 25's IT5'. alcohol
~ HI 70 lis in future mixture
Five quarts water--2 quarts alcohol >
~ 1877 quarts alcohol Is water ? ~ ga27
alcohol "a Ss27 81 mi NtuPe=2 water .
rs, alcohol. nv weight
Tn" average weight Of the mixture il
! ooIa rs I,-r quart. With pure water and
quantity - alcohol that the whiskey con .
tsIn- by weight The volume 81 alcohol
"annOt he aScert aimed in any other way
lecaris" even distillation will not recover
all the alcohol
IL ~ 40 W.. Ia 1927 quarts 81 alcohol
must h. added
Another says i do not SEE what diff
Terence " makes Nhat the component parts
~ alcohol are. IL We add Is parts alcohol
{" parts water We have ~ parts IN all
and Il does not matter hOw II mixes
Another says. To begin with
W-H,OH +Hsb az courxa IN. answer
~ thirteen quarts. becaus" when alcohol
ahsnrbs water n does not absorb its bulk
NUS bN' flllhFI pI AlfNpuDl 4 TWO quarts
81 water three quarts 81 mixture or
diluted alcohol This il because alcohol
- n0nelectrolyte. which shows that
the solution 81 II in water In not ionizad
In any case the solution bY weight would
hold true. hut n the alcohol were wholly
or partially divided into nns the solution
10y volume might he slightly altered. hut
u does not happen o. hc ~. however
Those who sent In solutions 90 this
problem were John Bcattis. y. u. W
J " WOrtz. Victor Di Pont. Jr and
Herbert Cross
The simplicity 81 tho chess position
shown IN No. II did not prevent several
Splv"rs from making precisely the same
mistake ~ Charoussk ~ tho Berlin
tournament in 1887. who played RI
While he won the game from Caro-. no did
- through blacks failure IN make the
proper reply. which should have been
" kt2 saouring the draw. Instead ~
this black played X b.. which cost him
the gnsi,"
The correct NOV" was X IA. 20 prevent
m" black bishop from occupying kt2.
Correct solutions from.
Correct solutions from Dr. A. H. Raid
win. Milton e lsheIl. y. e. Shnnks. y. u.
" Mat" Hn' and William e Van Antwerp
Elementary positions ~ whEh the
pieces IN each side are eNa~tly equal seem
~ p,s-esa y special interest for the he
ginner. and many letters have been re-
cetved asking for moro Of these instriIr-
tive endIngs. Here 10 something we'll
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h.a f.' a,,e-n.. and ~ t.-t q muls the
hest player ~ M-srnsirpi couldn't
zen him stack tho guards tel ~
that boys Eoin' to 10 q credit 20 ~"
c'fnunitV m h. called TT anoth"f
round on The strength 81 u.
-B@in' q. h. hnd gODd poker s~nse hs'
p,tt H,tll In tratnin' round home afo.
lsatin him taks chances In the p'fe=<tSnal
ciass, hat t'Ne'n't on'y a fsW weeks sfo'
Busl Wentover had the local spots all bsat
to "a frnzzl. an thsrs wouldn't nobody
play with him no mo They didnt none
on 'sm Hay nothin' aEin him " not plnyin'
a straight game
III he r.ely did play crooked. an I
ain a--avin D.. did. there want nobody
in Gre.nvills what cd catch him at ",
bu. they all said his luok was too hell
roarfh' steady for To he healthy t'r them
played with him.
MS ia was tAlkin' ~ me one day about
this. an he says. Tn amt a straiGhter
player N Hull nowher'.s In the Southwest
an all this talk about biz luck - hogwash.
he says The reason Bull wins continual
n z he plays conscientious.
You won't never him stand fr
no tricks IN the game. hein az he knows
faint right: an there won't nobody
never catch him a-doin' Of en- helm a.
! showed him twa MT right to b. catched
He's nigh about a. good a player as
ever seen.
Tn on'y thing he can't do A. slick
Is he'd oushtar afo' plAyin' on the boats
= deahn' seconds III IL times when
It's RELY immoral for to give man the
cyard rs on the top ~ the deck, an
faint al avs safe for to I'm him one often
the bottom But Bull IL practisin' I reckon
he'll deal seconds az wells any on EN-
To- long
-Bsin' ~ hc started Bull on onto n
boat trip somepin' like month later n
thea ! reckoned mo n likely he'd got
an 1, looked like he'd got his start into
A raaly x1Ith while Greer. His pa give
him expansa money An n hundred to
MAY with am tolJ him NOT 10 show up
ag'in tiil he Cd y 'duce a thousand.
We'll 'twn'nt mo- N A week or mabbe
two aio' La rams boms AGAIN dead
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4 Jnted Lovers ne, ense.


\ lifted lover at Davos. Switzerland. has
taken a novel hut cruel revenge His
wedding was hxed for this week. but shay
ing Oh his beard. his hanc4e would have
nothing to do with him. Every day he
wrote to her. hut received no reply
the love letters he had received from her
on the wall. Of her house and a crowd
promptly collected to read them Ths
md gnant lady says she will return the
compliment by taking similar action
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kimono Lawns. ...........tc
3oc. satin stripe Poplins. go. 25c. 8
Standard apron Ginghams. q G.
Printed Lawns and BAtiste - q.
kimono FIAnneisttes. ....12 e. 1
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Upon one occasion he caused six prs
oner- t. L.. pla'-ad ~ th.." IIts. thru
~ them dressed IN ned m ~" pits mum
b"rai = and three more dressed in
yellow IN the pits numbered Ia II d?
TIE Sultan commanded IN NIZieT To- pro
,iis each II thss' prisoners. who w"r'
complete strangers o. "n- another. With
rlhe and i've cartTidg.s and - inform
them -erSrately that any - them who
could escape alive under th. following
o1ndIrI pns should 10 -~t free and re-
turned 10 hls own country
tn. thr,-. drr sod IA rel were e. -N-
change places with the thr,-. dressed Ia
yell,v. tout only me man was 10 move
~ time. upon a gwen signal t-'il
for the rcd aud whistle '.r tn" yellow
tarh man could m ~" only from the
pit "a which h- II 81 1 - another pit that
n, could -" IN direct lin. with his own
thu paz>.lgr fTum IN" PIT g. another
bo.ug always direct line through the
d.-A
\. "Lch ri' commanded view II two
oth"r. each man w. told that Il he saw
another man dressed IN q different color
from himself standing IN any rIt he should
mr." upon hIm 81 On,'. and Nil him ur IN.
man whom h" S-W wouli IA turn shoot
~ HIM II any survived and got {" the
other lie ~ the rna1e they would Ia ,..t
free
Thus plan having heen explained to the
prisoners before the day set for the .N-
pertinent and each of them having been
provided with a plan Of the maze ~ APP
I.lr- that one ~ them had studied oIt
- pan 10y which they IN ght all escape
with Their lives aud when th-y were
PLACED in the pits. the tops Of which were
open 20 the SKY. hs called TO the others
m has own language aud was delighted Ia
find that they al! understood him. where
upon he explained his plan and gave the
word Of command Ia each man as to the
direction he should take la twsnty-two
moves thy had safely changed places
no red man having ever se.n yellow man
and no two men having ever been IN the
same pin AZ the same time
How was this accomplished
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4
= $ moro like a real game OF bridge than
the general rin ~ problems because
~" Who'll" play depends on providing for
what tho other side may do or no, do
No error ~ more common AZ the bridge
table than to take II for granted that an
adversary will do a certain thing. such
rs win an obvious trick. or put an ace
on 4 king When the expected does not
happen IN" hand goes 20 pi,.c,-s
AE a study IN providing for what th"
adyorsares may do, foreseeing all the
possibilities II the play. No - - probably
IN a class by itself The correct solution
ns gwen 10y the composer. Frank Roy.
10 Tor 4 ~ lead "A small diamond upon
which Y must play the a"e After that
tho continuation depends upon Rs play
and a few tricks later. II Is plays well,
il will depend upon A. play. vs. putting
mp the ace ~ diamonds third hand on
m" first trick - sort Of Glove. hitch
intended ~ hold and y fast no matter
which way they jump
VI p PLAYS - small diamond 20 tho first
trick \ makes his ace - hearts at once
40 az 20 prevent y from leading "A heart
and then he puts u in with n small dia-
fnond This forces u Ia lead clubs into
Z's tenace. allowing Il To make two CLUB
tricks. the az 81 spades and 10 give
two tricks IN diamonds at the end
som" s0lver- neglected 10 take ont tho
heart before putting u m with the dia-
mond eV IDENTITY thinking the heart did
not matter, one trick in hearts was
all Y and Il could make IN any event
but the failure to pull Bis heart allows
n tn shut out both black aces in rs hand
and gives 4 ana Is four tricks instead
IL one
Tn, tricky part II tho play il when y
Rve~ up the king Il diamonds on the ace
50 a. To- avoid h.ing compelled TO lead
clubs Thu shifts m" attention To- A.
because \ must so on with the que-n 81
diamonds to -.'~ Il \ will play small
IfY tire, 10 put y 10 with a heart instead
81 gong IN with the high diamond Il must
underpIay IA" jack If hearts. hur y will
At once return the diamond II Y tries
taking out r. small diamond with the
queen and then leads a heart 10 put him
m u Wi rndarplsy the trick a. before
but 4 vii yin hrs partneT'S trick with IN.
hing - hearts and then lead the ten "
dia'1,nd- which gives " a trick IN clubs
az ~" end
sUlay therefore, when " gives up the
bing ~ diau"nd- IN IN" first trick - o.
<" right IN WITH ~" queen. shifting the
d"fenc" =" A. hand n Ilsys the small
diamond IN ~" queen h" cannot avoid
i@ing forced rrtn 'ln lead lsitsr and losing
the advantage - hi- guarded king OF
hearts Rut n \ gives Ip ~" min. or ton
Of diamonds B." IAN urd.'rrlay all the.
VAv ~ that -ut
III" trap s"t fur : Nv IS play - tho high
diamond - tie queen - ru crav Y ~ 70
~ ana make 40 boo. diamonds. overlooking
the opDorunry trHr gives - u a. discard
the ia'k ~ heart HE Importance, ~
thu discard -cems =" haze escaped = nun
80 u N" craoA- but u turns A. king
and nine Of hearts INTO a tenace. good for
two tricks N that suit. a. A can = In the
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worth N. attention ~ tho student 4
ttctt.-
,srs- raosra~ 10 10

II - whites move; - there ~ = mate
staring him IN the face he has no time
a. queen any pawns. What - he est
WaV OUT
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PROBLEMS FOR Sun READERS
pNsDN ~ NINPIITID
RIOS ~ HEIDGI

Erank ~, Iast Prsl,irrn I.ik~ az Nr'uaI
= tui~ Dinirul,l~. 20 NiNInE NlrVhSi
and watrT Thr suit an. NserI tssu'r
WIN Hs Pri>aa~Ts To- . Ian, riR'h.
manner Il tn'rirat" guyyl.z u-si %
anus" himself ~ testing tho ingenuity
AMI r-.uurno 20 hi- prisoners q war.
Among either rGiiiiug, ab"ut hi- pshc"
h" bad q p"ruut- mae, which con
sI-te,l 81 r'-l,- l1tt. .'I-.n g. the zNy above
aud connected rv a series ~ under
g-r' ~ paSss s,-S whirh were quite tara
THIS - a plau ut ~
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Clubs are trump~ and z u in the lead
Y and n want all seven 81 these tricks
in spite - any defenc. open 20 4 and n
How do they &c; thsrn'
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OAKLAND ENTRIES

OAKLAND, Dec. 17.-Entrles for
Mondays Emeryville races;
First Race-Six furlongs. selling:
Military Man. 112; Lofty Haywood,
10, Cool. Mamie. Nettie Travor, Bu.
collie, Harry Stanhope, Salomy Jane,
1O9, New Capital, Braxton. Brighton.
los, Orilene. 104.
Second Race-Six furlongs, selling
Golf Ball III: Canique, Bellsnlcker,
ia; Hampass. 112; Rimmie. 10;
Quick Trip. Rollicking Boy. Anna May.
109: Alexie, j, H, Barr. Canteen. Di-
rectello. 105.
Third Race-Eleven-sixteen mile
Pawhuska. 113; Maxdice, 10i; Jest,
101: Frank Ferris, 9S, Sue Layton. 90.
Fourth Race-One mile: Endymion
II, Arasee. III; Paul Clifford. Jim
Gaffney. los; Mitas, 1O3; Feather Dus.
ter. sc.
Fifth Race-Mile and an eighth,
selling: Fulletta, 112 Deyie Andrew,
Treasure Seeker. Dovalta, Dave Web
er. Springban. 10e; Nebulosus, 106 ::
Kogo. 10i; Aksrben, 102. Sir Westry.
]. C. Glen. SO: Tansy. "a.
Sixth Race-Seven furlongs, selling:
Tony Faust, l12, Cabin. Maxims. Pros
per. 109; Boggs. Sorrowful, Mr.. Bish-
op. 107 Lord of the Forest, 104: Bis.
kra. 1O3; Gnlene Gale. Lotta Creed,
101; Camera, 80.
Weather clear: track slow.
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PENSACOLA RESULTS

PENSACOLA. Fla. Dec. 17.-First
Race-Mile aud a sixteenth: Bethle-
hem. to 2, won. Ossian. TO l. sec
ond: Occidental, 1 to 3. third Time,
] Sc >l-5.
Second Race-Slx furlongs: Eva
Tangilay. to 1. won; Hiram, 3 to 2.
second: Grenade, l to 2, third Time,
1:19 As
Third Race-Six furlongs: Charley
Strauss, G to l, won; Lord Wells. 3
to l. second; Bright Maiden, out, third.
Time. 121.
Fourth Race-Hurdles; mile and an
eighth Jack Baker. 4 to l. won; Oc-
topus. 1 to 2, second; Dr. Heard. 1 to
2, third. Time, 2:1S. 9
Fifth Race-SiX furlongs. Teddy
Bear. Is to l. won; Horizon. to 2,
second; Rubiola, to 8, third Time,
1.20 As.
Sixth Race-Mile and an eighth;
Masonic. to 1, won; Sandpiper. l to
q. second: Percy Taylor, even, third.
Time, 2:03 2-5
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SPORF2T is
JACKSONVILLE RESULTS

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec. IL
First Race-F1yo and half furlongs:
Via Octavia, 4 TO l. won: Governor
Gray, to 5. second; Dander Mark. 8
TO l, third Time. :06 AS,
Second Race-Seyen furlongs. Trus,
tee. 8 to 1. won; Idlewelss. s to l..
second; Oakley. 1 to 2. third. Time.
1:2S.
Third Race-Six furlongs. Bosom.
II to 90, won; T. NJ. Green, to 5,
second: Ozana. 3 to 8, third Time,
1:12
Fourth Race-The Palm Beach ham
dicap; mile and sixteenth: Bob r,
IL to l. won; Mary Davis. Z to 10
second; Milton B., 2 to 1, third Time.
1;47.
Fifth Race-Si1 furlongs: Lady Ir-
ma odd to GOMEZ, Won: Cl(aque, to
/. second; Colonel Ashmeade. s to 5,
third, Time. 1:13 2-5.
Sixth Race-Mile and a sixteenth.
Arondack. 5 to /, won; Lady Esther.
s to 5. second; Elfall, l to 2, third
Time, 1:i7 As,
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TAFT SPEAKS
At A BANQUET
Society for Judicial Settlement of
International Disputes Closed
Last Night.
President Taft Ee-Elected Honor
ary President and j. H. Ham
mond Elected President.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-With the
word peace conspicuous in the
speeches the international conference
OF the American Society for Judicial
Settlement Of International Disputes
closed tonight with banquet. ad-
dressed by President Taft and a mum.
ber of other distinguished speakers.
General Stewart l.. Woodford, Unit
ed States ambassador to Spain, when
the Spanish-American war broke out,
was toast-master Besides a speech
by President Taft. others were made
by the French ambassador, Joseph II
Choate. Major General Frederick d.
Grant. Richard Bartholdt. Martin w.
Littleton. Thomas Nelson Page, and
w. Bourke Cochran
The banquet concluded three-days'
program of speeches principally on
the question of establishment of q
permanent court OF arbItral Justice.
James Brown Scott, president of the
society, said conference of this
character had never been witnessed
before IN this or any other country.
The general trend OF the discussion
was toward the abolition Of war an
Ideal for which Andrew Carnegie has
just donated s11.5oO.0o0 to help real
lze
The analogy Of the supreme court
as IN international law court. that
may be used as a prototype for the
proposed international tribunal. reju-
venated the conception Of the SOW
ereignty Of the states of the United
States. conspicuous In the days of
Webster and Clay. Public opinion
was the sovereign OF all nations was
cited as the real force which would
have to be developed to make the per-
manent court of arbitral justice a real
ity.
Just before the closing session ad-
journed at noon today, President Taft
was reelected honorary president, and
John Hays Hammond was elected
president, Simeon f, Baldwin. govern
or-elect, of Connecticut, vice.presI-
dent; ]. C. Schmidlapp, Cincinnati,
treasurer. and A. w. Marburg. OF Bal
timore, secretary.
The executive committee viii be:
H. B. T. MacFarland. of Washing
ton. w. w. Willouehby. OF Baltimore.
and James Brown Scott. of Washing.
ton.
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l. second: Platoon, 20 to 1, third.
Time, 1;15 Frieze, Father Stafford,
Prosper. Golf Ball and Maxims fin
ished as named
Second Race-Futurity course: John
II Sheehan, 6 to 5, won Lord of the
Forest, s to 1. second: Madeline Mus
grave, to l, third. Time, i'll 2-5.
Bambro. Native Son. No Quarter, Do
mithllda and Old Mexico finished as
named.
Third Race-Mile and a sixteenth: /:
The Firenzi handicap: Roy Junior,
to l, won; Black Mate. IL to 8. Sec
ond; Coppertown, 9 to 2, third. Time,
1:49 2-5 Chester Krum also ran.
Fourth Race-Six furlongs: Oak
land handicap Babbling Water. to
2, won; Arlonette, 10 to l. second /:
jim Gaffney. s to l, third Time. 1: IA
Is. Sea Cliff. Enfield. Duke of Or
monde. Big Stock. Araze, Winning
Widow. and Venetta Strome finished
as named
Fifth Race-Mile and 20 yards, Sc
pulveda. 16 to S, won; Lctta Creed, 5
to 1. second; Altamor, to 1. third.
Time, l;44 80. Allness. Seahara,
Wap, Star Actor and Miss Officius fin
ished as named.
Sixth Race-Six furlongs: Titus
II. to l, won, Burning Bush. u to 1,
second, Lady Adelaide. 20 to 1. third
Time. 1;15 5-5. Little Buttercup.