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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

One had the secret Of success
The mage recipe
whereby he urung from Circumstance
The golden MASTERY
But when men yearned 10 hear him tell
How he aniassei his sum
The multitude Who sought him out
Discovered he vls dumb
Ar-ther had the secret too.
The formula men sought
Whereby to gain the victory
In every hattie fought;
He yearrsd to tell It all abroad
with hery zeal inbued.
But when he came to shout II forth
Deaf vas the multitude
Nrt.~prra GH viLsoS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Auction Bridge NJ. II. A. says: The
dealer. Y. bids heart. says two
spades. intending II as an ask for her
partner to go no trumps II she can step
the hearts. corrects the bid to four
spades. goes no trumps. The dealer
says this Is not allowed unless Y over
calls the four spades.
The dealer is correct. II all that Y
does is to have the bid made sufficient
to overcall dealers heart and. does not
double or change II the partner Of the
playe. in error Is barred from bidding
at all Should the dealer double or
change, then either A or could bid
what he pleased
J. T. c. says: The bidding has gone up
to three no trumps. overcalied with four
clubs. The one who bid no trumps at
once says 1t must be FIVE clubs. OBJ
lection IL made that II is not his turn
to say anything.
Either adversary may call attention 10
the insufficient bid. whether Il would be
his turn to overcali a legitimate bid or
not.
NJ ". X. says The dealer bids heart
After the hand is laid down as n dummy
II Is found that he had four hearts ~
the queen ten. the same thing In clubs
the ace and two small spades the king
and one diamond. Is this a heart bid at
the score. which was - to IN favor OF
the dealer who bid it, He insists that
no trunrper was not needed at the score
and that hearts was his best chance to &c
game.
The state,of the score does not Justify a
player from making an original bid that
deceives his partner. II he were sure OF
capturing the declaration at hearts there
might he some excuse. but the fact tina,
this hand was eventually the dummy
shows that hearts were not trumps The
best call on such cards is no trumps
especially as It gets the suits led TO II.
r. T. \. says: The dealer starts viii
one diamond. which is the only suit n,
has. His partner takes him out with a
heart How should the dealer show his
partner that he has nothing In hearts
bets he should bid the diamonds again
as he has five to the ace king ten. ons
small heart. four clubs to the Jack anl
three small spades.
There IL no need 10 deny the hearts
The partner has been told that the dealer
can give him couple OF tricks In dia
monds and has been told nothing further
on the strength of that help the partner
bids hearts. Let him alone. To rebic
the diamonds would Indicate gam,
hand In that suit
n. n. says. Playing three hand, AZ III.
end Of the evening one player Is mlnu,
6ji, while another Is plus 12is and tn,
minus man pays 10 each Of the others IN.
sum Of his score and theirs. The hgi
man insists that he should get somethin,
! from the other plus man as well. How
should they pay. and why
The high man is correct Calling thu
| players A, r and G. the scores ar,
balanced in this manner:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

From me Lou,siuls 'ourer Journal
We've many good doctors. they re people OF
note
They stud" The ear and the ~. and tn.
throat
Tor this t. the age ~ 'hc specialist, and
We ALWAYS nul sper iI!is's muCn In demand
And every third man has = terrible cold
ia, n specialist has his own season | YOU
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Some months ago when Gov Cox Of
Ohio was hunting down in Kentucky
he became acquainted with a negro who
also ncnrs inc name Of coX--cne of
thofc keen witted, southern negroes
who a.Vays have a ready answer
How is IT," inquired Coz, jokingly,
THAT your name is Cox? Up in my
state oaly white folks have that name.
The negro rolled his eyes around once
or twice and replied;
81 don't know how the white folks
first got to usn' our name
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Gin. A. T. asks II is II better TO hold
the pairs or the sequences in this game.
when four or five play with the double
pack and two jokers.
Much depends on the cards discs rded or
taken in by others. but as a rule pairs offer
the better chance unless the player 10 the
right is taking in that denomination.
There are only four cards that will fill an
open end straight. while there are six that
will match a pair and make a triplet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

l.. J. r. SAYS: In playing this game We
have found that II there are five players
II is 10 | against your getting the card
YOU want. because II IL is turned up before
II comes to Your turn II is buried beyond
recall by the discards ~ the PLAYERS
ahead OF YOU. Has this chance ever been
calculated
II Il has, 1t has not been published, but
the chance OF drawing the card, as well as
seeing IL discarded. must be taken into
account. In Cincinnati they have invented
a variation in which the player that wants
p card turned up in this manner may offer
TO buy 1t for as many chips as the plps on
It, suppose the seven Of clubs is turned up.
discarded by A, and IL Is Rs turn TO take
II or draw a card from the stock If G.
n or r wants that card he waits until n
leaves II. II he does leave II. and he may
then Offer 20 pay into the pool sevea
chips for II before n covers II with his
discard The card discarded in place "
the card bought is placed face down under
the cards still to be drawn. SO that the
next player has a chance NJ Rs regular
discard. player may buy any number
Of cards in this way and still take his
regular turn in the draw. II two want
the same card, the one nearer 10 the left
of 1t has the first chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
1915 1910

loses his own minus and Rs plus 70
II. and the same To c. Then p wins his
greater plus from c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Mr. Bryan never read a novel until
after he hal reached manhood Then he
started in with David Copperneld,' He
still thinks that is about the best novel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

The New York lar journal approves
OF the latest English ruling on the sub
jcct and says
There is really no Theoretical justifca-
ton for holding that a theatre ticket is
a mere personal license and as such
arbitrarily revocahle. The purch Use Of
a theatre ticket is contract and no
amount of casuistry can mike 1t any
thing hut a contract"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

wonder n YOU can tell me VINO wrote
"Round-the-Word Joe" in our Young
Folks. many years ago. The signature
was George Eager. | suppose one ought
10 apologize for asking such an unimpol-
tant question, hut there may be others
who recall Or. owl and Magister Ginseng
n. r.
The question is referred with a hearty
second to the interest Of correspondents
who may chance to know. Memories Of
years when childhood was not syndicated
and debentured are fitted with recollec-
tons of this cIrcumnavigator, Later a
distinct disappointment was felt when
decentralization was found to. be far
less entertaining than II was to Round
the World Joe. The author, as author
or as pseudonym, does not appear OF
record
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

william Winterbotham about 1890
wrote book, View of the American
United States" In speaking OF the In
vent ons already made BY the ingenious
people OF the United states he mentions
the Connecticut steeple clock, which is
wound up by the wind" Can YOU give
me any further information about IL"
CHARLES u. ERMESrRoUT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Where can | md a brief account Of
three small rebellions in this country, the
whiskey Rebellion, DORIS and Shays,
with a statement of the causes thereof"
i. s. e.
Each will be- found in its proper place
In the standard histories Of the United
states with sufficient detail to satisfy
general inquiry, each has been the theme
az r,ors exterc.c stucy - cc--:rc.-S. re-
search INVESTIGATORS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

\ unique case involving the work.
mems compensation act OF England was
decided by the House Of, Lords in Kelly
VS. Board OF Management of the Trim
Joint District school which was twice
argued before their lordships and occu-
pied two days Al each hearing. II APP
peared that John Kelly was school
master employed by the defendants and
while discharging his duties was assaulted
by the pupils in concerted attack and
suffered injuries from which he died the
same day. His mother as dependent
sued for damages on the ground that his
death occurred as the result of Injuries
arising out Of his employment The
County Court Judge and the Court Of
Appeals upheld the contention, and the
Lords of Appeal affirm the judgment -four
to three. II is now authoritatVely de-
cded that an accident Is not the less
an accident by reason Of its being brought
about by deliberate violence, There was
not so much difficulty upon the question
as to whether It arose out OF and IN the
course of the employment of deceased as
a schoomastcr, though the point was also
strenuously put forward and argued,
The decision OF the North Carolina
Supreme Court in State VS.. Laughter
was a serious matter for the defendant
because tire court affirmed his conviction
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

y. Y, F, +. says \ builds nine and
on its coming round 10 him again makes
another build instead of taking In the
nine. Is this allowed? ...
Yes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

In the sentence "our fnanclers waiting
on the European situation" ! should like
To know the sanction for the use Of wait
ing on" My impression Is that II is used
Of servants but II is not tho use intended
The sense intended, In my opinion. was
that they we're waiting for the situation
to develop AS a child | recall bang crit
icized for saying. Il am waiting on John.
when ! meant ! am waiting for John"
CHARLES - ERMENTRoUT
Is Shakespeare sufficient sanction
Here's from "Coriolanus' Il purpose not
10 wait on fortune" Here's from Mac
beth; good digestion wait on appetite
and health on both"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
i Rec Diet Advice to.
Constipation and
Indigestion Sufferers

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Get box OF Hot Springs Liver But
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These little chocolate coated Hot
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ious ailments. Sick Headache, for In
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They are fine for Malaria. too. and
FOR Pimply, Sallow. Blotchy SKIN, and
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
10 Be Held at Parkersburg Two
Days the Last of the Present
Month is Prepared.

4 The program for the thirteenth an
nual meeting Of the West Virginia
tiBarf Association has been announced.
The meeting win be held at Parkers-
burg December 20 and 80. 1t will open
with program Tuesday morning
t'Decenber 20, and Will close with a
banquet at the Chancellor hotel
Wednesday evening, December 30.
John Marshall, OF Parkersburg, is the
chairman OF the banquet committee
and with the other local members Of
the association will arrange for that
event which win close the meeting,
All the sessions will be held at the
Chancellor hotel
/ Col. Robert White, Of Wheeling. the
president Of the association, will de-
liver the opening address, Some very
interesting discussions will take
place on different subjects and sew
eral important committees who have
under consideration matters OF vital
interest to the welfare OF the state
will report the result OF their DELHI
lerations.
The prominent speaker secured for
the occasion from out OF the state
is DIR. Hanpis Taylor, of Washington,
d. c., one OF the, most noted and
thorough students OF law in the UNI
ted States. He will speak Tuesday
evening on the subject of Roman
Law in the New World DR.. Taylor
has made special study of Roman
law. and Is the author OF several
works of wide publicity on that sub
iect.
The meeting is expected to take To
Parkersburg a large number of the
prominent lawyers of the state and
from the character OF the meeting
and the prominence Of those taking
part It will be one Of the most inn
portant state gatherings held there
4 this year. y. Il
The complete program follows:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20.
Morning Session Beginning at 10
R. O'Clock.
Address OF the president-C Col. Rob-
ert White. Wheeling.
Discussion OF the address.
Report of committee on admissions
Id. w. vandervort, chairman.
Election Of new members.
appointment OF committee on nomi-
! nations.
Appointment of auditing committee.
| Report of secretary.
Report of treasurer. s.
Paper 4"The Blue Sky Law S.
4 Spilman. q. I.
Afternoon Session. is
4 Report Of executive council
Address-Reyiew Of the Association
wv. P. Hubbard.
Report Of committee on nomina-
tons. IS
! Election of officers, members of ex-
ecutiye council and delegates IS
4 American Bar Association.
Selection of place Of next annual
meeting. :.
tzeReport efsdommittee on judicial ad.
ministration and legal reform-Guy
! r. C. Allen, chairman. ss
Address" Outlook OF West yfr-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
LAW YE IS PR OCRAM
FOR STATE Me TING

ginia Bar" ellis Goodykccntz
evening Session.
Address Roman Law In the New
Worldr-nr. Hannis Taylor. Wash
ington, D. G.
discussion.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30.
Morning Session.
Address-West Virginia Debt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
CAPITAL
Punishment Ii to BE Debated by Har-
rison County Literary Club.

Capital punishment is to be debated
by the Harrison County Literary
Club at its next meeting, which will
be held Friday night December IS,
in the county court room. The sub
ject has been presented as follows:
Resolved, that capital punishment
should be abolished" and the air.
native ID TO be debated by A. ]. Har-
bert and ]. E. Campbell, and the
negative by Carl L. Lawson and A. G.
Bumgardner. Extemporaneous re-
marks suggested by the debate will
be made BY George 9. Mckinley.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
Climate Failed
Medicine Effective

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tnem. FRESH air. regular habits and
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VI W9LEaAs III.
sGentlemens-ThEDu your In
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into Tuberculosis (bnuilii were
tound). In February, 1906, went
% Fort WoRfn, Texns, and later %
Canun' City. Colorado. After being
there two weeks my physician In
less. Three weeks later 1 returned
home weighing los pounds, the doe
tor having given me no assurance
o. renching there alive. On July
-, 1906, began taking Eelmnn,n
wonderful remedy Tor Lung Trouble.
Now am stout and well and can
do any Kind OF work about my grain
elevator (Abbreviateti).
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Ecknan's Alterative Is most
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severe ;thront and lung affections
ana up-bufiding the system. Con-
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11

: tcorrespondence of Associated Pressl.
DuNKIRK. France. Dec. 11-There
is one feature Incidental to the win
ter warfare which will grieye all
those who love to tour the old French
country roads. The long lines OF
beautiful trees which convert these
into shady avenues are being sadly
damaged. The need OF frewood is
very pressing, and as there is no coal
available, the trees are being ruth
.lessly sacrificed.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-06-12
WASHINGTON.

Senator Thomas introduced a bill to
grant to E. NJ. Palmer patent to 100
acres of land in Douglas county, Colo.
Senator Vardaman, Democrat, as
sailed President Wilson in the Senate
for asking the repeal of the Panama
tolls exemption.
A compromise amendment to the
tolls repeal bill, drawn by Senator
Simmons for the administration forces
and Senator Norris for Republican
senators. will be offered when the bill
comes to vote in the Senate.
Strikes and peaceful picketng were
sanctioned by the House when the
Webb amendment to the Clayton anti
trust bill was agreed to almost unan-
lmously, making such acts of strikers
not unlawful under the Sherman law.
Much relief was manifested in Of
ficial circles when it was learned that
Huerta has backed down from his
plan to blockade Tampico. The
change Of front obviates the necessity
for the United States showing its
hand
Ship building during May was not
SO active as during the same month a
year ago. The Department of Com.
nerce announced that 127 vessels of
all types, aggregating 20,052 tons,
were launched, compared with 1S3
'essels Of 39,91G tons year ago.
Daniel V. JauCh, who confessed he
planted four sticks of dynamite In the
Department of Agriculture, that he
might discover them and win pro
motion for heroism. was held for the
grand jury in default OF bail on
charge of attempting to dynamite a
building.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-06-12
FOREIGN.

The Earl of Lucan died in London,
aged "a.
Hurricane sweeps western coast OF
Mexico; fear felt for shipping.
A wreck in Canada was fatal to
three and resulted in injuries to four.
Gabriel Ferier, one of the best
known French painters died in Paris
at the age of sixty-seven
Kermit Roosevelt, son of Theodore
Roosevelt, and Miss Belle Willard,
daughter of Ambassador Willard, were
married in Madrid, Spain.
Colonel Roosevelt called OIL Presi.
dent Poincare at the palace of the
Elysee IN Paris and remained with
French.
Bailly Blanchard, hitherto secretary
OF the United States embassy at To
kio, sailed on board the Empress of
Indiana from Yokohama for Vancou,
yer on his way to Haiti, where he Is
to be American minister.
The Rt. Rev. Juan Herrera, bishop
of Tulencinge. Mexico, was received
at Rome by the pope, with whom he
discussed the Mexican situation and
the efforts being made by the media
| tion conference to restore peace.
Seventeen Salvation Army victims
| of the Empress Of Ireland were buried
at Mount Pleasant cemetery at Toron-
to in the presence Of Commissioner Nc.
kie, representing the army's supreme
chief. General Booth and a large as
semblage of army people.
The Norwegian collier Storstad
which rammed and sank the liner EN-
press of Ireland in the ST. Lawrence,
still pokes her battered nose up
against the Dominion Coal Company's 8
dock in Montreal, an impatient pris.
oner Of the Admiralty court Of
Canada.
Persons who spoke to President
Huerta say he is very optimistic over
the outcome of the peace negotiations
at Niagara Falls. The belief was ex-
pressed that the end of the difficulty
! WAS near and that there soon would
he resumption Of diplomatic rela
tions with the United States.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-06-12
MEANT TO GIVE INSPIRATION
Did Man Could Not Understand How
Orator Could Make Good Speech
Without a Drink

William Jennings Bryan as a young
man visited a small place in Illinois
.or the purpose of showing the voters
exactly how to vote. Shortly before
The psychological moment came for
young Bryan to let loose the floods OF
oratory an old countryman approached
him mysteriously and silently led him
around to the back of the schoolhouse.
There he drew from his pocket a
bottle of whisky and pronounced the
classic command, "Have a drink NO.
thanks" said Mr. Bryan. The old
mans eyes widened, and in their
depths was the shadow of fear. Just
a little" he said persuasively. No,
not even a little." Mr.. Bryan declined
again politely. The old mans eyes be-
gan to bulge. Just one drop" he in
sisted. Mr.. Bryan declined for the
third time. The old mans chest grew
fiatter, his shoulders sagged, and he
was the picture of melancholy as he
said with indescribable pathos: We'll,
do the best you can, anyway"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-06-12
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o ! N G 8, ACHIEVE,
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
w ESTE RN.

Seven were killed and twelve In
jured by tornado wrecking Iowa
towns.
The Burlington railroad placed 1000
extra men on its lines west of the Mis-
souri, river repairing box cars to as
sist in handling the Nebraska wheat
crop.
A decrease of practically twenty
five per cent in the property of ex-
press companies operating in Kansas
was shown in a statement issued by
the state tax commission.
WELDING an old black-handled razor,
Mrs. John Rabb, twenty-nine, TIE wife
of an upholsterer, almost decapitated
two of her children and then commit
ted suicide at Long Beach, Cal.
The trial of Charles H. Moyer and
other leaders of the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners on charges growing out
of the recent copper miners strike
will begin July at Houghton, Mich.
Coal operators and striking miners
OF Ohio failed to reach an agreement
on wage scale for the second time
since the mines were closed April /,
and the joint conference was ad-
jorrned.
Miss Georgia w Jay, stenograph-
er, was awarded $40, 900 heart damages
by the jury that heard her suit for
breach of promise against Homer Rod
eheaver, choir leader for Evangelist
Billy Sunday in Chicago.
Jacob Furth, president of the Puget
Sound Traction, Light and Power
Company, and chairman of the board
of directors of the Seattle National
Bank, died at his home in Seattle,
Wash, from heart trouble. He was
"a years old, and Bohemian by BIRTH
George H. York, merchant of Col
fax, Ia, was sentenced to one year
ard one day in the Leavenworth fed
eral prison by Judge Smith McPher-
son in the United States Court, fol-
lowing the verdict of guilty Of charges
of white slavery which were returned
by jury at Des Moines.
Mrs. George Burke Simmons of
Winslow, Ariz., confessed to the police
at Richmond, Cal, that she had mailed
box Of poisoned candy to Mrs. Will
liam H. Dagg and her two daughters
at San Diego, Cal, about month ago.
She said Mrs. Dagg had spread un-
friendly reports about her.
The Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern
Railway Company was incorporated
for $4,300,000. 1t will purchase the
line of the Laramie & Routt County
Railway, forty-four miles in length,
from the Colorado-Wyoming line to
Coalmont in North Park. The Routt
county railroad was sold on March ii
by foreclosure to John w. Dixon.