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The sun., 1916-01-09
NIaurupt.
Prom the Spectator


la me seven times taken and retakon
Peace. The mind stops; sense argues
rh. August sun is shostly In the street
Az II the silence OF IA Thousand years
Were its familiar. AN Is as u was
Al the instant of the shatterins; nat
p,slocetsd rstters: iintc's hurled awry
And toppl!ng over: what were Windows
Gap!nss on mounds OF shapele~ness and
charred posts caught in hramble OF
wires sasEins ravelled across the street:
the black -,
Skeleton NJ vine wrenched from tne o."
house .
1t ciunrg TO limp bell pun mere anu
IA,,ls prInted papers pasted on the wal
II liz IKE "a madness crumpied up In stone.
Laughterless, tearless, meaningless; a
s,uiea' like at cbb the shinge OF sea caves
Where that imagined weight OF water swung
liz senseless crash with pebbles In myr-
BY the random see,he Bat here was
flesh and blood
Seeing eyes, feeling nerves: memoried
With the habit OF the picture Of these
And the white roads crossing the broad
All yanished' one could fancy the very
fields go
Were me mofN pToJtAlipH, ~
silent The stone is hot TO the touching
hand
Footsteps come strange to the sense. IN
the sloped churchyard,
Where the tower shows the blue through
its great rents.
shadows fan over pitiful wrecked graves,
And on the gravel "A bare headed boy.
Glands In his pockets, with brown absent
eyes, 49,
whistles the MaTseillhise. TO arms, 10
arms!
Ther. is no other sound in the bright air
IL IL a. II they heard under the Rrass
The dad men Of the Marine. and their
thin voice
Used those young lips to sing It from
thelr graves,
THE song that sang a nation into arms
And far away on the listening ear IN the
silence
IJk. remote thunder throb the guns of
France.
LAURENCE BiNyoN,
The sun., 1916-01-09
NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.

Supreme Court Justice Deemer OF
Iowa. In stating the issues in the case
OF kimple vs. Schaefer. said:
This appeal involves the duties OF an
owner of. what Milton styles, the tame
villatic fowl or in common parlance, the
Iowa hen Plaintiff says that the
owner must clip her wings or otherwise
imprison and keep her upon his own
domain and that she has no right to
take even her daily dust bath upon the
country highway. or TO stubbornly cross
the roads in front Of rapidly approach
ing vehicle. on the other hand, defend
ants say that outside OF cities and towns
chickens are free commoners. and that
an owner Of improved or cultivated land
must fence against them. They also
assert that plaintiff has no remedy. be-
cause his land is not enclosed by a law
ful fence. and for the further reason
that II he has a remedy. 1t IL to i'm
pound the trespassing animals. or to
sue at law for the damages done. and
that in no event is plaintiff entitled TO
any relief. because his hands are foul
in that he too owns chickens which he
permits to roam at will"
The sun., 1916-01-09

Prom roHfsin porary Isrsr.
DAYS calumnies.
MidnightTs trans,ucencies,
Pride's open book
pf closed humiities-
VITA It's inflated look.
shall coutrarieties
~ feasible as these
confound my W.T.
Is Persian cloth
IL gold dust bran?
though spotted Ashtaroth
Is not Puritan,
Must every gorgeous moth
Be calico. and Thoth
BE thanked for 1t?
MARiANNE MooRr
The sun., 1916-01-09

The Glory Of Fighting.
From tLe Sa,p,day Rcrie,c-W1tien bv capt
Gr,HtcU. ki'isd IN France last May.
Til. naked earth il warm with spring.
And with green grass and bursting 'rees
Loans to the sun ga1. xlor.InE,
Ana ii'e is color and warmth AMI lSh;'
ANA "A striving -Nermore for those.
And he i dead who VII! not nght,
And who dies ngh'ing has increase
The nshtIng man shall from the sun
Take warmth and lie from the glowing
Speed Win the lightfoo, winds 20 run
Aui with me trees 90 never birth
And nnd. when hghting shall be done
Great rest and fulness after dearth
Al the brigh: company OF heaven
Hold aim IN ,h-ir high comradeship
The Dog star and the sisters seven
Orion's Bell and swordei MP
Tho woodland 'rees that sand 'og. ;hsr.
They stand 30 him each one "a friend
They gently speak In the windy weather
They guide 10 valley and ridges end
The kes,rel hoverlng bv day
And ,hc li,tle, owls mat cali by nigh
BIZ him be swift and keen as they.
As keen OF ear as swlft OF sight.
The b.ackbird sing. to him. Brother
II this he the last song YOU shall sing
Sing well. for you may no. sing an"th"'.
Brother, sing
IN drrary louh.ta. waiting hour.
Before thu brazrn frenzy stsr's.
The ho-ses show him noOier power
- patient eyes, courageous hearts
And when the burning moment breakN'
And Al. thing. else are out Of MIND.
Aul only Joy of battle takes
Him by thc throat and makes him bind
%,t caring much to know. that stili
Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, -
That It be not the destined Will
Tho thurdering line Of battle stands.
And in the AR death means and sing.
Rui daX shall clasp him with strong hdnds
And nigh, shall fold him In SOFT wings
JTLiAN GRyNrytI
The sun., 1916-01-09
POEMS WORTH READING.
The GIFT.

Saith God TO men: "Ye may
Have what ye will. but pay!'
80 paying lite full worth
Man has possessed the earth;
Wealth bought by labor's stress,
Fame paid In happiness.
knowledge acquired with ruth;
Wisdom exchanged for youth
one thing we may not buy.
We know not when nor why.
But falling from above.
About us. comcth love.
1t stealeth in the heart.
A mystery apart.
And may not purchased he;
'Tis Gods gift utterly!
NJ. e. BuEBLER.
The sun., 1916-01-09
SCOTCH GAMBIT

,0 Stronger would have been Kt-KR. IN
' which ''sI whit" could not have coninuc
NJ II. ch TO BE- followed by QxB
u ",pAA dratht way would have been T..
,, .i Rather weak Il .polls the position Of
:. P,.9Rs: BxKi. BxB; 10 On, 90
= Ks possible Had black III. T. on KB
h" could have easily defended everything b,
VrK SsrS .,rn am bot hl- e,shon. nouiL have h;n
SUI y" undeicndrd a. his bishop would br
PLACED on KKtl. In short the consequence
Of y. P-B3 showed themselves plainly row
p Black could not very well have csstiei
with OR bccau.e then would have followed
!, H. P-K'i K b XII u Ppp9E' to be followed
~ splrnil play |, woul have been
wrorx 70 po-'pone ,h's move any longer. n
ibf ,bs, So,,i , ne mao nlayei NIX ,nsesh
. Kt3. i ORR. and thc two bishops Would
become very effective.
=, RxKt cas,lS. on: y B"oi' and whit.
has very good position.
hl No ioubt tn" allies We're not prpparci
for this iremarkabc .acrihcc
un " k.o instead thcu would have fol
lowed y PIP ch. K5;B; -. orB; and now
threatening and white would win.
~ II will h" seen that the bishop cannot
retreat anvwher". and white had very wei
~ LATHE better would have been P-RRa
bu' even then white had the hotter position
= K on .n aTo9nt sSS sc, Of "a O! Soni3 SSK no, H.
played here. or II y oxRp; 8 K,-Ri-
Rxo: q. R-os, and mate would follow IN
J,. II oyo instead. =. R.R ch. K-B:.
g K,-oe ch, 10 ~ followed by Pxo
,.l h-kti would aiso hay" Son me same
81 b-Bd ch. g." PxP could not have been
PROBLEM 50 a-e nY Is HrEBEN
The sun., 1916-01-09

The wounds bleed fresh to-day
Bent knees, wan upturned faces,
The tears of those who pray
In sacked and wasted places
The falling sands Of YEAR;
the white and patient STAR
The sad sealed urn Of tears,
Ths wounds that close as scars,
OLlS l.. LYMAN
The sun., 1916-01-09
Disilluai aioanent.

Disillusioament.
The chtld will weep
BY fate rebufYed
To find the doll
with sawdust stuffed
The dreamer mourns
That he was bluffed
70 nnd most men
With gold dust stuffed
The saint will mourn
Ideals scuffed
when heaven proves
with stardust stuffed.
McLASpBuRcu WILSON.
The sun., 1916-01-09

POKER. IT'S LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
ny Algernon CroftoN Edited BY II, T.
Foster.
Most up:to date work on poker for many
Drars-R. T.. Foster.
Price 81. 90 net,
WYCII. CO. So Fulton 81 y. V.
The sun., 1916-01-09


went 10 Little Rock. where he's now
one % the leadin' citizens.
But that amt tellin' bout him
snur''in the cyards in faro box.
Blaisdell says they can't nobody do II.
out seen 1t did, an Jim Waters done
/ IT,"
AT this Blaisdell rose from his chair
with an air of high indignatio but
JAKE Winterbottom said quietly, Bet
ter set still. Jim. | reckon IT Il be
some interestin'. even IL it's a ne." and
on second thought Mr.. Blaisdell seated
himself again.
1T was afo' he owned the hank his
! own SELF continued the old man.
taking no notice whatever of the In.
terruption. He was dealin' fo Bill
Boody. what was then the fo'most
gambler in Arkansas an had gave
| Waters his chanst. seein' the quality
o the work he done, an bein' a libra.
patron of all kyinds OF art.
He was "A man o. wonderful nerve
too He come nigh havin' a fit when
II begin, not understandin' OF It no
pettern anybody else done. but he
| elected hisself an stood watchin' 8
GA m y stone dog while Jim Waters
| peared to be chuckin' the hull bank
roll in the fire.
They was a big game oO. 'Peared
| IKE the hun town had gone mad on
iaro that night, an they want hardly
a player in Little Rock what want out
with the money. | reckon they didn't
nobody never have a better chanst 70
u stroke o reel genius n Jim Waters
done had on that occasion. an they
want never nobody done IL bettcr'n
he done. Bill Boody retired on the
profits afo' mawnin' beides givin' Jim
! Waters the bank To- his c'mmisson on
the job.
AS I was savin' the game was
big one. Boody had rose the limit to
$500 an they was 70 or FIVE playin' II
right along, so they was mon $4,000
! on the turn sev'ral times. an they
wouldn't q been nothin' s'prisin' bout
| IL II Jim had lost his nerve. but r
fur's any body cd see they want no
sign Of it, not till he done made the
most amazin' break what ever seen
did in a bank
"He set stead,. worlkin' like a clock.
an shui'ln' ike they couldn't Gobody
else do 1t. 50 = they want nobody
winnin' = much : he lose. my the
! hank. when he done what made every
body in the room catch his breath an
woUder II Jim Waters hadn't went
crazy all OF suddint.
| What he done was to leave one
cyard in the box when he turned II
TO the next deal Everybody seen II.
an seen what the cyard was tn. tre;
a. shades. hut they didn't nobody say
rothin'. nachul enoush. on'v Bin
It,odv an, be catched hiss.lf inc, #,
time ,p.arod lIlso no was ryyins "a
bus, out nm, then didn.t ike n. had
eom. kv,,d NJ q, iJAo n, wb,, w,s
| ,,,,,t,,, !, shn. ,,as neryo M. sat,
h,, nan t,o,,,,, ,.,.or "A , h.ar ,h,
| go. -, ,,.as a., ,ha ,,,,as.,,n, &, H..
| ,adn', n had tho nerve no had
W. I,,,, w.. M Int, tho
t,,v.one c,ard. lilo thsv was ~,
-. "aei a;,sn', .a,,, ,u, 49, ,ma ,,,. -, 49,
81. ~ ,,,'a ,',.,,' a.,
.'p .'''', ~ IN
'',''" ,,'', o".e" '"e "'S' ""
.,,t. ak I"' sa'' '"',
nv vac" "'o .",I
Ni'' MN" VI .''"u nav. ~ W 'o''
"""t va comm i"es M'piu' 'e
II" u''' ie'''e III an! o'ne' uea.' nv,
,, -, -, 49,, -. ,..,,t,,
theh they nave tne mouse ""'p-
,',1.,,,
The sun., 1916-01-09
\ ision.

ON sudden | behe,i
Long queues OF Light hsnsins down he
back OF Space
From heads hidden In the Fourth Di-
mension--
Heads. vow, OF he Great Mand1rins
OF some transcosmic china
who confer eternaly. coronerwisc. on
our smaller dest!nies
BENiANlN DE CAssEgr~.
The sun., 1916-01-09

In Mah-r " Empire Life lns. CO..
10 y. Y App Div, 721. the court
made the following interesting observa-
tions respecting certain census returns ::
"rhr court did not err ~ excluding th"
census returns Their prohatiN" fore"
was nil ON their face they demon
strated that they wer. toeming with
untruths They were unreliable, irrecon-
,ilab. and At variauc" one with another
They show, among other things, that
Patrick Nahev had lived twelve years
in ten. for his age is given as years
I'm lSil. while IN 1851 he had become
20. The widow Nahey, evidently his
mother lived seventeen years In ten, for
IN 1S4l her age was 33, and ten years
later she rs stated to have been 80 The
case of the widow Hines is still more
remarkable. for She lived twenty-one
years in Sin IN lsil she was GO years
old. hut In l>47. when she died. she had
attained the age ~ 81. These are bu, Il
few instances ~ the many remarkable
discrepancies with which these so-Called
census returns abound
The sun., 1916-01-09

Is the following grammatically cor
rect? II not why not?
We invite you to join us with the
promise that II YOU do YOU will see
more learn more and do more than tho
average fellow like you or does in his
whole lifetime. PATIENCE
Incorrect Me" must he used after the
proposition. "Fcl!ow," not the pronoun,
b the subject Of does"
The sun., 1916-01-09

Morelles J. IL. s. asks II three in
a line would form a ''mll' II the three
men were all on the same corners OF the
board. forming a Zine" diagonally
No, because all lines must he along
the lines which restrict the movements
of the pieces.
The sun., 1916-01-09

What was the number OF Austrian
troops who surrendered 10 the Russians
at Przemysl? The Russian reports claim
about 10000 men. On the other hand.
the Austrian Embassy informs me under
seal that the garrison was less than
a. 200 OF all ranks and that "consid-
erahly less than that number surren-
dered" FoEr PITT,
The official Russian statement OF
March 30. 1915, said that according
TO figures given by Cen Kusmanek." the
Austrian commander, tine Generals.
ninety three officers Of the general stan.
$500 other officers and officials and
ll7,OOo men surrendered. There would
seem at present to be no way OF deter
mining the true figures.
The sun., 1916-01-09

\ ruling that a breach OF the peace
may result from language used in n
sermon IL made by the Kentucky court
Of Appeals I'm Delk vs. Commonwealth.
affirming 'he conviction Of James l..
pclk a minister of the Nazarene Revival
Mission, for remarks In a sermon before
a large congregation at Science Hlll. Pu-
llsl;. county. Tho courts affirmed "A fine
Of $3.50. The Court OF Appeals said ::
There was no possible excuse for the
lise Of such language in the pulpit or
elsewhere, and that fact alone is suf'i-
cient to incite all right thinking persons
to Indignation. II not violence. The APP
pcllant's excuse that he was merely re-
buking the sin Of impurty that he did
not intend 10 disturb or embarrass any
one. but mad" the statement as n warn
ing snd rebuke 20 sim Is wholly without
Just incation. II does not avail appellant
rIr him 10 say he has a right to propa-
gate his religious views That right IL
not denied. but one will not be permitted
to commit breach OF the peace under
tn. guise Of preaching the pcpspel II
one he licensed to use the pulpit for
such disgraoeful performances "a the APP
pelant admits he was guilty of In this
ease then women and children are to be
insulted with impuEity by tn" use OF
the most obscene vulgirity IN places
where they g. to worship. II H. we'll
known that an act which. 4 committed
AT n certain time o. place. would not
amount to a breach of the peace, might
well be considered a. crime II COM
mitted at another time or place. and un-
der different circumstances. II this be
not an act of public indccorum IN viola
tion OF the common quiet and conse-
ouently breach of the peace within
the meaning of the definitions above
given IL would he difficult 20 imagine
such a breach short OF actual violence.
That y tended 10 provoke violence IT
/ the hands OF outraged parents and right
thinking men there can he l';ile doubt"
The sun., 1916-01-09

!. j. r. inquiries Tor books relating
to the pre- -Adami,es ana is referred to
Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn's work
MEN Of the Old Stone Age" Probably
more in keeping with the object of the
inauIry Is "Pre- -Adamites, a Demon
straton OF the Existence Of Men before
Adam" by DIR. Alexander Winchell Of the
University Of Michigan, published in
1880 at London and Chicago. This
work which went through several edi-
tions. was Il pioneer. ana In popularity
written as well as scientific. No doubt
It can he obtained at almost any H.
brary or large second hand bookstore.
n. 7. Dow.
The sun., 1916-01-09

The case of Perry vs Kline Is - Sc
:. T., 337. holds tha; IN an action for
damages for "A failure on the part ~
the defendant to perform "A contract to
furnish the plaintiff "A mule with which
to cultivate the soil "A recovery on ac-
count oc the diminished yield OF the
crop VIII hot be allowed upon a mere
comparison Of the crop yield Of one
year with that Of another Allen. J.,
for the court says: We have been
confronted. o. one hand. with tn" legal
principle that when there is breach
Of contract or tort and damage ensues
as the direct and natural result the
party injured il entitled To Just compcn-
sation. and that the uncertainty as 20
amount is not more doubtful than in
other cases in which rcCoNerieS are Sus-
tanned here and elsewhere, such as
profits In business under certain con-
ditlons and physical pain and mental
anguish Iui on the other. with tho
knowledge that 50 many ana such di-
verse circumstances AFFECT Ia. yield of
crops that Il 10 almost impossible 10
fird out the Caus" or 10 estimate tn"
result The character Of the soil and
its condition, the kind OF seed used
when planted and how, the preparation
Of the SOIL for planting, the quality Of
fertilizer. the quantity and IN" time and
manner of it's application the cultivation
of the crop. the harvesting OF the crop
the seasons and other circumstances en-
ter into the estimate OF what ought
10 he made and when all are favorable
il is rare that the owner Of land gathers
in the fall what he expected In tn"
sprlng \ delay Of a week in planting
MAY make or destroy tho crop, and
sometimes under apparently similar con-
ditions there is good crop ON one side
Of the road and poor yield on the
other side These considerations have
led to the conclusion that q recovery
of damages on account ~ the diminished
Weld Of the crop will not he allowed
upon u mer. comparison of the crop
yield Of one year with thal of another"
The sun., 1916-01-09

II is held gross negligence in Clarl, vs
T.. / du Pont dc Nenoure Powder COM
pany, l.. Il. A. 1913 H. iI9 for AN agent
of a powder company after shooting an
old we'll with solidiiied glycerine TO leave
"A quart Of that explosive .ng near the
well and the act of a workman. un-
skilled ia the use Of such substances. in
removing the dangerous article and plaC-
ing II ia "A stone fence of nearby grave
yard to prevent injury to himself and
his f,lluw workmcn does not amount to
an unrelated. intervening and efficient
cause, so as to excuse the powder COM
pany from its liablltN for damages to
children who afterward tind the solid-
fed glycerine and are injured hy II,
The sun., 1916-01-09

can YOU give mo the name OF a
steamship which sailed from Naples
August 10, 1909. and arrived in New
York September !, 1907 = s.
The Mendoza.
The sun., 1916-01-09

"Y T., AS appeal FOR the words
OF song: Mol the wad and fell
out" has 20 far been unsuccessful, but
there is an interesting reference to the
stanzas in Notes aud Queries. Ninth
Series. Volume Nj. page 80. where w.
sykes, VI. D., i. s A, OF Exeter. Eng
land discussing the use OF "Blrming-
nam" and "Brummagem" 10 denote
n sham. says: 81 remember. rs child
an old lady repeated to me the follow
ing land other) lines
Mai o. tho wad and I fell out.
And what do YOU think 'twa. all about
I gave her slxpence. sh" said 1t was bad
'Its a Brummasem button said Mai o.
the Wad."
The sun., 1916-01-09

T Il. i. says The usual blind all eve
ming has been ten cents and quarter
Jacks. A blinds II quarter when il Is
not "A jack. to which objects. W. can-
not find anything In the laws to pr
vent the agH from making the blind as
much as he pleases within the limit
which in this game was dollar.
Law No. G in the latest code Of rules
published by Wycil 4 Co, mentions ths
optional increase OF the blind ms one of
the things that should he agreed to be-
fore play begins. just like the betting
limit or progressive jacks. In the alb
sence Of such agreement at the start the
players should make ore as soon as the
point comes up. II the PLAYER refuses TO
diminish his blind they can stay out for
that deal and make the rule FOR future
deals.
The sun., 1916-01-09

Call-ace Euchre. r J. says. A bets
that IL the partner called upon has the
ace OF the suit he must play ii al the
first opportunity 50 that If III" flwt lead
of all is the called suit. the players may
know who the partner Is.
There is no obligation upon the part
n.r to disclose himself and one Of the
his identity If there is chance TO gain
tricks by 1t. Then again. it is not the
ace but the highest card OF the suit that
Is called on. and the ace may not be In
play How. then, is the holder of the
king. or even the queen. to know that
he IL the pa rrner?
The sun., 1916-01-09

While iuterued al Rastatt the Two Rus
sian masters BogoJuhon and Alechine
played the following game, both players
conducting the game without men or
board
The sun., 1916-01-09

\ series OF four lectures on the OPEN
lncs Will be delivered by Herman Helms
bafnrs the members OF tn" Brooklyn In
st,ute Chess club on saturday eve
rlrgs. February = and -, and March I
pud lS
The sun., 1916-01-09

A. =. N. says: We have some discus
sion as to the declaration OF second hand
tdealer passing) with these cards Five
clubs to the ace king ten three small
hearts and spades two small diamonds.
Bid the club at once. Then, II third
hand makes bid. the partner knows
what to lead. or upon what sure tricks
he can base a bid Of his own.
The sun., 1916-01-09

Julius Finn. former state Champion
will give an exhibition OF simultaneous
play at the rooms of the Empire 'ltE
Chess cub, 1855 Broadway, on saturday
sy,uing. January -. ON the same date
entries for the club championships and
n,ndi,ap TOURNAMENTS viii close.
The sun., 1916-01-09

Please let me know the author OF
~ expect to pass through this world
but once. IT, therefore, there he any
Kindness / can show. or any good thing
can do my fellow being. let me do
II now. Let me not defer or neglect II,
for ! shall not pass this way again"
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-13
Sir &iuber : Smiten.
sic fDnnen nidts 8ei1eres ae

sic fDnnen nidts 8e1eres gebralts
ben fir ben Suten Sbres &inbes l1tD
@rfdltnngen, ols ST.. &i1g's Stem
9isopperD. Sc miro bon Sannen&Sbeer
gemii6t NIT beilen0en l1nb berl1bigenz
Ben 8aliamen, berseiteIlt. So entbalt
nihts @da0lides nnb lit leidt abfiib<
reno, eerabe 9erlig, nm Sic Cite aus
bem gbltem nus8u16eiben. ST. Sings
Stem 9iscpberb. lit antiieptil6s- tDbtet
Bic grfaltlnss 8a5ilen = bebt Ser
lolf ben Sltifen auf nnb
Iinbert oie @e%ret5tbett. Wan idiebe Die
8ebanblnng ni6t binalts. &nIten nnb
grfdltungen fiibren oft 5u 1biperen
2nnsenleiben. Sc lit ebenfaas gut fir
grtpa9lene n11b alte 2ente. Nean bole
1i6 bea1te ein Slai6e. 4ue Mpotbefen.
(Mn5.)'