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The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The Literature of the New Auction

AUCTION BRIDGE STANDARDS.
BY Wilbur c. Whitehead. FredericI;
A. Stokes Company.
FOSTER on AUCTION. By Il. F.
Foster Z. T. Dutton & co.
THE PLAY or AUCTION HANDS.
By f. L. penison. Boston: 10th
rop. Lee s. Shepard Company
" HE amazing popularity OF auc-
ton whist. which has in a
few years become the uniyer-
sal card game. played everywhere
by hundreds Of thousands of men
and women. is due largely to the
fact that. as Charles NJ. Schwab has
put il: 'It is the one game in which
good judgment in bidding. and skin
in playing. to a very great extent
neutralize the run OF luck of the
cards" Merely as a game of chance
auction would not be very interest
ing. Il is the fact that the skiIlful
player viii IN the long run always
prevail over the less skilled that
makes auction a fighting game. In
which victory goes not to the lucky
holders of high cards but TO the
better bidders and players
Everybody plays auction nova
days: in the home. al the club. and
on the suburban trains Possibly it
would be more exact TO say plays
a. auction" for Ia a large percentage
OF those who play the game it is
merely question Of luck in holding
good cards. When they lose it is
always the same excuse: I'VE
Couldn't do anything with such cards
as we've been having" They do
not realize that Incorrect bidding.
and inability properly to play the
hands. is in 4 great many cases the
cause OF what they caii their bad
lack.
There is no question but that the
element OF luck is a factor in the
game. as it must be with all card
games But on the average good
and bad cards Will be pretty evenly
distributed so that for all practical
purposes the matter of luck may be
eliminated. Il is rot a question OF
the hands held. bat Of the proper
bidding to arrive at their value for
trick taking. that is the all-impor-
tant factor in playing winning YER
SIS losing auction. No amount OF
Skill will enable the holders OF the
poorer hands to win. but proper bid
ding and good playing viii always
GSae the losses smaller.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even sick child loves the "fruity''
taste of california Fig Syrup" II the
little tongue Is coated, or II your child
is listless cross, feverish, full Of cold,
or has collie, give teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly 1t works all the constipa-
ton poison, sour bile and waste out Of
the bowels, and you have well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children Of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother |
You must say "California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertise-
ment.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
COULD DO THAT, AT LEAST
Ex-Judae landis' Advice to Elderly
Man Who Had Protested Against
Lengthy Prison Term.

In trying cases Judge Landis had a
style all his own. OF all men he hated
a liar most and some of his best
shafts Of wit were directed at men
he caught lying on the stand. One
Of his best examples of ready wit
occurred about twelve years ago, when
he was sentencing a group Of defend
ants for oleomargarine "mOoDshining."
One defendant was man past six
ty years of age.
"Your sentence" said the judge
pointing his finger at the old man,
twill be five years"
"Why--why, / can't serve that. I'll
be dead before can get through a
sentence like that" declared the old
man.
The judge leaned back for sec
ond, then a twinkle appeared in his
eye. SWELL" he said, leaning forward
confidentially, "well. perhaps you can't,
but do the best you can. anyway"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
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The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
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Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
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The same standard of purity, strength
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It is not stimulant and is taken in
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1t is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
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A sworn statement of .purity is with
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If you need a medicine, you should
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The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

and glory Of it swelling in her tired
heart. She was still sitting on the
log, dreamily watching the expanding
beauty Of the new day, when there
was crashing in the underbrush be-
hind her, and wild with joy, and with
twigs and dried brown grasses on his
wet coat, Buck came bounding out Of
the forest, and leaped upon her.
'Bucky" she faltered, as he stood
beside her, his quick tongue flashing
ecstatically, close to her face, every
splendid muscle of his body wriggling
with eager affection. did you miss
me, old fellow? Did you come to find
meY
She had not cried during the long
vigil Of the night, when storm had
ragged in her heart, and had left her
weak and sick with dread. But there
was peace now. and Alix locked her
arms about the dogs shoulders, and
laid her face against his satiny head,
and cried.
Cro BE coNTrNuED.)
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
MONARCH A MEAN NElGHBoR
sennaeherib, Ancient Ruler Of Egypt,
Evidently q Bully Of the
Highest Order.

Going about knocking down other
kings cities when they failed to "kiss
his feet" was one of the playful habits
Of Sennacherib. ruler Of Egypt some
two thousand years ago, according to
cuneiform tablets just placed on ex-
hibition at the University Of Chicago,
Sennacherib kept diary" of his
playful habits" The big ste,e slabs
were brought to the United States.
with other records of ancient Egypt.
by Prof. James Fl. Breasted. SIN my
third campaign marched against the
land Of Haiti (Palestine)." said Sen
nacherib in his diary" 1.-THE kings
Of the west land brought rich gifts be-
fore me for the fourth time and kissed
my feet" "Hezekiah, the Judean. who
had not submitted to my yoke, be-
sieged and took 46 of his strong walled
cities, together with countless small
cities, by assault of battering rams
and siege engines, attack by FOOT so!-
diers and by mines and breaches.
captured some two hundred thousand
people, some small and great, men and
women, oxen and innumerable sheep"
"Hezekiah himself shut up in Je-
rusalem like Gagged bird" Other
tablets showed that Sennacherib had
Cheops Jazz band" dromedary
"toddle" and desert "home brew"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

her tell the boy thst he must catch
the boat.
Alix did not guess the truth. But
she guessed enough to make her feel
frightened and sick. She could lot
suppose that Cherry and Peter had
planned to 60 away on that boat to-
gether, because at most her thoughts
would have grasped the idea Of one or
two days absence only, and they had
given her no warning Of that. But
until this instant the thought Of the
passionate desire that enveloped them
had not reached her; she had imag-
ined Cherry's feeling for Peter to be
something only little stronger than
her own.
Now she thought of Cherry's beauty,
her fragrance and softness, the shine
in her blue eyes and the light on her
corn-colored hair, and knew that life
for them all, of late, had been mined
with frightful danger.
CHERRY would be disgraced, and
Martin-Martin would kill her. II he
found her out! Oh, my little
SlSteE! one WOulu Ue tOWu tdlk BIC
is SO reckless. she would do anything
she would be a public scandal, and
the papers would have her pictures
Dads little yellow-headed Charity I
oh, Dad" she said, looking up into
the dark, "tell me what to do! I need
you so! Won't you somehow tell me
what to dor
Silence and darkness. But even in
that gloom Alix could tell the fog was
lifting, and sudden sweep of breeze,
like tired breath, went over the tops
Of the redw0ods.
Steadily came the change. The dark
ness, by imperceptible degrees, lifted.
Light" Alix whispered, awestruck.
And few moments later she added,
DAWN"
It was dawn indeed that was creep
ing into the valley, and as 1t bright
ened and deepened and warmed mo-
mentarIly, Ali1 felt some of the peace
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

VII AhAA Sdlu. size AUUtu.
Her tone betrayed nothing, but she
was thoroughly at sea. "Did 1 ask
Cherry to say good-by to any one?"
she asked herself. going back to the
beginning Of the long day. Instinct
warned her that nothing would be
gained by sharing her perplexity with
Martin. Il give you my word that she
hasn't been five minutes alone with any
one but Peter and mel" she said,
frankly. looking into Martins eyes.
"Now, are you satisfied?"
"Sure, fm satisfied" he answered.
"rll take your say-so for it." He
yawned. Trouble with Cherry is, she
hasn't enough to dor he finished sapi-
emily.
I'm poor person with whom to
discuss Cherry!' Alix hinted, with an
unsmiling nod for goodnight.
And she looked at Cherry's corn
colored head, ten minutes later, with
a thrill Of maternal protectiveness.
Cherry was evidently asleep, buried
deep under the blue army blankets.
But Aiix did not get to sleep that
night.
She did not even undress. For 1t
bed, ready to begin the process, that
through her excited and indignant and
whirling thoughts the first suspicion
shot like touch of fame.
"Tll tell Peter all this when Martin
has gone," Alix decided. He'll be
furious-he adores Cherry-he'll be
furious-he thinks that there is no one
like Cherry"
The words she had said came back
to her, and she said them again, half
aloud, with look Of pain and almost
Of fear suddenly coming into her
eyes.
peter adores Cherry"
And then she knew. Even while
the sick suspicion formed itself,
vague and menacing and horrible, In
her heart, she knew the truth of it
And though for hours she was to
weigh it and measure it, to remember
and question and compare all the
days and hours that she and Peter and
Cherry had been together; from the
moment the thought was born she
knew that 1t was to be with her an
accepted fact for all time TO come.
For few seconds Alix felt i'll,
dazed, and shocked almost beyond en-
during. She sat immovable, her eyes
fixed, her body held rigid, as a body
might be in the second before it fell
after bullet had cleanly pierced the
heart.
Then she put her hand to her throat.
and looked with a sort of terror at
the silent figure Of Cherry. Nobody
must know-that was Alix's first clear
thought. She was breathing hard, her
breast rising and falling painfully,
and the blood in her temples began to
pound; her mouth was dry.
With a blind instinct for solitude
she went quickly and silently from the
sleeping porch, and into the warm sit
ting room. For few minutes Alix
stood, with one foot on the chain that
linked the old brass fire dogs, her ell
bow on the mantel. and her cheek
resting against her arm.
NO" she whispered, almost audi
bly,. "no-it can't be that! It can't be
Cherry and Peter-Oh, my God! Oh,
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

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Wash off Ointment In five minutes
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is wonderful what Cuticura will do
for poor compilations, dandruff, itching
and red rough hands.-Advertiseme
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
Not EIatterinu

/ am unused to children and besides
knowing no lullaby songs have no
voice to carry tune. 1 offered to care
for a neighbor's child one afternoon.
The child grew tired and asked me to
rock her and sing. began bravely but
she stopped me and said: "You don't
need to sing, dess Your songs make
me wider awake."-Exchange.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

my God, it has been that, all the time,
that, all the time-and / never knew
i'll never dreamed 1t!
''It's Peter and Cherry! They have
come to care for each other-they
have come to care for each other" she
said to herself, her thoughts rushing
and tumbling In mad confusion as she
tested and tried the new fear. ut
must be SO. But 1t can't be sow Alix
interrupted herself In terror. '1or
what shall we do-what shall we do!
Cherry In love with Peter. But Peter
is my husband-he u my husband"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
eoxwood Hard 10 Obtain.

In this country we once used tons
of the Turkish and Persian lockwood
for engraving, but this finely textured
wood Is now difficult to obtain and
very high priced. Ordinarily we use
5000 tons of 1t annually.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
Recommends the Vegetable
COMPOUND
The "strike" LIS On

The customer called the waiter.
There's chunk of wood in my
sausage said he. ~ expect to bo
served with the dog, but I'll be hanged
II I'll eat the kennel, too"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

Advice is like castor oil-it is one
thing to prescribe 1t and another to
take II.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

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SToYER, 1918 Mulberry St. Reading,
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The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
Technical.

The dramatic triangle, Robert, II
caused by people not being on the
square.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30
So Different From Her Own.

% O1nereht from Her OWn.
II do enjoy those films with children
In EN-" remarked tired-looking little
woman. when the children romp
around on the screen they don't make
a particle of noise"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

When a man laughs at misfortune
It's generally that oe another.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

Make Money-If you are acquainted In yous
community and want to make some sSAe
money. write CHAS. MURDOCH, 10th Soss,
W, T. Waggoner Bldg. Fort Worth. Tezaa
enEE booklet From Railroad Clerk to OIL MaGnasa~
I'LL AddressY y Hildreth. BE 1855 f. worth Tu1,
The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we've made of 1t
ALI"
AS she used the term, she realized
that Cherry had used 1t, too, this same
evening, and fresh conviction was
added to the great weight of convic-
tion In her heart.
"Oh, Peter-Peter-Peterv' she
moaned, writhing as the cry escaped
her. "Why couldn't 1t have been me,
why couldn't you have loved me that
way? l know / am not SO pretty as
Cherry" Alix went on, resuming her
restless walk, "and know that those
things don't seem to mean as much to
me as to most women! But, Peter"
she said softly, aloud, mo wife ever
loved man more than love you, my
dear!" She remembered some of his
half-laughing. half-fretful reproaches,
when he had told her that she loved
him much as she loved Buck, and that,
In these respects, she was no more
than healthy child. II may be
child" said Alix, feeling that a dry
flame was consuming her heart, "but
child can love! My dear-my dear
II wish / could cry" she said sud-
denly, finding herself sitting on a log
where low oaks met the forest and the
open meadows. "But now we must
face this thing sensibly. What Is to
be done? They must not know that l
know, and in some way we must get
out of this tangle. Even II Peter were
free, Cherry would not be Free" she
decided, "and SO the only thing to do
is to help them, until It dies away"
No suspicion of the truth stabbed
her, although she remembered Martin
and his strange tale Of message and
wondered about 1t little In her
thoughts. To whom had Cherry been
sending that telegram II not to Peter?
And II to Peter. why had she not
simply telephoned7 Because she had
known that Peter was not In his Of
fee, because she had been going to
meet him somewhere. But where7
Well, at the boat Martin had heard
The independent-reporter., 1922-10-26
Pennington Normal Notes

The radio instrument which vas
presented to the school by last years
graduating class. is set up and work
ing in Merrill Hall 81 different
broadcasting stations have been heard
from, those at greatest distance being
st. Louis, Chicago, Davenport. Iowa
and Atlanta. Georgia. Many of the
students have listened to the pro-
grams.
The need of the World Student
Friendship Fund was presented to the
school Friday morning by Oscar Whal-
en-, representative of the Interna-
tional Y. NJ. c. A. Mr.. Whalen spent
IA weeks last summer studying the
conditions OF the students in the uni
versities OF Central Europe. The
lack of food. clothing, books and
equipment is APPALLING and he believes
worthy of the support of the students
of America The matter is to be tax
en- up with our student body during
the week.
The members of the educational
committee of the State Legislature
visited the school last week, looked
over the school plant and the prop0s-
ed site of new dormitory.
The annual teachers convention of
Franklin County will be held at tho
Normal School, Friday November "a.
Ethel Ward of st. Albans who has
been unable to attend school because
of sprained ankle, is back at work
Florence MacAuley of Madison has
given up her work and gone home
Velma Berry. who graduated from
Skowhegan high school has also left.
Friday Erva Berry's mother and sis
ter of North Anson were visitors at
school, taking the North Anson girls
home for the week end.
Winona Butts of Kingfeld went to
her home to stay over Saturday and
Sunday.
The independent-reporter., 1922-10-26
JACKMAN CEASED TO Be
RUM RUNNING CENTER
Wet Goods Now Coming by Fleet No.
tor Boats 80 Out OF Way Coast
Towns

JACKMAN, Oct. q tSpeciaD. -
This place as run running center
has slipped decidedly during the past
summer according tn those who konw
about that game. Instead OF try
ing to bring the stuff down from Que
bee thru this town to the points of
distribution down state, say those who
know, they are bringing it into Maine
by water; that is, they arc using the
St John and other points in the mari
time provinces as Headquarters, and
by means OF fast motor boats-some of
them part of the famous fleet of Eagle
boats which, the Government used dur
ing the war 10 chase German sub
marine Along the coast transport
the stuff 10 points on the Maine coast.
There are many reasons, say men
who know, why this Is "A safer PROPOSE
ton than depending upon automobiles
and dash down the Jaekman road TO
bingham and thence out of the state.
The motor boat can slip away from
secluded out of the way cove on
the coast and run in ST. John, Grand
Manan, Campobello or many other
points. take on SiZeable cargo of Ii
quOr ana slip BACK 10 point OF depar-
turc or to some other ont of the way
and little known place on the coast
and unload the stuff in comparative
security.
Distribution from such points is re-
garded by men in the business as be
ing much more easily accomplished
than from here.
MO large forces ri dpnutipe are ma
trolling the highways leading from
such harbors To hold up automobiles
coming away with IA supply of liquor
III them. To take and stop some
we'll known citizen and search his car
Just because he is taking "A trip out
Of town in his automobile is mighty
serious business, especially il nothing
be found in the autcmobile,' says a
man who is familiar with the ways
things are being worked. tx
The independent-reporter., 1922-10-26
ELABORATE MISSIONARY
PAGEANT NOV. 3
Elaborate Affair will be Given In the
Federated Church Followed by So
cial

Under the auspices of the Federated
Mission Circle. a missionary pageant
will he given November at the Fed
Grated church in the evening. About
fifty persons will take part represent
ing various characters assisted by the
church choir and local musicians. The
title of the pageant will be Chris
tianity's Vision of India and the affair
Is being directed by Miss Gertrude Car.
ter assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mar
BILE. This will be one of the most
elaborate missionary entertainments
ever presented in town and is being
given for the entire public. There
will be no admission fee but a collec-
ton will be taken during the evening.
After the pageant ice cream and cake
will be sold under the supervision of
committee of which Mrs. Ira A.
Norton is chairman. a social hour
will be in order.
There will be five scenes in the pa
geant In scene one Christianity and
Faith walk together. Service and
Enthusiasm hail Christianity but with
draw as she is beset by Self-Satisfac
ton and Incidence; returning again
to vanquish them finally. Consecra-
tion appeals 10 bier, but is hindered
by Prejudice and ignorance. Revel-
alton comes and leads her in Il vision.
In the second scene Revelation leads
Christianity to a street in a small
village OF India, where they stand and
watch the Hindu falSir, the idol and
animal worship. The priest castles,
the blind people, the child bride and
Fer attendants, the young widow. In
scene three they stand outside the
Office Of the American Medical Mis-
sionary and watch the cripples and
diseased people together listening to
their stories; and see the Bible wO-
man as she comes to them with her
message In scene four they enter
the doctors Office and watch the suf-
ferers as they receive help and instruc-
tion. In the last scene Revelation
is succeeded BY Love; and Christian
ity longs to help. Conservation en-
ters, closely followed by Sacrifice; and
as Christianity accepts them as her
future companions, Sacrifice turns in
to JOY.