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A HOOroO CHAIR AJS'D ITS OWNER. ROCK PR IS BAD LUCK TO EVERY OCCUPANT AND HAS CAUSE0 TWENTY ACCIDENTS. RW.tch rfr.wn ao est ranrdlnary a other man pitched out of It onto his face; i. regarded sa haunted Th. another had hla glasses broken hy it anU it after It had been hl" another had hi.

col lar hone broken by it; a woman was ,1 li Motel. Manchester, thrown out of It; a dog knocked senseless in It; a man a head bv It. snd a hahy found under It Eleven i.ia aitn fia.turid by It; an- other minor accidents are credited to it. Oris Bank Is JVever rohe. II IV IHt HOUSE OF MONTE CARLO, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SYSTEM IS.

YOU CAN'T BEAT IT. tin in (fThlrsgn Tribune sometimes, red often, but ajHs." M. Itlanc. the proprietor whone being becomes White. 1 1 ul let.

ahntever he be. monkey I hi i rimy, lncxi-n-ni'e! or doomed to fall. not gnttlltlmic niet'elv is a knon or lanoran.e regard- l. iv slake, aie red against black, 11 -t hrsi IS against IV to any of these groups, i-- the bank lakes half the .1 inns on tin ia.na one .0 or 1 per cent tin the even 1. ice imoler tut a number 1.1, hank pa htm H.

times his oT times, and thus wins Make in 87. 'or V7 per 1 ie numbers. "Trvnte et of cards, is also played at .,10 There ouiv itro even chances. .1 lur tin Kink, called retail, I aaln.sl for 1 per eellt. mm.

wl jh tcrutaacs of from 1 to .7 1 i i ii in an annual pnn; of snout then, must iie.irlv be the' in; taken Into the gambling to Ih staked. were s.akc.l but fresh 1 time, and the wlttumss public would have to pro- iiicli has been estimated at the bank the annual prollt "oo u.it most of the gamblers ik.) tl t-i- winnings until they I Iviink wins a sum nearly .1: the public provld.s for the The action of the ilie proik.ri lonai Imt not the 1 .1 ere staked every time otil.l Ih- only 1V In flit. 'c coins over and over again -o. The actual loss is the case. nltliouKh the loss In money carried In Is ex- mho to win provided the irerous.

for in that ca.se Its even chance will be bal- sains over the opposite the difference between the iii Ih- more than compen- and Tcfalt. The correct numbers nearly are equaled any slight preponderance ot one over the other he- ii. ore than- liquidated by the image of 'J 7. lu the long run i one ci over another Is less of one number over another, leas C--S-. Ihe gamblers should not i'- war avaim-i each other, but acamst the'r common foe, i.ton.oiisly on one color, sa red.

i Black would appear as i Their losses on Mack would m.ns on red. and white t'blano -s -much as ever. As between public and tiie bank the re-: whether the public 1 er red and black simulta- ni.ikes any other bets, then, how one VI I i ten: ends of the same tables, that one had backed i-ly and the other black, the their operations being a small They couldn't win. but neither c' i' v. h-ne except to mero, which p-- k- and takes only half a stake.

'ii. were sure of a long bout of ''K," 'k before their money was if they intended to stake a great ihejf were foredoomed to lose v. ihey staked on red only, or eit rt-i and bia. simultaneously. The pub- are so numerous that black's ap- to a numler of laolaie,) event.

The gam-11T hna romrol over the nuinher and value his slakes, tint as these are subject to no' method of varying thetn has any effect on the likelihood of winning or losing. Therefore, so long as npiHiMlte chances me not hacked nuitH neously, nt sysle'm a either goiKl jid. "This conclusion Is so abhorrent to human nature that In prac-tl. f. It la disregarded by all who bet; and scarcely any writer subnet Iocs to It ev.n In tiicry.

That a system merely in an. Ideu, that Its tnttucuco inervl Is nothing, except In ao far as It Increases or ilecrensea 1 1 1 1 of Kmiihllng. These tin- Ihe sum exposed to chance In altogether upHtion is gone lis disap- Im repulsive a view. Nobody follows it In pracll, e. It la difficult to find one who cn- siire with the cultuatlon of the Kistentiy supports It In theory.

Neverthe- less. It is the only true view 1 1 Maxim and Mr. It Kechohm 0: London are two of the latest students Ihe th.M.ry and nrt of All systems rest upon the belief thnt at roitlefte the past affecia the future. If red hna apwared. expect bl.i.

k. and so forth. Hut we cann.it estimate what forces are UK nid these aie the conclusion npplieil to the wheel and ball, and have no c. ni a They reason whntever for suposlng that a past n.l..r. Hppearance of red of horse rncluic and of the stock IliB I' roulette, for example.

Is dcrlted as wheel wnicti lies on Its face with Its ivnter on hxed uot The cioupicr causes li li.rl ol.e rrtpuDy hIh.ijI its center 1 ih, ik. it small Ivory ball In the -lion alo.iiid Ihe rim. When an he an Impotent Item In these forces, or that It has ai.y intlueucn whatever. Kven If we did know this the and for all the conclusion la but know-ledge would he useless, for wc should have to take Into account all past chance efiit. which ohvhoisly Imr-osslhle.

It often IS said that ihe individual Is at a disadvantage, because li.s wealth Is less than flint of the hank. This In not true. An Individual richer than the hunk would lose .11 his wealth "if he went on betting. Hla. w.alth would enable him to last longer than a poor man.

hut the reault would bo I Us momentum It falls Into one, the same in Itoth cases. A rh man hiail. cut the surface of the has nn advantage over a poor nian. Pen men with a reserve of one are 1 li.ce stalls marked In Irregular mlrimK KH nrn Wltn a of a ui the numbers from seio to III- thousand, if the reaerves are not brought 10 nn. I lhe arc colored alternately nghtlri lines.

1 r. If the fight In to a 1. onlah, and the enemy kills on an average of n-m 1...1, k. 1 ii'i'i'l sem. which has no one In every seventy-four shots with no loss to himself, ten meieiwith their reserve veu chances, so called because, a of a thousand will all be killed as surely 'In a h.

upon one of them earns the ruu en men with this reserve vi one. To the hank It Is immaterial how the gamblers bet. provided they, bet often, an.l-provi.i.ni the aggregate amount' th-board dees not ary to an excessive degree. The bank ilcsires no advantage from Its absence of nerves or. the.

amount of its resources. Il suffers no disadvantages from the fact that the gambler may choose the moment for the wager, may bet or abstain, as he 1 Such considerations are of no" value The hank merely provides gamblers wifh the opportunity of testing their powers of The money of those who guess wrongly is used to p'ly those who guess correctly, and a small percentage Is retained as the bank a commmsRin Its trouble. Hotting on horse-races, though under conditions extremely different from those prevailing at Alonte I'arlo. is governed by the same general principles. The horse-racing situation Is summarised with the sage observation that "It Is well known to be foolish to" prophesy unless you know; It ei-ually Is foolish to risk a serious sum In rt bet alvoul a horse race unless you have Important and secret information, a thing of the rarest -occurrence, even to professionals.

In nearly every case the whole sum of human knowledge about the various horses is staled in the bookmaker's mid. To choose a horse from the "held" is to contest the general verdict. Nothing is Kiiiiicd hy taking the advice of an individual, however honest and able, for bin choice is unlikely to Ix-at the favorite anu it does not pay to hack even favorites." stock exchange events it is granted that the gambler may think he has profitable advantage In his power of selecting the propitious moment. Hut the price of a stock Is a statement of the value put upon It by the expert world after considering all the essential faetcji-s Interest-earning capacity, public opinion, financial influences, the value of money. No sensible man would have the temerity to suppose that he.

as an amateur, can estimate the quantity and value of these conditions better than the professionals. The amateur who uses a roulette system, or backs a horse, or S)eculate3 on the stock exchange Is assuming powers of prophecy which are not natural to human beings. He is claiming superhuman qualities. Gamblers seem gradually to be realising this. There is a steady growth In the un- derstanding of roulette: modern mathemi ticlans know more of the laws of probability than did Pascal or Modern stem-mongers- have outgrown some of the superstitions of their predecessors-Few now believe in an infallible svstem.

The gambling at Monle Carlo is becoming lesa irrational: there is less belief in luck or systems, less hope of winning, less ir-s niini oi x-amoiinsj. II is suggested, is I wife who divided their' spare "eariy to spirit of natKmal enter- and agreed "to net in level prise and easily may be transformed there into. With the growth of intelligence It Is hoped that the gambler may be domesticated and harnessed for the use of A FLORAL FREAK. I inneapoits Tnbune. There la a singular floral freak called the "occasional" flower, for the reason that it has no particular time to bloom It is said that when closed the occasional newer is in color ana turni something like by backing red.

for their poppy head, but with the -stem at tached, submerged rn a bowl of i.p in r-e neariy the same as those a lew minutes ana taeu taken out and while xero will make up for any placed by lis stent in aa empty bottle the but the Individual who bets a-rl- pet's begin in several minutes to open out-ii. a obtain an firr-j of re.1 over This process Is slow but distinct'. and should keep open this chance of able. The petals continue 10 rise and to inning. Hence the occasional better may expand until they gradually recede.

When stlHtr- xero and r.fa i tkv a. k.i this a ion Is mmtilt.rf it X-1 ap pearanc the sunflower. The occasional are readv siitin ihtuA vIia flower remains Ihut the future with any approach during w-hlch time. th. state of humidity certainty.

A great many think them- lessening by degrees, the fibre berlna to vegirt lo the petals close uri rropheta This belief In one elf shrink and one's Judgment produces the systems In the same sich bring the gampler to the rooms day the flower re 'er day. jf there were no systems there Is said that. "-ves prophets. This belief In one's self shrink and I way that they opened until resumes its former position. It lPAIM.Iv ui isaea, 11 a re vouid be so little gambling that It would gard to temperature and air and carefully pay to keep the saloona open.

handled, the occasional flower never de- era la denned by thea investigators cay. nor degenerates In It radianc and nothing but a mental connection apllad splendor. Wuhluloa Star 1 1 h. cr-card in behind the layer', stool "h- hv A of ih- lmmHCtmm. talk of been jouncing of the gimme- -n.

gimme bookmakers on the slack -when the Radtke iiorae sailed first put wire Mnn. one the dais along the wire, i. uj nr lc-rgt ne or so. the lorammlonfr gave toward the wind-up of the t- c4 Bay of a O.tlll.n ca.ta.iet meetir.x," a Washington fodowt -r of no, and the mucilaginous language the thoroughbred gamcj irho trickled he rrwdl to apply to the person of here on Saturday night, to spend the gloat layer kept everybody In the Sunday the folks; -but the layer Th. commissioner didn't, of just 111 of being able to.se where the in comes In.

"Tl i- Is one of those l.yers who played tlirouRh resemblance in nsmea or a mlsapj.r. I.i nslon. He's there wlito tn. should like to have you go ay-way and permit me to "Well, the commissioner had to lake a chance then for himself. He was, of course, there with the bank roll 10 hedge out on the Miller thing, but his own Jaw got to wouldn't do that.

He -figured that it would Ole man Simp come cleadC 'thouten any trial. I hcarn." aald the Station Agent at Bay Tree. "But I never heard how It all hartpened." "Ole man Simp come clear." said the expressman, "but Poc Junk come anlgh gw-ine yonder." "So." says the station man. "how come that?" "You know," the expressman said, "ole limp's ole woman died and ole Simp come to Sumtertown. and when the citixena condole with him he says: say anything shout the Incident to hi rlublmuse principal.

It wasn't up to Mm to. He'd toeen prepared to stand th lit. mi.tkk.n Kf mnA th. erase a bet. He doesn't take m.r.

k. e.nt sny tt look soft to him. and when of a plicl-ead'a coin and he had a his aliet riter nets It registered he wont chance to wske up Isuxhlns; thst night, switch It even If a thousand affidavits sre "Sow ta. nuike. book on the horses has cot to have some spine, but he submit him that a mistake has been hav, to nav.

oaalflca- made sjmI tliat the wroni home has been 0f the conk. It didn't take me so very Ions, when I was niakinc book myself, to find out the curious fact that the bets folks want to have taken off the sheets or hosrae h-wl at anybody that sills t.n.ngrd g.era!lv winnlnf slung and afWa lilm to change a bet on the "Remember that Uwynne th bets. hlnc that cot sheet and hawllna; apparatus was espe- hy at Bennlns a few years sko at loo to I was booking at Bertninc then, and 1 iiand- dally fit and hipshab the day that he slipped hima. if th.s 11.0 citron. few day before the Sheepshead Bay meeting finished a clubhouse commissioner was asked by one of his clients to get lilW on that occasion by refraining from swelling up when aked to scrape a Owynne bet oL my sheet.

"I hsd Just finished putting up my chalk on that race, with lnO-to-1 against the dom for him on the Miller mount, in the Owynne thing, when an excited little man day's handicap tn his ay to the ring the hanged his way through the crowd around comml.a.oner got glued up mentally. His "ck a I0 plaster within a coup.e of inches of my nuse, and yelled at recollection had It tnat M.l.er ta. up on a horse in the rsce on which Radike had the mount, and when he reached the commissioner's stool he named this horse upon which Radtke wss 2.tM bet went down on wn v. he accidentally got tils gate fixed on the Jockey hoard and haw the mistake he had made. lie'd got S2.oi of another man's money down on the i-to-2 thing that Katko was going to ride, whereas was up on the H-to-5 and rapidly receding favorite that his man had really asked him to bet the coin on.

"In a panic the commissioner started for the layer's stool to gel the ihange mude il' he could, although knowing the layer for a good many c.rn he wasn't very hopeful that he be able to ge( by whh the job Hey. there, mate," he called out to the bookmaker. 'I'm In to hand myself a kick for the way 1 got those two J.s'ks mixed up In their mounts. My wanted me to play the Miller and 1 spouted that of his on the Radtke crab. Make the switch for me.

won't you? I know that the Miller thing has been backed down, but I'll make up the difference in the odds myself If the thing 'Now, run way and ieddle your replied the bookmaker, sardonically. 'What d'ye think am. a moving picture? To the firs: Each and every wager made beneath the shade of this bamboo tree goes as it is latd. Hack!" weakly exitoatulated the commls- Gwynne straight!" "Owynne was a Joke with me. and so I gave tne excited little man Jl.ono to $10 valnal that in a ,4 looked linon the ten ia rform.

and the r.h, dinner money the snt-et that and loose gum '1A fea- minutes later I heard a great wrangling bctaeen a man and a woman "The fuii.oled ar the here my wnlch ma, ring for 1 or 15 m.nule.v talkir.g things nritr OBe 0f the stairways, leading to the over, after getting the bet down, before grandstand, and I wheeled around to see wnat wss coming off. The little man woo had bet the ten hones with on Gwynnc was being backed Into a stanchion, out by the brick waik. by a big. raw-boned woman, plainly his wife. She was about four hands than he ass, and she looked as If she could have made a lunch off him.

8he was shaking a forefinger In his chart and ordering him. under dire threats, to get that lo off Gwynne. while he was trying to convince her that Gwynne had a show. "But she was from the Oxarks, and couldn't be shown. Ton'i you Uare to try to tell me such nonsense, you tackhead" she was saying to him.

"The very idee of your squandering the last $lo we had on such a thing Gwynne the very Idee! You go to the man this very instant and tell him that I want that $lo put on the horse I gave 'to you to play do you hear me, dunce?" "Then the lBtle man eiunk over to my stool. I cut him off when he started to tell me all about It. 'It's all right, old rop." I told him. henrd her passing It out to you. and you're fixed out.

I'll swap the Gwynne bet. What's the name of the thing you want to play?" "He named the horse I forgot which one sioner. "I teil you I got the two Jocks and of the skates It was and I had the shift their mounts mixed, and this man I'm bet-, made on the sheet. The 'little man went ting for will' away with his shoulders hunched forward. "'Never mind the looking sad.

music, pal." cut in the layer. "When ye "Three (minutes later Owynne had tottered rhink I began to take money away from home in front of his field, and I was Just myself? That to 5 Miller nursling that to the nice because 1 hadn't got the you want to climb on. now that your feet weight-lifter's vest on when the little man are cold, will he Juggling home here all by had asked me to change his bet. his little solitude In a few minutes. I "Hut the swell part of that Joke was what 1 heard the raw-boned woman saying to her husband on the way In on the train.

What d'ye suppose she was crowding into him? 'If you was anything like a man at all. 'stead of a shrimp." she was Jolting him on sticking out over the way the bookmaker the in-train. 'we'd have right now. had handled him. and he ielrtcd that hi "stesd o' helng broke like we are you wouldn't ha' let me or sny other fool worn- feel real good.

It would. If the Radtke sn take you off a good thing that you thing would beat the Miller one and enable liked and that win at 100 to 6 JNfew JKnged JWotor Cycle. FREAK BICYCLE WITH AERIAL SCREW CAN EASILY COVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. Illustrated London News k. 1 A i LJ I Doctor's JYHstahe CQas Costly IT KNOCKED OUT A nr died.

town. That waa the worst ever HANGING AND TOWN. New York Sun .1. the plien In SPOILED A GOOD IHET ain't rot no use for doctors no 'Twon't do." ses Jim. ronr.

down In Sumtertown." said "Jence. prove It Get me "Gotter have evi-i doctor to show JL So thev sits TW Junk line he soent not a bit since Poc Junk made three months studying medicine an" It aint that air bust of hisn when ole Miss Simp no Joke he is really the fines' calomel and hit the lulnliw doct-ir there, but he ain't got no suinuin jin tne state Society. "Poc seen il was his rhanst to make a repytatlon an" he's the man for the job. 8 Doc he gets the boys an" they digs up ole lady Simn. an' he analyses her stummlck.

"He come next day and aex to Jim an" eg ole lady Simp was pisened with glass, as he's done analysed her atummick. "That's the sea Jim. 'We've -got him an" he a gwine to hang." "That looked like It's done settled and ole Sim-v he made ready to hang. But there wasn't no said the express man. "They let ole Simp off." "Darn oie Simp.

said the station man. "-The darned oie scoundrel nixened his wife." "Piaened hell:" sea th. nnm.ii "Yes. darn her. she dead, and I'm (lad "what you think happened? Well, here of it." about a week ago there came a Cracker to You know how them Crackers is dowa tTT-Ii had, WUh hlm a barrel seven feet long, an" he iusl in Florida.

Worst sort of Crackers. They snorted. gets the Uea old man Simp felled his "Darn you all wifa and raises hell and tslk. r-nu lenehin' Y9a hd him. You remember that.

"Well, they ses they had just lynched three niggers an' is goin' to have a legal hangin'. an" ole Simp he sea his prayers, for he knowed that a Cracker jury would hnd hiuu They put him in jail an' here along comes the State'a Attorney an" they tells him ole Simp has w-illfnii tell "em wnat he think. sex he. 'Darn you ai. Tts iMt to a-pourta' from eaua ain't fedta' too scrootr analysis.

as b. 'Darn ses the Crweksr. 'tUdat you say that air woman jrwa doc up was ptseredT" "Doc aea he's made a not' careful analysis an It's glass. That there Cracker cussed wuat's I ever baard. 'Darn you, Poc Junk." ha sea.

'Darn you, that's my wife you due up: Tou will die up crave an' Bay' people is plsened. will you? Tou toie me my wife had typhoid fever." -Well. air. that knocked out the hart In'. Ole lKr bed mad a mistake an' due up tbe Cracker's wile an" left ole Simp wife in the crave darn him.

"They let oie Simp go. Sad Joc warn't no ffood outaide er calomel darn htm. POISONOUS FISHES. Pearsoa's Weekly. 1 Certain reptiles have been considered by the man in the street to be the only creatures endowed by nature with Ttnemovi fangs, which, when dug Into the flesh of man.

cause poisoning to be set up, but th circle of venomous creature extend to fiahee. There Is a fish found tn Central America, armed with a aplne closely resembling tbe fang of a venomous serpent. The spine Is hollow and cnmmunloate-s at lis baa with a poison bag. the contents of which pass through the spine into the wound which It Inflicts. The dorsal fback) fin of the same fish Is also provided with two spines, each of which is similar in structure and function to that already described, and together they form the most perfectly developed poison organism yet found.

Two species of fish found fn the Pacific are as venomous as any rattlesnake. Each has a number of dorsal apines provided with a sure-acting poison bsg, and fang grooved for, the convey ance of the venom into the wound. The fishermen employed In places along the coast are well aware of the propensities of these fishes, and they would no more think of handling them than you would a poisonous reptile. Sometimes, however, they are trodden on unwittingly by people wading with naked feet, when they inflict a wound which frequently proves fatal. All these fishes are known to be venomous, but there are many others which are under the ban of suspicion.

These are most likely quite as poisonous as their contemporaries are known to be. The w-nll-known wee vera of British waters weevers re a sort of perchare vipers; so, too. Is the sting ray. as it Is of the Indian Ocean, all these Inflicting wounds with stiletto-like spines so severe as to draw comparison with those Inflicted by viperous serpents. Dead fishes are poisonous, too, their number being greater than living viperous fishes.

Though not poisonous In tbe living state, yet Jhe globe fish, sea porcupine. trigger fish and trunk fish are poisonous when dead: so. too, -are certain species of herrings, but these not caught on our side of the hemisphere. Their conversion into poisonous bodies Is probably brought about bv the partaking of poisonous food Just before, though this fsct would not usually obtain among other fishes. TRAINING THE BOYS.

I New York Pre aa 1 Tell your youngster the celebrated story of the wise man of Persia, who. being asked by the Shah to name a present for himself, said his wants were so simple that he would be willing ten accept grains ot corn in compensation for all he had done for his royal master snd the state, "ilavu the graije placed on a checkerboard," he said; "1 An the first square, 2 on the second, -t on the third. 8 on the fourth, and keep ori doubling until each of the IX squares have been covered." The Shah smiled, and hinted to his Prime Minister that the wise man must be humored, as he was a slliy old tiling. So the grains of corn were brought about a pint, and one of the slaves wes set to work tilling the squares. Kefore 10 squares were filled the Shah and his court began to be amazed.

Great mathematicians were summoned to do the counting, and corn was brought In by the wagon load. By and by It threatened to nil the. palace, then the palace grounds, then the city, then the- whole of the Shah's dominions, and a halt had to be called. This yarn will set your boy thinking. If he has been naughty, say that you are going to punish him by allowing him to till up the squares of the checker board wttd rice or mustard seed, and when the job is finished he may go play.

See him laugh at you for the celerity with which he will finish the task and be out with his' chums-Then watch the lengthening of his countenance as he gets up to counting the first 1.U00 grains. When the utter hopelessness of the Job dawns upon him you relent, and he has learned a useful lesson. No child on earth will believe at first in the veracity of father who tells him it would occupy a lifetime many times over to count out the grams for the G4 squares. He gives the merry ha. hat oV.H.-:!ol PEOPHESYIKO TROUBLE.

I Motor orld Some one has found a hint, as some one alwavs does hen there Is a'new Invention or discovery, of the automobile In the Bible. It is in the vision of NahUm, the Elkoshite, concerning the burdcr of Nineveh. In the account given by this seer of the military muster and array of the Medes and Babylonians against the doomed city of Nineveh, the mistress of t. when "the people in the midst of her were women." the Elkoshlte has this remarkable verse: "The chariots shall rage In ihe streets, they shall Josrle one against another in the broad ways, they shall seem like torches, they trail run like the lightning." A variant of the word "jostle." which the original Hebrew will, it Is sajd. equally well or better bear, is "pass swiftly.

withiut particular purpose, ro and fro." a rendering witich brings the cars of the Hebrew prophet into, perhaps, an. 11 1 closer connection with the motor cars of the present day. T.S HE BOILED IT DOWN. Saa Francisco Chronicle An amusing story is told of the editor of a go-ahead evening newspaper, who, in the eternal rushing to press to get ahead of the opposition, was constantly Impressing u.ion his reporters th necessity of condensing the news. A terrific boiler explosion had taken place on board a big ship lying at Portsmouth.

"Get down there as hard as you can." he said to one of his men. "If you catch the 11:40 from London bridge you'll be there soon after 2. and can Just wire us up something for the fifth edition but boil it -down." And the reporter went. Soon after 3 o'clock that afternoon they got a wire from him: "Terrific explosion. Melpomene.

Boiler empty. Engineer full. Funeral to-morrow. No flowers." i' AFBICAN ARBOW POISON. ITS Lancet Dr.

Charles Bolton has Investigated the toxic properties of an arrow poison which was obtained by Dr. D. Alexander from a medicine house at Ghasi. a pagan town in Northern Nigeria. According to Dr.

Alexander, the poison when fresh forms a semifluid. sticky. black substance; it is smeared on slick and is scraped oft and heated when required for redipping the arrows. It appears to contain the juice of a varie-tv of fig. the placenta of which is used in the manufacture of the poison.

Dr. XI- in lev es an grave Wh.re's that -t. 4 euiw. yt.j. idu oarn v.oro- tier a Jury? Dam "em aUr That sort er stirred tin re.

Ik. .1. man Kigga ne come an" said he ain't scared er no dam Cracker, an" ast what was the matter. "The Cracker he cusses an' sea grwine to kill every last one er them juror. He ses he wants "em all together some he raw his wife 4 "Well, them, Jury collect, an' you know that Cracker has to make good or move Jim Johnson was State Attorney, and fast.

Sure enough, the Cracker make, wltea he come with the Cote they tell rood- The Jury get together an" th him to hang ole Simp. Jim sex it a Crae aomr- Sea he: tim. somebody waa hung and ast what rv. "1 nT sea Doc an" then that Cracker 1 cracaer. sex.

Darn him. didn't he cusses some mor. waa dara glad th oi worn wua 'Where's see he. waar -AM' they Mad tot Deo. Xa a in the abdomen with a poisoned arrow, and that death resulted, apparently from failure of the heart.

In about minutes. HINT TO FISHZEMEN. tNew York Press. o- If all the lie told In one day by fishermen could be related to one man it would be 7aS vears before he could hear a truthful word again. Th flsh reputed to nave been caught bv these modern Wall on would weigh 4S billion pounds.

Come, get real fish from This sign hangs In the window of a Harlem dealer in sea food. It catches the cy of th crowd, vv nether ft creates as ajpUt for flak ao knows. HEN PLAYS THE PIANO, AND ROOSTER ACTS LIXE AN AUTOMOBILE. rrwnertasi l(e. Osr.

Pwlla. eforra laawliws IN A POfLTRT yard near her la a ben else to eat. aad he declare that well day that la considered to be freak. 6ha got two eggs of sixteea-andl-powr strength. ca lb By varmshln, the egg.

he ka prssssrved It all happened when the hen flew their strength, aad be believe the longer Into the parlor of the farmhouse and thee glewtng eggs are kept the stronger landed oa the Ivory keys of the Instrument. ''1row' w. By painting then red, blue or grew he which, of course, gave forth a few found he could gt aa many different col- dant note. At first the chicken was great- ored lights, and most beautiful effect could ly astonished, but tn a tittle while she grew ot br trtng1ng them in festoon a accuatomd t. th.

sound. hed th. 'SUTTJ feet. tnoMIe lamps can be bad. It then became a common thin, for the Mueh sympathy Is expressed for Aunt Km Mary Fltinatrtck.

whoa entire flock of nen to perch on the window while the chickens has been tampered with by aome daughter of the house was taking her lea- unfeeling wretch to the end that they are sons and Intently listen to the music. By laying poached egga. and by the fowl tried a few notes herself that for months the chickens have been fed cayenne pepper and. Anally, to the of all. she ran wbMCO uc.

whlch tb ta. the scale. ternal department of the chicken That settled It. Then hen. called Bache, 8 great Is thla heat that the feather on i.

wraiw, say that ahe has succeeded puts It mildly. She Is really wonderful. In the heavier compositions ahe Is a fall- and tn skin appears parboiled. As this flock was almost sole support of Mr FT tx petrlek kind neighbor have been buying th egga from her. But even la.

a a MAilla In flm ure. but In the lighter works, and especially praying for cold in sprightly airs. Bsc-he. she surpasses Her weather, when It Is thought the tempera-range, ot course, must be limited by the tures of the hens will be reduced, width of he'r claws, but even this handicap Connolly smile, a auperclliou. sort of smile when he hear.

folk, tn his store is partly overcome by the clever use of her ittk of tn- experiments by the Department wing In Jumping from one octave to an- of Agriculture to Induce hen. to lay two other. eggs dally Instead of one, aa la the ha bat The era. si est rooster In all Missouri is with most chickens, owned by Walter Lynne. residing hear here.

"Why." say O. O. Clnnnolly. "you all It is acting aa If It were an automobile, and know how I developed my famous turtle Is creating havoc among the flock. chickens.

I Just took my hens and tied This rooster no longer crows at dawn, but them along the creek where they could see by assiduous association with a fow geese turtle, lay their eggs in the sand. It has acquired a lovely "honk." "honk." "'Impress them? It sure did. Why. those and practices this on all occasions. bens, which were so blsmed poor that Har- At times it starts at one end of the barn- ry Brown wouldn't use them for soup.

Just yard. and. giving a warning alarm, rushes stared at th. turtles laying eggs by the through the rest of the chickens, bowling dosen. and they became so enthusiastic them over right and left.

that they wanted to begin laying right m. few day. ago Mrs. Lynne left a can of away, kerosene on the back porch, and within ten "No measly turtle could beat them at minutes the rooster was doing Its best tothe laying game, and they proved tt by drink up the stuff, undoubtedly with the producing an average of 11 eggs a day. object of acquiring the gasoline smell.

They might have kept It up forever If It It is a pity the lightning bug sesson Is hadn't been for my grasping spirit. I fig- at an end. for skeptical persons will not be ured it out that I could improve the breed able to verify the truth of John Sheaffer'S by letting them observe the sunflsh. which statement that by feeding hens lightning lay M.7H5 eggs st a time. bugs you can Induce them to lay Illuminated "My hens certainly did their best to make eggs.

this record, but they failed, and with their Mr. Shaeffer. during height of the light- pride broken every last one gave a plaintive ning bug sesson, gave two hens nothing little chirp and died." Re Cried Co Lose F)i8 Bets. HAD PLANS AGAINST THE RACES. BUT REFORMER'S CHOICES ALL WON.

Washington Post. FOR a time last season." said the old poolroom operator, "I thought could make more money by Journeying to the track and getting a near view of the ponies than I could by being employed in a room. I had a system of my own which was working out with a fair degree of success. "One day while on the train on the way-down I noticed a young man. attired In neat black clothes, who seemed to be mewhat out of his element.

From appearance he was connected with the clergy in some capacity. The young man hsd the sest opposite me. I was pretty busily engaged with the past performances of the entry list "or the day. I was disturbed in my Foundings by a touch on the shoulder from the young man in black. 'Pardon he said, "but would you mind giving me a little information as to the noble snimals.

You seem to he well posted on the different horses." "You'll have to excuse me. friend." I answered. "I mske it a point never to ndvlse one about the horses. It saves hard feelings, you know." said he, I merely want to know what horse you think has the least chance to win to-day." Well." I said, if you are go ng to play 'em hind end foremost. I think Dopey Charley In the fourth race might win If the rest of 'em ran backward.

His price will be about to 1 or "The voting, -mi t-xhanked me and I forgot all about the plunged Into 'my system again. However, when Dopey Charley came In a wihfterWCMhe fourth race I was quite taken sback and wondered If my young an Inexperienced friend had put his money down. s. "I wss quite disgruntled on the homeward trip, as my system had gone very much to the bad on the day', play. About the first person I met on the train wss my frind of the somber garb.

He eyed me with an offended look. said "that information you gave me was not altogether correct." 'Did you play the dog?" I asked him. he said, 'and this Is the result." gingerly handling a roll of bills. 'Tou might get It vaccinated If you're afraid of catching something from It." 1 ssld. testily.

"The next day on the train I met the same young man. and once more he asked me for ome back-hand dope. I gave him another horse which had as much chsnce as a snowball In the torrid zone, and I'll be Jlggere.1 If he didn't romp home a winner at tne remunerative odds of To to l. "1 met the young man on the train on the homeward trip, and this time his face waa flushed as if overcome with some emotion. "Young man.

he said, as soon as he had settled himself In the seat beside me. 'I've a confession tj male. My flrt trip down here was as the agent of the Society for the Vivisection of Vice. My object wss to lose money gambling on the races and use the evidence in a suit sgalnst the racing aa-soc'atlon. Hut my two days of success have made me ashamed to use the money against them.

I think there's no money In this reform business, and I guess I can do better by visiting the tracks daily and trying my luc-. "Well. sir. I wan surprised, hut my roll being shot to pieces by long snd shot shots, 1 was comjtelled to seek employment in the blackboard emporiums onee more. "One day this season I went down to the track, and on the way I saw a vociferously dressed person eyeing me Intently.

Pretty smn he came srid shook me by the and I recognised him as the whilom reformer. 'Well. pard. I suppose you're making wsds and wads of money said. 'Not so It's perceptible to the undrsped he said.

"I'm a form player now. Maybe I'd better stuck to my last as a re- Saw ah Hngel in Vision. GAVE MAN A RECIPE NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO THAT MADE HIM A FORTUNE. Bsngnr (Main.) Cor. Phils.

North American I CHE RECORDS at tne i-aieni race in Washington show that nine tenths of the patents of Maine aie granted on applications filed In March and April. Indicating that the men who make the inventions do their heavy thinking and contriving during the long winter evenings, when the ftomes are walled by snowdrifts and when no company comes in to divert the attention of the inventors Into frivolous channels. In addition to novel and useful Idea and designs secured to the Inventors of Maine by patents, there are scores of Maine men who have found out secret processes and curious combinations. Nearly SO years ago. when the Fox sisters and t-pirit' rapping were being discussed, old Hiram Simpson, a stonecutter and dreamer, moved from his home, near the quarries of Blue Hill.

Into Hancock County, and took up a farm on the side of Heagan. in Prospect. Waldo. County, making the Journey by ox team and carrying his family and household goods In a hayrack. A the weather waa warm, he traveled by night.

While be was walking along the highway near Or land one midnight, swinging his goadstick and managing hia oxen, "an ar.gei of the Lord" came down to him from the top of a hill beyond Tody Pond, he declared, and Imparted a recipe for making jut the kind of red chalk granite cutter needed for marking granite. For years inventor, had been trying in vain to produce this chalk. Simpson remembered what the angel had told him. and hen he bad collected Ub and driftwood enough from tbe river to build a shelter for hi family be constructed a kiln from atones from the field, and. digging blue clay from the brooks and mixing it with ochre and other Ingredients, shaped the raw mud into squares and baked It until It was of a tallowy consistency.

As soon as he had cooked enough to snake a back load, be put hia chalk Into a pack and walked away on a peddluag tour among the quarrte. At first th workmen laughed at him; they had been deceived In rod chalk too many time to buy without questioning. Simpson sold a much as be could, and when he found men who would not buy from him he left bars of chalk with them on trial. When he returned to the a month later with a fresh supply every man wanted to bay the chalk, and aincw thea the red chaik made oy th. Simpson secret ha been the favorite among all granite cutter.

Between 1970 and 1880. when th ment was wsisg Slain granite for th construction of public biuuling. stack money was mad. from the aaia at tat. chalk.

When Sampson died he left his secret to James Holbrook. who has a monopoly of the business. A wholesale house in Boston takes the entire output of the Prospect chalk fsc-tory. and is sending the article to all parts of the world. Meanwhile the secret wh.ch Simpson obtained from the angel in Orland Is as much of a secret as It was half a cer.tury ago.

Less than years sgo John Muttr. a French Canadian, employed about the sawmills on Penobscot River, broke his leg and wss confined to his home for a month. Two days after he resumed work falling timber hit the same If and fractured It In two places, compelling him to keep under cover for six months. He had a large family of small children and was very poor. He was advised to call upon the Oversers of the Poor for help, but refused to do so.

For three months he sat up in his bed filing saws for his neighbors, repairing clocks and teaching English to such of his French compatriots as desired to learn. As soon at he was able to get out of doors he borrowed $1X from his former employer and applied for a patent upon a feed roil for lath saws. Udder the old system of sawing laths a man stood on each side of the saw and shoved the wooden bolt from which the laths were made Jo and fro by main strength. This gave a laxy workman an opportunity to shift most of the labor upon his companion. The Mutty idea waa to- put a roll inthe table each side of tbe saw.

On the surface of this roll were many sharp spurs, which caught hald of tbe under surface of the bolt and forced It along rapidly, so that two men working with tbe Mutty roll could saw per ce.pt more laths In a day than they could by tbe old method. The patent was grsnted. and Muttly began to make and sell spurred rolls to the mill owners. The cean of the rolls was less than S5. although Mutty fixed the price at and received what be asked.

Inside of IO years every lath mill In th. country waa using the Mutty roll. To-day Mutty owns house In Oldtown. Orao. Veaxie.

Bangor and Brewer. He ho money la back and money to lend. Th patent of th roll expired a few rears ago. but the Invention made Mutty rich, and wbea strangers see htm limping about tbe streets on tbe crippled leg those who know tho drctrm stances reply to the quest ioo as to what alls th little man that he became lam. In order to find time to get rfch.

170 PASSES. Chicago Record-Herald. Th Congress man Sat in a train A.nd murmured In A tone of pain; -Of all aad words la times like Th very worst Ax. ticket jur WWWWjaSBtJBBBWaMB THE -ENQUIRER. CINCINNATI, SATUHDATT, OCTOBER 1906.

11 Obto Das a Roodoo Cbair. Boohtc Refused Co Change. HIS OBSTINACY WAS FINALLY PUNISHED STUNG hOR II. 000 IN REAL MONEY. WHEN HE WAS Very latest farm Slondcre.

jVIost popular Booh in dorld Hi i a. av i doers." Is written by- denouncer, rather than a moralist. In the Introduction the "exalted one among other thinga: "Curses and blessings do not says gates, but man himself invites their arrl val his trsnsgresslons. the sinner's term of lifs Is reduced. Not only is this term of life reduced, but poverty also strikes him.

Often he meets with and misery. Hla neighbors hate hlm. Punishments and curses pursue him. Oood luck shuna him. and right!" Anotner moral lale la.talled r.

THE CHrNESK CONCEPTION OT itTUU CHINESE WORK IS MORE WIDELY READ THAN THE $IBLE OR SHAKESPEARE. trmiragn Inter rVeaa THE "moit read" book in the world day he would persevere In these three war. has long been supposed to be th. rf evil-doing within three ers h.av.n will surely shower on Mm ruraea Bible Next to thst it has been hv atia cmrly the common belief that the works with this'- of Shakespeare hav. gone into mor.

edl- A curious part of Ihia tran.latlon of thi. i. "moat popular Isioh la found In the moral lions than any other. And yet ther. Is a book with a larger circulation than either wrhleh are Illustrated by rt.araeterlailr t'hl-the Bible or Shakespeare, and therefore it neae drawmga Home of these drnwtnga Is well entitled to the distinction of being 'the most populsr book In the world This curlou.

booh has Just been "don Into English" for the firsC time. For. like other things we have discovered sbout the Chinese who seem to have discovered tute the must valuable portion of The. book. The third part.

"The Ueacrlpilon of kvU- give I'hlneae views of hell and heaven Th character of the "moral talea may be Judged from two One. tailed "Punishment Apportioned to Crime." la aa follows "In the garden of the eiry of Hieu-Shul-Sleun there enee lived a man by the name of Kan Kl. who led a wicked life lie Induced men to stir up" quart els snd lawsuits many of our discoveries long before we dia- with each other, to seise by violence what covered them-lt ha. remained for Chin, did n. belong to them, snd il.hn,.r other men wives and tlaushters.

When to have this most populsr hook. Its secrets m( carrying out sre now divulged to the English speaking hi. vli purposes he made use of the moat world by the translators. Teltsre Husukl odious stratagems "line day he .1 lt suddetilv. but came and Dr.

Paul Carus. 'and the hook was f. "4 hours allo.ll.l ami I .1 back hia printed lssl week by the Open Court Pub- wf BBhtr their relatives and llshing Company of Chicago. It la colled "Tal-Shang Kan-YIng P'len." which means "The Treatise of ihe Kxslted tine on Response and Retribution" rather a long title for a "popular" book. This book Is a work of Taolat piety and eihlcs.

The main idea of the title la expressed in the worda kali, "response," and ying. "retribution." which mean that In the spiritual realm of heaven there is response" to our sentiments, finding expres sion In "a retribution" of our deed Shang. llierally "the Grandly- High" or "the Exalted One." Is a current name of I.ao Txe, the idd philosopher, who Is revered by Tsolsts as the great teacher of mankind, the superior man, snd the highest authority of religious truth; The translators of the work say that It contains passages that sre very old, and some portions of It were evidently written In the sixth century B. It Is dwidejiy a work of neighbors. When sll were aaaemlded be told them that he had at en the King of dark realm, who salt! to lilm.

'Here th dead receive punishment for their deetla of evil The living know not the lot that Is reserved for them. Te- must le thrown Into a bed of coals wlu.ee best Is III pro-portion to the extent of their rienea and to th. harm Ihey have done their fellows "Th assembled company listened to Oils report aa to the worda nf a feverlah patient; tiey were lncreduloua and refused to bellev th story. Hut Fun Kl ha. I filled the measure of crime, and Yarns, the King T'al- of hell, had decided to make an example of hlm- ao a to frighten men rrom their evil ways.

At Yams' command Kan Kl tool a knife and mutilated himself, aavlng "1 In Is my punishment for Inciting men in dissolute lives. He put" out both hla eye, saying: 'This Is my punishment for having looked with onger at my parents, and-at trie wives and daughters of other men Willi guilt In my heart." He "rut off his right hand, saying: This Is my punishment for having killed a great niimls-r of anlmala He cut open hla tsMly snd pliieke.1 out bis heart, saying: 'This la my punishment for Tsolst devotion, and shows obvious Influ- causing others to die under tortures And ence of Buddhist and Confucian doctrines, last of all he cut out Ills tongue to pun. an Though It la not a canonical hook. Us au- himself for lying and slandering thorltatlve character is universally -recog- "The rumor of these occurrences spread nixed as typical of the moral conditions of afar, snd people came from every Ihe average Chinese. It has become the to see the mangled Imv of the unhappy Important guide of the peoples conscience, man.

His wife and children- were over, nine The text of the "T'al-whang Ksn-V'tng with grief snd shame, ami closed the door P'len" consists of several ria-ili sn In- to keep out the curious crowd Hut Iran Kl. troductlon, 2 moral injum a il- still living by the ordeal of Yaioa. aald in serlpiion of evildoer anil penalty. Mi Inarticulate sounds. "I bitve but executed saying feonk various sources and Lit the the commands of Ihe king of hell, who conclusion.

Internal evl.i. ausg.sts a wants my punishment serve aa a warn- compilation In which ran tie dlatlngulahed Ing toothers. What right have ou Id pre- st leaal three authora of dceide.ily different vent them from seeing nieV characters. The introduction Itself "For six days the wicked man roiled upon a compilation! and the "Punish- ihe ground In the most horrinle agonies, ment of Evildoer apparently come from and at the end of that time he tiled the pen of the final redactor -presumably a "This story teaches us what punishment Tso Shlh. a Taoisl scholar priest, 'while the sre Jti store for evil d.e-ra How dare men second part.

"Moral vonstl- act contrary to what they know to lie Just moraltzer. or even snd reads: "The Am," "Ho Kwan of Kuans Nan wss a kind-hearted man and never killed any living thing He had Jar oiiialnlng one sand piece of silver which he kept In casket The white of which there were so many In his district. Itivadedt lie "The reward good and evil la like the casket ami aie part of the silver. When shadow accompanying a body: and so it la his family found what h.td Ihey apparent that heaven and etrm sre pos- uai-ed the snta li a hollow cave, where aesaed of crime-recording spirits nulllona of them were living. Thev thought "According to the lightness or gravity of If they put all of these snta in a ru.ibl perhaps they could recover a pint of th.

lost ailver. Hut Ho t.l.J-t ted to the heme, saving: 'I cannot In-ar to ee all thea nuiny creatures killed a. ouni of a email sum of silv er "Bo thry let the iiiHii.l drop That night Evil stars threaten him; and Vhen his term he dreamed that sc.res of aoldieta in white of life comes to an end he perishes. "Further, there sre the three counrilnr spirit lords of the northern conslelln ion re siding above the heads of the people, re armor ratne to him. akii.K him to enter a carriage which the-.

1 0.1 1 with ilifin and to come to tl.e palaie of their King. Ho Kwan proceeded with ent- soldiers to a town corders of men's crimes and sins, cutting where the people prosperous and th off terms of from 11 yesrs to Vi dava. buildings were all inji.in.enl Numerous. "Further, there are th- three, body spir- officer came to meet loin and look l.lm to its that live within man's peraon. When- splendid paut'e.

Tne King. 1 lad In royal ever Keng Phen day cornea they iiscend to fashion, descended from throne, and. the Heavenly Master arid Inform him of cordially aajstlng Ho Kwan. said 'Hy your men's crimes and trespasses. benevolent acts we hale b-cn saved from "On the lsst day of the month the heartn our enemy.

Wlule your klnd- splrlt, too. does the same. nesa. lack of strict discipline among my all the offense which men comm.t, people caused some trouble reeently, the greater ones cause a loss of 12 years, but by your mercy, they have again been the ones of 1 days. These their saved from calamity.

How 'could I let your offense, great as well small, constitute kludnt go unrequited this time? There I. some hundred affairs, and those who are a certain tree near our residence readily anxioua for life everlaatlng ahould, above identified, under which In olden 11 roe a a reran, avoid them." tain person buried jar full of silver Juat Some of the "moral injunctions" in this dig thst out snd keep It for yourself You curious book are as follow: are the unleorn of mankind (the emblem of The right way leads forward; the wrong perfect tit win never rt any way backward "Do not proceed on an evil path. "Oo not sin In secret. "Accumulate virtue. Incresse merit.

"With a compassionate heart turn toward an creatures. Be faithful, filial, friendly and brotherly. living aoul. I a pi'y thst you sre now too old to enjoy the fruits yf your kindness youreel. but your descendant ill rewp what you have "'After this Ho Kwan waa escorted back to hla own house as before, by armod soldier.

When he awoke he-medltted on "First, rectify thyself and then convert dream and found it to be the work others tho ant 80 he dug up tne place aa P. id "Tak nitv on orphans, assist widows: their King, snd recovered a Jjr of by burled re.ne.rt the old he kind to children. therein these many yesra hi a Occam "Even the multifarious Insect, herbs and eminent scholar." trees should not be injured sg "Be grieved at the misfortune of others a and rejoice at their good luck, A HARROWING TELEGRAM. "Assist tho. in need, and rescue those in danger.

York Press I "Regsrd your neighbor gam as your Th.r a. a traveling man." said tha own gain, and regard your neighbor-, loss aa your cwn loaf n'ht operator, "who wife presented him "Do not call attention to the faults of with a son while he wsa out drumming up others, nor beast of your own excellence. trade. Tbel doctor got tha man a yddreas, "Stay evil and promote goodness. and, since bis, wife wa doing ncn too wll.

"Renounce much accept little. "Show endurance In humiliation and bear "ut viri' hira tb bo grudge. and telling him to return. "Receive favors as if surprised. "Th doctor gave the message to th "Extend your help without seeking re- cook, who couldn't read.

She forgot to send ward. It. and the next day th drummer cam "Uiv to others, and do not regret or be- borne of hla own accord, grudge your liberality. stayed a day or two. found his mitt "Tho who are thus are good: people doing all light, and set out on his rounds honor them; heaven's reason givea them again.

Nothing, a it happened, was said grace, blessings and abundance follow about the forgotten telegram. them; all III luck keeps away; angel spirits "And at the end of th. week the te.e- guard them. Whatever they undertake gram as remember-! by the cook. Wth they will surely succeed, and even to spirit- an exclamation of horror you know sh ual aaintlines they may aspire." couldn't read ah hurried to the office and There are more of the admonitions, and sent to the drummer that delayed message, the sum of th philosophy may found in hen he got it that mgnt be was temned.

this: What be read was this: "Therefore, blessed I. the man who speak- 'Another addition a son; your wife very th what la good, who thlnaetb what i ill: return at good, who practiccth what Is good. If but "He took the midnight train for horn, each single day he would persevere in these waa like a man la a tranc. "Another? three way of goodnos. within three years he kept mattering In a dased vole, ia- keavea will sural shower oa him pos i bier' "Unfortunate I th.

man who apeaketh "On grung bom. waa so relieved vits what la evil, who think th what la vu. who avarythtng was xpl1nd to him that a practical th what la evil. If bus ach alagla dacl44 not. to Era th cook, attar ail.

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