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for or against me. As he is an exceeding

ingly just man, and as I have insulted him, he will lean to my side, for fear of letting his personal feeling against

me sway his decision the opposite way.’" A GAME OF SCIENCE NE of Mark Twain's stories con cerning the game

of

seven-up

or old sledge is reproduced by the Boston Transcript. Some Kentucky boys were arrested for playing this game, under the usual charge of playing a

game of chance.

When they were

brought before the judge their lawyer

claimed that this game was not a game of chance, but was a game of science. The Court, puzzled, asked for a sugges

tion, and the lawyer declared that if a jury of six gamblers well acquainted with the game in a scientiﬁc way and six deacons be impaneled with a pack of cards their decision ought to be de terminative. So the story goes:— "There was no disputing the fairness of the proposition. Four deacons and the two dominies were sworn in as the ‘chance’ jurymen, and six inveterate

old seven-up professors were chosen to represent the ‘science’ side of the issue. They retired to the juryroom. "In about two hours Deacon Peters

several theories advanced. and do hereby unanimously decide that the game commonly known as old sledge or seven-up is eminently a game of science

and not of chance.

In demonstration

whereof it is hereby and herein stated, iterated, reiterated, set forth and made manifest that, during the entire night, the "chance" men never won a game or turned a jack, although both feats

were common and frequent to the oppo sition; and furthermore, in support of this, our verdict, we call attention

to the signiﬁcant fact that the “chance” men are all broke and the "science" men have got the money. It is the deliberate opinion of this jury that the “chance" theory concerning seven-up is a per nicious doctrine and calculated to inﬂict untold suffering and pecuniary loss upon any community that takes stock

in it.’ ” A TARIFF ARGUMENT PORTLAND, Maine, attorney who is a member of the Cumberland Club, once Tom Reed's favorite idling

place, is known for his capacity in argument. He is an ardent protec tionist and has steadily preached that

a high tariff is the greatest blessing that has ever been devised.

sent into court to borrow $3 from a friend. (Sensation) In about two hours more Dominie Miggles sent into

The attorney has what he and his wife consider a jewel of a servant in an

court to borrow a ‘stake’ from a friend.

fault has been that she always managed

(Sensation.)

next three

to draw her wages before they were due,

or four hours the dominie and the other deacons sent into court for small loans. ' "The rest of the story can be told brieﬂy. About daylight the jury came

and despite efforts to evade her evident desire to buy automobiles on a trolley car income she has never had the balance on the right side of the ac count. Last summer Rosy received word from the “ould counthry” that her

During the

in, and Deacon Job, the foreman, read

the following verdict:— “ ‘We, the jury in the case of The Com monwealth of Kentucky v. John Wheeler

et al., have carefully considered the point of the case, and tested the merits of the

Irish girl named Rosy, and Rosy's one

mother was dead, and of course she had to send some money to "th' bhoys,"

so that the attorney began to feel like