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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
