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THE RECENT INTERNATIONAL

BILLIARD MATUN.

DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO DEATH, At four o'clock on the morning of Novombar

That odious farce, the so-called Interna.. 1976, an oxprous train so the Lehigh Valley tional Match,' is really matter for regret,tain, sigatoon mice above the city of Wilk-

Railway, in America, was on the top of a moun-- Had John Roberta consented to burlesque estars. Among the passengers wore the Pre- the game of billiards by playing Dawson glasat of the United States and several zaombers foxy) or Mitchell with a twisted one aut of his Cabinet, in a special coach. From this elliptical balls and a spot that was always point the grado was very steep, and the road full haired, he would have done nothing so of ourres. It was the custom to keep the brakes abened as in his game with Ives. For thers set all the way down. If they failed, disaster was not, and therefcould act he, any trial of was sure to follow. Within a minute after the skill between the two.

American and train started, the drives noticed that something British billiards are full of essential difer- had enddenly gone wrong with the brakes. The ences, so that to compare Ives'e games and train kept pushing the engine. He reversed, but Roberte's is impossible. The compromise without checking the speed. Seeing this, the contrived-necessitating, as it did, a table guard and one or two other train men jamped, that was neither British nor American, with and crcaped with only slight injuries. The train balls to snit-was in itself ridiculous. It now a factor nad faster, aut a horrible death cramped both players, and afforded no fair sected waiting for all on board. The driver

biew the whistle contienonely to warn trains opportunity for contrast, On one side was the foot of the mountain of his approach. When a man accustomed to play exclusively for the ranaway passed Neccupeck station it was cannon, on the other a man whose great going at the rate of nearly seventy miles an hour, breaks have been chiefly composed of and the faithful driver mool at his past, baro- hazards. Unless the American player were husded, holding on, and still blowing the whistle, to practing the Britielt game or the British At the fact of the moantain all i raius had player the American, the result of a match got out of the way except the rear end of a cook between the two must be a matter of trickery train which was juot aunting. Into this the or obance. Ives over what some people are passenger train dashed with a crash that was pleased to call a victory to the former. No heard for mães around, knocking the coal cars Outupetent judge can doubt that Roberta's in all directions. The passengers were badly toastery in infinitely greater that the ameshakes, and NOKER wore braised, but none weru rican's. Ives was ontplayed at every point, killed. Kat where was the brave driver? From and at last resorted to a dodge that first- rate players agree to hold unworthy. In a match played a fow months ago Roberta showed that, if he liked, ha conid do the trick as well as another. He worked the

•for a

them,

game,

Answer.

a

under the wreck of the overturned engine he was taten an hour afterwards, crashed and dying, bat still aida to sprat. In the President aufe in gaspcu. Yes, and everybody else,' was the Thank God for that, he said, and unvor spuka aguia, balla up to the corner pocket, be 'jammadive in a hundred who would not here stood splendid deci, truly, yet there is not a them, he might have gone oo storing month; but he contemptuously smashed to his duty with the anime filolity. Exposed to

and went on with his wonted

all sorts of weather, to constar danger, and Indood, the feat of making a long series of laden with responsibility, the engine drivers have sannons with the object bells in the jaws of precision both by the companies and by the

commendable coord, and deserve higher the pocket is well within the meang ví a

public. decent fifth-rate player. For Ives, who was perfectly cognisant of these facts, to decline upon an artifion over which (for reasons, no doubt) he has acquired a peculiar mastery, when he was nearly a thousand bohind, is equivalent to an admison that he was at

Could be have beaten Eoberts without it he would assuredly have done so, for that would have crowned tim king wherever billiards are played.

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Shippora are particularly requsalad to * Be au engine driver, mys Edward Roberts. note the terms and conditions of the Cơm- and have been for elefon years. My health was always good until July, 1845 The Romelling pussy' Bill Lewing. care avere thus i indu's account for fult tired, sleepy, and languid. My stomach fot Hour and cull, my mouth tasted awfully bad, and my tongue was thickly content. A disagreeable the care up in my weath, and my appetize failed. No food, how fight, agreed will 2010. 8. N. O's Bee,

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of-the-game point of view. In eo far as it wan only a pleasant American contrivance For the pleasant American pastime known as *scooping the dollars, one's heartiest congra- tulations are due to Ives. True, he has

As time wout on got weaker and weaker added his little lot to the environment all I could nearechy crawl to my work, bri that taints the most delightful of indoor having a large family to support I struggled on as best I could, when any another would have games, and has furnished yet another ward-

to the straightforward sportsmen who bean contined to hed. As it was, my suffering love to bet, never to pai money on the por-was so great that I went to bed as soon as I re- formance of a professional player; but he turned from my work. For over four years 1 may console himself with reflection that in this fashion, art but alive and all he is not worse than his neighbours. Even dead, obtaining no relief from the medicines the vedoutore gave me. I took six bottles of pepsion, those whose regret that the British master but it did us good, neither did the seven butilen has been beaten by an inferior is most sin of a audioine wo sent over and got from Dublin. care will not carry their pity so far as top- In May, 1800, a lady who called at my house, minerale him for being out of pocket by his told me of a melivine eslied Mother Seigel's the 8th August, will proceed to VICTORIA, Japan (or vice vers) within one year, will defeat. He is an astute tactician, and be Strap, and recompeted me to try it: so I got.C., and TACOMA, vid SHANGHAI, may fairly complain (perhaps) that in this bottle from Mr. Wilson, at Drug Fall, Holy ISLAND SEA, KOSE and YOKOHAMA. Through Bille of Lading issued to Japan. instance skill has been fotled by ounning had, and began taking it. In a wook telt he Daunot that he was out-generated in better, my stomach was easice, and my food Pacific Coast Points, and to Canadian and finance. The feet in that the Hilliard Aa-digested, and I gradually gained strength. By

Consular Invoices of Goods for United asciation must basten to make the ovent a pretext for votive measures, of the confu sion will fast get worse confounded. To reach the height of shaurdity let Peal be matched with Ives, with nothing barred: when Peall may go on potting the red for one month, and Ivea may proceed to cannot off jammed balle for another. And all will Burze the game and die.

the time I had taken sif bottles I wae strong as

evar

orld at angling must have kepawg

over since. have told of my roenemy where, anal many of my friends have used tha Syrup with benclit. I wish my experience to be ablished, and will reply to inquiries them my

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What originally braught on this woohed To kill the nuisance of all-in-all aham-

altuek of indigestion and dyspepsia—which pione, spot-barred obarapione, jam-barred through luck of the proper remedy hecame champions, jams and-spot-barred champions, chronio Mr. Hobarte does not suy, even if he and the like, we must revolutionise the table. kuows. Probably the cause was exposure, and It will not be hard to make jamming ima lasty and irregular habit of eating. At ali possible that might be done in several events he was fortunate is learning of Mother Seigole Syrup bofore :1 was too late. We con gratulate him on this pain, and are confideat bin frank statement will be of use in others of bis bonourable and responsibly calling.

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The end pockets might be en- larged, though the devies is open to the objection that it would facilitate alt kinds of hazards or they might bo made smaller; or the cushions might be so arranged that the balls would inevitably kiss and have to be spouted or better still, the the excellent North-Western Railway

For one, the writer of these linou never lige comfortably hack on the cushioca in a first-c

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end pockets, top and bottom, might be abolished. This last would end the spot stroke aleo; for it is inconceivable that any further Peall will ever be able to do the trick with widdles. These, in any one, it To Overcoms Wosess.-Fepper's Quinine would be well to spare: first, beñause the and iron Tasic gives New Life, Appetite, Health, hazards they necation are the prettiest on Strength, Energy Cares Nouralgie, Indiges the board, and demand the exercise of coo-tou, Nerve Dability. Specially useful, siderable strength, so that a very long depressing climates or malarious distris. Every

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Mas everywhere. aurvery las! voming into segue. If a new pooket were needed, there is room for one in the centre of the baulk and, where it would be so far from the 'sput na to be safe from the hazard stroke. Reforma is imperative, and must necessarily proceed on these fluca MISSION ETRANGERES, WEDNESDAY, the 9th August,

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