Show EDITORIAL NOTES the maryland court of appeals decides that betting on horse races is not gambling because gain or loss is determined not by chance but by the success of the chosen horse it 11 this plea ls Is allowable it might be ie made id in a great many kinds of gambling the gain or loss in a garne game ot or cards or billiards upon which people are wont to amble gamble 1 are perhaps more frequently falu due e to moe toe skill or trickery and consequent i success of the players than to chance and if such a decision as that IS allowed to bear sway gamblers may do about as they please igard less of law Gen Grants stolidity was never more conspicuous than in the calmness with which he confronts the near result which pronounce able and in the attempt to his physical resources in order to prolong nis life sufficiently to permit the completion of 0 his military memoirs he ex the apparent appa reit rett insensibility to all considerations except the object to bo be accomplished and aud the means for its accomplishment which distinguished him in the direction of his military campaigns lie ile is probably not less sensitive than more demonstrative per persons persona soils but ant lie he is strong enough to concentrate all his energies upon udon the task which he has appointed for himself allow allowing luo lug no waste in yain vain regrets over oven the great misfortune which has nas overtaken bim him his force forre of will together with extraordinary vitality nay may prolong his life ilfe months beyond the expectation pec tation of his physic physicians lans ians many persons may not be aware that glass can be cut under water I 1 greatest ease ekse to almost any shape by simply using a pair of shears or strong scissors in order to insure success two pol poi ot roust be pe attended to arst first and most important the glass must be kept quite level in ille the water willie the scissors are applied and secondly to avoid risk it is better to begin bedini the cutting by taking off small pieces at the corners and ahong along the edgemand edges edge sand and to reduce the shape gradually to that required for if any attempt is made to cut the glass to the shape as we would cut a piece of cardboard it will be most likely to break just where it is not wanted some kinds of glass cut much better thant thair others the softer glass is the best for this purpose the scissors need not depend on the state of the edge presented to the glass lass aass when the operation goes on w well weil e n the glass breaks away from the scissors in small pieces in a straight line with the blades this method of cutting glass has often been of service when a diamond has not been at hand for cutting ovals and segments and though the edges are not as smooth as might be desired for some purposes it will answer in many cases the two hints given above if strictly followed will always insure success |