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Show QUEER DAROMETEnS. I H nUllard Halls uil Uus tho Buoussful H rlllrals ftt 1'et Corns. jtot. gH "I can always tell when It Is going to H rain half oday ahoad ot nny ohango la fair H vvoathor," said Uoorgo Blosson to a Nor H York Bun man as bo was knocking around B billiard balls In tho Columbia rooms jast l after tho recent dolugo. - " -( J i "Uow'sthatr'atkodatiyitaadoBetUng H Intorestod dliectly. " i( M i "Why, thoro Isa't a belter barosiotor In M exltlonce than an Ivory ball or a good H billiard ono," the billiard export replied; M "they are better than a favorita corn.'j M t "Bow d'yo tolll" -'1! . IH "A ball always rolls slow and with dlffl- M oulty ovor tho cloth when It is going to H rain. Ivory Is so sonsltlvo to ohuuges of H temporaturo, particularly from dry to moist, H thet tbo effect Is felt almost Instantaneous- M ly, Tho cue will get crauky. too, when M thero Is going to bo a chango, long beforo H tho dampness Is porcopttblo In any other M way. Another peculiarity of the Ivory H globes Is their tendency to bocomo egg- H shspod. They contract at what are oollod H the top and bottom poles aud swell out at -tsH tho sldos, so that you might as well play H with potatoes If you do sot watch their H Idiosyncrasies. They aro vvorso than old flH mon la their suscoptiblltty to draught. A TBH draught will crack tho Ivory and make It .H chip off quick as u wink, and, UUo old folks, sssE , you can never got tho sphoros accllmatod to H those draughts. Just tuko a billiard ball M and study Us behavior and you can beat the ,H clerk of tho weathor prophesying. You can H bet oncyur,qnapropaeoy every Ume.'Uu H - -H eLAssxelB |