LONS - LE - SAUNIER, France, town and capital of the Department of Jura, situated on the Valliere, and on the Paris Lyons Railway, 75 miles northeast of Lyons. It is surrounded by vine-clad hills; contains a 12th century church, law courts, chamber of commerce, lycees, training colleges and a bank. There are salt works in the neighborhood. There is a brisk trade in livestock, cheese, cereals and wood. Wine and leather making are the principal industries. The town was founded by the Gauls, by whom it was called Ledo. The Romans called it Ledo Salinarius. The English burned it in 1364 and it suffered a like fate in 1637 at the hands of the Duke of Longueville. Not until 1674 did it become definitely a part of France. At Lons-le-Sau flier Ney and Napoleon met after the latter's return from Elba. It is the birthplace of General Lecourbe, to whom a monument has been erected. There is also a monument to Rouget de l'Isle, author of Marseillaise,' who was born nearby at Montaigu. Pop. 11,060.
LOO (short for lanterloo, from the Dutch name), a game of cards best played with five (three cards is the more common form), dealt from a whole pack, either by threes and twos, or one at a time. After dealing, a card is
turned up for trumps. The jack of clubs, or the jack of the trump suit, as agreed on, is the highest card, styled °pm"; the ace of trumps is next, and then the other cards as in whist. Five cards of a suit, or four with ((pam,o com pose a «flush,,' which sweeps the board, and yields only to a superior flush, or the elder hand. When the ace of trumps is led, it is usual to say, «Pam be civil" ; the holder of the jack (of trumps or clubs; see above) is then expected to let the ace pass. Each player has the liberty of changing his cards for others from the pack, or of throwing up the hand, in order to escape being looed, that is, failure to gain a trick. All those that win tricks divide the pool or «loo,» to which on entering the game each player contributes chips (usually three) in proportion to the tricks taken. Every player who is looed must again contribute a stake, which, with the dealer's stake, forms a new pool. At one time the most popular of the round card games, it gave way to «Nap» in England and poker in the United States. Con sult Foster's