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tleman on tho right. But what poor
feeble words Of mine could do justice to
the beautiful object in the Inverness
coat and dress suit who, with his white
gloved hands holding an opera glass, Is
just ready for the operai Lovely crea-
turei
Attention Is called TO tho elegance of
tho satin lapel to his dress coat. The
tailor who furnished mo these details also
said that tho newest gloves are In Eiifel
red, which Is rusty, brick dust color.
Cravats are four-in- hand, teck and a
looa' rrY sclrf. Trousers arc neither
loose nor tiSlG, aud boots are rather long
. and pointed at the toes. White silk
handkerchiefs are used in preference,
large and with hemstitched borders. Col
lars nre various, according TO taste. For
evening, white lawn or narrow bias satin
ties are worn. The Prince Albert and
cutaway coats In some slight variations
will be worn all the winter. The lapels
to the coats are wider and more pointed,
and the collars rather higher, indicating
leaning toward the directoire styles in
vogue among tho women. Hats are
much the same, only extremists wear n
rather small, close silk hat. Derbys hold
their popularity, with the brim rolled n
little closer than last season. Little fur
will bo worn by the gentlemen except
for driving.
Little boys, however. will havo cuffs
and collars Of astrakhan and beaver on
their overcoats, with handsome Brande-
bourgs across the front. When a boy has
worn the first freshness off an overcoat
careful mother can buy half yard of
astrakhan for seventy-iive cents and q set
Of Brandebourgs, and with an hours
work make il handsomer than il was be-
fore by making cuffs and collars which
hide the worn places. This information
is based upon successful experience. The
-Eauntleroy suits seldom seen now,
tho sashes were much in their way. A
very pretty suit for out doors for boy
Of 8 to is shown in the center figure in
the group with this letter.
1t is really overcoat or kilt, according
to the material it is made Of II Of CASH
mere, or camels' hair. or ladies' cloth, 1t
is suitable for the house. OF velvet or
beaver cloth, for outdoor wear, and il
should be warmly lined. The model is
slate gray beaver cloth, with olive green
plush facings and belt. Leggings Of
dark cloth are to be worn for cold days.
The Tam o Shanter cap shoul' h" Of the
same material rs the coat. For boy OF
twelve or thirteen an overcoat should
reach about to tho knees, and this style
has the seams laid fiat and stitched.
Stockings for children are of heavy
ribbed wool, with double heels and toes,
aud double also over the knees. The
person who will invent something to
save or make stockings more durable
will have done greater thing than he
who writes book, selah!
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The building is Of pressed brick white stone
trimmings, and consists Of three stories and
q basement, 40 by 20 feet. The basement
contains wheel room, tool room, kitchen
and jnnitor's apartments. The floor is con
crete and tho whole is well adapted for get
ting in and out with wheels, On the first
floor which is finished entirely In bard wood,
are tho members lounging room, Office libra
ry, smoking and dining rooms, also large
parlor or reception room, having two
archcd entrances, to the right OF tho main
staircase These two large rooms can bo
thrown together for dancing, giving u hall
about 40 by 10 feet, and the whole floor can
be used II necessary.
The billiard, card and directors rooms on
the second aoor are made very attractive to
the members, who are exceptionally interest.
ed in this department The third floor is Iii,
vided into six apartments, to rent to bach.
rlor members, or for other purposes that
pay be necessary later on.
From the tower or bay windows ON the
second and third floors there Is grand view
Of a large part OF jackson park, aud parts of
the lake sccn through the openings In the
trees; also an excellent view Of the best resi-.
dcnce district Of the city
The cost Of the building was over S25, 900.
The social standing Of its membership is OF
the choicest, and it can claim as its members
dozen or more Of the oldest and best known
American cyclists. The Chicago club has
been remarkably victorious on the road and
pash and 1t has tbs champion team in Amer
lea, which won its title in Buffalo in 1883
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tine card. VI course, n ne has got ordinary
intelligence be can't help but draw certain
conclusions, but the point about this
method Of play 10 that its parrot
play and nothing else You begin ON
memory and your reason in due course
Of time h bound 10 assert itself. What you
want TO do is 10 begin on reason and use
your memory as an aid. Learn the theory
Of the gamo first. Learn why you should
play second hand low and third hand high.
Twenty-six cards, divided into two gSoups
are pitted against twenty-six other cards
divided into two more groups. Read Poles
essay and find out why certain lines Of play
are reasonable and logical. Think II over
and get the general theory Of the game
lodged In your mind. Then 30 into details,
and this Is where your memory comes into
play.
The best and quickest way 10 learn tho
game Is 10 reason out every rule as you come
TO q. Then you will not only know IL, hut
know why IT wac made. which is Of most I'm
portancc. TON LANSING.
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Hero IL where the real enjoyment comes In
when one has arrived at the stage where
he can appreciate the fine plays OF the ex-
perts, although unable to initiate them. All
can't be Scbaefers or Ole Bulls. Jake is
nervy-auother thing for beginners TO re-
member. In Chicago, in 1883, vignaux had
only 02 points 10 90, and Jake had i03
He was cool and steady when he took his
turn, playing his first shot with his left hand
and following II up with some fine and din
cult maxse shots, run out and won the game,
which was worth $1,000 to 5000 TO him, be-
sides the title Of champion.
An inferior player whose nerve Is good at
the start can often beat a good player by
getting an early lead in the game, 200 great
TO he overcome when the better player pulls
himself together There is always excite
ment connected with the game, but the man
Of nerve has great advantage over the less
fortunate player. Many brilliant cxhibi-
ton player goes TO pieces In a match and In
beaten by his own lack Of nerve. When
playing game give your undivided atten-
ton TO It; don't go running about the room
talking TO Tom, Dick and Harry. II Is not
uncommon for player to improve 20 that
In two weeks he is able 10 give odds TO a man
who first interested him in the game. A be-
ginner who has n natural knack for the
game may defeat, after a weeks practice,
the man who discounted him ut first
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There will bo more bright colors worn
by children this winter than heretofore.
There are many new and very brilliant
colors adapted particularly to children,
and it is well, for though children al
ways look pretty, yet they should always
be associated with everything bright and
fair.
There is lovely purplish crimson
called petunia which shows off the pearly
fairness Of "A child's skin wonderfully,
and there are some rich and pleasing
dark and light blues, which are very be-
coming to children, and there is great
variety Of material in Turkey red, and
deep saffron yellow. While these will
not he used together, separately and
trimmed with black they will be very
handsome. OLIVE HARPER.
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preacher and lecturer went on growing
till he took rank among the eminent men
Of the age, whether In England or Amer
lea; yet both church and pastor seemed
to grow, IL possible, more orthodox and
more exact in discipline and obeervances
with each advance in fame. The meth
ods Of the church were sometimes ridi-
culed, and DIR. Talmage was good humor-
edly satirized as the "gymnastic preach
er," but his rigid Presbyterianism was
never questioned by synod or layman.
His church was free to all, being main
tanned wholly by voluntary offerings.
and he has organized religious annex,
il one may SO call It, in the style of lay
college for religious training. 1t is open
TO persons of all denominations, and
gives instruction In philosophy, logic and
general literature, In natural theology,
sacred history, the evidences Of Christi
anity and Interpretation Of Scriptures.
His many contributions to current litera-
ture, as well as his extensive editorial
labor, are well known. He is, indeed, q
busy man.
The general feeling Of Brooklyn, in
deed Of all New Yorkers, about DR.. Tai
mage is summed up thus tersely by one
of them, "You may smile whenever he
is alluded to, but you must not say
word against him." That's it, exactly.
They nearly all smile, and a few laugh,
at some of his methods; but all are in
tensely proud of him. Yes, all-agnostic
and indifferents as well as orthodox.
He is a thorough man and a thorough
American. and the people will see to it
that his beloved Tabernacle is raised
again in greater glory than before. The
loss, it may be proper to state here, will
scarcely fall below 100000, including
the magnificent organ; but there was an
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OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
Some Points on Learning tho Gams-Thc
Hest and Quickest Way.

Some Points On Learning tho Gane-Thc
Hest and Quickest Way.
In large cities teachers Of the game Of
whist are enabled at present, such is the
popularity Of tho game, to earn quito re-
spectacle. completeness at their calling.
Like dancing masters, they charge fixed
figure per lesson and agree to give In GER
tain number OF lessons O good working
knowledge Of the game. The average Amer
lean, who perhaps In temperament is half
way between the stol!d Epgishnan and the
mercurlal Frcnchman, wants, when he takes
fancy TO thing, to learn all there is about
it In the quickest possible way, and he
Is perfectly willing TO pay for II, If
he doesn't happen TO be too poor,
so that in America, when any new fad is
sprung" on the people, there is rapidly de.
veloped a number Of experts, and IL is won.
derful what proficiency Americans attain at
a new game in Il short time. Witness, for in.
stance, the roller skating craze, and how
quickly In every town in the country thero
arose a local champion. Now, whist is not
exactly fad. 1t is more lasting amuse-
ment But As s0ciety becomes welded
together In America the game grows
more popular among that class who are
anxious for intellectual pleasure, Tho
question which is more often asked me
than any otaer by uovices in the game is
"How soon can learn itf' and propose to
answer this question as well as IL can be
answered. In the first place, whist can
never be learned perfectly, and this Is one
reason why II is 30 fascinating There is al
ways something more ahead. II is com
mon expression in whist text books that al
most any one can, by practice, get up 10 a
certain point, but beyond that few can 60
This is undoubtedly true, for whist is like
any other art-like music, or painting. or
writing. One must first grasp certain num-
Der Of facts; must learn them so perfectly
that the are second nature, and then that
subtle something which some call genius
steps In and puts them 10 the highest use.
w hat the beginner in whist wants to know
is not how he can become a great whist
player-no one can show him that-but how
he can in the shortest time acquire all the
facts so perfectly that he will use them in
voluntarily. A child learns a language not
by any process Of reasoning, but by memory
Indeed, the best way for an adult to learn a
language is 70 memorize 10 many words a
day until he gets vocabulary enough TO swim
in. This is only question OF memory, and
this il the most popular way of learning whist
e. apparently the best. The beginner learns
cei i rules and then certain more rules,
until by nd by he knows them all, and then
whenever lac rlakes play he runs his men
tai fingers over his mental keyboard until he
= 5 TO the right one, presses II and be plaYs
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A SECOND DESTRUCTION.
THE WORLD svMPArHIzes WITH
Or. 7. OE WITT TAlMAoE.

Both his Tsbsfnscies Were Destroyed %
Sunday History ~ the Congrsgstion
That Has drown Under His Siiaistrs.
tions--flow the Doctor Tskss HIS Losa
Both of DR.. Talmage's Brooklyn taber-
naclcs wers burned on Sunday morning
both, very fortunately, before the hour
for service, for the destruction was rapid,
and bad the audience room been full Of
people loss Of life could scarcely have
been prevented. A curious fact is that
both tabernacles were substantially as
planned by Mr.. Talmage, that both plans
were condemned by most judges to
whom he submitted them, and that both
proved to have been about the right
thing when the buildings were COM
rie.ed. He says that he began to muse
on and look longingly forward to such
building when he was but boy and
dimly hoping to some day become sue
cessful minister.
On Sunday, the c2d Of December,
1872, the sexton, who was preparing the
Tabernacle for morning service, discov-
cred fire near the fue in the southeast
corner Of the front vestibulo. In one
hour from the time the alarm was given
the structure was complete ruin, only
small sections Of the iron walls remain.
ing to show the original outline. 1t was
built about two years before-a wooden
frame, sheathed within and without
with corrugated iron, and filled in with
brick at the places thought fitting.
There proved to be just wood enough to
make destruction certain and rapid.
The plan had excited much derision, yet
the building proved attractive enough
in looks, while inside the acoustics were
simply perfect. There were seats for
5000 persons, and standing room for
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LOUIS XIV,

cu@ IL jumped the table, rolled along the
hoor st terrific pace, struck the base board,
exploded with loud report and set the wood
wTk on nre, after which the pieces danced
about the hoor. The attendant picked them
up win shovel and put them IN bucket OF
wasr' where they sizzled and sputtered.
When picked out cold they had turned from
whits TO black Composition balls were dis
cardsd after that This story Is vouched for
BY well known authority on billiards, who
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RUSSlA'S BORDER LAND.
An Interesting Letter from the Pen Of
David Ker.
Especial Correspondence

David Ker.
Especial Correspondence.
NEW YORK, Oct. l7.-There appeared
lately in Russian weekly, just after
terrible accident on the st, Petersburg
Moscow railroad, picture representing
an American tourist travelling along it
with Russian, to whom he boasts that
1--WE have trains in the statcs ;''at'll carry
you seventy-tive miles an hour" "Call
you Eat anysing!" answer, Tire Russian
with calm disdain; 1--WE haf trains on dis
very railroad what sail carry you into 20
next world in Won moment"
This Amclie Rives combination of the
quick and the dead is the only sense in
which the term "quick" can be applied
to the trains that crawl over the vast
dusty plain forming the border line be-
tween Russia, Persia and Asiatic Tur-
key. The express (Which runs once a
weekD takes twenty-four hours to cover
the 400 miles between Tiflis--the capital
Of the Caucasus-and Baku on the Cas-
plan sea, while all the other trains take
thirty-six.
Nor does the surrounding landscape
do much to atone for this delay. The
railway to Tiflis from the Black sea port
Of Batoum, indced-passing as it does
right through the shaggy gorges and
frowning precipices of the Southern
Caucasus-has savage picturesqueness
which no words can convey; but as for
the scenery between Tifis and Baku on
the Caspian sea, the best way to imagine
it is to multiply billiard board by five
millions and subtract the cushions.
Moreover, the frequent halts for "re-
freshments" are merely hollow mock
cry, the said refreshment consisting
chiefly Of "black bread" much blacker
than it is painted, tea, so weak that it
can hardly get out OF the teapot without
help, and SO called cabbage SOUP" that
is really warm water, into which a stale
cabbage leaf seems to have fallen by
some accident In fact, the only palata-
BILE item in. the local bill of fare is the
magnificent grapes, which are sold here
at half cent per pound.
But even this dreary fiat is precious to
Russia. Firstly, as the great storehouse
of mineral oil, which. though its present
sources are said TO be showing signs Of
exhaustion, is believed 10 contain many
more springs which are quite untouched,
and secondly, as the natural starting
point Of the fresh advance which shs as
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ed much over the loss of their noted
organ, which was built for the first Bos-
ton jubilee in 1869, at a cost of S25, 900.
On the ruins soon rose a structure
more completely in accord with Mr..
Talmage's ideas. His plan, briefly ex.
pressed, was to have huge auditorium
so arranged that every one in it can
both SEQ and hear the speaker with COM
fort, and he accomplished il. Nor was
the building failure as a matter Of
taste, though in the interior one could
see that extraordinary liberties had been
taken with the platform, front of organ
and other appliances to give relief to tho
outline wherever needed. To combine tho
horseshoe form with Gothic windows and
ceiling seems in words an odd arrange
ment, yet it secured good hearing for
some 5000 people and without special
offcnse to the eye of taste The general
plan cannot well be described in strictly
architectural terms. The main outline
was that of cross with broad and shall
low arms, with roof, windows and dec
orative details in pure Gothic. But the
head of the cross was devoted to a COM
IdIdtlNclN Stuuy.
The nave and transepts remaining for
the auditorium were so arranged that
one side appeared a long, straight wall,
and the other as five of the faces of
regular octagon. To state it another
way: Take an octagon and cut off three
faces squarely; the square side thus left
fronting the remaining five faces, the
whole will seem very much like semi
circle or horseshoe. The middle of the
straight side was taken up by the huge
organ and pulpit platform, and from
this the seats retired in five concentric
semicircles to the five short walls Gnner
faces of the octagon), which wero fin
ished in light gray plaster. The ceiling
was dark blue. BY day the auditorium
was lighted by huge Gothic windows Of
colored glass, and ut night by three
enormous gas chandeliers. There was
no pulpit; only tho chair and table of
the preacher. Back Of him rose the i'm
mense golden and silver hued pipes Of
the giant organ, and before him, below
the front of the platform, sat the organ
ist, with five key boards under his
hands. To the preachers right and q
little below stood the cornetist, who
gave the cue for the singing, feature
which often excited the amusement of
visitors. There was no choir; every one
in the audience sang who wanted to or
was able.
And this magnificent and popular
structure was destroyed on Sunday
morning, Oct. 18, quite as unexpectedly
and suddenly as its predecessor had
been. At 2:45 a. m. a policeman OBJ
served that smoke was escaping from
the roof, and that the windows were il
Illuminated, and gave the alarm; but be-
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of Capt. Henry
w. Belden, no
served in the
Thirty-s vent h
Wisconsin infan-
try durin g the
war. He gradu-
ated from t h @
Rochester semi
nary, and in 1888
went to Racine,
where he entered
the office of the
county judge as a
clerk. In the fall
of 1884 he entered
the w Wiscons sin
State ,lniyerSitv
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ether substances with the greatest care. A
table with poor cushions is an abomination.
Tho combination cushions now in use were
patented in 1854 by Michael Phelan, a famous
American player. The best balls are made
Of tho finest East India ivory. Composition
balls are also used by second hand pool rooms,
but they don't find favor with experts. The
subject Of composition balls brings to mind
story that II pretty old, but good enough to
rstell.
About twenty years ago Jim Furlong kept
billiard room In Quincy, Ills Among the
players who used TO meet there were Sam
Furloug, his brother, and Bill Morgan, .
Mississippi pilot, very profane man and an
expert billisrdist, II the rame didn't pro-
gre0 to his satisfaction he would commence
10 swear, run down the table, balls and play
srs, and eventually throw up his cue. AS the
story goes, he and Furlong were engaged in n
game end uxing the first set Of composition
balls introduced into Quincy. Bill had been
having bad run Of luck, the balls would kiss
when least expected, or 60 of at an entirely
different anglo to that anticipated. Bill was
working himself into an awful stew. Curses
loud and long flowed from his mouth ~
swestly and easily as water from mountain
pring. At last in the middle Of run he got
Ne balls In o position where table shot
would be likely to bunch them; he attempted
ths shot, but rs the ball took the last angle
We object hall rolled up agains: it
and ruined the shot Enraged with disap-
pcintment, be struck the cue ball ter
nble welt with the butt end Of his
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and graduated in 1885, at the age of 20
years. Although qualified to practice in
any court in the state, he was debarred
until he became of legal age. In August,
1888, he opened an office in Racine.
In the spring of 1899 he was elected
county judge by handsome majority,
being only 90 years of age at the time
After the resignation of his grandfather,
who was county judge, he was appointed
to ill the vacancy.
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A Pucilist's Great Luck.

Pat Killen, the pugilist has received . let
ter from his attorney in which he is notified
that contested will of one of his ancestors
has just been settled in his favor The
amount that Pat will receive is about
$4,000. His windfall is a portion Of the es-
tate of his mother, who died recently in
Philadelphia possessed of property worth up.
ward of 500 600
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some 500 more,
yet every one
could hear with
comfort. Char
lotte Cushman
read to the largest
audience t at
could be squeezed
into it, and every
one card her
IN o 8 t ordinary
con v ers ational
tones. The con-
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Almond. in North Georgia.

Capt. j. p. Wilson showed us day or
two since some nice specimens of al
monds which grew on the farm Of Mr..
Childs. few miles from this place
Clarksville (Ga.) Advertiser.
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In Time to Come.

Time, A. y, $500, scene, Metropolitan mu,
scum, Chicago
she-The catalogue says Ancient Ball
Player but how c1uII he play balli he has
no ermsl
He-Wel, you see, my dear, those were In
the days before they pitched by electricity
They played so hard then that they were
probably pitched off.-Harpers Weekly.
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The Ynunr-eSt Jn,lpe,

Here is portrait of Hon. E. B. Bel
den, who is believed to be the youngest
Judge in the United States. He was born
in the village of Rochester, Wis, in May,
1860 and is therefore but %. He is a son
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10 the trlchu OF the srade II 10 related thnt
once on time when Schaefer and Bes<unger
rre to play an exhibition gameof >0opoints,
straight rail, Bcssupgcr worked himself into
terrible stew because his favorite cue was
missing. "Never mind, Jack, said Schssfcr
In an undertone, perhaps you won't need
it.r whercupon Schaefer won the bank,
counted from the lay OF and ran the game
out