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LADIES having

LADIES having any kind of goods to be
cleaned or dyed can direct postal to us
and we will send for them. E. j. Linnekin
& Co., ia Federal street, Allegheny. Tel
ephone 345i. Tus
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GAME NO. lSS-"SOUTER"
Played in Derry Neacs correspondent ce
tourney between L. NJ. Stearns and F. A.
Marsh. Contributed to The DISPATCH by the
draughts editor of the Neus
Mr. Stearni' move
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9-1AJ 12-19 15u a. I l0-15I 2-T
Ply I7-lO 9-l8 8-H 13- Q H-1B
il-I6 B-I5 "a ga 0-l3 1H13
25-22 3O-G l7-13 G-T 27-24
1919 TO S-11 S-u 16-2Ol
2-15 2l-l7 N-23 15-- 8 23-16l
10-19 So 11-16 3-12 1913
23-16 22-lS 1915 31-g 20 q B. wins

To the Checker Editor of The Dfspatcn:
In game No. 1872, Price versus johnson, at
forty ninth move, position is:
Black, 8, is. King-22.
White-l0. II, q. King-2
Instead of 2-7, or 2-6 black wins.
Play 10-7, BIO, 26, and drawn.
Again, variation 8, at twenty-third move
Of game No. 1s4, 2-6 draws as per published
rlay. Variation of same game, at eight
zenith move (7-10). corrects Robertson's
Guide Trunk and variation lS where 14-17 and
I'LL are played. W. H. TYSON.
Bro RUN. PA
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81 sNI IoEI HNliz5'
[I3Ml40lsMI I6W
MHEaIsE1IsE 20
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

Checker Headquarters-Hom Hotel. Duquesne
way, between Eighth and Ninth streets, and at
Samuel Seeds, 96 Seventh avenue.
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YOUNG people will enjoy Walter Dohm's
article on paper chasing, and DIR. Abbot's
article about birds in THE DISPATCH to-
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White-Amateur.
Blaok-Mitropolsky.
Black announced mate in three moves.


SOLUTION TOURNEY PROBLEMS.
Problem No 107, Q to B ch.
Problem No. Jos, Q to R3.
Problem No. 10s, K to o. d ch.
Problem No 100, Q to RS
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. ITO.
BySG,s. Jacobs.
If KIP, to K7. If to 8, R to B4.
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. Ill.
By John F. Tracy
If KtoB5, Qto Il 3. If X toK4, @ to Kt
5 CHI.
CRITICISMS.
Nos 107 and lCs have been unfavorably
criticised, and justly So No. l09 "One of
the finest two-movers extant." WurZburg.
move. Black gets three extre squares
to meet his death on" Tracy. Exception
ally difficult and well polished" Catlin;:
txoer A n the % ssS There ara Hp Ea9d
good tries and the mates are good''
Keeney. every fine Kew move
not apparent" Johns zone Of the kind
Ito. ITO one who has puzzled over a simi
lar position by Healey this problem offers
few attractions and is not difficult" Tracy.
"AH very neat but I. NJ. Browns problem,
published in June No. of Brownson's journal
is so much like it in idea (and more Variety
that Jacobs is not original. Wurzburg. Ill.
"One of the finest arrangements OF the force
employed l haYe ever seen." Catlin. GA
difficult problem, but the P. at X. 6 points
too plainly toward the keyhole." Tilley.
every neat" Wurzburg.
Correct solutions to all received from
P. G. Keeney, Newport, Ky.; Horner
C. Catlin, Canton, o.; B. NJ. Foster.
rose Ses.on Mass 9si riley believing Fs Josn
F. Tracy, North Conway, N. H., and Otto
Wurzburg, Grand Rapids, Mich.
SOLXERS' SCORE.
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THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
CONDUCTED BY ]. B. FERGUSON.

REFERENCE BOARD.
lot
Black men occupy squares
1 to IL; white men squares
q to 80. Black men al
ways move first.
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Draughts Editor Ne,us and Post, London
Will be pleased to exchange.
Edwin A. Durgin, Boston Mass-Will be
most happy to comply with your request.
W. H. Tyson, Big Run, Pa.-Yours with
membership fee to the Checker Association
of Pennsylvania, at hand, which will entitle
you to two years. membership.
j. L. Rae-Please send US your play on
problem J. bv L. NJ. Stearns showing the
draw, and oblige.
L. S. Head-Your postal to hand, and will
give the business department your change
of address.
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To the Checker Editor of The Dispatch:
In problem No. SO Mr. Charles Price, at
sixth move, plays 27; but play the following
for draw:
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THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP,

A tournament to decide who will be recog-
nized champion of the State by the Penn
sylvania Checker Association will be held in
Pittsburg on Thursday, November 96. 1891
Thanksgiving Day.. championship gold
badge will go to the victor Of the final
round, and challenge trophy will go to the
player defeated in final round. who, accord
ing to the bylaws of the association, will be
open to being challenged for said trophy and
if able to hold the trophy one year without
being challenged it will become his own
property, and If he also wins it in three con-
tests 1t becomes his own property. All
parties wishing to enter the above tourna-
ment can do so by sending their names and
addresses to the editor of this column who
is secretary of said association; and it is ad-
visable that the names Of all the contestants
should be sent in not later than the Goth OF
November. All members Of the Pennsyl-
vania State Checker Association are eligible
to play, and those who are not members of
the above association can become SO by
paying a membership fee of so cents when
sending in their names. -..
The rules of the late English champion
ship tournament will govern the play of the
association. The following names have been
sent to US: Joseph Maize, Mcdonald, Pa;
W. H. Tyson, Big Run, Pa.
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White: 10 pieces.
White mates in two moves.
GAME ENDING NO. 81.

GAME ENDING NO. 81.
We are indebted to the New York Clipper
for the following elegant termination Of
game at the odds of pawn and move be-
tween the late young Russian master, N. E.
Mitropolsky, and Amateur.
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MERCER VERSUS ALLEGHENY.

The attorneys of Mercer county are very
anxious to play the attorneys of Allegheny
county a match game Of checkers. In
Mercer the attorneys are very conf
dent they can defeat anything at the Allie
gheny county bar. In view of getting up
team match between these legal lights. we
desire to hear from the members of Allie
gheny county who are devoted to Dameth,
into readiness. We hope to hear from At
torneys Nesbit, Stillwagen, johnson, etc.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Positions Problems. Games and Checker News
will at all times be welcome. All communications
to be addressed
P.O. Box 35, EAST END, PITTsBURG, PA.
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N"NI-' SNILl. IhD LANE MD NATIVE ORES.

sive. at valley furnace ...... SIS 90 cash
5000 tons Bessemer.. Jan. to May, in
elusive. at valley furnace. 1886 cash
!. SEQ tons Bessemer. Dec to Feb. inclu.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
TO DETECT ALUM.
Why She Didn't Move.

Yesterday afternoon a young lady
stood leaning against the front door
OF a handsome residence on Meridian
street. A gentleman who was pass.
ing noticed her and saw, or imagined
he saw. Il look OF embarrassment
and annoyance upon hor face.
Half an hour later, as he was
again passing the sameplace, he was
surprised to see the young woman
standing in precisely the same posi-
ton. This time he was sure he was
not mistaken about the troubled
look upon her face. Big tears of vex-
alton slowly crept down her cheeks
and the end of her nose and her chin
quivered in a manner which betoken.
ed the nearness of good cry"
The gentleman being elderly and ex-
ceedingl.y kind hearted abruptly
paused and asked the young woman
if he could be OF any service to her.
"Ye-ves, sir; | think you can il
you will he so kind" was the reply,
rendered half unintelligible by the in
reference of an aggressive sob. 81
was waiting for some II to come
that ! was acquainted with. You
see it was this way, sir: Everybody
had gone away from the house but
me and | was going. l locked the
back door and took the key, so that
l could get in this evening when l
came home. Then | fixed the spring
lock on this door SO that when /
came out it would lock itself. When
l came out | shut the door with a
bang, so that it would be sure to
lock. 1t caught a fold OF my dress
and held me prisoner. Here | have
been ever since waiting to see some
acquaintance whom l could call to
help me-"
''And i don't see just how l am to
release you now" said the man.
ooh, | have had plenty of time to
study that all out" said the girl, and
with the prospect of freedom she was
once more able to smile at the ludi-
crousness ofthe situation. "Ihaveno
key to this door, but | have to the
back door. You will have to take that
keya go around thehouseandcom
in the back way. You a open this
door from the inside. lam very sor.
ry to trouble you so much. sir, but l
do not know of any other plan by
which l can be helped"
Walking into the G of the house
OF total strangers was an oldexperi-
ence to the old gentleman, but he did
it, and presently the girl was laugh
ing nervously over her emancipa-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
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RUSTIC GUILELESSNESS.

How the Farmer Keeps Up tho
Price of Eggs In Matching Season.
"Nice eggs amt they?:" said a man
at Wood River station the otherday,
as he picked up a sample OF chen
fruit" from a pail that a fellowpass-
enger carried.
YES" responded the owner OF the
eggs, they're pretty good looking.
Blooded stock" he continued; "but
as l only paid 25 cents for them ]
guess they won't hatch"
''Why how is that?" said the ignor-
ant Providence Journal man who
stood near.
"yEell you see," replied the man
with the eggs, "if these eggs were sold
for Matching they would fetch over$1
a bakers dozen, being Of blooded
stock, but, the supply being greater
than the demand. they were sold for
eating purposes at the regular rate of
% cents. The farmer, though to
guard against their use for setting
has run a fine needle through the butt
end ofeach 81 as to just pierce the in
ner skin, atrick that does away effect
ually with Matching it."
This little scheme OF the guileless
farmer to keep up the price of hatch
ing egg in season was new to the city
man, but his informant said it was
q practice as old as tho hills.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Prohibition Statistics.
The Secret of Fine Pastry.

Is wholly in using Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder.
The only pure Cream Tarter Powder sold on the market
Other brands contain either ammonia, alum or some other
adu1terant. Ammonia or alum powders dry out, make the
dough too porous, leaving a bitter taste, etc.
No agency has assisted so much toward perfection in
cookery as Prices Cream Baking Powder. Its ingredients
are simple and so blended as to exist in exact chemical pro.
portions, so after use there is never any excess of either left in
the food. Hence there can be no impurities whatever left in
the finished food. No bitter taste, no faint of ammonia, but
food raised with Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder partakes
Of the natural sweet flavor of the -four and keeps moist and
fresh for days. This powder possesses qualities peculiar to
It alone. NJ other makes such delicious pastry. No other
eootains the white Of eegs.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Undersold the Owner

The proprietor OF a country store
was noted for being particularly
obliging to his customers, andhehad
u clear headed and smart youngman
for a clerk. One day one of the best
customers of the house called to buy
a dress pattern. The price was sew
enty five cents, and after Il long talk
the clerk closed the bargain at sew
enty cents.
While the clerk was selecting trim
ming, ETC., in another part of the
store, the genial proprietor came
along rubbing his hands, inquired
after the family of the customer,
praised her taste in selecting that
particular piece of goods, and as a
special favor to a good customer let
her have it for sixty-eight cent per
yard.
The clerk returned, and the lady
told him ofthe reduction the proprie-
tor had made. The clerk was furi.
Gus, but not in the least disconcert-
ed. He saw that if the customers
thought he was selling higher than
others in the store they would avoid
him and his discharge would follow:
SO he said:
81 just looked at the bill and car
sell you that piece at sixty-five cents
a yard"
When the sale was completed the
proprietor was a angry as the clerk
"Do you know that made the
price siXty-eight cents?" asked thu
proprietor.
"Yes," replied the clerk, "but
want you to understand that nc
mar can undersell me in this store
He kept his situation.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Fighting Parson.
During the Eighteenth century

During the Eighteenth century
Presbyterian ministers settled among
the people of northern Scotland need
ed to be men of great strength. piety
and zeal. The Rev. Eneas Sage,
whose story is told in Parrish Life
in the North of Scotland" belonged
to the order of muscular Christians,
being more than six teetin height and
stout in proportion.
A year or two after he had become
minister ofLochearean, he announced
one Sunday his intention of holding
"a diet catechising" at the house OF
a dissolute man, a desperate charac-
ter of great physical strength.
The minister friends remonstrat-
ed wit. him. but he went to the mans
house, and was ordered to go away.
Easier said than DONE" answered
the minister; "but you may turn me
out if you can"
They were both powerful men, and
neither of them hesitated to put up
on the other his ponderous strength.
After a short but fierce struggle, the
minister became the victor, and the
landlord, Frustrated upon his own
floor, was with a rope coiled round
his arms and feet bound over tokeep
the peace.
The people of the district were then
called in. and the minister proceeded
seriously to discharge the duty OF
catechisinw them. When that was
finished, he set himself TO deal with
the delinquent present. The man
was solemnly rphlked, and the min.
lister so moved his conscience that he
afterwards lecame ~ decided Chris
tian.-louth's companion.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
The Lady and the Cigar.

The train from Paris to Versailles
was to leave there in five minutes,
says the Texas Siftings. An elegant-
ly dressed gentleman enters a first
class carriage. He has a. burning
cigar in his mouth. He is about to
take his seat when he perceives an
elderly ladyis in thecarriage. Being
a gentleman he raises the window
and is about to throw out the cigar,
when the old lady says:
"Don't you know that yon are for
hidden to smoke in a first-class car
riage when there are ladies in it,"
"My dear madame, you see l was
just about to anticipate your wish
by throwing away my cigar. How
ever, l will not disturbe youturther,"
and bowling very stifHy he left the
car, and, purchasing. a third-class
ticket, he took his seat among some
peasants where he could smoke I'M
disturbed.
There was sitting near the gen
tleman II notwithstanding tramp,
who smelt horribly of garlic and
who was about as disagreeable a
neighbor as a well he imagined.
"My good fellow" said the gentle
man, "did you ever ride in a first
class carriage?"
Never"
"Well, here's IL ticket that l can't
use. Just yougc into that first-class
carriage. There is n vacant seat
next to i'm old lady; just takeit."
The man. who was sadly in need OF
disinfectants, did as he was told. A
few minutes after he entered the door
of the frst-class carriage was closed,
and off went the train, which does
not stop at any stations between
Paris and Versailles. You can i'm
agine whether or not the gentleman
got even.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Preferred Fe-Mail Bags.

A lady member Of q female organi.
cation recently agitated the subject OF
starting q weekly newspaper "conduc-
ted wholly by women without the as
sistance Of male man."
The paper was launched on the al
ready troubled waters, and hundreds
of copies made ready for conferred ut
the p%ost-office as matter OF the second
class"
The enterprising lady called upon
Postmaster Sexton for bags wherein
to transmit the papers to the govern
ment building.
She was required to sign the neces-
sary blanks for bags, and an order
was issued to grant her four mail
bags.
She read it through very carefully
before signing it, and her hesitation
was observed by the postmaster who
inforinedher that sit was only a form
adop:el by the department to keep
track OF the bags"
"Oh, that does not trouble me in
the least, replied the lady, "but can
you not alter the reading OF theblank,
or preface the letters "fe'' to male SO
that it would read female bag. instead
OF male bag, as our paper is SO thor
ougly devoted to women that we de-
sire to be distinctly independent OF a
male character"
Male bags in that office are nailed
up in the wood box.-National Week
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Too Smart.

In the dry goods emporium
Mr.. Figggg-Well, have you selected
that > cents worth of ribbon yet?
Mrs. F'igg-No, not yet. Did youget
tired OF waiting outside? Mr.. Figg
oh, no.. | have been around to the
Office and cleared SOON realestate
deal since you came in here. Mrs.
Figg (calmly)-Indeel! Then we will
just buy that new silk dress | have
been wanting SO long. And Mr.. Figg
stood on one loot and reflected all to
himself that there were times when q
man got really and entirely too
smart for his own good.-Terre
Hautc Express,
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Avertin9 a

So far as a casual observer could
see, the crowd coming overa Hoboken
ferry-boat the other afternoon was
sober and good-natured, and many
were, therefore, surprised to hear a
man suddenly call out:
"Sir! you have insulted me, and I'll
knock your head OFF,
The speaker was a big man with
bushy hair and IL fat face, and he had
a cataract in his LETT eye. The man
shouted at was rather understood and
humble -looking.
Eyes, slr-l'l knock your head Off"
continued the big man, as he flourish
ed his fists about.
"How did l insult you?" demanded
the other.
"You have kept your eyes on me
eve since | got on the boat. It's my
misfortune to have IL bad eye, but |
don't want to be stared at asst | We're
a gorilla!"
'Who stared at you?"
you have, and if it wasn't for rails
Ing AoM p''oiiN, III Hi"hS Sout
heels crack"
81 never ever saw you'll" retorted
the little man, growing very spunky
at once.
"What! Wasn't l sitting right here,
and you over there, and didn't you
have your eyes OF me all the time?"
"No sir! ! "a reading that sign to
the left of your head!'
Don't talk so'-
"Hold on" interrupted Il passenger
who hadpushed himselfforward. its
just as thelittle man says, and there's
no occasion for hard feelings. Gentle
men, the little man is cross-eyed, Be
tween the big MAJ being blind in one
eye and the little man being cross
eyed, they got things mixed, and ought
to shake hands and be friends"
III I'm wrong beg your pardon"
said the big man.
"You jumped on me with both feet,
but it was through mistake, and |
don't hold no grudge," replied the lit
tic man.
Then they shook hands, the crowd
gave them a cheerand everybody said
it was always the best way to be sure
you're right before going ahead.-N.
Y. World.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Let Jeems Co."

A simple argument stated in simple
language with sincere feeling behind it,
is often more effective than anything
which orators practise under the
name OF eloquence. Agood example
is furnished i'll the memoirs OF Jeffer-
son Davis. A young woman wrote to
him:
"Dear Mr.. President-I want you to
let Jeems c. OF company oneth, fifth
South Carolina regiment come home
and get married. Jeems is willin', l is
willin', his nanny says she is willin'
but Jeems' captain he amt willin.'
Now when we are all willin' 'ceptin'
Jeems' captain, | think you might let
up and let Jeems come. I'll make
him go straight back when he's done
got married ami fight Just as hard as
ever"
Mr.. Davis wrote on the letter: "Let
Jeems 60"
Jeems went home, married the
affectionate correspondent OF Mr..
Davis, returned to his regiment, and
did fight as well as ever.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Not Wholly Ornamental.

oCdeli SItO ANOl VII tOUtJc OUTGet
car was taken, and fonr or five per.
sons were standing. One OF the lat.
ter was a young woman. who stood
near the middle of the car. A tai,
young man, rather too Slim for his
height from an athletic point of view,
rose from his seat near the rear door
and stepped forward to inform the
young woman, who was looking the
other way, that there was a seat for
her. AS he did so IL man dropped
into it.
81 beg your PARDON" said the
young man. didn't get up to give
YOU Il seat"
"But got it," said the man.
81 extended it for the lady," said
the Young fellow.
"But | got it," retorted the other
with IL sncer.
He WAS the bigger man, but the
young fellows hand descended on his
shoulders and he was on his feet and
on the platform before he knew it.
'Conductor! conductor!!" he cried,
but the conductor had n far-away
look in his eyes, and was interested
in something going on down the
street. The man was in the street
before he had time to call out again.
The hero-tor he was u hero in the
eyes ofall thepassangers by this time
-reentercd the car. and, lifting his
hat, politely said:
"Madame, there's a seat for you"
And the passengers we're S tickled
that they actnlly began to clap their
hands. The young man simply
smiled. and said:
college athleticsare of some value
now and then
Then heleanedup against the front
door and Observation-Disclosures paper,
while the young woman watched
him a%dmiringly,
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
When in Doubt Fresh Dea

Result OF recent political events in
Bulgaria: revival of the bastonnude.
Asoldier condemned to receive twenty
five strokes with a whip, is handed
over to a couple OF comrades who
have orders to strike alternately. A
dispute arises at the eleventh stroke.
"That makes ten,' said one.
"Twelve!!" replies the other.
"Ten!"
"Twelve!!"
81 say, let us start afresh!"-La
Monde Illustre.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
Wanted Revenge.

Tradesman, to old gentleman who
has purchased Il lawn mower: eyes,
sir, I'll oil it, and send it overimm-''
Customer, imperatively: "No, no,
no!-it mustn't be oiled! l won't have
it oiled. Mind that! | want noise! And
look here-pick me out a nice rusty
one. My neighbours children boot
and yell till ten o'clock every night,
so''-viciously-"I mean to cut my
grass from four till six every morn
inoln
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
The Missing information.

First Lady: "Well, Emma, whati il
it you are looking for so anxiously ii
your cookery-book?"
Second ditto newly married):"Ach
our silly cook is stopping out so late
and my husband says he would like
to eat some radishes-but l can not
find in the whole book any directions
how to cook them!"-Creuznachel
Anzeiger.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
"Voyagers on lifc's sea,
To yourself be true,
And whate'er your lot may b,
Paddle your own canoe"

"To yourself be true" "and thou
cans't not then be false to any man,
"Self-love is not so vile a sin as self.
neglecting." Then "be wise to-day, tits
madness to defer.n Get DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, for all af.
f%ections of the lungs and throat. 1t is
likewise a wonderful liver tonic, and
i%nvigorator.
Az the year round, you may rely upon
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, that are
said to be good for the blood in March,
April and May. The "Discovery"
works equally well at all times, and In
al cases of blood-taints, or humors, no
matter what their name or nature. II
cures all Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous
affections, as Eczema. letter, Salt
rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings,
Hip joint disease and kindred all
ments.
It's the cheapest blood-purifer, sold
through druggists, because you only pay
for the good you get.
Your money is returned II it doesn't
benefit or cure you.
Can you ask more?