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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
MIR. WIDENER'S GREAT GIFT.
THE SPLENDID PHILADELPHIA HOUSE
TO BE USED AS A LIBRARY

The hand sOme residence Of Peter A. b. Wide
ner at the northwest corner Of Broad-st and
Girard ave-. Philadelphia which Mr. Widener has
given to that city TO be used as a branch Of the
Free Library Of Philadelphia Is peculiarly we'll
adapted for the purpose to which 1t is to be
devoted. The formal announcement OF the gift
was made last week at dinner given by Mr.
Widener at his home. and coupled with 1t was
the statement Of Mr.. Widener's desire that the
new branch should be known as the Josephine
Widener Memorial Branch. In memory Of the
donors wife. who died a little more than
year ago. Mr. Widener will place in the art
gallery OF the house full collection OF Ameri-
can art. at expenditure of not less than
$4OOOOO As the residence Is valued at 5000
Co., this Will make the total value Of the gift to
the city at least $1.OOOOOO.
The Widener residence. which is Of the
most magnificent homes in Philadelphia, is
splendidly located two OF the widest streets
In the city. 1t has a frontage Of 80 feet In
Broad-st. and is IA feet deep. 1t stands back
from the street. and stone steps curve up from
each side to the entrance. The building Is four
stories high, with a gable story additional and
Q basement. The material OF which it is con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
COiClI

From Th: Detroit Journal
orr mus, he bargain-day. somewhere"
Yes" ., r., ,oo,
yes Mrs. de- Snort was out Win h't coa'"
this morning 49,, .hr,,,oh
''Oh. perhaps he Was only putting her ''r'uS"
Tn" signals. -, ;,,,
In the meanwhile. civilization mad gained
inward Of ten yards. and all the playlnS' SUD
slantially. WAS being done ia Tie territory VI
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
4 IRA MrS MEMOIRS.

From The Buffalo Commercial.
The audacity and wit Of the American tramp
are proverbial. and undoubtedly they often save
him from harsher treatment than his merits
and demerits entitle him to- country house
near Buffalo recently received call from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
HEiLTHFUL.
oils Journal.

From The Indianapolis Journal
Mrs Watts-The doctors say good cry Is
healthful. ,,
ma a trim TO the seashOre last year and came
back feeling better than had for. oh. ever 80
long.
The sun., 1897-10-10


The Whist Club OF New York opened It's
duplicate season on Wednesday last, although
the regular tournament for points Will not
begin until the 18th. Bachman and Mclver
made the only plus score on the and w hands,
II above the average, while three pairs tied for
high score y and s, Cole and Foster, Ferris
and Spafrord and Fish and Maynard. Tho
management have been very liberal In the way
OF prizes for the coming season, and offer In
ducemcnts which should bring out q large
number every Wednesday evening. The sea-
son is to be divided into two parts, the first
ending Jan. |, and prizes will be given for high
est scores, best single scores. largest plus on
one evening and greatest number OF times high
score. A special room has been fitted up. for
duplicate on other evenings but Wednesday,
and the players can practice there. All tho
matches win DO on the Howell plan for pro-
gresSivo pairs.
= J. b. Elwcll finished in first place In tho
Brooklyn tournament, with A. +. Taylor sec.
ond. Baker failed to catch Buflnton for third
place.
The Women's Whist Club continues to -four
ish. As anticipated by THE SUN, Mrs Breck.
enridge was elected President, and the old
Board OF Directors was retained. There Ia
some talk of getting into quarters OF their own
before long, and new members are coming in
every week. The first mems night OF tho sea-
son will be on the l4th. and the ladies expect a
crush.
The sun., 1897-10-10

How Tim Hurst Tried TO Remove . DIsorderly
Spectator and What Happened.


League Umpire Tim Hurst. like other officials,
has worke his way up from the bottom Of tho
ladder He first acted as Judge OF play In the
South. and then got into the Western League.
Speaking of his debut in the West. Hurst tells
the following interesting romance:
Talk about troubles on the diamond nowa-
days! Why they're nothing to some OF tho
times they used to have out West. III never
forget the first game unpired in the Western
on tSe e,d vas green tor tIir ana when came
striped coats, for didn't want TO go to the ex.,
Of n pIrShssng regulation Uniform until
Just before tho game the manager of the
visiting team, who was a chesty guy and
came up with book OF rules in his hand and.
looking like school teacher. said:
Never mind about bout that, Isl said. d. IknoW T now ' The
rules, all right. just you 20 and sit on the bench
AMI run your team!
that he would break me il didn't turn out all
right. When it WAS time to start the game tho
eaes 6e Dssan e 6SY
other names, whereupon the crowd Joined in and
my life, but there was no end OF fault.fnains.
FINALLY, above the din from the crowd,
Ing that he would ike to take punch rb at me-.
looked around in his direction and located him
"'Yes. your he roared, at the same time CALI
Ing me vile name; III punch you in the ego
II get a chance and he shook his fist. while
the crowd encouraged HIM. 1t then that
decided TO act Remembering the rule which
empowers an umpire TO have any disord erly
necessary, l. called Time and star e1 for Tho
grand stand. at the same time calling upon a
couple OF policemen to put the man out He
was defiant. and the cops wouldn't turn "a hair.
jumped into the stand and started to remove
the fellow myself i OF n good collar and elbow
hold and started to drag him out Of his chair.
when found had stirred up hornets nest.
punches at my head. I returned OF tho
compliments but was no match for the mob I
he!d on To my original mark, though, all through
the struggle, and soused him well. too. Suddenly
the owner of the club came rushing down he
also OF the grand stand with three or four cops.
Grab that umpire |! he yelled, and throw
him over the fence F!
"'It go over the fence. said to him. you'll
go too Thon several ugh-looking guys who
wanted to see fair play said:
You re all right. young fellerl Nobody will
trow yer out o here wiGout Tight Sce!'
Then there was riot Cops. Cranks, toughs,
and managers joined In a free fight over me and
was almost torn limb from limb I managed
to grab seat and hang on. SO that It WAS i'm.
minutes of hot work the police and the tough
looking guys queled the disturb bance md tho
question was put TO me:
- What 10 you want to do with this fcller 2
They referred 10 the man who had caused all
the trouble. i still had grip on him and ho
was rs limp as dishrag.
80 want him put out, I said, and they es.
corted him TO the gate. Then they let him come
back after had climbed out upon the fold and
called Play saw him all right. buL made
no further attempt 70 remove him. Tho next
day had no trouble"
The sun., 1897-10-10

qualities for success In whist, courage and
Quickness OF perception. Players do not lay
their cards on tho table and bury their faces In
their hands for ten minutes at straight whist,
a practice which has driven some OF our bost
players from the duplicate table altogether.
one OF the brightest players in New York. who
for years has enJoyed an envlablo reputation
as whist plnyer, was asked TO watch game
OF duplicate one evening, In the hope that he
might be induced TO play. After half an hour
he expressed himself as satisfied that duplicate
was about as far from an amusement as any
game he had ever seen played.
THE AUXILIARY TROPHY.
The first important match Of tho season, be.
tween New York, holders, and New jersey,
challengers, for the auxiliary Association
trophy, was played on Oct. . In the rooms OF
the Brooklyn Whist Cub, and resulted In
g. victory for New Jersey by ~ tricks.
There were thirty-two players on each side,
and although New York brought strong pairs
from Buffalo, Albany, Troy Poughkeepsie and
hudson, New Jersey had out Its best men TO
meet them, and captured the match by steady
play all along the line. Long and Rose OF New
brunswick made tho banner score for New Jer-
sey, 10 plus, while Rich and Faber made 0
plus for New York.
Some Of the hands were quite interesting, No.
81 probably attracting the most attention on
account OF the struggle between two great
trump hands. Tho following was the play whom
Otis and Aymar were A-B Elwell and Taylor
being Y--Z. u dealt and turned the heart king.
The underlined card wins the trick, and the
card under 1t is the next one led:
The sun., 1897-10-10

A--B win three tricks.
Trick 9. If y now leads trumps, or shows his
suit first and then leads trumps, the result will
be the Same, the point Of the hand being rs
play at trick Z.
Trick 3. Seeing that his partner cannot have
either nine or queen OF trumps, z thinks II
best TO make sure OF estab biahing the diamonds
before leading trumps again.
Trick 7. II leads another round Of trumps
hoping to find the 0 with B and the queen with
A, no loses six Of the remaining seven tricks
BY forcing A he must make his diamonds no
matter what A leads,
Some Of the players, discussing this hand
after the match, did not approve OF VS. lead
and thought il better to run" with the clubs
II Y does so, leading them three times, Il takes
the force and runs with his own diamond suit
IN the same manner, A passing the third round
on account of his trump strength, and allow.
Ing b to ruff it, , then leads trump ace and
he can make but one trump trick. for II he
trumps with the nine. overtrumps with the
ten and leads a club; three tricks only for A.
B, just as In the play given.
:, At table No IL, Jersey, opened the hand and
New York played the defence and the play
developed very neat example OF the impor.
tanco OF keeping small card of suit to lead
to your partner.
The sun., 1897-10-10
Kon Rt 9; Q on X II 7; Kt on Q b 3; Bs on Kt &
and X Il 1; rs on Y Kt g. X and Rt3.

wHITE-EIGHr PIECEs.
lite TO play and mate In three moveA.

White to play and mate In three movea
CHESS NOTES.
Attention Ia drawn 10 THE SuS's readers that the
recp ptlun In aid Of the Steni testimonial fund Will
tax place next Saturday under the auspices OF the
Metropolitan hrss club At the Central Opera House.
East SiSIy seventh street
Following Is sti another selection OF games from
the Berln tOnTnAmenti
The sun., 1897-10-10
A-B win 8 tricks, a gain OF }.

A-B win tricks, a gain OF }.
This 10 undoubtedly the proper opening from
such hand. Henriques hed AS cards at ono
table, and said he would have led the singleton.
but was afraid his partner, strict long
suffer- would not approve Of IL.
Trick 2. B has no better play than to return
the spade, both his long suits being bad ones to
open and there being no occasion to lead
trumpS.
Trick 8. II Y forces his partner with dia-
mond, the result will be the same. because Y
will lead trumps to defend his established
spades, and B will draw a second round to get
two for one. and viii then lead club. which
will win in order to continue the force. This
will leave " tricks altogether. diamond
ace, K, O.. Of trumps and the club king.
Trick Z. The tenace IN trumps will never be
led UP to, it is useless for to keep it in that
Trick 8. II Z passes this trick, the result Is
tho same, for A will win II In order to keep up
the force.
Trick o. Whether z leads tho spade or the
club makes no difference in the result, but IL
he leads the trump he loses q trick by making
two of AS diamonds good.
Another interesting hand was No Q. in which
dealt and turned the heart jack The scores
varied from to tricks for Alb. ac-
cording to the good or bad play OF their ed ver-
saries. Here is how the play went at Taylor
and Elwells table, New York to lead:
The sun., 1897-10-10

Al win three tricks.
IL will be observed that Y plays both his
weak suits down." knowing that his partner
can place the deuce OF diamonds and OF trumps
At trick can afford to risk not finding
the queen, and nine of trumps divided be-
cause he holds re'entry In spades and knows
mi hit have made two winning clubs, but he
prefers TO show his appreciation OF his part
ner's efforts to bring In the diamonds.
OUR PRoBLEMs
The solution OF the problem OF Sept 20 Is
for ~ TO lead trumps twice, discarding spades.
will naturally discard diamonds and W ono
spade. y then leads clubs and makes his ten
acc. II W Keeps q spade lets his go.
In the Following position hearts are trumps.
The sun., 1897-10-10
NEW r0RK's GRoWISG BEAUTY.
More and More Handsome HonSea and Build
inEs GoinE Up All tho Time.

81 noto here and there among the new build.
ings in town. said stroller, lone all red.
built OF brick OF a rich dark shade, and with
window caps and sills of red stone 10 match.
and with the ornaments. If any. OF terra Gotta of
the Same shade. have in mind house some-
thing like this that always look at as pass.
Ii is simple and beautiful and rcstful.
There never was time when we bnilt so
many beautiful houses Rs now. When we first
broke away from the old red brick and brown.
stone, and went in for bun brick. and for stone
OF various colors, and all that sort OF thing. we
certainly did produce some pretty weird effects
but We don't now Oh! not all tho buildings put
up now udays FTo beautiful, by any means.
Some are ugly still, but there are not nearly 50
u any ugly ones as there were. and tho number
OF those hat noble or beautiful is far greater
than ever before. and among these are many
houses not OF great cost that yet are very
slightly. The old shelbaCk who has lived In one
spot in New York all his life couldn't give him.
self & cater pleasure than BY walking about In
the nrwc cr rosidehre distrl"sS al the city; say up
one block and down another. He would he sur.
prisGd and he would he delighted to see what a
beautiful city New York is coming to be.
The sun., 1897-10-10

In stubborn of dyspepsia liver troubles and constipation
Wills English pills be relied the deranged
without weakening the system.
Don't bee those OF
that constant feeling of warness those recurring headaches the
taste in the mouth especially wakenng the heartburn the
constipation and weakness These things kill
that alarming at first sight because they steadily
and eahiy when neglected end organic
disease.
If have frequent headaches bowels regular
you know that it is tho liver at
Sckheadaches disappear the torpid
liver s remedied.
Wills English pills do this perfection Unlike all pills.
they do not the Biouness
rapidly undermine the health Unless speedily relieved the
organs become seriously affected Many troubles
inactivity and constipation
The sun., 1897-10-10

A-R win 5 tricks.
Trick 3. VS. lead will repay careful study
He is not strong enough TO justify forcing his
partner. but he might claim the adverse trump
signal would justify him in doing SO. He rea-
sons that his partners discard would indicate
and with his re-entry In clubs there seems to be-
chance that W have two suits to ABS
one, 30 he leads trump through the calling
hand.
Trick 4. The lead Of small card at this stage
Is practically the invitation game, because it
tells the partner that there Is good chance to
make something out Of the suit in spite Of the
adverse trump attack. At tricks z and Y
signals the command Of the spade suit, pro-
vided Y will get out Of the way with his queen
Here Is how two New York players handled
AIS cards at table No. II, two players from
Jersey City being ":
The sun., 1897-10-10
ALUMIHUM WIRE.
Used Nowadays u Mako Window Screens
HAiFpins. and Cloth p Lines.

Aluminium wire is made of various sizes
and used for variety Of PURPOSES Among
its newer uses is the manufacture az door
and window screens. When exposed to the
weather such screens do not rust Aluminium
wire Is used in the manufacture OF hairplns. In
q few cases IN this city aluminium wire has been
sold to be put NJ, on roofs for use as clothes
lines. The wire sold for this purpose was No. 4
gauge. which costs 40 cents pound. and ] 900
feet OI which weighs twenty y.four pounds.
Alumni um pigs srll now al about A. cents a
pound, which is about half the price Of a year
ago. The sale Of manufact ured articles OF alum
mum 10 all the time increasing and things In
great variety are made from IL
The sun., 1897-10-10

once, and the boys started In TO practice at Co
lumbia Oval. The following arc trying for the
teRm
BACK Of lne-Talmage Adams, hoElroy, puVh,
Warren. GelAhaenAn. and Brokaw. -.
Line--MoAnerney, Leech, Dix. Talbot. Buck, Pee
boiy. Monson, schwab, Pell, Wright and Auchin-
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-05-30
A MENTAL TEST.

Mr. Thomas Wentworth Higginson in an
address recently made before an educa-
tional body, charges that a fault of modern
methods of instruction is that they do not
make the child think, do not stimulate his
mental faculties, but tend to make them
sleep BY way of illustration he tells a
story of an Amherst professor who had
favorite test for discovering whether the
children's minds actually exercised them
selves or not He would stand before them,
and tell them that there was one question
he wished very much that they should an
swer All attention was fixed. He said:
Suppose any one of you were to go out
of the front door of this schoolhouse and
walk five miles due north. Suppose he were
then to turn round, and walk three miles
due east; now, how far from the school
would he be then?' He told me- says Mr..
Higginson, that he felt fortunate if he got
hold of a school in which two boys or girls
could answer that simple question. The
value of this test depends something upon
the age of the children, but if they stay
in school long enough every boy and girl
ought to be able to answer such problems
without the least effort. They belong to the
catalogue of primary information that,
once learned ought never to be forgotten;
of course. Every grown-up person who
ever went to school and wrestled with the
back part of the arithmetic and with geom-
etry knows that though he may not re-
call all the minor aXioms and methods of
calculation some things are firmly fixed in
his memory. Take, for instance, the simple
Amherst problem. To go five miles due
north from a given point and at the end
of that distance turn and go three miles
due east would be to travel along two sides
of a right-angled triangle, the-the, yes,
the hypothenuse-that' it, the hypothenuse
of which measures the distance in a
straight line to the point of starting. Now,
it is an axiom, you know, one of those that
you used to be as sure of remembering as
that two and two make four. that the
square of the square of; let's see-oh, yes
the square of the hypothenuse of a right
angled triangle is equal to the square
that doesn't sound just rights equal to
the-the-why to be sure the sum of the
squares of both its sides. Now, to get the
exact length of that hypothenuse it is only
necessary to add the squares of five miles
and three miles and extract the square root
of the sum. The square root; yes-h'm. 1t
used TO be very simple. but somehow your
memory seems TO have grown treaeherous
and you fail to recall the exact method of
procedure. Application to your neighbor
who bears the reputation of being
learned is not illuminative in results.
Square root" he says, relectiyely.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-05-30
The HomeIiest Man.

James Myers, of Kingston N Y, has been
committed to the insane asylum, his de-
lusion according to the dispatches, being
that he is the homeliest man in the world.
This seems to be a remarkable procedure
on the part of the authorities. On what
ground does the judicial tribunal reach the
decision that Mr.. Myers belief is a delusion
and that he is not the homeliest man in the
world? 1t may be that the court thinks it
knows homelier men, but is there a fixed
or legal standard of manly beauty in Kings
ton that causes this to be a more intelli-
gent or authoritative opinion than Myers's
own? But admitting that Myers is wrong.
why incarcerate him? If he were right and
were actually the most uncomely specimen
of humanity eXtant 1t might be we'll to shut
him up out of consideration for the people
who had to look at him; but since, in the
opinion of the court he is not, it is difficult
to see why he should be deprived of his
liberty LONELINESS, real or imaginary
may be painful to Myers, but the pain is
not likely to be lessened by Imprisonment
in an insane asylum And if man must
be classed as insane because he undertakes
his physical attractions, what is to be done
with the man who thinks he is the hand
soonest of his species? Is the social world
to be depopulated of its male members and
lunatic asylums built on every corner in
order to dispose of them? Or, did the court
base its decree on the ground that man
who did not think himself handsome was
necessarily insane and therefore dam
gerous character? 1t is not unlikely that
this was the case, and on this theory alone
can the singular proceeding have rational
explanation. But whatever light further
particulars may throw on the occurrence
there is little danger that the delusion
which possesses Mr.. Myers will spread.
Some hallucinations like some crimes go
over the country like wave, but the be-
lief by man that he is the homeliest of
his kind is not of these Nay verify
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-05-30
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Any man may make a mistake, pNt none
but a fool will continue in it.-C1cero.
MANY a man wants better preaching, who
has no wish for better living-Rams HORN.
A great deal of talent is lost in the world
for the want of a little courage.-Sydney
Smith.
Our svmpathies may be with the under
dog but we always put our cash upon the
other one.
Not all philosophers are poor men; but all
moor men sooner or later come to be philos-
opherS.-Puck.
Teacher-What is the force that moves
men along the street? Tommie-The police
force.-Brooklyn Life.
"I could not keep my heart" said beau
tifuI woman. had l not so many chances
to lose it."-E. S. OConner.
Avoid him who, from mere curiosity, asks
three questions running about thing that
cannot interest him.-Lavater.
No woman has a clear idea what things
are up on the top shelf of the closet in the
spare bedroom.-New York Press
woman will either believe everything
she hears about her husband or nothing. 1t
depends on the weather.-The Bachelor.
You can't tell If a woman is a neat house
keeper until you have tasted her stewed
pruneS. If they don't taste gritty she is all
right.-Atchison Globe.
After all there are few compliments more
effective than when a woman says in re-
heating gossip: II wouldn't tell this to any
one in the world but you. .'-Atchison Globe
Man comes into this world naked and bare,
He goes through this world in sorrow and
care,
But if he is a thoroughbred here, he is a
Thoroughbred there.