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The point in this hand is that A. having led
from the top OF "A sequence, opens the trumps on
the superstition that her suit Ia practically
established. as her partner must have ace. per.
haps ace and king. and If the king is with VI
Trick 3. d knows he cannot catch the club
kirg. because ii must he guarded or it would
have been played an the queen at the first trick.
His only way OF showing this to his partner is
TO lead the club ace, trusting 10 her common
sense to figure out the reason for the refusal to
return the tramp and the failure to keep tho
Trick S. a has no difficulty in seeing what B
is driving at, and. as her PARTNER is still marked
with the deuce OF trumps, she plays to establish
the club suit before lending trumps again.
Trick 6. Holding spade acc and queen him
self. it is not difficult for b 10 read his partners
reentry suit as diamonds, and he is certain she
havo led The trMlnps. rs discards clearly ind;
cate that if he has anything it is in spades. and
the estabiishend clubs. This ali looks very sim.
pie and easy. yet bow many ~long.suit players
would have made thirteen tricks out OF Abs
municatlon between A and r.. 10 way of signal
lin: up hands by intermediate leads and sub
echoes. No such plays wonld cover a case like
uity on which their whole play depends. COM
mon sense.
OUR PROBLEMS.
Tho PsrceD.ion p problem Eiven in TIE sTS 81, on
every one. Some OF the most extraordinary
theories were advanced TO account for the spade
gross. and was certainly peculiar in more " -
than one. The differences asked for were tn, %
made by West who dealt and turned the bert
third trick, and the question for him to decide
Is what to do next: None OF THE SUNS Prob
much about 1t except thc. S has signalled; hut
most Of them agreed that the continuation Of
With y or s. This is Just What " did not do,
as the following play Of the hand will show:
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BEDS At SEA.
Runks still tho Common Thing. but tho Use or
Be6steads IncreasinE.

hhcFcAsinBs
Tho common idea OF a bed at sea is Of one made
in q bunk. and that is in fact the sort Of bed that
Is commonly used on the water. on all sorts OF
craft A bunk takes up less room on u vessel.
where space is Of great value. and the space can
he further utilized by placing ono bunk above
another.
There are, however. some exceptions to this
common rule; there have long been on some
lines of travel on inland waters boats some OF
whose staterooms are provided with beds on
regular bedsteRds, and the newest of the great
ocean passenger teaDcrs now Ia We each a num-
Der OF rooms fitted up just ms a sleeping room
would BIO In a fine hotel ashore. a bedstead being
Of course a part OF the equipment.
Until within very recent years 1t Is probable
that no transatlantic steamer commander had a
bedstcad in his room. and there are bu. very few
whu have now. The Captain 81, cps usually upon
a couch. n sort of ample lounge. lyon which his
bed Is made and upon which he can take - nap
at other times, as opportunit" offers. On TIE
brass bedstead LAS heen placed in the Captains
rom. 1t Is doubtful. however. whether tho
Captain makes much use OF this at sea; in the
crowded waters of the North Atlantic, and In
bal weather he is very likely. to get but little
his clothes on.
It Is probable that the best provided for man
nfoat in respect TO sleeping accommodations Is
the American ship Captain. On many Ameri.
ctn deep.watcr sailing vessels of large size the
S",o..h diipic bilucilNlOnS, 40 u lily easily 90
with the space at command, and. carrying few
or no passengers, this SPACE is utilized for tho
benefit Of tho Captain and officers. On such q
ship the Captains room would he a room OF am
pie size. and n part of its equipment would TO a
regular full sized bedstead. The bedstead is, OF
course, fixed Ia position go that ii will not shift
with the motion of tho ship al sea. II is placed
on. the side OF he room toward the stern Of the
shin. and with, the head toward the stern, 50
mat the Captain sleeps with his feet toward tho
bow OF the ship.
Sqch a bed On a sailing ship Is usually ma6o
with four high corner posts. to sustain n NOS.
quito canopy. " one should BIO necde ed in any OF
the various ATTITUDES through which tho ship
may pass on her long VOYAGES, Under the bed
on each side like bureau drawers. The side.
boards of this bod are made rather deep: they
anord 2 slight degree OF protection against roll
sInct built rs hunks ordinarily are: being wider,
high sides are less needed; and II the A. u heeled
enough to mako sides necessary to keep a man
in bed. the Captain wouldn't be- there at all. but
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I,iyk l. y knows tho cluh 7 10 the top Of
S1rs .riG6 10 opIn the GGpit and develop tho
nahd. lhis system OF Julking third hand with
the ntc often e.-is he anv'rraries 20 play the
"hoie hand on false assumptions.
til'h .. This Leaf mus, nave oaen intended
10 show nv" originally. b passes II because he
noes no' VIA; tho lcai, mis- nDnn being a walt
ihG one. n usoe tho thTec'truITp cchJ.
Irn"t 4. Every Whist book ever written wnrna
the player holding the ucquence OF X 2 j in
ne sel uenCo wins the first round. r., knowing
1 70 DC q very good play or. now takes tho jack
10 nave been II supporting carr, and passes
again, still wai,ing Developments.
iFitk o. II Is nSelaSS Cor - 10 continue tho
WriIo. Inviting a force which she cannot take.
IS play may appear rnrt som be. oit she Ia
AFRAID OF letting in The diamonds. II 10 hard to
see how ,lch u thing could he possible, and Tho
position Is another example OF the nselessness OF
lorn The only truTV A or Il c4is, have is tho
hyt, 49, SIN holds Tho 5 should certainly
t,lIny TINS tricA md opep The ,lado sgi!. Tue
suN has c tlled attention repeatedly 20 tho folly
~ REFUSING to trump In order 10 bring in q suit
shu NJ Tie same time throwing th' suit away.
Such a proceeding may be lUnY'sLiIsm IL Ia Ger
StihI ,nol ,ouinion Sol o.
TICK 2. b hON sees that tho weak hand will
EunI tho diamonds, 80 he draws Two trumps
aEi one, sun waiting In the high grass with tho
Trick 8. y lead Is quite natural according to
ner fendlngo OF the situation, which is based on
me Iall or the cards 10 The Lrst trick. The lead,
lHkell IN connection with Us discariI. totally
aosdiVeS y. who never dreams OF leading tho
Here is the O~vorpluy Of tho same land when
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SI.2L1 Ssu5
S05

Ahead
It will thus be seen that tho system won, and.
taking into consideration the upset IN al run'
INK, prices, AMI everything connected with the
track. for reasons stated ahove. one must pro-
nounce The winnings extremely good AM tho
capital dem.idoa very small. The maximum
NAL Dame. 6-5; Brandy wine, Ii; ,Taranto:
Leedsville at IS IS; Beaufort. al tstraightl.
over, and George Rose at Ii luckily winning
out. The capital to go into the bcokmaker's
hands was $40. the next heaviest time being
for in the sslabar race. won at IS
for the place. This system thus won thirty.
one races out OF scventy.seven bets. or nearly
40 per cent, with odds OF eTSn money or better
enough. so on apractical capitalof $427t 10 start
the meeting no less than $435 WAS won. Tt king
into consideration the magnificent reserve fund
decidedly on velvet for the rest OF the year. In
the analysis 1t should be noticed that Aug. q.
Kenmore Queen was playcd because the last
The two.horse race on Aug. Il, and the ticket
was cashed at 2i2 to l. On Aug. .l6 Isabey had
to be played straight at IL and won; on Aug;
consideration. so this left Central Trust and
Bowling Brooke, each Mt l2-1. and AS tho
former ran the moro recently he was back
ed at % for. the place. and the .ickoS
81 for tho vi &c. won. and Or: Sheppard at
81 also cashGd. and on Aug. 81 Arbuckle. with
no place odds. had TO be backed straight at 81
AMI won, and Tho Friar, with no place odds. also
backed straight, won at Id. All these small
field forced bets, winning, materially
ed the winnings for tho system at this meeting.
There is apparently . large class OF system
day and then quit. and there are also occasional
visitors to the track who like TO keep tab of the
expenses. and for these this system is played to
cease at the first win, as follows:
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dark days might have. been expected.
which twenty f~avoritcs actually won, but oSiy
thrce won In couples and enc or tness w q an ~.
Ia. Thiss sort OF spotty running IL the great ana
only drawback 10 all duplicate systems; ana .no
wise PLAYER after that immense run OF tavoIitos
this meeting" or red uced his bet to just ono
half. Thus, no duplicates coming to the front,
$40 went on Marshall on Aug. 10. $40 on Bol
Demonio on Aug. IS. s25 or Maurice on the
LoGenguia in the last race OF tnHk day, and
Clcophus winnilR on Aug. Ia made Rubicon the
ncxt bet Of $15, but % w.s the price and ~
RI The door. But ~ being tho limit. and
ups, time tho strict timB to bet and then only,
ns % eriai!y outlined in these systems I me and
Time gain, the nen Was not 1sken ma nc c rSSs
bets lost of SIS Nay Nay, S2a Michael III. S.40
Tom Cromwell. $75 George kcene, Hlbb Taxa
nRsace, and Gibraltar to win out At $3.50. losing
con had been backed, the last bet would nave
been $500. and tho loss on the series $685.. This
is the first time In The five years tho system
% STs ever ." called 1 for@snd 4 is at the Brighton
hurry In which ave bets were lost, clio,
Ing thut series also at n loss OF SO.
had ai;cn the advice given in tho last
article OF this series, and 70 stayed away from
the Beach. It will he interesting II the student
will turn to tho record Of the tret half OF tlt5
unly seven consecutive wins .durlnr 'hs meet
INK. brin ing In $i02; then ho viii appreciate
the record % the second half.
records. For the nrst time this season, tho
millionaire, Tod Sloan twho engages three
q q depoeE"tio t,rf By SO d9ingl loses his place
record In of those winning brackets.
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EVEN WITH THE BARBER.
a Waiter Teaches Hin How lt Seems 70 u.
lmportunsd TO Buy.

a Waiter Teaches Hin How ut Seems 70 Ne
Importuned to buy.
From the chicago Daily Trtoun..
Pork and beansi Yes, sir. Anything elsoi"
NO"
The waiter In the Madison street restaurant
filled the order with a!acrity.
did you say coffee. sirf" he asked. AZ he
placed the pork and beans before the hungry
guest
NO." replied the latter.
you'll find our coffee very nice, sir"
This bread and butter soes with tho pork
and; doesn't It'll"
And this glass of waterr'
certainly, sir.
well. that's all / want"
later' Sir LAKE, to Try a cup OF our ohoeo-
"No. If I want anything else III call for It 1t
Ihe waiter stopped bac-. but returned pres
"Woyldn't you like to have me bring you
some OF our homeless codfshi It's the best in
the country"
How abou. roast turkey. with stuninef''
Don't want any"
ITS frst-class."
Il think You'd IKE our roast beef and Drowned
,s, nDid sI.s You ad hssr o %s s az 5 ,h,! If I wanted any
The waiter stepped hack again, but In q few
moments returned to the attack.
look IE1 as Il T ms f @,t iayI bs r so; my fT sems g p'nS S9 %
gang" "Glss s. 5soss; s3 TO sst your your ' rsefe1 Know So SH what
Yes cir. Our jack-snipc is frcsh and good.
Everybody needs to eat game once In . while.
MI" I've tod ,3d' YOU ~ I fd doSt want any,"
year, or we'd have some rabbit s1usbs are
try a broiied SQUAD or toastf'
'I'd like to eat my pork and beans In peace.
Yes. sir. shan't | bring you some iced tear
Not any ICED tea"
Don't want IT."
system" -,
"Yes. sir"
He went away and returned in an incredibly
you'd find our iced coffee mighty fine"
."Be,ter let me bring You some iced coffee,
When I want any iced coreo or anything
Ever try any, OF our stewed mushrooms''
No, and ! don't want to try any Of your
You needn't DO afraid Of them. sir. They're
any, better in the United States"
Some people. yog know. Arc afraid of mgsh.
t'" Wv HN' va q al o. POI v
He raises en- Scientifically
Say; do you know you're a COMPOUNDED null
sancel"
81 hope not, sir. I'm only trying your own
way OF doing business. on you"
What do you mcanl'
You run d barber shop on State street, dom
your"
Yes. What OF tllati'
,"IcM have tle chair next to the front door.
thinkf'.
Yes"
We'll, I went to your shop last Saturday "a
get a shave. You shaved me. You tried to
get me TO have my HAIR cut. You told me
ought to have n shampoo. You said my hail
needed smuggling. You wanted to know II
hadn't better have some tonic or bay rum. You
wanted to sell me- a special shaving mus and
brush. You bored ire every minute you were
shaving, ME, and l said to myself that II l cvel
got n chance nj you'd Id even up things.
didn't expect You quite so coon. though. Say
We'll be u htt'c more than even when tel
your bosses about your dog-goned impu
dence--"
Il guess you won't do that. There's q dozer
Of us that get shaved at your shop. You 90 Il
making any. trouble and you'll lose tho lot Of
us, You'd better take your modicine like q
little-goins, arc youf Well, come again
Trent you all rlsht next time"
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With this method Of play S155 was won with
a capital of $50; in other words. starting the
meeting with $50 eaw the puntcr clear. As
pointed out before, ifa rot" sets in the first
race OF the day this system has to carry just as
much us If every race was played. and unless
some attention is given the matter of percentage
this will involve. the ,punter In a financial
$oOO-and a stiff neck will see him through.
1t is, however. u good system for the holiday
seeker at the track.
One OF the most popular systems for the man
with capital Is tho Duplicate Favorite, which
consists N taking $3.50 AT tho beginning OF tho
season and dividing it up into bsts o! $40, SIS,
$23. $40, S75. $3.50. $3.50. adding the capital
won TO this without increasing the amount or
irg the surplus in reserve for any larger bets
which may be required through carelessness or
unforeseen exiSencies. Tho horse backed is the
first favorite at any odds over or at l-2 on,
ard no bet is made except In the race iInmedi.
atcly after onu won by a ~favorite. This system
panned out at this recent meeting as follows:
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the long diamond suit is opened. and conmon-
sense tactics are the defence:


Alb win three tricks only.
Trick l. Information players pass doubtful
trlcks Of this kind, simply Lecause they arc
strong in trumps. Y 10 quite strong enough to
trump and lead trumps, even with tho proba-
bility OF another force against him.
Trick 8. US partner still has the turn-up
trump. 80 d must have the q. Y therefore quits
the trump attack and plays thu inritntion eame
In the spade suit, showing n reantry la clubs, as
b" has no diamonds. z can real the position Of
the trumps. and In order to make his own and
I,s separately ho forces again. d nnb!ocks.
Trick 10: Il now pays TO maze his, pariiiors
re6utry card good, In case II is not the ace. b
sees through tho game, and refuses to win the
queen. This play saves n trick IL u goes on with
the jack; but z knows that y has. two more
spades and can have but one club. SO 1t IS useless
TO lead another supporting club. -,
In neither OF tho playe given does the original
leader mako a trick In diamonds. but in the hrst
play given his partner makes two.
It 10 not in tho opening lead only that common.
sense players depart from general principles.
because they are continually on the watch for
situations that demand exceptional treatment.
Here 10 q hand from the seventh congress which
seems to show that so-calied short-suiters under.
stand ono another's hands quite us well as long
suffers. II not better. z dealt and turned tho
heart z. Alb were Miss G. III. Schmidt and
R.F. Foster,
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ALUMINIUM CLOoK HANDS.
Substantial Advantages Attending Theap Use
on RiE Clocks.

Aluminium IL now used in making clock hands,
for which II is an ideal material. The pointers
of great clocks were formerly made OF soft wood.
For these were substituted pointers made of
thin sheets oi copper, q pointer being composed
OF Two strirs. which were Cupped or hollowed,
and then brought together edge to edge, With
tho rounded sides out. thus giving rigidity as
well as lightness. Aluminium pointers for big
clocks are made in this way. but they are far
lighter and easier to balance.
II is not unusual. on large clocks In windows
and elsewhere. 10 see projecting from the base
OF the long pointer AMI In line with il a rod
with a bgl a. the end this rod being perhaps
ball arc a eounterweight for the big pointer,
which. without a CountcI weight, would, in rs
movement around the dial. boar unevonly upon
the arbor or shaft which carries t.. Oh great
coqnterpoise is placed inside the dial. OUT OF
sight, on the drLor.
The heavier tho. pointer the creator the
weight required In tho counterpuise; the greater
tho weight the more friction on the arbor; and
the more friction the greater power required
to drive the CLOCK. BY the use OF aluminium
pointers these drawbacks are reduced to q
minimum.
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Altogether forty boys did not score q win,
ranging from 0Lcary with fifteen races to Nc
Caiterty with Que race. on the list OF mounts.
Thorpe rode four times without u win. What an
outlook for n Jockey system!
And now for the fall meeting Mt Sheepshead,
which last fall 1t will be remembered WAS pro-
lilo OF ruinors OF combinations among the layers
of odds. Sc, until the curiously high percentage
OF favori:es for tho first few days, and a hint OF
an investigation which 1t was never deemed
necessary 10 hold. pricked the gas bag aud
kept the gas men quiet. This fall meeting has
always run to II high, percentage during the
nrst few days. and this year should surely
lily falling perc cntage OF Brighton Beach for the
last ten days is taken into consideration. as 1t
must he. The system player will do well TO play
carefully from now on to the close OF the year,
and especially, at the. coLling meeting, not
at first. Las, year the percentage ambled around
43, GO, 81, 81. 81. anu SO. dropping to IS. which
Is about the normal figure. The chart is as
follows:
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A retired sea captain, sixty years of age, well known
to the reputable citizens of New Haven, suffered from
an overworked and WORKOUT digestive apparatus. He
had no faith in patent medicines as a cure for dyspepsia,
but was induced by a friend to try Ripans Tabu!es.
This he did with but little hope Of benefit, After try
ing them for some time he said to the friend who had
directed his attention to them: "Those Ripans Tabules
were so effective from the start that l was amazed at
the result. They are wizards. All the ~dyspeptic misery
endured by me since becoming a landlubber has dis
appeared. l take one every night now, and feel so much
rejuvenated by their use that l sometimes think | could
climb a ships rigging as we'll as l did thirty years ago."
SIZE f%s sf H nFs sSS =, Tr a- HSS Ss IL. rs n TsysSI Is sss% s S9anasS me %%r@l G1%%@9
CoMASr. No Nsp@esh atN New YORK ra dmUa onEsT ms5@ W ot tor dwHTu~" "L
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none arc given out for publication. When one
weekly game she has to be content with the
chalk marks on tho club. BLACKBOARD, for hcr
fame ends there. This is all DE rause the Whist
Committee neglected 10 Ok a method OF cou'par-
ing scores. anc did not say whether the most
tricks or the best average vas to count In max
ing up the stn nding VI The players.
Mrs. Z. T. Baker is evidently sure Of first
place for the ladies' nights at the Brooklyn
Whist Club, the scores now st,n0inR Mrs. Il.
7. Baker. 96: Mrs. E.. f. Tucker, 80; Miss Dow,
s.; Mrs. Mcconnell, &s; Mrs. Wade, a., and
Miss Campbell, 40.
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TINS chart shows IT" for a first 70 Torite win.
*" where the favorite was second with odd.
with worse odds than l to . OH. and o where
1t is unplaced. 1t must be remembered that two
of these wins last year were aisQualif1cations.
but arc ranked as wins in percentage letting.
1t should also be remembered that in 1898 only
4" per ant. won, and only on two days did more
than three iavoritos win. and that in the four
teen days Of the meeting there were seven days
when fewer than three favorites finished In
front. This shows the necessity for carefnl play.
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N and s win eleven tricks.
The whole question OF the play Is VS. lead ut
trick 4, AMI his play shows that he did not use
any common sense methods, but went blindly
ahead with his long suit.
The solution of the problem turns on n very
simple point, which Is that y must have tho
spnde ace. II led from X Q. and S held the A J.
n would not have been allowed 10 win the first
trick. for II S wants trunrps led ne should put
the aLo on the king and lead them. afterward
giving his partner the jack Of his suit. II. Mt
II ha leads trumps he comes up to VS. we'll.
guarded queen. W should keep the club tcnace
in any case. although lonrsuit players don't
Alta CHI much importance to such things. Had
W led the spade he would have saved two
tricks. for + would have trumped and led
another diamond.
Here are the arst eight tricks Of a hand played
at Put-in.Bay on July T.. w dealt and turned
the heart Z. ana z held The following cards:
H-K 10 z 9
CO . B
D-l Q
So
led for tho nrst trick.
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Thus It will be seen that this system won p5S
being called TOR the first time this year, but
backed by the line reserve OF previous winnings
Is the surroundings .! the call for the maximum
amount, and the Endorsement received for the
observance OF The strict letter OF TIM rules in
OF the fayorites starting the second day OF the
meeting, this system was right on the spot, and
making a winning OF $liO on a capital OF $40,
the greatest bet made. being SIS. This Is a
species OF millennium, Utopio, or something else
costs nothing. After suca a run OF luck
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Tho Servants will Prevailed.
From the Kansas CITY Journal.

Away out al Fifteenth street and Cypre a, y va.
nuC Is a saloon that has borne an unenyiable
reputation for a long time. II Is run by a maj
named Joe Stevens, and only IA few weeks AGO
tAirty-c'ght crap plr. era were captured in a
raid on the pnCc. strenuous Upuosition was
made 10 the renewal OF the license. but tho SOW
ant Girl OF John Dohbins, who lives near tho
saioon, cast her influence on the side OF rum,
IL wasn't the deciding vote, but her masters
signature helped TO outweigh tho oppo sitiOn Of
the W. Q; T: y. and other organizations that
This servant girl likes her beer, and abe told
Mr., ,Dobbins that she wouldn't ,tay IL she
couldn't get her daily rations OF that insidious
beverage. Now Mr.. Dobbins 4, a nan of stree
y temperance habits, and he voted for st, JoLn
II lssi and every nominee OF the Nationai
frohhblton party since. But tho ALTERNATIVE
PEI Waen me loss OF his servant girl--sbe ia AN
al Rlri-and ths surrender of his temperance
prlnciples was qu!' sly decided by his sirninS
tne appilcatlon FOR a saloon license. The
Sopn!y Iour' .iantet the license yesterday. Mr.
p Disn rs sryant girl viii keep her place. Lake.
Wise She Will get her beer regularly.
Fatal LiEhtninE That Dlaa't strike.
from the Baltimore Sun.
During the thunderstorm about m,1rtoh,
MedheSday Mrs. Olivia Flanagan " ia Tsst
barh-y street arose from bed 10 close "A shnt
ter, AS she approached the window tbsra -
a sharp fa:h OF lightning and a loud neal ~ ~
thunder. Mrs. Flanagan was badly frivRtsnaI'
She Tell back. from the window and SAM Iino,,,
nGr Ded and became unconscious. Within tan
minutes she breathed her last. An attack S nt
heart disease. superinduced by fright cSnasdd
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