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ABB win eight tricks, . gain of four.

AID WIN eibut trhCks BAiu VI iour.
Trick /. As already pointed out. there is moth.
.Tunps. His whole hand is bet.er a,,e Z" for OF
the spade ace. potential tenace in clubs. and an
imperfect fourchette over the turn-up trump.
.As a SaanCi because &c sxp for sns 10 PS' s kn aaS t ihs le Sa
likely to have the ace as
no more diamonds. it would be very poor policy
TO forge him now, because that woult put him
into the lead. and Is has not the cards that would
make 1t desirable for him to be third hand in
either clubs or spades. This Is one OF the things
that eomnon.sense players stop to think about.
and that no amount OF teaching will get into
the head OF the purely routine player. Forescc.
ing the disadvantnge OF the position that must
ensue If A is forced now, b avoids it b. show
ing which OF the two suits he is weaker in, at
the same time Offering A a possible fncsse.
Trick 1. Can any one suggest a better lead
from vs. hand at this stagei
Trick 81. A knows the game is over. and makes
his ace at once.
due entirely TO the opening lead. which brings
about quite a ditieren. development in each in
stance.
OUR PROBLEMS.
Several solutions were offered to the problem
published on Sept. o. all Of which show that the
solution is for y Ia lead a small trump. putting
S In the lead. = leads spade ace, which y trumps
and leads diamond queen.
spondents was for y to lead a small club, :
trumping and leading spade ace. This y trumps
lished club. and then leads the diamond queen.
G. II. Fish points out that \ might lead the diH-
mond queen in the first instance, and that. il f
covers, 5 wins and leads trumps. y leads the
second round OF trumps. and then the diamond.
l. + docs not cover the queen on the first trick.
y changes TO trumps. Keeping the lead until
the fourth trick. when he plays his remaining
diamond. In every instance \ and s make all
six tricks.
A great many persons seem to think the gains
made by short-sniters arc due entirely TO the
mistakes made by their adversaries. and claim
that II they did not go up in the air." as the
Toledo BLADE pntE 1t. the short-suiters would
get the worst OF IL.
Here is a position sent us by a correspondent
in Philadelphia. Tho heart king Ia turned by W
and y is to lead. + holds the folio wing cards:
H-A. 2,
C-K. IA
Do. J. 0. So.
SIS, ga
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from the single honor in diamonds. or play AZ
euit up to him, 30 the trump lead IA practically
forced.
Trick 4. What is A to dot He cannot play tho
ace and force his partner, because no knows u
has no moro trumps. IL he plays acc and
changes the suit, no leaves the major tonace in
clubs against himself. It will, Of course. DO sue-
Rcsted that he should play the ace and lead tho
diamond queen; but. that IL common sense, and
A is a long-spiteI, playing 70 establish, defend,
his adversary. who brings II in. making three
tricks in II 70 his one, without trumping.
Tvick 8. Y knows his partner has no moro
suits down, and the tray must have been tho
only spade remaining In rs hand. tho deuce
having fallen at trio Q. Y keeps guard on tho
adversary's suit and discards from his partners,
as advised by Mathews and other obsolete au.
thorities.
The result of the play is exactly the same ms
the return OF the, club. nine tricks for Z-Y, and
four only for the lonR.suit opening.
Here Is how Howolls team from the Boston
Duplicate Whist Club worked Abs cards for
nine tricks, five more than tho long.suiters got
out Of them:
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pUNTERS IN HARD LUCK.
,vsJrN PLAYERS PULL THROUGH
sTTHE ShE EPSHEAD MEETING.

,.,,,reu, Fnaturen OF the RacinG nat nroks
an. Record-Resuits 10 the Mes who made
NET. CarctuiiS and Downs or the Ran
,,pr-Prcspects at the Gravosend Meeting.
Tho shecpshead racing meetings. whether in
All or spring. are always popular. This year,
,ov.yer, it spretty safe TO say. so far as punters
- all t,pes are concerned, that they arc we'll
ol,A.sd it /, over. Thus once again a prediction
ado in these articles has been verified by tho
.,,nt,, n Aug. 29it VAS said: " And now for the
.l meeting at Sheepshea6, II has al
-,,,r run to a high percentage lot winning favor
ucsl during the first few days Of the meeting
IA this year should surely prove no exception
a. the rule when tho steady falling percentage
A prighton Beach for the last ten days is taken
,,,o consideration. as 1t must be. Tho system
,l,ysr will do well 10 play carefully from now
an to I 9 close OF the year. ana especially at tho
comins sheepshesd meeting, not letting himself
\. misled by magnificent results at first" Pos
,bly the best way to demonstrate how the per.
,,ptase has run Is to show the chart, as follows:
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price helped considerably winnings. On
nue..21 Our Brecsy, Homelike, and Oily
out Our bree1y was backed for tho place ~
reason OF the change before closing; such
chances DO not occur often. On Aug. 20 Manas-
sas ana Joe Miller were ia, III each, but
iManessas ran the later. and was therefore
uacked. Here a run OF i've wins won R78 on
SlO. On Sept, !. alto fourteen wins In twenty.
seven races, tho " rot set In. and those players
VINO reniem bered the warning to play mainly on
percentage Tor oil systems avoided It.. On Sept.
fent mad no place money, and in the closing
gay Hanburgs good win at s-5 left things well
for the meeting.
The same system played day by day with q
view OF winning a certain sum each day, to cover
current expenses lfor casual ~visitors to the trackL
was also successful. This IL the record:
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Hero the amount won was $145, and the max
tmum capital required was 5000; tho same as II
every race had been played. This liability has
been urged in every article OF this series; still,
II the warning concer' ing percentage had been
taken advantage of. tho casual player would
have stayed away until tho percentage again
approached the normal figures.
The Duplicate Favorite system consists Of
taking q certain sum OF money and dividing 1t
up into certain amounts. which are to be bet in
rotation, this being known as scaling the bets.
At the beginning OF the season bots OF $40, els,
$S25, $40. SIS. $3.50. and $3.50 were mapped out.
The play 10 to walt until u first favorite wins,
to win, the bet being $40. As long a. this bet 10
won $40 is staked. and when the punter loses no
more bets are made until another fAvorite wins,
when Sl5 Ii placed on the favorite for the next
race. and so on, the first amount of $40 being
always returned to after Q win. and always adj
hered to until a lose occurs. The weak point OF
this system is q win at 3-5 on. At the recent
meeting at Sheepshead the details OF this system
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II will therefore be seen that this system won
$3.50 and that the greatest amount of capital re.
quired was $50. This may seem odd. but the
figures prove the result. 1t will be wise for the
punter who has only just noticed the workings
of this system to refer to its work at other
meetings Of this year and not take its fne work
In this case as proof OF what 1T will 10. 1t 10 a
fine system, but Il will not continue to win $3.50
now have about $1,000 capital for the remain
der Of this season: to start in May. $500 10
enough. The main thing to notice in this
system is the wonderful avoidance of loss
as shown BY, one bot on Rensselaer, on
Sept. 2, showing the way to Amazonian.
Rubicon. Clifford: and Hamburg, all to lose
trail Trust. DIR. Catlett, Flying Dutchman. Kill
kenny all to go down. and one bet on Lady Mar
ian showed J. A. Grey, Fireside. Song and Dance.
Momentum. Typhoon H.. all losers. How did
the doubler up on favorites or the player of
f~avorites straight stand after such a siegei On
Sept. 9 Archduke. although disqualified. counts
as q win.
Once again the jockeys have been shaken up.
Sloan awoke partially from his lethargy. but
although In the fret fight he has to share hon.
ors with Clayton and ". Martin. who tie him
on wins. but not on percentage. The record Is
as follows:
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In all there were forty-three boys who never
gained a bracket, from Sherrer with nineteen
mounts to Hamilton with one mount. Doggett
just saved his neck with one win in twenly-one
races, and It is the first meeting on record where
81 per cent. of the total wins were so evenly dis.
tributed among the first seven boys on the list.
And now for Grayesend. For years past the
fall meeting at this track has always been
looked forward To by the system player as u
vary, but Grayesend pulled all tangles straight
on the right side OF the ledger, and up 10 the fall
OF 1896 this was so. What came over that meet
1t 10 that the bottom dropped out OF everything.
Sheepshead had Just closed with 40 per cent.
Grayesend strengthened ii outi oh, yes, GER
tainly. but not In the way expected. Just Al
favOrites won Ia tho lO3 rates, and this after a
record for the previous years of from At to so
per cent. just like a clock ticking. Here 10 the
chart for TINT terrible meetinR:
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HI 4 3 Q
CA J 8 .
Do !
S-A 4 q

The dyed-in.the-wool lona.suiters opened the
in clubs. ard when they played against the top
of-nothing pair they got four tricks only. How
ell opened with the trump attack. and got nine
tricks out OF IL, playing against the long-suit de-
fence. The common-sense and short-suit players
got eight tricks out OF il by leading the queen OF
tricks by various mixtures Of systems and mis-
takes.
Here is how the play went at one Of the tables.
turned the heart 10. The underlined card wins
the trick. and the card under 1t is the next one
led. The play given is the long-suit opening
against the top-ot-nothing defence:
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Suggestions"

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tam III thus be seen that on a $40 bet this sys-
and y mum capital required was 5000 on Sept. /
second %hen eight choices wen down, for the
BAN tllle inns year only. OF these Yankee
Itrai0h . y second when he had to be played
lIm 'kknn' because only 1 to 5 was offered against
EIys. y me place; with even money this would
Iii 40 tTaIcea me necessary capital TO $3.50, and
Wa SoosS. The next largest amount wanted
a1pbarS' 09 o. SEPT; III, with J. A. Grey TO
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oUs UHEss ooRyrn.

PROBLEM NO. b7a-BY l. vErEsSrK, osYKY.
RUSSIA.
hIAcK-siS frrcEs,
x on 8, b on Q Kt 9; Pa on Q g., oB 9, OBJ
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Alb still win four tricks only.
Trick 3. Y cannot we'll return the spade to
nothing. for the lead OF a weak suit 10 especially
designed to prevent the partner from returning
Il. except 70 force. Neither can he lead aWay
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Correct solutions received from X VI. Aauser. New
York; Correct You Are. Brook iyn; =. St"ml r, New
York How Easy. Brooklyn; Fred Engel. brooklyn X.
;. Walters. New York; Just In Time. New York; Fred
Carter, Boston. Yet Another. New York; Theodore Il,
Muyler. Brooklyn; ": y. Brooklyn; j. Roberts. New
York A. :. Richmond. Niddletown; !. Drissis. BROOK.
lyn; Dr. H.. II. Richly. New York; u. W. Barry. Snuth
Boston. VI IS. Eiek Emil: New York; DR.. a. II. Rad.
win. Nurwalk. Conn: lie npold Friedlander. New
York Growers LII. Danhury, Conn; W. Clark. Plain.
Held. y. j. Sweet Sixteen. New York; Henry Stein.
her:. New YORK.
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Estimates furnished for CphoIstcr-
ing furniture of every kind, old or
new. Slip Cover Work II speciality.
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Coco Delivered at any railroad
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No extra charge for packing.
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White to play and mate In two moves.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM Sn. $50.
1.Q-R1.PxP;2 2. kt-Q oh, X \ kt; 2. = =, mate.
!. Q-Rf.PxP;2. Kt-QS h.K-Qa, y. OR :. mate.
i.Q-RI.pxP:2. Kt-Q Xxx .. Q~-Kt.mate.
J.. Or 1.K-Xt 2. O. 2,R-kt .; 3Q-kt 2, mate.
]. Or !. k-kt4;2 Q-B2. Il y. Or :. mat !.
lQ-R Z. IN t;2 OBJ p L =: =. . Z P. mate.
l.Q-Ri Z. XIX ~. Q-K I. oh ,ny;3 OR ..mate.
J Or :. Kt KIP. .. Q-B p. pP. =. 4 Y T.. mate.
]. Or :. ktxP; 2. S-B 2,any other;3 Or Innate.
|. Or = any nther. - OK lrh e.,
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POSITION AFTER WHITES TwESTy-FIRsT MOVE.
BLACK GOLMAYOl-EIEyE VICES.
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ROTHSCHVLD
Aruark advertisements.
3leWark advertisements.

Brooklyn, New York, Paris and Philadelphia.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

lThe Chicago Times Herald remarks;
eWheLher the United States Senate is
acircus or not, as Senator Hoar ques-
tpued, 1t will always be a mystery
Aow some Of the boys crawled under
Ie cansass"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09
WOMAN'S VITALITY 1NCREA-
SING.

All readers Of he daily papers must
have reached the conclusion that mOTe
women than men live to pass the CEN
tury mark. This idea is correct and
IS borne out, so far as Great Britain "
concerned, by recent report hf the
registrar general Of the kingdom. he
finds that out of 100000 people rs
women reach the aye of 100 years,
while only 81 men round out the ccl'
tury. Now, the great conundrums:
Why is this SO? According to the
popular superstition, it takes much
longer for a woman to reach even lDe
age than it takes for a man to reacn
that age. If this is true it makes lne
showing all the more remarkable
1t has ever been asserted that assc
citation with women makes q man l''e
longer, as shown by the fact that 'ns
average life OF the married man "
longer than the average life OF aslns''
man. The fact, however, is denleo Wy
the endman ut the Ministries, wnpS'''
that the life Of the married man u wv
really longer, but only seems So
So far there is no satisfactory ="
PLANTATION Of the original prOposl''O"
why more women live to be lou. oo'u'
say it Ia because women are less au'
dictcd to tobacco and strong ar'D''
others say that It is because II IS nl0,s =,
healthy to spend money than ''s " ',
earn It, and so on. 1t may be man' '. '.
the men who would live to be iw'.S
killed at an early age In casual.'cs " =
which women are net exposed i'ua'
be that tight lacing lisa lie plese',I,,' ~,
and IL may be not fact ava s w.,
Possibly the English registrar s.".'. !.
may be mistaken. The sltna''O" :"
rcplete with possibilities.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

4 n sChe pastor Vi. the various churches
.oatma.ackson have held a meeting and
src.refd resolutions protesting against :
ny excursions and requesting rail-
could gend steamboat lines TO withdraw
=sates on Sunday.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09
LUNATIC EUCHRE.

Lunatic Euchre is the very latest
game society danes are permitted to
Ghfoy, and one is tempted to proplcsy
that the game will be hailed with de-
light by the dcvotces Of cuchrc.
In a Texas city invitations sent out
for IA recent card party bore the in
scription "Lunatic Euchre." or course
every one invited was on the qui vivc
to understand the meaning of these
words, which might mean Il reflection
on the players or anything else, and
the invitations were eagerly accepted.
As to the game, it is played similar
to regular euchrc-trump turned up,
discards made, etc, the important
difference being that instead OF hold
ing ones hand SO that only the player
sees 1t. the cards are played with their
lacks held to the player, who thus
gives the opponent full view OF his
hand. OF course one has no idea what
one is playing, whether bower or the
Joker is put down; and therein lies tile
fun OF the whole tlr'ng. Following
SUIT is not expected, and the game is,
or is not, progressive.
Prizes are given as in the regular
game.
Apropos of card parties and prizes,
the hostess should always provide
prizes f9f the invited guests, as well
as the/prizcs usually given.
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Nhelrmarraf-S -Sar
A WAITS RESCUE /

=
The following pretty story /. ,,.
the New York Jewish Mcsseo..a4
June 25th:
"On one occasion, a cold, bis..
wintry morning, Mayor Noah w.,
walking up Broadway above Cb,m '
hers street, then the location q, w.
large retail dry goods stores. St,as ..s
ing on the pavement before ma
these establishments was little .,.'
clad in rags and crying. The ,ss,. @
were freezing on her wan and n.,,s
cheeks Great heavensr emcnl,,.s
Major Noah, as he glanced A. ~. ~.
waif, here is a child freezing to de,,s
In the streets OF Christian citv .0s
no one succors.' Selling the chila !.
the hand he rushed into the store, crv.
ipg, Shame upon you, gentlemen -
let this poor child perish at your ve,,
door! Take her to the stove and De,.
NIT the poor creature to warm ho,
selfH Everybody knew Major No,h
and his word was command. Cle,t'
took the child in hand, after she had
been warmed sufficiently. Main,
Noah said: Order a carriage; | win
take the child home With me .
large crowd bad meanwhile collec,.a
the carriage came, and just a, Ia
started to take the child to il, a well.
known New York sporting clarac,e,
came through the crowd, and, placing
his hand on Major Noah's shoulde,
said: You do more than your sbare
OF this sort Of thing. Let me take
the child. While ! am a gambler
you know me well, and know also that
! possess an ample fortune. | prom.
ise you, on my word OF honor as a man.
! will take this child, rear her ten.
derly, away from all evil, and be ber
benefactor and father. Please let NE
have my WISH Major Noah looked
at him for an instant, and realized
that he was terribly in earnest. plac.
ing tue child's hand in bis, he sad
Sam Suydam, l will take your prom.
ise, and God help you if you break it,
. This is a great responsibility, and |
commit this child TO you as you de-.
mand.' The child was taken of in
the carriage by Suydam. He was true
to his word; he raised the child az bis
own, as he had promised. She grew
to beautiful WOmanhoUd without
knowing or suspecting that she bad
been rescued from death in the streets
Of "A s0-called Christian city, nor that
her benefactors were Major Noah aud
sam Suydan. the gambler. MAJOR
Noah kept himself well advised Of tAe
! wcll-being Of the child until bis death,
! and when she married Il reputable
gentleman, Suydam gave her "a wed.
ding portion of $4,000 How little
the world knows of what traDspires in
IL! Here was the misunderstood Jew
and with him the 0Stracised gambler
performing Il great act of real charity,
for which neither claimed credit, both
concealing from public knowledge
what they had done, be He on high
has registered this as well as thous'
and other acts which make the world
kim"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

The editor of a juvenile publication
recently received the following: mis-
tur editur: deer sur, please stop yore
papur. sister Annie died on mondy
aftur redeing yore last wekes mum.
ber." At last accounts the paper was
still going, though its subscription
list is shorter by one.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

The Governor has announced Wv ~
conditions upon which he nego',s..s. n'.'.
the loan Of $4,000 from the l"., :,
State Band Mt Columbus. The '"'s .0,
interest agreed upon was 8 per ,' se1' i"
and the principal is retutnao'', a.. -
January, 1890. Under act OF 'Oe .s, ~.
extra session of the Legislature ~. ~.
Governor is empowered to oor,v. 'r,.,.
5000, ,OOo, as needed, at rate ., o." ,"su ssc,
est not to exceed 0 per cent. lme aoo %' .,
that he secured the first VOW a"a.
per cent shows that money Is aS.a" S,",e
ant and that the bankers OF '''
have dollars TO spare. .,,o,
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tread, he|tiptoe
room, walked to thUlsarrcmv s0uthcrn
end, and knelt down in prayer. He
removed his hat and old army
coat, laid them carefully on the
floor, clasped his hands, and.
looking up at the ceiling, prayed
fcrvently for several minutes. The
room was well-filled with sightscers.
who were much amused at the old
darkey.
"What are you praying for'' asked
n reporter
"I'sc praying for a return OF dis here
prosperity what | hears so much
bout" replied the old man in all
earnestness.
One of the White House ushcrs was
about to remove him from the r0om
but on second thought concluded to
let the old m4r bring prosperity, If
he could, by praying.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

The Ilardman tTenn.) Free Press is
issuing "grandmother's soap re-
ceipt" tn every paid subscriber that
pays. 1t declares: "Clcanliness is
next to godliness, and we propose to
give our subscribers soap and saliva
tion free"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

An exchange says; "oon'c ...m r /,
lmagine that things 'orae'.' ~ saue
distance are better than t"' :. ,neI,
things are, II made and ra'sv" s,,.' :, notion
neighbors. And this sllly . "', "cd
drains every community :" hack
many dollars that never com, ~. s ID.
Why. the man who truly 10. !. s,mcel
terest Of the town at heart y :. s.r .ss,ll
jealous Of the postagc stamps
away"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09
Thelemurrat+ Star
AsroM WINDING ONES BUSINESS,

The Washington Post, a non-parti-
san newspaper, but believer in the
single gold standard, takes contem-
puraryt to task for asking where Bryan
got the money to pay his expenses in
travelling all over the country. The
Post SAYS in answer to this insOlent
inquiry, mind your own business.
The following is an extract from the
editorial on the subject:
! So long as ex-Candidate Bryan vio'
~. laws, statutory or moral, we
either propriety or expedi'
lntic meddling with
n hotel bills. II
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-09

A Missouri paper is authority for
the statement that Il negro never
SpppypS
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-10
WILL 90 TO JAPAN


WnshIauou july s-Wu Ting Fang.
tl, ncw Chinese minister is ~ be- re-
called some time 90 August Tnls infor-
nation comes lu ta. nature OF 70 sure
prise as be- reached thl7 country only
about two months ago 20 assume 1lpio-
matc rclaf otlcen"wbns Es8uFbAEEE
matt. relations between this country aud
China No Official document has ~ yet
been received bat the private adyiccs
wore accompanied ty copies Of Chinese
newspapers. all containing the same In
femgcues. which leaves but little doubt
that no.. Information is correct Inquiry
wbs made "a, tho legation. and while lt
wa- impossible 70 see the minister. ac-
kHpultIs,d that such Information had
h,pn received. but no the absence Of Of
ncial documents he declined 20 confirm
the report # was however. learned
that Wa Ting Fang wlH be transferred
20 Toxic. 10 succeed Yu Kong. who was
formerly minister AZ tha; place Charges
have h.en preferred arainS, Yu Kcag
aad hts conduct Of affairs 20 Japan has
been under Investigation by ii Hung
Chang for SOME time II was finally de-
cidrd 70 relieve him and hc viii be re-
placed by WI Ting Fang The latter Will
bv succeeded by Lee King Yce, who nov
is chief clerk o. foreign affairs and di-
rccily under Ii Hung Chang Lee King
Yes r. man Of large experience In dip
lommic affairs and has grown up under
the tuiorsh!p Of tbs great premier