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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

THERE are Indications that the
campaign In South Carolina for the
Democratic nomination for United
States Senator is going to be a red
hot time. The contest SO far is be-
tween the present incumbent, John
L. McLaurin, who was appointed by
the Governor to fill an unexpired
term, and ex United States Senator
John z. M. Irby. The campaign
opened at Sumter on the 9Th instant,
when the remarks were punctured by
such expressions as "ring-streaked,
striped and peckled politician, :"
dishonesty" treason and treach-
cry" ssfoulest conspiracy" etc.
Mind you, this was just a starter
the first round, so to speak. Fature
meetings may be even more lively
and furious and the amount of
"eussing" and sweating that will
occur cannot be foretoId.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

WILL the President send his curren-
cy message to this session of Con-
gress? We will not attempt guess,
but we think the people care very lit
tie whether he does or not, as they
know that the appointment of a cur
rency commission would not bear
fruit for long time and they have
reason to expect that any commits
sion appointed by q Republican adj
ministration would eventually recon-
mend continuance of the gold
standard in this country until one or
more foreign nations shall consent
to double standard. Free and in
dependent coinage of both silver and
gold need not be expected until the
Democratic party, which favors this
policy. is placed in control Of the
government, and therefore, until that
time it appears futile to hope for the
benefits that free coinage viii bring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
SOME HARLEM IMPROVEMENTS.
Public Works which Are OF Importance TO
People In tho Annexed District.

II the material development of Harlem Is I'M
duly retarded. it will not be the fault OF those
residents Of the Twelfth and Twcnty-thiri wards
who have organized or are affiliated with the
Harlem Board of which has head
quarters on l25th street, or with the North Side
Board OF Trade. which devoles its attention 10
matters of interest in the annexed district. Ono
matter which has engaged the attention OF tho
IIurlenitcs which they have brought into
court is that Of the removal OF The temporary
bridge across the Harlem River al l56lh street.
The act authorizing the erect ON of a new bridge
bridge was to hc built within twelve years
from tho passage Of the acI, at an expenditure
not 10 exceed 81 80. 900. A sum of 500. 900 WAS
allowed for, the construction of a temporary
bridge and The approaches thereto. Two years
have elapsed, during which ne Park Depart
mrnt has taken no action. and there Is no tenn
puriry bridge NJ ll9th street. where the Har-
lcmitcs contend one should bo built with the APP
preparation allowed. They also demand a new
pier on the Harlem al l3oth street, ami an ar
Management whereby the hudson River steamers
may land at The West l29th street pier during
the summer OF 1897.
The Harlem station OF the Central Railroad at
l2Jlh street and Park avenue being an accom-
plishCG TACT. and the various trttiin on the Cen
irnl and Harlem divisions stopping for and leav-
ing on passengers on this elevated station, the
Of the New York, Ncw Haven and Hartford Rail,
rond, an ,,'I%d e2rpGralion. Mhi IN gsIs its en-
shall stop It's trains there also.
Meanwhile, Harlem people think that the pro-
Gee, Of - new briGg" across ne Harlem; a. Willis
of opinion have. arisen concerning tho ap-
prOuChrs, on The Manhattan Island side. TO the
new Harlem River bridge at l99th street. Some
Of tho barluInilus are in favor of what Is called a
horseshoe approach, whereby the new bridge
whom finished will be reached on tho south side
from Lexington and Second avenues; Others arc
for a direct approach from Third avenue. There
has recently boon n propositiont that The matter be
perhaps "a hoard of d~iplomutists would be better
qualified for the work. Another matter which
has engaged tho attention of tho Harlcmitcs re-
Gently Is the Improvement Of what tx known hs
the Harlem Kills in order hat u ferry may be
established bet wCen Las l25th street and Flush
ing. illumination. too, has engaged the atten-
ton OF some OF the |iarlemites, who ind on in
quiry, that there Is NJ subway ON seventh ave-
nue., and consequently there can be no electric
lights until a subway 10 conStruotsda
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
washington sharp Mt n Horse Trade.
r. A. 0ber IN the Bayonns Herald


Col. Lee was once dining at Mount Vernon,
and in the course OF conversation Washington
asked him il he knew where he could purchase .
pair OF good carriage horses. why, yes, Gen.
eral," nSwcr"G Ice. Il hnNc n iinc pair, but
you cant get them"
"Why not T. demanded the astonishcd Wash
ingtOn.
because you never pay more than half price
for anything. aud l want full price for them"
Mrs. Washington was 50 'iCElcd at the banter
that she frll 10 laughing, and was Joined by her
fuNoritc parrot, prrcllrl near hy.
All, Lee said tho General, not at all rufled.
you ,trc a funny, fellow. See, even that bird Is
laughing nj yOl.'
That ihurc was a suspicion Of truth in Iee's
implied accusation of clOsrness at u bargaG -
horne ont by the well-knOwn fact that Washing
ton WINS one Of the kconr-l men ut a horse trade.
II is also told of him That, having settled for q
Job OF pLlsfcring M hiS home, he Hfterward
found that he had o%ycrpnid the lahOrer by is
Fhillings. Meanwhile tho man had died and his
widow had married again, hut lie General col
loctcd Tia" ovcrplus nj her SECOND husband.
One had 10 be careful in marrying widows
those dn!5. la widow wished to rirnr herself
81 all her deceased husbands obligations. tho
second time shr must he married with nothing
on but her shit. II is supposed that this unfor-
tunntc woman wore something br5ides at her
second nuptials.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

So far, no correct solutions have been received
TO the perception problem of March ii. EyUry
card can be placed, except that the spots on the
three smallest trupps are not certain; but that
is imInatUrial.
WHIST IN BOSTON.
Tho doctrine OF common-senSo whist il spread
ing gradually all over the country. In some
places its followers are in the majority, in some
They are about half and half, while IN others
they are only an advance guard. THE SUN rep
rusentutivc WAS present ut a very successful
tournament for pairs and tours held by the I3os-
ton Duplicate Whist Club on March ~
at the, American House, Boston, and was
various Styles Of play adopted by The
competing teams. The energetic management
OF tho Boston Duplicates had brought together
ll6 players from the various clubs In and around
Boston, u larger gathering than any yet held by
tho n. u. W. A. In the afternoon contest for
pairs, Howison and Richardson OF, Milford,
~. H., made the top score, II tricks plus In 20
hands; aud in the evening Capt. Houv6's team,
from the American Whist Gu Of Boston, made
II sweepin the match for teams OF four. defeating
eight teams. lying six, and losing TO none.
In an interview with The Sun representative
Capt. BouyG said that bS had so far failed 20
lind anything better than the straight long-suit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
ONE MORE BAnAK1AvA HERO GONE
Tho Last Man I'm America or the Innumernble
SIX Hundred Again PaAses Away.

From the Philadelphia Pres.
PHGNIxyILI.R, March killarney McKernan.
probably the only survivor of tho Light Brigade
in this country. died NJ his home in this place
last night, aged ~ years, from asthma, con
tracted in the army In tho Crimea. For many
years he has been u most interesting character,
and hundreds of people visited him every year
TO SEQ a man who was In the charge made famous
by Tonnyson's verse. Tho old man, however,
nuvor seemed worry proud of the part he played
In tho famous charge, for he regarded II as a
blundcr, and, TO usc his own language, ian Eng
lish soldier 10 never very proud OF making II
blunder, and II Tonnyaon had not imnortalized
the charge In song II would have never been
henrd of excepting ns an accident or war; ,
He was born In Llthrr'n. west OF Ireland. When
and a ,i' S Se 10 uS Maids Hss o. England, 'v Where ''I he
Joined the Seventeenth Lanccrs. unier command
Of Sir Colin Campbell, and was ordered to india
years service In India, whore he received two
bad wounds. he returned TO England.
c1 In as'4 At H. hsla TEdlsln,op The T Brira sH"t ws 20 co ,no
rode beside him when Lord Raglan gave the
order to charge. and threatened Cardigan with
death II he refused to obey orders.
Barney was shot three times, but kept his scat
In the saddle. When Barney REACHED camp
after the retreat he was covered with wounds
and his clothes were saturated with blood. He
was taken to tho hospital and after his recovery
he fought In ~ the w oSltl9s o. Alma icrs ana i hIsr : ihs
storming of the Malakoff, In which he took part,
he returned TO England and finally drifted to
America.
For his bravery at Balaklava no received two
silver medals, one from the Queen Of England
am, the other from the sultan OF Turkey, These
died he asked that they might be put In his hand
and the old soldier brcathed his last, ~clasping
pension for his services, his medals being all tho
reward ho had. He lived here for twonty years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

J. b. Elwell Of tho IrvinGs gets first prize for
best individual trick score, 40 plus: a. +. Tay-
lor and j. II. Tolnr being in second place with %
each.
In the final round the Ridge Cluh, mtde the
best match score. d., The Knickcrln"kcrS hcir%
second. with 5l.. Foster and A.. l.. Taylor of tho
Knickcrlork Crs made tho top score \ and ), q
plus; E!well and Sinuns Of tho lryings, and
Downs and Mackay of the Ridge getting 5 plus
+ and W. Knickerbockcr got high team score
Tho victory OF the Carlctons is quito popular,
and II is conceded that they earned II by steady
play and ilrst-C lass team work.
In the intcrClub tournament in philadelphia
both the Hamilton leans arc in The lead. The
first four has won three matches and lost one.
while the srruud four hats n clean record Oi four
wins. In both cs4ocs The Philadelphit Whist
Club Is second. Art third, and Wilmington
fourth.
This third annual congress of the New Jersey
Whist Association will be held In Jersey City on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next. The
Park trophy contests will bo supplemented by
various progressive matches for fours and pairs.
Tho Capital Bicycle Club has forfeited It's
turn to play for the A. w. l.. trophy on the 9th,
and Baltimore. being the next in line, will play
the winner of yesterdays match, the result OF
morrow, as usual.
Thursday next will be tho first night for men
al the WOmen'S Wits Club of Brooklyn, and
from present indications the affair will bc u
great success. The large hall of the GCrmania
Club on Schcrmerhorn street has been secured
for the occasion.
Yale has selected the team for the annual
Yale. Harvard whist match. They are: Cameron,
49, Bryant. 30; Sherwood, 90, Cooke, 81;
Becrher, '9s, and Cameron. 90. The hyphen-
uted names are partners. Baldwin, Wood, Lee,
and Gilman are the substitutes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

Trick !. II Il wins this trick the problem can.
not be solved. because w cannot get rid OF Il dia-
mOnd.
Trick .. II Il does not give up the queen. s will
make a trick in trumps. or the king Of diamonds.
Trick 3. II n leads anything but clubs, he
makes il very easy for T. and W To win.
Trick q. II Y diEcards the spade or n club at
this point, he makes the solution too easy.
Trick :. Several Solvcrs seem to think a spade
must be led al this point, or n and S will make
a diamond. Analysis does not show this to DO
true. for AT the tenth trick Il will lead whichever
suit y dis"ards on the thirteenth club.
All solutions beginning with tho lead OF q
diamond or II spade from Ms hand simply make
T. and w q present OF ten tricks. N has only
two good lines OF defence, the clubs or the
trumps, the former being the better because IL
makes the solution more difficult for + and W..
Some who started correctly with the club suit
failed to see the importance of letting w win
tho first trick. Others got the first trick right
and led truinps from VS. hand, but failed to
cover with tho king and give up tho queen.
Some who got along very well until the ninth
sity for Ms keeping his small spade;
and did not specify the difference in Els lead nc.
cording to Ms discard on the thirteenth club.
The following sent correct solutiOns: A. Story,
q. II. Fish, W.D Harper, =. T. Wood, Il. +. Me-
Kcnge, Jr, G., Is. Morris. EIese, j. l.. W., and &.
ii. +. All others were defective.
Here is another which win repay careful ex.
animation. Hearts trumps; y TO lead, and Il
and w 10 get seven tricks against tho hest de-
fence. The beauty of this problem is that II y
and : adopt the best defcncest there ID only one
line of play for T. and w.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

game for good team work, and he Thought Il re-
suited In fewer misunderstandinGs between
the same time Capt, BouvG has been quick TO
SEQ the advantages. OF some Of the now ideas
especially In the matter of leading trumps,. Tho
American team has. been very successful In
its adoption Of the lead from short or
that It was undesirable to open any of them, and
the idea has been very largely adopted y other
New England teams. Hero ID a hand, which was
No. 8 In the afternoon play. in which two pairs
made. ten tricks by this defensive trump open
ing, the twenty-soven other pairs getting never
moro than seven or eight tricks out of Abs
cards. Y dealt and turned the heart 3. The un-
derlinod card wins the trick, and tho card under
IL IL tho next ono led,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

A-D uhh stNCh tiSNS' u ipoa va 'hi''s
Trick /. A adopts the modern System Of lcld.
ing a small cnrd from ace and four others; Had
he begun with the ace 1t is, a question whether
Trick >. A force at this point would have lost
a trick for W, because although II can ruff.
S an I'd ! III; Gnn a get sstd in ff iSrno %ii H. 'G Gi.s ainmo Mili ps sIn to
out the possible trick In spades. IS reason, for
leading the spade is th%t his nrrtneE has ,hot
suit or nothing. and he hoped to establish II be-
fore Is got out all the trumps. -,
Trick =. b knows his partners only, possible
he led the diamond to colx Y or Il to draw his
trump. u would have led spades ,rsain before
drawing the trump, but th9t would nave forced
Y into the lead and given n u trick in clubs.
THE NEXT coNGrFss.
Word has come that the Committee on Plny
are to make matches and not tricks the deciding
factor in the count for a place IN The '!nniS at the
satisfactory 10 all concerned. "a the strong clubs
argue that they can probably win a majority Of
the matches, If not OF the tricks. Ii Is hard 10
see how this can be so, for in all matches of this
kind 1t hRs been the rule that the club winning
the most tricks has also secured the best match
score. The A. W J.. match at the last, congress
was a notable exception, Although, their trick
New York. The match score in that ease was "A
matter Of half N poin, only. which is too close TO
They are 40 far.sigbted in Boston that they
are already la ing plans Ia secure the congress
OF 1898. IN his speech at the Boston Duplicate
banquet. President Barney called attention TO
the great and increasing number OF New Eng.
land clubs. and suggested that they take steps
10 prepare SIcn a OtHlohhlfdlibn AZ ln' flt-ll-
Bay congress as would give them first choice
for the congress following II. There are sew
cral excellent places Tor Il congress near boston.
Nan,asket being perhaps the best. The rules
require it 10 he held At "a summer resort of some
kind, alternately in the Fast aud West.
CLUB NOTES.
The New York team seems TO beat everything
in Brooklyn. and the Brooklyn team ,grts evya
by beating everything in New York. The Brook.
lyn team made high score both ways in the
New York compass match on "Wednesday, Baker
and Taylor getting l2ia plus r and w Elwell
and Newman 6ll plus y and :. The r and W
pair made six tricks more than any others in tho
room, u result which Mr.. Baker attributes To A.
l.. TRylor's excellent Judgment in playing tho
common sense OF Invitation game. which WIS
described in THE Sun Jan. -. Mr.. Baker is
comparatively a recent convert Ia this game,
after having opposed II for Years. He has made
Tho top score AT the New York matches every
time he has pla yed, and now has an average Of
nearly half a trek n hand.
In brooklyn tho same players are still In the
lead. The following table shows the standing Of
those who have played moro than twenty times
and those who have played less than twcnty. Tho
averages arc given in thousandths Of "a trick
gained for every hand played.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

Among the American manufactures that arc
exported are barber chairs. We send barber
chairs TO Mexico and Central America, tho
West Indies aud South America, and American
barber chairs are sent also TO the continent of
Europe and to England. Barber chairs in limited
siderable time, but the demand for them from
that quarter IL increasing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

Al win ten tricks. a gain OF three.
Any plain suit lead from AS hand Ia clearly
disadvantagGous He cannot run anything, hwy
ing a tleast three OF each plain suit, and as Ito
selects the trump attack AZ the. best opening for
his hand. b., of course, takes the iinossc.
Trick 3. Il does not want to lead away from
his trump tenncc. with tho certainty that king
Is guarded against him. so hu leads u supporting
card to his partner. u saves IL trick by covering
with the king.
Trick 5. AS discard shows that his suits nrc
the black ones, so Is keeps on with tho clubs. al.
though as tho cards happen to lie II does not
matter whether he leads "A club or u spade.
Here IL how they managed things with Abs
cards Mt one of tho long.suit tables:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
MIR. Giratebnr 10 Philip.

Philip said Mr.. Gratebar. "always write
plainly, 80 that what you write can be read.
And above all things make your signature unmis.
takably clear. Thus, oven ON paper, you will
continue to look everybody square in the eye."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
4 Poets Exclamation.

QuEsrIoS.-why do women ways write love poslA
In the masculine genderl
AHswEa.-DecauAe We know women too well %
WTtts IN the feminine ssAdsr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

have a friend, in fact he is my brotherinlaw, who is the outside
man for a New York crockery warehouse, a sort of salesman, purchas.
ing agent, collector and what not. He used to suffer from a catarrh
of the stomach. When he woke in the morning there would be a
gripping, a contraction, a tghtness of the stomach, which, he said,
seemed to be cogged with a Shiny, phlegm-like substance. Carlsbad
salts always did him some good, but now he uses Ripans Tabule. He
only takes one when occasion requires, just one now and then. When
this man, his name is Spalding, was asked to describe the effect of the
Iabule on him, lie said "Why, it brightens me up. 1t has an effect
like dry air; makes me feel something as l used to of spring morning
when the air was crisp but. tempered with sunshine. don't know
how they produce such an effect, but that $ the way they work with me-"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

Ii will be observed that all those In the second
class have u better average than any OF those in
the first.
The Brooklyn interclub tournament is Nm
and the championship for 1897. Tho standing
of the clubs nj the finish WINS as fOl!ows:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
Haskell Happenings.

Miss Ionic Elliott ane mother, of
Blue Mound, came over, Thursday,
to visit among their many friends
in this locality.
There was dance at the home of
Henry Jefiers, in Bush City, Friday
night.
VIM. Brady's brother was here
from Friday till Sunday, visiting
with lin.
Ihos. Collins received official no.
tice of his appointment as postmas'
ter at Bush City, last week.
Miss Rosa Brennan, who has
been at Winfield, taking care of an
insane subject, returned TO her faith
er's home, near Bush City, on two
months visit, Tuesday.
G. e. Smith, of Garrett, was in
Lincoln township, trying to find a
suitable black horse that he could
buy.
Quite number from Bush City
and vicinity will go to Ottawa to
hear the famous orator, VIM. Jen.
nings Bryan.
A convention of the Sunday
schools of Lincoln township will be
held at Lincoln chapel next Sunday;
services both in the morning and
afternoon.
Miss Gertie Bremen, who has
been staying at Amos Decker's tor
some months, returned home, Tues
day
Miss Stella Higgins is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Maggie lnman, Of
of Selma
Preaching next Sunday afternoon,
at the Baptist church MEDDLER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

An Oklahoma man lost his dog
and this is the way the newspaper
man let the facts be known:
Henry Mitchell lost his dog and
don't know where to find him. lie
wore two heas upon his neck and a
short stub tail behind him. The dog
is long and narrow built, with spots
of black and white, and if he sees a
smaller dog he always wants to fight.
He holds his tail up stiff and straight
when he's for war prepared, but
points it downward to the ground
whenever he is scared. The stump
tail dog that now is lost was Hen
RVS friend and crony, but now, alas,
he sadly fears he's made up in boz
logns.-Ex.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
KANSAS AGIrAToR, GARNErr. KANSAS.
Lone Elm Items.

J D. Byerly shipped hogs tc
Kansas City, Tuesday.
Some of our young people attend
ed church at Colony, Sunday night.
Born Wednesday, June 10th, to
G b Newton and wife, son.
NJ. Carrier and family spent the
Sabbath IN the country.
II G. Mcdowell went to Kansas
City the first of the week, with
stock,
Misses Chloe Kinchelo and Maud
Miller were home over Sunday
from normal at Garnett.
Mrs. J. Speakes, our milliner,
spent the Sabbath with Mrs. Julia
Schuessler.
L Little has been repairing and
furnishing his house while Mrs.
Little was visiting in Illinois.
Miss Grace West visited relatives
and friends in Lone Elm and vicinity
last week.
T. G. Mcdowell suffered a few
days ago by his artificial eye break
ing.
Farm worl, corn blowing, hay
making, etc make town quiet these
days.
David Sanders is fitting up the
Elm House with new screens to
battle we pestlerous fly.
BIackberries are in market these
days here. This fruit was in dan
ger of drying up before the recent
rains,
J. B. Henderson,, Mart Kinche
loe and Bassie Lowman went to the
county seat last Saturday.
The concert, Monday night, was
well attended. 1t was nice enter
tainment.
Nell Mitchell's house burned,
Tuesday morning No particulars
as yet
w. G. Mcbride, of Xenia, who
formerly lived near this place, was
in town, Tuesday.
Miss limo Mitchell visited friends
in town the first of the week.
Mrs. A. O. Irwin, of Colorado, is
the guest of Mrs Narcissa Ewing.
A. C. G. Shockey wears smile
since he learned the good wife and
girl will be home this week.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
Reduced Rates via. the Missouri
Pacific Railway.

Toronto, Ont, on sale July
10, IA and IS; fare for round
trip, $2o.95.
Detroit, Mich, OH sale July
S and 6; round trip, $2I.25.
Detroit, Mich, on sale July
10 to 10, inclusive; rate for the
round trip, $2I.25.
indianapolis, Ind, on sale
Aug 1 7 and IS; round trlp,s1o.25
Indianapolis, on sale Sept. I
and s; round trip, $Io.25.
Minneapolis, Mimi, on sale
July 3 and a.. round trip, $1o.25'
Milwaukee, Wis, on sale July
3, 4 and S; round trip, $1o.o5.
For limits and other informa
ton not given above, call on
r. G. WING, Ag't.