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The original lead Of q singleton is wicked, of
course. but several thousand whist players be-
neve in that sort of thing with this sort of hand
her partner cannot hold any spade below the
ten and that even IL all follow suit to this trick
her hand is dead II she plays the ace now. With
her partner. who has led n singleton. may hold
four or Ave trumps there is a chance. however
slim, that She can make q few tricks in spades
Trick q 1t does not take long to decide on
leading a trump nor b long to decide on passing
the first round: When things are going along
nicely 1t is folly to interrupt the harmonious
Trick g. b has now to decide whether or not
to pass again. BIS play of the ten and return
OF the queen clearly marks him with the jack.
and return the queen II he held no more, and
his partner had the king turned. 1t is the third
round OF trumps that y wants to win, and then
spades unless z had five trumps. This is Just
what happens
:. OF course this .vas q dreadful freak. but tho
the Of the evening" and every Woman whose
partner did not lead tho singleton was accused
OF losing seven tricks, and any man who at
tempted to defend himself by, saying she would
not have hold up the II he had led the single
ton was q horrid thing.
PERCEPTION PROBLEMS.
Some of our solvcrs say they are not auita
sure OF their reasoning in perception problem a
unless they know the system" adopted by tn .
lens given In THE Sun are as free from sys-
tens as they can be made, ana require no more
than ordinary Judgment for their solution.
W dealt and turned the heart seven. His part.
ner, L, held the following cards:
DO. 8. SO.
The first five tricks fell as follows:
The sun., 1898-01-16
oUn CHEss ooRNEn

During tho last six years THE suN has pub
lished over 600 problems by composers OF all
nations In appreciation Of the work dono by
those who have devoted much time, study. and
talent in q branch of tho game which has rightly
been termed the poetry Of chess. THE SUN will
arrange an international tournament for two
and three move problems. The eminent Amori-
can problemists, Charles A. Qilberg and Frank
Nj. Teod, have kindly consented TO act as judges
in the competition. and thoy will In all prob
ability Introduce some novel rules as regards
tho three-move compositions. 1t Is intended to
divide tho three-movors into three classes,
namely, "liRhtweights" /" middlewelghts," and
heeyy.weights eecoIding 10 me nv numper Ii,hf OK
effectinR mate in throe moves. A definition of
these novel terms, together with the number of
prizes, their values and other rul Is and reEL.a.
tions, will be given either next Sunday or. at
the latest, the Sunday following.
PROBLEM NO. 606-BY c. ERLiN.
pLAcK-NNE PIECES.
on X 8; rs on Q Kt g and X Kt; Kt on Kt q; d
on r Ps on Il 8. 8, X and X BIC.
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q ID .weak b side suits ana has no diamond =

Z Sc g y, weak n side suits and has no diamond to
Trick O.. A must either continue tho dia-
n,Sno m2nas and let one adversary. trump and the
spade tenace. hoping TO yet his partner in again
IIfck q ia gives up his ACC OF spades Il is
impossible for him ever TO make another trick
Iriok =. can now count A for lve dia.
monas , remaining,. and knows the othor card
must DO tho ace OF spades. While A holds this
card IL would be very risky 10 draw tho trumps
30 she plays to forco IL out nrst. Those who do
hoL think women can play whist should study
trying situation. "
Another charming freak was deal No. 8, in
which there was q very unusual distribution Of
Sno Sno cards. The hand with tho play IN It was
- ., ana she and her partner mnde all tho way
from from Two TO nine tricks, according to their
nghns. dealt and turned the heart king, and
A.B got two tricks by the following line OF
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wHTTE-FIvE PIECES.
White to play and mate In three moxea.

White to play and mate in three moves
George A. Shreiner. in forwarding solutions to
last weeks problem, writes as follows: "Mr Lind.
would not miss the NEW YoRk suns Chess Corner
E: Henshel. .Brooklyn.-Join the Brooklyn Chess
club This VIII answer your purpose best. Address.
20l Montague street.
W. E. McLane Haverhil1, Mass.-At Brentano's,
Union square. this city.
CORRESPONDENCE TOURNEY.
Samuel A. Smith. 3O7 East Seventeen street. New
York city; Arthur H. Cameron and Daniel b. Thomp-
son. SO Court street. Brooklyn; A. d. Smith. los
65 Newell street. Brooklyn; Jason Rogers. 1885 Bos
ton road; New York city, and H. W. Barry. South
Boston. have entered the tourney during the past
week. The latter writes follows
II note with pleasure your intention OF starting q
one Of the participants therein think that mod..
hcation OF the rules under which tn. Pisbury ma
tional correspondence tourney Is being conducted
that the time limit for each move should be forty.
eight hours. as the contestants will probably be
within one days mail Of each other. An entrance
fee OF 81 would perhaps, enable first and a second
prize to be offered and special prize FOR most
brilliant game. Each player should play one game
with every other player the highest entage
of WINS allowing one.half for draw, should decide
the contest. Competitors could bo paired by lot and
four games at one time could be played by each
NOTES.
The annual meeting OF the Board of Directors of
the New York State Chess Association was held at
the Manhattan Chess Club on last Wednesday even.
Ing The principal business was the discussion of
the annual championship and general tournaments
to be played on WashnGton's Birthday. A new code
played at the annual midsummer meeting OF the as.
ISOLATION was adopted. The code was made
the last competition. when Stentz. the representa-.
tive OF the Staten Island Chess Club and Lipschtz.
e S hs rn OF OF ,hs fne Chess Club
no rules at that time to govern the disposition OF the
cup.
Chess Club arc as foows:
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A-b get seven tricks only.
Trick !. A is one OF the old school who still
0O,,hhSIon Y } it is possible to show the three
% %Iner players at the table whether you hold five.
sI,r ~ or seven cards in the suit This is done by
ttSS,'omInS tSn the lowest of the winning sequence.
ss ue IaGk with the ace. king or queen. the long.
cosoJ o, Jump being for the shortest suit, In this
ttasee tsee \ shows seven diamonds by following the
.A WIN the queen. which makes II very easy
slI,,to AZ at trick 8. and does not help B In the
poI TICK d 3. AS has called for trumps. does
narIe& nIe& o. d is afraid to go on with tho trumps.
fSnIuy because rs false-cardinR the turn up
udnp leads him to believe the trumpB are al
- VIC hand against him. and partly because he
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Prospsrou. Branch OF Chrl.t,aaa.

The members of the Twcnty.third Street Asso-
ciation of the Twenty-third street branch of the
Y. NJ. G. A. expect n most prosperous season.
The men who have been appointed on the vari-
GUS committees are actively engaged In the
work and are members OF long standing. The
old branch has membership Of 300. and was
the first branch here to have building with
gymnasium. The gym" has a membership OF
900. and 1t Is not unusal 10 a class OF so
men on the floor at one time. On account OF the
large attendance the phy ysical directors have res
ceived tho assistance OF a leaders corps In lead
ing the various divisions In apparatus work
The committees for the year are as follows:
Physical DIrector-Dr. George y. Poole; Assistant
Physical Director. PiersOn S, Page.
Leaders Corps-Chairman, William H. Utz; Socre-
tary John w. Cross; Assistant Secretary z. C. Short
meier.
basketball all-chairman, W. H. Reed. Jr.; Secretary.
John S. Kinlay.
Athletic csection-ChairmAn. John W. Gross; secre-
tary, Edward 4. Heer; Captain, A. Shields; Execu-
tisH C2mInittee,J J. Harry Grief. II. J. II. AsauIsr.
ADo NliliNn IL Ctz.
.Football-coach. PierSon s. Pagei Captain. John g.
Kinlny.
Bowling section-Commttee. Walter Duke. H.
Asendorf. and j. Koch.
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=, Trick 1. In explanation of this lead, A said
that IL was written somewhere, when in doubt,
lead trnmps," and that as there was great deal
or doubt about the best opening from such a
hand, the trump was selected.
Trick 3. 1t was :evident to Mrs. Baker, who
held Zs cards, that her partner must have the
queen OF, trumps and that the four and FIVE
must bo with B, SO that nothing could be lost
by catching both BIS trumLs. although she
trump lead from two only.
Trick l.. 1t does not matter whether B puts
on the spade ace now or later. That is the only
trick left In the hand.
Hero is how the play went when Alb man.
aged to get seven more tricks out of ABS
cards than they yielded to tho play Just given:
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After studying for some time led tho jack
of spades The question for e to decide 10
whether or not to play the queen.


After studying for some Time &c ieo decidn ene iS
whether or not to play the queen.
CONCERNING BIG SWINGS.
A writer in the Rochester Post Erpress re-
Gently called attention to the remarkable num-
ber Of hands that have appeared In THE BUN
showing large swings in favor OF common;sense
play and suggested that the other side should
pppeanR ppSsh fE fSe 1T%ss Hbsns
upon this hint and gives a very interesting
f4ss in dssnt hEss Se
turned and the leader holds:
SO :. TO- g.
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mond four makes SO, en-, and the trump lead
makes nine. A loss of four tricks is claimed
for the lead Of the short suit but 1t is cyl.
long suit diamonds. The Illustration is unfor.
tunately selected, as the common. sense player
mum score on the hand. Common.sense play
ers do not invite a run with such valuable
In trnps as 1o sure IN ebs fhss
Ono of their leading maxims Is that the best
IL ads are from sequences. such as the trump
S The Albany editor goes on to say. that too
much attention should not be paid TO the hands
them haze been known to be fakes, or made to
order. or transpoSed to ft the argument" This
may have been intended for joke or It may be
o man who has since been dropped from MS
clubs because he was not only II liar, but card
sharper. His vanity led him to deny. the ac.
curacy OF hand given in The SUN. which went
to show that he threw away two tricks IN q
very important match by atrociously bad play:
Tbs writer of THE SUN article then produced
the official records OF the league. now in the
hands OF the Recording Secretary, which showed
that the play was made exactly as given.
The Albany EpeninD Journal, which is uBu-
ally very careful and accurate In Its statements.
was probably a little hasty in repeating such a
story. There is no necessity for any paper to
fake hands showing big swings in favor OF
common. sense play; The sun has on hand
BIO able 70 publish. Every time a short. Suiter
sits down and sends the hand to THE SUN, and
about a dozen OF such hands arrive every week.
hand publishedsin these articles THE Sun will be
very glad to give the time, place, and the
names OF the players, for the originals OF every
hand have been carefully preserved III any
hand played in a match or compass game were
transposed there would be q dozen papers only
too glad to publish 1t. In parallel columns with
the actual play, In order TO expose the fraud.
The mere suggestion Of such tampering with q
hand u nonsense -
The sun., 1898-01-16

A-Bget twelve tricks.
Trick !. The trump Is the only possible
0penihS from such a hand. Recent expert
nents have shown that an established suit and
= e,in certain card OF reentry in another suit, the
Sspper opening is the trump. regardless of num-
" pel or OF the turn.up card. In this case A has
to-ehtIy In two suits. and an established suit SO
iong that 1t would be folly to touch 1t.
r,icS LICK 8. This Is a rather peculiar play, ex-
Piaaihed Paa by on the grounds that II he left the
seda seaa with his partner he was afraid that she
~ tifnt open one OF his weak suits, 80 he thought
~. ~ pest to take the lead away from her, and
ake snas some progress toward establishing his
sBs Bbsaes sa., a could hardly repress smile whom
'uT saw her tenace led up to 80 nicely.
,.k arick =. The Deschapelles coup. in case part
neT T rc.entry card is the club king.
o., ing natural value of this hand is eleven tricks
cnr. rUr Al. WHICH the trump opening should So
trm%,ns even u does not win the third round OF
nuhPs. II the trump Is not opened eight tricks
nRd HnoIad seem to be the value of the hand for
20, yet only one pair got that number. No
nanaana than four couples got seven. which they
the thdfeu dffa, ~ various ways; At one table A led
me .ne diamonds once, and then went to trumps
see sa nG refused to nesse the queen playing the
tnn I"e and returning the small one Jersey fash
ION, one Of the most interes.ing variations.
fnWlnich ~ which A-B got seven tricks only. was the
The sun., 1898-01-16

The Society of Musical Arts will repeat ono
OF Its successful productions at its meeting on
Tuesday night This will be "Zanetto." by
Mascagni, and there will be a vaudeville pro-
gramme to precede tho opera. Mines. Leila
Ellis, Fletcher de Consoli and NJ. Albertieri will
appear together with other actors from the
music halls. The undresscr from one OF the
uptown halls had been announced to appear.
but her name is not on the programme. Mr..
Clarence Andrews, the director of the perform
ances, said that ne did not know whether she
would appear or net. The last two perform
ances will be given on Jan. "a and Fob. l. ."Le
Portrait do Manon," III Maestro di Cappslla.
and In Old Japan" viii be given At these aAA
Appearances y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-09
THIS IS REpUBLIcANISM.
The Prestdcnt IL Looking After the
Interests of England In
This Country.

In America the opinion was definite
ly reached that Amasa Stones mil
lions had more TO do with his selec-
ton by Mr.. Mckinley Of John Hay AZ
secretary OF state than any other fac
tor.
We have from England an altogether
different view. The London Times
says, in speaking Of Mr.. Hays recall
from England: I'VE mus; console our
selves with the reflection that the for
-ign affairs Of the United States are
in the hands of man who has learned
from actual observation what are the
necessities Of the foreign policy Of
England"
No formal alliance. offensive or de-
fensive, has been struck up between
England and the United States. That
would require treaty which the pres
i6ent would be obliged to submit to
the senate OF the United States, and
the president might well hesitate to
fe ther such esteem lest his popularity
suffer among the people Of the United
States. who are not ripe for any such
alliance.
But we may gather from London
that policy which will not be declared
openly or formally will be given op-
GRAFTON by an ndirection.
Mr.. Mckinley selects for the head
CT the department Of state in the
United States man who has learned
from actual observation what are the
- a.
but Of the foreign policy OF England.
We may reasonably suppose that II
is the English view that Mr.. Hay goes
into the cabinet Of Mr.. Mckinley as
England's particular representative.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-09

The OisGiey War Tax Measure II -
Had as His Tari1
sriQuity.

From his stronghold In Maine Mr..
Congressman Dingley gives out the ut
terance that 1.-THE war taxes, some Of
them, will probably be permanent"
The probably" is well put in. Be-
yond any reasonable doubt Mr.. Ding
ley speaks for the republican party.
Contln1e II In legisla tive power. and
| the war taxes that came so conven-
iently 10 the aid of the treasury. COW
ering mp the failure of the Dingley
tariff measure as O revenue producer.
Will be continued.
The people of the United States. who
have TO pay war taxes and all other
demands of government, are yet to be
heard from. Presumably they will OF
care 10 pay war taxes in time OF peace.
and they will want statesmen at Wash
Ngton who will readjust the burdens
of taxation SO that they may fall with
some thing Of evenness upon the
wealth of the United States.
Mr.. Dingley will be retained because
in his drastic tariff measure. which
fen heavily upon all other citizens of
the United States. he Disseminated In
favor of his district. See Section 20
OF his act. providing that the produce
OF the forests of the state of Maine
upon the st. John river and its trib-
ntaries owned by the American citi-
zens and sawed and hewed in the prov
ince Of New Brunswick by America n
citizens, the same being otherwise
manufactured in whole or in part,
which is now admitted into the ports
Of the United States free of duty shall
continue TO be so admitted.
Nr. Dingley took care to abandon in
behalf OF his own constituents a re-
strictive policy. whereas he made GER
tain that the restrictions should OPP
crate against every other constituency
in the United States.
Nr. Dingley's tariff measure was q n
outrageous injustice. His subsequen Mt
war taxation measure is extremely
vexatious. and borne only because he
needs OF war prosecuted by the
United States demanded the cheerful
acquiescence Of the people Of the
United States. but now that the war is
at an end il is the duty Of the people
in their own interests 10 take care
that there shall go TO congress repre-
sentatives who. lifting in part the bur-
den of taxation. custom house or 9TH
er. will so rearrange the whole scheme
OK federal taxation as to make its en-
actions fall as well upon the great ac-
cumulations of wealth in the country
as upon the slender savings OF him
Who labors with his hands.
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NO WOMAN Is EXEMPT.

Rcgularityis matter of importance
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unsettle tho nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health il
. perfectly normal and regular per-
Torrance OF natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE SKIES, of Eldred, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet in this
country. Read what she says:
DEAR Mrs. PrSKHAM:-I feel like q
new person since following your ad-
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles were pain
full menstruation and lcucorrhna. I
was nervous and had spells of being
confused. Before using your remedies
never had any faith in patent medi-
cincs. Inow wish to say that i never
had anything do me so much good for
painful menstruation MS Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your Sanativc Wash has cured
me Of leucorrhGa. hope these few
words may help suffering women"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia +. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
Of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
~ many as hundred thousand ailing
women during . single year.
All suffering women are invited to
write freely TO Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Nasss for advice shout their health.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Col. William j. Bryan will not go
down TO future generations as one OF
those who dared. but didn't.-Buffalo
Times.
In honorirg the nations heroes
Hon. Steve Efhins should not be for
gotten. Mr.. Elkins contributed large
ly to the success of the war by vo-
ciferously opposing it, Chicago
Chronicle.
When money is withdrawn from
trade to put into bonds ii forces up the
price Of gold aid forces down the
price of everything we produce in the
west and souta.--Mississippi Valley
Democrat.
There Is no longer any question
that there will be an inquiry into the
conduct of the war department under
Alger, and there is just as little that
there will be great deal of rottenness
developed. Peoria Herald.
The war With Spain will soon be
over, but the trusts and corporations
will continue 10 push their invasion
Of the rights of the people. and will
capture every stronghold that is left
for a minute unguarded.t Kansas City
Times.
Here is a funny paradox in trade
and tariffs: The exports Of American
manufactures of iron and steel fer the
last fiscal year amounted to SIC .367,-
600, and a protection organ boasts that
I'm iron and steel we can beat the
world" Why then do we maintain an
average dnty Of IS per cent. an these
manufactures. ostensibly to protect"
us from foreign competition which We
are beating In the markets Of the
worldly. Y. Weird.
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FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
tnsurgent Activity In the Sou thern ISLANDS
Gen. Rio. the Spa nish Commander.
Acting EnergeticalIy.

Manila, Philippine Islands. Sept. g.
Several shiploads of insurgent troops
have invaded the southern islands,
with the view of Selling everything
possible prior TO the settlement of the
peace conditions.
Gen. Rios, the Spanish commander,
with fotilla of gunboats. is acting
energetically, but the insurgents have
captured the outlying islands of Rom
blon and Palawan. where they found
treasure TO the amount of $4,000. The
prisoners captured have arrived here.
Delegates from the Hong Kong in
surgent junta are to have an interview
with United States Consul Williams,
and il is thought this possibly may re-
suit in settlement Of the insurgent
question.
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BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.
The a. Gelsel Manufacturing Co.'S Plant
Destroyed The Loss Esti-
mated at $4,000.

81. Louis. Sept. 3.-The A. Gcisel
Manufacturing Co.'S plant on the
northwest corner of Clark avenue and
Second street. was totally destroyed
by fire that started shortly before mid
night Thursday. The loss was esti-
mated to be S1sOOOO 500. COCOON stock,
$4,000 on tools and machinery. and
$4,000 on building. Insurance on
stock, etc, $4,000; on building. $685.
00O
The building was five stories high,
and Fire Chief Swingley declares il
was one OF the hottest fires he has
ever seen. IL was with difficulty that
buildings in the Immediate vicinity
were prevented from taking fire, as
everything is as dry as finder.
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New York, Sept. 3.-The transport
.a'ania, just arrived from Montauk
landed a hummer OF sick soldiers OF
various regiments from Santiago.
During The voyage from Santiago to
Montauk the engineers of the trans.
port found the coal in the after hold
TO be on fire. The matches were closed.
and the fire was kept. under control
until the steamer reached Montauk
and discharged her sick troops. when
the chief engineer reported the coal
again on fire. The transport was ther
ordered to proceed 20 this port to un
load the burning coal