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A-B get ten tricks.

Alb get ten tricks.
Trick 2. Il may possibly save trick
if he opens the spades, but no more
1t seems better to lead through what
he supposes to be the strong suit IN
AS land than to open new one on
speculation. That A should pass this
t,iaIsa may -aapprising 10 some per-
sons. but what is he &c 60? lie KNOWS
that if he takes the ace to beat the nine
his partner must have something pref
ty strong in clubs and A cannot lose
much by letting the suit go up to u
once. If A trumps in, what is he to
lead? He led a singleton in the first
place in order to avoid leading from
either of the other suits, and II he
trumps himself in, now he places him.
self in the very difficulty from which
he has just escaped.
Trick 8. To lead up to AS discard
seems to be the best continuation for
Y, as it would be foolish to lead trumps
from three, with the whole club suit
declared against him. Observe how
careful B is to protect himself in the
suit in which his partner has warned
him by his discard that he is weak.
Trick 4. With the club suit estab-
lished, re-entry in diamonds. and his
partner marked with strength in spades
or trumps. B must lead the trump. y
puts on the king apparently because 1t
was turned up. and he thinks B Is prob
ably leading through it to catch It, The
play is unsound, however, and loses
tricks. because it makes it possible for
Alb to exhaust the trumps before p
loses his re-entry card. Even If Y
wins this trick, A finessing the Jack,
and shifts to spades. A will have
to be clever enough to return the
spade instead of continuing the trump.
and that will not prevent the king and
queen Of trumps from making sepa-
rately
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played the tray Of diamonds. Then
the trump hand felt sure his partner
must have the hearts and had finessed
deeply before; so he led another small
heart, which the opposition captured
with the queen and brought in their
long suit AS the clubs fell the strong
trump hand discovered his partner had
but two small hearts and the ace,
queen, jack, ten, and nine Of dia-
monds, which never took trick. Nat
urally an explanation was In order. 1t
was to the effect that he discarded
first higher and then lower dia-
mond to indicate that that was his
long and strong suit, and held the two
small hearts to bring in his partner 5
heart suit. His explanation was lucid
enough to the gentleman who made 1t,
but to his partner It was most IN
satisfactory In view of the understand
ing at the outset of the game. On the
over-pla- the opponents made gain
of four on the hand. To say that
the play in all its phases was the sub
ject of immoderate discussion pro and
con, interpreted with emphatic ex-
clamatory and ejaculatory sentences.
as the guests Of the evening wended
their way homeward, is barely neces-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-23
The LOVE TRAGEDIES
OF TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

Beauty is but skin deep" this is
part of a popular locution, but in as
much as people do not generally sit In
their bones, beauty goes for a great
deal Renan, one of the plainest men,
practically said that a beautiful wo-
man might play the deuce with every
thing and everybody around her, and
still none would say her nay. Two Of
the most beautiful women in Europe
were the Empress Of Austria and the
Empress Of the French. And heaven
alone knows what a fatal gift it has
been to them. But for her beauty,
Napoleon III. would not have married
Eugene de Montijo. It is not depre-
ciating the ex-empress as a woman to
say this. If Louis Napoleon had
never seen the beautiful Spanish girl,
he would have married some plain Ger
man princess. in spite OF the rebuffs
he received at first from the various
courts of Europe when he asked them
to provide him with a consort. But
with his heart and mind set upon the
Countess de Theba's daughter. he was
rather glad than otherwise Of the re-
bluffs, and pursued his matrimonial re-
quests 10 further. after all. sire,
you'll have wife whom you'll kiss be-
cause you'll like kissing her, not be-
cause you are obliged" said one Of his
cleverest counsellors TO him, and the
emperor, with that sphinx-like smile
Of his nodded assent. You are right,
Dupin," he said.
But for her beauty Mile. de Montijo
might, nay would, have married man,
good, bad or Indifferent. but less ex-
allied in station, and the joys and sor-
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BOb'S Warm Tribute
to Fanny Davenport.

and said that the gentleman insisted
upon seeing her, and after the second
thought there was plying look, and
in voice that came from iler heart she
said, "Well, would better go; perhaps
1t is some poor actor who wants help"
In five minutes she was back, her
cheeks as bright as a rose and her eyes
sparkling like stars. AS my face looked
for an explanation, she said with a
laugh, at was only my Mr.. Mac, who
wanted to kiss me goodby and so fooled
me in that way"
Then there was time when l lay
sich-sick almost unto death-and
among the many beautiful flowers sent
me came huge made piece, with wires
through the roses and the violets
mounted on straw, making stiff effect
and requiring four men to fetch it up
stairs, and yet it was only the work OF
the florist. It lacked heart, or else the
heart was strung on wire. An hour at
terward my friend came In, and, look
ing around the room, she spied this
enormous piece Of made up flowers.
With a sigh and a smile combined, she
announced, II told them to send you
some flowers, and that horrid piece
is their idea of what one sends to those
one Lowest" Quickly she took from
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-23
WHIST.

Importance Of Understanding Partners
Discard-Cause and Effect Of Same on Lo-
cal aame-F aIse CardIns-When and
When Not to Do it-Whist Perception and
Justifiable singleton Lead.
The Importance of partners under
standing each others discards and adj
herring to the rule governing the same
was illustrated very forclbly in a local
contest at the residence Of South
Side whistler last week, at which a
number of gentlemen had assembled
for a game of duplicate. Two partners
we'll UP in the intricacies of the game,
who had never played together before,
Intercepted each other as to the dis
card. 1t was decided that their orig
inal discard should be from their
weakest suit, when possible, and that
the second discard should be from their
next weakest, and so ON. So far so
good. The second tray played brought
enc of the partners In the lead. He
held five trumps (spades) king and
four small hearts, king Of diamonds,
and two small clubs. He led trump at
once, and after three rounds exhasuted
the suit. During the process Of ex-
haustion the opponents showed their
strong suit to be clubs and that part
ner to the strong trump hand was out
Of clubs, and that his strong suit must
he either hearts or diamonds but prob
abb 4 hearts, as his original discard was
the five Of diamonds. However, to
make sure, he led hts last trump in
order to again observe the fall of the
cards, as he had led a small heart be-
fore which was lost to the opponents
lack. When the cards fell his partner
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rows that fall to the share Of all Of ua
would have been less poignant. for
though she might have lost both her
husband and her son, time, that heals
all wounds. would have healed hers
But the highest branches shake the
most, and the worlds tragedies in,
their intense developments are always
enacted by those who stand above the
crowds.
But for her marvellous beauty, Eliza
beth Of Bavaria would have probably
escaped the notice of her cousin. the
then young Emperor of Austria, whose
troth was practically If not noininally,
pledged to some one else. 1t was
love match. at any rate on one side.
But no young princess declines the
hand of an emperor such as Francis
Joseph was then and as distinct from
what Louis Napoleon was thirteen
years before.
Never, not among the most romantic
of the romantic middle classes-for 1t
is q libel to say that middle class
young people are not romantic--was a
young fellow so much in love with his
fiancee as was Francis joseph with his
16-year-old bride. The staid, demura
and sober courtiers of the then most
buckram court of Europe were posi-
lively shocked" at the indifference TO
all etiquette the young sovereign dis
played. AT the first state dinner Prin-
cess Elizabeth. contrary to custom.
took off her gloves.
An elderly court lady remarked
quietly upon 1t to the young fiancee.
why not?" he asked. Because 1t Is
deviation from all the rules" was
the answer. Then let the deviation
heneeforth be the rule" was the re-
tort. And not that deviation only, but
many more henceforth became the rule.
because the new empress was not an
ordinary princess. She was clever and
accomplished in the highest sense OF
the word. And her will was law. Men,
even emperors, will be men, and man
may be head over ears in love with
his wife and still be tempted. A wo-
man of Empress Elizabeth's character
does not easily forgive in infldelity.
That was the beginning Of the trag-
edy, which, though partly hidden from
the world dragged its terrible length
along for more thals9DpFryNr eurS, vse-
husband repentant as no husband ever
was, the wife unrelenting, though uni
formly kind to the sinner, willing to-
forget, yet not to forgive and roaming
through Europe and elsewhere by her.
SELF But for that voluntary roaming
and deliberate seclusion the assassin
could not have come near enough To
execute his fell design. Peace be to
Elizabeth OF Austrias ashesl She has
gone to rejoin. perhaps, the son and
brother-ln-law, both OF whom she
loved so well, and perhaps her death
was a happy release. for life had moth
ing to offer since the terrible tragedy
Of Mayerling. The one who suffers
most is the lonely old sovereign at
Hofburg.
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IN A SEDAN.

She was dressed IN an exquisite gown
The creamlest silk you may buy.
Her shoe was 70 small that II must have
From maryland up in the sky.
Her step 1t was light though her tresses
(F7or fhe Fashion decr--d the pian):
And she wended her way 20 a dance or
In the p,7li ovellest little Sedan.
happened to meet her one night in the
Out why need mention a dateD;
Suffice. 4 70. say that she sat IN her
with the pride Of a Princess fl State.
And the chairmeu who rode through the
mob IN the road
That followed the gay caravan,
Were calling aloud 70 the curious crowd.
Make way for my lady's sedans"
They stopped at a spot where a miniature
Was waiting her coming with pride:
His coat and his wig were as white ~
And ~ carried his hat by his side.
And he handed her out with welcome
devout
My lady abandoned her fan.
she stepped from her siiken sedan
All me, lack-a-day, II was only dream
or days that we may not recall:
For one is compelled 70 go on with the
stream,
While all that | saw WAS ball,
Where gay cavaleade in q mixed mas
querade,
From Alfred 70 Mary and Anne.
Had made ne believe We were just on the
eve
OF the days Of the dainty Sedan
But out In the street / could hear from
afdr
The rumble OF GROWERS galore.
The whfrr Of the yellow electrical car
While hansonls drew up Al the door
And my lady" in socks and the snorteet
OF fro1ks
Ard shoes thar were possibly tan,
Would tell me with scorn, Wnen eho
walked IA the morn.
London SkAtck-
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good players is their disposition to
avoid using their thinker intelligently
and when it is most essential. How
very often will the leader of a suit
take it for granted that because his
partner played card no higher than
the nine, the deuce being led, and sec
ond hand playing the four-although 1t
required the ace to take the trick
that the nine was the highest card in
the suit, held by his partner. Now If
he were to think little bit after the
fall of the cards somewhat on this line;
we'll my own hand is weak-without
an honor-and second hand cannot
have the ten, Jack, queen and king,
or he would have dropped one of them
on the trick; what thenl why third
hand must hold a tierce or quort Sc
quence, the nine being the lowest
What revelation and what an edvan-
tage that would be to the pair In their
future play of the hand. The follow
ing hand which is taken from the New
York Sun not only shows the impor-
taneo of this timely perception as the
cards fall, but 1t also illustrates a JUS
tifable original Singleton lead.
1t was played at the Canadian Con-
gress. Here is an example in which
tricks were gained simply by refrain
ing from a trump lead, even when
strong in them, because there was no
good suit to play for. After the suits
have been developed, however, the
partner leads trllmps from great weak
ness, and then the strong trump hand
of the original leader comes in TO
great advantage. o dealt and turned
the heart king.
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sary. One swagger whistler thought
the discard from the weakest suit was
a fraud anyway, and must have orig
mated in the Seventh ward, and as
for him, well! He didn't propose to be
ton of authority in whist convention
alities. This attempted aspersion ON
Seventh ward minister's will no doubt
be properly resented in due course.
However, it was generally conceded
that if disearding from the weakest
suit was agreed upon, it ought to be
adhered to.
Duplicate whist, and the spirit of
investigation fostered by it, has worked
a great change in the methods OF play.
This is particularly exemplified in the
extensive practice of false carding and
leading singletons and the tolerance
with which these plays are now treated
by even the most conservative players.
1t is not long since the play OF false
card was looked upon as species OF
sharp practice unbecoming gentleman
and a sportsman. AS recent an author
as Hamilton condemns the play OF
false card under any circumstances,
and characterizes it as cheap oe-
ceit," but he is almost alone in the
severity Of his structures. Whilst most
modern writers admit that the practice
is perfectly legitimate and profitable un-
der certain circumstances, all are agreed
that it should seldom be INDUCED IN
and only by experts. The discrlmlna-
ton and Judgment necessary to the
effective use of false cards is possessed
by comparatively few players, but some
such as Jules Wooten and Beverly Smith
are very successful in this form OF
whist strategy. The unconventional
n,aver NAV exercise more latitude IN
the matter than if he was restricted by
the rigid requirements Of an arbitrary
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her belt a bunch of violets and laid
them on my pillow, where I could see
them and inhale their fragrance, and
then we looked at each other, under
standing.
And she Is gone.
The woman who was strong Of brain
and yet the woman whose heart was so
big, so loving, that she wore herself
out in love giving and in joy giving.
1 sometimes think, when am all alone
looking out on the great world with
nothing between us but sheet Of
glass, whether the toughest and most
ordinary looking man, possessing even
bit of sense or feeling, does not
know the difference between a big
hearted, gracious loving woman and
one who is coarse in appearance,
lacking in love and all the charming
attributes that make one say: "She
is a gentlewoman." / wonder If you
think, as do, that gentlewoman is
one who likes to make people glad to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-23
A DUCHESS WHO VISITS PRISONS.

Perhaps the woman who knows most
about women conviets In English prisons
IL Adeline, Duchess OF Bedford. Her
Grace holds special permission from the
home secretary to visit the convict prisons
in which women arc incarcerated for
longer periods than two years, and
very excellent use she has made OF tho
great trust reposed In her. With her
colleague. Lady Battersea. she does every
thing in her power 10 give the prisonera.
upon their discharge, fresh start under
improved conditions. The Duchess IL q
handsome woman in the prime OF life,
and when speaking from the platform her
charming voice ia curiousiy like that OF
her sister, Lady Henry Somerset.
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while the impudent children do not
find as a blessing CD for bad behavior
the outward, moral sign of the inward
condemnation.
No, few of us are temperate, and yet
that is the art of living. 1t is worth
while to think it all out. Because
when you know how to live you know
how to die, and that is the art of arts,
for II enables you to close your eyes
without a fear and go into the pres
ence of the Judge, who is going to be
no more harsh in his judgment Of you
or OF your neighbor than he Is OF
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meet her and regret to leave her? She
seems to me to be one who gives cour-
age to those who are tired and to quiet
that loud, unpleasant argument, chang
ing it into interesting talk. 1t is a
talent seldom possessed by men and
an art belonging to women.
It was an old fashioned writer, che
who in our girlhood's days We thought
the best of all, Maria Edgeworth, who
said, Every one who makes goodness
unpleasant commits high treason
against virtue" Not enc Of us is too
poor to give the cup of cold water and
it Is not always nectar for which one
longs. Sometimes that is too sweet.
Sometimes it seems to lack the purity
that comes in the clear, colorless liquid
that brings health and happiness. Oh,
no; / am not prohibitionist, by no
MANNER Of means, but I am a temper
ate woman. I do not believe that
good things were made to cast aside,
but instead, as the grapes were crushed
into wine at the wedding where the
great Teacher was present, and 1t
was drunk Of sparingly, SO Of the wine
OF to-day. 1t may be taken like the
other good things-temperately.
The nah that eats too much is new
er called by the name that he deserves
Ia giuttohs
The woman who overdresses does
not get her narne-a fool.
The man, or woman either, who talks
too much does not receive the title
that each has earned-that Of bore,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-16
In Spring Tine.

Look FORTH beloved. from thy mansion hieh.
By soft airs famed.
And Sc the summer from her buest sky
Surprise the land!
See how the bare hills bask in purple bliss
Along the south;
On the brown death Of winter falls a kiss
From summers mouth!
From pines that weave, among the ravished trees,
Their phantom bowers,
murmur comes as sought the ghosts OF bees
The ghosts Of flowers.
Though yet no blood may swell the willow rind,
No grass blade start,
A dream Of blossoms fills the yearning wind,
OF love, my heart.
Lcok FORTH beloved. through the tender air.
And let thine eyes
The violets be 1t finds not anywhere,
And scentless diee.
Look and thy trembling locks Of plenteous gold
The day shall See
And search no more where first. on yonder void,
The cewslips be-
Look and the wandering Summer, not forlorn,
Shall turn aside,
Content to leave her million flowers unborn,
Her songs untred.
Dfowsy with life and not with sleep or death,
I dream of thee;
Breathe forth thy being In one answering breath,
And come to me!
Come forth, beloved! Loves exultant sign
Is in the sky;
And let me lay my painting heart to thine
And die -BAYARD TAYLOR.
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etsr-in the floor Of the room above. This
b tho front door OF the establishment.
The tunnel 10 % low that It IL necessary
to stoop. and often to crawl, the entire
length OF q.
In sumrsr these houses generally be-
come too damp to live In. The people
then erect another dwelling on top: this II
. tent OF walru hide which 10 stretched
over a wooden frame and guyed to the
rocks by ropes to prevent Its being blown
or into tire So These tents allow Of Q
room about ten or fifteen feet square, and
entered by means Of an oval hole In the
hide about two feet above the floor. A
narrow platform two feet wide runs along
outsfde Of the door and leads back to the
hm These platforms are often fifteen or
twenty feet above the winter dwelling be-
low.
At the other side Of the deep ravine, at
the base Of the clif, II q huge cavern into
which the sea dashes. At the back OF
this h q large bank of perpetual snow.
The cave dvellera use this as store.
house. They dig rooms In the snow and
store their provisions. which freeze solid
and keep the year round. for the tempera-
ture in the snow never rises above 81 de-
GreeG
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unsuccessful: bat. nevertheless. he has
used 1t. 1t h not. We think, possible to
name any other millionaire Of modern
times who has said: 81 win use directly
tie power over men which my money
brings me- We suppose the explanation +
that to WELD power one requires tmagfna-
ten, and that the acquisition and retention
OF money destroy the Imagination. A mil
honaire With Imagination 10, as all will adj
nit. contradiction In terms. He II never
original. never apparently has the slightest
desire to have q run for his money" HIS
object, when the desire for soft living and
show IL satisfied, 10 to make his heap big.
ger. or at any rate to guard 1t from waste.
We note the fact, but we do not regret 1t.
On the contrary. we believe that society
gains great deal from the feet that mil
honaires are SO unimaginative and SO un-
ambitious. Were they what one might ex-
pect them to be. instead Of what they are,
they would trouble the state. inst.ad of, az
now, acting as quiet reservoirs Of cash.
Imagine the mischief q group Of million
aires might do II they all agreed to jump
and splash and raise waves together. AS
1t Is. though the fattest. they are also the
Quietest of all the birds ON the duck pond
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MARRIAGE OF OFFICERS.
The Armies of Europe Have Various
Rules Regulating 1t.


Rules Regulating 1t.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
The restrictive conditions at present in
force with regard to the marriage of Off
GERS in the Russian army forbid this privi-
lege under any circumstance In the case OF
officers under the age of twenty-three. Be-
tween the ages of twenty-three and twenty
eight years the dot of an officers wife
must amount to a sum representing the
minimum income Of go roubles yearly. On
comparison Of these conditions with those
regulating the same question in other Eu-
ropean armies. it may be noted that In the
Austro- Hungarian army the number Of OFF,
GERS authorized to contract marriage is
limited by fixed proportion assigned to
each grade, and, these totals being reached.
all further marriages must be deferred
pending the occurrence of vacancies in the
married establishments. The Italian army
regulations, which fix the income of the
fancee at a minimum of from /, 200 to 700
lire. would appear to be more rational in
their operation. italian officers, however,
apply a somewhat liberal Interpretation to
this law with the result that the number
of marriages occurring under actual pro-
visions does not exceed more than an
eighth Of the total number, seven-eighthS
Of the officers being united under the con-
ditions Of the religious ceremony only. and
thus exposing themselves to all the incon-
veniences which attend a marriage not rec
ognized by civil law. Similar disabilities
would now appear to be incurred by Rus
sian officers, and suggestions have been
made by the press in Russia that q general
revision of the law is becoming necessary.
The question is assuming some Importance
from the fact that Russian officers, reach
ing total number of nearly 10000, repre-
sent one of the most important classes In
the state.