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Alb get nine trickB, a gain OF nNe.
opening. because it is usually a losing game to
lead away from single honors. Pembridge re;
marked nearly thirty years ago thaf Il you held
could put It TO. But. as Harry Low used to say.
suits in the short-suit game, Just as there are
such things as forced leads from short suits In
Y helps matters along a little by passing this
trick and again by going up at trick s.. One OF
tie most useful rules given In The Whist
any com animation Of cards from which he would
I k;sh q ! ] hissh card; he should play Gp P.,S p L those :
good dea! OF fun OF this rule when it was first
published and tried to belittle II. probably be-
GSaf En 81 s[a but d Il Is Ieeo Z hl%dfs to-d Ina as Il g Sns
P1eS Fly g. s;R ElDtSr e Ihe he Esd q s9stty ! n 'G ts S.n sft e
Trick5, Although B is weak in diamonds. he
spade : suit in his psrtnsr'ss handHifour trunmps
and 2 certain gard OF re-entry.
IT a and 4 viii eo ,StGs See the tnf tra@p;s s. With VII hn maeS
Trick ). It IS a principle with epmon-sense
t alSf; 20 IA a. the iS SUIT. 'f Il t RsTsndf o a aPg hee SisS' the
the present case. the return Of the 10 is prac-
tically the same thing as the return OF the Jack.
the. usual Compulsory fnesse against their
both being in one hand.
Trick o. Another bad SECONDHAND play on
ths P }aGk HIN Hg T K J afraid aTa ot Shas B sn sH thd a ( i
best to make sure OF getting In and making
his diamond while he had a chance.
Trick IL. This is very well played on BIS
part. He can place his partner with two more
spades, which must be the king and 8 and the
deuce of clubs. As Y must have the other two
spades and the diamond Jack. y places the lead
with him so. as to shut out the three estab-
lished clubs In Us hand.
SCORING PAIR MATCHES.
In an article published on Nov. 81 in TIE
6UN attention was called to the fact that in the
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Bring the children to see
Santa Claus from 9 A. M. to
1 p. M. (onlyJ in our big Base
ment, west end.
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or THE NATIONAL 400.
MIR. ~Uptodate's Morning saiutation - HI
Wife's Replies.

And how is the lovely Filipino this morn
ing 2" Mr.. Uptodate asked Of his bright and
beaming better half across the breakfast table.
Pm no Filipino said the smiling Mrs.
Uptodate.
well. then" said Mr.. Uptodate. how Is
the pearl OF the Antilles this morning 2"
Neither am ! a pearl of the Antilles" was
the reply I'm United States. and in the
From which Mr., Uptodate gathered that while
Mrs; u, as he very well knew. was In favor Of
territorial extension, yet as, 70 her personal
longing to the original empire.
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at Alhanx tha denls wara scorad IN tha old

matches for the State championship for pairs
at Albany the deals were scored on the old
1 WoSid fSy aVe BEEN sna much NJ Saf fa sagss as a teas Of
steady play to TAXI the averages In fractions.
according to the modern method OF trick
trouble to go over all the score slips OF the Al
bany games. computing, them on the average
has found that no matter what system
was used the Albany pair, Rathbone and Null
fielder. would have won by a decisive margin.
would have been changed considerably. TIL
following table is Interesting as showing how
OF the players in a pair match. The first col
umn gives the rank and score on the old match
system the second column shows how they
OF taking the fractions on zach deal:
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The principal changes are in East Side and
Knickerboeker, the former dropping down six
places. while the latter goes up Ave. Had the
system ,p for t rHKpuiKs nie GRe Sboe cru would ma1idi stIii
have been In second place.
CLUE NOTES.
At the annual meeting, OF the Ohio
Whist Association. Cleveland won both the
pair and four championships. HQrr. Apthorpe.
fasrl %ith t fnd es pslsGt1 a. srs Md .hf ssaFmp %So
the same ,%s p team, that eam "t"AS Within '' op rs
trick OF winning the Hamilton trophy at, the
and. Fogg won the pair match: The, matches
while the pair matches were played on Fosters
every other. singie-tsbie duplicate, with the
suits transposed for tbs, everyday. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year.:
Brown OF Toledo. Vice President; j. B. Parma
lee Of Dayton. Secretary; and W. W. Bishop of
Dayton. Treasurer.
League will meet In Chicago next July, The
was very close. Mackinac being q bad third In
decided upon. but 1t will probably ba the
Chicago Beach Hotel. near the Exposition
T6e match for the Brooklyn trophy. which
represents the championship OF auxiliary ASSOC
ed, New YORK is Tie holder and New England
poned to Dec, II, AS this is the day for the
first OF the ~intercity games. none of the New
York or Brooklyn, players will go to Albany.
so New England should win easily.
Fit for a Specially.
In a Fifty-ninth street window is this sign.
without punctuation:
TENDER AND FEET
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Secure a transfer card upon.
entering our store as you
will then make but one pay,
ment. .
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Fit for n Specially.
In a Fifty-ninth street window is this sign.
without punctuation:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
THE RIVALS.
IMPERsoNATIoNs OF sPRAGUE.

Herbert a. Sprague, who visited our
second time acquitted himself in a man
ner that was a credit both to himself and
to the high school literature class, which
was the means of getting him here. Mr.
Sprague popularity as an impersonator
has not been dimmed by second visit,
but the ample and enthusiastic audience
last Tuesday evening is the very best
evidence that his entertainment is Of the
lasting quality. The Rivals has cast
of seven characters, all of whom the
impersonator put before the people one
after another in a manner so natural
and so amusing that the large audience
was continually convulsed with roar
after roar of genuine fun. Small boys
and old men, college professor and street
urchins were alike drawn irresistably by
the life-like scenes before them. No
device was used for setting off the differ
ent characters except voice, expression
of the face, and manner. During the
last act all the seven characters were
seen upon the stage at once-duelists,
their seconds, lovers, fathers, aunts, etc,
and all so faithfully represented that
there was no auditor who did not carry
home with him vivid picture of the
parting scene in the forest when the
rivals lay down their weapons and the
matter of honor ended honorably. The
last word He that fights and runs
away shall live to fight another day"
Sprague is great entertainer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
SPEARING FISH IN MAPLE RIVER.
ISIT LAWFUL OR UNLAWFUL

At the request of game warden, Geo.
5. Young, ID. ID. Whitesell made visit
to Maple river last Tuesday and obtained
the names of at least forty persons who
were spearing fish in that river and be
lieved they had the legal right to do so.
a great many fine fish are being caught
in this way, some of the pickerel weigh
ing at least ten pounds each. The word
ing of the law on this point is ambigu-
Gus and the opinions of many prominent
lawyers are diametrically opposed. We
are informed however that the majority
of opinion is that no one has right to
way except by hook and line in Maple
river within the confines of Gratiot
county. SO the only way out of the
difficulty seems to be to make test case,
and to this end arrests of some of those
who have been spearing fish in the afore-
said river in this county will follow
within few days.
Below we quote sections one and two
of Act 164, p. A. 1898, and section one
of Act 90 p. A. 1897.
"Q46) SECTION !. The People Of the
Statc Of Michigan enact. That it shall not be
lawful for any person or persons to take,
catch or kill any fish in the Maple river
and streams tributary thereto, in this
State, with a spear, net, crap hook, or
by the use of Jacks or artificial lights, or
III nf
terials, set lines or other device except
hook and line"
"Q41) SEC. 2. Any person violating
any OF the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not TO exceed twenty-five dollars and
costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in
the county Jail not to exceed thirty days.
"Q9l.) SECTION /. The People Of the state
ot .Ucbjgtl, cooct, That it shall hereafter
be lawful in the months of December,
January, February and March in each
year TO take, catch or kill through the
ice by the use of a spear, any or all
kinds of fish, except brook trout, rain
bow trout, German or brown trout, gray
| ling, land locked salmon and black bass,
in any or all the inlanh lakes or streams
Of this State, including Lake St. Clair
and that part of the st. Clair river below
the village of Algonac in st. Clair
county, the channels through which said
river empties into Lake st. Clair, and
other channels and bayous comprising
the waters Of said lake Prorjded. That
all waters, lakes and streams i'll this
State except Maple river below its en-
| trance into Gratiot county which are
now protected from spearing by any
local act of the legislature of this State
shall be exempt from the provisions OF
this act
Doubtless our readers will be divided
in their opinions as to what the interpre-
tation of the law should be, as we'll as
the attorneys Be that as it may, the
RECORD wishes only to say that it hopes
the Interpretation may be given it which
the Legislators intended, and that no one
shall be unjustly punished.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
LEFT WITHOUT HIS WIFE.
Dr.. Sayres, of Shepherd Bound For the Klon
dixie.

Or. Sayres, of Shepherd. Bound For the Klon-
dixie.
Dr. Sayres, who is reputed TO be quite
wealthy. moved to Lansing from Shep-
herd four weeks ago. Last week he
told his wife and l3.year-old daughter
that he was going to Ann Arbor TO take
supplementary course in medicine. \
day or to ago Mrs. Sayres received let
ter from her husband dated at Chicago
In it he said that he was going to the
Klondike and that she need never look
for him again.
Before leaving DIR. Sayres paid the
rent of the house he occupied in ad-
vance for three months. He also gave
his daughter few trinkets The doc
tor cashed New York draft for 5000
before leaving, but did not leave his
wife a cent OF money.
Mrs. Sayres is the daughter of the
founder of the village of Shepherd Her
father went to Lansing Tuesday, and
took his daughter and Miss Sayres back
home with him. He swears vengeance
on the doctor and says he will make
him sweat for his behavior if ne can get
track Of him.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
MUSIC IN THE AIR.
NICoUD RECITAL


Prof A. Robert-Nicoud's evening of
music on Dec Both was entertainment
of a high order Assisted by talent from
Chicago, Detroit, Saginaw and st. Louis
the professor demonstrated not only his
ability to train pupils to a high degree
of excellence, but that as a director
he is very successful While space will
not allow us TO give details, we can not
leave unmentioned few features. Under
instruction of only eight weeks, Masters
Wallace Pettyjohn and Ammi Lanca-
shire stood before the audience and rend-
cred Wichtel like experienced musicians
Miss Velma Sharp in Eur Geburtstags-
feier and in Romance played in her usual
artistic and pleasing manner. For one
of her age Miss Sharp shows unusual
talent. Mr. Harvey A. Penny and Mr.
O. NJ. Pausch, pupils Of three years in
struction rendered MendelssChn and
Oh. Dancla in a most charming manner.
In the vocal solo, Loves Sorrow, Miss
Ariadne McLaren once more delighted
hel many friends and admirers. Miss
Jose Barden of st. Louis, reader,
rendered "The Debating Club" in a
manner so natural and amusing that the
uproarous audience would not be satisfied
till two encores had been responded TO.
AS good "a number. perhaps, as there
was on the program was Nillanella, by
Miss Lovina Parsons of ST. Louis. Miss
Parsons has a clear voice of remarkable
range and beauty, and judging from the
expressions of pleasure one could have
heard on every side at the close of her
performance, she will be welcome
guest at many concert to come.
Prof. A. Robert Nicoud in Love 5
Awakening and in the Blue Bells of
Scotland with Variations was simply
superb. a clearer tone, and more one
seldom hears We congratulate the
Professor on the success Of this, his first
public recitals.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Fer sale.

Farm of 40 acres near Alma ~
proved choice land. ON account of
debtedness / viii sell or exchange
good mortgages, improved or wild Ian
part town property, here or elsewhe
See or write, w. 5. BANGS,
.953-l If Alma, Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Ihe Mitchell Plum Wedding.

We clip the following from the Indian
apolis Journal
Last evening at six O. clock we had the
pleasure of witnessing an unusually
pretty and impressive wedding service,
at 1872, +. l6th-st., when Miss Lucy
Plum of this city was united in the
sacred bonds of marriage TO Prof. James
Mitchell of Alma College, Mich Rev.
J. A Milburn of the 2d Presbyterian
church performed the ceremony, using
the full, impressive Episcopal service
The bridal pal ty were proceeded by
the ribbon bearers, Miss Marion Thomp.
son and Jno. Mcbride. Next came the
bridesmaid, Miss Jessie Philips of Bay
City, and the best man Mr. Jno. Plum,
The bridal chorus, by Lohengrin, was
played by the harpist, James Kench, who
during the ceremony rendered "Call Me
Thine Own"
The bride was prettily dressed in white
Swiss over white loffata and carried a
cluster of dainty pink roses. The groom
wore the full evening dress. The brides
maid was neatly dressed in pink organdie
and carried white carnations The bridal
couple stood before the mantel hung
with pink and white carnations and
roses, and the arrangement had a most
exquisite effect
At midnight the happy couple left fol
Chicago, accompanied by the congratu-
lations and best wishes of a host of
friends"
The RECORD joins readily with these
other friends in warm congratulations
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
A Hustler.

Congressman Mesick filled up big
pigeon hole in the file room Tuesday
with batch of pension bills drawn in
the interest Of his constituents. One of
these measures proposed an appropri-
alton of $4,000 to be paid to l. Winslow
Aver veteran of the late war, in con
sideration of services which he claims 10
have rendered in preventing the release
of 1900 prisoners of war from Camp
Douglas, H., the burning OF Chicago,
and the assassination of the military
authorities at Camp Douglas. Mr.. Mcsick
also presented bills granting pension
of Sl2 per month &c John Drum increas-
ing the pension of George d. Spurrier
70 s2l per month, and removing the
charge Of desertion frcm the records OF
Thomas Kelly, Charles +. Combs
Thomas Dunsmorc, William Stand
anil Hiram Kinney.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
An important Letter.

N.'.''.''' - li i'itA'7i''ILI
p 5. Dodg, w. ~. w. Pleasant. Heb.
DEAR SIR m:-Replying to your inquiry
regarding my daughter Hazel, whom
you treated most successfully, with
glasses, for grauulated lids, / will say
Her eyes had been bad for long time
materially interfering with reading and
school work They commenced to im-
prove from the time she commenced
wearing the glasses YOU fitted and soon
became perfectly we'll Now after four
months, she eads and studies without
restraint by day on artificial light She
seems completely cured. We consider
ourselves fortunate in selecting our
physician and thank you for your pains
taking treatment of the case.
Yours Resp,
j S LIVINGSTON.
IN Dodge VIII be at Or. Suydam
office, Alma, Tuesday and Wednesday
Jan. II and - Don't fail to see him.
Examinations free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
Alma Deutseher verein.

Meeting Wednesday, January ?, '9S
the following officers were elected foI
the year; President, j. Bittner; vice
president, Martin Montigel; secretary
A Robert Nicoud treasurer, NJ. Pol
lasky trustees, Ferd Montigel, Lesser
Hirschkowitz. \ grand concert will be
given by this society under the direc'
tion of Prof a. Robert -Nicoud, on Feb
10th, 1898. See bills Everyone in
vited.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07

WooD WANrEp;-A Quantity of three
ffoot' wood, either dry or green
0Sl.2w WRIGHT House.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07

The progressive ladies of Westfeld,
Ind-issued Woman's Edition of the
Westfield News, bearing date OF April
s, 1890. The paper is filed with matter
OF interest to- women, and we notice the
following trom "a correspondent which
the editor. printed, realizing that it
treats upon matter of vital importance
to their ses; "The best remedy for
Group. colds and bronchitis that l have
been able To dud is Chamberlain Cough
Remedy For family use it has no
equal. ! gladly recommend IL. 75 and
So cent bottles for sale by BIviNs x
RHODES.
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'" "'.7o oi Patriotism swept Conference.

BALTIMORE, May lS.-A wave of
patriotism swept over the general con.
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. south, at today's session.
Rev. ". 1. Dawson. fratcrnal dele
gate from tho kr!-!sl: Wesleyan church.
in the course Of his address said:
"When landed on your shores a
few weeks ago war had just been de-
clared between your country and Spain.
| want to express on behalf Of the
church [ represent and the country
from which | come the strong sym
pathy we have for you in the present
crisis in your national history. 1t is
not necessary for me to say that Eng
land is entirely on your side in this
war. Our nation can appreciate more
perhaps than some other nations the
righteousness of your cause. The bar
baritrs in Cuba, too, outraged human
feelings in this country, and you were
1T last driven to trust the issues Of
the matter to the atbitramcnt of war.
We appreciate the lofty nature of your
motives We are assured that only the
claims of the highest humanity force
yon reluctantly into this struggle.
I'VE congratulate you on the splcn-
did victory at Manila great applausc)
and may say also we have no fears
as to the final outcome of the war
Although war is an evil thing in itself,
1T Is probable that good will come out
OF this struggle. think it may be an
epoch making war with you. and there
may be several things for your country
to learn from it, 1 may be that out
OF 1T will come larger sense of your
responsibility abroad among other ma
tons. But whatever else comes from
1T, sincerely trust that it will result
in binding together into still closer
fellowship our two nations"
At the close of his remarks, dele
gates and spectators arose as one man
and vociferously checred and applaud
cd the happy hit made by the English
divine.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-01
Finances IL The Home.

A lack of sound business under
standing between husband and wife
has been the ruin e more homes than
poverty.
When man and woman enter into
partnership-that most important
partnership in life-both members in
the new firm should have distinct
appreciation Of the financial situation.
aud, as the years pass, the firm prof
its and losses should come within the
equal knowledge of both.
So would be avoided much Of the
unhappincss that arises from the hus-
band thinking his wife cxtravagant
or the wifc's thinking her husband
stingy. Nothing is more discouraging
to man than to see his hard earned
money thrown rccklessly away on lux
uries he feels that only the families Of
richer men aan afford, but often this
expenditure is due, not to willfulncss
on the wife's part, but to simply not
knowing how much her husband can
afford to have her spend. He is often
ovcr-indulgent. She tells him of two
bonncts; one is five dollars more than
- other, and she doesn't know
.nether she ought to get it t-"but it
is dear of bonnet she adds, and
he, too weakly loving, tells her "to
buy it and look pretty and tken
when the bill comes in, he broods over
his expense.
At another time she asks for money
to buy certain piece Of bric- brac,
and meets with refusal, and. at a loss
to reconcile her husbands former
generosity with the present denial,
inwardly decides that he is ''close. .
Both of these Misunderstanding arc
due to want Of mutual advice and
confidence concerning the household
treasury.
The way to avoid the unhappiness
that such misunderstanding invari.-
bly, brings about, is for the wife to
have an allowance for hcasehold ex-
penses, knowing exactly what ratio
this allowance bears to her husband 5
whole income. Whether the allowance
be large or small will really matter
very little in home that is establish
ed on the abovc sound-money basis
Wirie FuyDler.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-01
The Mad Dog Bugaboo.

In the June Ladies Home Journal
Edward w. Box writes on the "Buga-
boo of the Mad Dog" quoting nun
Der of authorities to show that there
is no such disease as "hydrophobia,
anu iuquiring if s;it is not time, there
fore, in view of these indisputeblc
facts, that we should give ourselves a
little more freedom from this bugaboo
of the mad dog? What the ncwspa
pers so essentially report as cases of hy-
drophobia are, in reality, nothing
more nor lees than instances Of pco
pie who have been bitten by dogs and
frightened into hystcrical conditions,
in which they involuntarily reproduce
all the supposed symptoms of hydro
phobia. 1t is pity that our newspa
per editors cannot have more careful
regard for the feelings Of women dur
ing the summer months and agree to
suppress the reports Of cases supposed
to be hydrophobia. They make the
public mind nervous, and do more to
spread the silly notion of belief in
hydrophobia than anything else.
"Women have had their feelings
played upon enough by this foolish
notion of hydrophobia, and enough
unnecessary suffering has been infict
ed upon the dog, who is often killed
for nothing but popular fallacy.
''It is high time that common sense
should rule; that we should believe
the fact that there is no such thing as
hydrophobia, and rid ourselves Of this
senseless and ridiculous bugaboo of
the mad dog?"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-01
London Drivers.

III London tho drivers are all IL
censed. No man can go upon tho
streets in charge Of omnibus, han
som or cab without Il license in his
pocket. If he gets into trouble once
through his own fault, he il fined
and warned. The second tiino his
license is taken away from him and
he Is never allowed to drive again
Oh the streets of London. Before
drivers are given their licenses they
are required to pass Il civil service
examination i'll actual driving. They
arc taken ;nto Il yard where there
are many posts set up i'll tho pave
ment and required to drive in and
around these obstacles. They are
asked what street they would take
in order to go from one place to am
other at 10 o'clock in The morning,
ut i'll the afternoon ami ut o clock.
Unless they are able 10 tell the best
routes all over the city ut various
times of tho day - Indicating tho
fhorO,,Shfares which arc least con
gestcd as the traffic shifts and
changes-thcy get 10 license. Wal
Ter WeliIMan i'll Chicago Times Her
al.l.