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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

watchwcrd Remember the Maine
could be sent to- the remotest corner
OF Africa, AID after lying in the sun
for . thousand years would still be as
sweet and fresh as the day they left
the Buckeye State. It was easy
enough to see where 100 per cent. divi-
sdends would come in, but happened
to be in a hole that day and had to
turn the man down. 1t was all the same
to him, however. He has probably
raised the money ere this, and some of
the subscribers to the stock are wish
ing they had taken more.
And those dear lambs again, At this
very hour there is man on the floor
above. with what might be termed A
Happy Combination Scheme. In the old
en- days the Peruvfans used TO bury their
dead in caves. and the anklets and
bracelets of gold were not removed,
After a cave was chock-full it was
walled up and another used. How many
or these caves can be found in Peru
deponent sayeth not, but the schemer
has spotted off about twenty as a be-
ginning. His idea is to send band of
missionaries over there to distribute
tracts and testaments among the liv-
ing, and when not distributing litera-
ture to take whirl at the dead. Those
anklets and bracelets and rings, aggre-
eating tons and tons of solid gold. are
or no use to the dead. but could be
turned to account in the United States.
The promoter has got everything down
fine. even to the cost of the piek-axes
and crow-bars, and he'll find capital to
give him trial. He hasn't been III to
see me yet, and so l can't say whether
I'll invest or not. If do put in $4,000
or $4,000 and drop 1t, owing to the
caves being guarded by ghosts, or the
ship loaded with gold going to the bot
tom in hurricane, the public won't
hear OF it. No 'souealer' could find a
landlord to rent him an office in Wall
street"
Copyright, 1929. by John Brisben Walker.
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y. i. ;
(Taylor) (Bouve) (ElwelD (Wal

Score-North and South .; East and
West 4.
Trick 1-Elwelrs singleton lead,
with so powerful a diamond suit in
hand, is an example of radical short
suitism. 1t is several tricks better
than the opening of the diamonds, as
made by the Boston player who had
the South hand at the other table.
Vests covering the 8 led with the 10
at second hand is a mistake. The king
and 10 constitute a potential tenace,
which should not be broken without
good cause. North illnesses, and East
plays the lowest of four in accordance
with the rules of 1.-The allotment"
Trick 2.-North leads his own single
ton and waits for another finesse in
hearts. 1t is to be observed that West.
though he is aching to haze trumps
led, cannot call for them on account of
having to play 1.-The attachment" At
the other table the New York West
player did call, and he and East soon
exhausted the trumps and brought in
their clubs.
Trick 3.-Having a frightfully weak
hand, East sees nothing better than to
go on with the clubs.
b Trick 4.-South plays timidly here,
but On the safe side. One of the ad-
versaries is certainly short in dia-
monds, and if he doesn't make his ace
now he may lose it.
Trick 5.-West ought to have read
North's of diamonds as ''the top of
nothing" and to place the king with
partner. His trumping in is therefore
bad play. With the subsequent lead
of the low trump it costs several tricks.
Trick 6.-The card West should lead
is the king of spades.
Trick 7.-South's return of the trump
is beautiful play. The rest of the play
is forced. West can do no more than
get in two trump tricks.
At the other table North and South
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out wanting to swing my hat and
cheer. l felt that the hourly sight of
that monument would keep me from
backsliding. l feel quite sure that
everything would have worked out all
right but for the sight-seers. They
made me their prey and their victim.
When they couldn't find me on the
street they'd beckon to me through the
windows or knock on my door. In one
year | believe | answered more ques-
tons than all the Boston policemen
combined. 1t was pleasure to me for
the first few months, but by and by
| had enough of it. There was the
monument, and there was the inscrip-
ton, and it is generally supposed that
every American child ten years old
has read of the battle of Bunker Hill.
About one out of ten sight-seers were
satisfied after seeing and reading. The
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
HE IS A PATRIOT.


But the Bunker Hill Monument Drove
Him Out Of Boston,
"No, / didn't leave Boston {. ac-
count of the climate. the people.
the taxes, or my state Of
health said the man with the manu-
script of a novel under his arm. IT
one thing Boston has got and can never
sell nor give away could be removed to
Hartford or New Haven, I'd say it was
the incest city in America to live in.
The one drawback is that Bunker Hill
monument. The idea was born In
Liberty, nursed in Freedom and car
ried out in Equality, as the orators say,
but my sad experience has taught me
that any sort of public monument is a
shadow on the happiness of the people
living within five miles of it.
when / moved to Boston from
Springfield" continued the man with
a sigh of regret, Il bought house near
the monument. I've got lots Of patri-
otism, and | never think of the tea 60
ing overheard in Boston Harbor with
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jority. 1t is far worse about Bunker
Hill. People connect it with dead pa
triots, and I've known sightseers to go
looking around for battered bullets and
broken muskets, and to Inquire where
the collins were deposited. / lived in
the shadow of that monument foc two
years, and then the sightseers drove
me to sell out and buy a house a mile
away. The relief was scarcely appreci-
able A still. small voice seemed to
whisper to every stranger landing il
Boston to tackle me about that monu-
ment. Strangers would stop me on the
street to inquire the way, and again to
tell me that they had been there. / was
overhauled at my own gate, brought
up with a round turn when out for a
spin on nv bike, and / couldn't sit on
the veranda of a summers evening
without at least one pedestrian stop
ping to talk Bunker Hill to me. One
evening; middle-aged, well-dressed
woman came along, and | noticed that
her Jaw was 'sot' She entered the
gate, assembled the steps, and standing
before me with lean finger pointed at
my right eye, she hoarsely exclaimed:
Its a fraud, sir-a shame-faced
fraud on the public, and if you imagine
I am the sort OF person to stand it, you
have made mistake.'
Il didn't ask her to explain. I knew
she'd been up to the monument and
been disappointed in it, and that if
didn't get into the house and lock the
door she might be tempted to make
the fur fly. 1T would have been no use
- 81 1o &Lof >
years after the battle of Bunker Hill,
and that | couldn't be held responsible
for anything happening in Boston pre-
vious to my citizenship. She's struck
my trail and run me down, and she
wasn't in the mood for excuses. | re-
allied that was being slowly but sure
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
HAVE YOU GOT A SCHEME?
IL You waut Money to Float 1t Go Into
Wall street.

Wall street
Eyes. I know all about 1t" smiled
the Wall street man as he tilted back
in his chair and toyed with paper
knife. 1T is the popular idea that
Wall street is engaged in the business
Of Misunderstanding from January TO the
last day of December and that in all
speculations the outsider is the victim.
Let me tell you in confidence that the
lion Loses his skin as often as the lamb
loses his wool. In other words, you
can work" Wall street for 100000
where you couldn't get farmer to in
vest fifty cents The legitimate busi-
ness of the broker and capitalist and
Spectator is pretty we'll defined, but
he is not to be kept within the limits.
If you have a scheme to bridge the At
lantic ocean, dig up pirates treasure
or grow peaches ON elm trees, Wall
street will back you. 1t is always look
ing for good things on the ouside.'
"You know of the Kelly motor, of
course" continued the man Of corners,
with a dry laugh. The invention or
idea was brought out twenty years ago,
and it is to-day just what it was when
Wall street fairly begged for the priv
ilege Of investing tens of thousands of
dollars. A cool million could have
been raised in two days. Not only has
no stakeholder ever got a dollar back
in any way, but most of them have
cheerfully contributed over and over
again. That is only one out of hun
dred chimerical investments ! could
name, and I'm not saying that my own
money has not gone into some of them.
Bless the dear lambs who may have
dropped a thousand dollars apiece on
wheat or cotton within the last year,
but / wonder if they ever heard Of the
Great American Gold Mining Company !?
Two prospectcrs wandering over the
mountains of Colorado discover a solid
mountain of gold. Under the trees and
dirt is chunk of virgin gold as big as
six of New York's sky-scrapers welded
together They peck of few pieces
as samples, give the news TO the Den
yer newspapers, and then send man
on to New York and Nall street to in
terest capital and form a company.
That man didn't even have to talk.
The photographs a the newspaper
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ToRMEY's WHIST WHY'S.

Below are few of Mr.. p. J. Tourney S
Whist why's, which are meaty enough
to edify the average whistler.
Why call the Jack a knave
Why do you call tricks points,"
Why don't you learn to think quick
ly?
Why is it that your partner always
loses the trick?
Why don't you think before you play
instead of after?
Why don't you let your partner do
the finessing in his own suit?
Why is 1t that the first card played
in game is so often the wrong one?
Why is it when you play with lady
partner. she always loses the tricks!
Why do some whist players expect
the ace of trumps to be good for two
tricks?
Why do you ever lead suit that one
adversary can rough and the other dis
card?
Why do you play whist with part
ner who eternally lectures you during
the game?
Why do some whist players pass a
doubtful trick just because they hold
four trumps?
why 10 you TOUCH yOui CdIuo W put
them back in the tray before you agree
on the score?
Why do SO many whist players
change their suit at the very time they
ought to continue 1t?
MI. Tormey's little phamphlet of
uiEVhist Why's" is a gem in its way and
author is such a whist enthusiast
t he very generously offers to supply
ry whistler. who will take the trou-
to ask for it. a copy-or several
ies-free All one has to do IS to mail
hquest to the Owl Drug Co., San
fcisco, Cal, and by return mail the
will be forthcoming. The writer
eves-the asker would not be far
hg if he were to enclose a two-cent
hp for return postage. Certainly it
lid be meeting a generous act half
+.
It sitting of duplicate play, within
past week, at a private residence,
a mile from the Court House. a
nd was played wherein several de-
cts of the players came to the front
llese defects were mainly weakness of
urpose, want of vigilance and discern
bent, and failing to finesse when a
pIendid opportunity presented itself
he minister's were fairly we'll matched
mixed pairs) and above the average
ayers. The original play ran as fol-
US:
H. %,,x,v r 10. pArth
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ings would boil up until he would slap
me on the back and exclaim:
Lord, old man. but didn't we lick
EN- out of their boots. Why, sir, if |
lived here in Boston I'd spend half my
time waving the old flag and cheering
for the Continental Congress, Just
big enough-just high enough-located
on just the right spot. How any of
you folks can tear yourselves away
from this town for even day is some
thing l can't understand. Lord, Lord,
but how we drove 'em down that hill.
and if we'd only had FIVE gallons of
good whisky to pass around to the boys
not red-coat would have escaped
aliye,'
THAT was the sort of a patriot |
liked to meet, but he came only at rare
intervals. Most people are disappoint-
ed in a monument We all know that
Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park is
looked upon as scrub by the vast ma
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I'll

Some Of Tormcy's Whist Why's Send for
Copy "A Duplicate Play Last Week and
What Became Of II. With Some Comments
Thereon e. c. HoweIIs Letter How the
New Workers Downed the Bostonians Ono
Of the Deals, and the Play Described.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

made only one trick in trumps name
". with the ace as compared with
Taylor and Elwell's four, a loss Of three
tricks, and also one trick (the ace) in
diamonds, as compared with the New
Workers three, which accounts for the
other two tricks difference.
r e. HOWEI -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

North and South q; East and
COMMENTS.
1.-The fall of the nine of
was accepted by West as
6ignal from partner. A proper
dction, for, although the only
b in Easts hand, he wanted trump
- in order to make his dla-
mold suit Perhaps a more careful
yplayer would, with only four trumps,
queen high, have preferred to have had
his suit established, especially as he
had no sure card of re-entry
Trick 3.-East here Idiscards from his
! weakest suit, showing his partner be-
You'd all peradventure that he must
he playing for the diamond suit
Trick 4.-West takes the trick with
g ace of clubs and returns his only
~. East drops his queen thereon
om the fall of the cards bon
his partner us 2ut Of tramps,
lat one o. the lbs has at
amps tennis over
he 9. 1stead of reso
~ Is original pur-
Is the trumps, he leads
q of hearts. hoping to
h partners heart suit, for
he IN an strength at all it must
(be in heAts vThis irresolution lost one
trick at fast
Trick q w lest having no suit of his
| Town worth rap, properly leads the
diamond,$ but improperly leads the
lowest of |thr4e instead of the highest,
for if West ad lead the jack "a
strengthening card) East would have
passed it, TIL h on the next lead of
the diamond by West, North's king
would have fHlen, which East would
Save covered With his ace, and thus es-
aablishing hisl suit.
Trick 7.-Even if East had renewed
the lead of t4umps at this stage, it
would have Saved trick, but once
witched off from the original object
ne seldom gets on the main track
gain, SO the lead of the diamond S
The 10 would have been safer) by East
hopes of forcing the king, follow
Trick S.-North's play of the heart
Eas Just the thing, 1t placed East in
be dilemma of wondering who held
be jack. His partner might possibly
old it, but the chances were that it
as with South, so East roughs and
lakes the wreck complete, as East and
Fest do not make another trick.
oVERPLAY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

Her most unique experience will killing
two large tigers out OF steam launch in
the Chambal river, Kotah, She spends
considerable OF her time now In hunting
with the United Hunt. the Seventeenth
lancers' foxhounds and other packsA Of.
hounds. She is an accomplished tennis
player and has won many prizes in tour
naments.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
AFTER THE FEAST.

Now doth the lone turkey MARBLE,
In accents filled with glee.
"The good die young and ] rejoice
Because of my toughness-see?
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Score, North and South 10; East and
lest 8.
= COMMENTS.
trick lin the everyday of the hand
bungIing by East and West was
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THAT'S WHAT HE DOES

The small boys skates OF ancient make
May not crown him with fame:
But when II comes 70 sport and fun
He gets there just the same.
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MOTH and South I; East and
COMMENTS.
1.-The fall of the nine of
was accepted by West as a
6ignal from partner. A proper
hctinn for although the only
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l append the play at one table of
deal (No. 26) from the New York
Boston match, on which New York
scored the big gain of five tricks.
East dealt and turned the of spades,
and South had the opening. The card
winning each trick is indicated by I'M
derscoring, and the card underneath is
led next:
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FlTcH8URG RAILROAD.
Several Important Changes Made in Sum
mer Schedule.

HlbE OGHGHulG'
The Fitchburg Railroads summer
schedule will take effect June 3, when
several important changes will be
made. The continental Limited" fast
express will leave Boston at Il a. m.
daily, arriving at Chicago the following
afternoon at o'clock, and at St. Louis
the next day at $50 p. m. Sleeping
car service to both places, and parlor
car will be attached to this train (week
days only, arriving at Troy at 4.45 p.
m.
The express train leaving Boston at
$50 A. m. will be continued as at pres
ent, arriving at Troy at 3.15 p. m,
through parlor car service TO Bingham
ton, N Y, via D. & H. c. Co. The 3
p. m. daily St. Louis express, through
sleeping car service to Chicago and to
St. Louis, will be continued on the pre-
sent time, but the Pacific express, now
leaving Boston, through sleeping car
to Chicago, at p. m, will leave at
.. m, making same time to western
points. The Green Mountain flyer,
parlor car service, will leave Boston
at IL 80 a. m. instead Of IL a. m, max
ing half an hour quicker time, and the
Montreal night express, through sleep
ing car, will leave Boston at s instead
of p. m, present time.
Commencing July 10TH the Sara tOga
train will leave Boston at II a. m, ar
irving at Saratoga at p. m.
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THE FLY WAS A FIZZLE.

The Worcester Friendly Homing
Clubs pigeon fly from Bridgeport. CT,
to Worcester was a fizzle. The birds
were all timed out, none of them ar
irving in Worcester within the three
and a half hours limit. The birds were
TO have been released at Bridgeport at
8 o'clock. and the first bird to arrive
was that Of John Coombs, at y
o'clock. The other five birds came in
shortly after The fly will be held later
from the same place and the prizes
awarded
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MANY, MANY THANKS.

NJ. E. A. Lasley, wife, children, dog
and house cart, moved away from the
Barnes lot in Bridge street yesterday,
to meet a more hospitable people. Mr..
Lasley claimed that Springfield citi-
zens are apathetic, and that they pur-
chased few Of his photographs at ten
cents apiece. The family will drive
into Worcester, which Mrs. Lasley says
is the dirtiest city in which she has
ever been.-Springfield Union, May IS.
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use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals Ely's Cream Balm is such rem
edy. and will cure catarrh or cold in the
head easily and pleasantly. All druggists
sell it at 50 cents, or it will be mailed by
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren street, n. Y.
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SWEDISH NOTES,
Christian Endeavors Of
Salem Street Church Give
a Picnic.

The Y. P. S. C. E. of Salem street
Swedish Congregational church gave
its annual picnic yesterday on John
Olsen's farm, situated on the Westboro
road. There were over $50 people pres
ent. An open air service was held in the
forenoon at which Peter Mickles, theo-
logical student from the Chicago Sem
mary, addressed the congregation. The
ladies of the Young's Peoples Society
furnished refreshments. At p. m. an
other service was held, several hymns
and anthems We're sung by the choir,
after which Rev. K. e. Forsell, assist
ant pastor of the Salem street church,
preached on Jesus Christ as the hero
of heroes"
The committee of arrangements was
Miss Anna Hadlund, Miss Hulda Ander-
son, Miss Matilda Anderson, August
Pearson, Adrean Mickles and Eric As
pengran.
The Epworth League of Quinsiga-
mond NJ. E. Swedish church held its
annual picnic yesterday on Young's
farm, Grafton. Over 200 people were
present. Devotional services were held
by Rev. Henry E. Whyman. A very in
teresting program of games was pre-
pared for the occasion. At 2 p. m. the
ladies served refreshments. The picnic
was organized by Mrs. Gus. Vansalin,
Miss Annie LinQuist, Matilda Aim
gren, Charles Meyer, Charles Hook,
Edward Steele and Gustaf L. Berg.
Charles G. Widen, Jr., has resigned
his position at Washburn & Moen's wire
works and he will go on to the stage
as a professional juggler. He will take
his first turn on Keiths circuit, gong
to Boston first.
Miss Caroline Nelson of q Merrifield
street, cousins, will sail for Sweden to-
day, where they will visit their parents
in Wermeland. Mr.. Olson is popular
member of SVea Gille and other organ
izations in Worcester.
An auction will be in the Salem street
Congregational church Thursday night.
Rev. K. f. Forsell will be auctioneer.
The marriage of Eric j. Aspengren OF
Eastern avenue, and Miss Ellen X.
Yoderquist will be at 10 Suffield street,
June H. Both are members Of the
Thomas street church.
DR.. Hjalmar Beckman has gone to
Newport, R. l., for the summer.
The Young Peoples Society OF the
Swedish Lutheran Church held picnic
at Summit yesterday. In the evening
an entertainment for the Greendale
branch Sunday school was held in the
old school house on West Boylston
street in Greendale. There was large
crowd present, and the entertainment
consisted of singing and recitations by
the children, singing by Mrs. Eric j.
Nystrom, music by a guitar club under
the direction of Miss Mabel Nelson,
guitar solo by L. F. Gomez Rev. Eric
j. Nystrom made a short address and
refreshments were served.
The Swedish Corps of the Salvation
Army gave a picnic at North pond yes
terday, which was we'll attended. In
the evening an entertainment was Civ
en- in the hall at 274 Main street.
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