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eration:of her windlass. pumps and winches.
for making sail and working cargo and also
for heating purposes. Her pumps throw 2.JO0
gallons q minute. Her anchors weigh 5000
pounds each. and she has $50 fathoms OF
2 5-l6-inch chain. weighing 35 tons. The af+
ter house contains IL rooms and is finished in
ash. cherry. sycamore. walnut. mahogany and
that In anv house In Camden. and there are =
fine bathroom. a piano. a library and other
luxuries and conveniences not dreamed Of AZ
sea In the old days.
This great schooner was begun last july.
and l29 men have been employed almost cony
tinpously in her construction ever qince. ShS
Is 80 tons larger than the first five: mastef
larger than most Of the full rugged ships that
have been built In Maine. She cost about
$4,000 ready for sea. Is 70 be commanded by
Capt. John q. Crowley OF Taunton, Mass. and
Is owned by, John b.. Prescott Of Webster.
Mass. andy Taunton. Camden and New York
parties. She, Is Intended chiefly for the coal
trade, at which she is expected to make big
That big schooners are good investments
cannot be doubted. The Nathaniel n Palmer.
recently launched at Bath and now at BaItis
more Loading coal for Portland. will get ST 8
ton freight on 1000 tons of cargo, thus takinS
$1,000 on her first TIP. 1t has been demons
strated that barges. towed by tugs, cannoo
20 cents a ton. while the big schooners have
done business. at 80 cents a ton and more than
paid their bills. Now that business in ths
carrying trade Ia reviving and coal freiehts-
IKE most others. have advanced to peariT
What they were twenty years ago, the Main6
shlpbuliderS think unv. see bright times ahead
ahd are making ready TO build more big vesy
wards. VIZ
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turned the five Of, clubs. AS a matter Of fact.
As putting on the king second hand shows
DAD as he does not want the Iead
II he had let y go he would have got a trump
or saving his king. H "
Trick Z This blind continuation Of the trumps
shows that b did not stop to consider what 4
could possibly hold when he followed. the 3
OUR PROBLEMS.
In giving the solution to the problem pub-
llshed Dec. Is 1t should nave been stated that
nye tricks was the answer. Quite a number
OF PLAYERS thought they could get SIX. The
ppe eTsnd pr2dRie en- TnbIished Jan: l Is from
5 aSIt's edition; 1T TIE !; sTT has received about
have been q misdeal. But that was not the
question. The thing to discover was how such
i. 7. F., the, finest whist player CatendisR
ever met although he has been in America
twice. could count each others hands with
s sIffh miracHloqe exaStpess, yet both Of them
other nine. The SUN thinks the best solution
is that sent IN by a canny Scot in Detroit. who
an awful lee-like story"
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ABB get eleven tricks.
Trick l. Common-sense players never lead
intermediate cards. II they are net strong
enough to lead the bottom OF q sur they will
lead the top OF 1t or they will not touch 1t. From
a careful investigation OF a large, number of
deals IL does not appear that anything Is lost
by leading the king from X, j, 10. any, more
than the ace, from A. .. j. In this particular
case 1t works"
Trick 2. Although evident that q has no more
clubs, Y will not force him, because he ~ weak
Trick 3. So far as AS hand ~ concerned. tho
loss of the re entry ace has killed II unless b
can get out the trumps and then give A a club.
The trump lead Is q mere chance, but it is the
only one In the hand. This also works" par
ticularly well in this case.
Now. IL Y forces his partner at the second
trick. this is what happens; Zleads three win
ming spades. his partner discarding "A club on
the third round. 1t will then, be obvious to-
will ruff and the other discard. and u cannot tell
whether Y will have an, opportunity TO over
trump A or b will be given the advantage Of
overtrumping Y. This will prornp Il. IL he Is
Il good player, to shift to his partners suit. dia-
monds. AS the cards lie. this kills all hope OF
AS ever making another club. because b has
none to give him. and A has no re-entry. II
A now leads tIumps. In answer to his partners
frantic appeals, b makes four tricks In Trumps
tricks only. instead OF eleven. the difference
being due 10 US refusal to force his partner
Just because he was weak In trumps himself.
There was q. very. pretty hand IN the last
match for the A. w. L. trophy. played between
the Boston Duplicate Whilst Club and Balti-
more. q dealt and turned the heart o and the
original leader sat west. THE SUN Is indebI-
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tory to- all concerned. and there has never
been a large meeting at which so fe " mistakes
such complicated results. have been arrived al
In so short a time. In the last round the play
S T9s I'M fn rsaeIt at ~ l e > and nd At t, ten minutes to u
matches. and standing to date for the whole
twenty-seven teams. These all proved. show
one could go home before midnight knowing
exactly how his team stood and what his indi-
vldual score, was up to date.
1t is a little early yet to say who is out Of the
race and Tho should win i. but it seems as II
T Taaks SUI bSsd nit IL + about Pol right when it said; two
f fes@lt t Eeu New Pr226 olR whist Ii aP GIns. t Bzo tSd%s
team: EiweIl. Taylor, Newman and Fabe%r. made
winning, Is matches out Of a possible 30 and
getting citing t 10 t, tricks Ks Plus S|sb on a: p deals. ElXeIl and
n T6e Jersey city PUP team. 9; BoEIsy: !: Bow:
Seefer team ean'" "&.S 3n Cram aeieA El R5t'' Ti neiif and
made the banner, score Of the evening. II plus
This leaves the following five teams in the
lead to date:
Club. Players. Matches. Tricks.
R si I Hstch, L htHsil P S9x@an jo Sspf1, aIa s ss
KKnic b Euler. Hall. WAINWRIGHT. Tappen.Ish g
&c. G.. Day. Bunsted. Scott. McIlroy....l6 IL
While New York is In the lead for matches
won. Brooklyn Is undoubtedly in the best posi-
by one trick only. while the matches they have
won are, pretty solid. being two to four tricks
each. New York has lost five matches, three
of them by 2 tricks and one by 3 tricks. The
position Of the Knickerbockers is rather artif-
score. They have won no match by more than
two tricks and six of them by one trick. whils
all their losses but one are two tricks or more.
The Individual scores are decidedly In favor
Of New, York, Taylor having % plus: Newman.
20; Faber; AZ, and Elwell 10. The Brooklyn
Josephson.. II; G. Hatch. Il: .Denison. 10.
Other good scores are: Bunsted. 10; Tirrell.
II: HeReman. Is; Watson and Aymar. IL;
Baker and Hoffman. IL.
There was one rather interesting hand.
tricks, E and W. while all the others got from
4 to (, The, average being 81. 2 dealt and
1 plaR 9s tne as ses follo E1as ;ib sna ari ht 11e le asR.e s ne
ting East:
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BIGGEST SCHOONER Nv THE World
Steam, n Piano and Other Luxuries on the
john h. Prescott, Just Launched.

Steam, n Piano and Other Luxuries on the
John Ii. Prescott, Just Launched.
BANGOR. Jan, 14.-The fve-mastAd schooner
John b. Prescott. launched from the yard of
II. NJ. Bean at Camden. IN Penobscot Bay. last
THURSDAY. is the largest fore.and aft rugged
sailing vessel In the world. She is 2S2 feet keel.
800 feet on top. 44.O4 feet beam and 81 II feet
deep. with Il gross tonnage OF 2.4SO and net
tonnage OF 2.2J9. She is about Is tons larger
than the Bath Iive- master Nathaniel II. Palmer
launched u few weeks ago. and will carry. 1t is
thought, 300 tons more. having a better car
rying model. The Bath schooner is expected
to carry 1000 tons Of coal. the Camden craft
1900.
Like the Palmer. the Prescott has a white
oak frame and is planked 1and ceiled with
hard pine. In her frame are 425 tons OF oak.
and several Eood-sized schooners were re.
quired to carry the hard pine and other ma
terials that have entered into her construc-
ton, Her five lower masts are OF Oregon
white pine. each 112 feet long, and her top
masts. all OF spruce. except the fore. are each
81 feet long. From her bow chock to her
ilbboom end is rs feet ana from the taffrail 70
the end Of the jigRerboom Is feet. Her stand
ing rigging is all of wire. set up with turn
buckles. and she spreads 10000 yards OF sail.
which. with her good model. ought to mako
The big schooner has all the latest labor
saving appliances. including steam for the op-
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Advantages in
Black Dress Goods.

Some of the best and most pop
ular Black Dress Goods of the sea-
son at prices far below those gem
orally prevailing for equal quail
ties.
1900 yards heavy quality bright lustre
Brilliantine, go zoe
40 inch bison" Cheviot, an attractive,
stylish fabric for separate skirts, gen
orally sold at $1.oo yard, our price...49c
10 pieces OF imported Canvas and Armure
Granite Cloths, satin finished, in baya;7
deres, split ~diagonals n venetian twill
effects, worth from Toe. to S1.2o per
yard, all go at 49c
French Poplin, large, round cord, regularly
sold for75c., our price. ...............o9c
A inch silk and wool and mohair and
wool Grenadines, in bayadere stripes,
regular price SIPS and $3.50 pei yatd,
go
A inch silk and wool Grenadines, in
stylish applique effects, regular $3.50
quality. to go at....................$l.oo
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MOusseline de Sole
at 29C. Yd., Elsewhere soc.

M~ousseline de Sole lisa new and
dainty fabric which m in q
good variety of attractive colors
and styles. We have a full as
sortment of the most desirable
effects, which include navy and
black grounds, with polka dots,
stripes and figured patterns
white grounds. with floral and
fancy designs-and a large line
of plain colors. This fabric is
universally sold at SOC. a yard.
We offer another illustration of
our supremacy in underselling by
offering it at . 20c. I'D
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AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
THE SECOND ROUND OF THE INTER-
CITY TOURNAMENT SUCCESSFUL.

Improvement in Scoring-The Three Lead
ing Clubs at Analysis of a
Hand Played in the Last ~Round-Forc-
ing with Weak Trumps-Our Problems.
The econd round OF the ~intercity tourna-
ment was played at the rooms OF the Knicker-
booker Whist Club on Jan. z. and was a repe-
tition Of the success of the first round. The
interest manifested in this event seems 10 ex-
coed that OF any other OF the year and the RI
valry among the various teams is intense.
In several respects the tournament has
been more attr to the players than any
Of its predecessors. 1t has been better man.
aged. The play begins earlier and Is over
sooner. There is less confusion in the move
ment Of the players and there are fewer mis-
takes In making up the scores. The Scoring
Committee. Otis. Baker and Foster. seem to
have solved the problem OF scoring matches
In which a large number Of teams are engaged.
and the methods employed in this tourna-
ment will probably be adopted for similar con-
tests In the future.
The chief objection to the old way Of scoring
was that everything was left to the official
scorers, and that the players had to take their
word for 1t as to how things stood. The play
srs handed their trick scores to the committee.
who took them home and worked over them for
two or three days. and posted the results ut
the next meeting. There were always some
who fanoied they had been unjustly treated
In some way and had q much better score than
appeared on the returns. A team could walk
up to the board and find themselves credited
with 1--WE or six matches only, when they were
quite sure they had won at least q dozen.
Under the present system the captain Of
each team figures the whole thing out him
self. 80 far as it affects his own team. and SO
has the satisfaction Of having a constant check
upon the official records. If any mistake has
been made In his record. he must have made
It himself In making up his score. or ZONE of
his team must have made it in recording the
results OF the individual deals. and the COM
mittee can show 1t to him in a moment. II no
mistakes have been made. everything must be-
right and there Is nothing more to be- said.
The chief departure from the old methods.
and tho one which has worked SO well in this
case that 1t is to be hoped 1t will be adopted at
our large congresses. Is in the arrangement OF
the score cards. which are divided into ak col
umns, The lrst gives the number Of the deal
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Half Price for
Boys Knee Pants.

400 pairs of Boys Knee Pants.
made OF thoroughly tested all wool
rough cheviot in a neat olive gray
mixture and serviceable plain drab
corduroy.
They're very strongly put to-
gether, the seams are firmly stayed
and tapped, they've patent waist
bands, bone buttons. and can be
relied upon to withstand the hard
knocks a boy is sure to give them.
We've all sizes. from 3 to 16 years.
Ordinarily they'd cost you one
dollar, but we're going to sell this
lot at 00c
Secopd Aoor
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Better Values Than Ever
in WOmen's Jackets
and Skirts.

If you care about getting the
best values aver offered in women's
Jackets and Skirts, read what fol-
lows and then come to see the
garments.
Jackets of rough cheviot, kersey and
covert cloths in black and tan, made
with box or shield front effect and storm
or notched collar, half lined with silk
serge. .@S.oS
Jackets of fine kersey cloth in black and
tan, double-breasted front, with the
French dip, finished with strap seams and
lined with plain or fancy silks -. $1,000
Tailor-made Skirts Of good serge, in navy
blue and black, made with inverted pleat-
ed back and finished with strapped seams
n percaline lining $2.0S
Dress Skirts Of fine black serge, made with
the circular ~flounce, trimmed with
soutache braid and finished in back
with buttons and cord, percaline
Dress Skirts OF fine quality taffeta silk,
made in the new flounce effect and
trimmed in the latest designs with velvet
ribbon-also Skirts of fine black satin,
made in the French founce effect-both
percaline lined and velvet bound. They're
regular S16.5O and $4,000 Skirts our
price for any of them is ...........S1O.95
Second floor.
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Lining News
of Unusual Interest.

Standard 15c. quality black taffeta Per-
caline, for waist lining; has never
been sold less than 15c. yd, here to-
Moire Velour, an all cotton skirt fabric
that is shown in black and plain colors
prevailing price 15c, yd., here.....:..1Oc
24-in. black shrunk Haircloth note the
Pseudo silk Moreens, in handsome,
changeable %colors, for skirt Innings
per .49c
Fancy sateen Waist Lining, black back.
with neat patterns, tic. quality art. 12Hc
Main floor, rear. centre.
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A Larger Showing of
the Leading Cotton Fabrics
for Spring.

Last week we announced q large
showing Of Cotton Fabrics. The
collection has grown considerably
since then and it is now enormous,
comprising all the newest and most
correct weaves and patterns. 1t is
especially strong in shirt waist fab
RIGS, all the smartest designs and
colorings being represented.
The prices are just as attractive
as the goods.
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Brooklyn never before saw such
clothing selling as we've been
doing during the past couple of
weeks, because Brooklyn never
knew such values as we've been
giving. This Trousers Sale will serve
to maintain the widespread inter-
est which our other offerings have
aroused
One thousand pairs of Trousers
were concerned in the transaction
which enables us to announce this
opportunity. They're made of high
grade worsteds in a manner which
gives them all the style and ap-
pearance of the best custom made
garments. They're Trousers that
the most careful dresser can wear
with credit to his taste and judg-
ment-and they'll give all the ser
vice that the most economical man
could desire. If you paid $500
and $500 for them you'd be get
ting full value for your money
yet we'll sell you any pair
at SS 100
Second floor. New Building.
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" GROW HEMP IN THIS STATE
Commissioner Weiting and Cornell to Hava
Experiments Made,

ALBANY, Jan. l3.-An effort TO establish tho
hemp-growinG industry In New York State II
70 DC maze the coming season. Agricultural
commissioner "eitIng has received from Mr.
5. 3 Bayee, an expert hemp man OF LAYJngton
ny. an ofler OF seed ia small Quantities ana .
willingness to give him full information IN the
growth OF the hemp and the preparation Of the
hbre for use by our manufacturers. Hemn r.
RRooT grown In Kentucky. Mississippi. Illinois
plats were last year successf,IIyX erounshthi
every Southern State. Sto"n IN
by improved machinery and modau
Gesses and appliances a very nne nbrs pro-
h3eed IRON hemp which can be used In threSSfdS.
nahheemni 7 1H 4 me eqHEdage. The Yield an acre "A
! % dS2' ana tbe cost to grow and work Il X
Ham e M SSo an acre. according TO condiI
q season costs about the same as a tbrssbbinoSs
Cultural SahSI q pIss T. to Ps planted upon the aspi.
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Alb get eight tricks.
Trick l., Y had so many diamonds that he
at once.
Trick 4. A, cannot afford to fnesse against
the 10. as his partner will evidently run the
third round.
Trick ., At this stage z probably placed his
partner with the J, 10. 3. 4. 2 OF diamonds. and
looked reasonable.
Trick Z. A is not deceived by the diamond
high grass with the club suit and the best dia-
mond for re.entry, He therefore follows the
common-sense principle of not interfering
the trumps run on,
Trick 8. b must hold the jack OF trumps. bO-
cuse Y has denied that card. and 1t is lncon-
ceivable that 2 led the 3 from X, j. 10. 8. 8.
What u thought Is the mystery.
FORCING WITH WEAK TRUMPs.
In spite Of all that has been written on this
subject there are those who still refuse to
force the partner when weak in trumps tbem-
selves. although there is nothing better In
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Alb. Boston, get eight tricks.
Trick l. Although A has no re-entry cards,
he has two elements OF strength; a fve-card
suit and four good trumps. and therefore plays
for his long suit. 1t would be a close dues-
ton even for a short-suiter whether or not to
lead the supporting jack from such a hand.
Trick 8. This is the interesting trick q OF the
deal. b very ~clevsrly unblocks his partners
suit on the chance hat he has 10 and y, which
looks reasonable from the mere fact that he
persists in his attempt to establish 1t. even
after having been forced. z at the same time
this would not mean anything. but the Balti.
and "don't-force-me" signalling apparatus.
a longer sentence, than four words the sen.
are two. three or four spots on the card only,
they must be taken to mean. Force me-" or.
In this case n asks not TO. be forced. What
then does he want to do with his trumps? To
have tbem'led. OF course. This gives A and b
the opportunity to pull all his trumps and to
make their club suit. The whole hand being
exceptionally well played on Boston's. part:
A. common. sense player would have forced
his partner at trick q. no matter how weak he
was in trumps. but the convention used by the
Baltimore players Is a gu bstituts Tor brains
aud forblds thinking. 1t tells you what to do.
as II assumes, you have not sense enough to
see for yourself
In tho A. W. L. match between Baltimore
and Albany there was one deal. No. "a, on
which Baltimore gained four tricks. all of
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How to Become Strong.

Health Obtained; Ill Health Prevented. A book
of 81 pages on the physiology. anatomy and Pathol:
Rectal and Anal diseases .ne.= diagnosis and treat
ment without surgery; Fourth and enlarged edi'
malls. Sent free. Address the authors A. .. JAAI.
SOG, III. D. - West +bth -, New YoSk city.
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Dress Trimmings
Below Cost of Importation

We have secured another lot of $50 very
fine imported cut jet, colored spangle,
silk, black mohair. Yokes, Revers and
Blouses for selling at about one-half to
one-third of value. They go at 29c., 49c.,
69c., 9Sc., $1.49.
Main, right, rear.
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Alb get four tricks only.

Alb get four tricks only.
Trick 3. A cannot continue his own suit
without forcing both adyersaries. and the
possible re-entries.
Trick s. This leading away from the singly
guarded seeondsbest In trumps is fatal. A
has a good opportunity to Initiate. his adveT-
sary here and TO return the ive OF diamonds
after FinAing with the king. Just as z re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
Mems Socks.

Mems fancy cotton Socks, in stripes and
plaids, regular 25c. and Soc. qualities-
go
Mems black cashmere Socks, with double
soles, heels and toes-sold heretofore as q
special at 3 pairs for S1.0O-go, per pair,
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Merino Underwear
and Hosiery Clearance.

Mems Medicated Scarlets. Double Breast and
back. pure wool. 81. so goods. ............ soc.
Mems Wool Fleece-lined Shirts, also a lot OF
Drawers, odds and ends. ...........2Sc
Mems, Two-thread Balbri ggans. S100
Mems, Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers. 81, 90
goods o
%6 Hmsn,f and Mo White yas sfabo s epaaeii s sIiSSsS;
Women's natural wool Vests. fine guage. nom
-shrinkable, dollar goods ............. soc.
yarn. with gusset, half price, ...........I3
Boys and Misses pure Cashmeres: values
according to size. 900. to $1.35; all one
BOYS and Misses Cancels Hair Mixture: vests.
Pants; and Drawers to match; nearly all sizes
tabled tomorrow at half ............... 30c
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Women's $500 Silk Waists
at $3.50.

Black and fancy taffeta Silk
Waists, in a variety of colors.
made with a bias corded front and
shirt waist back, corded cuffs and
collar to match-They're regular
$500 Waists, at $3.50.
Second floor.
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A-B get eight tricks.
Trick 2. With one suit declared against him
and nothing in the others himself. what Is the
object in leading trumpsy
trumps, why not finish the lobr
Trick ). Switching suits. and so SHOWING thee
puts up TO save his partners evident.re-
entry, and the rest is easy. A.
Here is the everyday. Albany holding Abs
cards:
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NeWN0dn
Opposite the Brooklyn Post Office.
January Clearing Sales!
Special Values should max.
Splendid Business
Opposite the Brooklyn Post Office.
Splendid Business

Every department lends a hand to make this a
memorable sale. We mean to be rid of our stock
rather than take it" at our February Stock Taking.
Sale starts tomorrow and runs through the week.
It's a splendid time for those with short purses to save
dollars and cents. Perhaps N IN A DOZEN of
the price.pinctled lots find place i'm print.
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Misses MaCkintOshes
at $3.50.

These M%ackintoshes for girls come with
a navy blue or brown ali wool serge SUI.
face and a pretty plaid lining. They have
double capes. velvet collars, and they're
warranted waterproof. They're very
cheap at. So IA
Second floor.
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Dress Goods
Black and CoIored

Every yard in the Department has been
pinched by the price primer and you'll be
glad you waited
LOT 1.-Surah Serges. Figured Bengalines
and Fancy Cheviots; the Serges are
in the new Greens. Browns. Navy and
Cadet Blue: the Bengalines and
Cheviots are all that any, one could
wish for style and service: prices
have been fifty cents a yard.your
LOT a.- Henri T inch, colors and black,
Fancy Tweed Wool Novelties and
Mixed Coverts, exceptionally good
Doc. values. at. ...............95 1-2c
LoTs.-5o inch Ladies, Cloth, tens, gray,
brown; Mixed Cheviots, silk and wool
%fancies. and a lot of high, grade Bril-
llantines. all rs cent goods-bunchsd
LOT A.-Silk and @ool Bourettes. together
with Cheviots. Fancy Crepons and
wide vale DiaGonals; formerly 5 800
q yaru. now.