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ABB get five tricks only.
Trick /. It has always been an open
question as to how weak a player should
be to put in queen second hand from A @
and one small
Tricks to I. 1t is very kind OF to get
all the trumps out OF the way Of the
tabished spades. He must know that either
ace or king Of clubs Is still against his
partner, as A cannot have held both
those cards. II B returns the club suit be-
fore going to trumps he compels to pass
the doubtful trick. II Y then goes to trumps
on his partners showing in spades and
trumps, Alb make nine tricks easily. II
makes his ace Of diamonds or returns the
spade, nine are equally made, so that the
trump lead loses just four tricks. II pass
es the first club, ABB make nine easily.
If plays queen and leads ace OF diamonds,
they make eight only.
Here Is hand In which A wants discards
very badly and exercises much ingenuity
to secure them. making top score on the deal,
chiefly because he had a partner who stay
ed awake. 2 dealt and turned the heart
ten,
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The winning first favorites are marked
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A-B got twelve trick.
Trick .. B reads his partner f1r strength
in SPADES, probably z j 10, and, as he has
great strength in clubs himself. he feels
himself justified in hnessing against one suit.
the diamonds, and leading trumps for the two
suits in sight. is further encouraged in
this forward trump lead by the natural in
frrenc" that Il his partner has any re-
entry II must be in diamonds and Will stop
that suit.
Tricks and 6. These are the key to the
whole haad. II the led by was his
fourth best, he holds A J 10, and the suit
is soldy established against Al This
bc1g the cast, y must have had a great
'uN SUIT 10 justify such forward trump
Lad. Sow, /; y las such suit and can
ne got l'u tho lead with II, y may he able
20 get rid Of two losing diamonds. II d is
asleep and lets As queen hold The trick
the whole scheme fails of course, but -
naturally stops to ask himself why A should
Corr nlonG with that club when he has AN
established s;ada suit to lead. As BIS clubs
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are all of equal value, It is useless to let
A lead again, so b wins the trick, and gives
A four discards. II b does not win the
queen he compels A to lose three tricks.
two diamonds, and n spade
Now let us see how differently this hand
was played at another table, and the dis
cards secured In another manner, although
only eleven tricks were made on 1t:
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"I." those getting second with 1-2 on or
better "X." those getting second with
worse than 1-2 on IN" and those unplaced
Co." in both tables. Second favorites are
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30
PLANS FOR THE NEW CRUISERS.
They Will Be 1890 Tons Displacement
and g Knots Speed.

Washington, ID. C., Nov. 23.-The
board of bureau chiefs, under whose
recommendations the secretary of the
navy has drawn his plans for the new
naval construction which will be rec
commended to congress, has outlined
in a very general way the features of
the eighteen vessels included in that
programme. The big armored cruis-
ers are set down as of 1880 tons
displacement. They will be nearer
1900 tons when complete, and thus
closely resemble the magnificent Pow
erful class of the British navy 1t is
that these vessels can be
given twenty-three knots speed and
still have room for 1000 tons of coal.
"a steaming radius far be-
yond the ordinary range of armored
vessels. The batteries will consist of
four 12-inch guns in turrets for the
main batteries, and the secondary
will consist chiefly of either 6 or Z
inch guns.
The three protected cruisers recon-
mendad- .-altbauGh- afzthe 1lHmnis
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30
What the Revised Statutes CO
Interest to the People.

ANY person who shall cut down and
fall or place or row into any creek,
stream or water course i'll this state,
any tree or brush and leave the
same therein, upon conviction shall
be punished by fine not less than
So nor more than $50. Does not
apply to persons riprapping nor to
persons who are lawfully working to
strengthen any stream.
Any person who discovers any dog
in the act. of killing, wounding or
chasing sheep or shall discover a dog
under such circumstances as to salts
factorily show that such dog has
been recently engaged in killing or
chasing sheep or other domestic ami
mails, is authorized to Immediately
pursue and kill such dog, but the dog
cannot be killed in any enclosure be-
longing TO the owner OF the dog.
ANY person who shall be convicted
of arson, burglary, robbery or lar
ceny in any degree, or any felony.
shall be incompetent to serve as iu-
ror in any cause and shall be forever
disqualified from holding office
Any person who shall cut, break or
in any wise iniure any saddle or bride.
halter. hitch rein, buggy or wagon
harness, or any part thereof or shall
cut. clip or shave the name or tail OF
any animal, or shall remove tap or
nut from axle OF buggy, wagon or
vehicle, or otherwise iniure the same
or shall take. ride or drive off the
horse. mule, ass or other animal,
without the owners consent and
without intention of depriving the
owner thereof permanently, shall,
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In all stages of Nasal Catarrh there
should be cleanliness. As experience
proves Ely's Cream Balm is cleanser
soother and healer of the diseased
membrane. 1t is not drying nor ir-
ritating, and does not produce sneez-
ing. To test it trial size is mailed
for 10 cents or the large for 80 cents
by Ely Brothers, 90 Warren street,
New York Druggists keep it. Upon
being placed in the nostrils it spreads
over the membrane and relief is i'm
mediate 1t is an agreeable cure.
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France Seeks Holland Boat.

New York, Nov 24.-It isannounc-
ed that negotiations have been en-
tered into by representatives of the
French government for the construc-
ton of several submarine vessels of
the Holland type, and also for the
exclusive use of the patents for the
submarine boat for the French gov
eminent. Adoption of the Holland
boat has also been recommended TO
the navy departments of the United
States and England.
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Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 24.-Cnknown
parties entered the office of the Mon
roe Mirror during the night and de-
stroyed the presses and dumped the
type and other material into the
creek The act is supposed to be the
outgrowth of a bitter town fight The
paper is the state organ for the lib
eral party. \ reward has been offer
ed for the arrest and conviction OF
the perpetrators.
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YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT

and, OF course, want a democratic
newspaper. THE CHICAGO Dis
PATCH is the Great Democratic
Weekly Newspaper of the Country.
1t advocates the readoption of the
platform and the denomination Of
William Jennings BRYAN.
There has never been q political
campaign that will equal in import
ance that of the one to be tonight
next year. The republican party
backed by the money power Of this
country and Europe. 10 alert and Az
gressive. Flushed with the victory Of
three years ago it will seek by every
means In its power to maintain its
supremacy.
Democrats must be ND and DOING
They must wage an INCREASING Wa,
upon their enemies. In no better and
more effective way can this be done
than by the circulation OF a good
sound democratic Newspaper. The
Publisher of THE CHICAGO DIsPATcu
will send to every new snbscrfber for
three months a copy of TBH CHICAGO,
DISPATCH for ten cents. III Won are
not already taking this great poIiti-
cal weekly, send in ten cents AT onc.
You should not only do this Yourself
but you should induce all yeur friends
TO join with you. BY little effort
you can easily raise a club of ten or
twenty subscribers.
THE CHICAGO DISPATCH il fnjorsed
by William Jennings Bryan and
other democratic leaders.
Address TIE CHICAGO DIsPpTcB.
l2o and 12z Fifth Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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upon conviction, be fined not less
than $50 nor more than 800 or
imprisonment in county jail not ex-
ceeding one year. or both such fine
and Imprisonment.
1t is unlawful for any resident of
this state to drive from one country
to another in the same county, any
cattle, horses, mules or hogs for the
purpose OF herding or grazing the
same upon any unimproved or unen-
closed lands, or cause to be herded or
grazed any such cattle owned by any
such resident or nonresident upon
such land. Conviction is punishable
by forfeit of + per head, and every
day such stock is allowed to Craze is
a separate offense. Does not prohibit
grazing ones own land nor govern
ment lands nor any, ones land who
consents in writing
Any owner or occupant of a public
mill doing an exchange business shall
run at least four days a week and be
entitled to take as toll for grain
ground: Water mill, one-eighth;
steam mill, 0ne=sixth and no more,
Violation Is misdemeanor and pun
ishable by fine of not less than So
nor more than SO, or imprisonment
=, s<.l e<.- ,<~x lx., tl.,,. ono ,,,,. 49,,
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Beers SAID TO HAVE LOST ONE
THOUSAND.
Estimates of Men From Pretoria. The
Prison Camp Well Guarded


Cape Town. Nov 24-Late arrivals
from Pretoria estimate the Boer cas-
ualties at l 900 men, half of whom
were killed. They say the race course
there is prepare for q camp, 10 the
event OF siege, ana the gums of the
fort are trained on il in case
the prisoners attempt To escape. A
Maxim is placed at the gate of the
race track.
From President Kruger down ev-
eryone is in favor of fighting. They
believe they will succeed in annexing
all the beleaguered towns The flag
of the reunited republic now bears the
Orange cross The Beers expect the
war TO last from four to six months.
when, they say, they will possess
South Africa.
Commandant Albrecht and Lieu
tenant Eioff have started with 900
followers TO capture Buluwayo.
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Thousands OF men and women SUI
fer from piles. especially women with
female weakness have this suffering
to contend with in addition to their
other pains. Tablers Buckeye Pile
Ointment viii quickly effect a cure.
Price 80 cents in bottles. in tubes 75
cents at FL. l.. fuckers
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Infant mortality is &C.
frightful. Nearly one fouTtE
fore they reach one year. o
before they are five, and one
fore they are fifteen The III
of Whites Cream Vermifual
save a majority of these I
lives. Price % cts. at III. II.
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II You are Ill so. 90 per month
III Killed VIII pay your heirs. sos TO e5 600,
Uninsured. you cannot lose ali your income
when You are sick or disabled By Accident
Absolutely protection at o cost OF Oh 70 81 %
per month.
The Fidelity Mutual Aid Association IA pre
emineDtly the largest and strongest Accident
ana Health Association In the nlted stutes
It has 5000. 90 cash deposits with the states
OF California and Missouri, which toxethey
with ample Reserve Fund and .arge assets
make its certificate an absolute guarantees OF
sne soheity OF lite protection to its members
For particulars address
j. l. N. sHETTERLY.
Sec and Gen Mansger
an Frsncc1so. Cal
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Judge Henry Jerard, an old and
well-known figure on our streets for
many years. but who has been living
of late. with his son, Sylvester. at
Bolton, has been bequeathed quite a
fortune, in the sum of ST. 200, by a
sister recently deceased at Pau,
France. The judge has a large host
OF friends all over Cass county who
are glad TO note that he was thus re-
membered -Harrisonville Democrat
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L, and II comes into direct contact with
and is absorbed by the parts involved.
Morning sickness is quickly banished,
and nervousness is kept completely away.
The sense of dread and foreboding is not
experienced, even during labor itself.
Confinement is short and almost without
pain Recovery is quick and sure. Best
Of all, Mothers Friend benefits the
unborn just as much as the expectani
mother, and when the little one comes il
VII be strong, lusty and healthy.
Druggists sell Mothers Friend for 81 . bottle.
Send for our free book on the subject
finely illustrated
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR co.
ATLANTA GA
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Of condemnation on the imperial pol

OF condemnation on the imperial pol
icy of the president
This fact will be clear to the I'M
prejudiced observer when he reflects
that while the democratic candidate
received 301 900 votes, Jones, the
independent candidate polled no.
600 votes, both Mclean and Jones
being opposed to Imperialism and
having a combined vote of All 900
to the republican candidates 345,-
900 votes.
Thus Ohio can safely be counted as
opposed to Imperialism and the bal
lots east by the administration forces
fell sc, 900 short. There can be no
doubt that the people of this coun-
try are opposed to Imperialism. They
do not approve OF policy which is
unconstitutional and thoroughly OPP
posed to the principles upon which
the government was founded
cago Democrat.
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SENATOR VEST ON THE PRIMARY.
Opposes the Plan and Clearly Gives His
Reason for So Doing.
The State Tribune.

The state Tribune
The State Tribune some weeks since
published the sentiments of a large
number Of democrats regarding the
nomination for state offices by pri-
mary election. Among the answers
was one from Senator George Il. Vest,
in which he emphatically opposed
the state primary plan. The letter,
while to the point, was, however, very
brief The Liberty Advance has re-
ceived from Senator Vest a communi-
cation on the subject that more fully
explains his views. The letter to the
Advance is printed in full, AZ follows:
"Washington, Nov. 10, 1S99.-Ed-
itors Advance: Dear Sirs-Yours of
the 9th ult., asking for my opinion
in regard to a system of primary
elections, has been received. | prefer
conventions TO primary elections, al
though neither system is perfect In
states where the party have an over
whelming majority, as in Mississippi
or South Carolina, there is not so
1...%,~,, - s~.i
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though neither SYSTEM is perfe
states where the party have a
whelming majority, as in Miss
or South Carolina, there is !
much objection to primarie
states where a division in Ct
may give success to their on
MY experience has led ~
lieve that, as a rule. primf
tions induce the candidate d
all their energies upon obt
nomination and then to
their election secured Fact
ferences are engendered WI
fruit indefinitely. No mat
much vigilance is exercised,
permitted to vote at the
who go to the polls and vol
posing ticket. The fioatin;
peculiarly available at a
and | have never known u
held, which did not eventu<3
a bad result. OF course til
been and always will be comi
in conventions, but it can b
truly said that their actions
to public view and criticism
must be very reckless who par
in a convention and then
the opposing ticket. In
perpetrate fraud in a convex
whole convention must b.
lated, while at a primary
necessary to secure the iud
to control the result.
81 have not the slightest
reason for expressing These
/ have no cause to fear tn
for in a public experiences
forty years l have never hes
ed in a popular election,
reverse | have met was in
convention of 1876, when I
feated for the gubernatorial
ton by the late Gov. John
My public career will close
present term in the senate, ais
no interest to prompt me ex
welfare of the democratic y
the success of its principl
truly; G. CT
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rl.etria ID stee1,pr.

Robert SPINNER, in 1759. dsscribsd;
some most, entertaining experimenta;i:
making use Of the opposite electrifcar
tions Of superposed stockings of dit-s y
ferent materials or merely Of different
colors 1.-THE dye matters in the iattetS
case causing diferentiation): =. ilssS
dry atmosphere, q silk stocking bes bes
drawn over the leg and q Hooien ono
pulled over it, the two viii -be found dss
upon being removed, to be very pow
erfully electrified in opposite senses.s
If the four stockings OF two such pairs
be used and then suspended togethgr,,
they will indulge in remarkable anticse
due to, each of the silk stockings Try
ing to o}attraot bothiof the woe'len soi1es,
and VICE versa, and, on the other ,;
hand, each of each kind repslling the
other. The amountaof electrical at-sS
traction and repulsion produced in
this simple way in a|dry atmosp here
is remarkable. The experiment may:
also be performed with all silk-stock
ings, one pair white and the other:
lsok.-Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.
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how to use it, and il WAS very unpop.
ular. Some Of it was shipped to Phil.
adelphia by a Colonel Shoemaker and
sold there. It was not at all satisfac.
tory, and . writ was gotten ont from
the city authorities, denouncing the
colonel as q knave and sconndrel for
trying to impose rocks upon them as
coal. Still Philadelphia has largely
been built up by anthracite coal, and
$4,000, 900 tons Of this coal were taken
out of the Pennsylvania fields in 1895.
Since then some of these coal lands
have been sold as high as $1,000 an
acre, and the Philadelphis and Read
ing Company, in 1871, paid $40, ,000,.
900 for 100000 acres of coal land in
this region.
It is hard to estimate the enormous
amount of money the United States
makes out of its coal. We get more
than three times as much out of our
coal mines as out Of our gold mines,
and the silver metal is not in it with
the black diamonds. THERE'S little
region in eastern Pennsylvania, about
a'huDdred and twenty-five miles from
Philadelphia, and not more than two
hundred miles from New York, which
produces every year coal to q greater
value than all the gold mines of the
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THE NEW BULLET.

Toward the head Of the bullet there
is a small opening in this envelope
Frenchmen say that when this bullet
touches q soft substance the opening
is compressed and the projectife is eoa
enlarged that it assumes the form sof
a mushroom. As result, they mAin4
tain, fearful wounds are caused. Bul4
lets Of small, ,caliber, they point souts|f
are intended to put men hors du CONT
bat without making them undergo
needless suffering. ..zSassss
DR.. Bruins, Inspe ector- General Of thef
military hospital at WurteEbnrg area
Gently made some experiments With
bullets of this type, and pointed ont
that Q bullet with q cavity in its head
and 'shaying greater penetration than
the dum-dum bullet reaches 9 soft OF
liquid body without changing its forIn;hI
and then bursts" illustrations made
during these experiments SHOW wounds
so frightful that they seem to have
been caused by some Yery powerful
explosives, but, according to Engl
experts, we ought to remember whiiaS
studying these illustrstions, thst tte
DOCTORS experiments consisted mainly
of,shots fred from q Lee-M Mehord rlfiaI
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A Now Style. of Fog Horn.

How to render navigation safe ~
thick weather is question which has
engaged the attention Of many IN
ventors and experimentalists without
any very satisfactory result at the
present day.
There are. now in use several instru-
ments, notifications OF the mega
phone, which are intended to be car car
rried on vessels for the purpose Of lo-
eating fog signals, be they on ship or
shore. All such inventions are M
tended for the listener. It occurred
to R. F. Foster that this was working
at the wrong end Of the problem, and
that the proper place to locate fog
signal was in the signal itself, so that
if a person heard it at all he could be
certain OF its direction, without being
compelled to use any instrument.
On this theory a signal was built
and installed at Falkner's Island, m
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the life is not an alluring one. The
pay is small, the work hard and the
dangers still many. The only really
pleasant way to be connected with q
coal mine is as the owner of one.
Our Appalachian coal fields alone
could supply the world with fuel for
| centuries. They are the largest and
richest known, and they are 80 stu
ated that the coal can be shipped from
them long distances by water. From
Pittsburg coal can be carried for
eighteen thousand miles on navigable
streams, and the CRATE fires of the
South blaze with the rays from the
black diamonds from Pennsylvania.
The Ohio River is the great coal chute
for the Mississippi valley. The coal
is carried down it IN great barges,
pushed by little steamers, and 80 fast
ened together that single steamer
will push acres of coal. Loads of
twenty thousand tons are taken. A
vast amount of coal is carried on the
canals and the great lakes from one of
the chief highways of the coal traffic.
The amount of coal carried on the
railroads is almost beyond conception.
The Philadelphia and Reading has
more than fifty thousand coal cars,
which are dragged by nine hundred
coal locomotives. These cars arekept
busy in carrying anthracite coal. The
Pennsylvania Railroad employs more
than seventy thousand cars for the
movement of it's coal and coke trade,
and the Central Railroad Of New Jer-
sey carries about five million tons OF
anthracite coal every year. More coal
is handled OF New York than at any
other place in the world except Lon
don, more than fifteen million tons
being used or transshipped at that
point annually.
The coal miners live as poorly as
any other class of workmen in the
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A Purely Personal Fire.

There was smell of fire in the
house, the deep gray odov of burning
cloth. : The man of the house began
nosing about to find out what caused
it. He prides himself upon his keen
ness of scent. He went across the
room.
"Hum! It grows stronger" he
said. When he had his nose fiat up
against brick and plaster wall it was
stronger than ever. He backed off.
s'No, it's somewhere over here At
the door to the hall the odor was very
pronounced. He rushed downstairs
into tho dining room. The odor was
there too. He hurried down cellar. II
was overpowering.
He put his hand into his coatpocket
for a match. He found the fire by his
sense of touch and went upstairs md
poured glass of water into his pocket.
Since then he carries his matches i'll n
box, and is disposed to be incredulous
when stories of incendiaries arc nar-
rated. He says conAesration, like
charity, begins at home.-New York
CONNER cial Advertiser.
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mine? If SO, you can appreciate some
OF the dangers of mining. A coal mine
is like great catacomb. It is city
underground, the walls of which in
many cases are upheld by timbers.
Now and then you come to rooms out
of which the coal has been cut. The
coal is taken down with blasting pow
der, and there is danger of the wall
falling and OF the miners being
crushed. 49,. .l
There is also dan ger from fire damp,
or the union of the gases of the NINE
brought together by the light from a
lamp or candle. This causes great
explosion. It,comes like stroke of
lightning, and with clap ofthunder.
AS the explosion occurs a roaring
whirlwind of fame goes through the
tunnels, pulling down the timbers and
caving in the walls. 1t burns every
thing within reach. Miners are
blinded, scorched\ and sometimes
burned to cinders. Hundreds have
often been killed at time by such
explosions, and by the food of cur
bonic acid and gas which follows them.
The statistics show that even in the
United States one miner is killed for
every hupdred thousand tons of coal
mined, and those who are injured
number many times this proportion.