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Hearts are trumpS. y Is to lead, ana with y
for a partner to win al. eight tricks against the
best defence of f and W.
LOCAL SEASON NDs
The next few weeks will probably be de-
voted to preparations for the ninth congress.
will he the nmon form Of whist among the
experts. The coming week brings the seaeon
TO an end forthe compass games In most OF our
local clubs. all of which have enjoyed a more
than usually prosperous season. The contest
for leading donors has been keen and continu-
Gus. although there has been no understand
ing this year that those who came out ahead
would be given any special preference in the
selection OF teams and pairs for the coming
congress in Chicago.
pal clubs has been of a, different character.
and there can therefore he no comparison ~
results such as would enable us to form an
opinion as to the best players in the city. At
the Whist Club OF New York they play alto
gcther on tn" Howell pair system OF averaG-
season. and a PLAYER must take part in at least
ten in order 10 qualify as a prize winner. This
i the only club in the country in which they
keep a record Of and give Il prize for kills" A
kill is credited to any pair making N lenst one
trick more than any other pair on any deal. II
are also prizes for the greatest number OF plus
scores. called matches, and for the greatest
number Of times top score. The New York
club season ends on Wednesday next, although
there will b" a special guest night on June I.
There are only six men in the club who have
plus scores who have also played games enough
tOuualify. On Wednesday last, j. b. Elwell,
who has Just returned from n visit to Jamaica.
made the top score. { plus and kills. with j.
A. Spatford for PARTNER. Hatch and Denison
OF the leaders to date, with one more round to
pIuy. Is as follows:
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Trick ?. Y leads the small trump because the
KING Is turned, THIS nrncd-trump business
makes quite a numh"r OF peculiar plays ncccs-
Hhry. In the last Canadian Whist Congress 10
tru'np WAS turned Ia any Of tho deals, and 1t
saved "A LOT Of bother.
Trick y \ naturally leads one of the second
hnd thlrd br~t In order To clear his suit. never
dreaming Of the Slaughter that l. in store for
him i d~lsrardo all hi" partners suit but one,
which he keeps To- lead t. him
Trick 10. ! secs that Is is strong in diamonds
aud SO lends an Intermediate curd through Iim
IN orderto civ" Il il ln-sIll" ilnessras he is not
AFRAID, OF A.. whose suit he can trump,
~ put down eleven tricks fOr this deal on
their score cards and did not SEQ anything
iarlEnlar!y Interesting. IN II. "a II was evident
that upderplay IL diamonds did not gain
nnythtrE. because the king vas the only trick
IN tn" suit for Alb. After thr gam" was Over.
however. ana the scores w"i" compared. the
most surprising wings were found on this
particular hand. and tn" following is the line
OF play that brought the greatest Of them to
pass.
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not continue the diamonds and does not want
% show the adversarles all three suits. there
Ia nothing for IL hut to go back with the club
and hone for the best.
OUR PROBLEMS.
The solution to the problem published April
- Is for y to lead the spade queen. j. covers
with the fuurchettc, OF course, and \ wins. re-
turning the ace Of trumps. y d~iscards the
spade 4. and = then leads the club queen.
which y takes way from him with the ace. re.
leads n small spade, putting T. in the lead. and
the rest is obvious.
Here is something that will pass an idle half
hour.
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\. Iosophson has a plus trick score OF "a. with
played only eight times and cannot get in the
At the KnicErrhocker Whist Club the season
ends on Tuesday evening next. but the result
is already ii t~oregonc conclusion for the prin-
cipal prize. which is for tricks. All the games
ell compass system, the y and S players sitting
stilI and the L and W PLAYERS moying from
age trick score TO date are obliged to sit y and
: until the table, are filed. and those with
small plus or with minus scores sit f and W.
This makes the big fellows eat each other up
and at the same tim" gives the weaker players
IA chance to get a good score among their
The first prize is for the greatest, number OF
tricks Plus on the thirty-fve, weeks, play. the
standing of the Leaders 70 date being rs fol
iF2 +. fosI .: . ana n'f e. g. "Gro;ie'. ii: u \. iEr I. RGnnid n+ 81 !:
h. {. Fuller. -. In computing the score for
piasTT' is T NOT pr %LeHfi il IS 9Eec q SHeai as il 1 he had !, 4
made n minus score. Out Of the 81 possible
Fuller is N Art TI@ ScN Win 35lht1 wins; BaGhmGGn
Scores 6: G,,,'s.. AdS@S Is in n the II Isad w,th 2,
Cramer. Man and Thurher have It each. Bach
The KnickerboCkcr has seven teams in
training for match play: and from among
tiv"s for the coming congress at Chicago. As
at present constituted these teams are as fol-
lows;
Cra,ner, Tirrell. Eliot and Denison.
EllleT Baker. Marlqsnd and T.inE,ight.
Thurher. Fischer. Seq IT and Church.
Patten, Clute. Hall aud TApnen.
Robinson. WOOD. Arnold and Van Neste.
Collier. Hartmann. Kulsski and Westerteld.
At the Brooklyn Whist Club the season ends
Tomorrow night. and it looks as il the result
was n certain win for W. {. Dewitt. The sys-
TEN Of scOrin here Is different from that OF
any other club. ach time a person plays being
considered u match which is won or lost ac-
cOrdiug as the score is plus or minus. No no.
tlce is taken Of absence. =" that a player can
not lose ANYTHING but opportunities if he stay
away, Attention was called to tn" peculiarly
sgitiop in The match Sc and We have ,e, n n, sim mi.
lar case at the knickorhocker in the trick
scores. Foster going away to Europe for six
weeks and coming back to find himself moved
up TO second place.
The match scores at the Brooklyn Whist Clut
are computed by averages, and the standing oil
the leaders to date. with one more game &c
play, is as follows:
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Yachting Notes.

The schooner Coron"t is having new pltuks put in
her counter a. 7 hos.
MITE Watson will have charge NJ the schooner Con
ISOLATION, recently purchased by +. skinner ~
b Istun.
I'M twenty NTH annual spring regatta ~ tho IIud
son RIVER Yacht Iluh will he sailrd on Decoration
Day. The c .nrSe VIII be OF the clubhouse, al tho
foot nf West Nmcty-s 'conh street.
Commmdorc + 7. Adam. ard q party ~ friends
went to Port Jefferson last Mnudav, Gul the schooner
yacht SAchem was Iut in commission. The SAChcm
went for a short cruise ON the sound,
a change ,hi: bc"n made in the schedule of tho
Defender, which runs from the Battery to Sea Gate.
the hradVnarters Of the Atlantic Yacht club. On
StturdaNs the return trip from the latter place Will
b" male at ln"'vlnCk At night instea OF :: 80 % clock.
At Mdnning's, Erie Basin, the following yachts arr
being placed III conditions: Rear Commodore August
H"lmont's sloop Miurula, q. \. Tatum's steamer
EoSe le, J, II. F~laglcr's steamer Anita. Jefferson
Hoghn's "chornc" Cavalier and Gen, Willuughhy
Weston : cutter WrnOnAh.
Am"nS tie yacht. ntting out at Teho,s are ].
Burke Wolfe's steamer RdhdA, r.. b.. sheldon
steamer Black Pearl. j Herbert Baliantine' =
steamer J~uanita. ". T.. Is'lin'. schooner Emerald
and j. II. de la Mars schooner FleetwIng. The lat.
ter has not been in commission for several years.
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j, Il. flwelI leads every one for both tricks
aud high scores, but he has not played often
enough to get Il good match score.
Little or no attention seems, to havo been
paid TO the New York state trophies lately. and
thor" have been no recent games for either the
Albany trophy for fuurs or tn" Utica trophy for
PAIRS, which Will Therefore, remain the property
fall tournament If the State tssoriatiun. Inst
year we had these cups in New York city and
"%%Whr,t'i,"n l9r them snn, was y NGry v !IySiy' PIT no
aud none, q tn" New York city clubs have
challenged them.
Among Tia" women things ar" on the boom
Just at present. The Long Island Womcn's
cub put quite IA feather in its cap by winning
Sh ham S%%t%i G'' y fih% | MStro TSHTihTSr9Wi Whit fGe AI p%ir
citation, Tho pr"liminari"s We're played in a
COMPASS, game in which 100 OF the crack
ing well represented. OF these there we're
fourteen pairs who q~unltiAed for, the finals.
M iTe Bcr TSTI" l"ff yyS"u %H ON ,ne M ,1%Tey' GI asf' Mr 9t
Hcald and Mrs. Seymour of the Long Island
CHI, ilp3,,lv winning the trophies. which they
THIS club VIII give an open game to which its
men friends are invited on Tuesday AFTERNOON
ford avenue. On Thursday night at they will
entertain their men friends for the last time
this s"n1nh with a compass game. They expect
Tn" Women's Whist, club Of BROOKLYN gave
its last guest night ofthr season at the Gcrina-
mia on Thursday last and had Il full house, all
the local cracks being on hand. Mr.. and Mrs.
+. T., Tucker carried Off the honors by making
II plus on the \ ana - hands, Miss Campbell
aud 4. McGrath We're second with q. Miss Cum
Eand W hands Mr. and Mrs. Bent were high
with 10, Mrs. breckenridge and Mrs. McCon-
nell :, Mrs, Wade ard Mrs. Boyd. Mrs. Hartman
and T., 7 Baker each getting I plus.
tn" \. ". |" challenge trophy is. still in the
West. the Minneapolis Chess and Whist Club
having won il eight times in succession, which
gives them first place in the race. with a total Of
fourteen wins to their credit. Twenty wins
civ" permanent possession Of the cup and
certificates ar" gwen TO all clubs, winning II
ten times or more. Out Of the llH matches
50 far played the following clubs have received
certificates for ten or more wins: Hamilton OF
nhIladrlphia. American Of Boston, Baltimore
Whist Club, Albany Chess and Whist Club.
st. Paul Whist Club and Minneapolis Chess
. aud Whist ilub.
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AnrnnlGnme. ots,. Ans.in,s school rini.hed

TIL" anna! a;&lc;c gines Of 81. Aust,n's School.
L'y!ngs on, wcr" finished IN Thursday attrrnDon o.
the school grounds. A portion of the events were 4"
cil"d on Tursliv ~ the Knickerhocker A. {. grounds,
Bavounc On Ihur~hHg the sch ul recur for ru''Ig
the l2.puuui shot was broken by Is. scott. VITA
~ feet. Tie orr,inus record was - feet ! mchaG
SUMMARY follows
lW-lari Dash. senior Won by Dearborn. : It
second, kClnGs thlrl ~ /. -teuuI-.
lou-hRrl Dash, VI ddl"-Non "" Ppmmrr. Kafk
man second. br"rcron, . yards. third. Ilme. o. :
sruUnls.
COWARD Dash. Junr,r-wom by Good EIn,.I'
s"-onl, Walls + third. ruuc ~ 3 = second,
PIT lrR l"-PunnI shot We 10y scott W'h %
feet, al ,ileu second. Thomas third +. ~ IS
8 houl recor. wa - trrt ! inches.
lunning II jump, Seuior Won h. ,lIir,
Hare So. onl. Thorn third Height = feet m '"-
Running High Jump Middle Won l., kAu'rarr,
Running High Jupp, IUnjur-wou hv wa-,-,
i"dur second. Edwards and prMdlrt n tie for iAlrl,
Height, 3 fC. T. inches.
lunulnE Broad Iump-won by Ghddrn, N.mps ~
s'rond, lunIas third. DistanCc, ~ t'ri lu iu.'.,,
Poi" Ndult-Wm by GlIdl"u. NronrIl sr."i,
2@C-farA Dis", VI dllr-Wrn 10y BONNER. tat'
mann s"run :, R,crctou third. Time. so ! . :" .'
20 Yard bash, Junior Won h' GL'd, E'Na'.'
second, J." Duo third. TirGr, rs seconds.
lhre"- l!Cg-"d Race, Sr,lur. 100 NnrtS MHu y
Thorn and Gid leu, KELLOGG arI Thomas '' ~,
Hare and L%o"kwol ihlrd. Tame. - I . -",unI.
Three Legged Race. Junior Won bN EdwAi.- Al
Malso Brrret"n and Morris second. i,l.". -'
Scratch Consolation Race, Iuo Yards " 10y Re.
seconds. I
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SurrH ORASGE, May 2T.-The twelfth annual Geld
day of the Newark Academy Athletic Association
Was held Oh the 8 nth Orange Field Club grounds
yesterday afternoon. summary:
iOrYard DAsh-Firs; class-Won by ]. y. Carter,
1900 seconl, II, Il. Prout. 1900. Time. IL seconds.
Halt. Mile Hun-Won by Il. A. williams, 1900; SEQ
ond. W. NJ. McCoy, 1909. Time. . minutes II 2S
seconds.
Running High J~ump-Third class-won by ,.
Conklii. Jr.: second, u. Palmer. Height. 3 feet 10
inches.
Running High Jump-sccond class Won by T. r.
R1innninv Hi.h Jnnp first Siass'Won bv j i.
Carter. l. o.: second, l.. =. Hubble. 1900. Height.
e fe t +1. inches.
second: ! halisch. Time, lH 81 seconds.
lou" Yard Dash-Sccond rlaas-Won by Il. 3. HE
liz: -econ1, T r. Gray. Time. ~ 20 seconds.
second. II. Il. Prout, 1noO. D stance. 3S feet > inches.
Running ir al Junp-FITst claAs-Won by W. q.
Wrights"n. l"nn; second. |. J.. selyage. 1900. Dis.
Running Broad Jump-Sccond class-won by T. Y,
Gray: second. l.. Kirkpatrick. Distance, IL feet az
LIZARD Hurdle R%ece-First lass Won by J. y.
Carter, 1900; second, H. Il. Prout, 1900. Time.
~ Al seconds.
Thrown the Disrus-won by q. A. Williams.
1900 second q. n. Hopper. 1901. Distance. III feet
y incllG'.
75.Yard Hurdle Race-Secoud class-won by G. b.
NahwaGen'h; second, l.. Kirkpatrick. Time. II 80
22O-Yard Dash First class-won by n. Carter,
l"to so on II. l., rrout, l"uo. Time, - sccond-,
44O.Yarl r 'n-won b. II. &. AEhmcad. 1900; sec.
ond. Az. Mn. 100. Time. minute 8 - seconds
22I-Yard Dash Second clnss-won by q. h. Van
wagcnen; s"Coud. II. $. Hlgbie. Time. ~ 30 seconds.
onda.
- rias, ot !sn:., ~. AID Me class Of 1901, 10. AID
the class ~ 1902 >.
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His Side of IL.


Where asked the female suffrage orator.
would man l" today Were il not for woman?'
she paused a moment and looked around tho
hall. - repeat. she said. where would man
lie to-day werr 1t not for woman"
lleA ne IN tl" Gar ,"nuf Eden eating straw-
berries, answered a voice from the gallery.
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AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
FIJI IMPORTANCE or KNOTING WHEN
TO "SHIFT" on CH4NGE TICTTCS.

TO "SHIFT" OK CHdNGE TACTICS.
Analyses of Games Proving This-Problcms
End of the Lrcal whist SeaSon-Getting
Ready for the Congress In Chicago
with the Women Players-Club Gossip.
In his remarks upon the qualifications neces-
sary for a really nrst-class player. Capt. H.. n.
Ward OF the Boston team mentioned that
among other things he thought II very neces-
sary for a player TO know when to shift" BY
this some persons might imagine he meant
simply to switch suits. but he undoubtedly re-
ferred to shifting the tactics Of the hand from
those first intended to something which the de-
.%elopment has shown to he more promising.
As a remarkable instance of the value ot
In which the original leader opens with "A sup
porting card. won 10y his partner. who starts TO
run for it. but suddenly finds the hand con-
tains possibilities which are not at first sus-
pected. z dealt and turned the heart jack.
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RIPANS

As cross As seven, ueVllAs
And could hardly lift brick.
To-day he's gay and hearty
Ripans TGbules didit.
At drug stores-1O for &.
Goliath Indigestion
Ia afoemAn fierce and bold.
But RipAns Ia q David
That KNOCKS him stin and cold.
There was a young lady named Hannah
Gave lessons upon the piAnah,
She had stomach distress.
Ripans cured her. guess.
In a most satisfactory mannah.
Jimmy Corbott, OF fame pugilistio.
The hero OF fights that were fstc.
Declares Hipans p noon
Night, morning ana noCa,
And speaks OF them in terms eulogfstoi
A~trackwalkef living In Reading
His praises of Ripans is spreading.
For he saws beyond question
They'll cure indigestion,
And no longer that trouble he's dresdins.
A lady of fashion named Kent
With cramps In the stomach was bent
She tried Ripans one day
And the pain passed away,
And left the poor lady content
A city young lady named BliRh,
Was ~iistless. and dull in the eigh,
OF all vim " she was short
Until Ripans she sought.
But sLs's since feeling lively and sprishi
hiady OF New York society.
whose heauhcnes hau caused her hnueUs
Ripans took for the pain.
Ana she now VIII explain
how tney cured ner Win great spontanioVN
There was a young man OF Maroellus
As windy as any old bellows.
And h niSm ' The r snn.o don, sS SSu s ssi' us,
A Hphokan Arntchman narned SANDY
Keeps llpans Iablits always handy.
ana whenever ne reefs
a distress atter meals,
he Says, az cure they re dandyl
banker who lives in Cape May
HAD dyspepsia every day
chti hlpans ne tired
Indigestion. and kept 1t awayi
Alady who dwelt In westheld
she took Ripans awhile.
And now says. with a smile, 1880.
mat from bilious ATTACKS tney re q snieiau
milliner dwelt in Tyrone
ana was n0thlhS nut Door SKIN ana bone.
LII sue sudunhiy nau
What they call - Rinans fad
look them daily. ana quite plump mas groWW
Rpans Tabules are the things
10 cure dyspeptics, grief;
But one will give relief.
And heartburn did OFT tantalize her.
since hlpans she tried,
why: 1t can't b. denied.
That she IN both better ana wisorI
From oNerwork often felt were.
Klpans three times a day
TOOK TINS teelnH away.
And made her feel strong, bright ana cheoneI
Who. for tiatnlence. gives this advice:
Take a Riphns Tabule,-
As general rule.
You Will md two or three Will sufnce-"
Which for healing gets little reliance.
When u ever succeeds
Inc talth cnrlst proceeds
with hlpahs labules IN Alliance.
Whose face used to be white and chalky.
Ripans cured him OF that
MADE him ed.faoed and fat
Hes the happiest man in Milwaukee,
---
There was A lonpshoreman named Miok-
Who oil After eating was sick
Now he says with delight
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A really hrstclass summer resort, either a. seaEhOre
or mountain, make is locality known through THE
sLN.s advertising columns. SUS readers seek such
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EEct nv "Ul,, q los ' ,lN, Cor wlIrh they are
not rr.ruusihlr IN auy WAY.
Trick :. know to a certainty that the X
WAS not led iruTN a strong SUN, - he goes back
with his weak SUIT and awaits Developments.
Trick g. A knows with equal certainty that
BIS ely bs are good Tor nothing. but as he cam
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Hearts are trumps. n is to lead. and with 8
for a partner to win al. eight tricks against the
hest defence of T. and W..
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|PETROFF's DEFENCE.

POSITION AFTER WHITES rRIRTY-THIRD MOVE.
BLACK hAasHALD-FIGHr PIF"Es.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
Affected by Men.

Men have their little Alterations. as
we'll as women. Among the latest Is
that of turning the toes in. 1t Is very
impressive. With feet shod in the extra
heavy and eXtra-big boots so fashion,
able just now, and accompanied by the
popular pegtop trousers, the turned-in
toes are at their awkwardest 1t is all
on account of the game of golf. Much
golf makes one pigeon-toed, as Is
proved by the devotees of the game.
Instinctively in driving and swinging
the feet veer inward, and before long
they point that way off the links as
well as on them. This principle once
established, the next step was that all
ambitious to become golfers should
turn their toes in. Then everybody who
hoped to be taken for a golfer began TO
turn his toes in, and finally all those
who blindly do a thing just because
everybody else is doing it, and no mat
ter how ugly and senseless the thing
may be, became pigeon-toed
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Making sure OF Him.

81 think" said the thoughtful
mother, "that you ought to object to
young Brown paying so much attention
to our daughter"
"Why?" demanded the thoughtful
father. che impresses me very favor
ably"
That's Just it," returned the
thoughtful mother. 1--WE must do
something to make his ambitious moth
er think We regard ourselves a little
above them socially il we are to make
sure of him. "-Chicago Post.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
An Unnamed Hero.

Among the melancholy applications
for leave to presume death" in the
Stella disaster was one touching in its
revelation of n deed Of heroism. The
applicant was Miss Baker. whose
father. a major, had gone down with
the vessel. Both were about to perish
when the father made a piteous APP
peal to a boat load of passengers who
were leaving the side to find room for
his daughter. One man, of whose
identity there is absolutely no trace,
instantly stepped back to the ship and
allowed the lady to take his place. AS
the boat cleared the side the vessel
went down, carrying with 1t the girls
father and her unknown rescuer. How
beautiful! how unutterably sad! His
anonymity seems somehow to enhance
the heroic granduer q his death. Moth
ing would have been gained by know
ing his name. 4 man capable of such
n deed wants no mortuary honors, nor
the local habitation of monument.
lie belongs to the infinite Of greatness,
and his fitting grave is the sea.-LOn-
don Daily News.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
FOOD OF A LIFETIIE.
EDiBLES REQUIRED BY A MAN
MAKE GREAT BULK.
In Seventy Years of Life He Fats a
Herd of Cattle, and Drinks More than
Would Fill the Heidelberg Tun-In.
tercsting Comparisons.

A prominent scientist of mathemat-
ical turn, having little spare time on
his hands. devoted some of 1t recently
to computing the bulk of food he has
consumed In the seventy years of his
life. The resulting figures are surpris-
ing, and in the comparative details of
his report the average man who eats
and drinks will find much to interest
him. The scientist says. in summing
up, that if all the bread he has eaten
could be duplicated and gathered to-
gether it would weigh fourteen tons
He has Toasted on a good-siz herd of
oxen, sheep and pigs. which. If repre-
scented in one animal of each of the
kinds mentioned, would make the pre-
historic mammoths look like babies in
comparison. IF all the milk. tea.
coffee beer, wine, liquor and and water
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lie Hoped Not.

The other day when it was raining
veiy hard, four or five men were hav-
ing few glasses of beer in village
beer house, when one man said to the
company:
Its a drop of nice rain this. 1t
should stir things up in the ground"
One curious old man. who was
known to have been henrecked during
his wiie's lifetime, replied:
"By Jove. hope not; only buried
tn wife yesterday r'-Spare Moments.
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weight, assuming that he weighs not
less than 100 pounds.

weight, assuming that he weighs not
less than 100 pounds.
Man must have his cigar, his pipe, his
cigarette, or all three of them. Our
mathematician says he began smoking
in his twentieth year. and that he aver
aged one dozen of cigarettes a day I'D
to the present time he has smoked 219,-
900 cigarettes, which in the aggregate
would fill wrapper sixteen feet long
and eighteen Inches thick. He smoked
also six cigars day, which, made up
in one wrapper, would weigh about two
tons and measure sixteen feet three
inches. and two feet thick. 81 never
used to smoke more than an ounce of
tobacco a day" he adds. A little figur-
Ing will show that the insignificant
ounce day means 1,150 pounds of to.
bacco in fifty years.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

G. A. Dewey, Kenosha, Wis. hard
ware merchant, recently ordered lad
der from Chicago house, and after
waiting a reasonable length of time
wrote to inquire why he had not re-
ceived it. lie was informed that the
ladder had been shipped by mistake to
Admiral Dewey at Manila. A tracer
was sent after it and it was overtaken
just as it was about to be placed on
board of a steamer at San Francisco.