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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

The big wigs tell as that the Eng
lish language now has COO. 900 words.
The worst of 1t Is that there are so
many people who think the country
can't be happy unless they are using
all Of them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
I
MOB RUNS POLICE OUT
OF KANSAS OIL TOWN I

, Wichita, Kan, Oct. "a mob
, OF 1000 me ran Marshal Grove
; and his deputies Out of tho city OF
Augusta. an oil town 20 mites OF
; here, wrecked the city jail and Ill.,
, Grated six prisoners held on petty
charges. The mob resented the ar !
rest OF several leading citizens on
; charges Of violating traffic ordi-
nances.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

When Adam and Eve learned OF
their untoward future, there was some
novelty to the comment that II was
an unusually warm season, but never
since then.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

II a woman has an automobile acct
dent and loses a front tooth she feels
that she has been disgraced. If she
merely suffered a broken leg, she
thinks she had a marvellous escape.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

II Is said there are 25.O00.OO0 cats
In the United States. That Is a cat
Tor every four Inhabitants. The other
three people who jointly own one with
us a take our per capita and well
come.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Why. is 1t that when ants get In the
house. they proceed TO chew the tough
hide OF the old al and pass up the
tender, toothsome flesh of the IN
folks and the children2
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Optimism Is that state OF hopeful
ness hat enables a fellow to feel that
there Is no danger Of misfortune over
taking him and If IL does, he will kick
1t out of his way and go IN.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

The war seems to have put a stop to
international marriages between
American heiresses and foreign noble
men. but American chorus girls con
tinue to pick up II title now and then.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

The funniest performance Is IN I'M
important mans effort to appear I'M
portant. although u stingy mans ef-
forts TO appear generous also add
something to the gayety of the ma
ton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
Milk Supply in New York Short.

New York, Oct. 9.-New York City
received only half OF its normal milk
supply Sunday. according to informa-
ton received at the Office of John j.
Dillon, state commissioner of foods
and markets, from agents of the Dairy
mems league.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

A sartorial expert warns fat men
against wearing broad stripes. But
they haven't yet been denied the
privilege of wearing those dlnkey
coats with the empire waist line.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

After the war a number of NUM-
lions plants plan to enter the auto
mobile manufacturing business. With
30 many In the field we shall have 20
change cars as often us women do
their hats.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

In spite Of the large exports OF
horses 10 Europe since the wal began.
there are still about u. OOO.OOO horses
In the United States today. and they
%OuihuiHber the automobiles by prob
ably six to one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

A Western man has escaped from
prison six times. If he was as sue
cessful keeping out of prison as he
Is In getting In what a wonder he
would be.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
FUNERAL OF GEO. A. JOSLYN

Body Of President of Western News.
paper Union Laid to Rest.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9.-Funeral ser.
vices for George A. Joslyn. president
OF the Western Newspaper Union, who
died at his home here Wednesday at
the age of sixty-eight years. were held
on Friday afternoon. A large number
OF publishers from various towns In
the Middle West, who had known him
personally for a number OF years, at
tended the last sad rites.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
NO RESTRICTIONS TO WAR

: ZONE nv u.ss.-GERMAN NOTE
Washington, Oct. s.-The agree
: ment between the United States
: and Germany with reference to
submarine warfare, as REACHED In
: the notes Of April 10, May 4 and
= May ., provided for right Of visit
: and search, within or without the
: naval war zone, warning OF ves-
sels and proper safeguards for per.
uniting passengers TO BE- removed
: to Ifeboats.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Poker Is different from politics.
When you r asked "what have you
got7' In poker. you can't refuse to an
aswer Hypothetical questions"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

While the cheaper cuts are higher
the old-fashioned uppercut and the
celebrated cut direct cost no more.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Every nan is secretly convinced
that his wife would make a fairly
capable detective II she should eve
be thrown on her own resources.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

See America first-with a prefer
ence for that part that cah be seen
for two cents a mile.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

1t is possible for a man to pray too
much for the other fellow and not
enough for himself.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Cutting a throat from ear to ear
may be the proper way, but II Is sell
dom followed In regular practice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
Famous Confederate Soldier Die,

Baltimore, Oct. 9.-Col. Davis Gregg
Mclntoch, so years old, one of the
most distinguished lawyers Of Mary
land and a famous Confederate SOL
dier, died suddenly at his home.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

1t is estimated that there are 25,OO0.-
600 cats In the United States. How
muck are they worth?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

And the honeymoon Is generally over
when he throws the biscuits through
tho dining room window and swears
~ viii take be meals downtown Tor
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Whatever may be said of Americas
melting pot" Il seems to have turned
out some first-class athletes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Skirts. shoes, hats-everything Is to
be narrow next winter. Does nobody
love q fat woman2
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

ing airships to reach their patients,
the stork legend may prove reality
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Shoes are going up, and so Is the
cost Of haircuts. From one extreme
to the other. as 1t were.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

Well-known words Of unknown
men: II don't feel like going to work
this morning"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
U.Boat Creates Sensation.

Minneapolis Man Hurt at Front.
Winnipeg. Oct. 9.-Private Oliver
Iced, 1927 Marquette avenue, Mime
apolis, is reported as wounded In the
official casualty list OF $40 names.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
Love is a powerful emotion. Ii has
been known to wash a boys ears.
Every man likes to fool the doctor
who told him he couldn't get well.

The only edible article Of commerce
that gains by shrinking Is q Swiss
cheese.
The sun., 1916-09-24

2 dealt and bid q club, showing two
sure tricks. A passed and Y went no
trump. taking a nance on the diamonds.
Be led two rounds Of diamonds and then
shifted to the hearts, so as to avoid set
ting up a diamond for dummy. Y won
the heart trick and put dummy in with
q club.
According to Us view Of the situation
at this table. tho first thing Is to see IL
the clubs will drop. II both adversaries
follow suit to two rounds, there are Ave
club tricks in sight, two hearts and pos
sibly two spades. II the spade fnesse
wins That is the game.
But after the two winning clubs from
dummy the spade flnesse failed. b made
his third diamond and led another heart.
clubs and the ace OF spades, but lost the
last trick. stopping at two by cards, or
ono short Of game.
At another table Y got the contract
at no trumps. although z passed without
a bid. A led two rounds Of diamonds
just the same and then switched to the
heart suit.
But here comes the difference in US
opinion of the play that should follow.
He assumed that the clubs would drop
without trying them out. because he sees
IL they do not drop the gamo Is impos-
sible. Five clubs. i've hearts and a
spade are certain. The thing Is the
ninth trick. There are two ways to
make It. the spade finesse and the fourth
diamond.
One Is a gamble. the other IL a GER
tainty. At this table Y picked the GER
tainty. and upon winning the first heart
trick he put dummy In with n club. and
led the ten of diamonds. This made the
spade finesse entirely unnecessary, as he
won tho ext heart and put dummy In
with another club TO make the estab-
lished nine Of diamonds and then re-
turn the clubs.
This little difference In judgment cost
one player 1876 points. Here Is another
hand. in which there seems to be q
greater difference In the development Of
the play than In either OF the preceding
examples:
The sun., 1916-09-24
q Q ?
3xJ

Clubs are trumps and Il is in the lead.
Y and n want all five tricks against any
defence. As they have six winners in
sight 1t would seem a difficult matter to
lose two Of them.
The solution IL for 2 TO lead two
rounds OF diamonds. on the first OF
which y will discard a losing heart. Tho
second trick A must trump or discard
a heart. To trump would be TO allow
y TO pick up both of AS trumps and
lead n heart to rs ace. so A discards.
This allows the Jack Of diamonds to
win the trick IL Y discards again. But
Y cannot AFFORD to leave himself with
nothing except trumps, as by doing so
he would be oh' ged to win the next
trick. regardless OF AS play and lead
up 20 AS guarded ten OF tSumps. losing
a trick.
Y trumps the second diamond and
leads his remaining heart. which throws
the lead back into rs hand. This gets
rid Of the ~uperhuous trump and caves
a with nothing hut trumps for the last
two tricks. Whichever trump A plays
Y wins and catches the other.
Some thought tho problem could DO
solved by leading the ace of hearts first.
but this makes IL impossible for Y to get
rid OF his supcriluous trump. and the
defect In such solutions was in making A
ruff the second diamond.
The defence for a IL not to trump
anything until he has nothing but
trupps left. II Y leads the heart and
then tho diamonds. and Y discards his
remaining heart, no must trump the
third trick. while A gets rid of a heart
on Il.
II Y trumps the FIRST diamond trick
after n starts with the acc Of hearts. he
cannot get z back into the lead to come
through AS minor tenace In trumps.
Here Il a little exercise in end
which should be instructive to the be-
ginner. as Il came up in actual play in
the old bridge days. The opening leads
were such that all the cards could be
placed by the declarer. but in spite of
that he failed TO go game on the hand.
an he did not get tho required four
tricks.
The sun., 1916-09-24
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Russia Did Not Detain Chess
Playing Diplomat for
Good.


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The sun., 1916-09-24
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z dealt N bid a diamond. A passed
and = declared . spade. which all
passed.
u led the queen Of hearts. dummy put
on h king and led the trump 10 as to
protect the diamond suit. The trump
proceeded to ave the game.
1t is clear to d that his partner does
not hold the ace Of hearts. and as he
played the lowest on the first trick Il
is uncomfortable that he could ruff the
second round. To continue the hearts
would be to let Y win the trick, give
dummy q run and exhaust the trumps.
as A cannot have moro han two II Y
had hve trumps originally.
The only chance Is the club. trusting A
to see the point and not to como back
could not have led a queen from ace
queen and others against a trump
declaration. and on winning tho club
trick with the king he went back with
the Jack. II overlook the Jack, for fear
A had no more. so as to be sure Of the
ace and the game saved at once.
This seems to DO about what happened
Mt every table except two. At both OF
these Y went game. The opening was
the same. dummy winning the first trick
with the king OF hearts. but instead Of
ieduiHH tTuInpS no went Tlknt UdCk WIN
the heart. won the second trick with the
ace and let dummy RUIZ q third round.
This was followed by three rounds OF
diamonds. on the third Of which Y dis
carded n Of his losing clubs. Then he
led the trump. This Il won with the
king. Another heart would give dummy
another ruff and Y another discard. so
b led the ace Of clubs and another, after
which Y made the rest Of his trumps
and went game with four by cards.
Is this difference OF l3t points due TO
an error Of Judgment on Y's part at ono
table In leading trumps for the second
trick. go as to protect the diamonds? As
Y said to his partner at the time. II tho
trump finesse holds, Y makes . little
slam.
At the other table Y insists that the
trump fnesse is II gamble. the ruff and
the club discard are certainties II the
diamonds go round three times. and II
they do not go three times they are not
worth leading trumps for.
Give the player at the frst table q
little luck and he stands to win Eat
points on the hand without the luck.
only AZ. The other player stands 10
win l79 either way. Which Is going to
come out ahead In the long run?
Here is another one:
The sun., 1916-09-24
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n dealt and bid . heart. A passed and
Y denied the hearts by bidding q spade.
b passed.
Some players in BIS position would be.
gin by leading through the denied suit.
hearts but as will be seen presently that
owing to the way Y manage the heart
suit. What d did lead was tho king Of
diamonds.
Y won the trick with the acc and led
n club. so as to take The hnesse and get
dummy IN 10 lead trumps. The ten Of
trumps was covered by the queen and Y
led q second round to make sure A had
no more.
Then Y led a heart and fnes.cd tho
ten. A playing the king. A returned his
partner diamond suit. which Il won and
at once led a trump. so as to prevent
dummy from rufiing the diamond.
Dummy held the trump trick with tho
nine and led the ace and another heart,
Y describing hts losing diamond on the
ace and trumpinG the next round with
the eight. while d discarded the king Of
clubs.
This discard forced T 10 pick I'D e..
last trump. 80 as 10 ave dummy's ace OF
clubs. but that card was all Y could
make. as A still held the queen nine of
hearts over dummy's Jack six. This
si"ps I from SOing afne
II does not look AS II there were any
chance to go game In this situation. yet
II was done at two tables. and there is no
way 70 get away from Il. The play is
peculiar In some respects. but II Is un-
doubtedly sound. Here Is how II went
AZ one table:
Y won the first trick with the ace o.
diamonds and led the singleton heart.
putting on the ace and returning the
Jack. which a covered and Y trunped
with the five OF spades. This was FOL
lowed hv the inevitable club fnesse. but
when the queen held the trick y made
his ace at once. before ruling himself
with another heart
As the student will see, II dummy
leads a heart instead OF tho ace OF clubs,
and y shuts out BIS trumps, u will get
rid OF the club. and game IS impossible.
y sees that he will have no further use
for the winning club and might as we'll
make IL while dummy Is In.
Another heart from dummy covered
by A. and y trumps with the Jack, so as
10 leave dummy with the power to hold
a lead with the ten or nine. The next
lead II the losing diamond. which puts
q In with tho queen n forces him to
lead the trump. or the diamond will give
z a rur and Y a discard.
"pth "a phuip AilSh hlu TulItu
dummy with n third lead OF diamonds.
This allowed dummy 10 lead u losing
club. which was covered by A. but d
saved = trick by trumping It and knock
Ing two trumps together by leading a
trump. This Is good play. but tho game
Is gone
Had y discarded on his partners win
ming club. Y would have been able to
trump a heart and let dummy ruff a
club, or z would have ruffed y club lead
and let Y run tho hearts. according TO
AS lead. making all three Of their
trumps separately.
Here Is a hand sent to THE Sun by
DR.. Perry. whose name Is familiar I
~problemists all over the country. II Is
an excellent illustration OF failure TO
make the only play that will win the
game. The bidding Is very
tionaI, but that Is not the point.
The sun., 1916-09-24

Y dealt and bid n club. He has not q
sure club trick In his hand n II Is a
much better no trumper for an original
bid. A bid a diamond. Y a heart and
b a spade. Having now bid all the suits
In the pack. II remained only to drop the
minor suits and bid the others up to
four hearts. overcalled by four spades.
doubled by Y and redoubied by a.
z started with a heart and Y won
the trick with the king. Seeing that any
thing he led would probably allow A n
win and como through his trumps lie
thought he might as well lead y little
trump himself and have It over.
u won the trump trick with the ace.
killing rs lone queen. Then he led the
queen of clubs. put the ACC on II and
led back a club. trumping It and leading
a heart for dummy to run. That busi-
ness finished. dummy led the trump. upon
which Y put the king and returned the
nine. to get two for one. This trick went
to dummy's ten.
The king of diamonds was won by z
with the ace. and as dummy had no
more trumps z made the queen OF heart.
and 2 made the ace. Then r was forced
to use his last trump or the clubs. and
although \ made the queen of diamonds,
the last tricI; Of all went TO rs nine.
This method Of developing the hand
cost b 600 points. The student ran
safely be left 10 amuse himself by dis
covering how i might easily have full
fled his contract. winning 500 points. n
al differences Of only about n thousand. The
only play that will prevent his making
his contract. even after the heart opening
and tho trump lead. II n that nj one
player In a thousand would make.
The sun., 1916-09-24
ANOTHER WAR PROBLEM.

Ernest Bergholt writes that on a re.
cent visit TO one Of the munition store.
houses in England he was astonished TO
See a large number Of the old fashioned
round cannon balls in stock. An officer
Informed him that there had originally
been 10000 Of them on hand, but the
supply was gradually being melted down
for other uses.
These balls were neatly piled in tri-
angular pyramids Of nine on each sid
and mir rows high. and they occupied
a great deal Of ground. The officer in
charge said that they had only Just been
piled up that way. The frse range
ment was With six In q row on each eide
Of the pyramids. n under that ar
rangement there was one bail over. Now
that they were piled in mines there was
no bail over.
The sun., 1916-09-24
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

G. c. says: There are eight in the
game. The last man wants three cards
when only two remain. In gathering up
the deadwoQd to MI his hand must the
dealer show the openers discard before
mixing It with the other cards?
The openers discard must not be
touched under n circumstances. That
remains under the chips in the pool. but
all other discards must be gathered to-
gether and shua'ed with the last card
remaining in the pack.
l. p. X. says: Seven men in the
game. playin- fast. a opens. Il and q
come in. ID reaches for his blue chip and
J. puts in his. followed by F. before ID
gets his chip up. d then say he is go
ing to raise II two blues. whereupon L
and l. take their chips down.. d bets
they cannot do 50.
d is correct. Chips onoe placed in the
pool cannot b taken out again. But for
this rule We should have players throw.
ing in a certain number Of chips and
then taking out another number. Players
who bet out Of turn must suffer for It.
Baccarat. H. @. says, Tho dealer
left. so ne puts II back on the etock and
stands his hand himself. B bets he must
lake the card.
b Is correct II II Is offered some one
must take Il and II neither player wants
II the dealer gets Il, whether he want. 1t
or not.
Casino. y. r. I. says: Playing four
hand. A builds a ssven, which his part
rer Increases to a ten. A bets that his
is not allowed and that partners must
not interfere with each others builds.
A IL wrong. as tho partner has all the
rights OF any player at the table and II
in his Judgment the build is better In
creased and he has . ten TO take It In
with that IL his privilege.
F. c. Ays: A puts an ace on an ace
without saying anything. Next time ne
takes them in with . deuce. Is this al.
lowedf
His adversary should have asked him
what tho build was II he was interested
rs between aces and deucss.
Vingt-et-un. b. D. q. saysi After
having made his bet and drawn a card.
b calls t~wenty-onA What does the
banker pay7
Twenty-one not being q natural unle's
held in the frst two cards dealt is Of
no special value except to tic or beat the
Banker when no draws cards. II h.
cannot tie It no pays the stake upon the
cards.
Poker. II. r. saysi Five are play
ing with the stripped pack. when Q now
pack 10 called for. The dealer uns
through the pack and picks out the twos.
threes and tours. but forgets to shufie.
The cards are cut and dealt and the re-
suit 10 four full hands. all palace.
king. queen and Jack high respectively.
Are these legitimate hands. and 10 the
ace full entitled to the potf
1t 10 the law In poker that any player
can shunie the pack Il hs wishss Z do
90. and - no one demanded that right
and all had . chance 70 observe that the
dealer did not shufss Il they we're bound
70 abide By he result Of the deaf that
followed. therefore ne acc euii won the
The sun., 1916-09-24
PROBLEMS FOR SUN
READERS TO SOLVE
Instructive End Games at
Bridge and Checkers
New Puzzles.

Bridge problem No. 396 illustrates a
position which not ~infrequently arises
at the card table-one player having a
trump too many. II might seem to some
persons Impossible to have too many
trumps. but trumps are no better than
the partners winning cards in plain
suits. Their disadvantage lies in the
fact that they must take tricks. whereas
winning cards In plain suits may be
thrown away TO avoid a lead.
The distribution In the problem shows
that one partner has three sure tricks in
the plain suits. while the other has
three trumps and only FIVE tricks are
TO be played. The question IL which Of
tie winners is to be sacrificed.