The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1896, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1896. 21 A LETTER FROM | NEW YORK. Galifornia Products in Gotham THE GREAT OCEAN RACE Big Scheme That W. H. H. Hart, Kowalsky and Fritz Hinck- ley Are Floating NEW YORK, N. Y., July 21, 1896.—In | my first letter to T CALL from this part | of the country I took occasion to refer at | length to the potency of the word Cali- | fornia when used in business circles and in trade. I dwelt at that time upon the frequency of its application with refer- ence to various special products, but find since that time that the prestige of the | erful engines shook the ship from prow to | | WIND, FLAME AND POISON | the most gizantic electrical scheme ever | directors of the new venture, and a great stokers were being rewarded and stimu- lated with grog until they were entirely overcome by the liberal doses served out to them. When a man would become in- | capacitated from an oversupply he would | reel away to his bunk howling and cheer- ! ing for the American craft, while a tresh | and sober man took his place. The watch- ‘ ways looking down into the furnace-room were crowded with passengers, and the band was playing National airs with a vehemence that nearly undid the instru-[ ments. At night the pounding of the | twin screws and the throbbing of the pow- | stem, and jolted up all hands pretty se- verely.” Cucuel made ‘a great many | sketches of the scenes along the trip. | General W. H. H. Hart of San Francisco | is at the Murray Hill Hotel, and,in com- | pany with Colonel H. I. Kowalsky, is pre- paring to float what the colonel says Is presented in America. They have been up to Washington arranging the patents, | and after returning to San Francisco next | week, where the inventor lives, they will once again come on to New York and in- corporate with a large capital stock. Fritz Hinckley of San Francisco is one of the big surprise is promised by the principals. Just what the nature of the scheme is no one seems to be able to say, butI have Mr. Kowalsky’s word that it is better than anything Colonel Sellers ever dreamed of. General H. 0. Willey, ex-Surveyor-Gen- State’s name is broader stiil. I make this statement after considerable | investigation, and a rather well-defined inchination to say good things of the | Golden West in nowise governs my ex- pressions. I was at first attracted by the names of Californis fruit-growers on boxes shipped from that State. All along the docks and shipping stations of the many raiiroads | leading into this city I saw piles upon piles of fruit crates branded witk some familiar valley or farm or vineyard that I | knew to be part of California. | Inquiry leads to the information that | the best fruit, the healthiest and most s able is now arriving daily in New York from that point. Tradesmen, wholesalers and retailers freely admit thatevery pound | of it is immediately snapped up by buyers, | and the arrival of every shipment is| looked tor anxiously. Peaches, plums, pears, apricots, lemons, oranges, limes, | and all kinds of fruit for which California | is famous, have within the last few years | almost entirely taken the place of fruits | shipped from other States. A wholesaler | said to me no later than yesterday: “I guess I will have to go to your State and “ see what you have got out there. It| must be nothing but a stretch of farms, orchards and vineyards bearing fruits, cereals, milk and honey. The best we have in the country seems to be coming from there all the year around, and we can get about what we want from California when other sources fail. I have always pictured in my mind’s eye a magnificent garden when the name of Caiifornia is spoken. Your shipments are clean, well developed and so remarkably free from | disease and affections of all kinds that it | is a source of wonder to me. Of all the | States with which I deal through agents and directly, California is the most re- liable for regularity of shipment and | quality of its output.” | I could quote at least a dozen such in- | terviews entirely unsolicited and given to ! me simply on the statement that Iam a | denizen of that section of the United States. No one is better equipped to take ad-| vantage of this great regard for California | products than the Californian, himself. | An instance in point came to my notice | on Columbus avenue. A broad black and gold sign reading, ‘“California Trading Company,” confronted me as I was stroll- | ing along. Dropping in I found M. A. Sanders of Los Angeles at the helm,of trade, while H. Chamberlain, formerly of San Francisco, was 1n charge of the Cali- fornia branch. At least half of the store was taken up by California products ar- ranged so as to attract the immediate at- tention of the purchaser. “We do that,”’ said Mr. Chamberlain, “‘for the simple reason that the goods sell. ‘We opened this store out here in the fash- ionable quarter of the city on an experi- ment last Janvary and have met with a most remarkable success. We have made a specialty of olives, high-class wines, canned fruits, honey and olive oil. We ship direct from home barrels of olives and put them up here in fancy bottles. They can be found on the tables of the best families in New York, while the oil 1s now taken in preference to most other olive oil produced here or sbroad. When we first opened with our plan ot pushing California goods we met with some oppo- sition, owing to the noveity of devoting so much space to one State, but a single trial did the work. At the present time we are not only supplying an immense family trade but other grocery-stores are sending in to us every day for something in our California line. The favor is spreading all over this part of New York, and I venture to say that before long we can give our attention to that one State ‘alone and build up a very heavy business. “*A very particular feature is our honey. When we opened F. H. Leggett & Co., one of the largest packing-houses in New York State, sold us a considerable quantity of New York honey put up in bottles, but | inside of a few weeks the wax precipi- tated and half filled the jars containing it. Shortly after that we put out the Califor- nia honey, and it is as clear and rich to- day as when it was put up. We showed our honey to Leggett's agent and the firm since that time has ordered Califorma boney in bulk and is selling it in vast quantities to-day in preference to the New York material. They have put in big orders for the coming crop, and in a few years [ expect to see California boney lead the world for quality, clearness and flavor. “I think the establishment of al big .supply house, dealing oniy in]| California products, in Nes York, | would do a most tremendous busi- ness, and would have a tendency 1o bring the East and West togetber, trom a2 mercantile standpoint, more substan- tially than any ‘other form of contact. We have tried it and made a success, and have only experimented in one part of the city.” This instance is but one of many. Eduardo Cucuel, 2 San Francisco boy who has been studying art in Paris, has returned to this country, and is in New York at the present time residing at 57 East Eleventh street. He tells many in- teresting stories of an artist’s life in the French capital, whither, after a visit home and & trip or two to different parts of America, he expects to return. Young Cucuel was a passenger of the steamer St. Louis when she beat the Campania in her trans-Atlantic trip. In describing that race he says: “There was but five tons of coal left in her bunkers when she entered New York harbor, and it is generally ex- pected that there will be something over 100 under ordinary circumstances. It was nip ana wuck from the day the steamers left Liverpool, and the passengers were wild with excitement, some of them stay- ing up at night to watch -the ocean grey- bounds struggling for supremacy. The | first-class men. eral of California, is at the Imperfal with { John McKee Jr. of the Tallant Bank, San | Francisco. They are here i the interests of some boad floating proposition, and { will return to San Francisco after taking | in a few of the Southern States. Mrs. Clara Foltz departed for Long Branch last Thursday to enjoy s short vacation at that famous resort. | Mrs. William E. Dargie and her son | depart for San ¥rancisco Tuesday next to | enjoy the California summer and to escape the frightful humidity of New York. Pete Dunne, one of the best-looking men who ever came out of San Francisco, | arrived here in the early part of the week and is registered at the Gilsey House. One of Pete’s pastimes is to sally forth along the Rialto and up Broadway in search of Californians, who after being discovered | are treated with due recbgnition and Cali- fornia liberality by Mr. Dunne. Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Mighels have returned | from their honeymoon and are now com- | fortably settled at 200 West Eighty-ninth street. One hears a great deal among Lawn Tennis Association members of the Cali- fornia players. They want to know whether or not the Hardy brothers or or De Long intend to come into the inter- | state games at Narragansett August 10. | They regard some of the Californians as The proposed St. George Club in San Francisco is attracting the attention of club men of this city. Those of them | who have visited the Bay City speak of | the very enjoyable times had at the hands | of Pacific Coast club men. The traditional | generosity and courtesy of San Francis- cans to Eastern visitors isnot unfrequently | referred to by Easterners as the standard. Pacific Ocean bathing resorts should be | | appreciated by those who are able to en- | joy them. Here in New York, all around ; Long Isiand there is a garbage output | which, when it comes in on the flow tide, drives the bathers from the surf, and ; frequently off theisland. Itis likely to| breed = pestilence at any time, and people ; who enjoy salt-water bathing are com- | pelled to go some distance up or down the | Atiantic shore line or else go into quaran- tine before ‘returning to ‘the city. The sewage from the town holds the beach and the bathers hold their noses. Bos Davis. AN ACHIEVEMENT. Jones—1I just met the hero of Dulbore’s new novel. Smith—Who is he? Jones—The man who has read it through.— Boston Herald. o SRS RRP I LT STRATEGIC. Barker—Did you tell him that he lied? Karker—Not in so many words. Barker—How then? Karker—I told him he ought to be sending ‘war news from Cuba. LIKE ONCLE TOM | Old Norman Kennedy Argo Was Fellow Slave of Mrs. Stowe's Great Hero a The scene of “Uncle Tom's Cabin’ was | laid by Mrs. Stowe near the little town of Paint Lick, in Garrard County, Kv., where still stands the home of the old the owner of Uncle Toni. The only living feliow-slave of the orig- inals of the novel is old Norman Kennedy Argo, now 94 years old. He still stays with Mrs. Argo, who took him after Gen- eral Kennedy’s death. Old Norman is a little more than three and a half feet tail and weighs less than sixty pounds. He | was reared with all the persons who ap- pear in the novel, and knew Lewis Clark, the hero of the novel, especially well. He says Clark, who was a mulatto, began bleaching soon after the death of General Kennedy, and after satisfying himself that he could pass as a white man, stole a mule in the neighborhood and went to Cincinnati. His wife, Margie, Mrs. Stowe’s Eliza, an octoroon, won on a horserace by General Kennedy in Indian Territory, soon ran off, too, and joined Clark in Ohio. Old Norman says the wonderful de- scription of Eliza’s crossing the river on the floating ice is & myth. According to his statements she made the trip on a ferry- boat. Old Argo also maintains that Ken- nedy treated his siaves well. ———————— Good morning, bave you read Thomas Slater's sdvertisement for men on page 287 { on Mr. Dunn bravely, once more nursing | brilijant and scientific. & game for the | following weil-known ladies will attend the | convene at the Manhattan Beach | lection of the hotel that was made famous by *| stewardship—it was & sad few moments at MOST UNLUCKY OF ALL MEN Ruined Each Time by the Elements Remarkable Hardships Suffered by the Dunn Family—Is This Karma? William F. Dunn, his wife and two little children live on the second floor of a tene- ment-house back of 5 Natoma street. To reach the place it is necessary to pass a boarded alley and up a flight of narrow stairs, and unless the searcher for Mr. Dunn had previously been instructed how to go, with some exactness, it is two to one that the Dunn family would be undis- covered. There are some people who deny the existence of luck, good or bad, but it appears to the average observer that Mr. Dunn has passed through more vicis- situdes in three or four years than can be attributed to plans or to lack of the same. In short he and his family have twice been burned out of house and once blown out of home in a little over thirty-six months. “It was this way,’”” said Mr. Dunn, yes- terday, who was just recovering from violent spells of cramps, which had lasted nearly all the preceding night, and was also nursing his feet, which were badly swollen from contact last week with poison oak. He would have work now but for the poison oak. “You see, my wife and myself came here from Englaud about four years ago looking for work. We went to live at 134 Front street after we had accumulated a little furniture, and as I found something to do for a time we were quite comfortable. We even accumulated a few knick-knacks, but not many, of course, Early onemorn- ing a gust of wind came and actually blew out the whole front of the house. With the house front went down many of the articles we owned and others were ruined. *“Of course we could not help that,” went his unfortunate feet. ‘‘After a time we got to going a little once more. Work was not plenty and the pay was not large, but we got some articies of furmture. We lived on Natoma street. A fire came and destroyed part of our furnmiture and the water thrown to put out the flames practically ruined the rest. “That was pretty hard, but we did not despair. Once more we had fuzniture. Early this present year we were living in the rear of 308 Folsom street, and al- though we were very poor we were com- fortable, Then there came, in May, the fire which destroyed the W. P. Fuller & | Co. establishment. This took place at 3 | o'clock A. M. We were living on the ground floor. Mrs. Dunn could escave only by climbing out of a window with the children. Everything we had went once more.” NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. LAST WEEK BEFORE STOCK - TAKING! The MARVELOUS AND CONSTANTLY INCREASING REDUCTIONS that h ave made our GREAT SACRIFICE SALE so popular culminate in the ASTOUNDING CUTS IN PRICES made for this, the last week before stock-taking, as we have determined to spare no effort in closingout ALL BROKEN LINES AND SURPLUS STOCK before that event. Below are a few of the numerous bargains offered, a glance through which will emphasize the importance of a prompt selection, as they are insured a rapid sale by the fact that they represent THE GREATEST BONA-FIDE REDUCTIONS EVER MADE ON STYLISH, SEASONABLE GOODS ! GOLORED DRESS GOODS! At 15 Cents. 137 pieces 36-INCH FANCY MIXED DRESS GOODS, worth 25¢, will be closed out at 15¢ & yard, At 20 Cents. 92 pieces 37-INCH ALL-WOOL CHEVIOT DRESS GOODS, mixed effects, worth 50c, will be closed out at 20c a yard. At 25 Cents. 88 pieces 37-INCH ENGLISH BRILLIAN- TI S, in hairlines, figured and bro- | catelle effects, worth 65¢, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. BLACK DRESS G0ODS! At 25 Cents. 35 pieces 37-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FRENCH NOVELTIES reduced from 50c to 25¢ & yard. At 35 Cents. 25 pieces 38-INCH FIGURED ENGLISH MOHAIRS marked down from 60c to 35c ayard. At 55 Cents. 25 pieces 50-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FIGURED SCOTCH CHEVIOT, marked down from 85¢ to 55¢ a yard. SILKS! _ SILKS! At $1.00 a Yard. 30 pieces BLACK BROCADED SILK, on Satin and Gros-Grain grounds, laree, handsome designs, regular value $1 50, will be closed out at $I a yard. At $1.50 a Yard. 20 pieces EXTRA HEAVY BLACK BRO- CADED SATIN, medium and large patterns, regular price $225, will be closed out at $1 50 a yard. h LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS! - At 30 Cents. 200 dozen LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, laundered collar and caffs; in fapcy checks and stripes, will be closed out at 30c each. At 60 Cents. 120dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in black and white, navy and red stripes, regular price $1, will be closed out at 60c each. At 75 Cents, 100dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in tan and white stripes, latest style, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at 75¢ each. MEN'S FURNISHINGS! At 10 Cents. 150 dozen 36-0z. 84-needle FANCY MIXED SBOCKS, made of 2:thread staple do- mestic yarn, knit with a 3%-inch elas- tie, ribbed top and strong white heels and toes, ar price $180 a dozen, will be closed out at 10¢ a pair. At 25 Cents. 210 dozen Bryn-Mawr Hand-Made Stock Shield Bows, Teck Scarfs, Ad justable Bows and Graduated Four-in-Hand Ties, regular price 50¢, will be closed out at 25¢ each, At 50 Cents. 85 dozen French Imported; Patent Finish Balbriggan UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, regular price $1 50 a suit, will be closed out at 50c a garment. RIBBONS AND PARASOLS! At 5 Cents. 3-INCH DOUBLE-FACED SATIN RIB- BON, in dark colors, value 25¢, will be closed out at 5¢ a yard. At. 40 Cents. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in black only, value 75¢, will be closed out at 40c each. Murphy Building, HANDK ERCHIEFS! At 4 Cents Each. | 600 dozen MISSES’ HEMSTITCHED AND REVERED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular price $1 adozen, will be closed out at 4c each. At 10 Cents Each. 360 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN SCALLOPED EMBROIDER- $2 40 adozen, will be closed out at 10c each. At 15 Cents Each. 240 dozen LADIES’” SHEER WHITE LAWN SCALLOPED EMBROID- ERED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular 15¢ each. HOSIERY' HOSIERY! At 25 Cents a Pair. | CHILDREN’S BLACK FRENCH LISLE- | THREAD HOSE, double kneas, heels and toes, warranted fast black, sizes 54 to 8, regular price 40c and 50¢, re- duced to 25¢ a pair. At 25 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regu- | lar price 40c, will be closed out at 25c a | pair. | At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES' MACO COTTON HOSE, high- spliced heels and toes, black and as- sorted tan shades, also blak with un- bleached feet, worth 40c, will be closed out at 25¢ a pair. LADIES' KID GLOVES! At 55 Cents. LADIES’ 5-BUTTON KID GLOVES, col- ors tan and brown, also black, worth regular $1, will be closed out at 55ca pair. At 65 Cents. | LADIES' 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES, | white, with black embroidered backs, | worth regular §1, will be closed out at | 65c a pair. { | | | ED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular price | | | | | | price $3 a dozen, will be closed out at | CREAM TABLE DAMAS | | | SPECTAL LINEN SALE! wHITE Lawy | FINE AND MEDIUM GOODS AT LESS THAN IMPORTED COST. | BLEACHED HEAVY TABLE DAM- ASK, closely woven, satin finish, reduced from 75¢ yard to. ... CREAM TABLE DAMASK, close weave, 60 inches wide, duced from'55¢ yard to.. BLEACHED TABLE D_AHMASK. pure linen, Irish manufacture, reduced from 60c¢ yard to. 56¢ 40c 45¢c , well made and durable Irish manufacture, good line of designs, from 3734¢ a yard 3{ BLEACHED NAP square), pure linen, nice designs, that were $1 60 dozen, reduced to 25¢ ) e 6ic CHECK GLASS TOWELING, 18 inches wide, Irish linen. assorted checks, that were 10c yard, reduced vo.... CLOLK DEPARTHENT At $1.90. | LADIES’ CAPES, made of light tan cloth, prettily braided, ruche neck, lined through- out with light blue, worth $6, reduced to $1 90 each. At $2.50. LADIES' CAPES. made of fine material, richly embroidered or braided, all lined with silk, ruche trimmings at neck; aiso black v with jet trimming. all lined, ribbon ruche at.neck, worth ¥7 50, reduced fo $2 50 each. At $3.90. LADIES' SUITS, consisting of Double- breasted Reefer and Skirt, made of black and navy Cheviot, skirt lined throughout, worth $7 50, will be closed out at $3 90 each. At $6.90. DIES' SUITS, consisting of Skirts and Double-breasted Jackets, in blackand navy Cheviots. lined throughout and neatly fin- ished, worth $10, will be cleaned out at $6 90 each. LA Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, ,. Market and” Jones Stregts The sixth congress of the American Whist | | League has passed into history, with it the | | crowning event in the life of many a lover of | this noble game. For the first time in the his- tory of whist, dating back a hundred years and more, has there been such a gathering of noted experts and wrilers. From nearly every State in the Union they came to do homor to the worthy gentlemen who founded the grand and noble institution and do battle for whist su- premacy. For many months we anticipated the great pleasure we would enjoy when we could take the Master ““Cavendish™ by one hand and our patron saint, N. B. Trist, by the other, and pay our respects to our little whist queen, Miss Kate Wheelock, known and loved from the Atlantic to the Pacific; then in turn to recelve & warm grasp of the hand from Whit. field (who came to America with Cavendish to attend the congress), from Hamilton, from Briggs, from Bunn, from Fisher Ames, Paine, Weems, Work, Barnes, Schwarz and a score of others, all there, like myself, to enjoy tne sweets of & glorious reunion of whist giants. If the marriage feast of Cana at Galilee furnished more real enjoyment to the guests than did this whist feast, what a grand’| and glorious time they must have had. Every- body bid us welcome; even the fine uniformed sentries that guard every eutrance to the great Oriental Hotel smiled a welcom ile as we passed them at all hours of the day, and the waves, as they rolled in from the broad Atlantic, sang & welcome lullaby all through the night. " Everything was done that money and warm hearts could suggest to make each one feel as though he were the special guest of honor. Brooklyn outdid itself, and Robert H. Weems should receive great credit for his untiring energy, zeal and pluck for carrying to such a successful ending such a greatand glorious undertaking. The game of whist is not for the gentlemen alone. The struggle we have made to make whist popuiar among the women of the country we are proud to say has begun to bear fruit. The Philadelphia Item of June 21 says: 1t is really remarkable to see what a hold the game of whist has on the affections of our {ashionable people. Never has the game b-en more popular, society having taken it up with & vim, which’ may cause the unknowing to class whist-playing among the fads of a day, which society takes up hurriedly and then throws away again without & sigh. This is distinctly not the case, and, while our whist luncheons. and whnist breakfasts, whist din- ners, whist lu{x: , whist musicales and what not may abandoued in time for something mnewer, whist-piaying, clever, | ‘battle of intellects, not merely to fill out an empty hour, is $0 securely rooted in the ai- fections of its thousands of foliowers as to be safe from caprice or fashionable whim. The annual whist congress this week, which will Hotel, Coney Island. Miss Wheelock, the whist queen, wiil be hostess of the occasion and receive and en- tertain: Mrs. Milton C. Work, Mrs. T. Hol. lingsworth Andrews, Mrs. William H. New- bold, Mrs. R. E. Hlltlll;l, Mrs. Charles Wil- liams, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. H. I Keen, Mrs. E. L. Hall, Mrs. Charles Potts, Mrs. Moulton. It was a happy thought on the part of the president of the American Whist Club, also recording secretary of the American Whist League—Robert H. Weems—to bring the con- gress down to Manhattan Beach, and the se- the gatherings that took place there in times past. Oneof the “Whisters” that we had not seen for 1 ny years recalled the night that we sat together in the same chairs, out on the broad piszza 1 1’ h borders the hotel, listen- ing to the roar -of waves as they dashed upon the beach, not many years before, when the bells commenced to toll the deathknell of President Garfield. Near us sat a group, never to be forgotten— Vice-Presilent Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, Don Cameron, John H. Smyth, Austin Corbin and four or five other great notables. To see them eil stand up and separate, not a word spoken, quietly walk away, take out their handker- chiefs, wipe away the tears that would come, and to think that nearly every one of them has been called to render an account of his least. The sixth congress will long be remem- ones were not entirely forgotten. The whist editor of THE CALL received the following letters from some of those who could LETTER FROM SIR WILLIAM POLE. 9 STANHOPE PLACE, HYDE PARK W., = LoNDON, 6 June, 1896. r xind letter of May 21. I have said, in my an- swer to Mr. Weems’ flattering invitation, how much I appreciate the courtesy of the league, that body to the Pacific Ocean by the Western Association, of which you are the founder and president, eéniarges my feeling of gratitude only wish I could express this personally at the opening session. I need haraly add how glad I shell be to suit you to come over to England, bat you will find no such whist enthusiasm here as you are accustomed to in your own countryv. Yours LETTER FROM MAJ.-GEN. A. W. DRAYSON. 17 June, '96, 20 Ashburton Road, Southsea, England. My Dear Sir: May only yesterday as I hava been fourteen days in the New Forest for perfect quiet. 1should, indeéd, have much enjoyed to be be present in thoughtend shall read with great interest all that is written about it. Your articles in THE CALL, which you have you found something of value in my “Whist ws,” ete. So few Englishmen seem able to Teason out & case, or even to remember the useful. My two suggestions, “change r suit” and the “reverse discard,” are no doubt powerful unity for their employment seldo m occurs. . Please express to the “Whisters” my com- liments aud also my thauks for their very cerely yours, - A. W.DRAYSON. LETTER FROM ARTHUR RUSSELL. ROYAL COURTS OF Jumc:.; Dear Sir : My father, the Lord Chief Justice of England, tells me 0 write and thank you for your most kind invitation to the Whist will be quite impossible for him to avail him- self of it. He bids me say that he wishes all possible success to the congress. I am, dear No doubt many of our readers would like to know what was done at the congress for the good of whist. We intend in the next few We would be gisd to receive communications on the subject on &ny points that we might overlook. Two-handed whist is being played atsome clube and private parties, and a variation has been introduced which makes it resemble and bas infused new interest init. Thegame is played by dealing to each of the two pla: one-half of the cards, one ata time, as in the the table in piles of two,s0 that each plaver has thirteen piles. The top card of each pile is turned up at the cards in each hand exposed. Play begins with the non-dealer, who plays one of his exposed cards, and as soon 8s the trick is taken he way played. . As two cards make a trick, there are natu- it takes to muke 8 book, after scoriug which every trick counts one point. Thus, while it is possible to thirteen points in one deal, and in actual play it often happens neither player makes a point in a deal. ‘WHISTLETS. received quite a number of answers, none of which are entirely satisfactory, We should like to have our whist readers try again, es- bered by those tha: were there, and the absent not attend, which were read at the congress. Dear Sir: 1 am much’ obliged by yo ‘ and I may add, to you, that the extension of and brotherhood in & corresponding degree. 1 make your personal scquaintance if it should very faithfully, WiLLiax POLE. I received yours of 21st of present at the congress at Brooklyn. I shall kindly sent me, are clear and able. | am glad simple laws, that I believe the book will be weapons, in spite of the fact that the oppor- ind invitation, and M{ien me, very sin- LONDOX, 21 May, 1896. Congress, but to say that he much regrets it sir, yours faitbfully, ARTHUR RUSSELL. weeks to give all the information possible. PLAYING TWO-HANDED WHIST. more than ever the regular four-handed game regular game. The cards are then placed on beginning of the game. This leaves thirteen turns up the card that was beneath it. In this rally twenty-six tricks inall, thirteen'of which it is also possible to have no count whatever, To our Problem published June.28 we have Wmuc.mnamcmwm il tne cards are finally exposed and |- Market and Jones Streets. notes and rea: 100 brief. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club start in on their fall and winter schedule of play on Tues- day evening, September 1. A fuli announce- ‘ment will appear in next Sunday’s CALL. THE CaLL will be pleased to receive & criti- cism on E. C. Howells' new contribution to whist literature, “Whist Openings,” from Mrs. F. H. Atwater, Petaluma. o Miss Gertrude Clapp of New York, s whist teacher known all over the East, is 1n hopes to be able to visit the coast this fall or winter in & professional way. The Standard Union of Brooklyn in its issue of June 26 says in regard to one of the matches played at the congrese: “It wasonly to-day that the results were given outin the first pro- gressive mateh for four which was piaved on s for locating the cards are Wednesday. These were anxiously looked for | because there never were so mauny famous ex- perts pitted against each other.” Twenty-five clubs entered teams of four. The trophy was won by Baltimore with a-total of 670 tricks. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club of San Fran- clsco came out second, with 677 tricks. The nearest one to the Trist Club was Amrita Club, Poughkeepsie, N. with 662 tricks. The lowest score was 631, made by Jersey City Club. Besides winning second place in one of the principal matches st the congress the Trist Club of this City was highly honored by hav- ing one of its members chosen as the chairman of three of the most important committees ap- pointed at the congress, viz.: committee on laws, advisory committee and press committee. ANSWERS TO PROBLEM 6. We have received five correct solutions from the following: George M. Mott, Sacramento; Walter G. Anderson, San Francisco; the Delta Whist Club, San Francisco; S. N. Newell, Stockton. But theone that wins the prize— one year's subscription to Whist—was Miss Mary Halton of Alameda, Cal. The winner was selected by the best notes accompanying the solution. The notes are as follows: North leads out sce and king of hearts; then king of diamonds, Suppose East takes it with the ace, then South discards ace of clubs and ‘West follows suit. . Now East must lead aceof diamonds. (It is imma terial which one, as East holds all win- ning diamonas.) On this South discards an- other club, West follows suit and North dis- cards & heart. East now must lead another diamond. South discards another club and ‘West must now play either his trump, ace ot hearts or ace of clubs. First—If ne plays & trump then North takes it with the ace; leads a ciub, which his pari. ner trumps; then South leads a heart, which North trumps, and North leads his other club, whica South trumps. Score: N.andS. 6, E.end W. 2. Second—If West discards a heart then North takes the trigk with a small trump, leads a club, which South trumps. South leads his heart, which if West putson the jack of trumps North trumps with the ace and leads his other clab for South to trump. 1f West passes the heart, then South wins and leads his trump ‘and the ace makes this trick. £ 8core: N.sndS.6, E.and W. 2, Third—If West diseards a club, then North takes the trick with a small trump, leads a club, which S8outh trumps; South then leads a spaae, draws the jack and North makes his little club. * kt Score: N.and8.6,E and W.2, 1f East does not put uv his ace on the king of diamonds, then this trick belongs to North and South, and they easily make the six % s A CHALLENGE. P. J. Tormey Esq., President Pacific Coast Whist Association—DEAR SIk: I am directed by this club to issue through you a challenge to the San Francisco Whist Club for the Rideout trophy. Our new team—>Messrst M. H. Denis, J. P. Tyree, F. M. Gorham and Henry Levy— ¥ - MENRY LEVY, Secretary Vallejo Whist Club, Dr. Gustav Eisen, curator of microscopy of the California Academy of Sciences, | whose recent discovery of the life princi- | ples of the centrosome caused such a stir in the scientific world, has just received from the Zeiss factory at Jena, Germany, a set of the highest power and finest | definition lenses that institution is cavable of turning out. Higher power lenses are | made by the same factory, but with less definition, which renders them unsuit- able for such infinitesimal work as Dr. Eisen is at present engaged upon—the study of the centrosome as an independ- ent organism. It was especially for this work that the lenses were constructed, and when'the im- portance of the discovery was made known the work on them was pushed forward as | rapidly as possible. Nevertheless, nearly | two months were spent in the grinding of | them, and the entire set can be carried in | the palm of a person’s hand. | There is little about the appearance of | these wonderful and expensive pieces ol‘ glass to describe. They look to the eye like any other lenses, but their power comes from the accuracy of their grinding | and the scientific contour of the lines on { To See lnfinitesjmal Life which they are constructed, as well as the quality of glass of which they are made. In the manufacture of fine high-power lenses nowadays, the idea is to con- struct them so that an entire set can be used in the same microscope tube, which enables a student to examine a certain slide with several different power glasses in a very few minutes. The lower lens is, of course, the most important, as on it de- pends the accuracy of all the others. This lens is placed in position and focused on a certain slide with any of the ‘‘eye” | glasses. Of course any of the very high power, but if it was the lowest of the set that was used in the first vlace it can be lifted out and a higher power one put in its place in a moment. The slightest turn of the setscrew is enough to compensate for any difference in the focus. The higher power combination used the less “field” can be seen. So by the combination of lenses a low power can be used first to make an examination of a slide, and then, as certain portions are discovered, the details can be examined by using as high power lenses as they will bear without losing definition. Dr. Eisen had net combinations are The historic old laurel tree known to the earliest Spanish settlers about San Pablo as the cooking tree marks the spot where many of the Indian and eariy Span- | ish festivities were celebrated. Under its great branches Spaniards danced the fan- . dango after a tasty meal, of which many have been cooked in the hollow trunk of this famous tree. The trunk at the base is about 6 feet through and about 20 feet high, tavering toward tlie top, at which there is a na- turally formed hole as an outlet for the smoke arising from the -fire built inside. The cavity inside is 4 feet across, giving plenty of room for a person to move about ‘with the grace and skill of a French cook. In the fifties this remarkable tree was in all its splendor and was the admiration of the old Spaniards and others, who loved it for its beauty, grace and utility. Previous tothis the Indians gathered under its been in possession of his lenses many hours before he had found something new. Of course he used them on the slides with which he discovered the independence of the centrosome, and while trving to make up his mind just how much superior they were to his old ones he saw a tiny speck in one of the indepen- dent centrosomes. This little thing is enough to lead the way to another vath of study. Just what it indicates cannot, of course, be told for some time. It may be: that the centro- some willbe found to possess still greater possibilities for get- ting at the physical basis of life than was supposed a few weeks ago. o a % San Pablo's Historic Laurel spreading branches of thick foliage, which afforded them shelter on rainy days and an admirable natural kitchen. This tree marks the piace where many councils of the bay tribe of Indians held conventions. Around its base are many heaps of clam shells, evidence of big appe- tites of bygone days, when clam roasts were the pet dish of the Indians. Many skulls and other relics have also been un- earthed there. In 1856 Captain J. C. Bairslanded hereon hislast trip in the sailing ship Sophia which arrived from Portugal freighted with wine and walouts. The good inducements offered ashore for men prompted the crew to desert. After which the ship was sold and the skipper decided to *‘swallow the anchor’”” and rusticate ashore. He built his dwelling under this tree on the west side, on the east side his stable, the branches covering both structures.