The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1896, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1896. ~<GREAT SIX DAYS BARGAIN SKLE™= P We have just completed our annual stock taking and will devote the 1 COLORED DRESS GOODS! present week to A GRAND CLEARING OUT OF ALL SURPLUS STOCK : DOMESTIC SPECIALS{' SUgEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION preparatory to the receipt of VAST FALL IM= | ,, foe Sriire "ioek tae been gone theoush aod reductions ale iues: PORTATIONS now en route. BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 58 inches wide, closely woven and good de- | 9}y This will unquestionably be THE MOST REMARKABLE BARGAIN signs, that was 35¢ a yard, reduced to. : At 10 Cents. 1760 yards 36-INCH DRE.,S GOODS, in pinhead checks, reduced from 25c to 10c a yard. I - At 20 Cents. | 1600 vards 30-INCH FANCY FIGURED DEESS GOODS, in tan, green and garnst, DOUBLE-BED HEMSTITCHED SHEETS, good sheeting, 81 inch | reduged from 40c 1o 20¢ a yard. fSALE llElVERdHtELD ang ladies will find it \;ery i)ir(;fitz;blse to attend ;t early Pl SRS e ches mdei 50¢ 5 : t 2 5 r car, a single article o umim r sy | 960°yards 88-INCH FINE AL-IAi\\ 00Ls°’1‘§lg})ltl\?2lisq GOODS, in blue and white, or we have determined not to ry g er goocs ave BEST YARD- WIDE LONSDALE MUSLIN, pure bleach, soft finish l 7e to another season and therefore offer the following and all other lines REGARDLESS OF ORIGINAL COST OR ACTUAL VALUE! | FURNISHINGS. | LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS 0 Cents. 130 dozen stfot\mlue 54-:;:1@ very fine | 99 g Lfiglgg Cents, gauge Fancy Mixed Socks, guaranteed 0!%“ SHIRT WAISTS, two-thread staple domestic yarn, with laundered collar and cuffs, in fancy 53¢-inch close-ribbed top, regular price checks and stripes, worth 75¢, will be $2 a dozen, will be closed out at 10c. closed out at 30c each. At 50 Cents. At 25 Cents, 275 _dozen_Consuclo Tecks, Graduated | 150 dozen LADIES' PERCALE SHIRT Four-in-Hands, De Joinville Scarfs, Ad- WAISTS, fancy stripes, full sleeves, justable Bows ana Bryn-Mawr Hand- laundered collar and cuifs, regular price $1, will be offered at 50¢c each. black and white and brown and white, rflduceu from 50c to 25¢ & yard. i At 25 Cents. l 740 )nrds 39-INCH FIGURED MOHAIRS AND LUSTERS, in blues, tans and grays, reduced from 63c to 25¢ a yard. 5 At SO Cents. 1160 yarde 42-INCH HEAVY ALL- WOOL DIAGO‘IAL NAVY STORM SERGE, re- | “duced from 75c¢ to 50c a yard. - HEAVY WHITE SHAKER FLANNEL, yard wide, that was 25c a yard, reduced t0...............0 Forig il One case SUPERIOR GRADE BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, a- servicea- ble article, fine weave, that was 75c a yud reduced to. WASH GOODS! WASH GOODS! | 12%¢ 7| 55¢ } MEN’S The season is growing late. All Wash Goods must g_o. These pric:s will do it: SHIBRED CREPON, woven colorlngs, thdt were 10c and’ l'"/gc to be closed LACES AND EMBROIDERIES! 1 : T At 10 Cents a Yard. | S5 : 2 1800 yards IBIQA%K rsdILK CéiAfii’{IL%Y d Blacl ourdon an e 0 s ILKS l SILKS ! SILKS! ;Zl:)urdon Lace, 3 inches wide, regula]:- SE 3 pricdeZOc:nd 25¢, reduced to 10c per g s 5 yard. ? At 5O Conts a ¥ard. At15 Centsa Yard, | 00 ¥r‘ofgss§r1,(:gé<§in TI‘AFFETA _SILK, will be closed out at 50c a yard, marked down | 13005‘317;111519%%A€§ S'{%g gnHuArdon L e Rbield “i"" ot ' Goloreaiana | Bourdon Lace, 4 inches wide, regular black satins, silks ana failles, espe- 4c | . o -~ 1ly designed for high turned-down | t 75 Cents a o price 25¢ and 30c, reduced to 1oc per ke now in vogue, regular price 50c, At 60 Cents. RADE PERCALES d dth A 600 yards BLACK'BROCADED SATIN DUCHESSE, will be ciosed out at 75¢ a yard, yard. : :vouluhe closed out at 25¢. 120 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED 2 v:l‘:ff%r]:l?}c.oolz I:l{aoftn HEAVYG. s Yo 7 I\ SHIRT WAISTS, in black and ‘white, nayy and red stripes, regular price $1, will be closed out at 60c each. At 75 Cents. 75 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT tharked down.from $1. | At 75 Cenis a Yard. | 700 vnrds DRESDEN AND FANCY STRIPED TAFFETA SILK, will be closed out at 75¢c a yard, marked down from $1 and.$1 25. At 25 Cents a Yard. 1100 yards BLACK SILK CHANTILLY and Net Top Bourdon Laces; Cream and Butter Applique Laces, 6 to 7 inches wide, regular price 50¢, 60c and At 50 Cents. 75 dozen OVERSHIRTS as special leader, cut from lightweight summer fabric, vertical stripe in an assortment of colors, made with regulation rolling collar, regular price 75¢, will be closed ODDMENTS FINE IMPORTED ORGANDIES LINONS -and DI\&ITIES | 10(} 3 that were 15c and 20c a yard, on sale at A £~ About 50 dozen TURKISH TOWELS, mill samplos and oddments, bought at half price, on sale thls week at half value. 4 Yard. murked own from $1 25. At $1.00 a Yard. | 1200 ya¥ds BLACK BROCADED out aj §l a )nrd marked down from $1 25. P BLACK DRESS GOODS! At 85 Cents. 20'pieces FIGURED MQHATR, .38-irich, reduced from 60c te 35c. At S5O Cents. 1 25 pieces FANCY WEAVE, in a variety of styles; reduced from $1 to 50, At SO Cents. | 20 pieces 42-INCH ENGLISH § SERGE, reduced from 75¢ to 50c. At 75 Cents. 50 pieces 54-INCH.ENGLISH CHEV 10’1‘ 4ll pure wool, extra good vnlua for $1 25 yard, will be offered at 75¢c. At $1 OO0. 1'\0 pleces of PRIESTLEY'S latest designs:in fancy welve!, ]n:t opened, will b pldced on sale at §1 per \xmi ATIN AND GROS GRAIN SILK will be closed 2600 yards CAMBRIC GUIPURE AND HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES, regu- lar price 20c, will be closed out at 10c per yard. HANDKERCHIEFS ! At 10 Cents Each. LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED EM- BROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS, rezular price $3 per dozen, will be closed out at 10c each. Rl BBONS! Rl BBONS! At 7% Cents. FANCY RIBBONS, 3inches wide, assorted | colors, value 15¢, will be closed out at a| T4cayard. | | At 15 Cents. FANCY SHADED RIBBONS, assorted colors, value 25c, closed out at 15ca yard. all silk, e | will be . ‘At 85 Cent-fl? s e e 85c 5 65¢, will be closed out at 25¢ per yard. AL v 50, WAISTS, in i-:ln tan land black 500 yards 24-INCH BLACK DUCHESSE SATIN, wi closed out al a ya stripes, yoke co with black, regular 500 yards 2 At 10 Cents a Yard. s At 60 Cents. pruPe $150, will be closed ont " 75¢ 95 dozen “Eureka Mills” RANDOM WOOL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, shirts made with _silk, tape-bound = neck, drawers with 63r-inch linen facing, jong French-ribbed ankles and taped seams, regular price $1 80 a suit, will be closed out at 60¢ & garment. HOSIERY! HOSIERY! At 25 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN’S BLACK - RIBBED MACO COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, worth 40c, will be closed ouu at 25¢. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, high-spliced heels and toes, Hermsdort black, unbleached feet, worth 40¢, will De closed out at 25¢ & pair. At 20 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, heavy weight, high-spliced heels, dou- ble soles and toes, regular price $4 per dozen, will be closedout at 20¢ a pair. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR! LADIES’ LADIES’ LADIES’ 4BUTTON KID GLOVES, in LADIES' 4-BUTTON ENGLISH WALK- each. At 25 Cents. MUSLIN DRAWERS, made with yoke band, finished with ruffle of embroidery, will be closed out at 25c. KID GLOVES! At 50 Cents. . white, with black and self-embroidered backs, regular value $1, will be closed out at 50c a pair. At 75 Cents. ING KID GLOVES, embroidered on back, colors red, tan, brown, navy and mode, also black, worth regular $1 25, will be closed out at 75¢ a pair. Mrket and Jones -Stregts Markét and Janés Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, Warket and Jones Streets. LADIES’ BLACK VELVET -CAPES, full pretty designs, lined with silk, full mchmg of la cg and'ribbon 4t neck,, CAPES, SUITS AND SKIRTS! LADIES' CAPES, mnde of light tan cloth, prettily braxded ruche neck, lmed throughout with hghc blua, worth $6, worth $7 50, will be closed out at.. LADIES’ FULL CIRCULAR CAPES, medent navy, tan ‘and black ladies’ | ’ cloth, lined with plain and cnangeable silk, neaily braided in contrast- ‘streamers- of ribbon, worth ing colors, neck finished with loops nnd $850, wiil be closed out at. 8 LADIES’ SUITS, consisting of Double-breasted Reefér and Skirt, made-| of black and navy cheviot, skirt lined throughout, worth $7 50, will be closed outat............ sliean de ? SUITS, ting of Skirts and Double-breasted Jdckets, in LDl ey and neatly finished, worth black and navy cheviots, lined throughodt $10, will be closed out at...... IES’ SUITS, consisting of Skirts and Donble-breuted Jackets, in blacx ot lined throughout and neatly finished; ‘also cheeks and, hades of gray and tan; worth $10, and navy serge, | mottled effects, in s! out at.. , reduced 1o |$1 .90 Each $3.50 Each ple, handso mely |et;ed in $3.50 Each $3.90 Each $6.90 Each $7.50- - Each = will be closed Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. | GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK NEWSY. THINGS AND. PERSONAL MENTION OF CALIFORNIANS IN GOTHAM' S TORRID ZONE : NEW YORK, N.'Y,, Julv "5.—The ter- I business of the Nation interfere with his rible humidity th at seems to. have settléd | fishing and his friends. down on New York-for good has stag-|. F. L. H. Noble, formerly of the San nated ‘society and- stanipeded those who ! Francisco Examiner, arrived here the first might have béen hieaded this way. Ti ere{ofthe week to renew his journalistic asso- Has been a continued and oppressive: heat, | ciation with the Journal. George Byon, here for the last fortnight, imterrupted by | who came here as an artist, intends re- showers, followed by a still' heavier and | turning to the coast as soon as possible, torpid atmosphere. People go around tke-| finding the climate here.very unsatisfac- streeis mopping their facés and cursing in | tory. undertones. There, is not enongh anima-| Since the pachting season has opened at tion in a-single’ inhabitant to ]usmy Larchmont Mr. Harry Gillig, the Crockers, demonstrative profanity. | the Haffs and other San Franciscans spend Day before -yestarday .I saw Tommy | considerable time on the water. Mr. Leary of ihe Tivoli .company standing in | Frank Unger never overlooks San Fran- the middle of theCourthouse square, and | ciscans, and Larchmont is always open to the expressjon-on his-face indicated that | people "from the Bay City. None of the he was looking for an.ice-wagon to.come | New York club have forgotten Uncle along, so he could mob it. Mz, Leary has | George Bromley on his last trip to this for long. years suffered from an overdose | point, and they always inquire after him of fat, and here he finds''it more incon- \ with feeling. Uncle George made a good venient“to- carry .than ih San Francisco, | 1mpression here by being the first on the where an occasional breeze gives tem- | ground and the last to depart. There was porary relief. | never a single instance, when he wasin the He tried to.exhibit himself in his very | stragglers' ranks, and his general bekavior best, along Theatrical Row, but _a smaoth I among the ladies who bad the pleasure of stiff collar of the morning’s vintage caved | meeting him is on a par with that of the in on. him- before noon, and about 1 ». x. | late lamented Lord Chesterfield. he was stretched -out in Madison-sqnare { I met Steve Brodie vesterday, that cele- Park fanning himself listlessly with a wet | brated New York citizen who falls off handkerchief and . expressing the wish{ Brooklyn bridge whenever he wants to at- that he«was 'on a tugboat with Ferris -. Hartman:or else’down in the basement of .the -Louvre. Really, I never saw Mr. Léary so.very, very tired of thé day. ‘When evening comes Phomas heads for a .- 'roof garden ‘adorned in.a neglige shirt and a ‘pair of-duck trousers.. “He is rot certain just how long he will stay here, but if the nhumidity continues he will probably take a round-the-Horn steamer and come bacxk | to San Frincisto via the Antartic Ocean. Hugo Schlamm-of the firm of Broder & Schianim, San Francisco music publishers, came here with Mr. Leary, but .being a much thjpner'and more passive man; he managed to get along first rate. The only " discomfort he fuffers is the pecessity of *hearing Leary’sremarksabout the climate. He’says he knows 1o one quité so descrip- tive in his abuses of a section as the gen- tleman from the Tivoli. Mr. Schlnmm is Here in the interests of his San Francisco house and intends to open a branch in” New York. He will. be Lere perhaps a week or two and return by way of Boston and Chicago. He has gath- ered a considerabie quantity of new music, | -Both local and foreign, and will ley it be- fore 8an Franciscans on-his return trip. W. W, Foute is at the Fifth-avenue Ho- tel, where he wili ‘be until certain mgtters perfainiiig to the Craven will case are set- fled. There appeatrs to be a New York end to that celebrated case, and Mr. Foote * has the matter in charge. He has a wide ‘circle of acquaintance here, and will, in all probability, visit his friend Grover Cleveland at Washington. Mr. Foote and the President have on an occasion before shared the same bait at Buzzards Bay. Unless thé life-saving Democracy re- nominate Mr. Cleveland he will have con- siderable time to devote to ihe Pacific coastér. He may be inclined to do it any- how., -He bas never been known to let the { tract attenuon‘ } “I am goin’ out to Frisco in Auvgust wid my show,” said Mr. Brodie. “You know dat play of mme, ‘On de Bowery.’ Why, say, all de scenery Jwhat I have fig'red in is in de | play. Me saleon, inside and out, ard de | bridge, and everyting has red fire on de side. Dose blokes in Frisco will have a fit | when Irings up de curtain. Dat’s what. “‘After de matinee some day I am goin’ toswim from de Cliff House to the seal rocks, and engage wid Ben Butler, de boss seal, in a rough and tumble fracas.” i Ioffered the information that Ben But- ler was dead. “Don’t make no difference. against any one of dem. See?” Mr. Brodie is really going to San Francisco, but regarding his movements with the descendants of the late Ben Butler I am unablie to give any definite informa- tion. Mr. R. A. Irving, ex-secretary of the { Horse 8how Association of San Francisco, | is at the Stuart House still, and has inter- | ested himself in some Cnu(arma mining ‘dea”ls, which he anuclpatea will pan out we Hotel men are watching the Hobart Estate Company with great interest. Since they indicated their intention of putting up the finest hotel in New York at the cor- ner of Broadway and Thirty-seventh street, there has been no end of conjecture as to who will come out bestin therace between | the Hobart combination and Mr. Astor’s | Waldorf Hotel. 1t isa recognized fuct here that when California capital comes into | business channeis something has got to come up to a high standard to meet it. Bos Davis. 'l go up Now dat goes. Young men oro:d should not fail 1o read Thomas Slater's advertisement on page 29. Cavendish, Trist, Whitfield, and our whist queen, Miss Kate Wheelock, sitting at the same table playing the game we all love so well, was a treat never to be forgotten. In our childhood days we used to hear of “Cavendish,” in later years we read of him, and every word in his many works on the game, for several'vears we have been in cor- respondence with him, but not until the sixth congress did we enjoy the long-looked- for moment of meeting him face to face.- A few years ago he sent us a life-size photo of himself, which adorns the walls of the Trist Club rooms of this City. To us he was a large broad - shouldered man, about 6 feet 3, in weight about 225 pounds, stern and gruff, and if the time ever came when we counld look at him, play a rubber of whist with him or take him by the hand and give itawarm grasp of weicome that time would be the supreme moment in our whist life. This pleasure we anticipated so many years came at last, and with it disappointment. Mr. Henry Jones “Cavendish” is about 5 feet 6 1nches in height, weighs about 155 pounds, a little stooped wnen he walks, wears a full beard and combs his hair well back irom his large forehead, as his pictures always repre- sent him. He made a great sacrifice to attend this congress. His health was such he should never have crossed the Atlantic, but hesays he " felt as we did that he would attend this con- gress if he had to be carried on a stretcher. He returned home on the Lucania, which left New York on July 4. We had the pleasure of spending several days and evenings with him, one of them in his pleasant parlors in the Montauk Club, Brooklyn, the night before he went down to the Oriental, where the congress ‘was to be held. In getting his ‘luggage” ready, s sick as nhe was, he would break out with | something that would cause lots of merriment, | One of his remarks to Weems: ‘*What an idiot my dear wife must be. What do you thiuk she put into my luggage? Forty-two shirts and enough coliars, cuffs and handkerchiefs and stockings to furnish a regiment, justas though mere was not a laundry in this blarsted coun- try.” The master is & great conversationist, many years retired from the practice of medi- cine and surgery, and has all of the ‘‘needful” to spend the rest of his days in luxury and comfort, surrounded by his whist friends. N. B. Trist comes from New Orleans. Hefs the ‘‘father of American leads.” All whist- players in America know of him,but to talk ‘with him, to see him, to play whist with him— why, you want to get up and throw your arms around him and hug him. One can’t help but love him. At the congress he was the center of every group. All eyes wereupon him at all times. Whenever he sat down to play the table would be immediately surrounded. When Mr. Trist arrived at the Oriental on Sunday evening—just at the dinner-hour—he was soon escorted into the dining-room, and in a moment the hundreds who were seated arose 10 their feet and stood cheering and clapping their hands for several minutes. He needed no introduction. Two life-size portraits of him adorn the walls of the Trist Club rooms of this City, one of them sent to the club by the New Orleans Chess and Whist Club, Mr. Trist being one of its founders; the other donated by the janitor. It is strange but true that Mr. Trist has never written & book on the game, but has contrib- uted enough to whist literature to fill a dozen. One of his last articles appeared in Harper's Weekly July 1. Knowing Mr. Trist as well as we do, & most intimate acquaintance he would heve us say, if we said anything, that the fads that the whist wind is blowing around the country find no favor with him. The Jeads and follows, the discards and echoes have never changed, and so far he sees no reason why they should. The calling for trumps in the original lead through an honor turned, with all sorts of irregular leads, is not worthy of any notice, and loses two tricks when it can possibly make one. THE CaArL will soon pub- lish something quite interesting from him. Having had the honor of visiting Mr. Tristat his own home, 1t is our pleasure to say he has & charming family—wife and flve daughters. Miss Rosella is a teacher of whist of wonder- ful ability. Is it at all strange? The name of Mr. Trist will go down into history as the greatest writer on the game that ever lived, and we hope some day that he will see the error of his way and write a book. TRIST ON WHIST. Professor W. H. Whitfeld came to this coun- try from England to attend the congress. His wonderful problems have put him to the front rank in the game. He is & young man about 42, professor of mathematics at Cambridge. We published severzl of his problems, and generally they canuot be solved by ore ina hundred. The fourth one of the quartet, our whist queen, Miss Wheelock, san Francisco ‘whisters all know. Nothing that we can say will add luster to her crown. If the *“Women in Whist” patterned after her no whist clubs in America wenld object to having lady mem- bers. Atthe Brooklyn Congressshe was the queen. Our whist editor had charge of all the tournaments in which she played, and 100 times at least we were asked to point out America’s whist queen. Oneof the happiest and most enjoyable events at this meeting was the dinner given by her majesty to her royal subjects, Tt was given in the honor of Trist and Cavendish. ECHOES FROM THE CONGRESS, Several deals that were played hy Cavendish, Trist and Whitfeld—the first they ever played together—and the identical cards will be put into play at the Trist Club rooms the first week in September, when the fall play begins, and the one having the highest score for the month will be given one of the packs, with an autograph of each of the trio, NO MORE CHIPS USED IN COUNTING. There was net a chip (usually used in count- ing tricks) seen at the congress during the entire week’s play. FIVE NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED. Five directors, whose term of office expired with this congress, retired from the board and John T. Mitehell of Chicago, Clarence A. Hen- riques of New York, Thomas Whelan of Balti- more and J. E. Shwab of Nashville were se- lected to fill the vacancies. Mr. Otls of Jersey City was elected for one year. SHORT SUITS VS. LONG SUITS. There were several “short-suit” teams at the congress, but they were kuocked out in the first round, as was expected. The whist editor of the New York Sun claims the New York Whist Club played short suits, but the whist editor of THE CALL has a written statement from Colonel E. A. Buffington, the best player on the team, stating that he never led a short suit onge during the entire match. This state- ment was signed in the presence of G. L. Bunn, captain St. Paul team, and John H. Briggs, the whist king. AMERICAN LEAGUE SYSTEM OF PLAY. One of the delegates to congress from the Trist Duplicaie Whist Club of this City offered the following resolution, which was unani- mously carried: Resolved, That the president of the league be instructed to appoint an advisory commitice to consider the advisability of appointing a stand- ing committee to sifc the different methods of play. etc., and recommend one that seems to be the best for adoption by the league. Every night during the congress the man- ager of Pain’s fireworks establishment, nearly opposite the hotel, had special designs made for the benefit of the whist' players and those in attendance at the congress. One piece, twenty ieet square, emblem of the American ‘Whist League, another the Hamilton Trophy, another N. B. Trist, another the president-élect of the league, Walter H. Barney; but the one that struck us 8s & greater novelty than the rest was one of those immense bombs that is thrown into the heavens, then bursting, a thousand and one colors appear 1o come forth and shower the earth, meteor iike, in which you coula see spades, hearts, clubs and dia- monds shoot out from the rest. WHIST RECEPTION. The San Francisco Whist Club gave a recep- tion last Monday evening,at the clubrooms, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payot, who had just re- turned from a year’s trip around the world. Mr. Payot was one of the founders of the San Francisco Whist Club and its first president. All whist players on the coast will weicome him home again. Mr. and Mrs. Payot at- tended the whist congress at Manhatéan Beach. In the midst of a group of at least twenty whisters one evening, out on the broad piazza of the Oriental Hotel, facing the ocean, Mr. Payot, in his usual merry way, called “At- tention for a moment.” All listened. He said, “I just heard the wild waves inquire, ‘What's trumps? " The double dummy problem publishea July 19 was an easy one—in fact, it was not & prob- lem at all, as there are several ways in which North and South can take all the tricks. Our object in publishing it was to see if our read- ers were interested in the problems published in THE CaALL and to see how many replies would be received. In all there were sixty-one answers, all but teven of which were correct. The prize offered—a copy of “Whist of To- day”—is awarded to Miss Jennie Partridge, 3128 Twenty-first street, San Francisco, whose solution and notes were the most complete and satisfactory. The following twenty-four deserve mention for the care taken with their solutions: James W. Howson, Brookside; Otto Knobel, Stockton; John McKay, Calico; W. Belard, Fresno; Mrs. Frank H. Atwater, Petaluma; G. W. Scott, Sac- ramento; E. C. Brown, Oakland; U. Hartnell, Salinas City; Mrs. F. A. Carmichael, F. F. Free- man and Mary E. Crowley, San Francisco; D. C. Henny, Alameda; C. H. Parker, Arthur Inkersley, J. W. Emprey, Charles Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McCarty, Eugene E. Schmitz, H. P. Green, Eliza R. Daingerfield, Charles Long, Thomas Parker, W. T. Sawyer and Charles Reilley. E. E. Schmitz has our thanks for a problem, which may be published hereafter. PROBLEM 12. Double Dummy.—The following problem we take from the Newark News. F.-H. Otis, the whist editor, says: This problem is by W. H. Whitfeld, was published some years ago, but none of the expert solvers could give the solu- tion of it in the required time. Two weeks ago we published an easy one. This is & hard one; —K, _—J, 6 04, Q10,7 Spade trumps. North to lead. North and South win the eight tricks. e Among the members of the class lately graduated from the Boston Institute of Technology were a son of President Gar- field, a son of United States Senator Cannon of Utah,a son of President Van Holst, the historian, a grandson of General B. F. Butler and a grandson of Bishop and Lieutenant-General TLeonidas Polk, the “Pighting Bishop,” who was killed while commandaing a Confederate corps at the The phosphate mines of Florida num- ber 106 ana they yield more than 500,000 tons of phosphate annually. .MflsoNR,YflND WA_ISDOM THE ARCANE MYSTERES TO BE TAUGHT IN A LATTERDAY COLLEGE IN " THIS COUNTRY- Mention was made in Tae CALL some 1 weeks since of a college of occultism to be | known as the 8chool for the Revival of the | Lost Mysteries of Antiquity. It was 1 stated that the sife was tq be dedicated | early in 1997, and as soon thereafter as possible active arrangments would be made to carry out the plans in detail. The promoters of this college are promi- nent business men of Amefica and Europe. But back of them, it is said, are those who are the custodians of the arcane truths which were so jealously gnarded in the great mysteries of Egypt, Greece .and India before the Christian era. These ldepts. it iz claimea, are now ready to again give to humanity this ancient, knowledge. They say that the world’is on the eve of a mighty forward step, and that as America is the great nation of the future 80 she will also be the ceriter from which the old teachings shall again be dissemi- nated to the world. 1 Iibuta fraction of what is claimed for this movement be true it is still one of the most remarkable that has been brought to the notice of mankind in this age of mar- velous scientific advance, and the results which are so confidently asserted must be far-reaching in the way of good for hum-n- kind. The preliminary organization of the School for the Revival of the Lost Mys- teries has just been completed, and the school fund committee has issued the fol- lowing self-explanatory address from its headquarters at 144 Madison avenue, New York: Plato and Pythagoras derived their know- ledge through initiation into the Mysterie: The knowledge which they thus derived ex- isted long before their time, and served also for the establishment of the Schools of the Magi. This knowledge reached us by wey of Egypt and Chaldea. Itwas the combined re- sult of millenniums of research into the nfys- teries of nature by wise men, trained adepts, who by self-conquest and evolution had ad- vanced to higher planes and tested their knowledge by actual experience. Not only has most of the wisdom thus acquired become lost to the outer world, pbut the very method by which it was obtained is now practieally un- known, so that very few persons in this age be- lieve that either such a wisdom or the process of its attainment ever existed. Thisknowledge was never revealed to the profane, for it gave immense power tor either good or evil to its possessors. It was recorded in symbool, para- ble and allegory, requiring & key for its inter- pretation. Two new agents have now come forward to found a School of Learning for the purpose of restoring to the world a knowledge of the nature of the soul and the methods of its higher evolution, and for the more complete and systematic training of neophites quali- filed by actual attainment for advancement into the Greater Mysteries. Those obtaining this deeper knowiedge will become teachers and leaders of the human race, consecrated to its service. The symbols and ceremontes of Free Masonry were originally derived from the more ancient mysteries, as all who have “traveled the burn- ing sands’ know. The ritual aud ceremonies, signs and pass-words have been preserved with great fidelity, but the real key has long been lost waiting for *‘future generations” to dis- cover it. True Masonry and ancient wisdom are virtu- ally the samé. Each is founded on the brother hood-of man. The Jost key and thestrue phii osophy.can be found and will be placed withjx the reach of all thvse who unselfishly desir and work for their possession. Masonry ‘by glyph and ceremony dramatically represent he progress of the neophyte in the degrees o; his initiation. Itisonly by the union of ‘the speculative and the operative, or the philo sophical and the symbolic or actual that the real meaning and intent o either can by realized, the *‘master’s word’*recovered and the ancient glory be restored. Such a resulf has now become possible under cyélic law, The masters are ready and’ have issued their orders. It remains for.us to take notice there of and accept_ tHeir offer of help. Thisigs privilege that has net come- to mankind dun ing many a weary millenmum of lgnonnce and “strife.” Those who feel the sore need and appreciate the opvortunity will respond giadly, and it has already been demonstrated that the grea work will be done.. No return is promised, ta individual subscrihers. The school must nof only be built but .endowed, in order to secure its efficiency and permanency. That the time is ripe for the establishing of the school ig fully proved by the ‘spontgneous subscription of $10,600 in cash and $15,000 in archi- tectural, engineering, electrical “and other work, at New York, on April 26 and 27, in Tesponse to :nnhlm call made for this pur. pose. A bourd of trustees hu been formed to take this work in hand. The board is supplemented by an “adyisory council,” the latter to be in- creased as others “worthy and well j qusli- fled” are found. From their number the trustees have dp- pointed & “school fund” committee, whose special duty it isto raise money. Gscaaniicals libidions’ Wave'-bech: biab- °| lished, each under the direct supervision of a member of .the “school tund” committee, who appoint agents in each locality; these agents to be furnished with authorized sub- seription books and io solicit subseriptions in their respective communities and make monthly reports and returns to their division chief, who makes like returns and reforts to the treasurer in New York. In this way the country will be quickly covered by carnest workers and all who ‘““love humanity” given an opportunity to *imitate the spléndid exam- ple already set and thus help forward the work of quickly establishing this ‘“great school.” The board of trustees is as follows: President,’ Dr. J. D. Buck, 116 West Seventh street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Vice-President, F. M. street, New York, N. Y. Treasurer, E. Aug. Neresheimer, Lace, New York, N. Y. Secretary, C. A. Griscom Jr., New York, N. Y. Dr. Alfred Walton, 509 Fifth avenue, York, N. Y. Ernest T. Hargrove, 144 Madison avenue, New York, N. Y. E. B. Rambo, 418 Market street, San Franciseo, Cal. 3 Claude Falls Wright, 144 Madison avenue, New York, N. Y. M. A. Oppermana, Ford City, Pa. Dr. A. P. Buchman, 18 West Washington street, Fort Wayze, Ind. A. H. Spencer, 64 Leonard street, New York, N.Y. Lr. Archibald, Keightiey, 62 Queen Anne street, Cavendish Square, London, W., England. D. N. Dunlop, 3 Upper Ely place, Dublin, Ire- land. Pierce, 28 Cortlandt 20 Maiden 6 "Bowling. Green, New Wild borses have increased to such an extent in Queensland that the animals are being shot with a view of reducing the numbers.