The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1897, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1897. 21 ineralogist A. 8. Cooper, who ume the duties of the office N with the coming month, has decided make no changes in either the | 1d staff of the Mining Bureau for a considerable time, probably a faw | ‘A man would be stupid to go into such an office and go to making changes iu the organ- zed working force until ne had become fa- | © with the work and the men.” says Mr. “I want to first become thoroughly | ainted with the work and needs of the tution and if I make any changes it will me time in the future.” One of tne things that has always impaired the efficiency of the Mining Bureau has been the fact that it has always been too mucn of a political institution and “pulls” rather than executive abilit c attainments and practical mini ce have placed the men who heve done the work. If there isa | State institution besides the university which | should be kept out of partisan politics it is the | Mining Bureau. ecting of the American i neers at Chicago last was exceptionally successful, and re- d in the addition of many valuable pers to the literature of the miningindustry. | be generally read in the published | «nsactions.” Regarding them, & member | Three papers, all of which will be properly | ustrated when presented, exhibited in a | g way the chief element in the recent ss of American mining and metallurgy, es of material. I refer to Mr. Lewis’ puper he Chicago Drainage Canal, Professor Den- r on Miming Methods in Northern | a and Mr. Sablin’s paper on the | g of Material at the Blast Furnace. | Spilsbury in his address on the | ss of the last decade did not fail to | ize the importance of this factor, which us largely revolutionized practice at the mine | at the extra ses- | Tirey L. Ford. chairman ot | on committee of the Miners' Associ- ne the commitiee within two | action, and there are stfong vide for the segregation of | tions of the railroad lands in | Oregon has once passed both | ess, it may be recalled. It has | us champ nship of tae Cali- tion and the hostility of Secre- Hoke Smith and of Lamoresux, the Com- ioner of the General Land Office. In the er house it passed without open opposi- | 1 on a viva voce vote,and in the Senateit | Y ssed with amendments. )n its Teturn to the House a conference com- g ot secured and it went to the Com- | 1 lic Lands, where it died because | friends were'not able to get it again before | House, mainly because of the aititude of | Reed. Mr. Ford says that the bill as amended by | te will be introduced as a new bably by Perkins in the Senate and | 2 the House. Some of the friends of | o the lust Congress will be | bois of Idaho, chairman of | tee on Public Lands, and | . On the other hand itis | ed that the attitude of the new admin. on will be friendiy to the miners. rest in copper mining is ture of the mining de- Western part of America, nd the near future will undoubtedly show & ase in the copper output of Cali- ch more attention is being given copper mining simply because the demand s 50 great, the supply so short and the price much better than in past years, with pros- cis of its remsining so for some time. e close of the year the world’s visible the metal was very low, and it is lower, with a very active demand. | world is using & tremendous amount of | per these days and wants more of it every | ar, 8s €lectrical construction increases. Just v the demand trom Europe is espe- sctive, and it will remain active for me. The incressed demand from pe is due mainly to the rapid increase in cal work there and to the needs of war | The growth of i E the mechanical handling of large | material. With ihe industrial world consum- ing all the copper produced about as fast as it cau be shipped from the smelters, and with prices good ard a growing demand ahead it is but natural that covper mining should take on a new @evelopment. Notonly has a great amount of new capital been put into work- ing copper mines within the past year or two, but there has been & more general prospect- ing for copper ore since it has again become a g00d thing. English capital has greatly increased the output of the Anaconda mines, oid and new mines in Arizona are being developed on & large scale, the big Iron Mountain mine in this State is having its capacity doubled, and sim lar reports regarding the re- opening or more extensive working of copper mines come from various parts of the Pacific Coast. Along with them come a succession of big storiesabout great discoveries of copper ore, mainly from the Northwest, especially from British Columbia. We hear of the discovery of » three-foot ledge of “solid native copper’” in Kittitas County, Washington, of the largest copper ledge in the world by Loughbrough Inlet, British Columbia, of other finds which show the Northwest to be rich in coper and capable of a great output. The copper product of 1897 promises to greatly exceed that of 1896. How soon increased supply will pass the demand and bring lowering prices and a reaction remains (o be seen. California has but one moteworthy copper mine now producing. That is the large prop- | erty of the Mountain Mines Company, Lim- ited, on Iron Mountain, Shasta County. All | the other mines in tne State which were | worked in the past are lying idle, or practi- cally so. In Amador County, which once yielded a large output, the only work that has been done for along time is the leaching of tal ings. Copper mines are strung the length of the State from Del Norte to San Diego, and some of them will likely make their mark as producers some day, but no important move- ments are on foot so far, except the opera- | tious of the big Scotch syndicate in Shasta County refe:red to. MINING MISCELLANY. Captain J. R. de Lawar has svrrendered the | option on & majority of the stock of the Mercur Gold Mining and Milling Company, which he has held for some time. The option was at £7 50 & share, or at the rate of $1,500,000 for the property, and his examination convinced him that tue price was t00 hizh, will run_the Cornish pumps in the Rawhide mine is being put in piace. James Cronan has resigned the superinten- dency of the Hale & Norcross mine and will devote himself to his British Columbia inter- ests. A prospecting smelter, with a capacity of ten tons per twenty-four hours, is being erccted in Clear Creek, Shesta County, to demonstrate the successful smelting of ores from Mule Mountain and the South Fork. The Darling mine, near Georgetown, El Do- rado County, is reported to have been sold to Junn D. Alvardo of London for $40,000. The mine has been developed to & depth of 200 fnet, and has been idle for some time. At the Schoeden mine, Siskiyou County, seven miles from Yreks, work is progressing steadily. A large quantity of ore at e tenth level, at a depth of 1200 feet, is being stoped out for crushing. 'W. B. Jeftrey, a mining engineer of London, has been examining mining properties in the Western States and in British Columbia for thie past four months, and i8 now in Califor- nia. The production of pig iron in the Unitea States at the opening of this year was at the weekly rate of 161,000, or about the same as two years ago. Sampling-works have been opened at Johan- nesburg, the near neighbor of Randsburg, sffording & convenience 1o miners with small quantities of ore to sell. Fifty-two claims were filed with the recorder of the ees, is taking up a coilection for a schooi- house and will soon have education under way. Arich strike is reported to have been made in Kern County in an old shaft that successiva miners have worked and abandoned asuseless for years. It is the old Edith mine, near The 60-horsepower gasoline engine which | Rand district during the week ending March | 5. Randsburg has elected three school trust- | Glenville. W. L. Gilbert anu John Pierce were the last to try the property, retimbering the shait and putting in a new pump and & blower.. The ore lies in kidney form. Its assay value is not given, but it is sald that good offers for the mine have been refused, and the strike is another evidence of the gold resources ot Kern Connty. Three of the best claims near the town of Randsburg have been bought for $31,600 by J. J. Brown of Leadville and J. A. Shinn of Denver. The claims are the Excelator, J. L C, been begun, and the effect of the sale work is already felt in the camp, which walts for capital, deve opment and production. Some thief stole a lot of toolsand powder from Gardner H. Smith, which he had stored in the tunnel on the Success. Usually there i little or no thieving in mining camps, and it will probabiy soon be that way nere, for several miners have taken steps alresdy look- ing to the righting of these wrongs in_the old- fashioned way.—Randsburg Miner. New placer discoveries have been made in Jule Canyon., Esmeralda County, Nev., and claims are being staked off in the snow. Los Angeles people have bonded for one yeer the Alice mine in the Pinacate district, Riverside County, and will erect a cyanide plant of twenty-five tons’ daily capacity. Oil has gone up to §1 50 per barrel at Los Angeles. The Santa Fe Railroad Company has discarded oil as fuel on account’ of the rise and gone back to coal. The old gravel channel at San Antone camp, Calaveras County, which in early days yielded great riches, is-again beiug opened by Peirano and Lee. Water was the great drawback in early days, when the bed of the San Antone was worked and the channel made famous by its ylelas. A deed was signed in Bishop last week con- veying title to the Wild Rose mine from Harry McNamara and Pat Dowd to W. 8 Couch and G. P. Doyle. The purchass price is $10,000. The mine, eight miles from Benton, hasbeen idle for years. The work formerly done was limited, comprising & 100-foot tunnel and 130- foot shaft, but in this over $300,000 was taken out. Later Joseph McDermott sunk a 60-foct sheft, finding only base ore. The Banuer mill, three miles distant, will be placed in shape 10 work the ore. This mill has not been used for thizteen years. A concentrating plant will be used at once, and if cyaniding experiments give satisfactory results a cyanide plant will be added.—Inyo County Register. Tbe miners of the Rand district, Kern County, bave ordained as follows: The area of a mining clalm in the Rand mining district shall be as now by the United States mining laws provided, not to excced 1500 feet in length, with 300 feet on each side of the vein or lode, and such surface boundaries shall be markea by five monuments, one at each corner, with an initial monument at the point of discoy- ery, each monumens to be not less than 234 feet higb, with a notice placed thereon, show- | ing the designated corner of tae ciaim, with relation 10 the same. The first hoisting engine in the Rand die- trict, Kern County, Cal., has just been erected on the King Solomon mine, on which it is the intention of the owners to sink 500 feet. At the Magalia mine, Butte County, owned by Rideout & Haggin, and consisting of 1100 acres of gravel, the new shaft is 512 feet deep. The pumping is all done by compressed air, reheated below by steam. Originally the whole volume of water was raised to the sur- | face, butSuperintendent Gassaway now pumps it to the 300 level, where it is discharged through the old works into the creek beyond. A steam hoist at the bottom of the shait hoists the gravel from the face of the gangway to | the shaft, at present a distance of 1100 feet. Every mine on Magalia Ridge, Butte County, is 1n operation, and 500 men are employea there and on Butte Creek. Ex-Congressman J. A. Louttit has bonded from Mrs. J. Valdel her mine on the west slope of French Hill, Calaveras County, and & contract has been let to sink a shait to the | depth of 50 teet on the lead. The New York correspondent of the London Mining Journal has this to fornia diamonds: *It is mot, I think, gen- erally undersiood that the United States is diamond-producing country. Records of un- questionable trustworthiness exist of dfa- monds having becn found in Virginia and Norih Caroline, but the most productiye State hitherto has been California. The first an- nouncement of California diamonds was ia 1850, in Silliman’s Journal, and since then many genuine discoveries have from time to time been reported. The chief localities have been near Cherokee, in Butte County; near Placerville, ln El Dorado County; French Corral, in Nevada | County, and several places in Amador County. In Trinity County also some very minute diamond crystals have been found. Professor F. Woehler of Gottingen sothe years ago examined samples of the ‘platinum sands’ of Trinity River. After removing gold, piatinum, chrome iron, silica, ruthenium, elc., by the usual methods he observed the residue microscopically and found numerous colorless, transparent grains, which he pre- sumed to be diamonds. Subsequent combus- tion in oxygen and precipitation from baryta water convinced him that the microscopic erystals were true diamonds, “On the occasion of a visit of inspection that I made in 1894 to the Upper Raucheria dis- trict of Amador County, Cal, I met several of and the Big Wedge. Development work?' likely enough sooner or later to become a | the men who had found some of the more noted California diamonds, and was shown the exact places of the discoveries. The finds a1l happened in washing gold from the gravel that undorlies the yolcanic cap, and it isa moot question whetlier the gems were properly constituents of the lower or upper formation. But that they were merely spécimensof far greater numbers cannot be doubted, and any adventurous spirit who may be willing to risk a little capital on the chance of discovering & large fortune might easily do worse than to ngage in diamond-hunting at Upper Ran- cheria.” Smokeless powder is coming into use for mining purposes. A rock-crusher with a capacity of 1000 tons a day has been ordered for the Mercur mine in Utah. & The prohibition of the employment of Chinese in quartz mines is being sgitated in British Columbia. A Government inuspector for each mining district in British Columbia, to report on the actual condition of each mine, has been recommended by the Board of Trade of Revel- stoke. In Cripple Creek more low-grade ores are being treated this year than ever before. The building of new reduction plants has brought down the cost,and lower grades are being treated than has heretofore bzen possible. Much of the ore of this class is being held as an investment, the owners believing that treat- ment costs will be stili further reduced. Red-Hair Graze snd Men's Joupees e HE bleached blonde has lost pres- 2002 (ige. '\ If my lady wish to please D;m,n Fashion then must she not only brush her hair to silky smoothness, but use the tea of henna to make it red. “The law allows it and the court de- mands it.” So the up-to-date young woman will procure this leaf and apply it. Red locks of any shade will bring her into favor, from the beautiful Titian hue to that which in bygone school days would have forced upon her the disgrace- ful appelliation of “bricktop.” Bat “Bricktop’s’’ turn has come, and those who once jeered now envy, for she to-day is queen. Queen for how long a period ncne can tell, as fickle fashion, like the weatber, has its vicissitudes, Hair of inky blackness may be trans. formed to ensnaring auburn ii the victim will but spend the time and money. She must hie to the artiste with at least $15in her inside pocket. If her hair be longand heavy and she a little wise she will se- crete an extra gold note or two in her pouch, as the price of vanity varies ana the artiste of reputation is never cheap. The time to be sacrificed is about ten hours, the process being slow and tedious. Usually at 9 a. x. the operation begins. The henna leaf, ground to & powder, is mixed with water and forms a paste like inud, which must be applied to every root and strand of hair. This done, the paste is let thoroughly dry and then is removed by a shampoo known only 10 the hair- dresser, which, with a massage, completes the treatment, and my lady at7p. w. is rewarded for her expenditure of patience, time and money with tresses of a bewitch- ingly warm glow. Every five weeks she must return for re- touching of the roots, as the hair in that time grows about a quarter of an inch, and if she wish to keep it all one colorshe must watch and persevere, so exacting is the mistress to whom she has vowed alle- giance. It has been discovered that the climate of California has the effect of cansing pre- maturely gray hair, particularly with the native born. } It is a common fact that many girls of only 16 yea.s have to use a hairdye. This climatic influence and the fad now in vogue accomplishes the good resulf of making the manufacture and sale of hair dye a paying business. The once very remunerative employ- ment of hairdressing has within the last four years suffered not only from the de- pression of the times but from overcrowd- ing, so those who now secare the best re- ceipts for bair restorers, vigors and dyes will have a change of luck that may short- ly pave the way to a neat fortune, An industry which, too, brings a ready requital is the making of the muc!.-talked- of toupee. The toupee costs anywhere from $12 50 to $35, and the man of means resorts (o this device to hide his weak- ness—that bald spot. He can have it made and adjusted with- out fear of detection, as every hair-dress- Midwinter Meeting of the A. W. L., HELD AT NASHVILLE, TENN., FEB. 22. executive committee of the American st League met at Nashville, Tenn., and ,pted the following programme for the sev- annual congress, to be held st Put-in- Lake Erie, July 6-10: st—A contest for the Hamilton trophy for | year 1897-98. During the preliminary | which will occupy the afternvons and nings of Tuesdsy, Wednesdsy, Thursday and Friday, esch club will play a match the two clubs with the highest match score | 11 play a fioal mateh on Saturday. The pum- | £ hands iu ihe preliminary matches shall h shall consist of forty-eight hends on regular A. W. L. schedule score and card | Second—A contest for the first possession of the American Whist League trophy for the . The preliminary play will occupy v Wednesdsy, Thurs- nd Friday, end will be conducted under to Mitchell progressive eystem. The two <M< with the highest trick score will play & fn% match on Saturdsy. The mumber of | hands in the preliminary maiches will be as Der twenty as the number of entries will per- mit, and the final match will consist of forty- eight hands 2s provided for in the schedule score cards. Third—A contest for the Minneapolis trophy This contest will be conducted zew Howell pair progressive sys- tem, in which each pair completes a match 1 every other pair at one sitting. There will be six sittings, occupying the afternoons and evenings of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the peir with the highest trick score shall be declared the winner. Fourth—A contest for the Brooklyn tropby fcr teams representing auxiliary associations. The tournament committee wili decide as to the method of play after the entries have been | m‘:g'Prugmssive “fours,” match score, Tuesday afternoon. (Prizes donated by the Trist Duplicate Whist Clubof San Francisco.) sixth—Progressive *‘pairs,” Tuesday even- individual prizes to makers of best north- h and east-west scores. . cventh—Progressive *pairs,” Wednesdsy oon, individual prizes. 3 L:ghth—Progressive “fours,” Wednesday score, 1ndividual prizes. Ninth-Progressive “fours,” Thursday after- noon, match score, individ al prizes. Tenth—Progressive “paizs,” Thursdsy even- , individusl prizes. : eventh—Progressive “pairs,” Friday after- , individual prizes. 7 fth—Progressive “fours,” Friday even- trick score, tndividual prizes. rieenth—Progressive stralght whist con- turday evening, individual prizes to the peir making the majority of tricks. tividual souvenirs will be swarded to s who represent the winning club al play for the Hemilion, A. W. L. inneapolis trophies. The gencral rules for all contests are prac- ly the same as goverped the sixth con- ton, A. W. L. and Minneapolis trophy con- tests must be members of the clubs they repre- sent, but any players, whether members of the same club or not, mey enter together for the progressive “fours” and *‘pairs” contests and straight whist contest, The main aifferences betweea the pro- grammes of the sixth and seventh congresses lie in that the entries for the Hamilfon troohy contest are mot divided into sections, that the A. W. L. trophy play runs through the entire week, that a progressive four or pair match is provided for every efternoon and evening during the week, except Monday and Saturday, and that the piay for the Min- neapolis trophy only extends over three days. There are more contests provided for than #t any previous congress, and there will be no time during the week when delegates not in | sny of the trophy contests cannot find some- thing to compete for. The one sitting matches are expected to be popular. The A. W. L. Trophy Gontest. Tnis contest is the principal whist-pleying Jesture of the midwinter meeting.- When the ‘trophy is won by an Eastern club at the con- gress, it is surrendered o the league and played for by a picked Western club at the midwinter meetiug. Tnis yesr the clubs chosen to represent the East and West in the midwinter maich for the' American Whist League trophy were the Albany Club and the St. Paul Whist Club. The match was played on Saturday, February 20, the teams being: Albany—Smith (captein), Snow, Lodge and Muhlfelder. St. Paul—Briggs (captain), Bron- son, Gordon and Metcall. Mueh to the sur- prise of every one, and to the great disap- pointment of the entire West, the Albany ciub won, and won on its merits, the margin of tricks in its favor being 100 large 10 admit any claims of adverse luck. Still there were pal liating circumstances. Judge Bunn, one of St. Paul’s strongest piayers, was unabie to be with his team, while the Albany team wes intact, and duringthe game & hand on which St. Paul was due to win six tricks had to be thrown out on account of the trump being turned wrong atthe second table. But be that as it may, the West lost, and with the game went all Western clubs’ chances for a try &t the trophy in the post-midwinter series. The game was never in doubt from thelstart. The total score was: Albany 24, St. Paul 12, What Is the Best Whist Play ? Mr. John H, Briggs in the Sunday Times of Minneapolis say: The writer would be pleased to have whist-players comment on 1his deal. The point which particuiarly de- mands consideration is the correct play at trick 4. In my opinion this is one of the most interesting positions that ever presented it- self to my attention. Skall Enst lead the win- ning cards or shall he lead some other card to ‘make sure of the command at the third lead Players who take part in the Hamil- of this suit? What shodld West play to the second lead of the suit if East leads the ace and king? #-9,9,7,3 O—A.J,9,2 9.6 i 0-K,Q,3 Ten of spades trumps. South to lead. The winning card is underscored. TRICKS. NORTH.| EAST. AQ 69 38 | 5a Q4 | ke 66 “Tw 76 |"ha 9% | K& 98 |TAs 20 | 20 30 | 90 80 3% 0 (-1 YO | Tl Ko 6% North and South 4, East and West 9, X Trick 1—North has all but one of the cards higher than his partner’s fourth-best. Trick 2—The writer will not criticize the trump lead. The club suit is the only weak spot. Trick 4—East can place one trump with South and two with North. Also he marks West with the king orqueen ot hearts. If East can get the command of his suit and the lead he can lead the best trump and make the suit. Shail he jead high and trust to dropping the queen, or'shall he lead to_force out the queen in the hope thatWest may get the lead and glve him & return of the suit? Does not North’s trump lead make it seem quite proba- Dle that he has the queen rather than any one other player? If 50, what is the chance of its being doutle guarded? If East leads the ace and king, should West play the queen to the second lead? 11 East held nothing but small cards, aside from the ace and king, the writer thinks he should certainly lead his fourth best, Trick 5—East sces that North does not hold the queen. He now leads the winning trump in the hope that it will drop to the ace and king if South has it. If West hasit he must surely playit. ~ We ask our readers to send in comments on the play. John T. Mitchell, of duplicate whist fame, says he would bave led the ten of trumps and ing salon is brovided with a private room where he can be smuggled in and hi: tendant is sworn to secrecy. How the toupee is kept on the head has been a sub- ject of much cogitation. The way is sim- ple. Tt is done with about twelve small pieces of plaster having adhesive gualities on both sides; these are attached to the toupee and it is pressed to the head, where without danger of detachment, it will re- main for twelve days, at the expiration of which time a renewal is necessary. The existence of the toupee has another merit worthy of mention in this, that its use may prove of great benefit to society, as it will do away with what has long been known as the ‘‘bald-headed row,” seen mostly at the theaters when the ballet is in town. 3 But again to the starting point— woman’s crown of elory—for since her creation has woman’s hair been admired and considered her richest personal gift. It has been a favorite subject both With minstrel and poet. Biblical mention is made of it when Judith prepared berself for ber journey to the camp of Holofernes. 1t tells us that her raven hair was plaited and adorned with jewels, The goddess of beauty, Venus, is described as *‘riding on the waves in a seashell, her shimmering hair floating about her and crowned with roses.” Tennyson sings its praises and makes it an agent of charity in helping Godiva save her people from the dreaded tax: Anon she shook her head, And showered the rippled ringlets toher knee; and Goethe dwells on its power of fascina- tion when Le advises: Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks, Ana when ske winds them round s young man’s neck She will not set him free again. Neither mythology, history, poetry nor song demands that this feminine adorn- ment be of an auburn tinge to attain suc- cess in captivation, intellectuality or any other virtue. All types of beauty, regard- less of the color of the tresses, have been admired from the fairest to the darkest. The reason for this present tendency of changing one’s tresses to fiery brilliancy, like the craze for bleuching, is unknown. Though it neither hurts the brain nor destroys the hair (for the henna leaf, like peroxide, is not injurious), it is hardly a commendable practice. Nature’s day must and will come, when with only soap and water, comb and brush, woman will learn that she can be more beautiful than with all the hair dyes in the world EL1zaBETH ANN. TAKING GUT THEIR GO0DS Merchants Hurriedly Emptying the Loca! Bonded Ware- houses. Expect That Congress Will Enact & High Protective Tariff on Tuzsday. San Francisco merchants ars hurrying to get their goods out of the bonded ware. houses in anticipation that Congress, when it meets in special session on Tues- day next, at the call of President McKin- ley, will fulfill the ‘purpose for which ic is convened—enact a sound and far-reaching protective tariff. It 1s thought that the big rush will come to-morrow and that vast quantities of goods will be taken out, put already the removals foot up a considerable sum. The drain began on the Ist inst., when $2646 46 worth of goods was removed. On the day following the amount jumped to $17.590 21, snd tke top notch was reached on Friday, when $19,622 71 was removed. Yesterday the amount was comparatively small, because Saturday is an off day, but preparations are being made to handle a big lot to-morrow. For the twelve days past goods to the amo unt of $37,673 37 have been removed, $6124 25 being from ‘‘rewarehouse” lots. The main removals have been cigars, tobacco and woolen goods, The law allows goods to remain turee years in bond, but the duty in force at the time ot the removal must be paid. It is thought that to-morrow’s removals will amount to hundreds of thousands. The owners of the goods will save many thousands of dollars by taking them ou: })e!ou & high protective tariff is putin orce. then the high clubs. Itis true that North's lead of trumps makes it look as though he must have the queen of ¢lubs twice guarded, but if that is s0, South may have but one none, and may work in hissmell trump, be- sides Jetting his partner make the queen, if the knave is led. In any event, the writer would not lead the knave. If he were going tolead any card but the ace it would be the five or tray. Iithe knave went to the queen fourth in hand he would never expect his partner to return the club when he got in. Aside from the reasoning that North must have the guarded queen of clubs, because he led the trumps, there is strong probabiiity that tho queen will fall irom one of the hands on the second round, or be in your pariner’s hamd, In either of these cases the high lead makes the most tricks, unless your partner, with the queen, fails to unblock, wnich he manitestly ought to doif you lead the third round of irumps at trick 4. George L. Bunn on Finessing, Every line that comes from the pen of G. L. Bunn and John H. Briggsis worth 100 cents on the dollar, ana shouid be put away in your whist scrapbook. The following is from the St. Paul Glove, written by Mr. Bunn: Much is £aid {n the books on the subject of finesse: the different kinds of fizesse are de- scribed and discissed, and rules are formu- ated; we do not think that thisimportant ubjéct has been very clearly or satisfactoriiy treated by the authorities; indeed, rules can- not be applied very far to the subject of finesse; it is possible to make a few very gen- eral ones, but the rest must be left to the judg- ‘ment of the player. The only finesse that is permitted on an original lead from partner of his long suit is the play of queen when hold- ing ace, queen and one or more others; the finesse of jack from king, jack is bad whist; the finesse of jack from ace, jack and one or more others 1s permissible in certain cases, but ordinarily ace is the best play; the play of any card of the suit other than the highest, except in the above cases, and where the third nand holds two or more cards in sequence, and except where the card led indicates that no card of the suit lower than the highest card held by third hand can win the trick, ought not to be considered good whist. We thoroughly disapprove of the practice that was so common a short time ago of “finessing by the eleven rule,” that is, passing a card led by partuer, where &n application of the eleven rule shows that there is but one card of the suit with the adversaries higher thau the card led. This is permissible only in cases where the missing card must be ace, king or queen, and then only when the other cards in the player's hand are such as to justify his taking chences; as tenace strength in-tke other suits or tramp strength. An instange of this occurred in & deal played in the match against Doiuth. South led eight of dlamonds, West played small, and North, with ace, ten and deuce, played deuce; of course North knew that king or queen was the only card above the eight with either adversary, and he took the chance that the card was to his right; it happened to be there and was the king, and the play proved very lucky. However, we re- gard North’s play justifiable only in case he held trump strength and good cards to be led t0in the other suits, and with great trump strength we believe sound whist would de- mand winning the trick and exhausting trumps, What we have said here isintended to apply only to third-nand play on the original lead. The “Oregonian” of Portland Falls Into Line. The Oregonian of Sunday, February 7, makes the following announcement: ‘The Oregonian this week opens its columns as an educator for the benefit of the whist-reading public, and will strive from week to week to place before those interested in the game just such matter as will be of interest, by reason of its possess- ing some Jocal association, or because of its ‘bearing, more or less prominently, upon some important feature or topic of the day.” We wish we could reach out our hand over the Shasta route, down the Willamette Valley into Portland, and shake the hand of the Ore- gonian, and congratulate them on having such an able whist writer as Miss Annie Blanche Bhelby. This little lady we have known for several years in the whist world, and we are glad to see thather whist ability is appre- clated. We will look forward to receiving the Sunday Oregonian with much interest, and we would advise all students of the game to sub- secribe for it. It will contain many little price- less whist gems that we will all love to keep. Whistlets. President Tormey of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club was given a dinner at the Union League Club of’ Philadelphia on Saturday be- fore the midwinter meeting of the league by Dr. Joseph Neff, president of the Philadelphia Whist Club. The doctor was feeling s litile jubilant over a well-earned victory of his team over the great Hamilton big four the night before. After discussing the merits of the Eastern and Western players, the two presidents formed a combination and went to the rooms of the Philadelphia Whist Club, where a compass match was on the tapis, and succeeded in making the top score,7 above the average. The Tennessee Whist Association was formed at Nashville during the meeting of tae A. W. L J. E. Shwab was chosen as its firat president. Mr. Shwab is president of the Nashville Whist Club, a director in the Ameri- can Whist League and a whist-player of the first rank. We wish the new association every success. Last Saturday the San Francisco Whist Club_ inaugurated a tournament for teams of four, to continue for four weeks, play taking place every Saturdey afternoon. The winning four ‘will receive prizes offered by the San Francisco Club. All teams or individual whist-players, ‘whether members of a ciub or not, are {nvited to particivate. Individual players will be put 1into teams made up from other players who bave not formed teams. 'facings and yellow plume. After th NEW TO-DAY—DRY G)ODS. ENORMOUS PURCHASE! - 50,000 OXF YARDS EMBROIDERIES! AT 3 T0 3 VALUE AND LESS. In connection with our GREAT INTRODUCTORY SALE OF NEW SPRING GOODS in all departments we this week offer a GIGANTIC SPECIAL PURCHASE OF CAMBRIC GUIPURE AND CHAMBRAY ALL-OVER EMBROIDERY in a vast range of THE LATEST AND PRETTIEST DESIGNS AND PATTERNS, which we bought and in turn offer at Only a Fraction of Regular Prices 700 pieces CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBR! ‘Will pe offered at.. OIDERY, regular price 10c a yard. 50 600 picces CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROIDERY, regular price 15¢ a yard. 71G . 02 ‘Will be offered at. 500 pieces CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBR! 'Will be offered at. 475 pieces CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROIDERY, Will be offered at.............. 450 pieces CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROIDERY, ‘Will be offered at. 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Will pe offered at.............. 15¢ A3 OUR NEW.SPRING CATALOGUE will soon be ready for distribution to OUT-OF-TOWN RESIDENTS, to whom it will be mailed free on application. 7/ MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Corner of Jones, San_ Francisoo. MARS WAS ON THE PARADE GROUND General Inspection of the Troops at the Pre- sidio. The fpeciacle Was Especially Brilliant and Impres- sive, Sabers Rattl.d, Bayonets Glisiened and Capnoa-Wheels Rumbled, Passing in Review. The inspection of the troops at the -Presidlo, which had been looked for dur- ing the past six weeks, was held yesterday morning, the inspecting officer being Colonel George H. Burton, inspector- eneral. 2 The day was all that could be desired, and the attendance large. There were about eight hundred men in full-dress uniform in parade. The three branches of the service—infantry, artillery and cavalry—passed in review. The first branch toappear on the parade- ground was the infantry’s six companies, under command of Capain O’Connell The men in tneir brilliant uniforms entered upon the ground, company front, and presented a very soldierly appearance, being the subject of much commendation by the onlookers. Then came the artillery, with the yed facings on the uniforms and red waving plumes; then the cavalry, with y.u:w n- tantry had been inspected and the men returned to ‘quarters the artillery ana cavalry passed in' review, and at times moved across the parade ground at break- neck speed. The wild rush of the light batteries and of the cavalry, the clash of scabbards and the tramp of the horses’ hoofs were realistic of soldier life. After the evolutions, which were exe- cuted with remarkable precision, the 1n- spection, which was long and close, the troops were oraered to quarters. During the run across the parade ground the spare wheel on the caisson of the front platoon of artillery fell to the ground and the other platoons passed over it; -but strange to say. node of the horses were tripped by it. ‘When the four companies of cavalry came to company form just prior to in- spection, a jackrabbit suddenly appeared ou the parade ground and started on a run for cover. He was intercepted at all points by civilians, who ‘‘shooed” him as they would a hen. Bunny moved in ail directions without hope of escape, but finally saw an opening and made for it, followed by a dog, who made a good run, The hare escaped. In the afternoon there was a drill in- spection, and the inspection, which is to be very thorough, will continue several days. Colonel S8hafter, post commander, was present only as a spectator, as he 1s now on a short leave of absence. Lieu- tenant-Colonel Young was in command of the troops. OARNIVAL OFFIOERS. Already Balloting for Various Candi- dates Has Been Commenced. Balloting has been in progress at carni- val headquarters since Thursday for the festive officers of the carnival. These are to consist of a king and queen of the carnival, empress of California and May queen to represent the children. OF these officers three are to be selected from among residents of San Francisco, while tbe empress of California is to be voted for by the psople of the State at large. Ballots will cost 10 cents each and there is no limit to the number that may be cast for any one candidate.. Already a num- ber have expressed their intention of com- peting for king. The names so far voted in at headquarters are: District Attorney Barnes, Judge Campbell, Dr. Frank Fitz- gibbons, George J. Newhall of the Olympic Ciub and Tony Helimann, who distin- guished himself at the mardi gras ball in a similar capacity. Three nominations for gueen of the carnival have been received, but these will not be announced until a member of the carnival committee has had an oppor- tunity to visit the ladies and ascertain whether the use of their names was au- thorized. If such proves to be the case the names will be announced. Oakland is said to have a promising candidate for empress of California, and a committee is being formed across the bay to advance her cause. ———————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. with their children’s eyesight. Eyes that are failing or are be- coming troublesome should be examined at once. Our opticians have made a special study of children’s eyes. We guarantee all their work. 997 * A.Nompaax. L NomDMAN STANDARD - OPTICAL 217 Kearny Street, S. F.