The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1897, Page 21

THE SAN FBANdISCO CALL, SUZDAY, MARCH 28, 1897. NEW TO-D. 21 Jating to mining affairs as did the one 15t adjourned. In fuct, the legis- ion effected this year is the first of much 1e and of a comprehensive nature which has found its way into the Cali:ornia statutes. is & somewhat remarkable fact that the chief mining State of the Union had before ed fewer lnws relating to mining, e encouragement and protection of the at industry, than any other mining State. lsture d1d much for the s a resultof the orgamized s of leading mining men, of For the first time ina e hostility of the agriculturists y hed disappeared, and there was g spectacie of the men of the working har- fit. The re- elopment of the mining re- Southern Celifornia was another the larger interest in mining affairs larger support which mining meas- id com nd. The Legislature dis- ously a disposition 1o give the what they asked, and it dia so. ally easy because the miners asked opriations of money and nothing at the expense of any other interest. The ost important legislation was & result of the ot the Miners' Association, which pre- a series of well-considered bills and them alive on the files. This is but or evidence of the value of that strong ization. {ll which attracted the most public ice was the one, now & law, which reap- d sud made available for expendi- 0,000 appropriated four years ago aint of debris in the mountain dams on condition that the United States ex- sum. The Government appropria- expenditure under the direc- Government engineers. The State ap- n is lying in the treasury, having been raised by taxation. The law ides for its expenditure, with proper safe- he State Debris Commissioner, with the Government engi- neers composing the California Debris Com- approve the payment of one-half the cost of such works cutof the State appropriation. The expenditure of $500,000 will thus follow st once. The “dredger” law, appropriating $300,000 for dredging the Sacramento River, was nota mining measure, but is 8o closely allied to the hydrauligmining interests as to be indirectly one. The bill was passed with the reciprocal co-operation of the miners, and it is expected | thut the dredging work and the atiendant study of the deposits of alluvium fn the Sac- ramento and its tributaties will show that they are largely due to the nacural erosion consequent on civilization and not wholly due to hydraulic mining. This would naturally 11 further lessen the opposition to hydraulic nining and further stimulate the redevelop- nt of this great branch of mining. The act regulating the location of mining claims is one of the most important of tke new mining laws. It is & strange fact that this is the first law relating to mining locations passed in this State. ing locations on public lands is rather general in its scope and comtemplates supplementary legislation by the States. All of the other mining States have long ago maae the needed supplementary enactments, and several States heve this year passed new laws on the subject, most of them, it is asserted by some, better than the new California measure. The mat- ters upon which this supplementary legisla~ tion is needed are the precise manner of mark- ing claims, posting notices, recording, assess- ment work and so on—all of which are important to the legality of mining claims, and concerning which so much disputing, confusion, litigation, claim-jumping and so on arise. The new law prescribes the manner of lo- cating claims upon the public domain, requir- ing at the point of discovery a substantial monument, and thereon a preliminary notice containing certain things snd the recording of such notice with the County Recorder. Within sixty days there shall be filed a certifi- cate of location containing, among other things: “A description of the claim, defining the exterior boundaries as they are marked upon the ground. and such additional de- scription by reference to some natural ob- jects or permauent monument as will identity the claim” The requirements of the de- scription in the posted notice are similarly general. The law is unsaifsactory and much criticized because it lacks the important fea- ture of particularly prescribing the manner of marking claims. It prescribes, for instance, but one monument instead of several monu- ments or siakes, and there is left room for disputes and a continuation of the con- ent confusion, litigation and claim jnmp- e most valuable feature of the law is a re- quirement that the locator must do $50 worth of work within sixty days after aiscovery. Heretofore the locator has had from one to two years to do the $100 worth of assessment work required by the Federal statute. If the Jocator fails to do this work within the sixty asys he cannot relocate the claim. Hereto- fore & man had been able to hold fiity claims for nearly two years without doing any assess- ment work and then relocater them, thus ecasily evading the intent of the statute. County recorders are made the sole custodians of mining records. The law will be in effect sixty days after 1is passage. Another important act is one extending the | mechanics’ lien law to mining properties. thus giving adequate protection to therights of the working miner. Protection is extended to owners of mining property by an smendatory act making it grand larceny to steal ores and other yaiuable things from mines and other mining proper- ties, the additional protection being given in additionel specifications of property. Theold law prohibiting mine-robbing did not cover sufficient ground. The destruction or alteration of mine mark- ings is made a felony. The law requiring the seerstary end super- intendent of & mining company to file weekly statements is made appiicable oaly to com- panies whose stock is listed on s public ex- change, and the statements are to be monthly. The iaw as passed in the days of stock specu- lation had become needlessly burdensome sna gave opportunities for blackmail. Other acts of less general interest relste 10 the sale of corporate mining property, mining locations on school secttons and to locations on unclaimed townsite properties. Mining Miscellany. Two more promising young Californis min- ing engineers have found London employers st flattering salaries. H. C. Hoover, a gradu- ate of the college of minesof the State Uni- versity, who has been connected with the United Siates Geological Survey, and who for two years has been an assistant to Louis Janin, the noted mining engineer, left last week for London, under engagement with an English syndicate. He wili go to West Australis to examine extensive mineral lands. His ap- pointment, at §5000 a vear, was made on Mr. Janin’s recommendstion. L. P. Goldstone, formerly of the Mining Bureau and a mining superintendent at Grass Vailey, left for West Australis on the last steamer, under engage- ment to another London syndicate, at $7500 a vear. He also owes his position to Mr. Janin’s recommendation. The practice of leasing mines to practical eral disposition to en- | This | on as to plaus for restraining works and | The Federal law of min. | ©P8sed by San Francisco miners who have little or no cavital, which is growing rapidly in Colorado, is stimulating the demand for minersand incressing the goid product and the general prosperity. Thou- sands of miners are their own employers, | teking chances on profits and in many Cases | making good wazes where companies would fall. Miners individually or in small associa- | tions operate mines on this plan and employ other miners at standard wages. This is Dot so frequently done in this State, thougn there are plenty of opportunities. A few months 8goa men with s little knowledge of mining left the rest of the unemployed in Sin Fran- co and went to Calaveras County, where he began tunneiing gravel from a drift deposit and washing it, under an arrangement with the owners of the land. Now he employs | about twenty men, vaying wages to the men and a percentage to the owners, and regularly pocketing profits. Coel has bpen discovered fifteen miles from Randsburg. its extent and value have not | been ascertatned yet. During the week ending March 12 fifty-one locations were filed with the Recorder of the Randsburg aistrict. A halfinterest in the Bella Union mine on the American River near Auburn has been ac- quired by Peter A. Hart for $4000. seventy-seven mining locations were filed | in Riverside County during February. | 0il has risen to $1 60 a barrel at Los Angeles, | and at this price it is equal as fuel to cosl at G a ton, A year ago tne price was 50 cents a | barrel, John M. Rademaker of San Francisco, who is known in the mining world in connection with the Gold King amalgamator, is about to | send to Calaveras County for & practical test of an invention which is an interesting at- tempt at an improved method of reducing cement gold bearing gravel, As such gravel is now crushed in stamp mills or by other | es of the Sacramento by means of | COMDATatively expensive process its success | will be watched by many who are interested | in @rift mining. This cement gravel millis a cylinder fifteen feet Jong, the sides of which are hali-inch lougitudinal steel bars with quarter-inch spaces. Inside two rows of auto- matic hammers weighing seventeen pounds | each are arranged in two rowsof spiral ar- | rangement. As the cylinder revolves gravel is fed through a hopper along with a jetof water. The cylinder is inclined, and &s it revolves the material is worked along, being constantly struck by the gravity-hammers. Reduced ma- | terial goes througn the interstices to a sluice, and bonlders pass out at the end. The steel cylinder weighs 7200 pounds, is on roller bearingsend the incline is adjustable. inventor expeets to handle from 100 to 500 tons per day, according to the gravel, witha five horse-power. Julian Sonntag, who recently resigned the secretaryship of the California Miners' Asso- ciation owing to the press of his private busi- ness, has been prevailed upon to withdraw his resignation. After some vears of idleness the Nevada | Queen mine at Tuscarors, Nev., is to be started | up again. | The Rose mine, San Bernardino County, is | putiing on a large force of men and is sinking from the 700 level. Their 10-stamp mill is running night and day, besides shipping con- siderable high-grade ore. The 0ld Jeff Davis mine in the Morongo dis- triet, San Bernardino County, has been pur- pitalists, repre. G. L. Brown and M. sented on the grounds by | E. and W. Barclay, the latter being superin- tendent. They have put ten men at work. The deepest shait is down 120 feet. They have also purchased the Old Woman spring and two or three claims from J. Doyle, and expect to put in & mill at the spring atan early date. They have also bonded a group of mines ten miles from Victor to be worked by a company called the Lafayette Gold Company. In the Big Sandy, near Kelsey, EI Dorsdo County, & new ore body of good average size and quality was struck last week at a depth of 250 feet. Charles Neilly et al, of San Francisco, have purchased the Perry ranch, 160 acres, in El Dorado County, in the vicinity of the Grand Victory mine, six miles southeast of Piacer- ville. They will incorporate and begin exten- sive development work within a few months. Pennsylvania people are backing an enter- prise in reopening the French Hill property, Ei Dorado County, and putting the 10-stamp mill in repair at Spanish Dry Diggings, six miles north of Greenwood. The Red Mountain Mining Company has bonded its property, eight miles southeast of Ukiah, for $10,000. M. McDougal is opening up the North Star mine, Mariposa County, with six men sinking ashait. They are down sixly feet and the vein is four feet in width and prospects well from wall to wall Epstein & Bandman of San Francisco have inspected the Pittsburg mine. They found the property in satisfactory shape. It is be- lieved that a plan is on foot to resume regular operations at this once yery productive mine, which has for years been worked in a desul- tory sort of way.—Nevada County Tramscript. The big tunnel at the Eureka Consolidated drift gravel mine, above Fore:t Hill, Placer County, wasin a distance of 1932 feeton the date of March12. The rock is very soft and gives evidence that the channel must be near at nand. An upraise will soon be made. The company owns six aud a half miles of estab- lished channel on the divide that has so far produced over $30,000,000. J. F. Parks, superintendent of thé Kennedy, has been negotiating recently for the purpose of securing a bond for four years on the Good Hope mine. Seventy-five thousand dollars isto be the purchase price, if the company at the expiration of the term concludes to take | the mine. The Deistlehors: dredger is operating day and night in the Klamaih, The McVey mine, which is located in Clap- board Guich, Amador County, has been equipped with & roller-mill and is now crush- ing ore. The Moore mine, Amador County, has been s0ld to William Fleming of Chicago by E. M. Allen and others. Atthe Gwinn, Calaveras County, the main work is being done oun the 1300 end 1400 eveis, and ore is . being taken out fast enough to keep the 40-stamp mill running night and day. About 115 tous is crushed every day and the owners are well satisfied with the results. The mew menagement at the old copper mine, four miles south of San Marcos, fan Diego County, has sunk & sbaft and got & new ledge. which is not ouly richer in copper than the old one, but bears consider- able siiver. The Mountain Copper Company s rapidly increasing its smelting capacity at its Siskiyou County mines, and in a few weeks the third smelter wili be ready to charge. The second furnace hes been receiving ore for some tim and the capacity of the ovens and surface kilns has taxed {o the uimost. The new suriace kilns on the bluft opposite the smelter are now being charged; with these the output will be nesriy trebled. The roasted or cal- cined ore will be carried to the smelters by means of & wire ropeway, now about com- pleted. and s great saviug will result over the old system of reloading into cars and hauling the ore to its final destination. ©On the 23d inst. Senator Perkins introduced in the Senate the California mineral lsnds bill, practically the same as that in the last Congress, which failed aiter passing both houses, but with amenaments in the Sen: The present measure provides an appropria- tion uxiuo.ocwwcmy out the provisions of e act. . 08 %360.stamp_mill s to be erected by the Union Mining Company at Galena, Black Hills district, South Dakota. The | TRADE-COMPELLING BARGAINS IN NEW G0ODS! 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HUCK TOWELS, the clean bleached Linen kind, hem- med, neat borders, extralarge, being 20x43 inches, that were $2 25 doz., but this week at... ] Doz. $1.2 8110 | | Three- quarters bleached IRISH LINEN NAPKINS (21 iaches square), that ware $1 50 doz., this week al...... e CREAM TABLE DAMASK, the solt finisu, fine close wWeave, new patterns, that was 50c, but this week’s price is. TWILLED 16INCH TOWELING, yard.. Same grade, but 19x37 size, dozen. Same grade, size 17x35 inches, dozen .. s Doz, 30c 3 WNurphy Euilding, Marke! and Jones Streets. Market and Jones Streets Murphy Building, Hiarket and Jones Streets. a3 WILL BE LOCATED | IN THIS CITY The Wilmerding School- Site Question Under Discussion. Upiversity Regents and a Citi- zens’ Committee in Con- ference. Committees appointed by the Mer- chants’ Association and the Regents of the university met at Mayor Phelan's office yesterday to confer on the subject of a site for the Wilmerding School of In- dustrial Arts. The committee selected by the associa- tion consisted of William Alvord, A.B. Baldwin, A. Bouvier, James Britton, John Center, Charls . Crocker, Henry J. Crocker, Horace Davis, Wendell Eas- ton, L. R. Ellert, C. F. Fargo, James L. Flood, Hugo D. Keil, Thomas J. Lamb, Joseph Leggett, E. J. McCutchen, James D. Phelan, E. B. Pond, Irviig M. Scott, Van- derlynn Stow, Levi Strauss and Adolph Sutro. The committee of Regents consisted of Messrs. Phelps, Rodgers, Slack snd Denicke. At the last meeting of the Board of Regents John Budd, a brother of the Governor, gave notice that he would in- troduce a resolution at the'next gathering torescind the action making San Fran- cisco the site of the school, and it was to anticipate this action and head it off if possible that yesterday's meeting was held. It was determined to leave no stone un- turned to havs the school located here, and to this end the following resolution was prepared and adopted : WHEREAS, The Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of California has located the Wilmer- ding School of Industrial Arts in San Fran- cisco; and whereas, it is the desire of the citizens of San Francisco to assist the Regents in successtully carryiug out the wishes of the donor, therefore be it Reso.ved, That s committee of four citizens be appoinied by the Mayor to formulate plans, in co-operaiion with the committee of the Board of Regents, for securing and tendering a site and report to this body. The efforts of Stockton to get the insti- tution are not thought to carry much weight, as the Regent on whom Mr. Budd relies 10 aid him in rescinding the action isa San Francisco man, not in favor of Btockton, but rather of Berkeley. In view of the fact that the facuity of the univer- sity does not desire the Wiimerd School located there, opposition to the college town is quite ilkely to develop to even a reater degree than 1t now exists and leave g Francisco still with a cles d. The giving of a site by the citizens of San Francisco places this City on an equal footing in this respect with the other towns that are bidding for the school, ana Mr. Wilmerding’s unques- tioned preference for San Francisco will doubtless win the day. Mayor Phelan appointed the following committee, to which be was added as an ex-officio member: Messrs. Irving M. Scott (cuairman). F. W. Dobrmann, Ed- ward B. Pond and A. 8, Baldwin, The committee decided to hold an early meet- ing and report back 1o the main body. ——————— An inoh of rainfall represents 100 tons of water 1o the acre. General Drayson on the Laws of Whist. The following letter, recently received from Major-General Draysonm, late R.A., F.RAS, on the proposed changes in the laws govern- ing the game of whist, will no doubt be read with great interest by all whist-players in this country. Whea our present code of laws was adopted at the third congress held in Chicago in 1893 many suggestions offered by General Drayson in one of his publications, “The Art of Practical Whist,” which came from the press in 1879, were'embodied in them, but for some unknown reason he never was men- tioned as the originator. Therels no man in the whist world to-day who has introduced so many good ideas in the game as he, and we know of no one whose opinfon will have greater weight, and for that reason we invited him to offer suggestions for improvement on our code. We give the full text of his letter: 20 ASHBURTON ROAD, g Southses, England. To P. J. Tormey, Chairman Revision of te Laws of Whist—DEAR Sik: In reply to your invitation that I should submit any sugges- tion on the above subjzct, I can state thatl Dhave very few remarks to make and for the following reasons: First—In my book, “The Art of Practical Whist,” published in 1879, pages 24, 25 and 26, 1 called attention to the grave defect in tne English laws relative to a player lowering his hand so that his partner could see every card and yet Do penalty could be inflicted. Eleven years afterward this law was altered in the American code. (Seelaw 20, sections 3 snd4.) Second—At page 39 of the same book I re- “The longer I plsy whist the more I regret that rule 91 exists, and thatitis atall possible to see the curds of a trick turned and quitted. This suggestion has been adopted in .tho American laws. (See law 37.) Third—In case 19, page 203, of the same book 1 called attention o the injustice of two part- ners who each held 13 caras not. being lowed to score on that hand if one of the ad- versaries beld 12 and tie other adversary 14 ®ards, and I suggested that additional legisla- tion was desirable in such a case, Law 19, Americau code, has dealc with this case much in the manner I suggested. Fourth—At page 38 of the same book I called attention to the fact that when a penaity can beenacted, such ascalling alead, the player on the right of the leader ought to be the one to enact the penalty. This has been adopted as a law by the Amer- ican code. (See law 24.) This s of course gratiiying to me to find that although these suggestions have been iguored in England, they have been adopted in Amer- fes. In Whist of June and November, 1895, I ventured 10 offer one or two suggestions rela- tive to slight slterstions in the American 1a :i‘m—u the value of the game is deter- mined by deducting the loser's score from7 (law 1), the pensity for & revoke may benil, For example: North and South are at the scors of 5, East and; West.at 6, North and South win two by cards and game; East and West have revoked. By rule 30 two tricks can be tranferred from East and West to North ana South, but this makes no difference’ ju the value of the game, &3 North and South were game without the aid of ‘the revoke, ‘hence no penalty can be inflicted on East and West for their revoke. It seems to me that the following slight slteration in law 30 woula meetsuch s case. Law 30: “The penaity for revoking is the transfer of two tricks from the revoking side to their adversaries or deducting two {rom the score of the revoking players,” etc. By law 20, section “Every card forced upon the table otherwise than in the regular course of play (can be callea).” 1f a plaver, therefore, places his cards face upward on the table the wholeof his cards can becalled, though he only expose the top card. Tnis is the English Iaw, and it is most un- just to inflict so severe a penalty forsuch an offense. I venture to suggest the following s & remedy for this injustice: «If & player places his cards face upward on the table the card or cards exposed can be called, und in addition one extra card for each card exposed, the extrs card being that im. mediately beiow the exposed card or cards.’” By law 11, English code: “1f an erroneous score be proved, such mis- take can be correeted prior to the conclusion of thegame in which it occurred, and such game is not concluded until the trump card of the following desl has been turned up.” I cannot find in the American laws sny reference as to when an erroneous score can or cannot be corrected. It might be as well to insertsuch & law. In the event of such a law being introduced, say thet after the game i3 finished thescore cannot be corrected, and more than one game is 1o be piayed by the same partners, we might encounter this aifficulty. Suppose N. S. at the score of 4. They win two by cards, but by mistake count three, and hence game. N. commences to deal for the sscond game, bus E. then remembers that N. §. won only two by cards and are not game; he stops N. in his deal and points out the error in the score, which N. S admit and express regret. N. continues desling, but misdeals. N. claims law 17, section 6, that he must deal again, as he was interrupied during his deal. Might 1t not be well to embody law 50, English code, to law 17, section 6, American code, Vi “I1 the adversaries interrupt a dealer while | dealing, eitner by questioning the score or asserting that it is not his deal, and fajl to es- tablish such claim, shouid & misdeal occur he may dea) again.” Iventure 1o offer these few suggestions as I believe cases must occur where their applica- tion may be of beneflt, and having found thav suggestions I made iu 1879 were adopted by the framers of American whist laws eleven years afterward, 1 trust. that my remarks may ot be considered presumptuous. Yours very truly, A. W. DRAYSON, Deals From the Santa Rosa Glub. Waare indebtea to Arthur L. Harris for the two deals given below. There wus & difference of five tricks in each. How shoula these deals be played? #-K,Q,10,9,8,6,5, o— -9 s “q. 10,4 J [4—A, 8.2 o |0k To0ssas bt S _|o-9, 5. Dismonds tramps, Nortn leads. @Diamonds trurips in both deals, 4 K,10,9 >R —J, 4,2 8,7 B 5 8387003 nET 4 ks , 5,8 v.:g.'i'a.o.no Dismonds trumps; south leads, Unkind and Uncalled-For Griticism. The whist editor of the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia has been going out of his way in order to keep up his fault-finding and nonsensical kicking over the action of the executive committes of the American Whist League, or that portion of the committee that spent their time and money to go to Nashville 10 attend the midwinter meeting. Partof the business that was transacted at this meeting ‘was the adoption of the report of the tourna- ment committee’s programme of whist play for the seventh congress. In June last the same editor stated at Manhattan Beach that the plan of play for the Hamilton tropny was “an idesl one”; and yet thisyear the same plan bas been sdopted, with & littie improve- ment of having all the teams play in onesee- tion, instead of dividing it into four, and by so doing permitting every club that enters to meet every other club In a match of ten to twenty deals, and now he says “It is the worst plan ever invented.” How ludicrous would it appear if the whist editor of the Tele- graph was conducting a case in court and should petition his Honor for a stay of execu- tion before the jury had rendered its verdict. This 1s not only what he has done—for no offi- clal announcement has, up to the present writing, been made of what took place at Nashville—but he asks those that could not or would not go to mutiny, aud undo if possible the work of those that did. This is & nice spirit to entertain. The editor of Whist, Mr. Cassius M. Paine, is one of the executive committee wno comes under the ban of the Telegraph. Mr. Paine was at Nashville aud knew what was done, but showed good common-sense in waiting for the official report to come jrom the secretary of the league before announcing it in Whist, but this much he did say: “The action of the committee will give more ovportunity for play and less opportunity for fatigue, and is the first step toward a radical and necess: reform which has been too long neglected.” Whist in lowa. The Des Moines (Iowa) Leader in its Sunday issue of March 14 has a three-column whist article, ana second to mone in this country. The whist editor in making his bow to the whist-players of that State says; The atm of the whist department of the Leader 18 to supply Central Whist Association news, the general news of the game and print illustrative and unusual hands. It does not assume to be authoritative, but will try to be conaistent in all opinions expressed. We in- vite our resders to send communications, interesting problems sud instructive hands. Tae following item s from the Leader: “Whist enthusiasm is certainly at its height in 8t. Paul. Recently Judge Bunn was de- tained 1n court, preventing him from leaving St. Paul in time to reach Detroit before the contest for A. W. L. trophy. The St. Paul club on hearing this immediately tendered Judge Bunn s special engine and coach with a gusrantee from the railrosd company that they would land him in Detroit in time tor the game.” A Great Whist Jreat. The Trist Duplicate Whist Ciub has a great. treat in store. Wnen the president of the ciub ‘was East & fow weeks ago he secured the forty- eight deals with the original and overplay of every card as played in A. W. L. challenge trophy match between the great New York short suiters and the Albany club, also the forty-eight deals and piay, both original and duplicate, that was played for the same trophy between the Albany cluband the §t. Paul club, with John H. Briggs as captain. As soon as ‘these deals sre played in the Trist Club they will be sent 0 any of the clubs in the Pacific Coast Whist Association. Whist and White Violets. Every member of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club that attended last Tuesday eveping’s 1 play, some thirty odd, was decorated with large bunch of double white violets by Mrs. Tormey, wife of the president. Mrs. F. H. Ate water of Petaiuma was the donor. The sweet and rich perfume of these rare flowers was a happy and pleasant reminder of Mr. and Mrs. Atwater’s visits to the club. May they come often. The Little Girls' A B G Whist Giub. Philadelphia hasa whist club made up en- tirely of little girls, nearly every one of wnom knows the leads second and third hand play, the trump call, etc. - One little girl, Miss Dollis Browning, 11 years of age, is captain of & team of four, and their team bas played and won several matches. The club was named out of compliment to the writer of the littla whist book entitled “The A B C of Whist,” Mrs, Emma D. Andrews. . z New dersey Whist Association, The third annual congress of the New Jersey Whist Association was held in Jersey City, N. J., on Thursday, Fridsy and Saturday of last week. T. E. Otio, one of the directors of tha American Whist League, 1s president of thig association. Five general contests wereschcds uled to take place. Whistlets. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club of this City will present to the American Whist League four prizes for tne first progressive match in teams of four to be playea at the next annual meeting, to be held in Put-in Bay in July next. The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphis, ta speaking of the order of whist play for the next congress, says: The programme would have seemed to us perfect had the senseless “straight-whist” contest been abandoned as & relicof a defunct past and a game advocated only by those whose lack of skill or system. maKes success in tho duplicate game hopeless. A novel feature of tue next Whist Congress, to-be held in Put-in Bay, will be the publica= tion of adaily paper devoted exclusively to the game. L, G. Parker of the Lake Shore and Michigan' Southern Railroad. with headquarters at To- ledo, Ohio, will have charge of the adminis- tration bureau. Every one expecting to attend the next congress should communicate with Mr. Parker for any and all information regard. ing their stay at Put-in Bay. Binks—My wife has whist books on every table, and has a serap-book to keep the whist columns of The Blade intact. She talks whist at meal times and dreams of whist in her sleep. Cranks—That's nothing. My wife washes dishes with a copy of Hamilton in front of her,and has a copy of Work’s book fastened.- to her sewing machine. Sometimes she’ ainst a meal, and forgets to prepare dinner.—Toledo Biade. 2 Mr. Arthur Weiller, at one time a resident of San Francisco, has resumed his whist col« umn in the Globe-Democrat of St, Louis. Fifty-four contests have taken place for the A. W. L. chalienge trophy. The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia has started In on {ts second whist contest. The prize that is offered is a high grade 97 bieycle of any make sold in Philadelpnia. -The Even- ing Telegraph was the first paper in the coun.’ try to inaugurate newspaper whist contests and offer handsome prizes for the winners.: In the contest they heid last year 25,000 snswers were filed. San Francisco Whist Glub. The April announcement of the San Frane clsco Whist Club will appear next Sunday. It came too Iate for this issue. All members of the elub are notified that on Wednesday even- ing, March 381, the monihly entertainment wili be held at the clubrooms. Straight whist for prizes will be piayed, followed by music. . Those wishing to invite friends should hand the memes to the boy for the invita-, tion committee mot later than Monday evening, March 29. No invitation may be extended except through the invitation com- mittee. Our accommodations are limited and this rule must be adhered to. H. H. Hotaling will have charge of the even. ing’s play and it is hoped that every member of the club will be present. There are seventeen quinine fictories in the world,and six of these are in Gere many. e