The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1898, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1898 BRISK TRADE N BIG DOGS Men Who Are Going to the Klondike Are the Purchasers. Ranchers and Residents on the Mission Road Are the Victims. ‘Warrants Out for the Arrest of John | Higgins and James Flynn for Stealing the Canines. John Higgins and James Flynn, two | young men living near the Five-mile | House, Mission road, have developed & new industry, which has so far proved very profitable. Most of the ranchers and residents | in the surrounding districts own or rather owned valuable dogs, principally of the St. Berne and Newfoundland breeds. Recently the do have been disappearing, until now there |is scarcely a large dog in the neighbor- hood. The police were notified, and the mounted squad were instructed by Cap- | tain Gillen to find out the mystery of | the disappearance of the canines. Cor- .poral Shanahan was not long in solv- ing the problem, and sterday he took one of the victims, A. Schutz, 42 Palmer street, to Judge Joachimsen's court, to swear to a complaint charging Higgins and Flynn with grand larceny. Shanahan found that all the dogs had been stolen by Higgins and Flynn and sold to men who intend to leave for the Klondike gold fields. The prin- clpal purchasers were, according to Shanahan, James Brownlie, a barten- | der on Larkin and Fulton streets, and James B. Wingate, a druggist now em- Ployed In a store on Market street. It is said that Brownlie and Wingate have between them bought between twenty- five and thirty dogs. Schutz also obtained a search war- rant for the recovery of his dog, which is a Newfoundland, valued at $100. It was stolen from him Search warrants will also be sworn out by the other men who have lost dogs, and a lively time is expected when they are all recovered and taken to the City Prison till the cases are disposed of. Higgins and Flynn plied their trade during the hours of the night. They usually had a tempting piece of meat with them and get the dogs to follow them without making a noise. The dogs would be taken into tne city under cover of darkness and sold. The price | paid for the dogs is not known, but, | assuming it was $20 each, Higgins and Flynn did a rattling business. Unity Alliance. Unity Alliance No. 14, P. A. of has elected the following officers for the s, current year: P. D. Mullaney, P.; W. H. Donovan, Sr. V. P.; Daniel L. Callaghan Ir.' V. P.; B, P. Hunt, 8.; M. J. Con- nelly, F. 8.; Andrew Meeh C. S.; John J. Donegan. T.; Thom atson, con- ductor; William O'Connor, S. at A.; J. J. Egan, O. G.: John Henne: William Mulvin, J. J. Connelly, trustees; John Burns, F. P. Hunt, J. J. Donegan, M. J Connelly and W. H. Donovan, delegates | to State council. —_—— Division No. 2, 4. O, H. Division No. 2 of the Ancfent Order o Hi- bernians has adopted a resolution to be pre- sented for ratification by all Celtic organiza- tions. It opposes the promulgation of a trea! f arbitration between the United States and ngland. on January 8. | rmmmmmm!.vfi"wmmmrmmmg | = = = = & - = = - = - = = - = = - = = = = = = - = = = = = = = = - = = - = = - = = - = = = = = - = = = - = = = = = - = = = & = P = = = = = - = = | — = == - = = - = = o= | = e = = = - = = = = = - = = = = = - = = = = & - = = = = = = = = = = = - = = - = = = = = - = = - = &= - = HALE BROS. oG oo 00 C 0 HALE BROS. N | HALE BROS. doooaLOeoOboOOOC cocoa THE WAY WE CLEAR IN DOMESTICS. A budget of bargains to tickle the purse of economy-seekers. Every oneamoney- Flenrnnce isn’t for that. © 5o ooo0°® LIV AR AN SRR A AU AR LA VAR RUATANR AN SRl AN S5 crowded out. S CCC. ‘ THE WAY WE CLEAR IN | HOSIERY AND i A snappy list, chock full of hone full of satisfaction, wear and goodness. Never mind about the profits. Fine Black | saver. Every one a snap. Good, _ thick, _ warm, | 11 |Our b = heavy, fleecy unbleached| | 83.00 toy Heavy flannel, not the cc | Tapestry by ¢ : Canton |yind, But our great 71-3c| ES | Portieres oring Flannel oroge sed out thi leader’ >t ¢ IR vy Bauafubiciis =1 SShi s — Our $350 and § lnes, 3 A good quInHr Turke\"y | %3450 “;:l'.d‘s \’::-u*h inches, Red Red Table Damask, nea | | Tapeatry [£o0d st as wax, 88 inches wide: B iendaid o B, il BEIGE 9gc) e e R B ST e Our 12z Glass Toweling| $5.00 Toweling | (for dish towels). fine g Eon weave. sood patterns, ei| 1QC| [Porticres Dishes [ (he linen department.| Yard ot to be clos Fine Soft Cambric—an improvement on bed luxu e as! pectal 1o {ntroduce. . Pillow Cases | REGULAR $§ WHITE WOOL BLAN- KETS—TSx88 nc (actual meas ment), pure , selected fleece, heavy silk ri bound, an ele- gant $6 blanket; slightly defective; to se 5 SIX _THOUSAND BASTING COTTO] 5 basting cotton, 'sold 20c dozen, to rush the clears will sell a dozen spools for. SPOOLS regulai OCEANS OF NOTIONS. The Mites of Prices on these goods are mere formalities. OF strong for BLANKETS— inches, one of the red in the on bound S0 | EXTRA LARGE | “Pure wool, S0 finest blankets ket, heavy ik ri | CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS— Pretty colored and hemmed borders, 250 dozen, to go at.. < INCORPOR. 937-939-941-943-945 Market Street. ATED~ = Cotton Socks, extra | | Gents* |combed Exwtian Black iced 0 | Socks | Chil- 00 dren seamless, m welght, full ¢ solid stockin | faction, sizes 6 to 10. ck Goods bought for a better fate than We’ve taken a few to give a hint. keep from saving at such saving times as these. ¥ OO0 | T Gents' White laundered Shirts, re- Gents® |inforced back and Wits |tront, all linen bos- | Sl oms,’ “well made, {Shirts | ioutly stitchead, | plenty biz and right | fit. The 50c kind for. | | | Clearance in the Cloak Department | We must have room, for other cloaks will be in soon. . iThe Pleasure of Shoppin | HALE BROS. cooe o UNDERWEAR. st money-saving truthfulness. Chock Un- | | An odd lot of Silk- { Bouna he w 3, the s 2 get a Toe garment for High sleeves, Shirts, vy nec [ B L L Lt e Second Week of CLEARANCE SALE. Swifter selling as the sale goes on. Hundreds of items ’Tis hard to HALE BROS. | 600 UL UTHo o CIP O % “e l“v}@if“‘\‘ i Mail Orders Filled 1§ Received In Time. THE WAY WE CLEAR IN DRESS GOODS. No wonder Clearance Sale draws crowds and great stocks dwindle to nothingness No wonder we're busy! selling prices and special bargain snaps. "Tis saving time. *Tis clearing time. HALE BROS. LA AT A AU A2 The time of speedy cotto non-sh quality, and Some of our best s and gualities of 7 K5c Fanc: high gra tern fall p i to be closed out | You can buy any of our |§1 50 Fancy Pierola Suit- , 44 inches wide, in exclusive styles at. S is an elegant bric.) |Extra Heavy Fancy Rep Jacquard Silks, our best Your choice of our $1 and Clearance Sale. But what's the odds? 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To ... Yard In our store is increased this week. We have arranged with one of the most prominent manufacturers of food articles to make a display | of food products in our store and serve an attractive luncheon free Ito our lady patrons. You can rest and refresh yourself, if fatigued, without leaving the store. ZZ3000A00AERZIMGLS00DAUABUDZAATJEAThOJAAARDJUAS0NAAB AU AJAST DA AT T0MJEGS DTN bA A0 Ao T T b s S close .. | We call your careful attention to the values i In Blankets quoted i{n this advertisement. The kind that sell and make .3 1-3¢ package ..40 cake GE EMBROIDERY—8% 30 pretty patterns ; the: e typ- bargains. To 14c Yard 30000400 ADDURAEb A0 A0 UM AUAIADAUDUDAUDARDARDARD ROV DURRUDROM BRI SRR AR ARD UMM AR AR SRR AUM AL AU AR ABA AR TATA MM b i i i = NEWS OF THE MINES. New Railroads for Mines and New Mines for Railroads. Boom In Southern Califor- nla—Two Tales of Great Placer Finds. Tt looks as though the Mother Lode is to be reached before a great while by another rallroad line which will give a large mining region that new impetus which transportation facilities, bringing cheapness and convenience to every phase of mining life and operation, can glve In a greater degree than anything else. The Stockton and Tuolumne Rail- road Company, though composed mainly of women and so far managed by an able and active woman, seems to have Bood prospects of getting a real raflroad running from tidewater to Summersville on the East belt in Tuolumne County. A committee of twelve citizens has been organized to secure tions to stock in the county and Mrs. Annie Rikert of Jamestown, the hustling organizer and president of the company, declares that capital for the enterprise is waiting in Stockton, San Francisco and elsewhere. Whether this road is built or not & number of branch rallroads will thread various parts of | the mining region of the State in the near future and every one will bring a transformation in the way of quickened development, increas- ed population and increase of mining prosperity and production. The Stockton and Tuolumne road, if bulit, will go through Copperopolis and will likely bring about a resumption of copper_mining in that rich copper r glon. When the leading copper mine there closed down it cost $3 to haul the matte to the railroad at Milton and $2 to get it to Stockton. Coke cost as much to get in. A rate on matte of 51 from Cop- peropolis to tidewater might be expect- ed to result from the building of this road. The line would cross the mother lode near the Rawhide, Tarantula and other large mines and reach a group of rich mines on the East Belt. Sonora would be reached and the cost of trans- portation and production would be de- creased over a large mineral area in the county. With this and the Sierra rail- road reaching it, Tuolumne would make large strides. TWO TALES OF RICH PLACER STRIKES IN CALIFORNIA. The week has afforded two interesting tales of “strikes” by placer miners in California worth noting amid the Klon- dike craze. Although quartz mining fs the fleld in which the great future de- velopment of California gold mining will be reached, and while rich finds in quartz lodes are 'of almost daily occurrence throughout the State, the placer deposits will yield hundreds of millions in the fu- ture, and new developments are constant reminders that even placer mining is not “played out” in California. One of these finds i a “drift” deposit Up north in Ne- vada County, and the ofher is a placer worked by a’ dry washer away down on the desert in San Berna County. The finding of another ri ion of buried ancient river char=el is thus de- seribed by the Nevada Dally Transeript: “‘A remarkably rich lead of blue gravel has been found on Clifford B. Calkins’ eighty-acre tract of patented ground at | the foot of Selby Flat, a mile west of north of town. The dirt pays from ten to fifty cents a pan, and the gold Is very “The_strik d New Year’ e _strike was made on New Year's @day. Young Mr. Calkins and his father 1 | found in that part of the country. subserip- | | top. and brother had been working the clatm steadily since August 14 They had run 215 feet of main tunnel and had upraised and drifted in various directions for seve- ral hundred feet more, searching for the blue lead supposed to lic under Cement Hill, but which has heretofore never been “After a conference on the last day of the year they decided to work a few days longer. Next morning an impulse scized one of them to go into an upraise ten feet above the tunnel and drift west- erly. He had gone but four feet when he struck a rim carrying a thin layer of genuine_blue gravel and pitching to the west. Since then the rim-rock of the new-found lead has been broken through at various points for a distance of forty feet and found to be uniform and regu- lar. Every foot of it prospects splendid- ts to the pan being the poorest far. It extends almost parallel with and several feet above the tunnel, and the owners are satisfied that they have half a mile on the channel. Arrangements will now be made for the thorough and systematic working of the claim. The elder Calkins has been a gravel miner in that locality sirce 1849, id he regards the find as one of the t ever made on or above Selby Flat, which was a veritable Golconda to the pioneer placer miners. A number of otk er old-time gravel miners have visite the claim ip the last few days, and the: say they have seen nothing so good for thirty years or more. “For many vears past the search for this deposit has been carried on by pros- pector after prospector, and without avall till now. Tens of thousands of dollars have been spent In sinking and in running tunnels and cuts. One shaft was sunk a great distance into the ridge some three decades ago and struck a houlder twenty or more feet across the Here the shaft sinkers quit in di: gust. Had they put an incline down pa: the boulder a few feet they would have found what they wanted, for the boulder lies just over the channel, as the last few ‘days_have proven to the present owners.” Such is the irony of the gold- hunter's fate very often.’” The San Bernardino Times-Index matches some of the tales of the Klon- dlke thus: “Loujs Curtis, Dick Donahue and W. R. Radenburger are three partners doing business in the Virginia Dale District, and last evening the first two named came in with $3700 in gold dust and nug- gets as the result of less than two months’ work. And yet people will rush to Alaska and endure all kinds of hard- ships in the search for gold in the jcy north when untold wealth is to be had at our very doors. The claims from which the gold was taken have only been lo- cated a little over six weeks, and are cailed the ‘Rough and Ready’ and ‘Klondike.’ They are situated in_the Virginia Dale District, and are placer claims, being worked with dry washers. The largest nugget taken out is worth $35 84, and many others of smaller sizes were found. Ofttimes the miners took out $972 per week while only two of them were working.™ THE MOST RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF ALASKA'S GOLD PRODUCT. The Alaska Mining Record gives the following estimate of the Alaskan gold product of 1897, including the American portion of the Yukon Valley: “The output of the mines of Alaska is extremely difficult of estimation. The vastness of the mining territory, the mi- gratory characteristic of its population and the entire absence of reports and statistics from a great part of the small- er camps render it a difficult matter to arrive at a statement approximately cor- rect except by careful study and watch- ful attention to every detail. The fol- Jowing estimate is believed to be as nearly correct as possible, and stiil rep- resents, fully, yet conservatively, the production of goid in Alaska during the past season: “Nowell Gold Mining Company, 50 stamps, $275,000; Berners Bay Mining and Milling' Company, 40 stamps, %o,wo; i | | Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company, | quartz mines now belng successfully oper- | and Alaska Mexican Gold $1,400,000; 240 stamps, Mining Company, Alaska Juneau 35 stamp: $120,000; Company, 10 stamps, 0: Ebner Gold Mining ~Company, 10 stamps, $65.000 Alaska Willoughby Gold Mining Com pany, 10 stamps, not in operation; Green Mine, Norton Sound, 10 stamps, $30,000 Bald Eagle Mining Company, 4 stamps $250,000; Alaska Commercial Comyan; 46 stamps, $600,000; Portland Alaska Gold Mining’ Company, 10 stamps, $20.000; Au rora_Borealis Gold Mining Compuny, 5 stamps, just started; the Sum Dum Chief Gold Mining Company, 5 stamps, just started; total output of quartz mines, $3.0%,000; Lituya Bay pla- cer mines, $20,000; Cook Inlet placer mines, $250,000: Birch Creek district, Y kon mines. $$00,000; other Yukon di tricts, $700.000; from various districts throughout the territory, not named in the above, $50,000; total output, $4, ,000. ““This is but a slight_increase over the output of last year. While the quartz production is considerably greater than that of 159, 1t will be noticed that the placer output, which was greatest in Birch Creek district last year, is consid- erably smaller owing to the abandon- 120 stamps, the Jualin Mining ment of that district by many who Joined the Klondike rush.” NOTES. During the week the ditches of South Yuba Canai Company in Nev: County froze near the headwaters and the Champion and Providence mines were forced to close down temporarily. Yuba County is arranging a mining fair exhibit, which will occupy a space 19 by 20 feet. Two Napa girls, Misses Josephine and Toni Rider, have hought the Yellow Rosa of Texas mine for $2500, and will develop the property. The following correspondence of the El Dorado Republican from East Diamond Springs, El Dorado County, is typical of the change that has come over a large proportion of the small mining towns of the State: “Rip Van Winkle, who camped in this neighborhood twenty years ago and put the whole community as well as himself to nlne‘p, has awakened. Re- freshed from this long slumber, with re- newed vigor and energy our people are going to see if the dreams and visions which visited them during that long rest cannot be realized. Half a dozen mines or more are fn full blast, some already milling their ore; others sinking, drifting or excavating, and the whole system of ledges from Webber Creek to the Cosum- 1nes‘|a undergoing a thorough prospect- ng.” An old channel of the Sacramento River near Redding, 70 feet higher than the present channel, is being success- fully worked at several points, mainly by drifting. From one claim on this old channel $16,000 was taken in two years. The old channel crosses the present one several times, and can be traced as far as Castello. Keswick, Shasta County, the town about the Mountaln Copper Company's smelter, will in a few days have a new electric light plant ready for operation. Fifteen saloons help attest the prosperity of this camp. The excitement following wild news- aper reports of riches on the Yaqui iver, Mexico, has petered out and dis- gusted rushers are still returning. One of the latest notes of them is the follow- ing in the Tombstone Prospector: “A party of men arrived at Nogales the other day. They had traversed almost the en- tire length of the Yaqui River in search of placer ground, and although they struck color everywhere, they found no placer gold in payving quantities. Thus warnings should be constantly sent out which should not be lost to those who have the Yaqui gold fever.” It is stated that 215 cars of ore a day are heing shipped from Butte by the Ana- conda Inln%(‘ompany to its smelter at Anaconda. his means about 6000 tons every twenty-four hours, The annual special mining edition of the Alaska Mining Record, published at Juneau, comes to hand with an unusual degree of excellence and interest. An ex- tensive review of the vast and undevel- oped quartz deposits of Southern Alaska is followed by descriptions of the large Gold Mining Company, | % | | | | about 600 men employed. ated and scattered riches of American s able length Alaskan metrog ate map of A of the edition fine half-tone illustrations are | throughout the pages. T Yukon River basin on the e described at consider- < the town of Juneau, the lis. A large and accur- ska is one of the features | R oot | How Southern Californlan Mines Are | Coming to the Front. The mining districts of Southern Cali- fornfa will probably show an increase of gold production of not far from $1,000.- 000. as compared with 189. During the year a great amount of development has | gone any new mines will be produc :ar. There is now more | prospecting going on all over the deserts and In San Diego County than has ever been knewn. More capital is seeking in- vestment than ever before. Sales of de- >«d mines and of promising ciaims | ported almost daily. Many of the stern men, but there, as e throughout the State, Califor- | nians are eagerly looking about them for gold properties.” A number of mills and cyanide plants have been erected or ar- ranged for during the past few months. It is estimated that there is $14,00 invested in the gold mines south of T chapl, with about1500stampsdroppingand 3 The number of mines located is about 3%0, and perhaps % are being actively worked or devel- | oped. Yet as truly as of any other part | of the State can it be said that the de- velopr of the gold, resources has During the year hundreds of valuable finds have been made, and in scores of claims on which develop- ment has proceeded “strikes” have been made. The greatest activity has been seen in the Randsburg district, which will now enjoy a second growth with the | completion of its railroad: but the Vir- ginia Dale, Perris, Pannimint and other districts scattered over the great arid gold-producing territory are likewise see- ing the beginnings of greatness. Southern California_has as much_to gain from the coming Mining Fair at San Francisco as any other part of the State, yet there has been no extensivé and or- ganized movement to show to the many thousands who will attend the exposi- tion the opportunities which Southern California offers to gold seekers, the pos- sibilities of its great hidden wealth, its peculiar attractions to prospectors, and the chances for investment there. South- ern California knows how to advertise and has well learned the value of it, and now comes a chance to advertise its min- eral resources and fruits. The southern counties should match the mother lode region with the magnificence, pictu esqueness and allurements of its display at the Mechanics® Pavilion. A weekly record of all the mining prog- ress in the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern would require a large amount of space. During the past weck the arrival from Chicago of C. W. Lefller and 8. C. Good of the Monroe Mining and Milling Company has brought to {»rumlm-nx notice the proper- ties in the Virginia Dale district, which this company has bought and propose to | develop on a large scale. There are four | claims yet undeveioped, but showing a wide ledge giving high assays and the E‘mmlse of a bonanza. The company also as two properties in the Chuckawalla | Mountains, in which shafts of about 3 feet show a fine ledge of ore about six feet wide. The company promises to be- gin extensive development at once. The development of the desert gold re- sources IS of course hampered by lack of water, of milling facilities, transporta- tion, étc., but these aids, along with elec- tric power and special processes adapted | to the ores and the mining conditions, will rapidly increase from now on. A few | days ago a new custom miil was started | at Johannesburg, and now the San Ber- nardino Times-Index reports that a 4i- | stamp custom stamp mill and a_cyanide | plant will be erected at once at Barstow, giving prospectors and claim owners with small capital a chance to work their vroperties. . e ne Star Mining Company, with a capital of $1,000,000, was organized at Ontario 1 Ot Yo ast week :o work the Lone Star nt hardly begun. | son ana Mr. The fourth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Whist Association has gone Into history. The news columns of The Call have given a very good account of what hay transpired. The president of the assoctation received a great many congratulatory the great masters of the game, which abt w be read with great interest by the whis ing lic. The first is from Miss Wh k, known throughout the world as the Whist Queen. It is as follows BOSTON, Jan. 7, 1898 P. J. Tormey, President P. C. W. A.—Dear Mr. Tormey: Your invitation to be present to your fourth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Whist Association, to be heid in your city January 14 and 15, 1898, just received, and again I felt the same regret as in pa sions and for the same reason—the di alone Is the reason But I do send you all my best successful gathering. were the first to ASK tions, and si; followe out your idea with gre 1 ought to feel proud of the fact started from the Pacific Coast an ity. May the best whi in is t our sincere friend, KATE WHE WHISTERS FROM OREGON. The Portland Club of Portland. Or., was represented at the whist convenfion by the president of the North Pactfic Whist Asso- clation, L. Therkleson, which club was ad- mitted as a member of the Pacific Coast Whist Association. Mr. Therkleson was ac- companied by Judge L. T. Barin, E. C. John- Sweeny, the team who visited San Francisco in August last and carrfed off hes for a since the Payot trophy. | DOES IT CONSTITUTE A REVOKE? A very unusual and Interesting question has been submitted for our opinfon. It arose the other evening in a match game In the rooms of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club: East dealt and turned queen of spades: South | leads a emall diamond, which is won by East, East leads 10 of spades (trumps) and holds the trick, then switches to a club, which is won by North, and North immediately comes through East with 1 spade (trump); East plays & diamond; South plays a spad after hesitating a little, in a surprised way asks, “What are trumps?’ Asking the ques- tion causes t to notice and correct his er- ror: North and South claim a revoke. West | claims, under law 2S. that he has the right | to ask, “What the trump suit is during the play of a deal OUR OPINION. 1f we were a referee or umpire in a match and this question came up just as it did in this case, we would allow a revoke, as we In- terpret the law governing revokes. Law 25—The second paragraph reads: player making it before the trick in which it occurs has been turned and quitted, unless either he or his partner, whether in his right | turn or otherwise, has led or played to the following trick, unless his partner has asked | whether or not he has any of the suit re- ncunced.” Questions asked at a whist table by a player, under the strict letter of the unwritlen law, | should be addressed to the partner, answerable only by him. This being the case. the question asked was to all Intents and pur- poses asking the partner. ““Whether or not he had any of the suit renounced?’ Under the laws of duplicate whist, as adopted. by the last Congress, a player has the right to pre- vent his partner from committing any irreg- ularity except this one thing, ‘Renouncing in_error.”” West, asking this question at this particu- = time, reminds his partner, the dealer, that a spade’ was the trump suit, and the turned card he knew was still unplayed. and I should say establishes a revoke. The words used In asking this question do not fit the wording of the law governing such cases, ex- actly, but the spirit does THE PAYOT TROPHY IN OREGON. ‘The Payot trophy is going the rounds in Ore- gon. When the crack team of the Trist Club, composed of M. Stearns, Lieutenant Le- and are G. Nixon and S. P. Heuston, won . West, ‘ at any hmw| | | | extended it to Include sixteen tables, involving wad renounce in error may be corrected by the | from the Portland Whist Club 1t was | supposed they would hang on to it for some time. But Judge L. T. Barin, captain | of a mixed team from the Oregon Road Club, of Mr. and Mrs & C compaose Miss Sal and hir | mext | any little thing hap; me thusiasm. We will be absent about a month and 1t ns in our whist depart- t charge it up to the editor's whist en- WHIST TALLY CARDS. The card or whist committee in the Trist | Duplicate Whist Club say that the latest in- novations bound booklets for whist. engagements, a place to r and whist tally cards, | the form of prettily a lang folding leaf inside to record the score of the in whist ci les are beautifully with ord the score, date played, etc., elegantly gotten up in 1 book, the outside coyer ately hand painted, with a a 1 appi ame from one to thirty deals. ienge and h ¢ in Barin's team by a gain of six tric ladies are members of the Kate V Club of Portland and it is not to be wondere at that they could play equal with the men. FHE - PERY "CALLED THE “@ai- BANY LEAD.” Mr. John T. Mitchell, the author of two of the greatest works on duplicate whist that have ever been published, is the whist editor of the Times-Herald of Chicago. When John cracks a nut one is sure to get some good meat of it Under the heading of “The Albany Lead™ he says: ‘“The play first described, which is present used as a cail through the honor, as formerly used to show a holding of three- card suits, and has been variously known as | the Milwaukee lead. the Albany lead, the cuse lead, the Potfsville lead, it struck 2 new place it was u: that it originated there, and was so chri The number of places whose name it bears is the best proof of the extent of its inroads among the whist players, and yet while it re- tains its popularity for some littie time in each of its birthplaces, it soon proves so disastrous to those who have adopted it that they are glad to let It go quietly and without public cere- mony. and when it is born again in another community the whist players of the previous birthplace have no heart to dispute its pa- ternity. The above is only another way of say- ing that the play cannot be recommended. Still, the hardest duty a regulation whist player has to perform is ‘to lead from four trumps when the remainder of his hand con- sistsof three three-card suits. The only other way out of the difficulty is to lead the bottom of one of the three-card suits, provided it is headed by the ace, King or queen, with prefer- ence in the order named. and if 'you have not | anything as good as that, abide by the rule and blame the game if it lose TABLES FOR CLUB PAIRS. Whist Editor Call: For the purpose of filling certain gaps in duplicate play I have recently made some calculations which seem to be of sufficient general importance to justify ais- semination. The scheme for progressive duplicate for pairs suggested by Professor Whitfield and published by Mr. Mitchell in his late work at pages €7 and 68 only goes as far as ten tables. This s inadequate for large clubs, and 1 have =3 L e e = | | the play of thirty-one trays, as many as can | conveniently Le played in oné evening. | The playérs move in the same order, 1. e., | the highest player plays against the lowest, | the next highest against the next lawest, etc., the first round, and on the subsequent rounds each palr takes the place of the next lower, No. 1 remaining stationary all evening. In the original assignment of pair numbers the north and south pairs are the same number | as the tables at which they sit; the east and west pairs are the difference between that number and the one greater than the number of pairs in play. It will be observed that the 10— — O — O o — OO north and south pairs move taward the first Near Stockton. Cpen Evenings. table, !:\ml t:e fios!‘l and west pairs move away from the first table. | GO The essential difference hetween this | & 2 2 0 R NEW TO-DAY. “THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. . 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