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The herald., 1895-02-24
Whist League Club

Preliminaries toward an American
Whist League Club in Los Angeles have
progressed so far that q meeting will be
held this coming week for the purpose OF
formally organizing, Committees on Sc
lecting a suitable and convenient location
for club quarters will be appointed, and
other details as to fees, dues, and eligibil-
ity for member will be in order, and the
prospects are good for an early realization
Of full-fledged league club, with all mod
ern improvements, by March 1st.
This club will not be limited to any set
or clique, the membership promises to be
large, and the only requisite for eligibil-
ity will be attainment to a certain degree
of excellence in the game, and an
earnest and serious desire for improve
ment among the individal players
that is to say, it is not so much for en-
couraging sociability that the club is or
ganized, as the city is full OF social whist
clubs, but for the purpose of encouraging
more widespread interest in the legiti-
mate game; and consequently rooms will
be secured so conveniently located that
they may be enjoyed by the members at
any time.
There will be no set times for meeting
aside from the dates members shall make
among themselves, to suit their own con-
venience, and where they may play as
much or as little as they shall choose.
The herald., 1895-02-24
WHIST.

The challenge game, of which mention
has been made once or twice in these col
umns, was played Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 10th, but was finished too late for
the score to be printed in the Sunday is
sue last week. The game took place in
one of the parors at the Hollenbeck
Hotel, which was kindly furnished for
the occasion; it consisted of round of
twentyfour boards of duplicate whist,
and return: and was closely contested on
each side from start to finish.
Messrs. James Foord and G. E. DeCamp
played against Messrs. j. s. Mills and
George Sinsabaugh, with with the result
of a loss of two points for the latter;
Messrs. J. w. Hendricks and George l..
Arnold played against Messrs. Harry
Stafford and J. Merrill; result, gain of
six points for the latter; and Messrs. l..
Orban and Colonel Lawson of Pasadena
played against DR.. F. r. Cunningham
and J. X. Urmston; result, gain of two
points for the latter. Total result, gain
of six points in favor of the challengers,
Messrs. Mills, Sinsabaugh Stafford, Mer
rill, Urmston and DIR. Cunningham.
The game was so thoroughly enjoyed by
all that repetition at an early date is
talked of, and some of the hands were so
interesting they will be reproduced in
this department of The Herald for the en-
joyment of devotees of the game among
its readers.
The herald., 1895-02-24
More Leads, This Time the Ten

Two weeks ago ago the jack leads were
given, last Sunday the whist department
was crowded out, and consequently today
the ten leads as Mrs. Kaebs has given
them, condensed, and some of the sig
nails, as calls for trumps, will be given as
follows:
The ten is led as an original lead when
it is accompanied by the king and jack,
irrespective of number in the suit.
The lead of the ten, when accompanied
by the nine, will be treated of later.
When partner leads ten you should play
the ace ii you have it, so that fourth
hand may not win with the queen.
If you hold the queen, however, and not
the ace, you should not play it, because
the ten is just as good to force the ace as
the queen
Ii you take with the ace and hold the
nine, return the nine.
If fourth hand holds queen he must
pay it or the nine will win the trick, and
the original leader covers the queen with
the king. Ii fourth hand does not play
queen the leader can then finesse the lack
or not according to his hand or the fall
OF the cards. s...f4
You cannot show number in this suit
un ess the, queen falls n the first round,
and then it is questionable whether it is
worth while to do so.
n. B.-Trist advises against attempting
to show number even when you can, be-
cause you lose the opportunity to signal
with one card il you wish to do so when
the suit is established. For instance, the
ten is led; second hand, holding ace and
two SMALL plays SMALL third hand plays
small, and fourth hand takes with queen.
Later, when partner of the leader gets in
and leads the suit again, the leader plays
king and it is taken with the ace. The
original leader has called for trumps with
one card, the king, because the call for
trumps is made by playing an unnecessa-
rily high card; and his partner knows
that he has at least one smaller card,
the jack, and if it is understood that he
is not attempting to show number, he
must be calling. The advantage is obvi-
Gus; he can exhaust the trumps and bring
in the suit. With four cards only in this
suit it is strong one, but with more
than four and some good trumps, it is
sometimes successfully established and
made. One nice point to note is that if
third hand holds ace and nine, he should
take with the ace and return the nine; it
will force the queen or win the trick
This is the only correct ten lead, except
the lead of ten from ten and two or less,
smaller, which will be spoken of under
the head of forced leads and strengthen
ing cards.
The herald., 1895-02-24
CURES THE WORST CASES.

Oh NO. 200 " tSt 5tA ,of'eef,
.Sionx City, Ia, writes :
MY wife was troubled
with female weakness,
and ulcers of the uterus.
She had been doctoring
with every doctor of any
good reputation, and had
spent lots of money i'll
hospitals, but to no pur-
pose. She continued to
get worse. She was
greatly pref u diced
against patent medi-
cines, but as a last resort
we tried a bottle of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. We had seen
some of your advertise
ments, and Mr.. Cum
mings, a west-side drug
p;st. advised lis to try a
The herald., 1895-02-24

bottle We tried it with the following results
The first bottle did her much good that we
bought another, and have continued until she
has been cured"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08

LIE as exhibited in the care of the young.
Inc papers of this series afford something
more than the entertainment for leisure
hour. Beneath the veil of a style OF ex-
qulslte daintiness there is the substance OF
much information concerning the animated
nature of our suburban fields, and now
that the outing season is at hand they may
De studied along with outdoor observations
oy nearly every reader and found to be
matters OF both pleasure and profit.
1t goes without saying that the Sunday
GALL, IN addition to the special articles
mentioned, contains also large and varied
miscellany as well as all the news OF the
day, both at home and abroad, with an
especial fullness of reports interesting to
the Pacific Coast. The paper is for sale by
all news-dealers in the city, but owing to
the rush OF Sunday readers it is not always
easy to obtain the CALL in that way. The
pest plan is to leave orders to-day and you
Will then be sure of all the news and good
reading for your day of rest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
ARTHUR McEwEN's LETTER.

Arthur McEwen undertook to poke little
fun at the rural ways of Mr.. Shortridge of the
CALL in the last issue of his Letter and in
cidentally make sport of the country editors,
who he believes are being filed with false
ideas of themselves through the CALLS method
of treating them with fair and sincere consid-
Grafton. The McEwen eye assumes to be far
reaching and attributes to Shortridge motives
that are as remote from him as the formers
prospects OF a pass through the pearly gates.
The CALLS directing hand recognizes in the
interior press force that can accomplish much
good If its labors are aided by those of the city
papers. The CALL is extending the essential
aid and others are now showing a disposition
to follow in its wake. A big paper can be
mighty small sometimes and no one should be
able to better prove the statement than Nc
Even. 1t has been the smallness and self
esteem of San Franciscos papers that have in
terfered very materially with the growth of
the country. Thanks to the CALLS innovations
the conditions are changing. APP
peal.
The CALL did one of the ne atest things the
other day that has been seen for many a moon.
Arthur McEwen's last Letter was devoted to
abuse of Shortridge and his paper, taking the
usual ground of the San Francisco Journalist
that all the newspaper wisdom in the world is
concentrated in his own egotistical alleged
brain. The CALL reciprocates by copying the en-
tire attack, giving it prominent place, and
simply putting the head kind Words" over
1T. In this, as in hundred other ways, Snort
ridge has shown his full ability to hold his own
with any newspaper man in San Francisco
Bakersfield Californian
1t is impossible to judge whether the CALL
is markedly ingenious or practicing deep
craft. 1t republished as compliment an arti-
Gle referring to it from Arthur McEwen's Let
ter, which was, to say the least, very patroniz-
ing and very chaffy. 1t was hardly an
unqualified compliment, and it poked a good
deal of fun at Editor Shortridge Perhaps
Editor Shortridge remembers the tactics of the
elder Bennett, who reprinted every scrap of
abuse and ridicule of himself, saying 81 don't
care dom, it sells me paper l'-Alameda Ar
OTIS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
THE SUNDAY CALL.

For the readers of the Sunday CALL to-
morrow we have prepared literary features
of even more than usual interest. An
article of historic value will be found in an
account of Lincoln's dealing with a pro-
posed negro instruction in the South
during the war. The account is written
by James r. Gilmore, who had personal
knowledge of the affair and talked it over
with Rosecrans, Garfield and Lincoln.
The story shows how close the South was
to a most fearful horror and how the mer-
ciful spirit of Lincoln saved the Southern
people from a calamity greater than that
of San Domingo by refusing to give even
the slightest encouragement to an insur-
rection which would have put an end to
the war by carrying ruin to every Southern
home.
A lighter and gayer theme will be found
pleasantly treated in s'The Art of the
Circus Rider where a full account is
given of the training and practice required
to perfect man or woman in that grace
full and agile accomplishment. Equally
interesting will be the description of the
rich, wonderful and curious treasures Of
Windsor Castle, that old historic home OF
British sovereigns, which contains within
its stately halls one of the noblest and
most extensive collections in the world OF
all that is beautiful and valuable in the
domain of art.
The series of '1dyls of the Field" will
be continued by delightful study of bird
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
LOW RATES ON WINE.
New Orleans Grocers and the Local
Shippers Gain a Victory Over
the Railroad.

The Southern Pacific Company has de-
cided to reduce rates on California wines
from 20 cents to 80 cents hundred pounds
on all shipments from common" points
in California to New Orleans. This cut is
equivalent to cents gallon, and it brings
the cost of transportation down to 3 cents
a gallon, which leaves a fair margin for
profit to producers and dealers. The new
rate is to go into effect June 20.
Quite recently the New Orleans Grocers'
Union and the wine-shippers of San Fran
cisco arranged to ship all California wine
by steamer via Panama, and a new line of
steamers was organized for the east side to
act in conjunction with the independent
steamship company engaged in freighting
on this coast between this port and
Panama.
g According to the agreement rates were
to be cut in half, and the time would be
only matter of few weeks. So the
Southern Pacific company at once took the
new opposition under consideration 1t
was seen that the Sunset route would lose
considerably and very low rate would be
necessary to meet the requirements of the
situation. The radical cut was made and
the wine men and New Orleans merchants
thereby won victory through competition
and union.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
PERSONAL.

JIM. McPike of Napa is at the Baldwin.
Fred Cox, capitalist of Sacramento, is il
town.
B. c. Holly, a horseman of Vallejo, is at the
Grand.
Judge Louis Gottschalk of Los Angeles is al
the Grand
Il. H. Pitcher, banker of Livermore, is al
the Palace.
j. L. Murphy of Riverside is guest at the
Occidental.
DR.. A. F. Berryhill of the navy is at the
Occidental
Senator J. C. Holloway of sonoma is staying
at the Russ
W. E. Gerber of Sacramento registered at the
Grand yesterday.
d. +. Knight, capitalist of Marysville, is
staying at the Lick.
Richard Grid, capitalist and landowner Of
Chino, is at the Occidental.
George E. Faw, wheat-dealer of Gonzales, is
registered at the Occidental.
A. G. Hillman, manager of the Biggs ranch at
Davis, is visiting in this city.
William Harvey, Sheriff of Yuba County, reg
lstered at the Russ yesterday.
Colonel J. C. Doolittle came down from his
mines In Placer County yesterday.
A. L. Levinsky, an attorney OF Stockton, was
one OF yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
c. W. Knowles, proprietor of the St. Charles
Hotel OF Portland, Or, is here on visit.
c. ]. Sharon, nephew of the late Senator
Sharon, arrived from the Comstock yesterday.
Mrs. Charles M. Shortridge and Mrs. M. E.
Singleton will spend Carnival week at Santa
Cruz.
Professor J. NJ. Schaeberle, one OF the OBJ
servers at the Lick Observatory, arrived at the
Lick yesterday.
]. A. Barham, member of Congress from the
First District, came down from his home in
Santa Rosa yesterday.
c. R. Mason, manager of the Byron Hot
Springs, is seriously i'll at the Palace, where
he has been confined to his rooms for several
days.
Miss Bell, supervisor of drawing in the public
schools, will leave for trip to Alaska to-
morrow. She will attend the convention of
the National Educational Association at Den
yer after her return.
Rabbi NJ. S. Levy will leave on the evening
OF the 18th for Europe on a visit to his mother,
returning the latter part of August. During
his absence the Rev. J. Rabinowitz cantor of
the congregation, will represent him in all
official duties.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
JUDGES TO TAKE A REST,
Approach of Vacation Time Is
Apparent in the Superior
Courts.
Soon Comes the Season When the
Attorney HES to the
Country.

While justice is eternally vigilant, there
are occasions when her ministers snatch q
brief respite from their labors for a we'll
merited repose. Just now the Superior
courts are entering upon vacation, and con-
tinuances are generally referred to the
date of the courts return from a pros
pective jaunt in the country or to some
seaside resort.
The Superior Judges met yesterday and
elected Judge J. G. B. Hebbard of Depart.
ment to act as presiding Judge in the
absence of Judge Sanderson of Department.
7, now presiding Judge. Judge Sanderson
proposes to leave on his vacation to-day
and to return on the ed inst, when he
will resume his duties as presiding Judge.
Judge Hebbard will probably take his
vacation after Judge Sanderson's return,
remaining away from June 26 to Au-
gust II.
Judges Seawell and Daingerield of de-
partments L and 2, respectively, have al
ready departed in search of a hard-won
rest. Judge Seawell has gone East, and
will return to the bench on July s, the
same day that Judge Daingerfield is ex-
pected to resume his seat.
Judge Murphy of Department 8 will take
his vacation either in September, after the
trial of the Durrant cases, or between the
18th inst and July 1. He may divide his
vacation between those periods, taking a
brief respite before and after the Durrant
cases are called.
Judge Hunt of Department will take
wing between now and the 18th inst, to re-
main away until August 1.
Judge Wallace of Department will not
leave the bench probably until the goth
inst, to remain away until the latter part
of July.
Judge Coffey of Department proposes
to remain in usual session until about Au-
gust l, when Judge Hunt will take his pro-
bate calendar on his return.
Judge Black of Department 10 will leave
some time between now and the 18th inst,
to be absent until about August 1.
Judge Trout of Department has just
returned from brief vacation and may
take another week next month.
Judge Bahrs OF Department IL has fixed
upon June Ia for the date of his departure,
and will take up cases again on July 81.
Judge Belcher of Department IL will
not descend from the bench to seek rest
until June %, intending to return about
August 5.
In preparation for the general exodus
the Judges recently agreed that no con-
tested cases should be taken up from next
Monday until July Is.
The regular jury panel in Judge Hunts
court, Department 5, was discharged yes
terday, and thereupon presented a letter
treatment. The jurors also made up
snug little purse, which they presented to
Courtroom Clerk Fred Vaughan and Bailiff
David Magner in recognition of their
uniform courtesy during the term of their
impeachment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08

attentive ears to the noises heard through
| the coal smoke that obscures the locality
have told US of voices clamoring there for
outside recognition. Lately these voices
| have become sufficiently articulate and
distinct to be understood, and now it is
reported that Greater Pittsburg desires the
next Republican National Convention and
has raised 100000 to obtain it.
1t will be seen that the aspirations of
this enterprising coal pit are very ambi-
tious indeed. Greater Pittsburg hopes to
plume herself for fight high enough and
far enough to enable her to disport in the
ambient air as a rival of San Francisco.
What inducements she can offer to the
convention are not known, or at least
have not been stated. Coal is indeed a
useful thing in some ways, but heat will
not be needed in June, and it is very
poor political convention that cannot fur
nish its own gas.
We have not heard that the hotel
accommodations of the place are equal to
the needs of great National gathering or
that the climate is conducive to good, cool,
statesmanlike work in the summer time.
Neither have there been suggestions that it
would be an education to the dele
gates to go there. In short it
seems the convention is to be invited to
the place solely for the purpose of adver-
Using it and getting the people of the
country to recognize that there is some
thing of a city underneath the smoke.
Far be it from us to speak fippantly of
any enterprise or to hoodoo a people who
are trying to boom their town. The Pitts
burg fellows, however, are Just little bit
OVERRIDING it. They are liable to strain
themselves severely if no one gives them a
word of caution. Old Philadelphia ought
to speak motherly warning to this lusty
community, which in its efforts to be
Greater" threatens either to burst itself
into nothingness or stretch Pennsylvania
out of shape. We speak in all consider
ateness, for we desire neither of these
things to happen. AS for the next Repub-
liean National Convention, it will come to
San Francisco, where the climate is elysian,
the hotel accommodations ample, the City
large enough for the needs of such gath
ering and where the trip would be an edu-
cation to the delegates. Greater Pittsburg
had better use her 500, 200 to perfect
smoke-consDmar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
CHRISTIAN CONVENTION
Meetings Held at the Howard
Presbyterian Church
Yesterday.
SELF ANNEXATION A DUTY.
Sermons by Rev. A. B. Simpson and
Rev. Stephen Merritt-Sessions
To-Day.

The Christian Alliance convention, nm
der direction of Rev. A. c. Simpson, as
sisted by Rev. Stephen Merritt from New
York, opened yesterday. The object is
the union of Christians of any or all de-
nominations for evangelical work. Rep
resentatiyes of most of the denominations
were seen at the meetings, which were
held at the Howard Presbyterian Church
yesterday afternoon and evening.
Rev. A. B. Simpson said: 'The purpose
is to come in touch with God and to take
him away with us. We come not to seek
after higher life but the highest life. We
want to be Christ reAectors. Two little
words have been ringing in my ears for
years. They have come to me In times of
trial. They are but Cod All else is dull
IN comparison. You should lay hold upon
this In your great stirring city, which is
buster than New York and so much like
Chicago. But it is such material city.
In this time of mighty men we are in dan
ger of forgetting God This is an age of
mighty men. Corporations are greater
than principalities. How we need to lay
hold upon the idea behind those words
but Cod
Mr.. Merritt said: "The Bible is all
right. 1t begins well and ends delightfully."-
In the beginning was Cod so the book
says, but | tried to read it In the begin
ming was Stephen Merritt National and
home life would have no failures if ali re-
membered In the beginning was God
God can do nothing for you if you ask
in spirit OF selishness. He wants self
abnegation. Spirit, soul and body should
be devoted to God. AS you leave this
church to-day leaning on the arm of your
beloved think solely What may I do to
advance your in.erests-only yoursP Let
US be live wires reaching from the dynamo
of the skies"
Speaking of San Francisco, which he
called the twin metropolis to New York,
he said that both are known as wicked
cities. "All the more reason that the
standard of Christianity be raised Let it
be. known that in both these are people
whose God is not self"
1t was announced that there would be
meetings at the same place at 10 A. NJ, 2:3O
P. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. to-day and at IL A. NJ.
and 2:30 P. NJ. tomorrow. AT the last meet
ing the Misses Minnie and Genevieve Owl
att, mem ers of the Howard Presbyterian
Church, and who will depart soon as Chris
tan Alliance missionaries to China, will
say farewell for time to their friends
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Anthony Trollope, in the course of thirty-fve
years, wrote sixty novels and made a total
profit of $350,000 from the same. To-day his
works are almost unread.
DIR. L. f. Smith, the venerable author of
America" is in straitened circumstances and
feels very grateful for the $1,000 recently raised
by Boston benefit.
Cyrus Gale, resident and native of North
boro, Mass, has presented to thet town pub
lie library building. costing upword of $50 900.
The formal dedication of this building will
occur on June IL.
Rev. DR.. j. Addison Henry, who is said to be
the Oldest Presbyterian minister in Philadel-
phia, will celebrate on June 2 the thirty-fifth
anniversary of his ordination to the ministry
and of his passionate of the Princeton Presby-
terrain Church.
Readers of "Lorna Doone" will be glad to
hear that Mr.. Blackmore has written another
story OF the same time and place, using some
OF the characters OF the romance. 1t is called
'Slain by the Doones; Record of Exmoor, !"
and will be published in October.
The statue of Abraham Lincoln, recently
presented to Manchester, N. H., by the sculp-
tor, John Rogers, has been set up in the city
library. Lincoln is represented as studying q
war map showing the country between Rich
pair of calipers, and the big map falls care.
| lessly from the left hand to the floor.
The recent sale at auction in Hamburg of the
kingdom OF Matupia is interesting. This royal
domain, which lies in the South Seas, was
knocked down to a Hamburg firm lit is a pos
| session of the German Government) for only
10000 marks, less than $4,000. The pur-
| chasers intend to establish plantations on it
and to pension off the King on a salary of %
cents day.
In becoming the Princess Brancaccio-Mas-
simo the fair daughter of former New York
belle allies herself to family ancient as any
in Italy. The Masslmi claim descent from the
great Fabius Maximus of early Roman days,
the originator of the "Fabian" policy of delay
There is an anecdote to the effect that Ma
poleon once asked Massimo in a rough and
skeptical way if the story of his family origin
| were true. ~ cannot prove it," answered the
Roman noble, "but it is q tradition that has
run in our family for more than 1000 years"