Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-01-04
a NEW aAME NEEDED.

The people who'used to play whist,
the old-fashioned whist, enjoyed the
game and cherish pleasant recollec-
tlons 81 the evenings whiled away by
this pastme, says the indianapolis
journal, These people do not play
whist any more. If by. chance thr' Q
Of them are gathered together the
needed fourth is sure to be a diciple Of
the new system; he plays scientific "
withstand scorns their haphazard meth
ods. lie may be too well-brcd to
speak his contempt, but be makes Ii
felti It envelopes him as a cloud; it is
visible in his air Of patient endurance
and the sad droop Of bis eyelids. The
old-fashioned player feels his Inferior
ity and loses interest in the game, but
at the same time cherishes secret be-
lief that the devotees of the new and
improved system do not get the en-
tertainment out Of it that he once did
out OF what was then considered a
highly-dignlded and respectable game,
but which is now condemned as "bum-
blepuppy."
The players now proceed as if per-
forming a solemn rite; they have no
appearance Of enjoying themselves,
but are serious of countenance and
subdued in mauner A bluuder, de-
parture from the fixed law Of the game,
subjects the unfortunate petpetrator
to looks OF disdain, if not tooutspoken
contumely, which is crushing to all but
the most hardened. 1t is scientific"
and ''intellectual, !" no doubt, as its fol-
lowers declare, but why continue to
call 1t game or "a pleasing pastime?
DO the people who take pleasure in any
pursuit or recreation ever bold con
gress over it2 They had a whist con-
gress in Philadelphia recently, and the
players sat about the tables In a ST.
lencc so solemn and oppressive that
the scratching OF a match was a start
ling noise. No man would have dared
30 speak aloud. There may be deep
an exquisite JOY in this sort of thing,
but lt IS hidden from the majority OF
people, who prefer TO take their pleas
,ure less seriously. The new whist is
too profound for them, but the old
game is probably forever doGe away
with. What is needed is a substitute
something that will while away an
hour for weary people whc do not feql
equal TO intellectual exertion and do
not tind recreation in feats of memory.
The law known as the Exemption
Act TO the mining statutes Of the
United States has clearly shown itself
to be one shat is a curse ihstead Of a
blessed relief to the distressed mining
industry in the states and territories
where it has been in operation. Hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars worth OF
development work has been done by
simply paying dollar or dollar and
a half 10 Il county recorder to record
an exemption notice. This method
of developing the mineral resources OF
our country has operated like a two
edge knife. II has kept out of this
territory millions OF dollars hat would
have been paid to its miners and pros
pectors by non-residents who would
be compelled to have nad their assess
ment work done or forfeit their inter
eSts in the mineral domain. 1t has
therefore retarded not only discover
les but has stayed the output of wealth
that otherwise would have been great
ly enhanced this year. That law
should be repealed by congress- atonce
and as soon as Arizona is state
mining law similar to that prevailing
10 Colorado should be enacted, which
would mean the active development
of the mines of the territory for
"make believe" development work or
work don't go in the Cen
tennial state.-PhOenix Herald.
Tho latest United States census