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to lead from ace, queen and Others when
1t is the only good suit he has.
we have quite number of good players
IN San Francisco. No doubt Herbert p.
Tyson heads the list.
OFF nine is led originally and part
ner holds king, jack and one small, what
card should he play? The proper or cor
rect play would be the small one. On the
next round he should play the king. His
partner marks him with jack alone.
WHISTLES.
In the Ladies' Trophy Tournament in
Philadelphia Mrs. Hastings team, after
seven straight victories, dropped the eighth
to Mrs. Stroud's team. Both teams were
pupils of Miss Wheelock
The Linda Vista Club is a little slow
about coming forward to play for the
Rideout trophy. Don't be afraid, boys.
The st. Paul Club will have the honor of
trophy to the Brooklyn Congress. They
held 1t against all corners. Play ended
Thursday last
The first round for the ladies' trophy,
presented by President George E. Bates,
was played Saturday afternoon, April 25,
IN the rooms of the San Francisco Whist
Cluo. The score of the three leading teams
Is as follows. Question arises, who is the
wlnnerr The team composed of Mrs. ].
curtis, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Bell and Miss
Jenkins are the winners under the rules
OF the Howell system. The score should
be recorded as follows:<
Mrs. Harenums team Mitch. TT.
u II a r. II +3 B +2 6 8
n,. IL II II n 10 10 +2 Is
RI +3 10 RI 10 10 +3 10 6 9
~ zero entities the team to half match,
but not half trick.
taay, fror, A. " VI ruL:a r,,.-1
Ia new club Just formed) are going to the
Brooklyn Congress to capture the Hamil-
ton trophy. They have new scheme, or
new system, which they intend to ''wofK, Z"
called the Long and Short Tenace Ruff
hng High-card Strategic Came" with a
lou OF new-fangled ideas on the side. The
minneapolis Whist Congress had just such
an experience-they lasted almost one
round
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph of
April lS, under the headlines. whist
Lectures From the Pacific Coast" pays
our whist editor flattering compliment
Dy republisnlng one of our entire articles.
The president of the Pacific Coast Whist
Association has received challenge for
the Rideout trophy from the Vallejo Whist
Gluo, now held by the San Francisco
Whist CluD, and have named Saturday,
May y, as the date of the match.
huieS ior scoring under the Howell
mitchell system:
A match and trick score is kept of each team.
me team making the highest match score is
oeciared the winner, each match won count
ing one and each match tied counting one-half
on sueh score. (No half tricks are counted.)
In case of a tie in the match score, the trick
score OF the teams tying will determine.
II q team plays eight matches, wins four,
ana four are tied, their total score is six
matches won-they lose four half matches as
well as winning four. If another team wins
seven matches and loses one, they rank first,
of course.
So far out of nineteen replies we have
received no correct solution of problem 4,
so give it.
George L. Bum says at trick s: This
situation is very delicate and interesting
one from East's point of view. He can
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columns. When he is not the original
leader, 1t IS seldom il ever good whist to
call or start "call'' on card led proclaim
ing five cards in suit. If you stop to think
q minute, the suit the leader opens can
never be brought in as long as there is
trump strength against him. If you are
strong enough to say, 81 don't care how
strong you are in the suit you open, If
can get trump lead from my partner,
will take the responsibility of this hand
and promise him a good score'-then
'call' fearlessly. II you have six or seven
suit then you can, after little, trump in,
and lead trump, but don't "call.' IF we
have any students of the game among our
whist readers we ask them to try our sug-
gestions; it will be trick winning to them
If We can induce them to do so.
When 'call" is made or trump is led
the partner of the caller should as quickly
as possible tell how many trumps he holds
or did hold originally. You can readily
see the i'm portance of this, and you should
never lose sight of it.
We will give you few sim pie methods
of telling or giving this information: A
call is made, you are the partner; before
you can get in you are obliged 10 trump,
and hold four small, trump IN with third
best and lead smallest. If you hold the
ace and three small, trump in with third
best, lead the ace, then smallest. Your
partner should read you for onemore at
least. If you held four small and was
obliged to trump a trick before your part
ner "called," trump with the smallest.
When the ''call" is made, in this case when
you get the lead, the proper card to play
or lead is the smallest remaining; when
another trump falls from your hand higher
than the one ied-you are marked with
still one more at least. This is one of the
plays not generally known or ever heard
of among many whisters.
We give below concise table showing
what card to lead to partners call and
what card to play to partners lead. hold
ing three or four. Our little whist queen,
Miss Kate Wheelock, has used this table
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The Golden Are a suner.t,.,,,

have compared only few of the con-
ditions of life at the present day with
those of the past. The task would be too
great, even if nv knowledge were sui.
ficient, to strike the balance between all
those conditions and to determine which
were the most detrimental. Some con.
dltions are undoubtedly better and Others
worse than they were five, or two. or one
century ago. Many of US, especially here
in America, as is apparent to the most
superficial observer, live in too much of a
hurry and under too great strain. We
should undoubtedly be better off if we
led quieter lives, if we relaxed the tension
under which we work, and if we went
more slowly and took life more easily and
comfortably. Our life to-day is certainly
more complex, but there is no reason for
condemning 1t wholly in comparison with
the past. The golden age is, after all, a
mere superstition, and there is good reason
1or asking whether on the whole, our
social conditions are not to-day more
favorable for mental and nervous health
than they have ever been before.-Dr.
Philip G. Knapp, in the May Century.
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LEFT EVERYTHING.
STRANGE STORY OF AN ABANDONED
GARDEN ON BELvEDERE
PENINSULA,

PENINSULA.
For many years past an old German,
named Rupert, had nursery near the
northern end of Belvedere Peninsula. He
was very industrious, and although his
tract of rented land was small, he man.
aged to grow an enormous quantity OF
flowers, that he disposed of in many Diff
ferent ways. None of his neighbors how
ever, got very well acquainted with him,
and he never spoke of his business except
to mention hard times. Some say that he
made piles of money, and others believe
that he was telling the truth when he said
he never made cent. At any rate, he
always lived like very poor man.
One day, some time during last Febru-
ary, he was seen at work in his garden.
He was also seen in Tiburon and attended
of his neighbors saw him until about noon,
when he appeared in an elegant Prince
Albert suit and silk hat and told them
he came to say good-by, as he was going
away and would never come back. He
seemed to be in the best of spirits.
Some thought he was joking. but others
asked him where he was going. "Oh,
am going to make change" was all the
answer they got. ltwas naturally thought
that he would take away his things and
sell his plants before going, but he was
seen wandering around his garden that
evening and none of his neighbors have
seen him since. when he left or how is a
mystery.
Visitors to his house the next morning
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practically absolutely place the number of
cards of each suit that each player now
holds. South has three clubs left, and so
has North, as West can have no more;
South has not four trumps or he would
have venture6 trump lead at trick five;
he has not more than one spade left,
for he did not make the unblocking play;
he has not more than one diamond or he
would not have played king second hand /;
he has, therefore, one spade, one diamond
an three trumps; West must have two
spades, as North had but five and South
but three originally, and three diamonds
in all probability, as the deuce did not fail
at trick 4, and three trumps; North has
three spades, three clubs and probably two
trumps: East cannot tell the size OF the
trumps in the different hands, but unless
South's trumps are such that he will be
able to win the second round and have the
commanding trump left to draw third
round a lead of trumps will do no harm
and may work verv well; the fact that
West must have three trumps is the con-
trolling factor, for it will prevent the aa-
versaries from making their suit unless
South has the winning trump and is IN
the lead after two rounds. East, reason
ing this out, ventures trump lead from
three remaining.
We give the following answer to our
query OF April 6, What should South play
on trick 5? which we think the best out OF
twenty-three:
Whist Editor-DEAR SIR: In answer to ques-
tion in issue of April 6 of your esteemed paper
my opinion of Souths play on fifth trick Is
to play &c and take chances on n. taking
the trick. My reason is that you DO not neces-
sarily lose all chances of making your OF G
good. 1t seems evident that E. is not strong
in the club suit or clubs would have been led
instead OF diamonds on the fifth hand. Yours
most truly, X L. K
The following is a remarkable whist sit
uation:
Clubs trumps.
South to lead and holds:
Spades-Ace king queen.
Hearts-Ace king queen jack.
Clubs-King jack nine seven.
Diamonds-Ace king.
This hand was dealt in game of whist
some years ago. South opened with a
trump and never took trick.
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

n unpublish ed poem by Robert Louis Stevenso
High as my heart. the quip be mine
That draws their stature 10 a line,
MY pair of fairies plump and dark,
The dry ads OF my cattle park.
Here by my window close sit,
And watch (and my heart laughs at III
How these my dragon-lilies are
Alike and yet dissmilar
From European wom ankind
They are divided and defined
Bv the free lint and the PLAIN mind,
The nobler gait, the naked foot,
The indiscreeter petticoat;
nd show, by each endearing cause,
More like what Eve in Eden was
Buxom and free, flowing and fine,
In every limb, in every line,
1nimitably feminine.
Like ripe fruit on the espaliers
Their sun-bepainted hue appears
and the white lace (when lace they weary
Shows on their golden breast more fair.
So far the same they seem, and yet
One apes the shrew, one the coduette-
A sybil or a truant child
One runs-with a crop halo-wild;
And one more sedulous to please,
Her long dark hair, deep as her knees,
And third with living silver, sees.
What need have of wealth or fame,
a cluD, often-printed name?
It more contents my heart to know
Them going simply TO and fro:
To see the dear pair pause and pass
Girded. among the drenching grass,
In the resplendent sun, or hear.
When the huge moon delays to appear,
Their kindred voices sounding near
In the veranda twilight. So
Sound ever: so, forever go
And come upon your strong brown feet
Twin honors to my country seat,
And its too happy master lent:
My solace ana its ornament
isoBEL STRONG in the May Scribner's.
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found doors and windows wide open and
his few household utensils scattered about
the floor. 1t is not known that he took q
single thing with him.
There was considerable speculation as to
what became of the old man, although no.
body felt the least alarm. He must have
had plenty of money or ne would not have
left everything behind him, because he
could have sold his tools and plants for
quite a sum. The general belief of those
who knew him best is that he went back
to Germany. Some believe he Is in San
Francisco, but cannot imagine why he left
SO suddenly. He is not known to have
owed anybody cent.
Since old Rupert's departure the house
has been going to ruin. and the furniture
and tools have all been carried off by peo-
pie who thought they might as well use
them as allow them to go to decay. But
the garden still continues to grow, and at
present is a mass of flowers, in spite of
neglect. Grass and weeds have grown all
over the place, but roses by the thousands
are blooming on all sides. All of the flow
ers common to this locality are there in
profusion.
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sive carries of four molar teeth, will cause the
rejection of the candidate.
A 14-year-old candidate must be not less
than feet 8 inches in height, weigh not
less than 20 pounds and have not less
than 26 inches chest measurement; at 15
he must be feet II inches high, weigh
so pounds and have q inches of chest; at
16 years he must be feet inch high,
weigh 80 pounds and measure % inches
around the chest
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Lannes' Dying Rebuke to Napoleon.

LaHnes Dying Rebuke to Napoleon.
On the 23d Napoleon again visited
Lannes, who was now fully conscious and
aware that he was doomed. He was as
fearless as ever, and with the stern candor
OF an old Republican poured out to the
Emperor all that he felt. The armv, he
said. was weary of bloodshed, the nation
OF Its sense of exhaustion; for both were
alike aware that they suffered and bled no
longer Tor principle, but for the bound
less ambition of one man. The veteran
marshal refused all sympathy or consola-
ton, and turned his face to the wall.
Both Marriott and Pellet declare that this
story OF Cadet de Gassicourt is an inven-
ton; If SO, it is clever one, for we know
from other sources that as far as the army
was concerned, the statement attributed
to Lannes was correct. As there was lit
tie chance for booty in such rapid march
ing and constant fighting, the youth and
the poor were disheartened. The great
fortunes won by the officers were of little
use while peace was denied for their en-
joyment; the millions of Massena did not
save him from the exposures and hard
ships of the battlefield, and he confessed
that he loved luxury and immoral self
indulgence. Such voices had created an
undercurrent of discontent.-Sloane,s els Life
of Napoleon in MAY Century.
Hopkins County, KY, is experiencing. a
notable religious revival under the preach
ing of woman evangelist, Mrs. Mum, of
Madisonville. In five weeks tour of the
county Mrs. Mum preached so sermons
IN
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03

The serous membrane of the interior ear
'ecretes fluid known as the perilymph.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03

:, Ihe tympanum of whales ear lies at
1ne END OF long, narrow, bony tube.
Inc nearing of this animal is almost pre-
ternaturally acute.
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From phMQapA@ @k E. III
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-31

Away back In the early seventies.
when the Northern Pacific was push
Ing is way westward. motley crowd
Of adventures kept IN the van Of the
graders. and close In the wake Of the
hrst train followed restless throng
10 each new terminus As In all float
Ing populations. there was to be found
a mixture o: all peoples. all bent upon
one purpose that OF making n stake.
The bad man had his tent stocked with
vlllaInous whisky and poker outfits,
Far into the night the sound Of drunk
en- rovelry rang upon the s,lll air. and
awoke responsive howl from the
prairle-wolf that lurkcd In the shadows
beyond the camp. The good man. and
the Christian who traded In gccds Of
different nature. were there with their
shacks and hopes OF worldly gain.
Perhaps the most Heterogeneous mass
Of humanity that ever ooneregatod was
that which gathered In and about
Moorhoad ard Fargo during the con-
struction Of the railroad bridge across
the Red river, which separates these
two polnis-tho former In Minnesota.
the latter In North Dakota. In those
railroad-bulldlng days, says writer
in the Fergus Falls (Mlnn) Journal.
when every inciplent town site was In
the eyes OF It's owners, the coming me.
tropolls OF the northwest. there was a
rivalry between these two places which
exceeded even that now existing be-
tween the Twin cities. And Il was a
bitter rivalry. There was no specula-
ton In which they ala not indulge. no
lawlesiness and crlme-whlch were
then 30 prevalent In frontier towns
that were not openly winked at They
we're the twln paradlses OF the gambler,
che thug. the whlsky-sollor and tho
dance.houso keeper As n better class
Of people was attracted to these places,
this state OF things became unhearable.
They were Mortified at the utter dlsre-
gard OF law, end shocked at the haunt-
Ing Sin In their very faces, Il must be
stopped. II remained for Moorhoad to
take the FIRST step. But the people who
we're 10 inaugurate the reform were
Christian men and opposed to acts OF
violence. They would get un a revival,
and win these sinful creatures from
their wicked ways.
A large. nondescript tenement, half
boards and half canvas, wherein one
Deacon Fcedcm furnished entertain
ment for man aud beast" was secured.
an evangelist sent for, and messenger
forrled over to Fargo 10 announce re-
ilgious services on certain evening.
When the time came. the dinlng-room
OF the hotel was lighted brilliantly with
star-eandlcs fastened TO barfel-hoopa
which hung fron tbs ceiling. The
audience vas T. mlxsd one. but at
teBtlye. and the evangelist. who bad
been glyep bio cue, was eloquent IN
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-31
ON MARRYING A POOR MAN.
Words OF Encouragement for tho Girl
Who Does n.

Words OF Encouragement for tho oIrl
Who Does ~.
Il have been young and now am old"
said one Of the charming middle-aged
women Of the period, whose looks belle
the baptlsmal register and who rather
enjoy arrogating to themselves the
wisdom and experience Of age. says the
New York Journal "And have reach
ed that period Of llfe." she continued.
when ! can look back and see results
and note how seldom those who are
born with silver spoons In their
mouths, as the saying Ia. have the sill
yer fork when they are grown up.
When ! look back and remember who
were the ieunesse doree Of my youth
the men whose lives and positions
above all others seemed particularly
onvlable and deslrahle--and then look
about me now and sec how few OF those
men who were called men OF pleasure
In those days have attained an honor
able and useful mlddle-are, feel
that can preach a sermon to my boys
and their friends with object lessons
that ought to make Il very impressive
Some are poor. having spent health and
substance, like the prodlgal. In riotous
living. Even those who have apparent
ly not suffered In purse or health. are
n sci OF disconnected, blase, weary
worldlings. who 90 over the same
treadmlll OF fashionable existence year
by year without pleasure or profit.
Another thing ! have noticed from my
vantage ground OF experience Ia that.
u only Ga a purely worldly maxim. hon
esty certainly Is the best policy. Many
brilliant man have seen who has de-
siroyod his prospects by the crooked
ways IN which he sought TO better him.
self financially, politically and even
socially, whereas. u he had walked
hoEerahly before ar men. he would
have gained the worlds good op.aion
and IN many instances the very thing
he coveted And finally there are tho
young married couple ai my youth. In
nine cases out OF ten those OF my
friends who married poor young men
and who gave up the luxury Of theli
homes TO prove workable helpmeets q
the men Of their choice are now almos
without exception prosperous and n
many cases wealthy. while those mel
and girls who married for money are
as a rule. greatly In want Of H. b
good and YOU will be happy Is the oil
maxim and certainly Il seems tru'
from a materlallstio az wCll as from
religious point Of view"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-31
SETTLED WITH THE WIDOW.
lie Pound Himself Creditor when lie
Thought Himself Debtor

lie Pound Himself Creditor when lie
Thought Himself Debtor
An American who recently returned
from Japan. where ne held an official
position In a consulate. relates the fol-
lowing. which forcibly Illustrates
condition OF life there the rule. and
happily unknown In this country. He
says: ION one occasion I lost my
'betto or footman--a dlsslpa,cd and
somewhat Incorporate fellow-by an
anCurism OF the heart while out with
me In the streets OF Toxic, He was
running somc ten or fifteen yards In
advance to clear the way for my horse,
and suddenly. without a moments
warning, he threw up his hands into
the air and fell forward on his face
stone dead. After satisfying myself
that every spark OF life had ned, |
caused the corpse TO be carried lnto
nclghborlng shop. and thence TO a
closed litter back to my house, When
returned home three hours later and
rode into the courtyard the frst person
on whom my eyes rested was the mans
widow. who confidently expected
wOald assail me with reproaches for
causing her husband 10 overexert him
self. aud would hold nc responsible for
his death. Instead Of this. however,
the woman. 10 my utter amazcment,
graspcd hold CT my stlrrup. commenced
kissing my boot. and IN the most abiec,
language imploFod me TO pardon the
ccnduc, OF her husband. whose out
rareous stupidity IN dying whlle ont
with me had subjected me 10 tse in
convenience Of attending to the horse
myself Having made laqulrio8 ga 20
what would be The right thing 70 do
Tor tho widow. presented her with
So. Two days later tho funeral took
place. It was attended by vast con-
course o. the guild. or union. Of boitos,
who we're Toasted with rice vine. cake
and swcetmeats by the widow. Three
weeks had elapsed after The date OF the
funeral. when one evening a large box
beautifully decorated With mulu-c1l.
orod ribbons and cords. was ltft q, my
house. On opening Il found a letter
In which the widow OF my late grolm
informed mo that she was a widow M
LONGER. and that she had married again
She added that In view OF the hand
some dowry which she had brought Il
her new hushand-a dowry that was
constituted BY tA6 balance OF my rif
Of $50. after payment Of funeral ex
penses-shc deemed Il only fitting anJ
proper to oiIcr TO her benefactor. as sh,
nlNlrh mo tho wedding cake."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-31
tombs Of an her offspring. Will lie as
dead and silent as the ghostly moon.
SELF MADE MAN.
The go President OF the Association
OF life Underwriters.

The -.css President OF the Association
OF life Underwriters.
David s. Hendrick. the new presl-
dent Of the National Association Of
Life Underwriters, Is a self made man.
He started on, In lifRs.ith nothing but
ability and confidence in his own man
hood. Al fifteen he became 4 clerk in
a dizziness establishment Of his uncle
In Tennessee, and after working fifteen
years In that capacity he bought out his
relatives interest. The year 1883
found him In Nashville In the lie in
surance business. Soon after taking
Il up he was appointed the agent OF the
New York Life In Tennessee. Georgia
and Florida. In 1891 the Manhattan
Company made him les general agent
for Tennessee. with headquarters at
Nashville. In 1898 the states Of Mary.
land, Virginia and the District OF Col.
umbia we're added to his agency. and
his headquarters were removed 70
Washington. Mr.. Hendrick. Is a Mem
her Of the Presbyterian church, a thirty.
third degree Mason. a knight Of Py-
thlas and an 0ddfellow. lie has been
a member Of the National Association
OF Underwriters since the organiEa-
ton OF that body. and one Of the
hardest workers In It's ranks. That the