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on account Of the great weight Of the hsh,
Sometimes the fish come oyer the side without
an attempt to free themselves, and then y Il
easy work. But moro often they struggle des-
~pcratcly, and It Is no easy matter 70 land throe
or four hundred pounds Of struggling tsh and
at the same time keep n little dory steady In q
The. ncts are Immediately reset whom the fish
have been %ht taken ken out, . and tho i% dan nf,Sr d ROW bor
and are due at any time between 2 and II
o'clock, There Is always Q crowd on tho beach
the catch Of each boat Is known. The men in
the boats signal. with their fingers, because
beach as to the catch, and IT. the stakes happen
to be cigars or drinks tho fishermen know they
% On 'p the day Ia II TEE Sun Sun reporter went to West
Hampton tho total catch was thirty-oight, a
poor day, the fishermen said, One boat came
pounds and contained a roc that weighed thirty
pound. when cleaned and prepared for the mar.
each, one six. and another only ono. Very
much disgusted were the crew Of tho latter
boat. They had set their nets too far east, they
other nots before reaching them.
To see the Long Islanders clean and prepare
engaged in the business Attic ali tSSir ri" lives. Back
of the sand dunes they have little hnts where
turned over to odd JOE" TaTpenny, who. is
h l6s n,,. e tho Sn GHE VII, ., K5ip s cd He F ?FnPSi;S 4 /. for fSs
only ono OF the Long Islanders who knows the
secret Of tho preparation, The undevelopcd
rocs are thrown to the chickens, the meat IL
packed into barrels, md thcn the fishermen go
and rost For ;he n9xs days work.
The Long Island fishermen uro looking for IN
influx OF sturgeon fishermen next year II the
run this season keeps on rs well rs IT started.
The veteran sturgeon fishers will not leave tho
old grounds until they are satisilod that the
run off Long Island IS going TO be permanent.
The Long Islanders think IL will he, and they. are
increasing their nets aud putting more mdhiey
Into the business every day.
The best known sturgeon fishing grounds on
this side Of tho world have been of the coast of
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fish
have run woll ut times oil the coast Of New Eng
land, and from juno to October have been
caught In the Hudson River, and in the rivers
OF the northwest coast and In Lake Superior.
In Europe the best grounds have been IN tho
Black and Caspian seas and in tho rivers
opening into them. Occasionally they have
been caught OF the cnnst ot I Great Britain. hut
tho catches there have never hccn large. Tho
sturgeon eat great quantities Of ,mail fish, and
from those caught On Long island Inst week
tho reporters saw tnkei! thousands, Of white
bait. In The opinion of exports, there IL. no
reason why the Long Island coast shouldn't
prove TO be a great sturgeon fishing ground, the
greatest in, the country, and by next year there
VIII probably he moro money invested in II
than has ever been invested in u similar enter
prise hcrcuboutS.
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An win ten tSlcKS
Trick l. 1t is an old principle that with an
established suit. for trumps, and a card Of re-
entry in another suit. a player should lead
the trumps. As hand fulhls all these condi-
tons, provided he is willing to consider q singly
guarded king a Rrd Of %reentry. His suit is so
long that he is Afraid to show it by leading it
even once.
Y passes the frst trick, partly because he has
no objection to he trunps coming out, as he has
every suit practically stopped. and partly be-
cause he has avery bad hand to lead from. Y
overlooks the act that IL b wins the first trick
In trumps he will return the suit. and Y will be
forced into The lead. He will then have to con-
tinue the trump lead and afterward lead away
from his hani. or lead away from 1t before the
third round Of trumps. both bad conditions.
Foreseeins his he should have played the king
al once andthen led the ace and followed with
III stn.:l srnnr, letting so-ic c::c else open the
plain suits But Y is frightened out Of the proper
course Of ,lay for his hand simply by the fact
that A bs led trunps. Had y taken up the
trump LEAD and continued them for three rounds
B would have won the third trick, and. having
no hint Of his partners suit, would probably
have led a small spade. would have covered
with queen or ten. no matter which. and A
would have trumped and led his high diamonds,
hoping u catch the queen. z discariing clubs.
B would have trumped the third round OF dia-
monds. and probably continued with the club
10. No natter what A played, Y would make
al! his Gibbs. which would give " 9 tricks in.
stead of 8. the difference of 5 being due to VS.
boing frightened out OF a trump lead ny AS in.
Itiation OF the trump attack. or course the
book RULES say you should not play your adver-
sary's slme By taking up the triumph lead. but
the cornnon-sense game says to do what is best
for you' hand. which Y certainly does not do in
this case.
Trick 3. Even at this stage Y might have
saved dive tricks by ending a third round of
trumps. Apart from the fact that IL Is always
good policy TO draw two for one, Y should know
that as A and B each have two trumps left they
viii lead another round the moment they get in.
i has a very bad hand 10 lead from in the dark,
especially when he has to go up TO the trump
leading hand. BY leading the ace of trumps he
would get n valuable informntory discard from
z. that OF a diamond. A glance at his own cards
would he enough TO tell Y that rs suit was not
clufs, and tho lead Of the spade king would fol.
low AZ a matter o course. This would force A,
who would lead three rounds of diamonds,
forcing his partner. who would try the club with
the same result as before: five tricks only for
A-B.
Trick g. B knows his partner still holds two
trumps, and as he must have all the remaining
diamonds IL does not matter much what b leads.
Here is the everyday:
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LAKE Histories,
The Subterranenn River said to Exist Between
Superior aud Ontario.

Il believe there is q subterrancan river run
ming from Lake Superior through Lakes Huron
and Michigan. under Lake Eric. and emptyinR
into Lake Ontario" said a man from up the
State. There is no other theory by which GER
tain mysteries of the great lakes may be ex-
planned. The surface OF Lake Superior is about
$50 feet above tide, while its bod Is 26O feet be-
low tide level. Lake Huron's surface is so feet
below that of Lake Superior, and its bed Is
about on a level with Supcrior's bed. The sur
face OF Lake Michigan is 300 feet lower than
Lake Huron's. and its bed is sunk to a CORE.
spending distance to the level of Lakes Superior
and Huron. Lake Fries surface is nearly as high
as Lake Mlchigan's, being 565 feet above tide,
but Its bed Is also above tide, being $50 feet
above tho ocean level. consequently its bed is
$50 feet higher than the beds of Lakes Michi.
gan. Huron. and Superior. The surface OF Lake
Ontario il the lowest Of all the lakes. being less
Than 300 feet above tide. but its bed is 80 feet
below the ot,nn level. or on about the same level
with Lakes Michigan, Huron, and superior. SO
there + a continuous fan from Lake Superior
that the, upper lakes have Is IN the compare
lively insignificant Detroit River. II does
not seem within the bounds OF physical
possibility that d troit River could dispose OF
all that great volume of water from above, or
its banks Withstand The enormous pressure Of
that immense volume. and the theory of the
existence OF the uniCrgrou d river such rs |
mentioned seems 10 me not only plausible but
Wv - VI 'n,'' FAl'.'ill II ~ l'NtNNllN. III
the 81. Lawrence River fishes rrc found in every
one OF the great lakes except Lake Erie. Why I
Because they follow the course of the subtcr.
rancnn river, pnsslng 500 feet beneath the hot.
tom OF Lake Erie, and enter the waters OF Lake
Michigan. thence to be distributed to the other
hikes above II.
"The lakes above Lake Eric have frequent hut
irregular fuT and ref ~ OF their waters, CORE
spending with u can tides, VIII ( IL the CNpln-
nation of tho mys cry oi those crrNtiv lake tldi /
Simply, according TO my opinion, ihnt the sub,
torranean river becomes occasionally ohstructcl
by Rrent obstacles That are constantly separated
from the lake bottoms and moved down. Then
that supplementary outlet for the great volume
Of water above for the time becomes useless, an
In ohly other outlet, Detroit River, hclnS IN
sufficient for the purpose, the waters arc
damned buck. md the lakes rise. At last tho
underground Instructions are swept nwUy IS
! tho Irresistible pre- sur the subtCrTtn"Pn river
flows naturally once more. ana The damned
waters OF tho upper lnlr- suhsidc That il thc
whole mystery Of The rise aud fall ot the tidaS in
the great lakes
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AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
A STRONG POINT IN THE COMMON
SENSE GAME OF WHIST.

Players Y,na thnt II Wakes Their Adveraariea
play BadI,-it Seems to PriEhton Theu.-
Examples or This Fact-Anhiysiu or DANES.
Some OF the examples Of tho trump.leadina
hands that have boon published In TIE Sun
have boon objected TO because II 10 not always
the trump lead in itself that gains the tricks, or
AT least not all OF them, but the bad play Of the
advorsnries that gives an advantage 10 the
trump leaders.
As pointed out In previous articles, one OF the
strong points OF the common.sense game secmr
to be that Il makes tho adversaries play badly,
or leads them into error Mt critical times. There
10 something In the common-sense attack tn A
makes tho adversarles afraid to play their hands
for what they arc worth. Two players are on
posed to each other, and both have hands from
which 1t would DO proper to lead trunps. Tie
FIRST player leads them and gains by 1t, simpy
because he frightens tho other player out O a
trump lead. On the everyday the first player
docs not lead trumps, so the second player isnot
alarmed. hut opens trumps and gains by IL. An
example OF this was published in THE SUN May
10, in which two players had trump.leding
hands. and whichever led them first gined
three tricks by Il.
Here 10 n rather remarkable hand. for which
THE SUN Ia indebted to its valued zorro spnide emit,
c. IL. T. OF Toronto. IL Is an excellent Example
Of tho management OF opposing hands, both of
which demand trump leads. The one that OPENS
the trumps gains seven tricks. Ave OF Shich no
simply frightens his adversary out OF " keeping
him from leading trunips, although ho has q
hand peculiarly well adapted for q trump attack.
Tho hand was played ut the Atheleum Club,
Toronto. Alb are partners against w. z
dealt and turned the hcnrt 0. Tie underlined
card wins the trick. and the card lnder 1t is the
next one led.
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A BICrCLIsT LAsHED BIZ SNAKES.
They Were Rattiers ana dot Tangled Up In
His wheel While He Was CoastinE.

BIN%GHAMToN, juno 24.-Alfred Allen. who
canvassed for subscribers for weekly newspapers
here. had a queer experience last Tuesday. He
travels through tho country on a bicycle and
was riding down a hill on tho road between
Montrose and .Groat Bend, Pa, when he ran
into a lot OF rattlesnakes. He saw tho reptiles
In the road ahead, but was going so fast that he
could not stop. He realized that he. stood a
pretty good chance OF being stunR while going
past them. as a rattlesnake 10 as quick as light
ming to strike. The noise OF the wheel had nut
them on the defensive and tho rattles were Civ
ing that well known warning 10 keep away. :.
Allen saw that he was In FOR II, so taking his
feet from the p dnls and putting them up as far
as possible he went c~oasting down the hfl at a
Lively rate. AS the bicycle passed The sn, kcs
twenty heads darted out and Allen soon felt
them whipping him about the back and legs at
every turn Of the wheels. He became SO *.
ciIei that he paid little attention to the handle
bars. The wheel soon SHE'D 10 ore side of the
road, dumping him over an emb9nkmept. W,h y
he got his equilibrium he picked up the wheel
and found, entwlncd about the spokes and
sprocket chain a mass OF dead rattlesnakes.
crushed and torn into ribbons. He did not
attempt to dlslodge them, but waited until y
farmer cnnne along and took him and the wheel
to Great Bend
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Y and 8 win three by cards


Trick Q. s responds TO his partners invitation
with The fourth best trump. which enables y TO
count him for six originally, the = and 3 not
falling 20 tho first trick.
Trick 3. w. being a long-suit player. will not
lead supporting di. mont. and opens the spade
slit just hecousc 1t is long. A common. sense
player would not touch this suit for two reasons:
It contains a single honor. and L it Is accompanied
by no card OF reentry.
Trick 5. " now realiZes that his minor tenace
in spades might ms well be kept quiet. His part
ner cannot hav" the ace. and both ACC and jack
may he a rainst him. \ knows there is no use
ner's cards are .rumps. II his partner can win
a trick in diamonds he ran do II on the next
trick tust as well as on this II the ten is the best
W holds.
Trick 10. This is an interesting end position.
No matter how W plays on this trick. y and )
must make three OF III four r. mHining.
Th"re is a swing Of four tricks in The score on
this hand; the cd trick for Eant W. or three
by cards for y and s. y and s lose the odd
allows the ndversarIes to place the cards so
accurately that they can hiring off a very pretty
coup In the original play. Playing the invita-
tion gnme. minus the in rormotion as to number.
makes il impo .siSle for + and w TO see any such
opportunity and enables y and S TO win three
by CARTS with comparative esse.
Here g n interesting position that came up
at the New York Whist Club last week, which
made West study a little at the fourth trick.
He dealt, turned the heart z, and held the fol-
owing cards:
H-A7ea
D-AQese.
The first four tricks were as 'ollows:
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Alb win t. rec tricks only, a loss of seven.

Alb win e. rec tricks only, q loss Of seven.
Trick l.. evidently does not look upon his
Trick 9. some players would have tried the
so. i would have made It very clear to Y to lead
SPADES after winning the third round Of trumps;
but A would have q wed two tricks on the hand.
nevertheless. bechuse n trump lead nj this stage
VII prevent y from making both jack and nine:
Trick 3. u has some respect for tenaces, ind
Trick 4. Ks pointed out in the ORIGINAL play. Y
bss a typical trump-ie"ding h1nd. It is, OF
oUnT'n e; much stronger under the RIits;e fso dey rel
acr,rse suit Is stopped, and no one has started a
,.Tritk6 Q. lis careful to keep a club to lead to
MS partner In case the adversarles open the
sprrde suit after the trumps are exhausted.
,hTr',k 8; 1t does not matter whether = trnmps
nothing but diamonds. and that all tho spades
sTe q Tet9re against him together with the two
Trick 10, Y can place all the remaining dia.
, mU'ns WIN a, and can count y Tor Two clubs
ID the S one led. I tbo lover w. w spade mh having GH 'G oeen
dlacnrried.
TIE total loss on this hand as played is seven
Trump lead is two tricks. because II lie evident
IhnI ABB cannot get more than thr"e out OF thcir
f:,' at P Is"si n 'asy I, lee sssy , 40 lspndi 1 i6em 'h'y W. %u oa
s ggmns, even after All have led them, and viii
AZ nLnerence In fnvor OF the trump lead with
o. hand Is two tricks. and the difference with
'Shahu Is hyc Or seven, according to AS lead.
PERCEPTION PROBLEMS.
~ Is remarkable how few OF our solvers con
Place tho cards accurately, even when the play,
tTS use the, most informRtory leads and MAY.
enough the. perception problem published
s'lp 10 should have been comparatively easy
~ iNT MS IN lrkinR the ca ards went. and difficult
any IN seeing the point Of the play. very few of
olr solvers got II right. The development as
Even IN the first few tricks should have made
nreaT thst Es nOint must be 10 make his own
eo ni,I ms partners trnmps separately, which
sUtll DC done only by keeping S out OF tho lead.
uel0 70 Tue AGlnll nlnN. with E,A iulerancea.
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NINE. MlLBA AND sIG. CEcCHE.
The Instruction and Ara Given 10 the Prima
Donna b. Her Teacher Ia Australia.

Donna bs Her Teacher Ia Australia.
THE Sun printed last Sunday n notice of tho
death OF Sig. Cocchi In Melbourne. He was Mime.
friend of his writes the following account OF
Sig. Cecchi's aoqua ntance with the famous
Australian prima donna. Nine. Marchosi has
always proudly claimed Nine. Melba as her
most brilliant pupil. and the letter, In addition
to giving some interesting Information about
Nine. MelDa's carly career, deals with the qucs.
tion OF her training from a point OF view. quite
novel. Tho letter. which comes from q fellow
countryman OF Sig. CecChi's, who had known
him for many years, is as follows:
Miss Mitchell lnow Nine, Melba) began sing
a church choir in Melbourne. Sh went then to
CccChi. and got some music lessons from him.
He immediately became very enthusiastic about
money, rather than let her go he offered to go
on teaching her on her simple promise OF some
payment at n future time. This no did for
the only person who believed that she had a
future, and always encouraged her. 1t WAS due
TO him that Nine. Media, began to sing IN con
cided to go TO Europe and try the stage. l
was present at a concert u believe 4 was In 80
provide her Will FUNDS for the purpose, and re,
member going behind the platform with CeCChi
to congratulate her on her success. As she was
then the star of the concert, she cannot he said
this concert she sang one or two pieces in
italitn. which she had learned from Cecchi. too.
und,r Nine. Mar hest. Not being interested il,
the question don't rem, mbcr how long this
training lasted, but as her means wore very
great, | do not believe she studied more than u
very few months and then started on her sncces-
ful career. Mime. Marchcsi Is certainly a good
to form an artist like Nine. Melba in six or
seven monthSF
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y lcslt ana turned the heart 2. and N led for

II ana w win the odd trick.
Is using american ie ndd,'S and holds fhoH tSe E shns
and at lea I three small clubs. AS $ does not
hold either jack or ten. he cannot tell that Ms
smallest club in VS. hand being the 8, II must
has hSss ANN Ho mor q y Tho suit Sllt ana neither s nor "
Tri,ks ?. 3; LEADING, tho ace, 8 must have at
H iS"sI '' S,v yfin@P exact H0 in 191l1ws With i0n 81 the n,m hGMGo to to
continuing with the fourth hest. This docs not
prevent F from placing tho 8 4 . and 8 in SIS
,ck4 AZ must have the king Of trumps,
5 VII knock tn King and Jack tosoth"r if he
prevent this. lilo reads the situation ms follows:
Ms aiscards clearly show that he Inns no moro
s Fl. 81, AT that his rc;Sntry suit is diswopds;
the acc, because he must have four or five dia.
monds; and nmong them much better cards 10
IN co rnfR, saSn with III f the nc g. s Thes club i ! h rs SHls
fallen to the first trick, + can establish the suit
but u he leads n small club his partner will in.
eyitaely trump II. by. %leahing tho lack he
tn tris -, that his partner will know enonsh TO stay
Trick 5. Nothing for MO do but 10 crtinuo
Trick @. W leads through Ms strength to SIS
W Rkness; n L. SO anxious for his partner to
P,ssos. r nleys, well in refusing to pass The 10.
because II 70 left with the lend, which he will
sr Il the and 10 , wins; , S XIII Ti.i prob by n 70 . smeiII
this tri"k he must either make two established
clubs or let his plrtnor ovortrump $, which will
for which f is playing.
Here is the everyday OF the snme hand. tho
club suit being orenei ms before. but with a
trump invitation insto1d Of with q number
showing lead. Som, persons think il ridiculous
toinvitc partner to lenh.trumps when they hold
none themselves; hut the rommon.sensc prin-
ciplc IL that II you want trumps out of your way
ETon shouii indicat" the fnCt to your partner.
oil the more desirable that your partner should
draw two for one II he IS strong enough TO lead
trumps. NJ all. In. THE Sun My 30. n h nd
VS. published in which the leader started with
IN" inritrtion GIN =, although he held not only
n has u much better hand.
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vice-Presldont H"barl's Experience with Oncs
Seekers.

The Vice President greeted "A visitor one morn.
ing recently with cordially, and. anticipating
his miss OF, said:
20 coarse ] IN for you for anything you want.
Lot me see What hou are nskinc."
He reached out AMI took the ~tclltRle paper
from the hand o. the caller. He uufOide,l and
read. a look 81 embarrassment spread over his
fuco as ho UuHtiHucu:
81 can't do anything. Why, there is a man
sitting out In the waiting room now who wants
that consulship. Then ia res a m,n in That
other room Who Is asklnE Tor the very same
thing, I've gOi seven candidates in New Jersey
who arc after the place you want. Glasgow,
Belfast, or Shcihcld-it seems AS II everybody Is
trying TO get ono OF those three posts. I'll be
cant get II. But as long as my own State has
all of these candidates, feel bound " their in
teTGsts."
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What will W play on this trick, and whyf and
what will he do next I y and $ are playing, the
invit ton game; that is to say. the origin a lead
OF the spade queen may be either q supporting
card from a short suit or the sequence OF q 10;
but the return lead Of the club deuce - a dis
t!nct invitation TO lead trunps, and to play for
the club suit.
CLUE NOTES.
Several correspondents have asked whether
or not ladies will he allowel to play In, the
matches at the seventh congress at P~ut.in-Bny.
There having been no action In the matter since
the last congress the same rules apply as then.
The matches for the trophies. Hamilton, Mime.
apo!is. and A. w. L., are not open to women.
but those who are connected with league or
auxiliary clubs are free TO enter he progressive
pair and four contests. just 20 they did at Man
haitian Beach. Quite - number OF ladies proni-
ncnt In whist circl $ have engage rooms at the
Hotel Victory, and. THE SUN knows OF several
open events. An American Whist Congress
without any OF the fair sex would he rather a
sad affair, especially when the women are so
kind as to lot the men smoke as much az they
respect for our fair visitors.
The New York State Association seems TO
have n prosperous future assured. Nineteen
clubs have enrolled themselves as charter III M
bers. thirteen cities being represented, hsfoilows:
A~lbany-Aibauy Club. Albany Chess AID Whist
Club, Cath 10 Union. Fort Orange CLnh brook IN
Town and Town Club. Middlet lwr-M'd iletnwn
CiuL, New Brighton-st,. ten I,lend wh'st CIV: New
New YprE. PoughkeHpsie-Amnt Club Roch ster-
Whist Club Of koclest r. syracg.e-sEIacn chsss,
Club. Utica-Arcsnun Club, Fort Schuyler Club.
The Women's Club OF Brooklyn Is still we'll
attended. In spite OF the warm weather. Mrs.
Waterman OF ST. Louis and Mrs. Baker made
swain and Miss Worth getting six plus the
other way, The leaders to date are:
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Alady living at Lawrence, Mass. describes an interesting condition
of affairs in her household. When she first heard of Ripans Tabules
she was having an awful spell with her stomach. She had had them
off and on all her life and had swallowed enough medicines to stock
up a drug store. al was losing flesh every day" said she. "Some
days l was SO weak l { couldn't get out of bed. know if l hadn't got
relief wouldn't be here now" Two dollars worth of Ripans
Tabules was all she ever used, and they made her a we'll woman. Her
husband says she looks better now than he ever saw her. She
made him take the Tabues for biiousness and they acted just as well
in his case. Ripans Tabules are a regular stand by in that family now
drug s ron rr CENT? ThshW pi@ sort nIdT for he pmmhfh g%nonhSi One oes
9th nxGymSaro sVM alH9S a be ~ ~ m,Iy. ending nHy.gGf yst 10th Ipw tMmci