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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

b"ln four tricks a loss OF six.
AZ Trick 4, had A been n common sense player
ns"VGiu not have stabbed himself In this man
d.. AnllhR ms only hope for his great suit by
Ana LYNX MS partners power TO lead II TO him
u payIhg himself without o possibility OF re-
"ng, lie club 10 would save trick here. X
q. az must trump the spade; but why he should DO
90 qaick TO trump is a mystery.
ccrathoucH there Is quite n swing In the fore
So hand, both players are following " book"
80 iedHlhR long suits. There 10 not IN CHI sat-
La~s An 1ur NE gamers on such hand; they
In o. "ut hothi1g but take tho tricks pre- se ted
msn n.'h oy a nuke. How different the enjoy
We'll nla' Ian sesns from clever piece OF strategy
cnfs ''annen and well carried out, such as oc-
H.rs Nery DAY in tbs common-Hense game!
co. CO. ~ a IltlIe gem In its way, played at the
,.'n9a,s waist match In Brooklyn, Fob, X, Its
49, .iuIIy submitted to those who think the
n"ar 'sH't game Is n non-infOrmAtory system OF
tw3 c most OF whom, by tho by belong to one OF
thoss ases; those who never played II and
HAS VINO don't understand It. q. II. kelley
Se eH cards, aud L. A. Brfnnton was n. z
"vTr't ali turned the heart o.
co.,, VI course this Ia an absurd lead and
esms m 10 All the established principles Of the
nevsr, Ss lhld down by "Cavendish" and Pole,
hs.ae'theless, Messrs. Kelley and Buf,nton haye
, zen quite successful with II, and land next
49,, "v Up IN club OF 200 members; the only per.
hls h,vh uu ni them being a gentleman who o pens
,i'aHu IN exactly the Same way The infOr-
nv s", Y" partner Il. this case Is. Whatever
~ sSuit 10, II 10 not clubs"
and ,haIi As all veal suits are played down,
cin 10 partner now 10: II have no more
Tr,c,n" n' nave no objection TO being forced"
~ D. me Information IN partner now IA,
haas ueht weakest suit Ia diamonds. and II /
Sion ,any thlhg II Is In spades: hut the combine
A' nave In spades Ia such that prefer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

Tho Whist Club Of New York moved into Its
new quarters at II Wet Thirty,slith street on
nrst game At straight whist while Wilcox and
Smith, e and w. and Cole and Eustis, y and =.
rooms m the new club are sxceiisntly lighted
and ventilated, the high ceilings and exhaust
oos ,ns aS
tirely TO duplicate, which promises 10 DO
. great feature In this club. From March to
scores will DO kept. and those who como out at
the top will DO sent TO PUTIN Bay as club dele.
whist and bridge are playe separate rooms be-
ing provided for each game.
XIV 9St a. Sa
cd our lists all last winter, and Will compare
them with tho following, viii md but one tho
sense game. Tho graat players Of a year ago
the stanch long-suiters are not In u To-day;
BEEN rassed in tn. race by those who never use
American leads, never show number In suit,
never make plan-sult echoes. never show trump
strength. never call through honors turned,
never give up = tenace while they can lead u
supporting card, and never lead trumps just DO
cause they have Ave. Since the present season
opened, twenty-five games have been played. in
which there were $50 hands. Here are the av-
sragss in percentage, for the siI leaders today,
game advocated by THE SUN:
& + EE:si%Isssoa::.fss5 g. Et@:i
The first four names will be easily recognized
As those OF players who first brought this game
into notice when they were members of tho
Mauhai tan and New York teams
The Park Club OF Plk field has now I'VE wins
to tia credit for the New Jersey State trophy,
RidRewood has three. Jersey City two. and
Roseville one.
Mrs, breckenridge and Mrs. Ten Eyck CON-
tnuo to make high score at the Women's Whist
Club In Brooklyn with astonishing regularity.
Neither Of these ladies uses American leads,
which 10 quite surprise TO those who thought
tho club could not live unless Miss Wheelocks
teachings were followed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21
70 hsy: y LED Up to me, therefor. did not open


Trick 4. The Information To partner now Ia;
You arc Already In possession of ample EVIL
dence of my weakness In 'rumps. and know the
general cnarsctcristtcs OF my plain suits: you
are now informed that have an honor In dia-
monds which wish to keep guarded. because
would not OtherHt- discard from n suit In
which you know AIN probably strong"
Trick 3. Further Information: don't want
thu lead. that u why pass this trick"
Trick u. u knows enough about A. hand and
II Ii now time Tor him say something ~ he re-
turns the spade. This Ia as inuch a. to say: "
dont want to open my dariunh suit: get in the
the game. and lead ne that honor you say you
are k..L inx guarded. ! wan; To- know jus: how
his II Is"
Ten to three Is the score: four kings killed in
one deal; and theirs are u.nplc that call this u
trirk-lu-inu game, Well. Just trg tho lead OF
the &C" And then tn fuurt!rh hest spade, aud
after has forced and n Inns led to BIS discard
Of n diamond. which has passed and Is has
continued. Ju,t examine III. way In which w
get HON. every one of their kings and make six
tricks, has nothing to sixual for, and only
leads back the trump to AVOID changing suits
va play in passins the frat round OF diamonds
published in THE SuS Jan. -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

'f'0a me 'dirHV' Nfr''"s
There isA clerk In the War Department -
Washington with keen sense Of hunor. who.
for the lArpose Of identification. | will call
Daniel Webster ScrugS>, He is what people
,lli "a funny man." He spends about half
tho Iime lie SHOULD devote to his oficiAl
duties thinking UP couundrums. pnns. practical
jokes and other d!sagreenble things. When his
fellow clerks ind muclage in their ink bottles
and crooked pins in their chairs they always
b.c,s SCruggs. but he has been warned by the
chief OF u = division 50 many times that he u
less humorous IN the Once nowadays than he
used 10 be- Hut ut home. with his wife and six
children, there is no one to restrain him, md
the lrishbrrS ARE Gord-natnred, Mrs. ScruEgu
j. a paln NJ, iuug.sutl"rine woman, ma saws she
any more she ~ hursing Srruggs Just now
with y action tnnt shows er genuine ALEC:
ton for the man who has been perpetual
torment during seventeen years Of married life
For ScrugG' l. victim al his own humnr.
About week AZ" ScruscS conceived the idea
OF shaving "ff his "hundant whi,.ers, aud one
evening after "lre hours, without saying
word about lis tn'eniimn; left them on the hoer
thought he would have ZONE fun with the chill
dren, 80 he turned ms coat and hat inside
OUT, let himself into the hallway OF his res-
d-nre WITH lr'cn ICY, and. launching mp his
shoulders like n touch, nadc som" queer noises.
followed hl their .,ug. which Is about as big ~
u Hour barrel, aud stepped " III alarm rs they
saw what ib"y gnn"",,',l T. t." : tramp, nus
al the stranger with an eloquent gr0wl and in
an instant hr and Scruggs wer" rolling over and
over on the hH! tour, the children screamed.
and their mother cam" hurrying from the
kitchen, Scruggs ,nout"d aud coaHed and
swors, bu, the dos DIDN'T STE the joke, and
diint rrCogu2" his voice, and Mrs. Scruggs
and tho oldest n"y were n long time separating
the com bathntS,
Thcv sent Tor he doctor. who cauterized tho
wounds aaG bound them UP carefully. lie sHys
that ScrnGg, had u harrow escape and viii nos
be able to return to his duties for u fortnight.
The CLERKS IN tho Office say that IL was good
enough for HIM.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

Alb win seven tricks . loss OF threc.
STRAIGHT WHIST.
Ifdup;lcnte whist m matches have demonstrated
one thing more than another. II Is that there 10
rs much. II not more. luck In duplicate than In
game is excellent: that the cards being equal,
and the distribution OF the players being i'm.
but the All OF the players. In practice TIL. does
not prove to be true. for the most skiltul Will
often fan 70 maxi as many iTS cir a. fhs most s
long run. but so 1t will IN straight whist.
The great objection to duplicate Is that Il 10
fsss TO being little tired Of the plcate game.
tory. and they would Ike 10 sec a revival OF
straight whist with or without honors. IL 10
very I'm probable ths, hon.ts WIZ ever Aver oe so1ns
point whist would restore to the game one OF u.
beat features playing 70 ths score, ana S. Moud
that characterized the game before men got
into tho habit of taking twenty-five minutes TO
The soiemnity that marks a duplicate Whist
match is sonstime, appalling. Ard is only sur
played. can no longer DO Included in our Iist OF
sports and pAstimes. but rather comes under
me head Of sscs: SSlsH n. Ar:
Those who have given the ,ue!ect careful at
tsntlon refuse to admit that she luck in
and point TO tho astouishlnx var ations in the
score between confosssd!y sal'l blazers III
p!"WSss' s ssS p mo- e.sa,s !, !. dups
they IN, sn5 I'd. lay yer, badly for a'
1t Is not unlikely that before the next con-
grsss = cup may be offered 30 the league for
com petition und.r the sam. conditions as the
present challenge trophy: that Ia, to DO held
subjvct TO chai!ens. during tho winter and
to DO competed for by team, OF four from
partners Just As at present. but to play straight
what At both tables, seven oonts up. playiug
a.s n;h o s.cs
Tho tricks won would decide the match.
II this project 10 carried out, which Is more
than probable. It will updonbtefiy encourage
many players TO enter the arena Of interclub
competition VINO would not thinA Of doing 60
now. so-called second-clA.s clubs would brace
themselves and challenge the best OF Us. and By
thus being brought into competlton with one
another all would be oenentsd and Interest st
lors mary OF It's present terrors. and might even
become once more source OF recreation and en-
skill worth at wnistr'' and It would result in
Disy.d IN nov our duplicate matches. most OF when
arc simply examples OF human depravity ana
cAreiessness. We should have more briliiancy
would be lost At duplicate. Nothing cools q
mans coursse so mech rs the dr,aH OF tho over
blsckboard-and in the paper.
Our PROBLEMS.
The point In the problem published Feb. 10
for TO get rid of the club king. He leads club
ssSs two ssa round. OF ,fu%ps followed BY the
established clubs. On these n discards all but
-" Here /. sno,her donbis dummy problem. sent
IN Tax SuS by Mrs. L. Is. Everitt Of Meriden.
Conn. who gave or ,olyers hard mt to crack
solvers are too careless In their examination OF
the defence in dummy problems. and try to
In tho following. hearts are trump.. y is to
lead. and. with for partner take sli thirteen
cS 10 SPITE Of the bel, % of Of spa
March Z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

ABB win ten tricks gam OF six.
Plays very bold game to lend trumps
without any card Of reentry, not even tax ing
lae trouble TO show his suit first.
Az trick d II had been q common. sense
player. he would have run for his life with the
spade ace and kept his club quiet: hut the rul-
lhg passion oyercomes all else In the long suit
payer, and even with tho brst club. tho whole
diamond suit and the best trump against him,
no lmagnes that he can esta blish. defend. and
oflhg In hts clubs. The tenscity with which
ZONE persons cling to error Is amazing. Here 10
The everyday;
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

A new class Of doctors has sprung up
This consists OF specialists Of every disease
known who cant cure any one of them
These men are employed by railway or in.
surancc companies TO prove whether people
who come TO them and assert that they are
ill are shamming.
Thus, IL n man seeks an audience with
the manager OF railway company and
claims damages for . paralyzed arm
brought about by nm accident, he will be
handed over TO the specialist II the symp-
toms do not appear 10 be genuine, "a few
drops of weak sulphuric acid will easily
and effectively decide the matter.
A large number OF people apply for add
mission 20 the hospitals who arr suffering
merely from imaginary diseases. These
consider TINT the Inconvenience of hospital
life ARE quite ovcrbalapced by the good
food and the warm bed. They all give en-
ployment TO tho specialist. who finds his
osndc paying oDe.-Pcarson's Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
Washington Old Time Card Customs.

"There is hardly any obsorvanc. now oi
what was time honored custom once IN
the matter Of congressional calls" said an
old employee of the senate. "On the frs,
day of every session every senator sent HE
personal card To every other senator us well
as 20 the representatives of his own state,
To the members OF the cabinet. the suprem.
court and the heads Of the army and navy
SO also representatives sent their cards t.
every other representative and to the sen.
ators from their own state. In this way
they indicated that they were ready to re
ceive callers. The custom, as far as gen.
eral observance is concerned, died on,
about 10 or Is years ago. and probably
would have died out sooner had 1t no,
been for tho persistent efforts Of the late
Major Bon: Perley Poore, long connected
with the senate, who did all he could to
have 1t kept up. After no passed away the
custom died out, though probably u hall
dozen Of the oldor senators and representa-.
tives remembered and observed It on Mon.
day last. Washington Star
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

A State street jeweler was conversine
with friend the other day when large
stylishly dressed woman and her daugt
ter, Of about 10 years, dropped In and
wanted TO look at some diamonds.
The jewcler displayed a tray full Of gilt.
tering gems, and the elderly caller said:
II want TO get stone to match this one.
1t is for present for my other daughter,
and want to surprise the dear girl"
Whereupon she slipped off a solitaire
ring which the younger caller wore and
handed it to tine jeueler.
"Well, - ho said, II can match the stone
OF course, il you will give me "a little time
1t Is a finer grade than we usually carry In
stock"
"What will one like that cost:" inquired
the woman.
About s400-approximatcly he re
piled, and the customers, with ELUSIVE
thanks, departed.
II sold that stone a week ago" remark
ed the jewelcr as he rejoined his friend
'It cost STD Tie old lady Is simply dy
ing with curiosity TO find out what hel
daughters engagement ring cost. All
there are tricks in all trades but ours. -
Chicago Times Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
sunlight and Purc Air.

Sunlight and pure air ought TO be freely
admitted to our churches, our business Of
fees, our libraries, our schoolrooms, ouI
dwellings, To wherever we live and breathe
And yet how often are we compelled to sit
I'm halls, dark, damp and drcary, from
which the light of the sun Is shut out anC
the air is neither pure nor pleasant! II
ought to DC understood by all that every
apartment ip which any one Is expected tc
remain for even short time ought To bt
heated 10 proper temperature, and not
above IL, and should receive constant
supply Of fresh air.-Unitcd Presbyterian.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.
The Narrow Margin Which Separates ths
World From Starvation.

| The Narrow Margin Which Separates ths
World From Starvation.
"What we now call society In this coun.
| try consists of about 73, ,0O0, 900 human be-
| ings Each one must be supplied every day
with 2X and pounds of food material,
with fuel wherewith to cook 1t, and with a
certain amount of textile fabrics or furs
and with some boards to put over his head.
The world, as whole, is always within
about one year Of starvation, within two
or three years of becoming naked and
within very few years of becoming house
less. In this country nearly 1900, 900 hu-
man beings are added every year to our
population. That number would soon
crowd existing dwellings to death unless in
each year about 500, 900 men were occu-
pied in adding to the number of dwellings
already existing =.
We call ourselves very rich. We gloat
over the billions of dollars worth of prop
erty disclosed by the figures of the census.
In 1890 the computation reached the huge
sum.Of over sos 900, ,OOO, 900. Only think
of il! How rich we are! But what does it
all come to? About one-third of this val
uation Is the estimated value of the land
on which capital has been placed. Land is
our endowment, not our creation. If we
deduct a reasonable sum for land valuation,
what is left is the capital of the community
about $45, 900, 600, 900. This is an esti.
mate in dollars of what we have saved and
put to purposes of enjoyment or future use
in more than a century Of existence as a
nation. Again, this is stupendous sum-
What does it amount to? II the value in
money of all that we communicated, fuel
shelter and clothlng-in the census year,
figured at retail prices, was equal to so
cents a day per person, then the product of
the census year reached valuation In
terms Of money, in round figures, of $11,-
500, 600, 900.
In other words, in little overa century
of existence as nation, and in less than
century of union under a constitution, we
have succeeded in saving products of hu-
man labor in the form of public buildings,
warehouses, workshops, factories, railways,
vessels, dwellings, tools, machinery and
goods and wares on the way from thc.pro-
ducer to the actual consumer to the amount
of little over 500 worth per head. We
every year nearlya "a third as much
as this measure of all our savings. Ed
ward Atkinson in Engineering Magazine.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

saw her. lilrs woodland nymph OF old.
That rested 'gainst Q gray syringa tree.
One arm of m0lded bronze stretched care
lessiy
With black lambs fleece. leaned ont; the kir-
ties fold.
From rounded shoulder unto slender knee.
Fell. turquoise beaded; 80 she turned on mo
Wide. calm eyes, neither shy nor overbold.
The hot air quivered DER the ripening grain.
Ruddy ms FURNISHED copper; blue and bright
The cloudless sphere Of drought above rs hung.
Her lips curved dreamily; the brooding light
Within her eyes did neither wax nor wane.
So smiled the maiden sphinx when she was
"A Werner in Speaker.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

The science Of algebra Is said to have
been the invention Of Mohammcd Of Buzi.
ana about $50 A. ID. The science was In.
troduced into spain by the Moors. The
first trcatisc on the subject in any Euro.
pean language Is believed 20 have been
that by Luca Paccoli In l494. Tho first
English algebra was written by Robert
hecorde, teacher Of mathematics, mt Cam.
bridge about 1867. He was the first to
use the sign of EQUALITY.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
n IIicl, Elier

Papa, did you ever fly or sit mn In n
tree and singy'
Certainly not You must have been
dreaming, my boy"
mo, ] haven't, but I heard Mr.. Ship
ley tell Mrs shipley that you were bird
when you got out '-Loudon Figaro
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
WEAK, Tired
PEOPLE

should take p p. p, Lippman's Great
Remedy, without delay. While not
actually sick, you feel weak and tired,
ready TO get sick, and what you need is
strength to drive out of your system
that which is the cause of Spring Fever.
l.. L. i. is needed at once.
Mrs. Hattie Mylius, of 20 East seth
street, New York, says that she was in
poor health, and that her case dcvcl-
oped into nervous prostration. She
suffered from nervous headaches, and
at times was unable to do any work
at all. She could not sleep, and was
SO nervous that she would have to get
up at all hours OF the night and walk
the floor, and the opening of door
would startlc her. But her weakness
and nervousness is all gone. P.P.P.
was what saved her. Her appetite
improved, her nervousness Is "a thing
of the past, and she thanks =. =. p.
Lippman's Great Remedy, for her COM
plete restoration to health.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

The Scriptural fathom was 4 cubits. or
about feet 3 inches.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-27

In German schools French is taught
to a greater extent than English In
the higher class schools English is an
optional subject; in the commercial
schools more time is devoted to French
than English.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-27
PRINT THE REPORTS.

Now that tile report Ot the Min
ister OF Finance has been given to
the public the question l. imme-
diateIy asked: why are the other
department reports not printed and
distributed The query Is SEN
sible one. While the law does not
require the annual publication of
department reports, there arc
many reasons why printed copies
should be given to tine public every
year. Possibly a fair percentage
OF our people don't know whether
a government report Is published
or not, but the people on whom
the country has TO depend TO do
sound thinking and make prepare
ton TO meet the issues that come
UP from time to time are quite as
much interested III government re
ports as the Executive Council Is.
Then again our legislators ought
to have the material at their dis
posal. unless they intend to follow
the precedent OF the last Legislat-
ure which passed the apprOpria-
ton for the educational bureau
the day before the report of that
department was submitted. The
report of the Interior department
as well as that of the Bureau OF
Public Instruction for the year
1896 ought to be printed and with
the Finance report distributed far
and wide throughout the land.
The people want to know what Is
going on in the departments, and
bv giving facts TO the public
brings the interested individuals
in closer touch with the Gov
eminent. Citizens of Hawaii
are prone to devote all their
attention TO gathering in the
Almighty dollars to gtheir own
pocketbook and fail to take an in
terest I'm Government work unless
reports are placed under their
noses. 1t is the best Government
policy to use every effort to ezra
dictate this disease of Indifference
which has become almost a ma
tional trait.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Queen Victoria's book will be pub
lished in America by the Century Com
pany. There viii be 100 copies on Jap
anese paper at $50 and 600 on fine pa
per at SO. Both editions are strictly
limited, and no more will be printed.
The Eclipse Mining Company. Of
'CibsonvilIe. Cal, has equipped its
horses with snow shoes. The altitude
Of the place is about $500 feet. and as
enormous quantities of snow fall there
they put snow shoes on even their ami
mails. ITO overcome the disadvantages
Of the snow and enable us TO carry on
our projects there" said President
Bowman. I'VE put snow shoes on the
horses. BY doing this we are enabled
10 get in our supplies OF groceries, can
ned goods. meats and other things. and
10 transport the products of our mines.
All our picks. shovels. giant powder
and similar things that have to be
taken about in winter are handled in
this way"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-27
TWO WOMEN.

The people Of California like to
look at Mrs. Hearst and Mrs. Stan
ford. two women who are doing
so much for the education OF the
young. Mrs. Hearst has, recently,
undertaken to pay the expense for
securing the best architectural
plans for the new buildings at
Berkeley. and viii aid in construct
inc them. Mrs. Stanford Is turn
ing over the remainder of her
large fortune TO the Stanford Uni
versitv. The attitude Of these
women towards the moral condi-
tions of these two large Univer7i-
ties. Is a curious study. 1t raises
a discussion IL To the religions in
Of women. Women in the
past, have been conservative, and
have been the strongest support
ers Of the accepted creeds. I'm
doubtedly, the higher education
of women, sets them to thinking,
but does it set them to thinking
wrongly! And, what is wrong
IvT" Mrs. Stanford and Mrs.
Hearst are doing IA great work for
good or evil, in backing up those
in which both sexes
are taught freely.