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none. The Admiralty was stronv,,
III favor Of its Importance. But Z.
reasons seemed to me to be l;u,.
far-fetched.'
Salisbury Agreed
In 1887 Bismarck inaugurat.a
the construction of the Kiel C,r,,
In the mean time Lord Granv;,,.
was succeeded in the Foreign On,
by Lord Salisbury, who proved n,os
amenable to the German sugre,.
tons, and in 1890 the deal wa, COM
pleted.
The inhabitants Of the island, WIN
were not consulted about the tram.
action-self-determination was not
yet invented-never liked the trans
fer. Under English rule the island
was quiet watering place frequent.
ed chiefly by prosperous North Ger.
man families. The English never
fortified the place beyond equippin
it with an obsolete battery Of naval
guns. With Prussian rule all that
changed. The island was practically
put under military control. 7 b k
sure, the Germans have done a rocd
deal in the way of improvements
Thus they have built an excellent
artificial harbor for merchant and
fisher craft.
sProbably Saved the Island
Most important of all, they have
probably saved the life of the island
itself. Originally several hundred
miles long, by the beginning Of the
last century Helgoland's length was
reduced to something short of mile
the rest was eaten away by the
sea. Nothing was ever done to stop
the destructive work of the waves
until the Germans came and rein.
forced the founda ations of the crags
with walls made of a special kind Of
concrete.
One of the most famous jokes Of
the late unlamented Peace Confer
ence attaches to this fact. At one Of
the sittings the fate of Helgoland
came up for discussion, and one Of
the innumerable experts duly ex-
planned that the preservation Of the
island was due chiefly to the con-
struction Of more and more seawork
and seawalls. When the expert fin
ished a silence fell upon the assem-.
bly,, silence due partly to oellber'
alton and partly to boredom. Then
some innocent person, vAo merely
wanted to keep the whc~s = discus
sion proceeding and YcAnt no harm,
asked whether any one had any con-
crete proposal to make.
II thought you SAID quoth Lloyd
George. that it was all concrete"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
AUCTION BRIDGE

Questior-The dealer bids a shade.
second ~hand two hearts, third hand
holds four small spades, three small
hearts and three to the king in each
of the other suits, on which she goes
to two spades. The dealer insists
that this is not an assisting hand
E. l..
Answer-The dealer is correct. The
four small trumps are worth nothing.
as there is no suit short enough to
trump. The two kings are the only
possible tricks in the hand, and as
the dealer has a right to expect three
tricks in dummy, this player is as
sisting with less than average instead
Of more.
Question-Hearts are trumps. A
ruffs spade, and B at once asks him,
"No clubs, partner" to which a re-
plies, eyes, l have clubs, but no
spades" Can the dealer call AS spades
as exposed cards ?-F. T.
Answer-As the denomination of the
clubs is rot mentioned, they do not
seem to come under the law sic (not
indexed) which speaks only of "a"
card mentioned.
Question-Playing pivot, after the
players change seats, it often happens
that in the rotation Of the deal the
same player would deal again. In such
cases should the deal pass to the left?
M. ]. w.
-Aaswer--1n pivot, the deal must be
cut for at the beginning of every
change in partnerships, just as in the
ordinary rubber. The pivot system de-
cides nothing but the partnerships and
the sests, one Of which is usually re-
tanned throughout by the pivot player,
who should also be the scorekeeper.
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When Law Really Governed Fashions
r N ANCIENT days fashion had a
l grave significance, and the fash

r N ANCIENT days fashion had a
l. grave significance, and the fash.
ion books of the tailors and
dressmakers of the very early period
were as sacred and dignified as the
laws of the Medes and Persians.
The garb of man was his insignia of
office. From grave to gay, from
legal to the emotional, from the past
to the present in the matter of per-
scnal draping-all these will be seen
at the exposition of the first inter-
national silk show ever given in
the United States at Grand Central
Palace, in February. Whether they
were wiser to indicate their rank
by their clothes in the olden DAYS or
whether. We are wiser in suitinr the
garh to the color of the eyes, or hair.
or personal whins, has been a mat
ter up to now to be decided in
theoretical discussions. At the silk
show practical comparisons will be
shown by the historical committee in
the silk garhing of many nations
from the past alongside the present.
day artistes, modistes. mademoiselles
and nadames. The ancient cos
tunes will be shown on dummies and
the modern on live models.
Through DR.. Stewart Culin, of the
Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sci
ences, who has placed at the dis
posal of the committees of the silk
show manuscript, still unpub-
lished, of the history of costumes of
China, the "made-to-order" raiment
of Oriental antiquity has come to
light. The costume of the dragon
was a court costume worn only by
the Sons of Heaven of the Celestial
Empire. All around the border of
the flowing robes of these ancient
enperors the mighty beast cavorted,
while his flaming eyes gazed toward
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millions for a wave-bitten rock in
the North Sea.
Twenty-Five years passed, and in
the summer of 1915 all Germany
was wildly celebrating the silver
jubilee of the Helgoland bargain,
while in England the memory of
Lord Salisbury was cursed for what
Englishmen called the worst mis-
taAe in British history. For the
barren crag in the North Sea was
in the quarter century that passed
in between turned into one of the
strongest fortresses of the world,
the base of German naval operations
in the North Sea and the principal
obstacle in the way of the British
fleet to attack on the German coast.
And to-day? To-day it seems
again that after all the English had
the better of the deal. For, Helgoland
or no Helgoland, Germany lies pros
trate at the feet of her victorious
enemy, and the colossal effort and
expenditure that the Germans have
invested in the "Gibraltar Of the
North Sea" are lost forever. For
all the $5o,00o,000 spent by the i'm
perial government on the Helgoland
Notifications not a single shot was
fired by the Helgoland cannon in
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which they had enjoyed under the
old order and which virtually
amounted to kind of autonomy.
The Prussian government now takes
the stand that the Treaty of Ver-
sailles abrogates all previous inter
national agreements, and as a con-
sequence Helgoland has been shorn
of the last vestiges of it's special
status.
Thus the curious situation has
arisen that the natives of Helgoland
who are German subjects have peti-
toned the British government for
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
THE island of Helgozamd,
"A aDhSch z01s called during
the 1UGr the key to Germany

the entire course of the war, and in
accordance with the peace treaty all
the fortresses of the island must
be dismantled.
That means the end of Helgoland
as a factor in world history. Like
the German navy, it proved, after
all, but a bugaboo and a splendid
plaything; it may have somewhat
delayed. it certainly did not alter the
outcome of the war for which it had
been planned and built with so much
care.
Injured by the Treaty
But there is another aspect to the
Helgoland question. BY an over
sight-possibly-of the trainers of
the peace treaty grave injustice is
being done to the inhabitants of the
island, perhaps the smallest nation
in the world--at least so they style
themselves. The fact is that the
Treaty of Versailles, which elimi-
mates German control over nom
German peoples, deprives the
Helgolanders of certain privileges
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
By Eugene S. Bagger
w THEN in 1890 Lord Salisbury
W. the British Foreign Min.

\" the British Foreign Min.
lister, announced in ParliA.
ment that his government had first
turned over the islet of Helgoland
to Germany in consideration Of the
latter's cession ofaUganda and other
East African territory to Britain,
Sir Henry Stanley, the great African
explorer, declared in a newspaper
Interview that the English had ac-
quired new suit of clothes, indeed
a whole wardrobe, IN exchange for
a trouser button.
The remark was greeted with an
outburst Of merriment in England
and an outburst of wrath in Ger
many. The prevalent notion in both
countries was that England had by
far the better of the bargain. Lord
Salisbury was congratulated by his
friends and doubtless congratulated
himself on his business acumen, and
Count Caprivi, the German Imperial
Chancellor, was called all sorts of
names by irate Prussian patriots
for giving away territory worth
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
RUM

Question-One of the players has laid
down all his cards but two-a pair of
skies. He draws another six. Can he
lay down the three skies and call out,
Or must he keep card in hand to dis
card after drawing A. A.
Answer--The rule is that a player
must discard after drawing; hut if he
has no cards left after laying down a
legitimate combination. the game must
be over, and keeping a card to discard
for tho benefit Of persons who cannot
play any more is manifcstly absurd,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
POKER

Question-In a six-hand game the
dealer gives five cards to five of the
players; only four to the sixth. A
bets it is misdeal; B bets the short
hand is dead.-F. B.
Answer-The question depends on
what the player who was dealt only
four cards did with them. If he lifted
any part of the short hand, it is foul;
but if he counted the cards face down
and found one short, the dealer must
supply the deficiency.
Question--What are the odds in IA
vor of improving q hand that con-
tains small pair, if no ace is held up
as "kicker" &C. W. L.
Answer-The odds are not in favor
Of any Improvement but against it..
Holding up the kicker, it is 4 to /
against any Improvement; 12 to 1
against getting threes; to ! against
getting two pairs.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
THREE bellies of Helgo-
4 land In the costumes
aUomen of the island usually
2UeQ7'

protection and expressed preference
for British sovereignty.
Here is the text of the appeal ad-
dressed by a committee of Helgo.
Ianders to the British nation:
An Appeal to England
Here is the text of the appeal ad-
dressed by committee of Helgo-
landers to the British nation:
We, the undersigned inhabitants
of Helgoland writing on behalf of
the natives of the island appeal to
the British nation for help in the
preservation of the rights accorded
to us under the Anglo German
agreement of 1890, signed on behalf
of Great Britain by the late Sir Ed
ward B. Malet.
These rights have now been prac-
tically all abolished by the German
authorities. The Prussian government
asserts that by international law all
treaties between belligerents were
terminated by the late war. The
agreement has, therefore, become a.
scrap of paper and the rights till
then preserved to us by British sig
nature are declared to have lapsed.
We would point out that the
q rprn o,,k oil
tain rights to be preserved to
Great Britain. One Of these was the
maintenance of Lloyds alton on
the island; another was the right of
British fishermen to anchorage,
shelter, water, provision and landing
and drying of nets. If the agree
nsnt Is annulled By the wax, these
rights are annulled also. If they are
not annullad, we ask that Great Brit
ain, under whose authority they are
maintained, should see that our
rights are maintained also.
We are in no DOUBT as to the mo-
tives of the German government in
abolishing our rights, just IS we
have daily before our eyes the meth
ods employed in attaining the end.
We are small community-perhaps
the smallest nation in the world
speaking our own language and living
our own lives on our lonely island
in the North Sea. We were trans
ferred from Great Britain to Ger
many by transaction to which we
were not party and to which our
consent was never asked.
We would have preferred 20 re,
main under the British flag. exer-
cising our liberties under British
justice. We would prefer it to-day.
It might be claimed by US that # the
agreement is declared void we re-
vert to Great Britain But if this is
no longer possible we appeal to
Great Britain to support our Just
claims to the rights she guaranteed
to US at TIE time Of our cess!on to
Cxern,o
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School for Card Players

that the holder Of the joker may de-
clare any suit she wishes.-M. S. c..
Answer-1n no-trumper, the joker
is suit by itself, being the only trump,
to be used only when unable to follow
suit. If the joker is led, however, the
leader may demand any particular suit
to be played to it, just as if the joker
were a card of that unit.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
People Are Frisians

That there should be community
of Germans that actually begs to be
admitted under British sovereignty
seems an anomaly in need of expla-
nation. Well, to begin with, the ma
tives of Helgoland are not really
Germans, though probably most of
them are able to speak German.
Like the population of the semi
circular fringe of islands stretching
from Holland to Denmark, the Hell
golanders belong to the Frisian ma
tlon, which by descent and language
is closer to the ancient Anglo-Sax-
ons thansany other branch of the
Teutonic family of peoples. The
Frlsian language, twin sister of the
tongue Of the Angles, is still spoken
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23

A leads the diamond, Y ducks it,
both B and z discarding clubs. A
leads another diamond, which Y
wins, z discarding the suit that, A
keeps.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
FIVE HUNDRED

Question--A insists that in playing
a no-trumper, the joker is Of no valu.
except to keep control. maintains
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23

Hearts are trunl.,s and z leads. Y
and z want six tricks. How do they
get them? Solution next week.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23

on the Continent, in the Dutch prov
ince Of Friesland, where number of
newspapers are published in the YER
nacular, and on the northwestern
coast of Germany. 1t is commonly
supposed to be a mere dialect of
German, but, as a matter of fact,
there is less difference between Dutch
and Low German than between the
latter and Tristan.
The Helgolanders speak distinct
dialect of Frisian, not easily under
stood by inhabitants of other islands.
From 1914 to 1907 they were living
under Danish sovereignty. Then
England seized the islet and held it
until 1890, the time of the Salisbury
deal.
Kaiser Made a Speech
On July Of that year the agree
nent was signed between the two
governments, and on August 10
Kaiser Wilhelm landed on the island
and took formal possession. He ad-
dressed the assembled officers and
officials in speech which is one of
the earliest of his celebrated rheto-
rlcal efforts. He said, in part:
Comrades of the navy, four days
ago celebrated the anniversary of
the battle of Worth, at which my
revered grandfather and father
gave the hanmerstroke toward the
foundation of the new German En-
plre. Now twenty years have gone
by, and l, William II, German En-
peror and King OF Prussia, reincor-
porate this island with the German
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
Auction Bridge
By r. F. Foster

Author of Foster on Auction, Auction Nqde Eas.,
Fosters Complete Hoyle, etc.
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protection and expressed preference
for British sovereignty.
Here is the text of the appeal ad-
dressed by a committee of Helgo-
landers to the British nation:
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15

it would cause some inconvenience to manufacturers and others, an embar- go on wool would be justified by the aid it would afford toward preserving our sheep industry. An embargo or emergency tariff is certainly needed to prevent the dumping of foreign wool on our market until a permanent tariff, adequate to protect our wool growers, is operative"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15

our interstate commerce with it's con- tent of virgin wool and of shoddy. The unidentified use of shoddy turns the wool growers natural market over to the rag pickers. No industry, whose product may be counterfeited unhindered, can long survive. We have no industry more important than sheep husbandry. To permit it to be wiped out and to force the United States to depend on foreign countries for her wool would both entail an en- ormous economic loss and place us in a position of grave peril in time of war.
 "Without the use of shoddy, three times the amount of virgin wool that is produced annually would be requir- ed for the manufacture of the cloth that is turned out as 'all wool, or pure wool from year to year. Yet, though the world produces only third of the virgin wool per annum that it actually needs, even what is produc- ed is not used, being crowded out by shoddy.
 "Without the protection that would be afforded by Truth in Fabric law, a tariff on wool cloth would tend to cause foreign fabric manufacturers to use an increasing amount of shoddy to compensate them for the duty they would have to pay to get their cloth to our markets. This, in turn, would tend to cause our fabric manufactur- CTS to use an increasing amount of shoddy to enable them to meet for eign competition.
 Huge quantities of virgin wool are lying in the worlds storehouses wait ing to be dumped into the United States. The rate of exchange and our ability to pay place high premium on the dumping here of the worlds surplus wool. Further, wool can be produced abroad for third of the cost of production here. Even though
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
RECORD PRODUCTION
 OF BORAX IN 1920

,, The quantity of borax produced and sold in the United States in 1920 was 35,2SO short tons, valued at $5,674,OOO, according to R. c. Wells, of the Unit ed States Geological Survey, Depart ment of the Interior. This is record production and value, exceeding even those of last year-28,518 tons and $4,351 ,S91-which were higher than those of any previous year.
 For many years borax has been manufactured in the United States from the mineral colemanite, a cal cium borate, which is mined in Cali fornia, but for the last two years some borax also been obtained from the water of Searles Lake, California, as it is one of the salts that the brine yields by certain method of treat ment. This method of treatment marks a new departure in the borax industry and recalls the old days in the eos when borax was made by recrystallizing the crude salt found in the mud of Borax Lake.
 The total quantity of crude borates produced in the United States in 1920 amounted to 120,320 tons, valued at $2, 5000. This is a record in quan- tity though not in value, on account of the lower grade of the ores.
 Borax, called in chemistry sodium tetraborate, is used in large quantities in making the enameled coating for cast-iron and steel ware used in plumbing fixtures, chemical equip ment, and kitchen utensils. It is also a constituent of borosilicate glasses, such as are employed in making lamp chimneys, baking dishes and labora-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15

tory glassware. Considerable borax is also used in the laundry and kit chen, in making soap and starch, in paper sizing, and in tanning and welding.
 In the United States a considerable quantity of boric acid is made from borax as we'll as from colemanite. Boric acid is an antiseptic and is also used in cosmetics. It is also employed to preserve meats under conditions permitted by the Food and Drugs Act.
 Figures showing the exports of borax and boric acid are not avail able, and the imports are relatively insignificant.
 The price of borax in 1920 as quot ed in the New York market, for cry stals in bags, in car lots, averaged about 9h cents a pound. The price in 1919 was about 81z cents a pound.
 Borax was produced in the United States in 1920 by the American Trona Corporation, 233 Broadway, New York City; the Pacific Coast Borax Co.,, 100 William Street, New York City; Chas. Pfizre & Co.,, ,S1 Maiden Lane, New York City; Thorkildsen, Mather & Co.,, Ill West Monroe St., Chicago, Ill.
 The West End Chemical Co.,, at Searles Lake, expects to begin mar keting borax in the near future.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
FAIRBANKS ENJOYING
 MINING SENSATION

A message dated Fairbanks, Alas ka, March 26th says:
 '"This city is enjoying its first real mining sensation in years with the discovery of gold on Cocomo creek within three miles of town.
 The pay streak as brought in today runs $5 a windlass bucket, according to Dan and Jack Griffin and James Gorham, owners of the claim. The streak is said to be several feet wide and Billy James, discoverer of the Chisana district in 1912, has the con tinuation on a lower claim.
 This is the first time gold has been found on Cocomo creek since pros pecting there in 1916.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
WOOL GROWERS ASSN INSISTS ON LABEL ! NC OF WOOL CLOTH

Chicago, Ill.,, April 3t-That neither b embargo, nor a tariff, would prove ! effective protection for American eep husbandry without the compul- ry labelling of "all wool" cloth rough the enactment of the French upper Truth in Fabric bill was the claration made today by Alexander alker, president of the National heep and Wool Bureau of America D. 23 East Jackson boulevard, Chi go. MT. Walker, in discussing pros- ctive national legislation, said:
 "Our wool growers have to fear a enace even greater than that of for gn wool. It is identified shoddy, hich is sold as virgin (new) wool pder cover of the terms, 'all WOOL Id pure wool. l.~TWhile reworked gs are permitted to be sold unidenti- ed as virgin wool, an embargo or a riff to keep out foreign wool can
 more protect our wool growers an can a fence to keep out foxes otect a flock of chickens, while a lony of weasels are permitted with
 their enclosure.
 "The French -Capper Truth in Fab bill failed when the last Congress journed, but Senator Capper and epresentative French have arranged
 introduce it again as soon as pos ble after Congress resumes work. bis measure purposes to force all reign and domestic fabric manufac- rers to stamp their cloth entering
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA MINING HOLDING FIRM

Although gold mining has been becomingly increasingly difficult to carry on profitably during the last few years, work on the gold lodes in the Juneau and Ketchikan districts of southeastern Alaska has been con- tinued. A report by J. B. Mertie, jr, on the developments in this region in 1919 has just been published by the United States Geological Survey, De- partment of the Interior.
 A deposit worked by the Salt Chuck mine, in the Ketchikan district, is rather interesting because the ore was at first considered a low-grade cop per ore but was afterward found to be more valuable for its content of plati- mum metals-chiefly palladium-than for its copper, so that the mine is now regarded as a palladium-copper mine.
 The report contains also some notes on the gold deposits of Funter Bay, on Admiralty Island; a brief account of the geological features of the Salmon Unuk River regions, near Portland Canal, where some gold has been found; and summary of the results of water-power investigations in southeastern Alaska in 1919.
 This report, which is entitled "Min- ing developments and water-power investigations in southeastern Alas ka," is published as Bulletin 714-B, of the U. s. Geological Survey, Washing ton, D. c. ..
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
Printing Facilities

"We are faced with one of our most serious currency problems" exclaim- ed the bolshevist financial officer.
 "What's the trouble?' inquired his colleague. "Is our money still depre- ciating?"
 "Worse than that. The pressmen have gone on a strike. ."-Washington Star.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
A COnsiderate Woman

Hostess-Now, professor, I want you to have numerous pianissimo pas sages in your selections for the musi- cale.
 Professor Pounder-You are fond of the sentimental, then?
 Hostess-not especially, but my guests will want to hear themselves talk once in a while=Boston Trans cript.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15

MINER WANT ADDS. BRING
 RESULTS