Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 March 1891 — Page 7

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WflBT TOeRNAMENT.

*Sh& Groat flayers to Meet at Milwaukee fa April

iMnM^at rofxiUHty of UM G»*»-tIkett-hoo« That Cavendish Will Be Trmwot at tbe TonnuMteat-The P*«U' «riUe« of (itu BMMA'* CM»«-

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The world is indebted to I*roLFiake for the theory that the physical cvoJoiton of the human species has ceased, ami that bcnccforih wo may look for only psychological development. This seems to be boroo oat by the continually increasing tendency to develop the mental faculties, and to give the great prizt-f of Life to the clear head, instead of the strong arm- The young men of to-day arc not ambitious to wield the *wcri-d, but rather to get into the learned professions. The country bred lad does not dream of a soldier's uniform, but of a doctor's diploma.

An to our occupations, so in our amusement* those requiring mental effort are continually jjaininjr in favor. It is generally conceded that a change of 5jpeugatioti Is the best recreation yet it ^pill bo found that those who depend upon manual labor for their prefer physical exercise for ^amnseroenfc, while those engaged in mental vocations are more partial to ae Jpjtary games. Among these games ebJfeai has so far held the first place, but the recent strides made by its great riftal, whist, would suggest that the autCN^atte monarch whom no enemy may *4vgtorti may be compelled to yield the »cJptor to the more democratic king that acknowledges the superiority of the abe. fjbist was never so popular as now. It is in the air. Tournaments are in progress everywhere. The leading clTjbs in Philadelphia are trying to conquer their old enemy and four times chgmpion, the Hamilton club. At Worcester the. rivals are at it for fame and tricks. Young's hotel in Boston was last week the scene of a festive dinner, given to the clubs that had just finished the state tourney at whist, billiards and

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pool. The Press club in Boston had a hot fight of it, until the knights of the qnill had to acknowledge that they could* not. "beat'' the liontoa Herald. Tho Now York Tribune has lately noticed several tournoys among collego clnbfl, and tho Milwaukee Sentinel chronicles the usual winter hunt for the scalps of western whist clubs among each other. I But thoro Is on foot a tourney which will eclipse them all. The Milwaukee

Whist dub, the largest in this country, has lamed invitations to all clubs interested in whist to meet at Milwaukee during the week beginning April 13. All #e Wg clubs have accepted, and unless their host, the Milwaukee Whist club, belies its reputation for hospitality, they will have aright royal time.

Mr. Kugooe S. Elliott, the secretary* has workod like a beaver and has assurances that tho tourney will be an immease success. He even expects some $ of the foreign lights of tho whist world, perhaps the oftl warhorse Cavendish himself. Many a whist fiend would go farther than Milwaukee to out into a rubber with the famous writer on whist and the added possibility of beating him. What a lion the player would be •who could say: "Yes, I went to Milwaukee. and wo beat Cavendish two strkight games!"

But there are men In this country that are so dead to any sense of true $ Maine tbat they would sooner beat the ehampfcm team of the Hamilton el-ifc than Cavendish himself. Cavendish has been beaten very often both by better players and by better luck: but ttyri i^llarallton has so far an unbroken reeord of victories, Perhaps It is safe to sa^ that Mr. Ous Ketnak of I Wis team is the best whist player in

Amwira, If not tine strongest now living. He possesses In an eminent degree 4 all the essential* of an expert. Thoroughly op in the "books," to a clear wad for, strategy and a keon eye tor

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nail cards lie adds soattd ... Ahtrsmt nature, which t& tv mrjf to thdS- match player, lite great stnegft lies in his rapid insight, and his pownr of grawsrs" ation. As Mi fclftnre a plajwr u. ail right tod «kr-.1 t^tat he indincd to play a wajrd ptiiMs aad take great on finding ih* strength will* his partuer •hat Ik? liMsked himself. JY^ntly Ous .Uxy*r)e the suit in which he had oti* •Gently the quart major. Mr. Rcmak tettaccvl thss second round Ko o»d

vailed for tramps. He argued that a player of his temperament would have ted the trampe If ha had had any chance at nil, even three indifferent ones. So he had probably at the most two weak trumps. The original leader's partner not calling had not mans than four trumps, if that. Mr. Itemak had only two, so he placed five, perhaps six, with his partner, and as his partner made no sign he Inferred that the rest of his hand was absolutely worthless. On this generalization he treated the hand as a double-dummy problem, the solution of which was a matter of four by cards in his favor. After the hand the player on his right remarked that he was very lucky to find six trumps and two short suits in his partner's hand. Remak only smiled the cards had been exactly as ho thought: the leader had the 0 and S of trumps, on

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the left were th« 10 9, Eemak ha4 the 5, and his partner had the other six, no other card in his hand above a seven. Milton C. Work, the whtot editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, is another member of this team a very strong and careful matah player, and the originator of the four signal, showing four trumps, but not calling for them to be led. Price Townsend is another, who plays a very safe and at the same time brilliant game. E. L. Ellison is usually the fourth member, besides which the club has among its members such men as R. F. Poster, the author of Foster's whist manual, and the inventor of self-playing whist cards Captain Green, who made himself famous by compelling the Deschappelles club in Boston over which "G. W. P." presides, to back down in their pretensions to being the champions, and many others who axe only a trick or two behind the match team in strength.

L. D. Thayer is the shining light of fthe Commonwealth club in Worcester. Ho docs not trouble himself much about the latest fashion in leads, bnt his insight and memory are of the best, and the records so carefully kept by this club of the individual scores of its members show that he has led the list for a long time, and always has a phis mark in front of his figures at the end of the month.

At the Boston Press club E. C. Howell, of the Herald, is the champion. He knits his brows and frowns horribly during the early part of the hand, but when an opportunity occurs for a pretty coup, which he never misses, he inclines his head to the right and smiles. Then the adversaries know that they are lost. It was Howell that solved the problem which vexed whist clubs for so long, as to how to arrange eight players in a tournament that each should have each one of the other seven for a partner oncc, play against him once and hold the same hands oncc, duplicate hands being played at two tables simultaneously. The total number of tricks taken by each player then to be divided by the most taken by any player who hteld that hand. This would result in an average similar to that of the baseball clubs, who divide the number

CASSIUS M. PA1NK. KUOENK 8. KX.IJOTT. of games won by the number they might have won the highest average winning. This is the system of arranging the tables, which will probably be *he one used at Milwaukee: 3 7

A a 1st Set 6 0 4 8 8 1 A 4 dd Set S 6

II 6 3 At 9d Set 4 7 S S 9 I A 3 4th Set 9 7 4 4 I A 5th Set 3 5 8 4 3 A 6th Set 7 S 6 a 0 3 rthSet S 4

play the same hand at the same time hut at different tables If No. I makes 8 tricks with it and No. 5 only makes ?, No. l's average is 1.000, while No. &'« is only 875.

Duplicate whist is played at each table, the hands being identical. This system was reduced to a science by the president of the Milwaukee Whist club. Mr. Cassios M. Paine, one of the most brilliant players in the west. He is one' of tho champion team of the Milwaukee club. Rufus Allen is another, and last year led the club In individual points, a high fcivn. »r, whon it is eons!.! red that he had

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Is auotVr, and Eugene S. gl *tt is the fourth, he being a very Strang f-'ayer hoth at whist and chess. The foiiowing, copied from the official records of the club, will show what such players ran do:.

TERRE HAUTE DAILY NEWS. SATURDAY, MARCH 14,189L

torkss, 40 In number and extending over six yean. A total gain of 8,4S5T tricks In tho play of duplicate hands IsagTcat performance.

While the tournament playing will of oourse be a prominent feature at the oongrvas, it will not he the only bw^ ness on hand. The Milwaukee club will appoint a committee to draw up a code of laws more suited to the peculiarities of tho American game than the English code now 1b use* N. B. Trist of New Orleans, a, well-known writer on the game, and the inventor of the system of so-called American leads, haa been named as one Ii. Foster as another, *nd the third will probably be T. Schwartz, of Chisago. The new code will be acted on by the delegates from all the dubs, and will probably be the future authority for America. This will settle the difficulty now experienced by so many various ways of playing the game throughout the country. In the east they usually count the rubber points giving three points for a score of five to nothing two points if the adversaries are not half way, and only one if they are three or four points up always adding two points for winning the third or rubber game. In New England many count right ahead, which is the universal way «n the many trains where a rubber is indulged in to pass the time I while traveling. The odd tricks are counted up indefinitely, until the play eeases, and the a those having the most to their credit claim the victory. In the west the common way is to play for a definite length of time, perhaps from eight to eleven, and on the tap of the bell the side that has made the most odd tricks wins. Tbi3 is manifestly unfair, as a slow player may have only played twenty hands in that time, but have won an average of a trick a hand: while the faster players have played sixty hands and have not won half a trick a hand, but are still the winners. At the Commonwealth club in Worcester they have adopted an unique way of scoring. The game is five points, but they play every hand out, and the total number of tricks are credited. This is to prevent the

frequent occurrence of a fine hand, capable of winning perhaps six odd tricks, coming in when only one point is needed to win the game, and thus being lost to the players who should have the credit of the five extra tricks. Another point of difference is the manner of determining the trump. At the Milwaukee Whist club, and in many others in the west the trump, is cut from the still pack, two packs being used in play. Most players object to this, as it spoils some of the fine points in the game, When Cavendish was asked for his opinion of it two#ears ago he did not think the matter worthy of serious attention, the old way being so much the best yet Mr. J. Rheinart, of the Milwaukee club, is a strong advocate for cutting the trump from the still pack, and his opinion ought to have some weight, as he was the man of all others tltat the great Deschapellcs fancied for his partner in important matches. He always took Bheinart for a partner when he played for a thousand francs a game, and on his careful play Peschapelles is said to have based many of his most brilliant coups, which would have been impossible but for ihe accuracy of the information that Rheinart always gave of the exact contents of his hand.

The results of the congress are to be preserved in the form of an association of whist clubs, those joining binding themselves to adopt the rules and regulations there agreed upon. This association will elect officers and hold annual meetings in various cities, after the fashion of the athletic unions. The whist column of some paper will be selected as the official organ and for the discussion of all matters of interest to whist players. This department will probably be la charge of some of the well-known writers on the game, of which there are quite a number in this country. G. \V.* Pcttes* of the Boston Herald, author of "American Whist Illustrated." is a very able and prolific writer. Then we have Fisher Ames, author of "A Practical Calde to Whist T. U. Lother, author of "Laws of American Whist:" B, F. Foster, author of "Foster's Whist Manual €. C. author of '^Concise Whist," and Dr. F. Mints, the whist editor of the Illustrated American, who Is famous as a double-dummy problem com poser. Strange as It may seem, with the exception of Dr. Mintx, all the writers on the gam- tcrr pox- -''avers, or at. least vc.i §*or *Vr r*l. Petfe"^ had the lowest ce In his club la year Poster la kn -wn in his own club as lh- 'Menah.** while the great Carendisu himself is a notoriously unsuccessful player, all of which should he a great to those who think that Vo, Is a guarantee of suoc.. -::, in hist. Of the three great gamea. tor-cfera times It has been remarked that in chess it Is the man: In whist It the cards, and In poker It is about half ami hall. a

Mrs. Dore-Barjow—Art: we Setoff te the Jag tonight? Mr. Do«?-iJariow—No we have bees to one wedtliag toocaaay already.

REALISTIC DIALOGUE.

AtOm 0*eioe* la tfc* Momtag «a **tr JlaMI'i Doorstop. itBY and Mabel are discerned standing on Mabel's doorstep.

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They have returned from the opera, and the love scenes and passages therein have brought a proposal from Harry that haa been trembling

V, on hiB lips for three months. They have been standing on the doorstep for two hours, and are now engaged. He is making a feeble effort to drag himself'away, and she is as feebly endeavoring to have him go. "Well, I s*pose I mv*t go," ho says, at tost* with a sigh that hoists him almost ftff{i.is feet. '••Yes, indeed you must," she says. "It's atrfuUg late." "I don't care if it is." "Ohvbutl must go in—good-by." •'No^pa! don't go yet, it isn't late at all" W"' you dreadful boy, you! it must &ight. W, n't. (He kn&xvi'that it is fglock.) Won't yon call me

ve called you so some fifty ady." ire, dearest just once more.

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"WeU, then, 'Harry.'" "Can't you say 'dear Harry?* "Oh, you bad old boy, to make me say such things so soonl" "Pleote, please say it." "Well—'dear Harry'—now I mutt go." "Oh, wait—wait—I want to tell you something." "WeU, what is it?" "Oh, it was about—about—I forget now." "Ohryou!n "Wait—don't go, darling I'll think of

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it after awhile. One kiss isn't enough when we'rdjjnst engaged." "One? Harry, how can you say 'one* when you've been so tricked as to steal fifty, at least?" "Well, fifty don't seem many." "Why, Harry/ you're the very worst fellow—now I am going in good-by— dear." "Oh, Mabel, why are you in such a harry to&ave your Harry boy?" "sJucljB hurry? Why, Harry, we've been stSttng here ever and ever so long!" "Has it seemed so dreadfully long to you?" "Now, Harry you know I didn't mean that." "It hasn't seemed two seconds to me. "You foolish fellow—but do look at your watch and see what time it is." "Why, it's only a little after eleven. "0-CHtM-h H-a-r-r-y!" "Look, you can see for yourself by the street lamp." "Now, Harry, you know as well as do that you've turned that watch back two good hours, you rogue! Now, goodhst" "Good-by, if, you *re so anxious to get rid of me.'1 "JRHC, Harry." "Not without another kiss." "Oh, you funny, old, foolish fellow, youl" "Bye-bye, darling,—dttrUng!" "Bye-bye, dearest.",-"Good-bye." "Good-bye." "You.. durlingP*- Zehas Dan£, in Puck.—

suppose she sent me

-%&&& jLLaJI ibm foriul t|S novrers .^ar. It's taken a load can tell yon."—Puck.

%«at Interest Her. How did you like the

Morris Townc—Don't know anything about it. Could sec nothing but women's hats.

Mrs. Townc (greatly interested)—Oh, do tell me bow some of them wcxv trimmed!—Puck,, ,,

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l^andlord (suspicioosly)—You are .an actor, you say. What is your role? Boothby Ham—-I am playing the heavy, di. Perhaps yon took me for a •ope?

Landlord—No from the sise of your wardrobe I fancied you might be dolag deopatra.—Jodge.

He WaatMl SMM*2»ta* Bcemt. Countryman (In book store)—My wife wanted me to get her some good magazine to read.

Proprietor—Yes, sir how would the Genboy Magazine dot Countryman—Gosh, no! Sbc wants monthly magajdnc.--T^xas

Stings.

What B*4 r»wwl

Congress had been in session all day, and, as a member waa met jpsssing oft from the hall, hm was aake&' "Whath«ipag»edineongre«d*H

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TOLO IN tfHVME. ASM|^-)MlJla|K

3a Uunc^t "wy anew** Vi osU bar, let Had krt no word discover Itiat I would give UM WOIW to b* tslr DUaths'a lover. Until, at lsst, I vowed ao mora Sir htBtimn Td be playiay. And so I asked Vbe nald stM Would go wlih me a-slclgWnjp, To mj grsat Joy she answered: •Tes,** And strsigbtway did we rnlasle ^v^Wtth a fwVspeedtag throng whose ndrtb

Chimed wltb tbe slef^b bell's jlnfl«. Jingto. Jingle, jlagle. jingle, Tingle, liable, tfngle, tingle, rJlaglp, jingle, jtogt«, Jlngl®, Tlrsg! tang! tangl

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-it fier eyes sbone bright, around her brow Some liny rtaftleta etastered,. And. as we lets the city, I J"

Eaoagh of courage mustered To say, trim wudiy-tlirobbing heart: TVnlay Lovo Fia obeying: Ho seat me to your door to ask You, dear, to go a-sleighiog. And now be bids me tell you that rtn tired of being single—** And so am I," she archly said. And bow the bells did Jingle, Jingle, jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Tingle, tingle, tingle, tingle, Jingle, Jingle, jingle, jingle. Ting! tang! tang! -Margaret Kytinge, :n Detroit Free Pros

Tho Brook's Song1.

Through all tbe drifted snows ...

Tbat ail tbe woodland nook,

4 ^Ta lisping musto flows Tho dark, unlllied brook.

While winding swift along Upon Its icy way, Its song Is but the song

It sang in rosy May.

Ah! happy brook, to sing. While winter days depart, Tbe melody of spring

That ripples in its heart

—R. K. Munklttrick, in Harper's Weekly

Her Perfect Lover.

"I had a lover once," shesigbed "Yes, just before 1 married you, Who listened when 1 spoke and tried

To answer all my Questions, too. "So courteous and so kind—so good( He'd never think a man could be As thoughtless and. Indeed, as rude

As you too oiten arc to me.

"The jewel of my love once won. He used to swear, c?uld ne'er grow dim Be would not dream that any one

Could whistle when I spoke to him 1 "It he had faults ho kept them hid. I should have married him? Yes true. And that's exactly what 1 did.

My perfect lover, sir, was—you!" —Madeline S. Bridges, in Judge.

Tho Very Latest.

To rightly mold a pleasing lay, Oce imitates Jim Riley's way So watch me, in fontastio vein,

Run Again. RUey Up Down And

There's something philosophio quite, Comparing rhymes' and riches' flight For speculation—loss and gain-

Runs Again. People Up Down And

Now after doggeral liko this, One really can't hold those amiss Who read and frown and loudly swear-

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Rhymsters Down—and keep 'em thers. —Charles Bloomlngdale, Jr In Puck.

Wlndow-Paae Pictures.

From eve till dawn, the long night through Cold winter's cltin band Such pictures drew

As never grew Beneath the touch of human band. In dawn's dim light they faintly gleamed On frozen panes, and glimpses seemed

To give of fairy-land.

The boughs of great old trees were bent With silver sheen, and forth was sent A frosty litrht from distant height.

Where glitt'ring spires appeared to sight And faroff eastle-wali. Now here at hand, like a silver strand.

Hanging In mid-air fairily, A drawbridge spanned the chasm grand, Gleaming before us airily.

A stream flowed down the mountain's side, And cast a silvery spray, Then dashing on with leap and slide, With graceful bound and easy glide

It rcachod the bowlders gray, And lu deep gorges swept away.

Now o'er the cold, gray landscape came A wavering light, a pale rose tinge That touched tho leaves aad mosses' fringe Then slowly grew to ruby flame

Setting the distant peaks aglow, Melting from frozen heights their snow.

So fairy-land now fades away. And we may watch in vain. Our frost-made pictures melt from sight—

Tho drops roll down the pane. —Mabel Nichols, in St. Nicholas

lu Token of the Lave You Gav*In token of the love you gave, Tbe faith, the trust, reposed in me,

When our young hearts were glad and ife« I plant these flowers upon your grave I

Tbe world ii fsr too poor to give A value like it took away I nevermore a joyous day. Since you are gone, eaall know or live. -T. Thos. Fortune, in Springfield Republican

A Modest Meditation.

I wonder sometimes what I'd do If all the world were mine 'r it I should be beaeSosat,

And bounteous and benign. Of coarse it seems now that I should Completely Blithe blU, Bat when

can't" becomes 1 eould,"

"Would" isn't always "wilL"

*l Of course to rale the world would be The dizziest kind of fun, The simple sense of boundless power

Would please most say one But 1 aa not so sore that I Should do it well at all Che world, fan sea, Is rather big t* Aad msa Is rather smalL

rd make mistakes, I'm very tort, .-v And stir op Jots of fuss. Aad pretty soos the world would get jfSi Into as awful moss.

So, while rd like to have the power To make things bum and sisi, 'f# I rather thlak the universe #'T4' is better ss Itu. $7 *», -SaBMandOe Jonval£,

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Afetaffttoaktegdom That's traly his own, Our baby holds abso) Aad if he's act served Whca his waats are made known A rsmpm to raised tight awsy-

Then cretr oae nrns. From grandma to aurae, .^"3? The Irtwgdgw is t^csi la a sfcM Be has swallowed a battoa. Or pectus soiaethlag worse: *r»cj7weli his asssuaa's sweat psaitl

Webowtohlsnisa £a awwlcswans aad Jovs, As «M«ecu both loyal aad tras, He's Uttla, battajr. nalraa n* ifl mnnn at raises a hvUahatd*

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10:20 c2u m. Trains arrive from tbe North at 5.*45aaiit:l 9:50 Watseka accommodatloa, 10:IS a. m.

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AND ALIA.

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Trains leave for the East at 1:30 am l&m. 7:15 am 12:47 2:30 5:05 m. Arrive from the East at 1:20 a m: H:I5 am 2:00 3:06 6:45 and 9:00 m.

VANDALIA NORTH.

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