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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-15

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-15

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% STOCK NJ may be nrretsary, VIII be SOLD ~
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pay Tie delinquent assttgmcnt. together with
the cost Of hdvgftlsing nnd rtpenfef of sale.
iv order of the Board NJ ufeotorH,
D. -. UOitN, Acting -cc'y.
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Hood-Grafn Anevs.

aka. and the bird OF saku-do with all of its
feathers carefully lined hovers over it. Then
comes shibu-ichi flower with golden CEN
ter This is Typical work, they simply
inlay colored alloys on a somber base.
Another very interesting series of alloys
are the moku-me (wood grain) and miZi-
nagashi marbled). They are taken in thin
sheets and soldered together in alternate
layers. Conical holes are then drilled of
greater or less depth. and then beaten up
from behind. gaining from the different
strata beautifully banded effects. Figure 3
shows this style of beaten work in seven
layered plate. The vase is an example of
remarkable merit in this line of manipula-
tive skill. The neck, band and foot are of
shaku-do inlaid with gold, while the body is
mlzl-nagashi. with silver panel bearing
beaten into the silver. The large bead is a
half sphere of gray shibu-ichi, the rest of
nneiy soldered plates showing how per-
fectly an alloy may be worked in rounded
surface. KThe sword socket is OF alternate
layers OF copper and shalSu-do, the effect of
wood grain being exactly initiated.
=, Professor Roberts pays a high tribute to
tne work OF the Americans, and the vases
they made of five alloys, that were so
doubled on themselves as to get Twenty-Five
layers, and considers their work as among
the greatest manipuiative triumphs in metal
that the Paris Exhibition contained. He
further states that the lobster-red of the
Japanese is not the product of picking at
all, put is cuprous OXIDE formed by heat
Ing copper in air and then furnishing it, but
1t IS admitted that no one outside the
Japanese have conquered this color.
With all our manipulative skill in metals,
and our mastery of chemistry, the Japanese
are still the acknowledged leaders in the use
OF alloys IN art metal work.
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OLD CURIOSITY.
He Was Not to Be BIufred OF by a
Stranger.

He Was Not to Be BIuffed Off by a
Stranger.
Coin fur, misterp'
The question was asked by long-nosed.
thin-lipped man with pointed chin whiskers,
a slouch hat and a hungry expression of
countenance. He was resting his elbows on
the seat in front of him, which seat was Oc-
cupied by passenger in gray-check suit.
The passenger addressed turned partly
around, took look at his QuestioneI, and
sized him up at once.
Yes, am going to Nashville" he replied,
down in Tennessee. My business there is
to sell four shares of bank stock, dispose of
my interest in farm of eighty acres, ten
miles from the city, and invest the proceeds
in clothing establishment on North Cherry
street. am from BeardStown, Cass County,
Ill. got ON the train there at 9:35 this
morning. 1t was forty-five minutes behind
time. My ticket cost me ST. IS. | shall
take the sleeper when the sun goes down.
Had my dinner about an hour ago. Paid 70
cents for it. This cigar cost me 10 cents. |
have been smoker for about thirteen years.
My name is Chauncey Mcconnell. l am 80
years old. have wife and four children,
came originally from Harrodsburg, KY, and
am member of the Congregational Church.
was formerly druggist, but sold out to
man named Treadway, and l am not in any
business now. am worth perhaps $4,000.
My father was cooper, and my grandfather
was sea captain. My wife's name was
Carr before l married her. Der father was
surveyor. That's all / know about her
family. We live in two-story frame house
and the children have all had tile humps,
chicken-pox and measles. When / reach
Nashville l expect to stop at the Maxwell
House."
He stopped. The long-nosed man re-
garded him a moment with interest, and
then asked. in Querulous, dissatisfied way:
What did yer great-grandfather do for
Twin 2"
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For lLaration.

comprises an outer circle, which is the bat
tie ground, and an inner circle. The latter
is divided into four triangles, each of which
is headquarters, and contains sixteen
squares, each occupied by one man or piece.
The pieces move one by one and space at a
time out of their triangle and around the
circle to their adversary's quarters.
Jumps may be made over any piece adj
joining, so long as the square next to it, in
a direct line with the jumper, is vacant.
Successive jumps may be made sideways,
diagonally and back again. If desired, the
only limitation being the principle that a
space cannot be skipped, and that there
must be vacancy beyond the jumped piece
into which to land. Either four or two play
ers can compete. The chief skill lies in so
scattering ones own pieces along the route
as to afford an opportunity for those in the
rear to advance by successive jumps over
each other and at the same time blocking
ones opponent and preventing his taking
advantage Of the opportunity afforded by
these open jumps.
A PURE GAME OF CHANCE.
An excellent game, differing altogether
from those heretofore described, and one
that is peculiarly appropriate and interest
ing at the present time is the Wild West.
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GAMES FOR INDOOR
AMUSEMENT.
ThG Latest RGCrGati0nS Devised for the
Home Circle.
Chasing Indians Out West Military Maneu-
vers and Migration on Painted Board.
Games That Require Skill.

OF the many games recently offered for
sale there are few that give promise of
prolonged life and success. Some enthusi-
aSts even predict that one or two of them
will GUST such ancient favorites as checkers
from the position they have occupied hith-
erto, writes Herbert w. Burdett in the Pitts
burg Dispatch. One of these is known as
Kings and Queens. 1t is played somewhat
after the fashion of checkers and, without
being SO complicated or serious a pastime as
chess, presents many features Of interest
not possessed By checkers.
The game is PLAYED upon a board contain
ing eighty squares, grouped in the form Of
diamond with the points cut off. At one
end of the board is really well-irawn pict-
ure IN colorS. representing a King of tradi-
tional appearance surrounded by men-at-
arms and viewing. with facial CONSERVATION,
the approach of the Queens forces The
picture at the other end of the board, shows
a gracious and slender Queen receiving the
homage OF cOurtiers, while, in the distance,
her artillery is starting i'll the direction of
the Kings palace.
HOW IT is PLAYED.
The pictures are typical OF the game ITSELF
A set of six black knights and fourteen
pawns of the same hue form the Kings
army. The Queen has similar force ar
rayed in white, and the object of the two
players is to occupy the opponents head
quarters, comprising the two squares at each
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CASTLE OF CHILLoN

McFlimsey, "but"-therc is always "but''
in her objectiOnS-"hOw on earth are we to
travel in winter in Switzerland" Bless
your heart, my dear young lady, you never
Travelled or were housed more comfortably
In your life than you would be in case you
undertook to inspect any of the pictures /
have described for you. You can go by rail,
now, all the way to Davos, in the very heart
OF the En5adine; yes, a warm, luxurious,
irSU-clasS car all the way. You can find at
any Swiss town Of any size comfortable
hotel open summer and winter. You can
reach the Engadine either by way Of Zurich
and Chr; or, you can go over the st.
Gnthard Railway-and wondrOus winter
ride it is-to Como, thence by boat to
Colico, thence by rail to Chiavenna,
and so over the Maloja, few
hours diligence ride, to st. Moritz.
On both routes you find regular meal ia
tons, with good table d'hote and wine at
moderate prices, and there is absolutely no
personal discomfort in the journey, even in
midwinter. Or, if your ladyship is so we'd
ded to city life that you cannot possibly dis
pense with it. here is another plan: Take
your winter quarters in the hand
some, modern, enterprising city of Zurich,
where, whether in hotels, pensions, or pri-
yate lodgings. you can find all that your
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To Re Rohhed of Health

By pestiental climate, by a vocation entaiIinS
constant exposure, physical oyerwork or sedentarY
drudgery at the desk, is a hard lot. Yet many per-
originally possessed of fair constitution suffer
this deprivation before the meridian of life Is
passed To any and all subject to conditions mimi
cal to health purer or more agreeable preserva
tive of the greatest OF earthly blessings can be REQ
commended than Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
inures the system to climatic change. physical IA
tgue and mental exhaustion. 1t eradicates dyspep-
STA. the bane Of sedentary brain workers preserves
and restores regularity OF the bowels liver wben
disordered from any cause anninilates fever and
ague and prevents 1t, checks the growth OF tend
ency to rheumatism and govt, and neutralizes tho
danger to be apprehended from causes productive
of kidney, bladder and uterine ailments To be
convinced OF the truth of these statements 1t Is only
necessary give this sterling preparation an inn
martial trial.
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extremity of the board. The players move
as at checkers. but the rules allow many
moves that are inadmissiDle in the older
game. From the outset the knights have
power exceeding that of the kings of the
checkeI-board. a knight may move to any
square adjoining that occupied by him. He
captures his opponents by jumping over
them rs in checkers, and may jump, as well
as move, either forward, backward, diago-
nally or sidewise.
The pawn possesses limited powers. He
can only move and jump forward, either
straight ahead or diagonally. OF course,
jumps are only permissible when another
piece is next to the knight or in front of the
pawn. with vacant space beyond it, Any
one of these pieces can jump over another
one provided this condition is complied with.
Friendly pieces are not affected by the
jumps, however. Some of the combinations
that arise are remarkable in the opportunity
that they present for a reversal of fortunes,
and single piece can sometimes travel all
over the board in one series of jumps.
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR GAME.
Another new and first-class game, resem-
bling Kings and Queens in its object but
played on a novel form of board and with
much smaller pieces, is that of Migration.
Its most distinctive feature lies in the fact
that no pieces are removed from the board,
but the object of each player is to first oc-
cupy his opponents quarters. The board
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the place of the original cup. The small
counters are served" over the net by
means of the large one, anj the method of
scoring is that employed in lawn tennis.
Beginners usually give their opponents the
the first few games by accession of
faults" but practice soon begets skill at
this curious pastime.
A Detroit man recently patented game
called Militaire. Two opposing armies meet
on circular board. The officers and men
are represented by circular pegs The Gen
eral of each army commands six regiments,
each comprising colonel and five men. The
accompanying diagram shows the position
OF one army on the lower half. The upper
half illustrates some of the possible moves.
The initials indicate the rank of the men
and the army to which they belong; for in
stance, G. b. stands for general of the blues,
5. X. for soldier of the reds, etc.
RULES FOR MILITAIRE.
At tho outset the General is placed at
figure l, a Colonel at each figure 9, and the
privateS occupy the remaining dotted sta
tions. SoldlerS>can move one space only
back and forth on the oblique lines, but
must keep off the radial lines. They may
take an opponent only on the circular lines,
and jumps are governed by the same rules
as in checkers. Colonies have the privilege
of soldiers, and, in addition, may move any
number of consecutive unOccupied positions
along Il circular or radial line, passing
from one to another and taking as many of
the enemy as may be found on their line of
march with one or more vacant spaces be-
tween them. When a General reaches the
extent of the move permitted Colonel, he
has the additional privilege of moving off
the line to any other open position that may
offer him safety or an advantage for his next
move. Prisoners may be exchanged at the
rate of five privates for one Colonel. When
the army is reduced to less than five men it
is declared vanquished.
The following is the explanation of the
movements illustrated on the upper half of
the diagram:
G. B. at figure on the outer circle may
jump to the right, over S. R., and land at
figure on the same circle, thence on radlal
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offers every winter some handsome prizes
and the meeting furnishes occasion for a
round of festivities lasting at least a week.
thousands of visitors from all over the En-
gadine are on hand. The hotels are full.
and so are the pensions. At the Kuhn
there are electric lights, and suppers, and
dancing, and amateur theatricals, and fiirta-
ton unlimited You might imagine your
self at Brighton or at Saratoga, so far as
the gaety and the guests are concerned
But the seen cry! here you have something
thousand times finer, and with it,
the blue sky. the genial sun, and
Grip air which sends sense
of health and we'll being vibrating
through every fiber of ones system. And
then, the tobogganers! what likely daring
set of young fellows they are and how
lively Is the betting on them; and with what
eagerness is the edition of the English
paper bought up to see the names Of the
winners in print at the earliest possible mo-
ment There are usually two tODoggan
runs in full blast, and good skating at st.
Moritz from November through to March
Many enterpIiSing English pedestrians are
won't, too, t. make excursions on snow
shoes to the mountain passes and even as
far as PontTeSila or MalOja. Lawn tennis,
be 1t remarked, is played all the year round
in the Engadine, and this over 60O0 feet
above the sea.
Yes, Switzerland indeed offers a carnival
| of winter sports from the time the cold
| weather begins in November until it ends in
| spring. A third picture comes to my mind
as write, and il Will not be inappropriate
to exhibit it briefly at this point. Just at
the portals of the Engadine are the Glaern-
| ish Alps, and, at their base, the historic can
! ton of Glaris, little republic in ITSELF with
history and patriotism enough Of its own to
suffice for half dozen countries much
larger than it. The scenery of Glaris is as
| striking and picturesque as any in all Swift
erland. No one who has seen the Stachel-
! berg can etface its memory from his mind.
| None VINO have visited the Initial or the
narrow KIoenthal With their high cliffs
| towering heavenward. and almost shutting
| out the sunlight on either side, can ever
| forget the imposing beauty of the scene On
warm summers day the cool retirement of
these sequestered hooks is indescribably
| grateful to the voyager. But let US visit,
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say the Kloeuthal, on a bright day in
December it is fairy idyl. Far
up the valley. nesting in the midst
of the mountains, is the Lake
of KlOenthal. We approach it by good
road, and, as we mount higher and higher,
meet, here and there, wagon-loads of ice
drawn by stout teams and driven by sturdy
peasants, who greet US good naturally as
We pass. OF a sudden a turn in the road
brings us in full view of the lake. What a
bewilderng fairy scene it is that all at once
breaks upon the view. Here in this spot
which had but moment before seemed so
remote are hundreds and hundreds of skat-
ers, ana a wide. unbroken sheet of clear
crystal ice flanked by banks of cedars and
frs, with the great cliffs towering above,
and the blue sunlit vault of heaven stretch
ing over all. There is no possibility of re-
producing such a scene by brush or camera.
The colors are natures own, and cannot be
counterfeited. The tourist with his Kodak.
or the artist with his easel and paints
may go through Switzerland hundred
times, but can never carry such pictures
as this away with them. Vague outlines,
perhaps, yes: but the true scene remains
only for those who can make up their minds
to come and see it.
"Yes," interposes the still skeptical Miss
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good old man. he may have been lux
urious, travelled and refined man of the
world; yet for all that there were some
things which he didn't know, and at that time
couldn't know either. For instance, he
didn't know it would ever be possible to
cross the Atlantic in six days; he didn't
know it would be his grandson's blessed
privilege to cable to New York from Lon
don, Paris or Berlin, and have an answer in
few hours; he didn't know that, before a
hundred years had flown, people in differ
ent cities would be talking with each other
over telephone wires; and, among other
things he didn't know, and didn't even
dream of, was the fact that the high Alpine
regions would in time prove to be the most
charming and comfortable winter resorts to
be found anywhere in Europe Don't
be startled, reader, for it is fact; see
ing is believing. The Riviera is certainly
charming, and one who is at Naples in
January may indeed imagine himself on the
outskirts of Paradise, if not Immediately
within its portals. Yet that does not affect
the original proposition, which | repeat, is
that there is no more delightful winter
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resort in Europe than the Engadine for in

resort in Europe than the Engadine for in
stance.
Now the uniformed have all sorts of
erroneous and confused notions on this
subject. Miss Flora McFlimsey of Fifth
avenue, for instance, who made a hurried
trip through Switzerland with her parents
last August, visiting the Rheinfall and STOP
ping one day each at Zurich, Lucerne, In
terlaken and Geneva, says that it is "be-
yootifuP" cool country in warm weather, but
she couldn't think of going there later than
September. So much for what she knows
about it There are hundreds Just like her
who have got all they know about Switzer-
land either from just such hasty trip or
from books with illustrations representing
Alpine scenery, high snow-peaks, few frs
and lichens, starved cow or two, and, in
the foreground, rude log hut with peas
ant in fur cap, looking as if he were
frozen out, and only longing for summer
ana the tourists to come again. That rep
resents many peoples ideas OF an Alpine
winter. But now look on this other picture!
Scene, Davos; time, 2o'clock on any jan
nary afternoon. Hundreds of well-dressed
ladies and gentlemen are promenading 10
the open air on the terrace and sidewalks
before the KurhauS. OFF in the fields and
On the hills there, the snow is foot or two
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For Wild IEest.

Unlike the preceding games, 1t Is purely a
compete. The implements are large board,
several figures of mounted Indians, four
figures of scouts on foot, but armed with
rifles, which, by the wav. they keep to their
shoulders in a way that would indicate
their existence as a perpetual ''hold-up,"
and one or more dals with double set of
numbers running around the circle and a
stationary pointer.
The board is gayly decorated with pictures
representing various forts, ranches, noted
scouts, etc. A broad trail winds about the
board, in and out among the various pic
lures. 1t starts from Fort Kearaey," in
one corner of the board. and EMS in the
"Black Hills" the entrance to which is de-
Tended by the Indian figures. The scouts
are distributed among the players, aud
the trail so many squares at time, accord
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sent back to Rescue lost girl" Recon-
hotter Indian village" or perform some
other duty that throws him behind ali his
competitors. Upon reaching the Black Hills
the lucky scout receives an Indian, pony and
all. and is translated to Fort KearEey, only
to start again on the trail in quest OF more
Indians.
:, The game is won by the player who bags
the greatest number of Indians and prizes
are often awarded. The intense intere st aud
the keen excitement that this game some
times gives rise to among a party of adult
players is remarkable. Children go half
Wild over it at critical moments, when, for
instance, the leader spins number that
takes him to the command, Assist in de-
tense OF Lone Tree Ranch" the ranch being
In the rear of all the rest
THE LATEST CRAZE.
Iiddledy Winks is one of the most fun
provoklng games of class differing alto
gether from the board games all of which,
Dy the way, bear relationship more or
Tess remote to chess and checkers. 1t is too
Wen known to need description. A capital
improvement, however, is tiddledv winks
tennis, in which a felt cloth, accurately
marked out as miniature lawn tennis
court Is used. and a net in the center takes
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heart desires; where there are the finest of
shops, thcater next winter which is to
be one of the best in Europe; concerts.
lectures, schools, in short ali the con,
yeniences and pleasures of city life, and be-
SIDES TINS, rapid railway and postal COM
munications with everywhere. Having
engaged winter quarters at Zurich, make
your excursions from there, and let them be
as brief or as lengthy as you will In two
hours you can be at the Kloenthaler Lake
and amid all the hibernal charms of Glars.
In three hours you are at Chur. the door.
way to the Engadine; in six or seven hours
you are at Davos, transported in that short
space OF time to another world as it were,
carried out OF the fogs and thaws and slects
OF the lowlands into the upper ether of mid
winter geniality and joviality, and inhaling
mountain atmosphere which will make tho
tired one rested, the Respondent one cheer
full. the invalid well again, and the we'll man
doubly well.
So, let us hear no more of these exploded
od-time fables about the impraeticability of
winter In Switzerland. Why, every year,
during the cold months. there are thousands
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line to figures and 4, thence to the left on
second circle to figure 8, thence on radial
line to figure 6, taking as prisoners all the
men in red he passes over in that move. He
may now move TO figure for safety and ad-
vantage, or to figure for safety only.
A Colonel may jump in the same manner
as far as figure 6, where he will have to re-
main, he not being entitled to the second
move for safety.
S. R., on the fifth circle near figure 2, may
jump TO the left. taking S. B. and c. B., and
resting at figure 8. He cannot continue and
take 5. b. AT figure 10, because a soldier can
not pass an unoccupied position. Neither
can 5. Is. at figure IL take S. r. at figure II,
because Il soldier cannot move or jump on a
radial line.
ANOTHER GAME OF CHANCE.
Louisa is the rather inappropriate name
OF very good game of chance played with
board in the shape of cross. The men
four to each player-are moved around the
outside edge of the four arms until they ac-
complish the circuit, when they proceed up
the center aiSleS of squares to the castle in
the middle. They player whose men all
reach the castle first wins the game. The
moves depend upon throws of dice.
Games requiring special packs of cards
are very popular with some folks. Geo.
graphical cards, authors" political (Which
is played on the map of the United States),
and progressive logomachy, are favorites in
this class. The last named is not new, but
it has attained immense success. OF course
there are hundreds of other excellent indoor
games, but those referred to in this article
are representative of all the newest and the
best, and afford ample choice for these who
like TO while away an occasional evening in
testing their skill and strategic power.