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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Returning Opponents Suits.

There seems to be a growing tendency
among the players Of fair ability in the local
club to lead through the strong up to the ZAP
parent weak hand. It is play that more
often than not will lose. for very frequently
the original leader holds nothing in the suit
but length and the extra round of the suit,
that you take for him, may be Just what the
doctor ordered and finally allow him to
bring in one OF two long cards Of his suit
that probably never would have made if you
had not made them for him.
Further, it is dangerous for you to return
through the original leader a suit in which
your right hand adversary is weak, for if he
is weak in it he is quite sure to be short OF
the suit also, and If the original leader should
hold the ace it will surely be played at once
and then his partner will probably be in a
position to trump off your partners king.
Even If you are sure your partner holds the
master card, or major tenace, it is even then
almost always a poor play as such cards
can almost always be made and they may be
Of the utmost value later, as cards of re-
entry. T b e our n al reprints below an
article taken from the whist columns of the
Boston News. 1t covers play, that seems
to be quite popular here we'll as in the
east, and is being made with a good deal
of regularity by players who should know
better. To the experienced player it some
times seems as though his opponent was hop
ing to win by taking so much unnecessary
chance and playing his hand so very badly
that he (the expert) would not believe to be
true what he was able to see, nor even would
be able to guess right.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Two knights Defense.

Complying with the request of two of T h g
j o u r n readers for an analysis of the
Two knights Defense opening we have this
to say OF the old and tried defense in ques-
ton:
E First-There is little question that this de-
Tense, although theoretically favorable to
white, as indeed, all other defenses are sup
posed to be, offers black reasonably salts
factory game, and in perhaps the most COM
mon variation a slightly superior game trr
Second-That If white plays the old and
common 4-Kt to Kits, black by 4-P to a
secures the attack, and although he Temporal
rily, loses a pawn, he secures what is now
pretty generally acknowledge to be the
stronger end of the proposition ..- s-s
Th1rd-That what was once considered the
natural line for black, 4-KtxP, etc, in place
of to O., has no longer a place in scien-
tific chess, as it yields black cramped game
which should end in disaster.
Fourth-That the best play for white in
PLACE of the long current, 4-Kt to Kt5, is
probably 4-P to o., in which case he COM
monty secures somewhat favorable Guiacco
Piano position. ',.' o. ~.-.
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Games Played on Pacific Coast.

The following games We're played by the
editor while on his recent trip to the coast:
q n u A r =
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Svea, Nora and DANA.

A legacy of 20, 900 kroner falls to the Chris
tiania society for the aid Of superannuated
female servants by the will Of the late Miss
Glad of that city.
way that Premier steen be displaced by a
more energetic and resourceful leader The
liberal party will use its prestige and inau-
ence if something Is not done Is the argu-
ment. ..'
A review of the Scandinavian novels in the
Edinburgh Review; which is said to show deep
familiarity. with modern Scandinavian litera-
ture speaks very highly of Henrik Pontop-
pidan's ''Muld' and declares that it bears
comparison with the work of Tolstoy and
Turgenew.
Fiskum church, near Drammen, Norway,
was destroyed by fire Sunday morning, Jan.
II, Just before the morning services 1t is
possible that the old church. which dates
from the middle ages and is still in a fine
state of preservation may be restored and
used for religious services again.
Gauken Singing Society, of Nasset, Iowa,
has applied for membership in the Northwes-
tern Scandinavian Singers Association. It
was organized in 1900 and has eleven active
and fifteen associate members. Martin VOL
dunn is president and musical director; N.
Wick, vice president; Olaf Kallevang, secre-
tary, and O. J. Berg, treasurer.
A Nobel family in Hungary has made a
demand on the executors of Dr.. Alfred Nobel $
descendants Of Isak Nobel, whose brother,
Herman, they allege was the grandfather OF
LII. NODel. IL Is well known that Df. MODEL
grandfather. was Emmanuel Nobel a we'll
known surgeon with the Swedish army under
Gustaf III.
The Swedish riksdag has voted 10000 900
kroner for the military and defenses. No loan
will be sought, but the money will be raised
through taxation, but in such a form as to
not prove more burdensome than necessary.
The work of providing new arms was begun
five years ago, and will be continued until
the whole army has been equipped with new
weapons and reorganized.
Thorvald Fritsche, captain of Whitelaw
Reids yacht died Friday last week in New
York, of pneumonia His skill won fine prizes
for the yacht last season. Fritsche had been
a lieutenant in the Danish navy and some
years ago was a member Of the crew Of the
cruiser Chicago on which he was known as
the great big Dane. / He was "a finely built
man, large, atheti and handsome, a genuine
viking and a great favorite.
/ A report of the Church of Norway for the
past year shows 6 bishops, 4S3 parish priests
IS resident chaplains, 6S hospital, prison and
assistant chaplains and SO peronal chaplains
| The eldest clergyman is P. D. Hofflund, hos
pita chaplain at Throndhjem, who is 81
years old and has served the church fifty
| four years. There are five Others over II
Eyears of age. The average number of thee.
Illogical candidates in recent years is fourteen
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NORWAY, ILLUSTRATED
A Fine Work Published by Local
49, Ss3s Company.

Fine Work Published by Local
IN Company.
Norge Publishing company of this city
has found profitable field with it's first
publication large work entitled Norge
prepared by Berner Loftfcld It's 500
pages contain short sketch of every city
and "bejgd' in Norway, and compact
history of the Norwegian people from
their arrival in Thule up to the present
time, besides numerous biographies of the
famous men of the country. The book is
protusely illustrated. There are about
!35 illustrations of scenery, cities and
historical buildings, and about 100 excel
lent portraits from Admiral Kurt Adelar
OF the seventeenth century to the famous
men OF the present day. re
It'll is complied chiefly from the we'll
known works Of P. A. Munich, O. A. Over
land and others.
In appearance 1t Is most credita BILE
product of the printers and bookbinders'
arts, being printed on fine heavy paper
and handsomely bound. The book is COM
mended by all who have seen 1t. Norge
Publishing company. 55 Fourth street S.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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SHADOW OF. SADNESS
Upon King Christians Closing Days
in West Indies DEAL.
Skandin,aye

IA - s.. SkanQlIaN en-. l-a.E-r
The cession OF the islands ;(The Dam
ish West Indies9 casts a shadow of sad
ness upon the closing days of King Chris
tian's reign. AS his rule was inaugu-
rated with a cession of a part of the Dan
ish dominiOns to Prussia and Austria, it
ends with another alienation of Danish
soil. But as the first cession was the re-
suit Of a policy forced upon the king by
popular clamor against his better judg-
ment,, SO in consenting to- the sale of the
West Indian islands the king reluctantly
bows to the will of the people as repre-
scented by his ministers and the parlia-
ment. If the unconditional transfer is a
blot upon his reign the responsibility
rests not upon the venerable king, but
upon the people. s..- ~.
The king and those agreeing with him in
this matter have at least one consolation:
That with the stars and stripes will come
better days for the islanders, who have
been loyal to old Dannebrog for more
than two centuries. y -;
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Underplay.
Underplay is a strategem of ancien

Underplay is a strategem of ancient lineage
it is commonly described as powerful
weapon; but as practiced by the ordinary
player it very often acts like a boomerang
This maneuver, in the eyes of the majority
Of players, consists solely in holding up the
master card of the suit opened by the left.
hand adversary, and leading low caro-
through him. With weak player on youl
often great. but against such player there
is little occasion to resort to strategem, as
you may expect to defeat him by simpler
methods. Against players of the first class
however, the use Of this maneuver is well nigh
suicidal the defense is too simple; the latter
player, holding the second best, at once suspects
your object, and the more important it is for
you to get your partner into the lead the more
certain your opponent is to check you by
playing the second best when you return the
suit through him. The suit is almost sure to
be continued now, and your master card pos
sibly lost to small trump on your right, and
your discontinue made complete later on by
the adversaries bringing in the suit which
you have helped them to establish. Tamper-
ing with the adversaries' suits is always a
dangerous proceeding, but the attempt to un-
derplay skilful opponent in his own suit
is of all moves the one least likely to sue
coed.
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A Little About Skis.

Doubtless very few who are familiar with
the ski OF Norway have ever recognized the
kinship of the word ski to the English word
skid; but etymologists' say that the Norwe-
gian word ski is the same as the English
Skid, ITO slide. The motion On skis is sliding
one, and the longer the slide the more expert
is the runner afa7ts ~
AS national sport in Norway it dates back
to the early sixties, and the annual races: at
Holmen- Kolen, four miles from Christiania
the whole year. The races are Of two kinds,
the cross country runs of nearly twenty miles
and the famous jumping con tests. These were
introduced by the Telenarking peasants ali
of whom are experts at theggafne. They as
founded the people Of the capital when they
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Bishop Won scheele on America.

1t was to be expected that Bishop Won
Scheelc's views on America would be highly
complimentary to the country and Its people
His first public address after his return home
was delivered before the workingmen's So
ciety of Visby, the seat of his diocese.
He said the Swedish Americans won general
commentator for their patriotism, their in
were more energetic, more thrifty and more
resourceful than the Swedes at home. The
working classes set higher estimate on in
tutiOns 80
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Augustana's BANQUET.

Augustana, college at Canton, S. D., last
by 2I5 persons. An excellent program OF
music and toasts followed. John o. Jackson
oftciated as POSTMASTER and responses were
made as follows
The School and It's Mission President
A. G: Tuve; Expansion and Our Profession, y
Judge O: S. Clifford; The College Buildings, -
a Nation" A. r. Brown; Our Rural
Schools : superintendent Glendennen; Eek
ecution,' Asa Forrest; :; Notions W. C.
Gemmill; Advantages OF An Education, -
Mayor T. H. @Helgeson;! 'Canton's Relation
to the School," c. Judd; Education and
Right Living, &C. o. Knudson; "True Edu-
cation Professor Lawrence; Future of the
College," Editor Nash of the Canton News
Disadvantages Of An Education, y Professor
J. S. Nordgaard; < Classical Education At
tOrneY Rudolph. = -. -
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steinitz VS.. Tschigorin.

In two games between steinitz and Tschi-
by Observation-Disclosures playing black
and winning both games-the first nine moves
were as above for five moves, and then pro-
ceeded: 6-B to KITS oh, P-BS; 7-PxP, PIP;
s-B to K2 to KR3; 9-Kt to KRS, B to
QB4. In the correspondence game, Steinitz
played 10-P to Q3, and in the other game
1o-Castles, Tschigorin replying. 1o-castles,
in: both games.
3 In several other games between Steinitz and
Tschigorin, the former playing white, sub
Tschigorin replied P-KRs, the following three
moves being: Ext to KR3, B to QB4; 10
@ to K2, castles; lip to Obs, B to Kt3. Two
knights is a speciality with the Russian mas
ter and he achieved with it notable victo-
res over not only Steinitz but Gunsberg,
Bird, Ouroussow, Mortimer, Showalter and
others.
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A Noted Mathematician

Professor Cato Macmillan Gu1dberg, who
has held the chair of applied mathematics at
the Christiania university since 1869, died re-
Gently 5atZ the age Of 65. He distinguished
himself in mathematics while still in the uni
versity and spent two years in France and
Germany in the study of mathematics with
special reference to mechanics and chemistry
In 1864, with Professor Wage, he published a
work in which for the first time the mechanics
of chemical force were automatically treated
Professor Guldberg compiled several text
books for schools and universities, but his
greater works were devoted to the molecular
theory in physics,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
To Help the Deaconesses,

concert for the benefit Of the Norwegian
Lutheran Deacolesses' home will be held at
Augsburg seminary: on Feb. 10. The program
is still incomplete, but Miss Wiese, a singer
OF much talent, who has recently arrived from
Norway. will sing. She has studied vocal
music for several years in France and Ger
many Miss Wiese has formed ladies
chorus for, the production of "Foran eSyden' s
Kloster,' in which she herself and Miss Hell
berg will take the solo parts.
No stitution in the city is felt to be more
worthy Of support than the deaconesses hos
pital. A large percentage of its patients are
without means and the income r. the hospital
is not sufficient to defray the expenses Of ali
the demands upon it. - - = - -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
A Unique Wager.

Three Danes of San Leandro, Cal, have
undertaken one, Of. the most unique contests
the streets of the city. The Contestants are
to assist in the work on ditch eight feet
deep and two feet wide, each man to dig
posted by each contestant and the $500 is to be
divided among the spectators who watch the
contest from beginning to end without falling
A. E. Selmer are the contestants. Two are
hotel men and the last named is a barber.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
EDITORS COMMENT.

AS above stated, 4-KtxP for black has been
discarded in modern scientific chess as giving
black a cramped and eventually fatal posi-
ton, and to O. is substituted, which is be-
lieved to give black the better Of it.
If, however, the kip variation is played
there is still trouble in store for Mr.. Benja-
minis discovery, sS-Kt to Q5, which, although
ingenious, is not sound, as witness: White
retorts, 9--P to Obs and Mr.. B. plays for
castle with strong game, or he may threaten
to win blacks knight by @ to O.. Black, in
the latter case, cannot retreat his knight to
cross over to KB4 White then pins ms It By
@ to KB3 and will win it by to KKt4 unless
black further jeopardizes his king by K to
Kt3. White then has an assured victory in
less than dozen moves, because Of the vul-
nerable position of blacks king and queen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Checker Chatter.

1t is wonderful how easy the people west of
the Rocky mountains play. the game of
checkers. 1t is not an unusual thing to see
two or three games in progress in most any
hotel rotunda, and the boys on the wharves
can be seen any day playing on the top of
beer kegs All sailors like to play checkers
and yet none, of them can play well
4 Joe Lannin is proprietor of the Garden CITY
Hotel, Garden City, l.. I. Marble porcelain,
good taste and elegance meet the eye at every
turn 1T is4a. hotel for. the wealthy leisure
est detail. His help regard him, as The
Roosevelt Of the hotel business, because he
looks after their welfare first, and then goes
ing. Joe, is a checker player and would
rather talk checkers any time than architect
ure. plumbing, ventilation, decoration, cui-
sine. sun.baths re-proofng, color. harmony,
zen suite, Landscape effects, golf, polo, and ali
the other folderol Of the strenuous life the
proprietor Of a fashionable hotel must lead
as duty. Business controls his head check
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NORMANNAFIELNEN

getting out OF the enclosure, then swimming
to a Norwegian bark Sby night rs.
g sail met at Delagoa3 Bay, but did not
recognize each other until we reached Pre-
toria, for fear of being detected We were
all playing the role of nondescripts in, sym
pathy with the British %
suppose the signs are still up at Delagoa
Bay and Simonstown, Offering 5000 each
for our capture, dead or alive
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LINDBLA.D CONCERT
Tomorrow Afternoon at the Unita-
rian Church.

: Orpheus Singing society will give it's
much-t alked-of @Linblad concert at the
Unitarian church, Eighth street and Marcy
place, to-morroW5at g. p. IN. The chorus
of thirty-thre voices has been rehearsing
assiduously under; the direction of Charles
Swenson and will not fail to acquit itself
very creditably. The ssoloists will be Olof
Valley, basso, Of Chicago; Anton Maine,
tenor; K. O. Takman; barytone; Miss Verna
Golden, viOlinist5&Miss Lydia Burton, pi-
anist. The program is as follows:
"Orpheus, y. from Shakspere's "Hen-
~ VII. Llndblad
spring song -..:::-:..... Llndblad
= 4Orpheus.
Scherzo, OPP 81 -. .:................... Chopin
Miss Lydia. Burton.
Irollhaettah :.,::::-:::...-:... Llndbiad
King Eric and the Guardsman" -. .Lindblad
.s- Olof Valley.
Aandante from D Major Concerto. Mozart
Miss Verna.: Golden.
Heart and Nature"- ................. Lindblad
lOrpheus.
Cavatina from Faust" ....... Gounod
Anton Maine.
Valse: de Juliette E,.................... Gounod
;.Is.,5 Miss Lydia Burt ton.
I'm the Summer Night ................. Witt
30 'OrpheuS ,N.r
Solos by Messrs. X. O. Eklnan. and Olof Val
ley: ,..
bonanza, op. 81 ..:.................... Slnding
Miss Verna Golden. 5"
Aria from 1.-THE Magic Flute. ....... Mozart
Olof Valley.
me song BIRDS ....:..... ........ LlndDlad
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Fooled the Tax Gatherers.

Per Ericsson of Fielandet, in Lit Sogn,
the Northern Museum lottery, played a mean
trick on the tax collectors. He was charged
in a bill with a l per cent income tax, then
74l kroner for road tax, fees for cashing the
check and other items amounting to LOSS
kroner. The local assessor was yet to come,
with demands aggregating 800 kroner So
Per took his prize and left in a hurry for
America. ..-.. -. -
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Syerdrup VS.. Bjornson.

Bjornson's attorneys have suggested that
the legal strife between Bjornson and the
children of the late Johan Sverdrup be set
tied by private arbitration, but the Sverdrup
family will not consent as they say the dis
pute is too public and too important in
character. to be disposed Of in this manner
At preliminary hearing at .Gausdal on Jan
none of the contending parties was presen:.
The case was referred to the courts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
VIII TRY Again

+ a new Swedish Norwegian union commits
sion has been selected to consider the Nor
wegian demand for a separate consular SER
vice 1t is composed of four members and
Stockholm. The Swedish members are Hr.
Bildt envoy to Italy, and Consul Ameen, at
Barcelona: the Norwegian members, Consul
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Minneapolis Cha mpionship.

The annual winter tourney for the cham
pionship of Minneapolis, which began ten
days ago at the Flour City Club, has seven
entries:: P.L. Plantin, E. P. Elliott, F. A.
Huxmann, J.. w. Clark, G. c. Peterson, F. S.
Lewis and F. N. Stacy. Each player plays two
games with each of the other, six, making
twelve games in all The tourney is to- close
Feb. 20, all games unfinished at that date
being cancelled. Two-thirds Of the games
have already been played, the score at writ
ing standing thus: - %..' r.. =
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Checkers
Edited by w. H. Grimshaw.
Black
Black
White
THE BOARD
NyYyNRnn mn mn
White
THE MEN SET

The black men will cover squares from to
IL. The white men will cover. squares from q
to 81. The black men should move first
The asterisks indicate the essential moves
to sustain the terms
All communications for this department
should be addressed Checker Editor. a
Matters for. current insertion should reach
this Office not later than Wednesday. Prob
lens and games at all times welcome.
The Flour City Checker Club, 309 Nicollet
avenue. Strangers at all times welcome.
Send $15O and get T b 9 ournal con-
tanning checker column every Saturday for
one year. ...s $3.50. ',,.5 : 49,
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= !. = WHITE. -
White to play and mate in three moves
Local Chess Notes.

Among out-of- town players who have Wis
tied the Flour City Chess Club during the
week and contested with local players are:
T.. S. Walter. and A. j. Foster Bellingham,
Mimi; DR.. Hunt of Pembina, N. D., and Mr..
Bailey, a San Francisco player: E=~s
- Next weeks j o u + n will contain some
of the games played in the Minneapolis cham
pionshfp tournament which is now at the
height Of local interest. .-.. = -.=
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made their marvellous leaps. but 1t was not
rivals in Christiania. To learn to use. the
ski is quite simple. but to master the art of
leaping long distances and alighting safely
renuireS great deal of nractice 49,
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erss has a corner in his heart, and there's
your man.
+ EWhen.some Of the best 5bookeds ef the follow
ess OF the game were asked to guess who was
represented by the largest number of posi-
tions in the problem Of Lyman Gould, they
all picked DR.. Brown for the first place. AS
and a number of surprises resulted Gauged
solely by the number of their contributions
this is the way the first fourteen lined up in
these two problem books:
|. u TYMAN,C nnTrT.n,C !
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The following solvers are correct: L. S
Head, Albany, n. Y; H. T. Cooper, White.
wood, S. D.; Andrew Laing, Willmar; R
Rutledge, Storm Lake. Iowa; John Aitkin
Park River, Mimi; o. L. Foss, Algona, Iowa
w. ". Leighton. Wahpeton, n. D., E. j
Erickson, Winthrop, Mimi; W: A. Harley
MINI: Frank E. Seavey. Aitkin, MINI. F. S
Morey St. Paul; W. G. Bunde, ST. Paul: G
H Claggett Montevideo. Mimi; S. w Tay
Tor. Samuel Faulkner, Fred Davis. George
Kehoe Robert Raine, d. A. Scrimgeour
Wendell Hertig, Edward Croker, Delro,
Getchell. all Of this city. aSgal
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A Strange Phenomenon.

Curator Helliesen OF Stavanger museum has
discovered that the sands in the southern part
of the Jaeder stream are highly magnetic,
and is of the opinion that the many ship
wrecks at Raunen are due to the disturbance
OF the compass by the magnetic sand. Pro-
lessor Schiotz is of the same opinion. and
the geographical survey will investigate at
once.