Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-30
A NEW GAME.


II. r. Green.
A NEW GAME.
A new game for an evening party is
called "the yacht race" Each player
receives chart with the name of his
yacht written at the top. 1t may be
decorated with drawing of yacht,
or picture taken from an illustrated
paper. Along the edge are numbers
from one to ten, and after each num-
Der the direction the yacht is to sail
to find its next landmark. The land.
marks are pieces of c:.ite paper about
an inch square. There are ten of
them for each yacht. For instance,
the Ada's landmarks would be num-
bered Ada 1, Ada 2, Ada 8, etc., up to
Ada 10. These landmarks are placed
about the rooms in plain sight and the
captain of each yacht has to find his
own. All start from the same wharf,
table of some sort, and each sails
by its own chart, which is different
from all the others. AS the landmarks
were found they were taken down and
pinned to the charts. The player who
found all his landmarks first, won the
race and received the prize. Let me
suggest that the easiest way to ar
range for this game is to write the
directions on the charts as you place
the slips about the rooms.-Good
Housekeeping. 3
THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE.
The story of Robinson Crusoe"
was founded on the experiences of a
certain Alexander Selkirk, who resid-
ed four years on the Island Of Juan
Fernandes, in the Pacific ocean. Capt.
Rogers, commander of the vessel
which rescued Selkirk, related the
story, and Defoe afterward worked 1t
up into the narrative now SO familiar
to all. 1t was for this reason that De-
foe was accused of pilfering the man.
uscript, and even of having stolen
many letters belonging to Selkirk. De-
foe is said to have made a snug for
tune from the sale OF Robinson CRU
soe,' and out of the proceeds of the
book to have built fine house for
himself in suburb of London. So it
must have won instant popularity.
The adventures of Selliirk differ
only in detail from the story of Crusoe.
The real Crusoe, as we may call him,
was not ship-wrecked, but came
ashore voluntarily. He was a
Scotchman, and landed from an Eng
fish ship, the Cirque Ports, little
vessel of but ninety odd tons burden,
carrying eighteen guns, commanded
by Capt. William Dampier, n 1704.
Selkirk was the sailing master Of the
vessel, and, in reality, he had had a
falling out" with the captain some
time before and begged to be put
ashore. Just what this quarrel may
have been is not known, since the
account comes from the captain him
self. Selkirk lived alone on the island
for four years and four months, and
was then rescued by Capt. Rogers of
the Duke and taken back to England.
Capt Rogers wrote the original ac-
count of Selkirk's adventures, SO that
we have the true story of this famous
romance at first hand.
When Selkirk landed to take posses
sion of his island-kingdom he carried
fewer provisions than the Crusoe of
the story. A boat from the Cirque
Ports brought him to the beach with
his seaman's chest and meagre pos
sessions and put him ashore.
AS the boat pulled away Selkirk
quickly regretted his act, and begged
on his knees to be taken back to the
ship. The sailors refused, returning
alone, so that the original Crusoe
found himself an unwilling prisoner.
There was little romance in the situa-
ton. His entire possessions compris-
ed only some clothes and powder,
some bullets, tobacco. a Ratchet, a
knife, a Bible and his mathematical
instruments and books.
Four years and four months later,
when Selkirk-now safely on board
the Duke-told the story of his adven-
ture, the misery of those first hours
on the island was still clear in his
memory. AS the ship disappeared he
sat upon his seaman's chest in utter
detection. He ate nothing for many
hours. His greatest fear was that,
with the coming of night, he would be
attacked by wild animals. In his own
words 81 went to sleep when ! could
watch no longer" For long time he
remained in such low spirits that he
could eat only at rare intervals. His
first food was the flesh of seals and
the coarse food picked up along the
heach.=St. Nicholas.