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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

ter Harvard college, but through the
stress Of circumstances was compelled
to choose a mercantile career To that
end he had removed to Boston. where
he devoted his leisure time to chess, at
which he became so proficient that he
was not long in competing on even
terms with the b st New England play
ers. and finally defeated them
In 1892 he went TO New York.
The feats that have been performed
by the great chess players appear to
the ordinary mortal almost sUpernat-
ural
Imagine being pitted against a mind
4 that can visualize the positions of
thiTty-two pieces of ivory on as many
squares. and every possible variation
therefrom. and building one picture
upon another. can fofetell not only the
end of the game, but the exact number
of moves required to bring il about
and. as Marshall did in London. pro-
coed to accomplish it i'm spite of all an
ordinary player and his pieces can do
10 prevent Just what this means may
be realized in view of the computation
that there are 31S.979,564 900 ways of
playing the first four moves on each
side of the board. Yet during the Cam
bridge Springs tournament Pillsbury
took a hand i'm a game of whist and at
the same time played two games of
chess and two games Of checkers with
out looking at any one of the four
boards Mr. Pillsbury sat at the whist
table. with his back to the chess and
checker boards. and the moves of the
/ players thereon were called out to him,
I and without interruDtiug the whist
game a moment he would call back the
name Of his own piece which he wished
moved in reply. specifying on which
/ Of the sixty-four squares II WAS 10 be
: placed. In this way he Won the chess
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

best way to rest is not to lie down i'm
your tracks and cultivate mental and
physical laSSitude. but 10 seek other aC-
tivities and more especially those which
are as far removed from your particU-
lar work iu life as possible. The presi-
dent of the United States burdened with
the highest responsibilities of AmeTi-
can manhood goes out and behaves like
d reckless kid for two months and viii
return to his job a better man for It.
If we'd all do the same this would be
a better world ~
Are you going to do likewise and
practice what you preach?' asked Red
face
i would if I could" said the Knock
ct. but I am one of those unfortunate
people who can't. My business is to
knock If I took a vacation from
knocking and tried to rest up by prais-
ing everything in sight-oh. well,
don't recommend suicide, you know il
would kill me-"
Copyright, 1908, by K. H HoImesD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

while with Expert PiiIsbury. The in
terror of the little Turk is empty Be
fore he received visitors daily PiTsbury
snUggled himself up within the body
Of the 'automatiOn" through a care
fully concealed door in the box on
which it rested Through the hollow
arms of the figure PillsbUry inserted
his own arms. and as there is a con-
cealed opening in the chest of the
Turk. ne could look out through it.
note the moves of an opponent, and
then play the game to win with his
wonderful skill.
All Of the masters indulge in blind
folded plays. but none has equaled the
PIilsbUry featS. What is known as
simultaneous chess is, however, a very
popular recreation Of the masters. IN
this. as in blindfOlded chess, one man
plays many games. but with all the
/ boards in sight .. 5. Bernstein Of
/ Berlin recently engaged seventy-five
J boards at one and the same time Pills
| bury has engaged as high as fifty. The
strain on the mind is not so great as in
bliudfOlded chess, and the master,
walking around and around the circle
| of boards, is able to engage them one
after another with comparative ease
/ Nevertheless. a highly specialized mind
/ Is necessary for a successful perform
ance. Naturally. such A mind con-
]
most precise foresight, for not only
| does the master know fairly well in
| advance just the kind of moves he viii
! make throughout a game, but his
/ knowledge of its technique enables him
/ to divine the kind of moves his oppon-
| ent will make. It comes very near
/ mind reading
Frank Marshall's play has all the
brilliance demanded by the one school,
| and all the modern science which has
/ been the mainStay of the other. And
/ as he Is but - years old. his vogue
must strengthen rather than decline,
/ that Is. unless he inadvertently over
! taxes his powers. That. by the way
/ seems to have been the ultimate fate OF
most of the great chess players of the
past
The emOluments Of the game are not
4 so great that ease of living is always
/ to be enjoyed even by a champion. and
/ this fact. with the inevitable mental
| strain, has been productive of a num-
Der of sad endings to the lives OF
masters of days gone by.
MOTphy early went insane, although
his financial circumstances were easy
KieseTitZky and Neumann both died
| in an asylum. GoTing committed sui
eide and Bucket tried to- Wicker dieC
| a drunkard. ZukertoTt latterIy be
| came almost imbecile in conversation
| Steinitz broke down i'm 1897 and his
death followed soon after. Thousand:
of devotees play chess by correspond
| ence. and there is a game now goins
on between man in Canton. o., and
another in Warsaw, Russia, that it vii
take several years to complete, eacf
move being sent by postal card from
one player to the other
! Cable matches are of frequent occur
renee. and many persons will remem
Der the international game that tool
place some years ago between a team
made up Of members Of congress anC
one composed Of members of the hOus'
Of commons. During that contest ont
| move was cabled across the Atlantic
and reply received in forty seconds
And now that wireless biography .hai
! become a feature of ocean crossing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
THE REFLECTIONS
G On h v psss5- OF A KNOCKER
BY John kendrick Bangs.

ttIEI ELL" said the Kuock-r a~ Red
wv face entered the smoking room
of the Growers. 81 see that
the president is up To- his neck fu Va
cation Funny. isn't IL. how some ueo-
PIE rest. Here's d man makes sixty
seven speeches. travels 500 miles.
kisses 5000 babies, eats ten barquets
and shakes hands with 100000 people
between sunrise and bedtime and
thinks he is having . nice easy time Of
it
So 7 see" said Redracs. And I
don't envy him IL would take about
one and a half vacations of that kind
10 lay nc down with the angels"
That's because You are one of those
incrt persons who think that to rest
one must 90 to bed and sleep like log
FOR month of sundays" rctOrteI the
KuoCker- That's the reason why SO
many people die suddenly after they've
taken off the harness of life and seek
10 lead an old age of luxurious ease
They simply slump. become mem
tally and physically inactive. grow
1abby and smother themselves to
death. They spell rest RUST. and il
kills en- The president has got the
right idea To set really rested with
out rusting is his method He stops
using his presidential faculties FOR a
while and devotes two months TO wear
ing himself out in another way by do
ing something else. Just try il YOUR
self once and you'll see
You ought to start a Rest Cure on
that principle said ECdfaco and
prescribe courses for the weary men Of
the world.
I'D make so much money Of 7 did. 30
said the knOCkeT- that like the rest Of
mankind ID either become victim of
greed. or give up altogether and die
Of hamilton. I don't want 90 be rich.
Enough and s. besides is all I want.
I'd like to prescribe for some of the
great workers of the time. however.
Take Uncle John Rockefeller for in
stance [ could do wonders for him il
he'd take the vacation I'd prescribe.
I'd cure his dyspepsia in a week. and BY
the end Of the year I'd have his hair
growing so fast YOU could use his pic
ture for patent dandruff cure ad in
the subway. and all it would amount to
would be his doing something else be
sides collect dividends. First place I'd
put him TO work moving grass
on somebody's lawn for three
hours every day. That would exercise
another set of muscles from the ones
he's using piling up coin. and at the
same time would pleasantly remind
o. him of coupon day at the safe deposit
vault The flying blades Of grass before
the mowers revolving sCythe would
suggest the coupons that fail before
his scissors. their hue would suggest
The long green Of which ne has SO pIeu-
fiful a store and the v8gTOm daudeliOu
would pleasantly call the gold reserve
20 his memory The weariness Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
Weather Observations.
Scientific AmericanD

4SC1enEIT1c AmeTICan.1
These signs and omeus originated
when the people lived in the country.
their observations covered great dis
tances and 1t was almost obligatory on
them to watch the weather. Those who
live in the city are unable to note these
signs, and are therefore inclined to rid
icule them.
Having left the city for the country
many years ago, I have observed close
~ the weather and have noted the fol-
lowing. No. 1 I have found almost al
ways correct, and were one situated 50
as to be hourly cognizant of the tenn
peratuTe and the force and direction Of
the wind over a large territory, as Is the
Washington weather bureau, I believe
it would prove invariably so. II applies
in this locality from about Oct 1 to
May l
1. Double the hours or days from the
clearing of a storm 70 the next calm
period; the result vii lenable one to
fOreteH very closely the coming of the
next storm The sooner the calm, the
sooner the Storm
= When the sun sets between dark
banks of clouds with yeIlowish red
cast, and appearing OO mel like an evil
eye. there viii be a heavy southeast
storm the following day.
8. The same general appearance when
the sun rises, but with a reddish vel
low cast. is shortly followed by a
heavy easteTly storm
4. Long and narrow clouds in the
west late in the day. having the aD-
| pearance of condensed fog and below
dark banks Of clouds. IL almost sure
! sign of storm the following day.
/ >. When the electric lights Of the
/ city. viewed from an elevation in the
| suburbs. scinullate with 4 peculiar dia-
mOnd-like bTillianCy, d storm shortly
! follows.
| There are other indefinable signs
| whereby. like a sixth sense. one can
/ fOreteIl the approach Of a storm or the
/ clearing away of a present storm.
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that of the ogre in the fairy tale who
used to swallow a whole COW at Culp-
And so it would be with everybody else
if they rested on scientific principles the
way the president does The clergy
man would pc a better preacher if
while off on his vacation he lived like q
man of the worId-say three months
every year-aud learned something Of
the temptations that he breaches about
50 gIibIy on Sunday mornings Your
novcliSts would write better novels if
they'd knock off for two months every
year and put in their time AT reading
and driving a canal boat Your editors
who spend twelve months of the year
writing editorials and blue peuciiinS
other fellows copy would be vastly i'm
proved if they took their vacations sell
ing their extras on the streets, develop
ing another set Of faculties. and get
ting into closer tUGch with the public
The avera re editor today knows so
much that il would really pay him to
devote six weeks of every year 10 Guilt
waiting a little ignorance Yes. sir, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

tween the two siX-StOTy ends Of THIS
splendid building * roof garden ca
pable of seating 200 people The floor
space of this garden Is One-thIrd OF
an acre in extent. Ii has banquet
halls. ball rooms and all the furnish
iugs and equipment of our most mod
ern American establishments. He
even has his own farm in the suburbs
TO provide provisions for the hOstelry-
( This enterprise Is certainly a monu-
ment TO Mr.. YOung'S faith in the fU-
ture of his island home. but in all like
, lihOOd he viii have to wait a long time
before he realizes upon his unusual
/ investment
Ideal Resort For Tourists.
In this connection it is only fair to
say that the Hawaiian islands are an
ideal resort for tourists If the hotels
do not prosper eventually it won't be
because they are not deserving. An
outbreak of the plague which occurred
years ago should not scare the wits
out of the people for a generation.
Havana was d pest-hOle of yellow fever
for centuries. but people can go there
now with perfect safety. And Hawaii
( is safer than Cuba Jamaica or any
of the West Indian islands. The
steamers running 10 it are as large as
those in any tourist service in the
world. The hotel accommodations are
certainly not surpassed anywhere
There are 10 fOgS OF hurricanes or
malaria. The forests have no wild
beasts and there are no snakes or
poisonous insects in the jungIes. There
Is q real live volcano with a sort of
natural safety valve arrangement 50
that 1t can't blow up. All the ear
marks Of the old monarchy remain
such as the homes Of the kings the
hula-hUla dancing girls. and the pic
. tuTesqUe flower maidenS who put gar
. lands Of pOsieS around the neck of
the stranger That the climate is de
/ liEhtful may be known by the mere
statement that sea bathing is comfort
able one day after another. and that
one may have Strawberries for break
fast the entire year round.
This Is said purely from an appre-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

back to 1S41 It is A fact not generally
known that in the early days of the
Pacific coast children were sent from
California to Honolulu to be educated.
This is quite in contrast to the stu
alton in Porto Rico, Cuba and the
Philippines at the beginning Of Yankee
rule There the public school was un
known until we introduced it, and We
took over a population the bulk Of
which was as dirty as it was ignorant
American influence predominated in
/ the Hawaiian group for so many years
. that II was in reality q ready-made
| colony when the time came to annex
! it. The fine residences. modern store
/ buildings. splendid roads and clean
. well-mannered people viii prove a
! revelation to all who visit the islands
, for the first time.
I Statistics Worth Knowing.
| Some vital statistics may not be out
| of place here. The distance between
| San Francisco and Honolulu is 2.0S9
! miles. From Honolulu to Yokohama
! it is 3.445 miles; from Manila to Homo
/ lulu it is 4,70O miles The total area
! Of the seven principal islands of the
/ Hawaiian group Is SAG miles, and
! their total population is $4,000 The
/ names Of the islands given in the or
! der of their size are Hawaii. Maui.
| oahu. Kauai. MOlOkai. Lanai and
/ Niihau. Honolulu has about 90, 600 in
] hsbitants. 1t 10 located on the island
! of Oahu.
/ The returns Of the last census show
/ that Of the entire population 63.231
! were native born and 90.7S0 foreign
born. There We're 54.141 Hawaiians, a
/ third Of whom were Of mixed blood
| 749 white people. 25.167 Chinese 81. III
/ japanese and 233 negroes 1t is esti-
| mated that since the census the ar
/ rivals and departures of Japanese
( have about balanced. and that the
/ number of Chinese has decreased on
| account OF the federal exclusion law.
] Several thousand Of Porto Ricans
J have arrived in the meantime. and
/ the number of Americans has increased
/ somewhat. The number of white peO-
/ pie i'm Honolulu is large as shown by
comparison with those residing iU
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
a FiimfIam.
CNew Orleans States.)

Senator Depew was explaining to q
clergyman the slang term. to finn
flam.
TO fIimHam,' he said. lis to con-
fuse n mans mind to such degree
that he actually consents TO and con
ours in his own cheating
Now permit me TO give you an illus
tratiOn of flimflam.
a boy goes to a grocer and asks for
pint of mOlasses-
Put the mOlasSeS. sir. he says, in
this pitcher.
The grocer draws the moIasses IN a
pint measure, poUrs IT into the pitcher.
and hands il TO the boy.
But the boy looking at the measure,
eXclsims:
50 See here, YOU haven't given me all
my molasses. There's some Still stick
ing to the bottom Of the measure
d" oh. that's all right. sonny saws
the grocer easily There vas some in
the measure before
...Thereupon the fHmflanimed hoy goes
off content.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

there are few days when some big liner
is not exchanging \ series of moves"
with a sister ship So that il is 10 be
doubted if the sad fate of some of the
masters has been any detriment TO the
game Of intelleCt.-Washin Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

prepared to find such an advanced CT
vilization. It IS a great mistake 70
suppose that we have here merely a
lot of naked Kanakas. and d few sU-
gar plantations. Honolulu has a gen
tlcman'S club which has had its doors
open for more than fifty years. il has
q college which recently held it's six
tieth anniversary in its public schools
there are more than 500 teachers. and
the foundation Of the system dates
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

may know my policy i'm this respect.
The Hawaiian islands are a part of the
American Union, and it DIeases me to
say a good word in their behalf. es-
pecialIy when they are so deserving
of it.
1--WE are Civilized"
Hawaii is not generally appreciated
in other respects Few visitors are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

citation Of the situation. It is not writ
ten As a return for passes or any sort
of favOrs- Too many newspaper cor
respondents travel around in som
plimentaTy capacity and work their
way by exploiting the interests Of
those who entertain them. I pay my
way and say whatever I like. aiming
always to tell the truth and do the
square thing I am glad Of an oppor-
tunity to say this so that my readers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

the CITY of Mexico. The last named
has population of over 100000. m
Guiding 5000 Americans, while hoho-
lulu with its 10000 residents claims
5000 whites.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-20
NOTIGE2
Hay For Farm Horses,

Hay fed literally to hard worked
horse becomes a positive burden dur
Ing working hours, says DIR. A. s. Alex
anderin The Homestead. 1t cannot be
properly digested and Is simply logged
about as an extra load, causing dis
comfort and yielding no benefit. Farm
work horses should, therefore, be fed
just that amount Of hay which they
will clean up readily. 1t should be fed
early in the morning after watering
and before feeding grain. At noon in
hot weather when there is much work
to be done 1t should be withheld or but
pound or SO allowed after a sip OF
water and while the horse is cooling Off
before getting his noon feed Of grain.
At night 1t should be literally fed after
the grain ration has been masticated.
The hay should be Of good quality and
should be wetted IL dusty. The amount
fed should be increased when work de
creases. Where In summer time ten to
twelve pounds per day Will suffice, the
winter amount may be doubled as the
grain ration Is decreased. During the
hard work season 1t Is not the amount
Of food eaten. but the amount digested
and assimilated, that counts
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-20
MORRIS COUNTY COURTS.

In the Orphans Court, William
Tyndall, Of Dover, took exceptions to
the final accounting made by his step
mother, she being executrix Of his
fathers estate. Mr.. and Mrs. Tyndall
had a joint account in the Morris
County Savings Bank, with deposits
amounting to $500. BY the banks
rules, when one depositor of joint
account dies the other one becomes
the owner Of the full amount on de-
posit, and Mrs. Tyndall claimed the
whole $500 under this ruling. Judge
Alfred Elmer Mills, who heard the
case, reserved his decision.
Judge Mills has denied the applica-
ton Of George 6. Runyon, counsel fol
the board of freeholders, to set aside
the verdict of SO, OOOinthe Pillion case
The suit of Frank Boyd, administra-
tor Of Edgar Boyd, deceased, against
tine Summit Lake Ice Co. was settled
in court during the trial for $3.50.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-20

If you anticipate erecting a monu
ment on your cemetery plot, or in need
OF markers or posts, send word to T. Y.
Ward q 90 Their work recommends
itself Prices will surprise you. Our
business card viii be found on this
page.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-20
RAILROAD NOTES,

+ r. s. Smith has been surveying dur
ing the last few days for the improve
ment of the Erie r. r. near Albeit
avenue. 1t is proposed to ease the
curve and raise the tracks, doing away
with the grade crossing. A great
coal trestle will also be erected imme-
diately, between Albeit avenue and
the Whippany river.
Acknowledgement Robert H. McCar-
ter as counsel for the Lackawanna
Railroad, has made written applica-
tion to the Newark Board Of Works
for extension of time on section 2 of
the company's track depression work,
extending from Boyden street to First
street. The time limit set by con-
tract for completion Of the work is
September ! next. Mr. McCarter
asked an extension to May /, 1906, an
allowance of eight months. The APP
plication was necessitated by the de-
lay in satisfying the contract for the
inclined plane bridge being built over
the Lackawanna tracks for Morris
Canal boats. Work was begun on the
plane in the winter, but other delays
had made it necessary to ask for eight
months more. All tracks would be
removed from grade by January Is,
1906, it was stated, but the auxiliary
work could not be completed until
May l.
The Central r. R. OF N. j. will in
augurate its new ferry service to West
22nd street, New York on June %.
The line to South Ferry will be dis
continued The new station at 23rd
street is complete in every detail, in
Guiding cab and carriage service.
Walter w. Ross, general counsel of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes-
tern Railroad, has resigned from that
position to resume the general practice
of law.