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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

Mrs: J. N. Hill, Homer, Ca, ha
used Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for years, and says she Away
recommends it to her friends. dI
never fails to euro our coughs an,
colds and prevents Group. We hav,
tve children and always give then
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound fol
q cold, and they are all soon well
we would not be without it in ou,
house." The Rice Drug Company.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

Last year Switzerland exported
over 100000 watches of the aggre-
gate value of more than $25, ,OOO, 900.
About 5000 new species of insects
are named annually.
Gold can be beaten so thin that it
would take $4,000 gold leaves to pro-
duct the thickness of single inch.
The life of steel rail on a main
railroad line is twelve years.
The average weight of a mans
brain is three pounds eight ounces.
and of a woman's brains two pounds
eleven ounces.
BY failing to do things you don't
like to do you will never accomplish
much.
A cat may have nine lives, but
cow can kick the bucket dozen
times and continue to hold her Job.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

A street sprinkling wagon from
which the water issues in fiat sheets,
striking the ground without splashing,
ing, IS recent invention.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27
Gone to Hopkins.

Mr.. w. w. Cooper and family left
ion this week for Hopkins, S. c.
ere they will make their home in
future. Mr.. Cooper will have
prge of the mech sSal department
the Hopkins i ~ School. For
|pty years Mr.. J Mrs. Cooper
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

Germany holds the record for the
first daily paper. 1t was printed in
1924. England's first daily paper did
not appear until 1922.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

On an average, the Scotch are tn
tallest men in Great Britain, the Iris
next, the English third, and the Welsl
last.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27
Nineteen Miles a Secon

Nineteen Miles a Second
without jar, shock or disturba
is the awful speed of our earth
space. We wonder at such ease of
ture's movement, and so do those
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
gripping, no distress, just thoro
work that brings good health and
feelings. 25c at The Rice Drug C
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

An instrument for measuring
nocturnal terrestrial radiation of
has been invented by Danish S,
tist.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

1. l.. Parks, Murrayville, Ga, Route
l, is In his 73rd year, and was recent
~ cured of bad kidney and bladder
trouble. He says himself: az have
suffered with my kidneys. NV back
ached and I was annoyed with blad-
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say, one SOC bottle of Foley Kidney
Plils cured me entirely" They contain
no habit-forming drugs. The Rice
Drug Company.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

For each dollar that New York c
receives in taxes two cents goes
public charities.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27


he rain has been bountiful and
do good in many ways, but if it
;. only come earlier it would have
prding to our view, it would have
ie much more good.
have been out Of the state for the
three weeks and have had no
in the Times, but I
back to my home again, old as
I'm and as many times as 1 have
m away, I have always gotten back
ain.
in my trip over into Georgia I Wis
d Atlanta, Newman. Marietta,
Tate, Canton and Roswell
d many neighborhoods, and 1 saw
lch of the growing crops and
md the Sf8ps ell along the way
ite sorry. l saw hundreds of acres
-bustom-MHf that didn't have a
'lk,sS CORN ssJh it, all, destroyed by
'shets in the spring 2!
The fourth quarterly conference for
e Jonesville circuit will be held here
xt Saturday.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27

Every little while all the way back
to the city I jump as I remember
something have forgotten to do. I
have heated arguments with Henry
over whether have left the matches
loose on the fireplace mantel or not,
or whether emptied the pint bottle
Of ink that will drip over the books
If it freezes and breaks. I can't quite
tell whether i remembered to empty
all the flower vases, either, and then
Henry left a box full of cigars on tho
writing table.
when we reach the city we are 30
exhausted from WEAKNESS and wrath
and nervousness that we aren't on
speaking terms. Oh. 1t wears Off and
we get back to normal eventually
and. anyhow, after you've done It over
and over again for years and years
you naturally set used to I'll"
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dealt and bid club. A doubled the
club and Y pulled his partner out with
a diamond. calculating to get a couple of
heart discnrds in the club suit. Il dou-
bled the diamond on the strength OF his
partners having doubled the club. z
passed, and A hesitated between going no
trumps or taking penalties and concluded
to play for the penalties. as he was not
sure about the heart suit.
led three rounds OF hearts. A trump
ing the third with the nine OF diamonds,
When A led the king Of clubs. trumped
II and led the trump. hoping to protect
what he had in the spade suit A won
the trump trick with the queen and led
the ace and another spade at once, r
ruffing the second round.
When Il led another heart. Y had to
trump II and then he led another trump,
hoping 70 knock the ace and Jack to-
gether. This allowed Il to hold the trick
with the Jack and pick up another trump
with the ace, forcing Us last trump with
the thirteenth heart, so that fell shy
OF his contract by 400 points
Here Ia another case In which the part
ner shifts hoping 10 get rid Of his single
ton on the winning card Of the declared
suit and then to make some of his small
trumps on the rest Of a.
The sun., 1912-08-11
NEW SPELLING IN ENGLAND.
Basd Of Nesormers - Deliver Lee.
tsres ThrosghOat the Couatry.

From the London Daily Graphic.
campaign in favor OF spelling reform
is to he conducted In London and tho prov ,.
inces In the autumn and winter.
Mr.. william Archer. under the auspices
Of the Simpifled Spelling Society. Ia TO con-
duct q lecturing tour on his return from
the East. and lectures will also be delivered
by many other we'll known men throughout
the country.
The lecturers will advocate the reform
Of what they regard as the present chaotic
spelling" which they declare 10 80 remote
from pronunciation that II Ia no guide to
the English language at all. and tends to
degrade our speech.
The society desires to AZ q standard Of
pronunciation OF the English language
throughout the empire
II has been stated that the English people
over seas. particularly In Australia and
South Africa, are deviattng 80 seriously
from tho general standard Of speech prevail
ine in the mother country that the tims
might come when visitors from those parts
of the empire might fail to make themselves
understood In London'
Mr.. Tate, Director OF Education in Mel
bourne, has suggested several spelling re-
forms to which effect has been given In the
oHicial papers issued by his department.
Discussions have taken place and the Council
of Public Education in Melbourne IN ad-
dressing a letter to the president OF the
Board OF Education In London urging upon
him In the interest OF education, tho ncces-
sity OF a general adoption of u siM ,lihed
reform Of spelling.
The sun., 1912-08-11

In 30 A. to make r lead away from his
diamonds and give a club trick. But
z had not counted the hands closely
enough for that and led the diamond.
which allowed b to make a trick he was
not entitled to.
The beginner will see that II had led
the losing trump he could have held
BIS diamond lead second hand. SAVING
dummy's ace for the next trick. A small
diamond would have put dummy In ana
As II was played. the contract was
set for three tricks. but Y and z may
still be congratulated on getting of
cheaply. a. and b could have made
four by cards and the game at no trumps
had either Of them made the bid. b
was afraid Of the clubs. but II certainly
looks as II he might have shown his
spade suit with Q bid Of two royals over
VS. two clubs. This 10 only another
example OF the many cases In which
two hands fit each better than the part.
ners imagine.
There are some remarkable surprises
In store for players who bid on five card
suits headed by a couple Of inferior
honors, according to the old bridge idea
but as rule, II will be found that the
other players had a game hand in some
other declaration II they had only made
It. When these holders OF game hands
devote their energies to picking UP pen.
alties they often get some rich hauls.
Here Is one Of several curioaities that
have been lately sent to THE Sun, show
ing the results of bidding on q Ave card
suit with no winners In It.
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z dealt and bid a heart which over
called with two clubs, as he could not
support his partner In hearts. but could
run the suit after the hrst round, p
passed. being afraid OF the clubs.
thought that his partners clubs were
probably better trick winners than his
hearts and would be OF more assistance
to him az a plain suit, 40 he went back
to his own declaration, calling two hearts
This all passed.
led the ace and another spade and
came back with the singleton club.
saw this club must be a singleton
as he and dummy had all the smaller
ones and he knew that n would not lead
the eight from eight and king. 80 he
returned a small club. not the ace. and
ruffcd It.
Another spade lead from n forced Y
who led tho trump. Another spade from
A and u was forced again. leading the
trump again 50 "a to get two for one
every time, AZ this point A could see
that his partner must hold the ace of
trumps and four diamonds. 50 he led the
ace of clubs and let Y run II TO make
lead up to r.
Al this point had an opportunity
for = pretty play by leading his last
losing trump right up TO u. putting him
The sun., 1912-08-11

y dealt and declared diamond. A..
who was about 200 behind In the matter
Of honors. doubled. This made Y take
alarm at his partners danger and shift
to hearts and B doubled that. z did not
fancy the heart contract and thought II
better TO 60 back TO his own suit In
spite OF the double. 80 he declared two
diamonds. which Of course A doubled with
even more confidence, as he knew his
partner could help him In hts weak suit,
hearts.
A led the heart to his partners declared
protection in that suit and h won the
trick with the queen. BIS game now was
to get A In again 30 that b might get
the benefit OF his tenaces In hearts and
in spades over dummy. and he led the
ace and q small club A won the second
round with the Jack and made the king
while ne was in. He knew z must have
the queen. because b would not lead the
ace from a major tenace suit.
After the club A came through dummy
with another heart and r won II with the
queen. Then B led the ace OF hearts and
z. who wished to avoid sending q boy to
the mill. put on the Jack Of trumps. A
false carding the ace and leading . small
spade. This put In again with the
queen OF spades, Y playing the nine.
Al this point b thought It best to lead
the trump. and Z's nine went to As ten
When A led another small spade B got
II with the ace, and the windup was q
surprise for z, who discarded his losina
spade on Be heart lead. as dummy's king
was now good.
A trumped the trick with the seven and
led the Jack OF spades. which z had to
two last tricks aed a little slam. the only
trick ne made on the whole hand being
the four Of trumps. so that his little ex.
pertinent with weak and short suit
declaration cost him IA points: 700 for
penalty tricks. 20 for the little slam made
against him and IA for simple honOrs.
The usual avenue OF escape for these
weak calls seems to he that they are over
called by stronger hands. II they are
let alone the partner has the cards to
carry them through pretty much a. the
fake no trumpers In the old game used to
be carried along by dummy that would
have made 1t no trumps II the dealer had
not.
But the old defect still remains. 1t IL
admitted on all hands that they either
| mislead the partner or give him false
hopes or make his game uncertain. Every
time the third hand bases a contract or
the dealers original declaration and looks
to the dealers hand to win . trick or two
| in a name suit and that trick or two In moi
| there the contract falls through.
This will never be offset by the time!
that the weak call just fulnls its con
tract, because such calls seldom or nevei
| 60 game unless the partner has a NJ
Ftrumper. and there are countless hands
In which the game could have been wor
at no trumps and IL just missed In th'
suit. simply because the partner that ha!
the no trumper cannot trust the dealer To-
the winning cards In the suit he calls.
II players who call weak suits woult
never call them when they are stronl
there might be more merit In the system
! Given the nerve to say no trunps on tive
| suits. and to call trumps only on veal
long suits. and you will have a game tina
! can be relied on In the bidding II not ir
1 the trick winning.
The sun., 1912-08-11

and the parents. who had lost . son
through a careless vaccination. had been
30 pleased with the work that they had
sent for me to perform the operation
necessary the following uay. The family
was q large one and we'll to % and re-
ceived more than $4,000 year from il
in fees for the next three years. Throush
these satisfied patients my practice be-
gan to grow until to-day my income Is
quite large. l date my success. however
from the day that little boy walked in
the hospital door"
A game OF cards with a friend and
several strangers netten Chicago law
yer the biggest fee OF his career. accord
Ing to his story.
II had Just come from the Fast and
started to practise when ! attended .
little friendly stag party. where I was
introduced to several strange men" sad
one sf Chcago's legal lights, I'VE all
exchanged cards and thought no more
" the incident Five days later one Il
the men to whom ! had been introduced
at the card same came to my office ana
save mo a case involving two years NJ
cation and many biz deals. My fees for
the two years were $4,000 and I scarcely
had forty-three cents before the n'sht
vt :hat card game"
The sun., 1912-08-11

The hrst move Of whites. the beginner
should observe. forces black to walk into
the trap. or the man on IL will be captured
next move.
Correct solutions from:
r. G.. Werdann. d. A. W. !. ". Miller
James Steen. W. J. Hatfield. q. II. Boston.
Harold Link. r. G. Hustled. Louis X. koenig
l.. Y. johnson. Country Nutmesser. A. j. b.,
". l.. Barteau. +. II. Decker. G. l.. Lynn
J. n. Noremac and Milton c. 1sbell.
Several complaints Of defective type In
the dia gram OF No. 1855 having come to hand.
the position Ia here repeated Black men
on 2. .. ~. kings on ~, 20 and IS. White
men on II. II. %. kings on 8. 10 and ~. White
to play and win
Several Of the cracks who fell down on
that last problem Of n. ID. Lyman's are apollo
sizing for having rated The SUNS checker
problems as too easy for first class player
and promise to give him more attention the
next time he springs anything on them.
Mr. Lyman apparently enjoys the game
as much as they do and promises that they
will not have to wait long. but thinks that
a less complicated position with fewer pieces
to handle might interest . larger number
OF eolvers. 40 he sends the following:
PROBLEM no. is6-CHECRERs
By n. d. Lyman.
The sun., 1912-08-11

teenth century. On the 5th of Novem-
Der there had to be a row. And have
a certain shame in the remembrance Of
the last town and gown row which led
to my only arrest by the policeman.
We had gone forth-five Of us-to look
for trouble after hall dinner on . 5th Of
November. Coming back to college we
found the town behind us. true to tradi.
ton.
There was . scrap. for the town
knocked of our hats and It was . point
Of honor to turn and recover them. At
Carfax corner there was . Gordon Of
police that protected tho gown. But at
the police station in the High street
We were suddenly herded in by circle
OF police; the Mayor and two Aldermen
were on hand and We were charged by
a stern constable with heading . mob
in Cornmarket street
As chief speaker I was sent to face
the Mayor. III heading q mob," I
GRATED with the pedantry Of the young
ster. Consists In being chased by an
infuriated crowd Of townspeople that
you, Mr.. Mayor. ought to keep within
bounds"
"If you'll 70 back quietly to your
college we'll say nothing moro about
IT," said that excellent Mayor.
We went back to college quietly on
our word Of honor and with a couple of
policemen in the offing to see we didn't
break II. And those f've included the
son Of an eminent historian. a son Of a
Lord Chief Justice. who achieved the
County Court bench. rector who under
the shadow Of Windsor Ia in imminent
danger Of bishopric, and mysef. who
am still unknown to the police.
That WAS perhaps the last quarrel
between town and gown. In these
later days the city has accepted the
university as an asset and the university
has acknowledged the city as q protec-
tion. The millenary IL a shaking OF
hands between the town and the gown
The government of the city Ia shared
between the university authorities and
the municipality. and the tramcars will
run this week without the university
protest
The sun., 1912-08-11

Clubs are trumps und i IN III. lead
Y and Il want six tricks against any de-
fence.
The solution depends on Is being able
to get his heart suit cleared and TO make
the two remaining cards in 1t after IL is
cleared, The only way to clear 1t without
losing tricks is to let his partner. y. run
it out for him. This trick of ruffing out
suits should be studied by every nov ice.
But suits are of no usc after they are
cleared unless on" can get into the lead
TO make tricks with what is left Of them.
n must be able to lead the suit twice to
clear il and once more to make II. and this
requires two rccntries. while he has only
one. "A his partner cannot put him in
second time. the trick ia to make one of
the advcrsarins do II, and that ia the solu-
tion of the problem.
leads small heart and Y ,runps II
with the nine. not the six. 4 small dia-
mond from y puts T. into the lead again.
so that may trump another heart trick
with the jack of clubs still keeping the SIX
Now rs hearts are cleared
makes a trick with his lack OF diamond.
while hc is N the lead -lnol her little point
that many u beginner torgets when he is at
the bridge fable-ani then he leads the
losing trump, the little six that he has kept
In his hand putting u in the lead. Az X
T.
two tricks.
Several solvers remark uprn one pecu-
l!aritv in this problem which ia that there
is not the slightest variation in the play
every trick and every card following its
appointed course to the end.
Correc, solutions from:
j. W. Miller. Charles NJ Root. b Arnold
\. G.. u. Jay. Reed. James Steen, ". P.W .
II. Shinns. n. f.. W. Ayernon Bray. d. A. W.
i. NJ. Frost. Ella &. Avery. William n
Haynes. e. r. Lemon. o. n Bost on Frank
Roy. J. W Cromwell. Jr.. ". 4. Bulkley.
4. r. johnson. " &. Hin. Milton &. Isbell
Roscoe &. Harris. \. |. Strasbureer. NJ. B.
Vanderpoe. IT, &. Root. Herbert Riker.
II. f. McI.elland. Henry Andersen. Robin
Damon. Burton ID. Blair. George r. Hahn.
&. l.. Lynn, James Hunter. r. &. Hill 4. j.
Schmutz. Frank |. Smith and keystone
Belated solutions for No is3 are to hand
from William VI. Havnes Kenneth :. Hogg.
II. L. W, &. +. Darling and ID. Shnns
Here is n rather pretty position in tho
form of the ever popular seven carder
arranged bv one of our old composers
whose work is always interesting and in
structive
The sun., 1912-08-11

Frs, of all. cut tho sheet OF note paper
SO that II IL exactly ss high as II is wide
This will give . perfect square Of doubled
paper to start with.
Then take . pair Of scissors and cut away
half Of the part B. diasonslly. a. shown by
the dotted line. Put the shaded part In
your pocket.
Now cut the rema nder OF the sheet into
four pieces OF exactly equal size and shape.
and when that IL done take the piece out OF
your pocket. which was q fourth OF the
original sheet. and see II II 10 anything like
the four pieces into which you have cut the
remainder
The sun., 1912-08-11
A PHYSICIANS START.
And a Game oS Cards That Brought
Lawyer Hts Eirst Case.
From the Chicago Daily NeTs,
-. c,,ia 10 On

From the Chicago Daily NeTs
How do physicians and lawyers get a
start?
"Whcn l hrst received my license to
practise medicine | was employed as
house physician In hospital In a fine
residence district said widely known
practitioner the other day. ',One day
little boy came in and said that he
wanted to be vaccinatcd. performed
the task with extreme care to avoid any
possibility OF infection. bandagcd the
arm NJ neatly and sent the boy away.
The next day I received a call from q
family r'sdiug ,wo blocks from the hos
p,tai anu ,n.,- ,"i ii"ru u-d M "l'~, tiua
which n"ttcd me "A handsome fec. II
turned out Ia I've the family of the hoy
who had been vaccinated the day before
The sun., 1912-08-11
California Woman's Good shot.

Chico correspondence San Frnnctso Chron.
icle
While walking through the woods near
Cohasset Mrs, w. II. Pillsbury OF Chico
shot a large brown bear that measured
six feet from tip TO tip.
MFR. and Mrs. Pillsbury were walking
from their summer home near Cohasset
10 the "PrOmontory." high point from
W h,ch an excellent view OF the whole val
Law can he had. Mrs, Pillsbury had q
40 20 carbine. Suddenly she saw u large
hear coming down the hill about ferty
wards away ITS u bear, shall I shoot
jto" she shouted to her husband. pills
bury answered IN the Affirmative. and he
wife asked, where shall 7 shoot himF p
"In the head came the answer, With
deliberate aim the woman fired. hitting
tho animal square In the right eye. XIII.
Ing him instantly.
The hide weighed seventy pounds and
the weight of the carcass was estimated
st Sse pounos
The sun., 1912-08-11
From the National MngastRl.

TsilOrs double their thread used tn sew
on buttons and make = knot and hold mo
nuot in the teeth while they twist the
thread. then they wax II and that keeps
II twisted.
Then they put a pin across the button
and after the huAons are s"wed on th'v
remove the pin and Wind tho thtra'
around several times, making KIND "t 4
stem This makes It moro easy io butte"
the garment Tho buttons on "h'idtrh
waists should nc sCw~d on this WAY +.
more than one garment can he buft"sss
Vn the same WAlol
The sun., 1912-08-11
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WHITE.
white to play and win.

CRYProGRAM MCLTIPLICATIoN.
SO far there has been only one attempt
At a solution Of this little puzzle. although
II should be a comparatively easy matter
to reason out the answer The trouble
with the majority OF those who seek solu.
tions to this class OF problem seems TO be
that they try to work II by experiment.
instead OF by thinking over the conditions
which the problem presents.
The sun., 1912-08-11

PAPER AND SCISSORS.
Here il a little puzzle for the hot weather
with which any one may amuse himself
while loling on the versnda or swinging
in a hammock. All that IL required 10 .
sheet Of note paper and pair Of scissors.
or sharp penknife.
The sun., 1912-08-11

Ia based on the theme Of the delayed jump.
but II Ia interesting from the fact that in
this case the jump is double one and 10
forced on black by one move. This Ia neces-
sary in order to give white time to max
square.
The distribution was: Black mon on s.
3. Is. 10. II. White men on ~. 20. ~. 80.
king on q White to play and win. Here
are the moves that solve:
White. Black.
3O-,j l7-2l
- 2l--3O
= 3O-23
The sun., 1912-08-11

WITH THE ~ Ill PACK
II Ia eome time since really good thir-
teen card problem has appea red anyw here,
although readers Of THE SrN will doubtless
recall the last one that appeared In this
column II kept some Of them busy for
several days many of them finding that
they had II wrong after all,
I mis- one is by a new composer in the
field. ". ". Jacobs. Jr, Of Harrisburg. Pa 4.
who has frequently distinguished himself
as n solver of I HI SUNS most difficult
mathemalic and gcometrical problems.
Unlike previons thirteeners this Ia no
trumrer, the following being the distribu-
. ton of the ,.iri ir the four hands.