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County, S. S

La Plata, Nd, July I, 1919
Ordered By The Court, that Clarence
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once in each of three successive weeks.
True copy Test:
i. ERNEST SASSCER,
Register of Wills for Charles County
THIS Is To Give Notice, That the
subscriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of Charles county, Mary
land, Letters of Administration on the
Personal Estate of
WALTER WASHINGTON.
late of said county deceased. All per-
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lie same with t h Q vouchers
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subscriber on or before the 10th day of
January, 1915. They may otherwise
BY law be excluded from all benefit of
said deceased estate.
Given under my hand, this 10th day
July, 1914.
CLARENCE WASHINGTON.
Administrator Of Walter Washington.
deceased.
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AT MdttawOnan
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By virtue OF decree Of the Circuit
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Il dealt and bid a club. All that he has
in his hand is the two tricks that con-
vention demands. but II is quite enough
to Justify the bid, because he has no idea
OF playing the hand with clubs for trumps.
Some one has the cards to take him out.
or some one is losing IA golden opportun-
ity to go game. A bid two hearts and Y
went two no trumps.
VS. inference is that his partner has
both ace and king of clubs. or, II he has
not both these cards, he has a couple OF
tricks outside, and as they are not In
hearts or diamonds they must be in
spades, which IL very nice. II both tricks
are in clubs. Y figures TO make six tricks
in that suit.
Il passed and z has said all he has to
say. but A went on to three hearts. stop
ping only when went three no trumps
and would not assist the hearts.
OF course Y makes his contract re-
gardless of what Il leads. and this in spite
OF the fact that u has no small club Ia
put in with after the ace and king are
out of the way. can get into the lead
| himself at any time. The reentry cards
| are with the long suit.
The best A and Il can do against the
! declaration Is to make four spade tricks
which they will do II Il opens with a spade
instead OF with the heart, which he knows
Y must have the stopper in. II Il should
-, lead a heart. gets in at once and neve!
| let's up until he has his contract and the
| game. after which he will surrender a
heart and three spade tricks.
In contrast to this take the following
hand. in which the dealer declares los
ing suit without single trick in It,
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and ace. Then he would make his ace
Of spades and try to slip trick through
the heart suit.
BY that time Y would probably be
sufficiently awake to put the ace right
on, lead two winning clubs and trump
the next trick high enough to shut out
the six of diamonds In AS hand. But
that would be only the odd trick.
Tho trouble with this hand Is that
has not diamond bid, as he has no
winners in the losing suit. Give him the
ace and king instead Of the Jack and
king, and let A have three to the queen
and will make his contract easily by
winning the club with the ace, leading
diamond and ducking II.
A would win the trick with the queen.
and might make three spades II he were
quick about 1t. No matter what he does,
Y must get in with the club and make
| i've diamonds and the ace of hearts.
One of the greatest mistakes begin
ner can make Is to take his partner out
Of a losing suit with losing suit In
! which ne has not the tops Here Is an
| illustration OF this error which gave rise
to considerable discussion In the club al
which the hand was played.
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pHEAsANTs NOT HARMFUL.
shown 70 Ne Destroyers Of Insects
lniuriOus to Crops.

BosToN, Jan. 3.-Sportsmen who wish
to shoot pheasants in Massachusetts will
find little encouragement in the special
report OF the Fish and Game Commission
ers which will be made to the Legisla.
ture.
An attempt was made in the last Legis-
iature to establish AN open season on
pheasants, which have been bred largely
all over the State. This was defeated
and resolve substituted calling upon
the Fish and Game Commission to inves-
tigate the habits OF pheasants with spe.
cial reference to the damage that these
birds infiict upon farm crops and their
value az destroyers Of insects injurious
to vegetation.
Under this resolve "A careful investiga-
ton has been made by the board. and
while the report has not been made public
1t is understood that II has been found
that about 25 per cent. of the food Of
pheasants consists OF corn, wheat. to-
matoes and other farm crops. On tn,
other hand. II has been found that about
IS per cent. OF the food consists OF in
sects injurious to the same farm crops
The 10 per cent. balance In favor OF the
close season.
1t is understood that the report will
deal In general way with the subjec
OF destroying birds which may be harm,
full to the farmer in a visible way and
which. unknown to him. may be valua bic
aids to agriculture. The cherry bird
which steals the farmers cherries and 1.
shot for the offence. has been shown I,
be the principal enemy of the elm lea
| beetle. the destruction OF which has cos
the State thousands OF dollars.
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LOSING SUIT BIDS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Dealers Declaration Should Be
Of Use as q Guide to
His Partner.
SOME UNLUCKY VENTURES
The Right and the Wrong Way
Of Handling the Game at
the Start.

Among the many things that take time
table is the difference in the manner Of
handling winning and losing suits In the
bidding. When II comes to the play Of
course all suits are alike. because It does
not matter what the trump suit may be.
II Is good for Just so many tricks, regard
less OF It's color.
But In the bidding there Is this great
difference: The player who names losing
suit, clubs or diamonds. never wants II
to be the trump unless he can go game
in IL or unless he has an entirely wrong
conception Of the game Of auction. But
the player who declares a winning suit.
hearts or royals, should always be willing
to play II as the trump. because his
partner will be very unlikely to take him
out of II.
According to this principle players OF
the better class never bid n suit without
the tops. but they will call a losing suit
with nothing outside and only two or three
cards In the suit itself when they would
not dream of declaring a winning suit
with less than Ave hearts or royals and
at least one trick outside, II not more.
When the beginner has learned the
first rule of the bidding game. never to
maine suit without the tops without
two sure tricks In III, he should be ready
for the second lesson. that q losing suit
can be as short as he pleases but tina,
winning suit must have length. With
this much to begin with he will fnd that
his partners confidence in his holdings !;
the foundation OF the bidding game.
AS an example of how we'll placed con-
hdence may lead partner to q successful
| declaration, take the following hand
which Is just such a one as any player
might pick up any day:
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Y dealt and bid diamond. passed
and bid two clubs, which u passed.
This liz an absurd bid OF Us. because
according to modern conventions such
takeout means that the third hand has
nothing much In the losing suit first
named. but has a big suit OF his own.
and suggests that II the original bidder
has a sure trick in either of the winning
suits he should go no trumps.
z would have jumped at the chance to
do 30 had not Il frightened him OF by
doubling the two clubs showing that Y's
clubs were not solid. If this is the case
Y should have tricks on the side to make
up for 1t. but In that case he should have
gone no trumps himself After some con-
siderauon concluded to try out with
the hearts. and took him out OF the
double with two heart bid.
This A doubled. now read his part
ner for strong diamonds and support In
the heart suit, and as did not care any
thing about the spade suit, which he
could ruff on the second round. he went
three clubs, in spite of the previous
double. which might have been only to
show shoppers, and Y felt bound to take
his partner out of the doubled heart OF
course b doubled the three clubs.
now began to think he must be mis-
taken about VS. supporting suit, and tried
the other. bidding three royals. This a
passed, ana I COul0 not see his way 10
bidding five clubs after being doubled
twice, 80 he passed. d doubled the three
royals. with the result that went down
for 500 points.
led the singleton club. which held
the trick. He followed with small trump
and u took II with the ace and led the
queen Of clubs tthe card that A canno,
place.. z trumped in with the queen. A
discarding a diamond.
then led the trump to get two for
one and followed with three rounds OF
diamonds. b trumped the jack and led
his top trump TO make sure that u had
no more. He then made his ace of clubs
and king OF hearts. A overtaking the
queen with the ace to make the jack. 81
that all Il got on his contract TO make
nine tricks at royals was four tricks
two in trumps and two in diamonds.
This result Is entirely due TO his part
ner'. ridiculous takeout In clubs. Had Y
kept still Is would OF course have BID
royals and been left with IT, Being IL
the lead. would have made two dia'
mond tricks at once and afterward mad,
his two high trumps. saving the game
and leaving A and Il to score up 81
points instead Of 500.
In contrast to this, here is an example
Of a perfectly legitimate takeout OF q
losing suit with a losing suit
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Ill.,.
Ii::E:.:.:,.E f. ST.:
yi;g:.::.

z dealt and bid = diamond, avoiding
the error Of showing the weaker suit
first. A said ono royal, which Y passed
With a stopper In spades he would
go no trumps. but he cannot see
game in diamonds. At the same time he
is sure that A cannot 60 game in royals
against Us cards and rs diamonds.
When Il passed z shifted to the clubs.
bidding two. A went two royals and
again passed, and for the same rea-
sons Both the suits shown by 2 are los
ing suits, with no certainty Of game. but
with large prospects Of penalties. b
passed. but z did not like to give up his
two sutton so easily and bid three clubs.
A went three royals, Y and b passing
again. As Y could not AFFORD to 30 As
high as five clubs he went back to the
diamonds. bidding four.
1t may be remarked in passing tina,
VS. silence In carried a step too far
rs opening bid IL correct in principle
starting with the better suit, so that his
partner may overcall the weaker without
Increasing the contract II he wishes to dc
so after the shift. As soon as Y said
two clubs and A bid two royals Y should
have said three clubs. to show that the
clubs suited him better than the dia
monds
No one had anything more TO say ate
the four diamonds and on the play Z
made little slam. A led the spade ant
z trumped It. A small trump to dummy
ace and the eight returned gave ;
fnesse OF the ten. but the king failed Z
drop the queen. There was no way to &c
another finesse. as Y had no more trump
to lead.
After picking up all the trumps but tn
/ queen Y started in on the club suit
| which forced the best trump. Y ruffinl
another spade. making all the clubs an
| then taking the heart fnesse at the en'
| for the small slam At clubs u woult
have made a grand slam. as he could ruf
out the diamonds and the queen woult
never make
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WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. al. q. Dula
chief forest guard on the Shenandoah
area OF the Governments forest reserve in
the Shenandoah Valley. and a number OF
friends had the worst scare OF their lives
few days ago, when a large black bear.
supposed To have been killed by shot
from Dula's gun. sprang up and showed
fight after being carried down the noun
tain for dead
The men had chased the bear at inter.
walls an entire day and finally shot It.
When the beast rose on all fours and
snorted. the members of the party beat
hasty retreat. but summoned coura "a
to go back and fire the fatal shot TIL,
bear weighed nearly $50 pounds.
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n dealt and hid a diamond, These king.
iack-ten combinations have a peculiar
fascination for some persons who do not
seem TO realize that they are not OF the
slightest value without a reentry unless the
partner holds one OF the missing honors
A passed. waiting to see what Y would
do with The misleading indication Of rs
sn,t
Of course v went no trumpsL II his
mariner has the diamonds thew have three
GOOD .uit. hot ween them and can ret the
contract at M tr,,mns or n,,sh the adj
yersor,ss I'm 10 an .rnensiva hid in rovaIa
there hainw M danger from the hearts.
"A na,ssd the no trumn hid.
triea to cot hack 10 diamonds for tho
,r,,nn hv os,ercaiI;ny hi. ne rtner. No
.r,,,mpor mis- 10 a VOL, tim ~ ths nrtr-
'iu,a. -, tha r,n,e hacam.s M sound
,,n'ar uon,s - worL Tor ~I.van trick.
, n,hs ,s sho,ua W. anomrh '
WY" mo ' .a;u &c ia is,a-r.a TIM, y
pa ,,s,, asa ,,,h anu I'm s.rens.% 90 q;
Was SIMPLY c, ',t ,,a S,a .eo Nc .,,,,' ~
MS ms a,nmi S sui ,ht' ~ $500 ~ ,n ~
's maui az q .a~ u"t st ' a,,ar,t,; n,u
a.e o' u'Vus au es III;
e,se lm ,ne psN' 81 ITO p"'S0" anu ~ Blu
uef,'n na, 10 o,u ,;,, ~. ,,..n =, o,un, and
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
Walker, McMartin's NullO at
Bridge Full Of Knots
to Unravel.
A GREAT CHECKER PUZZLE
CuriOsities of Numbers for
the Ingenious to
Work Out.
A GREAT CHECKER PUZZLE

Nullo problem No 256, by Walker Nc
Martin. has been decided by the cracks
to be in favor Of the Alb contention tina,
Y ana z could not make them win five
tricks. Had the matter been left TO the
majority 1t would have been the other
way. as more false solutions were sen,
In for this situation than any problem
that THE Sun has given since the new
honor lists started.
Several of those who got II right con.
TESS to having been a little more careful
than usual OH account Of the composer.
name. some previous compositions Of Nc
Martins having inspired them with 9
wholesome respect for his ability to Il,
them UP in knots that were not easy Il
unravel THE Sun takes pleasure In
presenting his picture:
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not get back into the lead to make the
rest of the spade suit.
With rs strength in his partners dia-
mond suit and no sure trick in winning
suit TO Justify the shift to no trumps on
the two losing suits z should have left
the diamond alone. They could have
made two by cards at diamonds against
the best play, but of course A would have
bid the royals and been supported by b.
with careful play they should 90 game
on that declaration.
Here il a hand in which the bidding
went to the fifth round. and was pretty
lively at that. except on VS. part
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Correct solutions from
=. J. McManus, u. A. W., John Web
nan. Thomas Foy. p. J. McGarry, T, II.
Joyce. L. s. Hart. Jr, ]. II. Noremac and
James Hyland. L. $. Hart. Jr.. went
more deeply into the variations than
any other solver. getting about thirty
Of them.
Here II a rather curious position in
chess that has been sent to THE SuN by
one Of its checker experts. who suggests
that 1t should prove a useful lesson In
tactics for the beginner.
PECULIAR CHESS PROBLEM.
BLACK
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White-6 Pieces.


White TO play and mate In two moves
SOLUTION To PROBLEM so. 42S.
/. Kt-Ks. K,xKt; .. QNP ch. sc
l. Kt-KS, B-KKts; Z Kt--kt ch., &c
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO, 42t,
]. XXX. &c.
Correct solutions to both these prohlei.-
received from william Runk, RldgewoC.
y. j.: j. r Court, New York city; l:ouls
Iennings, BrookiHyn; y ", IamSs RS ;ln1,'
G II, otonn Ssi's Mon,clair j.; Prof y /
H Brocklyn' - =: :. Simon. Brooki>u' :. \
Fred Gilucs ,lTompkinsyilIG: staten Island
corIes; Solutions m,'sS" Tec Mw to- No "a om
schiller noxOury Mass; William Mason
Correct solutions received to No -, iron
Kent Packard. Philadelphia. Pa " u
Mal g. S Max I ssIhm aim Gs f%''
e. Arthur Larsin. Bro"kyn \, Y; Mine
Trow6ridge' brookISM \ ~ s =. inn'
Additional correct solution received to Ne
AL from Edgar Strdus, New YORK cts.
CORRESPONDENCE
Erit% K Mason o SeK y SS Ke'' any!
O-kta mate
J. A. Meehan, South Groyelaud, Mass
Please read answer to w. NJ New Norh
Walter J. shutes, Wilmington, \. G. :
!: CT, K-ktS 2 kt-B3 double On
j. r. Payne, Scranton. Pa. KtNBP off,
KIP ch and there cannot be a mate Ell
the pawn there Is discovered CHI
II. Fairfield, East Orange, \. J.\'
answer given to Mr.. Payne also covers YOU
point
P--Bt oh, kt-Kt d ch and there is no mat
possible on the next move.
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DALLAS CENTER, Ia, Jan. 3.-Ths VA
las Center Methodist Church was acf'
Gated Sunday evening. free from debt
The building has been constructod VIII
the idea not only of serving the u,yl d..
thS congregation In their religious So.
vices, but In their social work as wei,
SHOWER baths for the men and h"ys &c
installed.
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n dealt and bid diamond. \ passed
and bid two clubs, which u passed. In
this case Il has precisely the same quail
ifcations that u held in the previous hand
for going no trumps when he was headed
of by the double. He has the sure trick
In a winning suit, In addition to the two
shown in his losing suit. bid two no
trumps.
A led the Jack OF hearts and Il won it
with the ace. Three leads of clubs
dropped the suit and made the whole six
good for tricks. after which u made his
two top diamonds. just going game on
the hand. Ii having kept the diamonds
stopped. as z had bid that suit origi-
nally.
When the third hand takes the dealer
out OF a losing suit with u losing suit
In this manner. the original declarer
should be very careful about going no
trumps on hopes" What Is wanted Is
sure tricks in the winning suits other
wise the 10 trump venture may prove
disastrous. Here Is good example OF
too great confidence in probable win
ners.
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cause h . few days my face
Wa an broken out with red
rashes and I Wa troubled.
IL va burning swfully and
] couldn't deep but about
two hours . night Or do any
thing else. When I would
scratch my fsoe and body
they would irntste more and
I made mora noeea until NV
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White.

1t appears that the game had to be
abandoned at this point and the decision
as to the merits OF the position left to
the Judges. who decided that 1t was a
win for black. on account of his superior
force although II was whites move. as
white had no apparent advantage of posi-
ton. The next day white insisted that
with the move he could draw the game.
BY what line Of play did he propose to do
It?
The distribution of the pieces 10 as fol-
lows: Black king at OF. queen at k2
bishop at KB4. White king at KRIS. rock
at QB4. bishop at OF and pawn at Q5.
THAT ANAGRAM LETTER.
Here 10 the translation of the ana.
grams in the letter printed on December
81. which was arranged especially for
THE SUN by o. II. Boston:
my DEAR SWEETHEART wished tC
see you instead of writing. but my attOr-
ney called and recapitulated his argu'
ment under preparation. He must deliver
It to the Commissioner OF Emigration
also the entire testimony and quantities
His typewriter long demonstration OF
facts is very elaborate. My disappoint
ment IL indescribable. have antici
pated unusual pleasure and am chagrinec
at being detained 30 invOluntarily.
when ! return will tell you about
the uyuIOplaHe tUht saw III Dali IRAN
cisco and the evolutions so intricate and
dangerous Affectionately. yours truly.
| CORNELIUS"
Correct solutions from:
| Miss Frances C. Bradley. ID Beebe
Herman c. Boehme, Violet Hortenss
Parkes. w. A. Buckley. William Estey
c. J. Uhlman. "F'lstbush." Grace Walling
Howell Byrnes. Rob Roy. Frederick II
Linton. Kingsbury. A. Matske. Lydia II
Gale. A. G. Sherwood. Hattie Youman
Horace J. Budd. Jr.. Frances Ellen Dat
lands Grace Barrett, James ID. Evans
Charles George Boutwell,. Jennie NJ Mcleod
Frederick A. Spalding and Mary Mar
garet French.
| soMn MORE ARITHMETIC.
A correspondent asks II there 10 any
way OF solving the following problem
automatically
| II IS cubic inches Of brass combined
I with 16 cubic inches Of iron weighs 24l
ounces. and another alloy, containing II
cubic inches of brass combined with 2,
cubic inches OF iron weighs 157 ounces
what IL the weight Of one cubic inch o.
each Dstalt
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AWFUL BURNING
RASH ON FACE
All Broken Out. Clothing Wol u
Irritate Body. Scratched and
Scratched. Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment Cured.

81 Hudson st.. New Brighton. L. l.. ".
Y.--"when I vas walking through some
bushes ! must have touched something be-
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from James Steen. In which he gets both
the diamond and spade opening.
Here IL something that does not re-
quire quite such an extensive analysis
to demonstrate that the correct solution
has been found.
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 25s.