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CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Withdrawal of Rice G. G.. From
Metropolitan League
All the Talk.
DETERMINED TO STAY OUT
Prof. Rice Explains Situation
and Will Not Withdraw
Second Prize.

The announcement made by the direc-
tors of the Rice Chess Club of this city
OF the clubs withdrawal from play In
the league matches came as r great sur
prise to those most interested In met
ropolitan chess affairs. While nobody
will accuse the directors of playing the
baby act" the chess players In this city
are at loss TO understand the reasons
given for the withdrawal. 1t is contended
that the directors of the Rice Chess Club
have entirely lost sight OF the object OF
the league matches and that the winning
OF the championship Is really quite a
minor AFFAIR.
The directors In passing that with.
drawal resolution ignored the fact that
such an action Is identical with placing a
Chinese wall around their club. While all
the other clubs will enjoy club intercourse
the rooms of the Rice Chess Club will
practically he deserted on tourn ament
nights. and while all the other clubs are
more or less able to provide interesting
entertainments for their members by hav-
ing the league matches played in their
respective clubrooms, tho members of the
Rice club will have to be satisfied with
meeting each other. n state of affairs not
beneficial TO the growth Of an organiza-
ton.
It would have been unnecessary for the
club to withdraw from the league II the
tournament committee had secured the
strongest possible team for the league
matches. The tournament managers Of
the Manhattan Chess Club. the brooklyn
Chess Club and tho Progressive Chess
Club made the greatest possible efforts 10
get their strongest men into line two
weeks previous to the playing Of the first
match, while practically nothing was done
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] am told that In tho late SOS or the
early '70s of the last century n Staten
Island ferryboat was accidentally blown
up In ferry slip at the BATTERY. New
York city Can you give mo the date,
when this accident occurred? X, A. A,
Tho Staten Island ferryboat 'Westied
blew up July 80. 1874. and 400 persons
were killed
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


his question in regard to using tho term
shillinss and pence in the late COS 1t
is true, believe, that the United states
Government has never issued coin Of the
denomination Of a shilling. But in my
schooldays my Davies arithmetic in
its tables stated that eight shillings made
one dollar In New York State. The
custom of the merchant and nearly every
one was to refer to the cost of an article
, In shilllnss and pence The term penny
instead OF cent was In general use. The
merchant marked his goods same as In
England. using the same characters to
express shillings and pence. but while
two and sixpence In England would equal
about 81 cents Of our money. when tho
term two and slxpencc was used here It
meant .31il cents. The coins that repre-
scented shillings and pence were as plenty
and more NO than United States coins.
have now in my possession. which ]
have kept these many years, two OF the
coins, Wis, the sixpence and smiling
piece they are Spanish coins. and were
In general circulation before the civil
war. Tho Spanish coins in use were IN
denominations which were passed for 6i..
i2x, 20 and 80 cents. The coins were
always in names sixpence. shilling. quarter
or two shilling and four shilling pieces.
How this Spanish coin had such an ex-
tensive circulation In the Mohawk Valley,
where | resided in my boyhood days. I
have never been able to learn. But do
know that It was kept in circulation until
II was worn 30 smooth that II was i'm
|, possible to tell whether II was Spanish
or some other foreign coin: It's weight
| seemed to put a value upon It and 1t was
kept In circulation. AZ there was no one to
! redeem It, except to buy II for old silver.
But soon after the civil war broke out
silver coins OF all kinds disappeared, as
did also our big copper cents. MYERS.
A dozen friends have found the poem
FOR which Alfred J. Clarke inquired. II
appears as THE Washers SollloQuy," a.
Dudes Description of Life" Song of the
Bored Englishrnan." The Languid Man"
II has been Identified as to source BY
credit given to TU-Lits, Edmund Vance
Cookies "Rimes to be Read" and TO Hoyts
"A Day and a Night" Several OF those
friends recall It as recited by Dan DAILY,
one as sung by otis Harlan The text
follows:
This world I, such . ,uh,,s ao,,norrro~
Full OF twials and OF t~oubles donchsy.
know:
you come TO earth to e"y,
o,a.h s,u1 "a 49,. "a. ,,,
Ana TO-, au = ,o.,.,, , ,,,
pns,a.. - , a,,.. uoee.nno~'
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r,,,r 49,, .,.,, -, ,
q, ,,m.s,. -. 81,
80 ''"'"s'
a,,,,o.,, A,. The. ,,. ,..,,..,
Something LOST or something made. doncher.
know.
iou t"ouolc an' you NOPE.
IN n..r.n. ,n. 70 ~
know.
Polhics' Just lawk. donoherknow.
'"s. n.sn.na's IN 'he Hawk' aoheherkno";
w.. -. ,"e Nh"
WINS "'"" "'sn'' oo"-
lava, .w
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A., A., -
90, a., -, a. g..
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The writer agrees in thanks to A. Il.
for "sidc tracking" what had become
almost truism. Being interested, can
not A. b. advise the derivation Of
tho word as applied to Cape Nome, there.
by setting at rest conjecture and estab-
fishing positive proof as 10 the origin OF
an odd word? NJ. 7.
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opponents had commenced the struggle
was gradually replaced by considerable
anxiety. Their habit was to play eau
tiously even when a locker on might
have deemed them reckless. but grad
ually their caution became extreme.
Suddenly the stranger appeared TO
see something in Blaisdell's handling Of
the cards at which he took umbrage.
THAT don't go!" he explained sternly.
on the instant old man Greenlaw
entered the room. IT was fair to sup
pose that he had been listening at the
doorway. for he had fire in his eye and
a bungstarter in his hand
What don't go?" drawled Blaisdell. as
II surprised, still holding the deck in
his left hand. but moving his right
downward and backward.
"Yo' all Is dealin' seconds" said the
stranger.
There was no question of his UNDER
standing the gravity of his Words for
as he spoke he levelled a gun directly
at Blaisdells head. but he was not
alone in his understanding of the situa-
ton. The bungstarter fell instantly.
with such accuracy. of aim that the gun
flew across the room. 1t Immediately
appeared, however. that the stranger
was doubly armed, for lie turned on
the old man like n flash, with another
gun in his left hand
This time the bungstarter was used
with even more delicate accuracy, for
though he was senseless as he fell he
was not dead.
9TH aln't no use a-killin' Of EN-"
said the old man. with placid satisfac-
ton. "Yo' all better put him In the
calaboose afo' he comes to, Joe, I'll take
charge Of his wad. Mo n likely they Is
enough into II To- to pay his fine In the
mawnin'."
And ne put the strangers money and
chips In his pocket.
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Whlte-j pieces
white TO play and mate In three moves
PROBLEM NO. asa ny A. CRSIC.
Black pieces.
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some. Those who champion the fruit
say that they have not only merits as
blood cleansers, but that they should
be eaten by all persons who have
tendency to rheumatism. For summer
ices currants are especially nice.
DaintiIy Garnished.
Currant Ice.-Make some plain ice
cream. Stem and wash a basket of
red currants and pour over cupful
and half of powdered sugar and let
stand twenty minutes; then pass
through a coarse sieve. To serve put
two tablespoonfuls in a glass cup, add
a layer Of ice cream and finish with
tablespoonful of sweetened and strain
ed raspberry juice. Garnish with clus-
tiers of fresh currants.
Avoid Overwhelming.
Currant Sherbet--Squeeze and wash
enough currants to make two cupfuls
OF juice and add two cupfuls OF wa
ter and two cupfuls of sugar to make
it quite sweet. 1t will be less sweet
after freezing, so the mixture should
be sweeter than one would wish II 1t
were not to be frozen. When the
sugar is dissolved stir in quickly the
well beaten whites of two eggs Turn
the mixture into the freezer and pack
with one part of coarse salt to three
parts of finely chopped ice. Turn the
crank until the mixture Is stiff, then
let stand until hard
Frozen Custard.
Iced Currant Fool.-Beat the yolks
Of two eggs with one to two ounces OF
sugar until light and the whites or
four eggs to a stiff froth. Have ready
half a pint Of currant juice, sweeten
this slightly; then add to the eggs
with a full gill of thick cream or new
milk. Stir over the fire till it thickens
to a rich custard, but without allowing
1t to boil Put in a pail, cover closely
and set in ice and freezing salt For
the currant juice put the currants aft
er stemming into a saucepan and keep
we'll stirred over the fire to make
them render juice freely AS soon as
they have Gone so pour or and use
thoroughly chilled
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-07
IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Richmond People
Fail To Recognize Kidney
weakness.

Are you bad back victim?
Suffer twinges, headache. dizzy spells?
Go TO bed tired-get up tired?
It's surprising how few suspect the
kidneys.
It's surprising how few know what
to do.
Kidney trouble needs kidney treatment
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the Kid
neys only.
Have convinced Richmond people of
their merit,
Here's Richmond case; Richmond
testimony.
Kidney sufferers hereabouts should
read it.
Mrs. Clarence Drummer. las North Es-
till avenue, Richmond, KY, says: ''one
of the family had bad case of kidney
trouble. His kidneys did not act prop
erly and he had pains through his back.
He used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at Middelton's Drug Store, and they
made him much better.
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs Brun-
ner had. Foster Miiburn Company. Pro-
prietors, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
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IN
81 AN1
The New Fable of the Juvenile Who
Studied Mankind and Laid His
Plans AccordInQly.

The New Fable of the Juvenile Who
Studied Mankind and Laid His
Plans Accordingly.
Once there was Kid who wore a
Uniform that fit him too Soon and a
swer the Buzzer and take Orders
from any one who could show 20
Cents.
In the Morning he might be acting
as Pack Pony for some Old Lady on
Shopping Spree and in the Afternoon
he would be delivering a Ton Of
Coal.
He had been waved aside by Buffers
and ordered about by Blonde Stenog-
raphers and joshed by Travelling Sales
men until his Child-Nature was as
hard and fiinty as that of the She
Purser in a swell Tavern who lately
has cashed one that proved to be
Phoney.
In answering the Call of Duty he
had gone to the Dressing Room and
taken a private Fash at the Maya
zine Beauty before she began to at
tach the Hair or spread the Enamel.
He had stood In the private Lair OF
the Sure-Thingers when they were
cooking up some new Method Of col
lecting much income without moving
out Of their Chairs.
He had stood by while Husbands.
with the Scotch standing high in the
Gague, collaborated on the Lie which
was to pacify little Katisha, waiting in
the Flat.
Before delivering this Masterpiece
Of Fiction he would have to do lit
tie Sherlocking and finally locate
Katisha In one of those places where
they serve it In Tea-Cups.
In the Homes of the Rich and Great
where he delivered Orchids and Invi-
tations and perfumed Regrets he
would overhear Candid Expressions
which indicated that every Social
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shall meet my finish, mademoiselie. l
promise not to die one minute sooner
for that letter. 1t is only that IL Will
make me happy to know you VIII send
It."
So Lucy, holding the letter gingerly,
agreed. But as Francois rose TO go
she stood by him a moment and laid
her hand on his coat sleeve. Fran
cois-I want to tell you something
But yes. nademoiselle-yes. Lucy"
at is something wrong"
"Yes-Lucy."
81 am going to tell Harry / said It"
Eyes"
'This is it, then"-and Francois.
smiling, waited and there was deep
silence In the big, cool, quiet drawing
room for as long as minute. This is
1t, then don't know how can be SO
unreasonable-but am love Harry
Il am happy. But am quite-jealous
of Alike. And / think you are the most
wonderful person have ever known
more wonderful than Harry.
II there had been no Alike; If you had
liked mel can imagine having
adored you / do adore you, Francois.
Now, how Is all that compatible with
my Joy in marrying Harry? 1 don't
know how it is-but it is So / am
wicked sinful person-but it is So"
The next time Lucy Hampton saw
Francois it was when, whfte-robed and
sweet in her enveloping mist of veil
she went up the chancel steps of the
little Virginia country church, and
looking up met a smile that was a
from the man whom she
had loved, who stood close now at the
side of her lover, her husband.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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|DzaSfHTGHEN|
E@na1GUPBOARD|
SERVING STRING BEANS.

SERVING STRING BEANS.
@TRING beans served with butter
and milk sauce are nice when
they are young and succulent,
bur they become monotonous when
sent to the table in this form too often.
Owing to their nutritive qualities they
make an excellent substitute for meat
especially In the summer. when too
much of this is not wholesome.
Boiled butter beans, served with
sliced tomatoes and savory balls, are
excellent. The balls are made of
breadcrumbs, minced parsley, pepper,
salt and a CRATE Of lemon. Bind with
milk or egg.
Savory and Nourishing.
String Beans With Sauce.-Take one
quart beans, string and cut small; lay
In cold water and boil thirty-five or
forty minutes, uncovered. Drain and
add one cupful hot milk, one teaspoon
full butter and one teaspoonful -four
rubbed together. seasoning to taste;
boil two minutes.
String Bean Salad.-Take small, ten
der beans Of uniform size- String and
wash in cold water; then cook in boiling
sailed water, uncovered and rapidly.
for fifteen minutes When tender turn
out into a colander and rinse in cold
water. Let dry and put into the Ice
chest until you are ready to make the
salad. Macerate them with French
dressing. Arrange a bed of crisp let
tuce leaves in the salad bowl and
place the beans In the center.
Favored With Parsley.
String Beans In Parsley Sauce
Take some beans. string them and
place in boiling sailed water. Boil
for twenty minutes. If the beans are
young and fresh they are served in the
same manner as green peas, but should
they have become a little old the skins
should be removed after boiling and
the beans placed in some nicely pre-
pared parsley or plain white sauce.
An Odd Combination.
String Beans and Onions.-Take
some beans, string them and boil whole
In plenty of water, with salt to taste.
When done. drain them dry. In the
meantime cut one or more onions into
thin slices lengthwise. Put them In
frying pan with lump of butter and
keep stirring till they are golden
color. Then add the French beans.
with pepper and salt to taste. and toss
the whole for ten minutes, adding the
least drop Of stock and very little
vinegar or lemon juice Serve hot
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|D16SFHTGHENI
I@nlGUPBOARD|
cURRANT ICES.

@URRANTS, whether OF the red or
white variety. make delicious sum
mer desserts. The slight acidity
Of the red currants aids in cooling the
blood. They are exceedingly whole
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-07
AL=No Chance.
The Gordian Knot.

When one of Uncle Sans sailors, a
man named Gordon. formerly serving
on one of the vessels in West Indian
squadron, was taken to the Naval hos
pftal in Washington he described with
grewsome vividnesS to his companions
there his adventure with shark of
one of the islands in the West Indies.
IT had jest fell over the bulwarks."
said the able seaman. when along
comes a big shark an grabs me by the
Leg"
'sWhat did We do then. matey" ask
ed one of the patients.
81 never disputes none with sharks"
said the sailor. II let him have the
leg"
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A,...~ M-d4,~ ~
MEMORY.

1t is with the human race as
with the individuals of ii, our
memories go back but a little
way, or. if they go back far, they
pick up here a date and there
an occurrence half forgotten
Dawson.
1t Is the treasure house Of the
mind wherein the monuments
thereof are kept and preserved.
Fuller.
Recollection is the only para
disc from which we cannot be
turned out--Richter.
The right honorable gentle
man is indebted to his memory
for his jests and to his imagina-
ton for his facts.--R. B. Sheri-
dams Reply to Mr.. Dundas.
II a man do not erect in this
age his own tomb ere he dies.
he shall live no longer in monu-
ment than the bell rings and the
widow weeps. An hour
in clamor and a quarter in
Observation-Disclosures.
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1t was his unbiased Opinion that
London consisted of a vast Swarm of
melancholy Members of the Middle
and Lower Classes of the Animal
Kingdom who ate Sponge Cake with
Seeds in it, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes
and rode on Buses, and thought they
were Living.
Standing beneath the ripping folds
of Old Glory the proud Citizen of the
Great Republic declared that we could
wallop Great Britain in any Game
from Polo up to Prize-Fighting and
If we cut down on the Food Supplies
the whole blamed Runt of an under
sized Island would starve to death in
a Week.
With quivering Nostrils, he heaped
Scorn and Contumely upon any Race
that would call a Pie Tart. In con-
clusion he expressed Pity for those
who never tasted Com on the Cob.
After he had gone up to the Bridge
Deck to play Switchboard, the Rep
resentative of the Tightest little Island
on the Map took out his Notebook and
made the following entry: Every
Beggar living In the States is a
Bounder and a Braggart."
That evening In the Smoke Room he
began to pull his favorite Specially OF
Raging the Yanks on a New Yorker,
who interrupted him by saying: Real
ly know nothing about my own Coun-
try. spend the Winter in Egypt, the
Spring in London, the Summer in
Carlsbad. and the Autumn in Paree"
So the Traveller afterward reported
to Learned Society that the Typical
American had become denatured Ex-
patriate.
1EnDAT Ny Hho.oo
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-07
PERUNA THE SPRING
AND SUMMER MEDICINE.

eened using # Soon entirely feel
is
Thomas n Morgan. r. d. 2, dsworthL = -
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81
GEORGE:
ABE.


size of the Hudson TIL.
One night the Kid was returning
homeward with Comrade in Misery.
AS the Trolley carried them toward
that portion of the City where Chill
dren are still in Vogue, they fell to
talking of the Future and what it
might have in Store for a Bright Boy
who could keep on the Trot all day
and sustain himself by eating Cocoa
Nut Pie.
The Comrade hoped to be Vaude-
vile Actor, but the Kid said, after
some Meditation: During the past
Two Years have mingled in all
Grades of Society, and have decided
to round out my Career by being a
Deep-Sea Diver"
MORAL-A little learning is a
dangerous thing and good deal of it
is Suffocating.
came cosnizant of Our Short
eomlngs.
On the deck of a Transatlantic
Skiff a certain Old Traveller, who
owed allegiance to George and Mary.
reclined on his Cervical Vertebrae
with a Plaid Shawl around him and
roasted Our Native Land.
He told the American in the next
Steamer Chair that he had been I'M
able to get his Tea at the usual Hour
and out in that place called Minnie
Apples the stupid Waiter never had
heard of Bloaters for Breakfast.
Furthermore, he had not seen his
Boots again after placing them out
side the Door in Chicago.
The Houses were overheated and
the Railway Carriages were not like
those at Home and the Reporters were
Forward Chaps and Ice should not be
added with the Soda, because 1t was
not being Done.
He was glad to escape from the
Wretched Hole and get back to his
own Lodgings, where he could go into
Cold Storage and have a Joint of Nut
ton and Brussels Sprouts as often as
desired.
The Yankee cringed under the At
tack and then fully agreed with the
Son of ambitious Albion. He said we
were a new and crude People who did
not know how to wear Evening Clothes
or eat Stilton Cheese and our Politi-
clans were corrupt and Murderers
went unpublished. while the Average
Citizen was a dyspeptic Skate af1ict-
ed with Moral Strabismus
Then he retired to his State Room to
weep over the Situation and the Brit
ish Subject said: THE American is
Poltroon. for he will not defend his
own Hearth and Preside"
A Cooks Tourist from Emporia,
Kansas, dropped into the Vacant
Chair. When the Delegate from The
Rookery, Norwood Scrubs, Isling, S.
E., resumed his scorching Arraign-
ment Of the U. s. A. he got an aw-
full Rise out OF the Boy from the Corn
Belt.
The Emporia Man said there were
more Bath Tubs to the Square Mile
out In his Burg than you could find in
the West End OF London and more
Paupers and Beggars In one Square
Mile OF the East End Of London than
you could find in the whole State of
Kansas. He said there were fewer
Murders In England because Good OPP
poItunities were looked.
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ITO BE CONTINUED
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Leader was trying to slip Knockout
Drops into somebody else's Claret
Cup.
Around the Haunts of business he
would stand on one Foot while the
Boss Carefully worded the Message
which was to read like q Contract
while leaving a Loop-Hole about the
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-07
Six Per Cent. Loans

Obtainable on farm, ranch or city
property; to improve. purchase or re-
move incumbrance. Liberal options; .
years before making payment on princi-
pal, ETC. For the proposition address:
Assets Dept, at 14l0 Busch Bldg, Dali
las, Texas, or 422 1923 First National
Bank Building, Denver, Colo. 6 At
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-07

Try Lackey & Todd teas and cofees
They are good. Pheone 81. S2-tf.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-29
AMERICANS DESIRE FOR ADVENTURE is STILL
ALIVE AND AT WORK IN PARIS


Wall street clerk. He is a college
man. His manners are gentle as a
girls. His language is as pure; he
never swears. His face Redeemed I'M
der naive bushes when he talked of
himself. ..
Bonneu's cap was much to small
and his coat collar 80 large that his
head seemed ever in danger Of disap-
pearing through it. Very tall and
very slender, Bonnell's coat was held
in folds about him by his belt, for
French uniforms are made on only
one scale. If a man is six feet two,
he should weigh 800 pounds, accord
ing to Gaelic standard. Bonne1
weighs about half that.
why did you enlist?" asked
Bonnell.
"Were l comedian" he said face
tiouslY, 81 should say because 1 have
always lived in Brooklyn. But en-
listed for the excitement of the thing;
to see something"
DR.. Ellie Hahn, graduate Of the
University of New York, said he en-
listed for an ideal, and that is true
democracy.
eff l tell you something Of myself
you will understand better" he add
ed. 81 was born in Smyrna, Turkey.
My father was Portuguese, my moth
er French. My first schooling was
in Constantinople. took my degree
In Paris and then went to the United
States. have always hated auto
crazy, militarism and tyranny. This
war l consider the direct result of
the ambitions Of one man, the kaiser,
an autOcrat, militarist."
Medical stores are not all they
should be in the army. Dr. Hahn buys
out of his own pocket the medicines
he needs for the company, of which
he is the doctor and is also in charge
Of the battalion hospital.
Each man talked TO had snnne