davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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celent. What is more, she rode easily
at anchor in a seaway--somethng in
which many good sailing vessels
failed,
During her cruise from 1916 TO 1S4S
she was at sea for lo6 days. sailing
nearly $4,000 miles. II was while on
this trip that the Portsmouth played
her important part at lerba Buena,
and Commander Montgomery thus
spoke in the picturesque language OF
the sea of the vessels capabilities: {:
she possesses the finest qualities or
any ship ever sailed In; rolls as easy
a. a cradle, and stands up under her
canvas like church: sails very fast,
and could dispense with fifteen tons
of ballast
The odl s,oop- Of war vas very use-
ful unit Of Commodore Sloat's Pacific
squadron and on more than one occa-
sion during the war with Mexico gave
the enemy a taste OF her power ana
the character of the men behind her
guns. From September, 1919. to May
1851. the Portsmouth was the hagship
Of the African squadron
She returned to Boston in June, lSoi'
after nearly three years of nara ser
vice ON the African coast. end about
six months later having refitted. was
ordered to the Pacific again. In lsol
she was once more requisltioned Tor
service in connection with MEXICO
Later. while on the Fast India sta
tion, she won fame when she humbied
China's Gibraltar. the Barrier Forts
below canton.
At that time the American Consul
late in Canton was virtually In state
of siege and Commodore Armstrong
determined To- go up the river to It's
relief with three of his ships. the san
Jacinto. the Portsmouth and the be-
want. The Barrier Forts were for
midable affairs. They were built OF
stone. and their walls ranged from six
to eight feet thick Of solid masonry.
The batteries Of the four forts mounted
in the neighborhood Of $50 guns. The
men aboard the Portsmouth and l.e-
want numbered 40 and this force was
somewhat swelled by details from the
San Jacinto, whose draught prevented
her from ascending the river. Two
little steam vessels. scarcely much bet
Ter IMAM ulS tuES' Nllt N hi'Iio anu NV
Willamette, undertook TO tow, respec-
lively, the Levant and the Ports
mouth.
Unfortunately the Kumfa had es-
sayed more than the power of her en-
gines could achieve. and in the first
days action the Levant was swept
ashore before getting In range, leaving
the burden of the attack TO the Ports
mouth. The latter's guns made ord
nance history, and for the first time
showed the world what explosive shells
could do in the way Of battering heavy
masonry previously deemed impreg-
nable.
For three days the battle ragged in
termittently, sailors and marines be-
ing landed for the purpose of taking
the forts by thanking operations. In
the last two days the little Levant be-
cause Of her lighter draught was towed
so near the forts that she received
the hottest of their fire. but the Ports
mouth had previously been able 10
cripple the defenCes and the Chinese
commander finally gave up the fight.
The Portsmouth was struck twenty
seven times and the Levant twenty
TWO times. The heaviest loss OF the
Americans occurred through the pre-
mature explosion Of a mine placed to
destroy one Of the forts after the
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q A 9 3
= 10
. A ? s 3

Clubs are trunps and Is In the lead.
y and want seven out OF the eight
tricks against any defence
The solution IL for Il to lead the ace
OF diamonds and to follow With a small
one. which Y trumps. y can now put
z back into the lead with n heart and
z wins whatever & PLAYS second hand
% as to remain with the hest heart.
This enables Il to pick up all
che trumps and then to lead the winning
heart 4 may either trump this trick
or discard a spade. II he trumps he
hnds with the heart suit established
and n reentry in the Jack of spades, so
that wins all the rest OF the tricks.
IT \ refuses to trump the best hear.
z has a smaller heart than any of is
and leads II. so that should \ continue
60 refuse TO trump can take up the
lead and continue with the hearts and
the winning spade until \ makes the
trump trick. which il all that side can
get
II Il makes the mistake OF trying -
establish his own diamond suit instead
Of Us hearts ne loses trick. suppose
ne leads a third diamond TO get BIS Jack
out OF the way on the theory that he
still has the ace of hearts for reentry.
he loses a trick unless 4 is foolish
enough to put on tramp with the idea
Of shutting out VS. little one.
IL Y makes his second trump he must
lead heart. either at once or on the
next trick, and \ trumps 1t. Now A
leads the spade and Y Is In again. and
no matter what he leads a must make
the other trump, as cannot shut him
out unless he lets A trump the diamond,
having discarded a heart on the spade.
OF course II \ makes the mistake OF
trumping the third round of diamonds
90 as TO shut out Y he loses. and the
problem can still he solved, as wins
whatever \ leads and plays the trump.
z winning the trick and making his two
hearts. II \ leads the trump or the
spade the result is the same. but the
order OF the tricks - reversed.
Here is an instructive exercise in the
MANAGEMENT OF suits that are apparently
hopelessly blocked by the opponents.
The position was arranged by a former
member OF THE suns honor list
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. 337.
I Ecker
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u dealt and bid club. A said one
spade royal II was them and all the
others passed

u dealt and bid club A said one
spade Toyal II was them and all the
others passed.
Y led the king Of his partners suit
which held the trick. The declarer made
up his mind as soon as he saw the
dummy that the thing to play for was
the cross RUIZ on the red suits, there
being nothing to lead trumps for but
the ace and King of diamonds. which
should be good any time.
Having no more clubs Y led The king
of hearts, dropped the nine from II and
followed with the ace, so that A sud-
denly found himself with an established
suit of three cards In dummy At this
stage should have led the diamond.
80 as to take out dummy's reentry. but
instead OF that he tried TO make A lead
clubs up to n by playing the queen OF
trumps having the trump suit stu
stopped with the Jack.
This allowed A to take out two more
rounds OF trumps, winning the third
with the jack. after which all the rest
OF the tricks went TO the established
hearts and the trumps. giving A three
by cards.
VS. trump lead was not quite up to
standard OF course. and had he even
tried to force his partner with "A third
ten OF trumps wotild have made A play
the king. and two OF Y's trumps would
have been good for tricks
This would have changed AS plan
completely. as 1t would have been inn
possible to get out the trumps and make
the hearts. The play would have been
TO lead the diamond. return the heart
and overtrump r.. make the king of dia =
monds and let dummy trump the third
round. discarding his last club on the
thirteenth heart. which Y would trump.
Now Y must lead the trump and
dummy makes a trump on the last dia i
mond In As hand. SO that the declara e
tion wins two by cards The same line
of play and the same result would have
ensued had Y led the diamond at the
fourth trick. as A must eventually get
a club discard on the long heart The
situation presents an Interesting study
all through.
Here IL another situation In which
the trump suit comes into play late
in the hand instead of the moment the
declarer gets into the lead. This hand
ie also from duplicate match, and.
although the difference in the result Is
slight SO far as the number of tricks is
concerned. II was Just enough to win
the game at one table. because the de
carer was 10 up:
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The following method OF working out
the equiv alenis OF the letters in digits
is from q. H. Boston. and is fair
san pie Of the method adopted by several
others.
We know a, once by inspection that k=-o
and F=j.
We have ai--i' h'-ii and e7-b'.
From the gene-sl rule go, ,erning the con-
struction OF magic circles. We know that
c>e. b. ID. g>e doh. g>a.
From ,FD'-r tr.kDIs=,pDl' r ,DH' Ye know
that ID cannot he smaller than $. and as
b is greater than ID. We nnd DIS. II Is now
easy to lind the values OF the equation:
tDDis+ s+tAHi=,GA,srtrDa
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN
i. READERS TO SOLVE
Object Lesson for Beginners
at Bridge Shows How to Meet
Unexpected Moves.
ABOUT MAGIC CIRCLES

Bridge problem No 33j was a good
object lesson for the beginner In playing
for the suit that is in the hand that has
the necessary reentry cards to bring 1t
IN after II has been established by the
preliminary play. \ large number OF
players fall into the error OF going on
with suit when there ID not the slight
est chance to make t.
The problem also illustrates in an
effective way the necessity OF preparing
Tor all sorts of unexpected moves on the
part of the opponents. Many beginners
lead high cards on the assumption that
che opponents silI win the trick or trump
II, and when this does not occur their
plans are completely upset. Here is the
distribution in No. 335
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Clubs are trumps and Il is in the lead.
= and u want al! seven tricks against
any defence. V
The distribution of the cards is as
follows:
has the ace sewn. of hearts. jack
nonds no spades
A has the king jack of hearts; ten
OF trumps, ace ten OF diamonds nine
three of spades.
= has ths. sN five OF hearts; king
three Of ,runips, hve of diamonds, fve
and Our of spades
n has the deuce of hearts; ace four
deuce of trumps seven six deuce OF
spades no diamonds.
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Some OF the cracks struggled hard
with No 335, one or two carrying their
solutions into variations requiring thirty
or forty moves and then failing to
show distinct win. Most of them
missed the opening move. A correspon-
den, has been Good enough to inform
THE Sun that the problem should be
credited to Dr. Purcell a well known
composer
The dig'ribution "f the pieces Is
Black men on and IL; kings ON and
23. White men on l6, 10 and 20
kings on | and - White to play and
win, Tho trap that tripped up 80 many
was tine subtle key move. Unless that
was found the solution was imposs BILE.
HelI The mnNeS
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honor list. II one may Judge by those
who missed IL.
Here is another problem by the com
poser of Nos. 327 and 329. 1t is not
particularly difncult. but requires cou-
pie OF rather clever moves in order to
secure the win.
PROBLEM NO 1887. CHECKERS.
BY william j. wood.
BLACK
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Correct solutions are 20 hand from
Leonard Joseph. Charles ID. Shuldham,
B. T.. Shaw, w. T. Harlow, y. S Bates.
Harold W Hogeland. Marion O'Reilly.
j. .. Adams. o. II. Boston. Achilles H.
ko n. Alsernon Bray, W. +. ", NJ. -.
Maitland. Charles +. stephens. Maurice
Greenfield and h. T. Wightman
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THE ACCOUNTING PROBLEM
This puzzle seems to have attracted
good deal NOR. attention than is usual
with problems OF such a complicated
character, and a number OF very fully
worked ont solutions have been re-
ceived The following. from Phi.ade-
phia. which Is not signed, shows the
method. after stating the rule:
When an amount is TO he increased by a
, certain percentage Of itself and further in
creased by the same percentage Of the Per
centage Of Increase" indefinitely, the rule
for finding the sum total OF Increase is as
follows
Subtract the constant percentage Of in
crease from unty-use the remainder for the
denominstor of a fraction and the rate Of
increase for the numerator. The fraction
thus obtained is the proper, ionate part Of
the amount equal to the total increase.
In the problem the constant rate Of increase
is O375 ljcc ESQ
'r~s-' isss oa7s
The fraction is S75-s6a5=3-77 OF the total.
s5ee Oh ss55oO 7ias75 to NewA
Old A Old u
SsjjOO 6ji5OO
I32s2j
SevA New
.5.8.5
The amoun' In Old B is now .s7325.
.I' $40 JD.i a. TO New n
25r Ig6 S3I nb to On 4
old 4 100 S.,i % Old
New 40 AVN Ne,, IA ,oo ana.
To the amount in New n Add AZ nf Sev
b. and the result IN he the total OF increase
Neu n 800 ,o375
Total increase 23006.25
.
As the total ,moun, M ia ana oId
was ISL. 800
b5f'5Oo
,4onoo
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White to play and win.
The distribution of the pieces Is az
follows: Black men ON &. 2, IL and -.
White men on Is. 20. % and %. No
kings
Problem No. 33i was arranged by
Thomas lnsls of Bridgeport. Conn. who
sent IL to THE Sun unsigned.
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Correct solutions to hand from John
Beattie, J, T. Delany, Il. DIXON Will
Jams. Clark Pool, Harold W. Hogeland,
II. T. Way. James e. Courtney. NJ. JeC-
feys. J. T. Mason and ID. Applcby.
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Hast 70 bowl Z man over like this. A
certified check on the Bank Of Burma
needs NO further recommendation. In
tho words Of your countrymen. 60 ~
far a. you like. You can pay me in
Rangoon. Your boy takes deck pas
sage?"
eyes," returning the check to the
wallet.
Nov. cit down and spin the yarn.
Il must be jolly interesting"
"Ill admit that 1t has been tough
struggle: but ! knew that had tho
oil. Been nat broke for months. Had
to borrow my boys savings for food
and shelter. Well. this is the way It
runs" Warrington told It simply. -
II IL were Q great joke.
"Rippin'! BY Jove. you Americans
are hard customers to put over. I sup
pose you'll b setting out for the
States It once7" with curious glance.
Il haven't made any plans yet" eye
ing the cheroot thoughtfully.
II see" The purser nodded. It was
not difncult to understand. well.
good luck to you wherever you 60"
Alone In his stateroom Warrington
took out Rajah and tossed him on the
Counterpart Of the bed.
''Now. then. old sporti" tapping the
parrot on the back with the perch
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LaGrand News ltems.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will West, from near
Timber Creek, are visiting relatives
here preparatory to their removal TO
Gowrie, which will be their future
home.
Messrs. J. f. and p. ID. Harvey re-
turned Tuesday from Tingley. where
they were called last week on account
Of the death OF their father.
The revival services which have been
held at the Christian church during the
past three weeks. came to n close
Wednesday evening. A very good at
tendance was given and much interest
manifested. Rev. Victor Lghtborne. Of
Elon College. N. c.. the evangelist, Will
go from here to Ferguson. where he
will hold series of meetings.
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(To Be continued.)
Albion Couple Celebrate.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Grace. OF Albion.
entertained ffty-five OF their friends
and relatives Saturday evening In cell
ebration Of their fifteenth wedding an
niversary. The rooms were effectively
decorated with flowers and palms
which formed color scheme OF green
and red. An entertaining program was
enjoyed during the evening. Rev. G..
e. Luce opened 1t with an appropriate
short talk which was followed by a
program of readings and musical num-
bers. Misses Leila Mcpherson. Gladys
Ditman, Effie Arney. Mildred Grace,
Alburta Hill and Marvin Williams gave
pleasing readings. Misses Arney ana
Kinsey played piano duet: Miss
Glass sang q solo, and a quartet COM
posed of Rev. Luce. ]. L. Arney. c. G.
Williams and Austin Wiley gave sew
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TndEsREPUBLICAN, MARsHALLTowN IOWA: JANUARY

which he used a. baton. Blinking
and muttering. the bird performed his
tricks, and was duly rewarded and re-
turned to his home OF iron. Shell
be wanting to take you home with her.
but you're not for SALE"
He then opened his window ana
leaned against the sill. looking up at
the stars. But, unlike the girl. he did
not ask any questions.
"Free!" he said softly.
ITO Be Contipued,)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
Most Old People
Are Constipated

Tho wcar OF years impaiSs ~
action OF tho bowels. With a.
vancing ago people arc dispoae4
to restricted activity and oxeP-
oaDA which 10 responsible for the
constipated condition OF most old
folks. The digestive organs ARo
moro sensitive to the demands
made upon them aud rebel more
quickly.
A mild. effective remedy for
constipation. and ono that Ii
especially suited to tho needs OF
elderly people. women and chill
dren. Is the combination Of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin that
is sold In drug stores under the
name OF DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. A FREQ trial bottle can
be obtained by writing to DR.. w.
r. Caldwell. 452 Washington st,
Monticello, III.
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Parrot a Co.
CONTINUED from Page Four.l

and the exquisite F1orentine handbook.
ing there ranged row Of mediocra
books; and It was among these that
Elsa found that her instinct was not
wholly infallible, a. will be seen.
Today she was facing the first prob.
lem Of her young life, epochal. She
was. as 1t were. TO stop and begin life
anew. And she didn't know she
wasn't sure.
There were few passengers aboard.
There were three fussy old English
maidens under the protection Of q still
fussier old colonel. The quartet
greatly amused Elsa. Their mods were
abrupt. and they spoke in the most
formal manner. She was under grave
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

his go0d-natured recommendations o.
the previous hour,
When Elisa learned that the man q
her side was to proceed to Rangoon,
she ceased TO aSk-h him any moro ques.
lions. She preferred to read her
books slowly. Once. while he was en-
gaging the purser. her glance ran
over his clothes. She Instantly berated
her impulsive criticism % bit Of
downright caddishness. The lapels Of
the coat were shiny: the winged col
lar gave evidence OF having gone to
the native laundry once too often, and
the cuff buttons were Of ordinary rupee
silver. The ensemble suggested that
since the purchase Of these habili-
ments Of civilization the man had
grown, expanded.
Immediately after dinner she retired
te her stateroom. conscious that her
balance needed readjusting. She had
heard and read much lore concerning
reincarnation, skeptically; yet here,
within call Of her voice, was Arthur.
not the shadow Of substance. but
Arthur, shorn of his elegance, his soft.
lazy voice, his half-dreaming eyes. his
charming Incidence. Why should this
mans path cross hers, out Of all the
millions that ran parallel?
She opened her window and looked
up at the stars again. She wondered
what this man had done to put him
beyond the pale. 1t was not possible
that dishonor lurked behind those
frank blue eyes. She turned from the
window and threw open one Of her
kit-bags. delved among the soft fab
RIGS and silks and produced a photo
graph. She had not glanced at 1t dur
ing all these weeks There had been
purpose back of this apparent neg
lect. The very thing she dreaded hap
pened. Her pulse beat on, evenly. I'm.
stirred. She was failure.
In the photograph the mans beard
was trimmed Valois; the beard Of the
man who had sat next to her at dinner
had grown freely and naturally. full.
Such beard was out of fashion, save
among country doctors. It signified
carelessness. indifference. or q full life
wherein the niceties Of the razor had
Of necessity been ignored. Keenly
she searched the familiar likeness.
What an amazing freak Of nature! II
was unreal. She tossed the photo
graph back into the kit-bag. Devil.
dered, uneasy.
Meantime Warrington followed the
purser into his office. Il haven't paid
for my stateroom yet" he said.
"I'll make 1t out 1T once. Rangoon,
I understand"
yes. But I'm in difficulty. have
nothing In change but two rupees"
The purser froze visibly. The tale
was trite in his ears.
But fancy I've rather good securi.
ty to OFFER" went on Warrington cool.
ly. He drew from his wallet folded
slip Of paper and spread 1t out.
The purser stared at 1t. enchanted.
Warrington stared down at the parser,
equally enchanted.
by Jove!" the former gasped dnal.
". And 80 you're the chap who's
been holding up the oil syndicate al
these months? And you're the chap
who made them come to this bally
landing three days ago?"
It was altogether new purser who
looked up. Twenty thousand pounds
about and only two rupees in your
pocket! Well. we'll: II takes the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
MINNESOTA LANDS.

Cottonwood county, 100 acres rich
black soil. clay sub. lnys flne. 40 acres
cultivated. balance hay and pasture;
10 bearing apple trees. nice grove. we'll
and spring. school half mile. large nine
room brick house. double crib, granary.
hen house, excellent new barn. build
ings all good condition. Price $106 per
acre: $4,000 by March 1, 1915; balance
ten years without payment, interest
per cent. Must be sold before March I.
or price advanced. Present owner will
rent for this year at two-fifths share
crop. You will buy this farm II you
see It, II interested. write for photo.
The N. A. Robinson Land Agency.
Window. MINI.
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eral numbers. Rev. Mr.. Luce sang .
solo. Rev. Mr.. Hicks closed the pro-
gram with short talk. Refreshments
were served during the evening. The
Fraley orchestra furnished the music.
Guests who attended from away we're
Mrs. Mabel Dickhut, OF Chester; Mrs.
Addie Norton, OF Gearing: Clarence
Buihmer, Of Green Mountain; and Rev.
N. r. Hicks, OF this city.
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