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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-02-20
Had to Hire House For Cats.

In the latter part of that year Miss
Clegg became interested in the char
ity and bought a bicycle to the rear Of
which she attached a basket After
that the two women made Journeys at
ali times of the day and night and
brought back cats. So many animals
were captured that it was necessary
to hire house. A:his was the incep-
ton Of the refuge home, which changed
itS name many times.
When Miss Clegg was asked how
many cats had been collected and put
out of their misery she replied that
from 1893 to the date of Miss Cord
ing's death the two had caught 49,
600. All efforts to get her to reduce
the figure failed. She had her note
book with her, and in it she had kept
q complete record of the work. She
asserted that between Jan. /, 1913,
and the date Of Miss Cording's death
they had taken over 1000 animals
All these had been lugged. squalling
and scratching. to the home, where
they were either fed to sickness and
farmed out or out to death with chic
rOform.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-02-20
Admiration.

''Have you told your father that
asked you to marry me?" asked the
young man.
''Yes," replied the positive young
woman.
"And how was he affected"
HE smiled and exclaimed. Brave
yP"-WashingtOn Star.
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n MAoru SQUARE.

TIE MAoio SQUARE.
A number Of interesting descriptions
OF tho methods OF reasoning out tie
solution Of such problems az this one
hy Algernou Bray have come TO hand,
TIVE following being n good example OF
tho method usually followed by success
full solvers.
From the conditions Of IN" problem.
that zach OF tine twelve rows and the
two diagoraIs mast add alike. " is
evident that the figures must NEE, the
following conditions:
d) T+M-LP-A+H+L
Ic) T-S+v-P+1
ts) P+H-L+M~A+T
80 S+I~r+v+T
From ! and . we And that twsca
V-+P-L. Therefore T must be even,
since I-.P.-T. and III II even, Also J
and II must both he fairy large d's'ts.
nut Is smaller nan r. II we try
T.-s and I~f, we easily get. Pal,
SAB and VS.. so the letters and num-
bers they represent must b. AZ follows
p \ T. = NJ 7 y II
. 3 q = \
This gives us tho following magic
square rs tho solution of the problem
the constant being 276,
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no trufnps and drops "a In the face
vt an adverse trump declaration your
opening lead should always be h trump.
Apply this principle to the foregoing
hand and As heart contract to win four
odd should have been set for two tricks,
or for n trick II z drops out and let's
A have 1t at the three hearts bid BY
Il.
n the opponents have the top hearts
z u have the tops In all Us queen
suits. II the opponents have not the
top hearts Us lead Of the king of hearts
does Y no harm. The play could then
go only n way.
Dummy wins with the ace Of hearts
and leads the club 30 as to establish
the cross run. z wins with the king
and leads the queen Of trumps. which
holds. Tho eight Of. spades then forces
A to cover with the Jack or Y will let
the eight ride. Worse than that, A loses
two clubs At the end.
After that dummy has only u run
In clubs instead OF two and makes only
two spades tricks instead Of three. Thia
looks as II Az heart bid was a mistake
after all. a. II gives Y and Y 11S or
1SS points, instead Of 20 only. and. II they
double. a. they should have done when
hearts went to four. It would have Beer
S16 instead Of 20.
Just ~ q matter OF curiosity trans.
pose the hands Of Y and b. giving A
all those queens and kings that Y holds
and A still goes down on a contract Il
mako only two hearts!
Here 10 h other side OF the problem
when the suit bid against the no trumpel
can be hopelcssly defeated. but there Il
enough on the no trump side Of the tabl,
TO be sure Of same. The hand vas played
at h knickerbocker last week.
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Correct solutions from:
NJ. Koran. W. A. Buckley, Gordon
Ireland. Philip !. Alssr. u. w. Pettin-
sill. Achilles II. Kohn. o. II. Boston,
Charles u. Shuldhayn, l.. McGrath. West
Hartford. ]. q. Adams. II. E. Ahern,
Thomas y. Wetststn. samuel ".
HAlch, ". p. W. and H. NICK. winkiey.
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White.
White to play ana draw.
The distribution Of the pieces ID:
Black n on .. IS and IS king on -.
White men on 81, 80 and 81 king on I.
SON NOR GEOMETRY.
Here 10 another one from Harry 4.
Sayles. which y guaranteed to keep tho
geome;rical sharps busy until Christmas
but IL they do not get It by that time
they will have to work over II until
next year.
This ID q plain ordinary every day
Latin cross, In fact I. 10 tho same old
cross that CAV the Orscks 20 much
trouble in that wiring problem. The
only additional information about II 10
that the lower Arm 10 three feet long.
rho rest Of the Cross being composed Of
blocks one font square.
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WIZ
SHQj
oAoj 10 oh2
5000
0aose Y VAes.
Se66 Ia aSA 10 . !
07s QKS
Ill.,.

Il and A both passed without i Did. Y
said two diamonds and Is had two no
truTps. which In pretty forward bidding
when the partner q had nothing TO Say
on the first round. II A does not take
him out Il Is set for four tricks. .
When u passed A warned his partner
by bidding three spades. w%hereupon Y
wont tn four diamonds, ~ he could run
spades. Uncomfortable as II may seem,
b went to four spades. Not only that,
when n doubled the four spades d re-
doubled and WAS set for 400 points. "A
Y and z made a diamond, two clubs
and two trumps.
The bidding in this hand Is all right
up TO the four diamonds II we except
BIS two no trumps. Y Is quite right
in fearing that A vii! go game II spades
II Is Ia a no trumper. with the dia-
stopped. but BIS support Of tine
spade suit is premature. lie does not
know how good his partners spades
are as trick winners.
With such n strong bid as four dia-
monds from Y. without any assistance
from 2, b should have passed. 1t is a
certainty that Y cannot 20 game In dia-
monds unless he can trump two Of BIS
aces. a the king Of diamonds must
make II he a 10 encourage A TO
FuOW ~ tt8u SNIoo ia 0R4ut IO CtLl
double the four diamonds.
At one table Y bid four diamonds
after starting with an intended shutout
bid Of three. against which A bid spades
and II doubiad the four diamonds. II
led c and a small club. Two rounds
of trumps followed and II led a third
club.
This drove Y to trying trump leads Ia
force discards until he was down TO one
trump. Il stripped his hand to the
tenace IN hearts. ace Of spades and the
last trump. setting the contract for 200.
At M table u went to four no trumps
over h four diamonds instead Of sup
porting AS spade bid. When u led the
six Of diamonds Y should have read
d for the king nine and played the
ten. hoping thsG u could lead another
diamond II he got In on the spades
Instead OF that Y played h ace and
led another round. putting Il In.
h led the C Of spades, and finding
Y had one followed with. the eight. y
discarding the seven of hearts and Their
O diamond. Unfortunately. u o this
seven as an encouraging discard n led
a heart. Y refused to cover the spade
queen. but won the seven. Y discarded
the jack Of clubs and then n diamond.
When Y led tho club. Il picked up Y's
king OF hearts. put dummy In with the
by II trick only instead Of four.
Hero 10 an interesting little problem
for the student Of bidding tactics.
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Among the many pussling variations
which are sound. but take much longer
to prove. II q slight departure from the
play given in "a" II white piayS
10--t6 instead OF 1s-22. and black re-
plies with LIE. Il Il stu q draw for
white. but the l0-16 move IL not ~
good as 19-23.
Correct solutions from:
John Victory. II. A. r.. A. Campbell.
&. r. Coriis. J. H. Norsmac. Thomas
Foy. John DAILY. J. p. De0roR. Thomas
lnSiis.> J. J. r. Bronx. james Hyiand,
John Ryan, .Narsik, Hoboken James q.
Pinkerton and L. 8. Hart. Jr. Thess all
got the trunk play. n some OF the vari-
ations. but the list 10 not given - ANAL.
Mr.. Lyman reservinG the privilege Of ex-
aiming the many variations, a. only
two on this list found the play given BY
the composer In a" or 81"
THE Sun n continually In receipt Of
letters demanding an explanation Of cef.
tain alleged defects In solutions. n
signed IL. J. B." and covering four pages
Of analysis Of No. c5l being an example.
Unless full name n address IN sent.
with stamped and directed envelope. no
notice can be taken Of euch cornmunica-
tione.
Here is q rather neat illustration Of
the way an expert will sometimes crawl
out Of a tight piace. Il II an instruc.
tive position for the beginner.
PRoBLuN NO. S57-cHpcKBRs.
He~
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Y dealt and bid q diamond, although
his carts would be considered quite
good enough for o no trumper by moso
persons. rs personal objection to the
no trump bid - that II his partner takes
him out with w hearts z oanno sup
port II, but n Y has a nance b btd n
heart It will show strength and then Y
can 20 70 nc trumps.
A passed and Y thought u his partner
had " cure tricks In diamonds he
would risk tho spades. 20 he bid no
trump. b bic two hearts.
Here We hAv the same 6allacy, ex-
cusing h bid on no ground that h
player has six trumps and two single
tons. wherein the truth Is that he has
nothing but six little hearts and q trick
less hand.
In order to show his full strength in
cas- Y could stop the hearts. which
he has bid no trurnps without any tops
In diamonds or spades. z bid two spades.
A. A thought he had the spades bottled
up he went three hearts. but Y did three
nc t-v..ps n e
Y could have set the heart contract for
40 II he doubled. a. neither A nor II
ever win q trick In the plain suits and
mako onv hve trump TRICKS u 2 leads
the trump.
As h play goes at no trunfps. 7
makes four odd. A heart led goes to
the c and the nine n covered by the
tan. leaving Y with h major tenace In
tho suit owe q. A. b has tho diamonds
stopped. he starts to take Nj dummx's
reentnes I'm spadee.
Y put himself in With a small club,
led the Jack Of diamonds and let II ride.
Then ne put dummy IN with a club and
led three rounds Of diamonds. discard
ing n heart and two clubs, 20 that the
queen OF diamonds was the only trick
for A and Il.
II IL doubtful II the game Is worth as
much as the penalties In this case. al
though the game seems certain. When
the game In at all doubtful II In always
better to play for the penalties. Take
this case. sent to THE SUN last week.
1t was played in a duplicate match.
West dealt.
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Clubs are trumps and Y IL In the lead.
Y and z want Ave tricks against n
defence.
In the actual game. z led the smalley
of his two trumps. putting Y in. and Y
led the king Of spades. expecting u to
make his losing trump. This was the
trap, but y did not fall into II.
IF B trumps the spade and leads the
king Of hearts. z trumps Il and makes
his two established spades. the Ions
trump and Us ace Of diamonds. II B
trumps and leads the small heart. z dis
cards the diamond. letting Y WIN the
heart trick with the queen. making ace
of diamonds. me tsump and the spade
At the end.
This was the solution picked out BY
several who apparently thought any six
card problem must be for beginners and
therefore easy. But the trump lead mdll
not solve. because p will not trump the
spade. discardinG a heart instead.
This leaves Y in tho lead. II he fol-
lows with q diamond, B will still refuse
to save his losing trump. discarding an
other heart. Now Y Is forced to lead
hearts. and no matter which one he
plays. r Just covers II. No matter what
z does. b must max a heart trick and
q trump, or two hearts.
The only corvect opening IL for z TO
lead the deuce Of spades. allowing b to
trump the king. A trump lead from BIS
hand would be obviously fatal At once.
as It would leave z with the long trump
10 bring In the spades when T leads the
heart, 40 b must lead a heart.
II he leads q small heart. z discarda
the diamond, 7 wins the trick. pulls BIS
remaining trump. makes the ace Of dia-
monds and leads a heart for 2 to trump
and make the last trick with the spade
queen.
II II leads the king Of hearts after
trumping the spade, z trumps and leads
another spade, which y trunps with the
king. shutting out rs nine. Now Y leads
the best heart and Y discards the dia-
mond, so as TO be ready TO overtrump B
when Y leads the ace OF diamonds.
II B refuses TO trump the hrst trick. Y
If in the lead. This n a pretty VARIATION
which many solvers missed. Y leads
tho diamond. az p passes up this trick,
Y and z la n cross run. as q can AZ
ford to trump hearts twice and 7 can
make his king OF trumps on the spade.
II b trumps the diamond and leads the
king OF hearts. 2 will trump and lead m
other spade for Y TO put on the king OF
trumps. Now the queen OF hearts and
the queen OF truinps are good for two
moro tricks. a pretty problem for only
six cards.
Correct solutions from.
Frank s. Busser. +. ". Trinbie. r. "
White. walker McMartin, Oscar Schoen-
hevr. ID. Perry. Q. F.. Johnson. J. ".
wortz. Roscoe C.. Harris. Il. NJ. White.
head. l.. s, Hart. Jr.. w. h. nrrsh. ].
Warren Miller. +. II. Fairfield. w. p.
W, Henry Andersen ana G. J.. Morse.
All others missed the important varia-
tons In the defence.
Here is n rather interesting situation
sent to THE Sun from London by n com.
poser who has already set the cracks
some hard tasks.
BRIDGE rRopkEM NO, 81,
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CAN BAD PLAY WIN
AT ROYAL AUCTION?
Only When Opponents Play Is
Worse Can Conventions
BE Disrcgarded.
SOME COMMON ERRORS

During the process Of examining the
many example hands that correspondents
are good enough to send to TIE Sur
every week AZ illustrations Of the value
or the defect Of some theory or another
There Is one feature that seems 10 be
mora prominent and pcrsistent than any
other. and that Is the inability Of the
ssnders 10 see the difference between
results which are due to bad play and
those which arc duo to following sound
principles.
The general tone Of many OF these let
tiers IL. "You do not approve Of this sys-
tenn Of bidding but hero II a hand that
shows Il IL all right. because I won out
on H." The bidding and play given IN
support Of this Natemcnt take no nots
Of tho fact that the advsrsaries con.
,ribu,cd to the result BY bidding or play
that is either equally bad or worse.
n Is m easy matter for any n u
produce a number Of hands In which the
srossest violation Of convention has led
to large gains In the scors but in thu
majority Of cases, II the situation II
more closely examined. It will b found
that the losing side vas equally q,
fault.
One OF the most Common errors In bid
ding Is overcailing NJ trumpers second
land with "A suit when the hand holds
cut no particular promise Of coins
game. But this error In continually
compensated for by the other sides push.
INK the no trumper when their hands are
nor good enough to 20 game against the
opposing declaration.
we pushed him up q bit. anyway
rema rks the one who bid tho suit t.
whichshis partner might very aptly 70
tort. Thank goodness. they wert
foolish enough to take you out"
The principal matter Of Disagreement
among the general run OF players a
present seems to be on this second hand
overcaliing no trumpers with a suit. ant
THE SUN is continually In receipt o.
hands played in various parts Of tn
country which seem TO prove that tn.
bid In all right. and 1t is worthy Of not,
that In many cases the senders seem I
glory in the weakness Of the hand tha'
made the bid. Here is a typical ease
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DRoOKLYN ADVANCEMENT.
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not md = draw. The trap In this prob
lem wNs the difficulty Of eliminating the |
su~perfuous plays, which tended TO CON-
the anaiysis.
The distribution Of the pieces 10: Black
men On Z, ~ md -; king "a I. WHITE
man on - kings on II and IS. whate
to play and draw. Here are the msvss
tina solve:
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sr. PAuL, MIMI, Dec. ll.--Saved from
death when his overails caught on a
switch post. Charles johnson. who said
he lives In Arco. MINI, lost three fingers
on his right hand In the ct. Paul rail-
road yards At Sixth ven south. Mir
nsApolls. whom he tried TO board a NOV
Ing train. g.
Railroad mon who witnessed the ncGi-
dent SAID johnson struck the SWITCH
poss In such u way a. 10 b. turned to-
ward she yails and would have been
crushed ned hot nis ovsss,ss stoPped his
Pu~O0
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There are no trumps and Y 10 in the
lead. u remarks that A and u cannot
help winning hve Or elk tricks, upon
which A offers to bet that II 1t were
a nullo he and II need not win more
thah three. u bets he can force A and b
to win four. and wins the bet.
The distribution OF tho cards Is as
follows:
Y has the nine Of hearts; eight, four
Of clubs ace. seven, six. deuce OF dta.
rnonds. and the three Of spades.
. A has the ten. three Of hearts; queen.
ton. five, deuce Of clubs eight and nve
OF diamonds no spades.
u has the eight, deuce Of hearts;
nins OF clubs nine, four, three Of dia-
monds. and the queen, seven Of spades.
z has tho jack, fve OF hearts; Jack,
seven. six OF clubs; Jack. ten. four Of
spades no diamonds.
CHECKER BINDINGS.
Problem No. 355. by II. y. Lyman,
seeIns to have given the aspirants for
the next honor list a hot Of trouble. some
- ne cracks writing to say they coulA
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PROBLEMS FOR sun
READERS. TO SOLVE
No. 355, by Jay Reed, Not So
Easy as It Looked ON
First Glance.
WITH THE CHECKER FANS

Bridge problem No. S55. which was
typical Of the composer. jay Reed.
seemed very simple to some persons. but
not 20 easy I those who examined II
more closely. The situation arose In
tho course Of . rubber away out in Pres
colt. Aris.. but the point Of the hand
was missed in the actual play. Here 10
thn d~istrih,lfioa.
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Y deals and bid one diamond.
What should A bid and why? The
full hand n the play win b. given
next week.
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divide the surface Of Il by a series OF
straight lines in such a manner that II
the cro.s were divided into pieces fhey
could be reArrarsged 80 as 10 form n
perfect sQuare. 49,.
The hardest part OF the puzzle - to
Determine the smallest nurrber OF pieces
with which this can be done
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-28
H0tU To Get Rid of q
Bad Cough
A Home-Made Remedy tfat WIN
Do 1t Quickly. Cheap and
Easily Made

II you have a bad cough or chest cold
which refuses to yield to ordinary rene
DIES, get from any druggist 21a ounces
OF PlneX (oO cents worth), pour into a
pint bottle and ill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup. Start taking
2 teaspoonful every hour or two. In =
hours your cough will be conquered or
very nearly SO. Even whooping cough is
greatly relieved in this way
The above mixture makes a full pint
a family supply-of the finest cough
syrup, that money could buy-at a cost
of only 54 cents. Easily prepared in 5
minutes. Full directions with Pinex.
Ibis Pinex and Sugar Syrup prepa-
ration takes right hold of a cough and
gives almost immediate relief. It loos-
ems the dry, hoarse or tight cough in &
way. that is really remarkable. Also
quickly heals the inhamed membranes
which accompany painful cough, and
stops the formation of phlegm in the
throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending
the persistent loose cough. Excellent for
broncchltIs, spasmodic Group and winter
coughs: Keeps perfectly and tastes good
CHILDREN like it.
Pinex is special and highly concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, rich in guaiacol, which is so
healing to the membranes.
10 avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for '21a ounces of Pinex. do
not accept anything else. A guarantee
# absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
refunded goes with this preparation.
Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-28
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

MYERS-Judith Ellen Myers, q
North Ninth street, died at her home
at $50 O'Clock last night OF complica-
tion of diseases. She was born in
Wayne county. Besides her husband,
John Myers, she is survived by two
sons and a daughter, James Myers, ia
cob Myers and Mrs. John Mayard of
California
Funeral services will be held at
o'clock Thursday morning from the
residence and at 10 o'clock from the
Christian church in Centerville. Bur
ial at Centerville. Friends may call at
any time.
ROST-Funeral services for William
T. Rost will be held at O'Clock We'd
nesday afternoon at the residence Of
his sister. Mrs E. J. Smyser, 1872 Fort
Wayne avenue and will be private.
Rev. Conrad Huber will Officiate.
Friends may call from O'Clock until
8 O'Clock Tuesday evening. Burial in
Earlham cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-28
CARRIERS DELIVER
LAST OF PACKAGES
MAILED FOR XMAS

Traces Of the Christmas rush are
fast disappearing" said Frank Wilson.
superintendent Of mails at the post
office. I'VE are now even up to date
with deliveries and safe for another
year Today was really the first
breathing spell the post office clerks
have had. Many hold over packages
were delivered yesterday and even to-
day. number OF packages which had
been delayed in mailing or in transit,
were delivered.
1T was through the cooperation
given by people in mailing early as
had been advised for many years, that
We were able to handle the Christmas
business this year." said Mr.. Wilson.
All records were broken for the
Christmas week and had the business
piled up on the last day as 1t did in
some previous years, we could hardly
have handled IT last Friday and Satur-
day"
Very little trouble was experienced
by the clerks this year in straighten-
ing misdirected parcels. The cam
paign Of education waged by the post.
office department throughout the
country and the fact that people are
becoming accustomed to the rules and
regulations of the parcel post, assist
ed materially in preventing trouble
Several queerly addressed packages
We're received but very few per cent
Of them will be sent to the dead letter
office through the fact that the right
address could not be found.
New Years cards are filling the mail
now. Although the sending of New
Years cards Is not as popular as
Christmas cards, thousands of greet
ings will be transferred this week.
The European war has influenced the
designs Of many of the cards,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-28
JONES TO STOP HEAVY HAULING
ON ROADS DURING ThAW WEATHER

County Road Superintendent Jones
announced today that he will enforce
the state law regarding heavy hauling
on the roads OF the county when they
are in a soft condition. Mr.. Jones had
delayed making the announcement be-
cause the roads SO far this winter
have not been damaged by wet wealth
er and he believed it might be possible
to go through the winter without is
suing an order to this effect.
During the past few days, Mr.. Jones
has been busy answering inquiries
from township trustees and township
road superintendents desirous of
knowing whether or not legal action
will be brought against owners of We
hicles who persist in using the roads
when they are soft. The state law is
plain on the subject, Mr.. Jones says
and it makes it unlawful for any vehi-
Gle weighing $500 pounds to traverse