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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-11-05, Page 2es, Atlyemmansomawasmoseemerea, For the BilyS ad Girls A SCRAP OF HISTORY BY BERTHA A. WINKLER. It was in May, 1800, when Na- er across the Alps, and leaving his old poleon's army started to cross the empeoyer to look out for hinesslf. Alpe, that Wirici--new a sturdy, He strode on in silence, pep ''d fearless boy -mountaineer, who Isnew and provoked at his own good nature every elessm and ravine for miles which led him into the blunder. around -was about to make his third His best intentions were perverted trip up the Alps, by appearances., for Yokli would never Several lessons had taught him believe that be was on his way to him prudence without fear, courage with. when .he met the stranger, and that out recklessness, and for this, as wee he simply guided him because it was as his knowledge of the mountainon his way, passes, he had been offered numerous ! Thy had scarce:y traversed a quar- positions, both as guide and herds- in' of a mile, when Ulrici suddenly mom, though he had scarcely retwheil. stopped the mule and listened. his seventeenth year. I Alarm -notes, faint and broken, as But he had already promised his though corning from one unused to services to Yokli, his former employ- the Alp -horn, reached his ear. Quickly leading the male to a safe er and they were to start for the' e• ,ps In 0 few daS, sawn .a.s mo et atondinand a uung4 •suddenly fell ill, and Ulric', relieving stranger that he would return in a feve moments, he climbed the teighest his sister in her Ione night -watches, peak, in order to obtain a view of the immediately informed the renner of his inability to keep his engagement, eurroundines. Senner Yokli, kneeThe blue veins on his templesing that guides1 swelled high with indignation, as he were in great demand, and that Na-' poleon had offered large sums of saw, on the other side, a man forcibly driving a calf before him, while the money to any one who would assist the mountaineers and suspecting that old cow, whose burnt mark on her Ulrici was only making an excuse fel' hack Ulrici at once recognized as breaking his engagement for some Yokli's, was plodding on behind, low - such purpose, flew into a rage, 111 ing piteously. "Eric! Eric come back! I'll help which he dealt with no choice lan- gaage. you get the cattle!" Ulrici shouted after the terrified and evidently new And when IHrici promised to send , ' him another boy in his place, he coolly 80111101 by who WaS makinghis turned his back on him and said that escape 0000 the mountains. In another instant 'Meld had glided he could find plenty of vagabonds! down the steep and freed the calf Though pained and indignant at • from the robber's hold with a heavy s this suspicion from his old employer,blow of hiAlp-stick. when after two weeks of faithful at- "Now, drive them home, Eric- tendancehis mother had fully re- quick!" he cried, as he saw the robber covered her health, he began to con- , t raise his rifle with an angry glare. eider whether it was not his duty, t "I belong to Napoleon's army, and even now, to fulfill his engagement I can shoot you on the spot for attack - True, Semler Yolei might have se-. ing me," threatened the thief, cured an aseistant, and he would be t belong to the Swiss Republic, and can thresh you on the spot for running the risk of the loss of another week in traversing that long distance, up and down the Alpe. But, after all, his employer only spoke in a fit of temper, he thought, attacking Swiss property," promptly retorted Ulrici. "Thresh me? An ignorant young rustic like you thresh a soldier? Ha, and the remembrance of Yokli's kind- I ha - You are no more a soldier than I " nese and anxiety for him when he was once in danger, decided his way- 8011. would not dare to leave the ranks I know well enough that you sting mind. He would go and do what! ho thought was right. !without beiug hunted as a deserter. You have more likely followed the Fully equipped with his flask, Alp -1 of army as a vagabond and thief" horn, and a handkerchief full eatables, he planted his Alp -stick With this, Ulriei stooped low, and before the man was aware of his in- firmly on the rocks, and was about to tentions, knocked the rifle from his ascend, when a mule, bearing a rather short, thick -set, but graceful rgrasp down a precipiee, where it ex- ider,' galloped close up to him and halted. 1)10(15(1. "My friend, are you a guide? A fearful struggle now ensued. One Do you know anything about the mouree instant they were rolling on the! tain passes?" inquired the stranger, !ground, locked in each other's grasp; hurriedly. the next they again rose, and "Yes, sir; I am on my way up now, in spite of his desperate resistance, ! and will be glad to guide you." I felt himself gradually pushed toward a A look of satisfaction and relief yawning chasm, swept over the stern face of the Could the man really intend such a ; stranger as Ulrici promptly took hold horrible fate for him? He measured the width at the chasm with a hasty of the mule's bridle and strode out for , the mountains. i glance, Yes, he might baffle him yet. After a few more inquiries and re -1 He allowed himse:f to be pushed! plies between them, they both seemed close to the brink. Then, as his ad - to be very much interested in each versary loosened his grasp, to let him! other. I sink down, he dexterously turned and! The quiet reserve of the unknown, leaped across the chasm; and in an rider, and the lofty dignity of his instant, while his enemy stood in open whole manner, had a strange fascina- mouthed amazement on the opposite; tion for the young boy -guide. side, he turned and re -crossed it, And the stern face of the stranger /rushed between the limbs of his en- lost some of it severity as he listened , ponent, and upset him, face down- ! to the boy's quaint narratives of Al- ward. - pine adventures, and observed with. He next tied his hands with a strong' what care he led hie mule up the rocky twine, which he always carried with steep and past the precipices which hirn, and not knowing what had be - yawned close beside them. I come of his Alp -stick, he took his horn! He seemed affected by the artless- from his side and belabored him so ness with which the youth related his soundly that in a few moments it was past life, and described, in glowing battered and bent like a reed in his! ardor, his plans and hopes for the hands. f uture. I "Now," said Ulrici, as -he was about' After considerable stumbling and to let him run with his hands tied be - climbing, Ulrici began to look about hind him, "go and tell General Na - for Yokli's herd, which he knew must poleon that you got a threshing from be in that vicinity. a senner-boy for stealing his cattle; He soon met them, with Yokli in and that I said, if his justice is as their midst. But his heart sank within great as his name, he will order an - him as he saw the dark scowl which other threshing for you 1" Yokli cast at him, and then disap- Ulrici now continued his journey; peered behind the rocks without the across the mountains without any usual friendly salute. more interruption. Ulrici suddenly realized his unpleas-i He briefly related to the waiting, ant situation. Here he was, just as' traveler what had happened, though I Yokli had suspected, guiding a travel- ` he suspected that he had partly wits' re7111=1.09r.pe.4117 eee . - leee. llow of the Bells -Royce air vanguard, said to be (Ise lusgesi. plane in the world. Besides the crew, it carries 22 passengers. Mealsare served. nessed the scene, from the fad that the strimger had dismounted and was a short distance from his .mule when ho arrived. His suspicion WAS confirmed when, about to separate at the foot of the last mountain, the- traveler, with a deep, searching gaze on the young mountaineer, snid: "I have heard your remarks abolit Napoleon to -day. You are a brave • fellow. With an army such as you, he could conquer the world!" He then wrote on a loose piece of paper, and handing it to Ulrici, with the request to give it to the Adminis- trator of the Army on bis return, he galloped away. Unfortunately, like all poor pea - stints, Ulrici had never learned to read, and, as he turned the paper over in his hands, wondering what it all meant, he began to realize the advans tages of an education, and resolved to learn to read himself. He lest no time in reaching Yokli's hut; and after a long explanation from _Ulrici, and profuse apologies from Yokli, who allowed that he was the best boy in Switzerland, he pro- duced the mysterious slip of paper for Yokli's perusal. Yokli slowly adjusted his spectacles and read and re -read the paper. Then suddenly bringing his fist down upon the table with a tremendous noise, he exclaimed. "Boy, you've seen the greatest gen- eral of the age -Napoleon! And mind, Uli," he added, "he'sd • d enough to be paid you for a house and fieldl" Ulrici was almost struck dumb with amazement. "Napoleon? That little, silent nem, who listened so patiently to my simple talk, and smiled whenever I spoke of the house and meadow I wanted to buy?" he exclaimed, scarcely credit- ing his rearing, "There is his name, black on white," laughed Yoke, as he spelled it. "I suppose I won't have you for a 80111150 - boy after all." But TIlrices mind was made up dif- ferently. He t down to the valley to get Napoleon's order cashed and placed in bank. Then he bought a few school- books and some candles, and ascended the mountains once more, "Now, Yokli," he said, as he enter- ed the hut, "I'll take care of your cat- tle for this season, as I promised, if you'll sit down with me in the evening and hely me learn to read I'm going to make myself worthy of Napoleon's money, before I use it." As Ulrici sat on the green sward, in the midst of his cattle poring over his school book he felt that a IIONV world -the world of know:edge-was opening to him. Years after, when he had cattle of his own In the Al himself in erapoleori's history as a young peasant who unknowingly led the great general across the moun- tains. Sentence Sermons. Nothing is Advantageous -That a man would be ashamed to have his . family know about. -That puts, a feer of a dread into a inan's life. -That pays profits at the expense. of honor, -That decreases a workman's fund of self-respect. __That leaves a prejudice or a venge- ful spirit in its wake. -That must be promoted by crooked dealln g. -That lowers the boss in the con- fidence of his help. • "COIrteeS the Asettierin." Clothed • in splendor, beautifully sad and sil eu t, Comes the autumn over the woods and highlands, Golden rose -rad, full of divine remem• brance, Full of foreboding. Soon the maples, soon will the glow- ing birehes, Stripped of all that summer anti love . had dowered them, Dream, sad -limbed, beholding their pomp and. treaeure. Ruthlessly ecattered. Yet they quail not; winter, witl', wind • and iron, Comes and finds them silent and un- complaining, Finds them tameiese, beautiful still and grades's. Gravely enduring, -Archibald Lampearin. • Modern Witchcraft. • The belief in witchcraft dies hard. We are apt to suppose that it exists nowadays, outside of the Orient, only among savages and the superatitious peasantry of a few nations backward in civilization, There, iudeed, are its strongholds; but it crops up occasion- ally in unexpected places. • A recent issue of the Manchester Guardian re- cords an amazing trial in theEnglish village of Cullompton, In which witch- craft practised by the plaintiff was seriously adduced by the defendant to explain and justify his acts. Alfred John Matthews, a small farm- er, was summoned for assault by his neiglsbor, Ellen Garnsworthy. He had she declared, attacked her without provocation and severely scratched her arm with a pin, calming a profuse flow of blood, He had also threatened to shoot ber. Farmer Matthews, far from delving the assault, readily admitted it. • She had, he -.considered, got no more, and indeed less, than she deserved, for ill- , wishing hint and bewitching his Pie. It was she, and not he, to whom the police ought to turn their attention, he declared with spirit. They ought to raid her house, for she possessed O creetal with svhieh she wrought evill magic, and the thing ought to be found, and confiscated, that her neighbors might be safe. The presiding magistrate tried, wholly in vain, to persuade and con- vince the man that there wile no such ! thing as witchcraft. lie was sentenced to a month's imprisoninent for the as. sault-a sentence which he persisted in believing preposterously unjust. His pig had been bewitched and died, If 'anybody went to Jail, clearly it ought to be the witch! The Idea. Cop -"Madam, lel have to take your number." Isady--"1549!" Cop -"No! Not the tette of yore birth -your -license number!" asyLasons 'MUM 11 • New Series byWYNNETERGUSON author ef 'Perguson on auction .Thidge ..7=tc0,-,z=rni1=1&=01112 Copyright 1925 by IloY1., Jr, ARTICLE No. 4 Is it more difficult to play the dummy hand against two opponents or for the two opponents to play against the de- clarer? That question has been the cause of much discussime but to the writer there seems only one answer. It is much more difficult for the opponents of the declarer. The latter can see his twenty-six cards and should know the best way of combining them to the best advantage. Reis not 111 1110 dark as are his opponerits, for they must guess as to the other's holding and they are just as apt toguess wrong as right. Also, in the opening lead, the opponents of the declarer are Sit a disadvantage, If part- ner has not bid, what should be the opening lead? This is a question that puzzles the experts at times but the average player can greatly overcome this difficulty by the careful study of a good table of leads. In playing against the declarer, try to convey as much information as possible to your partner by use of conventional leads and cis - cards. Watch you e partner's play and that of thedeclarer very closely. Try not only to make every play of your own convey information to your part- ner, but try also to learn something Hearts -J, 9, 6 Clubs - Q, 10, 8, 6, 5 Diamonds - Q, J, 9, 5 Spades- 7 trroomeecylearyrerplay of your partner and of hd The followink hand looks easy but Unless the proper lead is made, the game is lost: Hearts Q, J 8 Clubs- 7, 4, 2 Diamonds- K, 10, 7, 4, 2 * Spades - J, 4 The dealer bid one specie and all passed. What is the correct opening lead with the above hand? The correct leadAs the queen of hearts Any other lea(1 with this hand would have lost game. The placlia Yineornwci sh, °ale' eeirdy ibtaodpleenaec, Nd t heev ef uorp eonf a suit containing the king against a suit bid, if there is any °thee possible lead. It is nearly always a trick loser. The writerhas occasionally mentioned the Law of Symmetry in these articles. This Law is, in effect, a theory that there is a symmetricat relation existing between the distribution of the four suits in any one of the hands and the distribution of any one of the four siiits among the four hands. This symmetri- cal relation is well exemplified by the distribution of the following hand which caret up recently in actual play: Hearts - Q Clubs - K,J, 7, 4 Diamonds- A, 8, 7, 6, 2 Spades -5, 4, 3 Hearts -- K, 10, 7, 5,8 : ' Y . Clubs -2 : A 13 : Diamonds- K, 10, 3 . Z . Spades - J, 9, 8, 2 Hearts -A, 8, 4, 2 Clubs -A, 9, 3 Diamonds -4 Spades -A, K, Q, 10, 6 No score, rubber game. Z dealt and bid one spade. All passed and.A opened the six of clubs. Z won the trick with the nine of clubs and procedded to look the hand over. What would you figure as to probable distribution and correct play of the hand? Z should note that his own, hand and Y's were divided 5.4-3-1. He also noted that A opened the six of clubs and that 13 played the deuce. 12 13 had held two clubs, he would have started an echo to show his partner that he could trump the third' round of clubs so his play of the deuce indicated a singleton. Z, therefore, fig- ured that the clubs were divided 5-4-3-1. He holds five spades and his dummy three so that if A also held a singletoue it must be in spades. Therefore the spades must be divided 5-4-3-1. His heart and diamond holding and that of Hearts -J, 10 Clubs -10 Diamonds - K, Q Spades - Q, 9' the dummy also indicated a possibility that these suits were divided 5-4-3.1. Z, therefore, decided to play according- ly. At the second trick he led the ace of hearts and then a low heart trumping in dummy. He then led a low club which A trumped, On this trick Z played his ace of clubs 50 (1101 he could fiuesse the king jack later. No matter what B now plays Z must make a small slain. Figure it out. The hand is remark- able in that after the first lead the dis- tribution of all four suits can be so accurately deterndned, It is also a re- markable illustration of the Law of Symmetry. All of the four suits and all of the four hands have the same dis- tribution, 5-4-3-1. It is the first time that the writer ever has noted such a unique hand. Answer to Problem No. 2, Hearts -Q Clubs - Q, 9 Diamonds -A, 8 Spades -8, 5 :A Y B Z 3 Hearts - 8 Clubs -7, 6, 3, 2 Diamonds -10 Spades -10 Hearts- 9, 5 Clubs -s J Diamonds -7, 5 • Spades - K,'J There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. How can YZ win all the tricks against any defense? Z should lead the jack of clubs and wilt. the trick in Y's hand with the queen. Y should then • lead the 1)1110 02 clubs on which Z should discard the five of diamonds. A is now up against a .discord. If he discards a heart, Y will place the queen of hearts and lead a spade so that Z's nine of hearts will be good. If A discards a dia- mond, both of Y's diamonds will be good, If A discards a spade, both of Z's spades will be good. Any of the three discards, therefore, will lay A's hand °pent° a loss of a trick. Suppose he dis- cards a heart, y peays the queen and then plays the five of spades. Z wins the trick and leads the nine of beasts. What can A now discard but a spade or a diamond? If the former, Z's spade iegood; if the latter, Y's diamonds are good so that YZ must win the balance of the tricks. • ----,-- • Tropical African Facts. "I define tro "'cal Africads bel West Africa; Belgium third with 900,- 000 square miles in the Congo; Portu- i gal fourth and Spain fifth. The Bri. that tentral portion ef the continent 1 tish territories have an a.ppeoximate which lies to the south of the Groat Sa- ; aggregate population of 42,000,000, 1.e., zhamm•abcDsciserrilt,era,n,d tzoaid•thethneortHhon, W. French area has. population of about ef the about the same ea Groat Britalia. The Ormsby -Gore, M.P., in a speech at the ' 12,000,000, as also have the Belgian territories." Royal Sectors,- of Arts meeting record- ed in its Journal. "This vast. fertile and well -watered . What Dad Said. stretch of Use earth's surface coin- Our little lad WAS asked by his prizes over 5,000,000 square miles mother what his father said when he (Great Britain Is 20,000 square mileS). sat down at the table. There was coin; Of this area nearly half is under Bid- , pany present, teat administration, being comprised Mother was proud and wanted the of 1,000,000 square miles for the five little boy to answer: "Grace." British territories in Bast Africa, But instead the boy answered: 1,000,000 square miles far tho Anglo. "Go easy on the butter, kids. It's Egyptian Sudan, and. half a million fifty cents a pound!" - square !Mies for the British West Afre I. • can colonies. Most heroic figures in history are "After Groat Britain, with two end a , like certain paintlegs. It is better half million square miles, comes not to approach too near if Franco with 1,500,000 square miles in to see them at their lease eeessessessesseeteeesestete Wr.nts to br.a kfl:'r, REG'LAR FELLERS -By Gene Byrnes rard.Yrcm SUM ISEAR OF LUTlelk SORZN144 -CIAE ORP.FTERV 408° AV -- <1 ,m,r,.......7,,, 1 "100 taBAla ISES A 711TiCtfk? OF A GRAFTER'. 105 mpkes PINEAPPLES GROW 010 GERNAUNG AN' isAstaGS LIKB • THAT'. FIE GRAFTS 'EM otel Dotsieel-IA j*5oV WHAT 1oleAm3 9 9, se -2 a g 1• • IVa A swei.L. 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One of tee outstanding romances of the senior -services is revealed by the announcement that the Kieg has just aimointed Captain T. J. S, Lyne, 0., 11.N„ to be a Companion of the Or- der of the Batll on his retirement, Captain Lyne lute lite distinction of being the first member of OAS lower deck to reach his high Tank, his last ship being 11.11,9, Imeregnable, which lie Joined as a boy forty years ago, His career has been remarkable In many ways. He attained warrant rank, for eisemple, at the early age 01 twentyeeven, an achivement almost unheard 01 111 those clays. But it was hie great seamanship. during the Boer War, when in difficult circumstances isa brought a disabled torpedo boat In- to harbor, that first marked him AD a future high officer. His example, one inay be sure, lethrproved an inspiration to many an able seaman since. ' . Mr. Shaw's Invitation. The journalist who Can got an inter- view with Mr, George Bernard Shaw may conekler himself lucky, Par the dramatist . has the greatest dislike t.0 being interviewed. some time ago 0 certain young jtmis nalist wrote to ler. Shaw asking for an emminiment, ane to lila great de- light, :anew waiting i some days, he received the fell° wing reply late 51 the "aftesmoou: "Certainly. Drop in anti dine with mo to -night -George Bei, nard Shaw, • The journalist was eougratulating himself on his luck when, happening to glance at the envelope, he ratted to his dismay that the "etanm bore the postmark of a remote little town on the Continent. Mr. Shaw had been Joking again. torlytWy1;'at is Your.,, .Real Age? Iso doesn't loge a day over How often 5 that remit* made of a mau who is fifty or so'?, And it is in- teresting to note that doctors In these days are veering round to the opinion that in such a case the man's real age may be nemerforti then Rae. The age which your birth certificate reveals is not your real age --it only represents the number of summers that have passed over your head. The real age Is determined by tho 'wear .and tear" 2of the body -which eau be fairly closely recorded by modern methods el examination, The heart, for all practical purposes, Is Just a piece of machinery, a hc.1.1,,w muscular pump to drive the blood wards, and a rough estimate of its real age in relation to its birthday age may be made by abscessing its rata and steadiness. The tubes that carry tho bleod--the arteries- have their age, too, 1111011 is denoted to the finger by their elas- tic qualities and the pressure af the blood within them -both of white can be accurately redorded by an lnstru- .. ment Then there are the lungs. Their powers of breathing can be measured, but perhaps a more important test is the power of holding the breath, for this indicates the degree of atnadiness of the nerves too. The steadiness cf your nerves is important, because the less steady they axe, the more vital energy you will spend every year. Lastly there is the digestive system. From, the state of the teeth ant the conditionof the stomach an estimate can he made of your digestive age. Thus a doctor can form an estimate of the ages of your heart, arteries, lungs, nerves and digestive system, and from these he should be -able to place your real ago to within five yeers or So. • Enemies. We would have, all of us friends, • friends And yet consider, pray„, The value of staunch enemies Along life's curious way. Few friends will frankly tell us et Tice faults we all possees: Largely from enemies wo come • To know of traits we guess. A good &tout enemy will stir To make extended effort; He prods, he digs, he emu° eight out • While friends will stop to court. Lord, grant me friends, aenany, manse But let me never be Surrounded by my friends, With no good enemy. --George muston. • A Stage Superstition. In the theatrical prdtession it has long been a popular belief or supersti- tion that a "ragged" dregs rehearsal will result in a better show on the lint night than if the final dress roe hear";a1 rues too smoothly.