THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1958.
Would You Believe It!
The King Who Tried To Grow
Beef From Seed
MOST royal familios have had the misfortune to include
members who were afflicted by madness,
One of these eccentrics is known in history as "The Mad Queen." She was the immensely rich Juana, Queen of Castile, and daughter of the famous Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Henry VII of England offered to marry her in 1506, in order to inherit her fortune, but she was not silly enough to accept his proposal.
Another ruler who earned an unhappy title was "The Mad King of Bavaria." He was Ludwig the Second who was constantly in trouble with his ministers because of his habit of building costly and superfluous palaces in all sorts of out-of-the-way places.
The doctor obligingly agreed rolepsed the other arta from the strait-jacket. It was fatal mistake on the King mighty promptly delivered blow at the doctor's head and This knocked him to the floor. amused George to much that he laughed himself to sleep.
He asto
hed spont vast suta on England,
the queerest performances of Wagner's operas delusion. He bought he was and with himself as the only specta- made of glas and trembled with tor. Tla devotion to music, tear when anybody came near a however, saved a great composer him in case he was knocked over to the world, Not only did the and broken! mad king give the pennilesa Wagner home and a pension, but he also pold up all bis debts. Ludwig came to a saj end after he had been declared and to Tuje in 1888. He Crowned himself in a lake near his castle of Berg,
Perhaps the most unpleasant of the royal lunatics was the "Mod Czur of Russia," Paul 1. He began his reign with acts of
charity but became a hated Farmer George
tyrani and was assassinated in his bod, While he was review- ing his bodyguard in 1799, be dew into a terrible rage because of a broken button on a soldier's 'cout. "About turn, match!"
The Roman Empertor Vitellius, Who
starved his mother to death, spent a fortune on food for himself. He chose the rarest roored the Czar. delicacles-peacock brains, the livers of the parrot-ish and tongues of nightingales. Oysters were his special favourites and he is said to have eaten 1,000 in one day.
"Where to, Your Imperial Majesty?" asked the commander of the guard. "Siberia," said Paul. So the Стерл of the Russian Army, about 400 men, a 2,000-mile journey set out on without food от appropriate
Earlier in his life this odd monarch, had, proved himself a splendid gardener.. He inherited "green fingers" from his mother, Princess Augusia of Saxe-Gotha, and earned the nickname of Even after "Farmer. George," his sanity deserted hilm, his love of the soll pervaded his ravings.
Once at breakfast, the con- versation turned to the scarcity "Why do of beef in England. demanded the King quite seriously. Equally seriously, it
The Mad Czar tung. They were never seen people not plant more beer?"
again.
dear ea as the hole giles family has been staying in Ireland lately
dad theres as much chance of mrgiles getting one of his unals done this". a week as them is of. lord montgomry being made president of U.S.st. tandig Test-bondswep #shingonding rapecombinatṣtrwisky because his trish Festinds and, my giles are having a nice holday, I am sending you chli little
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・slaging galway bay phile'mn giles is taking galik,
» auntle vera worrying. G+ gorge leaning to play 6 grande, trowe fishing."
Dy grandmas hat.
the sun.
These are the men
who go hunting for
'black gold'
was explained to him that bec ROM the monarch
could not be raised from sced.
The mind of Dom Pedro, heir to the throne of Portugal, was England's maddesi affected by the murder of his was George III. He reigned for wife. In 1355, His father had 60 years and was a conscientious objected to the marriage as Inez ruler, but in 1010 his mind de Castro was 2 commoner completely broke down.
Two years later, Dom Pedro
the mud sand and
hidden you would use if you strata formod from depths of the earth, turned over to heating shell banks which for from the desert, from your home by oil. George wag not convinced, Like however, and went out into his the sea bed, from the other eccentrics, he developed a beloved gardens at Kew and jungle floor-these are teated world
became King and had his wife's good deal of cunning. Conined planted
body exhumed, placed on the
some pieces of steak.
And because
the
millions of years 26- cumulated on the beds sophie of prehistorie seps in ja forever Breas where - the devising new, wavy of making carthy's,' crust was
in a strilt-jacket one day, he was on the following morning he the sources of the fuel. itself more comfortable, while slowly sinking:
examined by a doctor who had to went
back to see the result. throne and crowned. The nobles
and believing were then forced to do obeisance release one of the King's arms to Finding smalls
feel his pulse. to her by kissing her hand
"Why don't you them to be cattley, he shouted King Charles' VI of France, feel the other pulse as well?" to the Queen: "Here they are father-in-law
Charlotte! Horts and all". DI Henry V ot asked George,
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hand provided East would bold the king of hearts.
He played low from dummy and won the trick with his ace. Then he drew trumps, cashed the ace and king of chubs and ruffed a club. Next he played the eco of diamonds just in caso the It queen might be singleton. wasn't, no to lesk the queen of hearts from dumpy and East, was in the lend with the king.
East was faced with a 'Hob« donia choice. ·· He could · Iead o heart and let frank discarde alamond from his own hand and rust
dummy or he could lead diamond right up fo' dummy's King-facieither way, Frank had his lası, 29 Mande
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TODAY'S QUESTION,
Your partner ruiven you to two- no-trump. What do you do now?,
Answer on Monday.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
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of socis cut away by the bit. it up from the earth, for while the .Internal pressures are
Dramatic
From these
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whore, oll was struck, only
to
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