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Mr. M. J. Dabeaberg has been elected to the vacant office of Hon. Transurar of the Hongkong Chess Club,--The match between Mr. P. C. de Souza, challengor for, and Mr. P. W. Sergeant, hakler of the Club Champion- abip Cup, now stands:-Borgeant 2. Do Souza 9.
The world's champion, Herr Emanuel Laskar, has gone to Now York, where he arrived on the 10th . He will tour both the United States and Canada, giving exhibitions of his skill in simultaneous performances and consultation now. He will also lecture. The entire winter will be devoted by the noted visitor to this, his third trip, winding up in time to pemit of his participation in the next tourna- mout at Monte Carle.
THE HONGKONG DAILY: PRESS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 1909
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Great earthquakes-aw usimlly followed by bandreds or even thounds of minar shock, MAY NOW BE SEEN IN OUR EARCH From 800 Italian earliquiskes. Dr. Cansauf
EUROPEAN OCEANOGRA PRY-HOW ROME WAB WARMED--COAL STORAGE--A NOVEL RE- SEARCH-A FIREPROOF MATERIAL-AN IN- TRHERTINO BAROMETEN GREAT QUAKES-INSAGE TEMPERATURE-EARTH- QUAKE PERIODS
Las learned that when the focus of disturbance ir of squill depth, the after-shocks continue. The problems of the soi about Northern | about 19 days; when moderately deep, thres Europe as to be attacked systematically by moutha; and when very doop, several years. Great Britain, Ghwmany, Holland, Denmark,
- Anti-typhoid inrculation is claimed to have
THE RAVAGES OF WAR.
Of war's ravages dvdlers in South Africa know too much, but fortunately not all. The is surely nothing more depressing than the spectacle of burnt and looted villages and farms, vineyards and fruitful dis wasted and spoiled, with here and there rusted and abandoned machiney. Of all the horrors this contingut can farish examples enough and to sparg; yet when compared with the dogolation which "niuried the trucks of the invading army througa bighly cultivated and populons France in 1870-71, there is scarce a sign of damage in the theatre of the late war.
Norway, Sweden, Russia and Finland, Adefinite portion of the northern waters has been assigned lessened the number of mass and the mortality, to each country, and simultaneous crases will be made four times each year for recording the temperature, density, life, etc., of these sons. Additional observations are expocted frora regular llues of steamers, lightships, etc. The International Council line established a central Bureau at Copenhagen, from which all pablies tions will be issued, and an international laborn. Wa take the following from the Patsburg Distory at Christinna, where observers will ath-An English daily is now advocating the trained, instruments tested, etc. introduction of chess into schools and colleges, Il saggests that by a graduated system, tiohly illustrated by diagram and example, chess may bill the same purpose in the training of the mind as Enelid, algebra, arithmetic, and logic, It is printed out that "the study of chess teaches the value of co-operation; it brings an forethought and sucomages perception; but, above all, it shows the child the need of care, diligence, presence of mind, the cost of mis. takes and the yalab of moving cautiously throngh life, content rather with small gain than a sudden grasping after the impossible"" Certainly shens would be as profitable a study as many subjects which are taught in schools. Janowski, von Schere, and Taubonhaus ended in favone of Janowski, who scored 1 Taubenhans won 31, von Schere 3 and Albin trom & barbour, has kept Monmouthshire steam several methods to free me of my trouble, but
The tournament in Paris between Albin,
The great oorcospondance nutch North South of Enghuid was to start lost mouth with about 125 players a side, each pair contesting two gunes. Yorkshire supplies no less thau 54 for the North. The "county of broad acres" is not content with pre-emuones at one or two games only...
The following interesting example of the Max Lango attack occurred in *. Russian correspondence tournament lately:-
White..
? P K 4
KK
3 BB4
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PQ4
5 Cation
6 PK s
7 Pt. KL
TWO KNIGHT 6' GAME- Winck.
White. PK4- 18 Kt-5eb() Kt---Q B3 19 Ktt. R Kt R PLP
20 02 21Q-K+
Qt. Qel
P4-K↓
PL. B
--Kg cb B-KB KA-Kis Q-Q4
15 Q Kt--B 3 Q-14.
11 Q Kt-K4 B-Kt 3
12 PL P R-K K
13 B-KN4Q-K+3.
14 Kt t. B Ft Kt 15.B-K
16 Q-83
P-KR3 EL P
Black.
K---K£# Kt Kt KB P K 4 Kt: Q PQ0 24 B K3 Pt. P 25R LBP Kt-Q 5 20 K-K+2 F 84
QR-B-P-Q R-4- 29 ORT. P Kt to R 20 Ft. Kt
B-E2 B-Kt wi R--B 2 Kt. E Pand wins
30 R-Q 2 31 R--Q5
ELE
17 Kt Boch K-B.2
() - 4 ia butter, The following interesting game was played
A Miss JANET WALDORF Aby Dr. E. Lasker, against Herr H. Wolf,
thưring the Champion's visit to Barlin before he started for New York. The notes are by Mr. L. Vun Vliet,
KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED. White. Black. White. Black.
Dr. Lasker. Harr Wolf. Dr. Lasker Herr Wolff,
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20 Kɩ-K4 P- KE3 5*P - Q4 («) PLQP 17 P-QR4 P. Kta
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Q-R5 (ch) 29 -- SK-KB-1330 P-15
PQ4 (6) 31 Pt. 1
BK3
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B-Kt my R-Q6 an Pt. P
B-E6(ok)Ř- BÍ RQ1qRK 3 - 35P-Kt 3 B-R2 30 Kt-QQRt. Kag 37 PLR) Rt. P. 1 Pt. P Unstles 2 R33 B-Kt3 P-KŁ 17 PKK-KIP t. ·P. P-Kt 4 [306118 K-4 {0} KR-K sa 40 Dt. P BL, P
19 B-B2 Kt -B 41 04 Bt HP (5) 20 RK3 Kt-84 KRQ! Ktt. R et RH-243 Bt: K (ch) Resigns (0)
P-15. Kt-5
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(2) Dr. Lasker deals with the opening to his own peculiar style, The usuil oors are B-K 2, or B-BA The text move aivis chiefly at an early exchange of queens...
(4) Not at all a bid idea, but it would, perhaps, be more effective with the BP. In either case, however, it would manifestly be bad policy for White to accept the pawn, which at best is only a temporary loan.
(e) Black oan seareely do otherwise. If Q- Qey, White at once gets come:attack by 12, Q-K13; endif 11—, then 12, 2–E 5. &c. Ay it in, White obtains exactly what he is wished for namely, an end game, with two bishops and the superior centro.
(d) The King may do good service in n of this kind, if well advised.
Kame
(e) Perhaps not the best possible advice; K-B! seems batter, on the whole,
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(IfB RP. the piers would be brily plan xù. after; 25, PB6, Kt-B, 24 P-K5, and.in
*aby caso,
Whit can probably regain the pawn. in a few more with an improrod position. (9) Apparently there is nothing better. (t) A mistake; B--K 4 is the right move - The conclusion is most instrašlive. After KLB, 44, Rt. KWie wins the other Kt, and thxpame, by force. If. forexample: 46-K-BI, 45, R t. Kt(ch), KLR ; #6 ·P– $7, sud wind
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The fuel of the ancient Romana, zeelke ologist Krell tells us, was almost exclusively charcoal, This was burned in open pans, without gratò or flue, and gave economical heat for living rooms and bathe. Careft experiment as shown that such fires yisd no considerable Tho amoat of dangereds carlouie exile. juconveniences of chimneys
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were
Certain kimilk of coal deteriorato rapidly in the open air, and Lord Charles Beresford has expressed the belief that the total loss may reach 50 per cent. Storage under water is the remedy of an English experimenter, who, noting the five qualify of coal dredgel
coal under sca-water two months with a loss of less than one per cent. ia besting power.
An incandescent lamp for use in boiler clean-. ing has its bass fixed to actro-magnet, which holds it against the iron-work in any place.
A curions biological investigation began by Prof. G. IL Nuttall opens up a wide field of as tonishing possibilities. He has discovered that when human blood is injectal into the rabbit or other animal, the serum of the latter becomes an "anti-serum" for hamen blood, this anti- sarum giving a precipitate when added to the serum of human blood, butnot with any other sorum except that of cerinin upes. In the same way anti serums have been made for the blood of horses, pigs, dogs, etc. The value of them substancos na tests is lessened by the fact that vigorous anti-serume-especially that of the pig —racet after, anfficient tins with the blood of apes, bears, men, dog, rats, lats, etc, but instead of proring affinities of the pig with all mam. malia, this is head to sfor that Insides the specific anti-serum there is a generalised anti- seram, the anti-mammalian. No sali serum of a musical gives a reaction with non-mammalian Wood, Anti-chicken and unti-ostrich serum act mare or less on the blood of all fowls, anti-egg serum gives results suggesting kinship between hörde and reptiles, auti-alligator serum affects only "alligator and turtle blood, anti-lobster Boram reuots only with the blood of lobsters and crabs, and auti-fing seram sets only on the
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The war waged by linase against man in-in many respects like, the war waged by m First um. Its most important difference is that it knows no peach, hut tights evuselessly until is slaye or is siin. It knows nothing either of armistice or compromise.
There could surely be no greater torture than to slowly starve to death in the midst of plenty," writos Mr. J. Kelly, of Dobson Street, Port Elizabeth, S... on March 14, 19.2; yet that was the fate which once stared me in the face. For thirteen year I was afheted with tapeworms, and from being a strong and healthy Taua declined to a statu of weakness and esnania. tion. I derived little or no nourishment from
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was powerless to effoot that which Mother Soig de Carative Syrup afterwanis so speedily accomplishell. Do sesinal occasions I was made to abstain from solid fell for as long as tive conscoutive days, and for months at a time 1 lived without requiring the aid of a knife and fork. One mixture, which my doctor gave, me ne a last resori, I took ir four months, and at the end of that time-irisan bad as over. I often think of all that I suffered during the years, Lid wonder how I ended it; but the bitterest part is to know, as I new, in the misery Having met with a pamphlet which
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Mrs. Jane Edworthy, of Dolson Street, Por Elizabeth, S. A., describal on Febraucy 28, 104, the relief she had ergoined from a totally differout lady by employing the same nenas na hud restore Mr. Kelly to health. suffered," weakness and a dreadful bearing-down sausation. anya Mza. Elvorthy, “nom general
Fearful headaches red real me to such a state- of weakness that at lest I was unable to do little i things for myself, and I was much troubled by
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About 50 earthquakes yearly, according to Prof. John Milne, disturb the world through. eut its mass. Between January 1, 1890, and January 1, 1902, the world'shaking earthymukes unmbered 196, of which 25 originated west and south of Alaska, 14 west of Central Ameriei, 16 west of the Antilles, 12 vest of the Audes, 20 vast of North Japan, 41 south and sæet of Jays, 17 north of Mauritias, 22 on the owl side of the North Atlantic, 3 on the west side of the North Atlantic, in the North Atlantic, and 14 the Balkan, Caucasian, and Himalayau regions. These sources are near the base of the sfoépest flexures, are all alumarine except the lost three, and their bonudary ridges are mostly
Many of us in the Far East have read lined wri volcanic peaks. Both ou land and books on Toukin, andent and modern bat a under the sap, the great earthquakes seem to be knowledge of thugs or they are there today socompanied by a denpening of the farrows and of what has beu acomplishal unter M. elevation of the lacking ridges The Downer's administration is far from common. The author is written what he sot oleration may reopen long-sealed volcanoes.ent to do, a rory readable and sccurate sketch 24 in the eruptious" in the Aulilies in 3692, of the colony as it is at present. Altogether, 1718, 1706, 1797, 18 2. 182, 1836, und 1902. The small earthquakes of which 19,000 a year are récorded in the worl-Esra' no sensible connection with volcanoes.
The body temperature of insects;'aulike that ¡ of mammals, varies grestiș. A recent investi. gator, F. Bashmetjew, finds that when the insect is at rest. the temperature is near that of the surrounding air, but that it 'ses rupidly with active movements. The temperature ndgrange of insects proves to be about the same as that of plants. The species tied were immorable at 31 deg. F. began to more the wing at above 53 deg, commenced to lum at C8 deg. showed
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