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CHESS NOTES.

BY X.Y.Z.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9TH 193

The Hongkong Chess Club is now duly in- stalled at the City Ball, meeting in the further end of the Library there on Monday and 'Thursday evenings every week. It is proposed to start a sealed handicap tournament this month, sil competitors to play level and their handicaps to be made known only at the end of

the contest. The entries for this close on the

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

may have been bidder by the sun or the brigh coron, us the area, thus covered was only us

EQUATURIAL CLIMATE GLASS-DESTROTING of that-in which the search was made. Prof. MJORONKS-A NOVEL STEAMER-ABOVE Porrine has suggestel that the finally divided matter causing the zodiacal light may be INTRA-sufficient in the aggregate to produce tho

portarbations noted.

CLOUDS AND STORMS-AN IMPROVED FILA- MENT-A TEST OF TYRES NO MERCURIAL PLANE ITALIAN SANITATION -THE NEW AFRICAN PEPPER,

The scarcity of meteorological stations near the cynald gives interest to a recent report of the observationis for five years of Dr. E. Goldi

at Para. The mean lemporature for, the year 19th inst, up to when they will be received by 14 78 degrees F., and the aunnal variation is Mr. M. J. Danenberg, whe has been appointed extremely small-i 25 degrees-while the Hon. Secretary in the place of Mr. P. W,

A wot Sergeant, resigned. All new members joining mean daily variation is 16 degroes. The mean before the 29th inst; will be eligible to compotezonal rainfall is about 100 izelos,

for the handicap,

| Senech occurs from January to April, with a relatively dry season in which rain is somewhat treqnout-front May, to December. The raise are ahast exclusively cũutined to thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.

A chess tournament is to be held at Kobe this winter, four prizes having been proved by local amateurs. No less than 28 entries a recent Kobe were seat in, according to

In the singular failure of the old windows of paper....There is also a proposal to arrange a challenge game or series of games by York Cathedral, the glass bas 1st most of its correspondenes, between Kobe and Yokohama.transparency, and in places has become so per- Chers in Japnu je evidently making great forated that it crumbles at the slightest touch. To stop the disease" come glass of the progress in popularity.

thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has been remorul. It is known that the hardest cement is sometimes disintegented by chuaient action set up by minute organisms, and it is supposeda that the destraction of the glass has been duo to some fungus.

Dr. Lasker was offered as guarantee of $450 dose for Amateurs; No. 33, Qaoon's (gold) to play at San Francisco about Christmas or New Year. There are rumours that he intends to settle down in the United States As to the champion's methods of play we find the following remarks in the North American, from the pon of Mr. G. Reichhelm, a well known vetoran chess critic:-Lasker's methods of working out a plan are dot those bo is popularly supposed to employ. His brain is keen and exact, and ha trints every position as a mathematician His style of chess thought was plainly in evidence last Monday, when he With consulted andibly with A. K. Robinson. the refined courtesy peculiar to kings, ho received yery suggestion with attention and pointed out its fes, if any existed. On the That sen of conjecture, on an undeveloped board, he moves with the slowest and most stadious care. "Perhaps this move is the

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The birth and death rates of Italy for forty years have been reviewed by Prof. Giuseppe Sormui. The births wacked their highest point of 33.34 for 1,000 in 1876, and their

minimum was 33.49 in 1899, while the corres ponding limits of the death rate were 34.39 in 1867 and 21.87 in 1899. Both birth and death

rates have been diminishing, although there has been a constant excess of births over deaths varying from 2.49 in 1857 to 12.80 in 1897. Assuming the lossened death rate to be a result of better control of infections diseases, it is estimated that 200,000 persons have been erved

from death and at least twenty times as many have been saved from illness.

Kissing pepper, a new species described as quite unlike any other, grows abundantly in u wild state in Gained. Rich in piporins and volatile oil, it is claimed to be valuable both as a pic and a condiment. Its small grains, characterised by a podiels at their base, ging n reddish-brown powder, highly perfumed, and of

peçallur aromatic savour.

The mass of Saturn's ring as compared with that of the planet is found by Prof. Hall to be as 2 to 7,092, or only about two-thirds the ors of Titan, the largest of Saturn's »atollitas.

JUDGE SLOWLY.

For shallow-drunght steamers, both side wheels and stern-wheels have disadvantages, specially in the weight of their machinery while propelers-as they have been used in

It is not always an easy matter to judge se tunnels-lose efficiency through increased friction as loading sinks the tannel's opening,correctly of the quality of things. Less than In a new English propeller boat for shallow one in a thousand of us is capable of roourately rivers, the stern end of the taugel is made adjustable by a hinged Hap. slag er lower- iure the flap keeps the tunnel opening just below the surface, and it is châwed that with a moderate load the gain is 25 per cent.

Mirrors of platinum, paladium, iroa, nickel, by projec ing the metallic particles by sathode

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THE FRENCH IN TONKIN

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PRESS NOTICES.

"This volume places before the English reador the best description of the Southern French colonies in the Far East that has yet appeared."--" SHANGHAI MERCURY."

Many of us in the Fur East bure read books on Tonkin, ancient and modern, but a knowledge of things as they are there to-day, of what has been recomplished under JL Deamer's administration is far from common. The authier lies written what he set

ont to do, & very readable and accurate sketch of the colony as it is al present... Altogether, this is a book to read."

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THE ROOK WILL BE FOUND TO BE A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HANG1 EXPOSITION.

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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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Pan" This play will exercise a slight pressure on their Qeeon's wing," may be taken as sample expressióża of the world's champion. He advises, in effect, to take care of the very small advantages and the greater ones will come tambling along after a while, All this is very nice to the scientific enquirer, but what a disenchantment to the Philadelphia chess frog pood, which expecta a great player to smarillos a queen, or heave a rook, at least, in the course of a game! Accustomed to words of gorous brevity and thundering soul from its local professors, the bowe amateurs have beer educated to receive their knowledge rambed down thoir throats, The local educa for always makes the best move, and if any brave spirit wants to know, why, an equally loud, "What do you do?" silences him. Yet, strange as it may seem, we like the local oracles the best, for rarely (very rarely, of course) they are mistaken. Also, sometimes,

Boner himself node.

The following exciting correspondence game was played recently in the Twentieth-Century

tournament in the United States, between C. W. Phillips (Chicago) and Dr. B. Hesse (Michigan) :---

QUEEN'S PAWN GANZ,

White. Black. Fillips. Heync. 1P-Q4 PKB 17 Ktt. Kt

Ja Pt. Kt 2P-Q34 P--K3

Kt K3 Kt--K B3 19 K-85

B-5 20 Bt. P 4 P-K3 5 #-Q3 Castlen

21 B-R3

CKK-K2PQt3 Kt-Q5 QR-KB

Castles P-B3

B-St ht

1-Q2 Kt-Q3 10 PK 4 P-B3 11 PQR3 B--K 1 F-K P-Q3

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Of the bällcon soundings of the atmosphere by M. Teisserene da Bast, of Paris, not less than 238 have reached or exceeded 11,00 metres (4,835 miles), To avoid the direct influence of the san on the insten naute, the ballcons were seat op at night. Ou ono orasion, in March, the exceptionally low temperaturs of seiuns 75 deg. C. minus 193 deg. F) was recorded; Bird the observations brought out the remarkable fact that decrease in temperaturo cases at about 11,000 maires, while beyond thers may be a slight warming in a zone of nearly constant temperature. This 1yer of uniform tempera- ture falle somewhat lower daring low barometer while it rises 4,000 metres 1iglor da ing high pressure, and in summer it is reached only at 15,000 or 14,000 metres. Other observers con- firm the existence of an atmospheric stratam where decrease of temperaturo with height is interrupted. In this layer, it is conjectured, the air currents dow on without interruption, and the cyclonic whirls of the lower atmosphere canso little disturbance.

The filaments of the Crawford-Voelker lump White. Black.

in which a true carbids of sereal raro metals Phillipa. He:30

Kt Kt 6 ch or earths is formed-reclaimed to have n P&P

kigher specific resistance than carboů flaments, Pt Xt

Q-X 5 ch to disintegrate more s.owly, and to be practically БИР

uniform in resistancs. The lamps, which have been made up to 500 volts, are less liable to injury than the ordinary 200-volt limp. In comparisons by Sir Wa. H. Preece, this forma of lamp has shown an economy ranging from 39.8 por cent, at the start to 50.4 per cent. after 500 hours, and still reaching 41.0 per coat, at

26 Pt.

the end of 1,000 hours.

23 ELE BLE 24B-Kt 5 Q-14

Qt. B ch 259-K2

R-47 ભક્ત છું. PLQ 28 P-K6 P-Xt4 13 Q-B2 PL P

B-B 3 20 P-K 7 34 Bt. Pch K-Reg. 30 P-K-Qch Bt. Q J& Pt P B-Beh 31 B-E3 B-Q3

32 Bt. Band wine (a) 16 K Kt -Q5

(4) A game of remarkable interest, says the

In his experiments with various vehicles, M. Tien critic. Correspondence chess is some- times said to be dull, but no such thing can be Michelin has found that iron tyres require said of this lively affair, which is between two greater motive power than either solid rubber well-known correspondenca experts. With 13, or pneumatic. An electric autom bile running Ft. P, &c., Black begins a very unpleasant at 5 per cent. greater spoed with paeumatic tires, took 18 par cent. las power than when attack, which only fails by a hair's breadth. ALFRED CUNNINGHAM,

notes on which we are indebted to Mr. I. Vau the solid tires r quired an incross of 11 per The following arousing little game (for the fitted with solid rubber tires; ani in mopping, Vliet in To-Day was played by Mr. M. J. Marcont. in braking power. shall during his engagement at the Bradford Chess Club against two members of the Club in consultation→→

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THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK

COMPANY, LIMITED,

SINGAPORE.

TO CONTRACTORS.

FIRE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMEANÝ, LIMIT, Singapore, is prepared to receive TENDER for the Construction or Completion of a NEW GRAVING DOCK at Koppel Harboar in Singapore, of the following dimensions, víz. =—

Longt

Width ut entrance, at sill lovel Depth on sill below H.W.0.8.T.

400 feet.

A6 20

as shown in the Drawings and described in the Speci Fention.

White Rincit.

White.

The Allies Marshall. The Allies

Binut. abell

1 P-K P-K4 124 t. B 4-84

2 Kt--K V3K-083 13 0-03(ch) T-B 31-5 P. EB414 Qt. B P Q Pt. B

$

# KUQ93(6) Ptr

Stt K-B3

7 P-03 GB B-52

8 Castles

9--K15

Castles

Q.-K. 3

BQR-Kaç (LDP 16t. Pt. Kt P

Unit(che) Q = + 17 R-K? PQE4

18 KK-Ks Q-B-3 19 P--K 3 F-5 (7) 24-K6 P-R6 21-KE(cl) K--R_H!! 20K PA KUL

*** And Blueli won.

10 -- 2 (e) Rt. Ki! 11 Bt. Ki (ƒ) B

Mr. Marshall is a firm believer in this defouce, cr rather fateresting counter-attack. s las ventarod it is important match games,

The life-preserver of a Hamburg enginear looks like an ordinary pocket-book, weighs but 17 ounces, and on wetting becomes infxted with gas to sustaiu 200 pounds three days.

The sky, within the orbit of Merenry was carefully photographed at the Lick Observatory during the 19 1 colique, in the logs that the hypothetical planet of Levarrier and others might he discovered. Later examination of t:0 1ogatives has practically proven that no such boly exist. Au abject of saliciout sizo to produc; the observed disturbance of Mercury's orbit trenld be too conspicuous: to escape

Specification and Plus of the proposed Deck may be seen at the Offices of the Com-but if we remember aright, he has lost as many detectiv al the possibility is small that it

in Singapor

The Compaey doos unt bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

Tendors shall be for a cost payable in Singapore, in Singapore currency,

Sealed Tenders addressed to the under sigael, will be received up to the 28th day of February, 1903.

By Order of the Directors,

W. G. NIVEN. Secretary,

The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.

[9278 Singapore, 21st November, 1992.

games by it as he has won. For of hand play the defence is, of course, good sungh, bat its soundness is decidedly questionable, and it is, therefore, unwise to risk it in matebes or temena- ments, there being more sound and mistactory defences to the Lay Lopez.

(b) Either thie move, 4. P-Q3, or 4, Q~~K 2, are the beat replies; 4. P t. P, and 4, P-Q 4. Having been found inferior.

(c) Merely playing the adversary's game; 6, Q-K, is touch better,

(d) Q-K2 i stil: the better move as White threatens 8, Bt. Kr, followed by Qi. P (ebj. If Black tries to defend the Ey 7, P-Q 3, then S, P-Q 4, might cause him some

takes

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(e) A nuder, of which, Mr. Marsh prompt advantage. 10, B. Kt was, at least, necessary before playing Q-Q 2.

(f) If Pt. R, Black replies Kt- 5. Chroit- ening to win the Quesa and the two Bishops at one fell stroke,

T

(g) This streng Pawn can now march on to Queen without much opposition, although, apart from that, the mere fact that Black has s piece more and a safe position, is suficient to (3440 win the game.

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than one in a hundred the quality of s horse. timating the worth of a picture; not mere In general, judgments rapidly uncle are of small value. Did you ever notice." recatly towu f his companion, so they sit together on- inquired a visitor to an English University a verandah," that queer-looking old fellow with 44 the idiotic face, turned-up cost collar, and boots seven sizes too large, who passes here every "Many a time," replied the other. "He is Professor of Comparative Grammar to the University of~-~, and speaks fourteen modern languages, to say nothing of his ranstory of Greek, Latin, nnd Hebrow The incident will sorro to show the futility of superficial judgment. Many judgments which pass unchallenged are none the less deplorably wrong, more especially in matters which require

Who a practical test.

can say positively whether a certain medicine has the power to giving it a trial? cure some particular malady or not without

When the friend of Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick, of 66, Forbes Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Curative Syrup for the cure of indigestion, he NSW., ulvisel him to take Mother Seigel's bicked his advice with some excellent reasons- excellent because his judgment of that remedy wis basedenpon netnul experience of its merit. Saya Mr. Pzpatrick in a lotter written on the "For many years I suffered 20th June, 1902: terribly from iudigestion and biliongress, and spent pounds and pounds on doctors' medicines and so-called cures; but without avail. In those dys I had no appetite, and the little food I ate Larned sant on my stoma, causing severs attacks of heartburn. I was also troubled with pains in the chest, violent headaches, and habitual constipation. In fact, at one time or other I suffered from most of the symptoms. which charaotorise a sluggish liver and impaired digestion. My worst affliction, however, was a total inability to obsin suficient sloap. I would go to bed feeling worn-out and sleepy, bat as soon as my head touched the pillow my brain would beconte unnaturally active, and I would think of every kind of subject, and roll and toss about between the sheets, listening to the Fish Market Clock as it chimed hour after our, until all my nerves were in a quiver. Then I would rise and walk the floor, backwards and forwards, the greater portion of the night. For years I had been in this wretched state when one day a friend fortunately called to see de. I was trying the hot water care at the time, and was just in the set of drinking cupful of steaming liquid. He asked me what I was taking it for: I describe my troubles. to him, and in reply to a farther question inforrued him that I had not, so far, gained any He relief from the hat-water treatment. advised me to abandon it and try Mother Seigel's Curative Byrup instead. He gave me ccepted his advice-advice which, I am thank such excellent reasons for doing so that I ful to say, hus had the very best results. After taking only one small batfte I felt very much did I continue to improve in health, and in fees than two months my eura was accomplished. better. As.I contiene to take the Syrup, so

That was three y ars ago, and I have remained in good health ever sincs, which proves coo- clasively that it is not mare passing relief that Mother Siel's Curative Syrup affords to sud-rers from indige-tion, bat permanent enre. Now I am caretul pever to be without a bottle of the Syrup on hand, as I take a dose occasionally to counteract the ill effects of my sedentary ucenpation-for I am a bootmaker by trade and for this purpose I find it acts like a [SN charm."

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