A CHESS-PLAYING TOWN.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 180, 23 October 1903, Page 2

A CHESS-PLAYING TOWN.

One of the Requirements of Etwj inhabitant o< a Village in Hna^ary. There is in Hxmg>a.rv a -Tillage probably unique among the vrorld'3 towns, in th-at it not only encourages chess as a pastime, but insists that the king- of games shall b© played by every man, woman a.nd child in the place. It is just as necessary in this out-of-the-world spot for the inhabitants to be proficient chess players as it is for them to be able to read, write and cipher. Prizes are given to the school children for proficiency in chess-e. Problems are given to the scholars that they are expected to take home and work out in their spare hours in addition to their other tasks. Hungary has long- been famous for her chess players. Indeed, this little village has, a« can be well understood, turned out more thanpne%)l a J er wno has been considered fit to Tank •with such giants as Lask-er, Stednitz or Tchigorin. Every Christmas a great tournament held in the village, and the burgomaster gives prizes for the best juvenile and adult players. T|ie R.i«lc of Balloonftigr. Considering the risks aeronauts necessarily take every tame they make an accent the science or sport or trade (for it partakes of all three) is extraordinarily free from fartal accidents, says the London Chronicle. Mr. ! Charles Green, who made over 000 I /trips, died at the age of S4 in 1870. i Twenty years later M. Eugene Godard, who had made quite 2,000 ascents, died in his bed. On the other hand, among ! British balloonists, Capt. Dale was killed bef OTe he had completed 200, and Capt. Whelan akor in 1592, met his death in his. three hundred and fifteenth ascent. Mr.' Percival Spencer, our most -noted living~English aeronaut, has probably beaten all those records, and has in. addition made parachute descents on all the continents and in most "of the seas surrounding them. Swedes Arc Healthy. ■■< Swede.n-'s last census records the lowest death rate yet attained by "a civilized nation. During the last ten jeais it ojjJ/ eyexagred 1&4& |>er ■ ■■■•*.-■■ "'7 !