St. Mary's gazette., 1866-09-13

The excitcmcnt caused hy chess Is too
much for many peoples nerves 10 support
with impunily. The Czar, John tho Ter
rible, died Ia 1884 Of az apoplcttic st,
while playing chess with one Of his cour-
tiers. Lord Harg0r, ia Ne. 81 81 the
Craftsman, says that, though rbe.sis notus-
ually played fora stake nobody is iniigcr-
eni about winning or losing aud that Il
IN very rare for waFnitempcsed people
ever to become good players, CLAUS Mag
nus, Archbishop Of Upsala, died 1850,
hold that hidden tcndeneies to anger. im
patiepcr vanity, ayarice. and other fail-
iugs are brought out by the game of chess
ana Il il fpr that reason thai ,hn mobiles Of
GotlIiaui aue Sweden, before bo towing
their daughters IN marriage have the Gus
tom IL trying, principally by chess, the
temper Of the suffers WHO present tllsm
selyos
So,ac amateurs of nervous constitution
cannot alcep after q bard fought game
others. when the decisive uovoapproaoh-
es arc seized With sevcrish agitation
Some are 70 impressed with Use contest,
that, next day, thes could 90 over eve
nv lD6yc again tguhtilnf relates that
Scfeyola after lasipg game Of chess
started for tho country On the way
lie went over in his bead every move be
had made 10 tile game. aud 70 discoy-,
cred the error which had caused his de-
feat iis returned and found bis oppU-
,nont. who acknowledged tbs perfect ae.
curaey o. his memory. As 2rgcau-
;ionary measure, TO keep their heads
clear aud their tempers coel, Capera, 10
| his ',Ayyertimenti, recommends chess
| players to eat sPn'ingly, aud 10 take
apcricnt m0diciue before setting % work
in a serious contest.
Defeats at chess are not easily either
forgotten or forgiven. Leonardo d Gu
tri was poisoned in Calabria BY rival,
at the agc Of forty-ix, whilc % visit
to the Prince Of Bisigndno. A Spanish
1 nobleman, who hal for some tine been IN
the habit Of playing with Phillip H.,
used to win every game. One day,
whan their chess playing bad Terminated
in the customary result, be perceived
that the king was excessively annoyed.
n ehe fact took him by surprise, his
s'eck Of common sense must havo been
out snah On reaching bis home be
sald to his family My dear children,
we may as well pack up aud take our
Place u oRse ae me Tf kfgi i nRs na ie5 9r'T T,o
violent rage because lie could not beat
me at chess. V' s''''
Richer, monk OF Senones, N ms MS.
| tory of his Abbey" relates that Far.
ranu, Count of Flanders, always ill-troat.
ed his wife when she playel chess with
him and won. One sort of beating in
yolvcd another. The battie Of Boptlnes
4 (July IL, 1910 was We eonsv'ry6neo ofl
game thus ungullaTly concludes. n
which battle thc Court was made priseue,
brought to Yarig, ironed hand aud foot,
and shut VI in the tower Of he Louvru.---
! The Cougtess Jeanne (who wasthe daugh-
ter Of th Emperor Of Constantino2le, and
ward III Philip Augustus) was couse4uent-
| ly lift to govern her dominions all her own
way, and to have her quiet game Of chess
wi}h a more aniable adversary.
One is unwilling 10 qucstion King Gu
nute's pagnaninlity, after his famous re-
buke Of bis courtiers but his mind seenl-
ed to have been less proof against The ex-
elements Of chess than The Establishments
Of aattefy, While playing with the Count
Ulf, the King made a q cut mistake, in
consequence Of which the Count took one
Eof liis knights. The King would not H.
lpY this, but replaced the piece, insisting
that The Count shauld make different
move Tue latter got angry. upset tie
chessboarl, and retired, TIT shouted
the hng alter him, you nfo coward !;
you run away"
\ The Count returned to tlle door. and an
swcrej '.You woall have ran away Into
iSAc fiyer Hegla. il Ysry lliasrelsityl& III