The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-30

I chesG playing had terminated In the customary
result, he perceived that the king was exces-
slvely annoyed. II the TACT took him by sur
prise, his stock of common sense must have
been but small. On reaching his home he said
to his family My dear children, we NAV as
well pack up and take ourselves of at once
lhlS lB no longer place for us, Tor The king
has fallen into violent rage because he could
not beat me at chess
Richer monk Of Senones, in his "History of
his Abbey" relates that Ferrand, Count OF
Flanders, always ill-treated mis- wife when she
Liayed chess with him and won. One sort OF
beating involved another. The battle of Bou-
vines (July ~, l2l4) was the consequence OF a
game thus ungallantly concluded, in which
battle the Count was maze prisoner, brought TO
Paris, ironed hand and FOOT and shut up IN the
tower OF the Louvre. The Countess Jeanne (who
was the daughter of the Emperor Of Constanti-
nOple, and ward o! Philip Augustus) was conse
quenty lett to govern her domnioLs all her own
way, and 10 have her quiet game of chess with
d more amiable adversary.
One Is unwilling to question King Canute's
magnanimlty after his famous rebuke of nis
courtlers; but his mind seemed to have been
less proof against the eXCitCments of chess than
the Establishments OF fatteIy While pla ing
with the Count Uli the King made a great mis-
take, in Consequence OF which the Count took
one OF his knights. The King would not allow
this, but replaced the piece, insisting that the
Count should make different move The latter
got angry, upset the chessboard, and retired
'Uf" shouted the King after him, "you are
coward; you run away.n
The Count returned 10 the door, and answered.
You would have run away into the river
Hegia, III very different style, if had not come
to your assistance, when the Swedes were beat
ing you like dog. You did not call me coward
then" With these words he walked off, and the
next day The King had him put to death.
An Italian village priest was in the habit of
playing with neighDor, who never would allow
himself to be beaten, although he'lost five games
out OF six. To convince him that such was
really the case, the priest rang the alarm bell of
hls parsonage, summonlng in that way his pa
risb toner's, to make them umpires OF the dispute.
As The same trick was frequently repeated his
hock got tired OF the proceeding, and took no
further notice of .the summons.
One day his house did catch fire. The priest
rang his alarm-bell III vain. Nobody came.
and when he complained, he was told that peo-
pie could not leave their household affairs for
the sake OF trumpery game OF chess. ALAS !"
he said, "this time played chess with the fire,
and the FIRE has cheCkmated me-"
TIE jealousIes excited by chess have often
been accompanied by mystery. The President
NicOlai, who passed for the best chess player of
stranger, who had travelled sixty leagues "a
considerable distance them to challenge him.
The Ches-board was brought, and NIcoai was
beaten. The unknown victor would neither
play a second game nor make known who he
was.
Finally, mankeys have been trained to play
Chess-doubtess in the same way as learned
pigs have been taught 10 spell. The creature
obeyine an imperceptible signal from his mas
ter made the indicated move. The animal was
really no more than what the artificial Turk of
the chess automatOn was to the human player
concealed beneath it.