, 1866-02-13

The inspection of he company. -
ANECDOTES OF CHESS.
4 Royal wfnncr--Saytng bridegroom
-EIcitemcuts or the Gnmc-Canut
AID Ills AntaEoutst-TAe prlcat,
Trick.
IFtom the London Soeiety.J
Faul l., Emperor Of Russia, travelling a
Fence at the hour or 4 In the afternoon, whe
1he BATTLES o. tie chcssboard were at thti
height. Paul went up to couple Of combat
ants and betted On a difficult move. I'll
stake waa louis. I1c won, took his money
and retired. Nothing hitherto had betrayet
waiter, to whom he gave all his winnings, nj
tractcd the attention OF the COMPANY. Fo
this, and several other anecdotes. We arc in
debted to H. Jean Gays learned aud in
9nnctiss % photographic do Jeu dc.
The following Is stated to lie of doudtfu]
authority, which IL pity One evening,
when 3fobcspie1c, already surrounded wiftl
LIS haIo OF terror, was sitting In the Cafe de
~ lteeence, young little exquisite entered
Inc saloon, md uncerc1n on1ously installing
hina:lf at Ills table, mpred q man on the
chcsstonrd which stood In itnnt Of Robes
pItrne, who responded to the move. The
Enme went on, and was lost by tue latter.
They began q second gnrne, which he like
wise lost. SEEING tAis, Kobcspierre felt his
hon Or engaged, and inquired for Whist stake
they were playing. =. For the head Of man,"
me-" Robespierse drew from his pocket a
shsct ui Parcr and wrote an order to set ut
liberty the Comte dc b. then imprisoned
IN the Concergeric. The smart l1ttle dandy,
i teens, was no other than the Comtc's at-
fanced bride.
Tie creft .,,n,,f =. rsa5 ~, .h..s 4, .-..a
1or many peoples nerves TO support with I'M
punity. Tho Car, John the Terrible. died
in 1858, of III apoplect1c fit, while playin.
cliess with one oi lis courtirrs. Lord Har-
vcy, IN No. 81 Of the Crafzsman, says that a.
though chess e not usually played for stake,
nobody Is indifferent about winning or losing,
and that 1t is very rs1rc ior warm-tempered
people ever to become good players CLAUS
Magnua, Archbishop Of rrsaia, died In 1850.
holds that hidden tendencies to anger. irupa.
tlenec, vanity, ayaricc, and other fail;nss, arc
brought out by the gnme Of chess; and it il
Tor that reason that the mobiles Of Gothland
and sweden, before bcstowing their daughters
an marriage, have the custDm of irving.
principally By chess, the temper Of the
hultors who present themselves. Some
amateurs, OF nervous constitution, cannot
sleep after . hard-fonght game; Others,
st Mhen tne decisive move approaches, are
Impressed with the contest that next div
they could 70 over every move agaiu. Quin-
tlllan relatcs that Sctvola, after losins a
E1me Of chess, Started for the country. On
1ne way he went over In his head every moye
That had been made In the game, and so dis
covered the error which had caused bis de-
feat He returned and found up biz oppo-
ncnt, who acknowledged the perfect ACCURACY
OF bis memory. As precautionary measure,
10 keep their heads clear and their te4npcrs
cool, CarFera, In his ADVERTISEMENT re-
commends chess players to cat sparingly, and
to take apetieut medicine before sitting to
work III serious contest.
Defeats at chess aTe not easily either for
gotten OF forgiven. Leonardo de Cutri was
poisoned at Calabria, By rival, at tie age uf
tort y-six, while on visi. to the Prince Bi-
sienano. 4 Spanish noblcman. Who had for
Eomc time been In the habit Of playing with
day, when their chcss-piaying had Terminated
IN the customary result. be perceived that
the King was excessively annoyed. If the
TACT took him by prise, his stock of com-
mon sense must have been small. On reach
ing his bomc he said to Ills fatnily, "My dear
chi]drcd, We msy as we'll pack up and take
ourselves of at once. This is no longer
place for lie; for the King Inns fnllcn Into
fiolcnt rage because he cannot beat me at
Ghcss."
Richer. monk Of scnoncs. in tho "Wstory
ol his Abbey" relates that Ferraud. Count Of
A4HAfh AIA'k1CAkCA u14 " uE " ltU ellS
PLAYED chess with him md won. One sort of
bcatiag involved another. The battle Of Bou-
vines {1uly II, lila, was In consequence Of q
game thus unGnllantly concluded, In which
l'nttle the Count WAS made prisoner, brought
toParis isoned hand and foot and shut up in the
twho was daughter Of the Emperor Of Con
stauunoplc, and ward oil Philip 4ugustus) was
consequently left 10 govern his dorninfons all
her own way, and to hare her quiet game Of
chess with more suitable adversary.
One Is unwilling to question King Canute's
conrtiers; hut his mind seems 10 hare been
less proof against the excitemcuts Of chess
than the Establishments Of flattery. While
playing with the Count Iii, the King made
ET1at mistake, 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 di1er-
ent move The latter got angry, upset the
t:lless-board. and retired. '' III, !" shouted the
King after him, "you ase coward yon run
Tic Count returned to the door, and aus
1!ercd, !" fou would hare rua away Into tho
river uclg1, In s~rr dia*re-.s styje IT had
not come TO your assistance when the Swedcs |
were beating you like dog. You did not call
me q coward thcn." With those words, be
him put to death.
1]a ytrr with q r,einhhtr r.ho ro-or ,vn,,t3 ~
n', to" ulnIsen - " oea1Sn, aNnons9 ne iost
Nv wv, eaIe w. y! ok Ao convince Alu 1aat
rach was feai'y tue case, the priest rang tue
a'a.m ,'a oe!! OF his parsonage, s1mmonins IN
n;rez ot the dirnnte 4. he s.,ne I'LL Wss 1tns
frequently repealed, his flock cot tired Of the
proceeding, and took no further notice Of the
summons: asp It, ,. II, - n-
rricst ranr h;s M a1.r,n.hm III IN .sa 1s; arS dIe
camc :. and ,rhen he corn n1o;,ca ha III
that people could not leave their honsehold
affairs for tho enke of tru1npery game OF
chess. ''Alas ~ he said, -*this time played
chess with the fire, and the Gre las check
mated me-"
The jealousies excited by chess hare often
been accompanied by mystery, The preet-
dent Sicolal, who passed tor the best chess
player of his time IN France, was one dny VS.
tied by strnnecr who had travelled sixty
leagues IA considerable distance tleu.) to
challenge him. The chess board was brought
and Nicoiai "as BEATEN The unknown VIC
tor would neither play second game nor
make known who he was-
Finally, monkeys have been trained to play
chcss-doubtless, In the same way as learned
1tss haye osen &c tausht to spell: Tbe creature,
ontSing an ampercePuble tlcnal from his mas
Ter, made the Indicated move. The animal
was really no more taaa what the artificial
Turk OF the chess automaton was to The hu-
man p>nyer concealed beneath.
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% tnost Q. our readers pro-
uaols SNOW, Is city Of HlndostAn. The
Ne" York Aatio" gives an account Of singu-
1nr circumstance which, lately occurred nnon
r,,rds a cn,inns @~,,,,rsa ~ s.1ss -n :"
~ p e"'toe7 6AAA'et w dh1Al1c manners