273 23 B x Kt 24 B x R The Allies. Black. P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3 (a) Q x P Q-Q sq B-K 2 P-Q Kt 3 P-B 4 P-K R 3 (d) K-B sq Kt-Q sq (g) Kt x Kt Q-R 4 Bx B Resigns 25 B-Kt 6 (h) (a) A very awkward way of declining the gambit; 2.., P-K 3 is the proper course. (b) Best. White gains an important move, besides getting rid of the adverse queen's Pawn. (c) White's position is not manifestly superior. (d) Obviously, the Black Allies are badly frightened by the menacing attitude of the hostile queen, and so they make another move to meet a future danger, overlooking the fact that one half of their pieces are still undeveloped. Kt-Q B 3 at once was their play. (e) White's development, on the contrary, is exemplary. Each piece has only moved once, but to good purpose. (f) White evidently intends to place his queen at K 4. As black's pieces are not available for defensive purposes, the allies were bound to prevent an attack against their king's side, by Kt-K R 4, followed by Kt-Q 5. (g) If he captures the bishop, White wins by B-Kt 6. (h) Winning the queen by force, as mate is threatened at K 8. Characteristics of Chess. In "Some notes on Chess" (MacMillan's Magazine), George H. Ely, treating of some of the characteristis of the game, says: "The truth is that Chess has been much misunderstood by uninstructed persons. To say that it is not easy is merely to say that the game is not absolutely inane. To become a first-rate player does undoubtedly demand thought, and constructive imagination of a high order. But to become a player sufficiently good to get deep enjoyment from the game demands only some natural aptitude fostered by patience and practice. The moves may be learned in a few minutes; the first game played, the first glimpse caught of the infinite possibilities of combination and stratagem should create a feeling like that of Drake when, at his first sight of the Pacific, he fell on his knees and prayed that he might be spared to sail once upon that boundless sea. As to its effects on the temper, we have unluckily other evidences besides that of Montaigne and Burton. A son of King Pepin is said to have slain a prince of Bavaria who won of him too many games. An Arabian story tells of a certain Caliph who used to play Chess with one of his courtiers, a much stronger player than himself, but so obsequious as purposely to make bad moves in order that his sovereign might win. The Caliph one day observing this, fell into a violent passion. Snatching up one of the heavier pieces he hurled it at the courtier's head, with the words: 'Devil take thee for a base sycophant! Dost thou look on me as a fool that thou playest in this mad fashion?' But the moral of this story is simply that the ill-temper is of the person, not of the game. Like many other games, Chess does appeal to the fighting instincts that are fundamental in human nature. Chess-players, no less than mailclad warriors, 'drink delight of battle with their peers.' What Lamb says of whist may be transferred with few verbal changes to Chess: 'Man is a fighting animal; he must always be trying to get the better in something or other; and this passion can scarcely be more safely expended than upon a game at Chess. It is a sort of dreamfighting; much ado; great battling and little bloodshed; quite as diverting, and a great deal more innoxious than many of those more serious games of life which men play without esteeming them to be such." At the southeast corner of Broad street and Exchange place there is now nearing completion the largest and most expensive office building in New York. This is the Broad Exchange, having a front of 160 feet on Broad street and of 236 feet on Exchange place, and costing, when finished, $3,500,000. The ground cost about as much more. Twenty stories is the height of the Broad Exchange. It is of solid granite the lower three stories, and of light brick and limestone above. Clinton & Russell are the architects. The building will be ready for tenants on May 1 next. It is stated that the Reliance Realty Company, in order to insure the prompt renting of offices, is assuming the leases of tenants in other buildings. New York Journal. Different. The office boy-There's a guy outside dat wants to git in de business. Theatrical manager-Tell him to get out, The gall of these amateurs is "He wants to back a company." "What are you letting him stand outside for, you puttyheaded idiot. Show the gentleman in at once."-New York Journal. The Savage Batchelor. "Brown's daughter nas just reached the age when a girl begins to think of marriage," said the friend. "You don't mean to tell me that Brown's daughter is less than four years old?" answered the savage batchelor.-New York Journal. Some of Carnegie's Opinions. "I would as soon leave my son a curse as the American dollar." "Millionaires make no money when compelled to pay low wages." "In the country where the millionaire exists there is little excuse for pauperism." "After all, it isn't the man who does the work that makes the money. is the man who gets other men to do it." "Not long after my arrival in this country from Scotland I was a telegraph operator have If you are seeking a profitable investment in Portland real estate, CALL ON US. We have a large list of propertes to select from at low prices and on easy terms. Buy now; do not wait until prices doubled up, as they will do. Every one will want to buy then. have complete records of foot of real estate in this city and county, and will gladly furnish information concerning the same. Maps and plats may be examined at our office. Titles Insured We every Abstracts Furnished Title Guarantee & 7 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Ore. and had news reports to send and copy. For a while I made six coples of the reports for a dollar a week. The man above, who was boss, didn't do any of the work, and he got $10 a week. That is the difference. It was someining not to be lost sight of, and I made up my mind not to forget it." "Wealth can only bring happiness in the sense that it brings us greater opportunities of making others happy." "The truest happiness, the only happiness in this world wortn the name, is to make others happy." -New York Journal. One on the Court. If there is one thing more than another that a lawyer likes it is "one" on the learned court. The average lawyer would as soon see the court make a mistake and have to acknowledge it as to win a case. This is a story they like to tell: It was a month or so before a general election and the court was busy with applicants for naturalization. The candidates for citizenship were being put through an examination, and a number were turned down who knew nothing about the constitution, nor the principles of American government. Three men stepped up to the bar when the clerk called a name, and the court began the usual questions. "Have you read the constitution of the United States?" was asked of the man who was standing apart from the other two. "No sir," he replied. "Have you read the constitution of Pennsylvania?" "No, sir." "Do you know or have you ever been told that this state has a constitution?" "No, sir." "Who makes the laws of this country?" "Congress." "How is congress divided?" "Into republicans, democrats and popu lists." "No, no; you don't understand. many houses of congress are there?" "Fifty-two." "Can you read and write?" How wire cloth. "Well, I kin write my name, but I can't read." "That will do, sir," said the court sternly. "We are a liberal people here in the United States, but we can't afford to grant citizenship to such as you. You foreigners must understand that we expect you to study and try to learn something about our laws and our government before we can naturalize you. Such ignorance as yours is deplorable in this age of enlightenment. Go home and get someone to read the constitution of the United States to you and explain its principles, and then come back and I may naturalize you. One of the great dangers that threaten our republican institutions is in admitting men who know so little as you about our country or citizenship. It is always such men who are to The blame for putting unworthy men into public office by their votes." 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