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CURIOSITIES OF CHESS. MCanie Was Invented by the Greeks Durins the Sieire of Troy. f ? Tr-e origin of chess is the subject of an extensive literature. The game was known in exceedingly ancient times, both in China and India. The Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, published in 1786, quaintly says of chess: L $n China it makes a considerable part L of the education of their females, and | seems to take the place of dancing I among us. The Hindu game, chatu-j ranga, was played by four persons,1 B two being allied against two, as in V whist or bridge. The derivation of the j ft -word is fram chatur, four' and anga, | Hi 'a member.' The word chaturanga bePP^came modified on its journey west- j ^ ward, and subsequently by progressive j .^changes turned to; thus giving us the | ^English 'check,' leading to the import- I p ant and quite different word 'exche-1 ft quer.' I It may come as a surprise to many | I earnest chess players to hear that the i ancient four-handed version of the game is still alive and flourishing. The Four-Handed Chess Club of London is now its chief home, though there are coteries of players at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The FourTT? J-J nnmhorc n TkTVO rr? riciliueu tlUU IIUIUUVI'J U^ri'uiu I of 70 members, and never a Tuesday evening passes without an attendance. Y sufficient to make several sets. Each j I set plays at a board of huge size, laid out in the form of a Maltese cross. The board has 160 squares, and on these squares are ranged the 64 chessmen (white, black, yellow and red),: which are to be exchanged in battle. At the tables sit quartettes of players | ?partners opposite each other as in a ^ card game and over all, under the 0 soft light of the overchanging glowlamps, reigns a solemn silence among i both players and spectators, for need- j w less to say, the game is an exceeding-1 V ly intricate one. A number of distinguished mathep maticians have been players of four-! handed chess. Stranger forms of chess, however, are known to the ai-i lettanti, who wrote an exhaustive, treatise on "Chess Eccentricities," describes chess for three persons, for six and for eight; "round chess" (played on a circular board) for two, three or j' four players; and different modes of ; nlaving two-handed chess on square,' oblong and cruciform boards . All over the world there are countless variations of the game of chess. , ( } In a great many games, the board has 1 100 squares, 10 by 10. In the so-called Prussian national game the board has 120 squares. In the Duke of Rutland's :' ! ] game, played in the eighteenth centu- { ry, board was 14 squares in breadth J J and 10 in height. In Alfonso the1 Tenth's game, played at Seville .n the ' tho hnnrr? was 144 i U1I1 tcuiui.T, _ squares, 12 each way. In the older Turkish game the board had 169. : ( ^squares, 13 by 13. Three-handed chess 1 K is described by a Neapolitan author W writing in 1722. A Mr. C.'ox, who trav- r eled in Russia about the end of the w eighteenth century, saw four-handed j j ' chess universally played there then, i But four-handed chess would appear v to date still further back, if we are to , i 1 believe Les Oeuvres de Serasin (1683). j " which States that it was invented by Palamdes "to prevent the Grecians! _ * xi | * from becoming urea 01 menisci during the siege of Troy."?Harper's Weekly. ( NEW WAYS TO WI>T WIYF.S. t f Cupid Uses Many Strange Methods of j ^ Leading Victims to Altar. j < j ( A thousand ways lead to the altar, 1 and many of them are at least as 1 ? - a a thst hV J Strange ana uutuu?cunuum . which a bride was recently won as the i j* prize for victory in a cross-country race by a brace of cowboys on bron- j ? chos. In certain parts of Wales, it is j f said, the Old World custom of "mar-1 i 4 riage by capture'* still survives, and j f before a man can lead a maid to the i altar he must race in hot pursuit for i the father or brother, who seeks to i carry her off on horseback and rescue t her for a more agreeable fate, remarks i the New York Press. t But wives have been won by con- i tests more novel than these. Only last t year, it is said, a pretty Scotch damsel looked on at Bisley while the two aspirants to her hand scored bull's-eyes and magpies in stern and silent ri- ] valry, for the final scores were to determine who should be her happy possessor. Last year, too, if we are to j > believe the newspapers, a very charming young lady in society awarded her j hand to the one of four suitors who j ( +r>/YL- tVio first nlare in a billard tour- j ( CWiX v ^ nament. And there are at least three recorded cases in which matrimonial . destiny has been determined over the j chess-board. 5 Even more singular was the method ] recently adopted by a wealthy Neapolitan called Tesino who offered his name and fortune to the lady who ^ could best cook macaroni to suit his < f exacting palate. No fewer than 120 ] j FREE CAN ! I Will be given to every chil p. m., and Saturday from ] only, and only to those wl FREE TICKETS.?100 a come to our store on Wedn WFCT M Y JUkJ & ~ATJLi ladies, we are told, entered with zest! into the contest for so tempting a \ prize, with the result that a few weeks j later the successful macaroni expert j was led to the altar by the delighted 1 signor, whose wedding present took j the gratifying form of $4,000. . j A short time ago the hearts of Wall f street brokers were fluttered by the ! appearance among them of an attract- ' ive young lady, a handsome blonde, j with blue eyes and an exceedingly graceful figure. She carried a valise containing a number of tickets "which bore the legend. "For the purpose of assisting the completion of the musi cal education of Miss Edwina, I agree 1 to pay the sum of $10. If this number | proves to be the lucky one in a raffle,' matrimony may be considered." With- | in a short time every ticket of this j novel lottery was disposed of. Miss | Edwina caried off more gold than was necessary for the training of her "rich soprano voice," but whether she comirpri q husband with her harvest, history is silent. While Miss Edwina was thus bartering her charms for the sale of her voice, Miss Elizabeth Magie, a young lady of Washington, was boldly advertising herself for sale as "a slave for life" to the highest bidder, giving a tempting catalogue of her perfections., from her "gray-green eyes, full, passionate lips, splendid teeth and graceful figure," to her love of poetry, her truthfulness, honesty and essential womanliness. "I represent," she says, "an outlay Df $10,000, which my late father spent on my education and training, in return for which, in addition to constant soul-destroying labor as a typist, I am , realizing an income of $10 a week. I am curious to ascertain what is the j lighest market value set upon an j American slave girl by the slave mas-' :ers." Even more remarkable was the of- , 'er of a husband as a prize to lady 1 canvassers made by an enterprising 1 tea company. 'The young lady," this )m9 7i'nor nffpr r3Ti. "who nroduces the . *?' .J >est results compared with the | ] amount of salary received for not [ess than six month's service, will je allowed to marry any single gen- ] :leman in the fim. Should he re- j :use to marry her we will pay her : 3reach of promise damages, $560 ex:ra, and dismiss the young gentleman , ,'rom the firm." Wives have been won more than irce f.v the loss of a coin, but never :uder more dramatic conditions than he following: Two Genoa wood car- j -rers who were rival suitors for the j land of a pretty little milliner, decid ?d to leave their fate to the decision ? )f a coin spun in the air. When the ] 'ateful coin fell and Signor Nizza saw ( hat be had lost, he produced a revolver and shot himself in the head, fallng dead at his successful rival's feet. ' Charles Kruger, of St. Louis, wooed md won his wife literally in midair, ror he had little opportunity of meetng her, except when they were per'orming together on the trapeze; and t was when Kruger had caught her Kith his hands one evening as she nade her thrilling "leap for lire" hrough the air that he received the tnswer which crowned his happiness, he cheering onlookers little dreaming vhat romance was being enacted tbove their heads. "ALL TALK?>0 BUYING " London Antique Dealer Has Warned Off Americans. ^ondon Daily Mirror. "The average American in London c nnt a hnver?he for she) is an )stentatious talker, who can do little ?lse than talk "big.'" Such, is the complaint of E. Dredge, i London dealer in antiques, in exDlanation of notice he displays in his shop window in Highstreet, Xotting 3ill Gate, W., to the effect that: "Americans are not wanted here." "It is a great mistake to regard the iverage American in London as a liberal spender of money," said Mr. Dredge. . FREE! IARY BIRD WHIS1 d who comes to our Store on 12 to 5 p.m. WHISTLES wi 10 come for them. rotes in the Pony contest wil esdays and Saturdays accomp \RTIN CC "In the course of many years' ex penence m ims cuuiiLry cuiu m ica, Africa and Australia I have never met worse customers in the retail antique business than Americans. "Many Americans live in the west- i era district here. They saunter into my shop in a manner which might suggest to the inexperienced that they are going to 'buy me up." -foil- oKnnt onvtViincr U n j. 1ICJ tain. auuut uuj everything, and rarely, if ever, omit to refer in a familiar sort of way to the fabulous prices paid on various ! occasions for particular treasurers of the art and antique world by promi- j nent countrymen of theirs. "Of course they give the impression that they are prospective customers,; but, generally, they don't buy anything. "They want the price of everytning j in the place, drawl out a hundred and one questions concerning .the higher priced articles of furniture ?.nd barter i for hours?as with a traveling peddler ?over some articles of comparatively little value. "Here is a recent instance. "Two American women came into the shop and showed great interest in a set of Queen Anne chairs. They examined and criticized for a long time, and when I asked $60 for the set they declared they would buy. But they started reexamining the chairs ne-ain until thev must have become tired of it themselves. "They wanted a guarantee as to the age of the chairs and they decided to inspect them again with some friends. "They came again with relations and friends, and in all there were five distinct visits of several hours duration. Then at the final visit, after I had done all I could to persuade them to believe that I was telling them the ; truth about the chairs, they said I . would have to go to the American consul and swear by affidavit that Tfam inn voorti old T linflortnnV ! L-LL^V AW J VUijJ wiv*. A v* w v ~ . to do even this, and it was arranged K'hen we should go?but these women : never came near the shop again and the negotiations have ended. "I have wasted many valuable hours in this way. The American wouldbe purchaser of antiques in London is the most tiresome person one could meet! "In fact I am so tired of their patronage that I put the notice into the j window warning them off." i Onion in Class by Itself. If we were to destroy the onion : :here would be a gap in the universe :hat cou!.1 11 over b^ .^led. "Kill the onion," says Dr. E. T. "Wilson, an English physician, "and you nave destroyed an article of food that :an never be replaced." Kill anything else and there is a Wherever the str there the Ford i fied?with Yanad there is more Vai * Ford, than in any I bile construction reason the Ford lightest?and moi Here's the test: 300,c service. Runabout $ $600; Town Car $So I with all equipment. all particulars from { Newberry, S. C. L I.I.L m n^?>-i i ... . mm r iv JDi^i rLES Wednesday from 9 to 1 11 be given to Children I II be given to children who | lanied by father or mother. )MPANY. ! | ....in jca?aaa?BgggEgMi , substitute. The potato is akin to the: cereal, cabbage and turnip and cauliorp nf thp camp family: beans i are elongated peas; the lemon is a* pessimistic orange; watermelon the survivor of the cucumber, and so on. j But the onion is alone, unique, tri- j i umphant. It is a special creation to : tempt the palate of a weary world.! Man in his wisdom might have guess- j ed everything else under the sun, but; he never would have guessed an onion. Science may deduce a new star before it becomes visible, or something j ^ ^ ^ ^ v. hnf fVin ! liiurt? iiicirvciuua uiau lauiuux, uuc j onion would have gone uninventcd | forever had not its own insinuating, yet not bashful quality froced itself into tear-brimmed eyes and upon anticipatory lips.?Chicago Tribune. A Scientific Hoax. A letter published in the New York. Engineering News from E. Gybbon j Spilsburg gives the origin of the myth j regarding the "steel eating worm." j About 1866, he says, employes of various iron, steel and chemical works j of the district surrounding Has'je, in Germany, used .to meet at a hotel in order to discuss subjects of general interest, with the result that a society known as the "Ulk," w'aieh in English' signifies "fun," was formed. The steel-eating worm was created at one of the meetings and au aditor from one of the neighboring ;:owns was made the subject of the joke. The "insect" was manufactured from a piece of gutta percha tube and was exhibited in a bottle half full ofscale. The worm was filled with dilute hydrochloric acid and when properly disturbed with a glass rod it would emit a drop of the acid, which, on striking the scale served to prove that the corrosion was due to a secretion of the worm and that the oxides formed its food. The editor accepted the exhibit in good faith and published an account of the alleged discovery, with the consequence that it reappeared in many other journals and has since been reproduced elsewhere at varying intervals. ? Just Dropped In. Pearson's Weekly. The other day Mr. George R. Sims, the famous; author, recalled a story of the late Phil May. Phil May's house had been visited by a burglar, and he was telling Mr. < Sims all about it. "He was a most amusing fellow," 1 he said. ;'He dropped in on me very , unexpectedly. He fell through the ( skylight!" A man with ideas always has enen r\l /I o.?-? O C "m QT1T7 O Q i_LLi.es UUl OCiUUIU U.O xiiuu j AV&WW4.K/ wvw enemies. nr I ain is greatest is doubly fortiium steel. And ladium used in r other automoThat's the is strongest? =t durable. >oo Fords now in 1525; Touring Car 0?f. 0. b. Detroit, Get catalogue and Summer's Garage, T -J 1 Spend You D~~. IvCfu For the benefit my Library is fre gust 2nd, to any Tablet, regardless You can spend y< comfortably, and antly reading. C over my books, a than likely find enjoy reading, can read as many Remember the co August 9th. "Better Goods al 1V/IAYES' A JL Book & The HOUSEWanted Another. Cleveland Leader. A suit having been brought against a defendant his counsel interposed a demurrer that had the effect to throw. TEACHER WASTED. . To teach. Fork School No. 55, term six months, salary $40.00 per month. Applicants may apply to either of the undersigned on or before August 16, 1913. J. B. Livingston, Pomaria, S. C. S. R. Metts, Prosperity, S. C. Drayton Kinard, Pomaria, S. C. 7-28-3t. ESTATE NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the estate of Martha A. Miller, deceased, are hereby notified to present same, duly attested, to me or my attorneys, Messrs. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, on or before the 20th day of August, 1913, and all persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to KEEP YO 01 YOUR When your fee aching and sweat H :1I E" 1 nexaii ruin in a bowl of wate That's all?25c B< pie package at T GILDER & NEWBER] t ir Vacation ling! _ r i ; or my customers e, beginning Auone who buys a s of what it costs. our vacation very also very pleas)ome in and look nd you will more one that you will m Kemember, you books as you can. date, August 2nd t Same Money." S Variety TORE. 1.000 THINGS pay same oil or before September 1st, 1913. Mary J. Miller, Administratrix of the personal estare of Martha A. Miller, deceased. July 25th, 1913. SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Ey and nnder authority of an order passed by Honorable C. C. Schumpert, Judge of Probate for Newberry County, S. C., I will sell at public auction to the highest r bidder, for cash, the following personal property of Martha A. Miller, deceased, at her former residence near Pomaria, Newberry County, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. m., Thursday, August 14th, 1913, to wit: One sideboard, bedding, one invalid's chair, 1-3 interest in one mower, 1-3 interest in one rake, 1-3 interest in one buggy, 1-3 interest in one wagon, 1-2 interest in one stove and 1-2 interest in dishes. Mary J. Miller, Administratrix of the personal estate of Martha A. Miller, deceased. July 25th, 1913. T1R FFFT T , MIND! t are hot, tired, y, drop a Bath Tablet r and soak 'em. *r ox, or rree samhe Rexall Store. [WEEKS, RY, 5. U