There is no questioning the fact that in no single year since that of the Paul Morphy era in 1857 has chess advanced in public estimation and in the increase of the chess playing fraternity as it did in 1900, and the opening year of the twentieth century bids fair to surpass it, says a writer in The American Chess World. The increase of votaries of chess in the United States has been by thousands instead of hundreds since the close of the nineteenth century. The colleges have helped this advance movement greatly, but I think chess in the metropolis has been a potent factor in stirring up general interest in the game. But great help has been given by the remarkable growth of what is known as "correspondence chess." This influence works quietly but effectively, and it has added hundreds to the American chess fraternity at large within the past year. Steinitz vs. Lasker. Giuoco Piano. Comments by Reichhelm in the Philadelphia Times. Steinitz. White. I P-K 4 2 K Kt-B 3 3 B--B 4 4 P-B 3 5 P-Q 4 9 P x B 10 B-R 3 II R-K sq Lasker. Black. P-K 4 Q Kt-B 3 B-B 4 K Kt-B 3 Px P B-Kt 5 ch Kt x K P Bx Kt P-Q 4 Px B B-K 3 An improvement on P-B 4 adopted by Lasker in the first game, which ran P-B 4, 12 Kt-Q 2, K-B 2; 13 Kt x Kt, P x Kt; 14 R x P, Q-B 3; 15 Q-K 2, B-B 4: 16 Q x P ch, K-Kt 3; 17 R-K 3. Q R-K sq. Now Mr. Steinitz actually proceeded with Q R-K sq. but should instead have gone on with 18 R-Kt ch, K-R 4 best; 19 Q-Q 5. PK Kt 4; 20 P-K B 4, P-K R 3; 21 P x P. P x P; 22 R-K B sq, with a promising The "Immortal' Game. "To be a great chess-player is to be surer of immortality than a great statesman or a popular author. Such reputations are soon gained and lost. Poet of the twenty editions, novelist of the big checks, count your gains now, jingle your money to-day. What will the next generation care for commonplace rimings of your tales of adventurous butchery? But the chess-player's fame, once gained, is secure and stable. What one of all the countless chivalry of Spain is so familiar as Ruy Lopez? What American except Washington is so widely known as Paul Morphy? "Chess, in fact, has lasted so long, that we are sure it will last forever. Institutions decay, empires fall to pieces, but the game goes on. When the British Constiution has disappeared, the Bishop's Gambit will remain, as Jaenisch used to say, 'an imperishable monument of human wisdom.' When the Scotchman has come to regard Bannockburn as the greatest of national misfortunes, the glories of the Scotch Gambit will not have faded. And so long as chess lasts will the memory of the great chess-players endure. Now that the Dictionary of National Biography has come to the letter E, we shall find many Evanses. Is there one so sure of everlasting mention as he who by some lucky accident or happy inspiration first played P—Q Kt 4 in the Giuoco Piano, and so gave his name to the most popular of gambits? So Buckle's games at the London Divan may survive his 'History of Civilization,' Staunton's Handbook' is better known than his 'Shakespeare.' as 2525252525252525 229 652525252525252525252525225 The Pacific for 1902 * The Pacific Monthly be for 1902 will be made more dis- A Special Columbia Will be issued in March, 1902. This number will be as complete and satisfactory as money can produce. The half-tones will be of the highest possible grade, and the paper used will be of the very heavy enameled book, with a special plate finish. There will be at least 50 views, many of them never before reproduced. In short, the number will be a beau tiful representation of the Columbia river, and alone will be well worth the subscription price to the magazine for a year. This edition will be a valuable souvenir, which every person in the Northwest will want to send to Eastern friends, besides keeping copies for future use. The first edition will be 35,000 Copies Subscription renewals should be made as promptly as possible. $1 per year, 10 cents per copy. Make all remittances to the Pa cific Monthly, Portland, Oregon. 522525252525 2525252525 25252552525 2525252 The In the October number of Pearson's Magazine appears a timely article entitled "AngloSaxons: Sovereigns of the World," which is intended to show the general strength of the proposed Anglo-Saxon alliance as compared with the strength of the most powerful alliance that could be formed against it. last comparison we shall make, says the author of this article, is, perhaps, the most important. It is between the military forceson land and on sea-of the Anglo-Saxons, those of Russia, their greatest rival, and those of Russia, France, and Spain together, the assumption being that this is the greatest possible combination that could be formed against the Anglo-Saxon Empire. Comparing first the land forces of the three Empires-the figures given are to be taken as the utmost that each could raise in case of extreme need-the Anglo-Saxons, in spite of the fact that their standing, army, compared with the armaments of some of her rivals, is not large, could put in the field 67,714,000 men; the Russians, 19,428,000; and France and Spain just over 12,000,000 between them, bringing the total for the Allied Empire to 31,516,000 men. No comparison that could be made of the number of men in the navies of the three empires, or of the number of warships belonging to each, would do justice to all three empires. As far as the actual numbers of men are concerned, the advantage is on the side of the Anglo-Saxons; but, on the other hand, the number of ships in the navy of the Anglo-Saxon Empire would be less than the number in the Russian-French-Spanish Empire. It must, however, be remembered that the quality of the ships in the navy of the Russian-French-Spanish Empire is inferior to that of the ships of the Anglo-Saxon navy. The impossibility of a satisfactory comparison of the power of the rival navies by the difference in the number of their ships is, therefore, obvious. The method which we shall now employ to illustrate the respective importance of the navies of the three empires has at least this recommendation, that it affords justice to both sides. It rests on the difference in the number of guns carried by the navies of the three empires, and may be considered as a very fair criterion of their respective powers. We carry a full line of Wood Mantels, Fire Place Furnishings, and are sole agents for the New Columbia Grate. Full line of Electric, Gas and Combination Fixtures. Estimates given on the latest improvements in Gasoline Lighting. The JOHN BARRETT COMPANY Phone Main 122. 91 First Street, PORTLAND, OR. MAKING MONEY Bright Young Men and Women are Making Money Soliciting Subscriptions for the Pacific Monthly. Write for our Terms Chamber of Commerce Bldg. PORTLAND, ORE. W. C. Noon Bag Co. Incorporated 1893. Manufacturers and Importers of Bags, Twines, Tents, Awnings, Flags and Mining Hose. BAG PRINTING A Specialty. 32-34 First St. North and 210-212-214216 Couch Street. PORTLAND, OREGON. The Anglo-Saxon battery contains 13,319 guns; and, considering that these are better manned than those of Russia, France, and Spain, they would probably have little trouble in overcoming such opposition as might be offered them. This is the more certain in that the guns of Russia only number 5,013; and those of Russia, France, and Spain together, only 10,993. With these figures before us, there is little reason to doubt that the consummation of an alliance between the United States and Great Britain would bring into being a power greater than any that the world has seen in modern or in ancient times. "Because it has a dot over the top of it." "Och, ma'am, I moind it well; but sure I thought it was a speck." "Well, now, remember, Pat, it's I." "You, ma'am?" "No, no! not U but I." "Not I, but you, ma'am-how's that?" "Not U, but I, blockhead." "Osh, yis, faith; now I have it, ma'am. You mean to say that not I but you are a blockhead?" "Fool, fool!" exclaimed the pedagoguess. "Just as you please, quietly responded Pat; "fool or blockhead-it's not matter, so long as yer free to own it!"-[Ex. * * * Scouring Your Scalp. If your hair is brittle and thinning, you have dandruff. The merely scouring of the scalp of the loose scales, won't cure dandruff: because dandruff is nothing but scales of scalp being thrown up by a pestiferous little germ burrowing its way to the root of the hair where it saps the vitality, causing falling hair and, in time, baldness. Now you can't stop dandruff, nor falling hair, nor prevent baldness unless you destroy that germ; and the only preparation that can do it is the new scientific discovery, Newbro's Herpicide. In fact no other hair preparation claims to kill the dandruff germ-all of them will clean the scalp; soap and water will do that, but only Newbro's Herpicide gets at the root of the trouble and kills the dandruff germ. * The Nose Indicates Character. "A large nose is always an unfailing sign of a decided character," writes Fischer, in an article on "Reading Character Blanche W. from the Face" in the October Ladies' Home Journal. "It belongs to the man of action, quick to see and to seize opportunity. A 231 Ocean Spray Krakerettes A new and delicious Salted Wafer made especially for FASTIDIOUS PEOPLE 232 small nose indicates a passive nature, one less apt to act, although he may feel as deeply. He will have many theories, while the possessor of a large nose will have deeds to show. Persons with small noses are most loving and sympathizing, but their friendship is not the active kind. "A nose with the tip slightly tilted is the sign of the heartless flirt. A long nose shows dignity and repose. A short nose, pugnacity and a love of gayety. An arched nose-one projecting at the bridge shows thought. A straight nose shows an inclination toward serious subjects. A nose that turns up slightly indicates eloquence, wit and imagination. If turned up much it shows egotism and love of luxury. A nose that slopes out directly from the forehead, that shows no indenting between the eyes, indicates power. If the nose is indented deeply at the root the subject will be weak and vacillating. A nose that turns down signifies that the possessor is miserly and sarcastic." The pack had many interesting peculiarities, but none more so than the fact that four of them climbed trees. Only one of the hounds, little Jimmie, ever tried the feat; but of the fighters, not only Tony and Baldy, but big Turk, climbed every tree that gave them any chance. The pinyons and cedars were low, multi-forked, and usually sent off branches from near the ground. In consequence the dogs could, by industrious effort, work their way almost to the top. The photograph of Turk and the bobcat in the pinyon shows them at an altitude of about thirty feet above the ground. Now and then a dog would lose his footing and come down with a whack which sounded as if he must be disabled. but after a growl and a shake he would start up the tree again. They could not fight well while in a tree, and were often scratched or knocked to the ground by a cougar; and when the quarry was shot out of its perch and seized by the expectant throng below, the dogs in the tree, yelping with eager exitement, dived headlong down through the branches, regardless of consequences.-From "With the Cougar Hounds." by Theodore Roosevelt, in the October Scribner's. What Do You Talk About? Don't talk about your troubles, above all, any ill-health or sickness. Nothing is so tiresome as to hear long tales of illness and suffering, unless it be to bear those afflictions. You deepen, strengthen and prolong the effects of sickness by dwelling upon it in thought and speech. You can hasten your recovery by enjoying your return to health and showing your delight in it, and that is the only way you should allow yourself to remind others of the ills you have endured. Never speak of strictly family affairs, and especially be careful not to allow yourself, under any provocation, to criticize any mem A |