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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30
ORIGIN OF CARDS.


a Pack So@ in Existence said to he
Thousand Yeas DAD
The Royal Asiatic Society has. il i
said. a pack OF cards said TO De lex
years old. and utterly uniuteliigiole
even to the most learned Orien:a
srchaoiogisi OF to-day. There ar,
eight suits. OF divers coIors; the kingi
are mounted on elephants, the yizier,
upon horses. tigers and bul.s. soms
cards are marked with what looks like
. pineapple ia shallow cup. other.
with the scmblance OF a psrssol eith
two broken ribs Df coarse the Chi
n-se. who, according 10 their own his
tories. invented every thing before
every body else. claim the merit OF hsv-
lag srsi designed cards and developed
the games arising out OF them The
Emperor Sena-ho had many wives. who
naturally ioaaa iilne hang heavily on
their hands, 80 his most gracious
majesty devised amusemenfs for them.
There arr thirty cards IN each of his
packs -tnree suits Of nine each. aud
three extra superior cards. Oue Of the
suit l. called Kew ko- wan. the mean
ing OF which every school-boy IN
China know. In one thing the China
men snrpass The Hindoos their cards
are osi0ng. like ours. while the Indian
cards are round Ii may surprise some
persons 10 he told that the queen IN our
suits j. q comparatively modern inno-
walton; the hierarchy st FIRST was
LII H.
knave. The Italians were. il is said.
the first 10 give her majesty place
There have also been from time 10
time many changes in the suits. Old
German cards have bells. acorns aud
leaves. instead OF clubs. diamonds and
spades. French writers have ab0unded
IN explanations Of the meaning Of the
symbols, and Pere Daniel endeavors 10
deduee military moral. The club
with its lroioil shape. is The .'trefer
or clover plant which abonnds in the
meadows o. France: this shows that a
chief shonla encamp his forces where
forage can be found. The spade is the
earraau or heayy square headed arrow
shot from q grossbow '*Cuurs. our
hearts. signl6ed the courage Of the sol.
aIers- The ace l. the Latin las rep
seseniing money. The sluews OF var
and SO on through several stages OF
fantastic symbolism. The popularity
of cards has been al some periods &c
great as ~ awake the censnnes Of tho
Church. The synod Of Laneres in ! 500
s0lemnly censaeed the game o. all
tours. and II Bernadin 80 vigorously
denounced gambling at Bologna that
rePeniant players made big bonfire
Of their relinaaished cards ia the pub
JIG square, Al thai period the paslirne
masi have had the charm Of eompAr-
a1aEe aovelts, Ion there is no record
dowa 50 The end 81 the thirteenth SEN
tufy q Tbs general use o. cards They
are mol mentioned ty Petrarch. Boc.-sAe-
clio or CAHacer. They could nol have
been known IN France until the end OF
the fourteenth century. for an orai-
nance OF Charles V. forbiaaing Other
games docs GOT allude 10 them. Gen
beInan's Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30
HE eco OF y,,.,'
On Ess'.as,,ea q a q.

On kss'sasisea o. a 3.
csstNs.
lie IN de justice 81.
the term which II
throne on which III. K,
when presiding over s.
OF his parliament
came afterward to ds.Iss. y
bly, itself. and was ann y
emn seance at which ~ :
arch appeared in persos ~
The first recorded ..lI,s
ISIS. by Philippe w.
tallD. and the last i, nj
Louis XIV, at versaIlIsss' !, = :
May. ass. or. accordin, I I ! !
thorities. on the 9TH q ~ s''|
gust or September Of ~ e = '
The bed of justice was hs ~
fairs relating to the sts.s ~ =
purpose OF overruling shs NJ
parliament and TO force 4 ! ~
edicts or ordinances which |. =
viously rejected.
The theory OF the old -.
tuition was that the autho,,,s J
ment was derived solely !.
crown; consequently when I, \
the source of authority. I.
the delegated authorisy r,,s.'
fountain head. and the Kin :
trary. Therefore, on the. !, !
in acknowledgment Of n. y :
the parliament was logicallr !, !
OF resisting any demand :. : !
that the King might Issue Il
ally. monarchs were not ~
advantage of this power ,ooy..
parliament that exhibited si,,.
pendence.
Thus Louis XIV. havip,
manner overborne the oppos;'.,
parliament, proceeded h !,
learned body to Troyes. n.
or bed OF justice proper. va, i
der a high canopy. erec:ed
times; the officers appeared n,
instead OF black-their us,nl
and every thing pertaining |.
casion tended to make il q can.
and imposing affair.
But as frudhomme said.
les Its de justice, la souysr
peuple a prevaue contre Ia Dr.
royale-" And when some ous
OF Fonteneile the exact sieuis
a bed OF Justice" he replied.
TN lit on la justice dortu
The last lit de Justice ',
bled by Louis XIV. at yer,a
gust 6. or May s. 1883. lhs d
to enforce the adoption Of Ii
ious taxes which had been n
proposed by Callonne at the
OF notables. The parliamen
fused to register this ordin,
when compelled to do so By
ence of he king. made stroa
strances and declared the re.
illegal. This led to the AZ
the Etats generaux. and even
the revolution. Notes and Q.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30
"a LITTLE NONSENSE. s.

Plenty 81 sleep i. conducive 10
beauty kren carmen; looks worn
when i loses its experimentation
Republican
Probably the most wide-awske
e-@ss o. men IN this country are the
yoang fathers who have been blessed
Slsh 'Eins--Barlington Free Press.
The smart Young man said he had
hot been n the drug store very long.
sct be hsd been Al the soda fountain
long enough 20 De a fxZicisn--Wash-
lagton Critic
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

Mrs Cleveland mad two very
beautiful orangs and lemon trees while
In the White House. and courteously
left them TO Mrs Harrison on her de-
pzrture-
-oIeneral Ben Butler. Who wa.
asked 10 reply 10 The question should
women proPose2' declined an answer
or the plea that he was past having
any interest in IL
-Ben!amin White. q lineal descend
ant in The nth generation OF Peregrins
White. the first y hite child born Ia the
plymouth Colony. Is hEin. a, Marsh
ssld a. Tie age Of nilsLy-ihree
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

So Fulton, Assistant General Freight
Agent OF the Northern Pacific who has
returned TO Portland from Spokane Falls,
says the total value OF property DESTROYED
Dy the recent SIRE viii not exceed s. .O.JD. :
20. The Northern Pacific loss will he
under 100000.
The National Encamprnent at Mi.
waukee promises 10 lie biz sn,ress
notwithstanding the many drawtacks
and J0,uoo veterans are expected IA h
present
Congressman :. s Cox has returned
10 New York from his Western pip. He
says the people he has visited are ths
brightest IN the world. They are alive n
bur mess. amt have grit with plenty 81
money.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

They have new names -
things A big thief is sonetllne' :
rehypothecator. and gross pos
unconscious absorption. - 0H0s
Leather Reporter.
mere are vantages III
woman. A woman can't 60 D
sundays without being severely
cised for the act. A man can IN
merely called "A sad dog whle
considered more of a compliment
q criticism. Boston Couria'
Joseph G. Parkinson. OF .n'
VINO has recently been adfn''''
practice in the United States eou'
q deaf mute. Nevertheless DC
successful lawyer. whose strong
IL the preparation of briefs Az
ne carries on cross-examinalioh'
the aid Of pen and pager.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30
Clocks a Century Ago

A clock was an expensive lurs
those days 1t is true that cloeS
been i'm use. more or less. for mRs
a century, but they were Isr
costly. and the common means 4
ing the time OF the day was By
dial or by a pole set in the grOuH
which its shadow travelled. thus /
ting the time. The Connec,icA
ers first brought clocks withinths
OF all. Toward the close Of d
century Eli Terry. OF Plymouth
commenced making the old-tasl
hang-up clocks. in which the
and teeth were cut by hand. II
fairs cost $25 each. In 1907 NJ
commenced making wooden es
machinery, which greatly cha
them. Alr. Jerome invented b
day brass clocks, stamping o
wheels from soft brass plate. Ia
years by the invention OF maei
the price OF these clocks wss =
TO 81 each. In 1912 CLOCKS va
to England and from this small
ming Connecticut has become Il
ter OF the worlds market lO'
clocks. Chicago News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

A Forcible Illustration. ~
you do when people come IN slp
you?' warm personal friend az
d merchant. when they sA'
long. the Office boy, who Is yer!
sud knows just when to intet'e''
me that a gentleman is in the cOu
house waiting 20 see me on imp
business. "Ha, ha. That =
way to get rid OF bores "n0
know just then the BOY =
the door and sung ou': uen'
counting-house. sir. waitin 10 "
on important business -EScu''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

In the train-'.Karl' Karl
your hat will be blown of Il =
so far out of the carriage
familia- Quickly snatchIns
from the head of the refractory
ster. and hiding it behind his
There now, the hat is gone
sets up howl. After u va
father remarks: Come. be qnI'
whistle your hat will come baeS
whistles and places hat o.
head. } There, its back aga
seem While the parents are
versation. Kari throws his bal
the window. and says; IA
again"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30

A photographer had been cav
take the portrait OF a person W..
just died. Having arranged the =
to his liking. and hidden his 10
under the regulation piece u
muslin. he forgot for the moin'.
he was not in his own gallery,
living subject before him. anu
out. Now. don't move, pirS'''
look pleasant. Funeral Dlree'''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-30


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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
A LOGICAL ARGUMENT.

If man who becomes possessed of
thousand dollars could only be made
realize how much farther the money
would 90 by exercising care, and look
ing around a little, he would certainly
profit by it. There are in all cities
CT the size of San Antonio, many
enticing ways to spend your
money. Beautiful show windows in
which all manner of merchandise is
tastefully exhibited in order to catch
the eye of the passer-by, and induce
him to part with the precious dollar.
In no class of goods are the uninitia-
ted liable to spend their money fool
ishly as in Jewelry. You may get
good article and yet pay so per cent
too much for it. Suppose a person
goes to q first-class jewelry establish
n Mt and purchases from first haT IS
watch costing 800, he wears said
watch three mo1ths and through
misfortune he is compelled to pledge
for $40; the man with whom the watch
is pledged can sell it for $50 and make
good profit, and yet save the buyer
100 per cent. Now this is just what
Emerson &, Co. on Soledad street can
frequently do for you. The watch
having been carried only short time
is in reality worth just as much as
ever, and the purchaser saves $50.
E. q Co. also loans money on collat-
teral, and when short they help the
boys over the bridge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
VIM. RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER.
Its List of Patrons Constantly In
Creasing IN San Antonio and
Throughout the State.

This medicine is uneXcelled as a
blood purifier and appetizer. 1t Is
very pleasant to the taste, similar to
an unsweetened lemonade.
Used for catarrh, it has a fine effect.
Those who use it recommend it to
their friends, and are loud in its
praise.
Consumption, when the patient is
able to attend to the ordinary affairs
of life, yields to its magic influence.
Asthma has been cured in many in
stances. in fact. wherever thorough
trial is given.
Ifyou have chronic neuralgia give
the Microbe Killer trial. We can
cite you to many case which it has
cured.
Try the Microbe Killer for rheuma-
tism, sick headache, etc.
Sold exclusively in San Antonio by
Richard Gehlert, No. l Commerce
street. Price So per gallon.
Note-Be careful to get the genuine
article. Since our great reputation
has been established, you can find
plenty OF medicine in one gallon jugs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
NOTHING BUT A Niger.


The Express of yesterday contained
an interview with certain colored
men OF Fort Bend and Bexar counties
who are interested in finding home
for their race, in which the conscrip-
tons and prescriptions of Fort Bend.
Wharton, Washington ana other
counties will not be felt. Comment
ing upon this movement the Express
of this morning says:
"If the negroes of Fort Bend county
desire to go to Mexico, no man may
say them nay. They have the right
to depart at any time that suits them
best. But if they find as good land i'll
Mexico, or if they are better treated
they will be fortunate, indeed. The
whites of Fort Bend have had no
trouble with "hOnest, industrious
farmers and heads of families" but
they have had considerable trouble
with dusky and pesky politicians,
who prowled the country at night and
fired buckshot through the windows
of white mems houses"
This statement is false as to tact
and equally so as to inference. When
the district clerk of Fort Bend county
was ordered to abandon his hard
earned property and leave that
county, he had not been prowling
round the country at night firing
buckshot into white people. He was
not in a political campaign for the
colored people had abandoned their
political organization and notified the
white democrats that they would not
put any ticket in the field. When that
democratic order was sent out bidding
every white man to report with his
arms at Richmond, The negroes were
found quietly at work on their farms.
Honest industrious farmers and
heads of families are selling their
properties acquired through years of
hard toll for one half of its value be-
cause their lives are not safe. The re-
publicans Of that county had gone out
of politics and surrendered their
rights to a democratic minority of
less than one third, when the edict of
banishmeht was promulgated. The
losing faction of the democra-
cy, whose motto is "cursed be
Canaan" regretted that they had
not killed a score of prominent mig
gers anyway, when they found that
the moderate democrats had carried
the election. They had banked on
a race war and while prejudice
to carry them into office had failed by
reason of the sagacity of the colored
people who had been directed by their
leaders to keep on their farms if every
colored man in Richmond was shot.
The colored men Of Fort Bend county
who, N fear of their lives, are giving
up valuable properties in that county
give direct challenge to the truth of
the quotation from the Express and
are not taking its advice in the matter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

THE Austin Dispatch complains
that the Austin Greys do not get any
backing at home. San Antonio has
set Austin an example but the capital
is as slow as Joey Bagstock was sly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

"BEHoLD how good thing and how
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to-
gether in unity" does not apply to
the colored people of Texas when they
arrange for an emancipation celebra-
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
Building Permits.

Manuel Lauchle, kitchen south side
Lavaca street, ward :.
DIR. Lewis, stable, east side Rich
mond street, ward 4.
Daniel Heder, dwelling, east side
Water street, ward I.
L. Rummel, meat market, west
side south Laredo street, ward 2.
Aug. Schulz, stable, west side Mill
street, ward s.
DIR. Fromm, stable, east side Losoyo
street, ward 5.
Mrs. 5. P. Maur.,, dwelling, west
side avenue B, ward 5.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

BLAINE and Bismark are not far
apart in the Samoan matter. Blaine
will bring Bismark to business IN the
Beisel blunder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

A jeweler, in Rutland, VT, recently
repaired a watch that was $50 years
old. Although not large in circum-
ference it was an inch and a quarter
thick and very heavy. l. was made
in Switzerland and valued at $500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
Recorders Court.

Ed. McCray, disturbing the peace,
dismissed.
John McDermott, drunk, SO.
NJ. Riojas, drunk, s..
Chas. H. Brown, drunk and disor-
derby, S..
Senon Estrada, drunk and disor-
derby, So.
Yermo Menchaca, theft over $40,
transferred.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

THE reelection of Chandler to the
United States Senate from New Hamp-
shire makes America howl. The
republicans howl with delight, the
democrats with despair.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

TurkIshaand Vapor Baths,
At Zilian's, corner Commerce and
Alamo streets. 3-l7-f
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
RagIand's Anticide.

Sure death to Ants-to be had al
City Drug Store, No. s +. Commerce
ST. 6-1S-tf
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-04-11
Symptoms Of Catarrh.

A protuse and many times exces-
sively offensive discharge, with
stopping up of the nose at times.
impairment of the sense Of smell
and taste, watering or weak eyes,
impaired hearing, irregular appetite,
occasional nausea, pressure, and
pain over the eyes, and at times in
the back of the head, occasional
chilly sensations, cold feet, and
feeling of lassitude and debility, are
symptoms which are common to
catarrh, yet all Of them are net pre-
sent in every case. DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy cures catarrh in it's
worst forms and stages. 1t is plea
SAINT to use, and contains no poison
Gus or caustic drugs. Of druggists,
for so cents.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-04-11
The happiest man, all things b

The happiest man, all things be-
ing equal, is he who has nice little
farm in good condition, substantial
barn and other necessary out-build-
ings, pair of good mules or horses,
a good garden and orchard, a few in
telligent neighbors, good roads lead
ing to church and to market, and a
good school convenient to his home.
where children may receive a good
English education. A man in such
condition has it within his power
to possess all the real blessings this
life can give, and has at the same
time all the facilities necessary to
prepare him tor the life that it is to
come.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-04-11
RELIABILITY OF LARaR.

Alliance Advocate.
1t will be remembered that some
months ago we published synopsis
of a bill which would probably be
introduced into the legislature bear
ing upon the question of labor.
In the midst of influences which
combine to retard the progress of the
agricultural interests Of the state,
the question of labor stand promi-
nently forth, says the Herald
Journal.
In his recent address Colonel
Northern referred to this question,
treating it on the ground Of tenan-
try. But say what we will, the
hired labor of this country is becom-
ing more unreliable and more diff
cult to utilize every year. At pres
ent the farmer who begins the years
work with hands sufficient to handle
his plantation, has no assurance that
he will, in six months, have force
enough to work even one-half of the
land put in cultivation. This is due
to the fact that the law does not sue
cessfully reach the laborer or pun
ish him properly tor the violation of
the contract.
The bill in question provides
amply for this matter If laborer
leaves an employer without good
and sufficient cause, he is amenable
to prosecution and the wages he may
earn with his new employer is like
wise subject to any amount which
he may have overdrawn under his
original contract. The last employ
er is likewise made party to the
suit in the event that he retains the
boiling employee after he has been
properly notified by the first en-
ployer.
This matter is something which
demands attention. There is no
calculating the amount which is lost
every year on the farms of Georgia
through the Abandonment of the
crops by contract hands at time
when their labor is of greatest mo-
ment. And it is generally at the
season when every moment is pre-
cious and when one days work is
worth dozen ordinary ones, that
these laborers bolt their contracts
and seek employment elsewhere.
For that reason it is, impossible to
estimate the damage in dollars and
cents.
There is another point. This
abandonment and violation Of their
agreements tend to demoralize the
labor which remains. The other
contract hands, while they may not
quit outright, will slight their work,
and take advantage of their employ
ers in every possible manner.
Every interest demands an i'm
provement of tho labor system and
our legislators should put them
selves to the work of remedying it.
The bill referred to has been favor
ably commented on, and it is to be
hoped it will become law.
GvInnfnpp,c Of
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-04-11
No Wonder She Envied Bridget.

A rich society lady told her SER
want, 81 wish | could be as strong,
healthy and full of life as you are y
The lesson is plain. The girl had
plenty of exercise, and constitution
al health and contentment. Riches
will not buy health, always, but
broken-down women can find sure
relief in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pres
cription. 1t is powerful, invigora-
ting, restorative tonic and nerYine.
and imparts strength to the whole
system in general, and to the utter
inc organs and appendages in par
ticular. For rundown" deblllta-
ted and feeble women generally it is
the greatest earthly boon.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-04-11

Kate Field asks: GLOW many
women marry a good man % Only
one, Miss Field, if the good man is
true to his reputation.