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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05
Away with the Tag.

As warm weather comes on SWelter
ing mankind with one indignant voice
demands the abolition of the senseless
little tag which makers attach to the
bottom of the modern shirt front. At
best the pesky tag is a useless fixture,
and too often it is an unsightly nuisance.
When it is concealed by the waistband
of the wearer's trousers it frequently
causes a lumpy wrinkle, and when it
rises above that line it has an uncanny
way of thrusting itself into view be-
tween the buttonholes of ones vest.
On the shirt of man who goes vestless
in hot weather the little tag is flutter-
ing badge of vulgarity, an audacious in
suit to good taste, and a starchy atfrOnt
to social order and progress. The tag
is the one useless, witless and eXasper
ating part which evolution has not yet
eliminated from the Nineteenth Century
shirt. 1t is a survival of the unfttest,
a relic of the Dark Ages when stranger
DESTROYS of cashing check at the bank
pointed to the initials on the tag of his
shirt front as q means of identifying
himself; wherefore the offensive and
ostentatious tag must go. Suffering man
has pulled the tag and evolution will do
the rest.-NeU York Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05
MY PIPE.

When fond recollection,
In dim retroSpection
Goes searching for pleasures our lives used to
We fortuneless creatures
viii hit upon features
Which once DER our path rays of sunshine did
Tho I, Just like others,
Have worries and bOthers
There's one blest reflection comes mellow and
To make Joys completer-
All !. Life was far Sweeter
When took the first wifi from my old corn cob
pipe,
Oh, the delicate odor
When once l did load her,
And got her a-gOing and ready for biz
The king with his crown, sir,
So spangled and round, sir,
i wouldn't exchange my proud station for his
For rOyaltys bubble
Means trial and trouble,
Which tugs at the heartstrings and causes q
My comfort and solace
In this not at all is
But lies in a wifi from my old corn cob pipe.
III.
In moments of sorrow
When thoughts of the morrow
But burdened my mind with the impress of grief,
With longing and yearning,
Such influence ScOrning,
| turned to my charmer and found there relief;
AS curling and bending.
Like incense ascending,
The smoke rolled away and was lost to the view,
My peace of mind gaining,
All pining and paining,
Rose up like mist and then disappeared, too.
Let sons of Pegasus,
In rhythmical PAGES
Run mad on loves passion and beautiful
spring.
Thou comforting pleasure,
My JOY, hope, and treasure,
\ paean of praise to "your highness" l sing.
Then here's Il rich goblet,
My Jolly corn Goblet
l drink to the dregs, nor my lips care to wipe,
Ifafter the potion
| humor the notion
To turn for u wifi from my darling old pipe.
st. Paul Daily GLOBE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

their escape into the Taiga, where they
suffered indescribable misery from hun
ger and sickness. A captured refugee
from the Taiga had in his possession
some pieces of human flesh, and his
confession that the escaped prisoners
murdered and ate the physically weaker
of their companions has been confirmed
by subsequent discoveries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THOSE who know Prof. G. J. Romanes
only as one of the most distinguished of
the modern scientific men may be sur
prised to learn that he is also poet.
He has published two volumes of verse
anonymously, the first called ''The More
Excellent Way" in 1888. The second,
entitled Poems" was brought out for
private circulation in 1899. Narrative,
memorial and contemplative verse, with
some sonnets. fill these volumes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05
Not q Compliment.

He was calling on young lady and
had been talking against time for
several hours, not noticing, that to say
the least, she was slightly wearied.
'Do you know" he said, after COM
plotting a short monologue of several
thousand words, and thinking a little
fattery would be appreciated, while
talking tonight 1 have felt as if were
inspired by one of the Muses. And
which do you think tits ?"
He looked into her beautiful face
searchingiy. The modest blush for
which he was watching proved to be a
wide yawn, which grew wider as she
answered.:
81 guess the Muse that inspires you
tonight must be Euterpa."
He didn't really know anything about
mythology, SO he couldn't tell what she
meant. But when he arrived home he
took down his Webster's Unabridged,
and there, in cold type, staring him
in the face he saw "Euterpa-the Muse
who presided over wind instruments"
YnnEpp RZnGp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05
When Travelling.

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
it acts most pleasantly and etfectually on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness.
For sale in SOC, and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

Mr.. GLADSTONE has made present to
the New Hawarden institute of fifty vol
umes of books, including complete
edition of Sir Walter SCOTS works.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

HALLs CATARRH CURE is liquid and
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by
Druggists, 75c.
F r CHENEY e. 90 Pronc Toledo q
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

IF you will try Dobbins' Perfect Soap,
which retails at sc per bar, you will save
money and clothes 1t is by far the best
and purest soap ever made. Have your
grocer get it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THOMAS SMoTHERs, who left England
to visit the Worlds Fair, was smothered
to death under a load of hay at Mas
coutah, H., where he was working for
a farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

A MONUMENT to the memory of Will
lam Cullen Bryant, the historian and
poet, will shortly be placed in Central
Park. New York
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THE Empress of Japan is an adept
performer on the l1oto, kind of large
either. It is an instrument which is
much played and very popular in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

So far as the Hawaiian mission is con-
cerned one distinguished Kentuckian
announces that he is Knott in it. Wash
ingt0n Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05
Invention of the Argand Burner.

The Argand burner was the result of
accident. Argand had been expert
menting for long time, and one night
he picked up a long bottleneck that lay
on the table, and, without thinking,
placed it over the fame. A white light
was the result, and, taking the hint, he
invented the burner that bears his
name
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THE human system needs continuous and
careful attention to rid itself of its impuri-
ties. Beecham's Pills act like magic. 25
cts box
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THE fn-de-siecle girl and the fine b1-
cycle girl have g. more or less pro-
nounced relationship. = PHILADELPHIA
Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

THAT is Mrs. Specie, there. She is
a society leader; right in the swim"
so? By Jove she dresses for it,
Puck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

n. K. Browns Essence Jamaica Ginger
will cure diarrhma. None better. Try it.
% cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

For weak and ini1amed eyes use DR.
Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. 1t is a
carefully prepared physicians prescrip-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-05

"YU must let the baby have one
cow milk to drink every day. said
the 6ctor. Every well, if you say SO,
Doctr," said the ,perplexed young
motfer, "but | really don't see how
he isgoing to hold it all. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-01-02

profeliioneQen uno ~per1Dnltcben 0ten1t@
sipeigen A. 2 b. s., i'm 6anbel uno Ser7
febrsipeien 34.33 b. s., IN Der Sabrtf7,
| 6anowerf87 unb 8ergbaus S66ti9feit 41.38
b. $. aller Qrbeiter 6etrng.
2lcltBerit bartnGdig miro bon ben 0eg1
nern Der Girtpanbcrung Den ~@tnGepa1ocr>
ten poreeiporfen, 6aB bieie DauptidcBlt3 in
ben orOBen StGbten bGngen bleiben unb
0aB in fSolge OeIIen Bic 8cp0lferungen 0er
Lebtcren nicbt meDr yamerifanii3" bletbet.
Oiele 8ebarptung lit 10 LANCE III umlauf
| gelebt morocn, bis Bic meiltem 2eute lie fiir
ipabr su balten geneigt ftnb, aber Sic llne
baltbarfeit berielben ergtebt 1tcb oaraus,
bab nadb Dem ~@eniusbericbt bon 1880 Die
Nnsabl Der acknowledgement in 0en 5ebn
gr0Bten StGotcn bes QanbeS nut 31.97 b.
y. Der @eiammtbeDOlferuug unb 1883 b.
s.. Der Sen perl6ttbeulten 8erufs5tpeigen
ange6Origen Stabtbeipobner ausma6ten.
@enau ebenio untpabr lit Die 8cbaup1
tung, DaB uniere 0efdngniie unb Nrmen7
Bduier itcb 81 3uflu3tsitattet etngetpauz
bcrter AltSlGnber geltalten.
SIN Sabre 1886 ftanben Dor ben einge>
borenen Nmerifanern mn Al .33 b. $. in
Dem eriperbsfdbi8en Glitter smiiben benz
fiinfSebnten unb fiinfSigiten 2ebensiabre,
tpabrenD BON ben einsepanberten Nusldnz
bern 68.06 y. s. bieien NltersfIaiien ongez
b0rtcn. 9ieie G6atiacbe al iicb erflGrt su>
gleid5 bie, baB gerobe bic 6remogeborenen
etnet unglet6 gr0Beren S9eiI Der &ultur>
0rbett oes amsrifahtlcbcn SolfeS ~geletitet
babct. St6erlicb liegt feline @efabr Dor,
baB Elm berartigcr Sep0lferungsSutpacb3
nicbts 8eIiereS 81 tbun ftnben ioute, ala
unicre N~rmen6duier lt1o @efdngntiIe 81
fitlen. Nacb BEN Genlusberi6ten iporer
1860 bon 1906 Strdfingen 10,143 elm
9cboren unb 8943 et~n9etpanoert, I'M Sabre
1870 BON 32,901 StrGflingen "A, 173 Gin.
geborcn utb 8728 e~tngepanbert nocb 9itn=
tiger felt it6 bas 9erbGltniB i'm Sabre
1880, mo BON $500 StrGfltngen As, 1902
eingeboren unb Nun 12,907 eingetpan6eri
tparen.
S6on III uralter GprSeit mo6te itb 6as
ndtlrltbe @eieb gelten6, bab, mo- et1l(
lleberoolferltng %cintrat, Der itberiGbiiitgt
She'll Ser 8ep0lferung in Sic GSren1oe sog
I'M Nrbett su iud)an, unb in un1erm 2anbt
9tcbt eS nocb Dtcl mebr Irbeit gu perribten
ais 6dnoe Oasu %Dorbanben lt1o. 9teies
natilrlihe @eleB bat etnen beitGn6tger
Strom Der @iutpanOerung nacb Nmertfc
gelcttet. gSenn bieler lidb gu l3eiten ale
iibermdBig tart ertpies, bat er it6 iebersei
ielbit geregelt; iobaib bic @rtperbsperbGlt:
niiic iicb bier ungiinitig geitalteten, 3og etr
GROCER Sbetl ber@tntpanberer auf Nttmmer:
tpieocrfeDr ben D%annen, ur1b 8iele, bener
Der &qnpf UNI OaS 0aietn bier all5ui6lpe1
tpuroe, baben IN ibrem Seimat6lanbe etne
3uflu6t 9eiucbt. Sn ben seDn Sabren Dor
1876 bis 1885 iino bon 1855, 652 Sim
tpanOcrern aus @roBbritarnten un6 ST.:
LAMB 404,2O3 in ibre'6eimatb 5uriifgefebrt
Der Si6tun9spro5eB poi5ieDt it4 beitdr:
big unb licber obne eun @ingreifen burd
@eiebe. 9Bir itnb nicbt in ber Sage, BIZ
Slntb Der ~@inipanberung ein3ubdmmen
iolatgc mir ibrer 5ur @ricblieBung Del
6tlfsquelen bes 2anbes bebiirfen.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-01-02
anad1eatia1e autnnta etaata- aeHhetea, asao,ttaa, 2 aan,ear 1898.

gaeelobn bis sur gr0Bten Corporations
ODER Staatse GlnleiDe, 3n 9eitatten.
@enn tcb bas groBe Brtn8ip ridtig perz
lte6c, arF mclb,s lnlere 8Gter ibre 6ofiz
nung ouf feife Bc8ritnoung ber Srei6eit fit
iib lelbit unO fit i6rc 9tobfommen bautc1,
10 ltellen tic Bic 6altptgetDalten ber 8olfs>
&egierun9 bod iiber ben @riff unb itber
Bic 6errl6aft bon BriDatz 6ab9ier.
9iefeS 8rin5ip lit jest bon elmer Scribe
rllng 9erjenigen t0btlib bcbrobt, pelcbe
bel benz 8au unb bet 4robuftion BON
SLIDER tntereiitrt itn6.
s. s.. 8aDar6."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-01-02
Ret=RQeut1t

FUR Stf SFntTdte q d. o r..
Ste unter5etdueteu %befbrhern Qadete bis an 100 Rfh
la9 Gemtf dtdtao, Sefeerei6), GAtoeScta. S}nr.
reGei, Sd.te'aarf unb Der Gdbtpcis an BEN rsoeI.
ll9Bt9er npn Der ocitid)en u 10 ID aIt,.,a
i%eit9sieSteu Yreilen. .'""B
@benip ~bslpr9eu OieIei6eu @oareuIeuSunoeu INN ,,rh
nab ouen 2betlen GnropaS uub @merifos al hen bimTin'
lteH Nateu. - : ptalS'
Hensel, Bruckmamn & Lorbacbar
"a EtAtaxt Gtr., Ssesu Morf
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

~ saw u balloon ascension and para
chute drop down in Texas not Sc long
ago" said Ed Reeder, well known ball
player now with one of the Southwest
ern league clubs, .'that was very inter-
esting. The balloonist Leroy made an
aerial trip from small town near Aus
tin one day and was to make a parachute
leap. When at an altitude of about
1900 feet he suddenly recollected that
his parachute was brand new one and
had never been tested. Not caring to
risk the thing he attached fifty pound
sack of sand (ballast) to the parachute
and cut it loose. As he feared, the thing
failed to work right and did not open at
all.
1.-The sand and parachute dropped like
streak to the earth, gaining momentum
with every foot of their descent until
they struck the wooden roof of house
below, crashing through it like through
so much paper The balloon scared aloft,
and in due time. as the hot air gradually
escaped, sank slowly to earth in the
midst of farm several miles from the
town. The farm hands had observed its
coming and when it alighted seizea
upon the airship, which was valuable
oiled silk affair, and claimed ii as the
property Of the owner of the land be-
cause it had landed there. The rights
of Professor Leroy, who happened to
have landed right with his property,
were entirely ignored. But the captors
were obdurate and finally tho professor
departed.
He obtained a writ of replevin for his
balloon from the nearest squire. and a
constable shortly after restored the cap
tured airship to its rightful owner. The
hole in the roof of the building caused
by the professors sandbag and the dam
age consequent thereto had to be re-
paired and settled for at his expense.
Had he taken the place of his sandbag
ct the parachute's handle the funeral
expenses would have far exceeded the
damage to the roof"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10
Tn. L,..r.rr r.rmsp, A. France.

Philarete Chasles relates in his me-
moirs how one afternoon, az no was at
work in his newspaper office, young
man with military air. looking al bold
Ms II he were going to tho wars, knocked
imperiously at the door, walked In, sat
down and said. without further pre-
amble;
Monsieur, | nm Hugo"
Then. after handing to Chasles the
famous yellow covered book with the
password "Iiierro" on the title page, he
asked him If ne was ON his side or not,
and continued:
Monsieur, not Only are we going TO
change poetry, which needs funda-
mental revolution, but grammar also.
What do you think about our prosody9
French prosody must BIO completely over
hauled
Soft Is In France, where neither centu-
ries nor years count, but only minutes
and seconds, the shock of contraries and
the violence OF reaction. The French
must always be fighting about some
thing--even for Boileau against Ron.
sard, and for Nonotte against voltaire,
Printers ink must smell OF powder,
otherwise life seems insipid and thought
without any SAVIOR. Victor Hugo's visit
to Chasies is typical. Theodore Child
In Harper's.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

Eccentricity, and nothing else. distin.
guishes the viii proved In i724 Of Henry
Trigg, Of Stonage, Of the county Of
Hartford. grocer, who directed that his
body should DO committed to the west
end Of his howell. to be decently laid
there upon floor erected by his exeou-
tors; and only sixty years ago. it is said,
the bones of Mr.. Trigg still remained
unburied III the rafters at the west end
Of his hovel aforesaid. A provision,
quite as bizarre, was made in the will Of
the philosophio Jeremy Bentham. who
enjoined his executors TO embalm his
corpse and dress IL in the clothes which
he was accustomed to wear In his life
time. in order that he might form tho
text Of lecture to be delivered annu-
ally ut literary institute held at a
school Of anatomy in Windmill street,
Haymarket.
On the occasion OF one Of the lectures
on Jeremy Bentham's mummy the ven
cradle philosophers head fell off and
came to irremediable grief, whereupon
an artificial head was modelled In wax
by Miss Margaret Gillies, the distin-
guished miniature painter, but the
mummy with the waxen head has long
since faded out Of the public ken.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10
He Liked Fishing.

In the performance of my pleasant
duties as editor am called upon to
greet members of the craft from every
part of the world where angling is fol-
lowed as pastime. ! have yet to meet
one who failed to respond to my eager
search for facts relative to the fish in
their home waters with less eagerness
and enthusiasm than evinced by myself
have talked and queried with the ri
couth and unkempt and with the pol
ished and cultivated anglers of the
brooks and the-look3, and have found
them, each and all, to be possessed Of
valuable information as to the byways
if not the highways of the art recrea-
tive.
have be .5ht by the clodhopper
of the streams; | have gained invalu-
able points from the bushwhacking boy
who snatches 'em out; the cowboy fisher
of the gulch holes, the .'wum" baiters
of the Mississippi sluices, the Canadian
half breeds of the Laurentian streams
and the malaria saturated dweller "away
down on the Suzanne river" have all
dropped angling pearls along my path
way, and last, not least, have l gathered
consolation and enthusiasm from an in
genuous remark made by an old but il
literate angling rodster friend when he
was first told of Sam Johnson's slur.
well" said he, tell old johnson for
me that, rather than not go a-fishing at
all, I'm willing to be the worm"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

A lady left some very precious first
editions Of book in three volumes in q
hanson while she went into shop--a
risky thing in itself to do. When she
came out Of the shop she couldn't find
tho hanson, which had been made to
move on by policeman, and in despair
took another, and just saved the train
which she had to catch at Charing
Cross. After waiting for an hour and
half the cabman thought there was
something queer going ON and endeav-
ored to find his fare, without success OF
course. Then he looked inside the cab,
saw the books aud some parcels, and
conveyed them all to Scotland Yard.
And here comes the pith of the story.
The lady applied the following day for
her precious books and got them. 1t
was suggested that she should pay a
certain quite adequate sum as recon-
pense TO the cabman. But the lady was
indignant. That sum, she averred, did
not In any degree represent the percent
age due on the enormous value Of the
tones. They were worth something
stupendous. She mentioned what Quar-
itch valued them at. And quite cheer
fully she paid a sum that made COM
Portable nest egg for the cabman. She
also made the Scotland Yard official
understand something about books that
he hadn't a notion Of before.-London
Vanity Fair
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

Sir Harvey ELVES, of Stoke, in Suffolk,
next to boarding money, found his prin-
cipal pleasure in netting cartridges. He
and his household, consisting of one man
and two maids, lived upon these. In cold
or wet weather Sir Harvey would walk
up and down his hall to save fire. His
clothes cost him nothing, for he ran.
sacked old chests and wardrobes and
wore those of his ancestors. When he
died the only tear shed was by his sery-
ant, to whom he left the farm-yalue.
fifty pounds per annum.
The whole of his property was left to
his nephew, John Maggott, who thus in
herlted real and personal estate worth
t2oO,Oo0, on condition that he should as.
sumo the name and arms of Elves. OF
this man, who is better known as John
Elves, the miser, the following story is
told: His nephew, Colonel Timms. Wis
lted MN at Marcham, and after retiring
to rest found himself wet through. Find
ing that the rain was dripping tbronoh
the ceiling, he moved the bed. He had
not lain long before the same inconyen-
fence again occurred. Again he rose and
again the rain came down. After push
ing the bed quite around the room. he
found corner where the ceiling was
better secured and slept until morning.
When he met his uncle at breakfast he
told him what had happened. ave.
aye" said Mr. Elves; 81 don't mind II
myself, but to those who do, that's a nice
corner in the rain. "-Cassell's .Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

The cave temple Of Karli, India, Is
rightly considered one Of the greatest
wonders Of the world. This gigantic
recess in the mountain ledge has been
chiseled by human hands from porphyry
~ hard as the hardest flint. The nave
Is 1874 feet long, 45 feet broad and 40
feet from floor to ceiling. Before the
entrance to the temple stands monster
stone elephant, upon whose back is seat
ed a colossal goddess, all hewed from one
solid block Of stone. Like the temple
walls and the outside ornaments, every
article of adjoining sculpture on the in
side is hewed from the native rock.
There are aisles ON each side sep
arated from the nave by octagonal pill
lars Of stone. The capital of each pillar
Is crowned with two kneeling elephants,
ON whose backs are seated two figures,
representing the divinities to whom the
temple is dedicated. These figures are
perfect and Of beautiful features, as in
deed are all the representations OF
deities and divinities in this peculiar
temple.
The responsiveness SO characteristic OF
modern Hindoo and Chinese pagodas is
here wholly wanting. Each figure Is
true to life, or rather to art, there be-
ing no mythical half horse, half man or
beast birds depicted In this underground
wonder Of Karli. This wondrous under
ground pagoda or cave temple has been
n standing puzzle for the learned ar
chmologists of both Europe and Asia for
the Inst 1880 years, and is as much OF
an enigma today as 1t was in the time Of
Confneius. Philadelphia Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

There is something in Webster that
reminds me Of Victor Hugo. There
is the same confusion at times of
what is big with what is great, the
same fondness for the merely spec
tacular, the same insensibility to re-
pulsive details, the same indifference
to the probable or even to the nat
ural, the same leaning toward the
grotesque, the same love of effect at
whatever cost, and there is also the
same impressiveness of result. What
ever other effect Webster may pro-
duce upon us, he never leaves us in
different. We may blame, we may
criticise, as much as we will; we may
say that all this ghastliness is only a
trick of theatrical blue light; we
shudder and admire nevertheless.
We may say he is melodramatic,
that his figures are magic lantern
pictures that waver and change
shape with the curtain on which
they are thrown; it matters not, he
stirs us with an emotion deeper than
any mere artifice could stir.-James
Russell Lowell i'll Harper's.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10

Pigeons as letter carriers tradition
tells us were employed at the time
when Joshua invaded Palestine as
mediums of communication between
headquarters and camps in lands far
off on the other side of the Jordan.
AT the time of the Talmud they were
used in amusing games. The Talmud
tells lis that betting was INDUCED in
at the pigeon play. The owner of
the pigeon which reached first the
point designated was the winner.
Another play connected with bet
ting was the "kubya." Kuby means
a small pot ARABIC kubeia, snail
glass;. The kubya was a little pot
wherein dice We're shaken and thrown
upon the table. The dice were
numbered as our modern ones are
Against these two games the Talmud
was In arms, and their players were
not allowed to appear as witnesses
before the bar. Boston TRANSCRIPT.