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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
CARDS OF THE NATIONS.
Collection Of Souvenirs Brought
Back From a Tour Of Europe.

From the New York Sum-
Zone of the most interesting collections of
foreign loot that I've seen this year." said
a man ordinarily too busy to make the trip
over seas himself. lis an assortment of
playing cards from various parts of the
world.
I'm every country the owner of the col
lection visited and he went to a good
many. he picked up cards of local manu-
facture, and representative of the nation.
1.-THE Russian cards are perhaps the most
elaborate. The faces of the kings and
queens are different in each suit, indi-
eating the racial elements that go to COM
pose the empire.
ION the Greek cards classical heroes and
heroines are represented. Nestor, for ex-
ample. is the king of hearts and Orestes
the knave; Agamemnon is the king Of clubs
Hercules the jack of spades and Minos and
Danae the king and queen of diamonds
The Greek pack is rather cheap one and
scarcely does honor to the celebrities por-
trayed
"Cadiz is a center for card manufacture
ing. The idea of the Spanish card marker
| cards as possible. The royal robes. are of
unusual magnifcence. The clubs are big
| bludgeons In green and red and the knave
| of clubs, gayly caparsoned on a prancing
| Giant Killer. The spades are ugly little
| daggers, and for hearts and diamonds there
| are disks and dice cups. The cards in some
| of the Spanish packs are very thin and
| have capital spring.
| THE Madeira cards come from Lisbon.
The figures are more conventional in de-
| sign than on the Spanish. The ace cards
| are adorned with typical Portuguese scenes.
! "A popularity of the pack bought In Con-
| stantinople Is that the ace cards, in add
| ton to the single spade, diamond, club or
! heart in the center of each. have diminu-
| right hand corners
| 1.-The Italian face cards portray decidedly
| gloomy personages; each one of the face
i cards, by the way. carries in small print
| the name and address of the maker. There
| are tiny packs. an inch and quarter by an
| inch and three-auarters in size, which can
be bought on the streets Of Naples for
a soldo. These resemble the Spanish cards
| to some extent. although the royalties are
| more dignifed.
cairo is a great card emporium and
Musk street offers rich returns to the card
hunter. Fortune-teliing cards must be In
demand there to judge from the samples ]
| saw in the collection. The Cairo playing
cards come mostly from Germany; they are
brilliant in their coloring. The aces carry
| scenes from lands both west and east.
1.-THE gem of all the packs comes from
Switzerland. The cards are small, one and
three-quarters by two and one-half inches
in size, and the back design is the edel-
| weiss The kings, queens and jacks are de-
lightful studies in Swiss costume, and the
| purchaser certainly gets his moneys worth
for each face card has two half figures
! and objects of interest also two to card
the subjects including the Castle of Chillon
the Matterhorn, the bridge at Lucerne and
: the Lion of Lucerne."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

owls, goats, deer heads, foxes, = onkeys,
and even terrapin. There's one of the lat
ter over there, which was a pet of saloon
keeper. and took his drinks regular, or, at
least, that's what the barkeeper said An
other man brought US big bullfrog, which
he said had been his constant pet for more
than ten years.
"Alligators are a prime favorte with
men, and snakes make a good second.
These snakes cannot be placed under the
head of pets, but it's fellows who make
heavy killings in the snake line and want
the skins for belts or to hang up in their
dens so that they show them to their
friends and tell how it was done. There
are men in West Virginia who make good
living killing rattlesnakes and selling the
skins to summer tourists at for from %
cents to 81 each. Now, don't say that any
of these snake skins reach our place, for of
course every man who brings snake skin
here actually and truthfully killed the
snake. They wouldn't think Of buying a
skin. Not very long ago a gentleman
brought in a game rooster and said he
wanted the best possible job. The cock was
in a wretched condition, his head looked
like a porterhouse steak and he was shy
on feathers. 1t was a bad proposition, but
l thought I could pull through on $40, and
the price was named. The gentleman went
saying that old Jim had won him more
than two thousand wheels, he guessed he
could stand the tax.
* X
"a taxidermist never knows what kind OF
queer specimens are going to be fired at
him next, SO we learn to be surprised at
nothing It is fortunate, however, that the
art is now to such point that almost any
thing can be preserved. few years ago an
old German down in West Virginia, near
Philippi, had the taxidermists on the anx-
ious bench. This old gentleman had a proc
ess for embalming which simply knocked
everything ever known. His three-roon
house was filled with human beings, deer
fox, 'coons, squirrels, bear, wild turkeys
and fowls and animals of every description
They were just as natural as life, but the
old fellow refused to divulge his secret anG
| died with it. He said. however, that the
stuff he used in his process could be pro-
cured at any crossroads store and at a
very small cost. Had this West Virginar
sold his formula it would have put taxider
mists out of business, for every materia
we use is costly. Not only is it expensive
but dangerous to an alarming extent.
"That we have our trials and our tribula
| tons may well be imagined. We listen tt
| tales of woe and must have sympathy or
| hand in carload lots The undertaken:
! business is frivolousness compared to our
| at times"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

extended. All the neighbors would know
when she had a marian advantage not
to be lightly estimated-as any girl is good
looking in the half-light of balcony, with
big shawl wrapped gracefully around
her Besides. shawls and mantillas, like
golf capes. hide multitude of sins, and
hair seen from fifteen feet below is al
ways artistic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
TO PRESERVE THE FORMS
OF CHERISHED PETS
AT THE TAXIDERMISTS.

post. I do not doubt your honesty, but we
must adhere to our rules"
With assurances that she would never
think of leaving poor dear Polly" in the
shop without coming after him and paying
every expense, the young woman hands
out the money, and again expresses the
hope that her pet will be made just as life
like and beautiful as can be- The taXider-
mist smiles a two-by-six and bows the GUS
toner out
Its a bitter pill to have to ask my very
best customers to leave deposit" said the
solemn-faced man. but it's a business
rule, and I follow it. Well. If didn't I
would have to go into bankruptcy, for 1t
takes money to buy the expensive materials
used in our business and to pay for labor.
After the first throes of grief have ex-
hausted themselves owners Of dead pets
are not SO anxious to have them preserved,
and If we didn't collect a good faith de-
post 1t would only take about two years
to have enough birds, dogs, cats, alligators,
snakes and other things here to start Sec
ond edition of the National Museum. After
the grief dies away a great many losers OF
dead pets forget all about the dead darling
left here to be preserved by the taxider-
mist's art. If we do not want to come out
losers we must collect enough in advance
to pay for labor and material, and trust
that the grief will last long enough to bring
the customers back to pay the balance, which
is our profit. 1t is no infrequent thing for
person to make deposit and then never
come back to pay the balance and get the
pet. In cases of this kind we keep the
thing for a year. notify the party, and II
not called for 1t is offered for sale to any
one who wants it.
'What do we stuff in the way Of pets:
My, my, everything furry, hairy, scalyi
feathered-everything- from a
canary bird and lizard to an ostrich OF
horse. The list covers everything in the
flying, crawling and creeping line which ole
Uncle Noah carried in the ark with him al
| the time of the freshet. Women chill
| dren bring in birds. cats, chickens, dogs
| and pets of this kind, while men generally
| want freaks preserved, such as snakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
Biliousness

mesas that your liver is out of order. Dandelion
is the hNs-known liver regulator. Try box OF
Dr. Etwafds' Comp. Dandelion Tablets. For sale
BY - Druggists. Free trial packages at Anecks
dru: CsoRr. 1929 Pa. ave. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

: Another case of smallpox has developed
in Utica, Nd, making five SO far reported.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

A brittle thing IS orr earthly hapDE
Hess-orItEle as some thin vase u
Venetian glass; and Jet neither snx-
fety. nor sorrow. nor the dart q
death, which l. mighfier than the oak
clszTlng tnunder-bolt. czn skater 4
thing even 50 brittle as the earthly
happiness Of our poor little homes, II
Ee pace that happiness under the
care OF Cod But though neither ar
g1Ish NOR death can break il with all
their violence. sin can break il al z
touch and selhshness can SKATER Il.
inst zs there are acids which siE
shiver the Venetian glass. Sin and
selfzhness-Go Gods balm does not heal
IL this world the raFagss which tEey
se.-Canon Farrzr.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

As the brahe1 dws-lz in the vine.
- the dshes 1TelI IL the sea. zs TIE
tree dweIIz ih ths ground where II
Is planted. 50 the Christian ereEls e
love This Is his element From this
slszA1t he draws his life. As to OR
p1ysictzl being ne dwell il the a.
u0sphere This Is orr element II
touches rs On all sides. enters into
Is and inparts lIfe Remove nan
from this element and hs VIII soo1
de-
n : remarkable prayer which Pzul
sEersd Tor the Ephesians. this phrase
occurs. That ye. being rooted and
grounded il lore A tree is rooted
In the soil From the SOL it derives
It's life Tear Il loose from the soil.
and IT. leaves VIII wirher and It's
branches die. TIE soul that l. rooted
and grounded II lore lives ia and 81
loTe- Lore gives tone and color 10
ais words and deeds Love Is the
source of bis 10y and comfort One
may be rooted In teIdshness. ii pride.
IN coTetogsness. In that case. this
particular passion viii give tone ard
color 10 his life But one Who is
rooted IN lore is controlled in ali
things by lOye
All men love. but the lore of some
is narrow and restricted They are
not rooted IL love One loves bis
kindred only His heart is somewhat
larger than that Of the man who is
altogether selfish and loves only him
self But ii is Tot enough to love
kindred and friends Many objects
Of interest lie outside Of this circle.
Each man j. related to all others. If
lovg is The controlling principle Of his
life, he mast lore God, his kindred.
bis friends his neighbors, his enemies.
strangers and AL men. This is the
central principle Of Christianity. This
Is the life Of God On the earth.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27
Fusslna oxer Mhat q 90

It grfeves Us to see people in such
stew about their diet. What's the
matter with the civilized stomach7 ?
The old way was to eat what was set
before you and think ro more about
It. Nature did the rest and converted
the beef and turnips 10 thought. 10
industry, to heroism. to politics. to
poetry, TO art, 70 emotion. The new
way - 70 hurry from the table and
take pills, powders. po,ions, and you
haven't eaten enoVeY rVr ~hat you
want al that. WIZ aae Of be.
Ing biIII0naire iEg AZ ES.S - NV. ..
bran bread and gsapssed mIIkg
What's the See of cwni w via IN
the country X Jon have 10 s.lg every.
thing you raise On the place Or give II
TO charities, being unable 10 eat =
morsel Of itf-Br0oklyn Eagle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

We can sing away our cares easier
than we can reason them away. The
birds are the earliest to sing il the
morning; the birds are more without
care than anything else I know Of
Sing in the evening. Singing is the
last thing that robins do. When they
have done their daily work. when
then have flown their last flight and
picked up their last morseI Of food
and cleaned their bills on a napkin OF
bough, then on top twig they sing
one song Of praise. l know they sleep
sweeter for it. o that We might sing
evening and morning, and let song
touch song all the way through D
that we could put songs under our
burden. o that we could extract the
sense Of sorrow BY song. Then sad
things would not poison SO much. Sing
in the house; teach your children to
sing When trouble comes, go at them
With song. When griefs arise, sing
them down Lift the voice OF praise
against cares. Praise God By singing.
that will life you above trials Of every
sort Attempt It, They sing In heaven
and among Gods people on earth song
is the appropriate language Of Chris
tian feeling. .--Henry Ward Beecher.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27
Mhat Hane Me ealn.d1

This last year has added to our ex-
perience to this mortal life and Of the
world What practical experience
have We gainedg With the passing
away Of this year there is the sub
traction Of one more year from our
whole allotment-a most wefghty and
important circumstance. Life at its
longest is but sfors, and each year Is
no inconsiderable fraction OF the
whole amount How this fact ought
% teach US 10 make a wise use Of
what remainss How We should redeem
the time which may yet be ours. doing
for the blessed Master whatever our
hands may find to do. scattering the
good seed Of the kingdom broadcast.
il happily it may find lodgment in
some good soil, springfng Up and bear
ing fruit even hundredf0ld 10 the
glory Of God Let the passing Of the
year, then. admonish US Of the
stealthy yet rapid fight Of time.
Every period Of life should be en-
tered upon with an earnest prayer 10
God that he would keep US from
spending It in a vain and improbable
way Let US, then, at the closing Of
this year and as We enter upon the
new one. set up a memorial to the
Lord Most High. and consecrate cur
selves anew to his service.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27


The electro magnet is 4 piece Of
soft iron. ike 4 horseshoe, around
which Is coiled a fine wire in many
coils. Through that wire passes a
current Of electricity As this cur
rent sweeps around the helicas which
hold the nerVeless. puIgeless iron II
imparts to the iron a strange power.
2 power to which 1t Is an utter stFan
ger until this current comes. Without
it the horseshoe cannot lift even a
pound Of metal But when that OK
terual power pulses through its
startled pores 1t viii lift $500 times
its own weight. so mighty is the
strength which this external force i'm
parts.
Our cold, dead hearts Ne weak and
neryeless before the burdens and con
Hicts Of life. We have no impulse
and no energy. The slightest effort
Is too great TO make And then we
place ourselves within the influence Of
prayer We kneeI before the mercy
seat and wrap ourselves around with
the currents Of spiritual force which
prayer affords. And as those heaven
" forces pass and repass through outI
souls, stimulating and Strengthening
our irresoIute wills and rousIng our
affections with divine energy We fnd
the blessed fUlfIlment Of that long
cherished truth of Gods word. He
giteth power to the faint and to them
that have no might He increaseth
strength. "A, Nachbar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27
coMNENr oN rHINes nILrrAar.
ckznsss ccntsrsplsts5 - cern4n
ard Frsnch ArrnEea.

ara Frsnch Arrufea
II the arsenaIs q Frznee. accord
Ing 70 Erszch Eapsr. tAere are
B. lGee eG9 worth & anrfq-xtea Az
fsslsss artillery he FrxneA navr
=s EfEY or sixty dIEsrs.t rossEs a.
= whIrh makes the cuss-Sun cs
-lzk.ng rEc5sctEsz veEy SEzSult.
~ the powder 1sed IL tAe nzvy 4
\ unstable that cne4uarrer cf It Ans
be changed every Tsar. Il nsss
- hcard snip ozlY eFe years and Il
a0r eiAmztez 0nlE two ys4rz
According 70 q lsaGinx Germnn m
per. the kaiser kzs ordered ths IL
troGEctIc1 cf a new wnfforun in ne
army L VII BE- bstFeen grzy zns
green in c0-0r Tie unEEo-n S to he
szEElied to all artillery and infantry
rez1Us--z. t1- Ecr q tAs cavalry. As
i las not ysE hse1 dzcz1e.s what tint
is most sui-zhls fnr this b-zzeh-
Russian so-d.srs stiI believe them-
selves superior to the japanese sns
ascrlhe EAeir III luck in MAnchurEa
70 the fact that thetr army was 80
largely composed of reservists. whose
71csrs were incompess1t and Ensuf
5ciezr fl number.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27
Value Of New Years ResoiutIOns.

When J. Adam Bede, congressman
from Duluth. was asked to speak on
New Years resolutions the ether day.
be answered By repeating a story
which Speaker Cannon tells OF
young man IN the days when the adj
hesiye postage stamp first came in.
After gazing at the envelope and
stamp for some time the enterprising
youth decided 10 test the strange de-
vice. After he had written the note
he sealed the envelope and looked
hard at the stamp. He was afraid Il
would not stick. Finally. moistening
II, he placed It on the corner OF the
envelope and although It seemed to
stick then be feared that it might dry
OF before the journey was ended. 50
he pinned II to the envelope and wrote
beneath this informing notice: Post
age paid II this thing sticks" This
seemed to Mr.. Beds illustrative OF
New Years resolutions. Their value
depends wholly on their sticking.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

An English officer in India reared
a tigers cub as a net in his tent. II
would play with him like a kitten. one
day when it was fulI-grown, it snort
lively licked the back Of his hand. It's
rough tongue scratched the skin. and
il got its first taste OF blood. In
stantly it became a voracious beast
ready to spring upon its protector and
deyour him. II must be shot at once
to save the officers life. In ike man
ner the sinful lusts Of the human
heart suddenly display their deadly
viruIence when their presence Is least
expected. The fatal propensity must
be checked and conquered. Jesus
wants only those things given up that
are destroying u.s. He said: ~And II
thy right eye offend thee. pluck ii out.
and cast it from tHee: for it Is profit
able for thee that one Of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole
body should be cast into hell"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27
AGENCIES FoR WORLDS PEACE.
Many Things Better Than Reducing
Fighting Machinery.

While il may be conceded that the
possession Of means Of defense some
times leads to the use or those facfIi-
ties unworthily, the cure for such mis-
use lies not altogether in the destruc-
ti0n Of the facilities, but rather in
the cultivation OF q larger and more
vital interest in international arbf-
tration. which has already achieved
great victories. Other powerful
agencies for peace, not inconsistent
with the possession OF strong means
Of defense or Of oTense, IL
necessary. are International com
merce, international financial CO.
operation and international CO..
operation and mutuality OF IN
terest in art, education. science
and religion When men Of different
nationaIities and races have common
interest that touch their senses, their
hearts and their pocket books they
are better safeguarded against any
remaining wari1ke tendencies than
By merely reducing their fighting
by mutual consent Such
4 reduction could only be relative any
WsT.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

In our Fathers school are many
benches This life is school time
Whatever the word God writes on the
top Of your Patience. Courage
Forgiveness. Resignation-copy 1t over
and over until he gives you another
word. Never murmur DO your best
to solve your problems II they are
hard, try hard. II you are In the dark.
say: Speak, Lord, for Thy servant
heareth-" When you feel Ike com
planning, listen. Be still before God.
David said 4 was dumb, / opened
not my mouth. because thou didst H."
That is bettei than moaning and Ia
menting. but let US leap from David
to Jesus, and say: The cup which
my Father Hath given me, shall not
drink itg" Father, glorify thy name
So shall We Be made perfect through
suffering Maltbie D. Babcock, d. D.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

Andrew Carnegie fs awakened every
morning At 7 O'Clock By the notes OF
an organ II the average man were
A. rich as Andrew he would have that
organ get for 10 O'Clock.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

OF course. Secretary Wilson's plan
of reforming the American hen viii
Include Instructions to do AL her lay
ing At home and her scratching It the
nefghbors
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

Until il is known whether John
Glnsoz Hale ~ husband aud father
his remarks On marriage and child.
rearing will not Be permitted to 20
IN the record
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

WheneVsr Castro takes up bis
morning paper and finds that the
rorid isn'E talking about him he hur-
rfes out and insults the French dipIo-
matte agent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

Some OF the young men at the An
naDclis naval academy insist that II
dc1rn't hnrt cadet TO compel him 10
ataAd On his head But does It really
do hin any good?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

The Louisville Courier Journals
suggestion that before we attempt to
discover the north pole in an airshfp
We had better first discover an airship
Is pertinent and to the point
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

r Dr. Oaier and Prof. Norton are
right. why not adopt the Spanish
method and have series Of duels
Ike that between the Marquis de
Amijo, ager g. and Gen. Rios, aged
777
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

a Chicago woman who kept a
boarding house claims she was drug
ged and married against her will by
the star boarder. Some men viii do
anything TO escape the necessity Of
working for tkeir living.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

BENJAMIN Franklin would be deep
~ interested. no doubt. If he could
come to life now and see modern
newspaper, but he would hardly be
surprised BENJAMIN Franklin vas
far-seeing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

A hypnotist in Wisconsin was
knocked out By one Of his subjects
As he came out Of a trance. Some
hypnotlsts ought to be knocked out
A. soon as they begin waving their
hands.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

A NeT York actress has left the
income from $4,000 for the care Of
. d0g, q parrot, and cage Of love
hirds- Il ought to be worth more than
that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

4 woman died in Pennsylvania the
other day, leaving ia descendants
Would II not Be well 10 have her por-
Erait Dut On q postage stanpg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-01-27

Prof Wilder OF Cornell takes the
trouble to write to the papers to say,
that the bab0on and the gorilla should
not be aonfounded We pass this
along for the benefit OF the excited
orators in the next heated political
campaign.