The Nome daily nugget., 1908-04-14

! success and the unpriutahIe eNelaml- lions at failure have made the people of the earth brethren all
 ~our touch of nature makes th" whole world kin" and uur tfs at dia hela initiates another candidate into th,. order or the Biabolcse. which has tJs chapters. north. east south aul West- on mountain plain and se4
 Wat i~ diabotae Possibly II night In, frss amj~s ta ask "whv k da- tutzr
 f4 answer the Hrst aurr, thr y1rrr- iet5t observer might say casually "that.s the new game ever, body's ri5yug Eut fe who views al iu- navattuus vith the measuring cye. who secs H each merely development of something which H5~ gone before. losEs hack into tRs musty pasf and knows that a new cycle i~ complete md that auoth"I amu~.racrt aa- tuunI another rriucamatiaH $" tu speak.
 AW5y back n the dawn af the last century tu he exact about t>ts. when America and Great Britain were war. riue aa tH, sea~. at France got tho diahate craze Suma hou,fuctur af th. rtaruafty bored Haa dug ui out of the ale~ of the raz game which b.. called -te diah1. | is said by some tu haN. been played u Europe 200  yours before tha and others 4an go hack >tH further aad tsat t was known tu China esHa centuries hefar.. N aus rtr, tts ahsaut, origin Was ao. considered important enough ta cau fai ,, monument t-iar inventor sa ai~- taee mer-, braHa- t a~ an aHeiart pastHae and trt- !. 4p at that-
 .f#r Ff-nehmaH =eHn started tha l>f. craze for .,- diahls usugtpea sticks. T ntt af string connecting tH- tlp of -taa and a habhHHk. affair which
 sran and tossed m tae bridge tvf#- #aa- 8ut t4 extrudfug tho. stick. which he Hel3 ou, iu each hand France became ~a infatuated aifh re. gam. mat the afaa= iH~pifad 4fttel $ in tHa paper and alrtnou- which are ta bs= fauud in museums at Paris q. HIz dag
 Aeeefdfns tu ' F Frey The great English ericketes Bremen engineer. II Ga-ta, Phflaff5ft. came aefess te, ancient implements for "Ic diahlr"  f~t #eHra~ aeH He tpok the old fashioned hohhH and from f made a -ari af twp-hesasd lor. cut With geo mrfriraI yJre to make 'H. game ono af precision Then he gave his dis enears ta the country and Je tae- aefl |. called f "diahelaa and Inc world Joe dae i- aiabola mad
 frnm Paris the revival of Inc ga -Ifsad ta London and ,ho British put 'ie. eaHsrrvstie. in all things. looked a' T with interest Then King Edward -aa some children playing fl one da, and -e th, stony gnrs. r. was initiated nle tf- mysteries He fell under its subtle -r-H and the news went forth t#ag fhe Ring had mdor-cd tho game With his "Nu r,sal hands
 Thi~ explains in part inc query as ta the rs-~an~ fer the craze somewhat Hppanib made above. -o far a- Eng land i- concerned. for with hi> majccty playing diabola all his empire joined in forthwith
 
 Across tae North sea it went next and al over me continent Bridging the broad Atlantic at bound while the great ships that brought the crowds 1 home from tae summer rush abroad carried thousands uho played tho game all the Wa over. Into every state ii has gone and now it rivals the Records made by ping pong and tiddiedewinks of blessed memory ] In England they have rigged up nets and courts and are playing diaboIo along the lines of tennis Two. four six ar eight play il when sociability iS desired but countless thousands make il a saem of solitaire Parlor, back yard. pavement and open field re sound with the rcieS of the players. and youth and age know no distinction ! Nhrr, the craze is concerned
 l. is almost as superliuous to de- scribe the method of play as it was ta describe the implements used. but for the benefit of those who are stu loyal 10 ping pong II may not be amiss |" shed a ray of light upon the opera tiou.
 \ lonely player merely d-liehts him self by tossing the spinning bobbin in the air and catching il on the string again. He takes the sticks. one in either hand. holding them foot or two apart. and placing the bobbin or diahalo with its cleft on the string makes ii revolve by moving the arms up and down alternately. Having