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TYTIVTIITITYIWE iit up and made new blood, the impurities remained within and 1 g g : ES : 5 §i8. sil 2 £ E: i F : i : g | i i ds lies far back in .of Asia, no record found to unravel the was from the distant Orient with hess, were first ly, and no record em in No way were t even a - tion of our present-day cards. Khe Oriental card had to do with East India hilosophy and: Indian lore; fore, To ne and symbolic. Later there came from Bohemia into Southern Europe cards bearing some resemblance ta the Asiatic ones. Some of these are to 'be seen in the Imperial or National -{ Library" of - 'France. Edict card repre- sents a different person or object. These Bohemians have called Gypsies, from a Sorruption of Egyptians, and were the wondering fortune tellers of the world, The question arises, whence came the ? In Italy they were called Zingari, on the Danube Tsiganes, and in Germany Zi r. It is historically true that in the four- teenth century in France when the weak- Jmind®d King Chades VI. reigned, a istingui miniature painter named Ginsanneur designed for the king's per- sonal amusement a set of cards which he illuminated in the most - exquisite manner and according to his original conception, But in no way did even his cards resemble those of our day. In the royal cards one may see the figure of a pope, an emperor, a hermit, a church, a alet, a fool, a lover, a man who had been hung, a chariot, the moon, the sun, figures of justice, force, temperance, fortune, death and judgment. The pack contained seventy-eight cards. The fool card was equal to zero in the game, which .was galled, "Tarot." Im 1370 a card came called "Naib" was introduced into Italy by the Sara- cens. It would, scem that some relation may have existed between the name of "J this game and that of the fortune tellers of Arabin, who were called "Nabi." In Spain they took the name of Navhes, avilg of cards started in Germany in the fifteenth century, to be used for the same me of "Tarot." France was zealously promoting the multiplication of playmg cards in every irecjon. This proved later to be the incentive she had to originate new cards and a new e. Charles VI. had died. Charles VII. succeeded and the costume of the new king and hig court was se- 4 Hee for he costumes of the new face king's crown had a fleur de-lis, and upon each card a legend was printed. Piguet was the néw game in- vented, and at once took its place as a royal pastime and became the favorite for successive courts of the houses of .} Valois and Bourbon. lk When Louis XIV. was a_ youth, the regent, his mother, Anne of Austria, encouraged by her minister, Mazarin, was known to play very heavily. Young Louis 'was also early educated to the game by ' the great cardinal, in whose salon he was wont to spend his evenings. Mme, de la Porte relates that upon one occasion after the young king had left the cardinal's room and retired, a_mes- Sage was brought to him inviting him to take part in a game of cards. His reply was that he had no moncy to_play with. Mmg. de la Porte tried her best to have him acknowledge that he had been play- hg cards with his minister. He re- fused to commit himself, but later on, when she asked him positively if his eminence had taken the money from him he answered, "Yes." Trentécet-quar- ante was then the game greatly in vogue among the gambling men of fashion as well as at court, Persian State Jewels. The Arabian Nights stories can hardly be said 10 excel the actual wealth left by the late Shih of Persia in the way of great treasures in precious stones and gems of every descrpition. This wealth runs close to a hundred millions of dol- lars. The ancient crown of the Persian dypasty - contains a ruby larger than a hens egg and of unexcelled fire and brilliancy. A silver vase is studdedgwith 100 emeralds, on a single one of which is engraved the twenty titles of the ruler of Persia. A single belt to be worn by the Persian monarch on state occasions is made up entirely of diamonds, weighs about 18 nds and is worth close to three millions. of dollars. A sword of state with a diamond hilted scabbard and | with its sheath studded with all kinds of precious gems is worth a cool million Soltars, Foie furious Heasre left v the late ruler ersia is, perhaps, a block of, pure . amber about six feet. across. It is the largest piece of pure amber ever (iscove in the history of the world sé far as historical records show, This piece of amber is thought by Persians .to have dropped direct from eaven during the lifetime of the pro- phet Mohammet. It is an oliject of great veneration (if not of worship) on the part of all Mohammedans. ¥ Simplicity In Banking Methods. Washington Post. The bank examiners of the treasury department have somé odd and amusing experiences during their investigations of country banks. . At one small and primitive institution in Kentucky an examiner found a defi- ciency of $100. Of course an explana- tion was demanded. : The cashier 'made a brave attempt to {look wise. Fihally he took one hundred dollars from a private money-drawer. "There, that will fix it," he said. "How will you! enter that to make good the balance? "asked the examiner. The cashier looked bewildered, but finally said he wquid not enter it at. all. {You see," he remarked, "that drawer I just went into to make the balance is what we call the 'ou ts and over" drawer. : ever we're out of balance we go to outs and over' to' make things right. Then, again, when the sheet shows more cash than Xo ought to have; the surplus to' drawer. Funny the city ks never thought of that scheme" x 2: * 2 fie ok Gidley when poisoned, when under when directly injured. remedy {ia relieves Be Rain, so matter what the cause, is Smith's A : is the one thing the ro; no larger than a sparrow: if the great cat is cient number of th, from the protecti it will go X § mh - |. an unusually large ment. H received and fat a Mexican horned lizard ( orbiculare), - he the specimen and then be- gan to measure it... - The latter process," he says, "seem- 'ed to excite the creature. It fin- rew head slightly upward, the became rigid, the cyes bulged from there was a distinct : produced if one presses agamst the roof of the mouth small quantity of air for- The rasping sound, consuming the fraction of a second, was ac- panied By a jet of blood at great about one and a half seconds, but to- ward its termination the force gradually diminished, as noted by. a course o drops down the wall and along the floor to a position almost under the spot where the reptile had been held. The stream of blood seemed to be as fine as horsehair and 10 issue from the cyélid, 'which was momentarily much swollen. "For some time after the performance the eyes were tightly closed and nothing could induce the hzard to open them. Within two minutes after it was placed on'the ground the. protruding aspect of the eyelids had disappeared. "Most surprising was the amount. of blood expended. wall and floor showed a course of thickly sprinkled spots about one-eighth of an inch in diameter. There were 103 of these spots." --From the National Geographi- cal Magazine. Little Girl's Dress. The illustration. presents a design for al little gift's. desss that cominedds blouse is made to slip" over the head, having has two broad tucks on the shoulders and is cut low neck in front and has a turn-over collar. The made full and have turnback cuffs. The skirt is made full, has Treated Just Like A Plain Citizen. Londom Sketch. An experience befel the kaiser some time ago when he was travelling strictly incognito. He was very particular that his identity should remain a secret, and gave orders that he was to be treated as an ordinary traveller by all and sundry. His instructions were carried out, with the result that his majesty's luggage was left behind on the journey, and upon his arrival at Cap Martin, near Mentone, the king was obgiled to borrow a shirt from the manager of the hotel before he could make his appearance at dinner, ------ The Deadly Parallel. '4 Newt Haven Register. Of R. B. Hull, the Yale senior, who won the Thatcher debating prize, a story has been floating about in New Haven. Young M#. Hull happened 'to be read- ing and smbking on an afternoon walk when an elderly clergyman stopped_him and tried to induce him to give up to- bacco. . 2 "Young man,' the clergyman said, "are you aware that in all creation you won't find an animal except 'man that smokes 2" Ey Feat Of A Steeplejack. A feat necessitating nerves of steel was performed at Leicester yesterday by Miss Lydia Akiers, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a local builder. She climbed 130 feet to the top of a chimney which is being buflt, and: then, to Fhe horear of the crowd which had gather ow, . calmly proceed to walk round the edge ne the scaffolding. This is the second feat of the kind shg, has " performed within a week, and ber fathepD anxious to challenge any other girl steeplejack in the world on her behalf. . eof . BE I > o EY Anything That Hurts. Tain js natures thas some nerve is in distress, Nerves cry 'out a Tum: Cures sprain, swellings, bago, neuralgia. rheumatism. The bhandiest remedy you -can have inthe house. store. : Tiger Birds. + South China Post. . ® India's tiger bird, so called because he val beast fears, is ive fs he that Yet so bold and cor jungle " alone - ed by a hor y numbe: = ing several thousands the bird will ok out his hereditary foe and give baitle. J ewe SAT : [THE BUSY RODENTS] \ Witbear A sip) f [man Gustave Shirmer brought at ance "iiself 'for its simplicity. The | is free hand and shouted to his com- a small elastic in the bottom of it to hold the fullness in place. It sleeves are a deep hem and a broad tuck abobe the hem. cagerness to give him pleasure, is gone." old-fashioned griping pills try Carter's Life Liver Pills and take some com- fort, Une. pill a dose. Y, AUGUST 31st, 1907. == -- OF RATS : a Does the Job After Five Ordinary Pussy Cats Had Been Devoured ~--Chased Them Into the sea. Steamship captains, sailing masters and skippers of all kinds of craft trou- bled with rats called on Chief Engincer Hanson, of the fruit steamer Valdivia, which arrived Friday from Port An- tonio, Island of Jamaica, to ask for the pedigree of a wildcat picked up at Ima- gua. Up to and including part of the present voyage, the valdivia had been run over by an army of brown banana rats, numbering, according to Captain Kruger, more than a thousand. On the trip north the rodents have always fared well and destroyed much fruit: On the trips south, however, they grew lean and hunger-brave, and became so bald that mently the cook was forced into hand-to-hand encounter with then. Just before the Valdivia left New fork -on-her last vovage, the caplain took on board five docile, purring tabby cats, bearing the reputation of excellent mousers. On the first day out he put one down the hatchway. Two hours latér Fire- up a, fragment of fur. The next day two were kept in the gallery until one night the rats broke in and what was the last of them. --At Inagua, where the Valdivia stopped on her return trip, Engineer Hanson met a native with two wildcats in a wboden cage. They looked ferocious enough to masquerade as the Tammany tiger, and, mindful of the rats, the engineer pur- chased them for =o cents and a bottle of Jamaica rum. : For two days the animal was starved. Then one was turned loose in the hold. For the next few moments the sounds that came through the hatchway resem- bled one of Haffens outings. A rat appeared from the hatchway followed by another and another. As spon as they reached the deck they scattered. Rats appeared from every quarter. They came through funnels, bolted through portholes and into the sea with squeals of terror. Some ran into 'the rigging and took headers off the main truck. The last rat to come out of the hold was the patriarch of the herd, of tre- mendous proportions and almost white with age. dose at his heels was. the Inagua wildcat. Up to «the bow they raced, over the bulwark and along the hauser chains. The rat jumped and the cat followed, and the next instant the stem of the Valdivia passed over them Not a rat was seen the rest of the voyage. FOUGHT WITH PYTHON. Huge Snake Almost Crushed Life From Hunter. One of a party of hunters in South Africa shot a wild fowl and hurried across the velt to pick it up, when he stumbled over something and fell on top of a huge python hidden in the grass. Instantly the reptile coiled itself about him, pinning the left arm, with the gun, to the man's side. Trying to lessen the fearful pressure, the man gripped the python's throat with panions, who had scattered, for help. They were too far away to hear, and the python begun to work its way towards the tree, about which it planned to coil its tail, thus gaining a purchase which would have enabled 1t to easily crush its victim. . The hunter struggled frantically to reach his clasp knife, but the coils were too tight and his breath was leaving him. A moment more and he knew he must succumb. By a supreme effort he man- aged to pull the trigger of his gun, pin- ned close to his side, without knowing whether the charge would enter his own body or the python's. Luckily the shot struck the reptile: in the back and the huge folds relaxed for au instant. The hunter staggered to his feet but the snake seized him again, this time by the sleeve. He was slowly being drawn into the coil again when the other hunt- ers arrived and rescued their comrade. Unexpected Guests. "The woman who does her own work is sometimes in danger of gliding into an attitude of shrinking from guests," says Mary Stewart Cutting, in Harper's Bazar. "Very mistakenly she feels when she cannot offer the perfection of employed service to her friends she does not care to ask them to her table, Thus the man of the house too often has to renounce the privilege, dear to his heart, of bringing home a chance guest. When Jong and inexperienced he chdishes the illusion that he can do this at any time without warning, and it takes a series of bitter-lessons to convince him that he is not' free in this regard, and even if he sends word to his wife that one of his old "college friends has hap- pened in and that he is bringing him out to diuner, he may be making a terrible blunder. "It is always a pity when this stage is reached. The man who comes to the point where he is afraid to- invite 2 friend home with him when he pleases has lost something besides the privilege. A certain degree of confidence in his wife's ability to meet emergencies, in her If you are tired taking the large A man can't stand everything. Try. them. - Conscience is a good cure for undue conceit! . If you think vou. are . ¥ight. go ahead; if you want to, but tex pect every one to go with you . $4.90." Kingston to Toronto & Return Meals and berth extra. Tickets good going August 26th to Sep- tember 7th. Good to return, leaving Toronto not later than~September 10th. « For tickets, call on J. P. Ticket Agent, Kingston, H. FOSTER CHAFFEE, AG.P.A., Toronto. STEAMER WOLFE ISLANDER MON. 7.809.135 a.m. 1.00-+4.00 p.m. BS. 7 15 ami 1 00 p.m: WED. - ", 7.30--90.15 a.m. 1.00-4.00 p.m. THURS, 's S 3 ~ 8 30 a.m. 1.00--2.30 p.m. FRI 7. 115 a.m. 1.00--4.00 p.m. SAT. 8.009.135 Am ji 00 pam. SUN. 9.001000 a.m. 12.830--5.00 p.m. Ee Mom, 8.30-~11.30 a.m. 8.00~5.80 pus. Tues. 8.80---11.30 a.m. 3.00--5.30 p.my Wed. 8.80+11.30 a.my 3.00~5.30 p.m. A Thurs: 8.830+31.30 a.m, 3.00 Bredkey's nd 8.00--~7.00 p.m. Sat. 8, Sua, Sat~Special trip to Simcoe sad Spoor's dock. at 5.80 p.m "Time Table Wikiet 0 hangs Wiekons EN nothing you eat tastes ' right--when doesn't your seem to Jit You any own ~ when you wish you didn't have to bother with living--when u wonder if you hadn't r go and hear what the doctor thinks about you-- THAT'S when you can get a lot of good from ! YORK POTASH WATER It Makes Digestions Behave The Mineral Springs Limited, ~Torbato ss For Sale By - Rigney & Hickey, "Phone, 242. » Ww. B. McRae & Co., "Phone, 227. Jas. McParland, Phone, gs J. S..Henderson, 'Fhone, TO MIS MAJESTY. THE KING'S SirJohn Power & Son Ltd. ESTABLISHED AD. 1791 THREE SWALLOWS IRISH WHISKEY Famous for over a century for its delicacy of flavor. Of highest standard of Purity. It is especially recommended by the Medical Profession or account of its peculiar "DRYNESS?" Shoe Polish A wise dealer will always show his honest desire to serve you by giving what further particulars and X, R. &0. N. Co.. TIME TABLE Leave Wolfe Island :-- 8.30--1 N30 a.m 8: 0-11.30 a.m. 2005 0g Dm 11.30 ag. 1.15--5.30 p.m. ©@9 Islanu calle at Garden Isiand going - Sunday, termedinte ports. GILDERSLEEVE & Ticket Agents. Freight Agents. ALLAN "S72 sails Fri VIN CONNECTION WITH Canadian Pacific Railway LABOR DAY Round Trip Tickets will be sold PSINGLE FARE, a and Septem- return" motil Septem- A t 27th aad Sept. 20d .. .. . 335 Good to return mntil Sept. 10th, 1907, Farm Laborers' Excursions Second-Class to Manitobs, Saskatohe- wan and Alpizsa, osusam and East, Proportionately low rates beyond, to and includi Mucleod, Calgary and dmonton. a Good going from Kingston, on Sept. 4th, 1907. Full particulars at XK. & P., and C. P. R. Ticket Office, Ontario street, - F. CONWAY, Deseromto, ve Uity local points. at lea 4pm. R. W. DICKSON, Agent B.Q.Ry., Winston. FAR FN INTE TR, ANNUAL EXHIBITION, TORONTO. Aug. 26th to Sept. 1 , 1907 Tickets will Te old & $4.90. ~ Good om Aug. 26, 28, 219, 80, 81, Sept. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and at 3 = $3.55. ' Good going on Aug. #Tth and Spt. 2nd, all tickets good fetiralug bo or before Sept. 06h, 1907. Tickets will not be accepted on trains 1, 2,3 and 4. Labor Day. Sept.2nd, 1907 Tickets will be sold at single first-class fare good going Aug. 3lst, Sept. 1st and 2nd. Tickets good returning on or before Sept. 38rd. Farm Laborers dian Northwest, good going Sept, Tickets, $12. For full particulars, apply to J. I. HANLEY, Corner Johnson aud Ontario streets. Quebec Steamship Gompany LIMITED Excursions to "Oana- 4th. River and Gulf of St. Lawrence osesiinst % Summer Cruises in Cool Latitude 'win Screw Irom SS. "Campian," with' electric lights, electric bells and all modern ort. Sails from Montreal on' Monday, 9th and 23rd September, for Pictou, N.S. calling at Quebec; Gaspe, Mal v, Perce, Grand River) Suumerside, P.EL and Charlottetown, Summer - Excursions, $35 and upwards hy the new Twin Screw SS. "Bermud- an " 500 tons. Sailing from New York 4th, 14th and 25th September. Temperature cooled by sea breczes sel rises above 80 wees. The finest trips of the season for health and comfort. ARTHUR AHERN, Secretary, Quebec. For tickets and staterooms, apply to J. P. HANLEY, or J. P. GILDER- SLEEVE, Ticket Agents, Kingston, Ont. BIG GAME SEASON OPENS. Sst 945% Now Brunswiek wie 3 % » MOOSE Sept. 15th. ; CARIBOU 3 Quebec i DEER i [; September 1st 3 a « Nova Scotia RE in PTE October 1st. Write for Publications Containing Latest Information About Fishing and Hunting Week in the Canaan Woods, Hunting Grounds of the Micmacs, Big Game of the Southwest Mirdmich Districts ,Guides, Routes INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY Montreal Office, 141 St. James St. Torento Office, 51 King St. East. Central Passenger Depart- ment, Moncton, N.B. Lake Ontario & Bay Quinte Steamboat Co.. Limited. ------ 1000 ISLAND - ROCHESTER ROUIE , Caspian Xo Lumer leaves Kingston Sundays, at 0.15 a.m., for Thouswnd Islands and Sunuucipie. Returning leaves at 5'p.m., 0 Rochester, N.Y., -via the Bay of Qu nte,, calbing ut intermediate ports. Steafer Aletha. leav duily except at 3 pab., fof Picton and in- Full information from J.P. HANLEY KIRKPATRICK, JAMES SWIFT & CO. EAL TO LIVERPOOL sails Fri, A and full obtained from J. PHA RLET SEE. or J, P, GIL SLEEVE BERMUDA LINE Just a to R When the Pani send for the plumber to take the .stove to grates, as was the ca The Pandora manner. 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