Show I HAS PLAYING CARDS USED BY 81 GENUS GEN GRANT SAN FRANCISCO Oct 9 A A deck of oC cards with which General Ulysses S. S Grant commander of the union forces Corces Inthe in inthe inthe the civil war used to while away the time during the last campaigns campaigns campaigns cam cam- oC the war war Is now the property of oC a San Francisco barber Oscar Hinters Hints Hint ers era who lives at OFarrell and t streets Hinters who is an old soldier was given given given en the tho cards by a G. G A A A. K R. man a few Cew days ago To prove their originality has bas com complete lete data showing a careful careful care care- ful genealogy c of the e cards from tie the t time that General 7 Grant G last played a them t un until until un- un til they were given to him by the vet vet- eran Grant according ot of Hinters Hinter passed the cards to a staff captain who Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately autographed the pack which had been passed along through generations ech bearing nn on The cards carda were manufactured May day 1 1 1863 1861 by Samuel Hart Co of oC New York Tork who at that time notified the public that all their playing cards wold gold be finished with a a. new stain surface prepared to render them superior in slip and firmness firmness firm inn ness to any cards on the market Today the cards are almost worn out |