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Show OLDJPLA YING STORY OF CAJBDS SPECIMENS FROM AN ENGLISH. MANS COLLECTION. A, RELIC. ths Lit Pope Lee Had Hie Desire Gratified. For many years Leo XHL collected rtlics of the saints, and in time in accumulating a goodly number. Oa one occasion he expressed a desire to obtain a portion of the skeleton of St. Martial which had long occupied an honored position In the at Uinoges, but the eanona cttK-ira-l eg tbe cathedral paid no heed to It. and when he a little formally ordered then to send him a portion of tbe skeleton their answer was a curt refigat o t to sue-eeene- d Rare and Curious Device Among Them Theories aa to tho of Cards Into Europe Bseught in by Cypelea. Some rii arnrarg rtritv irpartmrtd it for in inform, toon on tkt tntmitt of totg trrort amt fritndt offoret hmojht, to rt.lurt mutmallg a ptntitt mUttrfr. It it for mtehantait, and profit-txma- t ptopU; tht Collecting rare and curious old playing cards Is quite a hobby with many people who have found them aa exceedingly Interesting and Instructive study. The designs shown herewith are reproductions of some of the play. Ing cards In the possession of Mr. I, The most useful Information is that which you discover for yourself. tmptoyt n4 emtomtr; and eontittt of ttiroHt toLm kg pctnuittoa from tkt eopgrtgAltd Utttrt, tht Iretnrtt, itolrtNn.it and hbranttof t'orl M. History of a Boy s Cane. J!t u hunting tht Jhratt, Out furl. llUnon ttAolt world ortr for information of dog "Mr. James you knmv that cane ku ImitnUtp, ptrtonallg tito goaty ami Ho far at pottiblt At to rtplg to (ontntut-m- . i Ji It is a little you let father have mithtt to Aact in thu tpact tht ttrg idta goo short fot him now, and said ou )ou wnid UA'tta Andhtrt. ) oo art at libtrtg to trnd in was through It when hack wanted tollm-HoAim any unyfittain god may can to. f,t with it do you wish to take it with trot ttjrtrU in and non conlotnt information dating back to 17 m. with you now?" to 19 I. our abort tgtttmatu plan I am "Mr James, and Mrs Hart, ttorg of tom txnmplt of fortlhonjAt girt to kirn mag prott to bt pour moit tainablt gift to who asked me this quiVion lived with Oihtrt, her father. The old pi niieman had Just enjoyed his ninety eighth birthSome Tower Thoughts for Tr sin day, and I had called t enjoy a few minutes' chat with him Time and Lunch Hour. This man lmd an atmosphere of hearty good cheer, an i I have often Many easy error ere due to: Ig gone out of my way to ibit a little norance oxhaustion Indifferenca of while with him. It was a real pleaspoor food lack of exercise-loa- a ure to me to let him take the havy aleeg. I Many taay error are prevented by: cane had used when a hoy, because Attention harboring energy earnest-ne- e I enjoyed pleasing the old gentleman, plain and good food systematic and because I had long- d to have that cane give some elderly man enjoy ment. txerclse early to bed It was a wholesome looting article, Accuracy cornea by hitching up mus-clfather made It 5 r me during the My with mind. Philadelphia centennial while I was walking With mucin in a little town Ignorance Attention. , tr-rr- n ) . 'Yoik d e , pll-ent- earn-eatnes- a. crol -- Idle Ideas Invited, You have some ideas you would Just as soon give away as not. and if you were to write a useful hint on ome everyday wuhlect write It on a postal card anil have it go to twenty minion people, wbnt kind of an idea wou,r you put down f What hxwvjoul seen, heard, read, experienced or thought on any suVet of everyday belpfulnwix o the Corpse, While the dead hody of Richard Brio by Sheridan, the ph.y wright, lay In state in the residence of one of his U frierrls In Iondon, some of bis 02.25 1.SO O o o o o tin, e acijitaintances called to take a la- -t look With them waa admitted In deep a pir-o- n mourning, who craved permission o see for the last ne whom, be said, he had turn admired No sooner was the to view than the man bo J i (xjo-.(i- l produced a wnt and a bailiff's wand ' mre-- t this corpse In the and aid Can-nm- ,' - 'unit- - for a debt of LuOO. king!tnd lord Fidriouth, who were I it fiili wrote a chock for 250 lufni the fi How would consent to the coiite from pawn. old rev-erent- 'v Colored Two of Heart. Fakke. an English gentleman, whose collection has been pronounced exceedingly fine. Mr. Falck has three packs of p!,t ing cards made of solid A i i j that aie interesting, not only on ttcroimt of their intrinsic value and artist, e iu rit, but ou account of their peculiar list The persecuted Jews of the Middle Ars wcip not permitted to share in the tradc-- j and recreations of the nations among whom they lived. Thrown also one kind of liberty for a hoy to back on their own resources they behang up his crutches and be able to came money lenders, and during the walk with a cane. -- The com pensat ions of nature enable us to got pleasure entire week pursued their calling. 6n where it would seem at first glance Sunday, the day of rest and recreation, they play ed cards w 1th each other, and there could be nothing but sorrow. as tbe tcaiing of paper would have The Osage orange fences grew near signified "tbe breaking of the Sabns, and good material for canes could bat h, they played with silver cards be bad with little effort Except when land la useless, a neglected Osage to avoid this accident. Cards have been made In the most orange fence is used only for canes. It U good for little canes and big ones. diverse materials, silver, leather, paThe polished knots can be made aa per, wood, parchment and cardboard all Lave been used In their manufacbright as bird' eye. I had a great variety of walking ture. The majority of the fanciful cards sticks and made them to give away were of French manufacture, and bear to sell. One succeeds In making a a of a work he thoroughly under- witness to the versatility and ingenstands. I was not thorough in the uity of French imagination and wit; cane business because while 1 knew for the most part they embody the pohow to make them I lacked commerlitical, social and religious questions t cial information to of the day. necessary Specimens of Illndustanee cards, sales. Had I known produce In the city, some boy round and square, and boy beautifully with business sense, I could have sent painted In figure subjects, plephants, him ciJ's. he could have sold them horseji and other animals, are still in Ko. one know everything about hundreds of ro'les awty from the tcrf subject Some of us are not great show of the nations. It is one kind of for three years old on some subjects why, some of us have not been born a hoy to walk with a tune, but It is on some subjects! Ignorance Is not ao bad If we want to know more, but Ignorance tbe 'kind that flk'hta Intelligence lg about as undo-alrablas anything oa record la the history of tbe world. Attention Is the enemy of Ignorance and the friend of growth that leads to genuine goodness or that something which is by all, even by those who light 'it on every occasion. Exhaustion Harboring Energy. Because conditions, customers, patients and visitors do not come evenly, a worker's duties are sometimes bunched, and the exhaustive demands must be met Rush work kills more wealthy people than poor people, because they are not prepared physically so well for It. Exhaustion due to unnecessary effort Is where all of ua have a chance to help ourselves endure the necessary demands. There la a science and an art In harboring energy, the same as money, ao that a necessary amount of It will be ready ' x 2 ccUbi-r- uuj kuiuwits ponriudo1 not only to b gin hours and day,, but mouths end years beforehand to prepare for hard work. Indifference Earnestness. It would be worth a million dollars minute to civilization If all the Indifference could be turned Into How to do Just a very little tof It may be for you and I to pull together on. A great deal depends on association, Tbe majority of people jare like those they think with and If a person wishes to move from indifference to earnestness It Is necessary to become a leader and tike the along, or else form new company or grow Poor Food Good Food. , Poor food may bo rich or plain. Good food must be plain neither rich nor 'Sat. Potato alone will kill a dog in itwo weeks, and butter alone would kill blra also, though I do not know the length of time for it to do so. Very few of ua know whit or how to send things down our esmibagus, but I hav aogie stories to tell about eating to 4oy. sorrow, wisdom and regret a well a to love, glory and profit Vow may 'have some stories on this subject, some of which you do not care to tell. Lack of Exercise Syatematlo Exar. daft Many a giant has been ruined by lack of exercise, while five minutes a day of systematic and, sensible exercise baa turned InvxlUl into enviable condlt'on. Everybody is benefited la alt ages by special exercises. Foolish excesses are to bo kept away from euch as running till you drop dead or lifting till you burst your heart but the majority of purple need to be warned from tbe oti.er extreme, that of Idleness for some parts of the body or general inactivity No matter how hard our work, we need dally motions for recreation. Loss of Sleep Early to Bed. Very few are able to regulate their hours of sleep every night In the year. Either one's work or other, duties, company or sickness w lU prevent Sometimes fires or burglars disturb a whole neighborhood or town. But everyone may be able to retire early once in a while. If not frequently. Better take an evening off occasionally than to have to lake a weckir a month otT for sickness Involuntarily. We are tempted to blame our troubles to the wrong tMngs and not to the foolish things we devote our strength to." Farjy to bed Is belter jnedicine.lt, amla to getting np t ld. Levied cn ,i silvr laipri-onme- fusal. The pope was naturally displeased, and the canons would certainly have beard further from him had not the Bishop of Limoges opportunely Interfere.. He told the canons that they could well afford to let his holiness baie one of bt. Martials teeth, and he xrote to Rome and suggested The this compromise Jo the pope. latter treepted the offer, and at once instructed a noted dentist to go to Limoges and extract the tooth. New i-- a o o o 0 o o o nt -- WEBER COAL CO. Io 1 r- & Clairvoyants in a Trust. j Do You Want Some? j When You are in and of DRY GOODS Ciaiivovants In New York have formed a trust. Owing to the advance In the price of raw materials it Is going to cost more to look into the future than It did when things were AND GR.OCERJES cheap. suo-ces- find J: ' '"LJtamgipwjvAsaadwstrg, that w J support both of ua. The i J.s) reason for this record la one of regret. One day while I waa using the cane 1 came home from school and found my grandfather had come for a visit He was the only one of my grandparents living and we thought more of each other than I then realized. During the last nearly score of years I have eeen myself many times aa I stood In the kitchen door and refused to give or sell bins that cane. He admired it very much. It waa better proportioned for him than for me, and I have wished more Umea than I am years old that I had given it to him.' He teased me to tell It to him and I refused several times, Insisting on keeping It. It Is a mystery to me why such discords are possible in this world. I never enjoyed, that cane a particle after grandfather left. He gave me a dollar and said good bye and I never thought for a moment of giving him the cane. A few months later my father and 1 attended; hH 'frmeritl and since Then I have had a love for elderly men. It s may be that my over tbe cane has been a blovxing to otbers by the reaction of my emotions. I am forced, by my lack of w Udom In the past, to stu Iv tbe comfort and pleasure of elderly men. It may be that my grandfather npver cared as much for that cane as I thought he did, and that Providence remitted me to be painfully selfish for a moment in order that Y might be tuoie thoughtful ever after. Some time ago a matt wrote that he now wished he had vyent less time In his "den under the stairs trying to be a modern Shakespeare and more time getting acquainted with his father and mother, sisters and brothers. Since I have learned more about the hearts of others I am able to recognize the lost opportunities. , YOU Good Job Work... twenty-secon- d troduction of playing cards Into Europe. One theory, and this one Is the more probable. Is that playing cards were brought to the West from Egipt by the Zingarl or gypsies. The second theory Is that cards were reinvented In Europe In 1352, under thu following circumstances: Charles VI of France had the misfortune to become Insane, and his attendants and courtiers were at tbdr wits ends as to bow to minister to a mind diseased One of them finally tnvented a game with symbohcal figures and numerals, and paid an artist 58 sous to paiT.t three packs to his the The person suspended from order. These cards soothed many hours for the unnappy king, and by b am by the feet Is a Hindu fakir, or their interest awakened his stagnant holy man, praying to the gods for rain. senses. The advent of the Spaniards Special Privileges. to America was accompanied by pi.iy p TUe Norwegian author, Bjorn son, Ing cards introduced by CbrKopler was lecturing one evening not long aco when he noticed that several ladles present had been unable to get I urg-ettl- y seam. He stopped and said: request that seats be provided As Hjornson Is an for the ladles. champion of women's rights, how he he was asked subsequently demand special could "consistently Is whtkt people went and at t6 Times office is Just the place where you can get it at prices that will suit everonc. ...All Work Promptly Executed ci'WV''WVWWWWVWWW' GRASS CREEK COAL c) (9 O) AT GRASS CREEK MINES I (o We have the very best Coal there is on the market for domestic or steam purposes,' ar-de- KNOWf would like to know more about. - Whoa to give where to give, what to give and to wbat to give are pui-lie- s. To sgn or not to sign a subscription paper, and tq give or not to give when nuked to. frequently come no for quick . ' jteeMons. All kinds of poo'di come to the office and also greet s on the street, '(eking different sired sums for poth-n- g or something ne-- t to nothing, or ometiiing really werthr of our atten- lion and encouragement, Recently a man replied." "After you flnt ninety nine In a hundred are frauds you begirt to ert di iconra-red- . I Obi and aVemd kindness are equent sonree c citdci ,tn, but It is i tl ird m Intake to let then- - bo. COjALVILLE, UTAH Much Gold. Dentists Us to wisely discriminate when to give Is something a good maty of us CASH BARGAIN STORE te privileges, How Oe to tho If there is a scarcity of gold during cenand the twenty-firs- t turies dentists, according to a German statistician, will probably be more to Five of Diamonds at an Old English blame than any one else. Ball. He asserts that they use every year existence, but these are extremely rare la filling teeth and other worn about and very valuable. eight hundred kilogrammes of gold, The ancient Egyptian sorcerers were the value of which is f 500, 000, and In the habit of using symbolical cards that at this rate the graveyards of the called tarot when divining the future. various countries will contain In three Primarily they were used for this pun hundred years from now $150,000,000 pose only, but later on games or worth of gold. pastimes were founded on them. There are two theories as to the InPraying for Rain. solfl-.hnes- WHAT DO Flies Came Down Chimney. entrance for house flies has beeu discovered by a Franklin, N. H., man Into whose home. the flies had beea coming in ppUe of well screened iloors and windows. A careful Inspection brought to light the fact that tje files came down the fireplace ,cr-ney- , a fire m the fireplace warmldg TJUnr ligand starting them into living room In swarms The discovbeing placed ery led to a over the top of the chimney and since then not a fly has been seen In the house. A new fort h C.f J 1 r..se X-- 6) Canadian and High Place, Charles Drury, Rear Admiral E'--r vim recmty tcok the placd of At lii'-a- l S.r John Fisher as second lord of lh admiralty, is a Canadian. His wife is a dauabter of Mr. Whitehead of tor-rlo fame, and an aunt of Princess 31 march. A.. Moderator. an Ird Cheven, Rev. E A. Johnson chosen mod-'np.- r of the Wayne-boFa, pres-ht- t week, is a full blooded f, ntauk Indian. He Is tbe first man ber thr.n a Caucasioa ever elected a position la the United o su'd C) T7cU Scrcnel Domlc, Lump and SIotc Mixed $1.75 PtR TON. e jI j I j j , - A Clerical Ten of Spade. Columbus, who dearly tovert n gan e chance, as may readily be kmaglii-- ; by those who know the history cf r great navigator. ,vew York World. Bure Causes of Death. The average man will ;r? for air In five mir.vites; for w ant of w; r In a week; fi r wa-- cf p ln c days. of si-e- -- m. r There Is no shoveling or waiting, as we have a - SPECIAL CHUTE FOR LOADING TEAMS 5',. US. Crave cf' crave of YTTlkru Btfond, the 'n3 r.:er at tk Concur! fight, has 'Scr-v-r,'- l at fetermro. N. II. Th GRASS CREEK C0AL CO. c?w'8So3'2o&q3 rii |