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DIPLEMESTS OF GAMING. fM PSI :M i i m a ;a j La La Bran and Shorts (Diamond Mills), $12 per ton. Flour at Bedrock Prices. Good Potatoes, 65c a sack. Seed Wheat. Chicken Wheat, 75c sack. Choice Wheat, Timothy and Alfalfa Hay. All Goods Sold at Lowest .Telephone No. 61 The lady was making some remarks about the kind of clothes some other ladies at church had on. "The finest garment a woman can. wear," said her husband, "is the mantle of charity." "Yee," she snapped, "audit's about the only one some husbands want their wives to wear." Detroit Frss Pres. Help Is Wanted by the women who are ailing aud suffer ing, or weak and exhausted. 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McGuire, a well known' citizen -of McKay, Ohio, is of the opinion that there is nothing as good ' as children troubled - with colds or ' croup as 'Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He has tised it in his family for several years with the best results and always kept a bottle of it in the house. Alter having la grippe he was himself troubled with .asevere cough. He used other remedies without benefit and then concluded to try the children's medicine and to his delight it soon effected a permanent cure. 50 cent' bottles for sale by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists, Young Lady I should like to give my intended a little surprise before our marriage. What would you recom mend? Lady friend Don't wear your false teeth just for once. L'Odi Giotto. Henry Wilson, the postmaster at Welshton, Florida, says he cured a case of diarrhoea of long standing in six hours with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. What a pleasant surprise that must have been to the sufferer. Such cures are not unusual with this remedy. In many instances only one or two doses are re quired to give permanent relief. It can always de depended upon. When re duced with water it is pleasant to take. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton Drug gists. When a lover quarrels he shouldn't shoot himself. Generally speaking, disappointment can be drowned suf ficiently to cover the case by getting half shot. Philadelphia Times. ' When persons are weak and languid, from sickness or overwork, feel debil itated and depressed, it is an indication that the blood is out of order, aud they need help to throw off the miserable feeling. The best remedy for this pur pose is Dr. J. H. McLean's Strength ening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It re stores lost strength, gives vigor to cir culation, promotes good appetite and a flow of cheerful spirits. Price $1.00 per bottle. For sale by the Snipes-Kinersly Jaggs, did vour speeches on the stump against the income tax have any effect?" "Did they? Well, I guess yes. The commercial agencies raised my rating twice." Detroit Tribune. Buoklen'i Arinca Salve. The best Balve in the world for cuts, bruises, spres, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei ores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price & cents per box. For sale by Snipes & Kin ersly. r Feed wheat for sale cheap at Wasco Warehouse. tf. ' Fain has no show with Dr. Miles' Pain Pills Seed' Rye. Feed Oats. Rolled Barley.; Poultry and Eggs bought and sold. . -Choice Groceries & Fruits. Grass Seeds. Living Prices Cor. Second and Union Sts, Notice of Proposed Street Improvement By order of the Council of Dalles City, notice is hereby given that the portion of the east Bide of Union street, com mencing on the south - line of Fourth street, Dalle9 City, and extending south erly to where the north line of the alley which forms the north line of the public school grounds intersects : said street, said "public school grounds being situ ated on both sides of Union' street be tween said alley' and the bluff, shall be improved by the construction of a plank sidewalk eight feet in width along the east side of said street. . Dated this 20th day of October, 1894. ' Douglas S. Dufur, Recorder for Dalles Citv. Notice to the I'nblic. I forbid anyone to give any credit to Emma Fawcett, my wife, as she has left my home and deserted me on Saturday, the 17th inst. . Anyone giving her - any credit after this notice, will have to be at the loss, as I will not pay it. Dated at Rufus, Sherman county, Or., this 20th day of November, 1894. . 22tf. Joseph Fawcett. Xotlce. To Whom it May Concern : This is to certify that the undersigned has sold out his interest, in the store Kwong On Tai. He is now a member of the firms Wing Hong and Dock Hing. Skid WrjfG. Corel Wood. We again have an abundant supply of 'dry fir and hard wood for immediate delivery at the lowest rates, and hope to be fayored with a liberal 'share of the trade. ' Jos. T. Peters & Co. Notice. All city warrants registered prior to January 2, 1892, are now due and pay able at my office. Interest ceases after this date. 1. 1. Burget, City Treas. Dated-Dalles City, Auk. 1, 1894. Another Call. All county warrants registered prior to January 1, 1891, will be paid on pre sentation at my office. Interest ceases after Sept. 10th4 Wk. Michell, Oouutv Treasurer. House Moving! Andrew Velarde IS prepared to do any and all kinds of work in his line at reasonable figures. Has the largest . honse moving outfit . in Eastern Oregon. Address P.O.Box 181.The Dalles in AUL Jl I A inU PMHUUa w .JJAJJ I OBTAIN A PATENT? For e PJffl?t, answer and an honest opinion, write to MUNN deCO. who hare had nearly Ofty rears' experience In the patent business. Commnnica . tiona strictly confidential. A Handbook of In formation concerning Patents and bow to ob tain them sent tree. Also a catalogue of median fcal and scientific books seat freer . . , - . Patents taken through Munn It Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the public with out cost to the inrentor. This splendid caper. Issued weekly, elegantly illustrated, has by far the largest circulation of any scientific work In the world. S3 a year. Sample copies sent free. Building Edition, monthly, tlfio a year. Single copies, iia cents. Every number contains beau tiful plates, in colors, and photographs of new nouses, with plana, enabling builders to show the latest da!firts and secure contracts. . ' - Af'"". - . ' .. - Administratrix' Notice. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by order of the County Court for Wasco county, State of Oregon, administra trix of the estate of her late husband, Turner F. Moore, deceased. All persons having claims against or owing said estate are hereby notified to present the same to me at the office of the County Clerk at The Dalles, in said county and Btate, within one year from date of first publica tion of this notice Dated this 28th day of November, A. D., 1891. ah . ) c ELLA E. MOORE. Administratrix of the estate of Turner F Moore. . nov28-jan5. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed bv the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Wasco, executor With the will n n ii.'YdH nf tU Mtot. s J.M. Taylor.dee eased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present their claims to me at the office of French & Co., The Dalles, Oregon, with the proper vouchers wciwwi niium di. iiiuutus irom toe aaxe nereoi. . Dated The Dalles, Oregon. November 5th, 18W. O. V. BOLTON, Executor'of the last will nnd Wjimont nF r M. Taylor, deceased. n7-d5 Curious Origin . of Playing Cards, Dice and Dominoes. India and China the Source or These Fen collar Playthings . Some of the Games Played by., the Mongolians, . Who would suppose that playing cards were originally derived from the knuckle bones of sheep? Yet such is the fact. If you do .not believe it, ask Stewart Culin, ethnologist, attached to the University of Pennsylvania, who, according to the AYashington Star, has made . the study of games, from the scientific point of view, his specialty. The so-called knuckle bones arc fa mil iar enough, being' used to this day by children in various parts of the world. They are the ankle bones of the sheep, and are . four-sided. -. It seems odd to find that dice in Arabic are called by a name which means ankle bones. No body knows how long they were first employed for playing games. . One day it occurred to somebody that a cube was better adapted to the' purpose. That must have happened in very an cient times, for the Romans of old had dice- which jvere just like our own, even to the arrangement of the . num bers on the faces i. e., the six opposite the one, the five opposite the two, and the four opposite the three. ' It will -be observed that' the sum of any two opposite numbers is always 6even. This may have something to do with the fact that seven used to be regarded as a magical number. Of the respect accorded to it there is evidence in many passages of the Bible. The most ancient cubical die known dates hack to 600 B. .C. that is, twenty-five hundred years ago. It was found at Naucratus, a Greek colony in Egypt. The earliest dice were made in pairs, right and left, like knuckle bones, one of which was always from the right leg and the other from the left leg of the animal. . Two dice were usually employed, because they . were tvrt knuckle bones. Mr." Culin says thct dice probably originated in India. From that country they were carried to China, whence they have, been dis tributed all over the world. The Chi nese are great gamesters; they invent ed a modification of the dice, which is called the domino.' Put two dice faces side by side and you have the domino. Dominoes are said to have been, devised in the year 1120 of the Chris tian era by a Chinese emperor for the amusement of his wives- It is more likely, however, that they merely ob tained the imperial approval at that date. '' "' -' . There are twenty-one possible throws with two dice, so twenty-one dominoes may be regarded as natural dominoes. However the Chinese have doubled up some of the numbers so as to make a full set for playing thirty-two in all. All over eastern ' Asia the customary outfit of dominoes is thirty-two. Our dominoes, obtained by way of Europe, are only twenty-eight and are modified by the introduction of blanks. The domino game of Europe and America is the match game. It is played in China, but is an unimportant one among the many Chinese games of dominoes. The Chinese domino games are all of them dice games elaborated." Dominoes are also used in China, like dice, for for tune telling. That system of divina tion has an extensive literature of its own. The Chinese dominoes all have astrological names. In China cosmical names are given to the numbers on the dice. Six is the throw of heaven, ace is the throw of earth,, four is the throw of man, while one and three are chosen to represent the harmony that unites heaven, earth and man. The throw of double five is called the "plum flower," five and six is the "tiger's head," , four and six is "red-head ten," one and six is "long legged seven,"- and one and five is "red mallet six." These terms remind one of those given by negroes to various throws at the game of "craps." On Chinese dice the "one" and "four" are always red, while the dots on the other faces are blacflfc. Mr. Culin cannot as sign any reason for'this with certainty. There is a legend to the effect that on one occasion an emperor of the Ming dynasty was almost defeated in a game by his queen, The only possibility for him to win was that the dice , should turn up "fours." They did so, and he was so gratified ' that from that time forth the fours" on ' all dice were marked in red.. ' 1 Take an ordinary domino of bone or wood, enlarge it, make it of paper, and it becomes a playing card.- - Mr. Culin's study of the subject has led him to the conclusion that this is - the way in which the playing card was originally evolved. ' The evolution ' began with the knuckle bone, which became- a cubical die; the latter was transformed into a domino, and the domino, in its turn, was metamorphosed into a card. A domino-with. two "fives" on it repre sents the "tenspot" of - the ' pack: -.The origin of . "king," "queen", and "jack" is unknown, Possibly a. little light may be thrown upon the mystery by the fact that' the four sides of ' the knuckle bone are called in Arabic the "shah," "vizier," "peasant" and "slave." The same names are given to the numbers on the cubical die, the six being the "shah."' One of the games played with dominoes in China is apparently the prototype of whist. Nobody knows when dominoes and cards were introduced into Europe. We, in America, get all our games from Europe; we invent no games. Poker is an old English game modified.- Mr. Culin says that there are no new games; those brought out from year to year are merely modifications of old ones. Games are originated in primi itive stages of social development. One would naturally suppose that the spinning die, called the "tcetotem," must be derived from the same orig inal source as the cubical die. Appar ently such is "not the case. Mr. Culin has "traced: - the teetotem to Corea, where it seems to have had its begin ning. . Mexican Mustang Liniment for . - Burns, Caked & Inflamed Udders. Piles, ' ' ;;' Rheumatic Pains, Bruises and Strains, Running Sores, Inflammations, Stiff joints, Harness & Saddle Sores, Sciatica,' . V; Lumbago, 'Scalds, . Blisters, Insect Bites, All Cattle Ailments, All Horse Ailments, All Sheep Ailments, Penetrates Muscle, Membrane and Tissue .. Quickly to the Very Seat of Pain and Ousts it in a Jiffy. Rub in Vigorously. 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