jiLLAMOQK HEADLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 2, 1009
fIBSI PLAYING MDS
QUEER 2<0SPITAUTY.
* Curious E.peri,nc, |„ tbe wlWg ol
i £ J’sX0:
They Seem to Have Sprung From
the Naibis of the Saracens.
noted by a tourist .
SIG
8ome Of the Quit, Things That Were
Observed Abroad.
IS
OREGON
STATE
FAIR
About balf one’s time in traveling
abroad is speot in buying stamps No
matter how many 1 put on a letter I
“u"er and < apt«,,. A
_a<1 J‘° ,al'h to believe that It would
reach America. 1 found tbat I coutd
a
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«»»hid ta minor ruler nf send a letter with oue stamp on Il it I
of wit I""n'
" l0W roo,n’ "»«
paid enough for It, also tbat 1 coutd
Th« Evidence Appears to Provo That P liars Alt 7"
b> wooden Set a denomination of which It would
Pillar..
All
round
me
aid.,
o(
the
room
I take twenty. J In Cairo
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Gamas With Cards Originated To
I put fifteen
ward the End of th« Fourteenth Cen were spread carpets. ot. whl. I. .at hh tpblnxes and pyramids on the front ot
izlers anti members ot bls court lie > letter and five on tbe back. As for
tury— Tho Card« of Chariot VI.
dark "’""t0'¿h‘r,T ""**
with a postal cards. Imagine asking for one
The earliest direct mentlOD of play dark, pointed benrd. good, regular In the Belgian language—Wereldpout
ing caids discovered so far Is In the lea ures. hut eyes that see cold s„d | [rereenlglng!
••History of the City of Viterbo,” says
ru I. and he hits a nervous fid-etv
But It Is In a Mohammedan country
the New York Telegraph. The author m-nner.nd was ni| lh„ thllp Hrrang|ne that an American mind needs read-
quotes Corellozzo, who wrote about its ar.l>a (cloak. and combing and curl | Justmeut. We woke one morning in
the end of the fifteenth century:
ng his nmstm hennd beard m.d ndmir- Constantinople and fouad our calendar
■■In the year of 1379 was brought Inx hlmselt In s small, cheap looking nine days ahead of theirs, our watches
Into Viterbo the game of cards, which g ass that hung Just behind him Above ; seven hours behind and the name of
comes from tbe country of the Sara hl. head on the wsfl hung hl. sliver The month Ramadan. Tbe Mohamme
cens and Is with them called nalb.”
mounted walking stick and a sword dans seem to live up to their religion In
It la worthy of remark that Corel- Ibe sbeatb of wblcb was also covered | a more definite way than we do. and
luzzo did not write at that date be in silver. He was very richly dressed we soon learned what to expect. The
"On our arrival at the house placed porter would drop one’s trunk when
mentioned, but a century later. In
HSO. and It Is quite poealble that he at our disposal we congratulated our | (be muezzin called to prayer. The
limy liuve been mistaken In attribut •elves on our good fortune in having sacredness of animal life compelled
ing the curds to Saracenic origin or <m h a cordial welcome, hut we were us to walk around tbe hundreds of
mill have simply been quoting a popu qteediH disillusioned We had not been lazy dogs asleep on the sidewalk. He
lar tradition. The Saracens were fa 'here more than fire minutes when were required to take off our shoes In
miliar with nnlbla. the predecessor of Feysiil'« head slave, a richly dressed stead of our bats when entering a
cards, but they did not Invent tbe personage «ailed Dahm, cante to tel. mosque. Women were not allowed to
game of cards, of wblcb nalbls were us that the emir would not take our pray, because they “have no souls'*
Reduced Rates on all Railroads. Come and Bring Your Friends.
carnets or our money as be bad plenty Friday was the day for Sunday, and a
only a part.
W. F. MATLOCK. Preaident.
p A WELCH. Secretary.
The enrlleat date about which there of both but that he would like things camera was an "evil eye" and could
can be no dispute at wblcb playing of European make or ot Interest that not be carried into any sacred place
card* are directly mentioned by a we happened to have. This «as only Our artist was once charged 20 cents
I extra for keeping ac evil eye In bls
writer as a matter of his personal ex I too true and during our five days' stay
perience Is that discovered In tbe reg 'here mere was a continualzprocesslon j room all night.
ister of the court treasurer of France, of slaves and hangers nn from the cas I Before the journey ends tbe tourist
in I he reign of Charles VI. The entry tie demanding things for the emir and bas lost bls Identity completely. At
Is under tbe date of Feb. 1, 1392, as tils Vizlere and favorites and demand first he Is from "Kalamazoo. Mich,”
ing them In such a way that It was then from "Michigan," later "the Unit
follows:
ed States,” soon tbe "States.” and tbe
•Glreo to Jacquemln Grlngonneur. impossible for us to refuse Al last we
palmer, for three packs of playing had practically nothing of any value writer was once Introduced to a gen
tleman from Tuscany as "the lady
cards. In gold and various colors and left, having been fleeced of watches,
from North America.” — Dellueator
ornamented wltb several devices, to revolver, compasses, various clothes
Magazine.
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carry liefore ibe lord our king for tils and other articles of our kit.
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"Apart from mis system of more or
amusement 5(1 sola of Faris.”
'Ibis Is the foundation upon which >ess polite robbery we were well treat
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Is based the popular notion that play “d by tbe emir and bad our food sent
About A Bird Whose Way« Are Moot Difficult
ing curds were luvented for the amuse us from the castle by him.
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to Observe.
ment of a ernzy French king. Critics three or four times a day we bad a
Perhaps there Is nothing In nature
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hare pointed out that tbe amount paid royal command from bint and used to
Is simply for the band painting and go up to tbe castle and drink many more dlfl.ciilt to observe than the wavs
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decoration of the cards. There Is notb- ' ups of coBee and excellent sweet tea of the kingfisher. Any one may see
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lug In the entry that gives ground for wl'h blm and talk about bls country him glancing down midstream or mak
He was always very ing bis sudden arrow filgbt from bank
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supposing that tbe cards themselves and Europe,
genial on these occasions, and I hon to bauk under tbe bright June sun-
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were new.
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There are on exhibition today at the estly think he considered be was treat shine, but to track him down to his se
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National library lit Carls wbat are ing us very well In not taking all we cret fishing place and wutcb him at
supposed to be seventeen of these had and lurttlog us adrift to die In work Is a vastly more difficult thing.
You come from tbe gold clad mead
cards that were painted for Charles tbe deseYt. '
iws Into the shady river path as him
11. and this has strengthened the Im-
s cathedral aisle. The willows crowd
presslon that they are tbe original
down to the water's edge. In the greeu
model from wblcb all playing cards
reeds a sedge bird Is fretting. There
have been copied. Unfortunately for Ona Course of Treatment For the Cure
Is a low twittering soug ot nestlings
tbe fame of tbe exhibit. It bas been
of the Disease.
all round you. And now. In tbe sha
proved lhat tbe cards shown In I’arls
To cure rheumatism it Is necessary diest deep ot tbe willow wood, a shrill,
are really very Une Venetian tarok to rid tbe system of the excess of uric
piping note cuts (be silence, a flash of
curds and are part of an edition made acid, and to do tills a proper diet is
emerald passes, a kingfisher has gone
at least as late ns 1125.
even more lni|Hirtaut than tbe use of by on bls way to bls favorite pool.
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During the twenty years that follow drugs, though in very severe cases the
A common notion Is that be alts per
this date of the royal treasurer's (1392» latter are not to be despised In con fectly still on some branch overhang
literature Is full of references to play junction wltb tbe dieting that Is abso Ing tbe water, a picture ot crarty vigil
ing cards. Almost every author that lutely essenllal.
ance. But this Is rarely If ever the
mentions games of gambling parapher
The Massachusetts General hospital case. The truth Is. says a writer In
nalia particularizes one or more games of Boston allows tbe following diet for the London Chronicle, tbat tbe king
of cards But before that date no al Its rheumatic patients: Graham or fisher, like tbe master be Is. sets about
lusion |,as been found to a game that brown bread, white bread (limited to bls work with an easy surety, almost
could lie construed ns a card game, al one half slice daily!, corn. rice. milk, a nonchalance. Peering down upon
though there are several writers who eggs. Hour, puddings, crackers, beans, him warily through the scrceu of
might reasonably be expected to men peas, all kinds of vegetables, except branches you would Judge that tbe last
tion cards If they were acquainted potatoes, tomatoes and asparagus, rhu thing tn tbe world be was thinking
No. 33271,
* lilt them.
barb. fresh tisb. butter. < beese. but about was tbe gliding brown water be
Hugh von Tytnberg, who wrote In termilk. cream, alkaline waters and low him.
He twirls round on his
the second half of tbe thirteenth and toast.
Avoid red meats, starch or perch, making bls vivid green and
the beginning of the fourteenth cen potatoes, white bread and sugars.
OFFICE: TILLAMOOK HOTEL.
turquoise and amber plumage scintil
tury: I'etrarcb, who wrote In the first
Tbe sensible use of water both In late like a dewdrop In tbe one beam of
half of the fourteenth century; Cbau- ternally and externally plays a large sunlight tbat bas found him out.
Is so busy here in Tillamook that he cannot get away
'■•■r. who wrote In tbe second half of part In tbe prevention or cure of rheu
He preens bls feathers, stretches a
before September ist, or later. He is certainly doing a
(he fourteenth century, made no men matism. One or two glasses, either lazy wing now and again, looks atxjut
big business here.
tion of cards, although In the writings hot or cold, taken before breakfast blm with a casual eye. and then, as
<>f all of them tbpre are references to every morning Is excellent to start tbe If it were the merest trilling detail In
gambling tables and implements.
organs of digestion for tbe day. and life, be suddenly points bls two Inch
In th» Escurlal library there la a at least one glass should be taken be long fishing spear of a bill at the wa
in.imixcrlpt composed by order of Don tween meals. Often the plain water ter beneath blm. plunges and Is gone.
Every dwy except Sunday.
Alpboneo the W ise, dated 1321. which will be enough to move a slightly con
Fir8t*CiaM accommodations. Rapid
The only imported Black Percheon Stallion owned in
gives the rules for a Dumber of games, stipated person, but If not a mild med
transit.
The Withering Wind.
the
county, and certainly a true breeder to his type, is in
«•lavlally chess and dice, but does not Icated water may be taken Instead. It
The name of barniattan vias been HARRIS. MEYERS & HENDERSON,
Proprietors.
my care to finish his most successful season. Both ot
contain a word about cards.
Is very essential to keep tbe bowels given a periodical wind wblcb blows
Leaves Sheridan at Hotel Sheridan at
these high classed stallions will be at Easter’s tables, in
Hut one naturally asks If the earliest open In cases of rheumatism.
from tbe Interior of Africa toward tbe
8 a.tu
mention of cards Is to be found In the
Uric acid In tbe system Is a poison, Atlantic during Ibe three montbs of
Tillamook City, to Sept ist.
Leaves Tillatufx»k at Harris* Barn at
register of the royal treasurer of and It must not be forgotten that December. January and February. It
We are in the field for business. Respectfully yours,
I rance where did cards come from if poisonous waste matter is also elim seta In with a fog or dry haze, wblcb
DR. E. F. ROGERS, V.S.
sometimes
conceals
the
sun
for
whole
they were not a new thing to him?
inated through tbe skin. Tbe pores of
Positively no business done on Sundays.
Io go back a little. It Is well Intown the skin must be kept freely open and weeks together. Every plant, every
tbai there existed long before the date not allowed to become clogged If we bit of grass and leaf In Its course is
I have some new and second hand
of any mention of playing cards a ae hope to obtain tbe best results wltb withered as though It bad been seared
ries nf emblematic pictures called rheumatic cases A hot bath at bed by heat from a furnace. Often witbin ladies’ and genl’s wheels a* a bargain.
Will not be undersold by Eastern
t'ttlbh. wblcb were used by gypsies time Is often very helpful.—Delineator aD hour after It begtna to blow green
grass Is dry enough to burn like paper firms.
anti others for tbe purpose of fortune
Even tbe hardened natives lose all of
Maddening Snuff.
Come and see my stuck. I am pre-
telling and sorcery. It Is probably
On tbe Amazon river several Indian the skin on exposed parts during tbe pared to build you an) kind of a bike
these nalbls that were brought to Eu-
r,,l|* by the Saracena, and perhaps tribes use snuff, called pareca. wblcb prevalence of this withering wind.
at short notice.
they were supposed to be of Saracenic Is made of tbe seeds of a species of
Bargains never before seen in Til’s
Painful Ailment.
orlglu.
plant. When a bout of snuff taking is
ruook for cash. Old bicycles taken.
Though gout Is generally reckoned a
Authorities seem to be pretty wail determined on tbe people become high
»greed that toward tbe end of the ly Intoxicated and then use the snuff disease of rich men and free livers,
fourteenth century some Inventive Tbe effect of pareca Is so violent that one of the wont of sufferer« from It
AT TilE OLD STAND
ft'tilus, probably a Venetian, selected a tbe taker drops as If shot and Iles lu- was a well known English minister
•mml.er of these nalbls or pictures and senslble for some time. Those more who died not long ago.
A friend once said to blm. “Dr. So-
»<hled to them a aeries of numeral accustomed to It are highly excited,
■art!« ao as to convert them Into Im- dancing and singing as If mad. The and-so, what la goat like?"
Do their work neatly and promptly, see them
The clergyman smiled sadly.
"If
I'lemeots by wblcb tbe excitement of effect soon subsides. Other tribes use
you
put
your
hand
In
a
vlae,"
he
said,
'liame and tbe Interest of gaming It to repel ague during tbe wet season.
before you build, or phone South 31.
"and let a man press as hard as be
eight l>e added to tbe amusement nf-
can, tbat Is rheumatism, and It be can All work guaranteed first claw, and
tord.d by Ibe original nalbls.
Plenty to Do Them.
“Remember that you cao't do every be got to press a little harder, that Is
1 be principal reason for assuming
gout”
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'hat cards originated In Italy and not thing with money.”
order promptly attended to.
F. W BERGER, Gen. Manager.
“Ob I know tbat. But the things
,ri France 1« tbat tbe names of the
Why He Cams Back.
you
can't
do
with
money
are
being
'"his tht involves and tbe names of tbe
OREGON
“Wasn't you here a few weeks ago?" TILLAMOOK,
M,|ie«t known games played with done by eo many other people that asked the woman of tbe bouse at tbe
them are all Italian and that these there’s oo reason why one should want
back door.
Italian terms were carried all over to do them.”—Chicago Record Herald.
"Yea’m," replied tbe wanderer, "but
t.'in.pe. if they WPre of French orl-
1 understood from a pal that you're
Sightseeing.
FARM LANDS IMPROVED AND
'he nomenclature might be expect-
got a new pastry cook since tbeo!”-
“How did you manage to see
'• I* French.
UNIMPROVED
Y onken Statesman.
thing In Rome Inside of two days?
INVENTION OF
VENETIAN.
Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition will be
Greater than Ever.
$35,000 in Premiums
and Purses.
SEPTEMBER 13th to 18th
At SALEM, Oregon
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Grand Showing of Live Stock.
Racing Program Complete.
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,3**’* *» an abundant evidence that
■■Well you see. we got up early, my
”* playing cards wblcb rapidly found
wife went to the shops, my
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w,y 111 over Europe were made to
Ibe picture galleries, and I took I
" »"•'». As each country got to
In tbe evening we
,hlklnc '** own
<be emblems of tbe restaurants
* «tiita were changed to please tbe compared uotra'-l lle^nd. Blatter.
’tlon.il funry un„| lberB )g 0Othln<
Contradictery-
today of ,be original faith, ctar
“There is safety I" numbers," quoted
Jtt.tire and fortitude which wera
'*’,r*wbtod on ibe first Italian pacts. t tbe wise guy.
.
“Yra. until you discover that too
many cooks spoil
i±
Ibe simple mug-rbUadetphU Record
The Bur.r Way.
"How can we interest her?"
•«Tell ber It's a worthy canse,” suf
grated one.
“Tell her It's getting to be a popular
fad," toterposed a wiser bead.-Louis-
villa Courier Journal
One of the luckiest things that can
tappea to a mao la oof to count oo bi*
lack.-New York f’raaa.
Tillamook City Property in any part of
City.
BAY CITY LOTS.
Small Tracts near Bay City as low
$35.00 per acre.
Timber of good quality consisting
spruce, liFmkxli. fir and cedar near to Prepare« young people for bookkeepers, stenographers corroep ind tits and
water Several hundred acres to be had
general ufllce work. The development of the N rrthwrat will afford opening, fur
»o one body, by
thousand« in the neat few years. Prepare now Send for cataloglie.
J C. BEWLEY.
Ti||a«i'<r«k. Oirgon.
i W. I. STALEY, Principal,
Salem, Oregon
Nothing doing oo Sun ‘atr.