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CARD LORE.-I have often been asked what the figures on playing cards indicate, or how the figures came to be first used. My grandfather was, like myself, an all-around sport, and I have heard him tell that they originally indicated the different classes of people in the kingdom of France, which, I believe, was the first to introduce cards. Hearts represented "choir man,'' or ecclesiastics, and the early cards of that suit have a cape which in form resembled a heart. The spade was originally a pikehead, typifying the nobility or soldiery.

The artisans were represented by a stone tile, now known as a diamond. Farmers were represented by the trefoil or clover leaf, now called a club. The four kings were originally David, Alexander, Cæsar and Charlemagne, representing the four great monarchies. The queens were Argine, Judith, Esther and Pallas, representing birth, fortitude, piety and wisdom.

The knaves were either knights or servants to knights. Chicago Tribune.

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WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS.-This delightful aromatic tonic is so we known that it seems like an old story to speak of the many virtues claimed for it these many years. has been upon the markets of the world for forty years, and during this long period it has been one of the most popular beverages known This Schnapps is imported to this country and foreign countries from Holland in cases of one and two dozen square, highshouldered bottles, which style the home and foreign courts have decided is essentially a part of the proprietor's right. There are two sizes, denominated large and small bottles. In the smaller case there are one dozen large, and in the larger case two dozen small. Like all good things, this celebrated Schnapps, upon

which hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in advertising, has been much damaged, it is said, by attempts at imitation. The proprietor has deemed it to the interest of the consumer as well as himself that an

additional safeguard be placed upon his valu. able compound. He therefore places upon each bottle his trade-mark, "W. A. S.," and it will therefore be well in parties desiring to secure the genuine article to notice whether this mark is labeled upon them, and buy only whole bottles.

TRUE HEROISM.-Baroness Rosen, in the late Russo-Turkish War, worked in the military hospitals. She broke her arm, but still attended to her duties with her arm in a sling. One day a man who was undergoing a severe surgical operation, in an agony of pain grasped the injured arm and clung to it; but she neither cried out nor moved till the operation was completed.

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AMERICAN FARMERS FIFTY YEARS BEHIND.-"American farmers," writes Mr. William Bear, in his weekly farming notes, are often ignorantly held up as models for farmers in this country. Except in relation to the use of machinery, however, the general knowledge of crop culture in America is fifty years behind that prevailing in Great Britain. Questions settled a generation ago in this country are discussed as of novel interest in the United States, and forage crops familiar to our forefathers are subjects of experimental growth by our American cousins. Again, the advantages of using artificial manures, long in common use among our farmers, are gravely discussed in the United States. It is still found necessary to demonstrate the value of superphos. phate on the other side of the Atlantic, and even the great efficiency of nitrate of soda is only partially known there. Moreover, the proper time of applying the nitrate is still unsettled, as shown by recent experiments at the Indiana trial station, where most of the manure was applied in the autumn, a wasteful practice long discredited here, as half the manure is often carried away by the rains of winter when it is sown before the spring."

GROWTH OF LONDON WEALTH.-An astonishing increase has taken place in the profits assessed to income tax under " Schedule D" in the city during the past ten years. On comparing the totals for the years 1879-80 and 1889-90, there is an increase in the net amount of profits of no less than £30,755,283 for the city alone, so that the city has almost doubled the amount which it pays for income tax in the course of ten years; for in 1879-80 the figures were, for the city, £39,263,424, whereas the figures for 1889-90 are £70,018,707.

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is the best evidence that can be furnished of our commercial prosperity. The increase in the rest of the country is, of course, nothing like so great. In 1879-80 the figures were £34,849,307; the figures for 1889-90 are £14,222,059- an increase during the ten years of £6,372,752. With fifteen exceptions, there has been an increase in each county throughout England and Wales, although very small compared with the City of London. counties in which decreases have taken place are chiefly agricultural districts, and the falling off is, no doubt, due to the agricultural depression of recent years. The total increase in the whole of the counties in England and Wales during the ten years is £53,524,159, the figures being in 1879-80 £185,595,852, and in 1889-90 £239,120,011.

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RIDE AND TIE.-" Ride and tie" is an old Salem saying. Two men would start out on a journey with one horse. One would ride a specified distance, then, dismounting and tying the horse, he would walk on to the next changing place, where he would find the horse tied and waiting for him, having been ridden there by the man who started out afoot. 80 the whole distance would be traversed, each one riding and walking in turn. The item "Ride and tie and go to Boston" is found in an old account book, at a charge of four and sixpence."

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BAKER'S COCOA AND CHOCOLATE.-Unquestionably the most valuable property of existence is health, and everything conducing to a perfect state of health is of interest to the public. In this connection one of the most interesting of the exhibits at the American Institute Fair in New York this year is that of Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa and Chocolate preparations. Their method of manufacture, unlike the Dutch process, does not admit of the use of any chemicals, dyes, or alkalies,

and therefore produces not only an absolutely pure, but an absolutely healthful drink. The exhibit in itself is a work of art: the booth in white and gold, with old-gold silken hangings; the young lady attendants, attired in paleblue satin gowns, old-gold basques, pink lace caps and white aprons (the exact costume of Liotard's celebrated painting, La Belle Chocolatiere," adopted by W. Baker & Co. as their trade mark), and the tasteful array of the goods form the most striking and attractive exhibit in the whole fair, and one that will well repay every visitor's attention. As an American institution, fighting the fight of health against adulterated products, Walter Baker & Co. deserve the support of every consumer of cocoa and chocolate in this country.

THE military cyclist is making headway in foreign armies. In the French manœuvres now taking place a special feature is the employment of cyclists as orderlies and messen. gers; they are now attached to the cavalry, and not to the infantry. A short while ago the commandant of the Gymnastic School at Berlin instituted some competitions between cyclists and cavalry for distances of some thirty to forty miles, and it was found that the machines were, as a rule, only some seven minutes behind the horses. Military cyclist corps are also being formed in the Swiss army.

A TOWN BUILT ON ICE.-Fish City, Michigan, is the oddest town in the country, having no existence except in winter. It is situated on Saginaw Bay-not on the shores, but literally on the bay-and is a collection of board shanties built upon the ice. Last season it contained one thousand houses.

They are the huts of the men who do the winter fishing for pike, pickerel, lake trout and white fish, and as soon as the ice forms on the bay their construction is begun. The fishermen live in their huts from the time they are built until the breaking up of the ice in the spring forces them to come ashore.

There is a door in each hut, and in the floor a trap-door some twenty inches square. When this is raised, a hole the same size through the ice is discovered. At the side of this the fisherman sits all day and a great part of the night, watching for his game, which he captures by a dexterous use of the spear. From 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 fish are caught from the bay each winter.

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