Backgammon . that it will, furthermore, prove of sufficienntinterest, to incite him to a more profound investigation of thesame. OPINIONS AND AXIOMS. It is only persons of consequence who play at backgammon,and those only who are the most quick witted, ready andwatchful can ever thoroughly master it, says an old Frenchwriter. 11 Even whist has not escaped defilement; but backgammonwas never a vulgar game; never beloved by lackeys. A Sanskrit riddle, apropos of an ancient form of backgammon:Ina house where there were many, there is left but one, andwhere there was none, and many came, at last,
Backgammon . that it will, furthermore, prove of sufficienntinterest, to incite him to a more profound investigation of thesame. OPINIONS AND AXIOMS. It is only persons of consequence who play at backgammon,and those only who are the most quick witted, ready andwatchful can ever thoroughly master it, says an old Frenchwriter. 11 Even whist has not escaped defilement; but backgammonwas never a vulgar game; never beloved by lackeys. A Sanskrit riddle, apropos of an ancient form of backgammon:Ina house where there were many, there is left but one, andwhere there was none, and many came, at last, there was Kala and Kali, casting day and night on a pair of dice,play with human pieces on the board of the world. 11 L* w L*JS6l#J WSgr^ffii* 5J?7?J 0 » » « ## ^^ ## i» « ## ## OUR COMB/NAT/ON MODEL ENGINE Watch Charm andWhistle. Madeof white by mail,postpaid, withC a t a 1 o gue of5000 interestingtricks and novelties, up-on receipt of five 2-centstamps. PECK & SNYDER/j^SS&F.
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