Historical

Tho tal] silk hat first carne into comnion use in Paris in 1797. The game of whist has beou traced by eurious inquirers to that of triumph or truinph or trump, which was cxtensively played in the early days of the sixteenth century. When James IV. of Scotland came to.London to propose for the hand of Marpiret, the daughter of Henry VIL, he was somewhat disgusted to flnd her, ai their first meeting, so busily engaged in a game of cards that she was acarcely nble to give him any attention. Between the years 1755 and 1760 abo n t efghteen hundred army horna were sed in the English and American armles engaged with the French, and probably the same number cxisted in ihe American army during the Revolution. Each hom used in the Continental army was rcarked witk the initials or name of the soldier who carried H. The spirit of the times is shown by the sentiments engraved on the horns, and daily read by th owiier and nis companions, such as these: Liberty or Death; In Defensa of Liberty; My Liberty J'll Have or My Death; Liberty, no Slavery; Death before Dishonor; Now is th time, ye hearts of oak, To give our foes a fatal stroke. Horns were last used in the war with Mexico in 1848. After that they rapidly disappearei Many were shortened to make them more convenient for hunting purposes; some of them were cleaned, the val. uable records and engravings upon them being scraped off and thus lost.