Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-03

ought to raise the bet; but this is a sOciable
game, and I'll not crowd you. I will simply
call. Without waiting for the others to bet
he laid lace upward on the table the deuce
tray, four and five of spades The fifth card he
placed back uppermOst. The second man said
II feel the same about this matter. will sim
ply call" He then showed the deuce, tray, four
| and five of diamonds, hiding the fifth card Il
also call" said the age and he displayed the
deuce. tray, four and five of clubs The fifth
card OF each was then shown. and it was seen
that eacn had a straight flush of the same value
The pot was divided 1t was a square game,
and the hands were not fixed
Now, as the above has naturally excited scien.
tifc circles throughout the CITY and state. 1t is
somewhat unfortunate that it contains several
grave and singular errors. According to Prof
Charles Avery Doremus of this city, who was
the first, believe. to examine draw poker with
average hand is as follows:
PrOtoxide of nine-high. 341O
Nitrate of two jacks. 9S3
Sulphuret of kings up. 647
Carbonate of three bulls. Observation-Disclosures. 9S4
Metlylate of sequence. .. 656
Bi-bOrtate of flush. 500
HypOphCsphite of queen-full " g
Sub-acetate of fOurs. Observation-Disclosures. / 10
Carburet of straight-fiusl OBI
Silicate Of bluff, cyanide of bob-tail. and
other foreign substances. ........... a trace
Total, Observation-Disclosures. 10 600
From the indisputabe testimony of the above
It can readily be seen that the quantity of
straight flush in the average hand. is exceed
ingly small, and, indeed. Professors Siliiman, of
Yale; Swift of Rochester; McCOsh, of Prince
ton; Drs. Lewis Sayre. VIM. A. Hammond and
ID. Hayes Agnew, Samuel Tilden. Susan b. An
thOny. Gabe Case and other eminent observers,
have stated that during years of constant ex-
pertinent they have never seen enough of it to-
gether at one time to do very much damage, ex-
cept in one rare case, where man suffering
from sudden attack OF Quadruple jacks hap
pened to fall against it and subsequently, caught
cold by going home without his clothes. There
fore. when upon such high authority as the Sun
II Is placed upon record that three straight
bushes appeared at one and the same time-an
amount. according to Prot. LOOmis quite sutfi-
Gent to blow Charles Francis Adams from the
Battery to Harlem-there is small wonder that
the alarm among our best citizens should
amount almost to panic and that no property
holder with a pat-straight feels safe AS my
self was a witness OF the phenomenon. it is
openly my duty to science and to the pub ic to
narrate its particulars severally and in detail
AS the Sun states. there were four persons
conducting the experimental c., Mr.. D.. Mr..
S. and myself-all careful and conscientious in
vfstigators. We had labored patiently Tor about
two hours, with the result that | had an eXcaya-
ton near my right hip meas uring six by nine,
while Mr. S. had built himself large and beau
tlful tower, with white base and blue head
and both Messrs. ID. and c. we're murmuring the
prayers usual with men who have been steadily
buying bones for ninety-fOur minutes without
getting a pot Mr.. S. having just raked in his
thrty-tourth consecutive cord Of chips Mr. d.
with that beautiful freedom from superstition
CHARACTERISTIC of most experts in poker. sug-
gested that If we could change the pack perhaps
some OF us might win back enough to nav car
fare home. To this we ali assented. and Mr. c..
our host, produced a new deck which fell to me
to deal. | dealt. Ny. ID. held that cogn of
vantage known as the age. Mr.. C. skinned his
cards and said he guessed he'd come in Just to
be sociable. Mr.. s.. who is the most rapid dis
secter of hands on the continent, turned his
over seven or eight times asked who dealt.
whose age it was. and how much 1T was to come
in; ran over his cards again, wanted to know
II any one was In, hemmed, lit a cigar fooled
with his documents few minutes, and finally
concluded he'd chip along just to Oblige.
passed out. Mr.. DIS eyes were now cleaning
with the light of something very big. and he
said he was very sorry all the gentlemen were
in Tor he felt it to be his duty to elevate the pot
81. Mr.. c. strange to say, did not tremble. but
came in with astonishing CELEBRITY, as likewise
did MIR. s., beneath whose piratical mustache
CLEANED bland and feathery smile of perfect
peace. 1t now became the duty of all hands to
draw, and served one card apiece.
The effect was astonishing. Mr.. D. looked at
his draw. gave gasp, and fell into dead faint.
Mr.. q. threw back sOmersault over his chair,
and Mr.. s. sat and skinned and skinned and sat
untilhis bland and feathery smile had expanded to
such proportions that knOtted handkerchief
had to be used to keep the lid of his head on.
Some tincture Of corn having been applied to
the sufferers. however, they recovered sufficient
presence of mind in few minutes to bet. Mr..
g. cOmbed his hair over very carefully, and said
he'd venture chip. Mr.. s. said he was so sorry
he couldn't think, but he'd have to bounce that
some, and SO raised it dollar. At this Mr.. DPS
eyes prOtruded so far that visitor who entered
at that moment mstOok him for the hatreck, and
he said that he'd raise it back q dollar just to
carve Mr.. s. Mr.. c. then took another peep
at his hand to see that none of them had got
away, and topped MIR. d. with raise which made
the visitors teeth chatter. Then Mr.. S. TONED
him. Mr.. ID. bounced Mr.. s., and Mr.. c. went
bowling over both, until Mr.. ID. 8 OvercOat go
lOslles. cane and watch, Mr.. C.'s scarf pin opera
hat, terrier dog and dress coat, and Mr.. SIS
chips, umbrella, collar buttons, ready money
and underclothng were on the table, and there
was nothing left to bet but the gold plate in Mr..
DIS false teeth. with which he finally called
The result is exactly as the Sun has stated. Each
gentleman showed down q straight flush, six
high, looked at each other. then quietly pro-
ceeded to sort out his wardrobe and valuables
from the confused pile and dress himself
Now, of course, it was very mysterious, and
the only possible solution is one which can for
tunatey offer. l was the first arrival, and hap
pening to notice there were two decks, 1 exam
ined one, and must accidentally have set 1t
down near the ice water. l think this is so, for
noticed when subsequently dealt the deck 1t
was remarkably cold. II. G. C.
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