Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-18
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

- The Rev. r. T. Bibb, Of the North Carolina
conference, died June u, at his home atTrinity
college.
"A colored man, aged III years, was bap-
!,sed on recent sabbath, near Jackson, Tenn.'
In the presence Of two thousand persons.
- The Rev. DIR. A. ,. Leonard, who has been
Nominated for govsfaor by the prohibitionissts
Oh ONO, was formerly presiding elder OF the Cin
Rev. A. b. Blue, who died in Stanton, Va.
a Few days ago, though but So years of age, was
one OF the most useful ministers of the NJ. r
church south, especially as a revivaiist.
= Kew. Mr.. Davenport, the new rector ut Holy
Trinity parish P. g. county, Md, preached his
succeeds the late lamented DR.. stanley.
- The appeal of Rev. w. NJ. Barker, rector O
ST Paufs church (EpjscopaD, for the S1,5OC
Necessary nee, tor beginning the enlargement 81
generous response.
- Rev. DIR. Letevre, of Franklin Square Pres
oyterian church, Baltimore, will not accept the
presidency of Davidson college, in North Caro-
INA tina1the presbytery Of Maryland having re
fused to dismiss him.
"A deed of gift has been filed for record from
DR.. Nicholas L. Dashiell and wife to the vestry
OF st. BarthOlomew's church, Baltimore, CON
veying lot of ground for the purpose OF o rec
Tory ior the church, OF which the Rev. Edward
ii. lngle Is rector.
Grace Memorial church, Lexington, Va.
has been favored with a visitation by Bishop
Randolph, when nineteen persons, including
nine cadets of the Virginia military institute
and one student of Washington and Lee univer
slty, were confirmed.
The new churcn at Knowles station Ton the
Metropolitan Branch of the B. and o. II. R.)
one of the appointments on Rock Creek Cir
cult, NJ +. church, of which the Rev. D. Has
touch hes and will soon be dedicated.
- Sam. Jones has left Waco for Murfrees
boro, Tenn, via his home at Cartersville, Ga
From there he went to Plattsburg, Mo, to con
dm m eamRmeeting for twelve days: beSlnpHins
and from Wheeling to MOnteagle, where hi
closes his summer campaign.
Poker I'm the West.
HOW $4,000 WAS WON BY AN IMPERIAL
PIECE OF BLUFFING
Kansas City Letter to the Chicago Tribune
Men are born gamblers, and it is this intuition
to call at the right time that makes them sue
cessful. In a big game at a hotel here not long
ago, in which five or six friends took part, there
was an exciting illustration of this delirious
sort Of doubt. Every player had Nude good his
ante and some of them had put In a few hun
length $4,000 lay on the table, with two play
ers lighting for it. stood behind one of them
nc had three queens, having drawn to them
at he start. His opponent had drawn three
cards. The latter. at this juncture. coolly an
nounced 81 raise of $4,000.
Tie man with three queens was fairly stag
might have drawn to ;in ace ana king and
caught nothing or he might have caught an
other king and two more aces, or he might have
drawn to Il pair and caught u full hand. Was
he bluiling? That was the question. After
thinking the matter over he did not consider
his queens worth that amount of money, SO the
other side of the table raked in the stakes.
found ont aftcrwnrd that all this money was
won on the following hand: Ace, jack, ten, and
two SKIES. The three queens would have Won
by large majority.
1t is one of the delights of the stocsm man, whose
| fortune has grown up to him like u Jacks bean
stalk to do absurdly eXtravagant things. These
nabobs will actually shake dice for q nice house
and lot, first dash out of the box. Sealskin
overcoatS are worn over hand-me-down suits
and immense diamonds flash from flannel shirt
fronts. rich rancho owner would ask nc
better fun than to throw silver dollars into 8
crowd of street gamns. There was one poker
game here in which every chip-red, white and
blue-reprcsented a steer When a man anted
what he threw to the center Of the table repre-
sonted steer, and it took another steer to make
1t good. This was gilt-edged game, and no
body who could not count his cattle on thou
sand hills dared take any part in 1t. 1t would
make n poor man dizzy to think of the money
that is won and lost in the steer game. Its ev
ident that a stOckman's game is no place for 9
poor man anyway.