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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-29

The Last Jack Pot Wiped Out the winners
"velyet."


From the Chicaxo Times
They may shut down the public gambling
houses. but they can stop gambling just the
same. saida well-known man about town who
wouldn't think life worth living il the great
american game OF draw poker were utterly
suppressed.
The gambling instinct is born in man" he
continued. and unless some Jealous and in
ventive official can devise a means for pluckins
fortunes forelock out by the roots, why. men
viii continue TO gamble just in the old. swee,
way as long as the world goes round. Now, |
was In a little game the other evening which
possessed more elements Of interest than any
one I've sat in in years. 1t began about 10 in
the evening in the private apartments of the
junior member of big commission firm on the
board OF trade. Besides the broker there were
IN the game prominent physician. big GRIM
inal lawyer. railroad man and myself
:, 1t was the old story s25 limit with $50
nmit on jack pots to start with. and later on
about IN the morning. the limit OF, a wide
open game for table stakes or collateral Well.
II was an eventful contest all through. The
cards were running lively and the physician
was about = 900 ahead, The broker had been
losing; so had the railroad man. The lawyer
was little TO the good and was shout whole
When II became daylight. Lets Just play four
more jack pots and quit some one proposed.
ard We all acceded. The first three lett the
physician nearly - 600 ahead the hroter eve,'
the railway man broke and the LAWYER and nv.
self a little in the hole. Then the cards were
dealt for the last.
Cost hundred to play sententiously re-
marked the broker.
Hundred better said the physician.
Out.
Out.
Two cards. said the broker.
Give me card chimed in the doctor.
bet you $40. said the broker
Two hundred harder, from the medico.
rive hundred better
One thousand more than YOU
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Picking Out . Shady Car Seat.
From the Detroit Free Press


1T beats the dickens" he said to his seat
mate as the train stood in the station, '.how
thouyhtless and short-sighted some folks are.
Now this is a scorching hot day and when the
train gets out from under this shed the sun is
going to shine right plumb into those windows
opposite fit to broil steak. But four out of
every five people that come in plump them
selves down on that side. Seats are full over
there now and plenty Of 'em left on this side
yet Well, there's an awful lot of stupidity in
this world, but don't know that we can help
it. Now, see emf He sat back in the seat and
laughed.
They were moving out and the hot sun shone
full on the opposite passengers.
But in two minutes the train began to curve
round at rate which promised soon to put
the sun on the other side. Then the thought
full passenger looked sidewise at his seatmate
"Great Scott!' he exclaimed in tone of dis
gust we've got to swing clear round and
head the other way. I'm dinged if 1 didn {
clean forget that. Amt seat left on the
other side. either" he added, twisting round
and looking up and down the car.
"Well. this is going to be deuce of q nice
ride, aim il? don't see
But there wasn't any. possible way to saddle
the responsibility on some one else 30 he
stopped there and no one knows to this day
what he din't see.
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A Woman in an Elevator.

From the New York Recorder
A woman doesn't enjoy riding in an elevator
little bit. Particularly in the rapid ones.
1t il with fear and trembling that she steps
into the car. The rattle Of the iron door az il
closes gives her a start. The car shoots heay-
onward and the woman holds her breath. Fly-
ing floors make her head swim. Vertigo is inn
minent.
Suddenly the fiendish elevator man stops the
car: The woman seems to be going upward all
by herself Her heels rise in the air and only
her toes touch the floor. She is uncertain
whether she is going through the roof or the
floor is dropping from beneath her feet. And
the internal sensation! Unless she has been at
sea in gale she never felt that way before.
Then the car starts again. taking her breath
away and causing her kness to bend with the
force of a sudden Jump
Before she has regained her equilibrium the
car stops, dances up and down a few times and
the rattle Of the door announces that another
passenger has escaped.
The woman feels faint. but cannot summon
courage to rush out: Again the upward flight,
and with final dance. as the ton fioor il
reached, the agony is over.
The woman steps out Of the car. She is un-
certain of herself. Things whirI around and
she cannot walk straight. Gradually she re-
covers and attends to the business that led her
into modern Office building.
tates before again risking her life in the car,
Sometimes she asks the fend in charge il he
cannot go down slowly. He promises to let Ler
down easy.
She enters. He lets the thing DROP
Inc woman emits gasp and clutches a
strange man by the arm. Then she looks fool
ish and feels faint. The car stops to take on a
small boy and the woman resists a tendency to
sit down. Another drop Of few stories. an
other stop and all is over.
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A BIG GAME or yokrR.
In which the Chips Represented steers In
stead OF Money

The game began at Texarkana,' said q Pitts-
burger, who occasionally drops into poker. to
Dispatch reporter. ''the oldest and one OF the
biggest poker games ever played. IL was early
IN the fall last year when four big rnnchmen.
Wno own between them thousands Of acres and
tens OF thousands Of cattle in Texas. met at the
terminus OF the Iron Mountain road. They
were bound for Chicago. where they intended 20
sell their cattle. and the wealthiest cnttlemen
OF the great southwest often do. they preferred
TO make the journey in the caboose Of a stock
train-the atmosphere was more congeuial ana
the chance 70 indulge in the national game was
tempting. The game was not peculiar in itself:
At was carried on in the free and -easv but buSi-
ness-like way that obtains in the west. but IN.
value OF the chips Was stated in unusual terms
a white standing for one steer. a red chip for
nve steers and a blue chip for ten steers A
tolerably large herd Of cattle WAS upon the dry
goods box which served for n table at every
deal ard one jackpot contained no less
than 800 head of cattle. From Tenarkaua
to II. Louis the PLAYERS luck was
about even. although hundreds of hands
we're played in that time. but when they
struck the Alton and entered the homestretch
Tor Chicago the contest grew forcer and ut
about every third hand the betting ran high
Luck turned IN one OF the players favor-the
man who had least rocks by the way-apd
when the multiplying lights on the prairie
showed that the tram nearing Chicago
the game ended. The other three men had
lost every chip they had had borrowed again
and again with the same result. aud when tl.
winner counted up he found he had won 40 600
$3.50 OOO"
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AN AUTOGRAPH rN woop.
President Arthur. Name Gu, During osues.
Daya

Prom the New York Tines
SEATTLE WASH, August 22.-Hnncoct Nea-
gle. Justice Of the peace in this CITY, has Q relic
~hich ne prizes highly-the autograph OF the
ia'e president Chester A. Arthur cut into a
ooara when Arthur was a student at Union Col
lege. Schenectady, y. Y, in isss
In those DAYS n was the custom Of the bow.
TO cut their names into the spruce window
castings OF the old dormitory. SO that by isSs
every casing was scanned and hacked. In that
year the trustees Of the college were seized
with Mt OF reform. and voted Co repair the
buildings. In this process the castings were
taken out, but were used in patching mp an
old fence back Of the grounds. The fence was
painted over and the carving thus partly oh
liberated.
When Mr.; Neagle entered Union in 1877 the
weather had DESTROYED the paint on the fence
and again laid bare the coarse-grained wood
with the wealth of names Then n was not an
uncommon thing 90 find the autograph OF a
nl"n graduate who had since become famous.
In lss0. when Chester A. Arthur yns nom
mated Tor Vice President. Mr.. Neagle began
hunting over the fence aud finally found
Ar'hnrs name IN two places In one the
name Is entire and perfectly cut. while in the
"ther the letters are not 80 clear. and only
s arthur IN small capitals Remains. On the
mrs. piece .. A. Arthur" 10 carved with large
capital initials and small capital body letters
IN, ne big q shows plainly every movement OF
inc penknife. and at intervals there ~ a slash
IN ,le BOARD showing where the knife slipped
ana went on with the grain. Below are the
two oreek letters psi upsilon-th. name OF the
soolety To which Arthur belonged
Nliiiam H. Seward. Lincolu's Secretary Of
Statr, was also graduat. of Union. Just out
sue the window Of his college room wasa broad
stone sill IN which he had chiseled his name in
large even letter. and there Il NAV still be
seen. The room which Arthur had some wears
atter"ard was directly above that occupied bv
seward The future President evidently looked
down from has window and followed the Illus
irious seward $ example. for he cut Arthur"
IN the stone sill of his window
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Domicilc Erected by John
Translated from the vugate of M. Goose BY A. Pope
Behold the mansion reared by dadal Jack.
See the malt stored in many plethoric sack
In the proud cirque of Ivans bivOuac.
Mark how the rats felonious fangs invade
The golden stores In Johns pavilion laid.
Anon, with velvet foot and Tarquin strides,
Subtle Grimakn to his quarry glides;
Grimalkn grim, that slew the fierce rodent
w nose tooth 1nsidiOus JOhann's sackclOth rent.
Lo! now the deep-mouthed canine foes assault,
That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the precincts Of that lofty hall
That rose complete at Jacks creative call.
Here stalks the impetuous COW with crumpled
Wherein the exacerbating hound was torn,
Who bayed the feline slaughter beasts that slew
The rat predaceous, whose keen fangs ran through
The textile tbers that involved the grain
That lay in Hans inviolate domain.
Here walks the sad-eyed damsel crowned with
rue,
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew,
VI that corniculate beast " hose tOrtuous horn
Tossed to the clouds, in fierce vindictive scorn,
The braying hound, whose braggart bark and still
Arched the 1.-the spine and reared the indignant
VI puss. that with vermncidal claw
Struck the weird rat, in whose insatiate nav
Lay reeking malt that erst in Juan's courts we saw
Too long prey to ChronOs' iron tooth,
Behold the man whose loving lips incline
Full with young Eros osculative sign,
TO the lorn maiden, whose lact-albic hands
Drew albu-lactic wealth from tactical glands
VI that immortal bovine, by whose horn
DistOrt to realms ethereal was borne
The beast ululean, veXer of that sly
Ulysse quadrupedal, who made die
The old mordacious rat that dared devour
Antecedaneous ale in Johns domestic bower.
Lo! here with hrsute honors, deiled, succint
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place and not used for a fortnight or more, as
travelling being injurious to wines it would be
unfair to judge of them when first arrived.
The consumer little thinks as he jealously
watches the precious sparkling liquid of the
skill and care which has been expended thereon
to insure q successful termination of all the
labor. He remembers we'll the sum upon the
check given in exchange for the wine, but does
not know that unceasing work for two years
has necessarily been expended by skilled work
men upon the process Of marrying" the vint-
age yields in order that his table may be graced,
ms dainty palate gratified, with the sparkling
champagne. Let us then shout with the hus-
bandmen, Vive to the vineyards vive to the
light-hearted peasantry Of France! vive la
champagne! KATE E. TuoMAa
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CONE-BEARING TREES.
A Simple Lesson in Practical Bot
any.
HOW TO TELL THEM EASILY.
Some of the Trees In the Washington Parks
What q Cone-B Bearing Tree Is-The Two
Kinds of Evergreens-Structure of the Wood
Table of Cone Bearers-Pine and Fir.
Written for The Evening Star.
any,

INA CITY OF TREES LIKE WASHING
Il ton it is desirable that the inhabitants
should know by name most Of the many forms
Of vegetation that adOrn the parks and shade
the streets Yet there are persons, doubtless,
who have no means Of identifying the various
kinds and to whom some assistance would be
quite welcome. 1t is an easy matter to dis
tinguish one from another when one knows
how. and few simple hints may be of service.
Take for example the cone-bearing trees,
termed ''evergreens," commonly so-called be
cause the evergreen varieties are the ones most
generally known. but erroneously inasmuch
as some Of them shed their leaves as regularly
as any of the broad-leaved naples or poplars.
Most of these trees are to be found IN our
parks and all Of those spoken of in this article
viii probably be found somewhere In the city.
coNE-BEARISG TREE.
Let us begin by defining "cone-bearing"
tree. 1t is one whose chief popularity consists
in the fruit forming cone. a fruit with
central core or stem to which are attached
numerous scales. These may overlap or
simply touch at the edges. They may be sharp
pointed or blunt, but at the base Of each scale
Is . small seed, frequently provided with
wing, by means OF which IL Is waited from
place to place by the wind In some species
whose cone is very large these seeds form an
important article of the diet Of uncivliized
tribes and even civilized man does not disdain
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-29

From the Galignani Messenger
Anton Kubinstein, whose colossal figure
artistically speaking-is always the cynosure Of
the musical world, has left st. Petersburg for
a country place near Dresden, where he in
tends to finish his new oratorio, Moses" and
likewise q new Russian opera which has not
yet been christened. He is also writing small
volume Of musical thoughts and criticisms
which cannot fail to b appreciated.
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The only men in the United States Who can
adequately and understandingly symrathize
with the President the base ball umpires.
Ttnas SJtings.
The Father; ''You play pretty good game
of billiards. Harry"
The Son. Yes; you can't say that learned
nothing at college. "-Mamseg's Weekly.
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Clnssicus-"In the days Of mythology there
were naiads In every stream and nymphs in
every grove"
Modernus-"Just think Of it. and not an am
ateur photographer in all the world."-Aeu
York Herald
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leaf forms q cluster. known
to be such by the sheath at
the base. In some Of the
species the leaves are twelve
and even eighteen inches
long. these belonging to some
OF the far western species.
In this group are found the
celebrated pinon nuts. which
forms palatable an addition
to the fare of man in the
western states and terri
tories The ordinary pine
wood used in building
comes from species of this
genus Turpentine is also
one of its products.
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Among the great number Of cone-bearing
trees known there is naturally great variety,
and for our purposes il Is convenient to divide
them into two classes-one OF 'evergreens
proper and the other of .'evergreens with
deeiduous leaves. if such an expression be per-
United. Under these two heads naturally come
other but minor ones, and under these again
Still smaller divisions. In the table presented
below we have generally considered only the
leaves, making use of the cones when two
groups can be separated only by these. We
have regard, too, for the larger groups known
as genera" as the various sorts under each
genus are separated by characters too re-
fined to be noticed here.
TABLE OF coNE-BEARING TREES.
l. Evergreens-or those that retain their
leaves summer and winter.
Leaves long and slender, in clusters $50. Pine
Leaves short and pointed, single and scat
tered along the branches.
Fruit, cone. erect Observation-Disclosures. Flr
Fruit, a cone. pendulOus.
Leaves with a stem. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Spruce
Leaves without a stem. Hemlock
Fruit round. berry-llke ..............Iew
Leaves small. scale-like.
Fruit. a cone, glObular White Cedar
Fruit, a cone. oblong. with scales. .Arbor Vite
Leaves small. awl-shaped- -.-...-.--.- Juniper
2. Deciduous-or shedding their leaves on
the approach of winter.
Leaves collected in groups ............ Iarch
Leaves slender. scattered Cypress
Leaves broad. bright green, fan-shaped. Gingko
While this table does not pretend to be ex-
haustive, 1t includes the most common forms
to be seen IN our city, and fact all the genera of
the eastern United States and one the last.
from Japan A few remarks on the different
varieties will make their distinctive features
clearer.
ZINE
In this group the leaves are long and slender
and are gathered into clusters Of sometimes
two, three or FIVE while in some species a single
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Gossip or Scandal.

Justin Mccarthy In Black and whito
heard clever defense Of gossip lately made
out by lady in q very few words: '.If you cut
us of from gossip" she affirmed, 1--WE must fall
back on scandal" There was much philosophy
and knowledge Of human nature in that
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deserve notice. The
leaves are broad
and fan-shaped, and
more leaf-like than any
9th er cone-beariug
tree. 1t grows very
straight, with a long,
slender leader and
branches that generally
leave the trunk nearly
at right angles. and
form a circle about the
stem. 1t has been
planted as a shade tree
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STRUCTURE OF THE WOOD.

But perhaps one OF
the best tests of n cone
bearing tree is in the
structure of the wood.
II a shaving Of pine,
hemlock or cedar be
examined under a mi
croscope q peculiar ap-
pearance, somewhat as
shown in the annexed
figure, is noticed. and
this dotted aspect of
the cells is so constant
in the wood of this
class of trees that even
the smallest fragment
is sufficient to deter
mine whether it belongs
to this or another
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in some of the streets and parks. and is especi-
ally conspicuous along the 18th street entrance
to the Agricultural Department grounds. 1t
has little resemblance to the ordinary cone
bearers, but is placed with them because of its
flowers, fruit and other features
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Material for Tramp's Lexicon.

M0ter1oI TOT q IrAmp0 IcXlc0ns
From the Contemporary Review.
Hobo, tramp.
Punk, bread.
The hallway. q Catholic pr;
Screws. policeman.
Brakier, brakeman.
Pogies, poor houses.
Pens. jails
Timber lessons, being beaten with sticks, DO
Catering for chewing, begging for food.
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In this group the
leaves are much shorter
than in the pines, and in
stead Of being in clusters
are single and scattered
irregularly along the
bran C hes. The one
species Of our region is
the balsam or balm-of-
Rilead fir. This group
Ia distiu ;lished from the
other two having sca.-
tered leaves by the
cones being erect on the
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Miss Trill-'T love to hear the birds sing"
Jack Hallet (wArmly)-''So do L They
never sttsmpt pisos beyond thsir ability
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First Hod Carrier what did the va,kin'
diligate fine We for, Mixer"
Second ditto-'.Fur comm down tn ladder
two rounds ct Nmo."-Psok
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From Munscys Weekly.
Frenchman-'Your society is 90 different
from Eat Of France. You hat no political salons
in zis country"
American-''No political saloons! That's
one Of the aldermen keeps one."
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sPRCCE-
From this genus is made the celebrated
spruce gum, such a favorite with tire chewing
fraternity. The leaves like those of the pre-
ceding and the following. are scattered irregu-
larry along the stem and all have much the same
aspect In this and the next the cones are pen
dulous instead of erect
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its fat and scale-like leaves and its persistent
foliage. 1t is closely allied to the following in
it, leaves. but differs markedly in the cones.
These are globular and formed of closely meet
ing scales, each with boss or knob in the
center.
ARBoR WIFE
The foliage Of this is shown in the accom-
panying illustration. 1t is almost too we'll
known to require any notice, but its resem-
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than in the north as IL is a native Of southern
swamps and morasses. As the larch corre-
spends in its clustered leaves to the pines
among the "evergreens," so the cypress corre-
larly scattered leaves. The light green Of the
leaves. combined with their delicacy, together
with the erect stem. make the tree striking
one A peculiar feature, generally only OBJ
served in its native swamps, is in the knees,
projections from the ground near the trunk
rising five or even ten feet. The purpose of
these is still a matter of discussion, one idea
being that they serve anchors; another, that
they assist the tree in respiration, and third.
that they are simply abortive shoots.
GINGKo.
Although a native of Japan and China this
tree has been extensively planted in our lati-
tude and is quite hardy. 1t is so peculiar as to
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ARBoR WIFE.

blance to the forego-
ing may cause the two
to be COMPOUNDED. The
cones here, however,
are formed of open
scales and are oblong,
not globular.
Theawl-shapedleaves
Of the juniper with its
blush berries are quite
familiar. The trees
form a feature Of our
vicinity, standing like
sentinels on the hill
sides In the Ohio val
ley and other places in
the west the same trees
are of bushy and stray
Cling growth, quite diff
ferent from the strict
habit here.
All the above belong
to the evergreen group.
Those below are deciduC
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cate. ligh t.
green foliage
and small but
h a n d 8 o m o
cones scat
tered pro-
fusely over
the branches.
Bald cy-
press is bet
ter known in
the south
.
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Here again we have scattered leaves and the
peniulous cones as shown in the figure The
leaves are bright green above and silverv be-
meath. The foliage is light ard spreading and
although difficult 20 define the differences be-
tween IL and the two previous ones are in real
ity quite perceptible.
YEw.
In this. with the same general form and ar
rangement OF the leaves as the three proceed
ing. comes Q manifest difference in the fruit
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ono suous1nd TOUT hundred years.old-
WHITE CEDAR
This Is sometimes call ed cypress. but it diff
fans from the true oypr sss, - noted,belov, by
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for instead of this be-
ing a cone il is round
and almost like a
berry In the Ameri-
can sTrcies II is n low.
struggling bush or
small tree The yew
of England has be-
come celebrated for
the great age some ex-
amples have attained
One i estimated to be
three thousand and
others from two thou
sand To two thousand
five hundred years old.
One IN North Wales
measured ifty-two feet
in circumference be-
low the branches, and
was supposed to be
s-a1 .a. IA
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also called hackmatack, readily known by the
leaves being in clusters. as shown in the figure.
A beautiful tree when in full yigor. with deli