Evening star., 1894-04-14

cepted. and that very evening my friend
sat behind a stack of chips in the quiet
place on Sth street. He was a man of
great skill in this business and the crude
methods adopted by the petty sharpers
who were associated with the manage
ment OF the gambling house, had no chance
In a contest with him.
"As for myself, / took no part in the
amusement, but looked on in order to see
how things went. The capital to the ex-
tent of $50. 1 had put up and / was not
prepared to trust my sporting acquaintance
to an unlimited extent. Though friendly
ne might not be able to resist temptation
TO get ahead of his own partner On the
first night he won $40 and on the next
evening $40 These were large winnings.
the game being only 81 limit. The next
night he lost slightly, from motives of
policy. To make long story short he
won somewhat over $500 in the course of
fortnight. A division of the proceeds
made me about even, SO that / was salts
fed.
Il wanted to stop at that point in fact.
but my sporting friends appetite for gore
was whetted, and he desired to continue.
II is easily to be imagined that so much
money could not be won in the establish
ment without exciting alarm and even sus-
plcion on the part of the management
Mere luck could hardly overcome the skill
ed methods adopted for beating unwary
outsiders out OF their money. So 1 had
more than half a notion of what was COM
ing when, on the last evening of our play
at this resort was approached ard called
aside by person whom / had come to
recognize as the 'spotter' of the esta blish-
ment Said he:
I'm on to your game. Am in it"
No. l replied. looking him in the eye.
Then you git" he said.
''I walked out quietly and was presently
Joined by my sporting friend, who had re-
ceived a similar warning. l have not seen
him since, and i shall never again play
cards in a poker dive"
women play odd tricks on one another
sometimes" said a lady of fashion, but
the queerest l ever heard of was perpe-
trated by one social leader in a western city
upon another. They were rivals and hated
each other accordingly. though outwardly
they preserved the semblance of pleasant re-
lations. Every chance that either got to
give dig at the other was eagerly seized
But the final and most effective stroke
after which no calls were exchanged, was
delivered by Mrs. l. She sent out cards for
grand entertainment, and then took rains
to find out what Mrs F., her competitor
was going to wear. A gorgeous pink bro
caded satin was the material of Mrs. F's
gown. it was ascertained. Accordingly, Mrs
l., whose husband was in the dry goods
business, obtained several hundred yards
OF the same identical stun, and drapad the
walls of all the rooms on the lower floor
of her house with ii. You may imagine the
feelings OF Mrs. +. on arriving in her superb
new frock, which she expected to make a
sensation. Naturally, she ordered her car
riage and drove away in tears"
Il will tell you how to stop hiccoughing,"
said a Washington physician. "Close Your
nostrils and your ears at the ;iame time
and then take a drink of water Difficult3
Not at all Place the end of the rl;.,dle
finger of each hand on a nostril and the
thumb in the opening of the ear on the
same side. That's il exactly. Now take a
drink-jUst a swallow or two. You can do
that easily enough by putting a filed glass
on the mantelpiece before you begin: bur
an easier way is to get somebody else TO
give you the water 1t is a sure cure: ven
can positively depend il. You suffer
from nosehleed? oh, / can tell YOU the
best way to stop that. Fold a piece of
thick note-paper into a solid wad and push
1t up under your upper lip-well up, You
understand Leave it there for a lutte
while and the bleeding will come to an
end"