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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
MIR. MINER STOOD PAT,
The Reason lie Did So Never Parallel
ed i'm Any Other Poker Game.

From the y. Y. Herald
Representative Henry Clay Miner knows
a good poker hand when he sees it, but he
was almost stricken with apoplexy when he
skinned over the hand he dealt himself
when he last crossed the ocean on the
steamship New York.
In the ancient days, when the theatrical
| member of Congress was just plain Harry
Miner and when he helped to nourish and
sustain struggling political organizations.
he spent much time O. nights in learning
the mystery and art of the game OF draw
poker. Indeed, he had theory that man
who could sit in" at the Comanche Club
and escape i'll the c5id, gray dawn with his
soul and his watch still in his possession
psrience on various transatlantic liners con-
firmed this theory. He made no secret of
his belief that ne was one of the best play
ers of draw that ever fourished.
Mr.. Miners i'll fortune on board the New
York jolted his theory very hard.
The trouble is that these cards are hoo
dooed," exclaimed MI. Miner, late In the
afternoon of his fourth losing day. They've
all had red backs. Now, let's get pack
with green backs for luck" The new pack
was brought. Mr.. Miner shuffled it little
and dealt Everybody came in. The age
man. Mr.. Weir, stood pat. Mr.. Miner. in
whisper, asked a friend who sat behind him
TO look over his hand. His friend said the
cards were all right.
l. wait I'd ask you Wnetnef everything
goes Mr.. Miner exclaimed to his fellow
players. I've never Travelled on the Amer
| lean line before. but must say they keep
the most rema Bile cards ever saw. I've
got"
Come on! Come on! You're trying to
talk us out of our money. Everything
goes!' chorused the other players. Mr..
Miner dealt to every one but Mr.. Weir and
himself. The others stood one round of bets
and dropped out.
I've got you beaten" cried Mr.. Miner,
raising his friend quarter.
"Umph"' snorted the age man. showing up
two blue chips. They raised each other a
dozen times. The western man finally ex-
claimed:
Il call you, though I've got four queens"
Not worth cent?" shouted Mr.. Miner,
laying down five tens. The others remem-
bered their rash admission that everything
| went and fell into trance from which they
were reused only by prompt exhibitions of
Scotch and potash. They examined the new
pack and found that it was shy of the jack
of clubs, and that the additional ten spot
had been slipped in in its place. Mr. Miner
won only $50 by his rare bit of good for
tune, but If he were only on good terms
with the Comanche braves today they
would welcome him to the wigwam as :he
heap big medicine man of all good poker
dealers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
MIR. Wilson on the Evidence.
A NEW CAMERA.
The Old Scheme of Patching Seq
ments Unnecessarily.
From the New York Herald

The Old Scheme of Patching Seq
ments Unnecessary.
From the New York Herald.
Ever since the photograph was invented
there seems to have been a desire on the
part of operators-professonal and anna
teur-to secure as much of a view as pos
sible on one plate, and many spherical
lenses have been made to accomplish this
purpose An extended view on one plate
has been at the sacrifice of perspective,
and the views, whether landscape or in
teriors. have been very much distorted,
even within q comparatively limited field.
The normal view to the eye is safely
within 40 to 45 degrees. Cameras have
been made by which 50 and sometimes 90
degrees have been secured; but the latter
always with the defects already spoken of
viz, violent distortion Of perspective
One method utilized to accomplish this
extended field of vision has been to take on
one plate portion of view, and then to
swing the camera around, taking another
section, and repeating the operation until
quite an extended view has been secured.
These plates were matched later, but the
photographs always showed the lines be-
tween the various negatives, while the dis
tort1on In perspective has been very pal
pable.
All these obstacles have been removed by
an invention, consisting practically of two
cameras--one within the other. The main
camera box or case Is semi-cylindrical in
FORM and on the inside is sensitive film,
which is wound from one spool to another,
as the successive pictures are taken. The
small camera (Which is on a pivot is start
ed on it's revolution, and exposes the film
to successive portions of the view to be
photographed, by directing light rays from
the progressive portions of the view toward
successive portions Of the plate or film.
The inventor starts with the idea of a
lens which has a narrow horizon of long
focus, and hence is entirely free from dis
tortion. The portion Of the film exposed to
the view at one time Is only about a quar-
ter of an inch in width by the height of
the camera.
The camera makes a picture by 40
r ches, usually occupying from one to three
seconds in the half revolution. This move
ment Is controlled by clock work and can
be made to go fast or slow, as the necessi-
| ties Of the occasion dictate. If the entire
| half revolution is made in two seconds, the
exposure of each part of the film is about
| one-eighteenth of a second. Hence it re-
produces moving objects, waves clouds
| etc, with great accuracy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
HIS "OLD WOMAN"
She Was No New Woman, but She
Could Manage Her Husband.

From the New York World.
She was small and why and maybe forty.
She did not pose as a new woman-in fact.
che" called her the ''old woman" She did
not wear boomers. She wore a calico
dress, skinny in the skirt and ragged at
the elbows and her wisp of hair was done
up in hard knot at the back of her head.
There was a certain 'set" to her sharp
chin as she turned the corner of Sd avenue
and saw him leaning against the lamp
post which was ominous. He saw her conf
ing.
There's the old woman he said, and
slipped into the side door. A minute later
she walked in at the -'family entrance
What happened within is not history.
Dinner en- the table," she was saying, as
she drove him before her through the side
door into the cold world, "since II o'clock
and her voice went up an octave.
'You-good-fo loafer! You-you"
she went on shrilly, embarrassed as to
epithets by the richness of his deserving.
He was large and numbering and meek
eyed. He slouched hastily through the
gathering crowd. but the ''old woman fol-
lowed.
"Lemme 'loner' he protested as she took
him by the slack of his coat and headed
him in the opposite direction. Il say amt
a-soin'!"
"You say!'' she shrieked, derisively. Il
say you be! Ctr
She propelled him several feet forward
He stopped and looked around hesitatinsly.
Il amt a-goin' home, l say, to be jawed
atv'
She marched him forward When he
stopped volley Of words goaded him on
Large and numbering and meek eyed he
slouche1 unwi lingly at the head of the pro-
cession, with half the neighborhood in the
rear.
A policeman stood on the far corner grim
ming.
"There's the woman for you." he COM
mented, cheerfully. "A few more like tina t
would be worth dozen police for keeping
the corners clear"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
WHY THE QUEEN Is PROUD.
She Fnncies She II the Greatest Per.
son i'm the World.

Some one who has just returned from
summer abroad was fortunate enough 20
catch glimpse of Queen Victoria, or, rath-
err. a series of glmpses, so that she was en-
abled to study the royal manner and car
rage as well as face and figure. She OBJ
serves anent this sight: "All that has been
often said of the queen is quite true. She is
fairly untidy in her appearance, with not
only dowdy dress, but that dress dusty ana
askew And yet there is majesty In that
undersized homely woman that is positively
startling and it is not the luster OF her name
ror her position that almost aWes one VINO
sees Queen Victoria for the first time. Liter
ally she can scarcely remember what IL Is
not to be the foremost figure in the universe,
for where another ruler might question the
superiority of England, he would always
Weld precedence to the woman, II not to the
sovereign. And then she regards her coun-
try as supreme, and, of course, herself as
supreme in it. How could the fact that one
considered herself absolutely the greatest
person on earth for over half a century fail
to give one air of consequence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
COACHING TECHNIQUE.
Fine Points in the Art of Handling
Horses.


From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The etiquette Of the driving box is so
well defined and so particular in small de-
tails that to pass muster before judges who
know their business requires a great deal
of knowledge and experience. Take the
New York horse show for instance. You
will probably find there the highest devel-
opment of the drivers art, and the person
who tool coach to the satisfaction of
it's judges has to be up to date in his
knowledge. An instance of how closely
turnouts are judged occurred last year,
when the competition for tandems resolved
itself down to two turnouts. For a long
time the judges weighed the merits of tine
two tandems as they passed in review,
and the prize was finally awarded to Mr..
Tyler, because his opponent had buckles
on the cruppers and had carelessly forgot
ten to close the end-gate of his cart, which
was considered bad form, as he was driving
without a man.
One of the qualifications for membership
in the New York Coaching Club is that yol;
must know how to catch a whip" The
meaning of this expression and It's import
ance when one Is toolng coach and fouI
is not generally understood. The whip used
on a coach has a stock six or seven feet
long and the thong is Usually about twelve
feet. This makes about five or six feet OF
L
when he whip is not in use. To do this,
when the driver throws his lash out to
touch his horses in returning 1t, he catches
the point in his whip hand. and throwing
the thong in the air. he strikes it with the
stock some distance up from the point of
the lash. SO that it winds itself about the
stock and remains there out of the way.
When he wishes to use il again, by a SIM
pie movement of the wris: ne unwinds the
thong and then throws out the lash where
he wishes. This is all done with one hand.
In fact, to drive properly, the right hand
should be for the whip and the left for the
reins. At no time should gentleman
driver have his whip out of his hand. It is
extremely bad form. But to exhaust the
subject of the etiquette Of driving would be
an endless task, SO if you will excuse me.
l will take my street car, where etiquette
has ceased to be a virtue; where bad SER
vice has hardened the consaiences of men
SO that they can nov retain their seats. no
matter how many women may be standing,
without the least uneasiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Marriage Licenses.

The annual red-letter business Of the mar
riage license clerk, characteristic Of the
Thanksgiving season, has begun, and will
steadily increase until the office closes to-
morrow evening. Up to noon today the fol-
lowing had secured certificates authorizing
them to wed:
Frank Parker and Parthenia Brooks
James Pierce and Emma Martin; Frederick
Harting and Beulah V. Lyles, both Of Alex
andria, Va; Harry Securing and Janna
Thinner; William Fortune and Annie Price,
Henry Gallagher and Louisa Belts; John T,
LovelesS and Nora Johnson; Nathan H.
Roberts and Slener Zerine Hurdler; George
Jackson and Katherine Holcer; Joseph
Barrie and Maria Naylor; Henry Ferguson
and Sydney Thompson; John Perroni and
May Blodgett; Edward c. Bremen and
Virginia NJ. White; John H. Fenwick
and Susan l.. Holmes; Moses Scott and
Martha Hickman: Nelson r. Smith and
Mary Elizabeth Schultz: Warren Annfeld
and Oracle Pendleton; James Gross and Sc
lena Conway; Henry Nelson and Geneva
Waters; Albert N. Wildman and Augusta
Aries; Ovander w. Shepherd and Mary ].
Price. both of Albemarle county, Va; Chas.
NJ. Knoll and Mary A. Erin; Vivian NJ.
Middleton and Lilly May Lanham; William
Anderson and Susie b. Dawson; John
Speaks and Annie Sprigs; George r. Kelly
and Ida Forrest: William s. Wingales and
Lizzie Coleman; James Edgar Miller of
Chicago. ILL.,, and Katharine Wright Saxton
of Washington; George T. Arnold and Flea
nor Quander, both of Prince Georges coun-
ty, Md; Philip A. w. Jackson and Emma
Ball; Frank McClelland and Min
ME W. Reinhardt; James Ogle Billings
ley and Susie Watts Baker, both of
Prince Georges County, Va; Felix Melon
ald and Margaret J. Hurley; Moses G.
Smith of Hyattsville, Nd, and Clara ".
Harvey of Washington: John H. Hamp-
shire of Baltimore, Md, and Mary Frances
Costello of Monango, w. Va; Andrew
Carey and Laura Bell: John +. Bond and
Nellie Smith; James w. Welch of Balti-
more. Md, and Sarah e. Amich of Fred
erick county. Va; Philip ]. Schwartz and
Rose Alice Riech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
ADVICE TO BUFFALO's POETS.
They Really Should Not lima CINE That
Clutches Rhymes With Munches.

They Really Should Not lima CINE That
Clutches Rhymes With Munches.
From the Buffalo Courier.
Something must be done about the poetry
Of this town. 1t appears to be getting
worse every day. If this is not true, most
certainly it is true that the writers of poor
poetry are becoming frightfully numerous
in the community, ard are giving it
shocking character abroad. We have few
poets Of merit but they sing rarely. They
hoard their fine thoughts and their mellifiu-
Gus cadences and rhymes. The other sort.
on the cCntrary-the sort which has no ear
for rhyme, no sensibility to the movement
of rhythm-is always rushing into print
and driving the lovers of poetry distracted.
Would tfat we had in Buffalo reviewer
Of the savage temper of the Scotch worth
les who early in the century took up the
cudgels whenever the head of a poet dared
show itself. The cause Of true poetry
would be advanced if some of our versifl-
ers were ridicucd into silence, for as long
as they are permitted to put their lines in
to print they will continue ignorantly to
outrage every canon of prosody.
1t Is almost incredible how many Buffalo
poets have this autumn been making
time" rhyme with thine" or nine with
'prime," or Handsome with mansion"
Nothing so soon betrays an absolute lack
of the poetic gift as this rhymng of sylla-
bles in which the vowels have the same
sound and the consonants different sounds.
1t Is done. too, by persons who sometimes
give evidence of poetic ideas. The other
day Buffalo poet wrote quite clever bit
Of verse. but spoiled 1t all by rhyming
'crutches" with "munches" and seem"
with "raviI e.
Possibly our easy-going poets think that
these are small matters to censure, but 1t
is as well for them to know that they may
read all of Tennyson, all of Longfellow, all
of Browning all of Wordsworth all of
Lowell, or Aldrich. or Holmes. and never.
find these false rhymes. The employment
of them shows that the verse writer has
read very little good poetry. or that he has
as poor an ear for rhyme some men
have for tune. If the young men and maid
ems Of Buffalo think that they are gifted
with the poetic fancy, let them learn to
make good rhymes, and then see to it that
their poetic feet do not wabble along in all
kinds of step, like those of the fablad six
Legged CseryOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
THIEVES VEHICLES.
In London Cabs With False Numbers
Are Used by Them.

From Tid-Bits.
Is the report true about there being in
London bogus cabs with false numbers, and
SO on? asked a frequent contributor of one
of the best-known detective inspectors Of
Scotland Yard.
1t is quite true, and is done far oftener
than the public ever suppose, SO that fol-
lowing cab clue where clever professional
thieves are concerned is often hopeless. An
:nconspicuous private hanson is used, and
both cab and drivers number displayed are
false.
Often enough We receive the most positive
instructions, on the faith of notes made by
hotel porters and shop commiss.onaires,
that certain man left in cab of given
number. We seek out that cab. and find
beyond doubt that the cab was never out
at the time IN question, and we have a
regular LIST now of numbers WHICH we pos
lively know have been counterfeited. In
one case where swell shop.fter had driven
round from one jewelers. to another, no
fewer than nine distinct badges and num-
bers were used in one day.
Fou--wheelers are regularly and constant
ly used by thieveS-the same system OF false
numbers being one of the precautions used
for such vehicle is a fine one for con-
veying stolen goods that are not too heavy.
Only recently we had Information of four
wheeler which is got up to look exactly Ike
the vehicles used by commercial travellers
as they call from place to place 1t drove
up close behind the vehicle of jewelers.
traveller and stopped at the same trades
mans door, very smart traveller allghting
and entering a shop near
The driver of the bogus vehicle tried TO
get into conversation with the driver OF the
real one. pretending that there was some
thing wrong with the horse of the latter.
The genuine driver got down and was ex-
aiming his horse, never doubling the char
acter of the other conveyance, when, hap
pening to glance up, he saw the swell
traveller entering vehicle number one, the
real thing, in fact The man made hasty
excuse, pleading that he had mistaken the
cabs-but we know that he has made the
same mistake many times, and successfully
on two occasions
Smart traps are generally the convey
ances used by burglars and the generality
of thieves other than swell ones. 1t is most
difficult to trace these-which generally be-
long to some regular member of gang
because the name on them is BACKED out
and another painted on in whitewash let
tiers, or several different pickings out In
paint are done at quiet stages of the jour
ncy, and the markings Of the horse. or pony
are changed by means of white and other
washes. You would be surprised how often
and how easily this is done, especially at
night
Perambulators are amazingly useful We
hicles to thieves, such housebreakers
burglars, and on, and the apparently in
nocent laundress seen first thing in the
morning taking .'pram'' full of clothes,
has often enough been to fetch some 'swag"
or 9th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
COLLEGE SPIRIT AT CHICAGO.
me University of the Windy City and
It's Unique Position

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean
The University of Chicago occunies a
unique position among American colleges
for several reasons 1t is not a deveIon
ment, but an entirely new creation. Its
customs and atmosphere, its methods of
teaching and carrying out the hundred and
one routine matters connected with great
university differ absolutely from those OF
any other American college
To the undergraduate, perhaps, no single
point is the cause of so much wonder and
criticism as the lack of organizations OF
any kind through which students at other
colleges are accustomed to act and make
themselves and their opinions felt. He en-.
tiers the university with his head full OF
stories Of Yale and Harvard class spirit
and, If he has had as mentor one exper-
fenced in college affairs, with fixed deter
mination to join the athletic association, to
become a conspicuous figure in class poll
ties. and, finally, perhaps, to be elected IA
member of some student board and direct
the sentiment of the university through the
college press.
Every one of these fair hopes is destined
to be dashed to the ground, for there is nc
athletic association, there are no classes
and class organization is, therefore, an i'm
possibility, and all the college publca tons
the two papers and the annual, are in the
hands of private parties, and the university
as body has more to say concerning
the election of editors and has no more
right to express an opinion concerning the
editorial policy than it has to attempt to
control a great Chicago daily.
Indvidualism re!gns supreme. This may
be good thing in that it prevents those
boisterous outpourings of college enthu,
slasm and the exciting contests connected
with college elections by first killing al
traces of what is generally known as "col-
lege spirit and next removing the posi-
bity of ever reviving it.
Chicago University now is an educational
institution; whether or not it ever becomes
a university in the undergraduate sense
seems to depend largely upon the contin-
uance or cessation of the methods OF con-
ductins university affairs now in vogue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Maxim Guns Reach the Frontier.

Special Cable Dispatch to the New York World.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 23.-The
Maxim guns sent forward by British
Guiana on request of the imperial secre-
tary of the colonies have reached the Vene-
xuela.n frontier, advices from Demarara re-
port.
Venezuelas troops on the border are said
to have been greatly excited on seeing
them.
Their commander protested against the
guns being pointed his way.
The British inspector of police replied
that the guns were not loaded; that they
were meant for defense, not aggression.
This Incident increases the fear of col
lsion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Her Voluntary Act.

From the Chicago Tribune.
You sign this deed of your own free will
do you, madame?" asked the notary pub
lie.
What do you mean by that?" demanded
the large, fiord-faced woman.
Il mean there has been no compulsicn on
the part of your husband, has there?"
Him. she calculated, turning to look at
the meek little man sitting behind her.
I'D like to see him compulse me.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Always In Stock.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Dyspeptic Customer-"The doctor says
coffee isn't good for me, and I must quit
drinking it. Haven't you some preparation
that makes good substitute for coffee?'
Grocer-"Yes, sir. Our Pure After Din
ner Java ready ground, at 70 cents pound,
Is an Observation-Disclosures SIR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Prof. wnyInnd.s Lectures.

Prof. Francis Wayland of Yale University
will deliver course of lectures before the
law department of Howard University the
present winter. This course has been ar
ranged through the courtesy of Senator Geo.
F. Hoar of Massachusetts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26

The biggest Masonic fair ever held in the
west opened in Detroit yesterday. Il is the
first use made of the new Masonic Temple,
which is the finest building in the world de-
voted exclusively to Masonry, and will cost
over $500, 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
A Ball Costume.
From Truth.

From Truth.
He-"I intend to wear Henry VIII cos
| tune at the Patriarchs' ball, so that you
| will be sure to recognize me-"
She-"Oh, dear me! I've ordered an Anne
| Boleyn costume. Isn't 1t horribly suggest
iYe?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-02
RcXiNnI Meetings.

Mr.. Yatmau'- Sunday services.
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c.
A.. Will be carried out as follows:
9 a. m, Workers Council, in Y.
NJ. G.. y. Hall.
II a. m, preaching in Kane
hamcha school.
> p. m, address to the Portu-
gue-e Sunday school.
3 p. M. womIn'- mass meeting
In y. NJ. G.. \ Hall.
{ p. M. mems mass meeting in
Y. VI. c. \. Hall. subject " Lamb
or Tiger. Which,"
$50 p. m. Union Young Peoples
meeting in Central Union Church
lecture room
7.3O p. M, preaching to Hawai-
iaus at KamakaPili Church.
Meetings every afternoon and
evening next week in Y. NJ. {. y.
Hall