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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-02
DR.. SHADES DISCOVERY
For Consunp!ion.--C PrOni-
lelt People.
SLOW PROGRESS OF TRUTH
What Congressman Wise Has to Say
About the Treatment in
His Own Case.

From the Washington Times.
The Times reporter has been interviewing promi-
nent people who have been cured of consumption
and others who yielding to treatment
Reformcrs and progressive men often wonder at
the slow progress of truth. But when all the diff
culties are understood the wonder is that truth
makes any progress at ALL One of the difficulties
that truth has to encounter is illustrated in the
apathy on the part of the medical profession and
their friends in the face of the facts and truths
brought out in the investigation of DIR. Shades
discovery in the successful treatmenth of the larg-
est percentage of consumptves ever brought to the
attention of the public in this any other country.
Facts and truths that cannot be denied. The time
was when many diseases that now durable
known to be ncurable, so that the mere as
scrtiOn that consumpton was considered an in
durable malady is argument evidence that it
is incurabe Among the many cases inter-
viewed who willing to have their names given
to the public for the benefit of those suffering
with lung diseases is the Hon. Morgan II. Wise,
from Pennsylvani who is in the city now, and is
of DR.. Shades patients He speaks in the
highest terms of DIR. Shade and his success in the
management of his case.
Mr.. Wise said: II have been suffering with an
aggrava ed form of throat and lung trouble for ten
years, especially during the last four years. My
cough and expectoration has been increasing in
verify l gradually losing strength. Ny
cough troubled me mostly during the night and
early morning mostly between l and o'clock after
midnight. 1 had become very much reduced in
strength ard fesh-from $50 pounds to 40 pounds.
Since putting my into the hands of Dr. Shade,
1892 18th street, two months age, have improved
amazingly. l should call it solid and permanent
Improvement. My stomach gave me trouble for
years, that unable to digest food After
eating coughing spells would not allow to re-
tain my food, and l lost strength day by day.
However, since taking the mineral treatment for
consumption, prescribed by DIR. Shade began
improving in short time, that at present,
after two months treatment, weigh 1856 pounds
and gaining every day, which is remarkable i'm
provement my condition for years past. Now
l getting strong and vigorous again, and I
believe in the tment, the remedies
come in immediate contact with the diseased
lungs and throat. certainly expect lease
Of life l can walk for hours without fatigue. l
most heartily recommend suffering humanity to
Dr. Shade, being. in my estimation the great
est lung specialist in this country" j. w. b.
1t
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This arrangement must be firmly fixed in
the mind, so that the exact location of
each letter is known.
You then prepared for the trick,
which is begun by dealing out twenty cards
in pairs, face downward. Allow several
persons to select one pair each and, after
looking at them, to put them back in the
same position. You then pick them up in
any order you choose; only be careful not
to separate the pairs. If you are sufli-
GENTLY expert, you may make false
shuttle, leaving the cards in the same order
as at first but it is fully as we'll to ask
the audience to indicate the pair to be
picked up first, which second third, and so
on, till all are taken, thus showing that no
regular order Is preserved Then lay the
cards down in five rows, face up, following
this rule: The first card is placed where
the M in "Mutus'' would be if the above
arrangement were marked on the table;
the second card on the M in "Nomen;"
the third on the first w. the next two on
the two IT'S and SO on to the end. You
have only to ask any of the drawers in
which rows his two cards appear, and you
will know which they are. Thus, if he says
the cards are in the second and third rows,
you know at once that they are the cards
on the spaces representing the two Els"
If in the first and fourth, they are on the
go spaces, and If both in the third row.
they are in the ms" BY writing out the
formula and then taking a pack of cards
and going through the trick once the above
will be perfectly plain.
Collecting the Income Tax.
Patter whose fun is timely is all the
more valuable on that account fact that
is taken the fullest advantage of by bright
performers. 1t is this quality which makes
the next trick described particularly at
tractive at the present time 1 call it the
Income tax collector" In beginning 1t,
borrow a half dollar, and after making
few passes with it, say, Il will now show
you the way the income tax works When
the collector comes around the millionaire
shows his pile like this. and says: This
enc little half dollar is all 1 have, and even
this Is borrowed But after the collector
carefully questions him for a few minutes
while speaking, rub the face of the coin)
another appears, like this! A little more
rubbing and then another appears" At
each rubbing a half dollar is produced
from the tips of the fingers of the right
hand and thrown on the table, and it is
kept up till twenty-five have been shown
Then you continue: "Then he changes the
manner of his investigation, and shortly
another comes to light" This is produced
from the lett hand, and the production is
kept up till twenty-five mere nave been OBJ
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Then he adds the middle 81" and "2'' to-
gether, and bets 8. Should he win, he has
completed his series, and won the "1'' he
started out to win. Should he lose the
three, he marks it down, adds, bets again,
and so goes on upon a line of conduct
which insureS that every time he wins
added together. So that he will only
need to win little more than half as
many Individual bets as he loses to finish
up his series with triumphant scratching
out of all he had marked down; and it
works we'll until run of bad luck.
That this run of bad luck has a name,
and, more. that it has laws which are well
known. does not dawn on him for the pres
ent. He discovers only that to bet upon
one color always is not safe. He notes
that looking over his score card, the
thing most obvious is that colors alternate.
Eureka! Play the alterations!
Discovery number three is that events
arrange to group themselves; that after
two reds winning black will win more reg
ularly than it would after three reds COM
ing ont. That this is in complete and total
contradiction of his theories held at first
is nothing. This is the coup de 3D.
but what is more, it Is "marche.''
1 cannot well forget the day that I dis
covered that the "marche' of roulette was
in the coup de g." Why conceal it? Be
fore that 1 had believed in simple inter-
mittences. red. black, rcd, black. thought
this narche combined with a progression
(of increasing and decreasing bets) known
as the 'Alemhert might De lDlaInDle. 1T
was not To plan intcrmittences is called
the "perdante" or the closing" marche
You bet the color which has won will lose
next time. | Say 1t was not infallible In
deed it was bad. Then if the ''perdante"
is bad the "gagnante' must be good. 1t
was not. Crack, the "gagnante' will steal
anybody's money and the "pertlante'' is
we'll named. Then came a combination of
the gagnante and the perdante mixed
which works with everything except the
coup de q" 1t was the good road sure.
will not dwell upon the details. But three
weeks success is not a solid enough
foundation for villa.
The Alembert consists in augmenting
your bet by one unit after each loss and in
decreasing your, bet by one unit after each
gain; exactly that and nothing else. You
begin with unity (I silver dollar or 81
gold picce) and when you have worked
back to unity again your sum is done. You
will have gained a half piece on every
turn. This system would win steadily and
always were it not that three little condf-
tons are ldckIng-Q There should be no
ecart. CD There should be no maximum.
(3) There she uld be no zero.
STERLING HELLO.
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letters, down to the very smallest, exhib-
ing power of vision quite up to the nor
NAL
This is certainly very surprising, mad
am 1 said. The spectacles which have
helped your sight much nothing
more nor less than common window glass;
Naturally, she was very much aston
ished. and would not believe me at first.
But 1 convinced her at length that her
trouble was entirely imaginary, and she
went away in a decidedly pleased state
Of mind.
The Hair Did 1t.
TT does not always do. however, to be-so
frank with victims of such Authorizations
This morning u lady who is a regular
patient of mine called upon me. She was.
as usual, in a state of intense nervous
excitement. Another new symptom had
appeared in her case. She was convinced
that something was the matter with her
Lrafn because her head was tender on
one side. BY chance L happened TO notice
that her hair was arranged in a way diff
ferent from her customary fashion, and
doubtless that was the reason for the sore
ness. Most women have noticed that to
part the hair in a fresh place is apt to
make the scalp sore for time. 1t is
simply because the hairs are turned in a
new direction.
II said nothing about that to my patient,
save to suggest that she should wear her
hair in the old fashion. l gave her a pre-
scription of something harmless. Nothing
more was needed, because the woman is in
first-rate health, and there is nothing at
all the matter with her physically. But 1t
would never do for me to tell her that her
maladies are purely imaginary. If l did
so she would not believe me. and she
would seek another physician
I'm cases like this the conscientious medi-
cal practitioner finds nothing better to Go
than to humor the patient.
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once the performer has learned to make it
cleverly, all the rest is plain sailing. The
pass consists of bringing to the top of the
pack, invisibly, the card that has been
drawn and returned to the pack by one of
the audience. The various movements will
be explained in their order. First, when
the pack is offered to have card draw,
always spread the cards out in a fan shape,
so that the selection can be easily made,
and when the card is to be returned spread
the pack in the same way. The moment
the card is returned, bring the pack to-
gether again, but as you do so slip the end
of the little finger of the left hand over the
draw card, as shown in Fig. 1. This end of
the pack being nearest your body. the
movement cannot be seen. Next cover the
pack with the right hand, grasp the ends
Of the lower packet between the thumb and
second and third fingers, push that packet
as far into the fork of the left thumb
possible and at the same time draw away
the upper packet with the fingers of the
left hand. (See Fig. p Then lift the edge
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The True Test of Nerve.

From the New York Sun.
Il used to think" said Mr.. Gratebar,
when I read Of generals calmly dicta:in
dispatches amid the carnage and uproar of
battle, what. nerve! But now as 1 try to
write letter here at home with the two
older children in the parlor playing on the
piano and singing with the vigor and voice
Of youth, the two younger children in the
dining room learning their lessons for the
morrow. One times one is one; two times
two is two; three times three is three and
Did the cat catch the rat? No, the cat did
not catch the rat; why did not the cat
catch the rat?' with carpet sweeper cbli-
cato by Mrs. Gratebar and an occasional
variation by the two younger children
racing through the hall, coupled with a
grand instrumental and vocal staccato in
the parlor, why, I say to myself, No, no;
the true test of nerve comes not in the
stormier scenes of life, but amid the &c
lightful repose of home. -
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of the lower packet just enough to allow
the upper packet to pass beneath 1T, which
will, of course, bring the desired card to the
top of the pack.
AS described above, the pass seems to con-
sist Of long series Of movements. but,in re-
atty. they are made almost simultaneously.
andonly occupy a small fraction of a second.
The proper time to make the pass is at the
moment you turn to go back to the table.
The cards are then held in the left hand,
with the little finger inserted over the
drawn card, and as you turn, you take the
pack in the right hand and hold it well
away from your body, in full sight all the
time you are back to the audience. 1t is at
the moment that you take the cards from
the left hand and when they are covered
ty the right that you make the pass.
How the Trick is Done.
1t requires considerable practice to ac-
quire this "sleight," but it is extremely
easy when once learned. A good trick IL
Illustrating its use Is called 1.-The Double
Count" and Is performed as follows:
Have q card drawn and returned to the
pack, make the pass and bring 1t to the top
of the pack, then ask the person who drew
the card to select some number between
one and ten and you will cause his card to
take that position in the pack. Suppose he
selects seven; you say: Il Will show you
that yours is not the seventh card now"
Count off six cards and throw them on the
table, show the seventh and then drop that
on the pile. The chosen card will then be
the bottom one Of the seven on the table.
Pick them up, replace them on the pack
and it will then be seventh from the top.
Ask the drawer to touch the pack with his
fir ger and say seven" Then count the
cards off closely, and when you reach the
seventh, turn it face up and show it to be
the card drawn.
A similar effect can be produced without
sleight of hand by using forcing" pack,
in which all the cards are alike (say all
tens of diamonds) except the bottom card;
but in this form of the trick you only
count the cards off once. By working up
appropriate "patter'' this trick can be
made very effective.
1t is quite mistake to suppose that
sleight of hand is necessary to good card
tricks, for some very mystifying ones are
done without the least use of it. One of
these is the Latin square, so called be-
cause it's diagram is formed of the Latin
phrase, "Mutus debit nomen Cocis," in
which it will be noticed that each letter
occurs twice. Write the words thus:
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WuIIS n " IhHtr PtiI tIIICIIVS' 'I1tRN wit
nartmeat wins 1t may be red, IL may be
black, it may be number Is, or number ..
Or number "a. For each compartment has
It's number. up from 1 to 80, and each is
colored either red or black alternately.
Suppose the ball falls into number 10.
which happens to be black. Then black
wins, ten wins, those who have bet on
even numbers win. the first dozen" wins
the third column" (of twelve) wins. man
que" or the lowest half of the thirty-six
numbers. wins and number ten itself wins
Those who have bet on the color, odd or
even, the first or last Is numbers, are paid
IN amount equal TO what they have laid on
he table in the various marked-oH spaces.
Had anyone bet simply on the number ~
he would have been paid 80 times the
amount of his bet. because there are SO
numbers. Had any one bet on the third
iozen lin which number 10 liesD he would
kave been paid twice his bet. because there
are thres dozens. So would also have been
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He Was Sold.

From Fliegende Batter.
Lady My father-this is between our
selves-called on your landlady to make
inquiries about you"
Gent Gin a rage)-"YOu mustn't believe
word she says; the old bag tells pack of
lies every time she opens her mouth
Lady Indeed? / thank you for the in
formation. The fact is, she praised you
up to the skies"
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HE REAHlSlNG OE
the public gaming
tables Is one of the
phenomena of Eu-
rope at the present
hour. During the
past thirty years
I h ey had been
chased from almost
e cry continental
city. Baden-Baden,
IIomburg and the
rest shut up the
shop, and roulette
and trente -st-QIar-
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Really Grateful,

From the Chicago Tribune.
Return my manuscript If you will
said the unsuccessful young author, bitter
ly, "but beg of you not to add that mean
ingless phrase, declined with thanks"
II assure you, SIR" said the publisher,
with dgnified courtesy, that when we
have got through with the reading of one
of your manuscripts that phrase is by no
means meaningless.
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. shume-shoon and Amber Locks.

Shuttle. Shoon and Amber Locks
Sit together building blocks;
Shutfie-ShoOn is Old and gray.
Amber Lock- 1fftle child,
But together at theft play
Age and Youth are reconciled;
And with sympathetic glee
Build their castles, fair to see.
when grow to ne a man
$50 the wee ones prattE RAM
Il shall build a castle So
With a gateway broad and grand;
Here pretty vine shall grow,
There a soldier guard shall stand;
And the tower shall be SO high
Folks will wonder by-and-by.'
Shuttle ShoOn GuOth: ''Yes, know;
Thus 1 builded long ago!
Here gate and there wall,
Here a window, there a door;
Here a steeple wondrOus tall
Riseth ever more and more!
And the years have leveled low
What builded long agO!'
So they gossip at their play,
Needless of the fleeting day;
One speaks Of the long ago,
Where his dead hopes buried lie;
One with chubby cheeks aglOw
Prattleth Of the By and By;
Side by side they build their blocks
ShuffleShoon and Amber Locks
EUGENE FIELD.
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is Tree from cheat
ing There is a table.
very long. whose CEN
ter has a Sunken cir
Gle in IL. In this cir.
Gle there is a ma
chine, Il disc. round
like a pie plate. con-
cave, and divided into
thirty seven e q u 4 J
pieces. The disc is
loose, revolving round
a center. AS 1t re-
wolves. quite slowly,
a small ball Is
thrown into it and in
the opposite dlrec ton
of its revolution. The
ball runs round the
firm. unmoving rail-
Ing of the opposite!y
revolving disc, hops
to the disc itself,
rolls, bumps, dies
down, and, finally, it
falls into one of the
thirty seven COM
Nh NJ COM
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tourists go where there is public gambling
and loosening up of public sentiment de-
elares IL cannot see the difference be-
tween the gambling of the race course and
the stock exchange and that which centers
round a table covered with green cloth.
Dinard and Spa are open and crowded
all the year around. During 1894 the
Monte Carlo corporation suffered heavy
losses from their competition. But ii will
be long time yet before the name of
Monaco will cease to draw groans of re-
pentance from the tender consciences of
those who have not won. No other water
ing place can hope to pass it in its power of
getting tourists money from them. Mo-
naco, root. stem and branch, is given over
to the roulette. And visitors are hypno-
tized. That is the secret. At Vichy and at
Trouville, for example, life goes on as
elsewhere. in a normal manner, with it's
varied interests.
System All the Rage.
At Nice and Monte Carlo there is only
one real subject of discussion: How do
you play roulette?'' The very question is
a strange one. marking the great change
which has come over peoples ways and
manners. fitting in with this revival of
the gambling mania. Five years ago the
won?' What have you lost?' To play a
system then was thought ignoble and
commercial Those who bet their money
did 1T royalty. with a loose hand; and they
acquainted with the so-called laws of prob
ability and the lack of probability of win
ming any serious sum by means of mar
ttngaleS, progresSionS, combinations math-
ematical or otherwise. Now all is changed
The middle and the lower middle classes
swamp the salons. On the roulette YOU
may play silver, bet a dollar only if YOU
wish to be so prudent: and the roulette
tables number eleven against six of the
more aristocratic tables of trente-et-ouar-
ante.
Roulette is by long odds the greatest
favOrite. Its combinations yield them
selves to many schemes; and the new class
of travellers learning how to play it, now
that railway fares are cheap and circular
tours are all the rage, come with hearts
fresh and clean from any knowledge of
the "zero's' powers. the unrelenting hand
of the "ecart," and they are unaware that
all progreSsionS are but FLAT bets super
posed" And SO they say. How do YOU
play?' The rage for systems" mathemat-
ical or empirical. Is at it's height A sys-
tenn is the novice's first discovery, the
losers last faint hope, the winners GU
riosity and plaything. the old gamblers
every hanger-on about the tables and the
banks eternal joke. And such is the con-
tagon OF ideas that nowadays no visitor is
too aTistCcratc, rich or well-instructed to
refuse himself the pleasure of System"
Roulette Described.
Roulette is a gambling game at which
each individual of the public participating
in il bets individually and at his pleasure
against the bank" the corporation which
built the Casino, runs and advertises It.
The hank has any quantity of money All
you have 20 do is to win 1t. And the game
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merous "sleights"
used in card conjur-
ing, but most of them
are merely orna-
mental, and only a
few are of real value
to the magician.
There is one, how
ever, that must be
learned by all who
hope to gain any sort
of skill as card man.
ipulat tors. and that is
the "pa S." When
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That was the Reason.

From the Dallas (Tcxasl Times Herald.
Willetts-'What's Blobson doing noW?
Gilletts-"He isn't doing anything. He's
got government position"
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Epcchs and Eras.
Executive Department.
Expenditures Of the Government
Exports and Imports.
Farm Mortgages.
Fastest Atlantic Steamships.
Federal Courts.
Federal Government.
Federation Of Labor.
Fire insurance Statistics.
French Republic.
Germany, Government of.
Governors of States.
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Great Britain; her Dependencies.
Historical Societies.
Homes for Soldiers.
Horse Racing.
immigration.
Interest Laws and Tables.
Interior Department.
Internal Revenue.
Interstate Commerce.
Iron and Steel, Production of.
Judiciary.
Labor Statistics.
Languages.
Latitude and Longitude Tables.
Legal Holidays.
Life Insurance Statistics.
Mails. Domestic and Foreign
Manufactures, Statistics Of.
Marriage and Divorce Laws.
Memorable Dates.
Mexico. Republic of.
Minerals, Production Of
Military Academy.
Monetary Statistics.
Mortality In the United States.
Nations Of the World.
Naturalization Laws.
Navy Department.
Negro Population.
Newspaper Statistics.
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II afflicted with scalp diseases, hair falling out
and premature badness, do not grease or al
co'1lic preparations, but apply Halls Hair Re
never.