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Evening journal., 1900-03-29
Family Poker.

Poker has become one Of the stand
ard family games of New York, and
both sexes are playing It, If anything
the women with more avidity than the
men. In family parties, it is true, the
game is sometimes played just for
fun" but generally for small stakes
Perhaps the most satisfactory meth
cd is that devised by several young
married couples living on the west side
who get together once or twice n week
TO play poker. They play a dollar linn
it, game. but this is not so fierce as il
sounds, for all the chips are bought for
ten cents on the dollar. They maintain
that il sounds much better to raise
the opener of n pot "a dollar" than It
would to raise him ten cents" and
that by magnifying the value of their
chips they play a much better game Of
poker.
But this is only one feature OF this
remarkable game. They wanted tokeep
It on the friendly" basis, and felt that
II the Smiths went home from the
Browns fiat two or three nights in
succession with all the Browns mon
ey, friendly relations might become
strained, as they say in diplomatic cir
cles.
, This scheme was devised:-Ihe club
has a banker. The losers always pay
their losses, but the winners never col
lect their winnings. The winnings are
retained by the banker, and after six or
eight evenings of poker he is generally
able to announce that he has $50 in
the treasury. Then the club takes a
vote on what TO do with it.
It 1t is the winter, it is generally n
theatre party. with a supper afterward.
all the expenses being paid from the
bankers fund. In summer IL is a trip to
some nearby summer resort. All the
participants i'm the game declare It has
furnished them with many a delightful
evening and that the money is new
er missed. Exchange.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
HINTS ABOUT coLoRs.

Extremely dark people look incest
in almost every shade Of rose-pink.
orange. deep and rich purples. and
blood red. but not scarlet
Brown haired folks can perhaps
wear more colors than any others
without committing terrible mistakes,
but they should avoid grays and
greens.
Black is by no means universally be-
coming. although K properly manipu-
lated a black gown is always in good
style and good taste. All white is
beautiful, but delightfully."- extravagant
though perhaps not more so than pale
shades.
Fair people shoul always, with few
exceptions, avoid llue and pink. and
wear pale yellows pale greens and
vivid reds. The authenticated woman
looks well in green, and many shades
of red and terra-cotta, grays and
browns. and best OF all. providing she
is at all good-looking, the shade known
as fiamboise.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
TOLD BY FIGURES.

The Krupp works are to be extended
at cost OF not far from si,000.000.
At the imperial court OF Austria the
chef OF Emperor Francis Joseph esti-
mates that OF $3.50, 900 expended on the
tables every year the unused" repre-
sents about 100000.
The heart OF a vegetarian beats on an
average of fifty-eight 70 the minute.
that OF the meat-eater indicates sew
enty-five. This represents a difference
Of 10000 beats in twenty-four hours.
In 1899 1914 cabin and 1903, 762 steer
age passengers landed at the port OF
New York. one line brought 1879 cab
in passengers and 53.646 steerage pas
.sengers in twenty-nine trips, while an
other line brought 1905 cabin passen-
gers in sixty-two trips.
Five hundred thousand young trees
from three 10 twenty feet tall were
chopped down 10 supply the Christmas
trade of New York. These trees come
from the Adirondack, Maine. New
Jersey and Connecticut. The amount
Of plants and flowers sold in New York
at holiday time is estimated to be in
the millions, including 100000 violets.
200, 900 roses, 200 900 carnations, 100. 900
lilies-of-the-valley. 100000 miscellane-
GUS plants. 100000 punches OF ferns,
1000 cases of holly, 500 cases Of mistle-
toe. 200 cases Of princess pine. 100000
yards OF garlands and 10000 wreaths.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
Easy Money.

you've all heard about first past the
post in pool rooms" said an old turf
follower the other night, "but l saw
It worked on a race track, and the
man who put it over got all the mon
ey. 1t was about - years ago, when
the meeting was running at Elizabeth.
In those days there was no bell i'm the
ring to inform the boOkmakers when
the horses were off. I've seen the book
les on the block taking bets until the
horses hit the stretch On this partlcu-
lar day there were 45 books in line,
and thousands were wagered on the
results. Finally the horses were called
TO the post. Just as the bugle sounded
n heavy fog came up and the whole
track was enyelOped. l was standing
near the judges stand, and the first
thing l knew the horses passed under
the wire. 1 saw big. strong colt named
Ralph Black gallOp home, but the fog
was so dense that the judges had TO
come down and wait until the Jockey
came back TO dismount before the win
ner could be picked out. / went back
to the ring and found the boolzies still
taking bets on the race. The price
against Ralph Black was to 1, and
/ stood a tap which was no very large
play at that. But there was another
fellow. named Jack Mcdonald, going
from book to book betting 500 on the
colt. He got on over 81 200. when the
caller came In and yelled Ralph Black
first The next day there was n fog
horn sounded when the horses were
sent away. 1t was the first and only
time ever saw any one get first past
the post on race track.'-Cin. En-
Quirer.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29

seal, walrus and caribou. There are
only fifty-eight persons in the whole
tribe, so il is probable that it has de-
creased largely during the centuries.
The island is thirty miles away
from the nearest point on the shore of
Hudson Bay, wheSe there is a colo
ny Of Eskimos. and It is only once in
"a very long time that this strait freez-
es over. The tribe cherishes a tradi-
tion that about seventy-five years ago
this happened, and two hunters from
the mainland visited them. though the
visitors We're as much astonished as
their hosts to know that there were
other men on earth Each tribe be-
lieved that they were the only people
in existence. Strangers never visited
them again, nor did they make any at.
tempt 20 return the call. In the large
amount Of valuable material which
Captain Cromer has brought back
with him are many curious imple-
ments and weapons.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
CHURCH AND CLERGY.


The outlook says; THE so-called re-
vival OF religion in Brooklyn. IL it is
correctly reported in the newspapers
should be called a revival OF intoler-
ance."
Miss Simpson, daughter OF Professor
Simpson, the English chloroform spec
ialist. calls for a new Jenny Geddes to-
throw stool at the head OF Scotch
ministers who preach pro- Boerism
from the pulpit
DR.. st. George Mivart. an English
scientist OF the Catholic faith. In an
article IN the Nineteenth Century chat
ienges some OF the fundamental doc
trines OF the Roman Church. 1t has
created a stir at Rome.
The Rev. ]. Milton Green, Presbyter-
ian missionary to Porto Rico. on his
first Sabbath there. had a congregu-
tlon OF over 100 natives. lie reports
them eager TO hear. A church will soon
be erected at San Juan.
The number OF the Catholics In the
Transvaal are roughly estimuted TO
reach from $4,000 to 10000 for the most
part engaged in mining business or
mechanical pursuits. They are cen.
tered mostly around Johannesburg.
The Rev. Samuel A. Eliot. the Sec
retary OF the American Unitarian as
sociation. has been elected pastor OF
the South Congregational Church OF
Boston. 70 succeed the Rev. Or. Ed
ward Everett Hale He Is a son OF
President Eliot OF Harvard University.
Speaking OF efforts OF Bapusts to
induce the Massachusetts Legislature
TO revoke the old edict banishing Roger
Williams, the Springfield Republican
says; "rhe edict banishing Roger VIII
liams can well be rescinded when Mr.
Williams asks that Il be done Mean
while, iet IL remain. It belongs there
like the wart on Cromwers nose"
The Buddha that was stolen from
Henry y. Foulke. theosophist. at on
set Bay. Mass. IN 1897, Is 20 berestored
at once, through the Countess Con-
stance Wachmeister. and a shrine
built for IL in Worcester, Mass. This
particular Buddha is Of stone about 5
feet tall, and was in the possession OF
Nine Blavatsky, who bequeathed Il to
Annie Besant, and Il afterward came
into Mr. Foulke's keeping.
The President OF the English Nation
al Council OF the Evangelical Free
Church has sent 20 the churches a let
ter which reads in part as follows.
I'VE are panied that such a war
should have broken out between two
Christian peoples. which are allied in
race, In history, and In religious sym
pathies. We long that the war may
end. and that the nations IN conflict
may be so guided in judgment and
purpose that an abiding confidence
shall be established among them"
The Rev. c. ID. Crouch. pastor OF the
Worthing Tabernacle, London. who
devotes himself 20 business pursuits so
that hc may be free 10 apply himself
/ TO the work Of the ministry without
/ payment from his flock. has just is
sued his annual circular 20 his congre-
gation. in which he states that his ef-
3 forts have been so signally blessed
that he was able 20 return their offer
/ ings at the rate OF ESQ in the first
year, e100 in the second. and In the
year which they are Just entering the
return VIII be 9150.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
NOTES OF NoTAsLEs.

Within three years William Jennings
Bryan has travelled nearly 100000 miles
for the purpose OF speech-maldng.
Bishop Vidal the Roman Catholic
bishop of the Fiji islands, has arrived
in san Francisco, on his way TO Rome
Henry A. Msrting Of Ironton. o., has
given $4,000 to the German Wesleyan
college at Berea, o., in memory OF his
parents.
Casamir zalewslif's death Is reported
in Warsaw journals. He was editor OF
a newspaper. and the oldest lawyer in
Poland noted as having received the
largest fee ever given to a lawyer in
Poland-15000O rubles.
Rev. William /. Fee, who died re-
Gently in Cincinnati, was one OF the
most famous OF the old-time Methodist
preachers Of Ohio. He was the author
OF "Gleanings from Harvest Fields In
Kentucky. Ohio. and West Virginia"
Edmund Clarence Stedman asserts
that he leaves Wall street to devote
his time to literature in better health
than for a long while. Il feel equal"
he says, TO long and hard work. and
1 have always found literary work
more firing than any other kind"
Among the contributors to the first
volume of Nansen's scientific account
of his trip to the north pole are. be-
sides himself. Nathorst. Colin Archer.
Colet and Sars. The volume Is 70 ap-
pear this month at Copenhagen in
English. and four or five more arc TO
follow in course Of three years.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
ALL SORTS.


Rabbits have become a plague at
Berlin market
Physicians In Springfield. Mass,
have agreed not to make contracts
with any society to furnish medical at
tendance
Public revenue in Great Britain for
the fiscal year 10 date is s23, 100000
larger than In the preceding year.
Public expenditure for the period has
increased $47,0OO,OOO
In the past ten years the production
OF wheat has increased "a per cent. in
the south, and the number OF hogs
raised there has. during that period
nearly doubled.
One OF the duties Of a parliamentary
private secretary Is TO nj up time
when his chief is not quite ready to re-
ply or when the hour IS unsuitable for
n minister 10 rise
out of s45S7s.O gold shipped by the
United States IN 1899 nearly one-half.
or $20,25S0O0 went to Great Britain.
France stod second. taking T,Ss7 900;
Cuba third, with S5,162, 600.
italian agents who have been in New
York for a couple OF weeks past have
concluded arrangements for the equip
ment OF several trolley roads in the
leading cities OF northern Italy.
One OF the largest national cemeter-
les Ia this country Is located at Sal
lsburs. ~ c. There are il 900 unknown
dead in the cemetery. which Is kept
In splendid repair by the government.
Eighteen men in st. Louis were sum-
moned to act as Jurors When they
were asked how many OF them had
suffered from the visits OF burglars re-
Gently six OF them answered in the
Affirmative.
II is proposed TO hold a congress OF
all street railway and tramway COM
panies in the world under the auspices
OF the universal exposition authorities
in Paris IN September OF the present
year.
Baldwin City ks. Is the seat OF a
Methodist college. Cards cannot be
bought In the town; there is no place
In which billiards may be played. and
two attempts TO hold a dance have
failed
At Muheim-on-Rhine a firm OF rope
manufacturers makes steel wire tow
ing ropes five and one-half inches in
circumference in one continuous length
Of nearly nineteen miles. and weigh
ing $40 tons.
The fifty-fourth congress passed 3IS
lprivate pension bills that became laws
and the fifty-fifth 693. The average in
crease per each bill In the fifty-fourth
congress was 1874. and for the fifty-
nfth S1255.
Except for a few local showers. there
was practically no rainfall at all from
the first OF August to the close Of De-
cember In British Guiana. and the
ground under cultivation has been
baked TO briclSlike hardness.
Within the last year an ancient
grave was discovered near Rome and
opened. In Il was found the skeleton
Of a woman with a complete set OF
false teeth. displaying admirable
workmanship. and wrought out OF SOL
"a gold.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
CURRENT MISCELLANY.
curiosities and Vssarles Of Chinese
Logic.


II railway was proposed and it was
shown a Chinese mandarin that il
might earn 100000 per year. he would
Immediately exclaim that you proposed
TO rob China of half a million per am
mum. You might point out that there
was no robbery about il; that people
need not use the railway unless they
liked and could, IL they preferred,
travel or send their goods by boat in
the old way. THAT Is Just what / say"
the mandarin would reply. "You are
rObbing the boatmen." You might next
point out that a large proportion Of the
earnings would be paid in wages. and
was, perhaps your most effective ar.
gument; but even here the mandarin
would assert that you were taking
your employees from agriculture. which
was. he would claim. much better for
the nation. AS for the money paid for
materials imported. that, the mandarin
would hold was lost TO the country.
You might point out that the money
need not necessarily leave the country,
being paid into bank and being final
ly exported In the shape OF silks. tea
etc. but the mandarin would reply.
THAT is just what say. You steal the
money in the first place, and then use
1t to buy silks and tea, which had
much better stay in this country" Fin
ally, you would try to get round him
in another way. The mandarins hold
ing the most important positions, nee
essariiy involving heavy expenditure,
nre paid the most inadequate salaries.
say, tl0O per annum. A mandarin
must therefore, take fees; he does not
call them bribes, or consider them so.
You set to work TO make the desired
arrangement in the best way you can.
and the mandarin does the best he can
for himself AS a foreigner, you are
considered a rich man and thus fair
game. The mandarin. If honest and pa
triotic, wants to do the best he can
for his country, but interprets this in-
versely, namely. by making things as
bad as possible for the other side. lie
cannot believe that a bargain may be
profitable to both parties. In fact. the
more honest the mandarin the more
difficult Il Is 60 transact buslness.-En-
glneering.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

China exports 100000 fans annual
ly.
The order excluding aliens from the
English bar has been rescinded.
Enterprising Texas planters have
shipped 60OO pounds Of cotton seed to
Manila.
Projectiles OF modern big and rapid
fire guns require about half their
weight IN powder 20 fire them
on rainy days Gov. Roosevelt stlll
dons the old sombrero which he wore
at Santiago and San Juan.
The wool on the back OF a sheep is a
shepherds barometer. The curlier the
wool the finer the weather.
A Catholic chapel has been built on
the spot where Maximillian, Miramon
and Mejia were executed at Queretaro
The President OF France receives a
salary OF s125,000 Additional allow
ances make his income equivalent to
$3.50. .0O0
Berlin boasts OF seven coachmen
who are retired army officers. three
who are ex-pastors and sixteen who
are mobiles.
To widen a business street. the
round tower In Copenhagen. 100 feet
in height, is 70 be bodily moved a dis
tance Of fifty yards.
The per capita cost OF maintaining
convicts at the Michigan prison Is
3sh cents a day. and the average daily
earnings are S5la cents.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
SCIENTIFIC JorrINes.

A new railway bridge is in course OF
construction over Loeb Etive, at the
falls OF Lora. in Scotland. when COM
pleted its span OF 500 feet will he the
second largest in Europe. coming next
to that OF the Forth bridge. It is de-
signed by Sir j. Wolfe Barry.
AS far back as 177O ON royal visit
to Woolwich. a twelve -pounder brass
gun was filled twenty-three times with
shot In minute. sponging between
each fire and loading with great safe
~ This surprised every spectator
The Egyptian government has APP
pointed an Englishman as Inspector OF
antiquities: Howard Carter was selec-
ted He has been for many years iden-
titled with the Egyptian exploration
fund. lie will make an archaeological
survey OF the Sudan.
Total Russian petroleum production
Of the principal districts for ten
months OF 1899 amounted altogether TO
7SS2.4i7 tons. compared with S.S55,aiO
tons for the corresponding period OF
1898. or this quantity G.646.972 tons
were obtained by pumping and 1881.
ga tons were received from spouters
Our secretary OF the interior has de-
cided that the models in the United
States patent Office cannot be removed
for the purpose OF displaying them at
the Paris exposition. Commissioner
Peck was desirous that an exhibit
should be made. but Il was decided
that the models were records of the
office and could not be removed under
the law.
Telephone communication has re-
Gently been established between Ber-
lin and Copenhagen by q direct line
which Is much shorter than the old
route by way OF Hamburg. The line
includes a submarine cable thirty
miles long. The cable Is made up OF
four wires. two OF which are for the
telegraph service and the other pair
FOR the telephone line
II. Thoms has detected In tobacco
smoke a poisonous. Oily substance
which produces violent headache.
trembling, giddiness. etc. BY treatment
with a per cent. potash solution n
phenol-like body may be separated
which has an odor resembling creosote.
To the presence OF this oil the observed
toxic effects OF tobacco may be at
tributed. since Il is known that those
are not altogether dependent upon the
proportion OF nicotine in the tobacco.
Alfred Brandt. engineer and contrac-
tor for the Simplon tunnel. died re-
Gently. He had great experience in
tunnellng. being employed as a me-
draulic drilling machines for use In the
/ St Gothard tunnel. and he was en-
ployed as engineer and expert In other
great tunnels. The Slmpion tunnel
which is the greatest. and perhaps the
/ last. OF the Alpine tunnels, gave him
an admirable opportunity for the dis
play OF his skill.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
JOKES AND THE JoKERs.


Hewitt; "I have been threatened
with appendicitis" Jewett: who
threatened you-the doctor" ?"-Bazar.
The hostess; Il want you to meet
Mr.. Cawker. SO interesting, vou know.
He believes IN nothing" The blase
one. What enthusiasmi"-L
The wayside missionary; why do
you drink that vile stum?" Dismal
Dawson: Cause it's the easiest way
to git Il down: / can't breathe II. kin
I?"-1ndianapolis Press.
Jack: II hear you lost a lot OF mon
ey on Wall street while you were
drunk?" Tom: Il wasn't drunk but
the stocks I bought took a drop too
much. Boston Journal.
"Now major, did you never wish
yourself well out OF an engagement"
"Only once. ma'am, and that was in a
little affair with a widow. Sydney
Bulletin.
Museum-manager: you're looking
bad, old boy: what's the matter?"
The glass-eater: Il feel slightly cut
up; I'm afraid I took a glass too much
this afternoon. The Freak.
"You don't get much chance to ride
your wheel this weather" mo" II
guess you almost forget you have a
wheel, eh2" "Oh. mol I'm still paying
the installments. .''-Philadelphia Press.
you know that lady who was here
yesterday. who smelled so strong OF
perfume. mammal" YES my boy"
''Well, isn't she one OF the cologneial
danes g'-Yonkers Statesman.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The world is round. therefore it is
endless.
True love is indicated by actions
rather than words.
Many a true word is spoken when
two women have a quarrel.
It's hard TO be pOor-yet great
many people accomplish It.
II schOolboy doesn't take pains his
teacher is very apt to supply them.
The youth who is reared in the lap
OF luxury will never set the world on
fire.
No dairyman has yet succeeded in
adulterating the milk Of human kind
ness.
Kind words cost but little, yet they
often procure favors that gold cannot
buy.
Wise is the individual who has the
faculty Of knowing what he has no
business to know.
A woman invented the ioe-cream
freezer-and women have kept the
thing going ever since.
The wild boar is a dangerous animal.
The tame bore is seldom dangerous,
but he's a nuisance.
If a minister aims his remarks at
himself he is pretty sure 10 hit nine
tenths of his congregation.
OF course IL was a colored philoso-
pher who said: "All men are made OF
clay. and. like meerschaum pipes, color
adds to their value"
II is always q consolation to man
after he has made a serious mistake
to have some one say he did the best
he could under the circumstances.
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
GOLD PRODUCTION.

OF the $4,000. 900. 600 OF gold produced
in the world since the discovery OF
America more than one-half has been
found since 1860 and more than one
quarter since 1SS5--or. TO put it In 9TH
er words, one-half Of the gold mined
in the last 400 years has been produced
within forty years and one-fourth
within fifteen years says the Scientific
American. The treasury bureau OF
statistics has made some compilations
regarding the gold production Of the
world. in view OF the temporary sus-
pension Of gold mining in South Africa
and its possible effect upon the gold
supply Of the world.
( Casual examination Of the figures Of
annual production shows plainly the
rapid increase during the last half OF
the closing century. In the decade
from 1861 TO 1870 the average annual
production arose to St.126. sol 500. the
total production being 1.263, ,015, 900.
In the next ten years the production
was slightly less. From 1891 to 1899 the
production increased in a remarkable
degree, amounting 70 no less than
81, S67, 971 900. the average annual
amount being $2O4,773555.
moon. .owd-fis2.t
An examination Of the amount OF
gold produced from the mines OF the
Transvaal and by those OF other coun-
tries shows that the gold production Of
the entire world is more than double
that from the Transvaal. The latter
mines produced s79.2l3.s52 worth Of
gold in 1898, while the production in
other parts OF the world was sos, PA. =
647. making a grand total OF S2S7, ,42s,-
GOO
Evening journal., 1900-03-29
THouGHT HE HAD HIM.

An exchange tells of a little boy who
possessed all the vigOr of Thought and
action to be found in a small boy rear
cd in the health-giving outdoor life OF
Staten Island and who had awakened
TO desire for a further knowledge OF
the Deity than had previously been
vouchsafed him. So he asked Ques-
tions and his elders answered him with
the usual disregard for the intelligence
of children which so often results in
ludicrous situations. It had been ex-
planned to the small boy that the Deity
is everywhere.
WAS He out in the yard with me
this morning?" he asked.
YES"
was He down cellar with me this
afternoon"
yes"
"Is He in this room now?r
YES"
rs He in this sugar bowl?" The fam
lily was assembled at the table.
Yes"
well, I've got Him then" he cried
triumphantly, clapping his hand over
the sugar bowl and holding it there Sc
tightly that not so much as a grain OF
sugar could have escaped.
It is funny story, but il has a seri-
Gus side. More than one mother has
had similar experiences. II does not
do TO give any sort of answer 10 a
|child's questions, especially when they
deal with serious subjects.