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The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Each paper packet-which was sealed
and stamped-contafned ten coins, ftss
value being. therefore. LOCO francs
Players very frequently betted by
placing these packets unopened on the
cloth.
One bland Freachman who gamble 7
thus. lost his packet twice. but each.
time bought 1t back from the bank,
explaining apologeticaIIy that he had
an impression that this specia 1 rouleau
was lucky. Each time he bought b.
back ne retired 10 try his luck at Il
fresh table. He won at the third tabfk,
and the croupier duly paid him has .
winnings Of 1000 francs.
But" ne protested, 4 put twelve
thousa11u francs-the maximum-tsrl
the cloth, and you are only giving nae
one thousand" and with an aggrfev 81
air he tore the paper off his lucky
rouIeau, revealing Qnstead Of a rcsv
of gold coins) brass tube STUFFED
tight with bank-notes- He had SILL
fully unsealed the roll. substituted a Z
tube exactly the circumference Of tie
coins. and then re-sealed it.
The croupier. of course, contested
the point. Nevertheless, the bank 8
umpire ruled in the players favGr,
stating that the stake had been az
cepted and therefore must be paB1.
Rouleaux were opened after tiid :,
though.
Incident Of Mr.. Jaggers.
The history Of the YorkshiremRn
who netted. it is said, 100000 after
some months at Monte Carlo, is csne
which. like those cited above, can
never now repeat itself. This enter
prising Mr.. Jaggers engaged a staff Of
clerks, who noted, hour in and hour
out, day in and day out, week in and
week out. the result of every game
at every roulette table. The figures
were tabulated, and Jaggers found, asf
he had hoped, that each roulette Vzseel E
POSSESSED a bias.
/ Certain numbers came up and GER
tain combinations occurred more fire.
quently on some wheels than would
/ be the case If the mechanism ran true
Jaggers ard his staff staked accord
ingIy; and, with the aid Of a large
t capital, soon cleared 100000 profit
Their plan was then discovered. AID
/ the wheels altered so as to be inter-
changeable from table 10 table jag
gers, not knowing that the whee2s
were now shifted nightly, contiEus0~
playing on his system, and promptly
dropped 5000. GOO. Like q wise man Ise
stopped and set himself to the task uf
discovering what was wrong. He soon
did 50; discovered. too. that each
wheel had some Distinguishing mark
so that he could recognize IT wherever
/ il was in use. Tracing his biased
+ wheels daily from table to table, jag
gers was rewarded by recouping his.
+ lost 5000, 600 Finally the Casino me-
/ chanics devised a plan by which not
the wheels but the compartments Of
! the wheels could be interchanged.
/ Movable partitions were too much for :
Jaggers. He paid of his clerks and )
+ returned TO Yorkshire 10 enjoy the I
fruits of his observative faculties.
/ SO. is there any way Of breaking the
bank? No doubt there is-if you are
/ an Addison or Jaggers. Otherwise
/ there is not. And the man who IS as
brainy as Addison and Jaggers might
/ as well set himself to ordinary bust
ness in New York town. His fortune
/ viii be far more likely to come to
| him here than at Monte Carlo.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Minister'S Change Of Faith

It IS interesting to note that during
the past year eight Congregational
ministers have left that denomination
to enter the ministry of other COM
munions. TWO have joined the
Church Of England, one the Church
Of Scotland. two the Unitarians, and
one respectively the Wesleyan Meth
odist. Baptist. and the Welsh Free
Church. On the other hand, four
have entered the Congregational min
istry from the Wesleyan Methodist
Church. the Episcopal Church OF
America and the Countess Of Hunting
dou's Connection.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Marconi's English Real

Sir Oliver Lodge. the principal Of
Birmingham University. who pub
Ifshed book on wireless Geographic
experiments as far back as 1894 has
just been experimenting with new
form of coherer of his own invention,
which has given very satisfactory re
suits
On a recent v0yag sc TO New York he
fixed up one Of his instruments on the
steamer and received messages at d
distance of 1000 miles, but owing 10
the restricted power of his batteries
was only able to send a message 800
miles
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

lady requested the second chef to
obIige her with change for some 1000
franc notes. on receiving the coins,
she cIumsiIy let them slip, and they
rolled hither and thither over the floor.
There was a momentary confusion.
The coins were soon retrieved by the
attendants. and the new series Of
/ games began.
Addison and his fair accomplices
staked heavily. They did not all three
place their money on a single combi-
nation. That would have been mar
tistic. But whatever they did, the re-
suit was the same. Again and again
the bank had to pay out gigantic
sums, for the party OF three scorned
TO play with less than the maximum.
I In a few minutes Addison and his
/ friends picked up. as has been said, a
mass Of francs equivalent TO 100000
american dollars CooIly they stroIled
to the door. 4 carriage was in wait
! ling. It conveyed them across the from
I tier, and they vanished from the Ca
sino ken.
How was the thing done?
BY a trick as old as conjuring. IN
( the excitement over the dropped coins
the head croupier's attention was di-
I verted for fraction Of a second. The
croupier who was cutting the cards
/ had been heavily bTibed by Addison.
/ At the moment when the confusion
was at its height he placed an extra
pack on the top of the others. Ardis-
son had procured a pack exactly SINH
/ lar to those used by the bank, and had
H arranged them in a certain order,
which he and his accompTces memo
rized. He consequently knew before
hand the results Of the run of games.
The rest was easy.
/ It may be added that the chef, MOTTO
ing the extraordinary sequence of
+ losses, investigated The matter and
/ discovered that there were eighty
four more cards in the we'll than had
been first placed on the table. The
brfbed croupier was caught and put
in prison. Since then the pattern of
the Casino playing cards is changed
every twenty-four hours.
Cash and Counters.
Large hauIs were made by swim
dlers in the early years of Monte Carlo
gaming. NJ. Blanc at first did not al
low cash upon the cloth Counters
purehasabIe from the Casino authori-
ties at francs apfece-were the only
recognized currency of gambling.
( These counters could be redeemed at
the guichet every night after the close
of play often they were not re-
deemed: and thus in time they filtered
into circulation in the neighborhood
and We're accepted everywhere at their
face value NJ. Blanc's counters were
I as good as Government notes.
But in 1870 suspicious seem to have
crossed the phiIanthropfc Blanc $
mind, for he announced that all his
counters were TO be recalled Two
hundred thousand Of them according
to the company's books had been is
sued. NJ BIanc's feelings may be I'M
agined when he found that 400. OOC
claimed to be redeemed. The Societe
des Bains de Mer has stuck to hard
cash ever since.
a Bland French-nan.
A similar example of shady astute-
ness is recorded of the period when
the rouleaux dor were used. As their
name implies, these were rolls of gold
= named pIaques). done up in paper.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF WOVEN
Within a Bank 100000 by the Great
Addison Swnde Had Been Discovered the Perpetrators
the Border

/ ~ nee again the Monte Carlo
season is in full swing, and
we hear daily tales Of huge
sums won and lost on the green cloth.
! Like the giant gooseberry and our
now almost defunct friend the sea
serpent, the breaking the bank story
turns up periodically, as fresh as
though it had not done duty ever since
Monsieur de Manager Blanc-that
genius of log-rollfng-first utilized it
for drawing attention to his pleasure
palace by the tideless sea. But, old
and stale though the story is, some
people must believe it. or it surely
would have died a natural death. And
that these credulous folk not infre-
quenty pack up their traps and book
to the Riviera in the hope of emu
Iating the successful imaginary gam
bier is a fact which merely reflects
credit on the astute para graphing a
Ia Casino.
The bank. it may be said at once,
never has been broken and never viii
be. It occasionally happens that a
lucky. gamester. working with maxi
mum stakes, Temporarily embarrasses
table. For lack of ready cash the
game is suspended. The suspension
rarely last ten minutes-indeed, gen
orally not more than five A supply
Of notes. gold and silver is instantly
forthcoming from the Casino safes.
Almost before the room has had time
To realize that a historical incident is
taking place the game is restarted and
the croupiers are sing-songing their
formula Of ''Faites vos jeux---.Le jeu
est fait.. -Rien ne va plus"
There are one or two famous au-
thenticated examples Of fortunes made
in the Sales des Jeux. None OF these
relate to what may be termed
straightforward gambling They are
each and all records Of swindles OF
extreme daring and ingenuity
The Addison SwindIa.
one Of these, which was begun ana
ended well within half an hour, re-
suited in a loss by the bank of $1,000
The great Ardisson-whOse name is
revered among certain class OF PEG
pie to this dsy-journeyed to Monte
carlo with the deliberate intention OF
devising a colossal coup. To this END
he visited the rooms daily for some
times. studying the methods of play
The game of roulette-with its me
.chanical wheel and almost mechanical
ball-he at once pronounced useless
for his purpose. Trente-et-q14arant
which is worked with cards-seemeG
to offer an opening. however. In due
course Ardisson's trained faculties dis
covered that opening, and having LAID
his plans he quilted the principally
TO raise capital and train his assist
ants.
A few weeks later he reappeared &C
companied by two ladies. both attireC
= in the height of fashion On a Ger
tain afternoon the trio entered TIT
rooms and approached one Of tn,
trente-et-quarante tables. ArdissoI
and one Of the two ladies took up :
position on one side of the table, an,
the second lady stegd on the other.
\ series Of games had concluded
and packs of cards were being gath
cred out Of the we'll In the center o
the table and shufled-. At this juno
ture one of the ladies asked the pre-
.s-7f--~ 1,,,,ia,- 70 az-DIaFr, tho ca ma r
her. He was doing so. when the othe
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
MAYOR SCHMITZ's REFUSAL.

Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco,
has refused to grant the petition of
the ladies of the California Club ask
ing the appointment of a woman on
the School Board Of the city, He
says that such an appointment would
be apt to create Il spirit of unrest
among the school teachers, many Of
walton.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
SPANISH THEOLOGIAN.

= Geneva HI oranted permission to
a number of Spanish literary and
political men to erect a monument in
that city to Michael Servetus, the
Spanish theoIogian. who was burnt
as "a Unitarian hereto by order Of
the Magistrates of Geneva at the In
sdsation Of John Calvin. The monu-
ment is TO be unveiled next October
on the 3J0th anniversary of the
burning
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
THE WOMAN OF ICY DEMEANOR
JTnsvmDathetic, Now and Then She Drives HuS-
band from His Home, and Then Wonders
Whv He Seeks Homage Elsewhere.

when in reality they have only them
selves to blame and are more disa-
greeabIe than fatigued
There is graciousness of manner
that a woman of tact and good breed
ing should always display on the re
ceipt of any gift, whether from hus-
band. father or members of the
household. While a gift often en-
bodies a disappointment to the re
cipient yet having been offered and
selected with such care it is d still
greater disappointment to the donor,
who has tried so hard to please and
yet who finds the gift far from filing
! the expectation of the recipient.
To spare ones feelings is the ac-
Icentuation of good breeding, and
woman should show her satisfaction,
or. rather. appreciation of the inten-
ton that prompted the courtesy.
When Love Grows Cold.
A woman is often to blame when a
husband grows cold or negligent Of
what she considers her due. and it is
+ this want Of appreciation underlying
her manner that does more than any
/ thing else to cool mans ardOr, even
/ in the early stages Of married life.
a woman, blessed in her environ
ment. comfortable in her surround
ings and7wen provided for. often lays
+ little stress on the full meaning Of
the blessings Of the atmosphere about
her. She takes it too much as a mat
ter of course that she has these things,
which, were circumstances changed,
she would sadly miss.
A woman whose husband IS kind,
considerate and responsible in every
way has a blessing not to be under
rated
Evening star., 1903-07-28
THE WHITE MANS
BURDEN.

Until recent years it was thought
this awful load would ever remain,
but at last science has crowned the
effort with success in giving to hui
manity Abbeys Salt of Fruits, which
is today lifting the burden of Con-
stipation, stomach and bowel disor-
dcrs from millions of sufferers all
over the world.
A most pleasant tasting tonic laxa-
tive is Abbey's Salt. 1t clears the
bowels regularly and without the
slightest discomfort, keeps the stom-
ach clean and sweet. quickens the
action of the liver. clears the head
and tones up the whole nervous sys-
tenn. 1t is at once the simplest, most
natural and most effective remedy
for all the ills and als which afflict
the human stomach, bowels and
liver. Abbey's Iffervescent Salt is
indorsed by the leading physicians,
and sold by the druggists in all parts
OF the civilized world. Guaranteed
free from opiates and drug stimu-
lants. If you are not using 1t send
for a trial bottle free today. Address
the Abbey Effervescent Salt Com
pany, Ltd, 9 Murray St, New York
city; LA Queen Victoria St, London
Eng. ; 7I2 Craig St, Montreal, Can.
Evening star., 1903-07-28
USE OF TOBACCO.
Paeans in Its Praise and naledictions
on the Weed.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the most difficult things in the
world is to get any authoritative conclu-
sions about the effects of using tobacco.
Literature is filled with paeans In its praise
and maledictions In equal measure. There
is abundant medical opinion on its evil ef-
fects on the heart. on the throat and lungs,
on the nerves, and everybody knows the
chronic smoker whose appetite is ruined.
digestion impaired. whose nerves are torn
to shreds. who is hypochrondriac, lam
entable object and a cross to his friends.
On the other hand, nearly everybody
smokes and there is no easier way of start
ing a mutiny on land or sea than to cut off
the tobacco supply of soldier OF sailor.
Persons who are engaged in hard labor or
in exhausting pursuits of any kind, know
that q smoke at the end Of the day soothes
the nerves. banishes fatigue. knits up the
raveled sleeve Of care. If your dentist be
complaisant he will tell you that smoking
preserves the teeth and kills the germs;
your doctor. If he knows nothing about the
subject and wants to stand high in your
estimation. will tell you to "use tobacco.
but use it in moderation" the doctor who
has studied the subject is sure that the
"abuse of tobacco is very bad thing.
The London Lancet. a conservative author
ity. Is not sure that the moderate use or
tobacco by persons of certain constitution
have the sage advice that you are to give
up the use of tobacco If you can do so with
less wear and tear on your happiness and
welfare than the continuance of the habit
would cost you. And we come right
back to fundamentals: Do not smoke If the
results are harmful.
But some things do know about to-
bacco: 1t costs prodigious deal OF money,
is one of the most important Industries in
the world and an important source of reve-
nue. to all nations. Americans consume
7,OOO,OO0,Oo0 cigars annually. and the yearly
increase in the consumption Is nearly co.,
600, 600. Smokers use 5000 600. 600 cigarettes
annually. and consume in other forms. as
in snuff, plug and smoking tobacco, 315,-
900. 600 pounds. exclusive of the tobacco OK
ported and that use in the manufacture Of
cigars and cigarettes. The federal treasury
receives $65.OOO.OOO annual revenue from
the tobacco tax: the manufacturers alone
pay in salaries 100000 and In wages
$50. 900, 600 year. and the annual value Of
the manufactured product In this country
is upward Of $290.0OO.00O.
Evening star., 1903-07-28
NAMED REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Wife Of the War Governor Of Maine
Living in California.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Living In peaceful retirement in a pala-
tial home in San Diego is Mrs. Robina
Napier Washburn, the widow Of Israel
Washburn, jr., who named the republican
party and was Names war governor
Mrs Washburn is lady of stately dig
nifty, yet is most affable and is very popu-
lar with those who know her. She IS an
accomplished conversationalist and posses
ses a rich store of remniscence, having
enjoyed the acquaintance of such great
men as James G. Blaine, Thomas Brack-
EFT Reed Nelson Dingley, ex-Vice President
Hannibal Hamlin, Senator Eugene Hale
and many other notable men of the pine
trea state of whom she relates many
anecdotes of personal experience.
Mrs. Washburn has Travelled extensively,
but for the past fourteen years mas nVed
in California.
To her deceased husband belongs the
honor of naming the republican party.
Israel Washburn was a member of Con-
gress from Maine from 1851 to 1860, when
he was elected governor, and after the
war until his death was collector of the
port at Portland, Me. On May % 1854,
the pro-slavery advocates passed the kan-
sas- Nebraska bill which very OBJ
noxious to the free state men. of whom
Mr.. WashbUrn was leader, and on the
night Of its passage he called meeting
of the anti slavery members of Congress
rooms of Congressman Elliott and Dhckln-
son of the MaSsa chusettS delegation. AT
that meeting Mr.. Washburn showed to
them the utter futiity of attempting legis-
latiOn through the whig and democra tic
parties and advocated the organization of a
new party with a declaration of principles
along the lines aftcrWard followed by the
republican party. His earnest appeal bore
fruit and then and there the new party
was launched. When the question of a
name for the new political organization
came up there was some difference or
opinion, but, in the language of the bi-
ographer of Mr.. WaShburn. he said: The
name republican is the most proper and
suggestive name and the least Objectionable
that could be adopted 1t is a name to con-
lure with honorable in it's antecedents and
history, and under it people ever so much
divided in their political views on other
and minor questions could unite on foot
ing of perfect equality and with no implied
surrender of principles or convictions.
The idea was received with enthusiasm
by every member present except one, who
was not yet prepared to give up the long
cherished name of whig.
Evening star., 1903-07-28
ART OF TAXIDERMY.
Stuffing and Mounting Animals and
Birds is Complicated.

From the Springfield Homestead.
The process of stuffing and mounting
birds and animals, called taXidermy, is
more complicated one than the average
layman supposes. Some seem to have the
impression that 1t Is simply necessary to
remove the ''insides' of the corpse and then
fill up the hole with some soft material that
will till out the skin. The result from such
a performance would be Interesting, but 1t
would bear mighty little resemblance to the
or Einal animal
The processes used in stuffing and mount
ing a bird and mammal differ somewhat.
and each taXidermist has his individual
method of working. Some taXidermists pre-
fer to work on mammals others prefer
birds. And there is even difference in birds,
some tax. .dermists having particular skill in
mounting the small birds, while others pre-
fer the large, heavy specimens. AS to which
lS the hardest to mount, that depends on
the individual workman largely. There are
some things about the small bird that make
1t more difficult subject, while on the
other hand there are features of work on
the larger birds that make them particu-
larly difficult to handle.
The first thing to do with a bird to be
mounted Is, of course, to remove the skin;
or. rather, one might say. to remove the
meat or flesh from inside the skin, as 1t is
the skin that is the part to be saved This
has to be done very thoroughly, as every
particle of flesh must be taken out before
anything further is done. The leaving of
any flesh in the finished specimen would
rum the entire work. The removal of the
flesh from the body proper is a compare
lively simple matter, the more difficult
work being when one comes to the legs
neck and wings Usually almost all OF this
Is done from the one cut in the skin at the
under side Of the bird, turning the skin
back Ike a stocking over the legs and the
neck, so as to reach the flesh of these parts
he wings are always rather bothersome
ana IL Is necessary to make another small
cut under them the outside
once the flesh is all removed-in the ca Sc
or some birds where there is much fat, such
as DUCKS, 1t Is necessary to be careful and
get or from the skin every yestiee Of the
gfease-then the skin is prepared by rub
bing into 1t mixture Of dry alum and ar
senc. The alum is to help dry out the skin
Whlle the arsenic poisons it and so keeps if
1ree from all vernin, which would other
wise soon spoil the finished specimen TO
one ignorant of the science there could he
thlns much more hopeless than the linn
SKIN or btrd-particularly a large bird
Yet 1t is the whole thing and the body
must all be supplied by the skill of the
operator For this purpose a form is made
resembling as closely as possible the in
terror of the bird. AS all birds yarv much
IN size, even those of the same variety il
Will be seen that this is not an absolutely
simple matter Measurements are taken
before the bird is skinned, but even with
this help the taxidermist must have almost
another sense that will enable him to make
the form OF the proper shape and size with
shsht depress,ons in the surface for the
legs and wings ~