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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21
At the Famous Polytechnic
School of Paris.
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
IT ALL CAME ABOUT FROM TOO
MUCH MATHEMATICS.
One of the Leading Institutions Of
France - Prepares for the
Government Service.
spondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, February II, 1908.
The mutiny at the famous Polytechnic
School of Paris shows what may come Of
too much mathematics.
The pupils were already made to break
fast off integrals and differentials; they
lunched on nth roots and dned In comic
sections. and they were supposed to sleep
on the projection of an ellipse. Now, in ad-
dillon to all this, there has come quite
new examination in more mathematics, and
a written examination at that. 1t has been
inflicted on the hundred and twenty and
more first years men. One of the tradi-
lions Is that the new men shall obey the
old In all that concerns the traditions Of the
school.
Don't submit to the new-fangled exami-
nationI" was the bidding of the old; and
so 1t came about that when the first batch
OF sixty went up for it they handed in
only blank papers. The military comman-
dant of the school called them together
and warned them of the serious conse-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21

or can raise II he decides to play. The
third player and the dealer then act ex-
actly az In American poker. When all the
stakes Of all the players are equal and no
game man evinces desire to do any more
raising. the cards are turned up and the
player holding the best hand wins the pot.
The hands in order Of their values ares
Sch va just, three and a pair; q full
Sehta, threes, aces, kings, etc.
Do just, two pairs, aces highest.
Just, one pair: aces highest.
When two players have the same pair
or pairs, the other cards decide, as. for in
stance, a pair Of kings ace, soldier, and
lakat.
The Persian poker artist knows all about
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+. Among His Own.
from the Philadelphia Press.

Everybody around him used to consider
him such a vulgar BORE" said Mr.. Blocker
of Gotham.
mot any more" replied Mr.. Harper, also
Of Gotham. Hes en- rapport with his
neighbors now"
''Ah! then he's changed"
Changed his environment, yes. He's liv-
ing In Chicago now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21
Slaves the First Outfits.

The use OF slaves as dice is the most
ancient form of gambling, and Is still the
most widespread among all races except
the highly civilized, who apparently prefer
hold-outs and other Caucasian products Of
culture.
Almost all the Indians OF America from
Cape Horn to Alaska use slaves in some
form or other. Sometimes they are used
in the form Of arrows, which are thrown
as far as possible by the players. At other
times they use beautifully colored and
marked slaves, which have values accord
ing to their markings.
Many Chinese, East Indian and Pacific
Island gambling games of today are played
with slaves or throw sticks.
The sad thing about 1t Is that gambling
with slaves originated as a religious cere-
mony in the days of lamentations and divi-
nation. The slaves were used then by the
soothsayers and priests to foretell events
Thus they were used by the Persians, the
Scythians and the old Germans But
wicked humanity soon seized on the sacred
emblems to get wealth without working
too hard for 1t.
Even the Mayaas learned to gamble from
their priests. One Of the finest color pic
ence shows diagram that was used for a
gambling game similar 20 both the Asiatic
nyout and parchesi. This picture-the ia
nous Fejervary codex-shows divinatory
calendrical counting circuit.
Playing Cards. .r.r
The playing card followed the stave nat
urally.
The first cards were used in eastern ASIA
They were long and narrow. They ran
from $50 to 4S.to a pack.
Some Of the very finest were used in early
ages by the Hirdoos, who developed hum
dreds Of games Of chance and skill and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is a list of advertised letters re-
manning in the Washington Cd. CO. post-ofics Sat.
urday. February 81, 1908.
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters
II not called for within two (2) weeks they will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Abbott, Mrs Banks, Miss Pauline
Albright, Miss Elizabeth Barbour, Miss Emma ]
Barbour, Miss Leila 81
Alexander, Mrs Jennie Bernard, Mrs T
Allen, Mrs Maria BARNS, Mrs Aired
Ames, Mrs II Barton, Mrs @
Andrews, Miss L Bastam, Miss Lizzie
Atkins, Mrs Fl Bates Miss Lille
: Bache, Mrs Harriet Rane, Miss Marie
Bailey, Mrs Beck Miss Lena
Bailey, Mrs Susan Beedy, Mrs Helen O
Baker, Miss Minnie Bell, Mrs Alice q
Bailey. Miss Cellie Ball. Mrs. Jane
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Favors the Republic.

Two-thirds Of the candidates and one-half
Of those finally admitted come from the
state colleges Of Paris itself. 1t is this
predominance Of Paris. SO II has always
been said. which has constantly kept the
Polytechnique on the side Of the revolution
and the republic. The army officers have
often been accused Of a liking for king or
Pm emperor; but the Polytechnic students
AVE helped In every revolution from 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Young. Miss George
Young. Mas Jennie
Zmbre. Miss Berthe
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bluf1ng. He has a pretty name for it-tup
Zudan. 1t means literally firing off gun"
A bluff is 'tup."
In Persia 1t is not healthy to do any tup
zadan unless one is well heeled and can
make very good, indeed.
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in many ways. but all devised to make the
gambler shake fair" An old Etruscan
dice cup OF this kind II conioal. with the
interior formed 1f different steps, to pre-
any extraneous aid.
The father OF all tho gambling games was
game which still Is the national game OF
Corea under the name Of nyout. Il Il
played with board marked out with
series OF circles. The players use four
slaves which they throw as dice are
thrown, and. according to their throws,
sns IN orea
as they are called In practically all the
world The name originated with the an
ctent Chinese, who were as inveterate gam
blers then as they are now.
The Papa Of Them All.
Nyout Is the prototype Of all the modern
games known as fox and geese, game Of
geese. steeplechase snake game and the
scores of others that are based on the Same
principle.
The old Hindoo game Of parchesi, known
In this country as parcheesi. also is based
on the game Of nyout.
The University Of Pennsylvania has col
lected 145 games OF different countries. all
based directly on the game OF goose and
indirectly on the game Of nyout.
A popular Corean form of the game that
is played much today is tyjong-kyons-to,
in which a fve-sided stave is used instead
Of cubical dice.
A primitive and simple form of game Is
used by Philippine gamblers. They call it
pung1tan. The players draw two-foot
ring on the ground or floor with g. small
ring OF about an inch in diameter drawn
In the center. In it lies small shell. Each
player has somewhat larger white shell
which he throws to see who shall play
first. The shell that falls mouth up wins.
The winning player then places his shell
at any point on the edge Of the big circle
and shoots it at the small she'll in the mid
ole circle If he succeeds in knocking the
little shell clean out of the large circle he
wins whatever has been staked.
The Arapaho Indians use five dice OF
buffalo bone marked on one side with burn
ed designs The dice cup is a woven grass
basket nine inches In diameter and two
inches deep. The game is played by toss
Ing the dice up from the basket and letting
them drop back into It, The players score
according to the points made. The Arapa-
no women often stake everything except
their more or less immortal souls in this
game.
The unlaundered Eskimo plays with ivory
dice carved into images Of birds. These
are shaken in the hand and thrown up
ward. The winner is he who throws SO
that the greatest number Of dice land In an
upright position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL.
Tim Murnane Issues an Attractive
Book.

How to Play Baseball by Tim
Murnane, is the title of the Spalding
Athletic Library for the month OF
March. Without question 1t is the best
work of its kind ever published. 1t
contains nearly so pages of pictures
showing how the leading ball players
play their respective positions. The art
of pitching is especially covered, being
illustrated by pictures Of many pitch
ers in action who posed specially for
this book Several pages of illustra-
tons show how to hold the ball in
pitching. describing fully the outcurve
the incurve. the drop curve. the raised
ball the straight swift ball. Mathew
sons slow ball, Mathewson' s
drop curve, Mathewson's high inbal
etc.
Among the contributors to the book
and the subjects are the following:
How to become a good batter. by
Messrs. Napoleon Lajoie, James Collins
and Hugh Jennings.
How to run the bases. by Jack Doyle
Advice to base runners. by James f
Sullivan, secretary treasurer of the A
A L.
How to become a good pitcher, by Cy
Young,
This book will be sent postpaid to
any address in the United States or
Canada upon receipt Of 10 cents by the
American Sports Publishing Co, 1918
Park Place. New York
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Some of the Pastures Of the
Americans First Day.
The Attendance at Boston Was
a Record Breaker.
TOTAL OF 1865 FANS.
The National League Had Less
Than 5000 Ont.
Catcher Farrell Given a $500
Diamond by Friends.

Boston. April 23.-No baseball team
was ever given such an opening recep-
ton in this city as that accorded the
Boston Americans. It being a local
holiday and the weather being simply
ideal. total of 27.65s people paid ad-
mission to the Huntington avenue
grounds, s,s76 in the forenoon and 1922
in the afternoon. The attendance at the
opposition National league park was
a.sa4.
Not even in the days of Mike Kelley
did the enthusiasm of the Boston fans
run higher, and the crowd that over
flowed the grounds until the fences were
hidden from sight kept Up a continual
roar Of applause. though the best Of or
der prevailed.
The Philadelphia Athletics were the
opposing team. and a peculiar incident
OF the day was that the star pitchers
of both teams. Cyl Young and *Rube >
Waddell. We're unable to bring victory
to their clubs. Boston winning the fore
noon game and the Quakers the after
noon contest.
The afternoon game was the one that
reused the crowd as a baseball game
seldom does. For six innings Young did
not allow single hit, and Boston was
SIX runs to the good. Then tCy" had u
bad time OF it. and let eight batsmen
find the bail in two innings. Hughes,
who replaced Young. was not much
better, and the game went to the Wis
itors.
Charley Farrell. who caught both
games for Boston. was given a tremen-
dous reception. The delight of the
crowds knew no bounds when he was
recognized. ana among the evidences OF
the esteem III which he is held he now
sDorts $500 diamond Farrell's catch
ing, hitting and throwing were features
of the games.
Among the other stars of these not
able opening contests were Parent
stain. Cross. DnheI.fv and SeutnId
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BUILDING ACTIVE AT RILEY
A Lack of Skilled Labor Is Hamper
ing Contractors

Fort Riley. Kan, April 23.-The work
of construction on the buildings au-
thorized in 1902 is now well under way,
with the exception of two double sets
of commissioned staff quarters.
They probably viii be completed by
the end of this year One single and
one double set of barracks and. one sta
BILE have been completed and turned
over to the quartermaster's department.
Two gun sheds and the post bakeries
are nearly completed. Fifteen other
buildings, comprising six double sets
of officers quarters, bachelor quarters
and club; one single barfaclz. one dou-
BILE barrack and four stables are in the
first stages of construction.
The bachelor officers quart RS, sleep
ing. mess and club apartments will cost
when finished. about 100000, and viii
be the only one of it's kind in the ser
vice. A scarcity of skilled labor is
hampering the contractors.
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Baaeball Gosaip.

Comiskey is after new twirlers. He
needs some hitters, too
Willie Keeler made a homer in Ralti-
more Saturday when two men were on
bases.
There are fewer left-handed pitchers
in the two big leagues this season than
ever before.
Matthewson pitched one game and
was wild. Has he gone back or is he
not ready?
McGraw has told George Davis the
war is over but the Chicago shortstop
still thinks not.
Manager SeIee of the Chicagos consid-
ers the St. Louis Cardinals as danger
Gus as the Pirates
The Baltimore Herald says the Wash
ington infield looks better than the New
York fnfield. Good guess.
Harry Vaughn. the veteran catcher
and first basenan. has been practicing
with the Cincinnatis and worked very
Well
President Ban Johnson said: Glad to
see Delehanty in line Davis viii be
back where he belongs before long
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Everything is serene in the baseball
world. Both leagues should enjoy pros
peritx."
Manager Buckenberger says Jimmy
Collins was afraid to tackle his 3oston
bows in an interleague series Of games.
The Phillies have won fffty-two Of the
ninety games played with the Athletics
in exhibition games in the past several
years.
Billy Keister has cracked out a homer
for the Phillies already. The erratio
player will do lots Of hitting for the
Quakers, but he needs to think faster
Harry Thielman, the young twirler
whom Ned Hanlon secured from the
Cincinnati club, promises to develop into
good twirler. He has speed galore.
Coakley. the Holy Cross pitcher. who
played with the Athletics last summer
in two or three games under an as
stunned name, has finally Joined the
chamDions-
George Van Haltren is batting and
fielding up to his old form for the New
Yorks this spring. His broken ankle
has mended nicely, and is giving him no
trouble.
Jimmy Williams has been dubbed
PATTY wherever the Gordon High
landers have played. Jimmie's build Is
said to resemble a water tank on casters
this year
Baltimore's third baseman. Green. had
a bad day in the game against Crit
his throwing to first gave everybody
the shivers.
The Cincinnati rooters are already out
with their hammers because the Reds
lost to PfttsburE. The season is young.
John T. Brush will not permit Presi-
/ dent Pulliam to extend the courtesies OF
the New York park to his friends. The
other club owners offer this courtesy to
the league president
Joe Stanley has not been given
chance to play with the Boston Ma
tionals Carney, the Georgetown boy, is
holding down a sit and will make
good this season. Billy Lush has been
let out.
Honus Wagner has had some trouble
keeping his feet at shortstop this spring.
but throws sitting on the ground as well
as most of the minor league inhelders
he had been working against.
When Pickering gets on base he
needs a caretalrer. He reached first
three times Monday, but for all the
good it did his team he might as we'll
not have batted.-Philadelphi North
American.
Deacon Jeems MCGUIRE Is reported 10
have applied for his release from the
Brooklyns. Mac may be getting ready
to join the has-beeh class in the minors
He has had a long and honorable career
in the game.
Unless Virgil Garvin does better than
he did in the two innings he pitched for
the Brooklyns last Tuesday, he is likely
to draw his walking papers from Han
lon He did not have enough speed to
break pane of glass.
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Northeaat Kansas Noe.

Chas. johnson, of Oskaloosa. cashier
of the Jefferson County bank, which by
the way is one OF the neatest and best
apr ointed in the state, is Just back from
a three weeks visit to Greater New
York and is amusing his friends with
stories of the great METROPOLIS.
John Armstrong. who drove a mack
for an OskalOOsa liveryman for eleven
years, and during that time only lost
/ two and d half days, in which 10 az
! tend the funeral of a relative. quit TINS
spring and the other day the liyerynan
sold out. That's the trouble with be-
! ing in business fellow always want
ing to lay of, and then up and quitting
about the time he gets onto the
Beudina town of $50 in Doniphan
county. has neither a church nor
1 JOINT
hands last week. and consumed so much
space in valedictory and salutatory that
a supplement had to be issued to ac-
commodate advertisers
The ladies' of the Presbyterian church
at Axtell will have charge of the Anchor
/ for its issue Of May l, for the beneht OF
/ their church
An Everest girl who is contributor
to the ENTERPRISE sends in the following:
THE girl who goes directly home from
school and helps her mother get supper
may not know as much of the last new
Young man that came to town as the
one who stands on the street corners or
makes a few calls, but she viii not
prove a drone when she marries. There
are few people who attend church
four times a year. as that is sufficient
to display the new spring, summer, fall
and winter hats. There were several
out Sunday who are OF the annual va
/ riet---
LecomDton business men and sur
rounding farmers are making a strong
| effort to organize a hank there.
Judge Stuart. of the district court at
Troy. yesterday sentenced four men to
terms in the penitentiary. A. B. Young.
| who stabbed a man at Troy recently,
\ got two years. Frank Warner, who cut
1 Pool Crinstead. was given two years;
a chicken thief was given one year, and
| Mr.. Teedor, Of Wafhena. who attempted
| to seduce his ward, was given five
| years. Judge Stuart showed consider
able feeling in sentencing Young. as he
had been personally acquainted with
/ him for fifteen years. and this was
! Young's first offense; but grew light
/ hearted and almost humorous in pro-
/ nOuncing sentence on the chicken thief
Bendena business men. with the aid Ct
surrounding farmers. have put in n
| telephone exchange or IS phones and
maintain it at cost of % cents a month
per GhOne. Edwards brothers have
| charge Of the line work.
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Close at Memnhia

Memphis, April 2s--After probably
the most successful meeting IN the his
tory of the Memphis Jockey club. the
spring racing season was brought to a
close Wednesday There was an ex-
odus of horses. many prominent stables
going to Nashville. while others were
shipped to St. Louis and Chicago. The
stake event was the Peabody Hotel
handicap, at a mile and an eighth. for
which the Hildreth entry, Favonius and
Major Tenny, sold slightly favorites
over Harry New. The start was a poor
effort with Major Tenny and South
Breeze in the rear position. Hall rode
a fine race on the former and, nursing
his mount we'll up the back stretch
allowed Favonius and Harry New to
make the running. Turning for the
wire Major Tenny closed up the big
gap and won handiIy from Huzzah
The special match race at furlongs,
between Schorr's Molinos and Fays
Ed Tierney, resulted in an easy victory
for the former. The proverbial long
shot galloped home a winner in the last
race, Bean, at so to 1, cleverly beating
Henry of Franstamar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
DEATH FROM POISON.
Medical Records Show That
Uric Acid in the Blood is a
Swift Agent of Death.
Paine'sCeIery
Compound
The Popular Spring Medicine. is the
Only Reliable Blood Purifier.

In the sDringtime deaths from poison
uric acid in the blood-are common.
This malignant poison, which should be
expelled by the kidneys, is diffused
through the blood, and when allowed to
remain in the system. proves fatal
thousands Of men and women around
US are now suffering from kidney-pois-
oned blood. Loss of nerve force, failure
OF appitite, nausea consultation pains
in the back and side and depression Of
spirits, indicate that uric acid is doing
its terrible work.
For such a condition in springtime,
there is but one sure. tried and never
failing remedy, it is Paine's Celery
Compound, which promptly restores the
kidneys to health and enables them to
perform their functions. With the kid
neys in proper condition. there cannot
remain the slightest trace of uric acid
in the blood. Mr. A. u Winters. of Gin
cinnati, O., writes as follows about his
wonderful cure
In March. 1902. 1 was dangerously III.
and my condition became SO alarming
that my family called in q specialist to
confer with our family doctor. I was
told that my kidneys were in very bad
condition, and as a consequence my
blood was charged with uric acid 1
was also suffering from rheumatism in
back and arms. Getting no positive
good from the doctors, a friend advised
me to make use of Paine's Celery Com
pound. The use of the first bottle seem
ed to produce magical effects, and after
1 had used five bottles, I was strong
and we'll Today my blood is pure ana
clean, appetite hearty, I sleep well. and
am gaining in flesh and strength every
day. Paine's Celery Compound saved
my life, and I thank God for it. l always
recommend it to sick people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
City Marshal on Trial.

Council Grove, April 23.-Dudley Kee-
fer. city marshal of this city. who kill
ed Robert Bryant on the goth day of
last November. is on trial. Bryant was
a very quarrelsome and desperate negro
and while resisting arrest was shot at
the old jail door which he would not
permit the officer TO close upon him.
Keefer was a member of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment. He is a brave off
Ger and year ago near this city, cap
tured Frank Thompson, the desperate
and leader of the mutiny at Ieaven-
worth. in November of 1901, when so
many prisoners escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23

mistakes to her discredit. Ames found
time to strike out seven visitors while
the lanlxy negro only had three strike
outs all on the same Kansan. The
varsity ascension took place in the
fourth inning when seven errors and
three hits gave Washburn four runs
and tied the score. In the fifth <. T.
got five hits and Washburn zaRfazTib-
uted two errors. putting the afzit
again in the lead. Washburn tied again
in the sixth. but in K Us half three
errors by the Topekans gave the locals
the winning run.
Score by innings: R.H e.
K. u. ..........0I 5000 80 10 10
Washburn :. 20 0 / 4 0 3 0 0-S 10 .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
MCCOY DID POOR WORK.
Managed to Stay the Limit With Root
by Hanging On.

Detroit April 23.-Jack Root of Chi
cago was given the decision over Kid
Mccoy at the end of the tenth round
last night before a crowd that packed
Light Guard armory to its capacity.
The bout was a one man affair from
beginning to end. Mccoy never having
chance. Root landed at will with left
and right to face and body, and gener-
ally without a return.
The men weighed in at o'clock, both
tipping the scales close to 175 pounds.
Bat Masterson was the referee. The
first round opened with light exchanges
of lefts to body Mccoy landed left to
jaw and >cleverly ducked a vicious
swing No damage was done
Mccoy started the second with a left
hook to the jaw, a right to the head and
right and left to the neck and mouth
Near the end of the round Root landed
a low body punch that sent Mccoy to