The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-19

,VVU AuJDOtUIs, @UVUO ITantS, ,NUV
double norins, 4,2OO francs: 500 iiorins,
1900 francs. Total, Sa2,25O, or. for the
four tables, S97 900. The game then com
mcnces, and does not cease till II o'clock at
night, when the police enter and close the
establishment. The bank may no, cease to
pay 50 long rs its money holds out, and as
il is always the gamer, the necessitv Of a
stoppage during the day is very rare. This
wear but one bank has been exploded by the
lucky players-that of Spa. Weisbadcn
and Baden. Baden have gained largely. and
Hombourg is far from break.
The majority of players follow u system
more or less dclusiye: Each of these has
before him card in blank lines marked X.
(rouge) and n. (no,yl and black headed
pin-a touching kindness on the part of the
bank. of which the PLAYERS fingers preserve
no grudge, from the moment that they find
employment in raking in the money of the
bank. With these pins they prick boies in
the blank lines on the cards ut the end Of
each deal, 50 as to keep the run of tho game.
or of the series, a. il is called, and thus fol.
low out their system.
A habit prevails of organizing companies
in distant cities and charging distinguished
player TO play for them Thus the present
wear NJ dc Varennes. n gentleman who
yaine,l last wear on his own account 400 600
frames at uombourg. and los, il all acnin in
one sitting il nlaviny cuormous sums for an
assoca,ion at berlin. he IL gaining
To-day n Russian general threw IA hin of
a thousand francs on The nor without sitting
down. he gained and lef, the whole four
,hous,nd france Then he threw three ,hou.
sand I'm the ,o,,ye fe,l into the ser;c. GAINED
thirty.nipe thousand francs and plsyeI no
more. lie had his hat full of blIs.
The Prince Stourdza, Of Wallacbia, who
has inst arrived maid his ,IeLut at the table
with N loss Of co 900 france
There ia here n handsome woman. yc.
youup--sbe attracted nv attention the mo.
ment nv eyes Gll upon The table--wbo il Am
inces.an, and n successful PLAYER. Her name
is Madame Bicrchpheiefir--l believe that
il the orthography. and shc already occu.
pics a prominent place in the literary world
Of Germauy. as an author of romances and
comedies. She invariably playcd high. and
had a most formidable pile OF gold before
her on which 10 operate.
The oged Countess de X isseletr plays the
whole day long. When she loses she makes
n grimace that would do honor TO the Pierrot
of our Funambulss.
N. de Ko,hschild was here "a few day.
ago, bu, a bank that only had bottom Of
a hundred thousand dollar wa. 10 templa.
ton To him. he plays with kings aud gov.
ernnents.
There il n yo,no man here. who has not
nj all the air of having been born with a
golden spoon in his mouth, who came TO
Wiesbad IN with very little money, and com.
menced by gaining very small suns. Then
he fell into a series, and carried of sun Of
200 600 iransl lie went TO Ems and lost q
GREAT mari of this. returned here again, and
i now rcgaining his los, money. Each Of
is last two sittings gave him n return Of
ooo francs. lie plays game of fantasy
plays i, with san9 frod which even
alin,,;,. ,,;,bt lie ntoud Of He has
.on,h, himself a carriage and horaes.
xo,b;,g 40 much dIs,nrbs the c,luanimi,y
If tho bankers Of Kursani and the doctors
r. the thermal sprinp. as death or II fune-