Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-09
THE TIGER.

The attention of this reporter has,
of late, been frequently called to the
unblushing bOldness with which faro
is dealt in this community. he has
heard so much Of " skin games, y "bra-
ces," /" whip-sawing," etc, that, per
force, some recognition of the prevail
ing vice must be made. The natural
inference is that the grumblers are dis
appointed people who have put their
money up on the game and, being
loser, of course do not fail to come
down on the dealers" on every oc-
casion. And this, to a certain extent,
is, without doubt, true. But because
they play, and through ''strippers' or
other frauds, lose, is no reason that
they have not the right to grOwl.
Keno has gone up, but whether the
evil has been removed IS another
question. Those speculative spirits
who dropped their loose stamps upon
keno cards under the old regime,
thereby begat a taste for hazard that
is now satisfied only BY risking their
money upon the Egyptian layout.
esquire games" are, as a matter o.
course, the exception. ROped
games"-i. e., games in which the
victim is some unfortunate "roped in"
or brought to the " hell" by some one,
ostensi6ly an outsider, but who
" stands in" with the winnings to the
| extent of one-half, are the rule. That
there are places in the city where the
cards, fairly run out, decide the bets,
is also true. But for N of the latter
there are two of the first named.
1t may be said that there is no law
| compelling a man to bet at any game.
| and that if the "sucker" will keeI
his money in his pocket he cannot
| lose it at the gambling table. Correct,
| every word OF it. But when a well
dressed man, Of gentlemanly deport
ment and plausible manners, asks
Mr.. JolIigreen, at the supper table o
the hotel, some commonplace queS-
! ton, and by degrees gains the esteem
and confidence of Mr.. JOLT, is it fail
! that PIauSi. should, after having visit
| ed the theater, etc, at the expense o
J his "friend" from the country, c su
| ally suggest to Mr.. JQli. the propTl
ETY. of geing "doWn to ='s and try,
ing our luck, might make a big raise
you know fully alive to the fact, a
| the same time, that Mr.. JOili. viii no
| get out of the dead-fall with money
enough to buy a beer house sandwich
ifhe goes in? We should say not
| and that Mr.. JOlli. fully comedies Will
US is made manifest by the celebrity
with which he packsup his little trap
preparatory to leaving the city for hi
rural home.
In resorts where a "square deal" y
ga thorough up-and-up Republican
| gSme.U as old Starr Davis would have
| termed it-is5iealt, Mr.. Jolli. would a
| east have the fin Of betting, if NJ
more, for his moneys i6F il requires {
man with a head as long as that of {
horse to win at faro. Men have los
fortunes on "martingaleS " put up t.
beat the game, though it is also tru'
| Ina, ct long intervals, those who knew
| nothing Of Inc c2me have, by" nigge
luck ,nRsit Is termed, Weakened the
| strongest banks.
But this Is All foreign to toe suhjecf
The Royal Bengal riots in this city, q
Ia the Businesses of his native jungle
Will "a be allowed to cavOrt eontinu
] ously? Not if pointing out his favor
! lie haHHts viii avail anyUnlng--ang
we think it H8H-GF this peculiar
| genus Of the animal shall have oui
best attentions,