Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-07-10
Dead at the Gaming Table.


tragic incident in one of the mulnludinous
gambling hells, licensed, in the Cresceu,
CITY:
About half.past o clock last night. an
unknown man fell dead in ,ke eamblng
house al No. 66 ST. Charles street. As
usual on Saturday night the house wss
crowded 10 suilocaiion. The young and
the old, the rich and the poor, had gather.
ed in 10 spend The eauilgs OF the week.
The light of many a brilliant gas Jet
flashed oser q crowd OF men, earnest and
eager in the passionate excitement Of the
game. Suddenly tall, dark looking man
from one OF the centre tables rose from
his sect, and walking o few fee, unsleadi-
", fell back upon The floor One con.
vulsiye shudIer passed through body and
limbs, and Tue man Was dead died from
heart diesesse or eacitemen, Of gambling.
For a single moment a stiffness like death
fell upon The crowd, and then some one
said he d only tainted. and tie game went
on. Bul life vas extinct.
He's dead, some one cried, and then
men rose hastily fron their seats and left
the room. Tie game was stopped. and
little circle gathered around the dead man
on the floor. The face had grown wax.
en-; the death look had settled darklv a.
round him. twas foreign looking face
an Italian or Spanard in lie had
been handsome, bu, now its rigid Inca.
ments wore a sacred expression, ss II the
heart had struggled vainIv to but live TO
get out OF that bad place.
Suddenly. all unprepsred, the man was
buried into the presence Of hls Maker.
dead. With the gamesler's ps'sion fierce
in his heart. with all his evil thought,
and gull, about him The lights were
turned low in the darkened room, and the
coronern's jury gathered around The name.
lese deal. Below, in The halls, the rste
Of dice, the noise and strife Of gambling
broke sadly on The ear. What contrast, a!
None seemed TO heed The spectacle above
them, or take warning Ofthe awful judg
menI so suddenly pronounced.
The games went on, and the low voices
of the jury and the Witnesses were scarce
ly heard in the uproar beneath. Men
could not pause in that eager strife Of
hazard Whs, If dead mn lay above.
They were hazsrding the eunings iha,
should be devoted TO iamily's necessi.
lies-lhe bread, maybe, Of their children.
What need they care. The insanity OF
gaining ran riot in their veins. The palo
wife's lesrs-lho children's wail-were
harder far 10 meet, and yet NEE, them
they must, for ,ney had put their all up.
on the hazard OF the cast.
One can reconcile IL TO his feelings 10
see death upon the battle field, death by
food and peslilence. but death in gam
bling house seems ou. Of place. Who
cares for The dead man some one will
say. "Tske the fellow ou,-go on with
the game"
AZ lssi the inquest was over. the dead
man removed, and The brilliunlly.lighlej
halls again resumed The excitement Of the
game; and one entering there an hour af.
,erwsrd would never suspect tina, death
had go recently snsicbed q victim from
among them.
CONCERNING CooURTnv.-No womsn
likes 10 be called coquelie; and ye, how
few can abstain from coquciry when an
opportunity offers itself No woman
will admit she is firt, and YET how few
can resign a chance 20 iliTi with an agree.
able gentleman when such Irritation be.
comes an eligible indulgence There is
an excitement in The attempt 10 capture
mans affections which is too inspiring
perhaps, TO be neglected; bot there is an
odium attached TO the excitement which
no woman relIshes. They love the pur.
suii, but fear the character u occasions.
And The same remark may apply 10 men.
in Ibis context, as well as woman for
male niris are quite ss sbominable ss fe-
male ones; and the man who loves 10 win.
merely for amusement, The affections OF
woman, is no more 10 be respected iha
the woman who is addicted to the game
Of captivating, for the momenisry pleas.
ure il affords tie hearts Of men.
"VeR first come 10 Filsdelfy to serve
] vas very uncivil," said Katarina. now
tidy servant in a respectable family, 81
laugh mooch, and feel ashamed 10 re-
met Der how behave ven know 90 lit.
tie. Schon--tat j. my besu-Schou. he
took me 10 The teaue one night. ven I bin
in Fradelfy bu, three weeks. We sits IN
tie gsIIery, and we not see gooi, and Schon
said be would get better seat. So be
puts hIs legs around de post and slides
down nit der pii, and looks up and call,
out: "Kstlrine Kaihrno COON down
,ish GOO, pl,ee here = and lean over.
and said |: How can coon down Sebool
and be said! 'Schusl slide down! SO
puts my legs round der pillar, and slides
down! Dunder how lbe people laugh |!
Dey laugh 80 dey play no more ds' nigb'
upon de s,age Everybody laugh and
yell and whistle all over the house. |
vas mooch ashamed then. though ] knew
NOT any harm. But now bushes red
every time lhink miiii."
SoLp The good people Of Lancaster,
one day last week, had what they sup
posed the distinguished honor OF enter
isining General Lsneslrsei. Every con
ceivsble attention was paid him. end hos
pilsliiies extended 10 make his sojourn in
The city pleasant On The day folIo~ing
The importance Of their goest departed.
he was brought before the msyof on the