, 1870-05-01

pQFL In EGf QCu9G
GAMEsTER5.
An English rev1ew culs some CURIOUS at1ns
OF gameeters from ne" book On Tho
Gaming Table" Just published in London:
But apart from these con. .cntional weakness-
es, which are inseparable from any compilation
and the history OF the ganing-tshle. As NO
haye said, can DC little else than compilation
Of anecdotes OF gAnestcrs-3Ir. Steinmetz
gives us some amusing reading About ths
Thims and oddities OF those who suf1ess1ar
themselves to tho inlluouce Of this passion.
The love Of Ssbhns H. u.ah 20 Tass5st a
circumstances, tha. ! pleasant chapter Is msde
up BY describing the ahifts to which gAmbl'ts
arn often put to procure the means Tor their
diversion. But Just ~ potson = aa1d 70 hase
tossed OF bottle Ut amh1ucauou when hs
| could find nothing else to drink II the 1oom,
| 20 the ganeater, deprived Of dite. OF cards,
and Of the table. rises superior to the dlta:ul-
ties OF h,a position- We remember how in the
| LAST century, when I ua7u was thrown on his
horse in St james street, the odds weto ta!h
| and taken In hundreda st Whites about u1h
living or dying; and how, -Vhan LIS "as
brought into The club in 4 state Of nneoa-
sciousnezs. those who Ind vagered on his
| decease strongly objected to y proposal to
| sent for $ surgeon. II being an unfair alvAr-
tago to theotha1 sile Betting drops Of rain
running down window pane, and bseklng one
l
source for ftuzen-oat g4mcstsEs; and tue
| Americans, in true go-4head style, hsVe oS sla
invention Of dy loo estabhsued eccontl1o
wagering On solid bssis. At ny loo she
| pIavers at round a table. each With lump OF
sugnr before him, and the player upon whose
lump 1y first pezches carfaes Oh tho pool,
which IL sometimes enormous. Even thls.
however, j. capped By . device for promoting
aud recorded il tho oxford Adg1ztne:
N few davs Ego, ~ some spHgsof nobility
wero dining together 1t : tavern, they took me
following coneeat into their heatss s1set u1nnof-
| One ct them observing \ maggot come from ;
hIbe.t, which seemed TO be uncumnonly latEes
attempted to get it from, lis companion, who,
not choosing to let it go. wss tmmediateiJ
oneEsd nye gnsa. tor u "nen a;ns; ~ss .n1 psha-
l two m1gEots that could be produced as table
Matches were accordingly rnade, and these
poor reptiles were the means Of Laoo being
| won and lost in ! few minutes"
!. ! In tha Annual Register for 1919 will ba found
u 4 CURIOUS Investigation OF charge OF assanlt
On police officer. he haa Observed i'll tho
= distance tvu men going through the respoe-
u tive psrta Of haneman and culp1't, and he AZ
. rived On the spot just in Grno to SEQ the hang
q man duly turn Oh the culprit. and tha culpllt
o hanging by his neck from lamp post. A IN
\ dnty bound, he was about to interfere in thls
prucess. when tho rppc hroka and down cane
q he man, whose A1st Aet on recovering con-
sciouBneaa We 10 knock tbs oficer head over
'e heels On inquiry it turned ont thss the two
. men in question had been gambling together,
l. and that one had won al the other's money:
n After that they tossed for their cluthos, atl
1t the loser lost them also. Then, - it WAS in
fconrenient 10 walk about the streets without
,s clothes, they tossed up which Of the two
bhou1d bsng the other. and the loser lost tt.is
:. toss also. After friendly farewell, tho losue
y w.s honorahly submitting to the process OF
Q hanging, when it was unfortunately inter
l., rupied IN the manner We have sisted Even
q in luels, which were such an everyday aotluM
III I To uHyrh}fro frapRNrticra thu element Ot
:. bothng WAS not wanting:
I II wsa told Of = German, who, being com,
e. pelled to fight duel on account q 4uaI'e, e.
:, Are at him. He WA niseod- Ihernupo1 he
d. | auid to hi. opponent, Il never uriss- l os
to You hundred ducats that break your Eigh
o. left arm, Just "a Jou PLEASE lns s;ns Dc, H.
- taken, and the Azm broken IN "ofkmsnAA
%. manner" :.
nd The accens1iciry Of gamblers is Increased, il
hK | ANYTHING when their passions are lnaane
man Who had loas al his money At Cr9ci
N foris, leaving that establishment brlmfn 9
N bad temper, and meeting perfect stranger Q
Is the stsirs who Was stopping down and nr ty.n
l,is ehoe D you, III, sag n, tue tost4 oseI
with kicked him down stairs: The same pei
n.y. verse inability to acknowledge the pinlnef
! facts, the same desire to pick : quarrel at .
or: ing under the blown Of II fortune, are illu
t5ated By Mr.. SteinmstZ in d scene thAt v:
mt Witnessed in noted hell IN Dublin An ang'
pom | CATER. who had lost all his money and III q
nj temper placed At last his olaek has n she ;t sS
MS of course hoping that some uncaudous INT
an, vidual would Contradict him But as
lola seemed quite willing to admit that the
sder particularly good looking player,
| had won hrely, took the box in tnru- 50
,oor Afterwards this second caster met with - .
ems luck az tho flint, and was left pennlesa, u
! AZ sfu$rS rfy,rvf1 i'm u
lAy biz hand, he roszed cut, Where is the ras
ism who said his bat was white II those TWO ~
lit lad met again that evening, NE may 10 II
that pistols would hare been ordered FOR
The We need not say that the do1ses Of gay
nus | ste1p are ~ numerous as their eccentricit.
h4s In gaming, every 1nanss hand Is against
'or neighbor; and there aIe plenty o. piI;St sI;gSts
1ful opening for fraudulent practice. "here'
ling gambling lourishca there aze set Of men "
i've by it; and 10 hvo BY gambling . naan nt
ten not stick At triaes- The Greeks, = these g
I OF tw ire called pcrpetuate those habits Of dec
i By and chicsnc.y 1ith which the 0recian char
aho ter was so unhappiJ tatnted:
ecs 1noeuium yelo1 sudaeiA ps1sita omnsa On, no
lost GrEculus eaudens In eElum; }ussesis, lo't
ems Sharp wits, sharp eyes, unbocuded auaaci
md sbecnco OF III tcruplos where the ge;A
one | OF znoaoy WAS concerned, these were !
bE weapons with which tho men who made gam'
TIT trade fought then "a aaxese1 aesss r. = a.sis
ther their dirty craft. Sleisht-of-hand ~As,
any course, An important requisite, and false car
marked cards, loaded dice, and spurious MOI
wet we're brought into use whenever the nee
and I slty arose lhe feauef Q! Aneee solu ..
cnn- find in them quite sufficient ulfotmaton
fnr I these subjects, much OF it derived from Koo
r. Houdiu's Tricheries des Grecs dsro1fes. "h
uent is the textbook Of tbs science morn ~ y
n rs able phase Of swiuaGnG VA l!lustsateu .;
proficient in : lower walk Of LIE, Who had
,nrer bower of holding one coin in the muscle
ne1,. the ralru Of tho hand while he broasht OF
second on the table 1t plea5Su
cr;h- This practitioners game was tossing, ana
"a ~ rlayed il with two coins, one OF wh1ca
sed." two heads and the other two tails. Il " nea
py Of was called, the - tail coin appeared Anu
rc.d rsn down his w1ist With precision and rapid
en,I This was the game Of q Heads win, tails
: IN iose,r played to perfection By s'u
:: Tia method This ingenious person eontnSee
20 through al tho tu1npikes IN the hns
rer. Z fon-f1ee
geon. n 9ohs 70 ~ - hctd , shi]
low ! when he Eeacneu tusnpA11 ~ - ~ tha =
ayen't between his nngeIs', @na oa.L - ,.oren
,lwnv4 | Of The hand towards the man, Who enaeay!
TO catch what he saw. The shilng, ho~e
,au BY = backward jerk, rsn down tne aeesE - "
b mis- eoas, % ~ - 1e.otr IN tha dust wien the
~ - a.. satYer drove On, saying Keep the enane
, nrou | --
n,nfies- The Oneida Community.
d the 4o those interested in socisl problems, Z
1tusllv <,rts rpcardue the financial position oi
II the Oueida Community viii be interesting
urred, following table, taken from the C1rcu1or.
! sald. chow the rate OF tho community ni'A'
progress stt Ear.
ID one 1877 $:
charge 1855