The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-17
THE NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.
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Il. b. Peterson & Brothers send us the No
vember number of HG,per's Margarine, which
presents this list of articles:-
''The Hueuenots," Eugene Lawrence. with
ten illustrations; ''My Babes in the Wood, 8"
Mrs. s. M. B. Piatt; 1.-THE Cave of Bellamar, I"
General Frederico f. Cavada, with nine Illus
trations ''Phantom Days" Carl Spencer;
''Down the Mississippi" George Ward
Nichols, with six illustrations; "The Negative
in Photography" Jacob Abbott, with seven
illustrations; "My Distinguished Friend Sslt-
sam" from the French, by Charles Carroll;
"Life in Brittany, part IA Week at Nantes"
George M. TOwle; 'Choose, Grace Green
wood: "a Pilots Wife," Mrs. Harriet Pres
colt Spofford, with two Illustrations; Frede-
rick the Great, xii. Frederick at Sans Souci,"
with four illustrations Dawn of the
Heights" G. z. Brooks; ''Anne Furness," by
the author of ''Mabel's Progress" ''Aunt
Margarets Trouble" Veronica" ETC.; ''The
Sacred Flora" part IL, NJ. d. Conway; 'A
Sigh, Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford; can
teros, by the author of s'Guy Livingstone"
etc.; "An October Idyl," Constance f. Wool
son; 'The Rock of the Legion of Honor
part j., by the author of Son the Heights,
by Kate Putnam Osgood; Editors Easy
Chair" Editors Literary Record" Editors
Scientific Record" "Editor's Historical Re-
cord" Editors Drawer"
From "Down the Mississippi, by George
Ward Nichols, we take the following descrip-
tion OF poker player on Western steam
boat
You can not see now, as we did ten years
ago, the cabin tables surrounded by planters,
merchants, and politicians, calling them
selves gentlemen, who would gamble from
morning till night, and again till morning,
stalking, and often losing, their entire for
tunes. We do not now encounter the ele-
giant, gentlemanly professional gambler, who
was accomplished ia every way, and not least
in the use of the pistol and bowie-knife.
Welleducated, fascinating gentlemen were
they, whose hands were again and again
stained with the blood of their fellow cres-
lures. All this class of men are hardly
to be found in the Southwest in this eoodly
year of our Lord 1870. The war did
splendid scavenger- work in sweeping
them into the other world. And the
young men now coming up into life, who
would have been such as they, find q better
existence in working for their daily bread
The gang of gamblers who are our compan-
ions on this trip belong to altogether an
other class than those whose places they fill.
These are what the panel thief is to the bank
burglar, what Burns is to Morrissey. 1t is
amusing for your experienced traveller to
watch the tricks and schemes of these miser-
able wretches. One of these is short rather
fat, dressed in black broadcloth, and carries
under his plug hat cunning, greasy, smooth
shaven face, which has small, ferret like eyes
in it, and red snub nose, like carbuncle,
imposed upon it. This man is called the
Judge, and is, believe, the leader of the
gang, although another fellow in common
clothes, with woltish, cowardly countenance,
gives the cue to all their doings. The third
thief of the party is small in stature, with
black moustache, and an assumed wobegone
look. 1t is he who, in their ke-believe
games, bets wildly and largely, who most
always loses gets angry, and appeals, to the
lookers-on. The fourth of the squad looks
like an honest tradesman, who ought to be in
better business than betting.
One day these gentlemen were playing at
poker, which is favorite game for their nefa-
rious purposes. The ''Carpenter"-we will
give them such names as describe them best
had dealt Ferret eyes" a hand of three
kings and seven and eight of clubs, To
'Wolf-mouth" he gave three aces and
nine and ten of hearts. With these hands
"Ferret-eyes" and ''Wolf-mouth" began to
bet and brag in the most excited way, talking
to each other, appealing to the crowd, and
getting up an enthusiasm pretty much as the
clown and ring-master do in the circus,
shouting and running in order to make the
audience believe that the horse which the
equine queen" is riding is going fearfully
fast, when 1t is all a sham, gotten up for
effect. Such was the excitement about our
steamboat gaming table.
81 see your twenty dollars and 90 fifty
better" shouts ''Ferret-eyes."
II see your fifty and go ten BETTER"
screamed ''Wolf-mouth."
81 see that, and make it one hundred"
cries "Ferret-eyes.
At this point there was dead pause and
silence, broken in an instant by ''Wolf-
mouth, who turned beseechingly to the by
ISLANDERS with the remark
Gentlemen, I'm blowedif aim strapped.
Meanwhile moving around the table there
was peaked sandy y-haired man, who has on
board forty mules, which he is taking to
Memphis. This fellow had seen both hands.
and knew that "Wof-mouth" had the stronG
cards. Just at this moment he caught the
gamblers eye, who continued
"Ef had mule, wouldn't 1 sling him,
ears and all, atop . that pile?"
"You kin bet one of my mules" was the
answer of "Sandy-hair."
''Wil you take the mule ?" cries 'Wolf-
mouth" to ''Ferret-eyes."
''Yes, answered the other, asking the
Carpenter" as he had right to by the laws
of the game, for two cards, in place of his
seven and eight of clubs. That obliging gen
tleman at once complied, giving him the
fourth king and an ace. "Wolf mouth" did
not ask for more. They showed their hands.
'Ferret-eyes" swept in the pool, and "Sandy
hair, to his dismay, had lost his mule.
"THE GALAXY"