, 1870-09-11

IL neither wonder nor disgrace among ~cli
cdura!cd people. Not to know john Milton
and Lis immorts1 workR, il to be Ounce or
M igno1amus, or at least an exceedingly illit-
crate person. Popular poets, look to your
laurcls! Unpopular poets take heart Of grace,
and gain such satisfaction as yon can from
the hope that il this age knows ron not, q
eiscr roateIfty will do you tustice.-.Au the
Year Hound.
GAMBLING AT no MBURG.
Roulette aud Trcute.et-Qunrnnt
stfntteA y0s Jellx. H1cssicuFs.r
Homburg, tince tue commencement Of the
present war, il the great gambling resort Of
Europe, with the exception OF ihe battle
ground where King William and Bismark are
playing for tho heavy stakes Of two Sapoleous.
correspondent writing from there SAYS
- Nothing can be more evident than the per-
feet fairness OF the play on tho part Of the
bank 1t retaina, contessedly. certain chances
in it's favor"
For instance, at the roulette there are thir-
ty-seven squares. II you stake money on
either Of the squares, and tho ball rolln' into
that compartment Of the wheel, you receive.
not thirty.Heven timea your stake, but thirty
the bank. say one in thirty seven, or about
two and two-thitds per cent Il ID physically
impossible that there ahoutd he auy decep-
ton. Tho hall rolls il one direction round
the interior Of Kind OF bowl, its centrifugal
action sustaining it for few secouis from
descending to tho table Of thirty-seren cells
which forms the bottom Of the bowl. In tho
meantime this thirty-ssyen-cellel table ia SET
revolving in the oppo-ite direction: aud.
finally, you can pl1ce your stake after the bali
and table have been eet in motion. In like
manner, at the trente-et-quasante table, the
cards, slx packs together. are shufilal by the
croupiers, but they are dealt by one Of the
public; then are dealt into two lines, enough
to count some number between tEirty-one aud
forty (tho fsce-carls counting ten each, aud
the spots according 10 their number), By tho
9't0iheAr," whose eyes arc bent OH his carls
as lie deals them, aud not on tue stakea which
have bccu made. But even II he saw all tho
the cards aro to fall from his hands, nor las
Le any interest in doing 60. Aod, nnally, if
lie eaw the betn, il he had ample opportunity
to ''stack the card" a." before every band, and
il he were to receive all the winnings, it would
take more than the adroitn6ss Of Mephistopl,i-
against the public and IN favor OF the bank to
any greater extent than is expressed in tue
vcll,known and undisEuised s.perrcatage'
Tho ctonpier il not 0lepListophites, no mat
ter how tiendisll ho may sometimes seem 10
the luckleEs loser. He may be very good
Ho4A III Ac&toN. AoHA VI uUfiE3 lA{He{ Ql q
family, and ali that. In fact We have heard Of
one who let's lodgings. This is very un.Ss-
tauic-if the lodgings are comfortabl, cool.
Some Of the croupiers arc 50 human a. to in
tToduce little hnmor into their otherwise un-
VARYING phrases. There is ono who says,
inviting. tenor. Then, suddenly changing, he
| utters tho incisiye sentence, We jeu Is. fail
| ritn ne ra plus :" in prufound bass, suited
to the decrecs Of fate. You are procludcl
from stalking, withdrawing, or cha1ging q
piece. Rouge gagne, c0mkur pc7ri.' You
have lost: lie smiles. Your nelghbor his
won: The crouricr ruiics a. we'll.
| The moor administration is grievo1s1y an
uoyed sometimes by the outrageous conduct
Of persons who choote TO kilt themselves in
the kursaal, Of all places in tue world. The
latest nishar OF that kind occurred at Baden.
\ desperate loser b1e~ out lis brains, which
epattered themselves over tho fatal green
cloth, For time even the imperturbaoility
| Of the gaming hou-e ofllci.ls WAS r,ltlled.
! Within tlrec-quaFsers OF au hour, however,
all evidences OF the occurrence" wore re-
moved. and the play going Oh at the same
| table as usual!
man worth millions OF l]orias pIayod. aud
lost everything. Toward tho lart he grow
desperate, and would DISH tho notes down
upon the tables 20 that they scattered theu-
selves about unpleasaItly. It WAS grow
Ing conspicuous, and even di=quiating
to tho administration. Once or
twice, IL WAS e1pos,nlated with, and. At
their owl. insil,uatlug politeneas, - Dear sir,
You are unfortunate. You had better 60
away from hero. You will be more happy
elsewhere. Any fluids you need you may
draw on us for, only do not remain here v
The POOR fellow cried: '.Give me Thousand
pounds sterling. aud wilt 50 away aud never
return Quick. before he could repent or re
tract, the notes were his. He departed, and
20 ia1 has kep. his word. and stayel away.
For tho lndtcrous eide Of ali this: have
heard of fellow who rushed to the roulette
table. threw down coin or two, and then
nervousls rluckel pistol half out Of bis
pocket. or couree one Of the watchfnl guar
dams protected against heirregUlarity OF enell
conduct. II must have lack my fifty lorins.'
lle cried, still nervouely clutching the pistol
with trembling fingers: II beg yoE to accept
twenty live 1lcri1s and leave lit" Iustantly III
rnsn; one OF the few who finally leaye the
kur-aal riclsr than rhey came.
Please observe here that a man may "breal
the hAnk," and set DO at thu tamr moment I
loser in the aggregate. Tue phrase does moi
mean that tle uuknoEn aud iucalcnlable r..
scrvc-hoa1tls Of the association are exhausted
or even thst they are infriuged upon. excer
to the extent Of tho capital placed By the ad
1ninistrAtion at the disposal Of fortune. on IN,
particular tal,lc. on any particular day. Ii
The cntrsncc hall il posted written placatd
1a followe.
- "Mise en- D.nque:
An Trenle-et-qHa:Ante, 10000 IT,
Ia Roulette, Ga, ,eo0f II. fr.-..--....
So it will be ecen that whenever. On any
day. tho losses Of the roulette table exceet
the gains By the cum Of &C. 600 francs, techni
cally speaking, the bank ID broken at tta
table: tho croupiers depart; tho covering
cloth is spread, and 20, We may be sure, is thi
news. ''The hank uas broken few minute,
since!' Fancy the thrill that would rul
through the iale crowds in the hotels and pen
sions Of Hamburg. "who vas il: SHOW
Inc tho lucky man. l will follow and cop.
his play Tomorrow" No: I will play the op
pos,te Of his play! Such luck cannot last Z
And 20 on. in polyG!ot- Que fancies shst il
mutt Pay the bank vcry well to be broken oc
caeionA1iy. Aud. a. the very same time, The
''luckY usAn" may hare lost at that SAINT
I table. yesterday, twice the sum hc gained ir
breaking the bank to-day.
4 Srariasd. Senor c., came and played
boldly aud immensely. The limit Of bets a
the treate-et-quarsnte table i 4,0la florins or
! c.cl bel. c. played while. but pro,estei
that be could not ereEd his time over ausl
| beEgarlr rsks> and demanded the privilege o1
doubling the amount, otherwise he should &C
elsewhere. After consultation it wss A>corde<
to him. Before he departed. he "hroke thi
bank" ut each Of the four tables in tho Ham
burg establishment. lie then vent to Ia len
it j. eAid, and lrbke the uank there. His AZ
Ess gate winning. were est:ma&ed to have bae1
million or more Of FORMS Incarceration il
= laSihia1 prison 70. petty theft was = snb.e
9ucut incident i'll lis career! His Winning
game, his cari'al gone then his character, ant
hnaltv his liberty lepsstei-he has no \ leisur
for RI Election. Who can SAY how many mel
have been ruined hy tho tradition OF d.
dtingr--meu who foudly thought they coul,
follow his road to the top OF the hill. and the,
leave it without m.king3tde descent?
4 famous player aud contant loser wss til
Cun,tees Kisse;ef. She has tcen often dc
sc1iEe4l Everyone has heart Of her bcin
! whct led in her chair to tic kursal1 and iii
ting at her place at the tale from the openln
to lno close Of tho play, most uninterrupted.
; told ieea1ding her age: huf. from her looki
, | she cannot be ovcr 10. Besides, her pecull,
) relations With the late Emperor Nicholas c
: Russia fix the date Of her tiEth as bei.'
, simoss certainly siuce the beginning c
the present century. vsIy large. very ben
: afzable-such are the characteristics whic
TOW mark the aprearance Of thi
: once worId.fanous heau,v. Nicholas lei
) her one hundred thousand to..us = yea
l Tho present Emperor cut DOWN this pens.o
? oCc-hali, and on the remainder the Countes
4 manages, With strict economy, to live. {
!. eou1re, she cannot play very heavily. She
ea:1 to Get aside fo,ts thousand francs 80,
; to lose ut play, saving that, in her youth N
. btauty. she spent more than that sam c
drers and gayety; aud. now that youth AZ
bchuty are gone. size must sPeud her time at
!. money tn tho pleasures which arc left he
= Gaining. with her. Is not speculation, il
Q An occupatiou-A slight excitement, almo
!, unconceeted With hope and fear. In b
u favor it may he sail that in Russia she
J: much respected. When she IL in St. Peter
q burg the et1cct where she lives is block
f1an1 nf .1!a hna& r.@t