Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-09-25

NEW i ORh, ICtW. -, IoIf.
The people who are brought to New
York certain number Of times each year
growl land very JUSTLY at the enormous
bills that ran up against them at hotels.
One cannot live at any first-class house on
less than 81 per day; and if one's tastes
are at all extravagant, the cost will come
very close to twice that sum. The fault is
not altogether with the proprietors-the
owners of the property have something to
do with it, The rents paid for these hotels
are simply fearful. For instance, the Fifth
Avenue rents for 100000, the owners
paying taxes, assessments and repairs.
But we must guard carefully against she'd
| ding any tears for these martyrs. Despite
the enormous rent, the lessees manage to
skin the public so that they clear $3.50, 900
per annum. The Windsor, finer but
smaller hotel, pays y rental Of S125, 1000 !;
the Gilsey $500 the st. Nicholas $685.
| 600 the Metropolitan S105, 900 the Hoff-
man S75, 600, and the Brunswick $4,000.
On this latter house S250,0O was paid for
improvements in 1873.
You see the proprietOrs have to make
the people pay to pay their rents and keep
up the style that the said people seem to
demand. 1t is estimated that it costs the
proprietors of the st. Nicholas 100000
per annum to keep the house in repair and
make good the wear and tear of furniture
Blu. notwithstanding all this. the prices are
too high, and there must be break before
long. Wealthy men can afford to pay
these rates (they don't like toy, but to the
country merchant in moderate circum-
stances the matter of hotel bills is a very
serious one. A merchant from Wisconsin
cannot come to New York for goods and
get home again without it costing him
$500, which is two per cent. on $4,000,
his probable purchases. 1t cuts a hole in
his profits.
THE TRICKS OF THE GAMBLERS.
The fact that gambling is a regular pro-
fession, and regularly followed as pro-
fession, is well known, but the methods are
not SO well known. came across crcu.
lar, the other day, of dealer in what are
politely called sporting goods" that |
throws some little light on the subject
The manufacturer proposes to sell to
whoever wants such goods advantage and |
marked cards." which can be read from |
the back as well as from the faces, an ad-
vantage that is obvious, for the player who
knows the cards reads his opponents hand
readily. Then this dealer obliges his pa
irons with cards cut peculiar shapes, by
which any kind of hand can be dealt.
For example, the backs of these cards are
marked to show the size in the right hand
upper corner, and the suit in the left. A
certain mark in the right hand upper cor
ner shows the card to be a king, and cer-
ain mark on the opposite corner shows it
% be q spade. Which brings gambling
lown to tOlerable degree of certainty.
But this dealer doesn't stop at cards. He
makes dice that will throw any number
you choose and furthermore he will sell t
you machines which you may conceal in
,our sleeve, by the aid of which you may $
hold out' cards or play extra ones. And ;
hat a young man shall have no lack of IA e
iities for being scoundrel, he sells, for !
he absurdly small sum of fifty cents, a l.
Ook giving full and explicit directions for
sing all his devices. :
/ mention these things for the purpose Y
warning impulsive youths who are Just o
that there is no such thing as &
onest gambling that men gamble to win,
nd that there is but one end to gambling. IL
q one way or another the hawks will pluck j
le pigeons. The gambler never plays a IL
anne of chance-on his side it is a certain ST
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BEECHER-TILTON. d'
MOultOn'S last statement has brought Il,
rth the regular crop Of litigation. Miss H
dna Dean Proctor, who supposes herself
ferred to in his last statement as having
zen one Of the victims Of Beecher, has
ought suit against Moulton for 800, 900
images, and Beecher's friends say that he al
i'll commence suit against him for libel at ;n j.,
Ice. TiltOn's next statement is in print, eli
I'd will be out in few days. This, it is 'r
ped, will end the statement business.