The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-09
GAMBLING by TIE SEA.
The Tiger. Magnificent Lnir nt LINN
Branch, and Some of His Combn,;,uts,

The Tfser'. Magnificent Lnir at I.onu
Branch, and some of His Combn,unts.
Chicago News.
Before / went to bed / ,lroDpod into
the PcnnSylvdniH clubhouse, within n
few. rods of tho West End Hotel, which
Is the newest and completcst gambling
establishment In this country, writes a
correspondent at Long Branch to the
Clnciitnat Enquirer 1t was originally
Chambcrluin's cottage, but the present
proprietor, Phil Daily, Of Philadelphia.
made large addition to it during the
past spring, and there is how q gambling
saloon 100 feet long communicating with
tn" main building, which is Il public res
tnurant and scmi-hutrl Tuu enter
tlroughh gate undrr beautiful lamps,
! and, seeing nobody, walk right up the
stepS OF this large frame cottage, and
lind facing you "iGr stand; cigars are
Twenty-Five cents, but OF The very best
| quality. Then YOU pass to the sight
through Il sort OF drinking-room, and see
OH your left the cut-glnss and snowynop
| klns OF the restaurant, and parting q
curtain YOU come right into the sale de
| joie. 1t is really Il beautiful room, hardly
| to be matched outside of Il palace There
are two octagonal snlCoDs under domcs
connected by n long corridor, the whole
painted and vanished in the same ron
eral style.
Magnificent chandeliers, all excessive
with light, give the splcndor Of dny to
this room. The carpet seems to be made
in waves Of dark rcd, and is of the finest
quality. In the corridor are most sumD-
tuous chairs and divans of silk, and in
the inches and alcoves are large birds
and aquatic md marsh cmblems. The
gambling is going on ns quietly as if
some problem in geometry was being
solved by four or five different classes,
each around its table There arc two
games of roulette going ON ut opposite
sides Of the room; faro is being dealt
at on place, and some other game not
much attended to is in Il fourth corner.
Around the tables are plentiful chairs,
and Mt each table are three or four pro-
fessionals working the game
| Inc cmcf interest is concentrated
about Mr.. WocriShoilrr, the celebrated
| broker and Wall-strcct operator. who
has held the first rank for several wears
III tins country as II Hagncious and strong
| man. He came here from Germany, and
has countcnancc somewhat aIistocratic,
yet shrcwd. Before him are stacked ND
| piles of ivory chips, the white ones rep
rcscnting 81, and the gray ones five, ten,
twenty or more dollars each. He seems
to play i'll n certain systematic way one
of the lines of the roulette figures rather
than upon thcspot or group. He is here
olmost every night, | am told, and wins
ar loses about 81 900. Strange rs the
remark may seem to you, | have no
doubt that tins occupation is Il relief to
his mind after the days labor in the city,
Just aS children get ont of school and
take to their toys. To Il man of that
kind 81 900 gaming in the evening is
about the same II" II penny ate poker
game in private families.
At roulette one man turns the ball and
Il man mt each side OF him pays the
players or racks up the chips for the
bunk. | suppose that on the night of
the 3d of july there were thirty to fifty
persons mt one time playing i'll this
saloon.
Daily is large man, showing the
signs of time. He is about furtv-cirht
or fifty years old. His partner, Charles
Walsh. of New York, is in the nclghbor-
mood ii seventy: has white hair and keen
hazel eyes, and is one OF the best posted
men about New York ON everything.
asked MIR. Walsh about the percentages
etc. He said that there would be no
more advantage in ~ wcll-known gamb-
ling house of that kind cheating than in
II wcll-linown jrwclry store selling false
diamonds. Said he: I'VE have II first
rate percentage here; il amounts t0nbout
five and II have per cent. in roulette, and
perhaps lolu per cent. III faro, although
the latter has never been exactly com
putcd. Roulette suits the Americans
better now than faro, because the dcris-
ions are SO quickly come to. The ball is
but minute spinning, and if yol have
quick, prompt assistants they will pay
tlr checks and settle boarI in half II
minute and start the battle again. Con-
scuucntl y We are getting our percentage
all the Time or NJ long ns they will play.
Some of the old sta%crs stick to faro, but
| ii is II dullcr game for the modern gcncr-
| alton.
Said !: GLOW much did this addition
| to your clnb-housr cUSt?"
"DaiIy says it costs $1,000 He de-
| signed TO spend about $4,000, but the
artist he had here produced such fine
| effects that he Thought it aS well to go
on and do it well. you, see" said he,
| "LunG branch to bachelor or stranger,
at night, is II very dull place unless there
is something Of the kind. These sea
beaches ut night grow dark and forbid
ding. The roads are not lighted and the
| hotels sit on the spirits. We felt that n
place of this kind was needed and that it
would pay us. 1t is purely CONNER
clal transaction. \ man can come here
and be accommodated with any play he
wants, or he can have II game supper at
his own expense, or ne can sit down with
his friends and play cards upstairs
While we keep this house open, VIC for
bid minors, improper characters, or pro
fcssionols from coming in.
A SECRET FOR YoU.-At a Londor
Vest End establishment Lately burglar
,vas caught rcd-hnndcd i'll the strong
room opening the safe containing for
time, with Il key as perfect as though il
bad been made originally for the lock
The man was convicted, and his prose.
cutOrs, out of curiosity, begged him tC