Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-08-02

q 1UllRI,~T1aHI7URsDAY, r 1aI q AUGUST 3, 1883.
GAMBLING By THE SEA.

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The Tigers Magnificent Lair, at Long
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Before i went to- bed I dropped into
the Pennsylvania club hpuse, within
q few rods Of. the West End hotel,
which is the newest and sompletest
gambling establishment. in the eoun-
try, writes correspondent at Long.
Branch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
It was originally Chamberlain's cot.
ftage, but the present proprietor, Phil
Daily, OF Philadelphia, made large
addition to It during the past spring,
and there is now a gambling saloon
100 feet long communicating with the
the main building, which is public
restaurant and semi-hoteI. You enter.
through gate under beautiful lamps,
and, seeing nobody, walk right up
the steps Of this large frame cottage.
and find facing you q cigar-stand !.
cigars are twenty-five cents, but Of
the very best quality. Then you
pass to the right through a sort Of
drinking room, and see on your left
the cutglass and snowy napkins OF
the restaurant, and parting a curtain
fyoa come right into tie sale de joie.
It is really q beautiful room, hardly
to be matched outside .sof q palace.
There are two aioctagonal saloons
under domes connected by 4 long
corridor, the whole painted and var
nished in the same general, style.
Magnificent chandeliers, all exces-
sive with light, give the splendor Of
day to this room. The carpet seems
to be made. in waves of dark red, and
is Of the finest quality. In the cor
ridor are most sumptuous chairs and
diyans Of silk, and in the inches
and alcoYes are large birds and aqua
tic and marsh emblems. The gamb-
ling is going On as quietly as if some
problem in geometry was being solv-
ed by four or five different classes,
each around its table. There are two
games OF roulette going on at opposite
sides Of the room; faro Is being dealt
at one place, and some other game
not much attended to is in fourth
corner. Around the tables are plen-
tiful chairs, and at each table are
three or four professionals working
the game 2'''''- 80 - '''@ 'a=.s
The chief interest is concentrated
taround Mr.. Woerishoffer, the celebrat-
ed broker and Wall street operator,
who has held the first rank for several
years in this country as a 2sagacious
and strong man. He came here from
Germany aud has countenance some
4 what aristocratic, yet shrewd. Be.
fore him are stacked up piles Of ivory
chips, the white ones representing 81,
j and the gray ones five, ten, twenty
tor more dollars each. He. seems te
play ina certain systematic way OF
one of the lines Of the roulette figures
rather than upon the spot or group.
He is here almost. every. night, T an
told, and wins or loses about 81, 900.
Strange as the remark may seem te
you, / have no doubt that this occu.
patton is relief to his mind after the
days labor in the city, just as child.
rem get out OF school and take to theil
toys. To a man OF that kind 81 ,0OC
gaming in the evening is about the
same as penny-ante poker game in
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Ea1At roulette one man turns the ball
and a man at each side OF him pays
the players or rakes up the chips fol
the bank II suppose that on the
night'o the Sd of g July there were
thirty to fifty persons at one tims
playing in this saloon. - ise~' .sl
", Daily is large man.: showing tht
Isigns Of time. He is about 48 or sc
years Old. His ] partner, Charles
Walsh, OR New York, is in the neigh.
borhood Of 20; has white hair and
keen hazel eyes, and is one Of the
best-posted men about New York on
everything 1 asked Mr.. Walsh
about the percentage, etc. He said
that there would be no more advan.
tage in q wel-known gambling house
of that kind cheating than in q we'll
known jewelry store selling false dia'
. monds. . - .Ga-.s.-,a,{ --5
i.R Said he: 1--WE have ifirst-ratt
percentage here; it amounts to abou'
/ IS 142 per cent inroulette, and perhap!
4 per cent in faro, although tho latte
has never been exactly computed
4 Roulette suits the Americans bettel
d now than faro, because the decision!
are so quickly come TO-. The ball il
but a minute sPinning, and ii yo,
have quick, prompt assistants the,
Twill pay the checks and settle tn,
: kboard in half a minute and start th.
battle again. Consequently we ar
getting our percentage all the time
or rs long as they will play. Som
OF the old stagers stick TO- faro; bn
it is a duller game for the moderl
! itgeneration. - rses'h "a
Said l., SHOW much did the addi
ton to your clubhouse cost?',
s.Daily says it cost $50, 900. III
designed to spend about $l2. 200
] Ebut the artist he had here produce
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