Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-30

changes, anu II a burned good rule,
but | can no more follow it tuan u doc
tor can take his own medicine. When
I'm wiunin, | want to break the bank;
WHEN | lose, 1 play Oh hoping for 4 good
streak. Sometimes she comes, some
times she doesn't"
Gamble - Signs.
Speaking about good strelks, gam
blers are very superstitious about signs
AID tokens, | suppose"
"SuperstitiOus! | should say so.
They may look bold and free and easy,
but [ tell you every II Of 'eln has more
superstition TO the square inch thar q
mule has kicking power. Look at old
Hill-Quiet, clever man as ever lived,
generally speaking, but if you want to
see him riled just interfere with II of
his pet supersLitiOus and he'll curse a
blue streak. He's q great believer in
spiders. Let one of them black. ugly
things be about him while he's dealing
and he's as happy as a dead lnJuG.
Why, one night a stranger dropped in
during the game; the blank was win
ming every lay out, and, spyin' a spider
crawln' on HIPS shoulder, he brushed
il OfFand killed it. Well, such yelling
ard swearing, Hill stopped the game,
and the stranger lett the place in u bur
~. Since this Hill mas had bad luck,
and attributes it to the spiders death.
II lost n cool - 2bO Oue night by just
having a fClier's foot on my chair dur
iug the game. When | found out the
! cause | lust raised my voice with both
hands and made a very pretty speech.
The fel.er a~poloSiZCd AID stakcd me
.th a huHITed ami took his foot away.
Istarted in and soOn swamped the bank.
| tell YOU / want no mans foot on my
chair while I'm handling the paste.
boards. Why thar'S Brownie. I've
seen him throw many = tive dollar gold
piec" away. just because some one would
beat his
Faro Ga ne.
He'd look through his money, and if
he find the piece the player had
changed in, he'll throw it over the
houSetOps, Just because the money Wa
bad luck for the bank.
"Ned's the coolest of all. He believes
in a streak Of luck; and also has some
pet superstitiOns. He believes good
luck will follow him if he, by mistake,
puts on his stockings wrong side out,
and is never 80 happy at dealing faro aS
when he fluids the bow Of his nccItie
las slipped under his right ear. II it's
gotten under his left III he gives the
dealers OOX 10 Brownie"
WhIHss Of Players.
How about the players who buck the
ga:ur, are they cranky AlSo?"
YES. There's Cooley Bearer, for iu-
stance, pve known him to follow an
ola woman along the streets just to GO
TIE nib of her cigarette. This he'd
Keep lur several days in hts vest pocket,
on the left side, and then ga and buck
the tiger. ii he'd win, he'd say the
cigarette brought good luck. II he lost,
then hedsay the old woman must have
ben praying when she WAS smoking.
"Oh! i tell you these things SOlaI
funny, but there's something i'm them.
Nny, SIR, one uiOug hOldvst dealers gets
nervous and shaky il certain men visit
ti.er rooms during q CaAe. Now,
there's Mac, he's 3 good 'un and bold;
still he thinks EIurphy'S Il 'hOO'doO,'
cT bad luck EaF hun, and sometimes
hi: stop dealing when Murphy comes
in. Ills partner, Etdleman, IS just as
sup r%>tiIiOuS.
There's Joe. lust let him meet q
strange lacy and the devil himself
Couldn't persuade him that he wasn't
uuiug To have good luck. But let his
wusNerMOmau bring home = collar
irunrd on tire wrong side and he be-
ievcs bad luck will follow Rim for n
week. I've seen him stop u big game
because he happened IL tiud ne hal put
on u different pair of socks from what
lac Intended. II his servant should for
get to black the heel NJ u IL of his boots,
Joe wOulu consider this a sign OF gOOi
luck, and would back his faro game TO
any amount.
: Thea there was Lance; his hobby
vas that i he could touch a humpbsck
! person upon tue hump without the
party Knowing il, be Would be very for
iunate and strike bonanza. Los, sun.
mer one OF the Boston tourists had a
hump. Lance saw him au1 prepared
to touch him. He followed him to the
old churches, curiosity shops AMI other
public places, and several times was on
tie eve of stealthiiy touching the hump,
when the gentleman would tara
around. so persistent did Lance be.
come that the gentleman reported him
10 b police, and the annoyance enae1,
much 70 LSnce's chagTin and m prtii
cation. He often said, Tf | could have
2oue 1t, ten IT'S goodbye to bankS,'
CUt he didn't do il.
Another favOrite superstition some
players have is to bet high on certain
cards II certain things occur during "a
game. 1.-THE dealers drop any money
In making change, then tue acs AMI
King should be played to lose. Ifa
negro enters room smoking, the jack
should be played to win. If two negroes
ehter arm I n arm, then play the ten ~
winner for all its wOrth.n-Santa Fe,
y. NJ, CORRESPONDENT p-h;iaIsI,Linn