The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-26
Chinese Gambling and Cunlng.

admit that, ~ have before said.
tho ChInaman has his Vices, Ono OF
thonl, and perhaps tho principal one, IL
bis propensity for gambling, He will
play for money NJ any moment ont OF
work and whatever may bo tho conso-
qucnoos You have seen him toilIng In
tho hot Siamoso sun with bags Of rice
on his back or great pieces OF teak on
his shoulders Were you 10 follow him
at night you would almost certainly
find him, 'aftor tho evening bath aud sup
per, moving In the direction ci u gam.
bling house, Tho bamboo.built room,
a spacious ono, Is full OF people, all
OF whom arc squatted on the floor In
front OF little mats, playing for all they
possoaa Almost every man 10 OF Chi
noso birth. There aro some women,
but those aro generally Slamoso, and OF
them l have something 10 say later on.
Tho gAmo they all play 10 q very sim
plo one, A pilo OF cowrlo shells ID
placed by tho sdo OF n cloth on which
arc marked In four squares tho figures
one, two. throo aud four A cup and a
long thin stlok complete tho gambling
apparatus. Tho people who intend
playing stake thoir money on ono OF
tho squares, Just a. NJ Monte Carlo the
gamblers place tholr napoloons on the
cloth. Tho crouplor or representative
Of the koopor OF tho establishment thon
lifts tho cup, puts II on tho pile Of cow
rio shells. and draws away from under.
meath II M many ~ ho oan. Lifting
tho cup oil those thus subiraotod ho pro.
ceods 10 count them with the long stiok,
for tho players will not allow him TO
touch the shells with his hngors. lle
pushes tho sholls away four ~ tlmo,
II, whom bo comes 10 tho last lot, one
sholl 10 loft only, those who stalsod on
tho figure ono got twico their stake and
tho money they hasardod besides, so
will tho two and thrco. on course, II Tho
shells divide equally Into four, those
who haznrdod on tho four win, That
10 tho whole Of the business, and on that
game tho Chinaman will risk al ho ID
possessed Of, no matter how hard he
has had 10 work for IL. The Slamese
will do moro than that--be will actually
play away his house, children,
and even himself, going Into
slavery willingly rather than miss
tho excitement Of the game, But
am dealing moro particularly with
Cinnamon now, and will speak Of The
Siamose later on. As for tho Chipnmnn
AWAY from the gamblIng.house, | find
him n model OF what man should bei
a good husband, thrifty, careful. cap
ltal father generally bathing aud feod'
Ing NJ well u providing for his chill
dfen, leaving 10 his Slameqe wife tho
task OF correcting them.-a duty which
she undertakes, am bound 10 eay, In
q spirit that would have plcnsod Solo
mon, that royal advocate Of the birch,
10 the very utmost Indeed, tho cuillng
OF hor offspring seems 10 be nearly the
whole duty Of che Slamose wife Of a
Chlnaman. Married 10 Siamese she
would probably have TO work, but as
tho spouse Of a Celestial her days 40
eusily by, and oil she has TO do Ia 10
look for hard pleco Of bamboo where.
with TO chlde her unruly children, And
that she usually selects n very heavy
and very hard piece Ia n fuct which
forms n pretty fair index 10 her char
actor. - London Telegraph.