The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-24
THE SUICIDES PARADISE.
Life, Play and Shadow at
Lovely Monte Carlo.
THE GREEN BOARD.
A Dynamiter's Hoax-The Lady Who
Died in Her Bath-Pistol Shots
Amid Cinking Gold.

Am1O CluAlu& 0O4Q.
PARIS, February 2S. - The season at
Monaco is at it's height. While fogs are
hanging heavy over London and snow is
lying on the boulevards OF Paris, all is sun
light and gayety, brightness and warmth
in Monaco. The lupins and the irises, the
iasmines and the roses that line the trim,
gravelled walks leading from the railway
station to Monte Carlos Casino are al.
ready bursting into bloom, and the breezes
that sweep in from over the sea are zephyr.
like and balmy. Under these favorable
conditions it is that visitors are crowding
to Monaco, and the hotels are daily show.
ing long lists OF new arrivals.
The baths, which furnished convenient
and reputable motif tor ones presence in
Monaco, are being fairly we'll patronizcd,
but it is the rouge ct noir and the roulette
tables of the Casino that are the really
absorbing objects of attention. young
English nobleman who was cleaned out OF
soc, 900 francs in few hours some weeks
ago has just returned eager as ever to the
green cloth. and during a lucky run has
succeeded in winning back a little over half
his losses.
a young man recently arrived who has
attracted attention by his heavy play and
by his great run of luck so far. He is said
to be young Parisian who recently inner.
tied quite reputable little fortune from 9
maturnal aunt. He began visiting ths
gambling saloons in Paris, and one night
found himself with his last sou staked on
the table. As the turn showed him to have
lost, he uttered loud and heartrending
cry and drew bulky powder flask from his
pocket. Rushing over to the stove he tore
open the door, and, with the wild gesture OF
a madman, hurled the flask in upon the
red-hot Goals. ut is dynamite
dynamite! he shrieked.
With a hoarse shout of horror the crowd
around the TALES parted, and the game
sters, dealers and everybody fled for their
lives. Arrived at various points OF safety
in the outer air they breathlessly waited
expecting every moment to see the building
take hurried ascend into the air. Min
utes passed, and still no explosion oc
Cured. Then the dealers FASTENED back to
the building. They found the desperate
dynamiters had vanished, after generously
helping himself in his soltuG. fro" III,
money on the table and in drawer
thence more thousands, it is aleg
he had brought in. Al for the u.
can melting away ON the Goals, it Colt.
merely some harmless material OF a darn
color, probably black sand. As gambling
is against the law in Paris he was left
in delightful immunity after his escapade.
Now he has turned up in Monaco with
plenty OF money and q seemingly intermi-
nable run OF luck. Talking OF luck, it il
simply marvellous, the superstitions that
gambling seems to j." =, and
nowhere are these supers lions more
ccmr1on than ut Monsco. Professors OF
~. .nystics are as thick in Monaco as flies
! around sugar barrel. Some OF them
| OF Iual in %ho o1A
fortune-teling style; others offer to sell
| luck charms, which vary in character sroIA
relics brought from Rome to pieces OF a
rope with which some criminal was exc
! cuted. The lowest sum which the rule OF
| management allows to be staked on the
| tables is francs-$1. This sum remains
! unchanged, but the highest limit allowed to
| be staked on turn OF the roulette wheel
| has been raised from ZOO to s, 900 francs.
| This increase was due to the complaints OF
! some Russian noblemen that the 5000
| franc limit was too low.
| Two new roulette tables have lately
| had to be added in the grande salle The
| game, as played at Monaco, is as follows:
One of the 'bankers' puts the movable
| bottom OF the roulette table in motion
and at the same instant throws in an ivory
ball. This ball, after making a number OF
revolutions finally falls into one Of these
/
| the hole into which il falls determining the
gain or loss OF the player.
A player may stake his money on any Oi
the thirty seven numbers and before the
| wheel is set in mOiOn he shows the number
| he selects by placing his stake beside it. II
he has selected the number corresponding
to that into which the balls falls he receives
| thirty-five times over the amount OF his
| stake. II he has divided his chance be-
l,1', nsvv,kn
times the amount OF his stake; il among
three numbers, twelve times the amount of
his stake, and so on. The effort made by
| the management of Monte Carlo to keep
up every outward semblance OF respecta-
| bllity, as shown in it's establishment OF
baths and it's rule not to admit any one to
| the Casino who has not made formal ap-
plication to the Special Commissioner, is
strongly emphasized in it's horror Of suicide
on the part OF unlucky gamesters at the
tables.
Such happenings are considered vulgar
and consequently undesirable, and the
management does all in it's power to guard
against such occurrences. Any unlucky
player who is suspected OF suicidal tenden.
cies is closely watched, and upon many oc
casions is furnished with wholesome ad-
vice and even with money to carry him to
respectable distance from the prinri-
pality. Not long ago beautiful young
widow who had lost her all at the table
took her life. Sybarite throughout her
existence she at least chose comfortable
way OF passing out OF it. Sho filled her
bath with warm water, deliberately
scented it with delicate perfumes, and
then stepping into it, opened a vein. She
WAS quite dead when found the local doc
tor, who was called in, vouching that her
exit from this mundane sphere must have
been sensuously delightful one. Every
effort was made by the management to
keep the affair as quiet as possible, the story
being spread that the lady had succumbed
while in her bath to al attack of cerebral
congestion.
Thus are the light warm, sunshny days
being passed at Monaco. No one basea y
the genial sunlight, enjoys the r2rf
the roses, or looks out over tn
ing waves at the snow white Sal
little fishing boats flashing in the S..
In the Casino itself the players sit ar',u
the tables flushed, excited, calm, self
possessed or moody, according to their in
dividual temperaments, and above all rises
the clink OF the gold as the croupiers' rakes
stretch forth over the tables and draw the
| money in. But to those stricken by the
gambling fever these songs are sweeter than
| the song of the birds without cad they
have no eyes for flowers, b. IS, scenery.
| anything, save tho little ivory ball which
nhir.s and whills around in the roulette.
|
! Senator Jones' Other Love Affair.
Washington Letter in the Baltimore American.
Now that all the world is laughing at
Senator Jones, OF Florida, and his unsuc.
cessful attempt at winning bride, it may
be interesting to know that this is his Sec