Telegram-herald., 1890-07-28

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THE PAIL OF RICHMOND AsSoUNcED.
was boosted 10 the skylight or transom Just
above tRe door. lie got half way IN. balanced
FOR brief moment. and without warning, his
friends pashed him headi0ng into tie room.
He fell right EcrOss the center OF the table The
chips few IA every direction. and $500 in
bills, tumb,ed all over the floor. The legs OF
the table snapped ia two Ike straws. and The
{ lucky Assembiyman vas on his feet Ia an in
I slant unhurt. Al that moment the door was
pushed open, and before a dollar could be
picked up the room was filled with men. The
poker players got their money. but great ex-
citement prevailed. and much amusement was
extracted from the players who OF course did
not fancy the rude way they were Interrupted
even IL Richmond had fallcn."
MAX o'RELL TELLS or A DRAMATIC SCENE.
Poker am not familiar with although I
know Il IS great American game. / remem-
Der a ludicrous and 20 me highly amusing in
cidcnt that occurred at a gambling table while
I was standing by. During the Franco-Prus-
sian war Twas captured and placed in q Ger
man prison. At one time several OF US prison
10 visit the city OF weisbaden. Big gambling
was in progress there then. and OF course we
saw the sights. Ono night stood near a rouge
et noir table and watched a number bet their
money. A German workman stood by betting
small sums. winning and losing with indifferent
success. Around went the little ball in the
slots OF the wheel Of fortune, and long before IL
had time to settle the workman put down oil he
had 900 francs, on the red. The black
won, but before the croupier could rake down
the money the workman seized his 800
francs. and saying: i will not let my children
and wife starve; 'tis all the money have in the
world he rushed out. The fellows action yas
intensely dramatic and natural, and yet the
whole scene was so ludic-ous / could not re-
frain from laughing heartily. For once the
nervy croupier did not know what to do. He
sat still in amazement and permitted the poor
workman to go away. No one begrudged the
workman his own money"
henry wATTERsoNs GREAT NERVE
J. NJ Hill, manager OF the ST. James Hotel,
New York City says: II never play cards on
general principles. Still, know what game Of
poker is IL should accidentally stumble on
one. Now, as TO rattling good players who bet
in a Napoleonic way, that fairly lifts the hair
on novice's head. suppose Henry Waiter.
son, OF Louisville, KY, would take the prs
MUM. lie Is breezy, and has a dashy way that
no ono can resist admiring / heard Of a gamo
OF poker he played where he was sadly caught
on big blum. He was at the table with Mr. J.
p. Dougherty, whom everybody in this city
ought TO know II they do not and several other
frst-class players. The nero fact that Waiter
son was in the game was sufficient to indicate
that big stakes were now and then placed on
the table. II was Jackpot poker, and now and
then the pot became alarmingly large. But
Wattcrson did not grow dizsy and he bet with
cavalier sangfroid The fact is. the great edit
or's poker nerve is the admiration Of thousapds
OF players. His face does not change, no mat
ter If he is betting high on a bobtail flush.
Some one opened the jack pot and Watterson
and Dougherty came in each drawing three
cards When ID came Watterson's time 70 bet
he coolly put up one hundred dollars. The Jack
pot contained several hundred besides, and no
one wanted to give up at once. But the assured
way in which the editor put up his bet caused
all to drop out except Doggherty.
"He saw tho bet and raised it another hun
dred Watterson never hesitated but went an
other hundred better. All the others at the Ia
be began 10 feel sorry for Dougherty for they
imagined that the editor had a big winning
hand ana was drawing his opponent on. After
three one hundred dollar bets had been made
Dougherty, TO the astonishment Of those pres
ent, called Wattersol. The latter put his
hand on tho table and showed that be had been
betting on pair Of deuces. DOugherty raked
Every one present admired the editors bluning
nerve but great praise was bestowed upon
Dougherty for his unbo1nded confidence in Il
PAIR of seyens- No one can tell when Waiter
son Is bluidng or betting on big hand, and
that is one reason why be is such a great play
er.
NO PLACE FOR TENDER FOOT.
r. @. WoodfoTd. Ollcial engineer in the
vsal, South Africa. says: In the city OF
j
gamblers and men. politely known as sporting
characters. Some big games have been played
IN tnat city by men who were not sports. but
amateur players longing for excitement Now
and then ga American would come along and
clean out The gang aud go away several thou
sand pounds richer. One Of our most noted
professionals is Ky Sonnenburg. and ho
pays game that would mske = tenderfoots
hsir stand on end There vas certain well-to-
90 butcher Ia the city Eho became great
poker player and who cleaned out every one
who net him srsund the table GIzv' ba1
heard that the butcher was RATHER and BET IA
Win every time. whether on a bluT or a fuu
bana- o1e evening 'IsT' and the butcher sat
ooNn toa game togcther There vas consider.
soe excitement among local sports 10 know
the result q the game an3 some were present
- witness the battle q chance or scieDce
whafevcr draw POSER may be. Ky began "a
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sac aud never once showed the white fesfhr~
"hs1dreds of dollars q the butchers passed
ever TIE fabie 70 'IkT's' pile arf e s~eu7ed a
cne sized a1atr. The last deal Ky drew
three cards ard the b1tcher one. They bevaa
to cet aai &c PCT vas large. Finall7 Tkv.
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v7ich - tie crippled condition = TIE butche--s
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