The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-01
YOU CANNOT WIN"
SOME MODERN METHODS OF
CHEATING AT CARDS.

mun0raClVo TO some, While to
others It is a Hard Investment-The
Bug" the "Hold Out" and the
"Spy"-A Great Invention 10 Gull
the Guileless Granger.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Poker players who play for the mere
pleasure that there is in the game, and are
not particular whom they meet as adj
versaries, must sometimes wonder why
their luck persists in running against them
and why the luck of a certain opposite
player just as persistently sticks TO him.
At the right moment he comes In on a good
thing and sweeps the table. Again, when a
good thing that is likely to blow him out of
water turns up, he somehow or other
keeps aloof and the good thing goes for
naught Again, there are those who some
times wonder how 1t is that certain
men are always found about the table who
are dignified by the euphonious title of
poker sharks. They toll not, neither do
they spin. yet they are invariably supplied
with that requisite Of all requisites-money.
They wear fine clothes and the future dis
turbs them not Generally these men have
an interest" in the game, and the piokings
of the suckers are divided between them
Sometimes they are paid a weekly salary
and given a percentage of the winnings
made off some sucker whom be has
steered into the little
FRIENDLY GAME OF DRAW.
Between these men perfect understand
ing exists, and it is sometimes not necessary
to use any unfair means to do the skinning
All that is necessary is to seat the poor devil
in the right spot and let the hyenas eat him
up on bluffs, and by "raising him out"
These men dare not resort to open cheating,
lest the house be given a bad name, and the
semi-respectable patrons be compelled to
withdraw their valuable patronage.
Appliances of another sort are offered to
INSCRIPTIONS poker players who do not
keep tables of their own, but are always
ready to join friendly gamen with a
view to increase their incomes
One of these is the vest hold-out, which
is a pocketbook made of leather and steel,
little broader, longer and thinner than a
pack of cards, and having an inside wallet
with steel edges, to which is attached spiral
spring chain that runs down inside the
trousers and is fastened TO the foot. This
elegant machine is sewed fast bet seen the
vest and the vest lining horizontally,
within easy reach of the right hand, and for
the sake OF comfort the person who uses it
opens a couple of bottoms of his vest, the
room being warm, and affects to keep his
handkerchief there and to use it frequently.
His plan is to put away in the holdout one
card of each suit in order to fill hushes, and,
perhaps, a couple Of aces. although it is
dangerous to hold out aces for any length
Of time, since they are st
LIABLE TO BE MISSED. ~
But given feur clubs in the hand of the per-
son who uses the hold-out all that he has to
a e. a.. t. ~
wallet with the required club. This club
joins the other four, the handkerchief is
used to wipe the face and put back with
flourish, and the flush Is probably winner.
AS the reader will learn from the advice of
the manufacturer of one Of these machines,
which is appended below, it is not politic to
do this business constantly. Common sense
indicates that one must not always win.
Hear the inventor and manufacturer:
gents: l am now prepared to furnish
you with the latest improved vest holder,
which for simplicity, durability and finish
is par excellence. 1t will not break or get
out of order, anybody can use it, it works
smoothly and noislessly, and is as perfect as
it can be made after many years of careful
study. 1t does away entirely with the old>
fashioned aud clumsy breastsplate. Il is
now an article of merit and value received
for the money ten times over; anybody can
use 10 successfully with very little practice,
without fear or detection for months, in
any game where it has not been previously
exposed.
Like all modern Improvements, its sim
plicity is greatly in its favor; it is strong
and serviceable; no springs to rust or break
or weaken and get out of order; in fact it is
the modern hold-out, and if the man will
do his work the machine will do its work
Any ordinary poker player, with a moder-
ate amount of discretion, can use it month
after month in nine out of every ten poker
games in the country; it is fine invention.
and any one who plays cards for a living
needs it more than they do snide iewelry or
hashy clothes, with holes in their pockets
INSTEAD OF DOLLARS.
'There is but one way to gamble success
fully, and that is to get tools to work with
and have the best of every game you get
into" M = -
An implement that has also been much
used, but is still unknown to many unsus-
picious card-players is the Dug The
manufacturer enlarges upon this as follows:
This is an invention for the purpose of
holding out any nulnber Of cards, and it
will do it. 1t is very simple In its construc-
ton, easy to operate, and any person who
knows that two and two are four can use it.
1t can be carried in the vest pocket all the
time, and is always ready for use, not liable
TO get out of order, and should it do so any
matchmaker can put it in order for a trifie.
as the whole expense of manufacture is only
about so cents. Then why ask 50 for it.
you says For this reason: that one is all
you would ever want to buy, as they do not
wear out like cards. Also, after seeing it,
you can get one made as well as can. and
make them for your friends, and sell them
to all the sporting men in your vicinity,
thereby inJuring my trade, and get moth
ing for my invention; and you will wonder
that the thing was never thought OF before.
With it you can hold out one or twenty
cards, shift and make up your hand
TO suit, and your hands and person
are at perfect liberty all the time. Your
opponent may look in your lap and up
your sleeve, but there is nothing TO be seen.
After having used it once you would not be
without it for any price, as, like all good in
ventions, its simplicity is great point in its
favor, and any sporting man who has ever
seen or knows its value would not hesitate
to pay $40 for one if he could not get it for
less; and then he would be doing a wise
thing, and getting more than the value of
his money at that. This valuable little tool
will be sent free by mail, with full and com 7
plete directions for using it, on receipt of
the price"
1.-THE SPY"
A more elegant appliance than either the
bug" or "Holdout." and one that can be
used to great advantage in connection with
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