The Washington times., 1894-08-04
CURB AND CORRIDOR.

East Capitol street last night contentedy
whiting and swapping yarns.
''Say, did you all ever know how Jonesy
became the voluntary victim OF misplaced
confidence2" inquired one.
Nav; go ahead and give 1t away"
swell. he waited long time to get mar
ried, and everybody thought he would remain
bachelor. He broadly intimated that he
was waiting for a combination of money,
youth, and beauty the old sinner, and when
1t was finally underst ood that he had pro-
posed to a girl down IN Virginia, and he
smirked end looked wise when the matter
was insinuated to him, we began to arrange
OF q good square feed at his expense.
HE finally promised to set 'em up but ro-
quired us to wait until he shufied of his
bachelorhood.
1--WE waited.
"We're waiting yet.
Look here, old man, fire of the climax, -
exclaimed one Of the listeners.
"Wait minute. When Jonesy got back
from the bridal tour, We 'boned' him for the
collation..
"You never in all your life saw q smile that
resembled the river OF death in the panorama
of Pilgrims Progress as closely as his hid.
Ibid you capture the NJ. Y. and B. aggre-
cation. Jonesy?" asked.
"'say, John. let up. I'll tell you conf
dentially, just how 1t is. / heard that the
old man had but two children and knew he
had ten thousand or so to divide; but, bless
you, after we were married-Josna and /
she told me her fathers first wife had left
four children and the second one six. 1t
doesn't take much OF a lightning calculator to
decide that twelve goes into ten no times with
nary over
''As said awhile ago, we're still waitin
for the big spread"
"My mother" said Clerk Simms, of the
United States district attorneys office. "got
an old colored cook to work in the house.
The first day, after giving Aunt Eliza all the
instructions about preparing the dinner,
mother went to the third story. She sud-
denly remembered that she had forgotten to
tell Eliza something. She whistled down
the speaking tube three times without receiv-
ing an answer, and she went down to see
what the trouble was.
Didn't you hear me whistle" she ex-
claimed.
Deed Missis. 1 did, was the reply.
"Why didn't you answer them"
'Lor' honey, Use got no teeth
"Seben eleben," Joe, dies" "HOuse rent
to pay" "Feber in de SOUTH" and numerous
Otutt sOuuus NIlCl RIttt
the ear of visitor to the Potomac Flats on
Sunday. Any one euDaccustomed to this would
probably think that the inmates of st. Eliza
beth's had broken loose or that the Govern
ment had decided that much-discussed ques-
ton, what to do with the fats?'' by estab-
fishing a colony of imbeciles there. But
neither is the case. The noises that are heard
are only cries of derision and encouragement
uttered by the dead game sports" from
Bloodfield, Freeman's Alley, Crow Hill, and
the numerous other tough localities of the
city enjoying their Sunday game of crap.
OF this game there are two kinds: Feed
crap" and "bank crap" The latter is played
in gambling resorts, but the former is in
dulged in by ali true lovers of the game when
they play among themselves. In neither of
the games is there any limit to the number of
players. In ''feed crap" the players squat in
circle and after rolling ''de bones once
around to see who 'gets de bones fer de fust
pass" the game begins in earnest. The lucky
man who threw the highest point in the pre-
paratory round making the first pass with the
dice and he also makes bet OF any amount he
may see fit. This bet is covered by the next
man to his left who wishes to, the nearest
man to the one with the ''bones" always hav-
ing the preference of feeding" as covering
the bet is technically known.
After the bets are made the player takes the
dice and, after going through several aero
batic performances for the purpose of en-
couraging his luck, throws for his point.
From this move one Of three things must re-
suit. ''De man wild de bones" must have
thrown either "seven-eleven," !" Crap or a
point. If the sum total of the numbers on
the upper face of the two dice be either seven
or eleven the point is "seben-eeben, and the
thrower takes the money, but if to the con-
trary the dots figure up less than four and
more than eleven then the feeder takes the
money. But if neither of these cases occur
and the dots make some combination other
than these already mentioned then Il point
has been thrown, and "de man wild de bones
mus keep on rollin' dem' until he either
makes his point on throws a seven. II he
does the former he takes the money, but he
loses If "de bones rolls out seben.'
For example, let the point be eight or any
Of the other point numbers, it makes no off
ference, and the thrower must continue to
roll de bones until he makes eight, unless
he throws seven before he accomplishes this.
If the thrower makes his point then he is en-
titled to make another pass; but if he throws
the fatal seven the dice 90 to the next man on
his left, who repeats the performance of his
predecessor.