The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-15

the dealers get IS a day for their services.
In most clubs there are four tables-a
roulette Wheel a monte table, a faro out
Mt and crap table. In some places they
have, in addition to these tables, a keno
outht. The expenses, therefore, are $50 a
day for service alone, the places remain
ing open all night so that both day and
night men are necessary. Then the rem
tai is always high, for the best locations
are sought for, and the real estate men
put the rent up pretty high, and gener-
ally get what they ask. The license for
each table is e250, and four or FIVE times
that amount paid out each year is no
expense, the owners of the shops or
clubs" manage to get along and very few
of them ever go bankrupt
few failures of club owners are re-
corded, and the wreckage is seen occa-
sionally along the edge of the desert
There was A be Kimball for instance. Abe
started a game down in Cerillos. After
paying his license he had a rcll of $50 A
young Englishman, with mining inter-
ests in that part Of the country, came in
almost Immediately after Abe had OPEN
ed up for the first night. He was known
as Lord H. Lord H. had four bits in his
pocket when he, started, and in an hour
ed, clean broke" and closed the game.
Lord H. went across the street and won
door to the place where Abe stood with
his hands in his pockets looking fondly at
his last two bits in exchange for which
he had Just called for a drink and cigar.
and dropped every red cent of the $3.50
within an hour and half. Somebody
came in and told Abe about it. A moment
later Lord II. entered the place.
Lord H. said Abe, that's what I
call - mean. That was every cent L
had in the world.
IF I'd known that. Abe, I'd never have
Abe looked at him for moment
Thanks" he said, you're kind. But I
haven't got that 500; If you'd dropped
that to me I'd be fixed"
In New NTexico prefty nearly everybody
CANDLES. The Mexicans are born gam
blers, and follow the example of their
Chinese friends and play every cent they
have. The favorte game with the Next
cans is monte. 1t is, next to craps, about
the most fascinating game known to
the gambling fraternity. Everybody plays
craps out here and everybody goes broke
on il.
Faro is the gentleman's game" and
that is the game the gambler encounters
when he feels he's lucky. Usually he is
winnings are made. The true gambler
never worries about manana lto-mor-
row. He let's i take care OF itselI. some
thing is bound to turn up before then
Somebody will come in and stake" him,
and then he is bound to win.
In the west stalking Is a great IN
stitution. 1t is recognized as perfectly
legitimate A gambler asks you TO stake
him to $40 II he wins you get your $40
and half the winnings II he loses that's
the last OF your SO An entirely differ
ent institution from stalking Is 'macing.
A man who 'maces another IN q cluD
house is thrown out. A man practices
'inaeing'' when he tries 10 negotiate
loan from a drunken man or from
stranger.
The only gambling disturbance that the
writer has seen during the time he has
been IN this part OF the universe arose
out OF a game IN Santa Fe. A Mexican
had words with an American gambler ana
puIIed out a long revolver and put II
Under the laffers nose, crying out a. the
same time that he was going 70 XII MIN.
ssKill me- d." said the American with great
nerve as he put his hands behind him
and leaned back On the bar. KIN mel