The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20
DOCTOR YOURSELF.
A Separate Cure for Each Disease.
At All Druggists, Csc a Bottle,
GAMBLING ON THE SEA.
USUALLY DONE As A PASTIME AND
FOR SMALL SUMS.
Occasionally IA Man Loses Ills All
and Drops OverbORrd-StOries Of
Big Wagcrs.


and Drops OverboRrd-stories OF
Big wagcrs.
From the New York Sun.
What was the most exciting game you
ever saw in the smoking room?" was ask
ed of a steward of ten years experience on
Atlantic liners.
1T was a dice game" was the reply. "A
party from California was bound over,
and they were a very liberal set of gentle
men. They sat in the smoking room a
good deal after the first day or so. and
played poker most of the time. but they
always shook the dice when they ordered
anything This time I'm telling about
they got to talking about the chances of
certain numbers being thrown In success
sion, and one of the gentlemen was saying
that when any combination had been
thrown a certain number Of times in sue
cession the chances were growing less aud
less all the time that it would be thrown
again. So to explain what he was saying
he put two dice in the box and handed il
to the gentleman on his right who turned
them out. As it happened he rolled up
skies.
I'm bet you five to one you can't do #
again., said the man, taking a handful of
gold from his pocket. "or I'll bet you
twenty to one you can't do it twice
more
I'm take the twenty to one said the
other and he pulled out a silver dollar. The
money was covered and then he threw
the dice, double skies coming both times.
That's no great luck, said the man
who had lost, though 1t don't often hap
pen so; but now III tell you what III do.
III bet you 5000 TO 81 you can't do il ten
times straight, counting In the three
you've got
other. III just raloe. off three of the flyers
for velvet, and leave one ana the silver
against your check
you see. they were all friends together
just having a comfortable time, but they
got uncomfortable enough in just couple
OF minutes more. The man with the box
rolled out the worries, and double skies
turned up. That made four out of the
ten times. Then he rolled again and again
and again-double skies every time. lie
began TO grow pale, but the gentleman
with the check up Just puffed away at
his cigar, and was as cool as IL he had not
bet but a single sovereign.
The next throw was eight times and
double skies showed up again. That start
led the rest-all but the man with the
check-and two of them got UP to watch.
while the man with the box couldn't hold
1t stil he was that excited. He hesitated
a moment after he'd dropped the dice in,
ana then with couple of shakes, just
rolled them out once more, and that made
nine times double SKIES had showed up.
What will you give me to stop?' he
said to the other
Wait a minute. said the man with
the check and he took a pencil from his
pocket and made some more figures on a
piece Of paper.
" -Four hundred dollars said he
I guess not was the reply, III go
NO more than 500. Go ahead he
said
they showed up dueces ace.
4 told wou So said the winner, per-
Now. that's what I call sporting blood
1t makes me think of another game I
saw that was just the other kind There
was a party of six playing very tidy and
fashionable game of draw-a guinea ante
and skysail yard limit il looked like when
they sat down, but you shall Judge for
yourself. They played away with modCr-
ate luck for an hour, with the gold in
stead of chips until they fell into a jack
pot. Talk about luck in throwing double
sixes-there was luck in dealing for n
pair of jacks. They shutiled and cut and
dealt with no one to open it. and then.
again and again, for just thirteen times.
Then enc CT them says:
- Ttn be bad luck If we go on with this
after reaching the thirteenth deal Let's
divide the pot And they did It, / never
saw anything like that before or since.
rs gambling dying out or increasing
among passengers on the liners?' was
'Just now it is increasing. Gambling
on board ship runs in tides.
1t viii be food tide for a number Of
untl the newspapers or the company or
somebody makes n kick. Then there is
an off tide for season. 1t is difficult
matter for the ships master to control,
even when he is not a sporting man him
self All the big liners prohibit profess
siOnal gambling, but al must permit gem
tlemen to amuse themselves with games
of small limit. But the trouble comes in
telling what is a small limit. Ten cents
might be a bigger limit to some passen-
gers than flo to some Others
What was the biggest win you ever
SAW"
II don't know, except this. I saw
man cash in four stacks OF reds that
were higher than his hand was broad in a
game where d white chip cost a guinea.
He had a couple of handouts of whites and
blues besides. I don't think a win Of
more than 81, 900 a a sitting has ever been
noticed by any one in in, my experience"
How about losses2'
"Once n a while you'll hear of a man
who loses eVerything-life and all. He
drops his pile and then plunges over the
rail. / saw such a case. young fellow
came on board at Queenstown, and for
two days played against steady run Of
bad luck. / guess he was starting out 70
seek his fortune, and was losing his cap
ital. When it was all gone he borrowed
half crown of the winner and ordered
cigars. These he distributed, pocketed
the change, lighted his cigar and, saying
he'd take a turn on deck, went out. And
that was the last seen Of him. It's bound
to happen once in two or three years
and I've noticed that the officers were
unusually vigorous in enforcing orders
against gambling for the rest of the sea-
son on all the packets after the news got
around about the suicide"
I'm proportion to population there Is
more gambling on board the ordinary
passenger steamers plying across the Al
lantic than in any shore community in the
world, perhaps not excepting Monte Car
To-" said q Maidenlane diamond broker
whose business carries him to Europe
gambling is either very high or very dam
aging to the pockets or the morals Of the
PLAYERS. In fact the bets are generally
insignificant in amount. In fact you can
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