The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-04

snen smp7y was,ed ana lost to ooM
ssdes.
Only one suit Is played at time. Tint
watcher has the privilege Of leading any
euit he pleases. Whenever q player
cannot play he has 70 pay a chip into tbs
ceneer of the table. These forfefts ART
-aked in by tse side thai wins the trick
Chip is not the proper word, however. n
the American adjunct to poker Is rarely
seen in Spain. All the gambling is dop.
with money. In the ordinary game the
unit Ia a copper piece called n big
dog" It Is officially known as ten
confines, and rs worth two cents In
United States money. Is is called "a
big dog" from tbs fart that the lion OF
CASTLE is stamped on the reverse side Of
each coin, white the 1--WE centimes piece
is called "a little dog OF course there
are many people who play for muca
higher stakes, The silver 80 centinea
item ceqts) or the pesata GO cents) b.-
ing made the unit Occasionally, too,
very heavy sports and wild plung-rs
use the duro. or Eve pcsata piece, ecr?i
rare. for long game on THAT best
would bankrupt almost any village OF
the peninsula
The signals are rather difficult for q
novice to use deftly and withou. detee'
ton. = slight upward movement VI thu
right hand from the table indicates that
the sign Mailer has neither Of the erd
cards-that Is. queen or ace-in lis
hand. To show that he has none CT The
cards 10 sSs upper end of the suit tfs
bead is thrown backwards toward tho
right shoulder. When be has memo n
the lower end of the suit The came move
-nent IS mace ryi:A TIE head toward The
left sheuidcr. I. be h>i1s the queen ha
signals It ~ s.ick:cg the tongue intc
The right che~L, tie ".,e ty sticking raS
tongue into the Ief. cheek: be announces
the king BY winkiDg the right eye, ea,d
:hc jack by winling the left. Pursuing
Up the lips indicates q number Of cares
IN tho middle of the suit. Twiddur-
The fingers of The left hand shows tnat
TIE sign maker holds all or a major.t,
Of the cards ct the lower end Of this
sait except the ace. II il should so hap
pen that the sign maker had none Of t6c
-arSs in the suit led he would 20 In
form his partner by running bis tongue
around his teeth two or shr>s tiu1ea
not bold good haH:' in any suit.
The r1hts aTs INDICTED by the fingers
CT the right hand The first fEger for
suns, the second fo- swords. third 70,
cup@ and the htIle finger for saucer~
Moving ei.her of tbs>. fingers msars
that particular suit
The origin OF ''Mano voca" 10 cloudei
= III, -----s----- - c-r-'-N l~-~nds-, |
lore Some assert that il dates back TO !
the Moorish occupation. and that the |
somber and silent race by whom words |
were never wasted or uttered frivolous |
~ played their games with signs rather |
than dsmean themselves by Idle chatter |
That's all very pretty and poetic, but
Il probably is not true. In all prooao.
lsty "Mano vocs' !. the degenerate
prodtrc: OF the card game brought into /
Spain by The English and French SOL |
6iers during the Pentnsllar war. The I
Spanssn ike 10 win as well as anybody /
else. and the sign element IS undoubt- /
eddy ne offspring Of some Spanish card |
sharper's systematic scheme 10 cheat. |
Quite likely has system was 50 success /
full that IL attracted favorable notice and 1
was universally adopted. 50 that IN time /
n became a recognized par1 Of the |
game
War is the diferencs between the MAJ
~ r.as Aa a,4 ~ his nd hoy
VINO has Just finished his task, One les
sens his nose, and the other knows his les
son.
If people love you. be happy; don't de
mand the impossible by asking that the
same people lsve you longer than q week
Atchison Globe
EMILE, asked the teacher IL natural his
tory, (which animal attaches himself 20
man the mostf' Emile (afier some refiec-
tionl-s'The leech, sir,'