The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-11

ANNNN WfA" A NJ NHfs"H
< E0a i club IN Somerset
NJ 49, shire. England
~ composed mostly OF
w ministers. They
met every Sunday
evening IN the back parlor oi a barber
-Four of those we're one time acting az
pall-bearers at the funeral OF rcver-
end brother whom dslay occurred
owing TO the grave being not quite
ready. and the coffin was SET down al
Ihe chanccl By way OF Willing away
thc time one OF them produced O pack
& cards from biz poke, and proposed q
ioe hands Of whls, The rest gladly
1ssonted and they were deep In the
game when the rcAion came TO an-
ounce that the roplIati0us were COM
pletc.
Goldsmith tells OF an old lady who.
Wins Eek unto death. played cards with
the curatc TO pass the time away, and.
after winning an hls money. had Just
prepared 10 play lcr her funeral charges
when she expired
Mctlornlch the great Austrian
statesman. owed 10 O single game OF
whist the greatest sorrow OF his life
One evening. while be was engaged In
his fayorlle game. an express arrived
with dispatches from GallCla, lie
placed The papers on tho mnntelpiece
and went on plsyilg an that night and
Tar into The morning when the party
broke mp be was Mortified TO learn that
up0n his Immediate ronly 10 the BE
patches depended the fate 90 . 900 limo
cent persons Had Motternlch loved
Whist less passlonalely. history had
never recorded the Infamous Gallcian
massacre. 10 Is said that when the
revolution broke out IN Paris repeated
and frantic messages we're sent to
Charles y. informing him Of the state
Of affairs. The king was ergrossed 10
Yards. however. and not to be- disturbed
and each time the reply came. Ills
majesty h playing whist"
Another cool whist player was Lord
Sligo, when the news arrived that
nis magnificent residence was on Gre he
stop ed only n moment 10 ascertain
whether or not his presence could be OF
material service on the scene Of the con-
aagration. Finding that Il would not
ne calmly took mp the hand which had
been dealt him while he was talking
with the messenger aud resumed play.
Docs whist playing cause or encouf-
age hearilossncss? when Lord Thanct
ives in the Tower for the OConnor not.
three friends the duke OF Bedford. the
duke De Laval and Capt Smith -wcre
admitted 10 play whist with him. and
remained ull the lock-up hour Of n.
Early in the sitting Capt Smith ZEN
back in ~ Of apopleyy. and one OF the
party rose to can Cor hclp. stop erie
mother. we shall BE- turned out u YOU
make a noise; Bet our friend alone an
n. We can play dummy aud be will be-
none the worse. for can read death In
his face"
A case whore single came n waist
was responsible for a good deal was
that In which G. n. Drummond oi the
famous Charing Cross banking house
Of London lost 100000 OF single ,it-
ing TO Beau Brummel When his loss
became known 10 Drummond's partners
they decided that a gambler was an un-
desirable a. sociato In a business rcqulr-
Ing for prosperity the confidence OF the
public In iis managers They t1cre-
fore forced him to retire.
Unless Esparlero and his Zoe. Marcia.
are much belicl their quarrel was set
tlci by a game OF cards In a farmhouse
40 Bergara. where they met 90 arrange o.
truce between their respective forces.
No sooner did Espartero enter the room
than the Carllst chief challenged him 10
q game OF trcsilio. challenge the
Christine accepted with alacrity, Is
partero FIRST won all Maro,a's money.
then his own conditions Tor tht truce.
article BY article, and 6nally The eltiro
submission OF the Carlist army With
In twenty-fouf hours Marcia had raid
his debt and the fierce Carlist var was
at an end
a Marlborough hand rs a baud Ia
which there Is no card above a nine
spot The name given % this hand b.
Derived from certain Lord Yaroor-
ough, who used 20 Cncr the attractive
but Very safe wager OF 1000 pounds 10 I
pound that hand Of this sort wouli
not Do dealt Ills lordship may have
worked out the chances or hc may not
but the fact is that such "a hand occurs
only once In LS21 rounds. although
pcmbrligo says he has held three Var.
bcrourhs IN % single evening His llrd-
ships wager. TO be- quite fair. should
have been lS27 pounds TO pound u
Is said that he won his wager many
thousand times.
According TO a recent report a YOUNG
lady at a whist party held ten 81 the
thirteen ttumps Such a hand is OK
ccodingly rare As for The chances OF
holding thirloon-trump hand. they arc
agured TO be l6l00O.O0o.0lO To- l.
Al The Union club Of Bologac some