El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
The Spectator.

In Ell Paso there exists a well or.
ganized club of fashionable young
men, who earn considerable revenue
by aeecing the unwary at the seduc-
tive game of poker. They derive suffi-
cient money in this manner to cover
the deficiency which constantly exists
between their incomes and ex-
travagant expenditures. The young
fellows are of the class who lead but
terfy lives and are great fsvorites
with shallow minded young women
who delight in reckless pleasure
and reckon not on the consequences.
1t is customary for these young poker
players to assemble in some secluded
Office or private room when they have
goose to pluck and proceed to pluck
him. Things do not always go their
way, however, as would appear from q
recent incident related concerning
them. A young fellow who was known
- have plenty of money was
and invited to take q hand in the
game. He played for an hour or two
and lost heavily. Soon all the money
he had about him. was gone and he
rendered q check for $50 to open q jack
pot. The bankers suspicious were
aroused, and being q prudent business
man he hurriedly sent out to in
quire if the check was good.
1t was, and he accepted it as
already lost by the young man and he
found himself again out of funds. He
wanted to stay in the game and pro-
duced q second check for $500 and pur-
chased $50 worth of chips Herewith
receiving the balance in coin. The
banker accepted the second check with
out hesitancy because the investiga-
ton concerning the first check
had been zen, entirely rely, satisfactory
supposed greenhorn quietly melted
away and then contrary to the expec-
tations of the other players, he pushed
back his chair, declaring he had
enough. He quickly left the room with
the S45O received from the banker
safely slowed away in his inside pock-
ct. After he had gone the banker dis
covered the cheek to be worthless and
the youthful sharpers looked at one
another in blank amazement. They
had lost at their own game.
Colonel Richie, the former command
err of the Galveston immune regiment,
has been ordered to resume his former
station at Galveston in charge of the
engineer work there, he being a cap
tain in the engineer corps of the regu-
lar army; having been promoted dur
ing the war from first lieutanancy.
his rank at the time he accepted the
colonelcy of the immupes. Mr. Arthur
Coste, who was Capt. Riches clerk in
his Galveston office previous to the i
war and who was subsequently, made
adjutant OF the immune regiment, is to
also return to his former position.
An effort is now being made to in
troduce in Ell Paso acetylene gas for
Illuminating purposes. The following
from the Insurance Times might be of
interest to persons who have examined
the new illuminating material:
THE explosion OF. acetylene gas in
Chicago the other day, while an ex-
hibitsof the machine was in progress
for the benefit of the underwriters.
committee present on the occasion,
was a fOrcible reminder to these GEN
tlemen that acetylene gas is a danger
GUS playthinR. The story is that OF
OF the committee threw down a light
ed cigar stump which caused the ex-
plosion, which suggests that No
Smoking sign should be posted where
ever one OF th-se gas machines is at
work. Seriously, the manner in which
the permission to use certain machines
for acetylene gas has been granted in
the west is not particularly creditable
to the Western Union people. We
may be old fogies in the east and be-
hind the times, but our underwriters
have bump of caution in dealing
with novelties in illumination which
might we'll be copied by those who are
responsible for the spread of this
dangerous gas in the west"
Frank Collier, the eminent Chicaoo
lawyer, who has been insane since the
day he was slugged in the head bv
thug during q political campaign sew
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