The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05

an undertaken embalming a body you are sup
posed TO play 80. II you happen W dream thai
black dog is chasing a white bear over the roof o.
there Is more than one dog chasing The bear tho
professional poke iend espeSaIy .he ielioM yoni
me- r1' up on SeVsa'n Ok 8 rIEsn there IL The dead
cat gig. a cross Of gold gig the cucumber gig, tho
washtub gig, the vinegar gig the onion gig; !he
gig. the milk gig. the coffee gig, the bread gig
the meat gig. the coal gig. the garter gig the
gtasshoppcr gig the egg gig lhe corpse gig ,ho
marriage gig and the divorce gig, Then thcrc
is the nose gig. the foot gig, the head gig, tho
player Of the Tcndcr'Jin who happens to dream
Uf the devil has AT least thousand gigs or com
binations Of numbers that at in for every sort OF
dreams that he sees the devil descending into
he'll II means that he will he successful in playing
% II IL, but II he dreams he sees the devil com
by two and PLAY, IL 90 30
There Is gig ior every kind Of metal that
stone Theirs is also gig for every flower that
ever grew and for every sort Of animal that ever
n story II murder the policy ncnds Immediately
as ! ia" 20 For every article Of clothing ever
after that article. Then there is the beer gig and
The ,whskey, gig and The gin gig, The gin gig
u sg SeS Ts SS mostly sy s
street. near Seventh avenue. there IL negro
known az the moon man. Policy players from
gives out combinations which he tells them are
received directly from policy spirit that Is in the
TIL crowd MS f to sss hT are Re
them. II you call on him for lucky gig he win
tell you long story Of how he was very III one
time. when he lived down South, and during his
illness there came to his bedside little fat white
man, no bigger an that and he II measure oil
the size Of the fat man by holding out his arms
According to his story the little fat man was the
original man in the moon. lie came down and
gave the invalid wonderful powers 10 pick lucky
numbers OF course, the moon man now doesn't
send numbers out unless he gets paid for them,
because as he explains IT, he IL altogether different
from the original moon man for the reason that
the original fellow could live on atmosphere and
cloud sandwiches washed down by rain while he
the Tcndcrlon mOon man, has to pay cold cash
Tor what he eats and drin ks in and around the
Tcndrrloin. II II wasn't for that he say he
would give numbers away free. The East Side
also has a moon man in the person Of an Italian
bootblack who has a stand on the Bowrry lie
has the entire number Of gigs IN the policy system
which iSuver 10000 lie II give you one and some
other fellow another and 50 on and II any one Of
the people wins hc u demand share OF the money
won OF cours" he is like the racc,rack tout for
he has always sure winner.
Now lc, me tell you something abou, the other
end OF the game. II would take me several years
Ia tell you all about the players. but ! have said
enough Ia SHOW you the class OF people they are
l he other end Of the game il run by a conibina.
ton ui men, the chief Of them being known as
the policy king his man IL well known 10
politicians il this city. lie has often taken an
up into districts and sold tn, privilege of running
the game III each Of these districts. Consequently
the man who backs the policy game the
East Side is not the same fellow who backs II
the West Side In each district there is a
headquarters where they receive u copy of the
plays made in each shop twice a day. The dis
trICt baCkCr pays the rent Of the policy shop and
also the coal and gas bills In addition 10 this
he pays a commission To the manager OF each
shop, the commission being a percentage Of the
money taken in for plays II particular shop
is compelled ~ pay out large sum -! money, the
manager 81 that shop is loser ~ the extent that
lie may lose a wcck's comm NSiuns lake II
from my end for instance am here in charge
al q shop and receive about Sl2 month for the
expenses II running the place | am also assisted
e. the extent ui having two ccrs ~ sheet writer's
When the time comes for me To srnd the list If
the plays made in my place | SIMPLY shut oil
On taxing any more and send n carbon sheet L.
the district bass II must be- in his possession
at least one hour before the drawing il announced
After | furnish him with copy oi my VII Vol
sheet. the shop becomes dull for In hour 50 lar
Ms business Is concerned However. the crowd
who play gather and wait anNiuuSly during that
hour for messenger e. arrive from headquarters
with the result ni that drawing he mrSscn-
ger comes down here and brings me a paper on
which the following ~ printed.