The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-02

beck duck stuffed with chestnuts. ard
champagne glass with his teeth. and
the si1edishes of Virginia n0miuy done
brown. in butter. gsrnished with accrn-
fed bacon from Accomac.
There were no cIub-hoUses. so-calIed. in
the ante-bellum dass OF washington. And
here up to the fan OF FcTt Sumptsr. the
South ard North. no matter how acrid
the days debate In congress. when the
members me. before Joe Halls OF george
Pcadleton's green blaze table on Penn
syIvania avenue. all on pleasure bent
they let silence like a poultice fan and
heal the blows OF political strife.
Joe Hail. who died very poor IN Balti-
more. during the war. was. in the last
generation. the most munifcent and the
most continuously high roller" among
with gold-tipped harness. were the oyno-
su-e OF all eyes. ard the admiration OF the
golden youth Of Baltimore,
In Philadelphia ne ran a gambling
house over Or. AfcClellau's office. oD wal
nut. above Eleventh. north side (now by
the irony Of fate the Sunday School
Times Office. from 1886 until the war
broke out Here Thaddeus Stevens. the
great couimoner OF Peunsyivania. mem
ber Of congress, hobncbhed with James a.
Bayard. OF Delaware. father OF the min
lister of England. and the handsome Ellis
Schnable. who. with "BHf Witte. was
the best all-round stump orator of whom
the Keystone Democracy ever boastea.
Here young attorney who had never
seen card taole before. introduced By
Mr. Whltelev. an accomplished member
of congress from Delaware. Won 5000 in
a single night. and in ten months lost
that and $4,000 on top OF IL trying TO
make another winning from the false and
tickle goddess of faro
An old habitre Of Joe Halls saw that
game. in which the trio at gaming won
afty straight bets without losing one. and
said that such luck was So phenomenal
that he had never witnessed anything
like &. in forty years fuii practice before
the green baize-
Joe Hall had arotter game with the
two stone dog before the door. on
Broadway. View York city. nearly cppo-
site tie Netrop0le Hotel. from ISIS - 100.
This spot was the favorite ciabholse 81
youthful southern sporting gentlemen
politicians. who set the pace among the
teunesse doree Of New York city
such thing rs limit vas unknown.
as Joe Han was prepared for all comera
up 70 S50.e03 The limit ct Moraco IS ~
o00 francs Gzgoo. but any gentleman iu
good standing could write his check 81
Halls for s200e0 on a douhle card or .
case card. aad 81 would E1 IKE clrrert +
coin of the realm. J have seen Graerai
wa-d Z. Burnett. who was TIE reciriept
of General Jacksons gold Hnan box. +
given ~ his VII go the hraTest mTa
when the -llear-eyeG gambler woaid /
turn the silver box oveE ard cioss tha +
game for the nieht-gereraliy saoas r. 4
,n.-open snap" game the general p
coming banker. ard. putting rp 80 80
the bank ron play I'll DAYLIGHT
FARO and cotton were in the da
both kings Albert Pike whose 'fi5l11r
20 the Gods" frHt pablahed in hlack-
woods sIaeazine iu E1inb5rTh aa9 t-sHs-
lated into a dozen ianTiaEes. wa an aan-
.tue of Joe Bars Eeesirrtpr zafce-
ALBERT PIKE oree received g. go 80 ae
single fes la she Chsr1kee iaEl case 'thfn
ao lhe5 ~ Ilfue Rock. Ark 1i pra
-ed law Bat most ~ tbs bE i1r
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