The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18

which he held was exposed to view he
had drawn jack full on red sevens-
that was what had caused his face to
change. and that was what had in
spired him TO pull his gun
/ There Is a superstition among gam
blers in the west that he who sits in "A
game and draws, in a pat hand, a jack
. tull on red sevcns will never leave the
game alive. The nervous stranger had
drawn the fatal hand and had imme-
diately drawn for his revolver, feeling
that a crisis was al hand His Oppo-
nent had been too quick for him. and
shot him dead
THAT reminds me-" spoke I'D a Chi
/ cagO hardware man, that 1 knew of a
( game of that kind in which hand Of
4 that kind resulted fatally One night
{ the police raided a gambling house on
] q South Side street When the police
+ entered they found the place crowded,
/ with men gathered around the gaming
/ tables. The greatest excitement and
/ confusion at once ensued, and a general
rush was made for the doors and win
/ dOws-
of all those around the tables. but
/ one remained seated He did not move
even after the police had marshaled
( those under arrest. in readiness to take
! them tc the station An officer touched
/ the man. but he did not move. a close
I inspection revealed the fact that the
/ man was dead, He died from heart
/ disease as d result OF the fright. In his
hand he held five cards, which he had
/ drawn They were the jack of clubs,
jack of hearts, jack of spades. and the
/ seven of hearts and seven of diamonds.
/ he had held the dreaded fatal hand
An Unusual Draw.
Il was once playing d game in the
J -- house in Chicago said another
/ diner I borrowed $50 to get into the
game by the way.
zone time when I was dealing d man
| across the table had aces up and I had
a king full on queens. I knew what he
had. and that there was another ace
right at the bottom of the deck
i thought we were talking about
square games interrupted one of the
men at the table.
Here the draw was square an
! swered the story-teIIer- L knew what
4 he had before the draw, ard I knew
( where d third ace lay i'm the deck, but I
/ didn't know what card I gave him
when he called for one.
Now. boys YOU know d man might
/ play hundred years and not hand out
( that lonesome ace right at the bottom
/ of the pack Well. that was where the
/ fourth ace lay. and the fellow with his
ace full of course broke me with my
/ king full I knew the position of three
J of the aces. and the card he drew was
I the fourth. to which 1 had paid no at
teution. because the chance that he
would not get 1t was sufficient for me
/ To get against Yes. sir. that was d.
remarkable a draw as ever occurred
Some Poker Classics.
'I doubt not you have all noticed
that in the course of Il conversation
pertaining TO gambling" said the dean
l. III -.1-.f
1T is quite certain that some of the old !
classics viii crop up once in d while
stories that have been handed down by
tradition until. like proverb and folk
stories and all other gradual evolution I
I'm the UuwTitten literature of the world, /
they have acquired a perfection of form
and neatueSs of wit that not only it'll
late the ears of the SrOundGngS. but
satisfy the severer requirements of the 1
lover of art for arts sake OF course
a subject so prolific in mirth has not
escaped the attention of the profession
al funny man. As hUmOr delights in
contrasts. the funny man extracts 4
weird delight from the suggestion of an
intimate knowledge of the esoteric mys- |
teries of poker on the part Of the rev
ercud clergy
There is the story Of the man who /
Inadvertently slipped a blue chip into
the collection box. and then called Up- :
ON his pastor with am apology for his I
careIesg1ess and silver dollar IN /
place of the chip. oh. no. said the /
minister knowingly that Is not /
enough. \ blue chip is worth s. in .
your game.
We'll. ] knew an Oklahoma divine
who was more ShTewd. The cOileC- /
ton viii now be taken he said one /
Sunday morning and l wish TO fur /
Their remark that poker chips don so /
here any more. Get them cash d be !
fore. YOU come here and bring the
money. 7 am forced 10 this condition (
because of the fact that some Of the
Dr thrcu have been showing off chips
Of their own making on uS and let /
ting the laugh be ON us when We went I
to get them cashed at the Dewdrop !
thirst pdriOrS-'
When the contribution box was car
ricd To the roStrum the miniSt eN-
amned the contents and then said
- regret to say that the heather !
have not yet arrived at that stage of 4
civilization when tn V can derive any 7.
UcrUuiary benefit from poker chips. but /.
IT the gentlemen who have contributed f.
them do not care I viii keep them I'M 3
tii the savag. 81 can be instructed.
An alarming state Of affairs was
revealed also in the protest which the 4
Rev Saltus HitemUp felt constrained I
20 make to his congregation
Nv friends said he tho extent D
to which gambling is carried on in this !.
city is alarming From my study I 4
can look into d cIubToom. and. be T.
Iiaye me. last night 1 saw sight that i
made my blood run cold. There at a T.
table sat four men playing poker +
poker for money, Yes for mon y J .
do not wonder that YOU shudder, breth- /
ZEN. Large stacks Of money were ac- I
tualiy before them and would YOU f.
believe il. L actually saw on man. I
who should have known better bet /
ten chips on a pair of kings
While ON the subject Of the ma
ti0uaI game it may be just as well to F.
give another instance. This, however I
is one i'm which q ten-iuch bowie knife I
figured continued the dean of the +
club.
During the debate Of the senate in
A. on tn anti-tOntine insurance
bin. its intrOducer, Mr.. B. charged
that I'm asking for a hearing the chair
man Of the insurance committee. Mr. .
O.. had stigmatized it as a Gu I
Colzec'
Il have never used such language
I'm my life said Senator c., indig 4
uautly-
You said something like it. insist /
ed NFr. B..
Subsequently. when asked for the
exact term used. Mr. c. observed I
that he had spoken of the bin as a
'IOoIOo.
What is that?' he was asked.
1 don't know its exact meaning,
he replied.
well I do exclaimed another sen
ator. and he proceeded to explain.
Some years ago said h, "A party F.