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Show Some I'cop.e Wlio Uiuublc, Of nil tho nations of the earth who gamble .intl they nil do t n)orc or less tho Chinese come In as an easy first. Superstition and the gambling piunla go lu iluniilo harnoss. ami while the tiitindarlns fly Idle i(. dccldo what should lie dime ubout Wfi-Hiil-Wel ami Tullon-Wnn, the humbler ceb-s-tials gamble fur dear life to pas the llnioaway. '.'The Chinese play night and day," says a tiaveler, "till they havo lost all they aro worth, and then they usually go and hnug themselves" from which It would appear that tho yellow dangor Is not so formidable after all. Tho Chinese laborets in the United States squander thur earnings lu a giimo called ''white plglon's ticket." White, by tho way, Is tho unlueky color for tho gamer, and tho lucky otio for tho keeper of the gaming house. These gentry keep orange pool In a box, believing that It will bilug them luck. The Italians are no less superstitious and they gamble persistently, tlu poor pooplo especially, in Hie government lotteries. Everything has a number; a cat, u dog, u gondola, and the "Llbro del Sogno" tho lotto player's oracle-will oracle-will tell you what the number Is, and the rules for interpreting the nppear-ances nppear-ances ln dreams. Visitors to Venice, which has always been a, stronghold of gambling, mny havo seen tho declaration declara-tion of tho winning figures from tho Campanile of St. Mark's tho silent, eager crowd gathered ln tho square, and tlui group of ofllclals gathered round tho boy with tbo bandaged eyes who draws tho numbers from tho cago. 'Chore Is a story told Jn Venice of a madman who hailed a gondolier from tho window of the madhou-o on tho Island, to tell him the numbers ho had dreamed. The man put his money on them and won and from that day to this tho gondoliers go near tho window as they pass In tho hope that thn mad. man will call again. The story Is true. Loudou Cumicle. |