Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1913 — The Game of Poker. [ARTICLE]

The Game of Poker.

Poker is a game of skill, if you win, and a gamp of chance, if you lose. It is played with cards, chips and crooks. It is a game with some men and a profession with others, and is played according to Hoyle, unless the hand is quicker than the eye. A royal flush is the highest hand in poker, but it is seldom held by honest men. Pour aces is considered a lucky hand, but to hold five aces always means misfortune, unless one is a past master in the art of getting away. The ideal place for a poker game Is the 'hretic circle, where the nights are six months' long. Hence the frequent dashes for the north pole. But in some places it is played in the hay mow otf a barn. ißeware the man who saith: “I know not the game but will sit in nevertheless.” Not only that, but have a care. Hfs mouth if filled with empty words and truth is not in him. _ . . t Miss Linda Langwith, of Davenport, lowa, is here for a visit of two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bringle.