The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-01

haggard cOuntenance TO go away, but
the attraction of the place is irresist-
ible. She. opens her purse, finds
another guilder, and while looking at
it breathes upon her fingers as If 1t
were hot. Passion has lighted the
fires, and every fibre, muscle and ten
don is heated. She wins, and picks
up the coin with a CHASTITY smile at
this freak of fortune.
"Twenty-ive!" says one Of the
conductors of the bank. The ball
has stopped in that cell. The ebony
handled rakes go out, and silver, gold,
and paper are raked in from those
who have lost, and guilders. dollars,
and Napoleons tossed to those who
have won. 1t is the work of thirty
seconds. Then another whirl of the
wheel and roll of the ball-repeated
kept up from noon till midnight
from midnight till morning. The
bank men, when exhausted, give
place to others-working and resting
like operatives in a mandatory when
business drives. Clink-clink-clink
without cessation-a sound like a
hammer on an anvil-dull, metallic,
hardening in its influence, bunting
all the susceptibilities of the heart.
In the adjoining rooms the other
tables are also surrounded by players,
those who cannot find seats reaching
over the heads of the sitters to lay
their stakes. Few words are spoken,
and those very low, but you hear in
stead the rolling ball, the rustling Of
bank notes, the ,clinking Of dollars,
the call of the number of the cell in
which the ball finally rests, the foot
steps of those arriving and departing,
and occasionally a long drawn
full sigh Of one who has lost his money.
THE SPRINGS OF WIEsBADEN.
There are several springs which
have medicinal qualities, and the wa
ter, boiling up from the earth at a
high heat, is excellent for bathing.
When cold it has a taste somewhat
unlike that of the Congress Spring at
Saratoga. In the morning a band
plays at the spring and thousands
gather there TO drink water. chat with
their friends and enjoy a promenade
before breakfast. The early hours of
the forenoon are given to bathing. AT
moor gambling commences. In the
afternoon the band plays in the park
behind the k~aasddito attract the crowd
to the gaming tables. Such is the
regular order of the day through
the week, Sundays included. Ser
vices are held in the churches on the
Sabbath, which are attended by the
people of the town. Few-very few
of the visitors enter the churches,
Catholic or protestant-that is of Wis
itors from European countries. At
the English church morning and eve
ming services are held. [ heard an
excellent sermon from a young min
lister of the established church, which
was listened to by a large congrega-
tOn. W~iesbaden is a favorite resort
for English families, and to their
credit be it said very few OF them
stake their money at the gaming table.
1t is all right TO put up money on the
result of the Derby, but gaming In
public on the throw of the dice, or
the roll Of a ball, is contrary to Eng
lish laws, and no reputable man cares
to engage In that which society will
not tolerate. Even the most debased
of the English visitors will not gam
BILE on Sunday, for the Sabbath is an
old established English institution,
and, as a class, Englishmen have a
great respect for everything that is
ancient and English.
SABBATH EVENING.
Our pathway lies past the kursaol,
and L ask your readers TO halt with
me by the doorway, not that it is a
pleasure and a delight thus to use the
hours of the day of rest, but that we
may see how the Sabbath is kept in
the capital of one of the States of
Germany, and in several of the large
towns.
a group of little girls are playing
at hide-and seek in the great dane
ing hall, behind the crimson velvet
divans, chasing each other around the
futed columns, their merry laughter
echOing along the gilded roof. Look
ing into the saloons, u eyes are daz-
zled by the ~many-colored rays-em-
erald, ruby, sapphire reflected from
the thousand prisms of the great
chandeliers. There is a sound Of
dripping waters in the court. The
air is laden with the fragrance of
flowers. The light of a hundred lamps
Hume the surrounding park. You
may sit at will beneath the grand old
trees and listen to the crickeJ's chirp,
or the gurgling of the water flowing
from the fountains, or you may rest
upon the luxurious divans and be-
hold the scene. Art has done her
best to captivate the eye. TO please the
ear-deaden conscience and dream
the soul.
There are four great saloons radiant
with light = four restless, anxious
throngs Of men and women-seated,
standing. walking pervoUsiy, calcu-
latinp chances. exultiuy over gains