Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-02
game that the devil ever invented to CAP.

game that The devil ever invented In can-
ture souls with. ~ S"P
Yon shall see in these rooms men of all
ages and conditions. AT the faro tables
side by side, will be seen grey haired men
and beardless boys. The grey haired man
has played faro since he was beardless
bov, and has wasted on the game all the
fortune he inherited, all the profits of his
business, and all he has begged, borrow
ed or stolen since He believes he has
learned system by whihc he can break
any bank, and he has been trying to do
it thirty years. He plays very low now,
/ for five dollar notes are not easy to get,
but his faith is unshaken. He will die
some night and will be carted out to Pot
ter's field. But as long as he can raise
ten dollars, and can keep clean shirt
| collar, he is welcome.
The beardless boy has just commenced,
| but he Will go the same road. He will
play and play, till he robs bis father or
employer, then he will either become a
professional and plunder others, or he
will degenerate into q perpetual pigeon,
and, in time, become miserable old man
playing constantly in the hope of retriev-
ing his fortunes.
In addition to these there are a dozen
10 lose ten dollars or so for NIGHTS
amusement, and as many more wealthy
New Workers, who play because they get
up too heavy an excitement at their bust
ness during the day TO let up without this
TO taper off with.
At midnight gorgeous supper is sery-
ed, which, like everything else, is free.
The dining room and the kitchens below
exceed Delmonico's in all that which goes
to make their specialties perfection. Ven
lson from the Adirondacks, birds from
the Southern marshes, fish from the lone
ly woods where rolls the Oregon, which
gives no sound but its own plashing, save
that made by the fisherman casting in his
net, frogs from the pond at the foot of
Washington's monument All this is
served on daintiest porcelain, freshest IL
men, purest glass. Walters black as ebo-
ny, and as silent as the shadows of Hades,
move silently on their round of duties
Wines the most costly, and cigars the
most expensive, are served, and all free
as water. The amiable proprietor charges |
nothing, all his profits come from the ia |
bles.
And how does he get his profits to sus-
tain this enormous expenditure? Easy
enough. The game is played fairly in the |
public rooms, but even then there is 25 |
per cent. in favor of the bank, so that in |
any event the bank is certain to win eV-
erything If the play is continued long
enough. But on the upper floor, there is |
the private game, to which the general !
public is not admitted. In these rooms,
the rich young idiot is filled with wine |
he IS lucky if he be not drugged-he plays |
against dealer who can deal the cards |
exactly as he chooses, and the young |
man, after he has been nursed sufficiently, |
Is never allowed to go away without los
ing all he can afford to pay without max |
ing row aboutit. They calculate that
young broker with rich father, will stand |
plucking TO the amount of $4,000. and |
they make him lose that amount. He |
will pay it as rule rather than make a |
fuss, and before he gets sober they take |
his note.
And they have one of this kind on the |
carpet all the time.
These places are excellent good ones to |
keep out Of No decent man should ever
go into one, even for fun.
BEECHER-TILToN.
shall not say much about this matter,
this time. The fact is, it has got too mas
ty to be ut matter for the public prints. |
Each days proceedings grow nastier and |
nastier-ln brief, is too filthy to touch. |
Bessie Turner, girl of eighteen, is put |
upon the stand, and she talks fiippantly |
of scenes that would disgrace a bagnio,
and the pruient people in attendance ap-
plaud her. Beecher, Tilton, Mrs. Tilton /
and the whole party are irretrievably ru-
ined, and that is all there is about it. The
evidence shows them ali to be either the |
most lasciVIous, lecherous persons on the
earth, or the most infamous liars that ev-
er did exist. 1t is curious that the public
does not insist upon a stoppage of this
filth in some way. 1t is too bad that the |
public prints should be filed day after
day with this horrid stuff. Good people,
refuse to read it. What matters it to you
which of the lechers is the most guilty
A CHARITY" NURSERY.
While New YoTk's private charities are
absolutely magnificent IN their extent
and management. the public ones are s
miserable as theiving politicians can make
them. This is the way charity nursery
is managed. as shown by an Investigating |
committee: Five hundred little children
were in building in which not only had
the panes of glass disappeared, but the
sash was also gone, and in one story of
the building over 200 panes of glass were
broken out. The cold wind filled every
room, but could not drive away the smell
coming from the bath room and closets.
The little children IN the wards were gen
orally huddled together at the lee side
of one of the beds, for the purpose of
keeping themselves warm. Their hands
were red and swollen, and their faces blue
and pinched with cold. The tax payers
have paid ten times enough to have made
the building comfortable, but the money
was stolen, and the children are dying
four day.
BUSINESS
IS improving every day, and the prospect
brightens Thank heaven for that, for it
las been long and dreary wait Mer-
chants are buying freely. and there are