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..rur GAMBLING TRAGEDY."-Under tnis
canton to-day will be found an able reply 70
!, !, ! article by Charles Clifford and sermon
bv Rev. D. G. Strong. which were recently
rnhl;shed in the IDAHO WORLD. "fair
PLAY" thinks that de mortris nil aisi boa"m Is
about the proper thing, and he will ind q
great many to agree with, too.-drata"c"e'
The writer's of "Our Gambling Tragedy
and of the funeral discourse published IN the
WORLD freely accorded to the unfortunate
deceased all Of those generous and noble quail
tiles of heart which all here admit he possess
al and we think but few will feel themselves
hurt by the use made of the event BY the WIZ
tiers or sympathize with the maudl'n s'".'-
u.ntalism of Fair Play" who. standing "
tho aayk. seeks to throw dirt on gentlemen
who live in daylight Mr.. Park Goodwin de-
fines one OF the highest uses OF newspaper
to be the swaying Of the minds of men Tor
sood. ian instrument for the elevation Of so
cietv and a vehicle for the expression ana en-
E,rcemeut of thought" 1t was in view OF
this principle, which we take to be correct
one, that the WORLD published the articles
ubiecte,1 to by the Avalanche. The laws OF
England enacted BY men whose superb intel
lects, high culture and general purity OF char
.cter have been the admiration Of the genera
tions tor centuries. ix the stigma OF crime up
On the suicide; and to this day, If we are cor
rectly informed, suicides are buried under Gov.
er of night, and their friends denied the priv
aege Of following them to the grave The
Catholic. AID we believe other Christian
churches, deny him sancti6ed burial-not +"
punish the dead but to deter the living. II
The English law and the rule establish by the
churches be not heathenish, and il the princl-
he laid down BY Mr.. Goodwin is the correct
vbe, then the WORLD did not err in publish.
ne the articles Of Msssrs. Strong and Cliff
6rd.
Gamblers are not, according to our obser.
v,siss, the men who commit suicide. In fact.
ne are not sure but they are less addicted to
Tho practice than men Of more legitimate
eallings; the reason We assign being their
greater cellossness Of feeling They are &C.
eustomed to the EXTREMIST vicissitudcs Of fox.
tune. and while they love money much Is
other men do. they are geserous to fault
when actual need presents itself. but do not
permit Themselves 70 be weighed down in spir.
its when esertak~n BY adversely. Yet il DR..
Thompson had not gambled he would not
have committed suicide. BY gambling be BE-
came hopelessly involved in debt, and 10 es-
cape the prosecutions Of creditors, he did the
very worst thing be could have done-took biz
own life. A les sentative nature would have
braved the worst and lived. ......k
The rapid and frightful increase Of the
crime Of suicide in the United States abso.
!utely demands the early adoption oil prevent.
i've measures Those measures should BE-
adapted to the object I" be accomplished and
fitted to the humanity II the age in which
We live. This adaptations and fitness can on
ly be arrived at by the discussion Of the sub
ject Of suicide, Of the various causes which
are are said tn produce il, and OF the mean,
suggested BY different minds for it's suppress
ain L.
on BY and Through the public press. which fal
more than the rostrum. far more than the pull
pit. instrscls, directs and leads the populace.