Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-19
A GAMBLERS SERMOS.
Good Advice 20 Young Mcn Wht
Fool with Chance.

Fool with Chance.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
His clothes were good, of the Ia
test pattern and most fashionable
cut. His watch chain was the
heaviest of the heavy, and as fine as
the gold of Opal. tt surpassed in
RICHNESS the gold chain that the
King hung about the neck of the
young prophet Daniel. His boots
were highly polished, and shone ike
the exterior of fine black walnut
collins. His diamond pin twinkled
like the evening star in "a summer
sky. His shirt bosom was as white
as an infants soul, but his eyes was
sad and his voice was as sorrowful
and s%orrowing as the wailing of the
winds in the dropping branches of
the weeping willow. He tapped
his boot with his natty ivoryheaded
cane, slipped down in his chair, to
give the base of his spinal column
a rest, pulled his hat over his eyes,
and languidly said-which painful
ly indicated that the gambler had
struck a loser, had coppered in the
wrong place
"Faro is a hi Of a fascinating
camel la all the games for gamb-
ling it has no equal. A mans a
d-n fool to play it, but it catches
the oldest Of EN- The chances, on
the closest calculations, are three to.
one on each play at the outset
against the player; occasionally we
strike a winner, but we only win to
lose. The most prosperous of us
die in the gutter-unknown, for
gotten and deserted. Luck only
smiles on us for a brief season, and
when tickle fortune deserts us, she
never roosts above our doors again
Few of us are wise enough to save
in luck, in order to live in a rainy
day. But while we live, we live,
and after all, that is all there is of
life The hereafter is a chance, and
the old man has put up the cards so
well that nobody has ever called the
turn. It's a cat hop at The best.
We are not utterly heartless. 1t
makes my heart ache to see how
many young men are drawn into
the vortex and down to ruin. They
begin on a game of base ball. They
lose or a horse race, get caught at
a friendly game of draw, and in an
evil hour try to get even on faro.
They often win on the first venture,
but it is a terrible success. They
always pay 1000 per cent. on the
first winning, and often they play
life and blood on the first invest
ment. The first winning opens the
fascinating road to hells; builds up
a barrier behind them which few
ever climb over to reformation. A
little sentimental, amt /? Have
something? You don't drink?
Good. Barkeeper, give me a whisky
punch light I'm blue to-day
Gambling and its attending excite
ment burn all the stamina out of a
man, but, thank God! it cannot,
dees not, blot ont his sympathies.
| wish | had never touched a card,
but | am a born gambler. It's in
me it always was; and I'm in for
it until the deal is out. l hate to
see young men Of promise at a
gaming table. They have mothers
and sisters who love them they
have good situations and employers
who trust them; but the day they
set foot inside a gambling-room
their fate is sealed. The Recording
Angel enters up the books ahead
ninety-nine times out Ofa hundred,
and loafs around the gate Of st.
Peter to notice the arrivals and say
tab ! tab to the boys who are as
signed rooms lower down. / have
a case in mind now. A fine fellow,
who a short time since was agent
for a New York yarnish house, and
commanded a salary Of $4,000 a
year, in travelling got lonely. He
gambled for amusement when his
business was over. lie fooled with
the tiger, put his hands through the
bers, petted the beast. and sudden
ly found himself torn to pieces.
To-day be is an outcast-drnnken,
b.oken, deserted. l would advise
every young man who has a bust
ness never to cross the threshold of
a gambling-house. | have made
big winnings and | have made big
losings, l lost $4,000 in Chicago
trying to make ten. | was broke
and down and stayed down for a
long while. Pm up again. If |
had a business, you would never
catch me gambling again. Guess
I'll go aud buy a couple Of stacks Of
reds and see how luck runs to-day.
good afternoon.
Governor Hendricks Abroad.
Baltimore Sun.
OF the sincere respect aud esteem