The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-12

hear the wrangling Of the gamblers mingllDg with
the rattle OF dice and the clear sharp crack OF the
balls on the billiard table. AT these doors mer'
chant princes dismount from their carriages of.
fetal dIgnitaries enter, legislators, tired OF max
making laws, here take respite in breaking
them.
From all classes this crime Is gathering It's vic
TINS the importer OF foreign silks and the Chat
ham street dealer in pocket handkerchiefs, clerks
taking game In he store after the shut
teTs are put up, and officers of the court Willing
away the time while the jury are Ous In the
woods around Baden Baden, In the morning, 1t Is
no rare thing to hnd the suspended bodies OF eut
cldes No splendor ofsurrOundings OF can hide the
dreadful nature Of this sin. The thunders OF
eternal destruction roll In The deep rumble Of that
ten'pin alley and as from respectable circles
young men and old are falling In the line OF pro
cession, all the drums Of woe begin to beat the
dead march to ten thousand souls
Seven millions OF dollars are annually lost In
New York City at the gaming table. Some Of our
friends may be at II. The agents Of there gaming
houses around our hotels are well.dresseo. They
meet stranger in the city, they ask him II he
would like 10 see the city he Gays Yes" they ask
him If he has seen thatspendid building up town
and he says NO" "Then," says the villain
10 the greenhorn, III will show the lions
and the elephants" After seeing the
lions aud the elephants, / would not give
much for young mans chance for heaven. He
looks In and sees nothing Objectionable; but let
him be wary, for he is on enchanted ground 49,
Look out for the men who have such sleek hats
always sleek hats-aHd such paironi2ng air,
and who are So unaCcountably interested in your
welfare and entertainment. All that they want
is your money A young man on Chestnut street,
Phiadelphia lost In a night all his money at the
gaming table, blew his brains ont; but before the
maid had cleaned up the blood the players were
again at the table shufllng away. A wolf has
more compassion for the lamb whose blood 1t
lick9 up; highwsyman more love for the belat'
ed traveller upon whose carcass he piles the
stones the frost more feeling for the flower 1t
kills; the fire more tenderness for the Tree branch
1t consumes; the storm more pity for the ship
that 1t shivers on Long Island coast than gam.
blers heart has mercy for HIS victim. Deed of
darkness, unfit for sunlight or early evening
hour, let IL come forth only when most Of the
city lights are out in the third watch OF the
night Again, II Is after II o'clock that drunken
ness shows It's worst deformity Al eight or nine
o'clock the low saloons ere not so CHASTITY. AT
o'clock their victims are only tGlkatiVe; at eleven
o'clock their tOngne Is thick and their hat OCca.
sionaly falls from their head. At twelve o'clock
they are nauseated and blasphemous, and not
able to rise At one o'clock they fall to the floor
asking for more drink; ct two O'Clock unc0n'
sciOus and breathing hard. They would not fly,
| though the house took fire, Soaked, imbruted
dead drunk, they are Strewn all over the city In
the drinking saloons fathers, brothers, and sous
men as good as you naturally, perhaps better
| Not 30 with the higher circles OF intoEtcs ton
| The gentlemen" coax their fellow.reVeler to
| bed, or start with him for home. He will fall
into the entry. Hush 1t up. Let notthe children
| Of the house be awakened to hear the shame. de
il one Of tho merchant princes. But you can moi
always hush itup Drink makes men mad. One
of Its victims came home and found his wife had
| died during his absence; and he went into the
| room where she had been prepared for the grave
| and shook her from her shroud, and tossed the
body out of the window. Where sin ia loud and
Oathsome and frenzled 1t is hard tO.keep 1t still
| This whole land Is soaked with abOminatiOn. AS
you pass along the streets, night by night, you
will see the awful need that something radical be
| done. But you do not see the worst. That VIII
come to pass long after you are sleeping In the
watch Of the night. Oh? ye who have beer
| longing for fields Of work, here they are before
| you. At the London midnight meetings multi
| tudes have been redeemed If from our highest
| circles q few score Of men and women Wou d &c
forth among the wandering and the destitute
they might yet make the darkest alley Of the town
kindle with the gladness of heaven Do not &c
in your warm furs, and from your well.laden ia
| bes, thinking that pious counsels Will stop the
gnawing Of empty stomacns or warm tnelr STOCK
Eingless feet Take food aud medicine and raj
ment as well as prayer When the city mission
ary told the destitute woman she ought 70 low
| God che said, "Ah If you were as cold and hun
| CRY as I am you could think of nothing else
| ! am glad to know that not one earnest prayer
not one heartfelt alms-giving, not one kind wore
| ever goes Hnble&ed Among the mountains o
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be uttered, there will come back ascore OF echoes
| But utter kind, sympathetic and saving word II
] the dark places OF the town, and there will CONT
back ten thousand echoes from all the thrones II
| heaven.
There may be some one here who know by eX
peiierce Of the tragedies enacted in the thirt
watch Of the night. am not the man to thrus
| you back with one harsh word. Take of th'
bandage from your SOUL and put on 1t the salV'
| Of the Savior's compassion
l hap 10 In
| have come back from their wanderiDgs, l SET
| them coming now Cry IN the news 10 heaven
Set all the bells a'ringing Under the high sIcl
| spread the banquet Of rejoicing. Let all TN
| crowned heads OF heaven come In and keep tht
| jubilee. tell you theres more Joy In heaven owe
Que man who reforms than over ninety and mint
who never get of the track. But there is maj
| who will never retulu from his evil ways. How
many acts arc there In tragedy Five, be
| lieve:
| ActI. Young man Starting from home. Par
ents and sisters weeping to have him CO. Wagol
pssst over the hills. Farewell kiss thrown back
| Ring the bell and let the curtain drop.
Act ii. Marriage altar; bright lights; tull organ
white veil trailing through the aislei prayer an!
| congratulatiOn, and explanations Of How vel
she looksW Ring the bell aud let the curtail
drop.
Act III. Midnight; woman waiting for stagger
| Ing steps, old garments stuck into the broke
| window pane; many marks Of hardship on tn
face; biting Of the nails of bloOdless fingers; neg
lect, cruelty disgrace. Ring the bell and let tn
curtnid drop.
Act iv. The graves in a very dark place
Grave Of child who died Of broken heart, GraV
OF husband who died Of dissipation Plenty Q
| weeds but no flowers Oh, what a blasted heat
with three graves Ring the bell and let the eul
tain drop.
Act v. destroyed souls eternity. No ligh
no music, no hope Despair Coiling around tn
heart with unutterabe anguish. BlaCkaess G
Observation-Disclosures forever.
Woe Woe Woe can not bearlOngeT to lool
close my eyes at this last act Of the tragedy
Quick quick Ring the bell, and let the ouFlai
drop.