Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07

| Il very fTcnCu. lucfc are scNcidl
fashionable clubs in Nice, answering
to those in London and New York, and
here as there it is understood that nc
gambling is allowed. But it is equally
well understood that the members may
gamble at their own sweet wills. And
We have had our own amusement
lately, reading in the papers the Incl
dents at the clubs in New York, Illus
trating beautifully what the world
means by a gentleman and man OF
honor. The Heather Chinee has
his pupils and friends in the highest
circles of club life at home and abroad.
The members of clubs at Nice are free
TO enter the - SALES de jeu " of Monaco,
where there is no play for money, and
where the company that runs the ma
chine makes incredible sums out of the
dupes that are drawn into their saloons.
So the fly walks into the SPIDERS par
lor and has his life-blood sucked out OF
him. This rule of exclusion is merely
a pretence; cards of admission can be
obtained by any and everybody who
has money to lose, and the nuisance l.
just as great now as it ever was.
4 few years ago these gambling Ia
bles were set up in public at most of
the German and French watering pla-
ces. Homburgh and Baden-Baden were
the chief cities of play. Public opinion
has put them down, though they were
the source of much gain to the govern
ments that licensed them. Gambling
cept by the members of our -fashiona-
bic clubs. This establishment at Mo-
naco is aOOut the last that is left. | be-
lieye one is still licensed in an obscure
Canton in Switzerland. And if you
ask why it flourishes here ia the midst
OF civilization and Christianity, will
tell you.
Monaco il a kingdom, the smallest
and most contemplate in the world.
Ii is also one of the oldest, and perhaps
one of the very oldest, in Europe. 1t
dates from the tenth century. On the
coast Of the Mediterranean sea, at the
foot of the Maritime Alps, three or four
fishing and trading villages managed,
with infinite and foolish sacrifices, TO
make themselves into separate state,
over which the Grimaldi family have
held sway for thousand years. In
the chances and changes that have
modified the map of Europe, Gin which
Nice las been at one time in France,
and then in Italy, and now in France
again the insignificance of Monaco
has been its shield. Two of the towns
that once belonged to it have managed
to get out, and Monaco now stands
alone in It's glory, the least and the
meanest of kingdoms. 1t consists of
a small town on "A remarkable promon-
tory, inaccessible from the seaside, but
making a snug harbor which separates
the town from Monte Carlo. On this
hill beautiful hotel is built, and beau
tiful villas are springing up. The
Prince of this petty domain has royal
palace with splendid gardens around it,.
He has his castle, and guns and SOL
diers, and is the equal in position with
any of the crowned heads of Europe.
TO keep up this style and state, he
must have money; the taxes that his
subjects had to pay were so heavy as TO
lead TO the revolt and accession of Men,
tone and ROcca Brun. There was ev-
cry reason to fear the Monacans would
follow the lead of their neighbors, and
that some fine morning they might
pitch the Prince in the sea so invitingly
Blanc, who was harvesting the gold of
all the fools at HOmburgh and Baden,
obtained license to set up his tables at
Monaco for the accommodation of the
silly sheep that would come to Nice,
and Mentone and Monaco, to be fieeced
in winter. Mr.. Blanc and his part
ners agreed, in consideration of their
license, to pay the Prince an annual
sum of $40 200, and also TO keep his city
lighted with gas, streets IN order, drain
age perfect. and to make the place more
and more attractive for the fashionable
world. The climate is delightful, the
King lives in Paris most of the time,
and reign of peace and plenty is en-
joyed under the general auspices of a
nest of gamblers who make vast sums
of money out of their contract with the
King. I am told that their expendi-
lures in city improvements and taxes
amount to a thousand dollars a day Z;
and this will help you to some idea of
the money that must be lost by the visi-
tors. There are five or six large tables,
with as many games of various kinds,
at which an indefinite number of peo-
pie may play, and these games go on
steadily, day and night, and the stream
flowing, almost without a turn, into
the bank, or the bag, OF the company.
Women and men, young and old,
English and American, French, ltal-
ians, Germans and Russians, Orientals
swarthy and passiOnless in their looks,
all play, all lose, all play again, for il is
the nature of this vice of all vices that
indulgence stimulates the passion,
blunts the edge of reason, like the
horse-leech cries, g More. more" and
never says il has enough.
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