The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-22
TRUNIPETS.


breaks DOWN llt instrument. UOu
never made man strong enough TO en-
duTe the wear and tear OF gambling eX-
citement. No wonder H. after having
failed i'll the game, men have begun to
sweep off imaginary gold from the side
of the table. The man was sharp
enough when he started at the game,
but maniac at the close. At every
gaming-table sit on one side ecstasy,
enthusiasm, rOmancC-tLa frenzy of
joy; ON the other 7.r. .."rcenesS, rage
and tumult. - professional game
ster schools himself into apparent
quietness. The keepers of gambling
obese; but thorough professional gam
blers in nine cases out of ten are pale,
thin, wheeling, tremulOus and exhaust
ed. A young man having suddenly ac-
quired a large property sits at the haZ-
ard-table and takes up in dice-bOX the
estate won by fathers lifetime sweat,
and tOsses it away. IntempeTance soon
stigmatiZes its victim, kicking him out
a claveTing fool into the ditch or send
ing him staggering up the street where
his family live. But gambling does
not in that way expose its victims.
The gambler may be eaten up by his
passion. yet you only discover 1t by the
greed in his eyes, the nervous restless
ness and his embarrassed business. Yet
he is on the road to hell, and no
preachers voice or startling warning
can make him stay for moment his
headlOng career. The Internal spell is
effected. But the gambler gives not
anything for that which he takes. | re-
call that sentence. He does make a re-
turn, but it is a disgrace to the man
that he tleeces, despair to his heart,
ruin to his business, anguish to
his wife, shame to his children, an
eternal wasting away to his
soul. He pays in tears, and blood, and
agony, and darkness and woe. This
crime is getting its lever under many a
mercantile house in our cities, and be-
fore long down will come the great es-
tablishmCnt, crushing reputation, home,
comfort and immortal souls. How it
| dlyerts and sinks capital may be in
| ferred from some authentic statements.
| The ten gaming-houses that once were
| authorized in Paris passed through the
| banks yearly 320, 100000 OF francs. The
| houses of this kind in Germany yielded
vast sums to the Government. The
| Hamburg establishment paid to the
| Government Treasury 10000 hOrins
| Where does all the money come from
| The whole world is robbed! What is
most sad, therO are no consultations fol
the loss and suffering entailed by gam
ing. If men fail in lawful business
God pities and society cOmmiserates
| but where in the Bible, or in society, is
there any consolation for the gambler
| From what tree of the forest OOzes there
a balm that can sOOthe the gamblers
heart? In that bottle where God keeps
the tears of his children are there any
tears of the gambler? Do the winds
that come to kiss the faded cheeks OF
| sickness, and to cool the heated brow OF
| 10 Nuh ND al. T.,
| the emaciated victim of a game of haZ
ard? When an honest man is in trouble
he has sympathy. Poor fellow" they
say. But do gamblers come to weep al
the agOnies of the gambler? In North
umberland was one of the finest estates
in England. Mr.. Porter owned it, anC
in year gambled it away. Having los
the last acre of the estate, he came dOwI
from the saloon and got into his carriage
went back; put up his horses and car
Tiage and town house, and played. II
threw and lost, and started home, and
on a side alley, met a friend, from whom
he borrowed ten gniIeas, went back t
the saloon, and, bel ore a great while
had won 10000. lie died at last
beggar in st. Giles. How many gan.
bleTs f,lt sorry for Mr.. Porter? W.
cOnsOled hiEi on the loss of his estate
What gambl, subscribed to put a stOn
over the poor mans grave? Not one.
Furthermore, this sin is the source o
uncOunted dishOnesties. The game o
hazard itself is often cheat. HOV
many tricks and deceptiOns in the deal
ing the cards? The opponents han
is Oftimes found out by fraud. Card
on him, giant is aroused, the gamble
would continue on his road to peTditiOI
Again, this sin works ruin by killing
industry. A man used to reaping hun
dreds of dollars from the gaming-tabl
will not be content with slow work
He will say: What is the use of try
ing to make these $50 in my store whel
down at Billy's." You never knew
! confirmed gambler who was industrious
This sin has dulled the carpenters saw
and cut the band of the factOry-Wheel
and sent a strange lightning to shatte
the battery of the philosopher. Tn
very first idea in gamingis at war wit
all the industries of society. Any trad
or occupation that is of use is ennOb
ling. The street-sweepeT advances tn
interests Of society by the cleanliness
are marked so that they may be desig
mated from the back. Expert gamester
have their accOmplices, and one win
may decide the game. The dice ma
have been found loaded with platina, s
that dOubletS come up every time. Thes
dice are introduced by the gamblers I'm
observed by the honest men who com
into a place, and this accounts for tn
fact that ninety-nine out of a hundTe
who gamble, however wealthy they be
gan. at the end are found to be pCOI
miserable, ragged wretches, that wOul
not now be allowed to sit down on tn
doorstep Of the house that they one
owned. In a gambling house in Sal
Francisco, young man having jus
come from the mines deposited laTg
sum upon the ace and won $22, 600. Blu
the tide turned. Intense anxiety come
upon the cOuntenances of all; slOwl
the cards went fourth; every eye is fixed
not sound is heard until the ace
revealed favorable to the bank. Their
are shouts of "fOulp' "fOulP' Tn
keepers of the table produce thei
: pistols and the uprOar is silenced, an
the bank has won $4,000. Do you ca
this a game of chance? There is n
chance about it. But these dishOnestie
in the carrying on of the game are nOtl
; ing when compared with the fraud
that are committed in order to get MOI
ey to 90 on with the nefaTiOus wOrl
II Gambling, with its needy hand, has Il
ken away the widows mite and the pO
tiOn of the orphans, has sold the daugl
ter's virtue to get means to continue II
game, has written the counterfeit sij
nature, emptied the bankers none
vault and welded the assassin's dagge
There is no meanness to which 1T wi
not stOop. There is no cruelty at whiC