The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-27
AMUSING IMPRESSIONS.
which Some People sin.u.
larry Become Possessed of

A reporter of the EXAMINER was some
- - "iiiusSo at the queer reasoning of
."1 ln Il, whom he met Yesterday.
ana the Iunny deductions which they
uie"' me llrSt one was somewhat sfIr-
pilsett mat the press of the state did NOT
take the matter III hand and use their in
huehGe TO stop cotton gambling, as he
called II, or II other words Operating in
futures, as 1t Is known IN the CONNER
eial world. He stated that it !
was the worst species of gambling
because large sums were always at stake
and Its seeming Responsibility led men
INTO the habit who would not frequent
places where faro, keno and other de-
vices are practiced. He said that per-
sons who play at cards are regularly
taken up and fined and the grand iuries
always catch them and those who bet
on cotton futures should be treated the
same way. We vcntured to remark
that dealing III futures was not gam
bling, but simply specializing, and our
gray haired friend at once announced
that we had not been properly edu-
Gated If we made that dis
tinchon. We then insisted that
If dealing in futures was gambling.
swapping horses would be gambling, for
both parties gambled.- that they were
getting the best of the trade, or there
would be no swap. Selling dry gooss,
clothing, house and lot or any other
article, or engaging in any business on
the same chain of reasoning would be
gambling, because the person CANDLES
from day TO day with his customers in that
he gets Il better trade in their cash than
they get IL his goods We finally came
near convincing the old man that ac-
cording to his theory We are all gamblers
except the ministers of the gospel,
who give their time and tai
ent to the service of the Lord
and look to the future for their reward,
We agreed with him that gambling for
money as profession might not be the
most honorable calling, but there was a
distinction between that and cotton
specializing, or We are all nation of
gamblers. Just before the old man got
ready to admit the point, however, he
gave his hat a tilt TO the starbOard side
of his head. and started off saving he had
to 90 to Hinchman's and secure some
barbed wire, as 1t might get higher. We
told him not to he hasty, but gamble
while on its getting cheaper, but be went
away saying he knew it would he no
cheaper. and he no doubt kept
gambling so in his own mind.
The funniest man We saw, however, was
the one who thought that such play
as NJ LiSs, portraying life IL the Sierra
Nevadas, was not refined enough for
Waco and he lOuged to be III some OF the
eastern cities where lie could see some
thing more TO his taste. When we told
him that some OF the largest houses ever
seen III the east were at the entertain
ments given by Buffalo Bill, III which
the widest of wild lie was portrayed.
and people went night after night, he
was unable to explain how Il was.
Neither could he say why Oliver
Doud Byrons trip around the
world, showing the characteristics
of the different people OF the civilized
globe was such an immense success or
why even row people VIII 20 70 see
Scenes on the Mississippi River Before
The War" and watch negroes, pine knots,
tar and baied rags all thrown into the
furnace together. We did not crowd
him for an answer to these questions
when We learned he had never been ont
of the state and had become So utterly
aesthetic from establishing his own idea |
Of what the cultivated taste eau stand. /!
There are people still living who harbur /
in their breasts the belief that what is
not pleasing to them Is not good /
their condemnation seaIs' un1 /
fate of everything. What carries with |
i sense and decency and pleases the |
multitude will always be popular. We
should always remember, too, that rs
individuals, what one likes another may |
dislike what one fears another may
laugh at The southern people ike corn .
bread and syrup, while their northern .
brothers prefer buckwheat cakes and |
maple syrup. The timid northern lady .
faints at the sight of rattlosnake,
while the creamy-tiuted check of the
Mexican seuOrita CLOVIS as she dispatches
the viper, takes of his hide, manufac-
lures it into slippers aud a glrdle
for her waist to keep of rheumatism.
BY way Of making his hearers
more clearly see the folly of stub
bonuess and disregard for good
advice northern minister told his con-
gregation of a man who started ont on
Il long walk late at night III Texas after
being warned not 10 DO SO, as the cay
otes would cat him up. He then de-
scrbed the manner III which those raven
Gus beasts tore and devoured the unfor
tunute man. Everybody in Texas knows
the cayote to be sneaking and cOwardly,
and no one fears them. Things are not
always as we see them or like the i'm
pressious we get, and it IS not always
safe to make broad assertions or set Us a
without something Oh which
to base them.