The Iola register., 1886-11-12

sunk the cargo, broken tho teeth of the
farmers harrow and sent strange light
ening to shatter the battery Of the philoso-
pher. The very first idea in gaming Is at
war with all the industries Of society. ANY
trade or occupation that IL OF use is en-
nobling. The street sweeper advances the
interests Of society by the cleanliness ef-
fected. The cat pays for the fragments IL
eats by clearing the house Of vermin. The
fly that takes the sweetness from the dregs
OF the cup compensates by purifying the
air and keeping bac:s the pestilence But
the gambler gives not any thing for that
which he takes. / recall that sentence He
does make return; but It Is disgrace to
the man that he feeces, despair to his
heart, ruin to his business, anguish TO his
wife, shame to his children and eternal
wasting away to his soul. He pays in
tears, and blood, and agony, and darkness,
and Woe
John Borack was sent a. mercantile agent
from Bremen to England and this country.
After two years his employers mistrusted
that all was not right. He was o defaulter
for 81, 900. 1t was found that he had lost
in Lombard street. London, $4,000; in Full
ton street, New York, $4,000, and in New
Orleans, 5000 He was imprisoned, but
afterwards escaped, and went into the
gambling profession. He died in lunatic
asylum. This crime is getting its lever un-
der many q mercantile house in our cities,
and before long down will come the great
establishment, crushing reputation, home
comfort and immortal souls. How it diverts
and sinks capital may be inferred from
some authentic statement before US. The
ten gaming houses that once were author
lied in Paris passed through the banks
yearly 81, 900 francs. Where does ali
the money come from' The whole world is
robbed. What is most sad, there are no con-
solations for the loss and suffering entailed
by gambling. II men fail in lawful business,
God pities and society comiscrates; but,
where in the Bible or in society is there any
consolation for the gamblcra From what
tree in the forest oozes there q balm that
can soothe the gamestcr's heart! In that
bottle where God keeps the tears Of His
children are there any tears Of the gamblerl
Do the winds that come to kiss the faded
check OF sickness and to cool the heated
brow OF the laborer whisper hope and cheer
TO the emaciated victim of the game OF haz-
ard! When An honest man is in trouble he
has sympathy. "Poor fellow" they say.
But do gamblers come to weep at the ago
was one Of the finest estates in England
Mr.. Porter owned it, and in q year gam bled
it all away. Having lost the last acre Of
the estate, he came down from the saloon
and got into his carriage, went back, put
up his horses and carriage and town house,
and played. He threw and lost He started
home. and on side alley met a friend,
from whom he borrowed ten guneas. went
back to the saloon, and before great while
had won e2O,0OO. He died at last bcggar
in St. Giles. How many gamblers felt sor-
ry for Mr.. Portera Who consoled him on
the loss OF his estatea What gambler sub
scribed TO put a stone over the poor mans
gravel Not one.
Furthermore, this sin is tho source Of nm
counted dishonesty. The game OF hazard
itself is often a cheat. How many tricks
and receptions in the dealing Of the cards.
The opponents hand is often found out by
fraud. Cards are marked so that they may
oe designated from the back. Expert
gamesters have their accomplices, and one
wink may decide the game. The dice have
been found loaded with platina, 80 that
doublets come up every time. These dice
are introduced by the gamblers unobserved
by the honest men who have come into the
play, and this accounts for the fact that
ninety-nine out Of one hundred who
gamble, however wealthy when they be-
gan, at the end are found TO be poor, mis-
cradle, haggard wretches who would not
be allowed TO sit on the doorstep Of the
house that they once owned. Do you call
this . game Of chance. There is no chance
about it,
But these dishonestics in the carving on
of the game are nothing when compared
with the frauds that are committed in order
to get money to 60 on with the nefarious
work. Gambling, with its needy hand, has
snatched away the widows mite and the
portions OF the orphans; has sold the
daughters virtue to get the means to con-
tinue the game; has written the counter
felt signature, emptied the bankers money
vault and welded the assassin's dagger
There is no depth OF meanness TO which it
will not stoop. There is no cruelty at
which it is appalled,. There is no warning
Of God that 1t will not dare. Merciless, un-
appeasable, fierce and wild, it blinds, it
hardens, it rends, it blasts, it crushes, it
damns. It has peopled our prisons and lu-
natic asylums.
A man in London keeping one Of these
gambling houses boasted that he had
ruined nobleman day; but il all the
saloons of the land were to speak out. they
might utter more Infamous boast, for
they have destroyed thousand noblemen a
year.
Notice also the effects Of this crime upon
domestic happiness. 1t has sent its ruth
less plowshare through hundreds OF fam
lilies, until the wife sat in rags, and the
daughters were disgraced, and the sons
grew up to the same infamous practices, or
took short cut to destruction across the
scahold.
Homo has lost all charms for the gambler
How tame are the children's caresses and
. wifs;s devotion to the gambler. How
1rearily the fire burns on the domestic
hearth. There must be louder laughter,
and something to win, and something to
lose; and excitement to drive the heart
faster, flip the blood and fire the imagina-
ton. No home, however bright, can keep
back the gamester. The sweet call Of love
bounds back from his iron soul, and all en-
1earments are consumed in the fire Of his
passion. The family Bible will 60 after all
other treasures are lost, and il his crown
N Heaven were put into his hand he would
Try: Here goes; one more game, my boys.
On this one throw I stake my crown Of
Heaven"
An only son went to New Orleans He
was rich. intellectual and elegant in man.
,ers. His parents gave him on his depart
Ire from home their last blessing. The
'harpers got hold Of him. They fiattered
lin. They lured him to the gaming table
Ind let him win almost every time for
rood while, and patted him on the back and |
aid: ''First-rate player" But fully in
heir grasp they neeced him, and his 81, 900 |
we're lost Last Of all, he put up his watch |
md lost that. Then he began to think Of |
lis home, and Of his old father and mother,
md wrote thus.
My Beloved Parents: You will doubt |
ess feel momentary Joy at the reception
# this letter from the child Of your bosom, |
n whom you have lavished all the favors |