Telegram-herald., 1890-08-04

l-snlcs1nttng Is Waterloo, aa1 saen cl1
-gpe1.2aszEn c-ed rs master ordered q n-il-
t4F3 sa.EsS 2rsd over 80 grsFe. Joan
Howard sAose1 that he ia ncE sx1ai2ss
a. Is sYzzpatk5es Il Patylnz tae 131a@a
ace t1r - LEA sick hs writes hoaas, Etas
uycIo cha Sc ksrss become sex or spoiled
res cASsoP 81 A cHEIsrIAs TUEEAAA-
Bus Ee o. nos rhiak that tie sgeed e
sas horse should be ealsaFed ~ the ex-
Dense ~ huuaAa deSrzdasiea- HoFse F4ees
a oldea tiuaas wero gaGeT ths o4n of
Christian people. 4nd ia cur dss the same
EztirlElon Lzs c01as zp under 1ctltio0s
a1mes, and i is callet a "s2il1ler Elee--
x. alzacss slggesTlFo of positive Fshs-
.s1s sxercisz Aad lt - ealie1 al "zsFi-
sgltuFaI fir" Suggestive Of everything
.hag = improving IN tbs art Of f2rutaz-
Bat under these dscep-ige titles are tie
sams cneszing and the same betting, the
sane drunkenness ana the saEle vsezSOad-
age, and the same soonalaztioBs that were
% be founc un4er the old horse racing sys-
EN-.
/ never knew a EAan yet who could give
himself "a the pleasures OF the turf for
long reach of time and not be battered IN
morals They hook up their spanking
cam. and puc on tneir sporting cap, and
light their cigar. and take the reins, and
lAsh down the roal 70 psrdition. The great
ray az Saratoga and Long Branch and
Cape May, and nearly ali the other water
.ng places, Is the day OF the races The
hotels are thronged, nearly every kind OF
squipase is taken up at an almost fabulous
price, and there are many respectable peo-
2le mingiing with jockeys and gamblers
aud lioertinss and foul mouthed nsn and
lashy women. The bartender stirs up the
brandy smash. The bets run high The
greenhorns, sappOsing all Is fair, put IN
their money sson enough 10 lose II Three
weeks before she race takes place the strus
gle is decided, and the men Ia the secret
know on which steeG TO bet their money.
The two men on the horses riding around
long bsfore arranged who shall beat
Leaning from the stand or from the car
riage are men aud women so absorbed in
.he struggle OF bone and muscle aud met
Els that they make : grand harvest for the
pickpoekets, who carry OF the pocketoooks
and portmOanaies. Men looking on see
0nIy two horses with two riders flying
around the ring, but there Is many man
IN that stand whose honor and domestic
happiness and fortune-white nane, white
loot, whito hank-sre In the ring, racing
With insbriety. and with fraud. and with
profanity, and with ruin-black neck, black
foot. black aank. Neck and neck they go
IN that moral EPSON.
KEEP AWAY FROM IT!
All, my friends, have nothing to do with
horse racing dissipations this summer.
Long ago the English government got
through looking % TIE turf for the dragon
and light cavalry horse. They found the
turf depreciates the stock and IL is yet
worse for men Thomas Hughes, the mem
Der Of parlia nent and the author, known
AL the world over, hearing that new turf
enterprise was being started in this coun-
Try, wrote a letter in which he said:
Heaven help you, then; for of su the
sankers OF our old civilization there is
nothing In this country approaching in
anblushing meanness, in rascality holding
lts head high. to this belauded institution
Of the British turf"
Another famous sportsman writes: "How
many fine domains have been shared
among these hosts Of rapacious sharks dur
Ing the last two hundred years; and unless
the system be altered, how many more are
doomed 90 fall into the same gulfl' The
Duke of Hamilton. through his horse rae
ing proclivitics, ia three years got through
his e tire fortune Of S3j0.000, and l will say
that some OF you ere being undermined By
it. With the bull fights Of Spain and the
bear baitings of the pit may the Lord God
annihilate the infamous and accursed
horse racing OF England and Americal
20 further and speak Of another temp
tation that hovers over the watering places,
and this Is the temptation to sacrifice phys
ical strength. The modern Bethesda was
meant to recuperate the physical health,
aud yet how many cone from the water
ing pieces, their hcal;R absolutely de-
stroyedl New York and Brooklyn idiots
bOasting OF having imbibed twenty glasses
of congress water before breakfast Fam
lies accustomed TO going to bed ut 10
o'clock at night gossiping until l or 2
o'clock IN the morning. DySpoetics, usu
ally very cautious about their health,
ningling iCe creams and lemons and lob
ster salads cnd cocoauuts until the gastric
juices lit up all their voices Of lamenta-
tiOn and protest. Delicate women and
brainless young raen chessezing them
selves into vertigo and catalepsy Thou
sands of men and women coming back
from our watering places in the autumn
with the foundations laid for ailments that
VIII last them al their life long. You
know o. we'll rs DO that this is the simple
truth.
POOR RULE THAT WILL NOT WORK BOTH
WAYS.
In the summer you say 20 your good
health: ''SOod-by, 1 am going to have
good time for little while. | will be very
Elad u sec you again in the autumn"
Then in the autumn, when you ere hard at
work in your Office or shop or counting
room. Good Health VIII come aad say.
Good by: am going" You say, Where
are yon Eoia =" oh" says Good Health
"I en- zains, TO take a vacetionr' It is n
poor rule that will not work both ways.
and your good health will leave you
choleric aud splenetic and exhausted You
coqustted with your good health in the
summer tine. and your good health IL
coauettine with yo1 in the winter time
A fragment u Pauls charge 70 the iailer
w0ald be s1 appropriate inscription for
tle hotel register Ia every watering place.
DO th-seif TO harm.
Anothe- temptation hovering around
tie watering place is 20 the formation Of
hcstv and lifelong alliances. The water
fnr places ere responsible for more Of the
6onlssic infeii-iti1s Of this country than
al tie ether thinzs combined. Society is
so artificial there thst 10 sure Judgment
q character eau be formed. Those who
form comp 1aio1shiQs aE2d such circum-
stansss g into a lottery where there are
twenty tlanks % one P-ize. IA the'severs
tux of life ron want moro than glitter sai
spssa. Ikfs Is not = ballroom where the
rluslc decides tie step. s0d bow aad PTaoce
and Erzcsf1l swing q long trail caa make
Up for s1ro1z common sense You MAJ "a
vel 20 among The gayiY painted yachts u
a summer regatta 70 fnd war vessels ~ to
70 among the light spray of the summer
rate-iaz place % dnd character that can