The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-25
THE VICE OF GAMBLING.

rev. Dr. IalmaBe on sunday, In
Brooklyn, Y. Y, began preaching a
series of sermons on the ten plaques
of New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey
City. The subject OF Sundays dis
course was gambling. In tine course of
his address DIR. Talmage said:
The instruments of gaming may
differ. but the principle Is the same.
The shutlling and dealing cards, how
ever full of temptation, Is not gam
bling, unless stakes are put up; while,
on the other hand, gambling may be
carried on without cards or dice, or
billiards or ten-pin alley. The man
who bets on horses, on elections, on
battles-the man who deals in fancy"
stocks, Or conducts u business which
hazards extra capital, or goes into
transactions without foundation, but
dependent upon what men call '.luck,r
is gambler.
cit is estimated that every day in
Christendom $50, 600, 600 pass from hand
to hand through gambling practices,
and every year in Christendom $123,-
lou, 000,0 600 change hands in that way.
There are in this cluster of cities about
800 confessed gambling establish
ments. There are about $500 profess
sional gamblers. Out of the 800 gam
bling establishments, how many OF
them do you suppose profess to be
honest? Ten. These ten protesting
to be honest because they arc merely
the ante-chamber to the 100 that are
acknowledged fraudulent.
"Men wishing to gamble will find
places just suited to their capacity,
not only in the underground oyster
cellar, or at the table back of the cur
tain, covered with greasy cards, or in
the steamboat smoking cabin, where
the bloated wretch with rings in his
| ears instead of his nose deals the pack,
and winks In the unsuspecting traveller
providing free drinks all round-but
i'll gilded parlors and amid gorgeous
surroundings.
.srhis sin works ruin by killing in
dustry. 1t is getting its lever under
many II mercantile house in our great
| cities. and before long, down will
come the great establishment, crush
ing reputation, home, comfort and
| immortal souls. Furthermore, this
| sin is the source of uncounted dishon-
/ estes. But tho dishonesties In the
carrying on of the game are nothing
| when compared with the frauds which
are committed in order to get money
to go on with the nefarious work
Gambling, with its greedy hand, has
snatched away the widows mite and
| the portion OF the orphans; has sold
| the daughters yirtne 10 ref the means
| 10 continue the trnno. hns written tho
counterfeit siyItntII,e emnticd the
| bdukeIss money ynult nnd Welded The
| nssassiI,,s dan.Sa,, tThero is M dcr,f h
| of meanness fo which. itSSiI1 mn stoon.
| There is no ep,teIfy MI which II il IN.
| pnlled. There il no warning of cod
| that it will not dare. MeTciless, nnap-
peasable, tiercer and wilder it blinds,
| il damns. n. hns nennied ON, n,isons
and Iunntic asvi,,nis.
| nNotice aIsn'thp effect Of this crime
upon domestic happiurss. IL ms sent
| lis ruthless plowshnre throuoh him
| dreds of families. until the vile sat in
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AID the sons trreS IN tn liza s,ma IN.
famous practices or took n short eut
ia desI,lIefion ocross tba m,t,1iere,Ss
scafToId uorna has Inet ali n cbar,ns
| foI. The ,ralni,ie, Un,y tame o,a the
childre,,'s rnres.e, ond 4 wife,s davn.
| tiou ia the ,samhierl How drao,,ilv thn
| fire bIirns nm tIle ,Itmnstic hemthf
| There niiIst he lander laIIvhtc,. Md
| somcthin5y IN win and something 70
| loae. mn aScitame,f 10 dri,n tha hn,,,t
| tnste,. md tjiiin The iInoh and ira i've
| imaninniion -
"iake warning! You are no stronp-
| ar thnn tans nf tHonsa,tds yvho bat.a ~,
vounf, mnn in an, citjas car nena,,.,
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| trrachero,is sea Snlit hull,s STRAW tic
| beach, Eycrlustnnlt storms howl nm
and down. tossing unyyary crafts into
| Hellrate. | sneak of what have seeI
/ with my own ewes. have leaked ofr
| into the nbvss AND I have sann thn