Telegram-herald., 1891-02-23


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. back Expert l,an4eslers have their &C.
complices. ald one wink may decide tie
game. lhs dice have been found loaded
with p,atima 50 that "6ogh.rls' come up
every time. Thess dice are introduces ~
tie g1moe-s, unobsersea bY hoaesi IneD
who have cone into the play. Ela thls sc
eoauts for ths fact that nnei y-niue out u
hundred ho glfable. however wealthy
they began. at the eud ere found 10 be
poor. miserable. ragged wsctchcs, that
would not now De- allowed 10 sit on the
doorstep % tie house that they once
owned In a gambling house in san Fran
cisco young man having just come frcul
the mines deposited a large sum upon tie
aoe. and won twenty two thousand doll ars
( But tie t.l.. tnrns Intenss excitement
corles 4 lon the CoGntenan0ds ~ az. Slow
lv the csrds went forth. livery eve is fixed
Not sound is heard until the ace is rs-
vea,ed favorable TO the bank There are
shouts OF Foul" "FoulY' bat the keepers
Of the table produce their pistols, and the
uproar is silcnced and the bank has won
ninety-fire thousand dollegs Do you call
this a game Of chalcei Therc Is no chance
about il.
Bu1 these iishcnesties in the carving on
OF the game are nothing when com pared
with the frauds which are committed in
order 10 set money 10 70 on with the ne
farious work. Gambling with It's greedy
hand has snatched away the widows mite
and the portion OF the orphans: has sold
the daughters virtue 10 get the means TO
continue the game has written the counter
felt signature, emp;aed the banker faone,
vault and welded the assassin's da.zger.
There is no .iepJh OF Tneaaness TO which IL
will not stop. There il no cruelty at which
il il appalled,. There is no warning of God
that il viii not dare. Merciless, unappeak-
able Gcrcsr and wilder it blinds. il hard
ems, IL rends, il blasts. it cruskcs, IL damns
II has peopied our prisons and lunatic
axyluIns How many railroad agenta and
cashiers aud trustees Of funds il has driven
to dirgrsce, Incarceration and suicidei Wit
ness yeaTs aarO a cashier OF a railroad who
stole one hundred and three thousand dol
lars 10 carry on his gaming practices Wit
ness forty Thousand dollars stolen from
Brooklyn bank within the memory of many
Of You, aad the one hundred and eighty
Thousand dollars takel from g Wall street
Insurance company for the same purpose.
These are only Illustrations on large scale
OF tie robbcries every day committed for
the purpose of carrying cut the designs CT
gam oilers. Hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars every year leak out without observa-
ton froIa the merchants tail into tho
gambling hell a man Ia London keeping
one Of theso gambling houses boasted thst
ho had ruined nobleman a day: but IL all
the saloons OF this land were - sp.ak out
they might utter a more infamous bsast,
for they have destroyed Thousand noble
men ysar.
II RUNS DOMESTIC EaPFIyTss.
Notice also the effect ot this crirne upon
domes1ic happiness. 1t has sent its ruth
less piows5are through hundreds Of fam
lilies. until the wife sat ia rags, and the
daughters were disgraco1. and the sons
crew M 10 the same infs nous practices or
took = snort cut @ distraction across the
mEr3erer's scaGold Homo has lost all
charms for tb- rambler How tame ere
the ohl-aTeu's csresses and q wsfe's devotion
to the gambler How drea-lly the fire
burns on the domestic hearth, There u ust
be louder laughter, and something TO win
and something TO lose; an excitement 10
drive the heart faster and FLIP the blood
and fire the imagination. NJ home, how
ever 5ri< can keep back the eapestsr.
The sweet czli OF love bounds back from
hls iron soul. aad al eniearnscBts are con
sumoa in the Game OF has passion. The
family Bible vii 60 after all other fress-
urcs are lost, aud il his crown in heaven
were put into his band he woald CIV: Here
gOes one more game. my boys. On this one
throw stake nv crown of heaven" A
youiag man in London. on coming of ars-
Fecs1gsd a fo-sane OF one huDdrcd aud
tF7euiy thousand dollars. and. through
gasna.iRg. in three years was thrown on
has mother Tor snpg-ort. An o,nly son went
20 sou sbern city. be was rich. intellectual
sfd elegant - manners. His parents gave
him on bis departure from hotss tbslf lass
blessing TIE shsrperz got bold Of him.
Tbev fsttercd him 7esy iurrd him TO the
gaming table. aud les him win almost every
time .or good while. and pstfed him on
the bao& and said. First rate player.
But fally IN tsssir grasp tbsy seeced him,
and bis tAirfy thoussad doIlsrr were lnst
Last Of al be FBt up his watch AID Ia~t