The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-04

cities, and before long down viii come the
great establishment, crushing reputation,
home, comfort and immortal souls. How
ii diverts and sinks capital may be inferred
from some authentic statement before US.
The ten gaming houses that once were
authorized in Paris passed through the
banks, yearly, go, 100000 francs. Where
does all the money come from? The whole
world is robbed What is the most sad,
there are no consultations for the loss and
suffering entailed by gaming Ii men fail
in lawful business, God pities and society
commiserates; but where in the bible or
in society is there any consolation for the
gambler? From what tree OF the forest
oozes there a balm that can soOthe the
gamester's heart? In that bottle where
God keeps the tears Of his children, are
there any tears of the gambler Do the
winds that come to kiss the faded cheek OF
sickness and to cool the heated brow
of the laborer, whisper hope and cheer To
the emaciated victim of the game of haz-
ardP When an honest man is in trouble
he has sympathy. Poor felloww they
say. But do gamblers come to weep at
the agonies OF the gambler? In North
cumberland was one of the finest estates in
England. Mr.. Porter owned it, and in a
year gambled it all away. Having lost
the last acre of his estate, he came down
from the saloon and got into his carriage;
went back, put up his horse and carriage
and town house, and played. He threw
and lost. He started home, and in q side
alley met friend, from whom he Dor
rowed 10 guineas; went back TO the sa-
loon, and before long had won 10000
pounds. He died at last beggar in st.
Giles. How many gamblers felt sorry for
Mr. Porter? Who console6 him on the
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scribed to put stone over the poor mans
grave? Not one!
Furthermore, this sin is the source of
uncounted dishonesties. The game of
hazard itself IS often a cheat. How
many tricks and receptions in the deal
ing of the cards! The opponents hand
is Ofttimes found out by fraud. Cards
are marked so that they may be desig-
mated from the back. Expert gamesters
have their accomp ices, and one wink
NAV decide the game. The dice have
been found loaded with piatina, so that
'doublets" come up every time. These
dice are introduced by the gamblers I'M
observed by honest men who have come
into the play; and this accounts for the
fact that ninety-nine out of hundred
who gamble, however wealthy they be-
gan, at the end are found 10 be poor,
miserable, ragged wretches that would
not now be allowed to sit on the door step
OF the house they once owned. In
gaming house in San Francisco a young
man having Just come from the mines,
deposited a large sum upon the ace, and
won 1900. But the tide turns. In
tense anxiety comes upon the cOunte-
nances OF ell. Slowly the cards went
forth. Every eye is fixed. Not a sound
is heard until The ace is revealed favora-
bic TO the bank. There are shouts of
"FOulw "Foul" but the keepers of the
table produce their pistols and the up
roar is silenced and the bank has won
$4,000. Do YOU call this a game of
chance? There is no chance about it.
But these dishOnesties in the carrying
on of the game are nothing when COM
pared with the frauds which are commit
ted in order TO get money to go on with
the nefariouS work. Gambling with its
greedy hand has snatched away the wild
ows mite and the portion OF the Orphans:
has sold the daughters virtue to get the
means to continue the game; has written
the counterfeit gnature, emptied the
bankers money vault and welded the as
sss>in's dagger There is no depth OF
meanness TO which il will not s'oop.
There is no cruelty Ut which il is appalled,.
There is no warning OF God that 1T will
not dare Merciless, indispensable. tiercer
and wilder ii blinds, it hardens, it rends.
1t blasts, it brushes, it damns. Ii has
peOpled our prisons and lunatc asylum.
How many railroad agents and cashiers
and trustees of funds ii has driven TO dis
grace, incarceration and suicidei Witness
years ago cashier OF a railroad who stole
100000 TO carry on his gaming prac-
tees. Witness $4,000 stolen from
Brooklyn bank within the men,
ory of many of you, and the
company for the same purpose! These are
only illustrations on a large scale of the
rObberies every day committed for the
purpose of carrying out the designs OF
gamblers. Hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars every year leak out without obser-
walton from the merchants till into the
gambling hell A man in London keeping
che OF these gambling houses boosted that
he had ruined nObleman a day; but if
all the saloons of this kind were to speak
out, they might utter a more infamous
! boast, for they have destroyed thousand
mob emen day.
Notice also the effect of this crime upon
domestic happiness. 1t has sent its ruth
less plowshare through hundreds Of
families, until the wife sat in rags and the
daughters were disgraced and the sons
grew up to the same infamous practices
or took a short cut to destruction across
the murderer's scaffold. Home has lost ali
charms for the gambler. How tame are
the children's caresses and a wife's devo-
| ton to the gambler! How drearily the
fire burns on the domestic hearth There
must be louder laughter, and something
| to win and something to lose; an excite
ment 10 drive the heart faster and
flip the blood and fire the i'm
agination. No home, however bright,
can keep back the gamesters. The
sweet call of love bounds back from his
| iron soul. and ali endearments are con-
sumed in the fame OF his passion. The
| family bible will 60 after all other treas
| ures are lost, and il his crown in heaven
were put into his hand he would cry:
'Here goes one more game, my boys! On
| this one throw / stake my crown in
| heaven" A young man in London on
coming of age received fortune of Sl20.-
COO, and, through gambling. in three years
was thrown on his mother for support.
| An only son went TO a southern city: he
was rich, intellectual and elegant in man.
ners. His parents gave him on his de-
parture from home their last blessing
| The sharpers got hold of him. They
fiattered him. They lured him to the
eambling-table and let him win almost
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