The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-05-22

bling establishment. To it you az
ducsd by card through sons 'ropar-ili,s
Having entered, you must either gamble or
fight. Sanied cards, dics loaded with quick
silver, poor drinks will seen help you to get
rid OF all your money 10 a tune in short
meter with a.accat0 passages. You wanted
to see. You saw. The low villains of that
place watch you as you come in. Does not
the panther, squat in the grass, know a calf
when he sees it, WrdGgle not for your rights
IN that place, or your body viii be thrown
booty into the street. or dead into the East
River. You 90 along a little further and find
thepolicy establishment. In that place you bet
onnumbers. Bettingon two numbers is called
a saddle, betting on three numbers is called
a gig betting on four numbers Is called
horse" and there are thousands of our
young men leaping into that saddle and
mounting the gig" and behind that
'horssa riding to perdition. There Is ALWAYS
one kind OF sign on the door Exchange"
n most appropriate title for the door, for
there, in that room, man exchanges health.
peace and heaven for loss Of health loss OF
home, loss OF family, loss OF Immortal soul.
Exchange sure enough and infinite enough
Men wishing 10 gamble will find places
just suited to their capacity, not only in
the underground Oyster cellas; or at the
table back &C tho cafrStff,,- t-evert-i- with
greasy cards, or in the steamboat smoking
cabin, where the bloated wretch with rings
and winlss in the uususpecting traveller
providing free drinks all around-but in
gilded parlois and amid gorgeous surround
ings
Again, this sin works ruin by killing indus
I try. man used to reaping scores or hum
dreds or thousands of dollars from tho gaming
4 table viii not be content with slow work He
/ viii say: ''What is the use Of trying to make
these fifty dollars in my store when can get
five times that In half an hour down at
'Blly'sf" You never knew q confirmed
! gambler who was industrious. The mon
I given to this vice spend their time, not &c
/ lively engaged in the game, in idleness or
intOMcation or sleep, or in corrupting new
victims. This SIN has dulled the carpenters
saw and cut the band OF the factory wheel,
sunk the cargo, broken the teeth of the
farmers harrow and sent a strange light
ming TO shatter the battery OF the philoso-
pher. The very first idea in gaming is at
war with all the industries of society.
This crime is getting its leves. under many
a mercantile house in our great cities and
before long down viii come the great estab-
lshment, crushing reputation, home. COM
fort and immortal souls How it diverts and
Sinks capital may be inferred from some
authentic statement before US The ten gam
ing houses that once were authorized in Paris Z
passed through banks, yearly, threa hundred
and twenty-five millions OF francs. Where
does all the money come frouf The whole /
world IS robbie . What is most sad. there
are no consultations for the loss and suffering
entailed by gaming. If men fail in lawful /
business God pities and society commiser- /
ates; but where in the Bible or in society is
there any consolation for the gambler; From 1
what tree OF the forest oOzes there balm that I
can so0the the gamesters hearth In that /
bottle where God keeps the tears of His chill /
dren are there any tears of the gambler? Do I
the winds that come TO kiss the faded cheek I
Of sickness, and TO cool the heated brow OF
tins laborer, whisper hope and cheer TO the
emaciated victim Of the game OF hazardf I
When an honest nan is in trouble he has
sympathy. Poor fellow~ they say. But
DO gamblers come to weep at the agonies of
the gambler
n Northumberland was one of the finest
estates in England. Mr.. Porter owned it I
and IN year gambled it all away. Having
LOST tho last acre Of the estate, he came
down from the saloon aud got into his ear
riage; went back, put up his horses and car
rage and town house and played. BE threw
and lost BE started home, and in u side
alley met a friend from whom he borrowed
ten g1ineas: went back to the saloon and be-
fare a treat While had wen twenty tha1saud
pounds. BE diet at lass q iSeZgar nj st. y
Giles How many gamblers felt sorry for
Mr. Porter? Who c5nsoled him on the loss
o. his estetei WHAT gambler subscribed to
pu5 Stone over the poor mans gravel Not
Futherm7re, this sin is the source of I'M
counted dishonesties- The game Of hazard
itsef is often game Of cheat How many
tricks and decsptiOns in the dealing Of the
eaI'dsl Ihs opponents hand is Outlines
found out by fraud. Cards are marked 50
that they may DC designated from the back.
Expert gamesters have their accomplices,
and one wink may decide thegIme The dice
have been found loaded with p'atina, so that
''doubletsn come up every time. These dice
are introduced by the gamblersI unobserved
by honest men who have come into play: and
this accounts for the fact that nfnety-nine
out OF hundred who gamble, however
wealthy they began, 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 that they once owned. In
n gambling house IN San Francisco young
man having just come from the mines de-
posted a large sum upon the ace, and won
twenty-five thousand dollars. But the tide
turns Intense excitement comes upon the
counteuances Of all. Slowly the cards went
forth. Every eye is fixed. N3t sound is
heard until the ace is revealed favorable 10
the banE- There ere shouts of "Fouli7
YOUR butthe keepers OF the table produce
tneir pistols, and the uproar is sileaced and the
hank has won ninety-fiTe thousand dollars.
Do you call this game Of chances There Is
no chance about it
But these disaonesties in carrying on of I
me game are nothing when compared With
he frauds which are committed in order to
ret money to 20 on with the nefarious work
Iambling with its greedy hand has snatched
way the widows mite and the portion Of
he orphans; has sold the daughter virtue TO
Jet the means 70 continue the game; has
written the counterfeit signature emptied {
ne bankers money vault and welded the !
lssassir's dagger There Is no depth Of mean
less 70 which it will not stoop. There is no 6
ruslty at which it is appalled,. There is no 4
warning Of God that It VIII not dare. Merci-
ess unappeasable, fercer and wilder it
Winds, it hardens, it rends, 1t blasts, it {
rushes, II damns. It has peopled our uris- .
rs and lunatic asylums. How many rail-
Dad agents and cashiers and trustees {
funds It has driven 70 dis 9
race. IN Incarceration and suiciiel Wit .
sss years ago cashier Of u railroad who
ole one hundred and three thousand dol I
rs 20 carry on his gaming practices Wiz
ess forty thousand dollars stolen from a
rooklyn bank within the memory OF many
Z you, nst the one hundred and eighty
,',,..s,- ,..s..-ss
lsurance company for the sane purposei
hese are only illustrations on a large scale J
the robberies every day committed for {
be purpose Of carrying out the designs OF
amblers. Hundreds OF thousands Of dol
irs every year leak out without olserva- Z
on from the merchants till into the
ambiing he'll. A man in London keeping e,
e had ruined nobleman a day: but il ell 1
be saloons Of this land were 70 speak cut =
hey might utter a more infamous boast,
Dr. they have destroyed a thousand noble :
len year.
Notice also the effect Of the crime upon
omestic happiness. It has sent its ruthless
logshare through hundreds Of families, IN
u the wife sat IN rags, and the daughters "
'ere disgraced, and the sons grew up to the 7
l1ne infamous practices u took a short cut q
. destruction across the murderer's scafold. q
lone has lost all charms for the gambler h
low tame are the childrea's caresses and a
'he,s devotion 10 the gamblerl How drearily d
be IRE burns on the domestic HEARTH There o.
lust be louder laughter, and something to p
m ana something to lose: an excitement to :!
rive toe heart faster and flip the blood L
nd fire theimaginetion- No home. however Y
right, can keep back the gamesfer. The :.
veet call Of love bounds back from his iron Il
lul, and all the endearnents are consumed
] the flames Of his passion. The family
IDLE VIII 20 after all other treasures are lost, >,
nd II his crown in heaven were put into his =
and he would cry: Here goes one more d.
anne, my boysi On this one throw I u
AXE my crown in heaven.n young
ian in London, on coming Of age &c
eceived a fortune Of one hundred and .,
genty thousand dollars, and, through gam q;
ling, in three years was thrown on his =