Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-12

thousands ct our young men leaping into !
that saddle" and mounting that gig"
and behind that ''horse' riding to per- |
dtion. There is always one kind Of sign !
on the door Exchange" most appro-
priat. title for the door. for there, in tina. |
room. man exchanges health, peace and |
heaven. for loss Of health. loss of home, |
loss of family. loss of immortal soul. Ex-
change sure enough and infinite enough.
This crime is getting its lever under
many q mercantile house in our great
cities. and before long down will come the
great establishment. crushing reputation.
home, comfort and immortal souls. How it
iiverts and sinks capital may be inferred
from some authentic statements before us.
The ten gaming houses that once We're
authorized in Paris passed through the
banks. yearly, three hundred and twenty
1--we millions Of francs. Where does all the
money come from? The whole world is
robbed. What is most sad, there are 10
consultations for the loss and suffering en-
tailed by gaming. If men fail in lawful
busin( So, God pities and society commiser-
atcs; but where in the Bible or in society
is there any consolation for the gambler?
FROM what tree of the forest oozes there
balm that can soothc the gameSters 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 laborcr. whisper
hope and cheer to the emacated victim OF
the game of hazardn When an honest
man is in trouble, he has sympathy. poor
fellow" they say. But do gamblers come
to weep at the agonics Of the gambler? In
northumberland was one of the finest
estates in England. Mr. Porter owned It
and in year gambled it ali away. Having
lost the last acre of the estate, he came
down from the saloon and got into his car
riage; went back; put up his horses and
carriage and town house, and played. He
threw and lost. He started home, and in
side alley met friend from whom he
borrowed ten guineas; went back to the
saloon and before a great while had won
twenty thousand pounds He died at last,
q beggar in St. Giles. How many gam
blers felt sorry for MIR. Porter? Who con-
soled him on the loss of his estate? What
gambler subscribed to put stone over the
poor mans grave? Not one.
| Furthermore. this sin is the source Of
| uncouEted dishonesties. The game of
hazard itself is often cheat. How mary
tricks and receptions in the dealing of the
cards! The opponents hand is oftimes
found out by fraud. Cards are marked so
that they may be designated from the back.
Expert gamesters have their accomplices,
and one wink may decide the game. The
dice have been found loaded with platina,
SO that ''doublets" come up every time.
These 1:oo are introduced by the gamblers
unobserved 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 began, at
the end are found to be poor, miserable,
ragged wretches, that would not now be
allowed to sit on the doorstep of the house
that they once owned. In u gaming house
in San Francisco young man having just
come from the mines deposited large sum
upon the ace, and won twenty-five
thousand. But the tide turns. Intense
anxiety comes upon the countenances of
all. Slowly the cards went forth. Every
eye is fixed. Not sound is heard until
the ace is revealed favorable to the bank.
There are shouts of Foul ~ ''Foul % but
the keepers of the table produce their
pistols and the uproar is silenced and the
bank has won ninty-fve Thousand dollars.
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 compared
with the frauds which are committed in
order to get money to go on with the ne
farous work. Gambling with its greedy
hand has snatched away the widows mitt
and the portion Of the orphan; has sold tht
daughters virtue to get the means to con-
tinue the game; has written the counter
felt signature, empted tho bankers money
vault and welded tho assassin's dagger
There is no depth of mcanness to which i
| g. IA, ~
which it is appalled,. There is no arnin(
Of God that it will not dare. Mcrcless
unappeasable, fiercer and wilder, it blinds
it hardeus, it rends, it blasts, it brushes, i
lamns. It has peopled our prisons dnl
lunatic asylums. How many RAILROAD
agents and cashiers and trustees of fund
1t has driven to disgrace, Incarceration an.
suicide! Witness years ago a cashier of
railroad who stole one hundred and three
thousand dollars to carry on his gaminl
practices. Witness forty Thousand dol
lars stolen from Brooklyn bank within
the memory of many of you, and the on
hundred and eighty thousand dollars talkel
from Wall street insurance company 70
the same purpose! These are only illus
trations on large scale of the robbcrie
every day committed for the purpose O
carrying out the designs of gambler, $
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars ever
year leak out without observation from tn
merchants till into the gambling hell !
man in London keeping ono of these gam
bling houses boosted that he had ruined
nobleman a day; but if oil the saloons {
this land were to speak out, they Nigh
utter q more infamous boast, for they hav
destroyed thousand noble men year.
Shall sketch the history Of the gan
t bier? Lured by bad company he finds hi
: way into place where honest men ougf
l never to 60. He sits down to his hrs
/ game but only for pastime and the desir
of being thought sociable. The player
8 deal out the cards. They unconsciousl
3 play into Satan's hands who takes all til
Q tricks and both tn Q players souls +,
d trumps-he being q sharper at any gam