Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-24


churches; and with silver note, and golden
sparkle, and crystalline chime, says to hun
drcls Of thousands Of our population, in
the authentic words OF him who said II
will: be thou clean"
rnR CURSE or GAMBLING.
All this premise in opening this course
Of sermons on the ten plaques OF these
three cities, lest some stupid man might
say / am deprecatinR the place Of my
residence | speak 10 you today concern.
ing the plague Of gambling Every man
and woman in this house ought TO be in
terested in this theme.
Some years ago, when an association for
the suppression OF gambling was organ.
ized an agent OF the association came 70 a
prominent citizen and asked him TO patron
lie the society lie said, mo, can have
no interest in such an organization. 1 am
I'm no wise affected by that evil" At that
very time his son, who was his partner in
business, was one of the heaviest players in
Hearne's famous gambling establishment.
Another refused his patronage on the same
ground, not knowing that his first book
keeper, though receiving SALARY Of only
n thousand dollars, was losing from fifty "a
one hundred dollars per night. The presi-
dent Of "A railroad company refused TO
patronizc the institution. saying. THAT
society In good for the defense OF merch-
ants but we railroad people are not in
! jured by this evil;" not knowing that, at
that very time, two OF his conductors were
spending three nights OF each week At faro
tables in New York. Directly or indirectly,
this evil strikes at the whole world.
Gambling IL the risking of something
more or less valuable in the hope OF win
| al, 81 ntka an ~
ments of gaming may differ but tho prin-
! cple IL the same. The shufIiing and deal
| ing cards, however full Of temptation, IL
not gambling, unless stakes are put up;
while on the other hand, gambling may
be- carried on without cards or dice or bill
lizards or ten-pin alley. The man who
bets on horses, on elections, on battles
the man who deals in fancy" stocks, or
conducts business which hazards extra
capital, or goes into transactions without
foundation, but dependent upon what men
call "luck." +" isR gambler. Whatever you
expect 20 get from your neighbor without
Offering an equivalent In money or time or
skill IN either the product OF theft or gam
ing. Lottery tickets aud lottery policies
come into the same category Fairs for
the founding Of hospitals, schools and
churches, conducted on the railing system,
come under the same denomination. Do
not, therefore, associate gambling neces.
sarly with any instrument, or game, or
time or place or think the. principle de-
pends upon whether you play for glass OF
wine or one hundred shares of railroad
stock. Whether you patroniEe auction
pools, French mutuals," or book max.
lug" whether you employ faro or billiards,
rondo and keno. cards or bagAtelle, the
very idea Of the thing ia dishonest, for II
Processes TO bestow upon you good for
which you give no equivalent.
TEE "noSEsr" GAMBLING HOUSES.
IL is estimated that every day In Chris.
tendon eighty million dollars pass from
hand 10 hand through gambling practices,
aud every year in Christendom one hun
dred aud twenty-three billion one hundred
million dUllas 4 change hands In that way.
There ara ia Cnis cluster OF cities about
eight hundred confessed gambling estab-
lishments There are about three thousand
five hundred professional gamblers Out
OF the eight hundred gambling establish.
monts, how many Of them do you suppose |
profess TO he honest' Ten These ten pro
fess TO be honest because they are merely
the ante chamber To the seven hundred
and ninety that aro acknowledged fraud
ulent There aro first class gambling IN.
tablishments. You go up the marble
stairs, You ring the bell. Tho liVeried
servant Introduces YOU. The walls are
lavender tinted. The mantels arc OF Yer
mont marble, The pictures are "Jeph-
thah's Daughter" and Dore's "Dante's and
Nirgl's Frozen Region Of Hell"-a most
appropriate selection. this last, for the
place. There Is the roulette table, the
ka Al -. al
furniture in the United States There Is
tho hanqueting room, where. free OF
charge u the guests, you may find the
plate and yiands aud wines aud cigars
sumptuous beyond parallel
Then You come 20 the secund class sam-
hling establishment. To it you Are afro
iuccd boy a card through some "r0psr-ia- "
Having entered, you mast either gamble
Dr hght Sanded cards, dice loaziod VITA
quicksilver, poor drinks. will sooa bel p
'0u 10 lvt rid u all your money 90 a tune
Ia short meter withstAccato passsaagez You
wanted o. soo. lou saw The lo~ u lNlns
n that placc watch yoa ~ yoa eoms ia.
Doses not thf panther, squat Ia The gsra4a,
now calf Whgn he s-cs 10 WrAngse nat
or your right. Ia that place, % yagr body
sill b. thrown bloody into the slF~et, oF
lead into the EAt river Yoa 40 al l,nE
title further aud mad tho policy establish
ncut Ia that plAcr you bgt oa nuu.aer4
ictting GA two numbers iz eallei 'aAa.
De, " betting on throe numberz 10 cailad a 4
gtg, botting on four numbers is called a
'horse," aud there Arr thousands OF our
'oapg men lcaping into that saddle" and
mounting that 'lqg." And eehiad that
'horse" riding % Porlitloa There Il al ,
Ways one kind ~ siga On the door-"Ex- ,
hangv, a mos; appropriate title foc ths
Ioor Tor thcro, Ia thai room. a man eK.
hAngvs health, peace aud hcssvcn foe loss ,
4 health, loss u holRe, loss ot family. loss {
I immortal soul EKchangc sure enoagh .
nd iuhnlto enough
Mea wishing 10 gamble will iad piAoss {
ust suitcd 10 their capacity, Rot oaly In .
he Underground oyster cellar. Or at the 4
able hack ol the curtain, covered with
rcAsy yards, or In tho steamboat smoking {
abin, whore the blos,ted wretch with rinEs 1
n his ears instead ~ his nose, deals che {
aok and wanks Ia the unsaspocting trav- 4
froe drinks ali aroand--bat
a silded pArlors and amid gOrSsOas sur.
oundlngs. d
HuARpiSo Az EsrArH 4
A yOung man, having suddcaly haired . 4
Nrio propery, sits al tho AAnArd table aRd /
Akcs up lu q dies bon tbs estate WA by a / .
Aihor's lifetime swat. aud shakes tt, aRA d
es-s,s u away. l0temp.ranos soon stig 4
aaiiles its victim. kicking him eat, a slAv, !
rtns foai. iato Tho ditch. or rending him, 4
ll1h the drunkard's hioooagh. siasllgerias l
b lAe siFpoi uhors his family lives. Ilai 4
amoilag dee~ aot u thsl way eNpsss iia h
ictlma- fhs gamo,eg nlay b. oaisa up b. !
ae gamblers IsAssion. IVA yOa Only ais \
QNvf u hy tbs ggecd la his era, chs kAnd ,