Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-23

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it diverts aud sinks capital may be inferred
I from seine authentic statement before u.s.
/ The ten gaming houses that once were
4 authorized ia Paris passed through the
banks, yclIly, three hundred and twenty
/ five millious Of francs. Where does all the
! money cone fromg The whole world is
/ robbed What is most sad, there are no
! consultations for the loss and suffering en-
tailed by gaming If men fail in lawful
\ business, God pities and society commiser-
/ atcs; but where in the Bible or ia society
/ is there any consolation for the gambler2
/ From what tree Of the forest oozes there
| balm that can soothe the gamester's
/ heart? In that bottle where God keepst tn
/ tears Of his children are there any tears Oh
/ the gambler2 Do the winds that come to
/ kiss he faded cheek Of sickness, and to
cool the heated brow Of the laborer, whis-
per hope and cheer to the emaciated victim
/ If the game Of hazard? When an honest
| man is ia trouble he has sympathy. poor
hllowW they say But do gamblers come
20 weep at the agonies OF the gambler?
In Northumberland was one of the finest
estates in EDgland. Mr.. Porter owned it,
and in year gambled it all away. Hav-
| ing lost the last acre of the estate, he came
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rage; went back, put up his horses and car
rage aud town house and played He threw
aul lost He started home, and in a side alley
met a friend from whom he borrowed ten
guneas; went back to the saloon and be-
fore great while had won twenty thous
aud pounds. He died at last begpar in
st. Giles How many gamblers felt sorry
for Mr.. Porter? Who consoled him on the
! l.. I, l. s,,1.
scribed to put a stone over the poor mans
r9vey Not one!
GAMBLING THE CAUSE OF OTHER CRIMES.
Futhermore, this sin is the source of I'm.
counted dishonesties. The game of hazard
itself is often a game of cheat. How many
tricks and decep6ons in the dealing of the
cardsl The opponents hand is ofttimes
found out by fraud Cards are marked
SO that they may be designated from the
hacLo Expert gamcsters have their ac
cofSyliccs, and one wink may decide the
game. The dice have been found loaded
with platina, 80 that "doublets" come up
every time. These dice are introduced by
the gamblers, unobseryed by honest men
who have come into the play; and this ac.
counts for the fact that ninety-niue out of
% hundred who gamble, however wealthy
they began, at the end are found to be
poor, miserable, ragged wretches, that
would not now b. allowed to sit on tho
doorstep of the house that they onco
owned. In gambling house in San Fran.
cisco a young man having just come from
the mines deposited a large sum upon the
ace. and won twenty-five thousand dollars,
But the tide turns Intense excitement
comes upon the countenauceso of ALL Slow
ly the cards went forth Every eye is fixed.
Not u sound is heard until the ace is re-
yealed favorable to the bank. There are
shouts Of "FJulW "Foul!' but the keepers
Of the table produce their pistols, and the
uproaris silenced and the bank has won
nlnctyiye thousand dollars, Do you call
this 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
farious work. Gambling with its greedy
hand has anatched away the widows mite
and the portion of the orphans has sold
the daughters virtue to get the means to
continue Lbr gane has written the counter
felt signature, emptod the bankers money
vault and welded the assassin's dagger
There is no lepth OF meanness to which it
will notstoop. There isno cruelty at which
it is appalled,. There is no warning of God
thaJ 10 VIII not dare. Mercless, unappeas
able, turcer aud wilder it blinds it hard
ems it randS, it blasts, it brushes, it damns
10 has peopled our prisons aud lunatic
aaylums How many railroad agents and
cashiers and trustees Of fund. it has driven
todlsHaco, acarcention and suicide! Wit
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