Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

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ksca- 90 In. S&sskr . match Now
Isok hsssshnsus anil razs SO tho-s
slanaS syse&ls. BE careful sow what
yua say Do not usssr any insult. do Rot
asssr any saspir,o1, u yea value your
he.
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Aashnsus and cat lFoG ths straw n tbs
oxnsr coming toward yoa. end - shsy
Sxss nsus yoa yos1 hght gors cut
0s1ks another match Al. this IL .
AsAa, not like thu beautiful childx~n Of
ysus kousehold, o. tbs beautiful children
aiiins cru a shsss slssrs On baptisnsl
asvx wiu smile. A hover nang On sD
svSally b>sssa basch. y Hssssniy
shepherd, f,ld thai htsis one in thy
arus. Wrap around you yosr shawl os
coat tighter. fos tho cold night wind
sws~fs thsoash
STRIKE another match. All! - IL Pc
sitss that that young wcnan's scarred
and bruissd face was ever hooked int
By maternal tandeTncssr Utter no scorn.
Utter no haEsh word. No ray Of hoIe
has dawucd on that brow for many .
year. No ray Of hope ever viii dawn ON
that brow. But the light hss gone out.
Do not strike another light. IL would
b mockery 10 kindls another light in
such . place - that. Pas out and pass
down the street. Our cities Of Brook
lyn and New York aud all our great
citics are full Ut such homes. and Tho
worst tine the midnight
rnc cRIxiNAL C1AskEA
Do you know 10 b IN the midnight that
criminals do their worst work:
At half past O'Clock you will And
them In Tho drinking saloon. hut toward
I: O'Clock they go 20 their garrets. they
get out thsir tools. then they start on the
street. Watching on either SIDE for the
police. they 80 o. their work VI dark
ness. This II q burglar. and tho false
hey will soou touch the store lock. This
Is an incendiAry. and before morning
there will be light ON the sky and cry
Of "Fire! Fire. This Is an sssassin.
and tomorrow morning there will b.
decd body In ono VI the vacant Lots.
During tho daytime these villains In ouE
cities lounge about. some asleVp and
Some awake, but when the third watch
Of tho night arrives. their eye keen, their
brain cool. their arm strong. their foot
fers to fiy or pursoe. they arc ready.
Many Of these poor creatures were
brought mp In that way. They were
born In . thieves garrett Their childish
toy Was . burglars dark lantern. The
first thing they rcmembsr WA their
mother bandaging the brow Of their t.
thss, struck BY tho police club. They be.
gan by robting boys pockets, and now
they have come 70 dig the underground
passage to the cellar Of the bank and are
preparing 10 blast Die gold vault
Just so long ~ there arc neglected
children Of the street. Just 20 long We
Will have these dspersdoeA Some one
wishing to make . good Christian point
and to quote psssagc Of Scripture. ex
pscting 70 get Scriptursl passage In an
swer. said to one Of thcse poor Lads. cast
out and wretchsd. when your fathe1
and your mother forsake you. who ther
will take you up?' and tho boy said
THE periios. the perlice."
In the midnight gambling docs ia
worst work. What though the hours b
slipping away and though tho wife b
waiting IN the cbc~rless home! Stir az
tho Gre. BRING on more drinks- Put NJ
more stakes. That commercial hous<
that only little while ago put out sigr
Of eopsrtnsrship viii this season b
wrecked ON . gamblers table. Their,
viii b many . money till that vii
spring . leak. A member Of congress,
gnnbled with member elect and woI
100000. Tho old way Of getting liv
ing Il 30 slow. Tho old way Of gettine
q fortune Is 50 stupid. Come. let us tos:
W and So who shall have it. And sS
tho work goes on, from the wheezins
wrvtchss pitching pennies in q rum gro
Gerry up ~ the millionaire gambler Ia ths
stock market.
cAM,J YfsS OF ALI. Ci-AsssEA
In the midnight hour pass down thu
streets Of our American cities, md you
hear tho click Of the dico and the sharp
ksso tap VI tho poolroom ticker. A
these places merchant princes dismount
and Legislators, tired Of making laws
take q respite IN breaking them Al
classes OF people are robbed by thii
crime. tho Importer Of foreign silks ant
the dealer in Chatham street poke
HANDKERCHIEF. Toe clerks Of the stor'
tsks u hand after tho shutters are pu
up. and the officers Of the court white
away their time while the jury Is out.
La Badsn-tsssi~n. when that cisy wa
the greatest u all gambling places OF
earth. 10 wss no unusual thing tho mex
morning In the woods around that cit,
10 find thc suspended bodies Of suicides
wharvcr DO the splcndos OF the sur
roundings, there IL no excusc for thi
crime. Tho thunders of eternal destruc
ton roll In the deep rumble of that gam
bling teGpin alley. and as men come on
to JOIN the hong procession Of sin all tn
,lrums u Voc beat the dead march Of
shous.nd souls In one year in the CIT.
1T New York there werc 1000. 000 sac
rinced a. tls- gaming table.
Perhaps some Of your friends hav'
bern smissm Of this ssn. Perhaps sorn'
Of You have been sraittcn byit Perhap
there may be- . stranger In the house Thu
morning come from some q the hotels
Look vus or thoss agents Of iniquit]
who tarYy around ah,uf the hotels s1s