Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-27

Wake Idm stay for a moment his headlong
,areer. The Internal spell Is on him. giant
s aroused within, and though you bind him
with cables they would part like thread, and
though you fasten him seven times round
with chains they would snap like rusted
wire. and though you piled up in his path
heaven high Bibles, tracts and sermons, and .
on the top should set the cross OF the Son OF
God, over them all tho gambler would leap,
iition.
man used to re aping scores OF hundreds
of dollars from the gaming table will not be
,ontent with slow work. He will say,
"What Is the use Of my trying to make these
ESQ In my store when l can get hvs times
that in half an hour down at Billy's2" You
never knew q confirmed gambler who was
Industrious. The men given to this vice
,pe,.d their time not actively engaged In tne
game il idleness, or intoXication, or sleep,
Or In corrupttng new victims. This sin has
dulled the capenters saw and cut the band
Of this fa,torv wheel, sunk the cargo broken
the teeth Of the farmers harrow and sent u
strange lightning to shatter the battery of
the philosopher. The very first idea in
gaming Is at war with all the industries
Of society. Any trade or occupation that
Is of use Is ennobing. The street sweeper
advances the interests of society by the
cleanliness effected. The cat pays for the
fragments II eats by cleaning the house of
vermin. The fly tnat takes the sweetness
from the dregs Of the cup compensates by
purifying the air and keeping back the
pestilence. But the gambler gives not any
thing for that which he takes. / recall that
sentence. he does make return, but 1t Is
disgrace to the man he fleeces, despair to his
heart, ruin to his business, anguish to his
wife. shame to his children and eternal vast
Ing away to his soul. He pays in tears, and
blood, and agony, and darkness, and woe.
What duh work is plowing to the farmer
when in the village saloon in one night
he makes and los,.s the value of a sum-
mer harvest Who will want to sell
tape, aud measure nankeen, and cut gar
ments, and weigh sugars, when In a nights
game he makes and loses, and makes again
and loses again. profits OF a season? John
Borack was sent as mercantile agent from
Bremen to England and this country. After
two years his employers mistrustei that all
was not right. He was defaulter for SS7,
900. 1t was found that he had lost in LOm-
bard street, London, $4,000; in Fulton
street, New York, $40, 900. and In New Or
leans $50 o. He was imprisoned, but after
ward escaped and went into the gambling
profession. He died in lunatic asylum.
This crime is getting its lever under many
mercantile house in our cities and before
long down will come the great establish
ment, crushing reputation, home comfort
and immortal sous.
The whole world is robbed. What is most
sad, there are consolations for the loss
aud suffering entaiied 10y gaming. III men
fail in lawful business, God pities and
society ycommiserates, but where in the Bible
or society is there any consolation for the
gambler? From what tree ofthe forest oozes
there balm that can soothe the gamester's
hearth 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 laborer whisper hope and
.bea 70 .,a IN "a t,,N al hs
Of hazard2 When an honest man is in
trouble. he has sympathy. poor feilow!"
they say. But do gamblers come TO weep al
the agonies OF the gambler In Northum-
berlaud was one of the finest estates in Eng
land. MIR. Porter owned it and ganlbed il
NJ away. Having lost the last acre of the
estate, he came down from the saloon and
got Into mis- carriage, won't back, put up his
horses AMI carriage and town house and
PLAYED. He threw and lost. He started for
home and on IA side alley met u friend, from
whom he borrowed ten guineas. He went
back to the saloon, and before n great while
had won e. 200. He died at last n beggaI
In st. Giles. How many gamblers felt sorry
/ for Mr.. Porter? Who consoled him on the
| loss of his estate? What gambler subscribed
to put stone over the poor mans gravel
No one. Furthermore, this sin Is the
sources of uncounted dishonesty. The
"ame of hazard itself is often cheat. How
many tricks and deceptions in the dealing OF
found out by fraud. Caris are marked SO
that they may be designated from the back.
Expert gamesters have their accomplice5
and one wink may decide the game. The
dice have been found loaded with platina,
so that doublets come up every time. These
disc are introduced by the gamblers unob-
served by the honest men who have come
into the play, and this accounts for the fact
that nnei y nine out OF Il hundred who gam
bic. however wealthy when they began, at
the end are foun to be poor. miserable hag-
gard wretcheS, that would not now be al
lowed to sit on the doorstep of the house
that they once owned.
Ina gaming house in San Francisco Q
young man having just come from the mines
deposited II large sum upon the ace and won
800 900 But the tide turns. Intense
anxiety comes upon the oouDtenanoes of all
fixed. Nota sound Is heard until the ace ID
revealed favorable to the bank. There are
shouts of ''Foul Foul" but the keepers oi
the table produce their pistols, and the up
roar Is silenced, and the bank has won $685..
O0O Do you call this a game of chancei
There is no chance about 1t. But these
dishonesties in the carrying on of the
game are nothing when compared
with the frauds that are committed
in order to get money to go ON with the ne
farious work. Gambling, with its needy
hand, has snatched away the widows mite
and the portion of the orphans; has sold the
daughters virtue to get the means to con-
tinue the game. has written the counterfeit's
signature. emptied the bankers money vault
and welded the assassin's dagger. There is
no depth of meanness to which IL will not
stoop. There is no cruelty ut which II ia ap-
palled. There Is no warning OF God that il
will not dare. Merciless, unappeasabie,
fiercer and wilder, it blinds. 1t hardens, 1t
rends, it blasts, it crushes, it damns. Have
nothing to do with gamblers, whether they
gamble on large scale or small scale.
Cast out these men from your company
Do not be intimate with them. Always be
polite. There Is no demand that you ever
sacrifice politeness young man accosted
q Christian Quaker with, "Old chap, how did
you make all your money!" Tho Quaker
replied, "By dealing In an article that thou
| mayst deal in If thou wilt-civility." Al
ways be courteous, but at the same time
firm. Say no as IL you meant it. Have it
understood In store and shop and street that
you will not stand in the companionship of
the skeptic. the idler, the pleasure seeker,
the gambler.
Rather than enter the companionship of
such accept the invitation to a better feast
The promises of God are the fruits. The
harps of heaven are the music. Clusters
from the vineyards of God have been pressed
| into tankards. The sons and daughters of
the Lord Almighty are the guests. While
| standing at the banquet TO I'LL the cups, and
divide the clusters, and command the harps,
| and welcome the guests, is Il daughter of
| God on whose brow are the blossoms Of para
| disc and in whose cheek is the flush of celes-
| tial summer. Her name is Religion.
In some way the Taa you hate al
| ways manages to become acquainted
with the gIrl you like best.
| There is room to question the gen.
uineness of that charity which expends
| SO IN order to give 81 to tue poor.
We sometimes lray tor more grace,
! when what We need Is more grit.
DO right yourself, and you will help