The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-12

t7 th'lf capacity nor only in iha under
ground oyster collar or az tho table bach
81 thn eniiaia covered With greasy eAfia. of
ia ihe steamboat smoking cabin. whala ~ |
bI0lted wretch with RINGS ln Dis aafs aa,.s
oai hla paek anl wlns8 at tha unausasrtinr
lfafelof-pr9Fldin ffes drinks nI arorrf
surrounding
This an works ruin. ar7, by unheanhiul
ilmulnuia. Excitement o. plesaurabie
NNder every akY nui in every ago maa havn
sought o. The o1innman Reia @ ~ nmDt.
Ing his opium, the Persian by chewing hns.
heesh, the tfapper iu a buffalo hunt. ths
sailor in % squali. tho inebriaie in ths bottle
aud the ayaFleloua at the gaming table. $50
must M times have excitement A l8oua4ud
voices iu our nature demand 10. ItisrIrht
| L is holihfuL 10 la Inspiring. It hn M.
sire God giTon But anything that nr.i
| grailo5 this appetite and hurls it baek ln a
terrific reaction o. dnp.oable and wicked.
| Look out Tor tho agitation lhut IKE ruurh
musician Ia bringing ont fha tuna plays 10
| hard he breaks down the instrument. God
| never made man strong enough 60 enc
| 1ure the wear aud tear OF gambling OK.
| element no wonder II. after having failed
ia the game. men have begun t0 sweep OIL
imaginary gold from the sldo OF the table
/ The man was sharp enough when he started
AZ the game, but maniac nt tho close. Al
every gaming table 90 on one side esstnsy.
enthusiasm, r0mance-the frenzy OF l9y. ON
the other side, lereon8ss. rage. tumult. The
professional gamestor schools himself into
apparent quletnos7. The keepers Of gamb.
Ing rooms ara generally fat. rollicklng and
OBESE but thorough and professional game
blers. in nine cases out OF ten, nre pale. thin.
Wheezy, tromul0us and exhausted
A young man, having suddenly inherited
q large property, sits at the hazard tables
and takes up In dico box the estate won bv
q fathers lifetime sweat and shakes Il and
losses 10 away. Intemperance soon stiumn-
tues rs victim, kicking him out, a slayerlng
fool. into the ditch, or sending him, with tho
drunkards hlccoughs. staggering up the
street whore hls family lives. But gambling
does not IN that way expose its victims. The
gambler may be eaten up by the gamblers
passion, yet you only discover By the greed
In his eyes, the hardness OF his features. the
nervous restlessness, the threadbare coat and
MS embarrassed business. Yet he Is on the
road 20 hell, and no preachers voice OF
startling warning or Wife's entreaty can
make him stay for moment his headlong
,areer. The Internal spell is on him, "A giant
Is 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 lean.
Ike roe over the rocks on his way to PER-
iitlon.
A man used TO re aping scores OF hundreds
Of dollars from the gaming table will not be-
content with slow work. He will saw.
What is the use OF my trying 10 make these
500 IN my store when can get five times
that in half an hour down at BillY's2n You
never knew confirmed gambler who WAS
industrious. The men given 70 this vice
spend their time not actively engaged in the
game ia idlensss, or intoxicatlon, or sleep,
or in corruptng new victims. This sin has
dulled the capenter's saw aud cut the band
of the faetorY wheel, sunk the cargo, broken
the teeth Of the farmers harrow and sent q
strange lightning 10 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 ennobling. The street sweeper
advances the interests of society by the
cleanliness effected The cat pays for the
fragments il eats by cleaning the house of
vermip. 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. l recall that
! sentence. He does make a return, but ii is
! disgrace to the man he heeces, despair to his
/ heart, ruin to his business, anguish to his
! wife, shame TO bis children and eternal vast
/ Ing away to his soul He pays in tears, and
/ blood, and agony, and darkness, and woe.
! What dull work is blowing to the farmer
| when in the village saloon in one night
he makes and loses the value Of sum-
| mer harvest! Who will want to sell
tape, and measure nankeen, and cut gar
| ments, and weigh sugars, when in Il nights
game ne makes aud 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 mistrusted that all
was not right. He was defaulter for $751;
900. 1t was found that no had lost In Lom-
bard street. London, $4,000; in Fulton
street, New York, $4,000. and in New Or
leans $50 D. He was imprisoned, but after
ward escaped and went into the gambling
profession He died In a lunatic asylum.
This crime is getting its lever under many a
mercantile house in our cities and before
long down will come the great establish
ment, crushing reputation, home comfort
and immortal souls.
The whole world lsrobbed. What is most
sad. there are no consultations for the loss
and suffering entaied by gaming. II men
society commiserates, but where in the Bible
or society is there any consolation Tor the
gambler? From what tree ofthe forest oozes
there n balm that can soothe the gameSter
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 kis'
! the faded cheek OF sickness and to cool tht
heated brow of the laborer whisper hope an
cheer to the emaciated victim OF the game
Of hazard2 When an honest man Is i
j trouble, he has sympathy. "Poor fellow!
they say But do gamblers come to weep a
! the agonies of the gambarP In Northum
bertrand was one 81 the finest estates in Eng
! land. Mr.. Porter owned it and gambled
. all away. Having lost the last acre OF tn
Z estate, he came down from the saloon ant
g got into his carriage went back, put up hi
! horses and carriage and town house an
] PLAYED. He threw and lost. He started TO
a home aud on a side alley met friend, from
S whom he borrowed ten guineas. He wen
back TO the saloon, and before great Will
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