The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-30

| tAs estate won b. : fAynsrs nfsslzss
sweat and shakss Il and tossss IL away.
Intsmpersnce soon stiGmatises it,
Victim kicking him out, slsving tool,
into the ditch, or sending him, with
the drunkArds hiocouRh, staggering
up the street whore his family liveA
But gambling does NOT in that way
expose it, victimA The gambler may
be eaten up by the gamblers passion,
yet you only discover II by tho greed In
his eyes, the hardness of his features,
the nervous restiessncss, the thread.
bare coat and his embarrassed busi-
mesa Ysth u on the road TO hell, and
no preachers voice or startling warm
ing, or wife's entresty, can mako him
stay for moment his headlong career.
The Internal spell Is ON him; . giant Ia
aroused within, and though you may
bind him with cables, they would
part like thread, and though you fsssen
him seven times round with chains,
they would snap like rusted wire: and
though you piled mp In his path Heaven
high Bibles, tracts and sermons, and
ON the top should 200 the oross of the
WI "a oO0y OvyI U2SOk4 - veAy k0AA4OAOs
would leap like . roe OVER the rocks, O.
his way to perdition.
The whole world h robbed What n
most sod, there arc NO cancellations for
the loss and suffering sntailed by gam
ing. If men fail in lswiAl bssiness
God pities and socisty oommisoratesy
but whore, In the Bible or society, Ii
there any consolation for tho gamblerf
From what tree Of the forest ooses there
balm that can soothe the game
stor's 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 kiss the
faded cheek Of sickness and to cool
the heated brow Of the laborer whis-
per hope and cheer to the emaciated
victim of the game Of hazard? When
an honest man Is In trouble, he
has sympathy. ''Poor fellowl'
they say. But, do gamblers
come to weep at the agonies
Of the gambler? In Northumberland
was one Of the finest estates in En-
gland. Mr.. Porter owned II, and in q
year Rambled it all away. Having lost
the last acre of the estate. he came
down from the saloon and got into his
carriage; went back; put up his horses,
and carriage, and town house, and
played. He threw and lost Hestarted
for home, and on sidealley met a friend
from whom he borrowed ten guineas;
went back TO the saloon and before q
great while, had won e20, 200. He died
at last beggar In St. Giles. How
many gamblers felt sorry for Mr.. Por-
ter? Who consoled him on the loss of
his estate? What gambler subscribed
to put a stone over the poor mans
grave? Not one!
Furthermore, this sin Is the source
Of uncounted dishonesty. The game
of hazard itself Is often cheat. How
many tricks and receptions in the deal
ing Of the cardsl The opponents hand
is oftimes found out by fraud. Cards
are marked 30 that they may be desig-
mated from the back. Expert
Ramesters have their accomplices,
and one wink may decide the
game. The dice have been
found loaded with platina, so
that doublets come up every time.
These dice are introduced by the gam
blers unobserved by the honest men
who have come into the play. and this
accounts for the fact that 90 out of q
100 who gamble, however wealthy
whom they began, at the end are
found to be poor, miserable, bag
gard >wretches, that would not now
be allowed to sit on the doorstep
Of the house that they once owned. In
gaming house in San Francisco a
young man. having just come from the
mines, deposited large sum upon tho
ace and won $4,000. But the tide
turns. Intense anxiety comes upon the
countenance of all. Slowly the cards
went forth. Every eye is fixed.
Not q sound IL heard, until the ace
Is revealed favorable to the bank.
There are shouts of Foul! FOUL" but
the keepers of the table produce
their pistols, and the oproar Is silenced.
and the bank has won sos. 900 Do you
call this a game Of chance? There Is
no chance about it. But these dis
honesties 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
nefarious 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 continue the game; has written the
counterfeit's signature, emptied the
bankers money vault, and WELD
ed the assassin's dagger. There
In no depth of meannesS to which it
will not stoop. There is no cruelty at
which it is appalled,. There is no
warning of God thatit will not dare.
Merciless, unappeasing, fercer and
wilder 1t blinds, It hardens, It rsnds, ID
blasts, II brushes, IL damna Have
nothing to do with the gamblers,
whether they gamble on large or small
scale.
Cast out these men from your COM
pany. Do not be intimate with them.
Always be polite. There Ia no demand
that you ever sacrifice politn ess. A