The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
PENIS GROVE. N. j.. FRIDAY. MAY p. 1896.

WIN cndlus IHey WOulu snap uk0 rubteR
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 the gambler would leap,
ike a roc over the rocks. on his way to per-
iition.
A man used TO re aping scores Of hundreds
81 dollars from the gaming table will not be
content with slow work. He will say,
''What is the use of my trying to make these
$50 in my store when l can get five times
hat in half an hour down at Billy'sp" You
oeyer knew a confirmed gambler who was
Industrious. The men given to this vice
spend their time not actively engaged In toe
game ia idleness, or intoxicatlon, or sleep,
or In c%orrupting new victims. This sin has
dulled the capenter's saw n cut the band
Of the fa3torY wheel, sunk the cargo, broken
the teeth of the farmers harrow and sent a
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 ennobling. The street sweeper
advances the interests Of society by the
cleanliness effected. The cat pays for the
fragments 1t eats by cleaning the house OF
yermin. The fly that takes the sweetness
from the dregs Of the cup compensates by
purifying the air and keeping back the
pestilenoe. But the gambler gives not any
Thing for that which he takes. I recall that
sentence. He does make o return, but It Is
disgrace to the man he ~fieeces, despair TO bis
heart, ruin to his business, anguish to his
wife, shame to his children and eternal vast
Ing way 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 apd loses the value OF q sum-
mer harvest! Who will want to sell
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ments, and weigh sugars, when In q nights
game he makes and loses, and makes again
Hnd 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 q defaulter for $751;
900. 1t was found hat he had lost in Lom-
bard street, London, 10000; in Fulton
street, New York, $4,000, and In New Or
leans $50 0. He was imprisoned, but after
ward escaped and went Into the gambling
profession. He died In a lunstic asylum.
This crime is getting Its lever under many q
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 Is robbed. What Ia most
sad, there are no consultations for the loss
ahd suffering entailed by gaming. II men
fail IN lawful business, God pities and
society commiserates. but where In the Bible
or society Is there any consolation for the
gambler2 From what tree of 1.-THE forest oozes
there a balm that can soothe the gamesterf
hearth In that bottle where God keeps the
tears of His children are there any tears OF
the gamblerp Dc the winds that come to kiss
the faded cheek Of sickness and to cool the
heated brow Of the laborer whisper hope and
cheer to tho 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 a,
the agonies OF the gambler In Northum-
berland was one of the finest estates In Eng.
land. Mr.. Porter owned 1t and gambled II
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. He started for
home and on a side alley met a friend, from
whom he borrowed ten guineas. He went
back to the saloon, and before a great while
had won f2J 900. He died at last a beggar
In 81. Giles. How many gamblers felt sorry
for Mr.. Porter2 Who oonsoled him on the
loss of his estate? What gambler subscribed
TO put a stone over the poor mans gravel
No one. Furthermore, this sin 10 the
source of u~ncounted dishonesty. The
game Of hazard itself Is often q cheat. How
IAN tilChS III bCtCptiou3l III Ia hOalAAk vi
the eardsl The opponents hand is Outlines
found out by fraud. Cards are marked &c
that they may be designated from the back.
Expert gamesters have their accomplices
and one wink may decide the game. The
dice have been found loaded with plRtina,
so that doublets some up every time. These
dioe are introduced by the gamblers unob-
by the honest men who have come
into the play, and this account for the fact
that ntnnfv.nina ont IF a hnndrad mhn OQ m
BILE, however wealthy when they began, at
the end are foundto 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.
In gaming house in San Francisco .
young man having Just come from the mines
deposited a large sum upon the ace and won
$22 900 But the tide turns. INTENSE
anxiety comes upon the c~ountenanoes OF all
Slowly the cards went forth. Every y d
fixed. Nota sound Is heard until the ace ID
revealed, favorable to the bank. There ara
shouts OF Foul | FOUL but the keepers OF
the table produce their pistols, and the up.
roar Is silenced, and the bank has won $685.
900. Do you call this q game of chance?
There is no chance about II. But these
dishonesties in the carrying on of the
game are nothing when compared
with the frauds that are committed
IA OiNoi = Spt h4Ohoy " 81 oh WAN tho ho~
farious work. Gambling, with is needy
hand, has snatched away the Widows mite
and the portion of the orphans; las sold the
daughters virtue to get the means to CON
tinue the game, has written the eounterfeita
signature. emptied the bankers money vault
and welded the assassinis dagger. There IA
no depth of meanness to which 1t will moi
stoop. There Is no cruelty at which 1t ia APP
palled. There Is no warning OF God that II
will not dare. Merciless, unappeasabls,
fiercer and wilder, 1t blinds, it hardens, 1t
rends, 1t blasts, 1t brushes, 1t 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 poIiteness. A young man accosted
a Christian Quaker with, sold chap, how did
you make all your money!" Tho Quaker
replied, "By dealing In an article that thou
msyst deal in IL thou wilt-ctvility." Al
ways be courteous, but at the same time
Arm Say no as If you meant 1t. Have it
understood In store and shop mi street that
you will not stand in the companionship Of
the skeptie, 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 8 nests. While
standing at the banquet TO 1.-THE cups, and
divide the clusters, and coIe a n the harps,
and welcome the guests, IS a daughter of
God OIL whose brow are tile blossoms OF para
disc and In whose cheek Is the flush OF celes-
tiAl summer. Her name Is Religion.