The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-06-04

professional gsmester schools hinssiI Inso
sfrnarrut quietuess. The keepers ~ 49,
~. ress,ss are generally fat. rollieking anu
80. sr,s fsosrJ,rh and professional gam
blers. IN nins cases out Of ten. ere paies snins
vrha4rv trerrutous and exhausted.
4 Young man. having suddenly iEnerttsu
Z T.-ys rronertv. sits at the hazard laoies
anJ ,aE-a ar, in 4 dice box the estate won ~
4 fathers lifstixne sweat and enakes y an
losses il away. Intssaperanee soon stlsI l...
ttzes its victim. kicking him out, sis -. ~.
fool, into the ditch, or sendlhs IL, ~ ,Ls
fsrukarf's hiec0ughs. staggering up sns
strest where his family lives But gsnol .1,a
does MOI iE that way expose its victims; IN, Ing
gambler rnay To eaten up ~ the ganloieI :
7assion. vet VOC only discover by the Sresu
h hfs evss. the HARNESS of his features, tns
ue-~ours restIessness, the threadoare eost an ~
Ms embarrassed business. IeS ne y on 'no
road to hell, sEsd no preachers Eoac7 y.
s+arfIfnv warning cr wife's enrreaty sah
,TsEe him stav for a moment his headionS
career. The internal spell Is on mn 8 s.asne
4 aroused within. and though you nfsa nilI,
v~ifh cables thew would part like thread sn1
tS,y,e-h Won fssten MIN seven times roun9
vito chairs they would snap hke ruseea
wire; sri though you piled up IN ms pain
heaven high Bibles. tracts and sermons -, snv
m the ron should set the CrOss OF the son o1
81 ovsr them all fue gambler would leap,
ike a roe over the rocks, On his way 10 peg
dition-
man ussd TO re aping scores of hundres
N 51IIars from the gaming table Will neE ~
content with slow work. He VIII says
ssyyhsf Is the use Of my trying to make tnese
a5,l h, nv store when I can get i've unles
tbat in bsIf an hOrr Down at BilysI fou
rover knew . confirmed gambler VINO Mss
industrious. The men given to tnis VIZ .s
spe,.d their tire not actively eugSSsn IA .ne
gane IL. idIsness, or intoxieation, OF sieep,
~ in eorruutinr new Victims. This sin nss5
1nIlsd the eapenter's saw aid SUI the nao1
OF the factory wheel, sunk the cargo. ofoAeu
4l.s teeth OF the farmers harrow ana ssnt
strange Hqiltuine to shatter the patteEy y
the ptiIosyvt1srs The very nrse laee -
gaming Is at vsr with all the indas.ties
Of society Any trssis OF occupation tuae
* of use is ennobling. Tire street sweeper
.5va1eas the interests OF society by the
Cleanliness effected. The cat pays lot INC
fragments it eats by cleaning the ho1ss on
ver-tip. The hy tlat takes the sweetness
fr m ara trses OF the cup eompensares ~
nurifviny ti,s air and keeping bacA the
uasttienea But the gambler gives not any
thin- for that when ng takes recasil taaL
sentence. He does naks a return, oat II y
disgrace 10 the man he h5eee-t Despair " nAS
haa-r. ruin TO his business, anguish 10 ms
Wit. shame to his children and eternal Wssse.
ing AWAY TO his soul He pays IN tears sna
brood. and agony, and darkness, and woe
Wbat dull work IL plOWlng 70 the IarnsI
when in the village saloon IN one night
he makes and loses the value Oh q SUM-
r-,ar barvsstt Who will want 10 sell
tsuef and measure nankeenf ana eut sa
rnanrs and weigh sugars, when In q nl9at
zane he makes and loses, and makes again
and loses again. profits Of a season. Jonn
p1ras. was sent Is mercantile agent from
B-srnsa TO England and this country After
two wears his employers mistru-Tsd tnat al
- nor right. He was detaultsr Tor $751;
1t WAS found that he had lost In LON
M street London, T2VuOV; IN fut[Vo
Aaet New York, 80, 600. and IN New Or-
ns $50 D. He wes imprisoned, but after
a. ii asrapad and went into the gambling
VII fsssion. He died in a tuustie asytum
- crime Is Getting its lever under many
-.artiIe house in our cities and before
- down will come the great estaotisn-
ut, crushing reputation, nome eonloEE
/ immortal SOUS
The whole world isrUbbed- what Is HosI
/ there are no consultations Tor the loss
4 sutferiu- enlisted by gaming II men
in lawful business, God pltles anu
sfr+y ecuauliserates ROT where In the btols
s5etet7 Is there any consolation for the
nbIar3 Frog. what tree of the forest oozes
OIre balm that ea1 s1orhs the SaInesger
art2 In that bottle wHsrs TOD keeps the
Is OF His children are thsEs sny tears Oh
csmblsr9 Do the winds that come 10 Kiss
faded cheek OF sickness and % cool tas
stsd brow Of the lab0rer whisper nope an
sssr To the s1aciatat victim Of tae game
hazari? When N honest man i IN
,yuble. Es has sympathy. Poor faltoF.
Fsy saw. But do gamblers come to weep at
> aeontss of the gasL-blsr9 In Northum-
-land was one Of the finest estates Ia Eng
gid. Mr. Porter owned il spd gamoled II
away. Having LOST the last acre OF the
: 3ate, he came down from the saloon and
NJ into his carriage, went back, put up his
rsvsas and carriage and town house and
pIsyesl. H threw and lost He started for
home and On a side alley met friend, from
whom he borrowed ten sulneas. He went
back to the saloon, and before great while
hal won E2L COO He died ar l1sr beggar
in St Giles. How many gamblers fell sorry
for Mt Porter Who c0ns0led him on the
loss OF his astats3 What gambler subscribed
TO pur a stone ove- the poor man grave
No one. Furthermore, this sin Is the
source Of uueo1nred dishonesty. The
rams Of hazard Itself Is often q cheat. How
1nanv tricks and receptions in the dealing OF
the cards The opponents hand il Outlines
found out by fraud Cards ara marked so
that they may be designated from the back.
Expert eamestsrs have their acconpliees
AMI one Wink may Q5Et1c Ll1 game A11
dice have been found loaded with platins,
30 that douhgsts come up every time. These
Hsa are introduced by the gamblers unoo-
served by the honest men VINO have come
into the play. and this accounts for the fact
that ntnety-uina out OF q hundred who gam
bic, however wealthy when they began, at
the end are f1gndEO be poor. miserable, bag
gard wretehes, that would not now be a.
lowed To ST On the doorstep of the house
THAI they once owned
In d gaming house in San Francisco a
young nan having Just come from the mines
Deposited . large sun upon the ace and won
go, 600 BuE the tide turns. Intense
anxiety comes upon the eountenalces OF all.
Slowly the cards went forth. Every eye is
fixed Not q sound Is heard until the ace is
rsTaalsd. favorable TO the bank. There are
shouts OF sEFoUL Foul" but the keepers Of
the table produce their pistols, and the up
ruar IS silaneed, and the bank has won $685.
9GG. Do you cali rhls game Of chance?
There L no chance about il. But these
dtshoaesGies in the carrying on of the
game are nothing when compared
with the frauds that are committed
in order TO get money 10 go on with the ne
Gari0us work Gambling, with its needy
hand, has snatehed away the widows mite
and the portion of the orphans; has sold the
daughters virtue To get the means to eon-
tinEs the game. has written the counterfeit