The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-14

makes one thousand dollars a year and
spends one thousand two hundred dol
iars' when a young man makes one
thousand Eve hundred dollars. and
spends one thousand seven hundred
aollars, all the harpies Of darkness cry
out "Hal hal" we have him." ana
they have How to get the extra Eve
hundred dollars or the extra two thou
SAND dollars u the question. He says:
Here Ia my friend who started out the
other day with but little money. and In
one night. so great was his luck. he
rolled up hundreds and Thousands OF
dollars. II be got Il, why not II Il IL
sueh dnll work. this adding up Of long
linea Of figures ln the countlng.house:
this pulling down OF hundred yards
Of goods and selling a remnant: this
always waiting upon somebody else.
"hen could pui one hundred dollars
on the acc ana pick up q thousand"
Aany years ago Tor acrmonic pur.
poses and in company with the chief
81 police % New York / visited one
Of the most brilliant gambling houses
10 that city Il was night and as We
came up Ia front an seemed dark. The
blinds were down. the door was
guarded; but after q whispering OF tho
oileer with the guard AZ the door. we
were admitted into the hail. aud there,
into The parlors. around one table and.
ing eight or ten men In mld-llfe. we'll
dressed ALI the work going on in
silence. save the noise OF the rattilne
chip" on the saming-iable IN one
parlor end the revolving BAH Of the
roulette table In The other parlor.
some oi these mcn. we were told. had
served terms In prison. some were
thlp-NFtckcd bankers and brokers and
moueg-dea'ori and some wero going
4 thelr nai rounds uf flce-hut rii IN
tent npo1 ODE Table. o. large or small
fortunes moved up and down before
I them. Oh Their was something ave
. folly solemn in the silence tho in-
'ta-c gaze iho suppressed emotions of
. the players $50 ore looked 600. Thov
I 90 bad money BOZ the rapids. and /
have 90 doubt lomf rav. aa they see
+ there honos ani clr.aees. and house
and lands aui homf and family rush-
ing down Into the vortex A man'f
ne would not have been worth a
iarthlns ln that presence had be- not
been accompanied by the police. 70
De- bad been supposed 90 boz on a Chris.
tlan frrand Of observation. some 81
these men vert by private key. some
went by careful Introduction. some
were taken in by the patrons OF the
establishment The oflcor OF the law
told me -Nono GET Ia herr except by
police mandate. o. ny some letter OF
n patron" While He were there p
young man came 10. rut hls money
down on the rnulefio-table. and lost.
put more morey down on the roulette
table and lost pu' more morey down
on the rnulctic-iable. and lost. then
feeling iu biz puckcis Coz more money.
andlnf none .u severe silence be- turn
cd bis tacf upon ihr scene and passed
out. while Vo stood there men lost
their properi AND lo.' their souls
on. the morcIicu place. Not once m
an the history oi ihgl gaming .hour,
has there been one wurd OF sympathy
uttered for The losers 10 the game
Sir Horace Walpoiu aid ma, q man
dropped dead loo one ol the clubhouse.
90 London. hls body was carried into
the cluhhouln. and the members of
the club began Immediately TO bet %.
20 whether hc we've dead co. alive. AMI
when q was proposed 10 test he mat.
! ter by hlCcd'ug him. % was only bin.
derei hy ihe suggestion that d Wouit
D. Unfair O. some of the piaycrs' IN
. these gamlnc houses OF our cities. mer
/ have their property wrung away from
! them. ard thea they 90 out. some OF
/ them go drown their grief De- stron,
J drink. some iu ply the coun'srielterl
pen. and no restore their fortunes
some resort 20 the sulcllei revolver
but an golug down. and iiat worl
. proceeds day hy day. and nght by
, night That cari-rupe." say SOM
, young man. has never been voun,
around my soul" nut have OIL, SOM
threads of thar cari-roue been virt- T
: I arralsu before God tlo $50, en-
. terprises Of our clilcs. which have
b tendency 20 make this a nation %
gamblers Whatever yen get. younl
: man. IN such a place rs that withou
! giving a proper equivalent d rob
/ berry Of your own soul and a rohberl
OF the community. Yet. hoW we ar
Z appalled, 90 see men who have inlie
I In other enterprises 90 into siit eor
b ceris. where the chief attraction Is mo-
music. but the prizes distribute
among the audience. or 60 sell book
= where the chief attraction ls not On
, book. but the packago that goes viii
the book. Tobacco dealers adyortis
, that on a certain lay they viii pa
I money into their papers. 10 that On
, pnrcha. ~ Of this tobacco ln Clncnnal
, OF New YORK may Unexpectedly com
+ upon mrrnInoont sraiulN Boy
I hawking through tho ears pacsacc
/ containing nobody knows what unit.
r you open them and and they contai
e. nothing Christian men with picture
! on their wall gotten in a lottery. am
. me brain OF community taxed 10 dn
! out come new way Of getting thnr
! without r1ylng Cor them Oh youn
b men, these are tho threads that mas
. the cart uIc and when "a young mai
! consents io these practices. he D. boz
! Ing bound hand and foot hy a habi
/ which has already destroyed "a grea
? multitude thar no man can number
Sometimes these gifl enterprises on
J carried ON In the name oi charity; anl
some OF you remember No iho close %
, cur Civil War how many giit enter
prises were on foot the prooeeds d
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