The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-20


tune plays 20 hard he breaks down the
Instrument God never made a man
strong enough 70 endure the wear and
tear Of gambling cxcitomcnis
What dali work ls blowing % the far
mer when 10 the village saloon IN one
night be MAKES and loses the value Of
a summer harvest! Who VIII want 10
sen capes and measure nankeea ohj
cut garments and weigh SUGAR when 90
nights glme he makes and loses. and
makes aGain and Loses again. the prof
Ia Of reason7
john Lorack was sent as a mercan-
tile ageat from Bremen 10 England and
this country, After two years his en-
ployerz mistrusicd that all was not
right lie was q dcfiultsr fcr $500.
Il was found that he had lost in LON
bard street. London. $1,000. 10 Fulton
street New York. $1,000. ard Ia New
Orleans. 5000 he was imprisoned.
but afterwards escaped. and went into
the gambling profession lie died IN
a lunatic asylum This crime Is get
ting It's lever under many q mercantil
house IN cur cities. and before long
down will come the great establish
ment. crushing rcpu alton. home com
fort and immortal souls How Il d.
verts and sinks capital may be inferred
from some authentic statement before
u.s. The ten gaming houses that once
were authorized loo Paris passed
through i5e hanks yearly 325.O)o09O
francs
A young man 10 London on coming
of age. received fortune Of one hun
bred and twenty thou and dollars. ani
through gambling in three years was
thrown ON hIs mother Tor support An
only son went TO New Orleans. IT,
was rich. Intellectual and elegant I'm
manners Ills parents gave him. ON
bis departure from homo. their last
blessing The sharpers got hold o.
him They battered him They lured
him to the gaming table aud ltt him
win almost every time for n good while.
and patiod him on the back and said.
First rate player" hut fully in their
grasp. they heecad him. and hts thirty
thousand dollars was lost Last Of
all he put mp his watch and lost that,
Then he began 10 think Of his home.
and o. his old father ana muiher. and
wrote thus
Ny beloved parents. yon viii doubt
less feel a momentary ioy az the recep-
ton Of this letter from tho child Of
your bosom. on uhom you have lav.
ished al the fayors o. your declining
years But should feeling Of Joy for
a moment spring mp In your hearts.
when You should have received this
from me. cherish Il not have fallen
deep. never 10 rise. Those gray hairs
that should have honorod and pro-
;ected I shall bring down In sorrow 10
the grave. will not curse ny destroy
or. but on may God ayenge the
wrongs and imposi'ions practisod upon
tho unWary. 10 WY that shall best
please hint This my dear parents. is
the last letter you will ever receive
from me humbly pray your forgive
ness II is my dying prayer. Long
before you viii have received this from
me, the cold grave viii have closed up
on me forever Life TO me Is insup-
portable cannot nay.I viii not. sui.
Ter the shame Of having ruined you.
Forget and forgive is the diving prayer
OF your unfortunate SON"
The Old father came 10 the post.
Office. got the letter and fell 10 the
floor. They thought he was dead Al
drst but they brushed back the white
hair from bis brow and fnnned him.
io had only tainted. "Aceldama. the
Held Of bloodi'
When things so WRONG 40 q gaming
table they shout Foul, foul" over
al the gaming-iables OF The world cry
out. "Foull FOUL Infinitely foH.'
Gift stores" are abundant through
ont the country. With book or knife.
or sewing machine or coat or carriage.
there roel O. prize Al these stores pco-
pie gei something thrg>vn in with,their
purchase. II may be a gold watch. or
a set Of silver. a ring or q farm Sharp
way 10 get of unstable goods II has
tlled the land with fictitious articles.
and covered up our population with
brass fnger-rings and deepolled the
moral sense Of the community, and 10
fast making us a nation Of gamblers
The Church Of God has not seemed
willing TO ALLOW the world to have all
The advantage Of these games OF chance
A church bazaar opens and toward tlyo
close u Is found that some of the more
valuable articles are unstable. Forth.
With the conductors Of the enterprise
conclude that they VIII rattle for some
Of the valuable articles. and under pre-
tense Of anxiety TO make their minister
% present or please some popular mem.
her Of the church. fascinating persons
are dispatched through The room. pencil
IN hand. 10 Solicit shares" or per
haps each draws for his own advantage.
and scores Of people 20 home with their
trophies thinking that IL Is an right.
FOR Chr.Iian ladies did the embroidery
and Christian men ana the rafting and
The proceeds vent toward q new COM
munion set But you may depend on
d. that as lar az morality is concerned
you might rs woll have won by the
crack Of the billiard ball or the turn Of
The dice-boX 10 you wonder that
churches built. lighted or upholstered
by such processes as that come 10 great
financial and spiritual dccrcpitude'
The devil says u helped 10 build that
house O; worship. and have ms much
right there as YOU have and for once
the deyll is right We DO not read that
they had a lottery for building the
church ut Corinth o. cd Antioch. or
Tor getting up an embroidered surplice
for S. Paul All this style ecclcsiastI.
cal gambling More than one man who