Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-07


il away. lntcmpcrancc soon stigma
ties its victim, kicking him out Il
slavcrinG fool. into the ditch. or send
ing him. with the druukard'S hic-
cough staggering up the street where
his family lives. Eui gambling does
not in that way expose its victims
TIL" gambler may hc eaten up 10y the
gamblers passion, yet you ouly dis
cover il 10y the greed in his eyes, the
hardness of ITS features. the nervous
rcstlc>sncSs, the thrcadharr coat and
his embarrassed business. Yet he is
on the road Ia ruin, and no preachers
voice, or startling warning, ar wifc's
cntrcaty, can make him stay for II
moment his hcadlong career.
The Internal spell is ON him: giant
is aroused within: and though YOU bind
him with cables. they would part like
thread. and though YOU fa>tcn him sew
en- times around with chains. they
would snap like rustcd wire: and
though you piled up in his path licav-
cn-high Bibles, tracts and sermons,
and ON the top should set the cross of
the son of God. over them all the gam
glcrs would leap like a rose over the
rocks on the way Ia perdition. "Acel-
DANA, the field of blnod.'
Again. this sin works ruin 10y killing
industry A man used to rcaping
scores or hundreds of dollars from the
gaming table will not be content with
slow work. lie will say, What is the
use of trying Ia make these SD in my
store when | can make five times that
amount in half an hour 10y the dice?"
You never knew a confirmed gambler
who was industrious. The men given
Ia this vice spend their time. not act
lively employed in the game, in idlcncss
ar intuNication, or in slecp, or in cor
rupting new victims. This sin has
dullcd the carpenters saw, and cut the
band of the factory wheel, sunk the
cargo. broke the teeth of the farmers
harrow, and sent strange lightning
to shattcr the battery of the philoSo-
pher. The very first idea in gaming is
at war with all the industries of So
cictv.
Any trade or occupation that is of
use is cnnohling. The street sweeper
advances the interests of society 10y
the cleanliness effected. The eat pays
for the fragments it eats by clearing
the house of vcrmin. The fly that
takes the sweetness from the dregs of
the cup compcnsatcs by purifying the
air and keeping back the pcstilence.
Hut the gambler does not give any
thing for that which he takes. | recall
that sentence. lie does make n re-
turn, but il i disgrace Ia the man he
heeccs. despair tn his heart, ruin to
his business, anguish To his wife,
wasting away to his soul. lie pays
in tears and blood and agony and dark
ness and woe.
What dull worl, is blowing to the
farmer when in the village saloon in
one night he makes and loses the
value of n summers harvest. Who
will want To sell tapes and measure
nanLeen and cut garments and weigh
sugar, when in a nights game he
makes and loses. and makes again and
loses again, the profits of a season?
John Borack was sent as a mercan-
tile agent from Bremen to England
and this country. After two years his
employers mistruSted that all was not
right. lie was n defaulter for So, 1000
1t was found that he had lost in LON
bard street, London. $50 900; in Fulton
street, New York, 5000, and in New
Orleans $1,000. lie was imprisoned,
but afterward escaped, and went into
the gambling profession. He died in
a lunatic asylum. This crime is get
ting its lever under many a mercantile
house in our cities, and before long
down will como the great establish
mcnt. crushing reputation, home com
fort and immortal souls How it di-
verts and sinks capita, may be infer
red from some authentic statement be-
fore us The ten gambling houses
that once were authorized in Paris
passed through the banks yearly 325,
OOO. 900 francs.
Furthermore, this sin is the source
of dishonesty. The game of hazard it
self is often cheat How many
tricks and receptions in the dealing of
the cards. The opponents hand is oft
times found out by fraud. Cards are
marked SO that they may be designated
from the back. Expert gamcsters 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 gamblers
unobservcd by the honest men who
have come into the play, and this ac-
counts for the fact that ninety-nine
out of hundred who gamble. however
wealthy when they began. at the end
are found 20 bc poor, miserable, bag
gard wretcbes, that unnld not now be
allowed to sit on the door step of the
house that they once owned
In gambling house in San Fran
cisco a young man having just come
from the mines, deposited a large sum
upon the ace and won 81, 200. But the
tide turns. Intense anxiety comes
upon the countcnances of all Slowly
the cards went forth. Every eve is
fixed. Not n sound is heard until the
ace is revealed favorable to the bank
There are shouts of Foul. Four but
pistols and the uproar is silenced and
the bank has won $4,000. Do you call
this a game of chance? There is no
chance about it
Notice also the effect of this crime
upon domestic happiness. 1t has sent
its ruthless plowshare through hun
dreds of families, until the wife sat in
rags, and the daughters were disgrace
ed, and the sons grew up to the same
infamous practices, or took short cut
to destruction across the muir
derers scaffold. Home has lost all
charms for the gambler. How tame
are the children cars sses and a wife's
devotion to the gambler! How drearily
the fire burns on the domestic hearth!
There must be louder laughter, and
something to win, ana something to lose;
an excitement to drive the heart faster,
flip the blood and fire the iu.agina-
ton. No home, however bright, can
keep back the gamester. The sweet
call of love bounds back from his iron
soul, and all endearments are consumed
in the fire of his passion. The family
Bible will go after all other treasures
are lost, and If his crown in Heaven
were put in his hand he would cry:
Here goes; one more game, my boys.
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