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

are lcngihcning. and the sky crimSons
with the glow of the setting sun, a
large number of them are in early life.
and the morning il coming down out
of the clear Sky upon them. and the
bright air * rrdolrnt with spring
blossoms aud the stream of life. glram-
ing and CHANGING, ru>hr> ou between
ilowcry banks, making mu>ic as it
goes Some of you are engaged in
mercantile concerns. a. clerks and
hookkecpcrs. and your whole life is Ia
la passed in the exciting world of traf-
iic The sound of busy life stirs Won
~ the drum stirs the fiery war horse.
Others are in the mechanical arts. la
hammer and chiscl YOUR way through
life. and success awaits You. Some are
preparing for professional life, and
grand opportunities are before YOU:
nay. some of YOU already have buclllcd
on the armor. But whatever your
age and calling, the subject of gam
bling about which | speak to-day is
pertinent
Some years ago. when an association
for the suppression of gambling was
organized. an agent of the association
came Ia a prominent citizen and asked
him la paironiz. the society. He says:
NO. | can have no interest in such an
organization. am in no wise affected
10y the evil AT that very time his son,
who was his partner in business, was
one of the heaviest players in famous
gambling establishment Another re-
fused his patronage on the same
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bookkccpcr. though receiving a salary
Of only $4,000. was losing from $50 to
500 per night. The president of a
railroad company refused tn patronize
the institution. saying. THAT society
il good Tor the defense of merchants
hut we railroad people are not in jurcd
10y this evil;' not knowing, at that very
time, two Of his conductors were
:, ending three nights OF each week at
faro tables in New York. Directly or
indirectly this evil strikes at the
whole world.
Gambling is the risking of something
more or less valuable in the hope of
winning more than YOU hazard The
instruments of gambling may differ,
but the principle is the same. The
shutting and dealing cards. however
full of temptation, is not gambling I'M
less stakes are put up; while, on the
other hand. gambling may be carried
on without cards, or dice, or billiards.
or tenpin alley. The man who bets on
horses, or elections. on battles, the
man who deals in fancy stocks, or
conducts business which hazards ex-
Q Sal
without foundation, but dependent
upon what men call "lucll," is a gam
bier.
Whatever you exrect to get from
your ncighbor without offering an
equivalent in money, or time, or skill.
is either the product of theft or gam
bling. Lottery tickets and lottery
policies come into the same category.
Bazars for the founding of hospitals,
schools and churches, conducted on the
rafiiing system, come under the same
denomination. Do not, therefore, as
sociate gambling necessarily with any
instrument, or game, or time. or place,
or think the principle depends upon
whether you play for a glass of wine
or 100 shares of railroad stock. Wheth
err you patronizs auction pools"
French mutuals" or book making"
whether you employ faro or billiards,
rondo and keno, cards or bagatelle, the
very idea of the thing is dishonest; for
IL Processes to bestow upon You a
cool for which you can give no equiv
alcnt
This crime j. no newborn sprite, but
hot
staggering down under mantle of
curses through many centuries. All
nations. barbarous and civilized, have
been addicted to it
Iut now the laws of the whole civil
lied world denounce the system. En-
actmrnts have been passed, but only
partially enforced, and at times not
enforced at all The men interested
in gaming houses and in jockey clubs
WELD such Influence by their numbers
and aflluence that the judge, the jury
and the police officer must be bold in
deed who would array themselves
against these infamous establishments.
| The house of commons in England
actually adjourns on Derby day that
members may attend the races. and in
the best circles of society in this coun-
try to-day are many hundreds of pro-
fessedly respectable men who are ac-
knowledged gamblers
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in
this land are every day being won and
lost through sheer gambling. Says a
traveller through the west: Il have
travelled thousand miles at a time
upon the western waters and seen
gambling at every waking moment
from the commencement to the term
ination of the journey" The south
west of this country reeks with this
sin. In some of those cities every
third or fourth house in many of the
streets is a gambling place, and il may
be truthfully averred that each of our
cities is cursed with this evil
| Men wishing to gamble will find
places just suited to their capacity, not
only in the underground oyster cellar,
or at the table back of the curtain, COW
cred with greasy cards, or in the steam
boat smoking cabin, where the bloated
wretch with rings in his ears deals out
his pack and winks in the unspspect-
ing traveller. providing free drinks all
| dfounu, uut III Sliueu pdrlors anu
amid gorgeous surroundings. This
sin works ruin, first, by provid-
ing an unhealthful stimnlant- Ex-
citement is pleasurable. Under ev-
cry sky and in every age men have
sought it. We must at times have ex-
element A thousand voices in our
nature demand it. 1t is right 1t is
healthfuL II is inspiriting. 1t is a
desire God-given. But any thing that
first gratifies this appetite and hurls it
back in terrific reaction is deplora.
BILE and wicked. Look ont for the
agitation that, like rough musician.
W bringing out the tune, plays 30 hard