Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-03

and moral giants, men aud women
stronger than you or l. Down under
its power went glorious olive Gold
smith, and Gibbon, tho famous his
toriau, and Charles Fox, the re-
moved statesman, and in olden times,
senators of the United States, who
used to be rs regularly at the gambling
house all night as they were in the
halls of legislation by day. Oh. the
tragedies of the faro table. l know
persons who began with u slight stake
in a,ladies' parlor, and ended with the
suicides pistol at Monte Carlo, They
played with the square pieces of bone
with black marks on them, not know.
ing that Satan was playing for their
bones at the same time, and was sure
to sweep all the stakes off on his side
of the table. State legislatures have
again and again sanctioned the mighty
evil by passing laws in defense of race
tracks, and many young men have
lost oil their wages at such so.
called "meetings." Every man who
voted for such infamous bills has on
his hands and forehead the blood Of
these souls.
Stock gambling comes into the same
catalogue. 1t must be very exhilarat-
ing to go into the stock market and,
depositing a small sum of money, run
the chance of taking out fortune.
Many men are doing an honest and safe
business in the stock market, and YOU
are an ignoramous if you do not know
In - lN,Yi t,,,,o IN "a laa ~,
stocks as it is to deal in coffee, or SUI
gar or -four. But nearly all the out
siders who go there on a financial ex-
cursion lost all. The old spiders eat
up the unsuspecting flies. had u
friend who put his hand on his hip
pocket and said in substance: Il have
here the value Of $3.50, 900" His home
is to-day penniless. What was the
matter? Stock gambling. Of the vast
ma ority who are victmiZed you hear
not one word. One great stock firm
goes down, and whole columns of news.
papers discuss their fraud or their dis
aster, and we are presented with their
features and their biography. But
where one such famous firm sinks, Doc
unknown men sink with them. The
great steamer goes down, and all the
little boats are swallowed in the same
enguIfment. Gambling is gambling,
whether in stocks or breadstuffs, or
dice, or race-horse betting. EXhiliara
tion at the start, but IL raving brain,
and II shattered nervous system, and Il
sacrificed property, and Il destroyed
soul at the last. Young men, buy no
lottery tickets, purchase no prize pack
ages, bet on no baseball games or yacht
racing, have no faith in luck. answer
nomysteriouS circulars proposing great
income for small Investment, drive
away the hu22ards that hover around
our hotels trying TO entrap strangers.
Go out and make an honest living.
Have God on your side and be u candi.
date for Heaven. Remember all the
paths of sin are banked with flowers
at the start, aud there are plenty OF
hel ptul hands to fetch the gay charger
to your door and hold the stlrrup while
You mount. But further Oh the horse
plunges TO the bit in II slough ineXtri.
cable.
The best oney is not hike that which
Jonathan took on the end OF the rod
and brought to his lips, but that which
God puts on the banqueting table OF
mercy, at which we are all invited tG
sit. was reading of IL boy among the
mountains of Switzerland ascending q
dangerous place with his father and
the guide. The boy stopped on the
edge OF the cliff and said
| -.
get Come away from there, )
said The father; you will fall Off
No, said he; II must get that beau-
tlluL how en-" Aud the guides rushed
toward him TO pun him back, when,
just as they heard hun say, - almost
nave it," he fell 1000 feet. Birds OF
prey were seen few days later circ.
Ling through the air aud lowering
gradually 10 The place where the corpse
lay. Why seek flowers Off the
edge of "A precipice when you can walk
kuee-dcep AMID the fun blooms OF
the very paradise of God? When
IA man may sit at the Kings banquet,
why Will he go down the steps and
contend for the refuse and bones of q
hounds kennel? "SweeLer than honey
aud honeyculnb,' Bays David, is the
truth Of God. with money out of the
ROCK would | have sALIsd ed thee says
God 10 tAe recreant. Here is honey
gathered from Tie blossoms of trees ui
life, and witn u rod made out OF the
wood Of the cross | dip it up for all
your souls.
The poet llesiod tells Of an arnbrosia
aud nectar, the drInking Of which
would make men live forever and one
sip Of the honey from the Et1rndt Rock
VIII give you eternal life With God.
Come oil the naldrial levels of a sinful
lie. Come aud live on the uplands OF
grace, where the vineyards SUI them
selves. "Oh, taste and see that the Lord
is graciousp BE happy nov and happy
forever. For those who take a differ.
ent course the honey will turn to gail.
For many things have admired Percy
Shelley, the great English poet. but ]
depiore the Tact that II seemed u great
sweetness TO him To d.3honor God. The
poem Queen NAB hats in it the ma.