Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-08-26

Your Bible along with You, ami take mn
aour for secret prayer every day. though
Won he surrounded 10y ruTlw and satur-
MALTA Keep holy the Sabbath. though
they dcride you n hig"ied Puritan.
~ md "f from gambling hril> and those
other institutions which propose 10 imi-
tate on this side the water the impurities
OF Baden BADEN Let your moral and
your immoral health keep pace with
your physical recupcrat.on. and remcm-
her that all the sulphur and chalyhcate
springs cannot do you 50 much good as
the healing perennial flood thar breaks
forth from the Rock of Ages This
may hc your last summer II 50. make
ii tit vcstihulc of heaven
Another temptation lowering around
nearly all our watering places i the
horse racing business. We all admire
the horse. hut we j" not think that its
beauty o. speed ought to he cultured AT
the expense ~ human degradation The
horse race i not Of such importance a.
the human race The Bible iniimatcs
that q man is better than u sheep. and |
suppose he Is better than horse. though.
like Jobs stallion. his neck h. clothed
with thunder Horse races in olden times
were under the ban ~ Christian people
and in our day the same institution has
come up under fictitious names Aud il
L. called Il summer meeting" almost
suggestive Of positive religious exercises
( And IL is called an agricultural fair"
suggestive of everything that is improv-
I ing IN the art Of farming. hut under
4 these drccptiv" titles are the same cheat
/ ing. AMI the same betting. and the same
/ drunkenness. and the same vagabondage .
I and the same abomination that were To
4 he found under the old horse racing sys-
tenn
never knew Il man yet who could give
himself To- the pleasures of the turf for
long reach 81 time and not hc battered in
I morals. They hook up their spanking
team and put on their sporting cap and
Z light their cigar aud take the reins and
dash down on the road to pcrdition. The
great day NJ Saratoga and Brighton
Beach and Cape May and nearly all the
other watering places Is the day Of the
races The hotels are thronged. every
kind Of cquipago Is taken up ~ an almost
4 fabulous price. and there are many re-
spectacle people mingling with jockeys
aud gamblers and lihcrtnes and foul
mouthcd men and hashy women The
bartender stirS M the brandy smash
The bets run high The grcenhorns. sup
posing all * fair. put in their money soon
enough To- lose il. Three weeks before the
race takes place the struggle is decided.
and the men in the secret know on which
siccd To- bet their money. The men on
the horses riding around long ago ar
ranged who shall win Leaning from the
stand or from the carriages are men and
women 50 absorbed in the struggle Of
bone and muscle aud mcttle that they
make grand harvest for the pickpock
cts who carry aff the pocketbookS and
the portemonnaics. Men looking on see
only n string of horses with their riders
flying around the ring. But there is
many a man on that stand whose honor
and domestic happiness and fortune =
white name. white foot. white flank are
in the ring racing with incbrcty and
with fraud aud with profanity and with
ruin black neck. black foot. black flank.
Neck and neck 20 the leaders in that
moral EPSON White horse III honor:
black horse of ruin. Death says. II will
bet on the black horse" Spectator says.
Il will bet on the white horse. The
white horse ~ honor n little way ahead.
The black horse Of ruin. Satan mounted.
all the time gaining on him. Spectator
hrcathcss. They put on the lash. dig in
the spurs There. They are past the
stand Sure Just as expected. The
black horse of ruin has won the race. and
all the galleries Of darkness "huzza
huzza," and the devils come in 10 pick
up their wagerS Al. my friends. have
nothing Ia 10 with horse racing dissipa
tions this summer.
Against Horse Racing.
Long ago the English government got
through looking t. the turf for the dra-
goon aud the light cavalry horse. They
found ont that the turf deprcciates the
stock. and il is worse Yet for men.
Thomas Hughes the member Of parlia
ment and the author known all the world
over hearing that a new turf enterprise
was being started In this country. wrote
letter in which he said. Heaven help
YOU. then: FOR Of all the cankers 0f orr
old civilization there is nothing in this
country approaching in unhlushing mean
ness in ra~caliiy holding its head high.
ta this hclanded institution of the Brit
ish turf Another famous sportsman
writes. How many fine domains have
been shared among these hosts 81 ra-
pacious sharks during the last two hun
dred years. and unless the system be- al
tered. how many more are doomed to fall
Of Spain aud the bear bnitings Of the pit.
may the Lord God annhilate the in
famous and aecurscd horse racing ~
England and America
~ further aud speak 81 another temp
tation that hovers over the watering
place. and that Is the temptation To- sacri-
fee physical strength. The modern BE
iheSda just like this Bethesda ~ the
text. was intended 10 recnperate the
physical health. and vet how many come
from the watering places their health ab-
solutely destroy I'd City simplct"ns boast
ing II having inbihed 90 glasses Of Con
gress water before breakfast. Families.
accustomed "a 20 Ia ted nj 10 o'clock AZ
night. gossiping until or o'clock in
the morning Dyspcptics. usually very
cnutious about their health. minginc ice
creams and lemons and lobster salads
and cocoaunts 1niil the gastric juices lift
NJ al their voices Of lamcutation aud
protest Delicate women and hrainlrss
Young men dancing themselves into verti-
60 aud catalcpsy Thousands 90 men
and women coming back from our wa
tcring places Ia III" autumn with the
foundations Land for ailments that will
last them all their life long. You know
as we'll as ! 10 that this is the simple
truth In the summer you say To- your
health "Goodhy ! am going to have a
gay time now for a little while ! will
he very glad To- see you again in the au-
tumn Then in the autumn. when YOU
are hard at work ia your office or store
or shop or counting room. good health
will come in aud say. "Goodhy; ! am 60
ing" You say. Where are you goingf
"Oh." says good health. II am going Ia
Bake a vacation" II is poor rule that
will not work both ways. aud your good
health will leave you choleric and splcn
etc and exhausted You coqnctted with
your good health in the summer time and
your good health is couquctting with you
IN the winter time. \ fragment II Pnul's
charge to the jailcr would he an appro
pirate inscription for the hotel register
, In every watering place. DO thysclf nc
harm"
summer Resort Temptation.
Another temptation towering around