Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24

of the name OF GaTcla at tne honouib , |
gambling resort won In one night
1.75O,OO0 francs, or when, about the
same time, In Wiesbaden two French
men lost 100000 francs, or when.
few years ago. Khalil Bey lost at the
gaming table 100000 which he had
inherited from his father, or when the
niece of Cardinal Mazarin won In
single sitting from the Duchess OF
Portsmouth $4,000 or Lady Castle
maine of Charles lis court lost in one
night over s125,0O07 Did all these
transactions increase the worlds
wealth by the value Of one Ave cent
loaf of breadl Did they help In one
instance to feed the hungry or give en-
ployment to the poorl
Wall Street Evils.
When. under the evil manipulations
of the Wall street gamblers, the rail-
road stock of a large corporation Is
"watered'' and its price made to jump
up and fall as the thermometers quick
silver drops at the touch Of the October
frosts. and thousands upon thousands
of small gamblers who have bought
their railroad stock upon margins
and not as true investment are frozen
out. does such Wall street gambling
build one freight car or span one river
with q new bridge or erect one new
depot or upholster one Pullman sleep
err? The Puritans used to call pack
of cards the devils prayer book" Did
you over hear Of the devils prayer
book" teaching the gamester how he
could be producer and not de-
stroyer? No, my friends, no, no. no!
ANYTHING but that The gambling
habit never created one farthing FOR
the welfare Of any community.
Thus, my brother. l congratulate you
II you have never been gambler OF
In league with gamblers. | congratu
late you II you are one OF those men
unwilling 10 be Il parasite. vampire
or absorbent OF ctherrlen's industries.
congratulate you. even though you may
never have amused the illegitmatt
fortune OF Baron Blanc. whose inter
national gambling crimes have created
Monte Carlo or OF IA BenaZet or
Deyaux. who used to run tie gambling
casinos Of n Spa. an AiI-la-CEapclle O
Baden Baden before the German par
lament in 1872 bade them begone. o
the illegitlmate fortunes Of the evi
owners Of n Louisiana lottery, wno
wear after year iagrantly briDed
state legislature until at last the ou'
ragged Christian people Of that CON
monwealth. with the aid Of the Unite
States postmaster general. rose In thei
might and destroyed this accursed an
debauching infamy. Never have an
dealings in any way with defiant gan
bling.
!. The gambling passion not only rol
: men Of their fortunes, but demorall'
SER minds. Ii units Its victims l'
toe common duties Of ordinary HE
overstimulates the brain and the In
aeination until after awhile WORK
= honest, hard, practical work-has II
the gamblers diseased mind the san
kind of repulsion that glass' OF nc
: dairy milk has for the inhamed tnro'
~ chronic drunkard or the sight
a clear cool stream Of water for u
s h,oodshot eye Of a mad dog VINO
tongue and mouth are covered WI
i the white foam of fatal hydrophobia.
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A Voluntary Slave.
- The healthful desire for work ana u
n gamblers passion do not nest In u
a. same heart They belong not to u
q same brood of children. They are ne
:. or nourished by the same motn'
20 When the young man fresh from
- Christian home first hears the rattle
:, q dice box and is led into the sanctu
\ sanctorum Of the baccarat seance
Ir his noblest sensibilities are intense
- shocked. But as his astonished ey
see great piles Of coin and greenoac
a. being passed across the table al
"a awhile fascination drives away 1e'
To- Then the warnings and restraints OF
80 rebuking conscience are shaken
=. with such questions as these: "What
- the use of piy working hard every q
90 Of the week except Sunday and only
% ceiying Sc or $40 on pay night whei
"A might earn ten times that sum IN
or quiet gamei What is the use OF car
=. ing bundles and being ordered aD'
"a by the heads Of the different ousin
~ departments when by getting sure I
ho can live d life OF fun and eXcitem
90 al the races? What IL the use Oh
- heinr a white slave when | can '
40. nv financial emancipation by III
,as intelligent investment in lottery or
-. Icv? might draw there a lucky pr
90 and live on Easy street the rest OF
,ar life. Somebody must win .very III
inc Why cannot be that somebody
no the gamblers cupidi:y begins to We
The young mans brain becomes bef
died. He shirks his daily tasks. a
,th moor. diseased, mental incompetent
uts is striving to solve the impossible m'
as. ematical problem Of perpetual mo-
old be tries 10 work out a system or I
,on 10 break the bank" He studies cha
I'm. books" He hunts up his guiding
,ds or the star which shone brightest
II the night upon which he was b
de- Then at last. with all reasoning pow
,,th gone and blinded to all the dutie'
the ordinary life, the crazed enthusiast
hes haunt the gaming table as he
I To gladly sought his study desk or
,ur- storeroom counter.
nth Young men. l solemnly appeal
uin. you. Some Of you have already III
z Of the sound of the clicking rou
,ich wheel. Are you going to throw
he life away at the altar Of chance!
YOU going to unfit yourselves for
to duties of life by the gamblers or
giti. I assure you that without bravery
ON faithfully fulfilling the ordinary
IS is tasks YOU viii never succeed IN
man thing. The evil demon caiieo for
rted will beggar you and enslave you
orld you frequent her shrine you VIII