Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-30
FATAL FIRST IS NIGHTMARE OF
 TIN HORNS'
Shelter City Will Soon Krox Them No More = MesCal Cogitates Upon Gambilrg and the Gambling Law.

What you goin' to do, when the first comes round?" This is the ques- tion the little bird whispers into the restless ear Of the slumberins gambler of Douglas.
 Visions of trumps and aces and
 bowers,
 Flit through his mind in his slum-. berous hours.
 But, say, the gambler is a born phi. losopher.
 In the language of Jim whitcomb Riley, the gambler repeats,
 There haint no use to grumble an complain.
 Wed list as well be happy and re-
 tcice.
 When the Lord makes up the weather
 and sends rain,
 Why rains my choice"
 Now. say, since the gambler is to be mentioned in the past tense, let us give him justice.
 No foolin', he was there to win right or wrong. The fellow in front of him was there to but him" any old way was "chaw or git chawed" The gam bier gave up his one, two or three for the school fund. because he had to of course. But he contributed never theless to the aggregate erudition oi the country. incidentally to the prote tioH of our national institutions. ManI a bible totin' individual has failed tc do as much.
 l can do ustice to a rattlesnake which by the way is the most honest reptile in existence. He says. say. e, don't tread on me-" he warns you The gambler may skin you after vel went in, but you were rot compelled nor even induced to go in. The wis dom of the anti-gambling act is not 1T question, the only point Is, if the suck
 CT lost and the gambler lost, there il
 chance for charity play at least. Now, what is he going to do, sine: he lost his occupation. T Senator Freaze. since he realized : that he was too old to learn a trada skiddooed away to the frigid north where the call of the nightbird. as h, shoots craps. or the sterotyped squal Of the stud man as he handles th, pasteboards on the curve shaped tabs : are still in evidence.
 Most of the boys propose to turl
 newspaper men. hey know how t.
 make their own elixir. They onl,
 smoke after a square meal, so leinI
 newspaper men, their cigar bill vt!
 not worry them.
 Some of them will go back to in drowning gophers. Others have no
 forgotten how to lump in the sad
 de an let a little yell,1 few of then
 can still swing double jack. sont [ have been known to give the higl , sign to the engineer, occast7narIy cn
 can poke a 'tuyer" or shovel coke.
 All along, he has been the tarsc
 of animadversion. Hs belonged to al
 undesirable profession. There Is no
 one gambler in hundred but what re gards his own profession with aver
 sion.
 He would break away ss he coul T make the same money any other way :, Roulette is the one straight pe ,- centage game. amounting to 5-19, Q ( per cent.
 Faro carries 2 per cent orrnar..! ' tIl' can be played on the iaG tur o win no per cent in fayer of the dealei l-i Craps is 2 I-4 per cent. vafyiI:g al t Icording to the plan of playing adcpSe: afonte is 21-4, varying on the saI T. FisA
 Tae license In Douglas rrns thrc
 coliars per day. Most of thls Is e q itsus.vely in advance. One s1oi'ir ( B that goes to the school fund Tk f. tctker two Is applied on blowing mp fk D st: eels and rolling them down asaii "a bc law prohibiting gambling is II, d idcuhtediy wise. If single man gar l. ibies, sooner or later he becomes D. tcharge on the community. If ma e with domestic responsibilities gan ID bies, his creditors can not depend upc r lhim. His employer can not trust hil
 lxiih funds: he can not trust himsel Ie The business Is eminently no goo ts But let us do justice to the member m of the fraternity. who have always hs d an open pocketbook when cases of mi Id fortune arose and many Bible totel
 froze up. Adiose, boys You new .r strung a riafa around any mans nee of and dragged him into your den of We are glad the industry is dispose of of. II will operate to make sple d ldid citizen of many a man who wou D. otherwise drag out existence in und Id sirabEe channels. MESCAL- A.