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Show WICKED MONTE CARLO. Anotherer ruined fcreigu count, has blown his braina out at Monte Carlo. If he had more brains in the lirst. place he would have kept away from Monte Carlo. Indianapolis Journal. It begins to look as if the Monte Carlo gambling hells would have to go the way of thu 'Louisiana lottery. Tub-lie Tub-lie sentiment ia running so strongly against them that the authorities will be forced to take action. And yet pessimists say that the world is not glowing better. Philadelphia bulletin. bulle-tin. Suicides are becomingly frequent at Monto Curio. The latest case is that of a Puissian who lost wiO.OUU rubles at the gaming tables. Hut there need be no tear on the part of those who run this resort of any loss of patronage. The supply of fools is proportionate to the demand. Boston Post. There are many more suicides, we an; told, at Monte Carlo, the great gambling gam-bling hell of Europe, than come to light. Many a poor wretch loses everything unit blows bis brains out, whose death is never recorded. The roulette ball spins on, however, winning money and losing lives, utiinlerrudted. Wheeling Register. It is thought that France may take advantage of the public feeling and seize tho little principality and annex it to the republic. The prince is said to be fearful of such a proceeding, and yet hesitates to lessen his revenues by abolishing abol-ishing the famous gambling den, whose mauugers really control the principality principal-ity Kalamazoo 'Telegraph. That Russian who blew out his brains at Monto Carlo after losing HOO.udO rubles at the gaming tables ftarted out, it Is evident, with more money than brains. Having brought himself to the condition where he had more brains than money by blowing iu his money, he at last succeeded in restoring the balance by blowing out his brains. Pittsburg IMspatch. The gambling principality of Monaco is in danger from European indignation. indigna-tion. Just now the number of suicides is very great, and small atteniion is paid by the proprietors of the gambling hell there to the sepulture of tho unfortunate unfort-unate victims of the vice. It is suggested sug-gested as a heroic remedy that France seize the little state, as its ruler is afraid to dut an end to irainblinir because all his income is derive from that source. Washington Critic. Prince Albert 'h rich monopoly is in danger of disturbance. Tho business he carries on, attracting adventurers and their victims from all parts of the and resuming in the financial ruin of many of its infatuated devotees, is becoming be-coming thoroughly obnoxious to the better sentiment of all Europe, this growing prejudice having been accentuated accen-tuated by numerous tragic suicides from time to time, that seen to have no more effect upon the mad whirl of fashionable life in Monaco than other ordinary and commonplace incidents. Washington Post. |