Show eloquent sermon against gambling were this a betmon I 1 should no quarrel with the who choose as a text thou not sas from the ot of birthon birth on covet or thou shall not steal through childhood the human being in dealing with this athla I 1 have gari gambles bles with nature for its ex exia tiace istance ilk V h k ka f al rl 4 4 kip HS and how very often does doea it lao laer er when the young man has baa to choose a profession lla its a gambla wh when en he be marries it la is still etall a gamble and so 0 o it cont cout huea Lues to the end of his das daa it Is truo true that in inbar arar and in all peaceful employment MOU men and f women take chances chance that gem en bung bling is i Is a I 1 but batt I 1 V continued on an pidge pit ge ft ii SERMON GAMBLING continue a broin page 1 that Is no excuse for the file of the habits of the da town count wid ond state slate mm flirt furt furnish ligh opportunity tunit for gangs who noto make mabe their busi llesi to go about ike country the linear inmar every tovu lina has more or less people who talce pleasure in ili rambling gambling and have no lice allbut taking money molley son in fam ambling bling 7 ahat lint gambling in 11 Is brov lit in b tile fuel tila that gilin gambling bling la is not by the courts rhal it it 11 to liti human nian itai 13 proven liy by the stringent laas daod it b 1 jill and d stale lit in the united staton tam th ave keeping ping of it common gani MID bling houie Is indictable lit at aninion luw ou on account of its ith evil I 1 elle on public allic lias IRS bce beh almost universally legislated a ther var lotts states and ter bause it put pub lit lie molliy la Is of public ii and creates ano fosters other nad tile the statutes ot 0 utah tit in respect to as tollow si lite 4 ul oi atall Itt lahe to gambling lefuel aud destitution it dotre denice ite every person kilo ho deals or carries t on oil opens or ca causia to bo be open fd d or who conducts either as aa owner or employee whether ther tor for hire or not any game of faro earo monte roulette laris rouge et noir rondo or till ani gaino with cards lice dice or any other delop deco fori for money noney cli chicks credit or hit an other illative of value shall be ba deemed guilt of a felon al and id it shall ho be tile atit duly or of all sheriffs const pullet aud peace icare oft lers when ahon mr avor it shall conic collie to the knowledge or r suot lucli officer that any person linn has III hla his possession tiny any caida tables becka lalli wheels slot les or gi nibling h vices or of any nature or mud kind ener agea or for the purpose of playing for money or for token redeemable ledee mable in mone mollen at tiny any of the ganies lit ilk act or unit out any cards tables checks balls NOLOS slot blot machlica mach liKa or gillia ling HUB devices 1 I or kiet for tile pur gosts a forc sald nia ma bo be found in ili till ail llac alae to li acl and tako take such ar is tabas li balls slot blot inu chInes or g devices jand and ainey tile the hallie before a alaf itIn je of tile lie county lit in which said davics shall be found and alli it alinell lio be tile ilie duty of such juddi to inquire of built NN it ulesses as is he shall BUIU built mon moi or IS ia appe before lint in eliut bli behalf alf the nature ot alich galli billig devices find and it if such judge shall determine that the bailie ore are used or kept for tho the purpose of 0 being uba used tit nl any ganie game or games isaiall of diaiuto described in the act lt it shall be ills his duty to destroy tile bit little I 1 I 1 limiting in ill horii I 1 nor er atson anbo ho pel lwi alts any ot of tile the mentioned in tile the pt etC to lie pi ly ed confuted con or aeilt lit in an ain or by such in whole 01 in pal pait I 1 and all any pigeon m tool 1 lio plays plas nt at of 01 against tiny any of said pio ted games is guilty of a misdemeanor ite ruai ro io amna if us it ml lion every bertion duty duly ns its it n witness for the on oil all any i proceed anga had under this chapter vho aho neglects or to attend as required is guilty ot of it diennor ile 11 or al enss 1 ln tilt ss s not ot il 1 iiga 1 I Allt meling no person otherwise competent as 08 it is disqualified from beitl tying na as such concerning ning the offense of gambling on oil ilic th ground that sudi testimony may inay criminate himself concerning lie ho is compelled led tto ltd testify ahe of gambling gambll tire aro ill hobt ost I 1 by b an eminent jur judee catron forill erl of the 11 S supreme court tit in a decision by lint him i i I 1 ike other oilier p iia u which ilich agitate I 1 the 91 gicht lit mass of the community it lies dormant until once aroused slid ami thin with tile the contagion and flir diio or of a pestilence it sweeps morals motives of 0 honest pur pursuits nn all I 1 industry into tile the vortex of vice III un hinga tin tilt principles of religion and LoiTi moll inon honesty bon enty the mind becomes ungovernable ble mil and Is des destroyed troed to till all useful fill purposes chances of ducep jq rul ga gambling nibling alone tile me looked to for prosperity it in tire lire even for the dall all means of sustenance tr mb ling for success lit in lotteries at tho taio bank or pool table exclude fill all other thoughts though tg 1 aliat hat Is ij gambling it Is tile the of something more or less legs au ible in tile the hope of winning more than oil ii hazard etever ht ever ou expect to ge f aiom ioni 5 our neighbor without offering offer liiK till an equivalent in ili money ot 01 time or shill Is ither tho the i iro ro luct duct of thelt or gambling it Is 3 till an old old vice nie that comes staggering down through tile the ages all 1 11 nations bir barbarous barous and civilized hive been addicted to it until IRSO gambling was nas almost universal in ili tills this country countr not with standing tile common law find stringent state binns the punishment ot gambl gambaro ro was tile the oil 11 not t tit the lute lule riu gal libling income in th the do it of now I 1 ork alone including alno till 0 lotteries was a 10 00 a yea benr r in tile he new ork society for tile lie prevention tion of vice atta attacked cled this evil long find bitter was as the con met in ili 1885 nearly all the cities tit in the union waged a bitter war fale faie against gambling ti libling tile the principal gainie for gambling gim bling lit in this countr bounto are laro poker or roulette rouge et noir sweat haz hazard ird hac bac barat rat vin tuno tune monte three cant monte pool lottery and policy diiro airo Is 14 it bet on oil caides la in till an honest L 9 t gune gline the odds aie 91 S to 15 in favor of tile dealer knitli marked or stack id curda cards the odds odd tire are till all tit in lavor of the defiled nearh till all gi nibling ainas are with lice dice 01 01 cards of 01 both sak sab anthony comstock of the new york society for 0 lf rf ge 8 liln 9 C X p ar ae nt at manipulating manipulation g ards sl slight I 1 gi it ot 0 hand annd skill in ind lice alce in ili trickery iobbi io by gilck find bevle dov lie a ken knowledge of linnian kiture and tile lio im of mankind mien hen aroused b arced reed contend ign Igno raiKo orame MIN foll blinda hopes holies clouded judgement jud gement find and often dist less desperation and a brain fird and by bv the wine cup A maine paper t if lius ti dei describes describe cribe gambling at it ft state fair some bome ears a ago go 1 the air was thick with anith the fujil euima ij of tobacco redolent with tho the odor of beer and NI itkeN and tile the click of tile the coin coill monotonous cull call of the gamblers altogether formed i scene bardl to bo be expected in a maine cit alt abis vaa nas no bechet place wind mind ou oil till nn I 1 no one was nas barred out lit schoolboys school boNs lo 10 a with mith fales faces virgin of it a razor were anere as prominent as ag fill an one ile the did not play as lita vily but then placed just the same ibero was one device delee which seemed to do os as much business as tiny so BO a fraud that tile the wonder nonder was that till an man who knew enough to got get together tv ent tive five or fifty collais would be so ao fooie foolish ij as to think lie he could beat it it was after the lite fortune wheel idea spaces were ni marked ared out on the hoard board by means of spikes about the file orbit of the wheel unit fair these spaces acre re blanus blanks and in the other halt were one two the rhe and ten tell dollar hills bills the bets are ninde made in any sum front from halt half a dollar ill up find and the crook twirls the wheel note this it if the indicator stops on a blank space the better loses lut but if on oil a spice where the bills tire laid lie he ats anfe once twice onice the fhe or ten times what lie laid down As aa the blank spaces and titie the idon money spaces are cipu one can re read d lly ily see bee that it the wheel sheel were turned li hon onesti estl the chances would he be against the man who ran the game hut but timing the half hour that I 1 aa felid it the planera won in about once lit in en it timea I 1 the table vas mas croN crowded ded with tilt players k et any man who knows gambling knows that it la ili y it ever iun honesta hon hoti estl esti it 14 sald by a good authority t that hat 70 per cent of material sold b gambling Is of the crook t id 1 I kind nit crook gambler has delle delicate atel appliances at hla his command for every becot nihed gamp of chance some of these may not be largel than a cihi dollar but their cost in enormous ranting ranking as high us as 1 1000 I 1 ii called the only square game but is v matter of tact fact the slick gambler nn imke it the surett thing of tile them all all he needs is a trae trace e box and of fang rs all have the hattei and the other can call be purchased tor to 1 then the player it Is at ills hla merce to be continued |