Show V A AND D MONEY IO FOR ron CHARITY S 'S W ith ith n a c certain sort ort of or man there is no argument argument like VV t the tho offer of a wager V I S 5 J Jl bet you ou ten dollars I Is looked upon b by the shallow shallo as convincing con That Is error No o argument was ever er settled with a bet A man ma may believe belle a a. certain thing is true line It may not be true hut but he can not prove T it Itis Is true truc nor can his er in the contention prove prO it itis V is not true b by betting V S There is a n grade grado of or manhood a a. less frank than ti V the gambler and a a. little more brutal than tho the bull bully which 5 V seeks to escape tho the odium of the one and the peril of ot the theother other othel b by veiling bets with an nn offer to donate to charily charity Instead of or the tho gambler fall rule of ot wa wagering hi hl mono mone money against t the monc money of or his 1118 opponent he shouts shouts I win will if r S tr forfeit It a ft thousand dollars to any charity charlt if I am not notS rl right h That Is all aJl the tho vice of or the gambler without an any of ot S his his' sensible excuses cs S SV V I There Ther is another depth a little lower That Is where V trie l hull c-hull bully and braggart i is also a coward For Tor example example Yo You s say J The Tho Republican ha has more maIo circulation than th the thC TrIbu Tribune e and the Tribune manager Jumps up an and andIS IS shouts I will forfeit live five hundred dollars or a thousand thousandS S SV S. S S i V V J S. S L S. S t J S V 5 V o. o III dollars the amount does docs not 81 signify If Je Bill will pay th tho th tax taxes s he withheld seven M years vears ear ago Nothing Is Js pro t except n-except except the fear nr of oC the Tribune I for a fair count of circulation and anti that the Tribune management man man- Is cursed with all nIl the depravity lt and blest hiest with none non of or the virtues of or the gambler It would be more plain anti and direct to s sa ay say whon whan a n proposition Is advanced nd to which you on li d do not agree Prove it If It can not be bo proved tho th proposition falls If It It Itcan Itcan can the proposition stands stancl Betting doesn't change chango o the facts Bluffing doesn't prove provo anything Offering to give Iv mone money to charity doC doesn't nt fee feed nn any of oC the orphans And out of oC It nil all comes the general belief bellof that the Tribune has a n smaller circulation than ha has The Tho TIp pub JI lican |