Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1882 — Gambling in the United States. [ARTICLE]

Gambling in the United States.

"While lotteries and some of the old phases are not much practiced in this country, still it is true that Americans wager money in other ways. We speculate in stocks, grain and provisions. During the last ten years a certain section of our population have been making bets on their favorite horses. During the past year enormous sums have been lost and won on the turf, so called, though really there is no turf in this country. There is no form of gambling so siily as betting on horses. It is well known that the backers of the “favorite” are sure to lose in the long run. In other words, the horses which are picked out by the very shrewdest turfmen are those on which the most money is lost. The national and State authorities should do something to check gambling on the race course, which is fast becoming an evil of immense magnitude.— Demorest's Monthly. Two Women—A True Story. A poor invalid, widowed mother lay suffering on a bed of straw in a shabby, brokendown tenement house in one of our large cities. Two Christian ladies called; one gave her a missionary testament and made a long prayer, the other ordered proper food and fuel to be given, but, instead of sending a physician, she purchased a bottle of Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for her. In a few weeks’ time the invalid was again out washing and ironing. To whom shall we give thanks ? Ask your druggist to get it for you.