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Gambling and blinking usually go hand in
hand, and too often those who are addicted to
one vice, are addicted to both. Many learn
the first principles of drunkenness while visit
ing the billiard table, or the ten-pin alley;
and many Of the young men who first enter
these gambling houses to take game for
amusement OF exercise, imbibe principles and
habits, which too often they have to regret
through life, blasting their hopes and reputa-
ton. The stimulant which the game imparts,
assisted by the stimulants usually kept and
dealt out in such places, hurries the unsuspect-
ing youth into the traps the accomplished
gamester knows so we'll how to set, and be-
fore the unconscious victim is aware of it, he
has habits fastened on him, which he has to
bewail when too late to come from the fiery
ordeal until he is scathed, and has learned by
sad experience the fascinating power of gam
ing and the degrading effect of such associa-
hons.-IToy Mirror.