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Show . . . . : t: ... " : : . ;V , .. , - ; . 1 - i : : 1 r It c : " , : ; ' . 1 - : It t j : ... : .... i.r ii:..j if c: . . .1 ; ..;..L!.rs. A Man yI.- Las t. :i van;; .1 a;. I J :;: lately v.T.r. : r.tiY 1 I:.'.;1 " h! 'i I i 1 n f.t x , r Lin ty ur.?uui ul...3 unh!..:.?, ii i--t entitle enti-tle 1 to t v:.-; it1.. r. ;.-crtir.g rr.cn all ov r V. : country coun-try i ". y aL'ct to l rirprised by tLe CanHold ex-I ex-I c. but tl.?y 1,l:v, r r.J evcrvbc Jy c!.--e knows that i yuare jratiuhllr.-hau; :s, c. 2-ecialIy in Chicago and 2ew Ycrk ara c? scarce as hen's teeth." localizing that thi3 ccnJitkui i3 the rule rather than the exception ex-ception it i3 -strange that tic a nn'urently sensible and even shrewd with regard to business proposition?, proposi-tion?, will persist in c.7cring .themselves as lambs for the sharks of the gambling world to Ceece. VICTIMS OF CROOKED GAMBLERS. The revelations made by a prominent New York gambler that "skin" faro and roulette layouts were part of the furniture in D. Richard Canfield's gambling palace which adjoins Delmonico's in New York w ill not surprise men of the world. Canfield's in the opinion of. business men and the general public pub-lic of New York was looked on as "square to the core," a place where the millionaire who had a few thousands to risk could get a fair run ior his money. But the better informed majority of those "in the know" needed no "sqealing" gambler to in form them that not only Canfield's but every other 'fashionable" chouse of. its kind depended upon these very devices for the greater part of its reve nues. Tha "skin layouts" were kept in reserve for the richest suckers. Thus when a wine-flushed young millionaire entered into Canfield's, he was accom-ino-J.it cd, as a special favor, with a private room, the "Lrace game" was brought out and a brace (' .ahT cf special skill attended to his wants; The :c! r" was thus stripped with neatness and dis-- dis-- .((!.. and nobody was by to watch the process; The ' i ; . ' who were able to manipulate these improved . M' . crncd to work for the usual rate.; of ?25 - t' ht); they got a percentage of the spoils, 1 . a |