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Show flolhaiiillM Ar r.illr UultM. As tho gambling ccnlor In America S'ew York city Is logically tha home of perhaps tho most credulous people on tho continent Tho notion that tho rural districts are the habitat ot the simple-minded does not wear well with those who observe tho number of charlatan char-latan achemes which flourish In New York at the expente milnly ot the people of New York Not long ago an alleged magician ndvcrtlaed that an oriental anccttor had bequeathed to him a wonderful charm which would bring wealth, health or woman's at-lections at-lections lo tho fortunato possessor This tnlltman could be bought at 81 a head It was tlmpto enough for the 'magician," ho advertised nnd thousands thou-sands of New Yorkers are said to have rushed In to hl-n to buy tho charm Tho police ran across another little traud recently In tho shape ot a "good luck" box nhlch was being sold In considerable quantities to ths city's Intelligent populatU.1 under the pretense pre-tense that It wai an Importation from the land of tho magi and had the supernatural su-pernatural power of bringing nil klndt of good luck to Itaonncr Investigation proved that the box waa really manufactured manu-factured In Lynn for metropolitan con-sumption con-sumption All ot which Indicates that New York la the paradise of Impostors and the horns of fools Springfield (Mast ) Republican |
