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The Washington times., 1906-08-26
TELL IT TO THE MARINES

THE saying. Tell II 70 the ma
rines" is traced to Pepys. the
author Of the famous Diary"
and IL IS said by him 90 have
originated with Charles II Of England.
Ii so befeIl, as the story goes. that
his uEhJ-hearted majesty. with an ex-
ceedingly bored expression on his
swarIhy face, was strouing in the shade
with the ingenious Mr.. Pepys. secretary
TO The admiralty. I had speech yester-
cen at Deptford,' said Mr.. Pops. with
t.t captain of tie Defya--se. who hath
bur lately retain ed from the Indies and
Who told me the two most woF ierful
things that ever. l think. I did hear in
NV lie Among The stories told were
Of FISH flying IN the air Fish
fying in the air. exclaimed his
majesty. 'Ha- Ia, a quaint conceit.
which twere too good 10 spoil wi
keeping. What no! sir'-be turned and
beck0Ued the Colonel. Sir William KILL
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Great ocean currents number twenty
five
Stockholm and Budapest are the
towns possessing the best telephone
system in existence.
Mayor Ekers. of Montreal is ad-
dressed personally as your worship. %
and in che third person as mis- wor-
ship"
Herr Louis Kuhn. Of the Deutschen
Theater, the oldest German actor. re-
Gently celebrated his n.reueth birth
day
Among African tribes !, is CuStOmaT y
10 torture prisoners OF war. one # tie
legs of the prisoner Is pushed through
a hole In heavy log and a spike
driven through 20 hold IL IN place.
The HveTymen Of Richmond. Va. are
making much complaint against the
evil Of upFIng their drivers. They say
that whenever driver receives a tip
he proceeds 10 spend il for drinks.
causing him 20 fail 10 do his dU5v.
Women whose jewel Caskets meta
phUriCaliy run over with precious gems
may yield 10 the fashion. which is re-
ported 70 have caught sOCiety'S fancy
iu Paris, Of studdng the heels OF
dainty slippers with cleaning stones.
few days ago a deputdtion Of Eng
lish workngmen engaged in the m eat
trade called on John Burns. The chair
man Of the deputaJiOn apOlOgtZed for
troubling him. but Mr.. Burns replied
Don't apologize. ! am paid $4,000
CSlo,Noo) a year for listening TO you
gentlemen"
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4 Regular Business.

II IS really a business to the regular
PLAYER OF the races who for the most
pa~t lawuases tl.s intent crowd
business Ia every respect eVr-pt tar
that little Incidental OF being wholly
urprod-euve- AS 20 the orderly sgs-
tenn with which alb IS conducted, the
application OF every business method
and principle. the appearance ~ the
Whole Dsr ormaHoe is that Of a series
Of modern commercial transactions
Nowhere could so large a number o.
men. al. intent apau the business Of
the moment. boz found exhibiting less
confusion. The scene on any day NJ
the week on change is a riot compared
with This. But There is a strained ten
stE about it a.l There is something
ruca-uy go This silent crowd ~ me"
shifting about often apparently aim
l.s7.E and f7 .f '" cream.
Needless 90 say tho 'hooSie Is IN
most cases The winner Son The long run.
There '~ .LiIa DOUBT JHal every gay inc
great majority ot those mo play are
losers. Doubtless. TOO. the h''HH'A'7S
would an make fortunes in short order
were 10 uo- for some ~ the old hands
BI- there are Few or -1ese VINO are
able 20 win consistently and 'EeE are
the stumbling block .n the pan az The
'UH"E.as
The old follower ~ the ponies.
fHr .rs'a o.. is cool lie has Thought
me whole iElnE 0I' beforehand lie
hes Hafa ana IHSl I-.eS from which
boo never departs. f"~ be- kaows that II
Do does he Is AS INe.F 10 be piucked
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Gamblers Tried and True.

There will he perhaps one or tv
passengers sitting inside awaiting The
ds7arrure 81 the vehicle. One Of them
will be Of the everyday type of saloon
man. the most striking thing about
him beigE a pronounced bay win
dow" Opposite him may be a we'll
bulIt fellow about thirty-dye. with a
hard. cqreworn look ON his face. A
third Is likely 10 be a slight veriatOn
of the same type as the first. a little
better dressed. IN a little better cir
cumstances. little more sophisticat-
ed. They don't an wear clothes with
big checks and fashv ueCkties. fasten-
cd with horseshoe pins And there IS
probably nothing really remarkable
about any one Of those three men
taken alone. hut any one seeing them
sitting in that bus would be likely 10
sav sporting crowd, wonder where
they're Eoing "
They are eolne, as soon as the bar
Iyer thinks he has enough Of a load. to
make the trio mp over the river whore
the bus will thread its way through
the wholesale district that lies al00g
the lake JUS, north OF the river. and
uuV To Il the foot Of Michigan street.
They are 2 sineularly unsociable set,
these sporting men. The chances are
that not a word has Leen spoken dur
ing tI.e. trip. At iJs end they get ont
In silence and proceed toward the
boat where another barker, big voiced
and with the smile that won't come on
takes them In charge.
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grew. OF the newly raised Maritime
Regiment Of Foot who was following.
in close conversation with the Duke OF
York-'We would discourse with YOU on
matter tes.s55s5.S your own element.
What say You. colonel. 10 a man who
sWears he hath seen fishes I'm the air?'
7 should say. sire returned the sea
soldier simply. that the man hath sail
ed in Southern seas. For when your
maipSty.S business carried me thither OF
late ] did frequently observe more flying
fish IN one hour than the hairs Of my
head in number.
old RoWIey glanced narrowly at the
COlOneIs frank. weallcr-beaten face
Then with q laugh he turned TO the sec
Rotary
'2lr Pepys. said he. from the very
nature OF their calling mo- class Of our
subjects can have SO wide a knowledge
of seas and lands as the officers and
men of our loyal Maritime Regiment
UenCeforth ere ever We cast doubts up
on q tale that laCkeJh likelihood We viii
FIRST tell il 10 the marines. Army and
Navy Journal.
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They're off, !"

Women. too crowdlng the stern Of
the excursion steamer 20 cali out
few parting words 20 their friends be-
low OF 20 wave a farewell, look Gu
-iousfv at this outlaw boat. many APP
par5nclv finding something fascinating
IN their close view of the exterior or
the floating gambling house and the
hundreds of sports. young and Old
who crowd the decks.
.-Tbevre of" The bis propeller
slowly turns and carefully the big
boat cldes along the narrow space
NJ f5ul water with only a foot or TWO
bervsen its rails and those Of the
other boat on one side and the dock On
the other.
Gradually the channel widens. the
,-arar begins to look clearer and more
wholesome. the line Of professional
eebermc7 with their big nets g pass
"a rr-n The long RON Of docks. But
en-, NJ The sonbcr crowd on The boat
-. ewes for the shore. the water, the
-. ~ for ANYTHING except the dope
&c. still persis. emily scnned by
emo or an imaginary horse in the
,,,,r,5.s eve Of many others leading
~ ru7ch. and ''romping home.
For many. indeed, il is entirely
- Of dope and figures that the
- ,,~dlv exist. They no more
-, i'm their imaEinations actual
1,orsas s-raining in A squirt. squeezing
20 the ran and tearing down The nome
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CANNON AS SPEAKER.

Speaker Cannon is said 20 have said
that this country is a place-of-future-
punishment-for-th e-wicked OF 2 sue
cess" We translate and B0wIdeFlZe
his language out Of sulphurous Can
nonese for the benefit OF ears polite.
success. but there have beeH plenty OF
murmurinES and little instructions IN
tie House. On the Statehood bill
Uncle Joe" can hardly be said 20 have
saved his face In the matter OF
meat inspection, too he had 70 come
down from his high horse. Powerful as
n Speaker Is. there is an entity or
abstraction called public opinion that
can and does spank him into submls-
sion relenJlcssly. To tell the whole
truth. in the recent session OF Con
gress the Senate. with all its imper-
fections on IS head" was more pop
ular as il always was more Intelligent
than the House. A hitter fact TO tbs
House. which IS the Speaker. IN spite
~ his faults and his language. most
everybody" likes Mr.. Cannon. and he
Is wise enough 10 keep on good terms
with the newspaper correspondents. who
naturally like him. because he Is
very human and salient person. No
matter now many bills he squelches
and how many he tFeads on. the House
dotes on him. ana why should ne not
be nominated for President. as he was,
10 wild cheering. in the House two or
three wears ago. Too OLD Then LEI
ns 20 into solemn consideration Of Bev-
sridKe OF Indiana.-Everybo Mag
szine.
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become lnoror4 tive as Par re rFa cry
IL Traverse is concerned Here tae
wireless system commences operations
Reports follow oa- another from sara
toEs. Iataa.s Fort Erie ont. ana
Settle The word for the start passes
a.org The decks and suddenly there .e
animation among the rnrgns. All
start uu from seats fore and an ana
along tHe side rails and pour inside ],
Is animation 90 kind. uirlu ~ move
rrr-. tu- srIr few words
Many from tHe upper deck now pour
lu "a steady stream down the stairway
o. the deck below. These are the
.pike-s." contemporary 50 term'
bv the real sports" The division is
based. Of course. on money cous'asra-
lions. So is the contempt of the
sport for the 'p.ssr" ia the rae
ing game. as Do every form OF gtmo-
Hrg. il Is the size Of the 'ran that
counts. And. cur.1us.y enough the
man who is broke today. t he
should happen ta make "A haul VIII
look ias. as csutsmrtu1us.y upon the
.pilzer" Of tomorrow as II The d-sunc-
rfaa between them were q matter Of
strictly personal merit and the rela-
zion permanent.
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Nothing Less Than five Dollars.

Those who remain on the upper deck
can bet nothing below s. on any horse.
The "piEerz" below can bet sums as
low, as a single dollar Therefore. as
one would expect. the lower deck is 10y
far the more crowded ana The ort5
come thick and fast There is N3
frantic waving of fa- punches or
money with 5t.d ami deiaat shouts
nr odds This is aot the racetracE
Indeed. il would be hard TO imagine a
greater contrast 90 the wild scene ot
excited rushing Jo and fro, The PAN
dsmau.um of sound frantic cheering
for The various horses and cries or
every kind which mark the racetrack
,- I'M. day of "A big race than is pre-
s,1ted on the decks of the city or
Traverse when news Is coming from
every big track iu the country.
The cards so APP showing the cor
rected Isis OF entries as word comes
that one horse OF another has been
scratched" or possibly there is an
additional starter. on the cards also
are shown the odds against each horse
as set by the boohmakers. These cards
ltre the walls along one side. extending
about half the length of the boarding
which shuts in the two decks Around
these the crowd gathers above and
below. 30 card remains dp Ions, and
these who's calculations are at all
comulfcated must make Jlrm rapidly.
So there the crowds stand, HguUns
trtentIy OF merely scanniu5 carefully
each Of the posters and thinking,
thinking hard. Here and there one
VIII leave the big group and eli for
few moments al one OF the little side
tables looking absenuy before ham,
thinking. Another will walk out INTO
the air and sit looking at but not see
ing the water Suddenly he starts 10
his feet. makes his way through the
crowd to one Of the three little win
d5N-s where the bookmaNers receive
ana record the bets. couple of
words. apparently carelessiy spoken,
are all that are required. The stake is
handed i'm and a small card is handed
out upon which are marked IN pencil
tie horse and the odds. a separate card
Tor each horse II more IMAM one is
pIaved and This part Of the transac-
ton is complete. A yoUug fellow sits
al telephone and as word of the
start and Of the finish is received at
the wireless instrument above and is
transmitted 10 him he calls 1t out.
They're of al Saratoga" he re-
reats mechanically. Meanwhile pos
ters on other races go up. corrections
are made and other bets recorded.
Then presently from the youth al the
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Carefully Studying dope Sheets.

Tickets for the round trip are h1lf
a dollar. the barker gentleman. who is
publisher, business and advertising
manager, city and telegraph editor,
chief editorial writer. ana the entire
reuor.ortd STAFF OF a local sporting pa
per. bestoWs upon each arrival. for an
other half dollar, a sealed envelope.
Having thus squardered a preliminary
dollar. there is nothing more profitable
10 he done for a while than to sit at
the stern Of the boat and watch the
crowd which i'm increasing numbers is
now pouring toward the dock These
arc not all passengers for the City Of
Traverse for from the same dock also
eberc are boats leaving daily FOR points
., the Michigan shore. There Is
Stror.g contrast between the respective
s-se1nI!4-es on the TWO boats. On tie
,scins craft, o. course. the passengers
ara men AMI men only.
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him q real run tor mis- money
wants 90 bet on the races ne l'.'7
hunt up hand book maa, VINO Know
.I about him. and does a sort OBJ cur 30
broker or bucket shop business WIN
nau.d-ba hsr-or=. If ne wants .' t'as
game NJ chanca-W.lh The chances
against l.m-ae has ro go down 20
Alexandria and get out ON the AK
anchored of Jones. Point and STAKE
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Far From the Fleeing Ponies.

But The ARK after an is q very small
oauet for the gambling spirit of
place like Washington. They do it
much better iu New York. Chicago,
and other big cities. In New York
Ut course. they never have really
closed mp The poolr1oms. They've
talked whole lot about It. and
they've done "a LOT Of sensational ana
picturesque raIdiuE and door smash
ing stunts. But anyone iu New York.
who wants % play the races. and has
The cash. can find p1olruom quite
ready % relieve him of the painful
necessity OF carrying IL home. If ne
iz known be can call up his favorite
U10l-1rm. place his bet by telephone,
ard win or lose as much as he likes
without leaving his desk.
In Chicago of late there has been
great auu-p00lro0m agitation, and
they say the poolroOms really are
closed. But for the relief of "a suf-
r.rirE public. which really desires to
be seraratad from IT'S money. a float
rg po0lr00m has been established
rn ihe steamer city Of Traverse,
which beats the POOR old Ark all
.aIIov To takes its uatTOns out into
lake AIichigan beyond The thTee-mile
init. lets them bet % their hearts
.7uJenJ receives the race returns by
wireless. and rakes ir their money,
uI turns them lose when it's all
.EsT. with the comfortable assurance
revu he back the next day.
And the law can't stop it. II mas
-.ed u has even caused fog horns
I'D be sounded In the hope that the
.reIess returns would be blurred.
eut they were not blurred. and III,
sports have merely smiled AT the ef-
1lrts put forth 0y the mluions of the
-aw-
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But the changwmvvao vtbtgragfgwgf
BIT the change is still hardly pereep-
tible as he passes through the crowd
again. up the stairs and on 70 the
stern seat
Though the races continue 20 follow
silent. Iistless group gather8 IN those
seats ar the stern. while one by one
others drop into chairs along the sides.
each one as silent and seif-Contained
as he has been throughout the jour
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4rAres a glance
al the cards and
he goes 70 the
WIN d o ". He
places there q
single dollar and
gets bis pcksL
Anoth sT wait
follows and Al
last comes the
n nouncsmsnt
With it the ten
slty leaves his
face and pose
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the lower deck But during the whole
day nobody was seen apparently tie
worse for liquor. They did not ,oMe
out 20 carouse. though some OF ITEM
NAV attend 90 that later. The hI5iqess
og The day has been too stern. too all
absorbing for much Indulgence OF any
hI1d l.
The greater part ~ the passengers
are SIN seated al the stern and along
The sides. And there they remain un-
ID me boat enters once more rnar
muddy dock. when they pass in long.
still. silent files over the side and.
married and single. young and old.
scared gamesteT and fresh. foolish
yolr~ster. sca-ser 20 their various
places OF abode.
This IS the way they dc % in Chi
caEH. lt rather takes the wind out II
Washington. sails, and puts To blush
the modest pride that local sports
have lU the existence OF the Ark"
where those who know how can get
around The liquor and auIi-EaUbIinE
laws that east their PAIL over ne fra
terulJE. It's a d!uKy little ark after
ALI They envy the Windy City its
fine, big boat-ard the prospect OF
anotner-wl he the stretch OF blue
water WiCens between the big barge
Ike structure and the CiJys shore.
Bud White his bo0kies. and the
motley Jlran- which forms his Glen
tele may snap their fingers al Mayor
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The races 6rs
over.
And now the
oars upon upper
and lower decks
get q little more
b K. Tn ne
b q him. them
have been pass
ing out drinks
occasionally all
the way along.
mostly Hil SIX
EtratElr with
q Few beers 0.t
r-a r-u--- =---
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AUGUST 20. 900
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stretca than they realize their own
picturesque surroundings.
And as 10 this last those men do not
know they are on a boat.
The three-mile limit IS passed-to be
more explicit. the boat IS three miles
from the shore. Here IS the imaginary
line. which. roIloginE the rule LAID
down IN internar'-Hal Law. has been
adopted as bounding the jurisdiction
u a State. Here the Illinois law has
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But the Windy City Has Greater Claim to
Gambling Fame in Her City of Traverse" a
Thoroughly Up-TO-Date, Deep-Sea-GOing Poo
Room Which Steams Defiantly Out Beyond ii
" Three Mile Limit" and by Means of WireI
Apparatus That Even Fog Horns in the Hands
the Laws .Miuions Cannot Upset Takes Retu
From the Ponies and Money from the
"Dcpc-Sheet Fiends."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1906-03-22

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fiibrte.
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nor0lueitlidcu 8oli5ciltation litter
ser Nniduloigung DEM @eri6tsOcr.
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mlon bon Nr. 1909, 8enniploania.
gucnltc, on9eblid 500 inter Gors
ipic9cll1tg foli6cr Sbntioden erlongt
SIT bo6elr. Serr 6reeomon beboltptet.
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fault, OoS CT ais iein Gi9entbltm be-
5cihnct babe. @enige Gage ipGter
babe icood cine Eionofirmo Nnlprl,dJ
oltf 0ollclbc crboben.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1906-03-22
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Die cS iucroen poqcn, Saduerit1n.
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mem Experimental = Sortrag bic
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Gbotio6c, ooB, cnt9cgeu ben BON
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le9tct griobrungen, iliinigc Suft be-
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