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and Burlington. commemorating the de-
votion to the Church Of Samuel de Cham
plain and Il the early Jesuit missionaries.
Cardinal Gibbons will preach at Platts-
burg.
On Monday. July S. the centre Of activity
will be about Crown Point. and on the
following day, July Q. the celebration will
be at Fort Ticonderoga. Special interest
attaches TO this part OF the programme
because Of the work for the restoration
of the fort which lis being carried on by
Mrs. S. H. p. Pell OF New York. The
work has progressed so far that a recep-
don to President Taft will be held in the
west barracks.
The complete restoration Of the fort
to the condition in which Col. Ethan
Allen found IL at the beginning OF the
American Revolution would require ten
years OF labor and an expenditure OF
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fifty bones for the privilege Of working
on the fair grounds and he tipped the
wink to the chief Of police to give me
plenty of time to light out in cas- OF
trouble. So far, good.
"On this day I took in eight or ten
bubes for various amounts from $40 to
$50 and was feeling pretty good when
up came a fellow named Shorty, who ran
a restaurant, and he said. What have
you got there's?
There amt no police around here at
this moment?' | said, peeking su~spiciously
around, and 1t the same time We were
under the protection Of the police. i knew
that would get Mister Man going. Under
my breath ] whispered:
Kindly step over close and I will put
you WISE
Il went on and explained 1t to him.
and he said. BY gee. I'll try it for two
bits
ITO make a long story short I q doubled
him from rs cents to sic. and II you TAXI
out your pencil and figure it that means
he loses for a quarter. then for a half,
then for O dollar. then for two. then fol-
four. next for eight and then for sixteen
or Ssl rs, while you draw q few breaths
II he keeps on doubling every loss to keep
his interest good 1t doesn't take long &c
get good fat money, and two. or three
such players g $500 to $sOo an houI
or 80, or even il yo3 get only n who
loses for $3.50 you can close up for the day
Sayyy? Oh, it's a snug thing, these hat
joints.
As / was saying, / got Shorty where
he was in for something like $32. say
right here, by the by. that there may be
no mistake. l never allow my customers
10 win a dollar, not q single dollar. All the
bets won on my camel back are won by
INV own boosters, and as the bube has the
pleasure Of seeing them win it whets his
appetite for more.
aIn Shorty's case the booster now
stopped the squeeze on JP' so turneo
to him and said:
Now, see here: you understand OF
course how TO play the American game
of poker? You win this time. but as a
condition and bet that just forces me
TO out down sei and II will cost you $50
more il you wish to stay, you
win you win II ALL
-He looked at me. req IN the iace' anu
started to perspire. BY George, ain't
rot that much with me-. viii you wait
ten minutes while | go downtown to
get itT
81 said: oh, no. neighbor: the only
percentage | have ia to freeze a man out
I'm telling you that squarely. Had you
enough in your pocket to stay you are
bound to beat me-
aJust then my booster says. Say
! mister, can I take his CHANGER
.'Oh, no. | reply; don't try to cheat
The devil himself which brings a laugh
aThcn my booster whispers TO the bube.
shorty. he's trying TO blum your Oh
| course Shorty gets sore and rips out
BY he'll, you've simply got 10 walt Ter
minutes while ! 20 down and
Against the rules. neighbour ou'
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WALL SIGNS.
Why Lettered In English. Even In CIT,
Districts Intensely Foreign.

Why Lettered In English. Even In City
Districts Intensely Foreign.
'To be sure said q man in the wall
sign advertising business, there are
various districts Of the city populated
almost exclusively by people Of foreign
nationality. still speaking their native
tongue. practically foreign quarters within
the city's limits; and you might think
that in painting wall signs in these
localities we would paint them In the
languages there most familiar; but we
don't; almost all wall advertising signs Of
a general character are everywhere
painted in English.
.0f course in these various localities
you would find no end OF strictly local
signs, store signs and 40 on. In the pre-
vailing language Of the neighborhood;
but I I'm speaking now Of wall signs
Of q more or less general character.
"A while & We painted in an Italian
quarter Of the city. for q city closhing
co ncern. a sizable wall sign. covering
the side Of a tenement, in Italian: but this
was an exceptional case, whore the store
and the patronage sought were not very
far apart; while the bulk Of the wall sign
ad vertising is Of things intended for
use everywhere. and these signs are
com monty painted In English wherever
thev may be placed.
.Over on the East Side OF town. In the
Jew ish quarter. VIC have painted q few
wall signs in Yiddish. In these signs,
advertising q food preparation. appears
the figure OF q man in costume. and this
figure Ia OF course painted here the same
as everywhere, a picture. M you might
say, appealing In a universal tongue;
and the name. the title OF the preparation,
Is here put up In English lettering In it's
usual form; but the rest of the lettering.
the descriptive matter. is done In
THESE wall signs in Yiddish would be
novel and striking to anybody. and they
have proved attractive and interesting
to the people living In that locality; and
In population and atmosphere intensely
foreign such signs are commonly painted
with their regular English lettering.
Everywhere the children 60 to school
and learn English II their elders do not;
and then we have many foreign citizens
llsh as we'll as their v native tongues.
and everywhere there are people who
can read the signs for those who cannot;
and then living In or passing through our
foreign districts there are always more
or Less people to whom English Is the
mother tongue.
$50 as to wall signs OF a general adver-
Using nature " Ia commonly. considered
good business TO make their lettering In
English wherever they may be put; and
l suppose you might say that besides
sigma thus isttersd arc In some localities
In . measure educational
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Marching southwark to what Is now the
&; rden OF he Pell house, they crossed,
descended u fight OF stone steps and adj
yanced along a passage leading to q rear
entrance O. the east side OF the fort.
Coming into the fort proper by way OF a
s%allyport. they encountered two British
soldiers, n OF whom upon being struck
on the head fled for safety. The second
soldier tried to fire at the assailants, but
his musket failed to explode.
After dividing his followers into two
sections, arranging one at the east and the
other at the wost end Of the parade ground.
climbed tho stairs to the second
story of the west barracks and went
along the balcony with three companions
to the last door on the southern end.
Just what tool place at this juncture
every American ~schoolboy is supposed to
know, but Mr.. Bosom afirms that the
histories do not repeat Aliens exact
words.
Descendants Of the three men who
were with Allen" said Mr.. Bosom re-
Gently, declare he did not Use the lam
guage with which he has been credited.
" hat he did do and what he did say, ac-
cording to them. was this: He beat upon
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Yes, you win! Do you hear it? Are
you alivef Are you gamey? 8, @, Q. IL
and IA, IS, 2l and you win! Look on the
board and see where 81 is And he
looks up, delighted to find, with sur
prise, that it is the cursed JP.
Holy Moses! how he roars! Well, II
he can't double to protect his interest he
drops out. and that means that he is
cleaned as slick as a whistle and the
booster takes his defaulted interest.
plays it and with surprising ease wins
the pot"
We'll. my friend" the tourist inter
jected, 1how do you watch the boosters
from getting away with the dough-
Are you a bube tooG" He glared
at the tourist. Didn't you ever notice
at camel back affairs and other doings in
the mining country that there is a mys-
terious guy on the outside' He's also
in my pay and he is the cleaner,
He cleans the boosters for me as soon
as they get it. He costs me big money, for
he must be a reliable man. His pay Is
usually $40 a day and expenses. He knows
the game as well as I do. only he hasn't
the capital. SavvyI".
-l've heard some mighty queer slang
around fat joints" the tourist put In.
trying to put he best face on it that he
could after his error.
yes. the talk is all but Incompetent
sible to the layman.' asserted he man
with the lilac gloves. Hero are a few:
81 pay the ick day. What does that
mean?"
@Give it up
why. Pipe the detective And this:
IN Stay the ONT jay!' Are you next9'
1Not in a thousand years
Simple as a. b. c. that is. Slough the
Joint, close up!' And this: The old
bear is at your ap.pre!' savvy''
nix. pal
Simply this: The police. vamoss.
hike!'"
The tourist happened to know some Of
the slang from Reno, and cut In briskty:
-Yes. but II q bube drops $500 and starts
to make q rumble %Inoisel what do you do
then. old pal?'
"The CRATER walks away and abandons
his layout. which at best In worth. say, $40.
The minute the bube goes after a copper
the CRATER heats Il. All grafters stick
together. fighting among themselves.
but In common danger SGT up Hey.
Rnbe!' and fly to the other fellows
! assistance. YOU bet We will fight back to
back II we have to.
sThe greatest trouble IL to get squared
with the local police. but II can be done.
For is per cent. rakeof the chief gives
us time 70 get out should q bube make
a holler. He tips us of, but meantime
mrs, ends "a be overlooking with righteous
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$500, 900. In the ruins OF the fort are
found many useful suggestions for re-
construction. Diggers are continually
unearthing door hangers. locks and knobs
which serve as models for the artisans
employed in the work Of restoration. A
curious find by the ~excavators was a roll
OF homespun cloth fairly we'll preserved.
Rumors have been aHoat concerning
five kegs Of British gold and a keg OF
whiskey, said to have been buried in the
debris, but persistent search for them has
proved Of no avail. So interested in the
quest for hidden gold were a party Of men
from Cleveland. Ohio. that they came
east with a faded diagram, an heirloom.
as they asserted, locating the hidden
wealth, and requested the privilege OF
digging for the yellow metal, but their
efforts met no reward. Equally unsuc-
cessful was the attempted elimination
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Of the gold reported to have been buried
in a well by the paymaster Of ~Burgoyne's
army just before his departure for the
battle Of Saratoga.
Exactly what Ethan Allen did and said
on the occasion Of his capture Of the fort
is one OF the contributions to historic
knowledge that have resulted from the
Investigations in progress in connection
with the restoration. Alfred {. Bosom.
a New York architect who is in charge of
the plans for restoring the fort, has looked
into this matter carefully and has Ques-
toned descendant Of men who accom-
panied Allen. According to the evidence
gathered by Mr.. Bosom the little COM
pany sailed across Lake ~Champlain from
Larrabee's Point and landed e~ighty-fve
strong at Willow Point on the New York
side of the lake. about one-half mile north
OF the present side Of the old Pell home.
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The CRATER AND his PREY
A FRANK TALK on SURE THINGS
IN THE FAR VEST.

sCamel Backs'' and Other Games-Lu
ing the Victim On-The Umbrella
Trtck-Conndcnces BY . CRATER TAX
ing q yacatiOn--'Flat Joint" Lingo.
The CRATER had got away with a bundle
fhis he confided to a fellow traveller with
thom he had got chummy on a Union
Pacific train coming East
He was dressed ft to kill. and with his
lilac gloves was a sight for the prairie
dogs. He had just breezed in. he said,
from Frisco and after dropping about
two hundred to the swell tailors for an
outfit was on the trail TO see old pals In
Chicago. He got confidential when the
train struck the racetrack OF the union
Pacific. that is to say, from North Platte
this way for a thousand miles or 80. with
a drop OF seven feet to the mile, and little
for the engineer to do but hold her back
az he whirled on with 1875 miles or 80 be-
tween water tanks.
FLAT joints are always good for a kill
ing said he. He was. he frankly ad'
mitted. simply soalping the West to make
his bundle and light out. See the point9
But Il WA a rough. hard life, he conceded.
and he hated it from the heart. but nerved
himself to 90 through with 1t, for the dough
the easy dough. which he needed just
like anybody else. Then he went on with
his story
Went down one day he began, "to q
place In Utah, Had a camel BACK viii
a squeeze on il, q sure thing outfit to take
the money from the bubes.
The squeeze that throws the spindle
where you wish works from under the
table. A camel back is about three feet
long and is on a table ten feet long
around which the bubes gather to give
me their money in the hope OF winning
their everlasting fortunes from the peck
Of coin that ] jingle in plain sight OF Their
hungry eyes. or course at the righ,
time the squeeze will stop the spindle
anywhere ! wish.
'On the table is a circle and on some
spaces are five boxes and three boxes
and 80 on, and In another space Is Du
and in another JP. The meaning oil
DU is simply this: II a bubc puts down
Two bis the booster or the end who
works the squeeze stops II on the Do
and the next tire II ousts the player
"a: a doIiar to keep his interest alivo,
but it forces ms. the house. 10 put a dollar
where tho bube can see IL. ! tell MN
Should this spindle stop on D this time
OF IN ? or 2 you get double tho amount
according 10 the numbers Savvy'
The trouble with a spindlSand squeeze
ou,h, Is 30 get IL In n place where you
can work it. but this time ! happened
TO be in such a place. Hero everything
goes II you square yourself with the rieh'
men Of the Town on 3 percentage basis.
Are you oni | paid q certain party
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Needles s Wear Of Roads by AutoA
From he Genflcno,ndn,

A county surveyor protests against the
habit which many motorists have OF doing
the majority OF their driving on the crown
or centre OF the road. This method 81
driving means that n portion Of TIN
road takes all the wear and natsTs..c Ct
course gets worn into ruts and ridges.
II the traffic would spread itself. and
make all that portion OF the road from
gutter to the top OF the crown take a
much longer and would require less fre-
quent repair. In these days when roads
are made almost fiat there IL no Reuse for
this habit OF clinglng to the crown, but
where roads are made with a. great deal
OF Gambler tits perhaps excusable, as driv-
Ing on a continuous slope 10 the rsvereo
Of pt1asant.
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in, but rather than have a fuss or a scene
1 will, as a special favor to you, wait ten
minutes; but remember II you are not
back in ten minutes you most certainly
lose your interest in this pot
Shorty hollered to a friend who had
q rig tied there, jumped into the rig and
I never expected to see him again.
Imagine my surprise when, exactly
nine minutes later. he came rushing
up with thirty-two silver dollars. /
grabbed him by the hand and in order to
make a very great show Of squareness
said, Here. neighbor, you turn the spindle
yourself this timel'
HE gave the spindle a vicious zip-p-p.
and | could tell by his looks that his heart
was in his neck. He made all kinds OF
facial contortions and his eyes stuck out
a foot. The spindle crept forward slowly
and 1t looked as IL though would stop on
five boxes, just missed five. slipped over
two. under one-and stopped on DU.
For thirty seconds Shorty could not
speak. Then he blurted out. Well, how
much does it cost me this time?'
do you mean | said, to double
up? 1t costs you. OF course, just $4
this time. but remember you shall retain
your interest In the bet. If forces me.
neighbor, to put down sl2s. OF course
should she stop on the /, 2, 3, I, 5 you
win the amount proportionately,'
BY CAD. I've not got that much with
me- he replied.
In the meantime I had the booster
playing along with him, and a lot Of out
siders were also playing small bets and
edging him n He reluctantly decided
10 drop out, and Of course my booster
covered his interest and promptly won
the big pot. When with a great clatter
Of silver l handed the booster owe the
money | thought Shorty would drop
dead in his tracks.
He decided to start all over again and
asked Well, what will it cost me now?'
He began again at two bits INT little
by little he raised it to $l2 and then
dropped out, skinned clean.
After | got that Shorty wen around
and made il 30 hot with my boosters
that | decided 10 close the house for the
day. We got n rig and started for Spring
Vile, a own on the main line OF the Dem
YER and Rio Grande.
we were just In time to get a train
lot II poInt uoWh tle 'he' anu hs tpe tTuln
pulled out I stood on the back platform
and saw Shorty coming pellmell down the
road in a rig, with three or four tough
looking friends and a deputy sheriff, /
waved my hand and smiled"
Nov the talk drifted TO various forms
OF fiat joints" and the man with the
lilac gloves and the hobby San Francisco
| clothes - going home to friends in
Chicago who may or may not know his
trade-grew deeply interested in his craft
and discussed with expert information
many OF It's subtleties.
.The umbrella game Ia a bit milder,' he
said re~miniscently. Its a wheel with
~oolors, but there Ia a squeeze OF course
az In the other form Of camel back. We
couldn't do business without the plan OF
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stopping it when and where we please.
could wei"
"Of course not, pal; certainly not the
tourist cut in. and he looked relieved.
Every man to his own trade he re-
turned with a sigh; you have your way
Of skinning the public. | have mine. We
all live of the public. / say. How is that.
Ell? Candidly, now, how is it?'
The train Numbered on through the
night and in the lull In the talk the man
with the lilac gloves seemed to be thinking
deeply. He resumed after he had appar-
emily Gained the remnants OF his con-
science with sorne sort OF invisible knock
out drops:
Say there are six colors. They put
money down on a color. but there is a
booster who goes with them. see. and puts
down on the colors not covered. Five or
six people can play this game.
Now, II a dime calls a color, he is sup
posed to get q dollar umbrella. and he has
the privilege Of selling it back TO me for 81.
A two bit color called brings a 81 so UNI
brella. which | buy back at that figure.
The umbrellas are just a stall to evade
the law. They cos wholesale a a dozen.
II q man wins a 81 so umbrella he receives
the same umbrella as he does for 81: for.
with slight variations in, the handles, the
umbrellas are eA alike. The limit OF wins
is ten umbrellas. or t25 for the best, or $40
for the supposedly poorer umbrellas. We
take them all back Of course.
The man that works the squeeze al
ways stops 1t on the color that has the
- - .- l.. A A. I--
s. on the red. 81 on the black, 10 cents
on the green and $40 on the yellow. he
stops it on the green. The percentage
is xix to one. SO strong that the player
has no chance to win.
THE cloth Ia a variation OF the spin
die. A green cloth with twelve minia-
ture pins like bowling alley pins COM
prises the outfit. The pins are cut square
with four numbers. one on each side.
There Is a board on the order OF a black
board, with numbers on IL. for prizes
Then there are several numbers that
mean JP and DU. or double up II you
wish TO retain your interest.
1.-THE idea ia for the bube TO knock
down pins. and with lightning rapidity
the CRATER count the numbers in view,
or miscounts them. He has peculiar
combinations, uses. rather mysterious
language.
Here is the way or Il: 'Ah. ha. ali, ha!
? and 2 Ia 20. and 8 Ia a. And then the
player says What's that and the CRATER
takes q stick and goes over II again.
with a show OF fairness. but keeps mis-
counting. Why, my neighbor. look.
2. l., O.. s, 10 and 10 IL ~, and 8 Is 49, and
TO distract attention. adds In n loud
triumphant voice. 'Ha. ha! Look on the
board. neighbor, and see whore % Isl
It means Du again, and he must double
to stay. Holy Moses!'
"Thc CRATER ohuokled In spite Of
himself; IL was very real TO him.
well, he sticks EN- up again, and again
the player knocks EN- down. He says,
BY gee, ncighbor. this time you winl
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best schools in this old u. s. A.; and
don't you forget II, their low down brother
Is there with the coin. Never mind where
he gets 1t. So isn't there something good
in the worst Of us. eh?"
Sure thing, pal"
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CHAMPLAIN'S GALA WEEK
CELEBRATION IN WHICH THREE
NATIONS ARE INTERESTED.

rne Champaign T%erccntenary and Our
struggles With England II estorinE
Old Fort Ticondcrpga-Many Relics
Uncarthed One OF Arnold's Ships.
The Lake Champlain precautionary
celebration will occupy the week begin
ming July 4 and will be held at various
points Of historic interest about the lake.
A good de-! OF history will be covered by
the exercises.
On Sunday, July 4, services will be held
in the Catholic churches at P~lattsburg
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-03-12
House Passes Many Measures but Senate is Slow Take
them Up.

ing to the finance committee,
where its enemies dwell.
The house is growing impatient
with the lack of progress of the
dozen or more bills in the senate
which the lower branch has passed
many of which will never be
reached by the senate.
Representative Wilder was taken
to St. Luke's hospital last Friday
night, where he underwent another
operation for the trouble over his
eyes. This is the second for the
same trouble, and, with his opera
ton for appendicitis, has made
him, as local newspaper has
stated, a good man for the doctors
to know. He is progressing favor
ably and should be back in his
seat next week.
Mrs. Garcia, wife of Representa-
tive Garcia, with her two boys,
has arrived in Denver, to remain
to the close of the session. The
little fellows were on the floor of
the house to-day and were greeted
by all the mem bers. who told them
what a great man their father is.
OF course they did not understand
what was meant, but they had
good time, just the same.