, 1866-03-27
q WE CANNOT ALE LIVE BY THE
SCALPING BUSINESS,
4 Wall from a Disappointed Wheat
Gambler.

II the eafuaj T1s1foS Who A'dots' Our magnificent
Chamber Of Commerce. the place where merchants
1noet do eunKreeste. win take the trouble to II,
anime the left wing Of the La Sale street entrance
be will Be amply repaid for his trouble, by there
finding the eomeHhat curious md ahchtly m ysteti.
Ont leEand which form. The caption Of this article
ave caunot Ill live BY the scaipins business ~
This apparently starshnE proposition, no doubt,
would caute The non-eomEtrcial fcader-or, more
md tdiosynusdss Of lie wheat rins-so shadder.
Viewing The magnificent a'ructure, In which such
an msGiptfon "a. myaterfon* 4. ''S. T.-1e60-I.'j
he might 1ssdily s. excused tor beans bex1aessd h
at the cisi1!z6non which corld erea such ,uayuld.
cent ftinctnres n abound IN our city. sDd yet
lsh OF all the ho111d Customs practised
By the North American taracc- cc-"rcalalne." The
qner might naturally atse, Are The people Of
availab,e herr. The efalisicians of tie civ would
be CONSULTED a. TO whcre arc these ecalps shipped
10 they form an arlcle Of export, ot afc hey used
ont Of fsshion the latter solution would not e
correct oIe. Visions. somewhat ndi.tinct, Of ths
nssstse Sz ,S.n Sf r., ,ns oa Fes IT, yea loas
tayess, nigh, ns;utaiy sri.e in the mind os lin,
who ". igno.a1t q the modern meaning q the
sota ma-tacfe few yeats aca, md Tie hor4ors no
frequently new1th IN croesing the piaIu. ac vyidty
called to mind, and the tourist II he b
v1ite books Of travel. tneonttnenuy pacu hts "a
use and 1esves for parte, 1here higher order ot
Civilization 'naoF'es 'eceng," but condemns
We csnnos all live BY the ec.lpinc business"-
60 tsys The legend. The commercial reader who Is
able to Translate nc ..essos, vi! there nnd ses
m hours reflection. ns en- from It calculate Tbs
muIao!litJ Of human affairs, and kaleidoseopIc
view olths snugglins mass Ct humanity after The
The WI Of agony The writer gave vent to IN this
Ri:sty: re chIaeo dedni6on ofthe word ! sca,p.
Indian xarfare- II does not can 10 rslnd
Philip Of the Nssrsgaase!ss, OF Tnsyandenaseor
lion, nor Aolein.the-Day," whose Indian ZANE
&c cannot uow reeolect. scalpinR, as practised II
Chicago. y m enit1ely dtzrni business ron ihai
!. dusky 9,de'' near M,nnehaha's laughing
mocsasin,, pant the3r taee-, eaH7 toms
the contrary. hey arc = vel dEeesed. peaceahle
community. Their hab1ts are Of the enurely eoclal,
H gnt net domestic order. They pick Their teeth on
rsdes. patrenze The opera paY billiards, and calii.
vate con,tderable Acquaintance WITH two mysterious
inatsidus's-Ihomas md Jcienl.a-oomtnonly
prtne1ns business i sca,p,ns." As ths result of
ibis tsfbasous Practice, pocketbooks suffer. bank
accounts dwindle balanoes become small and beau-
strcet.," and "passinT IN chips" ffeqsentiy O.
cur. IL IL generally taken in good part by tho VIC
t,nns. t, Occasionally one Of he 'sca1ped Won't
rsS1% as :, ,nd sss md !, sasoSa o s
and Calumet are anxtousy looked tor, particularly
Nhen The crops arr damaged. Then they !
sse ~ PFea a:e sss g MAJ. MAJ oas1 s *esa Sai
pEetat, @ appearances 4pdlcate that such his
ysan ago. before the sy.teu Of gram
wese accustomed 10 conererafe On 4Chanct, and
putehate Gra,n Of anterior quality. which they iook
70 thear warehouses and passed through tauning
asnniccucy Of tscee 1nanipulations, It va. taken
10 tie elevators where 1t passed higher grade p{
1nspection than !! would o1hetH1tt hare done. and
when sold hgoncht proporstonately higher price
The operators making ntcu thing On the .tansac-
lion. From thu Start the business "a. set down e
being trather dsftputabie one. and those engaged
tnt were termed *scalper4." subsequently the te1m
msrein Of one Or rwo hundred uoiIars, bought and
sold wheat WITH The expectation Of making profit OF
nmneetchtt On OF one-s1xteentb Of cent pr oushsl.
These operators, .ho talk e!ibty Of handling ,hels
ociptf." and never give or takc cheque for the
',cslptne." The number Of ''scalpess" hss crr.uy
pretty thoroughly cleaned out. The market Ii
ben a1moet entirely against them. There 10 Eeay
lne speculative feset now, and The hn.1neas is a.
most completely In the hands Of those few capital
BY The industrious seeker after :1ic, who placed
up bulletin 10 the eject tnat he would elther find
'ott Hadcs Or China" The part three Of four
months have been time long to be remembered BY
ter day 10 their csentfui experience. They hare
nearly al! loet naoney-some more soue Less.
! he weak ones bare gone to the val. wheru SOME
nnce 10 his dl.appoia,s ID hopes b Ine7ning there
On, "Ne cannot ail live BY the BCzlpipc buSine1t"