, 1875-08-01

soos asa1uss nlS organized mapIpulaEon
Justice and length of pocket Consequent
. some propose to descend to = method COARSE a
have It tin-Foggiug.
70 discover how the prospect Of such saluta
hua hua, slsorooe treatment WIS received by Il
. terVia"ed number OF them Yesterday afte
noon He first called upop
,,:.~ THE CHIEF OF TIE CLAN,
anSe sl! Mcdonald He found this individual .
u!e, III tne midst OF plumber OF b
most brilliant satellites, talking On matters
! business. =" w. AA1"|0A'
well Joe,"' asked Hike Of q s1aek wal,
dressed individual just drawing the lees Of
whisky COCKTAIL did you miss tbs old feilo,
HUNGRY JoE-
for the person addressed enjoys this choice ar
pellatlon, derived not from the extent OF h;
bodily furnishing, but from bis greed for Gran
gers-laugheda laugh Of hesrt1ess, hollos mocl
gambler, for polite conversation IS Lid ssid
among themselves: '.Just ppt stack of reds q
that: tcaught him for 100 cases. Why. th
old fool la preacher down in Wabash Count,
Came up hele to attend some religious CONVEX
tlon or other. Got his name OF BuIke's register
Queer old duff he VAS. told him vas
nephew OF city clergyman. and asked hin
to call and see my uncle, and talk oye
matters. He will have to see bis uncle with hl
ticker, guess, to raise money enough to 70
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vention:" .l.d s',t, this contem; ;tuous fling th,
low fellow lndulged ID disgusting chuokle AMI
passed Mcdonald ~. of money.
:. 1s this my Is per tcn: ?" asked Mike "set
tied with the game-ket 'cr, eh :"
-" Yee, that's all right, here's your doodle
and I'm on for the Central train to take another
trlok," AID, whistling "Mulllgan GuArds, :" he
etrode AWAY to commit fresh depredations upon
the innocent aud uuwary.
| That waB an odd duck-1hat old fellow In
yellow corduloys you mad in tow this afternoon,
Johnn1, said Mike to an individual known to bis
familars IS
| "fes. be was, returned the person addressed.
~ thought ha was pretty light when frat
hitched 10 bin. He didu't appear to draw much
more than Mtsaisaippi scoWbo But be was
pretty we'll loaded. Caught him for 5150. He
was from Kansas and We got to taking about
the grasshopper plague there. He SAID there
vera good many gTasahopper-suffeEers wbe1e
he lived. 1; don't eee. Mike, why the
people don't do somethi8g for the grass
let them suffer in this way" The crowd LAUGHED
heartily at the bad, uufeeling Joke and sua-
gested to Johnny the e1pedieGcy Of "setting
EN- up forthwith. Johnny assented. and liba-
tions of burning, soai-destro31ng whisky we're
directly poured down their respective thloats.
sA1n TIE "sNoozER,"
diminntiye dwarfsh speciman, who hovo1s on
tha ragged edge Of bunkoism, and has yet to
achieve brilliant record Is an operator, II had
coming out Of the Sherman this morning
looked "a green a. q grasehopper and hat as 3
founder. Tried to steer hum, but he wouldn't
have it. Cussed like corsair and handed me
over to 'cop.' The peeler handled ma = little
rough, you know, FOX blind, and said he'd see
me tlxed Tor slx-months' stretch, dragged me
up Cla1k until Ne got cut OF sight Of the fly
duck, and then We wont lato Foley's and had
drink On it."
You're no good, snoozer,'" said Nike. "Wby
cant you tumble 10 paying *racket'2 Here
you have every advantage in training, but I'm
hanged il III. Gan make anything Of you. You're
dead loss to the house. You haven't brought
in nickel for week. We can't have il. You're
10 good for genteel work. You'll hare to Try the
aneak-thief line; y9u might do enough there to
keep from starving"
The reporter, during this edifying and in
strucdTe conVersstlon, had stood just behiod q
pile OF wina~cases which separate the cigar
showcase from the bar Of 1.-THE Store, whence
be had retreated when he observed tha: Mike
was evidently engaged in taking an account Of
stock Of the profits OF the mornings work. He
overheard all that VAS said, however. Much
more conversation Of tue came sort followed, IN
tetspersed with oaths and curious words and
phrases common to: the ounko business, no
eral others whom. he heard called kid" !"
jerry Dunno, California Jack, etc, told their
sBiudling adventures with well-meaolng and
honest but ignorant people who had come here
to buy goods, 10 SEQ friends, or to attend con-
vontions, all Of which demonstrated the most
complete rascality and the most cruel and heart
less rapacity- The ways and means by which
they had entIapped the upsuspecting stranger ]
were dwelt upon, some OF them creating much |
amusement aud elicting many compliments !
their spoits. Here was tie respectable
Fagln surrounded with his horde Of Dodgers and ]
Sikeses. Here we're illustrated in the strongest |
,olo1s and in characters Of their own hmnine ]
he iniquity OF the most successful species OF |
obbe!y: the gullibility Of Strangers and the cor
uption of officers OF the law.
The scene. proved indisputab1y that it is \
rade organized By master hand, followed With
III the zeal that characte1izes the most enter
'1ising Chicago business sman-sysrematically,
md. as the daily records Of these v1lains' ex-
'loita show. successfully.
The reporter had evidently dropped into 1.-THE
Lore" when its chieftain was holding oua Of
EvERYDAY BUSINESS CONSULTATIONS
18th bis partners. Presently be heard him say:
Jerry, there are pretty aood-looking lot Of
traDgers at the Pacific this morning It will do
, look after them. I understand there are a
IT Of Johnny Bulls stopping there. Maybe you
an catch 'em for drawing Then there are
atee or four country Stockholders Of an Iowa
abroad theae; they ought to be pretty good
8uo- Ii tAtSa AlAeEu1u Resp uu REttauE |
ned and borrowing" continued he, laughingly,
LII need bushels Of money. The bank is run
ing light. Try and do the best you can.
ack, you take look around Kuhns' and the
reyoort- Jim, you might look iuto the Palmer,
ID johnny, you take the street-cornars. Fol-
~ 'em close, boys. Don't get scared at Sum !
erfeld's furry; that will be all right snoozar,
, try and make man Of yourself"
The "boys" departed to their several fields Of
oeration, and Snoozer sailed forth. no doubt
lied With the noble purpose Of making man !
himself at the expense Of the Stranger and '
the emplument Of Mcdonald.
rhe latter sauntered towards the door, prob !
,ly 70 sec that the boys didu't loter around !
N Appletons, aud the reporter, emerging from :
70 place where he had been an earnest listener
the above conversation, accosted him.
R.-Mlke, what do you think of
TIE NEW WAY OF PUSIsH1Ed BuNKo-MEH7
Haven't heard there WAS any Way Of pun "
hing them What new way2
fogging them: =
theml Come, now, what are s
u giving me2
R,-Vhy, didn't you know there Was some "
TX Of Introducing the whipping -poss7
Nike Whipping post! Come now, that ID q
cd one. Don't fool fellow. Tell me what
u mean. Floe bunko-man! Why, what for? =
u had better catch few JederBonians aud "
. them. It wouldn't hurt few reporters any G