, 1875-07-31
NO. lI6.
How Business Is Carried on in Clark
Street Mock Auction Shop.
Fluctuations In the Vnl,,e of Jew-
clry--.Gel,ufne Prices.
porsonnel Of tho Establishment.

pereQnnel Of tho Establishment.
Al ono t!tno tho ,iovspnporA Of Chietgo veto !
infant t,pon cxposng tho domGs Of tho mock |
ntetiot Aloba, ahd tho sad relations Of phoplo |
vho hid btdti Bsslh1led lii thcse plhcea foEnod |
tho bt1rtlch Of tho police hoya. or lato, how
oyor, tic tnellifaous bihkoiAt l,as usurPed tho
uotosiots befofb tho hro+jorty ok tho shid6 Auc.
tiouces AMI for aonlo nlphthA thd htadlor OF
b,asa watctios ttah beon suffered 10 livd III ptnco,
In tbl1 idfot ffd,h interruption hs las lo1fishcd
ike tho trcoh bny tree, an at pteaont failly d.
v,dbs With tho bunko.rohi,Sr tho honor d. boihg
tho Primo disgrace ot Chicago.
Thd liatltiss 5t tlle auclionccr-ihcf Arc oti tho
Yent Hiis tnuft,ly; bnt ovch on tho South s!do
ehots Ato holno flaces III wlst. tho ljuhiiioba iB
carritd oh. fl,o worst duo known 10 Tho police
"a At No. TIC Clark Attcot, di,A con6otuing lhia
1en tt.oro lnhy trJn.aGIy Do fcN wotds said.
III tho t1tat place
fitE stErttonn of nortsn-tx ,..
tho cd,thttstheh hto tiow With tho years. or old,
tuo beat dodge sas ID ha46 Aoiho sljahdohed old
vbaky:btttntntr cdnc III with ande watch md
,nauy t6ats aud besoetl tli6 Auciolobr to sell II
fot him to otiahd him td got 1iothd. AtIdr tito
1ru tlAs #as infEoly btaetced. ahd tho pro-
rrammo WIS varied by hlib9tttutlns ht tihteh In
old prostitute or weeping boy for The hummer
Aforesaid.
A very fair Idea Of tho moiarn way OF doing
busiuoss may bo gained from roaainE ono days
.dycutiros III No. Ito CLARK stroet. First, how
eyor, Il may bo we'll to say lin. the place poars
tho outward sonblanco OF paWnshop, aud
beafe Oh iss i.s window llo aign ol Joseph
0otdeb, Colorado Loau Oflce." The place is,
however. known sn,ong. tho Grail al 'lkcns'."
and in !n4uliy Of tho Agent Of tho building TO-
ycaiA she fact thai
lIr:hED l1KEss
lcssea tho atofo ind phys Tho rcnt. IT any Is
paid aud thero Is no reason why there should
not b. for tho pfoliss Of tho husincsa arc i'm.
rnonse Wien eou.utIyulen enough can bo gullod
into buying.
Tho plsea Is regularly licensed By ttip city to
do an auction husiuess. and TIC sanne Alfred
Likcns appo'trs On tue books A. tho person 20
uulsr fIeeh1t Nb II, hhd ftrtB tll6 iihr1ta 6f H.
O. MASSEY Aid ": Dtd1o.E hs his c'orhs.
In the modern htyln Of. at1ct4on bubntHB clofks
aro noccs GARY, but not moro 80 than cappers or
sopors, tyr bY-bidaoss. or .whatsvor else thoy
NAV bo called. A. No. 11G they employ two
co1igta mt workers In tiiiB ttdblb piofesslon be-
eides occasional outeido M hnlp; " these two aids
sized cubh,ios:iobk.nk sonn9 NTH, rbtihre 81 or
25 yys.s OF ago. wearing b!ack clothes sud Ren-
orally black aloucll lat or q dis5opntaRlo wptc
s h.s IL xshsr s4as A ill., II esf aae ii as1 s I oase
ahd he Neata u kdld 6t brssh hathdf on lAs rSst-
ctlar.
Tie other roper is srilo taller, Inns light uus-
tisse bsea nbs It'll psq SItis 5 eid 9pS Rn IT,
sbohs 2s of n tosrA uf aEs. Md Hol!a, Il h6
Vsts elsan, PRESENT ddcent att'tattucS:
rHu luprtoxnx!,B
are employed CHG a tall thin man With hiaek
whlsEors. aud Tho other short fat man with
very red faco aud choleo vocabulary Of Slang,
profanity. ahd Abupe Of rariuus kinds.
Tho stote Inns Id It ali AJrta Of uikcsllhheouh
truuk' including de~e|sy; and in,ttatol 3e"slt7
Whsn the reporter frat went into tho place
tho tail auctiohtet Vas bofiinF bot n 1oweiry,
tha Wcas Side. sho had gottrn $50 bn it, and he
NJ Esn1's IT, 1t M ~ss t'; seeS' %
rapidly betweon tho tso tohfodotates 10 $40. d
Which pfict IL wks ktrt1tk OF to This tut onG.
THIN THE coM4DT HEoAN,
aud The improyed proceaa OF sailing Mhs n1adt
manifest W tho conWon people,. IAe rope
began BY gong up to thS aiot!9hsor a;t aud esyint
hs plaasa Nais till nots Thufsday for lHe balahe'
rhs auosieneor couldn't think of, IT., the, good!
must be so!d At on eng f9r easl ana thon ,, he Ra
Obs 1o.iine Witch, ohu long chain, onb set Dat
rings, bhs blesss pin. uno tlpg. The repofte
took occasion 10 look ths atuif over and found
ct tug paoss ordinary hrass ahd eoorea gl.sa
sdtd to ths oth6r rbpsr fdr aBdut 20
liz xhs tedueattd to hteb down to tAe desk aad
ssttlo, slsich ho did by having ths box shd ooha
Ing back to aid in another sRle.
10 ASCERTAIN exactly
WuAf FilE aoops WE'RE WORTH
= avtsit was made to wholbsale house Of kt1bWl
honeBty, std like Aftioles were pticel With tn
following result. thu atttrea III each stse ha
{nu nf }i,n nj n lattAF nualt{T than tNDR