, 1876-09-02
s!n, uuHNs ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT.

EH- uuNSH On THE ANXIOUS SEAT.
Another dtsse'nt1ator VI obsccne literature
has cuc to grief. Ills name IL Jonas J. Burns,
and lie maintains surt Of iluat existence nt 1888
Mnnroc street, where ise lsas }ob-prsnting Of
ec, nllA At II Monroe street, wllcrc he psctcnds
to rent lodgings. Tho lattcr nrc occupied mostly
by femalrs w!lo are supposed 10 llayu Lust even
tho Inst sllruds of Dnce respectable characters.
Jonue publishes MI eight-pagc sheet known Us
the Chicago I'an. Its mission, rs ia declared IN
the editorial page, Is "ttlc prevention Of the
blurs aud dry ttnes.,n The way It proposes to
accomplish t!.ls desirable object Is seen II, Its
nake-up III tho first paec, It is devoted to the
advertisements OF book With the following
catching title: "Wtlnws' Traps and slaI1ens
Tricks, showing, by series of actlsal
fa:ts, how tnc naughty matlens, and tho still
Cy of Ssw York Tso % tlte.pssgs s sSei fur,irp II i
states tlMt tic hook is cnbeished with scycr4l
fir the book uctualy contaius about five IT,.
,aicdiy latl wood-crts, representing tho clnm,-
scst set Ut characters Imaginable. They all
lork like .lrygootls clerks, Of bothkcxes, drcsscu
W' areq dp c nar " a sotts
which is called " LnYc-AEaking 8crrcts," HnoE
of ltcaaty,' pictures aud photographs repre-
scntIng peollc III various states of nudity, ctr,,
ste.' a., ad ; na'lkealn, i nlso contains bli
the country. Aboyo uil, It states that
it IN ctliitl by su1nebo,ly with the
al)lsrrattyc atnc ol InEy Jo,ss, lr., who tspio'-
lily myth, aS i1asus sce' tn be the individual
r,iE WAY RuKss CAME TO uE CHECKED IN HIS
EAlkEEH
rs an cnrsny tn hlurh Ail dry ttIncs was rs fol-
lows: III Tho roilrsc Of bis business he fpunl It
try, which he s.alle. - Catalogue OF the Burn,
l'il0lihhng Company" Nav, onn column VI
this circular II taken up With in advertisement
q & Ssonpar,atEy;S,ly innosent weapon, known n.
Hat b.! .2 or particularly olscens ~ tlat:
pretcnlB to lie III cxtru,t lFvD
The book already mentioned, though il, rcu!lty
Il ts no sntl' thIng, lit simply, q lccoy grtte'
the matter ot t:,c exsraet!. EGttng need In sad
except tMt Il Is un1li.takailly nl>srctc. or this
extract, the circular grnudly states that Il is "a
HcIu breath ison! tllu Frozen Nurtf. IN ct,l,lla!'
rurison tu what tho book really contalns.", 7h's
statement as simply nnalc to tleludc cyi-ninl@l
persons intp buying thu tH>uIs, which, while 1t
!oiisa sa!ua lolg rccnra Ut female folses utltl fol-
bes, dncs not contatn ANYTHING quite s! fcalls-
t!c Tho remainder Of the circular is taken w
With advertisements nj ot1er vile articles, au!
elokcs with all tnt1lccmeHt to pcrxu1ls who will
send tbs names of young men 10 thu publishers.
Now, this circular was ,uallcd to Il young man
ter, and addressed 10 I. d. Iiox b13, that eity.
Tho rnyelopB boru thu na:re Ut the publishers
anI l.cent stamp. Thu Postmaster Ut lial-
weston, Mr. C. d. eab!n, ha,l his attention talet
tn tic tIrcu!sr, ,JMl sent II on 10 Washington to
the ,ua1, wu has Charge Ot tho business 1T pre-
venting tllu sendlns oi obscene matter through
tllo n,alls. From Washington It MAS sent 10
Special Agent iiawlcy Ut the Chicago 1'ost-Df-
t:c, with lnstrlictions 10 w''rls up tho ease. Mr.
llawley tllereupon wrotp u decuy-lettcr, wllici,
was sent to Galveston, wleso It was mailed fur
Chicago, and III due process arrived hero, Wl.
dressed tu the burns Publishing Company, II
Aunroe ktrcrt, Chicago, III.
THE pEcOf-LkTTEA
was al follows:
GALVESTON, Tex., Aug 20, l67a-nuRxs ruA.
CO. Three OF " BOYS want a copy u - Maids
pnl WItuws, :" and anything else that II funry. for
which We svnl you 81. seal them up and send to