, 1877-01-14
TIE NEWSBOY.

| If there is ever time when profanity might be
excusable. which many people doubt, tits when a
subscriber to morning paper finds that the
| th;cyish ne%sboy has taken advantage of the
early morning hours and purloined that which
| is dcarcr to said subscriber tnan almost any
| thing else, unless it be his breakfast But even
| q breakfast to many people is not complete
] without u newspaper. As the fresh energies Of
the body are provided for BY the morning meal,
SO the refreshed mind Graves mental food, and
| there is nothing like the morning newspaper,
iguratlvcly speaking, "to 20 to the right
spot" But the wicked ncwsboy steps in and
puts stop to all this, and now is
his fayorite time, when the average citizen does
not crawl out OF bed one whit earlier than is abb
solutcly necessary. Depredations Of this sort
hare been frequent this winter, particularly on
the South Side, much to the annoyance of SUBJ
scribers Complaints have been made, but the
evil does not cease, except where the subscriber
carries out yirtuous resolve to outwit the
ncwsboy BY rising early and grabbing his paper
before the ncwspoy gets his hands on it, or By
having a servant do this for him. 10 make the
rcscuing process more certain, several subscrib-
ers have made arrangements with the carrier to
ring tlle door-bcll when they leave paper.
Thcreupon the subscriber, or the early
rising servant. issues from the house,
deStcrousy scizes tic paper, and bears it in
contents are afterwards digcstcd along with the
morning cup OF coffee and the fresh hot rolls.
But THE SEWsBor KNOWS ANOTHER TRICK
worth two ol tho former. The process OF accu-
mutatin. papers by stealing them from peoples
houses one by one is altugettrr too SLOW to
meet his entire appreciation. There is danger
i'll it. too, for many newsboy has unpleasant
rccol1ections Of being caught at his own game, i
and the result lE's not always = been what he
might desire. The new plan cxccls the old one
in every respect. It is crafty in design. sudden
in execution. Mr.. Alfred Doyle, one
OF II1E TRIBUNE carriers for the South Side, is
in the habit OF receiving his morning papers in
ha'l-room at the Avenue House, corner OF Wa
bash avenue and Twenty-second street. The
papers reach this place about $3.50 o'clock in the
morning. while 1t Is yet dark 80 that he has the
gas burning in the hall when they arrive. On
several occasions lately, however, the newsboys
elected an entrance into the hail, put out the
gas when Mr.. DOYLE WAS receiving his papers,
snatched all ile had, and ran off with them. As |
there was no light hs Of course had no means
re- recover '" lis pa papers. no Las Last 'T Thursday DAY.
morning this was repeated. Mr.. Doyle noticed q |
policeman standing TIL the opposite side of the |
street, ashl he hearing the noise and the scutil-
saw Mr.. Doyle, and was informed to what |
WIS going on, The officer coolly replied that
HE COULD DO NOTHING TO THE BoYs.
1t SO happened that one fellow had taken the |
ottilC3 ltt! uI l1lCEH pApEIS Which,
blew around in all directions, and OF these Alr. |
Doyle recovered all but three or four.
On another occasion another carrier was
served in the same way, and policeman stood
BY without lifting hand, under the prctcnsc
that he couldn't: arrest the boys without a war
rant! Alr. Doyle now receives his papers out Of
doors, where there is no gas to be turned off,
but where, unfortunately, it is quite cold at the
hour mentioned. If this should happen to
reat the eye Of Capt. Blu clzlcy, it is hopcd that
gentleman will suggest to some Of his subordi-
mates that it wou{d be quite proper, under the
for thc1n to take measures
towards the prevention Of such assaults in the
future. By SO doing lie will protect the carriers
and, indirectly, the public in their rights.