The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24

nate titSt ones Ill. | ttnH myself damned Hp
relic Of the French invasion Of Mexico. Ihr
welcome time afrivps, and after some crowd
ing and jostling give my name TO the clerk
WHO. Oh our entrance has put Jig i,
line b., for pe,a ,h9s purpose, !. e = etst ,a wh ,a
allotted us, where, If have kept d lpatline
plaee during The rush. | secure 9le Of tl,t
CORNERS which are considered somewhat
niH,mst t hen, that portion aa1 tie bat !,
walked and stamped III the damp and rnnhiha
| floor to keep MY chilled frame IN something
| A htyiNu DEGREE or WARMTH.
while my companions lii. misery either
rolled uneasily lii their slt,lnhers On sui
hreak Of dawn, welcome ha,bingat Of
daylight and sunshine An officer locks The
cell after he thinks Il Is full to its utmost
uf pipes are filed with "snira, and, while the
otherwise net too fragrant air s filled with tile
silest Of smoke, general buzz Of inquiry Is
eoniinenced by the BUNS, each sliow-
pals during the day whiSh has just been
| passed.
THE FEMALE fRAMps
| in the adjoining cell are asked. per
h,aps With much mock respect, az to
|
t,at. the billnasgate that flows back is
simply appalling, Here is a satnple If the
talk that generally ens,,es our fling down 4
| bum at one end Of The cell commences by tp-
| ating how he YVES lucky enough 10 get q dime
| tYon see,'' he says, II was standing at
that gents furnishing store on Canal just be-
aw st. Charles, when two swnls came along
| Had etood looking III the window beside me-
There were some shirts there that could be
worn with one side out for awhile aud then
| tulned 50 that the other side could show to
| the front just ia If II watoittat put IN. one If
| these fellows says to the ctle1. says he
| That's Just the kind of d shirt to 90 II, the
| tramp with Thinks to myself, that snopz-
et's beef, Oh the tramp himself So I'll give
| him racket | hit him Oh the corner and
| and he gave me the dime" An approving
chorus Of gt,,ns follows this narration
To the question. addressed tn a latlh pale
faced imam, who sat III a half reclining posi-
ton near this speaker, ibid YOU get anv coffee
this moinine9 came the dlawling response
'Naas, but had TO give 0
rHH RELIGIOUS DODGE
to get IT. "How sur "Wnll. | struck Tie
house and the madam said ehn tpehonph CT.
and told me to come round to the rear porch.
where she sat the down tn a platpful Of meat
and bread Now. wanted some coffee mighty
bad. aud waa kinder scared to ask for It
Looking through the back door. saw one Of
these it5d bless our homes stuck ~ over Tile
MANTLE 81 knew II was SOUND to hit her on
for this here; it's very i,icnl ia YOU know.
ma ain, 1t says in Scripture Tht,se that give
TO the poor lend to. the Iord2, And che says tS
me YOU w, believe that do roug And ! SAYS to
Yes, dol, well. naan.' says |, would you
mind lending the Lord little cuf1eeYs And
she fetched me whole hpwlful, aud 1t wae
sweet and bully, YOU. betf This recital
marks such as, "'Bully for you' HGooel
bum y Now, an't he though y etc.
Ai1E asked haaaarleot ing eSle ss I' man
uf rather
RHIHHr HOOKING BoY or ABOUT SIXTEEN,
scout Of the plains Or an avenget Of The
boy. ut don't somehow turn o,,t that way
he continued sadly. and | reckon III take
the road for home soon Then he laid his
head on the brick which he used as a pillow
and .Winhed mystilT at the ceiling for awhile,
I'm cold for some clothes next week.
next spoke a very seedF=loDAing character.
looking around with an air If conscious merit
land II tell YOU how I'm goirg TO get them
there was a stir carried out ap on Pov,itas
street to-day and I'm going to interview the
widow the first Of the week for his Clothes.
know they'll til me for 'sizaa' ethS coffin az
II went along. and he was just my height
kind SAYS another SfThele's a LADY M here
whose man has been dying for long time
she told me 90 herself, said she had been
notsihg him for over year. and had better, "
Riie said, "conle round from time to time. aa
STIR WOULD GIVE AtH THE puDa
Pas coon AZ he kiesed's; II wish ha
would have some style about himself
and get through. he added, "aa II ts
Eve got the dead thing on mine, responded
the fret speaker, Here the talk was inter
rupted by the singing Of a melancholy ballad
by female inmate Of the cell adjoining the
one occupied nv tho women tlamps. Listen
ing to their cracked voice we Que BY one drop
oil into titful slumber AT elk in the morning.
we clean out the station. after which we ara
turned loose once more on the long suffering
aud much enduring public.
II would be natural to suppose that q really
needy nc1Hnn, ono whoho pride o. sensitive
nefss teatrains from asking aims until the last
moment. and who, in fact. before he does
finally beg. is actually III danger Of death
from starvation such a one it would lie sun=
rosed would 10 the recipient OF charity much
quicker than the professional tramp who goes
through a regular routine day after ,lay Such
is not the case as know by bitter experiences
for 1t ia but u few weeks since discharged
from
. YOUR NOBLE HOSPITAL.
cured. ~ be sure, of d villaiun,,s swamp
fever, but weak e}rom ita effects: with
out a cent or a angle acquaintance
on whom to call, | suffered FOR several
dayn the wolish rangs Of hunger. and. debil.
t.ttt'a w we .tse ueEI6h WHihGH the streets
the bitter dteary nights, asking charity and
meeting many g bluff refusal, It was while
in this liz that became acquainted with the
profeesi,S'al buns mentioned above as mem
herS OF our gang and by their taking mo
in hang and showing me the proper way Of
doing Things in the mendieant line. was en-
ahled at leaat to exist with far leea phyaical
suffering. 4 good bum is one who. by suoo
cesatul mendicanev, keeps himself tolerahly
we'll clothed IN east-utf apparel and is ahle to |
get his threto square" meals da,e right
along, and there are many in this city Who
are able to do So 1t is a current belief that |
tramps have understood
SIGNS or CHARACTERS
by which the charitable or unehartable in |
stinots OF occupants of dwellings, are inter
rretd 70 each other by marking the |
same on doors. posts fences. etc. / have |
Yet TO ste the tramp, although have inquired |
Of many, who haa any knowledge Of such |
symbols and am inclined to think that the
two disguised detectives who. according to a
late Eastern paper. We're sent to collect in
formation IN regard to the fraternity drew
largely on their imaginatiuns In reporting the |
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