, 1880-01-17
1mittRe tefueetf-t}3 10 73-tD report the bill!
fay0rnbly To tlIg liO1lse.
The Committee r,,se, and tho House ntl-
tu1lrtlctl until Monday.
TRICKS or BEuUARS.

WHO Torauru Tficti,.clves+ *svnliosr
Old Iron, Dist IRln over. Gin without
Eating. Live III n Trnnrc4 mud DO other
Odd Things Rather than HDrks
I,orplo,. Stanfant.
Avery curious tribe Of beggars Is That |
whose members tortnrc Themselves. not nut
Of View ard to cxcitesy,npatlly when tie slced
Is ,nns by exhibiting the results, but II tho
siKllt Of everybody who chooses to look on,
aMi Just to draw contributions by tho oddly
Ut tic performance. This II nllg Of tho Old-
cst and most widespread Of nlcnllcant tricks,
only In other dnys md III distant lands the
hcggar tried, and still tries, To dig
n!fy the practice by attaching to II
hgll religious motive and meaning. So
Il used to l,n with tho AscGtfcs, EreInites, and
pillar Saints OF Old Christenslon; and So 1t
is still with the r1,t!u Fakeers OF llfndostan
anil tic Dervtstlcs Of tslnhl. II, ourDwi, land.
howeyer, We lnse grown too civilized mid
skcTscal for any such thing 10 pass Miuster
~ n specimen, Of heroic holiness. Here self
tOrt,,r1ng b, public Is merely practiccd fur tho
! purpose Of pandcr|ng tn tlat love of wl'nt Is
wonderful COMMON to vulgar minds, aiNl fO
that attl bnser love Of what II cruel, which Is
| lust ny common. Anybody walking alNng tile
tuwIng-l,atll Of tho Isis, between Folly DrIdgr
and IiIley, Oh any Of the summer days which
lille Oxford tlevotes IN rowing matches tllr-
lug tho University vacation. Will SEC
plenty ut beggnr sclf-torttsre, in one
Of it, lnll,lest forms, ere l'e Inns been
hn1f an hour by tho riverside. lie VIII
| nntice iii nil directions young lnersIlcants
flinglng themselves llea'lfong into the water+
cnttles anti nil, for the snkc Of a few coppers.
E city I,e 'S witt oSserve e o Abundance Of torture Of
stomach n1lu nerve by extraordinary feats Ut
| ,i-t,1,tnv fC1,, tprtfnr hn4 1tI,n atr, haYCtnTH
nat "rh. 4, "u ",,, ",. ntlar niacrs int noy"r n,
nla.uee ~ .'. s ~sord ri -" font ,rhicI mr.
lal,s, may be accounted for BY the number
Of thouEltlrss and wcll.to-o youths who
rrow,l thr nlarrs Jnrlnt, tern time, a. fcl-
iaw viii wntk into one Of these tavcrns,
wien 1t Is full, and make a'' o'ier' "'lell II
seldom refused, to gulp dow1, ut single
,traugl!t a not OF ate every ten mlnutcs, Tor all
m""' VI ese'' fo,, r., ''s far ,' NJ,
aio'e; = and seeond, wig .. doss not ,t.s ears r,
% pr u.e .,,rits Mi,. IN % ill., st.nnac @ nt tic rts Of
s!ios sp'sas , ~ ,s ;,,,.s s,u ~ st,.t,a~ ,,rr
G!aSs every 1tG @ lmf, ,.iru ~ ~ S. r,,'rr r,.i a.
ra,,nt 81. ~, ,arf.,rore nftar sjerplnE Il
c oxford tayer!s, eaGh oe VIII, Mll,el' M rStair ar,t
iiS s, o. tess IN sa. nS.[ attr,etu. IL; se @ peon
invnrinh]y r II s1IIu u. 10 "t 4 premature cn aud
often it, form t. attfact lct Mts,',as'' r. r.
wnsn s'H 1i" s1mws thp ,'n ", th, s,,ot
lar KNIT ti siiI te rimktnE iii, % f~ssis % ire ts,, Vic
Bosge ehotm"us niia. uii,tfe ~ strn,,r,,. snrtN,t n
%, aM 1Ssis w. @ f',r f., S,tsl' stlNtrd M sin s,,'
Monentb h.tee' m''t i;'.,,. r.. - ~ ti,is Tim,i
was itaf's. 4!' 'ssa, by tf ncs Ealog sl,eeriy n
MnyS!,t y,t utsein W liz innr'i,'nt1' vnracIty.
~ nSsn.lt , o. m!s Yr.'r III si,lrs I" VI
Mtei; ,,ess H. " netio,,. TI!is dey"rer would 'nk
nothing 81 eatlnk aHAit ;i t,,' ieis IT, ,,1.,.,ri
so an s list ~, aS IVY th a W., pv ,Y1ici, wat
m oy In 1Dt th. ,e siwtsrr H1he ~ i Ie, However w
other professional GoFEGrs. wv, nnSg e., e9'na "
Her nf g NY 1e n,;aiiy S'i,i md VIZ" ,rupsrty w coke 90
Ia I,sya ,et Ho ri H" fsllows W VII" ae joint q
ents bnrtt o1 sHer} gm' ~ H., ~
M @ "ne IN paIlic''afh ~ ao "11SSlr! ,,"msl,.
j bf','snhnlTihit.' oiit tno inwaiivs hr1,tts If hi
%sslSors% S sappiE ,S;ysSry ;s r. Es,slnE @ r, ss;;
toEna14ee 1 witl, .st wllGt II" c''l'e'l ca"'hs np
tiye fwi Y or fani ..e In than neon1, however
or " tos,, S.p'G VIZ lalt t. tl,o % watelse tyerl
by sw'owns s'eh neosi,,etb ,,is, nap bftns !Ess
~ lo si,a'aXs 91 G{ ppe ppI@rV o'i h,utri %
ayo known swnllcwer pf tlis ant',nv ktd YIN %i
IN SGeklilg % o't"o III is'i1S ,sn ~ on9t NJ Il,
eI',;lSl sl,l, a .opls is arS - gvcn at tfe
IN i III ~ rinhEittrs, nn,,nSt, i,f ,,ul.
IT, nsE tli!s Gstl,csu e,o % i'e 10 ri hn.in
a! Stounc,. ~ nliGaier VIZ ~, 4n y
exhlhtlttl, hy maS mekSs stiia,aa H a ~ InwcIrv I'm
their entIasls sas s,i~,r nte's co1ns ''mt tnsw wv
~ strny EoNt Atht siaStcl ~, G.'a, ao,,ir mi u,tt
begEnr III ia'eipooi ;,s Wu "ii"ht W thts 1, IN,
II rei,n%n os nts uo'nHS HT,c,ina IN ~ ~ ,,";,; m'
r. H. used 10 ahaSe ts,r ptee pr' si''lnp II ETH II
~ ~ from tavern u tasel,, Mnea' s,H '.,ai ~
~ why up e to co,iii.eI, he w2" MS y, i,
4plortnliily 70 Sl1atem up nn Ml Swti" ,Sthi, II
rst s'xE,r9 m t,E taI oS Wa h, p1et1 @1 I take to ii
heels with y croWtl aiier nl, st.ls smu
IF ire, ulofe laughing, ~ a,''t GyGsE . saSn ~ " /
" yiytfM H. iE a. s'; ;',r IL ~ 'g r' cs'S ,rae ut
tsn IF " wl t1I, f. M s'fSt bv soIo wll sylthtsi
lis yaKninn Or a"tler anu ;, ~ lst ,a s1 OF I,
fngltye r sl'nrt r!il. VIII H. g gs!s
Id 1nol would awAketi lnI y ie ". r;uTit
'se Ut the wIne tlinE 1Ml t!ckin nis !is.n1ilat u
H. fnr tao much p nllnw htl e cnatihf. dn ID
cslasc. Est'. wl!eil tilG swMtmwng 'l,, @'Mt ~,
hnppr!led 70 be caliEllt m,a I,.. RMeh I'LL. M:'