, 1880-07-29
THE LOAN BROKERS.
Financial Accommodation at Eight
Per Cent q Month.
The Interest for the Full Term De-
luctcd from The Principal.
A Gut -Thyont ohattel Mortgage that
Grips Everything.

Among tho thousand and ono ways by
which ,ncn subslst, there Is n01,e 50 interest
ing rs TINT Ut the mut,ty-len,lur-fn fact, rs
r,lo tho Interest. goes long wny ahead OF
the principal. IAN old farmer, for tho first
tine III hts life, came TO Chicago Inst wHuk.
arrived III tho evening, put up ut tho Palmer,
aud then strot1ed ont to takc II slice Of ttc el-
cplinnt Ills course was Up State street to
Vim 1}uren, ont Van Durcn to Clark, thence
to Monroe, a1lt1 then to tic Palmer, where his
wife was agog with curiosity to know what
hG had sUel.
"Good gracious, old wolnan," he said,
"let's light out III the ,Mornin'. Tain't n
tlurn thing hut n raft O. hotels, beer-salo0lis.
III pawnl,rukersl" And he luft.
Such mn essential feature Of city rs the
pawnbrol,er's shop cannot but be fnmlIiar to
! every onc. Tho three balls; tho glIttcrtng
md heterogeneous display Of old watches,
coins, pistols, dtrks, tl.ldlos, iutcs shotguns.
acc0rdiUns, rings, faro clips, md corncts;
| tho convenient screen; tho vista of shelves
| w1ll packed with old clothes; tho flaming
| sign, "Luan Office, Private Entrance" over
| the most conspicuous of tho two doors; and,
finally, tile keen eye und cautious yet con.
tunted face of tho proprietorof ''lnino uicte,"
/ these are characteristics too well known
to need description.
Then the customers. There Is the young
| man who Is green ut the business, ntllf nsu-
| utly looks III ut the window for while,
counterfeits start of surprisent seeing sono
old watch, gees In as II to price II,
mud cmerges quickly after little with Ills
own watch missing and In It's pace u bit Of
paxtebpard. Thare is the young 1nan who
llns betn there berorc, md who wa,ks III
boldly and hands Moses his pIodgc with n
| a $o1l. ~,
Up, mid be id quick about 1t, too, a1tl tllen
steps gayly oil. whisting "Hrandfather's
Clock" Then there is tho wanton, who goes
in to "sonk" her bracelet to pay hur last
weeks rent, and llnggles loudly to get 80
more OIL the pretext that her "feller" IL
| coming back next week and yle will redeem
It; ;uld there Is tho child who staggcrs IL
~ ces Ss4 a9 q 9d fSsp 6t stotnng a nay f9s yf 5
sh''S sho Swo,,lS 'n appSoae %S 'A's'S eaIiotlns f e.
IHin;Dyes r1;r; from her finger The tI!ln d1i
fo remind her sf q once go!ds', iogrs. passss
It silently across, the counter, receives u dol
lar, perhaps, ,and, steals out with breaking
heart a'ld binding te9rs, to be lost in TIC
gooliy share, and feels but iittia. Tllc mis-.
FORTUNE Of 1len Is tho turnfp from which l,o
gots Ills olo9%, , ana rlght ,roSyallyt doss he
nlly, pretty thick when he elnbarks IN the
business, alld, IL not, III n little while. II soon
getS 70 be 50 ea!lous t!at It may be salA to be
fairly warty with indifference to suffering.
\ customer is U thing to be gouEed, nlid Tie
sss'sf his s onsas"es ssssaR t. %e ssSs ee
able sin with tno average pawnbroker Is to
adyase ian vs. 9n .aa @ witch W t at l3 pr
awed him Into taklng s43 ut l9 per cent, on
the ground TINT "s'licl]up me, | loosll money
ejfery ttny on dpin tain yatcllcsP'
down In greatest earrest tu be n vampire,
sucking the ltfe-bloosl from, his fellow-crea:
tuFcs. Flinty-lsenrtcd,. gEasping,, usurlolls,
pllLIAnlllrophist beside Ills brother III the
iuoney-lenailg art,-
THE "L0.iN-DNoKEIih
Tn every metropolitan journal will be
found n column Hc!ntillNttnK With such cor
dial announcements Us tho following:
NY SuM LOANED ON FuRNiTullE, PIANOS
sssus. 1 IT. & ro5 1SGyS o r. otoF 4o''
AMoTSTsf ~ ,S13 s;SEl1ANl;n N F5|i
rltes. iioo:ns Iad -Washiagton-st, 0''~o''
NY AMOUNT, TO LOAN. ON FURNITURE
uusiIss. NJ. la salio, HUom =.
Now nll this Is so convenient antl nice thai
tho heart of tho piilnntlIrOpist, WHO knnWt
how often and often people are compelled tt
. send their Lures and Penatcy to tho auction
lousu to keep the wolf from the door, Is lie
lighted to know that here b chancp fol
thom to obtain the needed money ut " rea