, 1886-12-12
IN a BARREL HOUSE.
DEFINITION OF A TERN uNFAMlL-
lar TO MOST PEOPLE.

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'""E" 'r""f'''"fs an" "'"S"
customers
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ma nm. -
Tbe s.,.ctive led the v,v thrnugh ,
conh nonv streeta down uni.r the lii,
5rid,c nnI along The docks 10 4 mart of
Rrool,Ivn mat very few peoplc except
on~shrrc,nc md sailors lnnw mnrh
ahnnt Al Iost thc anide ,ur,ed from
,h. noip atrent into , norrow di,tv nII.v
an1 n.ns.d hefnro , Lone hlncb h,1iIItn,
,hot licked Ike a dcserteJ vrorcbnmsa
Then he stumbled down II nigbt of
ricLctv stairs with his oompnnion Mt his
hecls thnmn an Tho cellar door
throuob which a f,int lioLt ehone
hroue,hi "A lonkv vet muscular %citizen
INTO sigbt The mnn WINS dressed In n
suit of ienns md n sloucb bot md did
NOT look like n nerson whom Won wonId
norticulorIv cn,r In uaet in a InneIv n,.ce
an n dark nioht lie allowed tho drtec-
live and tho renortcr 10 enter without
ouestion
Thn nIoca ,voso collar oh,ut tavt1 fo.,
If vns dim1v lipht ed bv two or tbrne
candles stuok i'm hottles stretched on
the noor were five m favored gentlemen
They were playinr old sledpe with urcasv
cards In The centcr of The room stood
big oily looLiny bnrrcl Ont Of Tho bun.-
Mole issued n long rubbcr tnbe the visi-
bile end of which WINS held nv The link
citizen who had admitted the visitors
The floor of the dinvv dive consisted of
rouph bonrds pnrtlv stre,vn with straw
A stove with rheumatic Ieys stno1 in ono
corner. In the ~onposite corner wns n
plain deal table Uttered with unwasbed
dishes. There wns no other furniture
Jim. said enc of the i'll favored gen
tlemcn on the noor. none of whom had
take any more notice of the detective and
his companion than "A very long and very
hard stare, .'gimmc Il yank on that
there pipe. will yeY''
Gimme yer nick fust, - said the tough
looking citizen. After considerable fun
bling in his pocket the ill favored gentle
man produced five coppers. and the rub
Der tube was put into his hands. He
stood NJ and, throwing back his head,
put the end of the tube in his mouth.
The others looked on in silent envy
while lie took II mighty swallow. Before
he could IA another the willy Jim had
jerked the tube out of his mouth.
"Only one swallow for n nickel he
said tcrsely; s'don't try TO hog it
'sThis is n barrel house' said tbe
detective. "Try some of the whisky,
It's only n nickel n swallow.
The reporter deposited five cents with
the tough looking proprietor. and tasted
the contents of the barrel. 1t was sim
ply liquid fire.
"Now You see what n barrel house is.r
said the detective as they left the place.
''You might think that fellow was either
running there without a license. or that
he was crazy to run that kind al n
place IL lie could raise money enough
t. pay for his license. Well. he has
n license, all right enough. and he
isn't II fool by any means. You
see, by keeping that kind of IA doggery
he makes the rough people who patron
ize him think that he hasn't n license.
and consequently he is both Drawing the
law. which is n big thing in their ewes.
and is able to sell them liauor very chem.
Then the people that he catches in that
kind of n boxing den are men who
wouldn't 20 near n more gaudy and pre-
tentious resort. The secrecy Of the place
and its general poky nature make it a
great ~favorite with persons who have
good reasons for not wanting to ap-
pear much i'll society. SO much for
the dive itself. Now that rubber tube
is n great scheme, though it doesn't
seem 50 at first. In the first place, it
saves II big outlay for a bar, glassware,
furniture and bartender. Then, 1t en-
ables him to pass off any kind of stuff for
whisky, n that helps out his profits.
Besides, it is the most economical way in
the world to sell whisky. If that fellow
had n bar and set out glasses his GUS
toners would pour ont n full glass every
time. Now they can only get ono swal-
low before he jerks the tube away. OF
course some Of them have big mouths
and can swallow n good deal at n time,
but none of them can swallow n glassful.
credit and docs n nice com fortohIe IN
expensive and mighty profitable business
and sells tho worst liquor to be had on
the continent
Are there any more like him in Brook