The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1890-06-26

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brother's great opportunity. He
enp'i-d the az h. K Of fifty ,hou-
sand dollars, and with his friend
lgnalz made sail for Havana. Now
We have no tre,ty with Spain far the
extradltion If thieves, so the robbers
thought themselves safe, but their
hiding place was soun discovered, and
they were handed over 10 our officers
As u matter Of national co,iiity. This
werk they arrived in tcwn in shackles,
and II is altogether prubable that We
will know the hotel they board IN for
some years to come. In six weeks
they made away with twenty three
thousand dollars.
AZ l have walked along Broadway
on many sunny afternoon / have
been struck with the great number of
English suits, that adorned the persons
of lrts of Young Chappies who were
giving the ladies' treat as they sucked
the knobs of their gis s4nlic walking
sticks, and with glass carefully bal.
anccd in one eye lboked over the heads
OF the prOmenadsrs. You would call
these ornaments Of society, Dudes;
we call them "Chappies = and the
flash girls who somewhat resemble
them, but whose ball~ick is the
Bo"ery, we call Chippies. For sew
eral years past l have noticed that
these Chappies looked very sw,ll. aud
very English for there was NJ mistak-
ing The material aud the Gu. of their
clothes. The Summer suits were
enormous checks, little bobtailed
coats, large, baggy trousers, high shirt
collars aud very little narrow brlmmed
Derby hats, tau colored gloves and an
eye glass held frequently, and won.
derfully IN the right eye. Chappy
can't sec rs well with the glass in. as
he Can with the glass out, but then II a
swell ',ye knoS, and that settles it,
The question arose where all these
English suits came from; for we know
that many of the Chappies who spotted
them had never been across to the
other side. The murder came ou,
this week, when u number Of suits
were seized on one Of our great steam.
ships aud we're ,conhscated by the
Government For years past it APP
pears that many officers, stewards and
9th srs on our ocean steamers have been
the carrying agents of a number OF
London tailors. Chappy has his
measure taken in New York and
presently along comes an agent from
London with book of samples
Chsppy makes his selection and pays
50 much down, order ny from tao to a
dozen suits u: time. The goods are
made up and given in charge to some
officer Of the steamer. vino delivers
them, collects the bill, aud from his
commissions ne makes his own ward
| robe free, the United States Govern
nent being defrauisd of the duties.
which are sometimes charged in the
London tailor bill, but never paid
here. This Illicit trade has grown to
such proportions that our merchant
tailors began to feel it very seriously,
and they finally sent agents to England
who unearthed the whole business,
and the result Was the seizures of last
week. Now there is not the slightest
! objection to our Chappies. or anybody
else wearing English clothes if they
desire so to do, and if the English can
make, as they do, certain grades of
\ cloths aud cassimeres better than we
can, by all means let every man wear
them who can ply for them, but at
the same time, let us see that the
Government is not robbed. We have
not yet arrived at Free Trade, and We
may ot doso for many years to come,
but till we do. if our Chappies want to
appear like Bond Street swells, make
them pay for it, 1t may not cure
them, but it will help the treasury.