Rio Grande republican., 1890-12-13
THE KING OF TRAMIs.


THE KING OF TRAMIs.
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sas acca3P.isAed. and ia sYcsE
risized his saaneg on she trafap lgi'a'F
ted him. the other eEening, Slss
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- Becker nov offers 70 venture his saTa
-the Sasst moRey lie escr bad in us
Isse-c-s sesc proposition thsS he can
bszt his way around rsr HSssld under
The sza1e caaai tons a.. these nt bis
tr4nsesntaaeatsi Trip, ia i8a days-
Meaa is he hasirs IN the homage Of
bis rzpzza sel bsess. who declare that
s'zsisTzz Il ( II ( b siosaed ~ any Eaaa
not sssss Is der road. .
II Gag I've Interesting t7 Tr5ts fi71F n r
LAD nosyet twenty yeers old. has solved
tie psn I'm q living without labor ard
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He. MAS Aosn in DeusararA. British
ssEiaa8. 21a uas chFastened Wilson
FFssscker 81 tAe sge os nine hc ran
aAsy KEeskiaaHsn tsse ssEa-Paiiss Of
sssiEsSfk II SSznanEic hat unsruthiul tales
,6f woess Sc made goyages 70 CalcUtts.
Hong Kong, Honolulu and England
After ~ ah$ence Of eighteen months
NJ reEEf5ed home. But tho fever OF
travelling vas in his yeins, and he nex-
eszaye3 4lssssszii 4lssssszi -ji,tssrreEs throughout the
I-nitel SsatQs With a Sgceess that has
no infe-rugliaa I'D % 10 :asesasss s44s..@-==
IN Is. yoang. Becker IKE. because
q hfs 1a'sti-zi experience, EsNs known
70 the fraternity as Sailor kSa3, al
tended a big convention Of rrzinaS at
the Nanticoke (Pa coal breaker. "
vas decias9 by this convention 70
choose king. The convention de-
( yeloped i&o Candidates Of about equal
st-eagth-Patsy Bolivar and ,sSailor
KID Each vas popular and had =
sarss following. After several ansatis-
factory ballots numerous 6ghts and the
+ eoHsem ptioa e oceans Of beer, the
eo1teallnsg factions matte . con.
. promise i R2s agreed that the crown
shoald grace a.1s brow Of TIC candidate
+ uho made tae quickest trip from New
Yort Ci,v - san I2Eaz=iscz1 and back,
F via SeS orleans, Becker won RtJh
hands d3sE-
Nfissse ea rosts he chaaeed to learn
Z .AA: Indians we're s.ifoweti 10 ride fres
on trains crassirsS.s- TIE. gestcEa p-aiaes
! Ent wiIi0- Patsy Bolivar ',rltrge.
AloaE sioSly Ia freight eazs The FSaslei
kt1s w5.A feathers II his hair, paint OF
his fz-s AID blanket over his shoal
ts--+s, sTbj westward ia the smoker q Z
{ liEa1r.sssz z-xyresS This WAS but on0 Q
the mary schemes be found available
and Is . resatt be gained the insigni:
7 Of ROY yaliY, l. tcoS tseaiy-six days {,
make TIC rz1as14Ar tAf ffAAsFeFfe, and OF
tie "a ,s-eEgisi,. his majesty ssssFpaeJ
I tho sceptsF wl&h tA6 title OF Niis5a T.
ana -ts-uiyel fse su5zntzssSa 81 his mot
Z Iey gang q sab. cots
OsE8niza!iga soea.s 20 t'e tho keynot,
% modem csfssEncc. ard the tramp.
IN. Iilsl f,5-s- - vel oEgaH4zed IS AM
body q peareahiu, Industrious. sobei
artisans Tic knights OF the Road.
tl.-3ss tl.-s 80 9--==z.4 ssi-sezzsciTeg- hold yearly
conventions and keep Up regular con
r4r nicatsln With each oiher BY means O
a sign langasge aniaieliigible save L
the initiated. These signs indicate
where 70 80, what places 10 avoid an
tho r4a.e taken by the maker Thcl
appear est or cAaIked On fences, are dis
played in paint o pencil along the cir
carsterence "a wzreF tanks OF. rount
hozscs, and ISssl cure the walls Of esan
I tFy aetsst5. Dccr posts or gates are 2lsl
utilized for roTTvv : ing Information abou
dogs, .h-nd outs square meals ahl
the possibility Of being compelled {,
sork toE : nights h5dging
| one cGstogH IS eosnaon to the million
sfrc zn3 ;hs tramp. Each Is deAi5el
Of the city during the winter and seei
T the country II tho sAumer- gssss gss 44-iii'
! TIE fGTmez welcomes the en~T-r1e o:hr
is an object of aversion anA dizisssss
saye- perhaps. in hzyfngor harvest time
when. for large compensation. Il
isrlIs-fIr q s5 -sss5 FS5aI Iisay be induced 10 a
little work.
Its estimated BY King Wilson I aha
be has % .e90 subjects throughout ID
United StAtes He DOESN'T comprise i
this nuhber the honest POOR, who av
looking attss= sEn pioyulsnt, OF the capital
fsssc Evpsies NJ . o1g1 horses and yaena
: 5iasl % place, tiaAar
ing broken pots and pans. making shaE
trades and devastating hon roos.s anf
/ melon patches His heges are thes
only sho 'dont hare 70 work and v h
would foe : e0olplle OF i5b qnicke
than they woal4 pest house. TheeVe
present nuisance of this great army o
lceches has beoosre 50 iatolerasle tha
= alans States carry ca their statats book
is.xs Il. - r. sss.ytt5t sEsl harsh and Rnreas
onshle 70 tho thecretic pallan,Arorists
but wEich. wish all their severity, seer
/, 10 avail little in checking the CROWN
evIl 81 voluntary itEenCss-
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