Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-05-06
EROM THE FAIR.
A Short Budget from Our Cores
pOndent.

Chlcargo, May .. - can { write
you long letter to-day; l am dis
couraged trying to make the Fair the
success I dreamed of. Everything is
not in place by long shot, and hun
dreds Of men are still at work put
ting on finishing touches. To be
plain, think Chicago has bitten off
more than she can properly mastl-
cate. OF course, everything will
turn out. all right after things get
settled down, and then perhaps l
will feel more in the humor to write.
The grounds are full of catch
penny arrangements, and nc every
turn something is offered you for
sale.
The nickel in he-slot machines
are varied and numerous, and the
hardest things to resist l ever saw.
1 think the biggest job and robbing
game over perpetrated upon the
| civilized world is the nickel-in-the-
slot machine. There is always some
small boy around who will tell you
how to beat it-for ten cents, which
you always pay, as anybody would
pay double rather than have the
machine reap the benefit.
strolled down to the depot this
morning to see what the incoming
/ trains would suggest that might be
Interesting. AS the passengers hit
the platform they are assailed by
hosts of hotel runners, hackman and
other fiends The dim is horrible,
! but above the nightmare of sound
comes the shrill cry Of the newsboys
! tin voice, and the indiscribable con-
glomeration of noises makes ones
head nearly split open.
The rumbling of vehicles of all
kinds, the clatter of horses hoofs on
the cobblelated (cobbielated IS my
OWN streets, I'll tend to make one
think that the end Of the world has
come and he hadn't heard Of it in
time to secure sat.
| The omnipresent pickpocket is also
getting in his deadly work and his
iexterous hand, il his quiet way.
Beggars of all ranks they are all
rank endeavor to bleed you in their
persistent, persuasive manner, and
l have noticed one that is the most
versatile and accomplished man in
his profession whom | ever had the
misery of meeting. He has been
successfully during the past week,
lame, blind, sick, deaf mute, always
a pauper, G. A. r. Veteran with
crippled arm, and this morning he re :
cognized in me his long lost son.
The mushroom hotels of Chicago
which were built to accommodate the
rush, at big advance in rates, are
not meeting with the success antici-
pated by the proprietors.
The business men of Chicago have
combined to fleece all who visit the
Fair. Contrary to the general ex-
pectation, everything is high, and
necessities of life are being sold at
exhorbltant rates. It is huge mis-
take on the part of these Chicago
fellows. The American will allow
himself to be humbugged and de-
ceived, but you cannot rob him with
impunity.
What struck me as a very funny
incident was the spectacle of a
woman berating one of the entry
clerks about some space she had aD-
piled for. A bystander inquired the
cause of the row, and wag rendered
the information that she had secured
space for an exhibit of pair of shoes
made by herself, and when she
brought them around found Krupp's
big gun had been placed there.
Dipple is having lots of fun with
Jim Yerington's feet. Warren in
formed Jim this morning that a
Director had told him that as there
had been no provision for Jim's feet
in the allotment of space for the Ne
vada exhibit that Jim would have to
stand outside the railing. G. A. B.
Death Mrs. Joseph Goodman.
The following dispatch was re-
ceived at this office:
Alameda, CAL, May o.-Mrs. Maggie