The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
SHARP TEIcK

when times are good and luck comes
their way you will sometimes see one oI
these nenls come in. and buy one
dram bottle of his faNOrlte preparation.
and this affords him au opportunity 90
uy To- work a very smart trick on the
druggist Let me explain how 10 is dont
These bottles. containing poison, are.
by order OF the National Pharmaceutical
Association. put up in rel wrappers
with the label IN white letters. rhey
sell at about 90 cents. The hahiual al
ways carefully preserves these wrap
pers. when be - flush enough to buy so
great a quantity an one time; when
times are rocky and money stringent he
takes one of his obi wrappers. which
ICE has Ecrt scrupulOLsly cirtn, puts DO
neatly around al Empty bottle AID seals
3D. in the original manner Then Doe is
ready 90 spring MS little trick on The
uus Inspecting druggist iis sinks into
the store and calls flr One-dcam bottle
of morphine or cocaine, as tAc case may
be-. IL is scr down on the counter before
him, and while tho clerk is engaged ~
registering his name and residence he
secretly exchanges the empty bottle in
his pocket for the fuN onc Oh the coun-
ter, then De thrusts Ais long bony hands
through Ais OLD. ragged pockets and
clerk is not onto him Dee Will put tho
empty bottle away on the shelf tne disc
ference IN weight being hardly noticea-
bic, ana iet the tramp escape with ne
fun one. Bnt / can tell you right now
that game doesn't so in this house,
During a recent visit among friends
and piaymatos OF his youth in this city
the accomplished and amiabie DR.. Wells.
Of Philadelphia. found muca 20 crafty
his tatse for ways Of life more eccentric
and adventurous than that 10 which ne
was destined hy the practice OF his pro-
lessiOn In the drOwsy ola town OF hi,
adoption. For the nonce he put aside
the cares and worries incident To the
daily life of respectable medical man,
and resolved 70 improve MS opportunity
Tor diversion IN q great metropolis BY oh
serving end-of-century methods IN what
ever guise they might present them
selves. When there was no new thing
in the way Of a laughable play to Wit
ness IN any Of the Chicago theatres. no
fresh murder mystery TO bc explored
and no unusual attraction among the
outdoor sports, which abound al this
season OF the year. the doctor would
summon one Of his confidential frieIds
who had been a fellow student at col
iese, and propose an evening ramble
on the 'levee," Chicagos famous tender
lO!n precinct.
TOUR or THE Sims.
ono evening. less than a week ago,
the doctor and his trusted friend set
forth upon one OF their little tours 81
observation among the pOlyelot inhabl.
tants Of this reprObate district. The
weather was fine and all classes and ma
tiOn8lltles seemed 20 he tErynging TN.
sidewalks shortly before midnight they
found themselves in the immediate neigh
borhood OF State and Harrison streets.
BIG arc lamps were flaging with dazzling
bflliancy; itncrant musician. We're
grinding out their doiefui melodies; hot |
air and the noise OF ribald songs issued |
from the pothouses; museum fakes |
stood I'm their vestibules bawling and |!
sweating In their frenzy 10 drive the mobs |!
inside and relieve them OF their money.
the rattle Of cab wheels over the |
stony pavements. the loud talk and what |
Walt Whitman call the scruff OF boots"
all added La the roar and cOuftlStou "a