Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-21

n CT. Since he must work" the rural population, he invariably connects him. self with circus. The man who lives in large city has no idea whatever of the circus that confines itself to towns of one hundred thousand population and less. Such a circus would never visit metropolis like Boston, New York or Philadelphia. All the same it is very fine circus. Travelling with the show is always the grafter's ear. A grafter is one whose business it is to swindle people who visit the circus. The owners of the circus are in partner ship with the grafter Indeed, the grafter's car often brings more money to the proprietors than the box office does. A grafter gets a salary of thirty five dollars week and his expenses. It is a regular business just like the clowns.
 A peculiar vernacular prevails among grafters. A woman is called ''moll.' A pocket is termed a s'prat." A watch is known as a sthimble" The grafter who is foreman, so to speak, will point to woman in the crowd surrounding the ticket booth and say:
 Joe, swipe the thimble in the prat of that moll."
 Joe joins the crowd Everybody is holding up hand with money, clamor- ing for a ticket The ticket seller adds to the confusion as much as he can, be- cause his instructions are to aid the grafters in their work. Joe begins to push and shout with the best of them He raises both hands, and manages to get next the woman. He raises both hands and in a moment her watch is gone and so is Joe, and she never notices it.
 The boss grafter sees a country doc ] tor outside the mermaids booth. He details man to rob him. Joe, smooth but refined looking, joins the doctor and begins to ask about mermaids. He gets information and in return gives an invitation to drink of lemonade. The stand is just opposite When it comes to paying, Joe hands up a half dollar.
 That's no good,a declares the lem onade man, who is in league with the grafters, of course The whole circus is a side show for the grafters.
 Joe gets back his coin and swears it is good. The lemonade man will not take it. Then Joe hands up fifty dol lar bill. The lemonade man will not take that either.
 Is it no good, either9n asks Joe.
 It's good enough, replies the lemon ade man, but l can't change it."
 Joe turns to the doctor.
 "Can you change it?"
 T 15s11 1 is genuine and gives the change. The l whole ffty.dol1ar bill episode is en- acted solely for the purpose of finding ont if the mark has money. When he pulls out his money to change the bill, ] the grafter makes his observations and acts accordingly.
 The pair go about and quiet sig naIs pass between Joseph and his brethren. Up comes grafter number two, There is a letter in his hand, and 8 wad of greenbacks.
 Say, mister" he remarks, ''have you fifty dollar bill you can give me for these?"
 ''Yes, <" replies Joe, and he pulls out some bills. But let me see your money"
 The brother grafter hands over the cash He looks at it carefully and counts it.
 ''Hello!" he exclaims; 1T haven't fifty, after all. Will two twenties and a ten do?"
 "No," is the reply "I want to send the bill off in this letter"
 The doctor hands up that fifty-dollar bill and gets their change. He counts the latter and remarks:
 "There's a dollar short"
 It proves to be so. Only forty-nine l dollars is in the wad
 By this time grafter number two has put the ffty-dollar bill in his envelope,