The morning times., 1896-08-20
HOW HOBO WAS DISCOVERED.
He Is a vagrant, Bohemian Dog and
lives in a Sewer.
This Canine Stole Piece of Steak,
Retreated Hastily aiid Il Police
man Followed Him.
This about Hobo"

This about Hobo"
Hobo is Il Bohemian dog. the pet OF
Bohemian Washington. He is as wild,
as vagrant, ANA Outoast as are iis
coyote cousins Of the plains. He is u
dog that never hopes 10 have his day.
lie roams in the Light. He only GENES
TO light when IL gets dark and is hy no
means sun dog. He is the sole support
OF an aged mother. Though in the Iull
strength aud vigor of dcghuod, Hobo never
left the old folks at home. Hobo and his
venerable parent are plain, every day
yellow dogs, with coarse hair that is not
parted in the middle.
There is legend that these dogs once
saw better days, and that the Old mother
in PALMER era used 10 sleep :Inder Il
sofa and drink out OF u china saucer. This
tale Ut splcndor would not be believed were
it not vouched for that this particular
dos; belonged once To "a very first family.
which got done up by he crime of '73'
and the late smallpox scare.
Hobo makes his home in the ever at
the southwest corner OF Tenth street and
Pcnns yivanil avcnue. There, on pro-
jecliag ledge of brick aud mortar, with Il
Styx-ike stream flowing below, live
Hobo and his ma. 1t is not through
choice that these dogs live thus, for the
plumbing is cxecrible, the ventilation
imperfect, and the light uncertain. Then,
TOO, there is great danger from flood. But
the rent is chcap The dog that puts up
with the inconvcnicnces Of I; home like
This rather than 10 wag his tail for favors,
displays an independent; spirit. Their
home, though, is Il fairly safe retreat from
the Weather, and a tead-sure escape from
The police, FOR Hobo and his ma rush in
where policemen fear TO tread
There is great depression in the world
of dogs The number of bones In cir
cuialion, il is charged. has been decreaS-
ing for the last invent three years. There
is Il tendency among butchers to board
their bones. The demand for bones has
been increasing while the supply has been
decreasing. Cattle never were SO cheap,
but their bones never We're SO hard TO
get.
When the sun goes TO China and the PEG
pie of Washington to bed. Hobo begins To
forage around the commission houses, back
gates and mea, shops. Hobo never got any
tips from Epicurus and never received any
gustatory suggestions from Chesterfield
or MIS- SIieEW WOOL. Any Slias cN th
unto swccpings wi.l,go. ANY old thing will
do. II Hobo should run up against II rosy,
succulent steak. he would view II with
alarm. Visions OF paris green or Il pulverized
beer bottle would haunt him. So many of
HoEo's friends have fallen 10y the waysde
lecause OF loaded steaks. But Il well-iOiied
soup Lone Dreaded with ashes, is above sus-
picion.
Another hardship which Hobo howls on,
is that class Legislation which places a
per capita tax OF So n year on dogs.
dog has to have strong influence 10 rustic
up Tie stuff. II lie can't raise the wind. he
is eligible To the pound. Hoho expects bet
ter treatment when the c.tizcus OF Wash
iBgton become citizens OF the United states.
Another hardship Of W hich liut oo Complains
To the reporter is tie nckiencss OF Fashion
10 dogs Tits season, pccdlcs are all the
rage for ladies' wear, and II a deg didn't
happen to he born Il poodle lie simply isn't
in IT. II was proposed by some OF the
dogs. that all CANNES who had not been horn
poo,lies should he provided with wigs, but
Hobo defeated the movement on the ground
thai To loitcr in a lady's lap would be
uDdoggish.
Hobo is a hustler Oh the food subject.
When he gets his heart or his teeth set
Oh a piece of meat il is his. He has been seen
To approach n meat stand with sort of
Virginia readjustcr movement 10 lis tail
and select a chop. He would never ap-
propriate any but n choice cut. After
making his selection, he would retire
amid flying bricks and carry the result of
his raid to his aged parent. Down in
Mob.