The times., 1899-02-05

"tramps, ''drillers,'' professionals.
home guards" 'yags," Grips" buns"
''mush fakirs," and gay cats The bur-
ly'' and the blanket stiff never get into
this city for various sufficient reasons, but
the other varieties are well known to the
police.
The most earnest OF all these is the
Grip cripple AS a rule. he is a
strong, healthy specimen, but when he ap-
pears for business his arm is carried in
a sling, he has crutches and bandagss,
and in few cases he has been known TO
adopt an invalid chair pushed by part
ner. The Grip has been known to earn
big money, and he is always envied by his
companions. A popular graft is TO pur-
chase a tin of concentrated lye, and by q
few applications transform a sound limb
into raw, blistered mass OF flesh. An
exhibition of the limb seldom fails TO ex-
cite sympathy, and the limb viii heal
within a few days.
The buns and "boes'' depend almost
entirely upon batting people on the
street for a livelihood They manufac-
ture ingenious tales of hard luck and act
ually do more hard work to exc out a
poor living than they would did they ac-
cept a pick and shovel and tackle legiti-
mate labor.
The ''tramps." "vags" and "drillers,"
are the gentlemen who ring the doorbell
or knock timidly at the rear door and say
/ Lady. could you oblige me with little
something TO eat These are the mem-
/ bers with little ambition, save to ill their
: stomachs and bask in the sun and these
| give the least trouble TO the police.
7 The 'prOfesh" is 10 who writes beg
ging letters, calls upon charitable people,
and excites their sympathies and by nu-
merCus ingenious schemes manages to live
! very comfortably.
The home guard is any member who
persists in remaining in the same town
for any length of time and who generally
asks for a little food or cash in exchange
for an odd job. The home guard is dis
liked because he spreads the work habit
and incliues people to ask the other varie-
ties to labor also.
The punk is the hobo's boy who runs
errands. begs money or food and makes
/ himself generally useful.
The road names of the members of
the fraternity are peculiar to itself At
one time the following delegation was
housed in cheap lodging house on First
Street: ''Shicago Pete, Virginia Slim, y.
Y. Red Troy StyX. ID. C. Hungry, Red
Nose Mike. Mike the Mush Fakir. Pa. Kid,
Jersey Slim. CoCkney Tim, Philly Pete,
Boston Red, Cincy Bill, and Hobo Bar
! ney"
The lodging houses were used rs general
headquarters and here information was
houses were listed and passed around
while hostile" places and houses which
contained "self-feeders" or dogs, were also
listed.
The vernacular of the fraternity is Sans
crit to the uninitiated. To beg clothes is
10 rag up" street is a drag" po-
liceman is bull collar, or a fly
mug" to be arrested is to be ''glomnted'
or "slewed in the jail is the "dinll
house" shoes are kicks" hat is a sky
rag" to walk is to drill or bike" an
overcoat is "Beniamin,' cold weather is
} ''crimpy" bread is punk" milk is white
, lined" butter is plaster, crackers are
! wind pudding 4 cup of coffee is a pile
driver" a charitable organization is a
; bug house" saloon is .'slop house.
minister is n sky pilot and priest
| IS Galway"
The hobo usually gets off train sew
; eral miles outside OF the city and inno-
Gently walks into town. The news that
Wash" is hostile will cause much sor-
row all over the country. for Wash" was
A. sure town" and good for week"