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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

early IN the morning for money TO buy
a glass Of whisky and it is equally in
OppOTtune TO request a contribution
toward the purchase of a railway
ticket late at night. The "tenderfOOt
is apt TO make both of these mistakes;
the expert, never The steady patrons
of beggars, and all old hands at the
business have such, seldom realize how
completely adjusted to local conditions
ghost stories" are. They probably
think that they have heard the story
told to them time and again and in the
same way, but if they observe carefully
they will generally find that either in
the meditation of the voice or the one
of expression il is different from what
it is on rainy days, for inst nee, from
what it IS when the sun shines.
Tt takes a trained ear to discriminate
and expert beggars realize that much
of their finesse is lost even on persons
who give TO them, but they are artists
in their way, and believe in art for
arts sake" Then, too, it is always
possible that they will encounter some
body who viii appreciate their talent,
and this is also a qualification.
Seasonable Begging.
Speaking generally, there is more
begging done in winter than in sum-
mer, and in the east and NJ IN than
IN the south ana west, DuJ some OI the
CIeverest begging takes place in the
warm months. It is comparatively
easy to get something to eat and a
bed in a lodging house when the Their
rnometer stands 10 degrees below zero.
A man feels mean in refusing an ap-
peal TO his generosity at this time Of
the year. II may De cold and hungry
some day myself" he thinks. and he
gives the beggar a dime or two
no HN--- he
tramp has no freezing weather to help
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

the night before. prepared TO look fer
their breakfast just as they did on the
day before, and after brushing off their
clothes and washing themselves at
some pump or public faucet, they start
out In a small town they fee that
something is wrong before they have
gone a block, and by 9 o'clock in large
towns they decide to so without their
breakfast, if they have not yet got it.
A change has come over the earth;
they seem out of place even to them
selves. and they return through back
streets to their lodging houses or re-
treats on the outskirts of the town,
sincerely regretting that they are
travellers sf the road"
A number Of men in the world have
to thank this Sunday nausea that they
are today workers and not tramps-
The latter feel the effects Of it TO the
end OF their days; it is. an unacceptable
as death, but. like certain sea-farinS
men who never get entirely free Of
seasicbness and yet continue as sail
Ors. SO old vagabonds learn to expect
and endure the miserable sensations
which they experience on the first day
of the week. These sensations are due
to the remnant of manhood which is
to be found in nearly all tramps. The
bulk Of them are for all practical pur-
poses Outcasts. but at breakfast time.
on Sunday morning, they have emo
tons which on week days no one
would give them credit for.
It was my fate, some years ago, to
be one Of a collection of wanderers
who had to while away Sunday in a
dug OUT on a bleak prairie in west
ern Kansas. We had nothing to eat or
drink and practically nothing t. talk
about except our dismal lot. Toward
nightfan we got to discussing in all
earnestness the miserableneSS of our
existence, and have always remem-
bered the remarks of a fellow sufferer
whom we called West Virginia
Brown" He was supposed to be the
degenerate scion Of noble English
family, and was one of the best edu-
Gated men I have ever met in Hobo
land He took little part in the gem
eraI gTumbling, but at last there was
a hull in the conversation, and he spoke
up.
Il wonder" he said, whether the
good people who rest on Sunday, go 10
church and have their best dinner in
the week, realize how life is turned
upside down for Us on that day There
have always been men like US in the
world, and it is for us as much as for
anyone, 50 far is 1 know, that religion
exists, and yet the day in the week
set apart for religion is the hardest
Of all for us to worry through. Was
it, or wasn't it, the intention that out
casts were to have religion? The way
things are now we are made to look
upon Sunday and all that it means
with hatred, and yet I don't believe
that there's anyone in the world who
tries to be any squarer to his pals than
we do, and that's what 1 call being
good"
The last the road knew of Brown
he was serving a five years sentence
in a Canadian limbo. His lot cannot
be pleasant, but methinks that on
Sundays, at least, he is glad that he
is not outside.
JOSIAH FLYNT
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state of confusion that the supreme
court of Abyssinia, or its equivalent
body, decided 10 humbly petition the
British government for its return,
which request, being at length acceded
to, a copy was struck off for the Mu-
scum, and the original returned in the
charge of a mission with a military OH
Ger at its head.)
Great was the Joy in Abyssinia when
the mission bearing their only book
was announced. The lineal descendant
Of the Queen of Sheba put on all his
feathers and went forth to greet the
British envoy, whom he received with
every mark Of respect; and in honor OF
the event ordered a banquet to be pre-
pared the like Of which for the variety
of new and rare dishes had never be-
fore graced the royal table.
Bravely the British officer attacked
each unsavOry mess as il appeared in
much the same spirit as he might have
done a fort; but he at last met his gas
tronomic Bunker Hill before the grand
triumph of the Abyssinian chef. an
exceedingly rare and doubtless costly
dish of flies, probably Of the locust
species. that was partaken Of with
great relish by the AbyssiniaHs pres
ent
Pressingly urged thereto by the king,
the British officer attempted this disa
also, as he subsequently declared on
his return to Europe. asSuredly in the
light of a fOrlOTn hope; for the wings
and legs Of the insects stuck in his
throat, and an uneasy sensation soon
arose in his stomach which caused him
to beat d hasty, though honorable re-
treat from the banquet.
In all probability. struck by this test
of the British officers courage, the
king endeavored to persuade him to re-
main in Abyssinia. and become MS
commander in chief. adding by way Of
an extra inducement, the promise Of
forty of his handsomest, /. E., blacklist
wives-but that Of course has nothing
to do with strange dishes.
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was travelling in quite a company
of FOUNDERS. and on the day in ques-
ton we were beating our way on a
freight train toward a town where
there was a pOOrhOUs6 night shelter.
Noon time found US all hungry and we
got off the train at a small village
to look for lunch. It was such a di-
minutive place that it was decided that
each man should pick out his partieu-
lar beat" and confine his search to
the few houses it contained If some
failed to get anything, those who were
more successful were to bring them
back hand
My beat" was so sparsely settled
that I hardly expected to get so much
as a piece of bread because the entire
village was known to hate tramps, but
an inspiration came to me as l was
crossing the fields. and 1 got a set
down and a 'hand-Out" at the first
house I visited.
The interview at the back door ran
thus:
''Madam''-she was rather a severe
looking WOman-'T have exactly 3
cents in ny. pocket and I am awfully
hungry. I know that you don't keep a
boarding house, but I have come to
you. thinking that you will give me
more for my nickel than the store
Keeper Will over III the NiiteeS- SlAdblA
be obliged to you if you Will help me
out"
A look OF surprise came into the
wOman's face l was new species TO
her, and I knew it. and she knew it.
Don't know whether we've got any
thing you want. she said, as if 1
We're a guest rather than q wayfarer-
Anything viii do. madam, any
thing" I replied. throwing into my
words all the sincerity Of which a
hungry man is capable. She invited
ne into the dining room, and gave me
a most satisfying meal There were
no conversational Interruptions. I ate
my meal in silence and the woman
watched me. The new species inter
eSted her.
Just as I was finishing she put some
sandwiches. cake and pie into a news
paper I had made a good impression
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
Cramps Ghost Stories.
Tales Told BY the Expert BeggarS-Fust Often Be YER
liable Works Of Art

him out. and has to invent excuses.
Even the story Of no work is OK little
use in the summer. This is the season,
as a rule. when work Is most plentiful,
and when wages are highest, and the
tramp knows it, and IS aware that the
public also understands this much Of
political economy. Nevertheless, he
must live in summer as we'll as in
winter. and he has 10 plan differently
for both seasons.
The main difference between his
summer and winter campaigns is that
he generally travels in summer, taking
in the small towns where people are
less "On to him." and where there are
all kinds of free DOSES (Dlaces to
sleep in the shape of barns and empty
homes. In November he returns to the
cities again to get the benefit Of the
cold weather dodge or goes south to
Florida Louisiana and Texas.
Probably 5000 eastern and north
ern tramps winter in the south every
year. Their luck there seems to be
entirely individuals; some do we'll and
others barely live. They are all glad,
however, to return north in April and
go over their old routes again.
An amusing experience that 1 had
not long ago illustrates The different
kind Of tactics necessary il the
tramp SuLltilcI Caii pdlSit. % lar as
1 know, he mas never made use Of the
story that did me such good service,
and that was told in all truthfulness,
but ii has since occurred TO me that
he might find il useful, and I relate it
here so that the reader may not be
taken unaWares if some tramp should
attempt TO get the benefit Of it.
A Clever Tramp's Scheme.
In the spring Of 1898 I had to make
an inspection for a railroad company
of the tramp situation on some rail-
roads in the middle west During the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

There" she said, as I was about to
go. you may need it..
I held out my nickel and thanked
her. She blushed and put her hands
behind her back.
Il don't keep a hotel" she said,
rather Indignantly.
But. madam, 1 want to pay you.
I'm no beggaT."
you wouldn't have got it if you had
been. Good by"
Each Has His System"
The tramps' methods of begging, as
has been said, are largely regulated
by circumstances and experience, but
even the amateurs among them have
theories about the profession, and they
are never more interesting than when
sitting around some "hang-OUt" camp
fire discussing their notions of the
kind of ghost stories" that go best
with different sorts Of people. Indeed,
the bulk Of their time is passed in
conferences Of this character. Each
man. like the passionate gambler, has
a system, and he enjoys chewing
the rag about its intTicacies. The
majority Of the systems are founded
on the tramp's knowledge of women
Taking the country by and large, he
sees more of women on his begging
tours than of men, and it is only nat
ural that his theoretical calculations
should be busted mainly with women
Some tramps believe that they can tell
to q nicely what a blonde woman Will
give in excess Of a brunette, or vice
versa. and the same Of d large woman
in cOntradistinctiOn to a small one.
Much of their theOriZing in these mat
tiers is as futile as is the gamblers es-
tin1ate of his chances of. luck but GER
tain it is that after a long apprentice
ship they become phenomenally accu-
rate in Sizing up people; and it is
he who can correctly size UP" the
greatest number of people at first
glance and adapt himself to their pc
culiarities, that comes out winner in
the struggle.
Next in Importance to the ability
to appraise correctly the generous ten
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
ladies' SAILORS aid
Walking HATS.

Lot sailors and Walking
Hats, worth from 75ce I0A
to SIS, at.......G OO
Lot 2-Ladies' Sailors and
Walking Hats, worth 200
from S1.Z5 to 81, at.... 8 W
Lot 3.-Ladies' Sailors and
Walking Hats, worth
from $500 to $500, O. 10
at ................. " 4 = 3 -
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denotes Of his patrons and TO modulate
his voice and to cOncOct stories accord
ing to their tastes. comes the tran1p's
clothes and the way he wears them
1t probably seems to most persons
that the tramp never changes his
clothes and that he always looks as
tattered and torn as when they hap
pen to see him, but the expert has
almost as many changes as the
actor. Some days ne dresses very
poorly; this is generally the case in
winter, and on other days he looks "a
neat and clean as the ordinary business
man 1t all depends on the weather and
the beat he has chosen for the days
work. Every morning befofe he starts
out on his tour, he takes a look at the
weather and decides upon his beat"
The beat selected, he puts on his
'tOgs' which he thinks suits the
weather and away he goes for better or
for worse, In New York City there are
probably a hundred scientific be9gars
Of this character, and they live as
well as does the man with a yearly in
come Of $4,000.
Sunday on the Road.
Sunday is the dismalest day in the
week to the average tramp, the beggar
who is content with his three meals a
day and a place to lie down in at night.
But a few men who go on tramp for
the first time expect that Sunday is
going to be any different from any
other day in the week. They usually
reach the road" on a week day after
a debauch, and they find that their
sOiled clothes and general unlzenpt
condition differentiate them an public
thorOughfares very Ktle from hun
dreds Of workingmen. No policeman
worries them with suspicious glances,
and in large cities they pass unchal-
lenged even in the dead Of night. IN
deed. they receive so little notice
from anyone that they wonder how
they had ever imagined that outcasts
were such marked human beings.
Then comes their first Sunday. They
get up out of their haylOft, or wher-
ever it may be that they lay down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
CLOVES! GLOVES!
GL0VE5I

One lot of Ladies Kid Gloves, color5
brown and tan, sizes 5% to
~, worth sL25, to close H0a
out at go. -..-.-.-.-....-.---..-. VOO
One lot Ladies Black Kid Gloves.
sizes 50 and 6. worth s1.50. zoo
Ladies Newport Kid Gloves, all
sizes and coIOrs, worth $L25, F(1n
at ..'. .-.... .-'.....-- 1893 w
TIE efovs ca 5t Ladies Kid Sl.l5
The Majestic Ladies Kid q go
Gloves at .... -....-.........q @sUO
Ladies Cashmere Gloves 1En
at 900 .-.--. ..s..-....-.... 4 w
Ladies' Cashmere Gloves, good Qfn
quality, at --.--------..- ........ q 4 v
The Kaiser, double silk, two-clasp
Gloves, most suitable for coo
winter wear, at VUV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

first month Of the investige ton lived
like a@veritable tramp, so far as travel
ing was concerned. but 7 paid for my
meals out of funds sent to me in small
installments by a friend in the east
Once the remittance from The east
was delayed a little. and I found my
self one day at dinner time down TO my
last nickel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

Copyright by Josiah Flynt, 1900
Besides studying the,persons Of whom
he begs and To whom he adapts his
ghost stories as their different ma
lures require. the tramp also has to
state Of the weather. and the character
of the community in which he is beg
ging. I refer, Of course, to the expert
tramp. The amateur blUnders on. re-
gardless Of these important details, and
asks for things which have no relation
with the time Of the day. the season
or the locality.
It is bad form, for instance. to ask
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
FEAST OF FLIES.
It Was Once offered to An Army
Officer.


Officer.
It happened that several years ago
the British government sent an expedi-
ton into Abyssinia TO obtain redTeas for
certain wrongs peTpetrated upon the
queens subjects.
without the loss Of a man the chief
city of Magdala was taken, the state of
affairs in the country upset generally,
and the only existing statute work on
the laws and traditions of the Abyssini-
ans carried away as a souvenir Of their
visit. being finally deposited in the Brit
ish museum. Concerning this work,
which appeared to be a sort of Dooms-
day Book and Constitution of the Unit
ed States merged into one, there was
only the single copy in existence, 50
that in its absence the legal affairs Of
the country drifted into such a hopeless
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure. which is sold for the small price
of 20 cts. 50 cts. and ST. does not cure,
take the bottle back and we viii refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and
50 cts, For sale at z. c NJ I Drug
Dept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
The Only Alternative.

She-Then it's all over between us.
He-Yes. All that remains now is TO go
back to the ones we were engaged to be-
fore.
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Melba Corsets, black and 2pc
drab $3.50. $3.50. ....--...-...... Wv
Utopia Corsets, black and NOo
drab ....................z J9
C-B la Spirite COrsets, black and
at afa0' the best t. sl..' value. 73C
CD a la Spirite COrsets, French shorts:
colors black, dTab, white, nqo
pink and blue. at -.......-....... SGG
Nursing Corsets, in drab, reg E9n
ulST 81 value, at ....,..........V AV
Utah Corset Waist, colors black and
drab. best S1.25 value, T9N
at -.EOG
G. D. Chicago Waists for Ia ooa
dies at ---------.------.--...O OU
G. D. Chicago Waists for coo
young ladies at ....--......- VJJ
Chfdren's Corded Waists at ..GIG
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Hosiery! HOSIERY! RO5IERYI

Ladies' Heavy FIeeced Lined Cotton
Hose. per ff1n
pair 10000 $500 $50. SVV
Ladies' Wool Hose, Xxi ribbed; regular
25c value, per fEA
Ladies Extra Heavy Wool Hose, plain
or ribbed; regular 35c value; 100
per pair .-..--'-,-....' -. w
Ladies Fine Cashmere Hose, Xxi rib
bed; regular 75c value; 5TH
Ladies' Extra Fine Cashmere Hose,
plain, full regular made; GOO
Der pair ..-.s. .-.... .....s wv
Boys Bicycle Extra Heavy Cotton
Hose, high-spllced ankle, fQn
double sole; per pair .... ...... 4OO
Misses and ChiIdren's Wool Hose Xxi
ribbed; per T0IA
pair .-....-- $1,000 -.-.-- --.- 3 - "
Misses Fine Wool Hose, Xxi and Xxi
ribbed; regular SOC value; 10A
per pair ...... .-..-. -. -. e. %
Infants Wool Hose; 10
per pair $500 .... ......... 80. y
Infants Fine Cashmere Hose; fkH
per pair ........ ...... ....,.,..' = AZ
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SILK AND WOOL MITTENS.

Ladies' silk NIittens; worth 90o
soc, at ...... .. .. .. ....U JU
Ladies Silk Mitten. worth e7o
Sl-O0, at ...-....- -. o.. 49,. go. VAV
Ladies' Silk Mittens. worth 7nn
$IZ5, at 1890 .-....s- --.... =. CU
Ladies SILK Mittens, worth 0en
SL5O, at 800 --.----- ---. --.--. OUO
Ladies Wool BIitten, worth f0A
2Oc, at ....-.-. .......... 49,. &V-
ladies Wool Double Mittens. fAn
worth zoe. at ...... . $500. 4VJ
Ladies Fine Wool Double Nit 600
tens, worth acc, at ...... 80. GOO
Children's Wool Mittens, fEln
worth zoe. at ...... 800. q. -. &VV
Misses Wool Mittens. worth fGo
zoe, at .--.--.- 800 e ~
Infants Wool Mittens, worth ffn
PC, at ...... ........ ...... .... ! ~
Infants Fine Wool Double Mittens,
worth soc, loo
at ........ ........ ...t.. ...-.. = w
Infants Fine Wool and silk Mixed
Mittens, worth Aa
35c, at $500. ......-. $3.50. .... 4VV
Boys Extra Heavy Wool Double Nit
tens. worth On
zoe, at ...... ........ ...... 49,. ! w
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-11-28

The French people are evidently
anxious to cultivate row with
England. The occasion of the
landing of President Kruger of the
late Boer republic in France a few
days ago was seized upon by the
populace of that country to show
it's hatred toward the English.
The intent of Kruger's mission to
France is, apparently, to arouse
that nation to a point Of interfer-
ence in the South African troubles.
However. the French government
does not. as yet, show signs of be-
ing influenced by the clamor of the
people to mix in. Meanwhile, the
Beers instead of being entirely
subjugated still continue to make
things interesting for the Briton in
South Africa.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-11-28
After having lauded the Demo

After having lauded the Demo
cratic management in the state for
it's economy, during the recent
campaign, the party papers are
now confessing that the present
Legislature was extravagant in the
matter Of appointing a lot of clerks
for which it had no use and are re-
commencing that the next Legis-
latnre should be more careful and
not disgrace itself in the same
manner. 1t is hardly likely this
good advice will be needed and an
other raid on the state treasury
may be confidently expected. 1t
seems to be inferred by the party
in power that the people of Mis-
souri have given their sanction to
its profigacy and official scandals
at the polls recently; that there is
no occasion for calling a halt or
the looting. Democratic control
in Missouri comes high, but if the
people will have it let them pay
the freight.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-11-28
Winter Economy.

The time is at hand when farm
ers should Gull their flocks and
herds with care, making sure to
retain nothing that they have not
good reason for wanting next
spring and that will not likely be
worth more money then than now.
One of the leaks on great many
farms is occasioned by the winter
ing of stock of various kinds that
is Of no particular use to the own
er. Keeping it not only causes a
loss of the feed it consumes and of
the time given to its care, but
when the feed supply on the place
happens to be a little scarce, such
stock consumes food that might
much better be given to other ami
mails that will make better returns
for it. Such culling as here suggest
ed will enable the farmer to feed
the animals he does keep with great
er liberallty, and they will come
through in the spring in better
condition and give larger profit.
1t is not economical to keep use
less stock, or stock that will not
be of greater value at the beginning
of next season, even when the
farmer has feed to burn. For "a
greater reason it is Improbable if
feed stuffs happen to be u little
scarce. This is Il season of un-
usually priced hay, and every
farmer should make his prepare
tions to use hay as economically as
possible and to provide substitutes
wherever possible, so that there
may be a good quantity of hay to
sell, for this is one of the seasons
when hay will be remarkably
good money crop.-Live Stock In.
dicator.