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Cntnttr , ) The records ot the lollofce iepartment at the Unle(1 Stales are blotted with crlm More than one hundret postmast ( is go wrong every year. Over one thousal11 persons ) tire annually arrestpt for trying In some way or I , other 10 pilfer from the malls , and on the av- eage 10re titan two poslomce are robbed I eVEY day year In and year out. Last year . tJire was an Increase ot 35 per cent In postofco burg1arie , there being 42G more I such crhl1 during t'.lat time than the year preceding , and within the past len year . . . there has been an Increase ot 217 per cent In pO'tal rolJberles The Indicatons are that the present year will break the record , and that II wil show lure burglaries than any In our hlstcry. MAIL. nOllNO A SCINCE , The robbing ot IJoslofcES 'Is now reduced to a science I Is known thaI there are In the country a class ot professional burglars who devote themselves 10 robbing poslofces , They arc experts In their line and their steal- Ingl equal fortunes. . They have their fences thrcugh whom they get rid ot the stamps lhey steal , and everything connected with them seems 10 be systelatcalY organized. They . 4 operate In nil parts ot the country , though \ \ the headllllrters oC one oC the biggest gangs Ai seems to be In New Yorle. During the past two or three years they have become bolder than ever. 'fho Postofco department has for some time known ot their existence , and the Inspectors are working night and day to wipe them ou ( Two years ago the matter was , taken up , by congress and an appropriation or $10,000as made to be used by the 10stofee ! department In the shape or rewards for the arrest ' and detection oC such robbers. Last y dr' ' tnls' ( altllroprlaton was Increased to $25- ! 000. ' bd the result Is that the department now has standing rewards'tor noted postal burglars. They arc now sending bills announcing - nouncing such re\\ards to the different detective - lve offices ot the country , all two which j were lately Issued lie before le as I wrlle. 10STOI 1 ICE nODDE1S AT LA1tG1. . One ot the ' e hills ofers $3,000 for the cap- ' ' tore of the three great postolce burglnrs- 1loran , Hussel all Allen-who escaped trom the Ludlow street jai In New York on the ith or last July , and the other offers $1,000 for Ih arrest and conviction ot Sidney Yon- nle and George Carson two other celebrated postoffice thieves. I Is thought that all ot postofce " these men belong to the greatest or these "I t gangs or professIonal IJoslomce burgl.rs , Thee ! e Posters describing them contain half-tone ( portraits ot the men Delow these Is the portri I I offer or the reward , and underneath this are very full detcrlllons oC the men. As the tul rascals are still nt large , It Is Interesting to know how they loole. Take Yennle , for whom $500 Is orHed , ThQ poster nays his name Is $5(0 . Sidney Yennl and that ia sometimes goes ' under the alIas ot Sidney Manning and at , others nr Stephen J. Roberts. "He Is a pele- ! ( and a general thief and Is wanted on , lJcltct the chare at postomco robbery. lie Is 28 charlo Inches high , anti he years old , Me feet seven Ytar/ weighs . 12t1 I.umls , He Is ot medium weight , " i dark corplelol 12l ; and his brown hair Is thin . on the top b his ! head Ills left I , eyelid droops " , , . ,1 hlH eves are dark browit I . Carson ( fi described 3S tclows : "Oeerge Carson Is known as a bank sneak and general , / thief. Ho Is wanted for postofce robbery. lIe II 41 years old , five feet one and ene-half inches high aIl lIe weighs 165 potindi. Ills besll Is very bald , his Iustaehe blonde , his complexion florid , his eyes hazel , and he has allot oC India Ink on his right hand. " THlEE FAMOUS POSTAL 1IUItGLAR.S. The other poster offers rewards ot $1,000 each for the capture of Joseph Kioran , harry Russell and Charles Alien , Thes ! men are the princes ot postomco burglars. They . Etand at the hedll ot the proCesion and belong - . . long to a ng ot which Klaran Is supposed I to be the leader 1lorn has been robbing postoUces for years , and It L said that he has stolen from two pesto ces alone within ! the past six months more than $50,000. Ho was arr.sttll for robbing the postoUees at Spring- feM , Ill " , and 10boken , N. J. , and Il\.l anti , Alen were taken at the same time . The three men were entombed In the Ludl.w . street j Ulcth'Sl I , ISt , They escaped on the , 4th of hs' July , and the Postofce department Is searchIng for them everywhere. There Is no doubt but that these burglars have a large amount ot mOloY at their command. They have many confederates , and their capture will probably be exeeeqingly diihicuit. During their stay In the jai they tried again and agaIn to bribe their keepers , and tla manner oC their escape has led to the belief that they ; may possIbly have succeeded , They offered v w the jai cleaner sums ranging from $500 to 5,000 to ahl thom In their escape. They told one keeper they would glvo him $1.500 I he , would allow them to knock him down and i thus get out. This mitts ' was promised $5,000 more I they succeeded L making their es- ' , cape. 'hl'y offered one ot the jail servant , $500 for a revolver , anti they tendered sev- . r , oral Qther bribes In some way or ether they did get revolvers They covered the jailers with them , seized the keys fioin the hand or one ot them and locked him and his assist- ants In the ( reception room ot the j.l. They , % then ran oul of the corridor Into the street _ _ ( wih a great crowd after thorn They doubled : , 4 this way and that. Two ot them-Rusel ( and , Allen-took to the roofs or tht' houses oC some oC the New York side streets and titus olulle ( their pursuers Kloran distanced the < ' men who were after hlm until dually he was pursued hy only three. lie drew his revolver on th\m and warned them to 10 b3Ck. They ler Ho then went to the ele\ated railroad and took n train going np town , and this was I the last that was seen or hIn . A 'FIiOUSANI ) lO1.LAI1S AIICI . These men are worth $ ,00 oplece. Uncle am will pay that to anyone who will arrest them and hand Ihem over to thi' government officers. Their pictures 01" " the peters are genii , but the men were shaved just after their arrest , and thus wi increase the dUn- . culty ot identifying them The government - ment , however , is l very full In its descrip- tions , and It Is probable that they will be . captured 1loran Is described as an . I pgltbman oC 5 YCr or age lie Is aboul 5. I. . . five feet flute and one.hal incites high and ' ' lIe weighs 1& pounds. lie has dark brown hair , a light bearl mixed with gray , and his , complexion Is lair. There Is I letter " 1' . and a round tot on his right forearm and there ore three theta on his left forearm , which are partly burned out. no has a slightly pockmarked dot between his thumb , and the frt finger oC his right hand . The descriptions or the other men are equally full , . and the postofco inspectors are scattering t. thee rlrculnrs throughout the police and de- , ' tectve oUces or the country. t , ' IOSTOI FIC" INSII CTOnS. 1 jtk These rrcu\rs ore signed M D. Whepler , v chief posto"ce Inspcctor. Tile4nspectora lay be called Uncle ) Satit's Ilostal detectives. There are about lQO ot them , and thl ) ' arc ' , ' . scattered all over the country. They have j" . charge ot all crimes connected with the post- b , ; ; ' dice ant iS ) bo ordered b ) ' the Ilostmuter . Feneral to 10 to any I'at of the country at a moments notice . A number ot them are lotce. i , on duty along the line between the United States and Canada . and thfy are especially , busy JUlt.MI II keeping track of the robberies . t. berlel In the western states altl terriories , e' lIvery day or 'p there II A telegram from : . . Oklhoma or the Indian terrier ) ' asking for tht deteten et some new J0ltorre crime , The inspeclor , are under th charge ot Mr. } 1) . Wheeler , who direct them from the 10ltolce department here. Mr Wheler II ' . lut.yed , gray.multche baldbuted mast , , . Ut tecn 1111 t .bu t 11 claecte wih jjjjjnnectjj this department for years. He I rather re- .ernll In his manner , and , like all good detectives - leetve he has learned the policy at keep- log his mouth shut as to the cases which he I as In hald , His department I thoroughly organized , however , and the wire are kept hot with the cases which are sent Into It for him to settle. All complaints are claulfed , Those whIch relate 10 the .rlglstered mal are marked "A. " Those which refer to the ordlnuy mal go Into divisIon " [ I. . " AI charges against 1ostmasters all postal em- ployes anti the Improper me or the mals are assigned to another division , , marked "C. " The "V" cases are those which relate 10 the robberies oC postofces , " ' " to the anti the "F" cases nrl cbllants aa foreign maih . There are 'daring crimes con- meted with all these cae. 'The registered mails .ald to carry about OOOOOOOO a ) 'ea I handles about 1,000,000 letters all pack- ages annualy , and last year It was alleged that OVEr 2,500 or these were opened and their contents stolen. There were several thousand other cases , some or which em- braced the entire los of the letter or pack- age. Of the cases investigated , I was found that loses actualy occurred In only about 1,800 Instances , and that In hal of these the money was recovered by the inspector ! . As to the annual ordinary mal It Is Impossible to estimate sits value. At the rate or 25 cents per letter It would be worth $500,000,000. Complaints In this division amounted last year to about 57,000 , and the Ion was com- par.itiveiy email. The chief Increase In crime has heen In postofce burglaries , and connected wih them the numerous defalcations - lens In the territories ot the we.4t t , lIE iilLi ! UP FIVE MEN. The action or Kioran , Hussel and Alien . ,1 holding up the jailers at New York Is nothing new In the records ot postofee crimes. The men who rob Uncle Sam's post- offices are among the most daogerous ot our criminal classes. They are usual ) ' men or more than ordinary intelligence , anti they seem to be adepts In the art ot getting out ot Uncle Sam's jals , There Is a man now In the penitentiary at Juliet , Iii. , "ho held tip five men and bucceed In making his escape I after he had been arrested by the postal iii- ! spectors. This man's 'name Is Ie Ioy Harris. : He was formerly In the employ or the New , York postotilce. . About a year ago he get possession or some money order and postal note blanks or a Connecticut postollice. With those , by means oC forgery , he succeeded In obtaining about A3,000 from the pesto ce tunds. He sent his bogus money orders allover over the country. The Inspectors soon discovered - covered his fraud and within six weeks after the theft ot the blanks they had arrested . him He was taken at Buffalo , N. Y. , anti was brought before a United States eomml sloner. While that ofcer was Issuing the necessary llperR Harris drew his revolver , made the five men In the room hell up their hands and escaped. He was captured , how- ever , the sale night at a little town In Canada anti was sent to jail. ESCAPE Ol LETTER DOX TIIIEVRS. Last year the department had great trouble with a gang or letter box thieves , a number or whom escaped after being arresHd. This gang made a specialty ot breaking open street letter boUA. : They carried on their work In different parts or the country. About a year ago the inspectors got on their track and arrested the three who were considered the chiefs of ( I gang. One oC these was a man named Stratton , who was caught In Colorado and who Is serving a twenty-one year sentence In 'he penitentiary at Canyon City. lie escaped tour months after be was captured , but was retaken , anti Is again In prl ol. Two others , of this gang who were arrested also escaped , but they were both retaken - taken taken.TiE CASE OP RUDE DUHROWS or all the desperate postefce robbers who have broken jai , however , the department has no more remarkable case than that of Rube Burrows. ; l l/.man / was a ramous train robber anti iurglar . lie had been en- gaged In a number ot postolilce robberies and he ended his career through an attempt to rob I mal train In Misi'Issippl In 1859. le had two confederates , anti the three men entered the train by way ot the engine. They covered the engineer and freman with their pistols anti then made their way back to the mal car. The 10stofce department offered $ ,000 for the arrest ot Burrows. The railroads - roads oiso offered rewards , and a man named Carter finally captured hIm lie I as taken to Alabama anti was put Into a village jaih. Carter hall gone off to sleep at the hotel He heft a white man and two negroes to guard liurrows. During the night the white man went oil Into n cabin to sleep leaving 01 the two negroes alone Burrows hal , a lIttle canvas bag with him at the time ot his capture. He aslted these negroes to get thl % for him , saying that Il contalnld somt clackers and he was hungry. They did this , BurroWs at once put his two hatHl1 Into the bag , and , notwithstanding the handcuffs on his wrists , milled out two pistols. Wih these he covered the negroes. lie made them go and bind ant gag the white mutt , and then made one ot the negroes bind the other. The unbound negro he compelled to lead him to the room In the hotel where Carter ' was slepplng He made him knock at the door and say to Carter that he was wanted nt the jail. The result was Carter penvd the door and round hlmsel racing the cell steel or Burrows' revoh'en. He did no : flinch , however , but IC 1 ell hil pistol and began fring , A number at shots were exchanged - changed and Burrows was kied , Carter reo celvel several wounds , but he recovered and got his reward. DO STAMP RODm RmS. One or the bIggest robberies of stamps that the department bas ever known \'as that which occurred here last fail at the bureau pt engraving and printing. The gev- ernment up until a short time has been having the stamps made by the American Bank Note company ot New Yorle. I cost the governmcnt 7 cents a thousaud. Now Uncle Ram mhkes his own stamps and saves $100,000 a year by doing lD , Lust October , however , It was found that two eC the em- ployes oC the bureau had been stealing stamps by the thousanll. Thc officers 101,1 lP ole mornng ! to hind 00,000 2-cent stamps mhslnl and It was discovered thaI these men hal sent out short packages to the varIous post- ofces anti had sold the stamps they stole There were two women mixed 11 In Ih case , and just before discovery the men took a satchel flell with stamps and lan off wih the girls to New Yorle They returned within a day or so and wel.t . back to work. They denied their crime upon being arrested , but \'ere convicted anti are now serving out their sentences In the ppnltPntary , A big tamp robbery occurred at Minne- spoIls nine years ago. The thieves stole $00,000 stlmp ! They did It at night. break- tug Into the postolcp ant ) crawling through the stamp window. The stamps , were locked Ull In the sae , but the burglars opened I with 4 diamond drill. The value ot their steal was about $14,000. They took their booty to Chicago and tried 10 dispose at I there through acme men who acted as pctago stamp tences. They had still HOO worth ot stamps left when they wpre Ils- eoverell arrested anti sent to prison. The gang ot burglars In New. York do not scout to have this trouble II disposing ot their stamps , .val amount of Stamps come Into the big cites II the trnsmision of email sums through the mails . The merchants sell them through brokers at a mal dis- count. anti millIons or stamps are disposed ot 11 thll war. 1 Is estmated that New York ues $3,000,000 worth ut slamps which she IloH nut bur or the government There II 10 "ay ot detecting a stolen stamp and the postage stamp fences thus have little , trouble In getting rid ot the amounts they buy tram the robbers SOME SOUThERN I1OBIIERIES . The ofcials ot the Ioitolce 11parhlenl tell tnr tut robberies and dealcatons are most mmon during had tme Just I.baul the time oC the paulo there were a great many POStOfhICS burglaries anti the robberies wHe most In those sections where the times tmes were the harllcst. A number ot arrests were lately made In South Carolina anti not a few II Tt'xu. I h. now about a year since General Maxwell got a telegram describing the robbery or the mal stage on its way trol Robert Leo to nallnger , Tex The stage wa. stopped by \wo masked men and the registered lal Itllen , In this mal I was stated that there was a leter containing $3 100 ot mooney order lends which hall been Bent from the pllQfce ot Robert Lee , aen- oral la\el banded the cue over to Mr Wheler An lurplctcr wu at once put tl work anti I was found that the assistant potU.lt r. one or the postal clerks aDd the 0 stage driver hall consplre1 with W. F. ou.1 I chanan , the president oC a bank at Robert I Lee to steal this $3,100 from Uncle Sam This postal clerk anti the stage driver the night before the robbery slipped out ot town with the three registered letters In their hands Two ot these they had taken from the mails . One contained $5 and the other $2. The third letter contained nothing , but It was labeled to contain $3,100 and the register - ter account at the postomce was manipulated to show that It hall been received. Thes ! two men took these letters to the point where they decided that they would swear the rob- bery eecurr.d. Thor tore up the two bon title registered letters and took the money , lea\'II the envelopes on Ihe ground , They lore also the bogus $3,100 envelope , which contained nothing Sand then went back to town. Th next morning the stage driver left wills the utah. As soon as he got to thIs point IHcut open the mail pouch. When he arrived at the next postomee he told how he hall been hehl up anti the mal pouch cut anti rln d. The Idea was that the government would pay the $3.100 sup- posed to have been stolen , Uncle Sam's Inspectors - specters , however , discovered , the fraud , and all the parties to the conspiracy were con vlcted. , T ' , I - -a It" . ' 111' : cutat'l' I'I.SI' Ilh'I"'Mtl I i Il'III'ltM ; : ' : : : ' ; ; Ctl.l'rllll I.ut'tvcrM tutu . " tutiges . . Some time since , In southwest Georgia , a murder case was being tried before a certain judge , relates the Atlanta Constitution . The slate's attorney had seen the shooting , and the ) ' had al old negro on the witness stand. TII negro became intensely interested II the story he was telling. Ills big eyes were fixed upon ; the lawyer who was questioning ! him and he seemed to think these was no olher person Iii the room , lie was trembling with excitement , so much so that he stammered - meted , all he told his story lS If he was havlnl a strictly private amid cOlldlnlal ( con- vetsatlon with the state's attorney. "An' den ' boss , " he said , In solemn and awe-struc ) 'touup , "j-j-jes' ez I war a-comln' roun' de corah , anti , I see him long 0 do ' , " lamp os' 1- "Whal time was this ? " asked the judge The witness aused for a second , / as Ir something hal disturbed him , but then , wIthout - out tOrnlng his head , he went on : "J.J'Jes' ap I war a.eomln' roun' tie corah , boss , I seeD , him 'Ioug o' de lamp pos' . 1- " I ! The judge rapped the desk before him smarty with his gavel . "Stop ! ! ' ho sall , "Tho court Is asking you a question. At what tme did you come around the coiner ? " Again the witness stopped and made a mo- lon with his hands as I he was brushing away a fly from his ear , but ho never turned around , and started . again to tel his story. "Ez 1 wuz a-aayin' , boss , I rounded dat dah cornah , an' seen him 'long or de- " The judge brought his mallet down with a noise that almost caused the witness to leap off the stand , and roared out : "What do you mean , sir ? I you do not answer my question Instantly I sho.1 com- " ' . hut you ! 'he witness turned , faced the court , and said , In deprecating tones : "L-I-Iook er , boss doan' ' yore , you see Im talkin' to dls gen'lmun ? " The lawyers were almost convulsed with wih laughter , the judge bent his head and shoolt with merriment , and the witness was aloweJ to finish his story undisturbed ' - I' One oC thc oldtme members of the bar oC Chic.tgo was John Act , a' 'O ' man , who had a large clIentage among the p ojde ot his ' nativity , lie Was before Judge storer In the superior court In some case elales the Inter Ocean , and the point In the litigation was deendent upon a law which had been enacted hor'ly before the trial oC the case Attorney Ast rererrd tt that law and said to the court that that law settled tile ' ques- setted ton involved Said ! JUdge Storer ' , "Show mo that law. I want to see It b' Core I am bound by I. The attorney sent for a book which he believed contained the statute lie le got the book and began turning over the heaves and continued to do so for sOle mm- utes : yet he could not fnd what he wanted , He because nervous and Inaly gave It up anti passed the book 10 the judge The official said : "I Ion't want the book. Show ml the law you Inention . " "Dat law vas In de book , et your honor please , " said Ast , "a 11 I voull like to bitt you find It. Vat vas de tagspaers put you hu tier rer but to find de law anti doll us vat it \as. Id Is l In de book , nut anr , del yer lS , honor tel ( find dat law. I vas In de book. " And the judge had to take the book add search ro the law the altorney had cited to him , It Is not recorded whether he suc- cecdcd Another story from the same source gives tim experience ot a Mr. Pugh before the examining commitee for admissIon 10 the bar of Chicago : "When the day arrived Mr Pugh was on hand prompty at the hour which had been namneti lie tounl , that a platform had been erected In the library for the examiners , and directly In front ( It a smaller one ror him to occupy The hour arrived anti by that ( hue there had been placed . tme upon n table be. side the platform where the examiners were to sit a pie of law books that seemed to he about halt the number the library contained , lbrary : r. Pugh did not like the looks at that anti was nervous. lie was made nerous. le more so by the presence ot a large number ot the members or the bar , several or whom told him to keep cool , as they had seen the ( list ot questions , and though they had been practicluig for years they eoull not answr practcing , The examiners took their seats , anti Mr. Pugh took his. JUdge Storer , as he looked over his , , spectacles , said ; " , . 'What's your name ? ' " , . 'Wiliiauii II. Pugh , ' was the reply. " ' 'Ahem ! What did you say your name ' was ? wasU . , 'William ii. Pugh , ' " ' . 'Are you a brother . or George E. Pugh ? ' " 'Yts , sir , ' said Mr. Plgh , wor11erlng Ir he was never to get away train the reflectio ot . his brother. refpctol " 'Well , Mr. Pugh , the ( first question we vihl ask wou Is , do ' kiiott' queston wi yen klow which end or a cigar Is the ' cllar proper eml 10 light ? " ' ' 'Yes , sir , , " ' 'The next Important question we whl ask you , Mr. PI\gh , Is queston know which end ot a belie ( Is the proper one to open when , , a man Is thirsty ? ' " 'I do , and I the examiners will come wi downstairs with mo I ti'ill give them wih wi a prc- heal demonstration ot that ' tcal demonstraton fact slid Mr. Pugh , seeing thlt he was being made the ( but or a joker " 'Thil examination Is adjoured , ' said the presiding examiner. "Thereupon the examiners . the 'attending attorneys anti Mr. Pugh repaired 'atending - ol anti before they left they were not In a condition for further examination. Mr. Ingh was admitted to practice , " . - . "Ono day , " said Judge Daker ot Chicago , we were making up a Jury before Julge , Moran , In u else where a colored woman was suing a railroad company tar personal Injun' An Irishman was examined as to his fless 10 sen'e. lie save me satisfactory - tory chewers Then Attorney Sleeper took him In hand. . , " 'Is ( hero any reason why you can not try this case ? ' , , " ' ' , , 'No reason. " 'Have you any prejudice against corpora. tons ( ? ' COrora- , , " ' ' 'Nol a bit . I . ' \Viil you try the case between the rartes fairly and justly ? ' " , 'or course I will . ' " 'So far so good , and Sleeper was about 10 pass him when he happened to ask , merely , , a a formula : " 'Then , at this present time you have no notion how this case should be decided ? ' . 'Certainly , ' replied the candid woisld.lia juror ; 'my mind Is made up I'm for that black woman agllnst A the compan . ' ' I ' 'hr.e . \lf' or 111. I Chicago Tlmu-lerall , ; "Only one thing , ill the ( world , my boys , " laid Ihe man of GO . "True " sid the man or 40. tO. "True , " echoed the man at :0. sOftly "And . that II rest , " said the maD ot tO "It Is success , " laid the man of 40 grImly gimly "Ob , nol" said the man or 20 eagerly ; "It I. 10voIt II love I" IHYORCES ) WHILE \ \ , YOU WAIT \ - Life Among the Matrimonial Misfits in South DakoU A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE IN TiE COLONY \1t'n 1o"nl" ' Ost rtlrlie.ti , . hut the ) " 'n liii ' ( ' n Un , ' ' 1'Iliie-L'iit' I.n ty und C lit' Iutt'3&'vsUuv , , iesi- dcntc Itt _ \ e,1l&reii. The rapidity anti racllYt wlUI which dl- , ores are obtained L SOlth , Dakota arc fruitful topics for resident correspontionts The moro or less salacious history or divorce seekers , the ' legal leeches and grasping land- ' lords who thrive on the 'business , have been written all rewritten , s . rreltng ( the ( public anti brInging reproach on the state , But there are features ot the scandalous business that ( have not been tOlch and could be truly detailed by other than n member at the di- vorce colony at Sioux Fails , A woman who has seen and was a part of the toner life ot the colony prents ( In the St. Louis Globe- Delocrat a graphic account ot her experi- ences. She writes : , To one who has never breathed the same air , nor lived side by side wlh ( the men and women who compose the "divorce colonies" In South Dakota . , II Is almost an impossibility , to describe the mortIfIcatIon tell by the' sensi- tire , relned , shrinking , \ ehl-bred woman , who exiles herself to this far-away prairIe town and finds herself the cynosure or all eyes ; the daily pin pricks , In the ( Innuellloes , the slurs , the slights , the ostracisms ( to 'which ' lie Is subjected by the Inhabllanls anti the press : the ( conetant annoyance at fnding her- sel an object or public property , her comings and goIngs crltelsed , her'dress anti manners IIUtstoned : , her motives pronounced without triaL as the worst possible to be Inpulod to woman . And yet such Is the case : and In Qrder to ijlace' before the world the rue facts 'ot this "cclony" and the ( series oC event : witicji have led up to time exIstng condiion oC affairs , It would need 11 Zola's scalpel , I Bourget's psychological pen Though not so glHed , yet as one who has Ivcd and suffered there , may theia wordsj which are hone , t and heartfelt , go forth to help the unhappy , and to a'l lS a warning to the careless To the heartbroken woman who comes 10 ths ! town 10 unloose In secrecy anti obscurity the bonds which bind her to rome worthless / man the suspIcion : , the "engarde , " the fence or outraged propriety whidh encircles , shIelds and emanates front the "lnhahltant" Is al' a knife to slab that bleeding bent , a. blUer draught of gal and wOrlwood 10 those parched lips , crying out In anguIsh for a cool- log sip from the cup at sympathy and human kindness : and the burdell oC the secretly carried cross becomes so heavy that even God seems far away , In thIs Sioux valley , where such beauties as the hat Ddkotas can boast or are here In all their pleasingness. TWO CLASSES I TiE Cm.ONY. The "colony" cons Es ot two dlst'nct class2s The first and smaler number Is compo 2d at good , honest women , who , unwilling to air their grievances and expoSe their family skeletons 10 ( lie eyes or their tdwnipeople , or to "e their names ban led from one news. paper to another , come out hero , knowing that the divorce laws arc 'ol as strict ai thee of the eastern states and thit you eon obtain release from Cetters which bInd' you' to' " some Old Ian ot' ' the' ' Sea by other means . tharl the proving ot the brealcng'ot the , seventh com- nmandrnent Thue women came here anti bury themselves 11 some private rJmly , hoping to escape all notice , falaclouHy thinking that no one will suspect their ' errand. all bravuhi bending their backs . to the h'.den , prepared to tale up their new life I this far way primitive town as cheerfully ps posdble , loole- Ing forward for cheer and comCort to the bright star on the horizon or t1 future , their divorce and release For such a woman the awaleenlng to the ( real position 'h'ch she ho d In the town 15 something atvful ' l. ' The second class Is coioiposed or women who have violated their mnarrlago vows. who have termed a mad marrage ! for some man , anti who"e only object \ coming here II to take advantage at thE loose 'diverco laws .n,1 , In nine cases out ot ten to lire In open shame wih ( their 'aramours ' ; while putting themselves under ( lie Protection ot these laws , their daily If\ being 81 pen defiance ot any law , hUI'o \ 'or divine , To ' these women the opinion , rood , bad or indifferent - different , of man or food a 'm-dUer ef perfect IndlferCice , their notoriety "mI c critcsm they cal forth beWg only so much incense burned before the'lshrlne .o their sensual vanHr. Anti to thele ( wompn'may be given the credit for the l r mlnlouS' courge which nays theIr honest , , sulerlng Isters. ( The actions of the "divoitees" 'have beln so open to criticism thlH , 'the Inhabiant ! judge one and all by the { sme staUddrI , These colonists term a , distinct populatlH by themselves , There hr "n.alr , a Lyit' , a bearing about thcm which lis entirely . un- ! lte the townspeople. ( The majority at .hun art well-to-do , In fact , tley must bo , lS Sioux Falls Is not als a cheap place to live In , that Is for a divorcee , anhi , a poor wonan 11 'ng there II , the ( hope' tha'she ( can earn l.cu' I Ivng : while gaIning her reidenco would fInd her hopes dashed rUdely to the gr unl. I II not an exaggeration to say' that she \ ould not be received In the ( kitchens as a Qtrvant , and this assertion Is made with tbe stern t.ct staring one In the face - that ( ! e\\113 are as gold out there , they are so s'lrc THE FUNNY SDI'i . The question has Its rlltY aide , toe ; In- deed , how could life be borne out there wel9 here not sOle Indlerous Incldrats to tile. t'et them 1 Women , hicart-brekisut ' , p rl 'z",1 , w'th the horrors ot their position , w'lh ( the Inowledge : that , In order to flln ' their uitl. Illte freedom , they must pass through Zola's nauseating kitchen-viz . , \Ix months' ctt'a . csm II this desolate place : so Isl n that life or deatl would be equally Ielcomp ; f h"meslck that sunshine or rain m'ters hOt , h. their longing for a brfath 01 natIve aim' ; t prostrated by the long , six : months re- lul Ed for a residence asia be almost wIll. hg to throw the whole thIng up ; so IndlJ- tAnt at the fact that they' ' were sote,1 the very first lay they renclltd' CIte town al d their secret mlsllon madl public prperty ; these women , before they have been . a 'Helt In town , have started out aad gone In the post'Jfce , anti on their retqrnvoro brlfhcr , mere cheerful , announcing with 01 t" ( " apiomb of an old colonist , this bit ot vlsllp , "That there was a new dIvorcee In town , " forgetting their own heatacbee In the wonder a to how the new member felt ; 'ymlJathlzlng with her , a/1 fairly c'-ed sway I ) the Impulse , Which is . strong within thpm , to be a prop , a guide , a shield ' 0 Sue stranger ; there ( Is a r cemaonry amonl them which draws them to one another and a few hours' ( acquaintance , \ulled imy neb COllnon tie , wilt open UII an " 'thnacy ( , a friendship , which It would have taken ) 'ear to cement In the Nst. Al a rule , the women art pretty , stylishly ! dlpued and well educated The maJo.1y are young , and , being young , love life , excitement - lnt , IJleasure , all three or which are forbidden - , bidden a colonlt. Does shmeasser her yuth , her lvaelQusneu , her Jlatural deer' : . flr something besides the seclusion ! to which she Is i doomed , the eya ot eVery man , woman and child In the place re upon her , aud the secret pOlce system ot All the R'JIMI Is a nothing compared to lie eeplola1 ot her every act , word ami4 thought. Whit cite tines Is brulll over 'lime place ; Wlt fho doss not do la magnified into I heinous crime , because she has failed to do what the townsPeople . People thouht she Ihould 10. And hula detective system II practiced by people ) \ hose own m9ra1. , are nol ot the highest . The old pe9pl hake tielr heads anti ascribe the wrongdolup and shortcom- Inb' or the younger gencation to the example - ample set by the cololY , ; ha . often struck me what broad shoulders tit colonists must tl\ need to carry the many loads laid upon them , This blame cn hardly \ called just , b- cause the inhabitants utclate ' 10 lte11 . . fact , not at ahi-wlthi the divorcees that I : eelS ( unjust to blame a young girl's rl to the example set her by the ( colony I Is true I the fine clothes and the hIgh living ia ) ' be an opening wedge , lll the ( , ( ctm unity Imagine that should she 110 likewise she lay rare as ts'eli.SOMR SOMR mN TIIEI1E . A new rcature ( , anti a strange one , too , Is the numher ot mutest In Sioux Fails seeking a 11ssoluton or the larrlag ' tIe. At present lhere are more there than ( ever before at one time since the place became n divorce center These men have very trIvial excuses . Mental cruelly , Ilrunkenneu , nOlbearlnl ot children , not more than two or three unfaithfulness. I seems a small thing for a lan to allege cruelty against a woimman Mental cruelty Is but another wa ' ot expressing ' way cprealng Incompatblll ) ot temper , really : putting It as lental cruelty It sounds , cruely , sounls 10re legal In the Imian's case there Is always 1 womal In the background , and when the lan who has wilngly berne the ( burden or a bal wire for many year meets a 'ounger , more attractive - tractvl woman his shackles become too Irk- some antI he necs must hie iiltiiseif to South Dakota to loose them , . Mmp. Gramid's theory that ( a lan should be held equally guilty with the ( woman doe not hold geol In this case : for whie the woman Is ostracized , the man Is feted , The damsels ogle him , the matrons pet hll , he Is Invlell to sing at the cOlcerls and the female portion or the audience listen entranced , wile the male members anathematzl him lie Is In- \'led 10 the swelest houses and Is 1 tavored guest at dinners , lawn parties , socables anll card reunions : his me , so 10 speak , Is a bati or roses On the othot' hand , let mo quote an In- Rtance which came under lY own personal notice. A divorcee , a woman who had hell herself most decorously I ) atemled services lt the EpIscopal cathedral and was In a certall measure cordIally received , concel'c the bloc ot giving n little supper to some of her kindly Ilellosell lady fri ends In I the church , She prepared as lalnly a repast as the lmied resources ot the ( town permltel , sent out invitatIons , and , everything being pre- pared , sat down to await the coming of her guests She waited anll waied , anti still she waiteti . and no one came. Not one woman In thaI list at invited guests came to her SUIJper , nor did they trouhle themselves to send a regret. This Is the woman's side In contrast to the man's. In what way hul the woman sinnell more than the lan ? 'hey are both out there for the same pur- pose , yet a cold shoulder Is tured to one , a warm welcome given to lhe other. TlCKS IN TIlE TRADII. Hundreds hie themselves to South Dakota under the mistaken impression that the di- vorce laws are lax and the obtainIng at alI- vorce a merc maier ot form . In ito first iii- Itance they are no laxer than thee In some ot the easter states ; In the ( second , to obtain a legal divorce In South Dakota-one which cannot be assailed on any point-Is anything but a form , The laws at the ( two Dakotas are tbe ( same , but since Ianh I , 103 , a six months' resI dencethanks to the unceasing efforts or Dsh011 hare-is now required , while ninety days Is nil that Is necessary In North Dakota , The easter slates gaze with suspicion upon a North Dakota decree , but obtained In South Dakota , after conforming with every letter oC the law , Il has been Upheld In many states Anyone going to South Dlcta wih the ( Idea that It Is only a mater ot iSO days now , Instead or hal tlat number , as It was for- merly , Is making a grave mistake , They must make up their mInds : to remain front nina to ten months , unless al amicable arrangement - rangement can be made with the opposite i sldc , In which cue thl time Is very materially ahiorteimed , often not e/cedlng seven month8 ' The frst thing to be tone Is to gain a resi- deuce by living In 'South Dakota six months ! Here Is a point where trickery and living up to the letter ot the Jaw " . and not time spirit , , cnmcsJn . . lne.teltbs , oC tl ' people ' woo ga tf South Dakota for a divorce have 'no Inn- ton oC gaining a bou-flde residence ! , either through disinclnaton or inaitility . I the party seeking redreu Is welh.to-da he or she hires a turnLhe(1 cottage for six or nine months They pay the rent either In advance or by the month. After moving In and reo malnlng perhaps a month , they close UI the house anti disappear , to reappear at intervals for a short period during the six months , or not to appear on the ( scene ot acton again until their term or resIdence bas nearly ex- pireti One case In IIo1nt which illustrates what I have said very clearly and which came under my personal observation was that ot a very wealthy Brooklyn woman , who appeared In Sioux } 'nls about Deeemner 1. 1803. She flashed like a meteor up.n the astonIshed ! Sioux Fallians . Her costumes were as daz- zlng as her profuse golden locks She was a woman wlh a daughter fully 25 years old Her dlamomls Were a nine days' wonder and her hats the envy ot all time wonton She frt went to the Cataract house , but as the then proprietor would not accede to her re- quest for a private parlor , she folded her ( tent amI moved to the Commercl.I , where she . hired six roms , turned them ( oltsy.turvy , ex. changed the ( carpet In her private parlor for a handsome new one , hung new lace curtains and furnished gossip for a week. Then paragraphs - graphs appeared In' lie ( papers reterrlng to her anxious ench for a lurnlshell house. Finally one or the finest II town was offered her furnished at a rental of $125 per month , which Is an exorbitant sum to payout there She engaged I for six months and moved In , crltclslng furniture , architecture and ever- thing In It , and remarking Ln an audible aside that she had refused $ GOO per lonth for her own house In Drooklyn. January 1 my lady closed the house and left the town The last week In May signs ot life were seen about the premises and en June 1 the tamly returned - turned , just In lme to serve her paper on the husband In New York That woman welt before the ( Judo and , . swore that she had come to Sioux Fails In geed faith , and that she was a bomma.tide resident - dent , did not come for a divorce and Intended to reside there permanent ) ' , and out ot the whcle six lolths she had only lived there one. one.ohers who are not so well off In the goods or , thiS world hire a furnished room , paying I so much a month In advance , anti If they ! wish to 'go ' east .hey merely leave a trunk In' the ( room and . pay rent for It while they are gono. Others , again , ar.e honest enough to remain permanenty the requllle time , but they are few and far bel ween. ' AMONG THE WYEHS. The lawyersl Their name II legion ! They are the vultures feeding on the carrion ! The town teems with them. The business blocks are perforated with their offices They are good , bad and indifferent : the later are In t'le majority . The bad ones prosper , the grad exIst. They are like wolves at bay- lie 'llckest , smartest snatching the coveted morsel tram his hungry brothers The divorcee I the natural prey .ot this horde of snarling , biting wolves , and the poor unfortunate , tortnnately t r her , as she means monpy ant a living to the pack , Is treated kindly I fattened and cared for Ilrevlous to the plucking ; and oh , how she Is , plucked ! O.lese men , as a rule , are Intelligent , clever fellows indeed i they must be , for there Is so much competition among them that a man to live must kppp hula wits about hlm , They are vIllainous backbier and hesitate at nothing , tearing their rival's character to shreds It-necessary to gain a Ilolnt. They pay j conductors ot the different In. coming sratns to report any new arrivals , and hue hack drivers to locate the filial se lEcton of a ' tome made by the newcomer , Then they start In on their fine work , and , lIke the spider , Invie the pretty little fly Into their beautifully swept parlors , fly hook er crook they ( obtain an Intro- ductlon to the victim and offer their services - Ices to the per stray creature , who falls an easy prey to their wiles : It Is so sooth- InK to have some good , kind man attend to a nw home for you Initiate you Into lie mYlterles 01 the mal hour procure a post- office box for you , for WuIcii they doubtless receive a conimlssion-l can assure you they dd nothing for nothing in South Dakota- show you around , introduce you at ( he differ- emit banks and stores , aiding and sutoothing titu pathway immeasurably for you. The woman Ia seen on ( lie street once or twIce with this kind lawyer and that set. ( lee it , No one would openly attempt o take her frci the fIrst one ; ( bat. would be a itrcaclu of professIonal etlquiet , but at any auth every ehiamtce ftc itmost frighuifui halts of suclt autO etuclu a one's iuttutmorallty are l'oureti Imito ( icr nffrlgluteil ears miii frlenthiy 'varnlngs are giveit to be on her gitarul agaInst ( ito titan wluonm clue iiituet of uteces- sit ) ' trust iimmplicitly thuring her stay In ( lie lihace , The ioor troutmaut's state of immlnd niay easily h3 coitceiveth , lie whioumm site ituti first hooked ttpon as ter best frlouid uotv appears In tue light of her itmost dauigerotus encuimy , 't'lte mmmcmi to whom site has cotifliled her iminer- iitost secrets site Is told to hteware of. lit sotito few casts ( Ito lies ore invvntti ( anti the literal depravity tleiicctl totuly at variance with the maim's character. ' One lawyer ' ( whtotmt 'lf.ttis , brotignt into close coitiact bore ( hue t'tj4t reittntiiiut for iitmmmtornhity in ( hue place. It us said tt.ut hui clients visited ititit in hits prim n office at nil hioltra in ( lie evening. Aliti y-'t tItle it'.tum ( U ftC \'as always a gelitieimman-I cauimto ( say a Chesterfield , for hevas rotighiy western - t.tt bitt heart was vhrgimt gold and his natural ktmdliumess ! siutootiietl uttany a m ought itln3 f'r tue thu ring mity acqtmah itta ii cc wit Ii Ii liii. I kiiots' of a case where a poor \voniaum , tiurot.gh sonic , iuichu ( in Now York , 'as eru"tied penutiless in town , 11cr hwyer rot only paid her boartl bills , but uit'itticcti her the mtioney fur hier fare autti ccitt her homiie , It is ( rue lie lucid her decree , but what was that ? What security was tltat liaper In the Imaluitent for ( he act of triemiti- ship extendeti ( ti a woman itt distress ? Then , again , as a contrast , One poor wotimamm , mint only Itoor because she tt'as ottt ( hero anti was to be pitied , mit jloor In pocket , hail Paid $100 retainer fees. Before her six months' residouice hind expired , before her lawyer ( intl pitt luI pen to paper for her , thie husband died. Iiti lie give her back that $100 ? Not a penny of It , lit spite of ( lie fact ( hunt at ( hue timne of the huuisbauid's death ( lie t'oittan was itehmutiless anti was ccitt hioine through charity of friends lit ( lie colony , hA CCi I US. V'Ililant heel Dtuntoy , lIe comes with rosy cimeelt and flashing eye His luead is crowned with flower stttd chug- ing vine , lie Itresses (0 tue ft''erishi lip a cup Fliii'tl to the bi'lun with sparkiiiig , blood-red ss'itie. And soon ( he senses swoon In languorous siet'i ) And rosy mhrennts of bhls ( hiromig through tim brain , Amiti on ( lie eyelids flowers seem to pelt And enciiitmtting unUic on ( lie ear to rain , A dreamy kiss of love lies on ( lie lips Anti in ( lie veIns tiotv life begIns to start , AntI ctupitl seems to attinti antI softly ( itrow A shower of scented roses on ( lie heart. But tulasi ( lie waking hour itt last arrives Atiti sense breaks loose front flowery , bliss- fui thirahi , Then liaceltus is a bony skeleton Froun off vhioso head the withieretl lioweruu fall. Anti in his iton ) ' luamid lie iioitls a etmj , Filleul ( till of blood , auth dregs of wine , nnd lire , And ( lila ho presses to the burning , celtic- talit lip And fuuiui again to flame the slumbering desire. GOSSIP .Ahifl tJ'l' NThii ) PliO1'I.ii , Speaking cf Wilbur F' . Storey , who created time Chicago Tinies , ( hue "Listener" of ( lie Boston Transcript says : "lie htad a theory that the editorIal chair t'as ( lie hub around whichi the whiohe newspaper wheel should re- volvo. lie always sat in ( he edItorial chair himself , and iooketl itt all the business from that point of vtew. As lie owned ( hue whole esabhishuiiu'nt ( liluneif , rettmeimig to take in ally Itartner , lie could safely do that. 1ls business manager simply ciumuie to hint for orders and took them meekly. , ByAl'y one of these orders was 'dictated' ' by' nmyconshd. erathomis. If any stews feature' uItpesred to Storey likely to nu3ko a lilt and confound a contemporary , it nmade absolutely no differ- Chico how much it cost.Vhen Storey became - came feeble aitul could no longer coitto to the oflhco at nighmt , a nmanaglmmg editor once woke hiitmi up , some ( ( me before midnight on the first Sunday night itt Deceutber , with this speech : , , 'Mr. Storey , by going in with a New York naiter we can get an advance copy- stolen , Cf COUrSeof ( lie report of the sccrc- tary of ( lie treasury. ' , ' "iVehi , ' saiti Storey. , , 'But it will cost the two papers $2,000. I didn't ilke to pay otut $1,000 for a piece of news , miot cpuinting ( lie tolls , withiout con- suIting you. ' "Tho mamtaging editor heard a rough mur- mnur , sonuethuirig like a grott'h , over ( hue ( ole- phone. Then Storey saki : , , 'Never wake sue up again to knott' whether you may spend $1,000 for a big heat ! I don't want to be disturbed for so small , a In atterl' "The operation of ( lila principle left the Chulcago Times worth at least $2,000,000 when Storey died , whticlu was a considerable property for one m'an to build up out of uiothilng In hess 'luau thirty years. " harry Marks , who was elected to the lirltishi i'arllaummeutt last week , Is the son of a London rabbi of prominence , lie came to ( his country , says the New York Sun , tt'hmen a young man , and , drifting to Texas , huehped to edit a country paper. After a while he came to this city , anti was a reporier for the World when Mantj Marble was its editor. About 1880 lie ( arted a small finan- clal paper In Wall street. tvhulcht lie soon sold out , Returning to his native city , Marks , with the ah1j , of a rich Anmerican whom he hind met * 'lmen In ( hii country , established ( lie Fiuianciat News , whIch , in spite of its disrepute , is regarded as time only journal hum ( he British , capItal which really gives the news of ( ho money market , Marks has made his paper , which lie now owns entirely , worth 20,000 a year to 1dm , Mr. Ilamlin was a true gentleman , says a writer In ( lie Century , Punctilious himself In ( lie observance of all the requiroaents of gentlemattly intercourse , lie was equuahly exectiumg of every' courtesy Otto him front others. lie permitted ito uttaim to he ruitle to hint or to assume ( lie attitude of a superior. Ott one occasion one hf the able macn and leaders of the senate , dlstluigulshietl for a self- conscious , lot-thy air imi lila deportment , 1mm tue chasige of seats which occurs once in two years in tue senate chamber , had gained a seat by the side of Mr. liatuhin anti began at once to practice upon hIm those little exac. ( Ions anti annoyances which lie had bsemm ac- custometl to impose upon others , After a few days of yielding to titeso encroaclumimcns ( Mr. liamnlln turneil and iii a tone ( lint did not requite - quite repetition said : "Sir , if ynut expect to be treateuh hike a gentlentan , you must nrnve yourself one , " There was miever occasion afetwird ( to repeat thie aduimanition , / , Writing in ( hue Comunercial Travelers llonme Magaziute about old-tune Fourth of July cehebratiomis , ex.Govermior lfIo'.rer of New York says : "Front the time I wi 18 years old until I was 25 I was usuaiy'plaeeul on ( hue comnmiteo of ( ( me ( own In wiijch I lived that lied charge of tiue ai'rangeunnts for the Fourth of July celebration , I remruember one Fourth of Jtiiy \'atertown , witen we had decided (0 ( have thin militia out In the lire- cessIon ; we were also desirous of getting soutte soldier or eoitllers who hail fought iii ( hue battle of Sackett'a hiaibor , iut time war of 1812.15. They were scarce , but we succeeded in finding one ltatrlot. We ratio hulm arnunti in ( lie procession ; we dined , wined and toasteil hihim. But ( hip next day sve learned that lie fought on ( ( mc other sidul" The new life of John Cairns , the celebrated Scotch dlviute , comitalns a remarkable pen sketch of Neandau' , the great Jewish ecclesiastIcal Iulstoriaum , Cairns attenrioti lii. lectures at tlte University of Berlin In 1843 , and describes itlmu as a little moan wltlu a face ( hint was hale , sallow and expressionless , a low forehead anti nothuimtg striking in hula features but luls black eyebrows. lie was dressed In a dirty brown coat , blunt piushm trousers and dirty top boots , As the thIs- tinguhslied titan stood anti lecture'l to lila students lie punctured every sentence by spitting , so that the floor hind to be cleaned when lie hail Ilnimited , Anti thiI was ( lie old man who "for knowledge , spirituality , good sense and IndomItable , 'spirit of ( lie finest discretion on mopldbecti ) was a " marych , . , TIlE 1)EXTEROUS ) TICKET IAN MarvolouB Deftness of the Circus Ptishor of . Pastoboanls , 7,003 , TICKETS FIFTY MINUTES SjN : Mcii 'itu iluive ( it , ' Rite , ' l'rlt'llt'go ttt Sit utmuil 'I'rutuuipht' 3ltitte ) ' (1 _ tier ' ( 'lid r 1't't't-iuu I I itelisrM of ii Clrcius , ( Ci''yrigitt , 1SI , lty S. II. : ttccitire , hliutie.t. ( ) Tint strangest sceute lit ( lie whole circus tiny coittes tt'itlt tIme miarkuiess , whemt ( hue muiuuititutie , gaihtereti frouit afar , stnntis traitlng for ( Ito ti ors to oiterm , Soumtotiuttes 2,000 Ileolule are Itackoti together between the line of booths Itefore wlulchu Ciotltteuit orators cry ( tie attractions - tions of ( hue sitle sluow timid ( Ito refreslutument etaumils , A coumittuiotts ( tumuruttiur rises front ( Ito umulltude ( anti evc'rywliere hssiutg ( torches Ilamite up. i'art of ( lie crowtt hush against ( lie Iron chtitluis across ( ho entrance ; others surge around the reti ticket ivagnut , wlioso barreti wIndows frowut back at thteuti , for , hike the cIrcus Itself , ( hue ticket tvagoui will not opeli for busluiess otto mutiumute bofur time aim- poiutetl I liii e. Sharp at 0:30 : p. mit. the tlotuble chalum acrosa thi ertmiirce ( Is drawmt aw.ty anti four mucus saiomm tluemmtsehve ( here to receive ( lie cruuslt. Noit' see ( lie crowtl itreos tlirotighu , lIke t'ater escaitlng front n ftuuuttei. Sn riuithilly do tue people Pout' tlott n ( hue line ( lint It. is hieraliT ( ( iii these four mcii can do , uslutg both hiantle , (0 ( Saute ( Ito tckts thrust uupout thtent , Nlne thousand hueople camm itass itt lii lmaif nut hour , which means 300 to ( hue iutinute , ilvo to ( Ito second , On very warni tinys , hiotvevcr , oumly' 8,000 People caum be nccoittmmmotiated , for ( ito heat mitakes them spreati out more out the beitchies auiti take up moore roont. To receive 8,000 or 0,000 tickets In ( lie sitace of half an hour , or eveit an hour , alit ! de. posit thiciii itt ( Ito boxes Is immuheeti etmotmglu ( keep four titen busy , but ( luis Is nothing to. ( hue task of ( lie two mimen iii ( lie ticket wagon , tvhio have to sell tickets , nuake chtauige , see ( hat ute cotumuterfeit miiomiey is received and. keep ( rack of their uitouuey so ( hunt ( lie cc- counts \u'ili baiauice whiemi they have finished , Two of the beat mmten lit this most exactluig business are harry Merriam utmutl .lef Callan. 110th are raimid lit hiauitiiitig umioiiey ( a a tlrgree ( hint itluiiost itassea belief. It is a fact. thittt lies beeli dc'unouustrated over and over agailt that Citiltin , ut aunt , snmttiy-itnlred young. fellow , can sell tickets eiutgle liaumtiecl faster ( hiatt ( ( to four uuien at the entrance cast rc ceive tiieimt. Merriamim Is miluttost equally rapiti with thue tickets iimtti lies a rare factuity of detectiuig lund tuoney , ito uutatter how raplthi' ( lie bills and coins are pouring in , INSIIE A CIRCUS TICKET WAGON. Time inmuiile of a ticket tvngout resetitbles. soutmewhat an orthinary m'aiiroail ticket chIco , a wide brass covered counter riunniag round. ( lie front of ( lie tragon juust inside tue circu- mr window , ( brought which busitiesa is trans.- acted. Over the wide window Is a case itoid- lug 7,000 tickets In all , ( hue rest of ( he 8,000' or 9,000 being usually sold from tIme ofhlces set up through time town , Out a busy day time entire 7,000 tIcheis will be , sold otit In tilt Itour , and have ( teen sold in fifty minutes. Thuis nieans tIme handlIng amid selling of nearly two tickets a secoimti. Utut as there. sic fluCtl4tIons ( iii ( Ito l'uah , ( lucre are' times. durhog the. saho . - ' lien the inca ore huaiitlithg. antI selling tieket at Site rate of three a scronti , Thiiuiht of iteihluig ( en tickets in thirty seconthit slid , perhaps glvitig change in eachu lumstaimce. Time noise of the sliver on time brama counter is as it an army of typewriters - writers u'ere at work titers' , lihutg a con- ( intious click.chlpk-ciicl fiozmm tue tiutie ( he' tvIntlow opens ulitil it closes. It is most Interesting to sit intitie time wagon amid watch ( he two sellers taking in their hoard of nioney. lieweomi tliemn out ( be floor stands a large basket , lithe which all ( hut bills are ( ( trout-it as fast its they are received , thme bashiet being filled to over- flowiuig beforet ( hue wintioty ma chosctl , Fives , tens anti twemities are thrown down with as little attention as ones or tivos , autO though. they drop outsitie ( lie basket on time floor , neither seller itays ( lie slightest attention. to tlieni antI ( hey often get imp at ( ho con- elusion of tiut'lr work with $200 or $30G ( rnimipletl nuttier foot. All gold itieces received - ceived are elite thirown into ( lie ( tasket. On ( hue cotinter between ( lie mcii Is a square box for tllmea and uiickels , whIle each pihea ilim beside hthnm time sliver tholiare , halves anti qtlatters receivetl anti uttakes all citango in silver. If a unarm teumders a $20 bill he will receive back miineeen shiver dollars aiid onus half-dollar , BUYERS WhO FORGET TitElit CIIANGI. Some people show great stispicion as they appear at time windOw anti refuse to give us their mommey until ( lie ticket has been placed in ( heir hands , ( ho idea behuig firsimly iris- planted In their mnlntis that they luave ( us deal with a hot of swisutilers trite will riot , hesitate (0 chueat tlmeni if thtey get thus chance. Despite thmltu cautIon out time part. of buyers ( lie accounts of time sellers In ( lie end usually show a balance in theIr favor , the amiioumumt of cashu received being rusually In excess us ii , , , value of the' tickets sold. Titis is due to the fact that. a great surany people hose ( hielr licuids whets they get into a crush , auid in the excitetutent of ( lie immomnent forget to take utim their cltr.umge or to wait for It. lIt unany instancea they are called back to ( lie ivagomi , but often they do lint huepil ( lie call omit ! are lost in tim email. Every heasoli 600 or 700 tickets are host in cases where peoitle Intro boughut tIckets fluid ( lien for sonic reason have slot gone to ( lie slinit' . llO\V TliFi MONEY IS TAKEN CArtE OF.t. Irsitle ( hue tIcket wagon are two small Iron safes , lii which the money is secured after ( he treasurer of ( lie show luas verified ( he no- ccunts. These safes ofteuu hold considerable anuotmnts , as ( lie receipts of a sluiglo day often run up to $ ii,000 or $10,000 , Thue largest receipts for a single day iii the hIstory of a. circus is $17,163 , which was taken about teum years ago , II : time height. of "Jumbo's" popularIty. At ( itch tinmo a sIx-pole tent wan itseti , caiualihe of accounmaodatlumg 14,000 people. The safes iii the ticket wagon are never uuhlowet.h to comitmului more ( baum $20,000 , It being ( hue rule to send any consitieralmlo surplus above ( hue daily mteeds by bills of exchuange for deposit 1st bank , The tinily receipts nra subject to a constant drulmm , mit course , imi paying current expenses , which ore all paid daily , and anmotunt to $5,000 or $6,000 every twcuty-fomur hours. A large utmnount mumuist also be set asIde for ( ho wInter expetises , whIch suiuuouint to about $150,000 , In spIte of ( hue value of Its contemuts , there Is no record of any attempt to rob a circus tIcket wagon , Not only Is ( Ito mnopey locketi in ( hue safes , but ( hue ivagomi itself is securele lashed to ( lie fiat car on whlchu It Is drawn , anti , fiirthernoore , is gutartled by a resolute man , who always sleeps inside munul always has a Remington rifle anti a brace of cc. yolvers wIthin m'eaclu of hui hand. CLEVELAND .IOFFET'1' , i , 'I , I 11'J ht ( iNt.t It Ellen Bralnarti l'eck. STitIle softly g.how , time candle higltt , Adown ( lie turn walnutcoteul hull , Upon the sliver shimmacring brIght Of antique cauitlt.'Iabra tall , In snotty eyes It coyly peers , 'rho lovu.lI ( flutncee to reveal Ot happy snaluis anti cavaliers , iVluo dance the old Vlrglmmia reut' Clad In a gown of ampie flow , Coquettish pachios4 on the fiuce , \Vithm powtIcred luitir , as 101mg UO , And 4uirtin ( anti pretty stir of grace , liacut tripping maid with hlugiitsome tread. 1mm dainty ShoeS , most ( might tif heel , S'ltii eyes that laugh art , up-tesited head , ( lilties tlmroiughm tue ohul 'le "inla reel. 'Flue gleam of ameihow candlelIght. , \'eaves johden lneu'hcs o1 romance Anti ( 'ultiti pe'et1 lila arrow's fIlghL Atrld tIme mazes Ut 'Ito dance , Jtiet t lit iututt colonial years , % 'lueum , (0 them mtasie'e ft tIle peal , The tiahtpy molds and czn'tiilea Dauict'U In time uld'iuitnia reeL