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LIVELY TIMES WITH HOBOS
Experiences of a Tenderfoot Among the
Weary Willies of the Bead ,
FATAL BASHFULNESS Of AN AMATEUR
llnlf Hour ulth ( lie "Drf * n
Dititi fJnB" ill the , MoiiNCof n
i Vnrlotm Trick *
of TrniniiN.
( Coi ) > ; rlEhtctl , 1S99) )
It lo a popular nation that trnmps have
a mysterious sign language In which they
communicate secrets to one another In re
gard to professional matters , it Is thought ,
( or Instance , that they make familiar chalk
and pencil marks on fences anil horse blocks ,
Indicating to the brotherhood such things
ns whether n certain house Is "good" or not ,
where a ferocious dog Is kept , atvhnt time
the police nro least likely , or most likely , to
put ill an appearance , how late In the morn
ing a barn can -be occupied before ths
farmer.will be up and about and where a
convenient chicken coop It located ,
Elaborate accounts have been written In
newspapers about the amount of Informa
tion they give to , ono another In , this way ,
and many tiersons believe that tramps rely
on a algn language In their ' begging ,
It Is well to state at the 'outf ot that thl
Is a false. Conception of their methods. The
all have Jargons and. lingoes of their own
choosing nhd making , < and they convers
In them when among themselves , but th
reported p'uzrllng signs and marks , whlc
are supposed to obviate all verbal specc !
are a fabrication so far as the ; najorlty o
roadsters rtro concerned. Among the "Ulan
kct Stiffs , " in the far west , and among th
"fllndle Men , " "Mueh Fakirs" and "Turn
pikers" of the middle west , thfc east and
Canada , there exists n crude1 system of mark
Ing "good" houses , but these vagtants d
not belong to the rank and flic of the tramp
armyi and are comparatively few In num
bors. ' '
It Is furthermore to be said that the maik
Ing referted to Is occasional rather thai
usual. Probably one of the main reason
that tha public has Imagined that tramp
use hieroglyphics In their profession , IB tha
When charlt * * , . Is shown to one of them Ih
glvot1 16 frequently plagued with n visitation
frdn ) a raft of beggars.
This phenomenon , however. Is easilj ex
plained _ without recoursp to the sign Ian
guago theory , 0 > itsldc of nearly all town
of 10,006 Inhabitants arid moio the tr.unt )
hayo little camps or "hang outs , " where they
make their headquarters while " \\orkltiK1
the community. Naturally they compare
np'.ea , at , m ; aj time , a.nd If pile .beggar has
discovered what ho considers a generous
house he tells his pals about It so that thej
may also gel the benefit of Its hospitality
The finder of the house cannot visit it him
self again until his face has been forgotten
at any rate he , ecldom does visit It more
than crack during a week's stay In the town
but his companions can , so lie tolls them
where It Is and what kind of a story the }
must tell.
Trainj ) TlicorlcH of HCIRIIR. |
Although the hoboes do not make use o
the marks and signs with which the popular
fancy hats credited them , they have n num
ber of interesting theories about begging
and a largo variety of clever riises to de
ceive people , and It la well for the public to
keop'as _ up-to-date In regard to these mat'
tern 'as they keep In regard to the publlj's
sympathies. Not all tramps are cither cleverer
or successful , the "road" Is traveled by a
great many more1 amateurs than' profcs-
slo'nalg , but It Is the earnest endeavor of al
at least to make a living , and there are/
thousands who make something besides.
Roughly estimated there are from 60,000
to 76,000 tramps In the United States , and
probably a fifth of all may be classified ni >
"first , clars" tramps. There is a second and
third clnsB nhd even a fourth , but It is the
"A No. 1 men , " as they call 'hem-selves ' ,
who arti the nicst Interesting.
The main distinction between thcso tramps
and the less successful members of the trafl
Is that thojr have completely conquered ( he
amateur's .BO.ueain.lshness about begging. It
seems comparatively easy to go to a back
door and ask for something to cat and the
melo wording of the request is ca y , all too
easy , but the haul part of the transaction Is
to screw up courage enough to open the front
gate. Thfi beginner In tramp life goes to a
dozen front gates before ho can brpca him *
self for the. Interview at the back door , and
there are men to whom a vagrant life Is at
tractive who never o\ercome the "tender
foot's" bashfulness.
It was once my lot to have a rather suc
cessful professional burglar for a coinpan'on '
on a short tramp trip In the middle west.
We had come together in the haphazard way
.hat all tramp acquaintanceships arc formed ,
Wo met at a railroad watering , tank. The
man's1 sojourn in trampdom , however , was
only temporary ; It was n good hiding place
mill the detectives should glvo up the hunt
for him. He had "planted" his rqonoy else
where and meanwhile he had to take hla
chances with the " 'bocs. " * .
Ho was not a man who would ordinarily
arouee much pity , but a tramp could not
lave helped having sympathy for him at
meal time. At every Interview he bad at
mck doors he was seized with the "tender-
oot's" baehfulness and during theleu daya
'
hat our companionship lasted'ho got but
one "square meal. " His profession of rob-
> er gave him no assistance.
"I can steal , " he said , "go Into bouses at
night and take my chances In .a whootln'
cia'pe , but I'll be If I can beg. 'Ta'n't
Ike swljiln' . When yo swipe yo dbh'Laak no
ueatlons , an" yo don't answer none. In this
uslncsg yo got to cough up yer whole soul
us' ' to get a lump ( hand-out. ) I'd rather
wipe. "
This Is the testimony of practically all be-
Innors In tbo beggar's business ; at 'the ' start
hlavlng flc6ms to them a much easier task ,
AB the weeks and mouths pass by , however ,
bey become hardened and discover that
heir "nerve1' needs only to bo clovelrped to
secrt Itself , and the time comes when liotli-
ng Is so valuable that they do not feel Justl-
Icd In asking for It. They then definitely
dontlfy fhomselves with the profession and
uild Up reputations as ' 'first-class" ' tramps.
Each man's experience suggests to him
low this reputation can best be acquired ,
) ile roan , for example , finds that ho docs
eat With a "graft" peculiarly his own , and
nether discovers that It la only at a cer-
atn time of the year , or In a particular part
f the coutitry that ho comes out winner.
The tramp has to experiment In all kinds
f ways ere ho understands himself or his
ubllc , and ho makes mistakes 6ven after
n apprenticeship extending over years o !
Imc ,
lliMV "tlnwH"rr Invented.
In every country where he live * , however ,
hero Is , a common fund of experience and
act by which he regulates his conduc' In
he majority of cases. It Is the collective
CBtlraony of generation * and generations of
rampi who have lived before him , and ho
its upon It In about the same way that
lumen beings In general act upon ordinary
mmiiu experience.
Bmergencles Arise when his own Ingenuity
lone avails and the "average finding" IH nf
no HBO to him , and on Bitch occasion * IIP
nukes a note on the case and repbrls nbo.it
t a * the next "hang-out" conclave , If he
ias Invented something of real \alue , a good
egging etory , for Instance , und It is gen-
rally accepter } at good , it IB labeled
Shorty's Kag. " or "Sllm'e , " as the man's
ame may bp , and heroines his contribution
the collection " . "
o general of "gags.
It IB the mac ; who bae memorized th
Kreatf st number ofgags' or "gh st
stories , ' rs iei arc also called , and can
handle them deftly RS circumstances sug
gest , that la the oiost successful beggar.
There are other requirements to be ob
served , but unices a man has n good stuck
of stories With which to ' 'fool" people be
cannot expect to gain n foothold among "the
blowt-djln the glass Miffs , " He must also
keep continually working over his stock.
"Ghost stories" are like bonnets ; thcsn tnnt
arc fashionable and commo It fatit last \car
are this year out of date , and they must
bo changed to milt new tastes and condi
tions or be supplanted by new ones. I'ra-
quqntly a fresh version of the old story haste
to be Improvised on the spot , so to speak.
The following personal experience Illus
trates under what circumstances "gags" are
Invented , It also shows how even the pro
fessionals forget themselves and their peso
on occasions :
One morning , about eight years ago , I ar
rived In a small tdwn In the Mohawk valley
In company with a tramp called Indianapolis
lied. We had ridden all night In a box car
in the hope of reaching New Yoik by mornIng -
Ing , but the freight had been delayed en ac
count of a wreck and we were so hungry
when we reached the town In question that
we simply had to get off and look for some
thing to eat. It was not a place , ns we well
knew , whore , tramps were welcome , but the
train would not stop again at n town of any
size until long attar breakfast and we de
cided to take our chances.
We had an hour at our disposal until the
next "freight" was due. The great question
was , wliat story we should tell and wo both
rummaged through our collections to find a
good one. Finally , after each of us had sug
gested u number of different stories and had
refused them In turn , on the ground that
they wore too old for such a "hostile" place ,
Red suggcated-that wo try "the decf 'n' clum *
gag. " There are several "gags" of this de
scription and I asked him which one u
meant.
"Let's work It this , way , " he said , and ho
began to Improvise. "I'm jour decf 'n' dutn'
brother , see ? An' we're on our w.ay to New
York , where I'm going to get n Job. I'm a
clerk * and you're secln' me down to the cliy
sos't nothln'll happen to me. Our money's
given out an' ' we've simply got to ask fer
assistance. We're tcr'bly hungry , an' jou
want to know If the lady o' the houss'll be
good enough to help yer brother along.
See ? "
I "saw" all light enough , and nccep'eJ
the proposition'but , the odds seemed a atnot
us because the town was one of the most
unfriendly along the line. We picked out
a house near the frack. As a rule sttc'i
houses have been "begged out , " but we
reasoned , that If our htoiy would go at all
It would go there , and besides the IIOUPS
Was convenient for catching the next freight
train.
As we approached the back door I was
careful to talk to lied on my fingers , think
ing that soniebody might be watching us.
A motherly old lady answered our knork.
I told her Ited's etory In my best manner ,
filling It out with convincing details She
heard me out and then scrutinized Red In
the w.ay that we- all look at creatures who
are peculiar or abnormal. Then she e.nlled
and Invited us Into the dining room where
the rest of the family were at breakfast.
It turned dut to bo a Free MethodUt clergy
man's household. We were given places
at the table , and ate as rapidly as wo could ,
or rather Red did ; I was continually being
Interrupted by the family asking me ques
tions about my "unfortunate brother. "
"Wad he born that way ? " they asked In
husihcd voices. "How did he learn t
write ? Can ho ever get well ? " and other
llko queries which I had to answer In turn
By the time I had finished my meal , how
ever , I savy by n clock on the wall that wi
had''still'fifteen minutes to natch our train
and gave Bed a nudge under the table as
a hint that we ought to be going. Wo weie
about to get up and thank our hostess for
ber kindness when the man of the house
the clergyman , suggested that we slay to
family prayero.
"Olad to have you , " he said , "If you can
remain. You may get good out of It. " ]
told him frankly that wewanted to catch a
train and had only a few minutes to spare ,
but ho assured me that he would not be long
find asked me to explain the situation to
Red. I did so with my fingers and I exPlained -
Plained to the parson that Rod's wiggling
of his bauds meant that he would be de
lighted to stay , but a wink of his left eye ,
meant for nlo alone , said plainly enough to
"let th6 prayers go. "
AVe- stood committed , however , and there
was nothing to do but Join the family jn
the sitting rpom where I was given a blblo
: o read two verses , one for Red and one for
myself. This part of the progress finished ,
: be rarson began to pray. Ail went well
until ho came to that part of his prayer
whereho referred to the "unfortunate
) rothcr In our midst , " and asked that Red's
speech and hearing bo restored , and wo
were both ashamed.
Just then Red heard the whistle of our
'relght. ' Ho forgot everything , all that I
lad said and all that he had tried to act
out , and with a wild whoop he sprang for
he door , ehoutlng back to me as he went
out :
'Hustle , Cigarette , there's our rattler. "
There was nothlns to ilo but follow after
ilm as fast as my legs would carry mo and
did so in my liveliest manner. I have
never been In the town since this experience ,
nd It Is to be hoped that the parson's family
have forsjvcn and forgotten both Red and
me , JOSIAII FLINT.
OUT OF T1II3 OHm.V.lIlV.
In Japan most of the homes arc shod
with ctraw.
There Is a cafe In Venice which has never
been closed lilgllt or day for 150 yeuits.
A miner's ' lamp , using acetylene gas , ban
been Introduced Into the Belbeck mines of
Germany !
In the KldmlBli language an automobile
Is * a snblpaardelooszoondeerspoorwCKpct-
The mammoth.natural gas tank of the
AllOKlieity Heatlwf.company. . Allegheny ,
will hold 5,000,000 , oublo feet of gas.
Ill China a' doctor receives pay for keep
ing his Clients In health. The moment
they become. (11 ( his emoluments cease.
A Missouri Judge has decided that a phy
sician who believes his patient's case la
honeleBp and does not HO Inform him Is
guilty of a 'breach ' of trust.
The cost of operating- great steamship
Oceanic IP between $40,000 nnd $30,000 a
month. The- extreme earning capacity of
the Oceania Is about $00,000 a month ,
A Htreet car barn 609 feet IOIIK ami 206
feet \\lili ) Is being : built In Duffnlo of dU-
carded street car rails. It being Impossible
to obtain uteri within the time required. It
will havea flat roof.
dencrnl Lew Wallace hah purcliimcd a
titict of land near OrawfordHvllle , Ind. , und
will mako'a llsh preserve of It. The land la
watered by a number of excellent Hprings
und creeks , which will be dammed for the
purpoHo of ( tout breeding ,
nighty farms In MasBuchupcttH report nn
annual produotlbn of from 115,000 to $50,00 }
each , nnd several farms of lens than an
acre each yield from Jl.OOO to t5,000. poultry
farms in that state return HO an aire , daliy
fttrmb ? 27 and plain agriculture { 14.
The automatic horse , a nort of hobby
horsn vvltti thu motor Inside , which rutin on
wheels , Is the latest Kronen Invention. It
Is attached to n carriage nnd can be driven
Just like a rral horse , the motor and the
steering b liiff controlled liy the rclnr ,
Xlrti. Marie Molum , widow of Charles
MrlniH , the pioneer Milwaukee brewer ,
lied In Gnrmupy recently and wns cremated
her * . Her remains have Just arrived at
Milwaukee through the medium of the
United Htatt-g mulU. This | n said to bo the
.lm ute of the mulls for sucji u purpose.
The Austrian poMofllca is to try a "tele
< rm card1 on which a person write ? a
Tii-FHBge and postn In the usual way , but
he poatotllce telcgraphd the contents ,
which re delivered to the address by the
oilman. The plan IB a combination of
) C t and telegraph , and seeing iiheful ad
uivliifc' a cost and speed Intermediate be-
ween post und telegraph.
Everything
Christmas ! T
\
Thousands of useful and orna
mental , Inexpensive pieces in fancy
and staple Furniture , Domestic
and Oriental Rugs , Curtains , t
Lamps , Vases , Statuary , Wrought > V
Iron Ware , Cloisonne Hand
Carved Ivory and
Toys.
Your inspection most cordially
invited ,
D Evenings Until Xmas ,
ANNUAL OUTPUT OF BOORS
i ' & * ' '
Facts Oalculdted -Reduce tbo.Ooncoit of
English Speaking Races ,
GERMANY FAR AHEAb * OF ALL RIVALS
Hot leir of the Number a nil Clinnictcr
of DnokK r'ubllNlietl li > - Thirteen
Andonx Where the Vnltcil <
Stnten
The gioat activity of American publishers
In mnlilng and marketing books has given
rise to the belief that the United States
ranks at or near the top of the list of book
makers. The belief IB not TV ell founded.
Indeed the United States does not occupy n
very high place In comparison with Euro
pean nations. Percy L. Parker , an English
man , writing In the Independent on the
annual output nf books , snya :
At first sight ono Would think that It
would bo tbo easiest matter possible to
get a full return of all the books published
In the world In a year. As a matter of "fact
no such return has ever been issued. And
yet nothing could equal In Interest such n
return.
A contributor to one o our trade papers
The Booksellerhowe'vcr , has done ( he be-'t
he could In this direction , nut tlio rcmilts
of his efforts have not obtained the notice
they descrvo , remarkable ns they are.
In few countries Is thflrij any central and
official authority whose duty It Is to keep a
record of books published In their country.
Such Is the case In Russia , Spain , .Portugal ,
Austria , China and Japan. Bo , too , In Ger
many , and the Netherlands , but for these latter - '
tor two satisfactory rotuma wore available
from nonofllclnl sources ,
Mr. Ronad ) Smith , however , succeeded
Ith much trouble In gathering accurate fig
ures giving tbo average dnnual production
of books In the following thirteen countries
the United Staten , the United Kingdom ,
Canada , France , Germany , Italy , I3gypt | the
Netherlands , Belgium , Norway , Denmark ,
Sweden and Switzerland. The rettirna front
other countries not named hero would not
materially alter the general results of thosz
which nro given and a careful analysis of
them which Mr , Smith did not trouble to
make glvo soind most extraordinary re-
uults ,
In the first place , the total number ot
woks Issued by tlicuo thirteen countries In
a year averages 77,250 ,
( icrniiiiiy HoriiU ( InMH ( .
Which country publishes the most ?
Ae nn Englishman , I am very surprised
bat England does not bead the poll.- You ,
as Americans , will be , perhaps , ovcn , moro
surprised that the United States does ntt
icad tbo poll. That honor belongs to Ger
many , which averages 23,008 books a year.
But here is the full Hat :
No , books of all
kljldx Issued
C'nuntry. ill u ye.ir ,
1. Germany . , , 23,60s
2. Franco . . . . , . . . . , . . . , , la.Ki
3. Italy , 0M7
4. United Kingdom. . * . ' ! 7,21) )
5. United States , , , , 6,315
C. Netherlands , . . , . . . , . , . . . , , z.Sitt .
7. Hcltflum . , , . . , , , , , , . , , , , , , , 2'J7Z
g , Denmark . , . 1,198 ,
0. Switzerland , , , . 1(00 (
0. Cunada , . . , < . , . . . , , . , . , , , . , , 735
11. Norway , . , . . . , . , . , CK )
12. Kgypt . . . . . .i 181
The fiuurcH for Sweden are lven as 9.J22 ,
nut as 8.3)8 ) of these are "pamphlets" It
neon hardly fair to pluoo Sweden ly ltd
full tlgure1 * . H comes nefct to Switzerland
probably.
The high places of Germany , Franco and
Italy will doubtless cailic surprise , espe
cially when ( he analysis of the- list of books
published by each country Is examined ,
Chnriiefer of I'lilillcntlciim.
The next point of lnte > eit Is , What clasi
pf bcoH is published In the largest number
each jear ? Strloua people will be gratified
by the fact that educational and clEBfi'ol
hooks win In this race , coming In first with
the tremendous number of 11,631 out ot the
tot l of 77,250 nearly a seventh.
No\cls come second , with 7,018 volumes a
year. Ono ot the moat significant facta la
that books on 'political nnd social economy
greatly exceed In number books of thtology
and of sermons. The first number 7,199 ,
against 5,069 of the latter. At the bottom ol
the list come books on sport , with tbo small
total of 181. I ) t the whole list Is of great
Interest and Is more striking when seen In
tabulated sequence. Hero It is :
Annual production
Style of Boole. In 13 countries.
1. ISilucntlonnl , cluKlcnl * ll.CJl
2. Novels , tnlca and oilier fiction.
JuVenllC'books * . , 7.9IS
" . Arts , KCldnccs , Illustrated works. . 7.30C
4. Political nnd social economy 7,139
5. Theology , sermons . - . . ' B.fll1) )
6. History , biography 4i > 2S
7. Medlclno , uurgcry 4,5.'i5
S. Belles lettres , es-myn -1,120
H. Law , jurisprudence -1.W )
10. Poetry nnd tlio drnma , L'.OW )
11. Voyages , travels , geographical 2,460
12. Sport i 181
JIHcellnneous books nnd pamplilettt
number , , . 13,275
A third Interesting analysis shows which
countries publish tbo largest number of
books of a practical cluso.
Here , again , the result Is most surprising.
For1 Germany publishes the- most hooks In no
less than seven out of the twelve classes Into
which ( he books are divided. The following
list Will show which they are.
IllNtorx mid Klctlon.
In only ono claes of book doen England get
a first place , nnd that class Is novclfl.
Franco manages to got two first places for
history ( which one would expect Germany
to have ) and poetry and th < S drama , Prance
'also ties with the United States In publish
ing an equal number ot books on sport. Italy
Is the only other country which secures a
first place and that if for Its famous books
on political economy. Here In the tabulated
list :
Greate 't '
nnnuol
number
pUU-
OlnsB of book , llwhcil , By
Educational 5,442 Germany.
Political econ 299S Ltflly-
ArtH-Bclences . . . .2,938 , rtormany.
Belles lettrf * , , . .2,4M Germany.
Novels 2,428 nnglami.
Law 2H6 Germany.
Thbolopy 2,031 Germany.
ModTcIno 1,511 Germany.
History 1,104 Kranct > .
Voyages , ote 1,139 Germany ,
Poetry-Drama. . . 788 France ,
Between France
Sports 57 and
United States.
Alllll > NlK Iir NtltlOIIN.
This table shows which nation occupies the
first place In each department. But each
country will want to kaow what position It
occupies under the different heads and fur
ther annlyefw are therefore necessary. So I
Blvo some of the more Important lists ae far
us they concern the United States , ISngland ,
France , Germany and Italy ,
EDUCAT'L. HOOK81 POLITICAL ECOK.
Ycarlyi Yearly
. averapel average
1. Germany 5.442 1. Italy 2.M8
2. France 1.9V > 2. Oermany .2.031
3. Italy , , . . .1,451 J. France 332
4. United Bfate . .l,0J ! 4. Hngland 9I
5. England 766 5. Belgium , 3)3 )
v 6. Unltid BtatCH , . 203
BBU..K8 urn-iucs.
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avcrncre | average
1 , Ge-rmany , , , , , ,2,145 i , Germany 2.C01
2. United fctatPB , . B3l 2. France 1,003
3. franco . . . . 439 3. Italy TW
4. Italy . . 4. KnKland 65
5. nnelnmt 5. United Htatofi , . 470
IIIBTOHY.
average average
1. Germany 1,5)3 ) I. France . . . , . . .1,1K4
2. Franco , . , . , . , ,1,207 2. Germuny . . . . , 903
3. Italy , . . , , , . , .4 1,076 J. Kimland * 731
4. Kngland . . . . . . 1S8 4 , Italy 60S
5. Hemulnj , , . - . . . 179 5. I'nltrd States. . 464
6. I'nlted Btates 160
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