Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 December 1875 — Page 7

THE MAIL:

A P.\rER FOR THE PEOPI.E.

"FAKIRS."

The P'',cr- fay tc' fool* are Fhf Three-Gird Aio.i' "Head F%kt$ Tf.e "Ctum," "Boi-IlackcL," "JUng

Board," me.

The motile ahark rarely works alone If be tii a cdren* monta maij /and it is with this daw of the profession that the writer prop»ea to deal,) be enUblislio* 'hlni*c!f with a aido-sbow In a reoaw of the tent that 1* veiled by a screen from the iipaoc allotted to curiosiHew. "A cap per/' or in other word* a man who lutes the victims to tlu ir late, keepa a lookout at the door of the «idR-»Uow or on the lot outside fur a aubject who appears »ufflciently jirwsii to l*»ea«diy robbed. Once "spotted" it .loos not take much tim« for the "cappr" tobcoome arqualntod with bin man, and very HOOII afterward the pair may b*M»«n entering tbe Kide-abow

Little time fa then wanted upon the curl 0*ltie*. AfUr Ingratiating himself into tin ^«d gnces of hia vi'-.im. tho "cat por" invite* him to atop bobind the acroen. They do ao, and find an Imio cent looking individual playing lazily with thn«« c*rd«, which he toswes from hand to hand upon a Ublo, or perhaps tho bead of barrel.

This individual p\v«» no attention to tho intrusion of tbe visitors until ad rircwd in the ''capper," who anxious to know t'bo moaning of his Strang" performance with tho cards. Tins rcjueft for information opens tho ball. Tho man with tho card* explains that he is simply j»tn lleluy a trick. 11«' then tli** rard* from hand to hand for an ln»fnnt, «IIOWH his audience tho "joker," and invites them tofjueaa which card is If, after ho haw laid the three pasteboard* saee downward upon tho table. Tlx- place* his fingers upon ono of the en-da, ami aavs it is the "Joker." I Wore em turn it"tho dealer olfr* to bet that ..• i* wrong in his KU'**». Tho "»Nt{p rv doclinos om th ground hrit bf opened to iiettlujf, or on *om ther pretense. Tli en the deal or produces isW money, which may vary in tun-Hint from five dollars to thouSaudi, lii'muhes the aatno proposition to tiio greenhorn who has watched tho game and feels certain that his friend is riKf't- i'l-f'ity advined by his friend n»t to IH'I, \vl»«n the dealer turns the ctrds upward, ami, sum enough, th- t" i*» tho card pointed out by tho "Clipper.* Tho cards are thenshuf fled strain, and, a'ter they are plared on tho tal)ie, the dealer boeomos interested in some objoi behind him, and, while his attention is withdrawn from th«? cards, tho capper" w»»ts bis fiager and rut- i» dlrly mark on tho corner of a card provi »u**lv exhibited to his comi .tuitiit, and which Is in reality tho k"r." Koinctimes the "capprr, insuuiii oi his dirty linger, marks tho card i' a lead pencil This performance renders the victim sure of bis 111 the ••joker," and, wi ii eit w.-ndfrful'iiorvo thataninmie a man who has a "suro thing," he backs his opinion with his last cent. Th money it covera! by the dealer and tRe cappVr" hold* tiiK stakes. Then tho dealer give* lh-i «-.rds a last suflle,dur Ihh whirh bo entrives to etfae^ tiie inark^ that distinguish tho "Jokor," wl-»!«

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*ii\sterlouM aieigbt-of

hand known only* to professors of the art, th»* win!" r:»r-uisirks are transferred to ft card that i.' far from being the "Jok\-," a« tho (. nenlioni discover-wii»-*i fwiints it out and turns it over. ThU !Mc!i,(d of robbing ft man is the most common one in vogue with tho circus nmnto men, although there area hi.n Ir 'i t!i W'iy»» by whiuh tinvy u'-t-aiu their object, fyjinetliiios the dealer drosses lik" a i-ountryman nnd lw*ts in- out ot th*sr money who would puss fyr

wou.ii-rfuUy 'irewd men in thocnOinmnitifw* in vt idi they live. Tlietricl: of mark inn tho curd is sometimes varied by tho al. hlmscif turning an ctlse «f the "joker." or, In slang phrase, "crimpins?" it, l/mg practice has rendered the gtnernl run of monte nun. adopt with ih lr fingers that tiiey can "crimp" a tani before a crowd of look' ors-on, and in the next shutTl) suuvith the crimped edge and "crimp" another (Sin) without bring detected til the iijxjrntlon. The "ringed" linger is the slang phrase that designates the finger that Is ustsi In this |w*rforuianctt-

MotUe Is the br«t known and moat profitable of robbing games to thow vrho deal it, but there ura other a muse»nti» practical-with drcus com|*nie« that dewn-o a description. Perhaps the ino«t ludicrous game that is piayetl Is that Uvhoie»Uy known as th» "beal fHking" buslm*!. of wbfch "Professor" Charles Maxwell, of tit. l-ouis, is the most suce«*/Ul exponent. The "Profi««Por," at an *rly peritHl of his career, turned bis attenti nt to phrenological ii aters, and after obtaining a smaiterii,.: knowlwlgt? Of the ternwi u»ed by 1peufr«*ijrs Fowler and Wells in their scan cs, set hitn^df up In busine-sa aa a dn-ns phrvnoloffiat. For several aenaons pA«t the l'nfessor" ha* had hia corner in the ald»show of some circus traveling through the Mouth. It Is his apuoo to have a "c* -r" Intndnr^ a

Mtbv»r» to theaSd©- w, snd.a! Jook at the curiosities, bring bin. "beItlnd the wtaw." Here tte coi»tryman is irUnwlur^^ to the "Profo*»or,"

T»»e Professor, with a Cafiv rly marau that is very ftfRctlng, m^i'ata peritia mlua to exaniin® hi* vtaltor** h««d. titn••rillv ll»e invitaUon la rcswlily and i-e P»oSc^#,\r tr»vencs tiie tnhrn of his sut j» !t with the greatest care, tie•eribir Ms peculiarity one by one until! I»c ix maln Uw |i i! benide hlru«tf -*jti» j-tiile and .,rh ?. «f

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csmAful met* "on u»» road'* are what are \rv wn **s«eest.worv•-ra** $n p*o,t opon -a* a lown, htrw a t*atn ai in. or. Tu»y

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woera Ui uik«r of tb* party »p*«w hi* fm'oitjf-. A «r -«d .-.jumi fmttMtr Im» »»«m«0€v* that be *111 m|| iiL.'v at f* r»t«of$1 ferfl*V T^.f» 1 ii 4 jr W •IwmiP. tt tW* tune '.ho .(«,«.{ xrnwii ffW tlwu t• 11 i» hi t.' ring* it atxl pre um itsvi.ejr

1.1, In a smsrt time m*v be iirat? iued he has sold out half hia stock In trade while the crowd Imagine him to be craxv, and chucklo over the' rings br has given them. After disponing of about half his stock he orders the driver to move on a block or two, where hi oonics to a halt, and bogins aixeah to sell his ringu. Tbe crowd In the meantime havo kept on his trail, ard whci be offers bis rings at |3 oach, the green backa are produced on all sides. Kach man as be receives his Hng chuckle and jokes with his neighbor while waiting for his $*• to le returned. After the rings are all sold, the fakir coolly pocketa the money, leaving bU credulous victims in po«i#»s»sion of oroide ring* worth a boot ten cents each. The audacity of the swindle in nino cases out often abaabei tho crowd so much as to prevent concentrated action on their part against the fakir. They know that they have been robbed, yet tbey have their rings and can find little pretext for a quarrel with their generous friend. It occasionally happens, however, that a fakir hits upon a crowd that will not put up with HO barefaced a robbery, and then he has to fight for his spoils.

Another game of the "street-workers" consists in selling white pill boxes containing money. The fakir In this game lias a box capable of holding from fifty to a hundred of tho small boxes, in these small boxes ho pretends to place various sums of money, ranging from a t«»! cent piece to a §50 note, in reality, however, ho puts ten-cent shin plasters in each l»ox, while lie "palms" the large bills, or in other words concoals them in his hand. The operation is most skillfully done, and no one not posted in the trick could detect the imposition. After the boxes are all tilled, the auction eonimences. l'ach lox sells for fifty cents or a dollar, and as they are quickly disposed of, nnd to dirterent parties, the fakir reaps a harvest, while each of his customers envlos tho lucky man who bought tho boxes containing tho la»-ge bills, Tho samo trick is also played with three pill tioxes and with five. In each ease the money is iirst exhibited to the crowd, then Known to them whilo it is irr tho box, and then deftly abstracted and replaced by ten-cent pieces, as described. Sometimes, to facilitate the sale, boxes are sold to "capers" before the l»i I Is are abstracted and the buyers always take good care to let every one near them sea that they luivo won a prize.

The "lock racket," as the fakirs term it, is another beautiful performance. The fakir has two small lock*, one of which can bo opened while the other cm not. He wagers with a "capper," who, being given onoof the locks, opens it readily. Thou the fakir bets with any outsider who i* willing to speculate, anil 011 handing him tho lock, substitutes the deml one for tho one that had previously been opened. Tho locks are as near aliko as two i*eas, and tho perplexity 0! the greenhorn who has to wiestle with tho lock that ».an not be »po:'Cd can better be imagined than described.

The "ring-board racket" is a very simple one. Tho fakir sticks a number of H'n-knives In a fence or board and gives ills customer small harness-rings with which, at the rato of about ten cents for throe throws, ho hag an opportunity given hi in of winning a knifo worth from fifty conts to five dollars. The game is perfectly fair, but it is almost u]K«sible for the thrower to cause one his rings to hold its placo should it ftudcu itself upon a knife.

Sumuwbat similar to this ia a saloon trick of standing two feet away from a spittoon and endeavoring to cast a copper into it. This little game is worked t»y played-out fakirs, and affords them a constant aupoly of small change, as the oipjier absolutely reluses to perforin the duty expeoted of it, and rebounds into the air at every toss.

Tiie "dollar store rnjn" are another net of swindlers who follow circuses. Like the monte and "street" men, they pay from to &">0 por week for the privilege. When thev open a room to ply their v« cation they decorate the front portion ot it wit It photographs that are soid by an engaging female at about one dollar each, with tho privilego afforded each ii«3*er of drawing a prize, if luek favors him. After buying ids photograph tho man 1 introduced Into a back room, where the "gifts" are displayed. One of the swindler*, seated at a counter, luw a dice iX in his iiand, and he throws its contents out upon a cloth, after the approved rtrmy chueh-a-luck stnndard. if tho dice show up a number. that would win a prize, the thrower, who always has an extravajrantly lengthy finger nail, deftly tips it over In the counting operation, and no

rnins tbe customers chance for a ri*e. The fakir then ofTjrs hisswinled victim afresh throw of tbe dice for certain sum, and before the levee Is concluded the man lias taken his first IP&HOU In the mysteries of "bunko," and goes away without a dollar. \nother game piayetl quite extensively by dollar store men has for its apparatus a namber of tin plates that are thrown about five feet, with the object of striking upon a certain figure that forms one of about a do ten, marked ofY in spares about six Inches in circumference, upon a table or platform. Tbe 1 at form, however, la a rickety institu .Inn, and tho plates rattle abont without regard to tbe thrower's calculations, ao that a man might throw for hours, without striking a pr.ae worth carrying away.

Toe "ffltse" is the name of a gam« that rest quite prominently at fairs and ciramea. like tbe ph~:~praph swindle, the victim buys ch lor jewelry, revolvers, money, etc., contained In an ordinary ahow ease. The fakir throw# the dk» to determine the twin", and with the point of his lead pencil or a long finger mtil, manage* them to anlthtaown calculation*. About nlix Tv.ntna out of every hundred "pr s" given away at thb petty article* of jewelry.

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Pu sin ess Cards.

A.L THOMAS, Optician and Wnkhniiikrr Por the trade, Fourth and Ohio streets. SIK of big nan with watch.

For of

FREEMAN, I let nil IV-nior In

Ararriean and Foreign W*ich^» JEWELRY, Ac., Op«ra Hons*.

IvISSNER,

I'lanoia. yielodeon«, Orgnn^. MiiKtcal Instmnients, Ac., PRlnce of Mu*lc, +S Ohio

A. FOOTE, (Jenernl llenler In UAKDEN, FIKLD A Nil FLOWER

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W. IlIPPETOE (Jonernl Dealer In UliOCER!iX, l'HOVISfONrt AND PRO

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KADEL, itanufaeturer of

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WhlpSi, Curry Conilw, Iiruthu8, Ilorso Hlat kets, Ac.,all work warranted. Lou-ext prtc* tn the city, Main Si., near t»lh, soutti Mlile

^TTWING MACnrNES REPAIlfEl) AM* ADJl'KTKD

In the verv l»--l manner and warranted to work, by JOSKl'lt KOI.IC, over Tint's boot and Shi»eStore. Don't

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Professional Cards.

1). MITCHELL,

Physician anil Surgeon. OKKIt Sixth Strict, (.site the post otjlec. ov. tiie Clobc printing oillec. jglUCSIDKNCK—On Kagle street, between tthand7tb streets, first i!oor northe^xt of the Normal School. nn-28-.'tm

W. VOOH1IEES.

Having fornnsl a copartnership will pia« tie.- law In ull It.s branches Ofllce—STo. 50ft Main Kf..Tirri Ilaalr

Q. W. BALLEW,

DENTIST,

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('an be found in ofllce lilulit and day,

OSEPJI RICHARDSON, M.

(fllirp iu Ohio St., Bel. 3rd d' Kit TKUftR II A PTE, INI).

II L. II. BARTHOLOMEW. Snrffcon and Xrclinnlcal

DENTIST,

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Nitrons Oxtdo (JIUJ lulinlnlstcrcM for pan essTootb t.x'rncttn.

OTTN T. SCOTT.

Attorney at Law,

OFHICK—XO. Ill MAIN STRKKT.

As t. s. Commissioner Is authorised make pnx»fs In It-mkrnptey. ()\-r llemler»on's Stove Niare, let. Fourti nnd Klfili streets. rnaril TKRTU' IIAITTK, Idd

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Niuht cnUHiinxweml from the office. Sp«»cl«l Httentlon Klvon tn Chronic Plmw* Refcrenetw:—Dr. H. J. Treat, A. Wllaon, the firm of Wilson Hros.

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STEAM KNt JINI-lS. CX).\L SHAFTS,

VARItH'S I*\TTERN OF FE\CIJf«, NCHOOl FI'HMTl'KK. Ar.,nnil bavin? the

LAKWEST ASSORTMENT OF PATTERNS IN TIIE STATE!! ('an give its ctiKtomers tho ad vantage of repairs without of pattern*.

J. A. PAEKER & CO., Prop'rs.

M. J. SPRACKLEN, Proprietor1 of

ECLIPSE BOILER WORKS!!

Manufacturer of nil klntI«or

BOILERS. STACKS.

Urcccliings Jind Heavy and Light Sheet Iron Work"

Repairing Xrally and Promptly done by 'onipeteui VMirhmrti.

KIIOI'.H COR. Illh .IXflSYt AMOItENTRrrrN. TEKSii- Bl.tfJTE, IV J).

N A \ix FOC.NDRY AND M\( IIIK MURKS.

P. H. McELFRESH, Manufacturer

Steam Engines, Mill Machinery, Ac.. &c.

Corner\iuth and I'nslcMs ,(Ncar Union IeiK»t,)Tcrro llaale, lud.

•^"Special attention paid to Coal Shalt Machinery— Repairing doae promptly.

CLIFT & WILLIAMS,

Manufacturers ®f

Sash, DoOrs, Blinds,

Window am! loor Frami's, SSraclicts, Mail

Kailing. Italluxterx, XenoJI Flooring. Shiitig.

And all descriptions of

FINISINCT

LUMBER

Wholcjwfle and Retail dealers I11

Pine Lumber, Lath & Shinies, Slate Roofing,

AND

KOOFI3TO FEI-T.

Custom Bawlng, Plalntngand Wood Turning done to ord r. A 11 work wart i«-d. Cor. 9th anl Mulberry Strpets.

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BOILERS.

T6 f,Aft A.\'I VI.I\DF.R. Fir* 1 .Street, bet. I'oplar a:il H'nlum

K-pjiirlns i(on« In tiie inrwt cubntAtilliii manner at short, notice, and aa IllK^ral la price SIA any iulill»ihinent In the State.

Orders solid ted and carefully attended to

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Dealer in all kind* of

DRESSED LUMBER.

North 'JikJ St.. Corner of Linton, TKIIUK HAUTE, IND. V,

«ir custom' work d^ne promptly and wtt r«nie.| 10 KI -wit Inflict Ion.

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Via the ChleaKO d- North-WenUirn Hallway. It In the route dbvet from t'hlcngo to Milwaukee. .'liiint'owoc, HheboytMij, Two Rtvei,st. lnul^MInticRfto!I*. 'Ilwin, Wlnona.Or»eriHiiv, Kseanalta, Mar'jiv i*».'nsc, llU«illoii, lfiiiieiiek,i«nl all jioliux i,uUtl.

Ii it tin- fillv nuti' for .ms^V4i!KKi Jancsvliie, niiTimvn, Koii'J tl 1...C. Fort Howard, Oithkfmh, Ne^auilee, Calumet, (b. S.) Man|tiotle, I/Ause," and tbn Khorea of I^ike Hnj»erlor, nnder one mnnaKenient.

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Till* 1* tho Hhort^f, quickrwt an if Itciif. Itoute t4» Ht. Paul and Minneapolis

California.

Have ton any thought of going to California? Are you col nz \V*e*t, North or Xort h-\V'*t

You want to know the le-ni foMicntottik. The «horte«t, Kiife«t, iulcU -t nnd imnt cnni!"i:iit!e nmte* nrn thov« owned by tbo Cblc-uo .«ul N'Mtli-Wenicro Ilnllwfiy Comlnny. It own* over two thoie-rtnd mile* of tti» bent nmd th»»re In tin "tmtry. Aik any ticket agent 10 *how you ita ni iiuand time card* All UckH• can !l yon tiironxb ticket* l»y thli ruifp,

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Jf you trull the H'-»f traveling wnmtn'dsi'l .iv, yon w|!l buy your ticket* by hi« route, aii't w!U tak« no other,

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