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Show The Burglars' Curette. Texas Sittings. A new trade journal reached our oftico last week. Nowadays nearly every trade and profession is represented repre-sented by a paper, but tho journal referred re-ferred to above represents a profession which has heretofore struggled along without an organ. Its title is The Burglars' Gazette, and as its uanio suggests, represents the burglars. Why they should send a copy to the Siftings oflico is moro than we can understand, under-stand, and wo feel hin t nt the insinuation. insinua-tion. Wo may not bo pink and whiU) angels, but wo will be blowcd if wo will stand coolly by and bo called burglars. In order to give our readers a fair idea of Tho Burglars' Gazette, wo clip tho following from jts colimis: "Every live burglar should subscribe to Tho Burglars' Gazette, ft is the recognized rec-ognized organ of tho profession, and the editorial on tho seventh page, entitled, en-titled, 'How to Quiet House Dogs,' is worth tea times the cost of subscription." subscrip-tion." . ' . "Wanted A sober, honest pal. Must havo exporioneo in tho banking business and a good kit of tools. Address Ad-dress Sharkic, this ollico. rje o w." "We had a very pleasant call last week from Kid Swipes. Although a young man, Kid is away up in his profession. pro-fession. , He says business is booming, and ho showed us some magnificent specimens of his industry. We predict for him a bright future. Call again, Swipes, old man. call again." " 'Invaluable Hints to Burglars; or. How to Burgle Successfully.' This little lit-tle volume should bo in the hands of every burglar in the land. Mailed upon reoeipt of 10c in silver. 4t." "Don't fail to read our magnificent promiuiu offer. Send us six yearly subscriptions sub-scriptions and you will recoivo as a premium pre-mium a beautiful silver-plated jimmy of tho latest design. These jimmies are very stylish, and are used by tho elite of tho profession. You can rely on 'cm every time. Now Is tho time to subscribe." sub-scribe." "Geo. F. A sand-bng should bo used." "Ah! how sad is death! Jimmie Kcr-gce Kcr-gce is no more. He died last night suddenly sud-denly at the residence of a citizen on High street. Had Jim read 'Invaluable Hints to Burglars' he would now be w ell and alive. He stood high as a member of tho Burglar's union.". |