The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-12-05
HE Will GET HIS PAPERS BACK.

He WILL GET HIS PAPERS BACK.
But iio Was Foolish Even To Send Them
to sir. Cornelius yanderb It,
Cornelius Vanderbilt has probably
been the recipient OF more begging
letters than any other man in this
country. Every European mail alone
brings dozen, written in almost as
many languages. The writers usually
have tales of woe to tell, and invaria-
bly, wind up with request for re-
spectacle amount Of cash There are
some who only ask it as q loan, while
others demand a cool thousand as a
gift Exaggerated accounts OF MIR.
Vanderbilts wealth find their way
from time To time into the European
papers, an. the il pecunious individ-
assss sslsossessl ] them thinke him as
nothing less ilan a second Midas. A
curious fact fsleut these letters is that
a large number of them contain docu-
ments which are Of priceless valae to
their owners They are reckiessiy sent
over the ocean as proof of the writer's
good character, and are often accom-
panied by solemn attestations before a
notary that the man is what he repre-
sents himself TO be. Others contain
patent papers and diagrams of railroad
devices which the owners are anxious
to sell. Three-fourths of all these let.
ters are never read by Mr.. Vandcrbilt's S
private secretary, but are packed away
until they are heavily coated with
dust. So frequent have these letters
become that Mr. Vanderbilt's secretary
declines to receive any registered mat
ter brought around by the carriers
which comes from European source
when the sender is not known to him.
Even this action hasn't stopped the
avalanche OF letters TO any great ex-
tent
: One of the most curious instances of
these begging letters came to the no
ticc of The Sun last week The Sun
was asked to obtain the return for a
young Austrian oil letters and docu-
nents which he had sent on TO Mr..
Vanderbilt from Vienna months be-
fore The story of the young man, as
told lii his own letter, is an interest
ing one He says he resigned from
the service of the Austro- Hungarian
army with the rank OF commissioned
officer, and now occupies a place in
the service of the imperial railroad
system. Financial troubles, which
followed him from the military serv-
ice, had weighed him down with debts
and prevented him marrying the girl
Of his choice, with whom he had kept
company for twelve years. She was
n,,1 h
soon as his means permitted to make
her his wife.
Now it happened" he continues,
in his quaint way, that | read III one
Of the Vienna papers of the great
wealth of Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
of New York, and it occurred to me to
apply to him for assistance, stating in
my letter our harassing circumstances
aud inclosing original documents of
the greatest Importance to me; my
certificate of commissioned officer, dc
cree of appointment to the railroad
service, free pass with photograph, en-
titling me to ride free on all the roads
of our system; also several receipts,
showing that l strive earnestly to pay
off every month such parts of my in
dtOlCNiiiNoo Sto L OOiltS
He bundled up these documents and
inclosed them to Mr. Vanderbilt in a
letter asking for loan in the early part
of last May. OF course no answer
came to him. and, after waiting until
Aug. 10, he wrote again, this time
praying for the return of his docu-
ments, the need of which ho was be-
ginning to feel sorely in order to APP
ply for promotion. Of course he re-
ceived no answer Then he began to
think that the Vanderbilts were not the
| philanthropists he had thought. He
| happened to read in another Hunga-
rian paper of DR.. Webb's pleasure trip
III luxuriously appointed cars across
the country, SO in despair he wrote to
| the doctor to have him use his good
! services in restoring his papers. This
! result failed him, too. When his let
ter came to The Sun office, telling this
| story, one of the young men was sent
up to see DR. Depew, whose heart soft
| ened when he heard the pitiful story
of the Austrian. He turned The Suns
| young man over to Mr.. Vanderbilt's
private secretary, who brought out a
bulky package and spread the letters
which it contained on the table. Half
way down the pile the missing docu-
ments were found just as they had
| been received On the baS., of the free
pass spoken of was the photograph of
ahGndsome, soldierly appearing young
man, who was the Austrian himself.
His letter was written in an exquisite
hand, and his face showed him to be
evidently a man of refinement. His
/ documents were weighty with the
seals and stamps of the Austrian gov
ernment. His address was taken down
and Mr. Depew ordered chat the pa.
| pefs be promptly sent back to him by
registered letter to Vienna. = New
York Sun
Didn't Like John.
Mary Whitney, aged 80 years, who
/ resides IN Avon, was a passenger on
/ the 5:45 train from Boston tonight,
as were also two Cinnamon. When
tile train was going at the rate of thir.
/ ty miles an hour, between Avon and
this city Mary found some objection
to the laundrymen and jumped from
the train, being determined not TO ride
with them. A passenger who saw
her jump pulled the bell rope, and the
train came to stop. The brakeman
and several of the passengers found
her in a ditch and placing her aboard,
she was taken to the police station in
this city. AS a result Of her freak she
(, received a severe cut on the head.
She was sent to her home in Avon.
The Profit in Diamonds.
1.-The biggest profits in the jewelry
business are in diamonds, remarked
a well known dealer in precious stones
to friend the other day "In no othei
branch of the trade are prices kept a
such am inflated figure No jewelel
Will tell man outside of the trade tn,
true value Of stone. He may ap
praise it at certain figure, with {