, 1890-10-19

latlOn OF the earth, q as m entrepOt, n
you know what that is, Thorndyke, and
cache e hoodlum for Europe. Finally il
got 10 where the diseased pauper, both
titled and otherwise, who desired either
TO marry rich or go into politics, consti-
tuted the bulk OF the immigration For
eign dynasties informed us that we must
accept such as they could gather from the
ranks and whose terms in the bastlle OF
the pest house had not yet expired, ns
they had run out of ''ticket-oi-leave men
and other suitable timber for colonization.
The result ia that with the influx of ambi
tious young blood from the interior to
hold level this ever restless and ever dow,
ing current OF poorly deoderized aliens, to-
gether with the natural growth of the
city, there has been no organized effort to
make of 1t a boom town.
Our growth. therefore, | may truth
fully say, has been steady and healthiul,
and any unoccupied or unimproved prop
erty south Of the p~ostoffioe that you can
get hold OF is almost sure to be valuable IL
you hold il long enough.
The expense Of living in New York
varies accjrding to the station you pur-
pose occupying. but generally runs mp
from $500 to $500 per Rnnum over what
you get
Il you expect TO create a social revul-
sion YOU willhnd that it will run con-
siderably into money. II you desire
simply to dodgl the city ordinance re-
garding dress, eat the heritage that grows
along the bobolink e%nylroned rock ribbed,
granite canyon OF Broadway, and laundry
your clothes aud your family in the stone
horse trough on Mail street, which has
been dumbly appealing to God and man
for ages to come aud put a drop Of water
on its parched tongue. then YOU make It
pay to move to New York for an
advance Of $40 per month, but otherwise
not.
Ia the first place. you do not want to
be too far from You work, so you try to
get 4 place down town. There is nothing
there, unless you sleep in a crate and
associate with those who have been
already blAckballed in perdition.
So you 90 further out, further out, with
your salary in one hand and your sinking
heart in the other, till at last you lind
where you may be permitted TO abide,
but you must get up by candle light and
eat your morning fried mush before the
gray dawn IN order to catch your ferry or
your tam SO that you may make the
shop, or the store, or the office in time.
Then you must pay per year SI5 TO 500
to the ferries and cars for your daily ride,
while you stand up and gayly hop IRON
the waving corn Of one fat passenger alter
another, contributing at least five good
working months in the year to getting TO
and from your work.
OF course | do not wish to discourage
you, for you may be kind OF set on com
ing, and if you are, all | could say in a
conservative way would not keep you
away. The general custom among a Ger
tain class is to 20 to New y ork, 90
through the SIS which is brought TO Tho
city, and then return to speak disrespect.
fully around the and embowered and
amber speckled stove of the home Goldfish
emporium for years after, but il you have
yonr ideas properly pulled and pounded
and massaged by some true friend before
hand there will be less chance tor dlsap.
poIntment aitervard.
The solemn truth Is, however, tina
there is at present a fraction over tw'
millions of people in New York this tal
who would rather suffer and kick ant
wall and whoop and be spaitered will
mud BY louse ear rails. Insulted by bruta
guards, ~disemboweled by umbrellas under
the arms OF tall intellectual warts, spittec
by the canes Of those who &c. ahead o
the multitude and back up, with thei
stick4 aimed at the umbihSus Of Ions
suffering people; neglected by the un
: seen" waiter, skun by the un- seen
barber, robbed by the hackman, bTainet
by the policeman, blown up by the steam
heating company, skinned by the papers
stank to death by the gas leak and tn
peach orchard sewer system. stung t
death by remorse, iricasseed to death b
nude electric wires, crushed by the crowd;
nauseated BY the nuisances. killed BY III
cars. dis6gured by truck drivers, craze
bv commerce. shot By mistake, gnawed /
mad dogs, logged by detectives. blacl
mailed by cid a~cquaintances. appToache
by unknown ladies late at night who d
sire to know the way home. and wi
ought to be far away in some quiet d.
wedding onions. instead of going about
a thicklY-settled community after eatir
them; watched by watchmen. butcher
BY butchers, burgled by burglars, iugl'
by fuglers forever. than live in any 9th
city they know of at half the expense al
twice the salary.
You will ask me why is this, and / "
leave it to Echo, who will be pleased
attend to you in a few moments.
Now, regarding the ballot
This tern is French. coming from t
word ballotte. Some think that I
ballot. or the word ballot. at least, cal