The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-15

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with millions of cases of nrront ,,oSa
sity SO near home philanthropists ha,
hel'her tlme nor inclination to buv ma,
snlps Tor young Austrians, and by
uoins increase the marriage rate in II
town of Trieste. - u
MANY OF these foreign letters, hoy
ever, are more moderate. and asl, on,
1or work. A woman in Norwa,, for :,
stance asks for position as governe,
ana SENDS her references with her ln
ler' journalist in Bengal writes fc
PERMISSION to furnish East Indian 1e
,ers 10 the Ledger at the rate of siy do
lars column; and so they run on-alil,
IN that they all want somethinp h.,
absolutely differing in their manner q
asking. iAoi
But for absolute impudence and can,
, ulri'y Is the art of begging once more
!. me United States is ahead by thun
oer' And Pennsylvanians, naturall,
enough when Mr.. Childs' residence i
considered, away in the lead. Here arc
d rev instances of State and Nationa'
DESIRES: "'iol'"
A woman in Lebanon County desires
ioah OF one thousand dollars to paw off =
ssanortgage and asks for it in this wav
ou' OF your many millions will you no,
spare me one little thousand?"
IA man In Lancaster County saws: 81
nave been praying for help out of nv
troubles, and my mind has been Direct.
Ell to you, Mr. Childs," and on tho
strength OF this wants Mr. Childs to buy
MS farm, which is about to be sold in
oroer TO pay q two thousand five hum
dred-dollar mortgage.
from Raleigh, N. c., comes the promo
Sltlon from "a paid State official',-as he
styles himself-that thirty Thousand
dollars be sent him with which to start
COTTON mill, the chief aim of which
snail be, apparently, to employ tho or
pnanS VINO are compelled to leave the
o'ate asylum at the tender age of fifteen.
requests for aid in founding institu-
tlons and business enterprises are as
plentiful as roses in June. Schools
boardlng-houses, asylums, hospitals.
stores, each appear in turn, demanding
caPltal and lnflue nee, particularly CAP
ltal. One letter recently received came
from the daughter of one of the war
Governors of this State, who asked ttat
MI Chllds would make an investment
in sheep-raising out in Wyoming Terri.
eory' She would herd the sheep and
manage the enterprise herself. GIVING
MIN the original amount invested with
nall her profits as return for the in.
veStment.
The desire for adoption by a million |
are seems very general, and bv no
means confined to the colored twins,
who, as has been SO often told. wrote
Mr.: Chllds many years ago, asking him
10 De father to them. Other children.
both colored and white, have had tho
same desires. One little girl at Chest
nut Hill writes in quite a plaintivo
strain: "Would you like to adon q
GIRL for l would like some one to
ldop me. If you do not care about
sdoplng me, if you knew any one who
You'd like to adop me please let mo
Know; but 1 would like very much if
'ou would adop me as your daughter"
'uch persistency surely should be re-
Farded by adoption by somebody.
whenever a mortal man or woman
cts hold OF patent or discovery, he or
ne torments Mr.. Childs and his brother :
lliilonalres for money with which to }
erfect it, generally saying that some !
lVine influence has prompted such ac.
on. The following letter is one of this :
cry large class: !
MIR. GEORGE W. CHILDs, DEAR SIR. Tho f
'mns Monday intended to go to somn in :,
lential German with my discoveries in
Use You VIII have nothing to do with them. T.
J disiked to do that, my Lord and mastar Y
Is prompted me to let you know of NV do. 6,
SION. flease write to me and oblige, yours =,
uly. - ''i' u
In single days mail recently came lii
tiers from woman in Florida, who hi
rote for money to send her daughter to p'
hool because she could not keep the c cl
RI in at nights" from a man in In N
ana, who wanted Mr.. Childs' picture
publication in an illustrated naner. in
d from woman in Portsmouth. O.. la
10 wrote to ask for Mrs. Childs' cast dc
clothing, on which, she announced. W
would gladly pay the freight. A be
i at Smiths Landing N. j., says she pc
an invalid, in need of thirty dollars flc
tn which to pay for medical aid, m
hich now" she writes, s'is an impos- Of
le thing" tn
Political requests are, and, of course. de
We been since March 4, exceedingly CO,
nerous. ele
'etentions in Office, Government posi-
as, and particularly consulships, have tic
n the raason d'etre for hundreds of ito
ers to the Editor of the Ledger" Out
ose Endorsement their authors evil Gus
fly consider worth the having. Dur Dis
the first three months under the tia
'rison regime over one hundred ap- /
ations for consulship s from Irishman Gus
@ received. ow,
oems by tho bushel, valued at from dec
dollars to hundred dollars each, is p
received all the time. Envelopes in ton
CHI letters have never been placed bel!
envelopes containing letters meant TUT
some one else are of almost daily oc- mis-
ence. SHE
erily, millionaire philanthropist's tina
y mail is a marvellous thing.-Chi- for
Herald. ever
Y.
The Value of Politeness.