Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-14
HARD TINES
Wretched Ezlstences weerily
Dragged out

Kansas City News.
People who occasionally have /
thoughts Of the poor, who once in |
awhile pause in the busy strife of life /
to mediate over their condition and !
attempt to study out a solution of the |
problem which their troubles present,
viii not find amiss or uninteresting /
the pictures Of suffering humanity
which this newspaper will give from |
time to time.
A few days ago the EUeIlj1g Nelcs
gave a glimpse of tenement house
life among the INDECENT and destitute;
to-day it gives an insight into the
manner in which those who are poor
IN physical attributes as we'll as in
purse drag themselves forlorn and
miserable through the world.
The sightless or Lmbless creature
who pleads for pity with his dull,
blank orbs or withered stump on the
street corner, becomes too much
part of every day street life to gain
his full share Of commiseratiOn.
Statue like, when novelty has worn
away, he ceases to attract attention.
To the phIlanthropist he is always an
object of genuine pity; to the curious
one Of interest, and to the thoughtless
an obstruction in the path of society,
alms-taking and useless. And yet the
physical wreck with his little tin cup
is an object lesson worth studying.
Where does he go at night after his
day Of beggary and how does he live?
Between Second and Fourth on
Main street, in the dismal rooms of
/ the tenement houses there, without
beds and often without wholesome
food for days, live a host Of these
characters. They are worthy objects
of charity. Here is a list:
Vim. Ryan, one arm, 3O1 Main st.
James Williams, no arms, 3O1,
Main street
Patrick Kennedy, no legs, 3O1.
Main street
Dan Conley, ruined eyesight, 212
! Main street.
John Dayle, one arm, 2I2, Main st
Mrs. Sarah Buckheimer, who lives
at 212 Nam, is so years old. She /.
a feeble, helpless old woman anc
death is very near to her. Patricl
MaIOnev. who is 70 wears old and al
so helpless, lives at 301 Main.
Many of these people have beer
driven off the street and are compelled
to rely on assistance which is brough
to them. One could hardly imagine
without actually seeing the condition
of squalor and poverty in which the!
/ live. All through the winter some o
these unfortunates have slept on tn
! naked floors without covering or fires
/ Some are driven to sleep in the bacl
rooms of saloons, and are delighted
If the saloon keeper will only ALLOW
them to curl themselves up as a dos
would near his stove. AS a rule tn
t lower Main street saloon keepers ar
3 charitable In this respect. Some
p times the unfOrtunates are allowed t
r sleep in the kitchens of the NOR
r prosperous who live in the tenement
r mentioned above.
= The windows Of these places ar
: white with dust, the Railways ar
= dark and dirty and infested with yer
D min. In some Of them dark crime
{ which never come to light are tran
O sacted Here sometimes souls ar
!, bartared for bits of bread and men
@ minds In election times can be bOugh
. for the price of a round of drinks.
In the day time, if the sun is shin
= ing bright, dirty little children, blac
2 and white, lay together at the door
WAYS, and the unfortunates crawl on
of their holes to blink at the day
light and breathe fresh air. Atnigh
few lights CLEAN through the grim
d windows, though the houses ar
: crowded from top to bottom, for wit
s these people light is luxury. Wome
= occasionally come down the shak
! : stairways old with age, glance ful
= lively about and at the nearest saloo
6 ELL their tin buckets with nickel
worth of beer. Inside, the air reek
3 with noxious gasses. Children In tn
G cellar like atmosphere become dwarf
ed IN stature; they learn life fast an
: become old while yet infants
2 They curse and smoke the stump
2 Of cigars they find In the gutter. An
. ia these haunts the unfortunate /