Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-11
BATTLES WITH mIsFoRruME.

6ATTlEa WITH MISFORTUNE.
Some True instances Of Hard Fiehts
Against Poverty.
There are few self-made men as they
are called, who can not tell of some
times when it was impossible for them
70 get dollar, and when they felt the
world was against them, and they were
Justified in trying to get something for
nothing.
A New York man who has placed
himself far beyond the reach of want.
and who hopes and believes that he will
never see the time when he can not
place his hand ON money whenever he
needs 1T. recently told story about the
turning OF young mans fortune.
he went to Texas when he had saved
few hundred dollars and tried to get
rich. 1t did not take him long to lose
every dollar that he had in the world.
Ihlngs went from bad to worse with
MN until he was practically a tramp.
Tor he trudged many a weary mile and
worked for his meals as he got them.
de felt that life was pretty hard, but he
did not doubt his ability to succeed in
IT. twas only a question of time, with
incidental hard knocks in that time.
In his struggle to get on his feet he
worked his way north as far as Arlan-
sas- Nothing which he tried seemed to
De OF service to him. He was more
than at the end of his resources. He
was desperately hungry more than half
the time. In all that time he was too
proud to ask for financial aid from his
relations and friends in the east. As
ne himself confessed he might have
asked assistance from some one
In the southwest, where he had no rep
utatlon, but he was so poor that no one
would have trusted him for penny
In his wanderings he reached the Red
river. Here he received written offer
from man who did not know of his
adversely, but who had known him
long enough to admire his character
and supposed ability. The young man
he was a college graduate and had
means all his life until he tried Texas
accepted the offer. Arkansas is a
long way from New York when one
has no money. KS worked his pass
age on steamboat down the
Red river and on another boat
up the Mississippi, and to
Cincinnati. Here The earned a dollal
and a half and took passage on another
boat up the Ohio, investing a dollar in
a ticket for as long a distance as i,
would take him, for he was in no con
dition now to do more work on a steam
boat. He stayed on the boat when it go,
past the place called for on his ticket
You may put me off, he said. wher
they found him. II am trying to ge,
CT nd oil Ia,
him stay on the boat for some reason
From Pittsburgh he bought a ticket a:
far as his last fifty cents would take
him. He did not get off at that sta
ton. When they put him off the trair
he walked ahead and climbed on the
platform between two baggage-cars
He rode in that way all night. Hi
Journey to New York would make
very distressing story.
The young man who cheat his way
is the man who told the story. He TOLD
1t not in a bitter, but in painful way
and he found justification for every rid
that he stole and every meal that h
begged. There is something heroi
about such pride which makes one ap
ploud its acts despite himself.
In New York there is a professional
d
Only three people in the world know
that fw months after he came to New
York he literally starved himself, eat
ing sometimes for days in succession
only bread, or bread and oatmeal, tina
he might contribute to the support @
some of his people in a little New Ell
gland village. He has lied repeated
about his early experiences in fear @
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know of his sacrifices for them.
A Young man who made an unhapp
marriage and was divorced was fo
years mystery to kis creditors. bt
cause he did not pay his debts, thong
he worked hard day and night. Hi
reputation in that time suffered terri
bly, and he lost caste with many peopl
who had formerly admired him. Whe
the woman from whom he had been d
vorced died some time later from an e.
cruciatingly painful disease, he bega
to pay his debts. There are exceet
ingly few people who know that all tt
money which he could earn he gave
make her life less miserable.
1t is no wonder that each of the.
three men turns a deaf ear to the a
peals of those who urge that chart,
shonld be bestowed only through reg
larry organized channels for the pu
pose. 1t is no wonder that they find
difficult to resist appeals for aims mao
in the street, for they do not kno
what stories are hidden behind rags
behind the inscrutable face of a ma
vino has touched the lowest depths
want.-N. Y. Tribune.
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