The Lamar register., 1894-09-08
SOME SHREwD BEGGARS
BABY IS ALWAYS A GOOD
DRAWING GARD.
A Church Portal Makes . Paying stand
But the American BsegAr IL foor'
Feeble Amateur Compared TO HIS ku-
ropean PrototyP~

/ reerns to be a supcrfuity. al IN
seernly prodigality OF natures gifts
| serving no known end or purpose.
! being altogether questionable. and
/ vet the excrescence. whether II be
OF the ou,Icle or OF society. has at
tached unto itself degre. Of curl
Gus interest
There /. distinct distinctiveness
about il all its own; a man is identl-
ned by the wxrt on his nose; a city
by its beggars Here the analogy
ceases A war: on . nose is always
q wart on q nose; nothing more
nothing less A beggar is By turns
various things. save one-he is never
beggar. He is an unfortunate
man, a man who has met with re-
verses; often he is . sick man, often
er one Just out OF the hospital aud
trying to make his way home
Again he carries bullet in his left
lung and a Grand army Button on
his coat; or. II fortune has favored
him at some time in his checkered
career he has really been bcreft OF 8
limb; then sawmill becomes the
piece de resistance. fanked BY
| varying but always numerous pro-
geny. He is times without number
q man out OF work. and he has never.
never. never had anything to eat
since last night
Having tested hundred devices.
more or less, and being unable TO de-
eide which is the most profitable. or
else fearful OF missing the fetching
characteristios of any one OF them by
adopting one at u time. he com mbines
them into one odoriierous. left-so-
the-imagination abominstion of nth
and rage and general pitiablensss.
and then it is he becomes . plain
"obiect OF charity"
Opinions rs to the merits OF Q
specific as q general rule arc divided
among the member OF the profess
sion. says tho Chicago Inter-Ocesu.
for profession 1t is land in these
mushroom days. no doub. will soon
be not only = profession. but Q cult.
having its masters and mistresses.
for sex cuts no figure here at least.
unless, indeed. the preference goes
to the gentlerl some holding that a
batter business is done by possessing
a small but sure and steady patron
age than the more brilliant. but also
uncertain. range OF the plEnger.
True, tho sseady-goiug plodder.
looE on with envy and speak with
| pride Of the mem Der who begs In the
forenoon and dimes in the evening q,
the fashionable hotels. whose rags
| ana dress suit repose in the same
trunk. yet there is always q dubIou,
shake OF the head
Inc churchly beggar. too. although
soft be his couch. is apt to be rudely
awakened From sitting in the
mourners' seat and being the recipi-
en-, of silver dollars he is apt TO be
sat upon Therefore opinions vary.
But beggars like the above are
meteors OF the American genus
Some smaller stars shine as pitiable
fellows with running sores, these
same being produced and kept In an
liberated state by means OF chem
icals
One such made his appearance dur
ing the worlds fair. The other day
he was met plying his vocation
Him That sore has been a long
time healing.
''Yessum. he meekly replied. and
wended his way across to the next
house and rung the bell
Not so sure, but less painful is
the painted ulcer which another fel-
low wears on the back OF his neck
The angle at which his head is tilted
and uniiinchingly held exOites the
| pity Of stone man without even
glancing at the fearful looking thing.