The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

In what he said that gladly offered him
the money. He was very careful about
drawing up the note, and said that he
expected to repay the loan in three
months, although he gave himself six to
be perfectly sure.
:. Now, that fellow was an artist in his
line. My wife was away at the ime and
when she returned to town / told her Of
II and she said those relatives. never ex-
listed. In talking with a friend some
months later l learned that he had been
Iooied IN the same way, and evideAtly by
the same man. That chap must make il
a business to study up family histories
lay his plans carefully, work them out
slowly, and collect neat sum of money
All make-belieye relatives had better keep
away from me now"
All the knowing beggars of the metrop-
oils nave put a black mark against the
office of Russell Sage This pleases Uncle
Russell immensely. He regards it as a
peculiar mark of genius and will brag
ABOUT II, II any one gives him an opening.
me only time any one fooled the old
gentleman was some years ago, when a
strolling peddler walked into his office and
induced him to buy what appeared to DO
very tine waistcoat for 60 cents. It
was thick and heavy, and the pedder
SAID that the man who wore 1t would not
need an overcoat Subsequently examine
ton showed that the garment was made
mostly out of heavy brown paper This
was the origin of the rumor that Mr.. Sage
wore newspaper vests.
John d. Rockefeller, the richest man in
the country, famous as a philanthroplst
mas disposed of the begging problem most
efectually. He has two private secreta-
rles, one of whom devotes all of his time
to the charities of his employer. The lat
ter never sees any of the applicants Tor
a1d he has also made it rule not 70
give anything to individuals. All of that
Is done through DR.. Macarthur, pastor OF
the Baptist church, to which he belongs;
me secretary investigates every appear
before anything is given, but when he IS
satisfied as to the BUSINESS of the case,
calibre
The letters addressed to Mr.. Rockefeller,
which, by the way, he never sees, because
OF the intervening secretary, are extraor-
binary. Some of the writers calmly ask
Tor $4,000 or $4,000, and they write as Il
gift of 100000 or Of $1,000, 900 made by Mr..
rockefeller to some educational insitu-
ton, and evidently thing that if they
strike high and heavily more attention
women call at the offices during the day,
ana some OF them, particularly women,
are most persistent in their efforts to see
the money king, but long experience has
taught the secretary how to get rid o.
them. If they become obstreperouS the!
are not permitted to enter the building
again.
John H. Starin at one time had a kindly
feeling for peddlers. AS boy he traversea
the Mohawk valley district in the upper
part OF New York, selling horse meur
S.ANS ~ SLlN Adi AAtt - anu liC
that the life was not an easy one. one u
the sharp beggars learned of this aG 9
managed to see the rich man. he IolS
him how he had tramped from one END o.
the state to the other and judiciousX
brought in the names of several sman
places, with which Mr.. Starin was very
familiar. He at last had to come to New
York for treatment in one of the Hospitals
and was sadly in need of SO to buy new
stock of goods before he started out on tas
road again. He concluded by saying; "
course, Mr.. Starin, a. rich man like yo99
don't know of the troubles we have any
how hard we must work for a few cents.
This had the desired effect and the Do
gus peddler got SO instead of $40. SONS
time after that hardly a day passed WIZ
out bringing to the office of the millon-
atre peddler who had tramped all over
the state. For a time Mr.. Starin Won
dered at the great number of peddlers ~
hard luck and then it began to dawn w
on him that there was a reason tor -;
The next time one of them came IN, nc nc
threatened to have the fellow arrested az
a swindler, and the chap broke down am, anu
told how the first one had Dragged aDVus
the easy work he had struck and what o
soft thing 1t was to work him. q,
John w. Mackay, the silver KING ~, -
af1lcted with a peculiar species OF III. Us,
pest His record as a "Forty-niner ~
the California gold fever days, is so Wen
known that all the beggars who call on
him are either "Forty-niner" or the sons
of ''Forty-niners. For a long time ne
was in ignorance of the hoax, but as !, ~
threatened to become chronic he has cam
ed a stop, but the "Forty-niners" sun
assail him whenever he is in town.