The herald., 1897-12-19
Notto-A tramp am In the land. So
journer as my sires.-King David In S9th
Psalm.


journer as my sires.-King David in Sstl
Psalm.
When the Almighty went into the crea'
tion business, He took clay from the
lowest strata and formed and shaped
from 1t the lowest order of beings
namely, the animals, while the man He
formed out of the finest sort of clay. AS
God is the potency of wisdom, and wis
dom Is the potency of ecOnomy-a
science not yet comprehended, especial
" by the United States presidents-so
God In his wisdom piled up the shavings
OF the clay and formed from them sort
of creature, and called them the loafers
As soon as the loafers were able to
stand on their legs, they came before
God, demanding q place whereon to
stand, and the Lord replied: Il am very
sorry, my dear creatures, you have come
too late; for have divided the world
among men and beasts alike. The for
ests are occupied now by hunters and
highwaymen. The mountains are in
habited by prospectors and consump-
tive people. The ocean give to pirates
and sailors, while the cities are taken
possession of by merchants and cor
rupted officials
The Loafers did not lose courage, and
by the impudence which is natural to
that caste, they begun to bother the Lord
in the hallelujah tune. AT last the Lord
was moved in His loving kindness, and
said to the loafers: Behold, / have
found an empty spot. not yet claimed by
any Of Adams family. 1t is the corner
of the saloons, and there you shall dwell
to I. =
time the loafer claims the corner of a
saloon. as the Indian his reservation,
allotted to him by heavenly decree. In
Europe, where personal freedom is only
found in the dictionary, the loafers were
unable to exist: and like the most of the
old country folks, the loafer migrated to
America to enter his promised land,
where beer and whisky fiows-the corner
OF the saloon.
THE TRAMP FAMILY
Q) The Dervish.-The loafer is men,
Der of the great tramp family, which
forms the bulk of Adams race Taking
1t literally, as life is not a stable one, we
all can be called tramps; and according
to Theosophy our soul does the greatest
amount of tramping, as it wheels
through the successive laps Of the rein
carnation cycle track. In the Orient where
the primal nurses of humanity We're Re
ligion and Superstition. the tramp has
assumed divine dignity in the shape
of religious order. The author of the
psalm, King David. was a royal tramp:
as he cried to the Lord that he is only
"a tramp in the land, sojou,ner" as his
sires. The same conception OF tramp
inO iS cti1l NiSihla in fha rY1nia ~ lii Of
the Orientals; and the trend of begging
runs through the veins of all Asatic ma
tions in the form of "baksheesh" Cipsj
which Is asked from you for the slightest
service done in addition to the wages.
The baksheesh is demanded by the
pasha as we'll as by the bashi-bazoub.
The monkish order of the Islam, known
under the name of the Dervish, was
founded on a tramp scale; and they have
a proverb in Egypt which character
izes Its tendency. The proverb in ques-
tion runs as follows:
Falus Mafsh.
Anal Dervish,
Which sounds in English:
Is money gone?
Dervish dress don.
The orient is the El Dorado for tramps,
for every home is a charity institution
which welcomes the weary wanderer.
Poverty is not there considered crime,
and the government Is not burdened to
maintain almshouses or asylums. The
tramp at large is Herbert Spencer in
his own philosophical way, and Take
life easy" seems to be the keynote of his
philosophy. 1T is better to let others
work" said a knight of the road to me
once; "it is principle of life pursued !
even by our Nanderbilts and the Goulds"
In one respect the tramp is right, and |
the only difference is that while the mil |
Nonaire wears out others, the weary !
Wanderer wears himself out.
THE TRAMP IN "HALF-ASIA"
Russia and some portions of Austria |
are included in the region of "Half- |
Asia" The oriental spirit prevails still |
there under thin screen of modern |
clvillzatlon Begging in "Iialf-Aeia" is |
looked upon as national characteristic !
and the Turkish baksheesh has only an |
other name there, known as "bribe." |
The rolling rouble wanders into the open |
pocket of the pristav (chief of policel |
as well as into the gided portmonnaie of |
member of the holy synod or senate |
The Russian soldier, after doing his mil |
ltary drill and duty, is free to go out and |
make money by his own handiWork. |
Some of them you will find working dur |
Ing the few free hours as honest labor |
ers, While the bulk of them goes begging
In spite of the brass buttons of the car. |
The Russians are pure Asiatics. Scratch |
the skin of Russian and you viii dis |
cover either a Tartar or Mongolian."
THE JEWISH S4NORFR
The Jews are a peculiar people. hence
their tramps are the most peculiar of |
the tramp class. While the tramps of |
other nations wander without anv aim |
except to have three square meals a |
day, the Jewish shnorer has an aim, and |
noble one, namely, to make money for !
his children.
The Jewish shnorer is divided into four
ciasses-O the common shnorer, 90 |
the commercial traveller 90 the impos-
tor, (D the honest shnorer.
THE COMMON SHNORER
Inc common shnorer is ptia BILE sight
TO behold, and in his appearance he
SHOWS that he is a worthy member Of the |
tramp craft. ~ heavy sack. hacked wirh !
br1c-a- -Drac of a variety show. he car |
rles on his shoulder while marching on |
the road. In his sack you will find old |
clothing and Shoes prayerbooks for the |
Whole year, the prayer mantles, phylac- |
ter1es, and some native pieces of cheese |
with limburger odor, covered with
hard crumbs of rye bread. worn out wifi,
old age. When he arrives i,, a 4o,,.,, H., |